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Do we humans owe our large brains to starch?
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Viruses are perfect molecular machines. Their only goal is to insert their genetic material into healthy cells and thus multiply. With deadly precision, they thereby can cause diseases that cost millions of lives and keep the world on edge. One example for such a virus, although currently less discussed, is HIV that causes the ongoing global AIDS-epidemic. Despite the progress made in recent years, 690 000 people died in 2019 alone as a result of the virus infection. "If you want to know the enemy, you have to know all its friends," says Martin Obr, postdoc at the Schur group at IST Austria. Together with his colleagues, he therefore studies a virus belonging to the same family as HIV - the Rous sarcoma virus, a virus causing cancer in poultry. With its help, he now gained new insights into the important role a small molecule plays in the assembly of these type of viruses.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2264219458961/do-we-humans-owe-our-large-brains-to-starch
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Who has the goaltending edge as the Canes host the Lightning in Game 1 of their series?
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Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic makes a pad save on a shot from Tampa Bay Lightnings Ryan McDonagh as Steven Lorentz (78) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) AP Alex Nedeljkovic of the Carolina Hurricanes is the kind of person and goalie who rarely gets caught up with whos in the other net, playing for the other guys. Honestly, it doesnt matter, Nedeljkovic said Saturday. In the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs it was Juuse Saros of the Nashville Predators. Saros was brilliant at times and twice won double-overtime games, but Nedeljkovic and the Canes won the series in six games. But the second round brings a sterner test, perhaps the ultimate playoff test. The Canes face the Tampa Bay Lightning, the 2020 Stanley Cup champion. They have Andrei Vasilevskiy, arguably the best goalie in the NHL, and the world. On paper, and in the opinion of many who follow the NHL, thats a key mismatch Vasilevskiy versus Nedeljkovic and one could be the winning edge for Tampa Bay in the Central Division second-round series. Vasilevskiy, 26, has the Stanley Cup championship ring. He won the 2019 Vezina Trophy and could win it again this year, and has led the league in wins the past four seasons. He will making his 60th career playoff start Sunday in Game 1 against the Canes at PNC Arena. Hes one of the best in the league and hes been that way for a long time now, Nedeljkovic said. He knows what it takes to get to the end. The end being raising up the Cup in victory. Theres also this to consider: In beating the Florida Panthers in six games in the opening round, Vasilevskiy was on the ice for 364 minutes. Nedeljkovic, in six games against the Predators, played 433 minutes, although he did face fewer shots (206) than Vasilevskiy (226). Carolina Hurricanes goalie Alex Nedeljkovic (39) stops a shot attempt by Brock McGinn (23) during practice on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett [email protected] Nedeljkovic, 25, has a simple approach to handling that kind of workload: Keep a clear head, focus on the next puck. Rinse and repeat, he said. Keep doing the same thing over and over. Canes coach Rod BrindAmour said he no longer considered Nedeljkovic, who started 23 games in the regular season, a rookie after clinching the Nashville playoff series. Canes captain Jordan Staal feels much the same about the player known as Ned to his teammates, fans, family and friends. He looked calm and comfortable and hes got a lot of gamer attitude of making those big saves when you need them, Staal said Saturday. Obviously he has consistently played the puck really well for our D and our forwards and helped us break out a lot. He has just done a lot of the little things that help us win and the boys feel comfortable when hes in net. The Predators were impressed with Nedeljkovics puck-handling ability, tying to keep him from being in position to play it as the series wore on. Thats a keep-away approach the Lightning could copy. Tripp Tracy, the Canes TV analyst and a former goalie, has watched Nedeljkovic develop from a second-round NHL draft pick to the American Hockey League to being the Canes starter in the playoffs. Tracy, in a recent interview, said he likes the way Nedeljkovic goes about his business, about his positive demeanor on the ice. He said Nedeljkovic has adopted an I want to dominate kind of mentality An alpha thing, Tracy said that all the really good goalies have. That means hes looking at any goalie in the league, though hes not directly going against the goaltender at the other end, and believe he can absolutely be the guy who wins the goaltending dimension, Tracy said. And you absolutely have to have that self-belief. Youve got to have that belief that you can be the difference. And Alex Nedeljkovic has those things. Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic (39) blocks a shot by Nashville Predators center Nick Cousins (21) during the third period in Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Associated Press Nedeljkovic allowed three goals in three games against the Lightning this season, shutting out Tampa Bay 4-0 on Feb. 20. He was 2-1-0, all against Vasilevskiy, and won 4-1 in his last start against the Lightning on April 20 in Tampa. Nedeljkovic had a .922 save percentage against the Predators in the first round. Vasilevskiy closed at . 929 in his six games against Florida, allowing six goals in a Game 3 loss but shutting out the Panthers 4-0 with 29 saves in Game 6 to close out the series. Nedeljkovic said he watched some of Lightning-Panthers series, but only a little, saying, Sometimes its good to get away from the rink a little bit, including watching other games. You just try to re-set and recharge and refocus. Nedeljkovic goes into the second-round series realizing there will be good times and bad, respectful of the firepower of a Tampa Bay lineup that now has winger Nikita Kucherov back in it. Its really no different than any other position that Ive been in, Nedeljkovic said Theres obviously more people in the buildings now, so its a bigger audience, and more cameras in your face. Youve got to stay as even keel as possible. Ride the highs and try to get out of the lows as quick as you can, because theyre going to be there. Its trying to avoid them as best you can and try to keep them as small as you can. Carolina Hurricanes vs Nashville Predators What: Game 1, Stanley Cup playoff series When: Sunday. 5 p.m. Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh TV: NBCSN
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https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article251775798.html
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How to set reminders for unanswered emails in Gmail?
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Gmail is not only the busiest email service, but its application is probably the most used in the world. Overall, it offers an excellent experience for receiving, sending, and managing email. However, it also has little-known options that are worth activating. In that sense, we will show you how to receive reminders for unanswered emails in Gmail. This is an option that we will find in the settings section that will allow us to give priority to these communications in the absence of a response. Get reminders for unanswered emails in Gmail Those who base most of their communications on email, need to keep an eye on each email that arrives. The Gmail application also offers a very comfortable dynamic for everything related to the management of communication in this way. However, when the number of emails increases, it is common for us to have some unanswered. The problem starts when we forget to do it and they pile up on the tray. This is where a native option of the application comes into play that allows you to set reminders for unanswered emails in Gmail. This option takes a while within the app settings and will allow you to have a more precise management of your communications. The process to enable this option begins by opening the Gmail app and displaying the menu with the three vertical stripes in the upper left. This will bring up a panel with options, scroll to the bottom and select Settings. This will show you the different email accounts on your device, select the one you want to adjust. Next, you will go to the configuration section, there you must locate the Notices section with the option Response and follow-up. Upon entering you will see two options, one offers to locate the unanswered emails at the top of the interface. The other talks about following up on certain emails that we have sent and that will also be set at the beginning of the window. In this way, you will be able to have these emails in the absence of a response at the beginning of the tray as a reminder. .
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https://webeenow.com/how-to-set-reminders-for-unanswered-emails-in-gmail/
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How Can I Get My Husbands Sister-In-Law to Stop Constantly Flirting With Him?
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My brother is getting married and they have decided to use the same wedding venue where I married my now ex-husband. It was a terrible marriage and an even worse divorce and three years on, Im single and still feel shaken by the whole experience. Ive talked to my brother but his fiance (who I have yet to meet) is insisting that its her big day and her dream wedding. My parents think I should rise above it all, but I know Ill find it hugely upsetting... Im really confused about what is reasonable and what is hysterical. Wretched.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263141718881/how-can-i-get-my-husband-s-sister-in-law-to-stop-constantly-flirting-with-him
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Did Saturday's Loss Ruin Cal's Bid to Reach Baseball Postseason?
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Bears lose their final regular-season game to No. 10 Oregon on Saturday. Cal must wait until Monday to see if it gets berth in NCAA baseball playoffs. D1 Baseballs projection of the 64-team field posted on Thursday had Cal in the postseason tournament. Barely. Cal was listed as the fifth team among the final five teams in, giving the Bears the final at-large berth in the postseason event. However, Baseball Americas projections of the 64 berths posted Friday did not have Cal in the field, nor did it have Cal among the eight teams that were barely left out. That was before Cal's series with the Ducks, who are 16th in the current RPI rankings. The Bears finished the regular season 29-26 overall and 15-15 in the Pac-12. Cal is just 87th in the RPI rankings. Cal finished seventh in the Pac-12 standings, and the six teams ahead of the Bears Arizona, Oregon, Stanford, Oregon State, UCLA and Arizona State are all expected to receive bids to the NCAA playoffs. There was a belief that two Cal wins in the three-game series in Berkeley against the nationally ranked Ducks might be enough to get the Bears into the postseason. Oregon won Thursdays game, Cal won on Friday, and Oregon won a tight game on Saturday, with the turning point being Cals inability to score in a bases-loaded, one-out situation with its best hitter coming to the plate in the eighth inning. Cal trailed 5-4 at the time, and it was Dylan Beavers at the plate with the bases jammed and one out. Beavers had hit three home runs over the first two games of the series, giving him the Pac-12 lead with 18 homers. But facing Oregons top reliever, Andrew Mosiello, Beavers hit a ground ball to first that was turned into a forceout at the plate. Nathan Martorella then struck out looking for the final out. Oregon added a run in the top of the ninth, and Cals Quentin Selma countered that with his 16th homer of the season in the bottom of the ninth to cut the margin to 6-5. After Keshawn Ogans kept the game alive with a two-out single, Cole Elvis flied out to center to end the game, and perhaps Cals season. The odds are against the Bears making the postseason field now, but they will be eager viewers of the selection show, which will be televised by ESPN2 on Monday starting at 9 a.m. Pacific time. NCAA Regional play begins Friday. . Cover photo of Quentin Selma by Andrew Madsen, KLC Fotos . Follow Jake Curtis of Cal Sports Report on Twitter: @jakecurtis53 Find Cal Sports Report on Facebook by searching: @si.calsportsreport or going to https://www.facebook.com/si.calsportsreport
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https://www.si.com/college/cal/other-sports/cal-loses-final-game-against-oregon
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How Serious Were Breakthrough COVID Infections?
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The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the week. Topics include breakthrough infections, the White House's new call to action, and FDA approving a new PET imaging agent. After taking the quiz, scroll down in your browser window to find the correct answers and explanations, as well as links to the original articles.
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https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/news-quiz/92840
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Why is Amazon participating in entertainment?
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Amazon's $8.45 million deal to acquire MGM gives it control of the pay cable channel Epix. "Ive already read speculation that Amazon doesnt have a need for a linear channel, and perhaps that is true," says Josef Adalian. Epix doesnt have a massive subscriber base the last estimate I saw of its size a few years ago was 15 million customers but it still generates revenue and could benefit from Amazons scale. As it is, the streaming version of Epix is available via the Amazon Channels subscription program. Or maybe the play is to just use the Epix name: I am pretty sure Amazon execs are looking to rebrand IMDb TV into something less awkward-sounding. Epix is currently a pay channel, but perhaps it becomes the name of Amazons main free TV service, with or without a cable component. (For that matter, the MGM Channel would also be a better name than IMDb TV.)" ALSO: Amazon could do to MGM what Disney did to Marvel with its 2009 acquisition.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263777752523/why-is-amazon-participating-in-entertainment
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Do we all appreciate Africa Day?
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DID you know that only 12 African countries recognise May 25 as a public holiday. And there are 54 countries in Africa! This is really sad. It has been agreed that Africa Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of the peoples and governments of Africa while introspecting on what we have been doing as Africans to advance the continents cause. It has never been in doubt that Africa Day presents an opportunity for Africans to remember that on May 25 1963, 32 African countries signed the Charter of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which later evolved into the African Union (AU). Only 30 African countries were independent from colonial rule at the time. But these were not happy to celebrate and enjoy their independence while their fellow brothers and sisters were still under the yoke of colonialism. The charter called for greater unity among African countries and fully supported the independence of African countries from colonialism and apartheid. The charter promoted economic and political co-operation with a vision that all people on the continent should live freely and in prosperity. Today, Africa Day presents us with an opportunity to reflect on the progress made by the continent in achieving the dreams of the founding fathers. Recently, l was really chaffed when l read that South Africa is in the process of introducing Swahili in their curricula since it is one of commonly spoken languages on the continent. It is these seemingly small things that Africa has to take into consideration if we are to really take off as a continent. If every country were to make May 25 a public holiday, would it not increase our solidarity! To have one day when all Africa would reflect, talk and discuss what it means to be African, where we are, where we are going is not too much to ask for a continent that continues to be persecuted and exploited. Indeed, for almost two decades after the creation of the OAU, the focus of the organisation remained almost entirely on the decolonisation of the continent and the eradication of apartheid. And today, the vision remains the same as in 1963: for Africa to achieve inclusive and sustainable development and to unite to ensure the welfare and wellbeing of their peoples. Unfortunately, one of the most strategic pillars to get there, the African Continental Free Trade Area, which seeks to get millions of people out of poverty, is yet to be realised. The infrastructure is not there, and even if it was, the free movement of goods and people is going to be difficult to realise in an environment where the West continues to interfere in the affairs of sovereign States. We all know the Africa we want; a prosperous and thriving Africa, where citizens realise their full potential and fully benefit from our vast natural resources. However, we can only achieve that when we are truly united and pulling in one direction as a continent as well as speaking with one voice. Let us take care of the seemingly small things first, like being on the same page with regards to days like Africa Day.
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https://www.thepatriot.co.zw/analysis/do-we-all-appreciate-africa-day/
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Will there be a season 6 of Lucifer? When will it come out?
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As much as fans of Netflix's Tom Ellis-starring Lucifer are ready for Season 5b to work its wicked ways back onto their streaming service in less than a week, there's one episode in particular that seems to be on everyone's radar- musical episode S05E10 "Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam." Directed by Sherwin Shilati and written by co-showrunner Ildy Modrovich, the episode boasts a pretty impressive covers playlist (see below)- then add pop superstar Debbie Gibson's amazing voice into the mix and you have something extra special. Viewers were given the heads-up that Gibson would be joining the cast for the episode back in January 2020, when it was also reported that she would be taking on the role of Shelly Bitner, "a controlling helicopter mother who won't let her teenage son JJ have any say in his own future."
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263113954286/will-there-be-a-season-6-of-lucifer-when-will-it-come-out
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What are the main contaminants we have to worry about in our drinking water?
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Published Saturday, May. L. Minto, Bern, NC Today, most Americans get their water from their sinks or fridge filters, and it travels great distances to get there. On the way, it may pick up chemicals that are harmful to our health if not filtered out properly. An analysis by the non-profit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) using 2016 data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that some 18 million Americans were living in areas with unsafe levels of lead in the water. In another report, USA Today found that 63 million Americans were exposed to unsafe drinking water from 2007-2017. Water pollution issues were also found to disproportionately plague minority and low-income communities. Flint, Michigan has been a leading example of U.U. communities facing water pollution. Discolored and highly polluted water was piped into Flint for 18 months during which time residents experienced skin rashes, itchy skin and hair loss. Although complaints were filed by Flint community members, they were dismissed by government officials. Many felt the governments response (or lack thereof) was rooted in prejudice as the majority of Flints population is black and two of five residents live below the poverty line. Michigans own Civil Rights Commission called the poor response a result of systemic racism. One of the main poisons in Flints water was lead, which entered the water via corroded plumbing. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), says that lead exposure is especially harmful to kids, causing brain and nervous system damage, developmental, learning and behavioral issues and hearing loss. In adults, lead can cause high blood pressure, miscarriage, infertility and brain and kidney damage. Some other common contaminants in drinking water are perfluorooctanesulfonic (PFOS) and perfluorooctane (PFOA), strontium and perchlorate. PFOS and PFOA are persistent man-made chemicals that can seep into groundwater sources and dont break down easily. Theyve been linked to chronic kidney disease and several forms of cancer. Strontium can weaken bones and stunt bone growth. Florida, Texas and Eastern Wisconsin each have higher than normal percentages of strontium in their water because many reservoirs come from carbonate rock aquifers in these states. Perchlorate disrupts the thyroids ability to produce hormones. It has also been labeled a likely human carcinogen by the EPA. It is estimated that 11 million Americans live in areas with perchlorate concentrations that are higher than what is considered safe in drinking water. If youd like to know whats in your drinking water, look online for free local water testing reports, or find a lab that will test your home water supply for between $20-100. Advocating for clean water to local, state and federal government agencies is also key to maintaining the communitys right to clean water. CONTACTS: Basic Information about Lead in Drinking Water, epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/basic-information-about-lead-drinking-water; More than 2 million Americans exposed to high levels of strontium in drinking water, ehn.org/strontium-in-drinking-water-2651752809/removal-of-strontium-from-drinking-water; Perchlorate in Drinking Water, emagazine.com/perchlorate-in-drinking-water/; Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know, nrdc.org/stories/flint-water-crisis-everything-you-need-know. EarthTalk is produced by Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss for the 501(c)3 nonprofit EarthTalk. See more at emagazine.com. To donate, visit earthtalk.org. Send questions to: [email protected]. Related Comments
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https://augustafreepress.com/what-are-the-main-contaminants-we-have-to-worry-about-in-our-drinking-water/
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What Is Happening Deep Beneath the Surface of Ice Planets?
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Is there liquid water, and if so, how does it interact with the planetary rocky seafloor? New experiments show that on water-ice planets between the size of our Earth and up to six times this size, water selectively leaches magnesium from typical rock minerals. The conditions with pressures of a hundred thousand atmospheres and temperatures above one thousand degrees Celsius were recreated in a lab and mimicked planets similar, but smaller than Neptune and Uranus. The mechanisms of water-rock interaction at the Earths surface are well known, and the picture of the complex cycle of H 2 O in the deep interior of our and other terrestrial planets is constantly improving. However, we do not know what happens at the interface between hot, dense H 2 O and the deep rocky shell of water-ice planets at pressures and temperatures orders of magnitude higher than at the bottom of the deepest oceans on Earth. In the solar system, Neptune and Uranus are classified as ice-giants; they have a thick external water-ice layer, which is underlain by a deep rocky layer, and it is still discussed whether the temperature at the interface is high enough to form liquid water. An international research team lead by Taehyun Kim of the Yonsei University of Seoul, Korea, including scientists from the University of Arizona, from DESY, from Argonne National Laboratory, and Sergio Speziale of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, conducted a series of challenging experiments both at PETRA III (Hamburg) and the Advanced Photon Source (Argonne, U.S.A.) showing how water strongly leaches magnesium oxide (MgO) from certain minerals, i.e. ferropericlase (Mg,Fe)O and olivine (Mg,Fe) 2 SiO 4 at pressures between 20 and 40 Gigapascal (GPa). This equals 200,000 to 400,000 times the atmospheric pressure on Earth and temperatures above 1500 K ( 1230 C), conditions which are present at the interface between deep oceans and the rocky mantle in sub-Neptune class of water planets. Sergio Speziale says: These findings open new scenarios for the thermal history of large icy planets such as Neptune and Uranus. The results of this study are published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy. Tiny pellets of either ferropericlase or olivine powder were loaded together with water in a tiny sample chamber (less than a millimeter in diameter) drilled in a metal foil and squeezed between two gem-quality diamonds culets using a diamond anvil cell (DAC). The samples were heated by shining an infrared laser through the diamond anvils. Synchrotron x-ray diffraction was used to determine minerals transformation and breakdown induced by reactions with water. A sudden decrease of diffraction signal from the starting minerals, and the appearance of new solid phases including brucite (magnesium hydroxide) were observed across full heating and quenching cycles. Sergio Speziale explains: This demonstrated the onset of chemical reactions and the dissolution of the magnesium oxide component of both ferropericlase and olivine; the dissolution was strongest in a specific pressure-temperature range between 20 to 40 Gigapascal and 1250 to 2000 Kelvin. The details of the reaction process and the consequent chemical segregation of MgO from the residual phases, were confirmed by thorough Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray spectroscopy of the recovered samples. At these extreme pressures and temperatures the solubility of magnesium oxide in water reaches levels similar to that of salt at ambient conditions, Sergio Speziale says. The scientists conclude that the intensive dissolution of MgO at the interface between the H 2 O layer and underlying rocky mantle could produce, in water-rich sub-Neptune exo-planets with appropriate size and composition such as TRAPPIST-1f, chemical gradients in the early hot phases of the planets history. These gradients with differentiated distribution of magnesium oxide at the planetary seafloor could be partially preserved across their long cooling evolution. Tracks of initial relatively shallow interactions between water and rocky material during planetary accretion could be also preserved for billions of years in large icy planets of the size of Uranus.
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https://scitechdaily.com/what-is-happening-deep-beneath-the-surface-of-ice-planets/
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Was tun mit der gebuchten Mallorca-Finca?
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Eine Frage, tausend Antworten. Die Entscheidung, was man letztlich mit der gebuchten Mallorca-Finca anstellt, wenn die Corona-Restriktionen dazwischenkommen, kann einem niemand abnehmen. In Aussicht auf ein paar schne Tage in Abgeschiedenheit am Pool haben viele Urlauber frhzeitig gebucht und Anzahlungen geleistet. Dann grtschte Corona mit stndig wechselnden Restriktionen dazwischen. Inzwischen sind sich viele deutsche Urlauber nicht mehr sicher, ob sie angesichts der Einreisebestimmungen auf dem Hin- und Rckflug und den rtlichen Corona-Regeln guten Gewissens fliegen sollen und welche Art von Urlaub berhaupt erlaubt ist. Die Mallorca-Reise ist natrlich mglich und von Seiten der Balearen-Regierung auch erwnscht. Weder bei der Ankunft auf der Insel, noch bei der Rckreise in Deutschland existiert eine Quarantnepflicht, die die Reiseplne erschwert. Doch in Sachen Finca-Urlaub gibt es Beschrnkungen. Die aktuellen Regeln legen ein Maximum von sechs Personen pro Finca fest. Im mallorquinischen Amtsblatt ist seit Samstag (22.5.) auch nicht lnger von einer Haushalts-Beschrnkung die Rede. Zuvor durften die Gste hchstens aus zwei verschiedenen Haushalten kommen. Diese Regel gilt nun nicht mehr. Sollte es wider Erwarten erneut zu der Regel kommen, sollten die Urlauber besser nicht dabei tricksen. Die Finca-Vermieter mssen eine Liste mit den Daten der Gste bei der Polizei vorlegen. Diese umfasst die Meldeadressen, woraus die Beamten die Haushalte ableiten knnen"sagt Maria Gibert, Geschftsfhrerin des Branchenverbands Habtur. Dabei kann es zu Abweichungen kommen, wenn im Personalausweis noch eine ltere Anschrift eingetragen ist. Das kann die Polizei dann gegebenenfalls berprfen. Teilweise kann es auch zu Inspektionen vor Ort kommen, zum Beispiel wenn Nachbarn eine Anzeige stellen", sagt Gibert. Bei Versten geht das Knllchen in erster Linie an den Vermieter, da er sich nicht an die Regeln gehalten hat. Wenn die Gste bei der Angabe der Haushalte gelogen haben, kann das Bugeld unter Umstnden weitergereicht werden." Vermieter am lngeren Hebel Als in Spanien noch der Alarmzustand galt, war die Sache relativ einfach, meint Alfonso Rodrguez, Sprecher des Verbraucherschutzverbands Consubal. Die Gesetzgebung wurde dahingehend gendert, dass der Urlauber nicht bis kurz vor der Abreise warten musste. Unter Berufung auf die unsichere Sachlage konnte der Mieter vom Vertrag zurcktreten und hatte Anrecht darauf, eine eventuelle Anzahlung zurckzubekommen." Jetzt aber msse der Kunde triftige Grnde fr die Stornierung vorweisen. Und das ist gar nicht so einfach. Die bloe Bitte der Bundesregierung, auf Reisen zu verzichten, reicht da nicht aus. Selbst eine mgliche Quarantne bei der Rckkehr hlt als Grund nicht her." Dafr wre schon hhere Gewalt ntig, wie zum Beispiel ein Lockdown. Knifflig wird die Sache, wenn der Flug ausfllt. Laut dem Verbraucherschtzer muss der Vermieter dann gezahlte Betrge zurckerstatten, wenn der Flugausfall nicht durch den Urlauber verschuldet wird. In der Praxis droht dann aber ein aufreibender Streit. Das zeigt auch der Fall eines MZ-Lesers, der sich bei einer groen deutschen Finca-Vermietung ber die Stornierungsmglichkeiten erkundigte. Sollte es vor Ort auf Mallorca einen Lockdown geben in dem Gebiet, wo die Finca steht sodass Sie die Finca nicht verlassen drfen, werden die Eigentmer/Verwalter den Mietpreis erstatten. Sie sind jedoch nicht verantwortlich fr Flugstreichungen, fr Reisebeschrnkungen in Deutschland oder Quarantnemanahmen nach Reiserckkehr", lautete die Antwort. Der Kontakt mit dem Vermieter ist unausweichlich. Mit den groen Agenturen gibt es selten Probleme. Die meisten Streitereien treten auf, wenn die Leute direkt bei den Eigentmern buchen", sagt Rodrguez. In beiden Fllen ist der Urlauber auf Kulanz angewiesen. Wir raten den Verbandsmitgliedern dazu, eine Einigung mit den Touristen zu erzielen. Die Urlauber bitten wir um Geduld und darum, das Gesprch mit dem Vermieter zu suchen", sagt Gibert. Im vergangenen Jahr boten die Vermieter meist Umbuchungen oder Gutscheine an. Theoretisch sitzen sie aber am lngeren Hebel und knnen auf die im Mietvertrag festgelegten Stornobedingungen beharren. Die handhabt jede Agentur und jeder Vermieter anders", sagt Gibert. Allgemeine Regeln gebe es nicht. Wer schon gebucht hat und bei der Buchung das Kleingedruckte stiefmtterlich behandelte, muss jetzt erst mal die Stornobedingungen grndlich lesen. Es muss nicht alles logisch erscheinen. Der Finca-Urlaub mit mehr als sechs Personen war zuvor zwar nicht erlaubt, die Buchung aber dennoch rechtskrftig. Die Gesetzgebung geht auf solche speziellen Flle nicht ein", sagt Rodrguez. Zumal es sich bei den Personen- und Haushaltsbeschrnkungen um regionale Regeln handle. Gegebenenfalls knne der Mieter einen proportionalen Nachlass heraushandeln, wenn er nicht alle gebuchten Betten belegen darf. Doch auch hier kommt wieder die Kulanz der Vermieter ins Spiel. Jetzt noch buchen Normalerweise sei im Mrz, sptestens im April die Hauptsaison ausgebucht, meint Gibert. Corona habe das gendert. Wir spren bei den Buchungen stark, dass die Briten wegfallen und viele Urlauber wegen der Haushaltsbeschrnkung Bedenken haben. Dennoch sind die Aussichten auf den Sommer gut." Angesichts der unsicheren Lage bieten einige Portale besondere Corona-Stornierungsbedingungen an. Man sollte schon bei der Buchung mit dem Vermieter abklren, wie in bestimmten Fllen verfahren wird, rt Rodrguez. Das sollte schriftlich geschehen. Um die privaten Anbieter besser zu vernetzen, will Habtur eine Buchungsplattform aufbauen. Wir mssen Vertrauen und Sicherheit fr die Urlauber schaffen", sagt Gibert. Leider gibt es immer wieder schwarze Schafe, die keine gltigen Lizenzen haben oder nicht existierende Fincas vermieten."
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https://www.mallorcazeitung.es/unterwegs/2021/05/30/tun-gebuchten-mallorca-finca/82586.html
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What is Noxcrews Minecraft Championships (MCC) Island?
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At the conclusion of Minecraft Championships (MCC 14,) Noxcrew revealed the team has been working on another project alongside launching season two of the event. Titled MCC Island, the developers shared very little information outside of a teaser trailer that showed a large island featuring some familiar landmarks fans of the event series will recognize. Noxcrew initially teased this as part of its big MCC season two breakdown that went live yesterday, where they showed off changes to maps, locations, and more ahead of the events return. Because the announcement was light on details, fans of Noxcrew and the MCC have already started speculating a larger version of the regular MCC server that will be made mostly public. The island motif gives the developers a lot of additional room to work with as a hub, while also letting them play around with new designs. There is also a chance that this will be some different type of event, but we wont know for sure until more information is shared. Noxcrew didnt reveal any further details after showcasing the trailer on stream, simply asking players to stay tuned for more news and to sign up for the beta. You can visit the official Noxcrew website to sign-up for news and a chance to enter the beta when it drops.
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https://dotesports.com/news/what-is-noxcrews-minecraft-championships-mcc-island
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Are we still on course for lockdown freedom day on June 21?
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It is touch and go. The fourth and final step of road map easing is planned for June 21, but the Indian variant has put that date in doubt. A government adviser involved in assessing the data said: If I was to call it now, Id say step four is highly likely to be delayed. Ministers are putting a brave face on the situation, but Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, said on Friday: If scientific evidence points to an increased hospitalisation rate, an increased degree of risk, then we have flexibility to move that date. Spi-M, the governments Covid modelling advice group, has been asked to produce two key reports, one this week and one next week, modelling the impact of how the Indian variant
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/are-we-still-on-course-for-lockdown-freedom-day-on-june-21-0rbdqcdhg
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Do I have to pay towards the cost of my neighbours wheelchair ramp?
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I live in a block of ten flats and each of the residents owns a share of the freehold. One of the owners who has become disabled has requested that a ramp be installed to allow him easier access. The cost of installation will be in excess of 30,000, which he claims would have to be shared among all the owners. Anonymous I assume that your building is owned by a company and that each of the ten residents in the building holds a share in that company, a structure known as Share of Freehold. Provided that the resident has a disability that falls within Section 6 of the Equality Act 2010, then section 36 of the Act will apply. This requires
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/do-i-have-to-pay-towards-the-cost-of-my-neighbours-wheelchair-ramp-h9mpfmbjq
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Why persist in failure when solutions exist?
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At the end of May, previously vaccine-starved SA faces a curious paradox: the supply of inoculations against the deadly coronavirus vastly exceeds demand. At least in theory. This strange dilemma is almost entirely explicable because the government, in light of so many demonstrable serial botch-ups on this front, insists on centralising and nationalising the broken appointments system, which we were assured would be up and working, for seniors, on May 17. I wonder how many over-60s have actually received the long-awaited SMS advising them of their place and time of appointment for the life-saving jab. I know of two such souls, one in Cape Town and one in Johannesburg as of midweek...
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https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/opinion-and-analysis/2021-05-30-why-persist-in-failure-when-solutions-exist/
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Could Facebooks Diem Become FedCoin By Default?
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Submitted by Mark Jeftovic, Co-founder and CEO, easyDNA technologies. Todays post is an excerpt from the monthly edition of The Crypto Capitalist Letter. To learn more about TCC and receive a free copy of The Crypto Capitalist Manifesto, join the Bombthrower list here. I had a reader ask me about Silvergate Capital. Theyre a bank holding company with a lot of exposure to the crypto currency space. I hadnt yet analyzed them deeply, but I did notice that they recently announced a partnership with Facebook on their DiemUSD stablecoin. Diem is Facebooks rebrand of Libra. Libra was a private crypto currency Facebook proposed to launch which in my mind was a transformative event for nation states and central banks. That was the moment when the establishment elites realized that non-state money had arrived and it posed an existential threat to the status quo. They were able to hold off Facebooks Libra, for awhile. They fought dirty. US Senators sent straight up extortion letters to members of Facebooks Libra Consortium threatening to investigate them for ostensible ties to child pornography on Facebooks platform if they went through with the project. They all dropped out. My heart didnt exactly bleed for Facebook, but the incident was instructive. I wrote about it at the time, but I will repeat the salient point here: Should a gigantic platform like Facebook successfully launch their own digital currency, a persons Facebook account will become more important in their day-to-day lives than their nation state issued passport. Especially if were entering an era of drastically curtailed travel for plebeians. The battle between the US, France, et al and Facebook over Libra was an early round in the struggle between waning Nation States and ascendent Network States. Facebook kept working on their Libra, first under a wallet program called Novi and now as Diem, and Diem USD will be their stablecoin. One can only surmise that behind the scenes something has shifted so that Facebook thinks they can proceed with launching a new stablecoin. This partnership with Silvergate, as well as relocating their Diem Association, which oversees their digital currency projects, from Switzerland back to the United States may be part of that calculus. There have been some rumblings that the US is losing the Central Bank Digital Currency race and that one way to jumpstart a program would be to partner with a private entity who is already further down the road with it. Facebook, for one. When we think about what Fedcoin could reasonably be expected to do, my guess is: Provide the rails for UBI and other entitlement programs Be fully programmable (an example is Australias cashless Centrelink card which will provide welfare benefits that cannot be spent on booze, cigarettes or gambling) Be fully trackable: with everybody walking around with Facebook installed on their smartphone, its already baked-in. Ubiquitous: There are more Facebook users in the USA (190 million) than had voted in the last election (161 million). Consider this, what everybody knows from all camps (pro fiat, pro Bitcoin, establishment, anti-establishment, et al), is that the days of the petrodollar are numbered. For an excellent summary of how the current petrodollar regime arose and has been enforced over the past 50 years, listen to From the Petrodollar to a Bitcoin Standard with Nic Carter and Alex Gladstein on a recent What Bitcoin Did episode hosted by Peter McCormick. As pointed out in that episode, the US has a track record of militarily enforcing USD primacy when countries like Iraq or Libya wanted to sell their oil for some other currency than USD. Libra was to be backed by a basket of currencies, Diem is a stable coin pegged to USD. US lawmakers moved swiftly to kill Libra in the crib. So far theres been at least silent assent on Diem. It may be that the US policymakers hope that USD stable coins may be the way for the US to preserve its Exorbitant Privilege and extend its run at the helm of a world reserve currency. (But make no mistake: CBDCs will be pathways to dependancy and poverty by design. The antidote to being trapped in a system constructed to preclude wealth and capital formation are crypto-currencies. Thats our focus at The Crypto Capitalist, and you can read the overall thesis here).
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Have Celtic found the manager they need?
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Postecoglou is in line to join Celtic after their attempt to appoint Howe ended in failure Dylan McGowans spell in the Scottish top flight offered him a hint as to the level of scrutiny endured by an Old Firm manager. The former Hearts defender would best describe it as matching the intensity of life as the countrys first minister. As Ange Postecoglou emerges as favourite for the Parkhead post, McGowan says his former Australia national team manager is better equipped to cope with such pressures than many initial reactions suggest. McGowan gained a proper insight into Postecoglou, now of Japanese side Yokohama F Marinos, when given his international debut in June 2017 against Brazil. He made the squad for the Confederations Cup in Russia, where Australia finished third in their group behind Germany and Chile. Sponsored They qualified on the back of
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/have-celtic-found-the-manager-they-need-d2srjcq7r
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Which CBD sodas taste the best?
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Published Saturday, May. While those were the only options in the past, you knew it was just a matter of time before someone changed the game. With drinkable cannabis, there are so many things you do while you get the effects you need. One thing people wonder about, though, is the quality of the beverage. It happens, but you dont have to suffer. Introducing CANN CANN is a new brand on the market that has changed the way people consume cannabis. Instead of flavoring water with all sorts of things to take away the taste of the cannabis, you now have a delicious social tonic to enjoy. Each can contains 4 mg of CBD and 2 mg of THC. Though you probably dont focus on the design, these cute little cans have fun swirls and colors to help with your enjoyment. Flavors available Right now, the brand offers these playful flavors: Grapefruit Rosemary Blood Orange Cardamom Lemon Lavender Theyre fun to say and delightful to drink. How to consume them The amount you drink depends on how much of a buzz you want. For example, a single can offers a very mellow feeling of euphoria. However, you can keep drinking more to stack up on those good vibes. With low doses of CBD and THC, you can easily control your buzz. Plus, the cans are 8 ounces and have 35 calories, so youre not going to go overboard for the day. Be aware that it can take about 10 minutes to feel the effects after drinking a CBD soda. This is much faster than with an edible, so you might want to see how strong they are for you before downing a bunch. Yes. The brand takes quality seriously, so the cannabis extracts are all from stains grown in California to help you get a high buzz. The ingredients are all-natural, too, so theres no risk of putting anything negative in your body. Where to buy CBD soda Its unlikely that traditional grocery stores might carry them now or in the future. While you might consider going to a cannabis shop, theres no need to go anywhere. Most CBD sodas can be purchased online, making them highly convenient for you! Just scroll through the offerings, choose the flavor or flavors you want to try, and buy them directly. Its so easy and fun. However, many companies are just starting to roll out their CBD sodas. Therefore, you may not be in a delivery zone yet. Keep checking, though. Well, when you choose CBD soda, you can. With so many products popping up, you want the best of the best, and now, you can find it. Buy some online today and try the many delicious flavors available. Related Comments
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https://augustafreepress.com/which-cbd-sodas-taste-the-best/
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Is OneWeb nearing lift-off despite its champions fall?
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On Friday, a Soyuz rocket blasted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far east of Russia, taking 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit. The launch, delayed from earlier in the week after the discovery of a technical problem, was the latest chapter in OneWebs dash for space glory. Sponsored It was a moment with big implications for taxpayers in Britain, too. Under a deal last year, the government invested $500 million (353.4 million) for a 45 per cent stake in the bust satellite company, alongside a matching sum from Indias Bharti Enterprises. It was a deal pushed by the prime ministers erstwhile chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, going against the advice of civil servants. Officials were so concerned about the potential waste of money that they insisted on
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/is-oneweb-nearing-lift-off-despite-its-champions-fall-9z5pssbgx
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How is Yuma handling the rise of cocktails to-go?
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Pexels After Governor Doug Ducey cleared the way for restaurants, bars, and liquor stores to keep selling alcohol even after the pandemic, businesses around Yuma are checking out their options to decide if they will still offer alcoholic beverages to-go. While there are still a few logistical hurdles in the way as far as implementing the legislation is concerned many business owners are tempted by this opportunity. Yvonne Peach, the owner of Yuma Landing Bar and Grill, shared with KYMA that even though her establishment did not offer cocktails to go in the beginning, she is definitely interested in getting a license for it and sorting out all the details. Its really not something that was a necessity before the pandemic. I dont think anyone would have thought of it, you want them to come in your bar, you want them to spend time, buy food. The pandemic has made things different, she said for the news station. Follow me to see more articles like this. ... Follow Bob Lutes, the Lute's Casino downtown owner, says that making alcoholic beverages with a to-go option has been working for his restaurant ever since the pandemic started, as the news outlet reports. We had it before it even started, but its definitely an asset for everybody, and were glad to see it in, Lutes said. Based on the text of the bill, bars and liquor stores can start selling cocktails on October 1. Restaurants will still need to lease the ability to sell alcohol through a bar in the same county. Its also worth keeping in mind that all Yuma customers will have to order some food to be able to get an alcoholic drink to go.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2262799528807/how-is-yuma-handling-the-rise-of-cocktails-to-go
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Was Lisa Kudrow pregnant in Friends?
