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Can an LSA-swapped Sequential-Shifting Pontiac Trans Am beat a Ferrari 488 Pista?
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Now you can add this 1967 Pontiac GTO to your garage. In 1964, Pontiac started an all new vehicle class, the muscle car, and ever since enthusiasts of every generation have been dreaming of having their very own example. Imagine opening your garage to find this 1967 Pontiac GTO just waiting for you to crank her up and cruise around town. Well now, thanks to Dream Giveaway Garage this dream could be a reality and all you have to do is make a charitable donation to Dream Giveaway Charities here. And being a Motorious reader gets you bonus points when you make a donation of more than $25.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263143039515/can-an-lsa-swapped-sequential-shifting-pontiac-trans-am-beat-a-ferrari-488-pista
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Whats the Verdict? Will Apps Replace In Person Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services?
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Prince Harry made a splash last week when it was announced he became Chief Impact Officer of Betterup.com, a billion dollar mental telehealth company. However, he is not alone; over the past year online mental health and addiction apps have been on the rise. From Talkspace to Knightbridge (on line gambling and gaming help service), companies are sprouting up like fields of poppy. Recently, the New York Magazine and The Cut both featured excellent exposes on the efficacy of these new online therapies offered to both individuals and companies. As Covid 19 bloomed, the conventional mental health world adapted to a customer demographic coveted by direct to consumer start ups conducting its work life over Zoom and buying groceries from Amazon. Billions of dollars are now being spent on marketing so that the consumer will be enticed to try one-stop therapy shopping. I have to admit that even I who always have done blender care in person and Hippa-compliant Zoom found myself talking more to squares then in person at the start of the Covid. That being said, I am skeptical about many of the apps. As the Cut reveals, many are nothing more than scented candles with self guided therapy. I guess the upside is that seeking help for mental health is now cool. However, these apps are all over the place in price range and competency; some are delivered through employers and others you pay for. TalkSpace, BetterHelp, Brightside and Calmerry that connect folks to licensed clinicians may cost hundreds of dollars per session and the length of service is usually only 30 minutes. In my experience its all but impossible to reach a solution in 30 minutes! This is especially true for individuals seeking help for multiple issues. None the less, the verdict is out: the techno mental health boom is here to stay. As a behavioral health professional, as a family member, please let me know about your experiences and your thoughts on receiving mental health and substance abuse services via apps.
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https://thriveglobal.com/stories/whats-the-verdict-will-apps-replace-in-person-mental-health-and-substance-abuse-services/
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Could Benjamin Netanyahu era be nearing its end?
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The Canadian Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Austin Meadows drove in his third run on a tiebreaking RBI infield single during a two-run eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays won for the 14th time in 15 games, 5-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. Randy Arozarena had a leadoff single in the eighth and advanced to third on a wild pitch by Sam Coonrod (0-2). After Yandy Daz was intentionally walked with one out, Meadows made it 4-3 with his hit off Jos Alvarado. Tampa Bay took a two-run lead when Alvarado walked pinch-hitter Mike Brosseau with the bases load. Diego Castillo (1-3) worked out of a two-on, two-out jam in the eighth for the Rays, who have won three in a row after Kansas City stopped their 11-game winning streak on Tuesday. J.P. Feyereisen worked the ninth to get his second save. Philadelphia starter Zack Wheeler gave up three runs, four hits, two walks and struck out a career-high 14 over seven innings. Matt Joyce homered for the Phillies, who struck out 15 times. Tampa Bay struck out 16 times. METS 13, BRAVES 2 NEW YORK (AP) Francisco Lindor, James McCann and Jonathan Villar hit three of the Mets season-high five homers, Taijuan Walker pitched five scoreless innings in his return from the injured list and New York won its fourth straight as word spread that Atlanta star Marcell Ozuna had been arrested. Ozuna was charged with aggravated assault strangulation and misdemeanor battery/family violence, according to Fulton County Jail records in Georgia. Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney piled on with homers during the Mets seven-run sixth inning. Walker (4-1) had been out since May 17 with left side tightness but returned in top form, striking out eight while allowing two hits and a walk. Braves starter Ian Anderson (4-2) allowed four runs in four innings as Atlanta dropped to 24-26. GIANTS 11, DODGERS 6 LOS ANGELES (AP) Donovan Solano and Evan Longoria homered, Logan Webb pitched five sharp innings and San Francisco won consecutive games at Dodger Stadium after losing the first four in the season series. Mike Yastrzemski hit two doubles and Wilmer Flores had three of the Giants 16 hits. Webb (4-3) held the Dodgers to just one hit and one earned run. He struck out seven, walked none and retired the final 11 batters he faced. Albert Pujols hit his 669th career home run and doubled, and is tied with Babe Ruth for the fourth most extra-base hits in major league history with 1,356. Pujols drove in three runs. Max Muncy also homered for Los Angeles. Julio Urias (7-2) had his worst start of the season and allowed seven runs -- six earned -- on 11 hits in five innings. PIRATES 7, ROCKIES 0, 1ST GAME PIRATES 4, ROCKIES 0, 2ND GAME PITTSBURGH (AP) Mitch Keller and the Pittsburgh bullpen finished off a pair of seven-inning shutouts in a sweep of Colorado. After JT Brubaker excelled to win the opener and end Pittsburghs six-game losing streak, Keller was equally impressive. The Pirates shut out a team in both games of a