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(Getty Images) After much anticipation, the iconic show Friends is gracing the screens again in honor of its 25th anniversary. A reunion special will air for the world to see, and the full original cast will be involved, which is heartwarming. From Joey having trouble telling the days of the week to Monica popping out with a turkey on her head and Chandler saying, I love you, there are several unforgettable moments. One moment in particular that has people talking is when Phoebe Buffay, the quick-witted, guitar-playing character (played by Lisa Kudrow) was expecting her brother and sister-in-laws triplets. The seasoned actress was pregnant in the fourth season of Friends in 1997. She and her husband Michael Stern, were expecting their son Julian. When she found out about her pregnancy, the producers wrote a storyline to coincide with her pregnancy. Phoebes brother Frank Jr and his wife Alice couldnt have children, so they asked her to be the surrogate. In the fifth season, Phoebe gave birth to triplets: Frank Jr Jr, Chandler, and Leslie. Kudrow and Stern gave birth to her Julian in 1998. In 2018, Kudrow chatted with People magazine about how included she felt when producers wrote her pregnancy in the story. The six of us would do a huddle backstage and just say, All right, have a good show, love you love you love you love you. And when I was pregnant, then they would say, Have a great show, love you love you love you, little Julian! Kudrow told People. So sweet, they included my little fetus in the huddle. Recently, Kudrow shared a post of her son Julian all grown up. He graduated from the University of Southern California. Happy proud HAPPY. And a little crying. By me not him.. @juls_magewls, she captioned the photo of her and her son in his cap and gown. Friends: The Reunion will be available for streaming on Thursday, May 27, 2021, on HBO Max. Guest stars such as Justin Bieber, David Beckham and James Corden will be featured in the reunion.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263098246797/was-lisa-kudrow-pregnant-in-friends
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How do I charge my toothbrush handle with the travel case?
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Your toothbrush can be charged from inside the travel case for extra convenience while you're away from home. The steps to charge your toothbrush inside the travel case are detailed below. Step One Plug the USB cable into the travel case and into the USB wall adapter. Step Two Plug the wall adapter into an electrical socket. Step Three Place the toothbrush into the travel case. Step Four Charging has started when the toothbrush beeps twice and the lights illuminate in an upwards motion. While charging, the battery indicator blinks in white. Leave the travel case plugged in until the toothbrush is fully charged. The battery light will stop blinking and turn off when the handle has finished charging. Note Make sure that the travel case is placed on its side for better stability.
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https://www.philips.ie/c-f/XC000019780/how-do-i-charge-my-toothbrush-handle-with-the-travel-case
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When will the world learn the truth about Wuhan?
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Wuhans wet market, the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, may have helped to spread the virus but did not create it FEATURE CHINA/BARCROFT MEDIA VIA GETTY IMAGES Eighteen months on from the reporting of the first cases in Wuhan in China, Covid-19 has killed between 127,000 and 152,000 people in the UK and resulted in at least 169 million cases and 3.5 million deaths probably a lot more worldwide. It disrupted lives and continues to do so. It has cost governments across the world, and taxpayers, trillions of pounds, a bill we will be paying for years to come. Sponsored And yet we still know disturbingly little about the source of this pandemic. When, a year ago, Donald Trump tweeted that it was the incompetence of China that had led to this mass worldwide killing, the only takers were right-wing US talk shows and Trump supporters who believed everything their hero
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/when-will-the-world-learn-the-truth-about-wuhan-mb5kjs3fg
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Where can I go on a cruise this summer?
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Greece is going to be popular this summer but you can dodge the masses on Variety Cruises tiny, 48-passenger Galileo, sailing from Athens on July 30 and calling at spots even the most enthusiastic island-hopper might have missed. After watching the sunset over Cape Sounion, youll sail to Ikaria, Patmos and Lipsi. Theres a day in Kalymnos, famous for its sponge diving, before you head to the Cyclades, where stops include Levitha, an island with four inhabitants, and sleepy Iraklia, criss-crossed with walking paths. Details Seven nights half-board from 2,400pp, including two dinners and drinks with meals (seafarercruises.com). Fly to Athens. Passengers must be vaccinated or show proof of a negative PCR test taken 72 hours before travel With Portugal on the UK
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/where-can-i-go-on-a-cruise-this-summer-s8bb0m26g
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Which lockdown innovations should we keep as things get back to normal?
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The pint my friend spilt was his fourth or maybe fifth and here is the one downside of new-normal table service. If you have drinks brought to you in the pub, you dont have to face the Crystal Maze challenge of fighting your way to the bar, ordering the round and then shepherding that round back to your table. You lose the ability, designed into the traditional pub outing, to gauge whether or not youve had enough. Most of the pint my friend spilt ended up in my laptop bag, so the next morning I was driving to an Apple Store in Essex. Except I wasnt driving. I was sitting in a traffic jam on the M25. The queue for the Dartford tunnel has returned.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/which-lockdown-innovations-should-we-keep-as-things-get-back-to-normal-0ll0flq03
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Why is it so hard to see a classic film?
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That was when Jaws was released and the summer blockbuster was born; when cinema, for some, died, while for others it became a lot more fun. Films made before the shark are from half a century ago and, just as nobody buys shag carpets these days, tastes change. Humour goes through phases, black-and-white turns to colour, scenes shot then would not be allowed today. Yet this is not about changing morality or new standards of decency. Art must last for ever, providing a picture of when it was made, so nothing will be cancelled over the course of this article. Watching old films should be entertainment and education, but lots of people no longer bother. Last year,
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-is-it-so-hard-to-see-a-classic-film-7ndxc9std
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Can Rafael Nadal maintain his reign at Roland Garros?
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Posted at 20:07 ET (00:07 GMT) Saturday, May 29, 2021 Playing 1:28 Posted at 20:24 ET (00:24 GMT) Saturday, May 22, 2021 0:27 Posted at 21:50 ET (01:50 GMT) Wednesday, May 12, 2021 0:54 Posted at 18:09 ET (22:09 GMT) Monday, March 29, 2021 0:38 Posted at 17:01 ET (21:01 GMT) Friday, March 26, 2021 3:04 Posted at 20:47 ET (00:47 GMT) Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:31 Posted at 21:12 ET (01:12 GMT) Sunday, March 14, 2021 3:44 Posted at 1:20 PM ET (5:20 PM GMT) Thursday, March 11, 2021 0:51 Posted at 12:51 ET (16:51 GMT) Thursday, March 11, 2021 1:06 Posted at 11:35 AM ET (3:35 PM GMT) Thursday, March 11, 2021 0:44
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https://www.explica.co/can-rafael-nadal-maintain-his-reign-at-roland-garros-video.html
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Will Constitutional Carry in Texas Bring Back the Spirit of the Old Wild West?
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A new series from Top Cow and Image Comics called St. Mercy, by the creative team of John Zuur Platten and Atilio Rojo, will be set in the Wild West and tell the story of Mercedes Oro, a descendant of the Incan Empire protecting cursed gold used in human sacrifices, which is stolen by an outlaw, and you know the deal: hilarity ensues. But the description of the comic says it will feature "two strong, determined young women who must defy authority and ultimately embrace their destiny," and in the preview below we see another, Toctollissica, an Incan girl chosen to be a special human sacrifice.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263172312256/will-constitutional-carry-in-texas-bring-back-the-spirit-of-the-old-wild-west
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Can I use vegetable pesticide in the greenhouse?
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CLOSE EAST LANSING, MI. A greenhouse chemical usage guide for vegetable growers. Pesticide use in the greenhouse Vegetable growers often use greenhouses or hoop houses to start transplants for field production or for full-season protected culture. Certain types of pests and diseases can be reduced in these controlled settings, but the occasional outbreak may require treatment from a pesticide. Vegetable transplants can sometimes benefit from preventative applications of a fungicide before they reach the field. Many foliar-applied pesticides have longer residuals in certain greenhouse settings. Usually, pesticides degrade with exposure to sunlight. Greenhouses that use UV-blocking materials remove a large spectrum of light between 10 and 400 nm that we cannot see with our own eyes, but contributes to pesticide degradation. Therefore, sidewalls and coverings that block UV light increase residual activity of pesticides. Glass and acrylic sheeting and untreated polyethylene films allow the most amount of light across the entire spectrum to penetrate to the crop canopy. Fiberglass, polycarbonate and rigid PVC sheeting, as well as PVC and treated polyethylene films can either partially-block or fully-block UV light. Greenhouse label language The label is law. Label language will indicate whether a certain pesticide application is allowed in a greenhouse, and a restriction statement is usually found in the Directions for Use section. Very often, greenhouse applications are only allowed on certain crops or crop stages. Some labels contain different rates and recommendations for the same crop inside and outside of a greenhouse. For example, streptomycin is an antibiotic that is only allowed on tomato transplants in the greenhouse as an effective control for bacterial diseases, and is not allowed for use on outdoor tomatoes at all. Occasionally, a label will not indicate greenhouse restrictions, but also will not provide special instructions for greenhouse use. When the label is silent on greenhouse use, it is classified as an implied use, and can be used as long as the target crop is on the label. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) defers to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for its definition of a greenhouse. The most recent update to the WPS has termed it enclosed space production, and defines it as production of an agricultural plant indoors or in a structure or space that is covered in whole or in part by any nonporous covering and that is large enough to permit a person to enter. So, if a pesticide label does not allow its use in an enclosed space production area, then you cannot use it in a poly film hoop house even when the sidewalls rolled up and end walls are open. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates most greenhouses, hoop houses, high tunnels and similar structures will fall within the definition of enclosed space production, but a final determination will be made on a case-by-case basis applying the parameters of the definition to each situation. Some operations will use shade cloth during certain production or market phases. Shade cloth used within a greenhouse would be subject to the enclosed space production procedures. Where shade cloth is the sole covering, the employer will need to determine if the particular material is porous or nonporous. In addition, there are porous versions of Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and Ethyl Vinyl Acetate (EVA). As there has not been guidance issued on these materials, consider the traditional greenhouse structures to be enclosed space production areas. Worker pesticide safety and greenhouse applications Greenhouse pesticide applications require compliance with restricted-entry intervals (REIs) and spray notification regulations under the WPS. The following scenarios are modified from the one-page reference document, "Pesticides in Enclosed Agricultural Spaces," and identifies the entry restrictions when applying pesticides for enclosed space production to ensure workers and other persons are not exposed to the pesticide(s) being applied. The restrictions depend on the types of pesticide(s) or application method used. When using a fumigant, the entire enclosed space and structures/areas that cannot be sealed off are restricted until ventilation criteria* is met or REI expires, whichever is longer. If a fumigant had an REI of 48 hours, and the grower chose to ventilate for 24 hours without ventilation, they must still wait another 24 hours because the REI is 48 hours total. When applying fine droplets that DO NOT require a respirator, the entire enclosed space is restricted until ventilation criteria* is met or the REI expires, whichever is longer. If this is not possible, use larger droplets. For a product with an REI of 4 hours, sprayed in an enclosed space with a fine nozzle the grower would need to ventilate the entire space by any of those methods listed above, and whichever takes longer is the entry time. If a grower chose to wait 24-hours without ventilation, then that REI is effectively 24 hours. When applying fine droplets (293 microns or smaller) that REQUIRE a respirator, the entire enclosed space is restricted until ventilation criteria* is met. No one is allowed into the entire space until it is vented. The treated area is restricted until ventilation criteria is met or REI expires, whichever is longer. For greenhouses, a treated area can be as small as one plant. When applying medium droplets or larger (greater than 294 microns) MORE THAN 12 inches away from growing media, the treated area plus 25 feet in all directions within the enclosed space is restricted until the application is complete. The treated area is restricted until the the REI expires. Ventilation is not required. For greenhouses, a treated area can be as small as one plant. When applying medium droplets or larger LESS THAN 12 inches away from growing media, the treated area is restricted until the REI expires. Ventilation is not required. Ventilation criteria Ventilation must continue until one of the following conditions is met: Ten air exchanges are completed. Two hours of ventilation using fans or other mechanical ventilating systems. Four hours of ventilation using vents, windows or other passive ventilation. Eleven hours with no ventilation followed by one hour of mechanical ventilation. Eleven hours with no ventilation followed by two hours of passive ventilation. Twenty-four hours with no ventilation. Signage If the REI of the product is greater than four hours in an enclosed space or 48 hours in an outdoor space, a warning sign must be posted for all applications. If the REI is less than or equal to four hours in an enclosed space or 48 hours in an outdoor space, workers can be notified with an oral warning or a posted sign. Employers must also post application locations when a label requires dual notification regardless of the stated REI. Visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OxuU9RBCi-2ek0VtcuBAY1dOyrKhA6-rw9nYfBmIJds/edit#gid=1277088578 for a list in order by trade name. If the label is open to all greenhouse uses, we indicate yes. If the label specifically disallows greenhouse uses, we indicate no, or cautions against its use, we indicate avoid. If the label makes specific uses allowable in certain crops or crop stages, we put certain crops only, see label. In the cases where a label implies a use by not including any greenhouse language, we indicate silent. Always double-check the label that comes with your specific product and formulation. Read or Share this story: https://www.farmersadvance.com/story/news/2021/05/26/can-use-vegetable-pesticide-greenhouse/5174182001/
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What would a Bennett-Lapid 'change' government look like?
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Michaeli is expected to be appointed transportation minister and MK Omer Bar-Lev will be public security minister, a post once held by his father, Haim Bar-Lev. The third portfolio given to Labor will be Diaspora Affairs. Labor has not revealed its candidate for the third portfolio, but it could be MK Emilie Moatti or MK Gilad Kariv, who is a Reform rabbi. A new department for advancing religious pluralism would be created in the ministry. The agreement includes steps to strengthen the police force, stop crime in the agricultural sector and fight traffic accidents. Michaeli would be a member of the Judicial Selection Committee, which will also have right-wing representatives from Yamina and New Hope. Six judges are set to be appointed to the Supreme Court over the next four years. cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId: '36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b' }).render('4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6'); }); if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";} Alternate Prime Minister/Foreign Minister: Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) Defense Minister: Benny Gantz (Blue and White) Finance Minister: Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) Justice Minister: Gideon Sa'ar (New Hope) Education Minister: Yifat Shasha-Biton (New Hope) Interior Minister: Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) Transportation Minister: Merav Michaeli (Labor) Health Minister: Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) Public Security Minister: Omer Bar-Lev (Labor) Environmental Protection Minister: Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) Economy Minister: Abir Kara (Yamina) Construction and Housing Minister: Ze'ev Elkin (New Hope) Communications Minister: Yoaz Hendel (New Hope) Religious Affairs Minister: Matan Kahana (Yamina) Culture and Sports Minister: Chili Tropper (Blue and White) Agriculture and Rural Development Minister: Alon Schuster (Blue and White) Regional Cooperation Minister: Esawi Frej (Meretz) Diaspora Affairs Minister: Emilie Moatti or Gilad Kariv (Labor) Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Minister: Pnina Tamano-Shata (Blue and White) or Yisrael Beytenu minister Aliyah and Integration Minister: Pnina Tamano-Shata (Blue and White) or Yisrael Beytenu minister Tourism Minister: Yesh Atid minister Energy Ministry: Yesh Atid minister Science and Technology Minister: Yesh Atid minister Social Equity Minister: Yesh Atid minister Jerusalem Affairs, Ministerial Liaison to the Knesset: Yesh Atid minister Knesset Speaker: Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) Knesset Finance Committee chairman: Oded Forer (Yisrael Beytenu) Strategic Affairs, Intelligence Services, Community Development, Cyber, Higher Education and Water: Dismantled A coalition deal is believed to have been finalized after Yamina's Naftali Bennett supposedly came to an agreement with Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid.Labor and Yesh Atid announced on Friday that they had finalized a coalition agreement.
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Will Gold Hit A New All-Time-High This Year?
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Incrementum AG sees a 45% probability of the gold price hitting a new all-time high at $2,100 or higher as early as December 2021. Authored by Ronald Stoeferle and Mark Valek, and now in its 50th iteration, the Liechtenstein-based investment boutiques annual report entitled In Gold We Trust also argues in its base case future scenario for gold trading at $4,800 per oz. by the end of the decade. Given the wave of monetary climate change triggered by the pandemic and the prospect of inflation sticking around for longer brings a gold price hitting $8,900 per oz. within the realm of possibility by 2030, the report has found. At last years report launch, Stoeferle and Valek said: Its not a question of if, but when we will see a new all-time high. In the months following the stock market collapse in March 2020, we saw a very dynamic rise in the gold price, culminating in new all-time highs in August 2020. This was followed by a consolidation phase, which now seems to be completed, says Stoeferle, recapping the gold price development of the past 12 months. In addition to profit-taking, a firmer US dollar, and opportunity costs in the wake of the Bitcoin bull market, rising bond yields were a key trigger for the emerging headwinds, adds Valek. Despite price declines in the second half of the year, the gold price gained 14.3% in euro terms and 24.6% in US dollar terms in 2020. Since the beginning of 2021, price declines of under 1% have been recorded in both currencies. Monetary climate change The 2021 edition of the In Gold We Trust report is entitled Monetary climate change. With this, the two authors draw attention to a multi-layered paradigm shift triggered by the pandemic and the political reactions that followed. Just as meteorological climate change poses the risk of rising sea levels, a side effect of monetary climate change is the almost unlimited liquidity that has flooded the markets since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic and has already caused a noticeable increase in asset price levels and now also consumer price levels, says Stoeferle. One of the most dramatic consequences that monetary climate change could bring is a renaissance of consumer price inflation. In our opinion, we are currently only in the early stages of an inflationary trend, says Valek. The enormously inflated money supply and, in particular, a future increase in the velocity of money in circulation point to a higher level of inflation in the future, according to the report. In addition, central banks are increasingly changing their monetary policy strategy. Although nominal interest rates have risen in recent months, they remain historically low and primarily negative in real terms. According to an analysis by the World Gold Council, real interest rates in the US would have to rise to over 2.5% to have a significant long-term negative impact on the gold price. Incrementuma quantitative evaluations also confirm this. In an environment of negative real interest rates, golds average annualised performance is 19.3% in nominal terms and 11.4% in real terms. This is good news for gold, say the authors, as we are more convinced than ever that negative real interest rates are the new normal. Silver price spike The high level of government debt makes significant interest rate increases impossible. The authors argue monetary climate change is turning traditional portfolio allocations on their head, as every change in the inflation regime also changes the dynamics of returns and correlations in the portfolio. Further, monetary climate change offers considerable risks for investors but also enormous opportunities. After hibernating for years, commodity prices have now awakened. It is quite possible that the 2010s will turn out to be a repeat of the 1960s and the 2020s of the 1970s. In any case, from our perspective, the signs are clearly mounting that the entire field of inflation-sensitive assets could be at the beginning of a pronounced bull market similar to that of the 1970s, says Stoeferle. With rising inflation rates, the authors argue that the silver price will also post significant gains. In addition to its property as a protection against inflation, its use as an industrial metal also speaks in favour of silver investment. For example, the massively pushed green technologies such as photovoltaics cannot be implemented without silver, Valek says. A comparison with past silver bull markets shows that typically there was an acceleration at the end of the trend. That phase is likely still to come, according to Stoeferle. By Mining.com More Top Reads From Oilprice.com:
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Which States Have Extended To-Go Cocktails Indefinitely?
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I know I do, we used to call them roadies back in the day. To-go cocktails have been a major source of income for the restaurant and bar industry throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. As the country went into lockdown businesses were forced to shut their doors, including bars. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo threw a lifeline in March 2020 when he issued an executive order allowing bars and restaurants to offer to-go drinks on the very same day indoor and outdoor dining was shut down. CNBC reported that dozen of other states followed his lead, pushed by lobbying from the restaurant and spirit industries. As of Wednesday {May 26, 2021} 39 states and the District of Columbia allow the sale of to-go cocktails. The good news for the restaurant and bar industry, and drinkers like myself, is that to-go cocktails are here to stay, for some of us but not for the entire country just yet. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia have already made to-go cocktails legal permanently. An additional 6 states have made to-go cocktails legal through 2022. The 14 states with legal to-go cocktails forever are drumrollllllllll please Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and possibly soon-to-be-state District of Columbia. INBOX: Gov. Laura Kelly signed HB 2137 today. To-go cocktails are officially permanent in Kansas. #ksleg Katie Bernard (@KatieJ_Bernard) May 19, 2021 In February 2020, to-go cocktails were available only in New Orleans and a handful of other entertainment districts. Now its possible to order one in most states. https://t.co/WPH6cfByp1 The New York Times (@nytimes) May 24, 2021 Dont be too sad if you did not see your state on that list, more and more states are creating bills to allow the sale of to-go cocktails indefinitely. Cocktails-to-go may become a permanent fixture in California https://t.co/UshSyAiE0v Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 14, 2021 Nicholas Mermet, co-owner of the Westport Cafe in Kansas City, Missouri told CNBC, Its not the reason why were still here, but it helped a lot. The businesses may be less reliant on it, but it will still be an important offering for them. Lets hope more states follow suit and we can have purchase to-go cocktails legally anywhere in the US of A soon! Til then, this Memorial Day weekend support your local gay bars and restaurants by grabbing a to-go cocktail, or having a cocktail there! Source: CNBC
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Are banks and stock exchange open on Memorial Day weekend 2021?
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Getty Many businesses, including banks, will be closed on May 31 for Memorial Day. The weekend that kicks off the summer has finally arrived. Many businesses will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. This includes most banks, however, you can still transact through a mobile app or an ATM. If you are making a virtual deposit on Memorial Day, keep in mind that it will not appear in your account until the next day. As to whether your bank will be open on Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, refer to your banks regular hours. If your bank is still open on Saturday, it will also be open on Saturday Memorial Day weekend. Most banks are closed on Sundays. Thanks to user-friendly apps like Robinhood, more and more people are interested in buying stocks. Those who are new to the world of New York Stock Exchange are probably wondering if the stock exchange will be open this Memorial Day. Memorial Day is one of 9 public holidays the New York Stock Exchange closes. The NYSE and the Nasdaq will be closed on Monday, May 31, 2021. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are closed for trading. Bond markets will also be closed. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday June 1st. Foreign markets will remain open, so you can still trade on Memorial Day. the London Stock Exchange will also be closed on Monday May 31st for a public holiday. You can still trade cryptocurrencies on Memorial Day Dear bitcoin, please take this weekend Barry Silbert (@BarrySilbert) May 28, 2021 If you are trading cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Dogecoin, you can still buy and sell on Memorial Day. Cryptocurrency is available 24/7, regardless of federal holidays. This is because crypto trading is not part of the NYSE. While many Americans enjoy a weekend of boat rides and barbecues, those with cryptocurrencies dont have that luxury. According to MarketWatch, some Bitcoin investors are dreading what could be a volatile cryptocurrency weekend. This includes Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, who tweeted, Dear Bitcoin, please take this weekend Friday. According to NYSE Holiday Schedule and Trading Hours, the NYSE closes 9 days a year, excluding weekends. The holiday closures are as follows: New Years Day Martin Luther King Jr Day Washington Birthday / Presidents Day Good Friday Memorial Day Independence Day / July 4 Labor Day Thanksgiving Day the day of Christmas When the holidays fall on a Saturday, the NYSE closes on Friday respecting the holidays. When the holidays fall on a Sunday, the NYSE closes on Monday respecting the holidays. For example, Independence Day falls on a Sunday in 2021. The NYSE will therefore be closed on Monday, July 5 of this year. For the most part, banks follow the same schedule. However, many banks are also closed on Columbus Day, for which the NYSE remains open. What Are The Main Benefits Of Comparing Car Insurance Quotes Online LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 24, 2020, / Compare-autoinsurance.Org has launched a new blog post that presents the main benefits of comparing multiple car insurance quotes. For more info and free online quotes, please visit https://compare-autoinsurance.Org/the-advantages-of-comparing-prices-with-car-insurance-quotes-online/ The modern society has numerous technological advantages. One important advantage is the speed at which information is sent and received. With the help of the internet, the shopping habits of many persons have drastically changed. The car insurance industry hasn't remained untouched by these changes. On the internet, drivers can compare insurance prices and find out which sellers have the best offers. View photos The advantages of comparing online car insurance quotes are the following: Online quotes can be obtained from anywhere and at any time. Unlike physical insurance agencies, websites don't have a specific schedule and they are available at any time. Drivers that have busy working schedules, can compare quotes from anywhere and at any time, even at midnight. Multiple choices. Almost all insurance providers, no matter if they are well-known brands or just local insurers, have an online presence. Online quotes will allow policyholders the chance to discover multiple insurance companies and check their prices. Drivers are no longer required to get quotes from just a few known insurance companies. Also, local and regional insurers can provide lower insurance rates for the same services. Accurate insurance estimates. Online quotes can only be accurate if the customers provide accurate and real info about their car models and driving history. Lying about past driving incidents can make the price estimates to be lower, but when dealing with an insurance company lying to them is useless. Usually, insurance companies will do research about a potential customer before granting him coverage. Online quotes can be sorted easily. Although drivers are recommended to not choose a policy just based on its price, drivers can easily sort quotes by insurance price. Using brokerage websites will allow drivers to get quotes from multiple insurers, thus making the comparison faster and easier. For additional info, money-saving tips, and free car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.Org/ Compare-autoinsurance.Org is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. 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Who won Minecraft Championships (MCC) 14?
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History was made at the start of season two. Noxcrew proved that the five-month wait for more Minecraft Championships (MCC) action was worth it, putting on a great first event to kick off season two. With some revamped maps, assets, and other content in the mix, the Aqua Axotols were able to come out on top with a dominant Dodgebolt performance to close out MCC 14. Despite lagging behind the Blue Bats in the overall standings, HBomb94, Smajor1995, and their team cleaned up Sapnaps squad 3-1 in the final event to take home the first coin of season two. With the MCC 14 win, HBomb94 is now the winningest player in MCC history, becoming the first player to hold four titles, previously winning MCC 2, MCC 7, and MCC 9. Smajor1995 has also now won the event three separate times, while this was both Wisp and Solidaritys first win. Related: Noxcrew announces new Minecraft Championships (MCC) Island project Here are the final standings for the entire event, leading up to the Aqua Axotols 3-1 victory in Dodgebolt. Blue Bats: 21,528 Coins Aqua Axolotls: 20,218 Coins Purple Pandas: 19,833 Coins Red Rabbits: 17,882 Coins Yellow Yaks: 17,504 Coins Pink Parrots: 15,566 Coins Green Guardians: 15,252 Coins Orange Ocelots: 15,093 Coins Cyan Creepers: 13,730 Coins Lime Llamas: 13,523 Coins Noxcrew has not confirmed the dates for MCC 15 yet, but the second season is off to a strong start after its first event.
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What are generations of video games and why do we use them?
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You may have heard about Boomers and Millennials, but generations are very different in the video game world. Just as we attach social and cultural values to certain periods, we can do the same for games. Even when lines are blurry and categories are subjective, grouping history into different types makes it easier to talk about. In terms of human life, the video game market is middle-aged. But gaming generations are moving at a faster pace, which is being demanded by dizzying technological advancements. Within one lifetime, nine generations of video games have carved, jumped, and warped their way into the collective conscience. Lets take a look at what these generations are and what they mean for the gaming community. Gamers often use the terms last generation, current generation, and next generation. We often use the abbreviation gene, as in next-generation gaming. Each generation contains hardware of comparable power. Games within a generation have roughly the same graphics capabilities and often even play the same. Individual companies are spreading their hardware releases. The generation gap can be a year or two, but each manufacturer usually leaves six or seven years between the consoles releases. There have been nine generations since gaming began in the 1970s. Later generations last longer than earlier generations. Generations usually last about six years. 1970 in Gaming: Ugly Beautiful Machines Our journey begins at a time of economic turmoil, scientific breakthroughs and flared trousers. The game consoles of this first generation are hardly recognizable to modern eyes. These machines had analog dials, wood panel (or wood effect) finishes, and often lacked sound altogether. Looks like something from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Magnavox Odysseyplayed a handful of the most primitive games imaginable. One game, Table Tennis, inspired Atariss successful Pong arcade game. Other consoles from this era were the Coleco Telstarand a series of Color television game consoles. These were the work of a company called Nintendo, which was just exploring the world of video games. In the late 1970s, another big name, Atari, started the second generation. The Atari 2600(VCS) which is more advanced than its competitors. But the console had strong sales and was impressed with its home conversions of popular arcade games. These include titles like Asteroids, Missile Command, and Dig Dug. Related: What to Expect From the New Atari VCS 1980s: the 8-bit era Continuation of the short second generation, other systems such as Mattels Intellivisionand the ColecoVisionfollowed. Neither device came close to the popularity of the Ataris 2600, but the ColecoVision in particular was an accomplished machine. Check out this version of Donkey Kong: We strongly associated the 80s with the 8-bit era, popularized by the Nintendo Entertainment systemand Segas Master system. Systems were in. The first major releases from Sega and Nintendo marked thethird generationas the beginning of a highly competitive era. Their rivalry would last for 25 years. Atari continued to win players with arcade gates on herAtari 7800. 1990s: Ataris Goodbye Sega made the first fourth generation move, launching the 16-bitGenesis (MegaDrive outside of North America). Nintendo Super Mario Bros. 3 was in the spotlight, but the Genesis fared well in Europe and the US, especially with a blue hedgehog called Sonic showing off the consoles speed and graphics. By the time Nintendo releases itSuper Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis was well established. But Super Mario World, still the pinnacle of the 2D platform franchise for many, turned out to be a great launch title. This fourth generation now marks the main point of the console wars between the two Japanese giants. It was the closest Sega to ever topple Nintendos crown. Meanwhile,Ataris Jaguarflopped, in part because of a small games library. The Atari name had prevailed, home computers and game consoles, but unfortunately disappeared with a whimper, not a bang. For other manufacturers, the fifth generationwas a success and introduced one of the most tangible developments in gaming: 3D. Programmers have been experimenting with 3D graphics since the earliest generations. But it wasnt until the hardware caught up with the imagination that 3D was viable. In the mid-decade, Sony shook the scene as much as anyone has ever done. Ive bored his PlayStation from a failed partnership with Nintendo, and launching a standalone machine was practically a revenge move for the newcomer. History was turning at this pivotal moment. Nintendo followed with its own move into the left field, releasing 3D entries in many of its classic franchises. Games like Super Mario 64 and GoldenEye 007 showcased all-new genres made possible by the move to 3D with the Nintendo 64. 2000s: Segas Farewell The turn of the century marked an important moment as the sixthand seventhgenerations came and went. Sega had come out of the fray early again, with the launch of the Dreamcast. It turned out to be the companys last home console. After four generations, Sega finally bent out of its rivalry with Nintendo. As a new millennium dawned, a new competitor joined the race. Introducing the Xboxin 2001, Microsoft quickly became the newest established player. From then on, only three companies would dominate. Sony built on the impressive success of his debut with the Playstation 2. To date, it holds the record for best-selling game console with more than 155 million copies. Even the less successful PlayStation 3, launched in 2006, sold better than any other home console at the time. The seventh generationintroduced movement control. Nintendo popularized the concept, the Wii offers motion detection right out of the box. Sony and Microsoft caught up and later launched their own motion add-ons. TheWii was also launched in 2006 and became Nintendos first 100 million Nintendo seller. His offering for 2001, the disk-based GameCube, would have fared less well, but the Wii took gaming to a whole new market. The Xbox 360s Kinect and PlayStation Move controllers help encourage gamers to get off their couch. For the first time ever, a single generation is the eighthoccupied an entire decade. If you ignore the hybrid nature of the Switch, you could argue that this is the first generation in which Nintendo has launched two home consoles: the Wii U and the Nintendo Switch. In comparison, Microsoft and Sony played it safe. Their releases were largely iterative, benefiting from strong if not spectacular results from the previous generation. The Xbox Oneand PlayStation 4both tried to conquer the home gaming market when smartphones and tablets played mobile gaming. After poor reception and subdued sales, Nintendo followed up the Wii U with their home / handheld console five years later. The Nintendo Switch sold much more impressively and could well bridge the generation gap. 2020s: Digital Ascent The current generation has only just started, so there are only two participants. Faster processors and higher output resolutions caused avid gamers to drool, but limited supplies, caused in part by Covid, have reduced availability. In this ninth generation, PlayStation (5) and Xbox (series S / X) both came in two versions at launch. This may reflect the growing home video gaming market. Notably, each manufacturer has released a version without support for external media. As online distribution has become increasingly popular, this could be a turning point, foreshadowing a fully digital future. Each new generation has to rewrite history Video game generations are much shorter than their human equivalents, even though they have gotten longer with age. In the chaotic early days, new challengers were added almost every year. The 21st century has brought stability that few could have predicted during the early generations. Even fewer would have foreseen that giants like Atari and Sega would disappear. Established companies may have replaced them, but they were new to the video game world. Microsoft and Sony have now taken their place alongside Nintendo. The three looks will dominate gaming on the home console for generations to come. Lets explore this idea. Read Next About the author
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What would Bennett-Lapids changing government look like?
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A coalition deal is believed to have been finalized after Yaminas Naftali Bennett allegedly came to an agreement with Yesh Atid Yair Lapid. Labor and Yesh Atid announced on Friday that they had concluded a coalition agreement. Michael is expected to be appointed Minister of Transport and MK Omer Bar-Lev will be the Minister of Public Security, a post once held by his father, Haim Bar-Lev. The third portfolio given to work will be diaspora issues. Labor has not revealed their candidate for the third portfolio, but it could be MK Emilie Moatti or MK Gilad Kariv, who is a Reform rabbi. A new department for advancing religious pluralism would be created in the ministry. The agreement includes steps to strengthen the police force, stop crime in the agricultural sector and fight traffic accidents. Michael would be a member of the Judicial Selection Committee, which will also have right-wing representatives from Yamina and New Hope. Six judges have been decided to be appointed to the Supreme Court over the next four years. cnxps.cmd.push (function () {cnxps ({playerId: 36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b}). do (4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6);}); if (window.location.pathname.indexOf (656089)! = -1) {console.log (hedva connatix); document.getElementByClassName (divConnatix)[0].style.display = none;} Alternate Prime Minister / Foreign Minister: Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) Secretary of Defense: Benny Gantz (Blue and White) Minister of Finance: Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) Minister of Justice: Gideon Saar (New Hope) Minister of Education: Yifat Shasha-Biton (New Hope) Minister of Interior: Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) Minister of Transport: Merav Michaeli (Job) Minister of Health: Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) Minister of Public Safety: Omer Bar-Lev (Labor) Minister of Environmental Protection: Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) Minister of Economy: Abir Kara (Yamina) Minister of Construction and Housing: Zeev Elkin (New Hope) Minister of Communication: Yoaz Hendel (New Hope) Minister of Religious Affairs: Matan Kahana (Yamina) Minister of Culture and Sports: Chili Tropper (Blue and White) Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development: Alon Schuster (Blue and White) Minister of Regional Cooperation: Esawi Frej (Meretz) Minister of Diaspora Affairs: Emilie Moatti or Gilad Kariv (Labor) Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services: Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (Blue and White) or Yisrael Beytenu Minister of Aliyah and Integration: Pnina Tamano-Shata (Blue and White) or Yisrael Beytenu Minister of Tourism: Minister Yesh Atid Ministry of Energy: Minister Yesh Atid Minister of Science and Technology: Minister Yesh Atid Minister of Social Equality: Minister Yesh Atid Jerusalem Affairs, Ministerial Liaison with the Knesset: Minister Yesh Atid Speaker of the Knesset: Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee: Oded Forer (Yisrael Beytenu) Strategic Issues, Intelligence Services, Community Development, Cyber, Higher Education and Water: Dismantled What Are The Main Benefits Of Comparing Car Insurance Quotes Online LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 24, 2020, / Compare-autoinsurance.Org has launched a new blog post that presents the main benefits of comparing multiple car insurance quotes. For more info and free online quotes, please visit https://compare-autoinsurance.Org/the-advantages-of-comparing-prices-with-car-insurance-quotes-online/ The modern society has numerous technological advantages. One important advantage is the speed at which information is sent and received. With the help of the internet, the shopping habits of many persons have drastically changed. The car insurance industry hasn't remained untouched by these changes. On the internet, drivers can compare insurance prices and find out which sellers have the best offers. View photos The advantages of comparing online car insurance quotes are the following: Online quotes can be obtained from anywhere and at any time. Unlike physical insurance agencies, websites don't have a specific schedule and they are available at any time. Drivers that have busy working schedules, can compare quotes from anywhere and at any time, even at midnight. Multiple choices. Almost all insurance providers, no matter if they are well-known brands or just local insurers, have an online presence. Online quotes will allow policyholders the chance to discover multiple insurance companies and check their prices. Drivers are no longer required to get quotes from just a few known insurance companies. Also, local and regional insurers can provide lower insurance rates for the same services. Accurate insurance estimates. Online quotes can only be accurate if the customers provide accurate and real info about their car models and driving history. Lying about past driving incidents can make the price estimates to be lower, but when dealing with an insurance company lying to them is useless. Usually, insurance companies will do research about a potential customer before granting him coverage. Online quotes can be sorted easily. Although drivers are recommended to not choose a policy just based on its price, drivers can easily sort quotes by insurance price. Using brokerage websites will allow drivers to get quotes from multiple insurers, thus making the comparison faster and easier. For additional info, money-saving tips, and free car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.Org/ Compare-autoinsurance.Org is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. On this site, customers have access to quotes for insurance plans from various agencies, such as local or nationwide agencies, brand names insurance companies, etc. "Online quotes can easily help drivers obtain better car insurance deals. All they have to do is to complete an online form with accurate and real info, then compare prices", said Russell Rabichev, Marketing Director of Internet Marketing Company. CONTACT: Company Name: Internet Marketing CompanyPerson for contact Name: Gurgu CPhone Number: (818) 359-3898Email: [email protected]: https://compare-autoinsurance.Org/ SOURCE: Compare-autoinsurance.Org View source version on accesswire.Com:https://www.Accesswire.Com/595055/What-Are-The-Main-Benefits-Of-Comparing-Car-Insurance-Quotes-Online View photos
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When are Free Summer Movie Nights at the Promenade Shops?
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Est. Read Time: 2 mins If youre someone who enjoys repeating the rhyming saying, If its free, its for me, Summer Movie Nights at the Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley may be for you. This summer, the Upper Saucon Township lifestyle center will host three free movie nights in the street between Old Navy and Barnes & Noble, which will be closed off for the screenings. The schedule for the family-friendly series includes showings of Onward on Monday, June 21, Trolls on Monday, July 19 and Raya and the Last Dragon on Monday, Aug. 16. Preshow activities will begin at 7:30 p.m., with each movie beginning just after sunset, according to a news release from the Promenade Shops. The three screenings are weather-permitting, the Promenade Shops said, and there is a Facebook event for them which anyone planning to attend may follow for updates. Movie nights have always been a highlight each summer, and we are thrilled to bring them back again this year, said Promenade Shops Marketing Director Krista Berardelli in the news release. We have a great line up of new movies and activities for the entire family, we hope to see you there! For more information about Summer Movie Nights and other upcoming events, visit ThePromenadeShopsatSauconValle y.com. In other news, it was recently revealed that an Italian restaurant is planned for a retail space opposite the AMC multiplex in the Promenade Shops, which features 16 screens. Other free events planned for the summer months at the Promenade Shops include performances by local musicians on select Wednesdays in June, July and August, and a summer concert series featuring performances on select Saturdays in June and July. An outdoor fitness class designed for women, Hit the Patio, is also being held at the Promenade on Saturday mornings. Registration is required, and there is a $15 fee per class. More information about the classes may be found on the Promenade Shops website.
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Whats going on with the BP share price?
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Thats a question Ive been considering based on the stocks recent performance. Over the past 12 months, shares in the company have returned -4%, excluding dividends. However, over the same time frame, the price of oil has returned more than 200%. 5G is here and shares of this sleeping giant could be a great way for you to potentially profit! According to one leading industry firm, the 5G boom could create a global industry worth US$12.3 TRILLION out of thin air And if you click here well show you something that could be key to unlocking 5Gs full potential... As one of the worlds largest oil producers, BP will undoubtedly benefit from being able to sell its output at higher prices. Unfortunately, the companys current stock price does not seem to reflect this improved outlook. BP share price valuation BP is clearly set to benefit from higher oil prices. According to City analysts, the groups earnings per share could grow as much as 29% this year on the back of higher oil prices. And if the price of oil remains at current levels, analysts believe the companys earnings per share could grow a further 13% in 2022. While these are just estimates at this stage and could be subject to change, I think the figures show its potential. BPs profits should grow as the global economy moves on from the pandemic and demand for oil returns to pre-crisis levels. Based on these numbers, the BP share price is dealing at a forward P/E of 9.7 for 2021, potentially falling to 8.5 for 2022. That appears to me to be incredibly cheap, mainly because the rest of the market is trading at a P/E of around 15. As well as this valuation, the stock also has the potential to offer a dividend yield of 4.8%, according to analysts. Risks and challenges While the BP share price does look cheap compared to its potential, its unlikely to be plain sailing for the group over the next few years. The pandemic is not over yet. Another outbreak could set the global economic recovery back months or years. Theres also a chance the oil markets most prominent producers, which cut production last year to stabilise the market, could increase output due to higher prices. This would hurt other producers like BP as the price of oil would likely fall. As these risks continue to hang over the BP share price, I can see why investors have been avoiding the business. Theres a lot of uncertainty surrounding the outlook for the enterprise, and trying to understand where the company could be five years from now is incredibly challenging. As such, the investment is unlikely to be suitable for risk-averse investors. Still, I would buy shares in the oil company today as a recovery play, despite these risks. Yes, BP is facing an uncertain future, but the stocks current valuation suggests that the shares are undervalued if the business can return to growth in the next two or three years.
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https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2021/05/29/whats-going-on-with-the-bp-share-price/
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Who is Charlie Hanson and what are the allegations against the Netflix producer?
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THE producer of Ricky Gervais's hit show After Life has been suspended by BAFTA following sexual predator accusations. Charlie Hanson, 68, who has worked on huge TV shows has been accused of preying on young actresses. The Netflix producer has been in the business for 40 years. He is a British producer and director and has worked in drama and comedy. Just last month, Hanson was a vocal critic of Bafta following their handling of the sexual misconduct allegations made against Noel Clarke. He has now been kicked off the production of the third season of After Life following the accusations. Hanson is now the subject of complaints from 11 women, who have made allegations - including incidents of serious sexual assault - dating from 2008 and 2015, The Times reports. The women have written to Bafta - of which he was a member - and Netflix, outlining their claims of Hanson's misconduct. The anonymous 11 women claim he preyed on them as young women promising them a starry career under his wing before making unwanted sexual advances. Hanson has denied all the allegations - and said he would fully co-operate with an investigation. Among the alleged victims is one woman who says she met the TV producer in 2008 to discuss a script and had non-consensual sex with him, which left her "traumatised." Another claims Hanson "acted as a mentor" introducing her to industry contacts, before sexually assaulting her at her home in 2015 when she was too drunk to consent. 3 He denies the accusations and says they are 'demonstrably false' Credit: Getty Accusers say that they once saw him as an "uncle" figure, but realised he was was grooming them for sexual exploitation. In the 5,000 word email, the woman alleged: "Charlie Hanson is a predator who uses his reputation, connections and standing in order to groom far younger, impressionable and sometimes vulnerable women into trusting him. "At times he will promise them a starry career under his wing, and then exploits that trust in creepy and illegal ways. "He then tries to diminish the seriousness of what hes done by telling these young women us that it wasnt as bad as it seemed, that it was somehow blameless. "He does his best to convince himself and others that this method of operating is fine. But we know it is not fine." In response to the allegations, Mr Hanson said in a statement: "I have been made aware of allegations made against me concerning improper conduct towards women dating back many years. "Based on the summaries that have been provided to me, I understand that many of these accusations are made anonymously and are demonstrably false. "I have not had one complaint in decades of work in the media industry. I categorically reject any wrongdoing on my part, and strongly refute the allegations that have been levelled at me. "I have worked with and supported hundreds of men and women during my working life and will do what is necessary to protect and/or restore my reputation. Most read in News TURF WAR Travellers row with security guards after 12 caravans pitch up next to 2m homes Exclusive SECRET WEDDING Boris Johnson MARRIES Carrie Symonds in top secret ceremony in Westminster Exclusive 'PUBLIC AT RISK' Jihadi who plotted to kill Brits to be released from prison 4 YEARS early 'MURDER' PROBE Woman, 80s, found dead in Cornwall as man, 84, arrested over 'murder' FATAL STABBING 'Flower seller' is stabbed to death in London 'while trying to stop mugging' Latest STORE WARS Anti-vaxxers claiming pandemic is a hoax try to storm Westfield shopping centre "I will also cooperate with any formal inquiries. The matter is now in the hands of my solicitors." Hanson has produced sitcoms such Extras, Desmonds, Derek, and Birds of a Feather. In 2008 he won a Golden Globe for Extras Special TV Movie. He also produced the new Reggie Perrin in BBC1 and Whites for BBC2 starring Alan Davies. He produced Cemetery Junction, starring Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in 2010.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15106633/who-is-charlie-hanson/
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Which fruit is Ross from Friends allergic to?
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(Getty Images) The elusive Friends reunion has been rumoured for years, but viewers of the hit NBC sitcom will finally get their wish on Thursday when the cast sits down to reminisce about making the beloved show. And while fans of the show are known for their obsession with every detail, like any big reunion some friends of Friends might need a little refresher on the basics. The number one food is famously kiwi, which Ross mistakenly eats in a kiwi-lime pie his sister Monica makes in The One With the Baby on the Bus (Episode 6, Season 2). The reaction is so bad that Ross has to go to the hospital, while two other friends, Joey and Chandler, watch his infant son Ben. But the two manage to lose the child, which is horrifying. Because Friends is a sitcom, they do find the child by the end. Rosss kiwi allergy is one of three, actually. The character is also allergic to peanuts and shellfish - though some keen-eyed fans have noted that this allergy subsides over time, or at least that Ross is somehow fine to eat crab in later seasons. The reunion is unlikely to delve too far into the dietary restrictions of the shows characters, focusing more on how the casts chemistry came together, and favorite scenes to film. If youve ever wondered whether or not the beloved actors crack up when watching their old best jokes, youre in for a treat as well. (youtube) The special, which features all six actors speaking off script on the iconic opening credits sofa, also teases big news for fans of Friends. Youll have to tune in to find out if there are more episodes on the way, or something else entirely. Since the show ended in 2004, the cast has gone on to star in other TV shows, including Lisa Kudrows own HBO show The Comeback, as well as several films. But much to the delight of social media, theyve always appeared to stay close, even managing to see other during the pandemics more closed-off days. Streaming of the show itself also soared in popularity during lockdown, as viewers turned to familiarity to help cope with the ever-changing world. The Friends reunion will be available to stream from midnight, Pacific Standard Time, on HBO Max.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263109659468/which-fruit-is-ross-from-friends-allergic-to
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Who at the the University of Hartford has the courage to compel change?
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Expand Courageously. To become more than we were before this painful event occurred, we must expand, and expanding requires action and courage. As a wise person once advised me, take small steps that cause you to stretch, but never so large that you splatter. I suggest people make a blooming in the dark list. Here you can list things like new hobbies and experiences you want to have and the small and big steps youll need to get there. Then one by one, courageously engage in those activities. The more you act in ways that line up with the vision of your fully bloomed self, the more you begin to bloom in the dark.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263112171600/who-at-the-the-university-of-hartford-has-the-courage-to-compel-change
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What is Amazon trying to be after MGM takeover?
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Jeff Bezos might as well join the crowd and call it Amazon+. No other companys calculus is more deserving. From Hollywood to health care, Amazon.com Inc. seems to be growing tentacles at an accelerating rate. The online retailer has snapped up MGM, a storied remnant of the golden age of film, for US$8.45 billion, its second-largest takeover after Whole Foods Market. Most companies in the midst of such an important strategic expansion would stop it there, but not Amazon. Its said to be crafting its next plan to open brick-and-mortar pharmacies in the U.S. to move deeper into drug distribution. Thats only this weeks headlines the reaches of the US$1.6 trillion conglomerate stretch far further. And now, as Amazons founder prepares to step back, its this multifaceted, if chaotic, culture thats leaving investors to wonder what becomes of the technology giant as that label becomes more of a stretch. Amazons recent moves mean Walt Disney Co. and CVS Health Corp. have a common enemy, which would almost sound absurd if it didnt have some precedent. Just ask General Electric Co. how that worked out. The difference between Amazon and the failed conglomerates that came before it, though, is that across its divergent interests there seems to be a unifying mission: making it easier for consumers to get things. It does this by shortening the trip from point A to point B or consolidating services into a single subscription known as Prime. Thats a more virtuous business model than purely ego-driven empire-building. Amazons method ensures its utility in our lives, a relationship that, once established, is tough for competitors to break. The downside is that this had led to complaints of anticompetitive practices, including the company undercutting third-party merchants on its own shopping app and preventing them from offering better prices on other platforms. That last part happens to be the focus of an antitrust lawsuit filed this week by the attorney general for Washington, D.C. And other states are weighing their own actions. The companys quarterly filings break down revenue into the following main buckets: e-commerce, physical stores, the Amazon Web Services cloud-computing division and subscriptions. Bezos, speaking to investors this week, further defined Amazon as having three corporate pillars: AWS, Marketplace and Prime. For a business to reach that pillar status, he said, it must be a product or service that customers love and that can grow significantly while producing strong returns and remaining durable over time. He suggested that Alexa, the voice-controlled assistant device, and Amazon Studios, its TV and film production arm, are future contenders. But even pillars are structures too small to accurately portray Amazons scope and influence. This is a company with a 40 per cent share of total e-commerce sales in the U.S., where the next biggest is Walmart Inc. at just 7 per cent, according to EMarketer. It captures 83 per cent of all online book, video and music sales, as well as about half of computer, consumer-electronic, toy and hobby purchases made online. In fact, it has more than a 25 per cent share in every category except automotive parts. Amazon is also a breeding ground of valuable personal data. As the companys e-commerce sales and fees increased by US$83 billion last year amid pandemic lockdowns, its share of U.S. digital advertising revenue also jumped to 10.3 per cent from single digits in 2019. And all of that is just its virtual footprint. In North America alone, Amazon owns or leases about 345 million square feet of fulfillment and data centers, retail space and offices meaning this tech company has a bigger physical presence than Target Corp. Its fulfillment and data facilities could fit more than 2,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. warehouses inside it. And Amazon employs nearly 1.3 million people, including more than 100,000 drivers and counting for its last-mile delivery services that are posing a direct threat to FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. Amazon and its logistical might have also been skirting around the edges of health care for a long time. The Haven joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. established to tackle skyrocketing health-care costs was unceremoniously dismantled this year. However, its 2018 acquisition of online pharmacy startup Pillpack ushered in the more recent launch of Amazon Pharmacy, offering home delivery of prescription drugs and discounts for people who pay without insurance. Now it may look to build physical drug stores. On those fronts, Amazon is competing with both incumbents and richly funded startups, not unlike its efforts in streaming TV. And at the moment, it doesn't seem to be offering much that's unique or disruptive in either industry. The MGM purchase appears aimed at converting more Prime members into Prime Video users given that many still rely on Netflix Inc. as their service of choice. But the terse press-release treatment the deal received adds to doubts that it will be a game changer not because its not capable, but because its not clear Amazon is that committed. MGM is only the companys latest bet on entertainment, having bought Twitch for less than US$1 billion in 2014 to enter the video-game livestreaming business. To this day, though, Amazons biggest purchase remains the biggest headscratcher: It acquired Whole Foods for US$13.7 billion in 2017, an acquisition that seems to have been forgotten both inside and outside the company. In the case of MGM, it at least has a clearer tie-in to the Prime strategy. Still, Bezos has given no indication that the company is ready to put the same effort into streaming and health care as it has into Amazon.com. Hell step aside in July, and Andy Jassy, who runs AWS, will take the helm. When the succession plan was announced in February, Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky called Jassy a visionary leader who understands what makes Amazon such a special innovative company. Great, maybe he can clue in the rest of us.
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https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/what-is-amazon-trying-to-be-after-mgm-takeover-1.1609879
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Who is Laura Whitmore and is she married to Love Island voiceover Iain Stirling?
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LOVE Island fans have gone wild after host Laura Whitmore teased the new Love Island trailer. The Irish TV host who is married to the show's voice-over artist, Iain Swill be returning to our screens next month. Laura Whitmore, 34, is a TV presenter and model from Dublin. Her presenting career kicked off on MTV and in 2017 she returned to host the MTV EMAs at Wembley. She's best known for hosting the I'm A Celebrity after show Get Me Out Of Here Now. She has also featured in the music video for Rizzle Kicks' Skip to the Good Bit. Yes! The couple got hitched in Dublin in November. Comedian Iain, 32, proposed to the Irish TV host, 35, in South Africa in April 2020 with a yellow diamond ring he had designed. A friend told The Sun at the time: They couldnt be happier. Were thrilled for them. "Hed obviously thought about it for a while, as he designed the ring and yellows her favourite colour. Laura is engaged to comedian Iain Stirling Credit: Getty - Contributor The 35-year-old presenter shared a picture of them at the lavishly-decorted Dublin City Hall in her native Ireland in an all-white trouser suit, clutching a bouquet of flowers. Scottish Iain, 32, is shown alongside her in a black suit and tie, with the pair throwing their hands out in delight. Laura told her followers on Instagram: "A year ago Iain asked me to marry him and we had the most magical, perfect ceremony. "We loved having it to ourselves. We had been planning the perfect celebration and I will forever be so thankful thats what we got. "We have never spoken publicly about our engagement or wedding. Back at the time we never felt the need to say anything as its all such a personal experience. "We also were too busy enjoying it! Weve never shared this picture before now but a lot of people have contacted us and congratulated us the last month with good intentions so heres to good news!" She concluded: "Sending love to you and yours and heres to 2021! Happy new year everyone! Wishing you all the love x." Laura got with comedian Iain Stirling back in July 2017. Ian is best known for providing the voiceover on Love Island. In June 2018 the couple moved in together. Laura and Iain revealed last month that they are expecting their first child, posting a picture of a Guns N Roses babygro on Instagram. She wrote: "I want to now share good news as its our news to share - and Im gonna be honest its starting to look like my lock down beer belly is out of control. "Iain and I are expecting a baby early 2021. Its been hard to keep such happy news quiet. "Especially the times when Ive had to run out of live radio to get sick in a bin or my penchant for a bowl of mashed potato in the morning. "I wasnt hungover like everyone thought. In fact I was completely sober filming the entire series of Celeb Juice, which is quite the accolade!" On December 20, 2019 Laura was announced as the new host of Love Island. Laura took over the coveted job when the show kicks off in South Africa on January 12, 2020, joining her long-term boyfriend Iain Sterling on the show. The Irish star also I'm A Celeb spin off - I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! on ITV2 - for five series from 2011. MORE ON LAURA WHITMORE IT'S BACK! Love Island fans go wild as show airs explosive first look with Laura Whitmore JUMPSUIT YOU LAURA Laura Whitmore wows in red jumpsuit as she films for Love Island ISLE SEE YOU SOON Love Island host Laura Whitmore hints at show secrets as she films promo Comment NO MORE TWITMORE Laura Whitmore's angry rant online over 'vile' journalist is hypocritical GREEN GOAL Maisie Williams, Samia Longchambon and Lucie Donlan do their bit for Earth Day Laura also acted as a Eurovision commentator in 2014. She also competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016 and was partnered with pro dancer Giovanni Pernice, but was the fifth celeb to be voted out. In 2018, Laura presented ITV2 reality series Survival of the Fittest.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/1653490/laura-whitmore-iain-sterling-love-island/
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Who made our 2020/21 FPL Team of the Season?
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Over the last week, Fantasy Football Scout site users have been voting on their favourite Fantasy Premier League goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders and forwards of 2020/21. Overall score, points per match and value in FPL were all factors we considered when compiling our shortlist, with a total of 40 players up for nomination. Our polls have now closed and we can reveal which players have made our end-of-season XI. Our team of the year is set up in a 3-4-3, with Aston Villa (2), Leeds United (2), West Ham United (2), Tottenham Hotspur (2), Manchester City (1), Liverpool (1) and Manchester United (1) all represented. And there wasnt a single Chelsea asset in sight GOALKEEPER Its a landslide: in the least surprising result of our polls, Emiliano Martinez was the emphatic winner of the best goalkeeper ballot. The Aston Villa custodian polled not far off 90% of the vote, with Illan Meslier a distant second. Martinez not only finished as FPLs highest-scoring shotstopper of 2020/21 but he also came within a whisker of breaking Brad Friedels record points total. Friedel racked up 187 points all the way back in 2002/03, a tally that the Argentina international fell one point shy of. The Aston Villa custodian did it all from a now-unthinkable starting price of 4.5m, and he was the best-value FPL asset in any position, returning 35.1 points per million spent. He also had the best points-per-match average (4.9) of any first-choice goalkeeper. DEFENDERS Theres no surprise that Stuart Dallas topped the best defenders poll, with Aaron Cresswell also causing little stir by finishing second: the Leeds man was the highest-scoring player in his Fantasy position, with Cresswell the leading assist-maker among defenders. Perhaps more eyebrow-raising was Cresswells teammate, Vladimir Coufal, pipping the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ruben Dias and John Stones into third. The West Ham full-backs plundered a remarkable 20 assists between them this season and were responsible for almost a third of the goals that the Hammers scored. Cresswells final total of 11 assists was among the highest ever in FPL, with only Liverpools current two full-backs beating that number in a single campaign. Both West Ham players were among the top five FPL defenders for value (points per million) in 2020/21. No defender with an initial cost of less than 5.0m has ever bettered Dallass total of 171 points, meanwhile. The Northern Ireland international ticked an abundance of boxes: he was the only player in his position to play every single minute of the campaign, his total of eight goals was the joint-highest by a defender in FPL history and he boasted the best value (points per million) of any outfielder in 2020/21. MIDFIELDERS The top three highest-scoring midfielders in FPL were joined by Ilkay Gundogan in achieving a double-digit share of the ballot. With up to five votes allowed for each site user in this position, Bruno Fernandes was nominated by the vast majority of those who had their say. Mohamed Salah made the Team of the Season for the fourth straight year, while Son Heung-min survived the cut after his beating his previous best FPL campaign by a massive 50 points. Son polled nearly twice as many votes as fifth-place Raphinha. Fernandes racked up more double-figure Gameweek hauls (12) than any FPL asset en route to finishing top of the pile for FPL points on 244. Despite posting his lowest overall total since joining Liverpool, Salah still registered more returns of 5+ points (20) than any other player. Son actually matched the Egyptian for points per match (6.2) in 2020/21, with the Koreans total of 28 attacking returns also exactly what Salah managed. As for Gundogan, its safe to say we wont see him at 5.5m again in 2021/22. The Manchester City midfielder burst out of nowhere to rattle off 12 goals and three assists from Gameweeks 13 to 27, with that mid-season purple patch seeing his ownership climb from 19,000 to 3.1 million. FORWARDS Harry Kane and Patrick Bamford both mopped up the vote in the forwards poll, with Ollie Watkins narrowly seeing off Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the battle for third. Kane, like Son, had his best-ever FPL season, registering 23 goals, 14 assists, 20 Gameweek returns, nine hauls and a 242-point total that was only a whisker away from toppling Bruno Fernandes from the overall summit. Bamford defied pre-season expectations to finish 2020/21 as the second-highest scoring forward behind Kane, with his 17 goals and 11 assists leaving him only six points shy of the traditional elite FPL total of 200 points. Watkins matched his fellow Championship alumnus stride-for-stride in terms of returns, but trailed Bamford on the really big scores, failing to add to the three he managed in the first 15 Gameweeks. The budget-friendly pair finished the season as the two best-value forwards based on points per million spent. Become a Member and get unrestricted access to our data and articles Full-year memberships are now available for the price of 19.99. Monthly subscriptions also cost just 2.99. A FREE trial is now available. Join now to get the following: Plot your transfer strategies using the fully interactive Season Ticker. Get projections for every Premier League player provided by the Rate My Team statistical model. Use Rate My Team throughout the season to guide your selections and transfers. Get access to over 150+ exclusive members articles over the season. Analyse our OPTA-powered statistic tables specifically tailored for Fantasy Football Managers. Use our exclusive tool to build custom stats tables from over 100 OPTA player and team stats. Enjoy our brand NEW Flat-Track Bully feature which introduces an opposition filter to your tables. View heatmaps and expected goals data for every player. Use our powerful comparison tool to analyse players head-to-head. CLICK HERE TO START A MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT
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https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/05/29/who-made-our-2020-21-fpl-team-of-the-season/
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Is China Preparing Troops For An Invasion of Taiwan?
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https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/05/is-china-preparing-troops-for-an-invasion-of-taiwan/ The old saying a day at the beach, is meant to evoke a non-stressful, relaxing day involving projects or tasks that are easy or otherwise non-challenging. That wasnt exactly the day at the beach that the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) experienced earlier this month and involved armored units from the 73rd Group Army. Believed to be Chinas main invasion force in a presumed attack on Taiwan, members of the armored division reportedly fired several thousand rounds or ordnance during the drills, which were conducted on May 12, according to reports from state broadcaster CCTV. The unit is stationed in Xiamen in Fujian province and conducted the combat training off Dongshan County in the Taiwan Strait. The 73rd Army Group is comprised of two motorized infantry divisions including the 86th Motorized Infantry Division (Peoples Republic of China) and the 91st Motorized Infantry Division, as well as an armored brigade, air defense brigade, a surface-to-air missile regiment, an artillery regiment, and an engineer regiment. It is considered a Category A unit, with priority status in terms of readiness, strength, and modern equipment. Formerly known as the 31st Group Army, it was one of the few units to remain in China during the Korean War where it was positioned to defend against a potential U.S.-Taiwan invasion. The unit later took part in artillery bombardment of Kinmen and the Matsu Islands that resulted in the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Units of the PLAs Group Army routinely conduct training near the Taiwan Straits, but the activities have ramped up in recent months. Even as the beach landing was taking place, the Peoples Liberation Army Navys (PLANs) South Sea Fleet conducted a two-day drill in the South China Sea and conducted live-fire exercises at floating targets. Footage published online of the recent training exercises showed multiple Type 05 amphibious fighting vehicles heading into the sea and then engaging in beach landings during the exercises in the south of China that lasted more than eight hours. According to Newsweek, which cited reports from state media, the vehicles navigated an obstacle course made of buoys and conducted live-fire exercises with anti-tank missiles and the 105mm guns towards a marked position on the mountainside. While Beijing maintains that Taiwan is a breakaway province that will, eventually, be part of the country again and by force if necessary, it is unlikely an invasion would occur soon. According to a 2019 Department of Defense (DoD) report, the Chinese military lacked the ability to mount a large-scale beach assault across the Taiwan Strait; and in the two years since that report was published, the PLA likely hasnt made enough progress. However, it has increased the size of its navy, and drills such as these ones have intensified. A failed invasion would be far worse than no invasion at all, and that will likely give Taipei more time to only further prepare should Beijing decide to bring Taiwan back into the fold. Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer who has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers and websites. He regularly writes about military small arms, and is the author of several books on military headgear including A Gallery of Military Headdress, which is available on Amazon.com. Share this: Twitter Facebook
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https://clarion.causeaction.com/2021/05/29/is-china-preparing-troops-for-an-invasion-of-taiwan/
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How Severe are the Side Effects of the Pseudo-anticovid Vaccines?
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By Dr. Nicole Delpine Global Research, May 29, 2021mondialisation.ca This incisive analysis by Dr. Nicole Delpine was first published in French. The text below is an AI translation of the text published in global research French language website Mondialisation.ca. Minor edits by Global Research. What is worth noting is that for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the vaccine contributes to a resurgence of Covid-19. *** This is a difficult question, because it is certain that as always, many side effects are not reported by doctors, families or patients. We will content ourselves with summarizing here the effects recognized by the official American (Vaers for the USA) and European (Eudravigilance of the European Medicines Agency) institutions. For the EU (England excluded): Side effects including many deaths More than 10,000 Europeans killed by Covid-19 vaccines according to official EU data1 The European database for suspected drug reaction reports is EudraVigilance, which also tracks reports of accidents and deaths as a result of experimental Covid-19 vaccines. For all those who on Tweeter or FB doubt the results of this database, we publish here the EMA policy regarding medication accidents. Only bots, internet robots at the service of Big Pharma will still be able to say that this information is fake ! Here is what EudraVigilance says about their database2 : This website was launched by the European Medicines Agency in 2012 to provide public access to reports of suspected side effects (also known as suspected side effects). These reports are submitted electronically to EudraVigilance by national drug regulatory authorities and by pharmaceutical companies that hold marketing authorizations (licenses) for drugs. EudraVigilance is a system designed to collect reports of suspicious side effects. These reports are used to assess the benefits and risks of drugs during their development and to monitor their safety after their authorization in the European Economic Area (EEA) . As of May 8, 2021 on the side effects of the anti-covid vaccines in the EU Their May 8, 2021 report shows 10,570 deaths and 405,259 complications following one of the four experimental injections of Covid-19. Each category of incidents is noted with the number of sick people and the number of deaths. Total reactions for the experimental vaccine to mRNA PFIZER: Tozinameran (code BNT162b2, Comirnaty) from BioNTech / Pfizer 5,368 deaths and 170,528 incidents as of 05/08/2021 MODERNA Total reactions for Moderna experimental mRNA-1273 mRNA vaccine (CX-024414) 2,865 deaths and 22,985 side effects as of 05/08/2021 ASTRAZENECA Total reactions for the experimental vaccine AZD1222 / VAXZEVRIA (CHADOX1 NCOV-19) from Oxford / AstraZeneca: 2,102 deaths and 208,873 complications as of 05/08/2021 JANSSEN Total reactions for the experimental COVID-19 JANSSEN vaccine (AD26. COV2. S) from Johnson & Johnson: 235 deaths and 2,873 complications as of 05/08/2021 WE CAN STUDY THE DATABASE BY PATHOLOGY LIKE IN THIS TABLE and see the rapid increase in the number of side effects and deaths with the MAY 22 update Comparison of pseudo-covid vaccines and H1N1 vaccine A TABLE PUBLISHED BY THE EMA IN APRIL 2021 gives an idea of the number of injections by type of gene substance and the comparison with the H1N1 vaccine and we see that the number of incidents reported for these products, including trials treatments are not completed, is much higher than for the H1N1 vaccine IN FRANCE Figures are available on the ANSM, but not very quickly shall we say. They are overwhelmed by the testimonies of vaccination centers which ask not to report vaccine incidents because overwhelmed by declarations. For example : Covid-19 vaccines: around 4,000 reports of side effects in Limousin: an example Posted on 24/05/2021 3 : Sorting, processing, investigating, recording: a colossal job for the activity of the center. stephane Lefvre, according to the article in Le Populaire : Since the start of 2021, there has been an unprecedented influx for the Limoges regional pharmacovigilance center, which has been collecting all the reports of adverse drug reactions. Among them, one of the 34 French cases of atypical thrombosis linked to the injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine. () More precisely 4,000 in four and a half months (out of 283,000 people having received one or two doses of vaccine in Limousin): a record for this structure which collects reports of adverse drug reactions and reports its observations to the National Medicines Safety Agency, ANSM (*). More than half of the pending declarations . In normal times , we receive about 1,200 per year , of which barely ten notifications for classic vaccines, compares Professor Laroche, head of the center. Of the 4,000, the CRPV was able to seize 1,200 in the database, and treated 400 others pending registration . He has more than half to manage. But we sort the declarations received every day, by priority, so as not to miss serious side effects. Our overdue stock mainly concerns reports for ordinary undesirable effects . So-called serious effects for 25% of declarations, a similar proportion at the national level. () Among the notable undesirable effects, the CRPV of Limoges recorded one of the 34 cases of thrombosis of atypical localization (cerebral, intestinal) identified in France , following the AstraZeneca vaccine, and resulting in 11 deaths. The Limousin case was not fatal . Besides this striking case, tachycardia, shingles, arterial hypertension, facial paralysis, urticaria are some of the other consequences not listed in the product instructions. Any hospitalization is also included in the 25% of serious effects . Our job is to determine whether it is the vaccine that is causing a health problem or if there are other possible explanations . When the case is more complicated, it goes from half a day to a day, the time to document the case , to contact the person again so that they can tell us their story , to seek medical information for a file. full clinic. Everything must be precise in order to justify a possible health decision . A call for more targeted statements If Ms. Laroche welcomes the massive participation, she calls for more targeted statements on the serious, very embarrassing or unrecognized effects . This relevance is necessary to guarantee the reactivity of vaccine surveillance. (*) There are 31 regional pharmacovigilance centers in France: it is this territorial network that supplies the ANSM , the French drug agency. Declarations in detail Geographical distribution: 80% of the declarations received by the CRPV of Limoges come from Haute-Vienne, 15% from Corrze and 5% from Creuse. Breakdown by vaccine: 78% of the 1,600 declarations processed concern the Pfizer vaccine , 18% AstraZeneca and 4% Moderna and Janssen. Breakdown by reporting profile: 74% of reports come from patients and 26% from healthcare professionals. Breakdown by reporting method: 25% of reports received by the CRPV go through the national portal set up by the Ministry of Health. The majority arrive by email or post with the sending of the follow-up and declaration of adverse events form edited by the CRPV Limousin and given to each vaccinated patient. A local initiative which strongly encouraged participation in the declaration . Other regional centers report similar outbursts, such as the one in To ulouse. And concerns about the future of young womens fertility Will need to be deepened quickly because miscarriages have increased in Great Britain during the period of acceleration of vaccination. Menstrual disturbances are also reported by many women.4 As for concerns about fertility, it will be important to come back to them. TO USA5 ,according to official reports from the CDC and the federal official body VAERS file. In the United States, 268.4 million doses of the Covid vaccine had been administered as of May 14. This includes 115 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, 144 million doses of Pfizer and 9 million doses of the Covid Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine. The number of reported side effects from Covid vaccines has exceeded 200,000, according to data released on MAY 21 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data comes directly from reports submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). VAERS is the primary government-funded system for reporting vaccine adverse reactions in U.S. reports submitted to VAERS requiring further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed. Between December 14 and May 14, 2021, the Vaers counted 227,805 reports of adverse reactions following anticovid vaccines, including 4,201 deaths and 18,528 serious incidents (Megan Redshaw on May 21, 20216 ). The latest CDC data shows that there are 943 reports of adverse events after COVID vaccines among 12 to 17 year olds. Of the 4,201 deaths reported as of May 14, 23% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, 16% occurred within 24 hours, and 38% in people who became ill within 48 hours of vaccination. VAERS data shows: 20% of deaths were linked to heart problems, 54% of those who died were men, 44% were women, and other death reports did not include the gender of the deceased. The mean age of death was 74.7 years and the youngest reported deaths include two 15-year-olds (VAERS ID 1187918 and 1242573) and one 16-year-old (VAERS ID 1225942). Other deaths in children under the age of 16 have been reported and could not be confirmed or contained obvious errors. As of May 14, 1,140 pregnant women had reported adverse reactions related to Covid vaccines, including 351 cases of miscarriage or premature birth. Of the 2,275 reported cases of Bells facial palsy, 51% were reported after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations, 42% after vaccination with Moderna vaccine, and 192 cases, or 10%, of Bells palsy were reported. jointly with J&J. There have been 195 reports of Guillain-Barr syndrome with 40% of cases attributed to Pfizer, 38% to Moderna and 26% to J&J. There were 65,854 reports of anaphylaxis with 38% of cases attributed to Pfizers vaccine, 51% to Moderna and 11% to J&J. There have been 3,758 reports of bleeding disorders and other related conditions. Of these, 1,468 reports were attributed to Pfizer, 1,093 reports to Moderna and 1,093 reports to J&J. According to the article from Childrenshealthdefense.org commenting on these results: COVID vaccines may not work for millions of people with underlying illnesses. Some experts question the CDCs recommendation that immunocompromised people get vaccinated after new research 15% to 80% of people with underlying health conditions and those taking immunosuppressive drugs show few antibodies, if any, against COVID vaccines. Yet current CDC guidelines indicate that people with weakened immune systems should be vaccinated against COVID even though no data is available to establish the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccine in these groups because people with weakened immune systems or those taking immunosuppressants for a medical condition have been largely excluded from clinical trials of vaccines . Dr Meryl Nass, a physician in internal medicine, said it is the responsibility of the CDC to determine the risks and benefits of each vaccine for different groups of people. For COVID vaccines, Nass said, the CDC has not released this information, or told the public which groups might be at a higher risk of experiencing an adverse reaction that far outweighs any potential benefit . Responsibility of the employer who would require the vaccine in the USA Employers could be held responsible for any adverse reaction if they imposed anti-Covid vaccination. If you require your employees to be vaccinated as a condition of employment (i.e. for work-related reasons), any adverse reaction to the Covid-19 vaccine is work-related. The adverse reaction is recorded if it is a new case under 29 CFR 1904.6 and meets one or more of the general criteria for registration in 29 CFR 1904.7. Conversely, OSHA7 said it will exercise discretion in law enforcement and will not require that adverse reactions be recorded when an employer only recommends that employees receive the vaccine, while noting that for this discretion to apply, the vaccine must be truly voluntary . To determine if a vaccine is voluntary, the website states that An employees choice to accept or reject the vaccine cannot affect [his] performance rating or career advancement and that an employee who chooses not to receive the vaccine cannot be affected. repercussions of this choice . Childrenhealthdefense commentary on musician Eric Claptons drama Eric Clapton blames propaganda for serious adverse reactions to AstraZeneca. On May 17, The Defender reported that Eric Clapton, 76, suffered a serious adverse reaction after receiving AstraZenecas Covid vaccine that left him worried he would never play again. Needless to say, the reactions were disastrous, my hands and feet were frozen, numb or burning, and pretty much useless for two weeks. I was afraid I would never play again, said Clapton. But the propaganda said the vaccine was safe for everyone. Days after Claptons criticism of vaccine propaganda, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. vaccine makers are sponsoring advertising campaigns targeting about a third of Americans who are reluctant to get vaccinated against Covid. Pfizer, Moderna, Regeneron and other pharmaceutical companies are sponsoring TV, radio and social media ads praising vaccines and Covid drugs in a bid to increase vaccinations. Unlike ads for drugs where brand names are featured, general get the vaccine ads do not have to follow legal guidelines, which include a list of potential side effects of the drug.8 74 days and counting, CDC ignores Defenders investigations According to the CDC website: CDC is following up on any death report to request additional information and learn more about what happened and to determine if the death is the result of the vaccine or if it is unrelated . On March 8, The Defender contacted the CDC with a written list of questions about reported deaths and accidents related to COVID vaccines. After repeated attempts by phone and email to get our questions answered, a health communications specialist from the CDC Vaccine Working Group contacted us on March 29, three weeks after our initial investigation. The person received our request for information from VAERS, but said they never received our list of questions, although employees we spoke to on several occasions said CDC press officers were working through the questions and confirmed that the rep had received them. We provided the list of questions again with a new deadline, but never received a response. The Defender also followed up with the CDCs media department, who told us that the COVID response unit would be notified that the health communications specialist never responded . No explanation was given as to why our requests were ignored. We were told to call back, which we have done on numerous occasions. On May 19, a CDC employee said our questions had been reviewed and our investigation was pending in their system, but would not provide us with a copy of the response. Its been 74 days since we sent our first email to inquire about VAERS data and reports. Childrens Health Defense is asking anyone who has experienced an adverse reaction to any vaccine to file a report . In conclusion: it is very difficult to have information, but known elements are already major: for example the fact that the number of deaths listed in three months after Covid vaccines has already reached that of the recorded in 21 years in the USA for all other vaccines. Let us also remember that the bird flu vaccine in 1976 was withdrawn after 53 deaths and the H1N1 vaccine in 2009 after 57 deaths. Obviously the world of vigilance and security has changed scale. In conclusion, very provisional They are teachers, doctors, lawyers, artists, policemen, scientists, psychologists, essayists, journalists and others. Faced with the current situation, they appeal to all of us. A call for civil resistance and the awakening of conscience: https://rumble.com/embed/vbvxb1/?pub=4 Alone we go faster. Together we go further. [4] Covid-19: the vaccine would have a side effect on the rules (aufeminin.com) [ ] [5] Latest CDC Data Show Reports of Adverse Events After COVID Vaccines Surpass 200,000, Including 943 Among 12- to 17-Year-Olds Childrens Health Defense (childrenshealthdefense.org) [6] https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/vaers-cdc-adverse-events-covid-vaccines-surpass-200000/ [7] Occupational Safety and Health Administration Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal government agency whose mission is the prevention of injuries, illnesses and deaths in the context of work . To do this, it issues regulations for occupational health and safety . OSHA was established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (in) 1970, a major safety laws at work in the United States. OSHA has developed the 29 CFR Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard, Process Safety Management of Very Hazardous Chemicals. New World (nouveau-monde.ca)The original source of this article is nouveau-monde.caLatest CDC Data Show Reports of Adverse Events After COVID Vaccines Surpass 200,000, Including 943 Among 12- to 17-Year-OldsCopyright Dr. Nicole Delpine , nouveau-monde.ca , 2021 Related Articles 17 May 2021 25 March 2021 23 May 2021The original source of this article is mondialisation.caCopyright Dr. Nicole Delpine, mondialisation.ca, 2021 https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-severe-are-the-side-effects-of-the-pseudo-anticovid-vaccines/5746511
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Was the Wuhan Lab the Source?