doubleheader for the first time since Oct. 3, 1976, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Pittsburgh pitchers combined to hold Colorado to just six total hits. The Rockies have lost five in a row. Keller (3-6) pitched two-hit ball for five innings. He struck out six and walked two after losing his previous three starts. After going 1 for 4 with a double in the opener, Adam Frazier hit a leadoff homer in the second on the first pitch from Austin Gomber (3-5). Brubaker (4-4) allowed four hits in six innings and Bryan Reynolds hit his team-leading sixth home run. Rockies starter Jon Gray (4-5) lasted three innings, allowing three runs on four hits. BREWERS 4, NATIONALS 1, 1ST GAME BREWERS 6, NATIONALS 2, 2ND GAME WASHINGTON (AP) Luis Uras went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, including the tiebreaking double in a four-run sixth inning, and Milwaukee swept a doubleheader from Washington. Leadoff batter Kolten Wong also had three hits and drove in two runs for the Brewers in the nightcap. Lorenzo Cain was 3 for 3 and scored twice. Freddy Peralta pitched his first major league complete game in the opener, going all seven innings. Milwaukee (27-25) is two games over .500 for the first time since May 13. The Nationals dropped to 21-27 and are in last place in the NL East following a three-game losing streak. Washington is 0-5 in seven-inning games this season. Brent Suter (5-3) struck out two in one inning of relief for the win. Daniel Hudson (3-1) took the loss. Peralta (5-1) allowed four hits in the first game, including Kyle Schwarbers home run, while striking out seven and walking one. The 24-year-old right-hander made his 33rd start in the big leagues. Avisal Garcia homered and drove in three runs. TIGERS 6, YANKEES 1 DETROIT (AP) Jonathan Schoop homered and Spencer Turnbull pitched well into the sixth inning as Detroit beat New York. Turnbull (4-2) allowed one run on three hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six. Yankees starter Deivi Garcia (0-2) was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before the game and allowed five runs four earned and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. New York has lost the first two games of a weekend series at last-place Detroit after winning seven of nine. WHITE SOX 7, ORIOLES 4, 1ST GAME WHITE SOX 3, ORIOLES 1, 2ND GAME CHICAGO (AP) Billy Hamilton hit a solo home run, Jose Abreu had a two-run homer, and Lance Lynn pitched five scoreless innings to help Chicago complete a doubleheader sweep of Baltimore. In the opener, Jake Lamb and Yon Moncada homered, with Abreu driving in three runs for the White Sox. Chicago has won five of six after getting swept by the New York Yankees last weekend. The Orioles have lost 12 straight for their longest losing streak since dropping 13 in a row from Sept. 17-30, 2009. Lance Lynn (6-1) became the fifth White Sox pitcher to go 5-0 in May. He allowed three hits while striking out seven and not allowing a walk in the second game. Liam Hendriks pitched a perfect seventh for his 12th save. He also recorded a save in the opener. Freddy Galvis homered twice and Maikel Franco hit a solo shot for the Orioles in the first game. Baltimore managed one run in the second game with Stevie Wilkerson getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth. Orioles starter John Means (4-1) allowed three runs and five hits while striking out four and allowing two walks in the second game. TWINS 6, ROYALS 5 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Rookie Trevor Larnach homered and Rob Refsnyder drove in two runs as Minnesota hung on to beat Kansas City. Nelson Cruz had an RBI double that drove in Josh Donaldson with a notable run it was the 2 millionth run scored in Major League Baseball history. J.A. Happ (3-2) won for the first time in five starts. Adalberto Mondesi hit his first home run of the season in the ninth, a two-run shot off Taylor Rogers to bring the Royals within one. Rogers recovered to record his fourth save in six attempts. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer for the Royals. Kansas City's Ervin Santana (0-1) was pulled after a leadoff walk in the fourth inning and charged with three runs. CUBS 10, REDS 2 CHICAGO (AP) Joc Pederson, Ian Happ and Eric Sogard each drove in two runs, and Chicago beat Cincinnati Reds for its season-high sixth consecutive victory. Rafael Ortega homered and Kris Bryant had a run-scoring single, helping the Cubs improve to 18-7 this month. Cincinnati right-hander Luis Castillo (1-8) pitched five-plus innings of four-run ball in his seventh straight loss. Castillo became the first pitcher to drop seven consecutive decisions or starts for the Reds since Homer Bailey lost seven straight starts in 2018. ANGELS 4, ATHLETICS 0 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Shohei Ohtani hit a key two-run single, Alex Cobb struck out eight over seven scoreless innings to win consecutive starts for the first time this season, and the Angels beat Oakland, stopping a two-game skid. Cobb (3-2) allowed three hits and walked two facing Oakland for the first time since 2018 while with Baltimore. Frankie Montas (5-5) allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked one. The Angels are 22-8 when scoring four or more runs and avoided matching the clubs season-low at eight games below .500. RED SOX 3, MARLINS 1 BOSTON (AP) Nathan Eovaldi went 5 1/3 scoreless innings and Boston beat Miami. Bobby Dalbec, Kevin Plawecki and Hunter Renfroe each had an RBI single for Boston, which won for the seventh time in nine games and posted its ninth straight home victory over the Marlins in front of an announced crowd of 25,089. Eovaldi (6-2) allowed four hits, striking out seven with one walk. Matt Barnes got the final three outs for his 12th save in 13 chances. Trevor Rogers (6-3) gave up two runs in six innings, allowing nine hits with six strikeouts and no walks. PADRES 11, ASTROS 8, 12 INNINGS HOUSTON (AP) Fernando Tatis Jr. launched a monstrous, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to tie it, Wil Myers hit a three-run drive in the 12th and San Diego beat Houston. Myers connected against Ralph Garza Jr (0-1), sending a drive just over the glove of leaping right fielder Kyle Tucker for his fifth home run. Miguel Daz pitched the 12th for his first career save. Austin Adams (2-0) earned the win. Yu Darvish surrendered a season-high five runs - four earned on four hits with five strikeouts and three walks in