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/powerlineblog/livefeed/~3/GIESNsz0Ux8/was-the-wuhan-lab-the-source.php The idea that the novel coronavirus may have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has been around for a while. WIV is located within blocks of the market where the Chinese Communist Party says the bat-borne virus jumped to humansa remarkable coincidence if there is no connection. Establishment scientists long denounced questions about the Wuhan lab, raised by Senator Tom Cotton and others, as a conspiracy theory, which increasingly means a hypothesis or set of facts that the Democratic Party would rather suppress. It is often interesting to see how such news stories are covered outside of the U.S., where the news is hyper-partisan. Tomorrows London Times has two stories, this one headlined: Wuhan: the questions China wont answer about how Covid pandemic started. [G]reater awareness of the WIVs research into bat viruses including one almost identical to the pandemics Sars-Covid-2 has reawakened attention to the possibility that there was an accidental leak from the laboratory. At the same time, Chinas own efforts to show proof of another source for the virus have failed, and its increasingly shrill denials about the WIV have helped to boost suspicions that it is trying to cover up a laboratory leak. Chinas ongoing cover-up since day one is only adding fuel to the fire, said Jamie Metzl, adviser to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on human genome editing and a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council think tank. Since the earliest days following the outbreak China has destroyed samples, hidden records, imprisoned citizen journalists. People who hide something often have something to hide. Adding to suspicions about a possible virus leak are concerns about security at the Wuhan laboratory. After a visit in January 2018, American officials reported their concerns to Washington in diplomatic cables that were then leaked to The Washington Post. They warned that the WIV lacked the technicians needed to operate the facility securely. They also warned that this could result in a leak of bat virus with the potential to cause a pandemic. The Times notes that one problem at WIV was that it was run by CCP commissars who knew little about sciencea common problem in Communist countries. Peter Daszak, the alleged scientist who took the lead in denouncing speculation about the role of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, turned out to have an enormous conflict of interest. This is a scandal for which, as far as I know, no price has been paid: [Peter] Daszak, a British zoologist, was a prominent member of the WHO mission that concluded a leak from the Wuhan laboratory was extremely unlikely. He has publicly criticised as pure baloney the lab-leak theory in the press and has attacked it in The Lancet, the scientific journal, where he chairs a commission that considers theories on the origins of Covid-19. The Lancet, to which I subscribe, is a venerable publication that has been taken over by the Left. It now consists, approximately 50/50, of articles on medical science and articles that peddle wokism. On any topic of current interest, you can assume that whatever the Lancet prints will turn out to be wrong. He is also, however, president of EcoHealth Alliance, a US-based non-profit organisation that has collaborated with and funded the [Wuhan] laboratory. Daszak has a monumental conflict of interest, said Metzl. That he is a member of this international team and The Lancet commission is outrageous. True, but it is not at all surprising that institutions like WHO and the Lancet would dishonestly promote a pro-Chinese, anti-science line. For the Left, politics is always paramount. More: Daszak has worked closely with [Shi Zhengli, a bat researcher at WIV]. In 2015 the pair published a paper in the Journal of Virology on research they had conducted at the WIV into bat Sars-like coronavirus. The research took place in a biosafety level-two laboratory, which requires only basic protection with lab coats and gloves. It was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States. Two senior Republican congressmen, James Comer, of the congressional committee on oversight and reform, which is investigating the pandemics origin, and Jim Jordan, have begun an inquiry into taxpayer-funded grants issued by the NIH to EcoHealth Alliance, $600,000 of which they claim EcoHealth awarded to the WIV. In a letter addressed to Bidens chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, on May 28, they write: If US taxpayer money was used to develop Covid-19, conduct gain-of-function research, or assist in any sort of cover-up, EcoHealth must be held accountable. That wont happen, obviously, as long as the Democrats remain in control of the House. But things could change in January 2023. Share this: Twitter Facebook
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What causes deadly Black Fungus to spread?
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ISLAMABAD: The hospital of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, a medical school in the town of Sevagram in the Indian state of Maharashtra, has been taking in patients afflicted with COVID since May 2020. But in the middle of last month, something changed. Patients arrived with problems the physicians there had not yet seen in the pandemic: people were not only breathless and feverish yet had pain and pressure behind their cheekbones and around their eyes, foreign media reported. Their cases were some of the earliest indications of a wave of illness that is now swamping India, an epidemic within the pandemic: infections with a rare group of fungi called mucormycetes. The infection they cause, mucormycosisblack fungus, colloquiallycan infest the sinuses and bones of the face and invade the brain or cause patients to lose an eye. When it goes untreatedand treatment is prolonged and difficultmucormycosis can kill up to half of those who contract it. There have been almost 12,000 cases of the infection in India during current COVID-19 wave, with most of them occurring in the western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. A range of states across India have declared the outbreak black fungus an official epidemic. Friday alone, the government of Delhi reported 153 new cases. It is not contagious but its rapid rise in recent weeks has left doctors shocked. Dozens of hospitals across India have seen patients hit by the rare condition, which has a mortality rate of about 50 per cent. So far, 300 people have died as a result of the extremely rare condition, according foreign media. Early diagnosis and treatment, however, significantly improve survival chances. Mucormycosis causes vital organs to rot, include the brain, lungs and sinuses. Some doctors have had to remove infected jaw bones, noses and eyes in order to save patients, namely to prevent the mucor from spreading to the brain. Before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Mucormycosis was close to non-existent, with only a few known cases reported every year. Mucormycosis is caused by exposure to mucor mould, which is commonly found in soil, air and even in the nose and mucus of humans. It spreads through the respiratory tract and erodes facial structures. It is a new challenge and things are looking bleak, Ambrish Mithal, the chairman and head of the endocrinology and diabetes department at Max Healthcare, a chain of private hospitals across India, told media. He explained that the fungal infection preys on patients with weakened immune systems and underlying conditions, particularly diabetes, and irrational usage of steroids. Uncontrolled blood sugar can further put immunocompromised people at a higher risk of contracting the disease. Health experts are worried that over-the-counter medication, including steroids, can increase the prevalence of mucormycosis. SK Pandey, a medical officer at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Uttar Pradesh states Lucknow, warned that unqualified doctors were giving steroids to patients in many rural areas without giving a thought to whether they require it or not. This has led to increase in black fungus cases in smaller cities where the patient has not even been hospitalised, he added. These fungal infections arise after a COVID diagnosis, which seems to be a clue. A standard component of treatment for severe cases of COVID is high doses of corticosteroids, anti-inflammatory drugs that damp down the immune systems overreaction to infection. Steroids save lives, but they simultaneously make a patient more vulnerable to attack by whatever bacteria or fungi are already in their body or hanging around their environment. Identifying a case of mucormycosis early can be challenging. Unlike some other fungal infections, there are no blood-based tests that can detect it. Diagnosis requires doing a biopsy, examining the sample and sometimes following up with a CT scanall of which imply the availability of specialty personnel to perform those tasks and advanced equipment to support them. In the under-resourced parts of Indias vast health care system, those cannot be guaranteed. Even antifungal drugs are in short supply in India, according to news reports, and they may be unaffordable for most. There are relatively few categories of antifungals, and while some of them have been available for decades, newer versions that are less toxic to patients are expensive and scarce. For the preferred drug, one-day therapy costs 30,000 rupees (PKR64,000), a catastrophic health expenditure for 99 percent of Indians, Kalantri says. The therapy often lasts for weeks and requires an intravenous infusion, admission to the hospital and close monitoring of the kidney function.
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Was an Ivy League student slain in the name of hate?
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Watch Video: Sneak peek: In The Name of Hate [This story previously aired on July 20, 2019. It was updated on May 29, 2021.] In America today the language of hate and prejudice has been inciting violence more and more often. Some of the victims are linked by faith, others by the color of their skin, and still others by sexual orientation. CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith has a story about one young man targeted by that kind of hate. Meet Blaze Bernstein. He was 19 years old. Word spread across Orange County. Blaze Bernstein, brilliant, kind-hearted, Jewish and gay, had come home from college for the holidays and vanished. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: He wanted to spend time with us. Hes not gonna just disappear like that. Gideon Bernstein: Well it was just so highly unusual. We didnt know. Blaze Bernstein with his parents Gideon and Jeanne Pepper Bernstein. He liked to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, Gideon said of his son. Gideon Bernstein Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: We had a happy life. We really did. We had good many, many good memories. The memories and magic that remain began when the baby was born. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: That night I dreamt that his name was Blaze. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: And the first time I saw him, I looked in his eyes. Something about this baby, hes gonna change the world someday. In his own way, he did change the world. He already has. It was 1998 when Jeanne Pepper Bernstein and Gideon Bernstein welcomed their first of three children, Blaze, into their Orange County, California, home an oasis of love and creativity. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I call him a unicorn He was magnificently creative. Raiah Rofsky: We were best friends when we were very young, yeah. Raiah Rofsky: Blaze was always a very kind and caring person. He was always a very cuddly kid. Cuddly and creative, it was no surprise to Raiah Rofsky when Blaze joined her for high school at OCSA the Orange County School of the Arts. Raiah Rofsky: Its very prestigious. Its known for getting a quality arts education with a quality academic education. Claire Velau: Blaze was honestly one of the smartest people Ive ever met. Another classmate, Claire Velau, also knew Blaze was more than brilliant. Claire Velau: Something that was really unique about Blaze is he always made you feel important Like, if you were talking to him, like you knew he was actually listening. For Blaze, OCSA was a feast of educational riches. Eric Tryon | OCSA teacher: He was just like a beam of light. Eric Tryon taught his student about writing, which became Blazes focus. Eric Tyron: He wanted to do the work, which you cant always say for kids that age thats a dream student. And then there was another classmate, Sam Woodward. Philip Schwadron | OCSA teacher: He was just a very serious guy. He didnt crack jokes. Didnt laugh at jokes. Philip Schwadron taught Sam acting. Philip Schwadron: He wanted to do a monologue about the military. He wanted to play an Army guy, a general or something. In a school that embraced tolerance and diversity, many thought Sam had deeply troubling ideas. Raiah Rofsky: I have a friend who was in a playwriting class with him, and they were reading Raisin in the Sun and they all got their individual copies. When everybody gave theirs back, he had had the N word written all through it. Racist scrawls in the classic American drama about the struggles of a black family. Raiah Rofsky: Racist, homophobic, sexist. But for Rofsky, one particular incident is impossible to shake. Raiah Rofsky: He was drawing guns in his notebook in class. Raiah Rofsky: No. Tracy Smith: But you thought Raiah Rofsky: This is terrifying. Raiah Rofsky: People were saying that they wouldnt be surprised if he came and shot up the school. Raiah Rofsky: Yes. And I felt that too. Hes gonna be that kid. Raiah Rofsky: He left after sophomore year of high school. Raiah Rofsky: No. At the Orange County School of the Arts, a school that embraced tolerance and diversity, many thought Sam Woodward had deeply troubling ideas. Sam Woodward transferred to a more traditional high school. Blaze went on at OCSA, learning more about his world. He had already learned a key thing about himself. Raiah Rofsky: Yeah. Yeah. Raiah Rofsky: I dont think that he did. He was kind of upset to say it. Tracy Smith: Something that clearly was a big secret for him. Raiah Rofsky: Yeah, you know coming out to yourself is a really mature, difficult thing to do. Raiah Rofsky: I told him, Its OK. If you like boys thats totally fine. Love who you love. And while he hadnt yet come out to his parents, Gideon and Jeanne sensed Blaze might be gay. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: We went up to him and said, Listen, whatever your situation is, we embrace it. We love you. We dont care. Gideon Bernstein: We love you for whoever you are. It was late summer 2016 and Blaze, whod already achieved so much, was headed to an Ivy League School, the University of Pennsylvania. Thered be new friends, mentors and challenges. And Blaze seemed ready for it all. Grayson Honan | Blazes friend: I can still remember, like he was wearing this really cool overall outfit the first time I met him [laughs]. Grayson Honan: Yeah. Tracy Smith: Took some fashion risks it sounds like. Grayson Honan: Yeah. Amy Marcus | Blazes friend: But he didnt care. I wish I could write like he wrote. I wish I could cook like he cooked, said Blazes grandfather, Richard Bernstein. [Blaze is pictured posing for the University of Pennsylvanias Penn Apptit magazine.] Noel Zhang College friends Amy Marcus and Grayson Honan sensed, even by Ivy League standards, Blaze was something special. Amy Marcus: The track that he was headed down was psychology, and he was really, really excited to do some psychological research, especially into happiness, which I thought was really cool. He was also an incredible writer. And a gourmet chef. He now was also considering a career in medicine. Grayson Honan: He wanted to help as many people as he could and it was really impressive to see. During Winter break 2017, Blaze came home to Southern California. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: It was a much anticipated visit. He was really looking forward to being with us, too. There were holiday celebrations. Then, sometime on the night of Jan. 2, 2018, Blaze left the house. Gideon Bernstein: We didnt. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I didnt know that night. Gideon Bernstein: We didnt even know. We thought he slept in and the next day we were Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I had my aha moment when I was at the dental appointment. The next day, Blaze was due to meet his mom for a dentist appointment. But Blaze never showed up and wasnt answering his cell phone. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I called Gideon he asked me if Blaze had ever come home the night before. And I screamed out, I dont know! Gideon Bernstein: Thats when I just basically just rushed outta the office and came home. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: We both did. We flew home. Blazes parents rushed home and checked his room. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: His wallet. His retainers. His keys. Gideon Bernstein: Those were all still at the house. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: His glasses. Yeah, all of that stuff was at the house. They called the police, and then tried to log on to Blazes social media accounts. Gideon Bernstein: and then we just jumped on his computer, tried to get into his, you know, files and this was a big challenge for us. With the help of family and friends, Jeanne and Gideon got access to Blazes Snapchat account. Thats where they discovered that Blaze had sent his home address to someone: Sam Woodward, Blazes one-time classmate. Raiah Rofsky: The only reason I could think of Sam meeting up with Blaze is because either number one, he wanted to hook up with him, or two, because he was planning to murder him. THE SEARCH FOR BLAZE Rabbi Arnold Rachlis nurtured Blazes spirit at Orange Countys University Synagogue. Rabbi Arnold Rachlis: a good heart, a good soul. Thats what Blaze had. within less than a day of Blaze being missing, word spread. Borrego Park became the center of the search. Lt. Brad Valentine | Orange County Sheriffs Dept. [to reporters]: So its gonna be a slow, tedious search as they get out there and beat the bushes and look for any signs of him. Edgy hours turned into anxious days. Gideon Bernstein [to reporters]: Were here today to get your help to find our son. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein [to reporters]: Please keep your eyes open for my baby. I want him home with me. Now. All Jeanne and Gideon Bernstein had to go on was that clue they found on Blazes computer: their home address sent out to a seeming stranger: Sam Woodward. Gideon Bernstein: We never heard the name. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: We never heard the name before. Raiah Rofsky: It was already terrifying that I found out that Blaze was missing. But it was even more terrifying to find out he was with Sam Woodward. Raiah Rofsky: Because he was literally known as being a crazy, homophobic, racist guy. Sam Woodward Sam Woodward, now a college drop-out, was working part-time and living at home. Orange County cops went to meet him. Sam Woodward couldnt have been more cooperative. He told Blazes parents and police that he and Blaze came to Borrego Park to hang out. And according to Sam, after awhile Blaze walked down a path alone and disappeared into the brush. The search for Blaze Bernstein heated up. Gideon Bernstein/Facebook Rabbi Arnold Rachlis: We printed up thousands and thousands of fliers that people in the congregation put up on wall boards, coffeehouses, on poles and everything. Raiah Rofsky: There was a Facebook page, Find Blaze Bernstein. There were like helicopter searches. Rabbi Arnold Rachlis: The police are looking. Everybodys looking. NEWS REPORT: The search for Blaze Bernstein went airborne Sunday with more than a dozen drone pilots. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I really didnt know if we would ever find him Gideon Bernstein: As the days passed it became more and more difficult. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: And I thought were never gonna know. Were never going to know what happened exactly. Were never going to figure it out. [Pauses, shakes her head] Yeah. Thats what I thought. Raiah Rofsky: And I just got this gut feeling in my stomach. That I justI just thought to myself, Oh my God. Blaze Bernstein and Raiah Rofsky Bernstein Family From day one, Blazes oldest friend had an instinct that chilled. Raiah Rofsky: I immediately thought, Hes dead. Raiah Rofsky: Yes. It was day seven since Blaze last left home. A family and a community were beyond frustrated. Detectives had searched Borrego Park over and over again. But they decided to give it one more look. In the pouring rain, hidden under a large tree branch was a mound of dirt. Under the wet caked earth lay Blaze Bernstein. Gideon Bernstein [to reporters]: Needless to say our family is devastated by the news. We, like so many of you around the world, loved Blaze and we wanted nothing more than to seek his safe return. Tony Rackauckas | Former Orange County D.A. : [to reporters] This is a senseless murder of a young man who possessed the combination of a high-caliber mind and the heart of a poet. Tony Rackauckas: He was stabbed multiple times in the neck 19 stab wounds in the neck. Tony Rackauckas: Well it tells me that there was a lot of hate. Raiah Rofsky: All I could think of was just, I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. Tracy Smith: You knew. Raiah Rofsky: I knew. Rabbi Arnold Rachlis: Then the funeral happened And it was shattering. The grief seemed to stretch across Orange County neighbors, friends, strangers, teachers. Neighbor [tying a blue ribbon around a tree]: Were hugging them right now. Were all hugging them. This is our big giant hug to them. Eric Tryon | Teacher: It was devastating to hear. And its so horrifying to think about what happened. Rabbi Arnold Rachlis: And not stabbed once or twice, but over and over and over again in a crazed angry murderous rage. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I just try not to think about what that really meant. I dont think that I physically can deal with the trauma of whats happened yet. SAM WOODWARD: [Grunts] No comment. SAM WOODWARD: No comment. [Goes inside house and shuts the door] Days after Blaze Bernsteins body was found, investigators were ready to take the next step. Sam Woodward was arrested charged with murder with the personal use of a knife days after Blaze Bernsteins body was found. KCBS REPORTER MICHELE GILE | CBS LOS ANGELES: Undercover officers made their move on Sam Woodward this afternoon as he pulled out of his Newport Beach driveway and went down the road. They pulled that car over and arrested him. D.A. Tony Rackaukas: Sam Woodward was charged with murder with the personal use of a knife. Woodward pleaded not guilty. A community a school, a synagogue, and a family were in shock. But another community small, twisted with sick rage greeted the news of Blaze Bernsteins brutal murder in a very different way. Former Atomwaffen member: He killed a Jew. Yeah. Everyone celebrated him. Everyone in the hate group this man belonged to. They say they are Nazis. And they rejoiced for one of their own, Sam Woodward. Former Atomwaffen member: I never physically met the guy but I knew him online. For months, 48 Hours has been trying to learn more about the violent neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen from the inside. Former Atomwaffen member: Like, he killed a gay Jew. And finally, a one-time member agreed to talk. The words are unimaginable, but to understand Atomwaffen we felt it necessary to hear some of the hate. Former Atomwaffen member [via Skype]: You know, he killed two birds with one stone essentially. Former Atomwaffen member: Yeah, of course. Joanna Mendelson: Its dangerous. Their ideology is at the core deeply hateful. Joanna Mendelson has spent close to 20 years monitoring the dark world of extreme hate at the Los Angeles office of the Anti-Defamation League. Joanna Mendelson: Its important that we shine a very bright light on these groups and understand them for what they are. Not to glorify them and not to give them any more notoriety than they already have. Joanna Mendelson: We have to be able to call them out. Jake Hanrahan | Journalist: Atomwaffen is essentially a extreme, extreme, far-right militant neo-Nazi group in America. And their end goal is the destruction of America as a whole. Richard Bernstein: He had a lot of imagination. And very curious. Its a truth as timeless as the human family. Leah Bernstein: We just loved him. There is no love like the love of a grandparent for a grandchild. And so it was for Leah and Richard Bernstein, and their grandson Blaze. Leah and Richard Bernstein reminisce over photos of their beloved grandson, Blaze. CBS News Leah Bernstein: I feel that he lives in our heart. And every night I have a difficult time going to sleep because I always think of him before I go to sleep. Richard Bernstein: I think the world lost a beautiful soul. The evidence marking the loss of that soul was revealed when the heavens opened up and the rain came down. Leah Bernstein: If not the rain, we would have never known what happened to him The person that murdered him made like a, you know Richard Bernstein: Grave. Leah Bernstein: a grave and covered him all with mud, so the rain uncovered his face. Then, in Borrego Park, where Blaze ended up with one-time classmate Sam Woodward, investigators found Blazes phone. And in Woodwards car Tony Rackauckas: The blood on the headliner belonged to both Sam Woodward and Blaze Bernstein. Tony Rackauckas: Yes. Yes. Tony Rackauckas: Yes. Tony Rackauckas: There was a knife The knife had blood on it Blaze Bernsteins blood on the knife. Gideon Bernstein: [In tears] Just wanna know why. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I dont I dont even wanna know because Im not gonna like that answer. But its the why Blaze was murdered that makes an unbearable loss almost unspeakable and transforms his murder into a national issue. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: Its very alarming that this is happening This is atrocious hate. Its just right there. Jake Hanrahan: Sam Woodward was absolutely, definitely a member of Atomwaffen Division. 48 Hours spoke via Skype with British journalist and CBS News consultant Jake Hanrahan. For Hanrahan, the arrest of Woodward brought an awful confirmation: Atomwaffen was right at home glorifying an accused killer. Jake Hanrahan: Oh yeah. Absolutely. They made T-shirts using Sam Woodwards mug shot. Hanrahan had been reporting on Atomwaffen for nearly two years. They werent all that hard to find. Hanrahan obtained their secret chat logs and first made note of an angry college dropout, Sam Woodward. Jake Hanrahan: Doing like Nazi salutes next to other members of Atomwaffen. Former Atomwaffen member: I just considered myself a Nazi. The man Hanrahan introduced 48 Hours to wouldnt tell us his name or dare to show his face. He claims to have been a member of Atomwaffen for more than a year. Former Atomwaffen member: I joined Atomwaffen because of the militancy and the brotherhood that they offered Tracy Smith: Brotherhood. Former Atomwaffen member: Yeah. It was like a camaraderie type of feeling common interests. Former Atomwaffen member: Yeah. Oh yeah. Joanna Mendelson | Anti-Defamation League: This is some of the most intense and some of the most extreme rhetoric that Ive seen in a long time. Atomwaffen began in Florida in 2015. The group believes that the so-called alt-right that converged at the violent 2017 demonstration in Charlottesville doesnt go nearly far enough. Former Atomwaffen member: They dont even like to be associated with the alt right at all. They hate the Alt Right. Joanna Mendelson: Their rhetoric and their ideology is white supremacy on steroids In fact, the name of Atomwaffen translates in German to atomic weapon. Tracy Smith: Well just obliterate you. Joanna Mendelson: Well wipe you out. According to investigators, Sam Woodward, a privileged upper middle class kid from Southern California, was drawn to this ideology drawn to Atomwaffens heroes: Adolf Hitler, Charles Manson, Timothy McVeigh and James Mason, author of Atomwaffens favorite neo-Nazi publication, Siege. Woodward went to meet him. Honestly, I wasnt surprised. And by 2017, Sam Woodward, at times sporting his absurd Atomwaffen mask, attended their version of a corporate retreat. Joanna Mendelson: Hate camps have occurred across the country, involving Atomwaffen members. Joanna Mendelson: They talk about cutting telephone wires and power grids. And shutting down the system. A system that they detest. The images and ambitions are surreal, but their hatred could not be more real. Jake Hanrahan: They want to kill, obviously, first and foremost Jews. They want to kill gays. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: There were people congratulating this accused killer, for what he has done, killing my son. Congratulating him. Jake Hanrahan: They call him the gay, the one-man gay, Jew wrecking ball. You know, like kind of reveling in this idea that hes killed this gay, Jewish kid. Nazi wannabes laughing at the murder of Blaze in Orange County. Tracy Smith: LOL OC. Joanna Mendelson: LOL OC. Laughing at the fact that Blaze Bernsteins life was extinguished. Former Atomwaffen member: Everyone in Atomwaffen believes Jewish people just need to be wiped off the face of the earth. Rabbi Arnold Rachlis : As the story unfolded that the murder was related to homophobia and anti-Semitism, well then the anger in the community and the anxiety ratcheted up. Raiah Rofksy:Yes, 100 percent. Rabbi Arnold Rachlis: Permission has been granted for the ugliest kind of racism, anti-Semitism, immigrant bashing and hatred. Joanna Mendelson: We used to monitor these groups that lurked in the shadows. But today they are emerging front and center. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: No. But we should have. Because were a perfect target for that group. A perfect target for todays Nazi, just as Blazes grandma Leah, a Holocaust survivor, was so many years ago. A little Jewish girl forced by Hitlers Nazis to wear a yellow star. Leah Bernstein: Yes. We did wear the stars. Tracy Smith: You all had to wear the stars. Youve seen a lot. Leah Bernstein: Quite a bit. Tracy Smith: Its a horrible irony, that what you escaped is. Leah Bernstein: Is following me. Yeah. THE TENTACLES OF HATE Clear across the country from where Sam Woodward morphed into an Atomwaffen Nazi, Nick Giampa grew up with his own set of insecurities and issues that eventually led him to find Atomwaffens online propaganda. Emily: By the time he was in second grade Nicholas wasnt your ordinary little boy. Nicks sister Emily and her husband Chris stuck by Nick. They say he was bipolar and suffered from other psychological issues. Chris: He was in one school in the second grade, another school in the third grade, another school in the fourth grade. I think it was eight or nine different schools. Emily: Nicholas was bullied, called a freak, called a retard, stupid, dumb. Emily: He thought he was invisible. He said, Nobody ever sees me. Nobody ever calls my phone. He was a lonely child on the internet. Nick Giampa Facebook A perfect profile to be vulnerable to the postings of a hate group. Still, in his junior year of high school, Nicks life changed in a positive way. Emily: It was such a self confidence boost, like Wow, I found someone that loves me. Chris: Everything in the world was going good for him. Nick had his first-ever girlfriend, a classmate. 48 Hours agreed not to show her face. She was the 16-year-old daughter of a Reston, Virginia, couple Scott Fricker and his wife Buckley Kuhn Fricker. Deb Merriner: She was always learning, always wanting to see if she could figure out how to serve people better. Buckley Kuhn Fricker was a lawyer-turned-advocate for the elderly. Deb Merriner was her assistant. Scott and Buckley Kuhn Fricker Facebook Deb Merriner: They were amazing parents. I was blown away by the dedication to making sure their kids were raised right. Justin Jouvenal | Washington Post crime reporter: It was three days before Christmas. 911 CALL: Caller is still upstairs with her boyfriend. Shots fired. Justin Jouvenal: And I got a call from the office very early in the morning, saying that there had been this horrific double murder in a fairly upscale neighborhood just outside of D.C. Washington Post crime reporter Justin Jouvenal would learn about the rich family values of Scott and Buckley and the bankrupt ideology of Atomwaffen. Justin Jouvenal: So I jumped in my car early that morning and made my way out to the neighborhood and began reporting on what happened. According to Nick Giampas own family, just hours earlier, Nick grabbed a gun from his home, and drove to the Frickers home. A house decked out for the holidays. Justin Jouvenal: There was yellow crime tape up around the house There were snowflakes on the house. Christmas wreathes. Detectives going in and out, crime scene investigators. . Tony Rackauckas: Sam Woodward is a hater. He hates homosexuals. He hates people who are Jewish. He hates people of all different kinds of categories who are not white. For Gideon and Jeanne Bernstein, it deepened the darkest tragedy. Gideon Bernstein [to reporters]: Today we suffer an added layer of pain from learning that he was likely killed simply because of who he was as a human being. For Blazes oldest friend Raiah Rofsky, who is Jewish and identifies as bisexual, it brings an unsettling fear. Raiah Rofsky: I have to be careful and Im terrified. Tracy Smith: You truly feel unsafe. Raiah Rofsky: I do. Rabbi Arnold Rachlis: There has to be zero tolerance of homophobia, zero tolerance of racism, of anti-Semitism, of immigrant bashing. For Blazes grandma Leah, who wore that yellow Nazi star, sadness and belief blend into one. Leah Bernstein: Its very painful. Its very, very hard. Leah Bernstein: Im very hopeful. Because there are lots of good people in the world. And at least one new way to fight hate with love. Leah Bernstein: Well, we BlazeItForward. Jeanne and Gideon Bernstein are channeling their grief into kindness through #BlazeitForward and a memorial scholarship in Blazes name. CBS News BlazeItForward. Just days after they learned of their sons death, the Bernsteins made the remarkable decision to channel their grief into kindness. Gideon Bernstein: Lets do something where we go onto this, you know, BlazeItForward Facebook page and tell people to give money to some charity. Gideon and Jeanne targeted foster care kids and at-risk youth. They raised money for a scholarship at OSCA, the high school where Blaze shined so bright. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein [at scholarship event]: We are delighted to award two scholarships this year from the Blaze Bernstein memorial endowment scholarship. Thousands of friends and strangers gathered to honor Blaze. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I want to do my piece to repair the world in Blazes honor and to promote his legacy. As they embraced each other, their community Blazed it right back. Pride Parade Organizer [addressing parade goers]: This parade is rededicated as our communitys official Blaze Forward OC LGBT Pride Parade Jeanne Pepper Bernstein [addressing parade goers]: We thank you for giving us this honor. For honoring my son and his memory and for Blazing It Forward. BlazeItForward. Its much more than a slogan. It is now a calling, a new way of life for Jeanne and Gideon Bernstein. At its heart is finding some sort of silver lining in an unspeakable tragedy. And at Orange Countys Pride Day, the spirit of BlazeItForward is everywhere. Its a promise made to a young man targeted by hate, now inspiring love. And perhaps steering one hater away from the poison that is Atomwaffen. Former Atomwaffen member: Yes, I do. And if he is to be believed, because of the murder of Blaze Bernstein he says hes no longer a Nazi and has quit Atomwaffen. Tracy Smith: You could say something now. Tracy Smith: Sure. Former Atomwaffen member: Yeah, so, Im so sorry that Im so sorry that this happened to your son I would like to see AW brought down. I would like to see Sam put behind bars for life. In Borrego Park, where Blaze Bernsteins light was extinguished, people from around the world leave stones in his memory. Bernstein family In Borrego Park, where Blaze Bernsteins light was extinguished, people from around the world leave stones in his memory. Leah Bernstein: Its beautiful. Richard Bernstein: You see all the stones, you feel the love. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: I think that sometimes I dream. I cant control that. And I dream. And I wake up. And it [sighs] just haunts me. Those dreams can haunt me for days. Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: About my son. Just him, alive. Sam Woodwards trial is expected to take place later this year. Produced by James Stolz and Gayane Keshishyan Mendez. Michelle Fanucci is the field producer. Grayce Arlotta-Berner, Marcus Balsam and Phil Tangel are the editors. Peter Schweitzer is the senior producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.
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https://www.wsgw.com/was-an-ivy-league-student-slain-in-the-name-of-hate/
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Was wissen wir ber den Ursprung der Corona-Pandemie?
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Nachweislich haben sich weltweit bereits fast 170 Millionen Menschen mit SARS-CoV-2 infiziert und mehr als 3,4 Millionen Menschen sind an beziegungsweise mit dem Virus gestorben. Bislang gibt es mehr Mutmaungen als Fakten, wo die weltweite Pandemie ihren Ursprung nahm. ber einen mglichen Unfall im Institut fr Virologie in Wuhan hatte zuletzt das "Wall Street Journal" unter Berufung auf einen US-Geheimdienstbericht berichtet. Im November 2019 seien drei Mitarbeiter des Instituts so schwer mit COVID-hnlichen Symptomen erkrankt, dass sie eine Klinik aufgesucht htten. China bestreitet dies. Verlssliche Fakten statt Mutmaungen ber einen mglichen Laborunfall in China sollen nun die US-Geheindienste zusammentragen und dem US-Prsidenten binnen 90 Tagen einen Bericht vorlegen, so hat es Joe Biden angeordnet. China blockiert eine ergebnisoffene Untersuchung und weist jede Verantwortung kategorisch zurck "Die USA werden weiterhin mit gleichgesinnten Partnern zusammenarbeiten, um Druck auf China auszuben, an einer vollstndigen, transparenten, auf Fakten basierenden internationalen Untersuchung teilzunehmen und Zugang zu allen relevanten Daten und Beweisen zu gewhren", so US-Prsident Biden. China warf den USA vor, die Suche zu politisieren und China die Schuld an der Pandemie geben zu wollen. Gleichzeitig blockiert das mutmassliche Ursprungsland eine ergebnisoffene Untersuchung und weist grundstzlich jede Verantwortung kategorisch zurck. Bereits im Januar 2020 fanden chinesische Wissenschaftler die Ursache fr eine Hufung von einer bislang unbekannten Lungenentzndung, an der in der Stadt Wuhan berraschend viele Menschen gestorben waren. Sie fanden in deren Atemwegszellen die Gene eines positivstrngigen RNA-Virus aus der Familie der Coronaviren, das der Untergruppe B (Betacoronavirus) zugeordnet wurde. Kein Computermodell, sonder die erste echte 3D-Darsellung des SARS-CoV-2 Erregers Dieses Virus war definitiv vllig neu, hatte allerdings groe hnlichkeiten mit jenem Coronavirus, das zwischen 2002-2004 die SARS-Pandemie ausgelst hatte: SARS-CoV. Von Sdchina ausgehend hatte sich dieses neuartige Virus damals innerhalb weniger Wochen ber nahezu alle Kontinente verbreitet. Weltweit erkrankten nachweislich 8096 Personen an dem Schweren Akuten Atemwegssyndroms (SARS), 774 Menschen starben. Auch wenn die Fallzahlen im Vergleich zur jetzigen Pandemie niedrig waren, zeigte sich schon damals eindrucksvoll, wie erschreckend schnell sich eine hochinfektise Krankheit in einer globalisierten Welt ausbreiten kann. Einige Studien deuten darauf hin, dass sich das neue Virus SARS-CoV-2 bereits einige Wochen oder gar Monate lang ausgebreitet hat, bevor es Ende Dezember in Wuhan entdeckt wurde. In China hatte es nach Angaben der Zeitung "South China Morning Post" bereits Mitte November eine erste nachgewiesene Infektion mit SARS-CoV-2 gegeben. Das bedeutet aber nicht, dass das Virus zwangslufig auch in China entstanden sein muss. Wuhan wurde nach Bekanntwerden des neuen Virus komplett abgeriegelt Zwar hatten Forschende der Universitt Cambridge im April 2020 eine Studie verffentlicht, wonach die Pandemie sehr wahrscheinlich zwischen September und Anfang Dezember 2019 begann - und zwar entweder in China oder in einem angrenzenden Land. Aber Spuren des neuartigen Erregers wurden auch in aufbewahrten Abwasserproben aus Brasilien und Italien gefunden, die bereits im November beziehungsweise Dezember 2019 entnommen worden waren. In Italien fand man zudem in Blutproben von Teilnehmern eines Lungenkrebs-Screenings Antikrper gegen SARS-CoV-2, die Blutproben waren bereits im September 2019 und Februar 2020 gesammelt worden. Dass das Virus bereits im Sptherbst 2019 vereinzelt in Europa und ab Mitte November in China nachgewiesen wurde, lsst keine verlsslichen Schlussfolgerungen ber den Ursprung der Pandemie zu. Es zeigt lediglich, wie schnell sich ein hochaggressives Virus weltweit verbreiten kann. Als wahrscheinlichstes Szenario gilt ein zoologischer Ursprung ber einen Zwischenwirt. Irgendein Tier hat also das ursprngliche Virus in sich getragen und es dann an ein anderes Tier weitergegeben. Bislang aber ist weder das potentielle Ursprungstier noch der Zwischenwirt zweifelsfrei identifiziert. Auch die beiden SARS-Coronaviren konnten noch nicht eindeutig im Tierreich nachgewiesen werden. Bestimmte Fledermausarten aus Sdostasien knnten das potentielle Ursprungstier sein Verwandt sind die beiden SARS-Coronaviren aber definitiv mit Coronaviren, die bei bestimmten Fledermausarten zu finden sind, die in Sdostasien vorkommen. Auerdem haben Studien vorherige Epidemien mit Coronaviren wie SARS und MERS ebenfalls auf Fledermuse zurckgefhrt. Die Gensequenz des aktuellen SARS-CoV-2 stimmt zu 96,2 % mit dem Coronavirus RaTG13 berein, das zuvor bei einer Hufeisenfledermaus gefunden wurde. Das klingt nach sehr viel, ist aber nur ein erster Anhaltspunkt. Denn auch die bereinstimmung zum Beispiel mit einem bei Schuppentieren (Pangolinen) nachgewiesenen Coronavirus ist nur unwesentlich geringer. Da die meisten Menschen normalerweise keinen direkten Kontakt zu Hufeisenfledermusen oder Pangolinen haben, untersuchen die Experten auch potentielle Zwischenwirte, die in engerem Kontakt zu Menschen stehen, wie Nerze, Marder und Schleichkatzen. So knnen sich zum Beispiel Nerze vergleichsweise leicht bei Menschen mit SARS-CoV-2 anstecken. Theoretisch ist zwar eine bertragung vom Tier zum Menschen unwahrscheinlicher, aber mglich. Nachweislich wurde im Wuhan Institut fr Virologie mit dem Coronavirus RaTG13 und mit RmYN02 experimentiert, dessen Gensequenz zu 93,3 % mit SARS-CoV-2 bereinstimmt. Daraus wurden zwei Szenarien abgeleitet: SARS-CoV-2 knnte knstlich als eine Art Biowaffe erzeugt und/oder durch einen Unfall versehentlich freigesetzt worden sein. Das Wuhan Institut fr Virologie steht nach wie vor im Mittelpunkt der Aufmerksamkeit Die nach China entsandten WHO-Experten halten beide Szenarien fr "uerst unwahrscheinlich". Wirklich berzeugen konnten sie allerdings nicht, denn bei ihrer sehr eingeschrnkten Untersuchung Anfang 2021 - also rund ein Jahr nach Beginn der Pandemie - konnten sie keine eigenen Inspektionen oder Beweissicherungen durchfhren, das lie China nicht zu. Stattdessen mussten sie sich auf die ffentlich verfgbaren Daten und Angaben ihrer chinesischen Gesprchspartner verlassen. Selbst WHO-Chef Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus forderte nach der Expertenreise, zumindest die Hypothese eines Laborunfalls in Wuhan weiter zu prfen. Die knstliche Erzeugung von SARS-CoV-2 in einem Forschungslabor in Wuhan halten die meisten Experten fr sehr unwahrscheinlich. So untersuchte etwa ein Team um die schwedische Mikrobiologie-Professorin Kristian Andersen vom Scripps Research Institute im kalifornischen La Jolla vor allem die markanten Spike-Proteine auf der Virus-Oberflche, wo das Virus an eine Wirtszelle in Lunge oder Rachen anzudockt um in sie einzudringen. Bei einer Genomsequenzierung zeigten sich zwei bedeutende Unterschiede zwischen SARS-CoV-2 und seinen Corona-Verwandten. Das Protein ist anders aufgebaut und die Aminosuren sind anders zusammengesetzt. Zwar kann das Virus deshalb die menschlichen Zellen leichter befallen, aber fr eine "biologische Waffe" sei die Virusstruktur nach Ansicht der La-Jolla-Teams nicht raffiniert genug. Bleibt die These, dass die chinesischen Forschenden mit den gefhrlichen Coronaviren wie zum Beispiel RaTG13 oder RmYN02 experimentiert haben und dass SARS-CoV-2 versehentlich durch einen Unfall freigesetzt wurde. Die chinesische Fhrung schliet dies kategorisch aus. Eigenen Inspektionen oder Beweissicherungen durften die WHO-Experten in China nicht durchfhren Auch die nach China entsandten WHO-Experten stufen auf Grundlage der ihnen zur Verfgung stehenden Daten einen solchen Unfall als "uerst unwahrscheinlich" ein. Dagegen spreche unter anderem die Evolution des Virus. Auerdem verfge das Wuhan Institut fr Virologie ber entsprechende Hochsicherheitslabore. Zudem gebe es in den bermittelten Daten keine Hinweise auf Laborunflle oder auf verdchtige Erkrankungen unter Mitarbeitern. Zumindest dies scheint laut dem vom "Wall Street Journal" zitierten US-Geheimdienstbericht nicht zu stimmen. Demnach sollen bereits im November 2019 drei Mitarbeiter des Instituts so schwer mit COVID-hnlichen Symptomen erkrankt gewesen sein, dass sie eine Klinik aufgesucht htten, was China bestreitet. Mutmaungen statt Fakten, Dementis statt Transparenz - es bleibt abzuwarten, ob wir irgendwann erfahren werden, wo diese weltweite Pandemie tatschlich ihren Ursprung nahm. Und wie sich drohende Pandemien knftig frher eindmmen lieen.
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https://www.dw.com/de/was-wissen-wir-%C3%BCber-den-ursprung-der-corona-pandemie/a-57697174
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Are the 2021 Rockies the worst offensive team in modern baseball history?
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There may actually be good news in the midst of what might have been the lowest point in history of the Colorado Rockies. We'll get to that in a moment. In the meantime, here's what happened Saturday: The Pittsburgh Pirates shut out the Rockies in both games of a doubleheader, holding the Rockies to four hits in the opener and two hits in the second game. Granted, these were seven-inning games, but it's fair to say that JT Brubaker and Mitch Keller aren't exactly Gerrit Cole and Jacob deGrom. It was the first time the Rockies have been shut out in both games of a doubleheader in franchise history. The Rockies' road statistics in 2021 are astounding: They are now 3-22 away from Coors Field with a remarkable 10 shut outs in those 25 games. They are the first team in 100 seasons to get shut out that many times in their first 55 games of a season, and they're the first team to get shut out 10 times in any stretch of 25 road games since the 1963 Houston Colt .45s. They are hitting .197 with 12 home runs, averaging just 2.36 runs per game, a total actually boosted by a 14-run explosion in Arizona on May 1. In their other 24 road games, the Rockies have scored 45 runs. The only Rockies hitting above .254 on the road are Chris Owings, who is 1-for-1, and pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez, who is 3-for-10. "We're just not doing a good enough job right now as a group," Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon said after the second game. "Individually, we've got some guys swinging the bats pretty good. If you look top to bottom, we've kind of hit a lull with a lot of guys all at the wrong time, all at once here." I'm not exactly sure who Blackmon is referring to among the individual hitters. Singles-hitting Yonathan Daza leads the team with a .309 average in part-time play, but among qualified hitters, Ryan McMahon tops the team with a .263 average. Keep in mind, the Rockies have had at least one qualified .300 hitter every season in franchise history except 2018, and that year Blackmon, Trevor Story and Nolan Arenado each hit above .290. "We've got to keep teaching and keep coaching," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "Try to coach all these young guys up and encourage them to keep fighting, and keep battling, and keep learning." Except the Rockies aren't really all that young. The average age of their position players according to Baseball-Reference, and weighted for playing time, is ninth-lowest in the majors at 28.1, tied with the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. The Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres all feature younger lineups. These are all embarrassing numbers even for a dead-ball era team. For the record, the lowest team batting average on the road since 1901 belongs to the 1908 Philadelphia Athletics, which hit .203. Since the Rockies play half their games in the best hitting environment in the majors, we have to consider park-adjusted statistics. The Rockies have hit a more respectable .267 at home while averaging 5.89 runs per game, third best in the majors -- but that's par for the course for the Rockies, who always score runs at home. One way to compare the 2021 Rockies to previous editions of the team is to look at home/road splits. Let's go back to 2002, the first year the club deployed a humidor at Coors Field, which cut down the previous stratospheric offensive numbers in Denver. The biggest differences in home/road OPS: 2014: 266 points (.902 at home, .636 on the road) 2021: 238 points (.794 at home, .556 on the road) 2002: 225 points (.871 at home, .646 on the road) 2010: 212 points (.866 at home, .654 on the road) 2019: 206 points (.884 at home, .678 on the road) This at least confirms what we suspect -- the Rockies have been bad at home (even for them) and bad on the road. Their only lower home OPS was last season, when they had a .762 figure. OK, let's go to another team stat found at FanGraphs -- wRC+, or weighted runs created, which adjusts for home park and the overall league offensive environment (while 2021 may end up with the lowest league-wise batting average, it's actually about average historically in run scoring, thanks to all the home runs). The Rockies entered Saturday an wRC+ of 76, worst in the majors. It certainly dropped a few points after Saturday's disastrous day. If it drops down to 72, the Rockies enter the top-10 worst of all time section: 1. 1920 A's: 67 2. 1963 Mets: 69 3. 1909 Braves: 70 3. 1950 Pirates: 70 5. 1965 Mets: 71 5. 1930 Red Sox: 71 7. Four teams tied at 72 Maybe this is a little unfair to the Rockies, who do face the difficult circumstance of going from playing at altitude, where balls don't move as much, to road games where the balls suddenly move more. It does mess with the brain. But the numbers are the numbers, and so far, this is shaping up as one of the worst hitting teams ever -- and things may not get better with Story just landing on the injured list with elbow inflammation. He probably also gets traded after the All-Star Game is played in Denver (although Story's slow start and injury now makes it unlikely he's on the team anyway). Now, to that good news! The Pirates are one of the teams the Rockies may end up battling for the worst record in the majors. The Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers and Arizona Diamondbacks may also end up in that mix. So losing twice to Pittsburgh "hurts" the Rockies while also "helping" the Pirates. This race to finish last could be an important one: The top prospect in the 2022 draft is high school outfielder Elijah Green, a powerful premium athlete, who right now stands as the most clear-cut No. 1 overall prospect since Bryce Harper. The Rockies will have 13 games left against the Padres and 12 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They may trade Story and Jon Gray, who is also a free agent after 2021. They are on pace to be worse on the road than the infamous 1962 New York Mets, who went 18-62. The Rockies have never had the No. 1 overall pick. They may get it in 2022.
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31534437/are-2021-rockies-worst-offensive-team-modern-baseball-history
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Can the wisdom of the ancients solve 21st-century liberalism's problems?
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For this reason, when Ahmari turns to William Gladstone, the great 19th century Liberal prime minister, it is to excoriate him as a racist and an anti-Catholic. Like the woke who just succeeded in getting the name Gladstone stripped from a student hall of residence at the University of Liverpool Ahmari wants the liberal tradition torn down. There are glimpses of this throughout, such as his enthusiasm for the hierarchical rigidities of Confucianism, or his interest in Dworkins view of sex. Unlike a liberal, Ahmari believes that what goes on in your bedroom ought to be everyones business. Its not just that he sees observing the sabbath as a worthwhile choice: he wants Sunday closing enshrined in law again. Elsewhere in the book, Ahmari expresses his concern for the enforced shift to bodiless, virtual interactions during the pandemic, but it is hard to square this resistance to lockdown restrictions with his own enthusiasm for state power. At one point, he draws on Augustines City of God to argue that, rather than leaving individuals free to live as they see fit, the state should intervene to assist and encourage its version of the common good. That sounds tempting. As the late Michael Novak, another thoughtful Catholic, argued in Free Persons and the Common Good, to do so misses the very real contributions of the latter to the former, especially liberalisms creation of institutions that serve human flourishing by constraining political power. Britain is, of course, very different to America. Here, liberty is ours by inheritance, not as a post-Enlightenment innovation. As a result, our tradition is more culturally conservative concerned with preserving and respecting that inheritance than the kind of prescriptive social conservatism Ahmari is hinting at. We rely on the common sense of free men and women to obtain the common good, before legislative power. Indeed, the long success of Mrs Thatcher rested as the success of Boris Johnson in the Red Wall seats arguably rests today on a respect for tradition and national pride, alongside the dynamism and personal liberty of the free society. But in Britain too, with the woke revolution in full swing, the questions at the heart of this book about the nature of freedom and the value of tradition are increasingly urgent. Ahmari ends his thought-provoking book with a maxim for his son: Read old books before new ones. Like every good rule, this has its exceptions. You dont have to agree with everything in The Unbroken Thread, but we should all spend more time contemplating its questions. The Unbroken Thread is published by Hodder & Stoughton at 20. To order your copy for 16.99 call 0844 871 1514 or visit the Telegraph Bookshop
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/can-wisdom-ancients-solve-21st-century-liberalisms-problems/
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Can animals be inspired by classical music?
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Its a question that has fascinated mankind for millenia, and just occasionally this age-old puzzle raises its head again. There was one such moment last week, when a group of bears at the Wild Place Project, a sanctuary near Bristol were treated to a performance of a brand-new piece, given by the Sacconi String Quartet. It was a PR stunt for a new piece, entitled Lament for a Dancing Bear. The composer Roxanna Panufnik wants to look at the sad plight of the bears in Bulgaria forced to dance for humans amusement, a practice that is now thankfully banned. Panufnik based the piece on a recording of the heart-beat of Alfie, one of the bears in the sanctuary, made while he was anaesthetised for an operation. Alfies heart was remarkably musical, thudding away at a steady F sharp, which you can hear clearly in the piece. A very short video was made of the performance, which you can find on YouTube. The quartet plays inside an enclosure, to discourage attention from the hungry bears, and at a distance one of the bears, possibly Alfie, lies with its head on one side. The thought that he might be listening is funny, but its also touching in an odd way. Thats how it goes with animals and human music. We cant talk to them about whether they prefer reggae or Ravel, and we cant invite our cat to the Wigmore Hall to see whether it enjoys Mozart. And of course they cant join in with our human music-making. So our thinking about the topic is caught between two extremes. Its either ridiculous and hilarious, or attractively mysterious. In ancient times that mysteriousness was thought to have a divine origin. The myth of Orpheus charming the animals gripped the ancient imagination so tightly that people tried to recreate the scene, with musicians playing the role of Orpheus. One ancient writer tells us that at Hortensiuss palace in Thrace I saw the thing done more in the manner of the Thracian bardas we were banqueting, Hortensius ordered Orpheus to be summoned. He came complete with robe and lute, and was bidden to sing. Thereupon he blew a trumpet, and such a multitude of stags and boars and other four-footed beasts came flooding round us, that the sight seemed as beautiful to me as the hunts staged in the Circus Maximus.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/can-animals-inspired-classical-music/
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Could severe space weather pose the next major threat to our way of life?
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If you had taken an evening stroll through Manhattan on August 29, 1859, you might have thought the night sky had burst into flames. That night, across North America, a magnificent display of auroral green illuminated the houses, streets, and farms, before settling into a livid blaze of blood-red. In Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago, crowds of amazed sky-gazers wandered the streets at midnight. In New Orleans, sparks fell from the sky, like rain. Gold miners in the Rockies began to cook breakfast, because they thought it was morning. Streamers of yellow and orange shot up and met and crossed each other, wrote one New York Times reporter, rapidly changing [the sky's] hue from red to orange, orange to yellow, and yellow to white, and back in the same order to brilliant red. Telegraph communications failed across the world, as poles burst into flames. Some thought it was a gift from God; others thought it signalled the worlds imminent demise. Most looked for a scientific explanation, but were left stumped. In fact, a billion tons of plasma had been beamed away from the sun in just a few hours, creating intense patches of light on the suns surface, which were spotted through a telescope by English astronomer Richard Carrington from the Kew Observatory in west London. The Carrington event, as it was later named, helped introduce scientists to the concept of space weather: sun-driven geomagnetic activity just outside the Earths atmosphere. It unlocked a fascinating new scientific frontier, but also signalled a new threat to our way of life. And if one particular former Downing Street aide is to be believed, Britain is woefully unprepared for a similar space weather event, were it to strike tomorrow. Last Wednesday, while addressing Parliament's science committee, Dominic Cummings generated headlines with his blistering attack on the Governments pandemic preparedness. Then, about two hours in, he made a rather worrying aside, mentioning that Whitehalls plan for solar flares, a form of space weather, is completely hopeless if that happens were going to be in a worse situation than Covid. If the last 14 months have done anything, they have focused our minds on the fragility of our existence. We now know that the far-fetched can quickly become reality; the plot of a Hollywood film like Contagion, once considered a work of speculative fiction, can move into the realm of the mundane. I think Covid-19 has been a wake up call, says Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, and founder of Cambridge Universitys Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Its made people more aware that the unfamiliar is not the same as the improbable, to quote [US elections guru] Nate Silver. The UK is respected across the world for its National Risk Register, updated each year. Most threats are familiar; the December 2020 report lists floods, heatwaves, terror attacks and the highest of all, of course pandemics. By far the least well-known entry is that of space weather, the risks of which need to be better understood, the report warns. Last month, scientists at Cornell University suggested that major solar storms are once-in-a-century events. Given the last was in 1921, we can expect one to hit some time this century. We tend to think of the sun as a solid ball of heat, burning steadily. In fact, it is more like a boiling pan, constantly emitting a stream of vapour made up of gas, radiation, and magnetic activity. Normally this sun vapour moves happily around the solar system. Humans, protected by the Earths magnetic field, dont notice, except at the North and South poles, where disturbances in the magnetosphere can allow us to see wondrous green auroras in the night sky.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/30/could-severe-space-weather-pose-next-major-threat-way-life/
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Is Lam Research (LRCX) outperforming other IT and tech stocks this year?
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Index ranking Some investors, with a combination of luck and success, far outperform others and have achieved legendary positions. Perhaps George Soros, who survived the Holocaust, got a doctorate from the London School of Economics after the war and entered the banking industry to make his mark. It was a huge success. Soros Fund Management, a hedge fund he founded, became the best performing hedge fund in history, with an average annual return of 33% from 1970 to 2020. Soros greatest success has been to beat the Bank of England September 16, 1992 He took a short position on the pound and got a leverage of $ 10 billion. He personally made $ 1 billion a day when the pound fell in response to political changes. Soros isnt always financially right, but it is more often true than false. He is also well known for his chatty talk when talking about trading. Its not whether youre right or wrong, Soros said. With this in mind, we have decided to inspire the recent work of Soros Fund Management. When the fund managed the three stocks it collected through the TipRanks database in the first quarter, it found that the analyst community was also involved. Farfetch, Ltd. (FTCH) Start with Farfetch, an online retail inventory. Farfetch is a company specializing in the sale of luxury products and brands. Farfetch is a truly international company founded in Portugal, headquartered in London and with offices in New York and Los Angeles, Tokyo and Shanghai, and Brazil. Like many tech companies, Farfetch has been in the red, but in the first quarter of this year it suddenly fell in the dark. After-tax profit was $ 516.7 million and the quarterly loss for the last years quarter was $ 79.2 million, according to the 2009 first quarter earnings report. The company reveals that its margin gross includes a temporary non-cash benefit of $ 660 million resulting from the impact of lower stock prices on items held at fair value and revaluations. did. Total operating revenue was $ 485 million, a 46% year-over-year increase, or $ 457 million, higher than analysts expected. One of the key indicators, the total commodity value of orders processed on the companys platform increased 49% year-over-year to $ 915.6 million. Farfetchs success grows with a strong user base. The company has more than 3 million active customers and operates in 190 countries. Sellers on the platform have access to more than 1,300 luxury brands. Even after the stock price fell in the first half of 2021, the stock price has risen 234% in the past 12 months. Some FTCH fans are Soros. Soros revealed in a recent disclosure that his fund had purchased 125,000 shares of FTCH. His holdings are currently worth more than $ 5.5 million. As for the analyst community, five-star Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju rates FTCH as an outperformance (i.e. a buy) and price target of $ 78. If the analysts treaty is fulfilled, investors can get up to 88% profit. (Click here to see Jus performance) We have been adjusted to help Farfetch reinvest higher level contributions to customer acquisition and support long-term adoption rates. We have a positive view of maintaining EBITDA forecasts. Model around 700,000 new customers in 2021, model around 600,000 new customers in 2022 and our expectations for 2023 and beyond. Has not changed from about 1.2 million to 1.5 million, says Ju. Analysts said, The point of our investment theory remains: 1) the large $ 300 billion market is still fragmented and under-penetrated, 2) with larger online competitors. Relative protection against competition, 3) exposure to increasing adoption of luxury goods in emerging markets APAC and APAC. As TipRanks analysis presents FTCH as a strong buy, most analysts support Jus confident attitude towards online fashion companies. Based on eight analysts polled in the past three months, six bought the stock and two rated it pending. The 12-month average price target is $ 60.63, up 37% from current levels. (See TipRanks FTCH Equity Analysis) Coursera (COUR) The next Coursera we are considering is a MOOC company which is a large provider of open online courses. This niche takes advantage of the size and breadth of the Internet to make available to the public a wide range of high-level university courses. Coursera is a leader in this field and has offered over 4,000 courses in over 30 study programs from over 200 universities at a lower cost than face-to-face courses since its inception in 2012. Through Coursera, students can take courses at top schools such as Imperial College London, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins. The company boasts that more than 77 million students use the service. The company was nine years ago, but this is the first time it has entered the open market. Coursera completed an IPO at the end of March this year. This makes it possible to buy 15.73 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange at a starting price of $ 33. This was the upper limit of the initial price range set between $ 30 and $ 33. Overall, the IPO raised $ 519 million before expenses were deducted. In early May, Coursera published its first quarterly report since its IPO. According to the report, total revenue was $ 88.4 million, an increase of 64% from the previous year. The companys gross profit was $ 49.5 million, up 71% from the quarter last year. George Soros saw an opportunity in the IPO and his fund acquired 105,000 shares of the company. This new position is worth around $ 4 million at the current stock price. Among the bulls is Ryan McDonald, a five-star analyst at Needam. He clearly and happily claims the actions of Coursera. Given the growing role of automation, the widening skills gap and the shift to e-learning, Courseras comprehensive platform will help it gain a share in large TAMs ranging from 47 billion dollars to 50.6 billion dollars. I believe. The favorable wind of COVID for the increase in the number of enrolled learners in 2020 made the consumer segment difficult in 2009, but the effective GTM movement of Coursera and the higher value companies We believe that the transition to the issuance of degrees can lead to sustained growth of over 25% and gross profit growth. To that end, McDonalds has rated COURs stock as a buy, and its price target of $ 56 shows confidence in a 47% rise over the next 12 months. (Click here to see McDonalds performance) In a short time on the stock market, COUR has collected 14 reviews from analysts. The stock price is trading at $ 38 and the average price target of $ 54.67 means a 44% increase for the year. (See TipRanks COURT Equity Analysis) Sotera Health (SHC) At the end of the new position of George Soros is a holding company with a subsidiary which provides a wide range of consulting, testing and sterilization services in the healthcare sector . Its Sotera Health. Soteras operations serve more than 5,800 healthcare customers in more than 50 countries. The company has 13 laboratories and 50 sterilization facilities capable of performing more than 800 tests. Soteras customer base includes 75 of the top 100 medical device manufacturers and 8 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. SHCs shares went public on November 24 last year, when it sold 53.6 million shares and raised $ 1.2 billion in an IPO. The funds raised were used to repay the existing debt. The company is working hard to reduce its debt levels, with total debt of $ 1.87 billion and cash of $ 108 million in its first quarter report. First quarter net sales were $ 212 million, up 13% year over year. Net income showed a significant increase, from a loss of 1 cent per share a year ago to earnings per share of 4 cents. In the first quarter, Soros took a new position at Sotera and bought 179,274 shares. At the current share price, this stake is worth over $ 4.3 million. JPMorgan five-star analyst Tycho Peterson likes SHC and rates the stock as overweight (i.e. buy). Its price target of $ 35 suggests a 45% increase from current trading levels. (Click here to see Petersons accomplishments) Peterson, in support of his position, wrote: The companys diverse operating platform, tenacious multi-year contracts, effective pricing strategies, rigorous regulatory scrutiny , which all underlie a competitive divide as a whole, and the FCF supports deleveraging Strong for this title. There are eight recent positive reviews in favor of a Buy analyst consensus rating. The stock price is trading at $ 24.06 and the average price target of $ 31.75 means an increase of up to 32% during the year. (See TipRanks SHC Stock Analysis) For great ideas for trading stocks at attractive valuations, TipRanks Best is a newly launched tool that integrates all of TipRanks stock information. Access the shares to buy. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the analysts of interest. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making an investment.
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Will England Pay For Being Too Casual & Relaxed & Fielding A Second-String Team Against New Zealand?
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Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes six of Englands first choice Test XI will not be a part of the two-Test series against New Zealand starting at Lords from the 2nd of June. While some of these players are injured, there are others whose services could have been called upon but are being rested citing bio-bubble fatigue given the arduous schedule for England in the summer leading upto the World T20 and the Ashes. WTC Final: India to Arrive in England on June 3; ICC Lists Detailed Covid-19 Protocols The Big Six Missing Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes are the only players amongst the big six who will be out due to injury which as it is was a massive blow for England Archer has been their highest impact bowler since debut and Stokes the best all-rounder in the world across formats. While the right-arm fast bowler Englands hero in the 2019 World Cup and the Ashes that followed underwent surgery on his right elbow which ruled him out of the two-Test series, Stokes was also ruled out of action for 12 weeks in mid April due to a broken left index finger. The quarantine of the England players who featured in the IPL was completed by the weekend of 15th-16th May giving them enough time to recuperate before the New Zealand series. Also with Stokes ruled out, England could have definitely done with the services of at least two of the other three all-rounders Chris Woakes, Sam Curran and Moeen Ali but none of them are a part of the squad. Buttler and Bairstow two destructive match-winners for England with the bat were both not included in the squad as England did not want to rush their star players back into action. As it turned out, Ben Foakes, their first choice wicket-keeper tore his hamstring in a freak injury and was ruled out for three months which now means that either Sam Billings who is yet to play a Test for England or uncapped James Bracey will stand behind the stumps against New Zealand. England wanted to give adequate rest to their players who returned from playing the IPL. That would have made sense had the T20 league in India gone through its normal duration and ended in the last week of May, but with it postponed due to the bio-bubble breach and some players and staff testing positive, it was actually a blessing in disguise and an opportunity for England to include some of the big names and make a big statement at the start of the summer. The rest could have been given during the limited over series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka as England have the quality and pedigree in limited-overs to beat those teams even with half their main XI that however cannot be said about their Test credentials. Rishabh Pant Still a Kid, Long Way to go Before he Can be India Captaincy Material: Childhood coach England Not A Dominant Force in Test Cricket While England are the current ODI champions and the number one team in the ICC T20I rankings, their test fortunes have fluctuated over the last few years. They were beaten 3-1 in India and lost a Test against a low-ranked West Indies at home in the summer of 2020. Even more significantly, they were beaten 1-0 in their last two series in New Zealand (in 2019 and 2018) and that was reason enough for them to come out with full force in the two-match series at home. Moreover, the last time New Zealand toured England in 2015, they beat them at Leeds and drew the series 1-1. Instead England are using the series as practice to test some new faces for the upcoming five-Test series against India in August and the Ashes in December. The series (against New Zealand) also is not part of the World Test Championship so does not merit the same worth but a 0-2 loss, which is a very realistic possibility against a full-strength New Zealand side would not be ideal preparation at the start of the summer. There is no way England would have rested/left out so many big names (8 including Foakes and Ali) if the summer started against India irrespective of the series being part of the World Test Championship or not! The Newcomers England will now have to make the most of what they have and hope that some of the new faces in the squad step up and make it count. Let us explore. Sam Billings is a talented wicket-keeper batsman who has represented England in 22 ODIs and 30 T20Is but is yet to play for the country in whites. He has a good first-class record given his additional work behind the stumps Billing has an average close to 35 and has registered six hundreds in the England domestic circuit. Essentially seen as a 50-over specialist, Billings was in fine form in first-class cricket in 2019 registering three centuries in as many innings including two in the same match for Kent against Yorkshire at Leeds in 2019. James Bracey is the second wicket-keeper batsman in the squad and has an aggregate of 2575 runs in 45 first-class matches at an average of almost 37 with six hundreds. Braceys temperament and patience are his biggest strengths and they were in display in his heroic effort with the bat when his unbeaten 125 off 271 deliveries helped Gloucestershire save the match against Middlesex after following-on at Lords. Haseeb Hameed isnt exactly a new face but will be making a comeback into the England Test set-up. He made his debut against India at Rajkot in 2016 giving a good account of himself aggregating more than 100 runs in the match. Hameed also scored a fighting undefeated 59 in an otherwise poor batting display by England in Mohali. The 24-year old had a great season in the County Championship in 2016 scoring 1198 runs in 16 matches for Lancashire with four hundreds and 7 fifties. At the time he was widely being labelled as one of the finest opening talents in the country. Bowling all-rounder, Craig Overton would also be making a comeback having last played in the Ashes in September, 2019. Overton, a right-arm medium-fast bowler did not impress much in the four Tests he played for England bagging just 9 wickets. Overton had a fine season with the ball for Somerset in 2015 picking 43 wickets in 11 matches at 21.69. He again impressed with 46 wickets at 22.39 in the 2017 County Championships which was his entry to play for England he made his Test debut in the Ashes Test in Adelaide later in the year. Right-arm fast-medium, Oliver Robinson is another uncapped player in the England contingent. He was in the limelight after his brilliant performance in the county season in 2019 where (in the Division Two Championship) he bagged 63 wickets in 11 matches at an average of 16.44 with six five-wicket hauls. Robinson picked seven wickets in a thumping victory for England Lions over Australia A at the MCG in 2020. Regarded as one of the finest new-ball bowlers in the domestic circuit, Robinson has a tally of 279 wickets in 63 first-class matches at an average of 21.04. If England do go down in the two-Test series against New Zealand, not only would that set them back for the marquee five-match series against India starting August, but also give New Zealand a big advantage and massive momentum going into the final of the World Test Championship against India starting June 18 in Southampton. Get all the IPL news and Cricket Score here
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https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/will-england-pay-for-being-too-casual-relaxed-fielding-a-second-string-team-against-new-zealand-3789848.html
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Will Vermont bars close later now that curfew is lifted?
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Bars in Vermont are welcoming Governor Phil Scotts decision to lift the 10 p.m. curfew. Kevin Lane, a bartender at T. Ruggs Tavern in Burlington, says they plan to keep their doors open until 2 a.m. now. Lane says the hardest part of closing at 10 p.m. was getting people to leave. Theyre anticipating that wont be an issue anymore but there are other potential problems that could come up. The restaurant is sticking with its mask and distancing rules. Lane says theyre prepared to turn people away if customers dont comply or if it gets too crowded. If theres places for people to sit down-- of course, we have outdoor seating too but-- if it gets beyond that, you know, I dont want people on top of each other so if theres not room, Ill refuse to serve them, Lane said. But despite no more curfew, not every bar is making the switch to an early morning last call just yet. Over in Winooski, Mule Bars General Manager Troy Levy says theyre still closing at 10 p.m.-- at least for now. We dont want to turn the light switch on all the way right away, Levy said. Levy says theyll likely return to their pre-pandemic closing time of 1 a.m. in a few weeks but theyre waiting until they boost their staff a bit more. Wed rather wait a little bit, take our time, make sure were in a position to be successful as opposed to just letting everyone run wild, he said. Theyre also waiting for the construction at the Winooski Circle across the street to wrap up. Theyre on a three-week hiatus but that work was starting at 9 p.m. so it was a little less comfortable outside with all the lights and noise, but with that moving on for right now, I think is going to allow us to really open back up inside and outside and have a nice atmosphere, Levy said. Copyright 2021 WCAX. All rights reserved.
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https://www.wcax.com/2021/05/30/will-vermont-bars-close-later-now-that-curfew-is-lifted/
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Are These The Catchiest TV Show Themes Of All Time?
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Everyone knows the words to most of these theme songs. Throughout the years there have been so many iconic TV shows. From sitcoms to dramas, and everything in between. These shows have had us talking about them in some way since they premiered. While some of these shows have stood the test of time, sometimes what's more iconic than the show itself is the theme song. A good theme song can summarize what the show is about if it has lyrics of course. However, a great theme song will be one that you won't want to skip past whenever you see a show on Netflix or TV because you want to sing along to it. Now let's think about this: there have been thousands of TV shows over the years. There's no way possible to be able to remember all of those, let alone their theme songs, but it's hard to forget the catchiest TV show themes of all time! Earlier today, for no reason whatsoever, I started singing the theme song to "The Jeffersons". Well, it got me thinking about some of the other iconic TV show themes, and soon enough, I wasn't the only person in the office singing these songs. Get our free mobile app So I put together a list of 20 of the catchiest TV show theme songs of all time. All of these themes are themes with lyrics. I know that shows like "The Office" or "M*A*S*H" has recognizable theme music, but for the sake of this list, I wanted to focus on theme songs that you can sing along to and that you probably know word for word. Let's see how many of these you know! In no particular order... "Cheers" "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" "The Brady Bunch" "Full House" "Friends" "The Andy Griffith Show" "Dukes of Hazzard" "That 70s Show" "The Jeffersons" "The Golden Girls" "Happy Days" "The Flintstones" "Facts of Life" "Diff'rent Strokes" "Growing Pains" "Sesame Street" "The Addams Family" "Married...With Children" "Saved By The Bell" "The Wonder Years" "Cops" Best Nickelodeon Game Shows Ever Growing up, I loved watching all of the game shows on Nickelodeon. They were awesome! Here are the best game shows they had when I was growing up. On this Throwback Thursday, let's take a stroll down memory lane to see if you remember what used to be located at these Evansville Businesses.
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https://newstalk1280.com/are-these-the-catchiest-tv-show-themes-of-all-time/
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Can Fords new all-electric pickup power a tailgate party?
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After months of waiting and speculation, tomorrow Ford will finally pull the cover off of their electrified version of the F-150 pickup. Known as the Ford F-150 Lightning, this new electric truck joins a segment that is set to expand rapidly in the coming years. Models like the Tesla Cybertruck, GMC Hummer EV, Chevrolet Silverado EV, and the Rivian R1T are all going to face off against this battery-powered variant of Americas favorite pickup truck for market dominance. And while we dont have much longer to wait before being introduced to the truck tomorrow at 9:30 pm EST, Ford hasnt quite stopped teasing us yet. In fact, the automaker has released a few new teaser clips on social media for us to look over.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263105934942/can-ford-s-new-all-electric-pickup-power-a-tailgate-party
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What is the meaning of Earth?
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Mercury is the Roman god of commerce, communication, travel, and thievery. Venus is the god of love and beauty in Roman mythology. Mars gets its name from the Roman god of War. Jupiter, meanwhile, is the King of Gods in Roman mythology, making the name a fitting choice for the largest planet in our solar system. Saturn, the farthest planet that can be seen by the unaided human eye, gets its name from the Roman god of wealth and agriculture. Uranus is named after the ancient Greek deity of the skies and the heavens. Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, is named after the Roman god of the Sea. No Greco-Roman connect In case you read the above paragraph, and read it again to see if you had missed out Earth in it, you can be assured that Earth isnt mentioned in it. This is because Earth is the only planet in the solar system whose English name does not derive from Roman or Greek mythology. The English name of our planet, Earth, comes from Old English and Germanic. It is derived from the Old English words eor(th)e, ertha, and eorpe, all of which correspond to both ground, soil, dirt, country and the abode of man, the material world. The Proto-Germanic words erde and erp-o also have similar meanings. Common theme While this much is known, there is no clear answer as to how exactly Earth got this name. The planet we call home, however, has many other names in many other languages. Despite the vast amount of languages spoken in the world and their very different histories, the name used for Earth in most languages is a form of a word that is connected to ground or soil.
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https://www.thehindu.com/children/what-is-the-meaning-of-earth/article34680837.ece
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What does Lata Boya Sada mean in Genshin Impact?
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Day four of the Mimi Tomo event is here, and that means translating more phrases for the Hilichurls. This is the second phrase that players need for day four. Tracking down the Unusual Hilichurl is worth it, as players will earn some Primogems and nice decorations for their Serenitea Pot. Thanks to the Handy Handbook of Hilichurlian that they can use to look up different phrases that the Hilichurls will use. On Day 4, players get through the vast majority of the quest before running into an awkward phrase, in this case, Lata Boya Sada. Lata Boya actually translates to a color, and means blue. Sada, on the other hand, means solid or hard. So, we can figure out that the Hilchurl wants something hard and blue. Interacting with them again will will bring up your Invetory and you can pick and item to give them. We went with a Crystal Chunk which meets both requirements. After that, he will give you the location and time to find the Unusual Hilichurl on Day 4. Players can open the Handy Handbook of Hilichurlian at any time by going to the Mimi Tomo section in the events menu and hitting the prompted button for the Handbook near the bottom of the event description. There are quite a few Hilichurlian phrases in there, but its still pretty easy to figure out what these little guys are talking about, thankfully.
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https://www.gamepur.com/guides/what-does-lata-boya-sada-mean-in-genshin-impact
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When is Father's Day 2021 in the UK?
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(Picture: Getty) Fathers Day is an annual celebration that allows us to show appreciation for the important father figures in our lives. Weve been celebrating fathers for centuries, and an annual day set aside for the celebration of fatherhood in Catholic Europe can be traced back as far as 1508. Although, it is possible that a day honouring fatherhood specifically could have started even earlier than that. Heres all you need to know. Fathers Day takes place on the third Sunday in June every year in 2021, it falls on Sunday, June 20. Spend quality time with your own dad, your childrens father or another positive role model in your life (Picture: Getty) Unlike Mothers Day, which is celebrated on a different date, Fathers Day falls on the same day in the US and Canada as it does in the United Kingdom. This year, Fathers Day is one day before the UK is supposed to hit its final date in the governments roadmap for easing lockdown and lifting restrictions. However, doubt has been cast on whether the easing of restrictions on June 21 will take place, with growing concerns over the surge in cases of the Indian Covid-19 variant. As things stand, people in the UK should still be able to see and celebrate with their father figures on this date. Household mixing and overnight stays have been allowed in England since May 17 we can dine inside restaurants now, too. (Picture: Getty) This means families and loved ones who have been separated by distance can finally travel, reunite and spend some quality time together. In England, people are also now allowed to hug using their personal judgement to determine whats safe. In Scotland, you can also meet up indoors and give hugs unless youre in Glasgow, where there are strict restrictions due to rising Indian variant cases. In Wales, two households are allowed to meet indoors, form extended households and hug. And in Northern Ireland, six people from two households can enjoy an overnight stay at someones house. If youre hoping to visit someone special abroad, it gets a bit tricker. Read our guide to the UKs travel traffic light system for further information. Next year, Fathers Day takes place on Sunday, June 19 2022. The day is always observed on the third Sunday in June. MORE : Dad builds secret cocktail bar that looks like a standard garden shed MORE : David Beckham defended by fans after he kisses Harper on the lips: Stop shaming fathers for being affectionate with their kids MORE : Dad donates kidney to four-year-old son to give him a normal life Follow Metro across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Share your views in the comments below.
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https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/30/fathers-day-what-date-uk-2021-2022-14673155/
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Is hydrogen really the way forward for trucks?
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The last week has marked some significant developments in the world of heavy-duty transport, which, much like the private vehicle sector, is undergoing tectonic change. Unlike private cars, which are looking at rapid and total electrification in the near future, long-haul truck makers are keener on using hydrogen as a renewable energy source. The primary reason for this is that hydrogen is more suited to consistently long-distance, cross-country journeys that heavy-duty trucks have to undertake. In the span of a week, Daimler Trucks has announced that it will be focussing on hydrogen-powered fuel cells for its long-haul trucks with a functional prototype already deployed for rigorous field testing. The prototype of Mercedes-Benzs GenH2 truck, which was unveiled last October, is expected to be tested on public roads very soon, although its series-production debut isnt expected until 2027. Daimler is one of many European truck makers under pressure to develop hydrogen technology, with Swedens Volvo and Italys Iveco also doubling down on electrifying Hyundai Motors, however, is one step ahead. With an existing hydrogen-powered truck in their fleet, Hyundai has announced plans to ship the Xcient Fuel Cell truck to Europe by the fourth quarter, this year. Hyundais road-ready fuel cell truck will already be on the frontline of testing the efficacy of hydrogen as an energy source for long-haul while European truck makers are still in the prototype stage. This is largely thanks to Hyundai Hydrogen Solutions, a joint venture between Hyundai and Swiss hydrogen energy company H2. For its part, Daimler AG has launched a joint venture with Volvo trucks, called Cellcentric, which intends to develop hydrogen fuel cells for large trucks, while also working on battery-electric trucks, carrying lower cargo weights, that will be used for shorter routes. According to David Cullen, a scientist studying fuel cell catalysts at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the US, Hydrogen fuel cells are ideal for the trucking industry because the refueling time and driving range are comparable to gasoline-powered trucks and travel routes are predictable, which lowers the barrier for developing a fueling infrastructure. As such, Europe is looking at a hydrogen-powered freight corridor, stretching roughly 1300km, to be fully functional by 2025. Studies conducted by ORNL also claim that hydrogen fuel cells contain a higher amount of energy-per-unit mass than a lithium battery or diesel fuel. Simply put, this enables a long-haul, heavy-duty truck to pack more energy without the added weight that would come from a lithium ion-sourced energy equivalent. Then theres the fact that the time needed to fill up a truck with onboard hydrogen is on par with ICE cars and requires a lot less time than charging the battery fit for a long-haul cargo truck. Extended charging times can delay payload delivery, thereby reducing the sectors efficiency which would cost money. Given that heavy-duty transport contributes heavily towards greenhouse emissions, and relies predominantly on diesel, it makes sense that the hydrogen offensive starts with big trucks. A kilogram of hydrogen has the same energy density as 3.7 litres of diesel. The European Commission, in an official communique addressed to the EU, breaks down the various means through which hydrogen can be obtained. Out of these Fossil-based hydrogen which is derived via natural gas or coal creates harmful emissions which only add to the carbon footprint. Theyre also highly dependent on natural gas prices, and the fact that its a depleting energy resource hasnt helped further the cause of hydrogen. The only viable way forward is if hydrogen is extracted via clean, renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Neither of these sources, according to the document, are cost-competitive against fossil-based hydrogen, costing about twice as much per kilogram, in Europe. The abundance of hydrogen by itself is no guarantee that its synthesis as a fuel will be just as easy. This isnt to say that the lithium-ion battery production process is completely clean. The production of both these zero-emission sources of energy comes at the cost of CO2 emissions. However, hydrogens place in the road transport ecosystem requires some reconsideration since its a far more sustainable option in the long run than EVs. And given the extensive charging times required for EVs, its also more practical. In the case of hydrogen fuel cell cars, hydrogen and oxygen combine to create electric power, thereby giving the vehicle the same performance advantage as EVs. However, heavy reliance on natural gas and the high cost of renewable hydrogen has kept the costs of hydrogen EVs very high. The hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai costs approximately Rs18 lakh more than a Tesla Model 3. As a result, the infrastructure required to sustain widespread usage of hydrogen EVs remains woefully underdeveloped across all European countries. As a result, a major chunk of investment money has gone into funding EV startups, because EVs, although a stopgap measure in the larger scheme of things are the immediate future. According to Howden, a renewable energy solutions provider in the US, over 80% of leaders in the car manufacturing industry identify FCEVs as the most likely solution for long-range mobility in the near future. The Forecast The only ray of hope lies in the fact that both Europe and China are competing to build a world-leading industry around hydrogen technology. And the resulting competition is likely to drive down prices. India too is considering focussing on green hydrogen. According to CNBC, Fusion Fuel Green, an Ireland-based green hydrogen technology company, has signed an agreement with BGR Energy Systems, a Chennai-based engineering firm, to set up a solar-powered hydrogen manufacturing unit in India. Last November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also quoted saying that India will launch a comprehensive National Hydrogen Energy Mission A recent report by The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) also highlighted Indias potential in being a green energy solutions provider, predicting that by 2050, 80% of Indias hydrogen will be produced by renewable electricity and electrolysis.