five innings. Jake Odorizzi permitted one run on three hits with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. MARINERS 3, RANGERS 2 SEATTLE (AP) J.P. Crawford and Mitch Haniger homered late, and Seattle sent Texas to its 11th straight road loss. The Rangers managed four hits in their fifth consecutive defeat overall. They matched the second-longest road skid in team history, an 11-game stretch in 1982. The team record is 12 in 2003. Crawford hit a solo homer in the seventh to break a 1-all tie and Haniger added his 14th of the season in the eighth. Daniel Zamora (1-0), Paul Sewald and Rafael Montero allowed two hits in 3 1/3 innings. Montero earned his seventh save. Mike Foltynewicz (1-5) scattered six hits over seven innings. CARDINALS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4 PHOENIX (AP) Tyler ONeill homered for a third straight game, Yadier Molina had three RBIs and St. Louis sent Arizona to its 13th straight loss. The Diamondbacks are stuck in their longest losing streak since dropping a franchise-record 14 consecutive games in 2004. ONeill added two doubles and finished with three RBIs. Cardinals closer Alex Reyes earned his 15th save. St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright (3-4) got off to a great start, retiring the first eight batters he faced. But the Diamondbacks started to hit the veteran in the fifth and sixth. Stephen Vogt connected on a two-run homer and Christian Walker brought home two more runs with a single. Seth Frankoff (0-2) lasted just five innings. He gave up seven earned runs on seven hits and four walks. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports The Associated Press
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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/could-benjamin-netanyahu-era-nearing-075505798.html?src=rss
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Should everyone in Singapore speak English?
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MAY 30 There is a popular TikTokker in Singapore who makes funny videos that zero in on the annoyances of our everyday lives. From unthinking comments made by our older relatives to service staff who dont speak English. The comedian is often clever and incisive and his content resonates but his point about English in a now widely shared video gave me pause. In the video he expresses his frustration at service staff, typically recent immigrants from China, who tend to speak to all customers in Mandarin. He opines that given he is visibly not Chinese, service staff should make the effort to speak English to him and that more broadly everyone in Singapore should make the effort to speak at least some English. Funnily enough, he makes this point partly in Mandarin so clearly a lack of linguistic capability isnt the source of his frustration. His point is an interesting one. Overwhelmingly, the response was that it is an unfair expectation. This is my immediate response too. After all, this is a city of migrants and I dont think many of our ancestors arrived speaking English. So, a hodgepodge of languages is the basis of our identity. We all speak a little bit of everything. English has long been the language of education, the language of commerce and it is also the language of Singapore's courts and parliament. Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. It could have been Malay but Singapore is in many respects a British creation so our lingua franca is English. We have four official languages: Chinese, Malay, English and Tamil and fundamentally government services and information should be available in all four languages. However, English has long been the language of education, the language of commerce and it is also the language of our courts and parliament. When Singaporeans of different ethnicities speak to each other, we almost always speak English and even within ethnic groups, many Chinese- and Malay-origin families and I would say most Indian-origin families as well speak English at home. Therefore, to participate in Singapores basic economic, social and political life you need to speak English. You could argue, on the other hand, that 70 per cent of Singapores population is of Chinese origin so its fine to speak only in Chinese but I am not sure its that simple. Singapore is not a Chinese country. Unlike, say, France or Thailand which are nations and also ethno-states homelands for the French and Thais respectively Singapore is an immigrant nation. It is not fundamentally the homeland of any group of people. Chinese was not the language of this nations founding fathers (who were broadly English) or of our historical inhabitants (Malays). In fact, Mandarin was traditionally alien to most of the Chinese in Singapore whose ancestors typically hailed from various parts of Southern China. Basically ours is a settler state. No one group has more claim to it than any other. Even the vast majority of our Malay inhabitants are the descendants of immigrants. Having Chinese become more entrenched as the language of coffee shops, of service if you need to speak Chinese to communicate at the supermarket well that is only going to lead to a sense of exclusion among other communities in Singapore. This fact was well understood by our founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew who gave a great deal of thought to language policy: One of the things we did which we knew would call for a big price was to switch from our own languages into English. We had Chinese, Malay, Indian schools separate language medium schools. The British ran a small English school sector to produce clerks, storekeepers, teachers for the British. It would be easy to decree that a knowledge of English plus one of our three other national languages (even at a very elementary level) should a be a basic prerequisite for the granting of citizenship to new citizens. Because language sits at the core of any nation or society and while its necessary to know English to participate fully in Singapores society, English alone is not sufficient. So, one could argue you should have at least some command of one of our national languages to really call Singapore your home. * This is the personal opinion of the columnist.
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https://www.malaymail.com/news/opinion/2021/05/30/should-everyone-in-singapore-speak-english/1978156
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Was luft da zwischen Irina Shayk und Kanye West?