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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/automobile/is-hydrogen-really-the-way-forward-for-trucks-6960731.html
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What does long-term mean any more for the Indian Investor?
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Fund managers across the world speak a similar language while addressing investors who look to allocate money across equities. It is common parlance to speak about equity investing with a 5-year horizon in mind. However, looking at data across investments in funds over the last 40 years shows that an average investor holding in mutual funds is currently at 2.2 years. The same number was at an average of 3.3 years, 10 years back. Fidelity Investments conducted a study on their Magellan fund from 1977-1990, during Peter Lynch's tenure. His average annual return during this period was 29 percent. This is a remarkable return over the 13-year period. He was easily one of the best-performing fund managers for his asset class. It should be noted that this was not a secret. Fidelity's Magellan fund became one of the largest mutual funds due to its success under Peter Lynch. Given all that, you would expect that the investors in his fund made substantial returns over that period. However, what Fidelity Investments found in their study was shocking. The average investor in the fund actually lost money again has to do with how long the investors held the fund, and when they entered the fund. A look at an alternate asset class in investors' portfolios, real estate, and land combined paints a very different picture. The average holding period for the asset class for investors in the residential asset class has been 9.5 years in India and 8.6 years globally. This is in sharp contrast to the holding period of equities. The two reasons one can attribute to this relate to the high transaction costs and the relatively low liquidity of the asset class in comparison to equities. Every fund manager wants their investors to stay with their fund and increase their duration for which they can manage their client's money. However, it is important for the fund manager to realize that the odds of doing the same are against them. There are some learnings from the real estate holdings of investors that one can apply to equities to increase the same odds, and in turn, ensuring investors stay invested for a longer cycle within the fund. One of the important aspects of equity investors that real estate investors would not have to see is news-based volatility that immediately translates into price moves. These for the most part are unnerving for investors which tends to make them pull out money during periods of volatility though they often tend to be periods of opportunity (with the benefit of hindsight). It is important that fund managers consider it imperative to educate their investors and clients on the investments they hold alongside the rationale. The human mind derives comfort out of the known and panics out of the unknown. While real estate prices may fall too, we derive comfort with the location at which we own the asset. However, in many cases, the same comfort does not come from the fund, as that has predominantly been the area of the unknown for investors. The second aspect that fund managers would be better doing is to manage the downside risk for investors. While the pressure to be the best performing fund each year exists for all funds, it is imperative for the fund to be the most consistent (rather than the best performing) - consistency is measured from how often the fund is among the top 10% of the funds each year. This puts a bigger onus on risk management rather than looking at absolute performance each year. While it is easy to blame investors and say that they do not look at the asset class from a long-term perspective, it is imperative that the industry looks inward and takes steps as an endeavor to consciously increase the holding period of investors this will provide a large win-win situation for the industry and tremendous tailwinds to equity investing as an asset class in our country. : The views and investment tips expressed by the investment expert on Moneycontrol.com are his own and not that of the website or its management. Moneycontrol.com advises users to check with certified experts before taking any investment decisions.
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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/what-does-long-term-mean-any-more-for-the-indian-investor-6960341.html
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Can people vaccinated against Covid-19 still spread the coronavirus?
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By Sanjay Mishra When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidelines about mask-wearing on May 13, 2021, plenty of Americans were left a little confused. Now anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said the new guideline is based on the evolution of the science and serves as an incentive for the almost two-thirds of Americans who are not yet fully vaccinated to go ahead and get the shot. But some people cannot be vaccinated because of underlying conditions. Others with weakened immune systems, from cancer or medical treatments, may not be fully protected by their vaccinations. Children aged 12 to 15 became eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine only on May 10, 2021. And no Covid-19 vaccines are yet authorised for the nearly 50 million children in the US younger than 12. Vaccines dont always prevent infection Researchers had hoped to design safe Covid-19 vaccines that would prevent at least half of the people vaccinated from getting Covid-19 symptoms. Fortunately, the vaccines have vastly outperformed expectations. For example, in 6.5 million residents of Israel, aged 16 years and older, the PfizerBioNTech mRNA Covid-19 vaccine was found to be 95.3 per cent effective after both shots. Within two months, among the 4.7 million fully vaccinated, the detectable infections fell by 30-fold. Similarly in California and Texas, only 0.05 per cent of fully vaccinated health care workers tested positive for Covid-19. Vaccine developers often hope that, in addition to preventing illness, their vaccines will achieve sterilising immunity, where the vaccination blocks the germ from even being able to get into the body at all. This sterilising immunity means someone whos vaccinated will neither catch the virus nor transmit it further. For a vaccine to be effective, though, it doesnt need to prevent the germ from infecting an immunised person. The Salk inactivated polio vaccine, for instance, does not completely stop polio virus from growing in the human gut. But it is extremely effective at preventing the crippling disease because it triggers antibodies that block the virus from infecting the brain and spinal cord. Good vaccines provide effective and durable training for the bodys immune system, so when it actually encounters the disease-causing pathogen, its ready to mount an optimum response. When it comes to Covid-19, immunologists are still figuring out what they call the correlates of protection, factors that predict just how protected someone is against the coronavirus. Researchers believe that an optimum amount of neutralising antibodies, the type that not only bind the virus but also prevent it from infecting, are sufficient to fend off repeat infections. Scientists are also still assessing the durability of immunity that the Covid-19 vaccines are providing and wherein the body its working. Immunologists expect vaccines that protect against viral illnesses to also reduce transmission of the virus after vaccination. But its actually tricky to figure out for sure if vaccinated people are not spreading the germ. Covid-19 poses a particular challenge because people with asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic infections can spread the disease and insufficient contact tracing and testing mean those without symptoms are rarely detected. Some scientists estimate that the number of asymptomatic Covid-19 infections in the overall population could be 3 to 20 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. Research suggests that undocumented cases of Covid-19 in people who either were asymptomatic or experienced very mild disease could be responsible for up to 86 per cent of all infections, though other studies contradict the high estimates. In one study, the CDC tested volunteer health care personnel and other front-line workers at eight US locations for SARS-CoV-2 infections weekly for three months, regardless of symptoms or vaccination status. The researchers found that fully immunised participants were 25 times less likely to test positive for Covid-19 than were those who were unvaccinated. Findings like this imply that if vaccinated people are so well protected from getting infected at all, they are also unlikely to spread the virus. But without contact tracing to track transmission in a larger population, its impossible to know if the assumption is true. What we know for sure is that if someone does get sick with Covid-19 after vaccination, in what is called a breakthrough infection, symptoms will be milder. Studies have found that people who tested positive for Covid-19 after getting just their first vaccine dose had lower levels of virus in their bodies than unvaccinated people who tested positive. The researchers believe the decreased viral load hints that vaccinated people who do contract the virus will be less infectious because they will have much less virus that could be spread to others. A preprint study which has not yet been peer-reviewed suggests that the Moderna mRNA Covid-19 vaccine can produce coronavirus-fighting antibodies in the oral and nasal fluid. Since thats where SARS-CoV-2 makes its entry, antibodies in the mouth and nose should block the virus from getting into the body, effectively providing sterilising immunity. This would also mean vaccinated people probably wouldnt spread the virus through respiratory droplets. These bits of evidence are promising. But without more studies, scientists cannot yet conclude that Covid-19 vaccines really do protect against all transmission. Studies attempting to directly answer this question through contact tracing are just beginning: Researchers will track Covid-19 infections among vaccinated and unvaccinated volunteers and their close contacts. Protection and prevention go hand in hand Vaccines help slow down the spread of an infectious disease by breaking the chain of infection. Those who are infected eventually have fewer and fewer unprotected people to pass the virus on to. This is how a vaccine increases herd immunity susceptible and not-yet-immunised people are surrounded by a herd of people who have become immune, thanks to vaccination or previous infection. But studies suggest that, for a combination of biological and social reasons, vaccination alone is unlikely to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 and fully contain the coronavirus. In fact, vaccination alone can take a long time to eradicate any disease. Even diseases that are nearly eliminated such as chickenpox, measles and pertussis can resurface with waning immunity and declining vaccine rates. The recent outbreak of infections among the vaccinated New York Yankees shows that vaccinated people not only can still get infected, they might also transmit the coronavirus to close contacts. Highly tested groups, such as professional sports teams, spotlight the fact that mild, asymptomatic infections among the vaccinated in the general population might actually be more frequent than reported. A similar outbreak in airport workers in Singapore shows that, even among the fully vaccinated, new and more infectious variants can spread fast. The CDCs relaxed guidelines on masking are meant to reassure vaccinated people that they are safe from serious illness. And they are. But the picture is less clear-cut for the unvaccinated who interact with them. Until near herd immunity against Covid-19 is achieved, and clear evidence accumulates that vaccinated people do not spread the virus, I and many epidemiologists believe it is better to avoid situations where there are chances to get infected. Vaccination coupled with continued masking and social distancing is still an effective way to stay safer. (The author is Project Coordinator & Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University) Check out DH latest videos:
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https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/can-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19-still-spread-the-coronavirus-991669.html
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Did Bruins Find Way To Crack Ilya Sorokin In Game 1 Win Over Islanders?
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The New York Islanders netminder allowed four goals in the Bs 5-2 victory in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs second round. He turned away 35 of the 39 shots that he faced, but two goals came off rebounds, one a wrister from the slot and another a drive from the point. Two goals, in particular stand out: The third and fourth. On the third, Nick Ritchie, after taking part in a puck battle, darted to the crease and situated himself right in front of Sorokin. The Islanders had a tough time dislodging him from his post, and Sorokin might not have even seen Charlie McAvoys blue line bomb. On the fourth, David Pastrnak got the puck in the neutral zone and weaved through the attacking end. Taylor Hall, instead of trying to go for a more traditional 2-on-2, just made a beeline for the net. When Pastrnak fired off his wrister, this is what Sorokin had in front of him. Here was head coach Barry Trotzs assessment of how his goalie played. I thought he played well. They were buzzing, they were crashing the net, theyre standing in the crease, all those types of things, Trotz said over Zoom. Boston went to the net on him, obviously they watched our last series, theyre trying to make it tough on him, and they did.
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https://nesn.com/2021/05/did-bruins-find-way-to-crack-ilya-sorokin-in-game-1-win-over-islanders/
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What are some of the deadliest events in Oklahoma history?
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The exact death toll from what ensued is not known. At least 21 soldiers were killed, with estimates of Cheyenne dead ranging from a few dozen to 150, and including Chief Black Kettle. The event, named for the Washita River where it occurred, has remained controversial, in part because many women and children were killed, and also because of contentions that the Indians were peaceful and not among those attacking settlements. The present-day Washita Battlefield National Historic Site near Cheyenne, Oklahoma, commemorates the event. 1947 Woodward tornado Traveling more than 220 miles across three states, the tornado that struck Woodward on April 9, 1947, still ranks as the deadliest tornado in Oklahoma history, and one of the worst nationally. The storm hit the city without warning at 8:42 p.m., leaving at least 107 people dead. The bodies of three children were never identified. More than 1,000 homes and businesses were destroyed, along with over 100 city blocks. 1905 Snyder tornado On May 10, 1905, just three years after it was established, the town of Snyder in southwest Oklahoma Territory was hit by a devastating tornado.
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How do I clean hard floors with my Philips Wet Vacuum Cleaner?
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Your Philips Wet Vacuum Cleaner comes with a water tank, one wetting strip and two identical microfiber mopping pads. You can wet wipe hard floors with these accessories attached to the nozzle. Fill the tank with water and, if you wish, add a few drops floor cleaner. Place the mopping pad on the floor and place the water tank on top. Align the nozzle with the hook and loop fasteners. Attach the nozzle to the water tank. Turn your device on. Now you can vacuum and wet wipe at the same time. For more intense spots use the Aqua boost pedal to add more liquid. Note for the Philips 8000 series models XC8347 and XC8349: these devices do not have a pedal because the needed amount of water is automatically regulated. Detach the water tank from the nozzle. Detach the pad from the water tank, empty the water tank and let it dry. You can clean the pad by rinsing it under running water or in a washing machine (max. 60C). To wet wipe hard floors with your Philips Aqua model, follow the steps below: Click here for more information regarding how to get started with your Philips Cordless Vacuum 5000 Series, and click here for the Philips Cordless Vacuum 8000 Series. Yes, you can put warm or cold water into the water tank. It is not necessary to use distilled water, you can use normal tap water. If you would like to use a liquid floor cleaner, make sure to you use one which is low- or non-foaming. Because the water tank has a capacity of 200ml, you should only add a few drops of liquid floor cleaner to the water. To clean the water tank properly, mix one part vinegar with three parts water. Shake the water tank and leave the mixture in it overnight, on a water-resistant surface. Empty the water tank, rinse it thoroughly with fresh water, and it is now ready to use again. Always empty the water tank after use. To remove residual floor cleaner, fill the tank with fresh water, close the lid, shake the tank thoroughly and then empty it again. We recommend adding vinegar at least once a month to thoroughly clean the water tank.
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https://www.philips.co.id/c-f/XC000019904/how-do-i-clean-hard-floors-with-my-philips-wet-vacuum-cleaner
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Can People Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Still Spread the Coronavirus?
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Nashville (US), May 30 (The Conversation) When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidelines about mask-wearing on May 13, 2021, plenty of Americans were left a little confused. Now anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said the new guideline is based on the evolution of the science and serves as an incentive for the almost two-thirds of Americans who are not yet fully vaccinated to go ahead and get the shot. But some people cannot be vaccinated because of underlying conditions. Others with weakened immune systems, from cancer or medical treatments, may not be fully protected by their vaccinations. Children aged 12 to 15 became eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine only on May 10, 2021. And no COVID-19 vaccines are yet authorised for the nearly 50 million children in the US younger than 12. Vaccines don't always prevent infection Researchers had hoped to design safe COVID-19 vaccines that would prevent at least half of the people vaccinated from getting COVID-19 symptoms. Fortunately, the vaccines have vastly outperformed expectations. For example, in 6.5 million residents of Israel, aged 16 years and older, the PfizerBioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was found to be 95.3 per cent effective after both shots. Within two months, among the 4.7 million fully vaccinated, the detectable infections fell by 30-fold. Similarly in California and Texas, only 0.05 per cent of fully vaccinated health care workers tested positive for COVID-19. Vaccine developers often hope that, in addition to preventing illness, their vaccines will achieve sterilising immunity, where the vaccination blocks the germ from even being able to get into the body at all. This sterilising immunity means someone who's vaccinated will neither catch the virus nor transmit it further. For a vaccine to be effective, though, it doesn't need to prevent the germ from infecting an immunised person. The Salk inactivated polio vaccine, for instance, does not completely stop polio virus from growing in the human gut. But it is extremely effective at preventing the crippling disease because it triggers antibodies that block the virus from infecting the brain and spinal cord. Good vaccines provide effective and durable training for the body's immune system, so when it actually encounters the disease-causing pathogen, it's ready to mount an optimum response. When it comes to COVID-19, immunologists are still figuring out what they call the correlates of protection, factors that predict just how protected someone is against the coronavirus. Researchers believe that an optimum amount of neutralising antibodies, the type that not only bind the virus but also prevent it from infecting, are sufficient to fend off repeat infections. Scientists are also still assessing the durability of immunity that the COVID-19 vaccines are providing and where in the body it's working. Immunologists expect vaccines that protect against viral illnesses to also reduce transmission of the virus after vaccination. But it's actually tricky to figure out for sure if vaccinated people are not spreading the germ. COVID-19 poses a particular challenge because people with asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic infections can spread the disease and insufficient contact tracing and testing mean those without symptoms are rarely detected. Some scientists estimate that the number of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in the overall population could be 3 to 20 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. Research suggests that undocumented cases of COVID-19 in people who either were asymptomatic or experienced very mild disease could be responsible for up to 86 per cent of all infections, though other studies contradict the high estimates. In one study, the CDC tested volunteer health care personnel and other front-line workers at eight US locations for SARS-CoV-2 infections weekly for three months, regardless of symptoms or vaccination status. The researchers found that fully immunised participants were 25 times less likely to test positive for COVID-19 than were those who were unvaccinated. Findings like this imply that if vaccinated people are so well protected from getting infected at all, they are also unlikely to spread the virus. But without contact tracing to track transmission in a larger population, it's impossible to know if the assumption is true. What we know for sure is that if someone does get sick with COVID-19 after vaccination, in what is called a breakthrough infection, symptoms will be milder. Studies have found that people who tested positive for COVID-19 after getting just their first vaccine dose had lower levels of virus in their bodies than unvaccinated people who tested positive. The researchers believe the decreased viral load hints that vaccinated people who do contract the virus will be less infectious because they will have much less virus that could be spread to others. A preprint study which has not yet been peer-reviewed suggests that the Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can produce coronavirus-fighting antibodies in the oral and nasal fluid. Since that's where SARS-CoV-2 makes its entry, antibodies in the mouth and nose should block the virus from getting into the body, effectively providing sterilising immunity. This would also mean vaccinated people probably wouldn't spread the virus through respiratory droplets. These bits of evidence are promising. But without more studies, scientists cannot yet conclude that COVID-19 vaccines really do protect against all transmission. Studies attempting to directly answer this question through contact tracing are just beginning: Researchers will track COVID-19 infections among vaccinated and unvaccinated volunteers and their close contacts. Protection and prevention go hand in hand Vaccines help slow down the spread of an infectious disease by breaking the chain of infection. Those who are infected eventually have fewer and fewer unprotected people to pass the virus on to. This is how a vaccine increases herd immunity susceptible and not-yet-immunised people are surrounded by a herd of people who have become immune, thanks to vaccination or previous infection. But studies suggest that, for a combination of biological and social reasons, vaccination alone is unlikely to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 and fully contain the coronavirus. In fact, vaccination alone can take a long time to eradicate any disease. Even diseases that are nearly eliminated such as chickenpox, measles and pertussis can resurface with waning immunity and declining vaccine rates. The recent outbreak of infections among the vaccinated New York Yankees shows that vaccinated people not only can still get infected, they might also transmit the coronavirus to close contacts. Highly tested groups, such as professional sports teams, spotlight the fact that mild, asymptomatic infections among the vaccinated in the general population might actually be more frequent than reported. A similar outbreak in airport workers in Singapore shows that, even among the fully vaccinated, new and more infectious variants can spread fast. The CDC's relaxed guidelines on masking are meant to reassure vaccinated people that they are safe from serious illness. And they are. But the picture is less clear-cut for the unvaccinated who interact with them. Until near herd immunity against COVID-19 is achieved, and clear evidence accumulates that vaccinated people do not spread the virus, I and many epidemiologists believe it is better to avoid situations where there are chances to get infected. Vaccination coupled with continued masking and social distancing is still an effective way to stay safer. (The Conversation) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/world-news-can-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19-still-spread-the-coronavirus-2511305.html
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What did Tuchel and Gaurdiola say after Chelseas Champions League victory?
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According to experts, Guardiola over-thought his line-up and tactics, while simplicity would have been sensible Chelsea took the Champions League Cup home for the second time after a Kai Havertz goal sealed a tense 1-0 victory over Manchester City in Saturdays final, watched by a limited crowd of just over 14,000, in Porto, shattering Pep Guardiolas dream of lifting the trophy for the third time. The London club may have finished fourth in the Premier League, a huge 19 points behind the champions City, but this, remarkably, was their third win over Guardiolas side in six weeks. According to ESPN, Guardiola over-thought his line-up and tactics, when simplicity would have been sensible. Instead, it was Chelseas German manager Thomas Tuchel who took the spoils, having kept his approach simple and stuck to tried and tested methods. For Tuchel, the triumph comes after his Paris St Germain side suffered defeat in last seasons final against Bayern Munich and just four months after he took over from Frank Lampard at the west London club. Advertisement To share it with everybody is incredible. We made it. Wow. I dont know what to feel, said Tuchel. I was so grateful to arrive a second time (in the final). I felt different. The (players) were determined to win this. We wanted to be a stone in their (Citys) shoe. We encouraged everybody to step up and step out, to be braver, Reuters quoted Tuchel as saying. Guardiola said despite the loss, it was an exceptional season for the club. I would like to say it was an exceptional season for us, said the Spaniard. It was a dream for us to be here, unfortunately, we could not win. Decisions are always to try to win the game. The way we played the game in the second half, they had one counter attack with Pulisic. Theyre a really good team, but we competed perfectly against them. In the second half we deserved to score one goal but we couldnt do it. I would like to say it was an exceptional season for us. Unfortunately we couldnt win. We tried, but we couldnt do it and will work harder from here, said Guardiola after the match. Meanwhile, Tuchel has hinted that he may be close to extending his contract at the Blues as per an ESPN report. When asked by ESPN whether talks would soon begin on a contract extension, Tuchel said: Im not even 100% sure but maybe I have a new contract now with that win. It can be. My manager said something about it but I do not know. Lets check this first. I spoke to the owner right now on the pitch. I think it was the best moment for a first meeting. Or the worst as from now on it can only get worse! Guardiola said he will probably take a break to spend quality time with family. We played in the Champions League final, we won the Premier League again and competed well all season. Now, I want to go home with my family I have not seen for a long time, take a break, and start working on how to approach next season, Guardiola told ESPN.
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https://thefederal.com/uncategorized/what-did-tuchel-and-gaurdiola-say-after-chelseas-champions-league-victory/
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Who else wrecked Maltas reputation?
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Malta was mentioned in two alerts issued by Frontex, the EU border agency. Frontex recorded a sharp spike of Algerian nationals entering Europe illegally after fraudulently obtaining Maltese visas in Algiers. Algerians with a Maltese visa travelled to Marseille, ostensibly in transit to Malta as their final destination. But they only had tickets to Marseille and never left France and never reached Malta. That spike coincided with the appointment of Joseph Muscats cousin once removed, Robert Falzon, as Maltese consul in Algiers. Falzon had absolutely no diplomatic experience. Serious allegations about thousands of euros in bribes for issuing Maltese visas in Algiers remained uninvestigated as it fell outside the National Audit Offices remit. When the case was reported to the police, they showed no interest. Then assistant police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar cited the consuls relations to Muscat as a complicating factor in mounting any investigation. The evidence against the consul was damning. Around 7,000 Algerians were granted visas in just 18 months. Per capita, Malta became the European country granting the highest number of visas to Algerians, within nine months of Falzon becoming consul. For every four Algerians landing in Malta on a visa issued by our consulate, only one returned. Air Malta operated ghost flights with a 90 per cent no-show rate from Malta to Algiers. Between 4,000 and 8,000 were charged to provide applicants with proof of employment, pay slips and social security details to get their visa. If 7,000 visas were issued at the conservative sum of 4,000, that racket generated at least 28 million. Despite being warned by immigration police not to issue visas to 484 suspicious Algerian applicants, Falzon issued them anyway. In another 865 cases, the police gave the all-clear, yet the consul inexplicably refused to issue their visas. An Algerian-Maltese and Air Malta sales agent, Alex Fezouine, blew the whistle. He naively wrote to Muscat in April 2015, appalled at what was happening. Visa sellers have taken over the consulate and the airline, they are sending illegal immigrants to Europe through Malta, he explained. Muscats response: I am not the police, I am not an investigator. And swiftly acted to silence the whistleblower with cruel retribution. Identity Malta revoked the mans Maltese citizenship. When Fezouine protested and asked for an inquiry, Muscat appointed retired Judge Philip Sciberras to chair it. Visa sellers have taken over the consulate and the airline, they are sending illegal immigrants to Europe through Malta The opposition demanded the auditor general investigate the visa allegations. But the terms of reference imposed by the government were shamelessly restrictive. In a letter dated November 20, 2015, Owen Bonnici, Chris Agius and Edward Zammit Lewis ensured that the scope of the investigation was ridiculously narrow. The auditor faced obstruction at every step. All data on Algerian visas issued between 2009 and 2014 had been purged. Consequently, the auditor could not conduct a comparative analysis with the period when Falzon was consul. The NAO conceded that the lack of visibility precluded this office from establishing whether the delivery of visas was intentionally prolonged to elicit payments. But it established that the requirements for selection of a consul may have been inadequate and the consul lacked the necessary experience. As pressure mounted, the consul was recalled, shortly before the scandal broke. The police questioned the consul but quietly aborted the investigation. On August 16, 2020, Aldo Cutajar, the Maltese consul in Shanghai and brother of civil service head Mario Cutajar, was charged with money laundering and tax evasion. A police raid on his home yielded 500,000 in cash and hundreds of thousands in luxury items, including Rolex watches, two luxury Mercedes cars and other vehicles. Aldo, and his wife, Isabel, had paid for the luxury vehicles in cash. In addition, they had a Dubai bank account holding over 300,000. They purchased a villa in Naxxar, a penthouse and garages in Swatar and a property in Tuscany. They also held 2 million in Satabank. Only 15 years earlier, Cutajar pleaded guilty to misappropriation of funds from a government department. Sentenced to two years jail and a perpetual interdiction, he lost his government job. Shortly after his conviction, he requested the court lift his interdiction. He pleaded that he had two young children, was forced to sell his residential property, was unemployed and needed to support his family. The attorney general vehemently opposed the request because of the gravity of his crimes and because he was a public officer. The court pitied Cutajar and lifted the interdiction, concluding he has already paid dearly for what he did. The government was constrained to reinstate him. Successive governments were careful what assignments they gave him until Labour gained power. As Mario Cutajar became civil service head, his brother, Aldo started a new career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as consul in Beijing. In 2018, Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela appointed him consul in Shanghai. Within two years, the new consul had amassed wealth that would make an African dictator jealous. Among the luxury items found at his home, the police found a list of names and passport numbers of Chinese citizens. The prosecuting officer testified in court that the Cutajars obscene wealth was made from illegal Chinese visa sales. Mario Cutajar denied any role or being consulted over his brothers posting in Beijing and Shanghai. That claim was rubbished by experienced and respected Ambassador Evarist Saliba. Mario Cutajar, as head of the civil service, must have been directly involved, Saliba insisted, and I speak from very long experience in government service having been involved in the appointment of consuls. Aldo Cutajar had taken over as Shanghai consul from Sai, wife of disgraced minister Konrad Mizzi, who was even kicked out of the Labour Party. Maltas reputation has been truly shanghaied around the world. It wont recover easily from Labours brutal battering. Kevin Cassar, Professor of surgery and former PN candidate
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https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/who-else-wrecked-maltas-reputation-kevin-cassar.875551
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Will inflation stop the party?
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Over a year since the pandemic hit the world, jolting economies and markets, investors can now safely say that their portfolios are in very different positions than they were last year, with equities almost registering the same rate of growth in the first five months of 2021 as they did throughout all of 2020. Now that equities sit comfortably on good gains, the focus turns on inflation that rightly-so has cropped up in the wake of such a recovery. Before we delve into this topic one must consider the starting point which led to the current position, namely, the unprecedented halt experienced due to the onset of COVID-19. Unlike previous recessions that were triggered by the natural forces of an economy supply and demand, this recession was unprecedented in that it completely stopped economic activity. This means there is nothing natural about the cycle we are in. The same applies to the measures implemented to counter its effects, with central banks and governments wielding their full force with rapid stimulus measures as they never had before. Now that vaccinations programmes are under way and economies are reopening, the world is experiencing a strong surge in economic activity, driven by pent-up consumer demand and revenge spending to make up for lost time. Moreover, whereas last year we saw consumers panic buying and stocking up supplies ahead of lockdowns, now it is companies that are piling inventories and looking to increase their workforce, to meet client demand. This is leading to shortages and bottlenecks, which in turn is driving an increase in prices, also referred to as an inflation surge. Whereas inflation is always present, and is healthy when stable, a rapid increase in inflation leads to uneasy suppliers that experience a quick rise in costs for their inputs, putting pressure on them to pass on these higher costs to the consumer to avoid squeezing profit margins. Whereas last year we saw consumers panic buying now it is companies that are piling inventories and looking to increase their workforce Such a scenario drives investors to fear for many reasons. A rapid surge in prices dilutes consumers purchasing power and eventually leads to lower demand as households will not be able to afford the same quantity of goods as they did before. This in turn translates to lower selling volumes from the companies side and lower profit margins. In addition, or rather, more importantly, such dynamics trigger central banks to tighten monetary policy and control inflation by raising interest rates, i.e. raising borrowing costs for companies. These fears showed signs of manifestation during the second week of May where we saw global equities dropping circa 3.5 per cent in four days as investors sold their positions and locked in their accumulated profits. And here is where the soon-to-be year-old acronym TINA prevails. TINA stands for there is no alternative, a phrase used in conjunction with equities, as amidst low interest rates, with bonds offering such low yields and cash not a worthwhile option, equities were the only viable alternative for earning good returns. Now that we find ourselves in a scenario with rising inflation, bond yields are expected to rise to that effect, pushing bond prices lower. This makes bonds less attractive and it can be argued that this again leaves equities as the only suitable alternative. One might also argue that these inflationary trends might be transitory, correcting for the unprecedented halt mentioned earlier, and that once economies restabilise themselves onto regular activity levels, supply and demand forces will automatically correct and stabilise the level of inflation accordingly. Moreover, technological disruption has contributed to inflation remaining relatively low throughout this decade, as digital innovation pushes costs lower. A surge in inflation can also be seen as an indicator that economic activity is picking up, a positive for companies and their prospects for earnings growth. All this leads us to the conclusion that TINA will keep on rolling and equities are expected to continue remaining the more attractive asset class available for investors to enhance their risk-adjusted returns within their diversified portfolio. This does not mean that all equities will outperform. During such times the importance of selection is key as ever, to identify those areas within the equity space that will fare better in an inflationary environment. This article is not, and nothing in it should be construed as a recommendation in respect of investment products or services offered by the BOV Group. Any views, assumptions or opinions expressed in this article are those of the author. The value of investments may go down as well as up and may be affected by changes in currency exchange rates. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Christabel Camilleri Saliba, Portfolio Manager, BOV Wealth Management
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https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/will-inflation-stop-the-party.875557
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Should India Sign The Artemis Accords?
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The Artemis Accords are a mechanism by which countries can participate in NASAs Artemis Program. The program envisages landing the first woman and the next man on the Moon. NASA thinks international partnerships will play a key role in achieving a sustainable presence on the Moon. NASA likely sees this as a natural next step after the collaboration at the International Space Station. China has proposed its own version of a permanent lunar base. When the Artemis Accords were announced, Russia said the accords were too US-centric, and later went on to participate in the Chinese program. Indias lunar program has had limited success. It has two missions in orbit. The first and only mission to the surface failed in September 2019. The US has collaborated with India on Chandrayaan-1, the first lunar mission. India is also collaborating with Japan on a future lunar mission, called LUPEX, to the Moons surface. Japan is also a signatory to the Artemis Accords. Next, Indias human space program depends on Russia for astronaut training. It is presently in the process of setting up its own facilities for the human spaceflight training program. The US, France, Germany and Italy in Europe, and Japan have also offered help to India with human spaceflight training. India also depends on Ukraine for semi-cryogenic engines and Ukraine is a signatory to the accords. These various dependencies in advanced space technologies make up an important background to understand the context in which India is operating. They may play a role in Indias decision on whether to join the Artemis Accords. Indias own space program has different priorities. While continuing to launch and maintain its fleet of Earth-observation and communication satellites, it is presently pushing towards human spaceflight missions. India is seeking to let private sector companies participate in building and launching Earth-observation and communication satellites. It is presently in the process of drafting a space law and has been publishing several draft guidelines towards opening up the space sector to private players. It is also evident that the priority for interplanetary missions has been slipping. There is almost a decade-long gap between interplanetary missions to the Moon and Mars. This trend is likely to continue towards the second Mars mission. Chandrayaan 3 may break this decadal jinx. India is sharpening the Indian Space Research Organisations focus on R&D and advanced missions. Given this, its essential that India be an early participant in the Artemis Accords, so that it can gain lessons and expertise from other countries that are members of the accords. This could be things like robotics from Canada, sample return and avionics from Japan, and ground station and deep space network expertise from the US and Australia. The accords form a natural extension of the Quads Critical and Emerging Technologies Working Group. The US, Japan and Australia are already signatories of the accords. Indias addition to the accords would provide a framework for space cooperation among these Quad countries, and could also be extended to other critical and emerging technologies. India has a lot to offer and a lot to gain from strengthening this connection. Signing the accords would make it easier to collaborate with other signatories. By being a part of the accords, Indias space companies could become part of a global supply chain, along with Indian SMEs and NewSpace start-ups. This would also help attract investment capital towards Indian space start-ups and lead to flow of capital into India. In the 1960s and 1970s, India took help from western countries such as the US and the UK to better understand sounding-rocket and satellite technologies. The Artemis Accords provides a similar opportunity to learn about interplanetary missions and human spaceflight. India must take advantage of this opportunity. There may be fears about what might happen to the indigenous program if India were to participate in the Artemis Accords. India should encourage the involvement of the private sector in communications and Earth-observation satellites construction and launch and also outline its priorities for interplanetary and human spaceflight missions and actively pursue them. Aligning them with interests of countries that provide expertise in certain areas could be the best use of the Artemis Accords for India. India has had a traditional partnership with Russia, which recently partnered with China in its International Lunar Research Station initiative. Signing up for the accords must not be equated to severing ties with Russia. India has maintained a relationship with Russia in other strategic areas and the same could apply for space after India signs the accords as well. Finally, India has had skirmishes with China on the border and cooperation in space between the two countries has been limited. However, institutions like the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and IIT-BHU have signed up to fly experiments on board the Chinese space station. India also plans to build its own space station. We may be able to witness an Indian space station flying to the Chinese space station similar to the Apollo-Soyuz program between Russia and the United States in 1975. India has traditionally been wary of cooperation with the US on outer space, although their working together on the Chandrayaan-1 and NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) missions have helped to build and restore some confidence in each other. These could be the stepping stones for India to sign the accords themselves.
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http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2021/05/should-india-sign-artemis-accords.html
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How Does COVID-19 Vaccine Impact Reproductive Health?
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Vaccines train a persons immune system to recognize and fight specific germs that can cause illness. COVID-19 vaccines work with the immune system to help develop defenses against the disease so that the body will be ready to fight coronavirus if exposed to it in the future. If a vaccinated person gets exposed to coronavirus in the future, the antibodies will fight the virus and work to prevent severe COVID-19 illness. The mRNA vaccine uses genetically engineered RNA that codes for a COVID-19-specific protein. When injected, this messenger RNA (mRNA) is read by our cells and makes the COVID-19 protein. Our white cells mount an immune response to this protein and produce antibodies.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263280052452/how-does-covid-19-vaccine-impact-reproductive-health
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Why is Raje running parallel programmes to saffron party in Rsthan?
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Jaipur: Even during the pandemic times, former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje seems to be walking on a track parallel to the Bharatiya Janata Party, exposing her growing differences with the saffron party. She is seen escaping the programmes scheduled by BJP workers and promoting the programmes being organised under her solo banner. No matter if it is the question of distributing food and water in different parts of the state or attending the virtual party meetings, Raje and her team members are seen endorsing Brand Raje in all these programmes. Recently Raje and team, with the aim to distribute food and water to the needy, launched a campaign Vasundhara Jan Rasoi in different parts of the state in which neither the BJP symbol lotus nor Prime Minister Narendra Modis pictures were seen. What raised eyebrows is the time chosen to launch this event as the saffron party is running a similar campaign across the nation called Seva Hi Sangathan to celebrate the seven years first term and two years of the second term of the Modi government on the directions of BJP National President JP Nadda. So what is the need for Raje starting this campaign under her own name during the pandemic, questioned a senior BJP worker. As the aim and objective of both the programmes are the same, why are they being run under two different banners in the desert state, he questioned. On Friday MLA Kalicharan Saraf, a Raje loyalist, distributed food to the needy in Jaipur under Vasundhara Jan Rasoi. On the same day, MP Manoj Rajauriya also inaugurated this campaign in Karauli and distributed food packets to the needy. In fact, Rajes campaign was recently launched in Sawai Madhopur too, but all camps had one fact in common none of them had any BJP symbol or any picture of PM Modi or any other leader but Rajes picture was being seen at the centre. Besides this effort of Raje to start her own campaign, there are other issues too being discussed in political circles, which include her continuous absence from the party office, her distance during the campaigning for the by-polls held on three seats recently in the state and her silence and distance on/ from attending party virtual video conferences. Recently, BJP MLA Gautamlal Meena passed away and all MPs and MLAs attended a virtual meeting to pay tributes to the departed soul but Raje was absent from this meeting. A separate message was shared by her media team condoling the death of Meena. In fact a group called Vasundhara Raje Team 2023 actively running on Facebook since the last few months demanding Raje be the CM face was blocked recently. However, on May 26, the group admin wrote on Facebook wall questioning if the group should be started again. He also informed that the group was blocked for some special reasons. While the followers were seen questioning the reasons, many amongst them expressed their desire to restart the group. Raje, these days, is attending virtual meetings of Jhalawad workers and is taking special care of those seats since she is the MLA while her son Dushyant Singh is MP. Also, she is attacking Congress Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the deteriorating law and order situation in Rajasthan, retweeting tweets of BJP National President JP Nadda. She is also quite vocal on all burning issues, giving indications that her silence on her sidelining should not be taken for granted and those thinking to write her off should change their thinking. Maybe the BJP should take cognisance of the issue and intervene to heal this rift in the party as it gets going to win the 2023 polls, said a BJP state worker. BJP state president Satish Poonia meanwhile said that Raje has been a senior party worker and we all respect her. It is the central leadership which can speak on all these issues for she is BJP national vice president, he added. Like this: Like Loading...