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Im Februar hat Kim Kardashian die Scheidung von ihrem Noch-Ehemann Kanye West eingereicht. Das Ehe-Aus wurde noch nicht offiziell vollzogen. Details mssen wohl erst geklrt werden. Whrend zwischen West und Kardashian seit der Trennung Eiszeit herrschen soll, werden nun heie Gerchte um den Rapper laut. Datinggerchte um Kanye West und Irina Shayk Gemunkelt wird, dass Kanye West das ukrainische Model Irina Shayk daten soll. Im Juni 2019 hatte sich Shayk von Schauspieler Bradley Cooper getrennt, mit dem sie eine gemeinsame Tochter hat. Nun behauptet der Betreiber des Gossip-Portals DeuxMoi, dass das Model und der Rapper einander heimlich daten sollen. Zumindest bestehe eine gewisse Anziehungskraft zwischen den beiden Stars. "Nachdem ich mich weiter mit dem Thema befasst habe, wei ich nicht, ob 'Dating' das richtige Wort ist. Aber es besteht wohl ein gewisses Interesse." Ein User der Seite meint aber: "Sie daten definitiv."
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https://kurier.at/stars/was-laeuft-da-zwischen-irina-shayk-und-kanye-west/401396868
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Will Caribbean Premier League clash with IPL?
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Source: Edited By: May 30, 2021 13:52 IST BCCI in talks with CWI to advance start of CPL and avoid clash with IPL Photograph: Kind Courtesy BCCI The BCCI is trying to convince Cricket West Indies to advance the start of the Caribbean Premier League by a week or 10 days to ensure a seamless bubble-to-bubble transfer of players for the IPL's resumption in the UAE come September. Suspended midway into its 14th season owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BCCI on Saturday approved the resumption of the lucrative Indian Premier League in the UAE in the middle of September. The CPL is scheduled to get underway from August 28 with the final to be played on September 19, while the remaining part of IPL is likely to be held from September 18 to October 10, not leaving the players with any time to settle down. "We are in talks with Cricket West Indies. We are hoping that if CPL can be finished a few days in advance, it would help in bubble to bubble transfer of all players to Dubai and in time to complete the mandatory three-day quarantine," a BCCI source, privy to the development, said on Sunday. If the BCCI and CWI fail to reach an agreement over dates, some of the biggest players could miss the initial few matches or may be the first half of the IPL. The big names involved in both the T20 leagues are Mumbai Indians' five-time IPL-winning influential all-rounder Kieron Pollard, the swashbuckling Chris Gayle, seasoned all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran, Fabien Allen, Keemo Paul, Sunil Narine and Trinidad and Tobago coach Brendon McCullum, who is also at the helm of affairs in Kolkata Knight Riders. The upcoming edition will be the CPL's ninth season and will feature some of the format's biggest superstars from across the world. The IPL's resumption was approved during the BCCI's SGM on Saturday, less than a month after the league was suspended because of COVID-19 cases in its bio-bubble.
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https://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/will-caribbean-premier-league-clash-with-ipl/20210530.htm
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Is Bailee Madison Returning To Good Witch? Is Grace Russell Coming Back?
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Good Witch is a comedy-drama series that revolves around the mother-daughter duo Cassie and Grace, who share the powerful gift of insight and intuition and use it to help people of their neighborhood in the fictional town of Middleton. It is a continuation of The Good Witch television film series and is developed by the original films director Craig Pryce along with Sue Tenney. Catherine Bell reprises her role as Cassandra Cassie Nightingale, and Bailee Madison appears as her daughter Grace for the first five seasons of the show. Madison departed the series after five seasons, but a recent plot development in the shows current seventh season has fans buzzing over the possibility of her return. Heres everything we know! When the series first premiered back in 2015, Bailee Madison captured the viewers hearts with her charming performance as the adorable and smart-talking teenager, Grace. Grace is first introduced in the series premiere episode, and like her mom, tries to use her gifts to help others. She also struggles to keep her powers a secret, which often causes conflicts in her life. She last appears in the season 5 finale titled The Graduation, where her character is seen graduating high school and heading off to college. Madison left the series to pursue different career opportunities after 5 seasons and 55 appearances (including 4 specials). She penned a heartfelt note to fans of the show explaining the reasons behind her decision. You can check out the post below. Since leaving Good Witch, Madisons career has been on the rise, and the former Disney star has made numerous television and film appearances. Most recently, she can be seen in the lead role opposite fellow former Disney star Kevin Quinn in the 2021 Netflix musical film A Week Away. In an older interview with ET, actress Catherine Bell expressed her desire to see Madison return to the show. My dream is that she gets to come back for a couple of episodes. I dont know schedule-wise when itll happen, but I know that shes working on some great projects right now, Bell said in 2019. Madisons farewell note and Bells words suggest that the door is open for the former actress to make a comeback on the show. Since Madison is an extremely sought-after talent, we imagine her schedule is packed with new projects. However, it seems like the actress might be making a return after all. In the sixth season finale of Good Witch, the Merriwick women, Cassie, Abigail, and Joy, received a bag of soil each that has become the central mystery in season 7. Fans have been hoping that Madisons character Grace, also a Merriwick woman, will return to help solve the mystery of the soil bags. A recent press release for the upcoming episode (season 7 episode 3) suggests that Madison is indeed set to reprise her role. The actress is mentioned in the cast list for the episode released by the network. In the promo for the new episode, Cassie mentions that Grace is returning home after spending six months in Spain. You can check out the promo here. While the actress herself hasnt confirmed her return, fans should definitely be excited as there is every chance Bailee Madison is returning to Good Witch in the new episode titled The Delivery set to air on May 30, 2021, on Hallmark network.
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https://thecinemaholic.com/is-bailee-madison-returning-to-good-witch/
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Can there be peace between Big Tech and news media?
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The piece describes how relationships between both sides changed earlier this year because of what took place in Australia. The ripple effect through the rest of the world means that, at some point, Big Tech platforms will pay news media companies for content and they will pay in amounts that are boggling to the bottom line. INMAs Robert Whitehead sat down with Rod Sims, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), for a lengthy interview about the details of the Australian bargaining code, discussions about copyright, and what the Australian experience can mean for the rest of the world. I am very happy with how it came out, Sims said. I think it will achieve its objective completely. It was all about rebalancing a bargaining imbalance, which caused a market failure. We think it was a necessary step to ensure that journalism gets paid for what it should be paid for, which is the content it supplies that benefits the Google and Facebook platforms. You can watch the full 21 minute video here.
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https://nmc-mic.ca/2021/05/28/inma-world-congress-of-news-media-opportunities-ahead-in-medias-relationship-with-big-tech/
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Are companies listed on Euronext Growth and Euronext Access required to publish financial statements?
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Companies listed on the Euronext stock exchanges are classified into "Euronext", "Euronext Growth", and "Euronext Access" (also known as march libre). These appear to be different markets for large/mid-cap, mid/small-cap, and nano-cap stocks respectively. The "Euronext" market is the most strictly regulated market, followed by "Euronext Growth" and "Euronext Access". I am asking this question because in the US stock market, some OTC-traded stocks are legally able to "go dark" and stop publishing financial statements. I am wondering if this is also the case in the European markets that Euronext operates in (especially France, because among all the Euronext exchanges, Euronext Paris has the largest number of companies listed on "Euronext Growth" and "Euronext Access").
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https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/141276/are-companies-listed-on-euronext-growth-and-euronext-access-required-to-publish
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Is the UFC releasing its own cryptocurrency?
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The UFC is expanding its reach beyond the world of mixed martial arts as the organization gets involved in the booming economy of cryptocurrency. Raise your hands in the comments! pic.twitter.com/hG2bTV8KcE Socios Fighting (@SociosFighting) May 5, 2021 The world's largest MMA promotion recently teamed up with cryptocurrency and blockchain provider Chiliz, with plans in place to mint its own tokens. The UFC, through its website, announced that it's planning to launch the "$UFC Fan Token" on fan engagement and rewards mobile application Socios.com next month. "The $UFC Fan Token is scheduled for launch on Socios.com in June and will have a maximum lifetime supply of 20 million," the company wrote in a statement. The development is expected to increase fan engagement and enhance the viewing experience of UFC fans around the world. Through Socios.com, fight fans with tokens will be able to participate in UFC-related polls and surveys. On top of that, those who purchase $UFC Fan Tokens will gain access to VIP rewards, exclusive promotions, AR-enabled features, chat forums, and games. By partnering with Chiliz, UFC now has access to a captive audience of fans from some of the biggest sporting organizations on the planet, creating an unprecedented opportunity to attract new followers, Alexandre Dreyfus, CEO of Chiliz and Socios, stated in a press release. Chiliz has been providing cryptocurrency and blockchain services to the sports and entertainment industries since 2016. The UFC will be among the 26 major sporting entities to partner with the provider. The MMA promotion will join European football franchises FC Barcelona, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, AS Roma, and Manchester City. How UFC Fan Tokens will work The UFC-exclusive cryptocurrency will give fans the ability to purchase unique content from the MMA company. In addition, the cryptocurrency will allow UFC enthusiasts to dictate some elements of a fight by using their tokens to vote. Please take 30 seconds to answer this survey so that we can better understand how to serve your MMA needs.
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https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-is-ufc-releasing-cryptocurrency
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What happened to Floyd Mayweather's ex-girlfriend Josie Harris?
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Floyd Mayweather may be one of the greatest pugilists to have graced the squared circle; however, unlike his professional life, his personal life has been wrought with sorrow. With the kind of fame that 'Money' enjoyed, it was only natural for him to receive an extravagant amount of attention from the opposite sex. While Floyd Mayweather has had several romantic relationships, that with the late Josie Harris brought him the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. It was reported that Harris, the mother of three of Mayweather's four children, was found unresponsive in her car as it stood parked in the driveway of her home located in Southern California. She was pronounced dead at the scene later that night. While law enforcement thought it best to avoid publicly revealing the cause of death at the time, it was later adjudged as an accidental overdose. As reported by USA Today, the specific cause of death was 'mixed drug toxicity' due to the ingestion of Fentanyl, an opioid, and Alprarzoam, a drug sold under the moniker of Xanax. ALSO READ: "June 6, you know what happens" - Floyd Mayweather has an ominous warning for Logan Paul ahead of their historic clash Josie Harris' history with Xanax Harris had admitted that she was forced to rely on medication like Xanax due to her anxiety that stemmed from the strained relationship that she shared with Floyd Mayweather. Towards the tail end of their relationship, meetings between the two were scarce, for Floyd Mayweather would rarely visit for anything other than collecting their children. Josie Harris [Image Credits- @djvlad on YouT] More often than not, the undefeated boxer had his private jet transport their children to avoid unnecessary encounters. However, it was an arrangement that suited Harris, keeping their issues with domestic abuse in mind. She made the same known in the public forum as well. "(It means) I don't have to take a Xanax before he (Floyd Mayweather) comes, otherwise I will be sweating bullets. For some reason I still get anxiety when I know that he is on his way. I have no idea why, but I get really overwhelmed when I know that I have to be around him," said Harris. 2020 was a tumultuous time for Floyd Mayweather Floyd Mayweather endured heartbreak after heartbreak as he was forced to deal with the demise of the mother of his children, in addition to the loss of his trainer and uncle, Roger Mayweather. He took to social media in a bid to declare that he would follow in the footsteps of his late trainer and guide the next generation of pugilists. This was Mayweather's way of paying tribute to the life of Roger Mayweather. "I am new at training and so far I've been working with people with no boxing experience, therefore we are growing together. But I promise you, I will be one of the best trainers in the world," said Mayweather in a lengthy post on Instagram. Floyd Mayweather shared an extremely close relationship with Roger; therefore, news of the boxing great's passing hit 'Money' hard. Soon after his uncle's demise, Floyd Mayweather was determined to honor the legacy of his former trainer. Please take 30 seconds to answer this survey so that we can better understand how to serve your MMA needs.