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https://www.mangalorean.com/why-is-raje-running-parallel-programmes-to-saffron-party-in-rsthan/
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Is J2 Global a Buy After Reporting Earnings?
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Wide-moat Salesforce (CRM) reported strong fiscal first-quarter results, including upside to both revenue and non-GAAP EPS guidance. The companys second-quarter revenue guidance was robust and we are pleased to see the firm once again raise its full-year revenue target despite a slightly later closing for the Slack deal and therefore a lower Slack revenue contribution than we expected. CEO Marc Benioff was bullish on the pipeline and noted enthusiastically the various internal records the company was setting. We are not surprised by continued strength even as the pandemic-driven lockdowns fade, but we do think results from Salesforce should help buoy the software group, which has sold off this year. Deal sizes continue to grow larger as conversations are increasingly about digital transformation of a customers entire organization rather than just a specific area. Customers remain focused on the postpandemic operating environment and want flexibility, which reinforces the rationale for the Slack acquisition, which is now expected to close at the very end of the second quarter. We are raising our fair value estimate to $273 per share from $265 based on quarterly strength and higher guidance. We continue to see the shares as undervalued.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263394273677/is-j2-global-a-buy-after-reporting-earnings
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How will IU football's influx of transfers fortify the roster?
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There were times last fall when Tom Allen didnt know the name of the ball carrier sprinting down the sideline in front of him. Thats because Davion Ervin-Poindexter often wasnt wearing his usual No. 34 Indiana jersey. Most days, he was wearing one of IUs scout team jerseys, emblazoned with the number of the opposing running back he was simulating during that weeks practices. One week it might have been No. 28, a nod to Penn States Devyn Ford. The next, a No. 1 for Rutgers Isaih Pacheco. Either way, Ervin-Poindexter regularly donned a number other than the one assigned to him on the roster, briefly confusing his head coach in those moments when he slipped past an Indiana defender, or did something IUs defense could not quickly contain.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263478031020/how-will-iu-football-s-influx-of-transfers-fortify-the-roster
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What time and TV channel is Galway v Dublin on today in the Allianz Football League?
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Sign up to our FREE newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Yes please! Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Both Galway and Dublin know that they can qualify for an Allianz League semi-final with a win in Tuam today. The Tribesmen host the All-Ireland champions in a clash that could prove decisive in their preparations for this summer's knockout championship. With a loss seeing them drop into an Allianz League Division One relegation playoff, Padraic Joyce's side have a good chance to kick start their season. And there's no better measure than kingpins Dublin as the Boys in Blue head west without boss Dessie Farrell in search of qualification for the semi-finals. They had enough to pull away from Roscommon on the opening day, but couldn't quite finish off Kerry last weekend as a last-gasp Kingdom penalty ensured it ended all square. The match takes place in Tuam on Sunday, May 30. The action gets under way at 3.45 pm. TG4 will show the action live, but you can also follow live updates with The Irish Mirror's live blog. Quotes corner Dublin stand-in manager Mick Galvin on Kerry draw: I presume both teams will probably be disappointed with the result. We would have thought we had it within our clutches with a couple of minutes to go. To give away a penalty was slightly disappointing but, listen, it's early season stuff so we'll settle for a point. The third quarter was disappointing, we gave the ball away a lot of the time we didn't mind it and we were just generally sloppy, to be honest with you. When you do that against a team like Kerry they're going to capitalise but, in fairness, we steadied the ship a bit in the fourth quarter. We got back into the game, got ourselves into a winning position and I'm disappointed that we weren't just able to get over the line. Betting odds Galway win: 4/1 Dublin win: 1/5 Draw: 11/1
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https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/what-time-tv-channel-galway-24193187
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What time and TV channel is Mayo v Meath on today in the Allianz Football League?
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Sign up to our FREE newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Yes please! Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Mayo and Meath meet this afternoon with next to nothing on the line in Division Two North. After both sides took wins over Westmeath and Down in their opening rounds, they can fine tune preparations for a tilt at promotion next month. The two sides were relegated in 2020, and could well find themselves back in the top flight next year as they look to continue winning ways. The match takes place at MacHale Park in Castlebar on Sunday, May 30. The action gets under way at 1.45 pm. The game will not be shown on live TV, but you can stream it on GAA GO for 5. You can also follow all the live updates on the Irish Mirror's live blog of the game. Quotes corner Mayo boss James Horan: If you dont start well, and your skills are off or your mindset is off then youll be under pressure. I thought in the second half, even though we werent playing well, we kept at it and kept grinding away and eventually got there in the end. We didnt start the game well but well look and see what can we learn from it. Colm Boyle and Kevin McLoughlin both came on, and Paddy Durcan stepped up as well, so they made a big difference. Theyre very good footballers with a huge amount of experience and they won some vital breaking balls around the middle that helped to settle us down. Betting odds Mayo win: 2/7 Meath win: 10/3 Draw: 9/1
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https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/what-time-tv-channel-mayo-24203800
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What time and TV channel is Roscommon v Kerry on today in the Allianz Football League?
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Sign up to our FREE newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Yes please! Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Kerry know that a win will guarantee they progress to the Allianz League semi-finals as they travel to face Roscommon this afternoon. The Kingdom have hit the ground running in 2021 after football returned earlier this month, they scored four goals in a rout of Galway before a second half surge salvaged a point against Dublin. And as Peter Keane's side come in to the game level on points with the Dubs, they boast a significant point difference advantage, meaning that even a loss could be enough to see them progress to the last four. But they face a deflated Roscommon side who are already staring at a relegation playoff following back-to-back defeats at the hands of Dublin and Galway. The match takes place at Dr Hyde Park on Sunday, May 30. The action gets under way at 3.45 pm. The game will not be shown on live TV, but you can stream it on the TG4 Player online. You can also follow all the live updates on the Irish Mirror's live blog of the game. I dont know the answer to that. We were happy that we injected more tempo into that third quarter. Whether we came out of it with a win, a draw or a loss, we did more in that third quarter, in that second half, than we had been doing in the first half. That to me was the positive more so than six, seven or eight points, whatever it might be. Betting odds Roscommon win: 6/1 Kerry win: 1/8 Draw: 14/1
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https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/what-time-tv-channel-roscommon-24193308
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What time and TV channel is Kilkenny v Wexford on today in the Allianz Hurling League?
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Sign up to our FREE newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Yes please! Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice After over ten days of uncertainty, Kilkenny and Wexford will finally face off in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League. The first high profile clash to be interrupted by Covid-19 since hurling's return earlier this month, the game was supposed to be played last weekend. But as Wexford battled a Covid-19 outbreak within their squad in the build-up to the game, the game was pulled as Davy Fitzgerald's side were only cleared to return to train a few days ago. Kilkenny weren't without their Covid scare also as it was confirmed that one of their players contracted the virus on Wednesday. However, they were given the green light after all their players tested negative on Thursday - paving the way for the clash to be played. (Image: INPHO/Ken Sutton) The match takes place at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny on Sunday, May 30. The action gets under way at 3 pm. The game will not be shown on live TV, but you can stream it on GAA GO for 5. You can also follow all the live updates on the Irish Mirror's live blog of the game. Betting odds Kilkenny win: 1/2 Wexford win: 2/1 Draw: 10/1
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https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/hurling-news/what-time-tv-channel-kilkenny-24210209
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How do I stop my feet and shoes from stinking?
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The smell in the feet is usually a result of the bacteria developed due to sweat accumulation in the feet. Control the sweat accumulation and the bacterial growth will reduce. This in turn will help to prevent the feet from smelling bad. In addition, use a good Foot spray. Important here is to note that a foot spray can also be sprayed inside the shoes to keep them fresh. The foot spray doesnt harm shoes in any manner. Instead, it helps to prevent the foul smell. The Sanctus Foot spray a disinfectant and a de-odorizer. The spray can be sprayed on the feet as well as inside the shoes for better results. link here https://sanctusonline.com/product/foot-spray-disinfectant-deodorizer-for-fresh-smelling-feet-all-day/
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Should Philadelphia Sports Fans Stop Heckling Athletes?
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The New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers have made the playoffs and now it is a completely different atmosphere from last season's playoffs. Fans are allowed in the stadiums and they are bringing the energy for the home team. Unfortunately, some fans have brought ignorance and are spitting at the opponent team players as well as throwing popcorn. Very disrespectful. We can all say we have all done our fair share of taunting to the visiting team but there is a fine line you just don't pass. At Wednesday's games between New York and Atlanta as well as Philadelphia against Washington, there were some incidents that were very uncalled for. One was where a Sixers fan threw popcorn on Russel Westbrook, an injured Washington player and the other incident was when a New York fan spit at Trae Young from the Atlanta basketball team. Many people have always said that sports fans from both cities Philadelphia and New York are very ignorant and do things that are unnecessary. Professional athletes feel that they can't do anything to the fans because they have way more to lose than the fan base. Many people are also saying that sports fans have always been that way and should stay that way because society has made everything too "soft." We've heard Philadelphia sports team fans say that they will never change their ways and will continue to heckle athletes.
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https://wpst.com/should-philadelphia-sports-fans-stop-heckling-athletes/
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Is Gentoo Linux an anachronism?
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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 30th of May 2021 02:25:25 AM Filed under When I started visiting the Gentoo Linux discussion forums in 2007 there were at least three pages of posts daily, if not more. These days there is usually one page. Im sure the number of Gentoo Linux users has dropped significantly since then. Interest in the distribution has certainly decreased since its heyday: Google Trends gentoo linux. I dont think the drop in interest is limited to individuals either. Articles such as Flying Circus Internet Operations GmbH Migrating a Hosting Infrastructure from Gentoo to NixOS lead me to suspect that some companies have switched to other distributions over the years. NASDAQs use of a modified version of Gentoo Linux was publicised in 2011 (How Linux Mastered Wall Street) but I do not know if it still uses the distribution and, in any case, that is only a single significant entity. I personally have never come across another user (corporation or individual) of Gentoo Linux, although I do know several companies and individuals using distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora. Gentoo Linux is certainly not for everyone. In recent years the user base seems to have settled down to a smaller number of people, primarily consisting of enthusiasts who appreciate its advanced features and are prepared to put in the extra effort and time required to create and maintain a working installation. Im sure it also still has a place in some specialised commercial applications, but I have my doubts its deployment comes anywhere near that of the major distributions such as Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora, etc. If I were only interested in using an OS that enabled me to perform typical personal and professional tasks, I wouldnt be using Gentoo Linux. Some people touted Gentoo Linuxs configurability as giving it a speed advantage over binary distributions but, having correctly installed and used Gentoo Linux and various other distributions on the same hardware, I cannot say I noticed an improvement in performance. [...] I personally would now only consider installing Gentoo Linux on a machine with at least 16 GB RAM and a CPU with at least four cores and a speed of circa 3 GHz or more. Additionally, although I have been a user of KDE in Gentoo Linux all these years, I would probably switch from KDE to a simpler, less resource-hungry and less feature-rich (some might say less bloated!) desktop environment such as LXQt in new installations of Gentoo Linux. One thing that has improved a lot since I started using Gentoo Linux over a decade ago is the package manager Portage, at least in terms of dependency resolution and blockage handling. I used to have to do a lot more work to resolve problems during package upgrades; merging world (upgrading installed packages) is generally a lot less troublesome than it used to be ten years ago. Portage is a lot slower than it used to be, but thats because it does a lot more than it used to do. I used to have to use revdep-rebuild a utility to resolve reverse dependencies and rebuild affected packages frequently, but not any more. Building software from source code takes time, though, so plenty of RAM and a fast CPU are important for installing packages, however good the package manager itself.
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http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151739
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How can golf in Ireland capitalise on the great Covid-19 boom?
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The numbers dont lie. Over the last year in Ireland more people have been playing golf than perhaps ever before. Membership rates in clubs around the country saw huge boosts last year with many courses increasing their numbers by over 100 members while Golf Ireland report about a 10 per cent increase in membership across the board for the year 2020. Just this week the R&A, along with Golf Ireland, released a study which shows that the number of people playing golf across Ireland over the last year increased by 219,000 to 540,000. Significantly the average age of golfers across Britain and Ireland fell by five years to 41 with the majority of people playing golf now aged under 55. Timesheets throughout last summer were filling up the moment they opened and, despite being closed for a total of 209 days at various stages between March 2020 and April 2021, many golf courses still exceeded their average annual number of rounds. The longest single closure of all faced by golf clubs over the last 14 months between December 31st and April 26th could be looked at in two ways by clubs in that, one the one hand, the first few months of the year are generally the quietest for courses but, on the other, theyre also the months that clubs are looking for subscription renewals from their members. While retention rates were lower than hoped over the first couple of months, most clubs spoken to by The Irish Times report a sharp jump in the number of members renewing from March onwards and, in particular, when the Government announced that golf could reopen on April 26th. Some clubs which had seen retention rates of only around 50 or 60 per cent throughout January and February of this year were quickly reaching levels of over 90 per cent with the number of applications from new members also rising. Carr Golf manage and maintain a number of golf clubs around the country including the likes of Castleknock, Elmgreen, Corballis and Seapoint and, as chief revenue officer Alex Saul puts it: some golf clubs did well but ultimately the winds of 2020 in a golfing perspective were felt in participation, they werent felt in profit. Now the question for golf in Ireland is how to ensure that those increased participation rates remain high and new golfers dont fall away from the game when life gets back to normal and there are more social and sporting outlets available to people. A view of golfers playing Craddockstown last year when courses initially reopened in May. Photo: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho One area clubs are focusing on is doing more for members. A major change in golf over the last number of years is the dwindling number of members who only play a few times during the summer and the uptick in members who want to play once a week at minimum. That means courses are busier and members are getting more value for their subscription fee but it also means more competition for space on the timesheet. Last year most clubs with large membership numbers were seeing timesheets for weekend competitions fill up within minutes of opening, leading many to limit the number of rounds members were permitted to play each week. This year most busy member clubs are offering more of the timesheet to members and cutting back on time given to societies and green fees despite the fact that both of those avenues create important revenue. Whereas before clubs may have sectioned off, for example, 75 per cent of the timesheet for members and the other 25 for green fees and societies, many are now operating on the basis of closer to 90 per cent for member tee times. I think it is about prioritising and increasing member access and engaging with the members to say: what are the elements of the last year that youve enjoyed? says Saul. Weve seen it around some of our clubhouses where the clubs really enjoy the outdoor barbecues and the more informal stuff that now happens at the back of the 18th green. A lot of members who have come in over the last 12 months didnt necessarily have any history in the game so theyre coming in, theyre high handicappers and whilst were welcoming them the reality is that theyre not really made feel welcome. The older member who is an eight-handicapper and is playing in the group behind wants to barge through them. So I think we have to find a way to welcome high handicappers into the game. If I go down to my local GAA club or rugby club they dont throw me out with the first team. They coach me, they teach me and they bring me along with a group of peers who are at my skill level and I compete with them and work my way up the pyramid in the club. Golf doesnt do that particularly well. It hands you your card, says enter any competitions you like and you just dont have this particularly enjoyable experience for guys who cant play the game to the same level. With more participation comes opportunity and while predicting the demise of golf had become almost fashionable pre-pandemic, the sport now has a chance to capitalise and solidify its long-term health. More informal socialising around clubhouses during the pandemic could well see a speeding up of the sport itself, moving further away from some of the more formal, stuffy traditions of the past towards a more inclusive and accessible future. The R&A report released this week made some specific recommendations for clubs to look at with a view to retaining members, including feeling welcome and valued; a friendly culture and relaxed atmosphere; participation options based on ability and experience, good customer service; having an efficient booking system; and the quality and maintenance of the course. Over the last number of years clubs have begun trialling the likes of more nine-hole and even six-hole competitions based on the European Tours Golf Sixes format which gives golfers options for less time-consuming forms of the game, while the influx of people in their teens, 20s and 30s over the last year means its as common to see golf hoodies around the clubhouse as it is to see jacket and tie. Tyrrell Hatton, wearing his hoodie, holds the winners trophy at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth last year. Photo: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images In Glasgow plans were recently announced to build a community golf facility consisting of a family-focused venue that provides access to a nine-hole course, Par 3 course, putting greens, short-game area, adventure golf and a 25-bay floodlit driving range for visitors to enjoy a wide range of golf activities, including shorter forms of the sport. In the US the hugely successful First Tee programme combines introducing children from disadvantaged backgrounds to golf with a life skills curriculum which creates learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids carry to everything they do. Over here, clubs from Ballyliffin in Donegal to Douglas in Cork have utilised spare land to build Par 3 courses for members and visitors alike which offer a perfect informal environment for people of all ages to get into the game. I think it is a natural progression but its only so if we as an industry treat it as such, says Saul. If were too tied to our traditions and the traditional formats, well then I think we will miss this opportunity. The US market has long since come to understand that this is the movement all your major golf resorts now like Pinehurst, Bandon Dunes, Sand Valleys and the likes all have exceptional Par 3 courses. They generally have a nine-hole course and they typically will have a really high-level putting complex. Not a putting green, but a complex that people can go out and play on in their flip flops and with a beer in their hand. Im not sure were there yet here but that is the direction of travel. Covid-19 has left golf in Ireland with a great opportunity. For all of the soundbites about growing the game, actions must follow words and now seems like the perfect time to do so.
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https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/how-can-golf-in-ireland-capitalise-on-the-great-covid-19-boom-1.4577205?localLinksEnabled=false
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Why should we go back to a job that doesnt value or pay us enough to live?
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Hello. Im going to try a new little promotion type thing here. Anyone who subscribes for the yearly price of $69 starting today Ill send a copy of one of the two Hell World books. Offer good until it gets out of hand. Email me and well sort it out on the side without Substack being involved if you want to take advantage. Today well hear from service industry workers around the country about why they really arent going back to work. (Theyre lazy and living high on the hog under Chairman Joes Communist America obviously). First let me set the table a little bit so to speak, something Im also well accustomed to doing as a job ($2.33 an hour, no vacation, no benefits, shut the fuck up if you dont like it). Here. Check out this shit: Sandra Weise, owner of the Finnish Bistro in St. Paul, recently announced that she would begin closing 4.5 hours early every day because she cant find enough workers to keep the doors open, the Minnesota Reformer reported. Weise is skeptical that people are really looking for work, even though they have to check a box saying they are looking for work in order to get benefits. People have learned to hustle it, she said. Im down a half a million dollars, Weise said. That is my life savings. That is everything Ive worked for. Rain, sleet, snow, even COVID didnt close my business. But unemployment did. Shes barely got the half million dollars she had saved up left over. Heres this one too: The fucking balls to ask how much a job pays. Another one: And another one: As I wrote in here recently: One common thread among these stories is that they are almost all devoid of any worker voices. The premise that no one wants to work because the government is doing a socialism too much is not interrogated at all and passed along as true by many of the journalists covering the story. From a standards of journalism pov this type of thing where you take the word of the owner without checking with any workers is the opposite of objective and quite literally biased but it doesnt register as officially biased under the perverted terms this dumb profession operates under. Its similar to how the media at large reports on police issues. We usually only hear from the powerful party in any given conflict. Workers much like victims of police are considered de facto untrustworthy specifically because of their exploited station, but the very clear interests of the more powerful party is passed along as neutral and thats fine. Ive said this all a million times in here but repeat it with me again: Journalists are cops. The ones with salaried jobs at legacy outlets anyway. If anyone bothered to ask potential workers who arent seeking out restaurant work right now you might hear a slightly different framing, I wrote the other day. So lets do that. If you missed this one the other day it was some good reporting imo. by Em Cassel Over the past month or so basically every major news outlet in the nation has published a variation on one extremely misleading story. It goes like this: theres a restaurant worker shortage. As pandemic restrictions ease, the pieces explain, businesses are staffing back up to full capacity, and yet no one seems to want to work. The restaurant owners quotedand theyre almost always exclusively the owners, not the former servers and bartenders and dishwashers hesitant to returnexplain over and over that people wont come back to the service industry when unemployment benefits are too good. Its hard not to feel for them. The existence of a somewhat decent social safety net for like five minutes in this country has upturned these restaurateurs entire business model of exploiting a desperate and readily replenishable labor force. What these owners dont talk about is that the workers theyre trying to woo back are the very ones who experienced the unceremonious mass layoffs and open-ended furloughs they dished out as the pandemic set in and then dragged on throughout 2020. There were often complete breakdowns in communication followed by months-long uncertainty over the existence of peoples jobs. It wasnt unusual to have management and ownership disappear for weeks or months and then reappear to tell the staff the restaurant was going under. Pandemic-related furloughs and layoffs and closures werent unique to restaurants, but something that is somewhat specific to the industry is that for decades its owner class has been able to underpay and overwork employees under the guise of being like a family. Covid showed their hand: Maybe were a family, but that doesnt mean you have a safe or stable position here when it becomes inconvenient for me to have to pay you. A lot of families are dysfunctional after all. Its why former executive chef Brian Carson said the current situation is essentially a strike. You fired these folks a year ago, he said, and now youre mad that they dont want to come back and do the same [tough] job for the same crappy pay? Last week, after reading the thirtieth or so story about how no one in this country understands the value of hard work anymore or whatever, I started asking servers and bartenders and delivery drivers and baristas why they would say they've been taking their time returning to the industry (if they plan to do so at all). Must have been one of those good old-fashioned journalistic hunches. Turns out there are lots of reasons that even those whove spent a lifetime in hospitality now wonder if its worth it; unemployment benefits are pretty far down the list. There are people like Kimberly Wolf, a mom of two and a barista for more than a decade, who started her career at Starbucks and eventually became a super pricey hipster coffee shop barista. It was work she genuinely liked, seeing people first thing in the morning and being the first interaction they had that day. Shes the kind of person who has a whole set-up at home for their morning coffee; she understands the significance of the ritual. Kimberly kept working during the pandemic, making $10.50 an hour at the peak. The owners conducted a soft lay off of her coworkers once Covid hit, making her one of only two employees. She showed up to a near-empty shop every day and sanitized everything with bleach every 30 minutes. Management didnt set up any sort of online tip jar; it was a regular who made a GoFundMe for the staff. When the owners found out, they made him take it down because they were concerned that they would face some sort of legal repercussions, she says. A few weeks later, Wolf was fired after she liked a sassy tweet about her employer that came from the previous assistant manager, she said. Needless to say, this was devastating as a single mom of two kids during a fucking pandemic. She qualified for unemployment, which carried her through half of the year, and made the decision that she absolutely cant go back to that. Instead, shes taking out a bunch of loans and going back to school to be a librarian. I know capitalism is inescapable in this fucked up country but I just cant submit myself to that kind of treatment and disrespect anymore for such little pay, Wolf said. I would rather drive myself into debt pursuing something I love and that I believe helps people in all communities than go back to that. The thought of never working behind a bar ever again fills me with joy, said Henry, who spent more than two decades working in hospitality before the pandemic. Hes enrolled in a nursing program now, so I never have to go back. Henry, whos worked everywhere from corporate chains to mom and pop pizza shops and has bartended all over the place along the way, says his feelings towards the industry changed slowly. But once the scope of what we were all experiencing became clearer, I started to realize that restaurants and bars wouldn't really feel the same way again, at least for me. He pulled a few brewery shifts last fall and realized his capacity for niceness in the face of difficult customers (which he admits might not have been super high to begin with) was completely gone. He thinks a career in nursing, though the industry has its problems like any other, will be better for his health and offer greater stability. Some people just took a look at their experiences and wondered if the industry was really where they wanted to be. Jason Kornelis got laid off due to Covid in March 2020 and used the boosted benefits and unexpected downtime to build a little home studio and pursue his interest in voiceover work, building a career from home as a freelancer. It hasn't quite paid off yet, but I'm going to hold out as long as I can, he said. After a year of being his own boss and making his own schedule and enjoying the freedom and agency that comes with it, hes struggling to find a reason to go back. It feels a little crass to call a global pandemic an opportunity, but having financial support and infinite free time really opened things up for me. And this is to say nothing of the servers who did continue working. They didnt get to sit at home collecting a paycheck in sweatpants and pivot to Zoom over the last year; they strapped on PPE and went out to deal with Covid-denying customers. One is Ryan Wilkins, a lifelong industry worker from South Dakota who went back to work as a cook during the pandemic last summer, the busiest and most horrible time hes experienced in his career. He put in a five weeks notice at the end of September, then got Coronavirus in the second to last week. Hes been jobless since the end of October. We really need you. To be honest, I don't want to [go back], he says. And I'm definitely going to look around for jobs in any field other than restaurants. But the trouble is that it is the only thing I've ever done. And I feel like at the end of the day I will end up going back hopefully using the worker shortage to get a big raise and only come back for part time. And then maybe eventually find something else. Its not just the possibility of being let go at a whim, or the bosses who dont care if you have Covid, or the unshakable feeling that the industry will never be the same thats making people rethink things. The past year has also given a lot of people time to reflect on problems that have been lingering under the surface in the industry for years. Last summer a lot of people started opening up about the toxic work environments of local restaurants, and I think that is another huge contributor to people hesitating to go back, a Twin Cities server who asked to remain anonymous told me. Shed actually planned to return to the industry on the sideserving and bartending wages are hard to pass upbut recently found out there were allegations of sexual assault against the owner of the place where she was about to start. Henry noted that the bulk of his bartending work was focused on craft beer, which is going through its own long-overdue, nationwide reckoning right now. Just another part of why I desperately wanted out, he said. Other, subtler, quieter industry-wide shifts have servers concerned. In the Twin Cities, several servers noted that the restaurants where they used to work have done away with tipping and now charge a service feepooling and distributing those tips in a way that essentially amounts to a pay cut. One former server who goes by the handle @garbagefuckusa and has been trying to advocate for industry employees and making a lot of people mad, has seen owners reworking the way employers are paid more and more. Surprisingly, it doesnt tend to work out in their favor. Lots of top-tier restaurants fired or laid off their entire staff last year, then invited people to apply to get their old jobs back as they readied to reopen. And in some cases, when they had people reapply for their jobs, they did it under a different tipping/pay structure, he said. We know that by state law owners/managers cannot touch what is considered a direct tip, he said. So to get around it they essentially fired everyone, instituted a higher hourly rate (which is good! ), but charge a service fee equal to what is usually 18-20% depending on the restaurant. Garbage Fuck walks through the back of the napkin math: If you work six hours as a server and sell $1,500, an 18% tip average nets $270 plus your hourly. If restaurants are going to do away with that and pay $30 an hourno actual tippingyoure looking at a substantial pay cut. Garbage Fucks other industry-bear-poking tactic is to post screenshots of the PPP loans big restaurants in town were able to land, despite the fact that they laid off their entire staff and didnt open up for the entirety of the pandemic. Despite media coming together to push the pro-owner narrative, its clear that theres a whole bunch of reasons to be skeptical that restaurant workers are simply too lazy and entitled now to ever want to work again. Workers somehow now have even less trust in owners than they did pre-pandemic, which is understandable, because they arent being any more transparent or forthright with them than they were before Covid changed the landscape. The way owners have handled the pandemic made it more clear than ever that they dont care about their employees, adds another Twin Cities server. The industry runs off the exploitative narrative that were all family and we help each other out, but they cant keep up that charade now that weve seen how they treat us in crisis. It makes me sad because I spent so much time at it, and developed some really special relationships out of it, but to go back to that would just ruin me I think, Wolf says of her career in coffee. So many of my friends who are also working in the service industry are feeling the same way. Why should we go back to a job that doesnt value or pay us enough to live? Em Cassel is a writer and editor based in Minneapolis, where she was the first (and last) female editor in chief of City Pages (RIP). You can follow her on Twitter here. While I got you here please also check out what I thought was just a great piece by Greg Grisolano in Popula this week about a devastating hurricane that leveled Joplin, Missouri in 2011. It starts like this: My concern is, if I begin with the dildos, its gonna ruin the rest of it. So at the risk of being accused of burying the lede, Im not going to start off with how the Joplin Tornado made it rain dildos on Duquesne, Missouri. Ill start with a memorial. Will Norton was probably one of the first casualties of the deadly EF5 tornado that struck Joplin on May 22, 2011. He was in a car with his father on the southwest side of town, near where the funnel mustve dropped. Hed just received his high school diploma, and he was a YouTuber in the days when that was still a fun and innocent thing for teens to do. His body was sucked out of the sunroof of an SUV. They found him three days later in a pond not far from 26th and Schifferdecker Road. My wifes dad went to high school with Wills dad. My wife grew up playing at the Norton house. Will was likely one of the first victims, and the first that we knew personally. He wouldnt be the last. The next one would be Dorothy Bell, an elderly woman who lived with her son, my friend David, at 27th and Jackson Avenue. Their home is four blocks due west of St. Johns Hospital. The same hospital that the Weather Channels Mike Bettes would break down and cry in front of on live TV later. The same hospital where my wifes mother, my mother, and my wife would all work, separately. Dorothy and David were at home when the sirens went off. They didnt have a basement, so they sought refuge in the interior hallway. The vortex completely flattened their house. Dorothy had a heart attack. It took David a while to dig himself out of the rubble and longer still to find his mother. By then it was too late. Fox News watchers might recall their names, because David ended up on Fox News, after Dorothys body went missing in one of the temporary morgues for a week. Maybe went missing isnt the right word. They lost the body. Read the rest here. Ok bye for now. The next issue will be paid-only.
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https://luke.substack.com/p/why-should-we-go-back-to-a-job-that
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How Will the Chinese Communist Party Withstand Increasing Calls for COVID-19 Pandemic Accountability?
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Advertisement After the massacre of students and civilians on June 4, 1989, ending weeks of demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing held its collective breath for nearly three years. Today, 32 years later, China is facing unrelenting criticism and calls for accountability related to the origins of the virus causing COVID-19, which to date has killed at least 3,500,000 people worldwide. To understand the extent to which the CCP will go to maintain its innocence as the source of the virus and to continue to justify the supremacy of its leadership in China, theres no better lesson than the chameleon-like maneuvers it made in the wake of the carnage in 1989. The lesson is simple, yet profound. By 1992, the Chinese Communist Partys perseverance to retain its hold on power became so intense that it functionally underwent a drastic political makeover There had been rumblings. Deng Xiaoping had instituted limited tests of market reform in southern China from 1979 on, and those pockets of what were whispered to be capitalist ventures were proving to work. Straying further and further from Marxist-Leninist doctrine, Dengs policies proved useful a decade later not just to grow the economy, but to save the Communist Party. The results did not go unnoticed by the international media. Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month. Gunfire ringing in their ears, foreign executives fled China in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square crackdown three years ago, and many people doubted that foreign investors and tourists would return as long as the hard-line Communists remained in power. So much for conventional wisdom: these days the Chinese economy is booming, and foreign investment and tourism are setting records. Despite the risks of United States trade sanctions over Chinas human rights record, executives once more are enthralled by the business potential of the most populous nation on earth. Indeed, when Deng made his tour of southern China in 1992, making his proclamation that to get rich is glorious, the effect on the national consciousness was electric. Large chunks of the principles and doctrines of economic communism were scrapped, and principles of capitalism although the word wasnt used were ushered into Chinese society from top to bottom. From ordinary grandmothers converting first-floor living rooms into shops to the families of senior party members exerting their influence to obtain no-credit-check bank loans, people across China established for-profit, private enterprises after both of those terms and the market-based practices they describe having been taboo for decades. Diplomat Brief Weekly Newsletter N Get briefed on the story of the week, and developing stories to watch across the Asia-Pacific. Get the Newsletter Tellingly, the common term by which people addressed one another, tongzhi, meaning comrade, began to disappear from everyday discourse. Advertisement In the immediate aftermath of unleashing the Peoples Liberation Army in Beijing on that early June morning, slaughtering what then-British Ambassador Sir Alan Ewen Donald had been told by a senior Chinese official was upwards of 10,000 Chinese citizens, the Chinese Communist Party first turned to its tried and true methods to maintain its leadership role domestically. The party was well-practiced by this time in waging domestic propaganda and fear campaigns to bolster its right to remain in power despite the policy disasters that it first designed and then deployed on its largely destitute citizens. The Great Leap Forward, from which tens of millions died of starvation, and the Cultural Revolution, in which society cannibalized itself, each carried more than enough intrinsic power to destroy the CCP. But the party survived, largely by maintaining an iron grip over domestic narratives and literally rewriting its own history. Thus, in 1989, the party was not overwhelmingly concerned with defending itself from its domestic detractors. Arrests, detentions, and disappearances of ordinary citizens proliferated. Tanks roamed the streets of Beijing. Through the power of propaganda, terror tactics, and sleight of hand, the Party survived the next three years domestically, which it had expected to do. The horrified reaction of the foreign community was paramount in the leaderships mind. There was a key problem it could not overcome. Not only had worldwide media captured key images of the crackdown, but also the Chinese Communist Party could not manipulate the truth that the rest of the world was hearing from the first-hand accounts of those who had experienced the massacre and then evacuated back to their home countries. The atrocities that occurred in Beijing on June 4 and intermittently for days later had played out in the presence of the foreign diplomatic, business, and educational communities whose members lived in Beijing, many of them just a few minutes from the worst of the carnage, and some, in the later days, right in their backyards. Then, as with the COVID-19 pandemic now, the Chinese Communist Party had to spin the story, lure the international community into its narrative, and dodge the blame. The party was successful with the international community. Investment came roaring into China, along with technology. In 1992, when economic opportunities expanded for the everyday Chinese citizen, political issues and disillusionment took a back seat to the sudden ability to significantly improve ones standard of living. Foreigners and Chinese alike both succumbed to something as old as the pyramids, and just as alluring: money. Today, as the Chinese Communist Party perseveres in its own perpetuation, it is using lessons learned from past attacks on its legitimacy to overcome its critics and maintain its power. It remains to be seen whether the international community will hold fast to calling the CCP to account for its role in the pandemic. One dynamic is different this time: In all other cases of the atrocities that have occurred due to Chinese Communist Party practices and policies, the impact has largely been domestic or related to the disputed status of ethnic minorities. As awful as the resulting deaths and hardships have been, however, they have been consequences which the international community mostly did not directly feel itself. Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month. This time its different. With everyone in the world now having been affected in direct and highly personal ways by COVID-19 through death, illness, job loss, economic hardship, deprivation of education, and family separation it remains to be seen what the Chinese Communist Party will do if the crescendo of international voices finally comes crashing down upon it to answer for its part in the pandemic. As deft and wily as the party has proven itself to be in the past to escape consequences for its behavior, its shape-shifting skills may not be enough to protect it this time.
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https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/how-will-the-chinese-communist-party-withstand-increasing-calls-for-covid-19-pandemic-accountability/
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Can a four-day workweek solve Japans labor market issues?
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As the pandemic lays waste to traditional mindsets around work, Japan is looking to push ahead with ambitious reforms. Domestic media have reported that the government plans to include the promotion of a four-day workweek in its Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform that is expected to be approved in June. If the policy makes it onto the priority list, it will be reflected in next years budget and will likely prompt more companies to introduce the four-day workweek option. The blueprint that the government may be picturing is that people who get extra days off will have time to study and acquire new skills or take on part-time work to improve their careers, which will improve productivity and boost their income while also making the labor market more fluid. But some experts have voiced doubts, saying things probably wont go down that easily. I think its good that people can reduce their work days, but the critical point is whether they would accept a decline in their incomes, Hiromi Murata, an expert in labor issues at the Recruit Works Institute. A shorter workweek will affect their pension and retirement bonus, so those wanting to make that change need to check with their companies about their salaries and also find out if they can flexibly switch back to a five-day workweek, she said. Murata added some people might try to cover the loss of income by taking on a side job, but they need to be careful about those plans, as they could end up working long hours in order to manage the two jobs. The government is apparently considering a system where individuals can choose either a four-day or five-day workweek, rather than having companies decide. Polling shows a majority of workers have positive opinions on four-day workweeks. An online survey of 400 individuals in April by Tokyo-based Financial Academy shows that 77% who responded are supportive or supportive to a certain degree. Yet there are concerns over pay cuts and that was the top reason cited among those who are against the four-day workweek. According to a survey by the labor ministry conducted in January last year, 8.3% of the 4,191 companies polled gave more than two days off per week. Based on some of the companies that have already introduced such workstyles, two basic pay systems are expected to be common. One system would keep salaries at the same level by having employees work the same number of hours across four days. The other would simply cut workers pay due to the reduced number of working days. The income levels for those taking the first option may appear to be unchanged, but because of longer regular working hours, such employees will likely receive less overtime pay. Kuniko Inoguchi, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, submits a proposal to promote the four-day workweek to Tetsushi Sakamoto, minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens, in April in Tokyo. | KYODO In many cases, its pretty much inevitable that income will diminish for those taking three days off, said Toru Suehiro, senior economist at Daiwa Securities. It would be best if workers can produce output in shorter hours by increasing productivity, but thats not possible to do all of a sudden. Suehiro estimates that the four-day workweek will slash workers monthly income by about 51,000 on average. The timing for such a shift is not ideal, either, as a raft of companies are suffering from the pandemic and relying on financial support from the government to keep their workers employed. Thus, if firms introduce a four-day workweek, they may be criticized that their intention is really to cut labor costs, Suehiro said. Getting more leisure time is a positive thing, but it comes with a negative factor of income decline. We need to look at both sides, Suehiro said. The idea of promoting the four-day workweek has been discussed by the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, a key economic policy panel of the government, while a group of lawmakers with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party also proposed the idea in April. The LDP proposal states that, although the nations tradition of lifetime employment has contributed to the countrys stability, Japan needs to diversify its workstyle to facilitate innovation by getting individuals from different backgrounds working together. If people can take three days off weekly, they will have more time to balance work with child-rearing or taking care of their parents. It will also allow them to attend college or take on other jobs to acquire more knowledge and experience for their career, the proposal says. The real objective of this policy, therefore, seems to be to encourage people to engage in recurrent education to obtain new skills for their career, which could result in increased productivity and move some of the workforce into growing business sectors that are often at the heart of Japans chronic labor issues. Experts said giving the option of a new workstyle is welcome, but it is questionable whether the four-day workweek will be an effective policy for solving those issues. Murata said many of those who make the switch will probably use the extra time for leisure rather than studying, since Japans education infrastructure is not well-prepared for part-time students at this point. Suehiro of Daiwa Securities echoed that sentiment, saying that it will take time to nurture such educational opportunities as well as a new work culture. Proponents of the policy may be thinking that if workers get more days off, they will be self-motivated to do recurrent education and productivity will just improve, but the cause-and-effect logic seems weak, Suehiro said. Without proper preparation of society as a whole, (the four-day workweek) could be nothing but just cost-cutting.
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Would Louisiana Voters Care If Climate Change Wiped Out South Louisiana?