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https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-what-happened-floyd-mayweather-s-ex-girlfriend-josie-harris
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What Really Happened To 'Black Wall Street' In 1921?
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As Oklahoma prepares to honor those killed in the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, Newsy talks to a survivor's descendant about the fall of Black Wall Street. SHOW TRANSCRIPT In eighteen hours of raging racism, several hundred people were killed right here where Im standing. Buildings burned. Bombs dropped from the sky. Bullets and bodies littered the streets, all leading to the destruction of the prosperous area known as Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kristi Williams, the chair of the greater Tulsa African American Affairs Commission, tells us what led a White mob to attack Black Tulsans 100 years ago. "It's said Dick Roland went into an elevator, tripped, fell on this White lady who was an elevator operator, and she screamed. And then from there, within two hours, an article goes out in the Tulsa Tribune, 'Nab Negro For Attacking Lady on the Elevator,'" Williams said. Williams says tensions began brewing weeks prior. There was a convention here, the Sons of the Confederacy, and one of the comments was made, 'How do you let your n----- live like this?' And so there's so much proof that shows that this was premeditated," Williams told Newsy. Williams is the descendant of Janie Edwards, who was at a nearby theater when the attack began. So my aunt was on a date. ... She was 17 years old and she was in the Dreamland Theater with her date when the massacre happened, and they were able to escape with their lives," Williams explained. This is where the theater stood before it was set ablaze and bombed. It was one of many buildings destroyed in the 40-block area of Greenwood, also known as Black Wall Street. What was once a flourishing section of Tulsa of grocery stores, banks, libraries -- all Black-owned -- now lay in ruins. There are many reports from survivors detailing planes diving above houses and businesses. When Greenwood was bombed, there had to be some type of chemical to do that bombing. Because if you see these bricks up here, look how hot this had to get to melt, Williams said. Today, this is all that remains. No one was prosecuted for the deaths of the Black Tulsans. Williams says all charges were dropped, and after his release he disappeared. Some believe he moved away, never to return. Others say he may have been lynched. Fast forward to today: Williams says this area should be returned to the descendents families. Im not going to say they need [or] they have to have reparations because this massacre. [It] not only destroyed lives, it destroyed homes, it destroyed businesses. It destroyed their wealth, and they have to be compensated for that, Williams said. For now they will continue their fight for reparations for all the pain and suffering their ancestors endured on that fateful day 100 years ago.
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https://www.newsy.com/stories/descendant-talks-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-black-wall-street/
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Is The Libertines' new hotel a welcome addition to Margate or better left in the Noughties?
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In the pre-pandemic world, The Libertines unlikely new venture, the Albion Rooms, would have been big news. Alas, between all the tiered restrictions and lockdowns, its grand opening last autumn somewhat slipped through the net. On the peeling Eastern Esplanade, the band has primped beyond recognition what was previously the Palm Court Hotel an odd and unpopular flophouse noted for its Wetherspoons carpets and sunbed room. As only a moderate Libertines fan of yesteryear (as a teen I preferred Nirvana and Bloc Party), the hotel had a curious rather than a cultish appeal. First impressions were a tad intimidating: the sophisticated charcoal-grey finish of the Victorian frontage had been sabotaged by lascivious neon red signage and balconies painted a chavvy shade of gold that drips with irony. Stepping out of my cab, the scrape of skateboards mingled with the squeal of seagulls in the middle distance. The artistic bleakness made the awkward, spectacled teenager that still lingers inside me want to run away. Once Id made it inside, through the creaking hallway into the lobby, the feel was cosy if quirky. The dark blue lobby with its red velvet armchairs and mildly psychotic artwork channelled an elegant madness. I tried not to look too bemused when the lady at the check-in desk informed me that my suite came with a vaping set.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comment/libertines-new-hotel-welcome-addition-margate-better-left/
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Is Body Mass Index Related to Bile Duct Stones?
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Body mass index (BMI), defined as weight (kilograms) divided by height squared (centimeters), is a measure of body fat applied to adults, with results ranging from underweight to obesity. Over 135 million people in India are obese (BMI> 30 kg / cm2). Currently, as BMI increases, the risk of non-heart disease increases exponentially. People who eat a high-fat diet, live a sedentary lifestyle, and are obese develop gallstones, which leads to bile duct stones. When cholesterol, calcium salts, and bilirubin are deposited in the gallbladder, they form gallstones. The gallbladder contains digestive juices called bile, which are sent to the small intestine via the bile ducts. In some cases, stones formed in the gallbladder slide into the bile ducts and are trapped in the bile ducts. These are known as common bile duct (CBD) stones. Stones in the bile ducts can cause pain, block the bile ducts, and damage the liver, pancreas, and digestive system. People with bile duct stones usually feel pain around the upper abdomen, back or shoulders, and ribs. Some people can also develop jaundice, which can cause the skin and eyes to appear yellow with fever and / or chills. A subset of patients can develop pancreatitis due to common bile duct stones, a major medical emergency, and can die in 5-10% of cases if not treated in time. When such symptoms occur, it is essential to seek timely medical inventions and receive the necessary treatment. .. 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. 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What next for Steve Cooper and Swansea City after play-off final loss?
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Missing out on promotion to the Premier League is, of course, hugely disappointing. But it throws up a host of questions and a lorry load of uncertainty - not least over the future of head coach Steve Cooper. Just as a prophet is not always recognised in his own land, Cooper appears not be adored by Swansea City fans. But his talents are clearly recognised around the rest of football and links with other jobs can hardly be ignored. Wembley heartache cannot mask the establishment of Cooper in his two seasons at the club. In his first full season at the helm, Cooper inspired a late surge to the play-off semi-finals, notably with his recruitment of youngsters Marc Guehi from Chelsea and Rhian Brewster, then of Liverpool. This term, he has defied pessimism among many observers at the start of the season, little financial backing from the owners and the extra demands of a packed Covid-wracked campaign, to earn a club record equalling Championship points tally and ultimate disappointment in the play-off final. He also lost the services of Wales defender Joe Rodon at the heart of the defence as he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur. Defensively Cooper coped. The failure to sign an out-and-out striker in January - as he had so successfully done with Brewster a year previously - ensured there was insufficient firepower to make a burst for the top two. Some Swansea fans will insist the football is nothing like as attractive as in the days of Brendan Rodgers and Michael Laudrup. But with the manpower available that was not a surprise and usually Swansea found a way. Until Wembley. There are clearly major doubts over the future of highest earner Andre Ayew, whose is out of contract this summer. The Ghana captain has been a real talisman, but his quality is deserving of a higher stage and finances may dictate there is no option. Wales defender Connor Roberts and captain Matt Grimes have impressed throughout the season - and in Roberts' case, the international stage. Chelsea loanee Marc Guehi looks a cut above the Championship, Newcastle goalkeeper Freddie Woodman's future could also be in doubt. With Swansea losing parachute payments after this season and like every other club having to cope with Covid-19 enforced games behind closed doors virtually all this campaign, offers for Roberts or Grimes could be hard to refuse. Andre Ayew (left) is Swansea City's highest earner Then there is Cooper. He has friends in high places who can influence people. Having started at the Wrexham Academy, he was lured by Liverpool. Leading England under-17s to their World Cup victory in 2017 is a gold star on any CV. Gareth Southgate is a confidante. The departure of chairman and chief executive Trevor Birch last autumn, appears to have left Cooper cocooned only by his tight-knit coaching team of Mike Marsh, Martyn Margetson and Alan Tate. Cooper has a year left on his contract and would surely find it difficult to turn down the advances of a Premier League club like Crystal Palace. Even a Championship post with owners more ready to speculate to accumulate and with less manpower changes in the offing, would be enticing. If Wembley was a swansong for Steve Cooper it is a sad end. And it may be he will only be really appreciated for the job he has done at the Liberty Stadium, when he has gone.
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57296138
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Can we See a Lebanese Government Soon?
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Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri will return to Beirut Sunday to put touches and contribute to the efforts aimed at resolving the two obstacles related to the two ministers who will be named for the interior and justice portfolios, al-Liwaa newspaper said on Saturday. Speaker Nabih Berris efforts to overcome the hurdles have made progress, the daily added. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's plane PrivatAir Saudi Arabia, Boeing 737NG 8AN/W BBJ2 (VP-CKA, 4247D2) as flight #VPCKA last activity, was on 2021-05-23 | 17:49 in Le Bourget Airport, France pic.twitter.com/mUthtcZY2V INTELSky (@Intel_Sky) May 30, 2021 Quoting sources informed on the cabinet formation process, al-Liwaa said there have been continuous contacts over the past hours to reconcile viewpoints and mend the rift between Baabda and the Center House. The sources also revealed that a lengthy meeting had been held in recent days between Berris aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil and Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's plane PrivatAir Saudi Arabia, Boeing 737NG 8AN/W BBJ2 (VP-CKA, 4247D2) as flight #VPCKA last activity, was on 2021-05-23 | 17:49 in Le Bourget Airport, France pic.twitter.com/mUthtcZY2V INTELSky (@Intel_Sky) May 30, 2021 The sources also expected that a meeting will be held Tuesday between Berri and Hariri in order to evaluate the ideas and proposals. This article has been adapted from its original source.
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https://www.albawaba.com/news/can-we-see-lebanese-government-soon-1430251
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Should Stuart Baxter replace Gavin Hunt at Kaizer Chiefs?