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In an opinion piece for NOLA.com, Bob Marshall recently pointed out that climate change would wipe out south Louisiana and pondered as to whether or not our voters cared. He shared a thought from Donald Boesch, a native New Orleanian whos also one of the worlds leading authorities on the causes and solutions to Louisianas coastal crisis. Boesch has a problem with the way climate science news is being reported its not getting enough attention. I have some thoughts that I will add to this later on. Boesch agrees that both the world and our state are speeding toward serious disasters if human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are not drastically reduced and soon. However, it seems as if no one really either knows or cares. And by no one, I mean the general public. Marshall emphasized that science is about cause and effect and pointed out a concern that Boesch has: possible catastrophic scale of those effects are making the public overlook the fact they can be reduced or avoided if the cause is addressed. In other words, many are seeing it as all or nothing, are seeing the gigantic scale of the issue, and are basically giving up. When these articles come out, its important to pay attention to the fact that they consistently show this dramatic sea-level rise that could come from polar ice melt in Antarctica and Greenland could be avoided if we actually achieve the goals of the Paris climate agreements, he told Nola.com. The point is: This doesnt have to happen if we address the cause that is clearly stated in these papers. Marshall agreed with Boesch and pointed out that the treatment of the problem is clearly stated. Yet Boeschs complaint troubles him because the record shows the cause of the problem has been well reported. However, theres another cause and effect that has been stopping any action. Politricks Marshall pointed out that politicians feel free to delay or block the tough regulations and overhauls needed to reduce the emissions. That falls on us the voters. We havent made it a top priority at the polls. Despite the overabundance of data and information about sea-level rise and greenhouse gas emissions, despite the Paris climate agreement, climate change isnt that important to our policymakers. Marshall cited a Pew Center poll taken just before the 2020 elections. The poll found that climate change ranks 11th out of 12 issues considered by likely voters. Less than half (42%) of those who answered the survey considered climate change very important. In two other polls, both in 2019, Louisiana voters shared that the majority believed that climate change was real and that it was increasing hurricanes and other weather events. The second poll showed that 97% want their elected officials to prioritize tackling coastal land loss when in office. Marshall noted that, to him, this shows that the message about cause and effect is being received by Louisiana voters, yet the matter is not high on their priority list and they keep electing policymakers who dont care. Many of my states elected officials are financially supported by oil and gas contributions, and they spend most of their time worrying about emissions reforms and how they affect the oil industry. Marshall touched upon the fact that our politicians are supported by the oil and gas industry. I want to share a quick example of this. Louisiana Representative Danny McCormick (Republican) recently introduced a bill that would protect oil companies. He also is oil and gas. He owns M&M Oil in Oil City, and before becoming a legislator, he was a member of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, an industry lobbying group. You can read more about that here. So, lets keep this in mind. Not only are our states policymakers deeply lobbied by this industry that is killing millions with pollution, but in some cases, industry executives are trying to make laws that work in their favor. Marshall noted that they never mention the need for climate action and that even delaying taking action could allow the Gulf of Mexico to swallow up many of the communities and jobs in South Louisiana. This leads to another issue that Boesch thinks the public needs to be better informed about. If we take action now, it could put off some of those horrifying impacts at least into the next century if not avert them altogether. It could buy the next generation some time. We need to act now on emissions while sea level rise is not out of control, he said. If we dont act smartly now, a lot of what we achieve with the coastal master plan could be wiped out before the end of this century. What people and policymakers need to understand is that what we do in the next 20 to 30 years will determine whether south Louisiana becomes part of the Gulf or not. Culture Plays A Large Role Before closing, lets go back to this line: Possible catastrophic scale of those effects are making the public overlook the fact they can be reduced or avoided if the cause is addressed. To paraphrase what Boesch previously said, the public feels like the issue is too big for them to do anything about it, so they dont. Ive seen this attitude in my own community and circle of friends. Tossing a piece of plastic on the ground with an awkward laugh, Its just a piece of paper. No big deal. Growing up in a culture that mocked people for caring about the environment, I used to think it was cool to litter. The toxicity of this culture dictated that if you care, youre dumb. My mother would scold me for littering, which made doing something wrong all the sweeter. Until I later learned that my actions were harming the planet. Then I was the friend who would never litter and always carried her trash to the nearest trash can even if I had to hold on to it for a while. The Media Also Plays A Critical Role In Suppressing This Information When I say the media, Im not talking about writers such as Marshall or outlets such as NOLA.com. Im talking about the side of the industry that determines what narrative should be pushed. The media in that sense is an entity that needs to eat and its food is ratings. So unless we have a doomsday scenario upon us, the media isnt prioritizing climate change or data showing how to solve it. A great example of this is looking back at what happened in Lake Charles last year during Hurricane Laura. I live in Baton Rouge, and although the storm passed through my city, we were not devastated like Lake Charles and the surrounding areas were. However, once the storm was over, the media moved on. I even wrote an article about it. We literally had a humanitarian crisis here in Louisiana but no one cared. Even Elon Musk donated to several local charities he found out about it through me. I, along with many others, took to Twitter to help raise awareness while mainstream media turned its back on those who needed the help in favor of ratings. We spammed celebrities when they tweeted, Elon included. We used hashtags, and since I have a lot of friends in the Tesla community, many of those pitched in and donated to organizations or shared our tweets and hashtags. The Mayor of Lake Charles shared a video about the devastation of his city and how the national media turned its back on him. Hed been scheduled to talk on a mainstream media outlet but they pretty much ghosted him at the last minute. I found it odd then as I do now that the national media was refusing to even cover what was happening here. But they had priorities elsewhere. Conclusion It should be noted that media as an industry amplifies culture. We see it all of the time, whether its talking heads screaming about politicians and music stars or something else. The media has many narratives that it is being paid to push. And, sadly, climate change isnt paying enough. Again, this isnt an attack piece on the media outlets or people who write or report on things, but an observation of an industry using its platform to prioritize issues from most important to least important. And the least important are those topics that dont generate clicks or ratings. As youre reading this, I want you to know that your part does matter. Recycle, advocate, do anything we can do to prevent greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere, whether its choosing to walk instead of drive to the store it all matters.
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https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/29/would-louisiana-voters-care-if-climate-change-wiped-out-south-louisiana/
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Why are NM officials pushing for vaccinations in children?
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Sarah Smith Your view School districts all over the state are pushing students 12 years old and up to be vaccinated. Incentives are being offered to kids for being vaccinated. For instance, Albuquerque Public Schools recently said that they are planning events targeted at 16- and 17-year olds stressing that the students need to sign up for the vaccine. Look at the data, from the May 24 New Mexico COVID-19 Pediatric Case Report: Total COVID-19 cases in Age 0-17 = 29,404 COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Age 0-17 = 192 COVID-19 Deaths in Age 0-17 = 1 Based on these data, 99.4% of New Mexico pediatric COVID-19 cases did not result in hospitalization. New Mexico kids have a 99.997% survival rate from COVID-19. It is clear that children have extremely low risk from COVID-19. None of the COVID-19 injections have received full FDA approval, and they are authorized for emergency use only. All three COVID-19 injections include technology that has never previously been approved for use in vaccines (mRNA for Moderna and Pfizer, genetically-engineered adenovirus for J&J). There have been no long-term safety tests on COVID-19 injections. That means that we do not know what will happen to people who receive these injections six months from now, a year from now, or longer. Remember, the CDC said it was safe to reopen schools before vaccines were rolled out. Evidence from around the globe has shown this to be the case, even in countries that do not require masking, such as Sweden. The current push toward vaccination of children is not based on risk to kids. They have had only a 0.6% hospitalization rate here in New Mexico, and a COVID-19 survival rate of 99.997%. Asymptomatic transmission has already been proven to be extremely rare, such that it should not be used to drive public policies. If we are going to actually follow the science, it is clear that there is no justification for pushing COVID-19 vaccination of New Mexico children. The unknown long-term risks combined with childrens extremely low risk from this illness should make us all pause for careful consideration of the facts. Informed consent requires that people be made aware of potential risks, and that they be free to make decisions without threats or pressure. New Mexico officials have no justification for pushing vaccination on school children, and this decision needs to rest securely in the hands of parents. Sarah Smith has been a natural healthcare practitioner for eight years and is a former NASA aerospace engineer and scientist.
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https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/opinion/2021/05/30/why-nm-officials-pushing-vaccinations-children/5249773001/
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What will be the size of Battlegrounds Mobile India (PUBG Mobile) be?
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Indian PUBG Mobile fans were blown away by the announcement of Battlegrounds Mobile India. They were extremely thrilled about the fact that their beloved title would be returning soon after a long absence. Several other exciting developments have taken place, and the start of the pre-registration process was one of them. In addition, the pre-registration trailer starring Dynamo, Kronten, and Jonathan with Arshad Warsi received a tremendous response, collecting more than 12 million views. Furthermore, multiple maps have been teased via artwork on the games' social media platforms. Also read: PUBG Mobile influencer Maxtern seemingly reveals Battlegrounds Mobile India release date, and it matches Ghatak's hint Expected file size of Battlegrounds Mobile India The size of Battlegrounds Mobile India is another topic that is quite frequently discussed amongst the players. The famous PUBG Mobile caster, Ocean Sharma, aka Gamingpro Ocean, has answered various queries, including one of the games size. (competitive, road map, much more), Ocean was quoted the following about the size: BGMIs size may vary from 660 MB to 750 MB. After that, with the download of the resource packs, it would further increase." (From 3:30 - 3:40) However, Ocean also stated that the first-time download could be bigger in terms of size. Therefore, according to him, the expected file can lie between 660 and 750 MB. Minimum requirements As per the Google Play Store description for Battlegrounds Mobile India, the recommended device requirements are as follows: BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA recommended system requirements: Android 5.1.1 or above and at least 2 GB RAM memory. If the mobiles of the players meet these requirements, they will be able to run Battlegrounds Mobile India. Pre-registration link, rewards, and social media handles Heres the link to the Google Play Store page of Battlegrounds Mobile India, where users can pre-register: Given below are the rewards that the developers have announced for all those who pre-register for BGMI: Recon Mask Recon Outfit Celebration Expert Title 300 AG Users can keep track of all the information in the game by following its social media handles: Website: Click here Facebook: Click here Instagram: Click here YouTube channel: Click here Discord server: Click here Also read: All possible Battlegrounds Mobile India release dates leaked on the internet
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Can Nigeria survive its present cirumstances?
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By Femi Orebe Ill no longer announce the deaths of those killed by Fulani herdsmen, rise up and defend yourselves with weapons not prohibited by law, bows and arrows, spears and knives. Get licence for dane guns from local government Chairmen and use them to defend yourselves, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state. Armageddon beckons Columnist. Whether or not Nigeria survives its present daily carnage, and other prevailing circumstances, is now going to be, solely, a function of the trajectory President Muhammadu Buhari decides to take her. As far as most Nigerians can see, the President is committed only to Fulani/ Northern interests. The nation dies if he remains on that path but survives if he changes to become the Nigerian president we all elected. It is as simple as that. The very day the president showed his hands most glaringly in support of Fulani herdsmen, expressing, according to Garba Shehu, a strong resolve to address the conflicts of herders and farmers in a sustained and lasting manner that should lead to a permanent solution to the frequent clashes between them, several Nigerian newspapers, in banner headlines, reported the gory sight of the same Fulani herdsmen killing as many as 124 Nigerians. in Benue, Plateau and Abuja. These are the people Garba Shehu says our President is rooting for, and was aghast to hear that open grazing, under which they hide to commit these heinous crimes, was banned by governors representing half of the country. Wrote Garba Shehu as he lectures Nigerians: Fortunately, this declaration has been preempted, for whatever it is intended to achieve because Mr. President has rightly been worried about these problems more than any other citizen (indeed) and, in consultation with farmers (which?, and herders alike, has commissioned and approved an actionable plan of rehabilitating grazing reserves in the states with veterinary clinics, water points for animals, and facilities for herders and their families including schooling. Through these reserves, the Federal Government is making far-reaching and practical changes allowing for different communities to co-exist side-by-side, supporting farmers to till their fields, herders to rear their livestock and Nigerians everywhere to be safe(Really?) Given the pressing urgency of addressing the perennial challenges, the federal funding for the project that has been delayed is now being partly unlocked. (a sop to state governors they hope will jump at the aroma of money?). Actual work for the full actualization of the modern reserve system in a few of the consenting states should take off in June. To know all they are trying to do by dubiety, let us hear Mohammed Umar, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, as he introduced RUGA then: We felt that to do away with herders-farmers conflict, we need to settle our nomads and those who breed animals. We want to put them in a place that has been developed as a settlement, where we provide water for their animals, pasture, schools for their children, security, agro-rangers, etc,. ), not just cattle herders, will be settled in RUGA settlements with provision for schools, hospitals, road networks, vet clinics, markets etc. Yet, the South, supposedly being a tool in the hands of the North, must fund these businesses for their owners. Haba! Yet, with its very negligible contribution to national coffers, the North has always provided the sinking holes into which the countrys resources are sunk. Count among them, the over a decade- old Boko Haram war, Banditry, illiteracy, and the trillions, now being programmed to be deliberately funneled to herdsmen, and their private business owners as if herding is an agency of the federal government, whereas, all the President needs do is firm up immigration, not relax it as he did, and ensure that the security agencies rein in all criminals, no matter who they are. These are not views that should ever have found a place on this column if President Buhari had even as much as pretended to fairness and equity. How is he even able to sleep, sitting over a National Security Council that can effortlessly elect to make Hausa the operative language at its meetings, in a multi ethnic, multi- religious country like Nigeria, with over 250 ethnic groups?. As I once wrote on these pages, these unfair acts of his cannot ensure peace and harmony in Nigeria, so all these calls for peace are, at best superficial, and will never amount to anything as there can be no peace without justice. The time, as I always say, has come for us Nigerians to tell ourselves the truth for only the truth can set us free. But truth be told, President Buhari does not bear the fault all alone. Indeed, the bulk of it should go to APC leaders, especially those from the South, who, despite working tirelessly to ensure his victory after three futile attempts, immediately all became tongue tied, as he ruled only in favour of the North; and this was crystal clear especially in his appointments which, till date, are still extremely nepotistic, especially where critical national appointments are concerned. No, it is not being suggested that they should have been railing publicly at the President. Rather, they should have ensured that party structures, especially its national organs, were constituted in an all-inclusive manner, with each truthfully performing its assigned functions, rather than see its leaders become awe struck, and forever genuflecting, in the presence of the president. Given what is happening in the party, it is not a surprise that even as of today, the APC, after 6 long years in power, does not have a National Executive Committee worth the name, but one with a full-time state governor, in a state daily being harassed by Boko Haram, in charge. Nor does it have a Board of Trustees, the reason, one would assume, it now says the presidency would not rotate to the South come 2023 after President Buhari would have spent 8 years. This becomes particularly baffling, when one recalls that governors Abdullahi Ganduje, Nasir El Rufai, Babagana Zulum and Aminu Masari, had all expressed their full support for zoning it to the South, and It is only a closet of Northern governors who are closer to the Villa than to their state capitals, who are opposed to it. Even restructuring, or call it power devolution, which is written into its manifesto, and for which it actually, did set up the EL RUFAI COMMITTEE, a group within the party was still powerful enough to send the committees report into the cooler for years. My advice to the party as 2023 draws near, even if some opposition governors are joining it without their people, is that in poor, Third World countries like Nigeria, party membership, as well as followership, are as fluid as could be. APC should, therefore, remember that it came to power on the ruins of a ruling party. As the Lord liveth, the above was how far I had gone, reacting to the Presidents opposition to the ban on open grazing before I went to bed around 12.30 am, Wednesday, 26 May , 2021 only to wake up Thursday, to hear that our dear Mr. Garba Shehu has eaten his words about what he claimed the President said. That piece of information completely changed the tenor, and the direction of this article, just like the comments of A G Abubakar Malami on the same subject, did to my article, the previous week. Garba Shehus recant opens up a very serious new dimension to our national discourse. It is the highly remarkable First Lady, Aisha Buhari, who had first raised the possibility that Shehu was speaking for an unelected group in the Villa, rather than the President. Either way, the consequences of this state of affairs can be very deleterious, as it could cause a national crisis. To under rate this critical question is to underestimate the grave danger that words, when falsely attributed to the President, can cause in a society as volatile as ours. ADVERTISEMENT Garba Shehu must have been giving us his groups views on the ban on an anachronistic practice which governor Masari described, this past week, as totally un- Islamic. Another drag on the government, indeed directly on Mr President, given the key role he plays in government, qua government, is Abubakar Malami, the Attorney -General. Malami has this propensity to speak on very important matters of state before he thinks them through . Instances so abound that to begin mentioning them will be a precious waste of time. If he is not yet seized of that decision , he should instruct some of his aides to go in search of Chief Gani Fawehinmis Law Report series to search, specifically, for Suit no. AB/26/66 of the above date, to be updated with proceedings at the Abeokuta Division of the High Court where the late Mr Justice Adewale Thompson held as follows in a matter before His Lordship: I do not accept the contention of Defendants that a custom exists which imposes an obligation on the owner of a farm to fence his farm whilst the owner of cattle allows his cattle to wander like pests and cause damage. Such a custom, if it exists, is unreasonable and I hold that it is repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience, and therefore unenforceable in that it is highly unreasonable to impose the burden of fencing a farm on the farmer without the corresponding obligation on the cattle owner to fence in his cattle. Continuing, he said: Sequence to that, I ban open grazing for it is inimical to peace and tranquility and the cattle owners must fence or ranch their animals for peace to reign in these communities. That decision remains un- appealed, to date.
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https://thenationonlineng.net/can-nigeria-survive-its-present-cirumstances/
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Did Mike Tyson fight tonight on the Devin Haney vs. Jorge Linares card?
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Mike Tyson was last seen inside the boxing ring on November 28, 2020, against fellow boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition match. Mike Tyson has not competed ever since, and he was not part of the Devin Haney vs. Jorge Linares card that took place on May 29, 2021. Mike Tyson's November 2020 fight against Roy Jones Jr. took place at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and was sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission. CSAC decided that there would strictly be no outcome, and therefore the fight was declared a split draw. The three judges scored the fight as follows: Chad Dawson (76-76 draw), Christy Martin (79-73 for Tyson), and Vinny Pazienza (76-80 for Jones). Watch the highlights of the fight below: YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul knocked out ex-NBA Nate Robinson on the undercard of the fight. Devin Haney defended his WBC lightweight title for the third time against Jorge Linares on the May 29 card. Haney has held on to the belt since 2019. His first defense came against Alfredo Santiago on the KSI vs. Logan Paul II undercard in November 2019 and then against former unified featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in 2020. Devin Haney won the fight against Jorge Linares with a unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the contest 116-112, 116-112, 115-113 in his favor. Haney has zero losses in his boxing career and 26 wins, 15 of which have come via knockout. Devin Haney called out Teofimo Lopez after the win and agreed to fight "for all the belts - the real undisputed." Teofimo Lopez is the current unified lightweight world champion, holding the IBF, WBA (Super), and WBO titles. Documentary on Mike Tyson's life airing on ABC A detailed documentary on the legendary boxer's controversial life is currently available to viewers on ABC and Hulu. Mike Tyson: The Knockout is a two-episode, four-hour storytelling of the rises and pitfalls of Mike Tyson's career and personal life. According to Brian Lowry of The Philadelphia Tribune, the documentary draws its strength from the many interviews with prominent personalities. Mike Tyson: The Knockout received mixed reviews after the first part of the documentary aired on ABC. "Mike Tyson: The Knockout initially feels like its simply retracing the same old steps, charting the boxers epic rise, fall and attempted comeback. After the first few rounds, though, this two-part ABC documentary lands some pretty compelling blows, particularly in highlighting the difference 25 years made in terms of Tysons third act following his rape conviction," Brian Lowry writes. The first episode of Mike Tyson: The Knockout is streaming on Hulu, and the second episode will air on June 1 at 8 pm ET on ABC and will be available on Hulu the next day. Please take 30 seconds to answer this survey so that we can better understand how to serve your MMA needs.
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Can fully vaccinated people against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?
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International oi-Madhuri Adnal Nashville (US), May 30: When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidelines about mask-wearing on May 13, 2021, plenty of Americans were left a little confused. Now anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said the new guideline is "based on the evolution of the science" and "serves as an incentive" for the almost two-thirds of Americans who are not yet fully vaccinated to go ahead and get the shot. But some people cannot be vaccinated because of underlying conditions. Others with weakened immune systems, from cancer or medical treatments, may not be fully protected by their vaccinations. Children aged 12 to 15 became eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine only on May 10, 2021. And no COVID-19 vaccines are yet authorised for the nearly 50 million children in the US younger than 12. Vaccines don't always prevent infection Researchers had hoped to design safe COVID-19 vaccines that would prevent at least half of the people vaccinated from getting COVID-19 symptoms. Fortunately, the vaccines have vastly outperformed expectations. For example, in 6.5 million residents of Israel, aged 16 years and older, the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was found to be 95.3 per cent effective after both shots. Within two months, among the 4.7 million fully vaccinated, the detectable infections fell by 30-fold. Similarly in California and Texas, only 0.05 per cent of fully vaccinated health care workers tested positive for COVID-19. Vaccine developers often hope that, in addition to preventing illness, their vaccines will achieve "sterilising immunity," where the vaccination blocks the germ from even being able to get into the body at all. This sterilising immunity means someone who's vaccinated will neither catch the virus nor transmit it further. For a vaccine to be effective, though, it doesn't need to prevent the germ from infecting an immunised person. The Salk inactivated polio vaccine, for instance, does not completely stop polio virus from growing in the human gut. But it is extremely effective at preventing the crippling disease because it triggers antibodies that block the virus from infecting the brain and spinal cord. Good vaccines provide effective and durable training for the body's immune system, so when it actually encounters the disease-causing pathogen, it's ready to mount an optimum response. UP CM says all eligible persons in state will be vaccinated When it comes to COVID-19, immunologists are still figuring out what they call the "correlates of protection," factors that predict just how protected someone is against the coronavirus. Researchers believe that an optimum amount of "neutralising antibodies," the type that not only bind the virus but also prevent it from infecting, are sufficient to fend off repeat infections. Scientists are also still assessing the durability of immunity that the COVID-19 vaccines are providing and where in the body it's working. Immunologists expect vaccines that protect against viral illnesses to also reduce transmission of the virus after vaccination. But it's actually tricky to figure out for sure if vaccinated people are not spreading the germ. COVID-19 poses a particular challenge because people with asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic infections can spread the disease - and insufficient contact tracing and testing mean those without symptoms are rarely detected. Some scientists estimate that the number of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in the overall population could be 3 to 20 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. Research suggests that undocumented cases of COVID-19 in people who either were asymptomatic or experienced very mild disease could be responsible for up to 86 per cent of all infections, though other studies contradict the high estimates. In one study, the CDC tested volunteer health care personnel and other front-line workers at eight US locations for SARS-CoV-2 infections weekly for three months, regardless of symptoms or vaccination status. The researchers found that fully immunised participants were 25 times less likely to test positive for COVID-19 than were those who were unvaccinated. Findings like this imply that if vaccinated people are so well protected from getting infected at all, they are also unlikely to spread the virus. But without contact tracing to track transmission in a larger population, it's impossible to know if the assumption is true. What we know for sure is that if someone does get sick with COVID-19 after vaccination, in what is called a "breakthrough infection," symptoms will be milder. Studies have found that people who tested positive for COVID-19 after getting just their first vaccine dose had lower levels of virus in their bodies than unvaccinated people who tested positive. The researchers believe the decreased viral load hints that vaccinated people who do contract the virus will be less infectious because they will have much less virus that could be spread to others. A preprint study which has not yet been peer-reviewed suggests that the Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can produce coronavirus-fighting antibodies in the oral and nasal fluid. Since that's where SARS-CoV-2 makes its entry, antibodies in the mouth and nose should block the virus from getting into the body, effectively providing "sterilising immunity." This would also mean vaccinated people probably wouldn't spread the virus through respiratory droplets. These bits of evidence are promising. But without more studies, scientists cannot yet conclude that COVID-19 vaccines really do protect against all transmission. Studies attempting to directly answer this question through contact tracing are just beginning: Researchers will track COVID-19 infections among vaccinated and unvaccinated volunteers and their close contacts. Protection and prevention go hand in hand Vaccines help slow down the spread of an infectious disease by breaking the chain of infection. Those who are infected eventually have fewer and fewer unprotected people to pass the virus on to. This is how a vaccine increases herd immunity - susceptible and not-yet-immunised people are surrounded by a "herd" of people who have become immune, thanks to vaccination or previous infection. But studies suggest that, for a combination of biological and social reasons, vaccination alone is unlikely to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 and fully contain the coronavirus. In fact, vaccination alone can take a long time to eradicate any disease. Even diseases that are nearly "eliminated" - such as chickenpox, measles and pertussis - can resurface with waning immunity and declining vaccine rates. The recent outbreak of infections among the vaccinated New York Yankees shows that vaccinated people not only can still get infected, they might also transmit the coronavirus to close contacts. Highly tested groups, such as professional sports teams, spotlight the fact that mild, asymptomatic infections among the vaccinated in the general population might actually be more frequent than reported. A similar outbreak in airport workers in Singapore shows that, even among the fully vaccinated, new and more infectious variants can spread fast. The CDC's relaxed guidelines on masking are meant to reassure vaccinated people that they are safe from serious illness. And they are. But the picture is less clear-cut for the unvaccinated who interact with them. Until near herd immunity against COVID-19 is achieved, and clear evidence accumulates that vaccinated people do not spread the virus, I and many epidemiologists believe it is better to avoid situations where there are chances to get infected. Vaccination coupled with continued masking and social distancing is still an effective way to stay safer. For Breaking News and Instant Updates Allow Notifications Story first published: Sunday, May 30, 2021, 10:30 [IST]
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https://www.oneindia.com/international/can-fully-vaccinated-people-against-covid-19-still-spread-the-coronavirus-3266769.html
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Who is Pep Guardiolas daughter Maria and what happened with her and Dele Alli?
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PEP Guardiola's daughter was spotted kissing Dele Alli, after the football star's split with girlfriend Ruby Mae. Spanish style icon Maria Guardiola, 20, was lucky to survive the devastating suicide bomb attack at the Ariana Grande concert in 2017. Here's more about the Man City manager's girl. Student Maria, who lives in London, has won an army of online fans - boasting 40,000 followers on Instagram. She is considered a Spanish style icon, with glamorous, happy snaps of her jetset lifestyle shared on social media. Maria is the eldest of Peps three children with businesswoman Cristina Serra. She is close to her brother Marius, 18, and sister Valentina, 13, and the family have repeatedly posed together publicly at Peps end-of-season trophy celebrations. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss has proudly beamed in front of cameras with his arm around Maria. Dele Alli has been spotted snogging the daughter of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. The Spurs and England midfielder who has not scored in the Premier League all season cosied up with Maria at a rooftop bar. Dele, 25, was closely marking her as dozens of other drinkers looked on in London. Fittingly for a player who has spent most of the season as a sub, he made his move on Maria as they sat together on a bench. It appeared that he had put his bitter split from model Ruby Mae, 23, behind him. He leaned in for a smooch after he and Maria chatted for hours at the capitals trendy Cloud 9 bar. Dele, in a white T-shirt and green baseball cap over his newly dreadlocked hair, hugged and kissed Maria, who was wearing a white hoodie. It is understood that Dele first met Maria in April. 8 Dele Alli was spotted snogging Maria Guardiola An onlooker told The Sun: Dele and Maria didnt seem to have a care in the world. They didnt mind who saw them as they smooched in front of the DJ booth. It was packed with hundreds of revellers watching on. All the tables had been booked and were completely full. Strangers were wandering past and Dele and Maria didnt blink an eye. They were in a group together and it was very cosy. They looked so cute and could have been honeymooners. Dele and Marias public smooch came last Sunday, May 9 a day after Tottenhams 3-1 Premier League defeat at Leeds United. 8 The Spurs star recently became single after splitting with his long-term girlfriend Credit: Getty A friend told The Sun: Dele looked smitten and finally over being dumped by his long-term lover Ruby Mae. Dele and Maria are young, free and single. Maria has told pals about the rooftop encounter with Dele but says they are just friends. The Sun told how Ruby ended her relationship with Dele after growing tired of his behaviour including spending hours playing online game Fortnite. She has shared repeated public posts with her followers alluding to her joy at finally being free from the footballer. A spokesman for Dele declined to comment. Pep Guardiola has three children - son Marius and daughters Maria and Valentina - with his wife Cristina Guardiola. The couple met in a shop and dated for 20 years before marrying in 2014 in Matadepera, after their children were born. The Sun reported in 2019 that Cristina returned to Spain to take care of her fashion company, taking one of their children, while the other two remained in England with Pep. Cristina had been commuting back to work from Manchester for the previous three years after the former Bayern Munich gaffer replaced Manuel Pellegrini in 2016. 8 Guardiola married fashion designer wife Cristina Serra back in 2014 Credit: AFP - Getty "Like her husband, Cristina has a passion for fashion, poetry and photography," reports the Mirror. "Cristina Serra Guardiola is known as a style icon back in her homeland - although she shies away from the limelight and rarely gives interview," it adds. In 2018, Pep opened up for the first time about his wife and daughters being caught up in the horrific Ariana Grande concert bombing in Manchester, insisting that he was a Mancunian for life. 8 Guardiola and his childhood sweetheart wife, Cristina Credit: Getty - Contributor Salman Abedi killed 22 men, women and children when he blew himself up in a suicide bomb attack at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017. The Man City boss' wife and two daughters were at the arena and he was left with several agonising minutes of being unable to make contact. Fortunately, Guardiola's family were safe but he paid tribute to those who were not as lucky. He told BBC 5 Live: When the attack happened, I was at home with my son, and my wife and daughters were there - they were at the arena. 8 Maria, 20, is the daughter of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola She called me but the line broke immediately. She told me something happened and we are running but I don't know what happened and the line broke. We tried to call her again and it didn't work - we went to the arena and after five or six minutes she rang again and said: We are out, we're coming back home. At the end we were lucky. Many people suffered, and we were lucky. Life is like this. We were in a better position than many unfortunate ones. Most read in Football Live Blog CHELSEA 1 MAN CITY 0 Havertz the Blues hero as Tuchel masterminds Champions League triumph 'DV' SHAME MLB star arrested for 'strangling & battery' may face 'up to 20 years in prison' Breaking KDB WOE De Bruyne leaves pitch in tears after clash with Rudiger gives City star black eye Pictured AB FAB Tuchel meets Abramovich for first time ever... and admits it 'can only get worse' NBA GIANT GONE 7-foot-4 Utah Jazz legend Mark Eaton 'dies in tragic bike crash' at age 64 Pictured PAIGE TURNER Former UFC star Ostovich stuns in swimsuit ahead of VanZant fight
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https://www.the-sun.com/sport/2892436/pep-guardiola-daughter-maria/
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Is Russia Paying Influencers to Spread Anti-Pfizer Propaganda Online?
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Amid the information war triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic since its very first days, countries are apparently still competing in spreading false information about each others' handling of the crisis, including vaccines. A PR company called Fazze, claiming to be UK-based, contacted YouTubers in France & Germany offering them a lot of money on behalf of an anonymous client, to say the Pfizer & Astra-Zeneca vaccines are dangerous. Turns out the agency is based in Moscow...https://t.co/l3u7uDeYfP David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) May 25, 2021 The pandemic political battle has not ended by the end of Donald Trump's term in the White House last January. It is true no leading politicians are calling the coronavirus "the China virus" anymore, but some governments are still reportedly involved in spreading rumors and propaganda about vaccines developed by competitor countries. According to the French Le Monde daily, Russians are believed to be operating a communication agency in France, one that is contacting French influencers offering them money for negative information they can spread online, ones related to the US-developed Pfizer vaccine. Attempts to discredit Biontech/Pfizer vaccine points towards Moscow disinformation push. A communication agency with very fuzzy outlines contacted French videographers, offering them remuneration to produce a misleading video on the vaccine. https://t.co/iEm9Ae87kl Stephan N Dahl (@Stephan_N_Dahl) May 25, 2021 Le Monde highlighted that Fazze, a communication agency that claims it is UK-based, is operating from Moscow and not London, as claimed in emails sent to well-known YouTubers. In response to the news, the French Minister of Social Affairs and Health Olivier Vran denounced the marketing campaign aimed at the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine, calling it "dangerous and irresponsible." On Twitter, French influencer Lo Grasset posted screenshots from emails he said he received from a new agency, calling it "a strange partnership offer," C'est trange. J'ai reu une proposition de partenariat qui consiste dglinguer le vaccin Pfizer en vido. Budget colossal, client qui veut rester incognito et il faut cacher la sponso. thique/20. Si vous voyez des vidos l dessus vous saurez que c'est une op, du coup. pic.twitter.com/sl3ur9QuSu Lo Grasset (@dirtybiology) May 24, 2021 which was the very first vaccine to be recognized by the World Health Organization last November.
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https://www.albawaba.com/node/pfizer-vaccine-propaganda-1430206
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How Do I Recognize Failure to Launch (And What Can I Do)?
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Learning to recognize a failure to launch is the first step toward a solutionand yes, there is a solution. There is always hope and an actionable plan that can help you recognize the problem and deal with it at its source. Heres how you can recognize failure to launch, and what you can do to help solve it in a healthy and productive way. Five Signs of Failure to Launch: 1. Procrastination Many people assume laziness or a lack of willpower is to blame when someone hasnt reached a stage of independence. Be careful not to confuse procrastination as a character trait instead of a symptom. It can be a symptom of deeply rooted behaviors, anxiety, fear, and depression. 2. A lack of ambition A lack of ambition is a common sign associated with a failure to launch. Moving towards independence from a situation of dependence requires you to want more for yourself so that you can realize those desires with determination and hard work. 3. Cannot take responsibility You may notice your child struggling to take responsibility for their decisions and consequences, blaming everything on situational factors, other people, or even just bad luck. To be independent, you need to develop a sense of responsibility for yourself and others. 4. Addiction and substance abuse Addiction and failures to launch often go hand in hand. Substance abuse can delay development both physically and emotionally, and a failure to launch is a delay in development. Seeing it in this light, instead of a failure, can help you better understand the cause and how you can best move forward. 5. No direction or aspiration towards future goals There are situations when dependence may not indicate a failure to launch. The difference is when your child doesnt have a plan to work towards achieving independence. Starting a dialogue with your son or daughter is an excellent way to learn more about what their plans are, and if they have a plan. What You Can Do No one can begin to understand the stress and pain a failure to launch has caused you and your family. Therapy is the best solution for dealing with it effectively and with the least emotional cost. Its a solution that doesnt just focus on the individual who hasnt gained independenceits an involved process that deals with the entire family dynamic. The work I do with clients provides the language to understand the situation and move forward in a productive way. Its common for parents in this situation to argue when trying to start a conversation about seeking independence. However, this rarely yields change and leaves all involved more frustrated. Without a constructive way to communicate, you wont have the ability to give your son or daughter the skills they need to move forward. When you recognize the problems, isolate the areas that need change, and communicate your good intentions in a way that isnt seen as patronizing, you can instill your child with hope and give them the confidence to achieve independence and thrive. Learn more about how I work with families to uncover the real roots of issues and build a positive, supporting environment for the transition to adulthood. Change starts with a simple conversation.
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https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-do-i-recognize-failure-to-launch-and-what-can-i-do/
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Is Money a Motivator for Employees?
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The answer is not simple. The answer is sometimes depending upon the circumstances. The only people I have heard who say that money is not a motivator are people who have plenty of money. Show me an individual who is having trouble feeding his family and putting a roof over their heads and I will bet he will say that money is a motivator for him. Yes, for a while but within months the employee usually goes back to business as usual. If he was a self-motivator before he will be that again. If he wasted a lot of time and did not work hard he will revert to that behavior also. Yes, for a while. Yes but there are other factors here new responsibilities, a different and perhaps more challenging assignment. The other factors may actually be more motivating than the additional money involved. Some will. Absolutely. Certainly, money is a big factor, but there are other important factors to be considered. For example: the working conditions; how one is treated on the job; how interesting is the job; how dull or repetitious is the job; how dangerous is the job, etc. Yes, you can. A highly desirable job can be very motivating. Generally, being an elected local official in the USA does not pay very well. Some people take these jobs for the recognition and some because they want to serve. Other jobs can be motivating for different reasons. Teachers someone who has spent their life wanting to teach others will accept a teaching position when they could easily make more money doing other work. Teachers willingly put in many extra hours evenings and weekends grading papers and preparing lessons without worrying about the actual pay per hour for all of this extra work because they like to teach. Other service oriented work such as fire fighters and policemen are certainly not taking those positions for the pay but usually because they have a desire to help or serve others. Some Ways to Motivate Employees That Do Not Involve Money Provide good working conditions and a good place to work Treat employees with respect and kindness (do unto others as you would like them to do to you). Use their appropriate given name and not some disrespectful name. Recognize and praise your employees for jobs well done. Remember, most people want to feel appreciated and valued. If your employees have earned appreciation and if you value them then show them. Saying, Thank You and Please do this rather than yelling Do This or saying Hey you. Show them you care about the working conditions, their concerns about the work and the jobs. Listen to their concerns. Allow them to participate in helping to shape the work and the future so they can have pride and ownership in their work. Match the right person to the right job give a person a job they really love doing and can excel at and then praise them when they do excel. You Are the Manager None of this means allowing them to take advantage of you or you being a weak manager. Never allow that. You are the boss. You can be firm but still fair and caring. You can do all these things and still maintain your authority position as the manager or business owner. You can be benevolent and yet still be in control. Based on the principle of reciprocity. you will probably find that your employees will appreciate you even more as a boss and will want to work even harder for you. Featured image by Annie Spratt/Unsplash.
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https://thriveglobal.com/stories/is-money-a-motivator-for-employees/
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How Will Centre Help Covid Orphaned Kids?
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The government is trying to help the kids who lost their parents to Covid19. These kids who are now orphaned and are currently living in district protection will be taken care of with the funds collected in the PM Cares account. These kids will be provided free education, confirmed the centre on Saturday. Further adding to how they plan on helping the children, the government said that they will provide them with monthly payments once the kids turn 18 and finally when they turn 23, each of them will receive a fund of 10 lakh. In a meeting headed by the Prime Minister, the discussion took place where the officials decided on the plans. The PM shared in a statement that kids are what decides the future of a country. We must work together to help them. Therefore, their education will be taken care of by the centre. They will get an education loan for higher studies where PM cares take care of the interest. Apart from that, the kids will also be getting Rs 5 lakh as health insurance with the premium taken care of under the plan. In the case of kids under 10 years old, they will receive admission to the nearby Kendriya Vidyalaya. In case of admission into a private school, the fees will be taken care of by the PM cares depending on the RTE norms. The kids will receive funds for their uniform, books and other necessary stuff. Earlier Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani shared that Covid19 has left as many as 577 children orphaned. The kids lost their parents to coronavirus, said Irani while talking about the state and union territories report between April 1 till date. Also, these kids might be in a vulnerable state now and some might even require counselling. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) has prepared a team for the kids who need to be counselled.
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https://english.sakshi.com/news/national/how-will-centre-help-covid-orphaned-kids-136193
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