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CAPE TOWN - Speculation is rife that Kaizer Chiefs have lined up Brit Stuart Baxter for a second spell as AmaKhosi coach after embattled Gavin Hunt's contract was terminated on Friday with immediate effect. According to Chiefs' media release, assistant coaches Arthur Zwane and Dillon Sheppard will take over the reins. Chiefs next match will be on Wednesday when they host Golden Arrows. Chiefs on Friday posted a note on Twitter, informing of Hunt's dismissal. However, since then, the club has not said a word about who his replacement will be. The only word from the club was a comment by Jessica Motaung, Chiefs' marketing manager, who said: "As per the press release, future announcements will be made in due course. Closely paired to the Baxter speculation mainly on the social networking service Twitter is the hunch that another former Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki, will be named Baxter's assistant. Baxter, a former England Under-19 coach, had two spells as South African national team coach. His other working experience in South Africa was with PSL club SuperSport United. Ntseki was fired as Bafana Bafana coach two months ago. He too, like Baxter, is out of work. Baxter last worked in India, where he coached a Super League club Odisha. He was sacked two months ago after unacceptable comments about a refereeing decision. Nevertheless, during Baxter's term there, Odisha suffered a string of defeats and were rock bottom on the standings at the time of his sacking. His anticipated return to Chiefs means that Baxter will be reunited with his son, Lee, who is the club's goalkeeping coach. Earlier this year, when Chiefs were at the height of their slump, Lee took a fair amount of flak on social media platforms. However, Bafana goalkeeper coach Alex Heredia came to his defence and said it was not the goalkeepers who were the root cause of the club's poor run of results. ALSO READ: Heres why Kaizer Chiefs fired Gavin Hunt Soon after Hunt's appointment, it came to that light that Hunt wanted William Shongwe on the technical staff as the goalkeeper coach, but that request was denied. Baxter, during his 20122015 stint at Kaizer Chiefs, won four major trophies including two PSL titles. A feature of the Twitter frenzy in the wake of the sacking saga is the overwhelming feeling that Hunt is not primarily responsible for the rotten sequence of results. Many point to Bobby Motaung, the manager and son of the chairman Kaizer Motaung, as the root cause of the slump. ALSO READ: No, Gavin Hunt is not coming here, say Orlando Pirates It appears that Chiefs have given the matter of Hunt's successor some thought, given Jessica Motaung's recent media comments. "It is also critical that we are investing for the future, and I think coach Arthur (Zwane) is one for the future, said Motaung. Its great to have Dillon working with him, and its also great because there will be continuity and consistency moving forward. Weve seen that you need to groom coaches of the future who understand the youth, who understand the new trends, who understand how technology can be incorporated. And most importantly who understand the culture of the club." Apart from appointing a coach, Chiefs will also have to consider the matter of a few stalwarts whose contracts will expire at the end of June. These include Bernard Parker, Khama Billiat, Lebogang Manyama, Bruce Bvuma, Philani Zulu and Willard Katsande. It will come as a massive relief for Chiefs when FIFA's two-window transfer ban ends in July 2021 because they will be able to secure fresh recruitments. Earlier this year, Hunt said the present playing squad was mentally scarred after surrendering the Premiership title to Mamelodi Sundowns on the final day last season. Some of the fresh faces on Chiefs' recruitment radar includes Leletu Skelem (Stellenbosch), Thabo Nodada and Bradley Ralani (both Cape Town City), Haashim Domingo and Grant Margeman (both Sundowns), Goodman Mosele (Baroka) and Njabulo Ngcobo (Moroka Swallows). IOL Sport
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https://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/psl/should-stuart-baxter-replace-gavin-hunt-at-kaizer-chiefs-06e5ad3e-274c-4a58-a5a4-55d6d658ee99
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Can Silver Futures Crack $30?
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Silver Futures Silver futures in the July contract settled last Friday in New York at 27.48 an ounce while currently trading at 27.88, up about $0.40 for the week as prices have been stuck in a 2 week consolidation pattern. I have been recommending a bullish position from around the 25.85 level, and if you took that trade, continue to place the stop-loss under the 2 week low, which now stands at 27.26 on a closing basis only. The chart structure is outstanding as we are only an eyelash away from getting stopped out. Silver prices are still trading above their 20 and 100-day moving average as the trend remains to the upside. I still think prices will crack the 30 level. I also have a bullish recommendation in the platinum market as I think that will join the party eventually. I think the entire precious metal sector continues to move higher throughout 2021 as I will be looking at adding more contracts to the upside if prices break the 30 level, so keep a close eye on this market as we could be doubling up in next week's trade as I see no reason to be short. TREND: HIGHER CHART STRUCTURE: EXCELLENT VOLATILITY: HIGH Orange Juice Futures Orange juice futures in the July contract is trading higher for the 3rd consecutive session, up another 70 points at 119.25 after settling last Friday in New York at 117.95 as prices have now hit a 10-week high. This commodity has been stuck in the mud over the last couple of months even though I have a bullish recommendation from the 110.00 level as I've been very patient as this has been a very stubborn trade. Still, it is starting to develop at the current time. If you took the original recommendation, continue to place the stop loss on a closing basis only at 99.00 as the proper exit strategy. I will also be looking at adding more contracts if prices close above the 120.00 level, which could happen in today's trade. Juice prices are trading above their 20 and 100-day moving average as the trend has finally broken out to the upside. Historically speaking, this market is very cheap, and I think it could have significant room to run to the upside. I also have a bullish coffee trade which continues to hit a multi-year high as coffee and orange juice are primarily grown in the country of Brazil as they are suffering weather problems at the current time. TREND: HIGHER CHART STRUCTURE: EXCELLENT VOLATILITY: INCREASING Platinum Futures Platinum futures in the July contract is currently trading at 1,173 an ounce, ending the week slightly lower after settling last Friday in New York at 1,169 as this precious metal has been unable to join the rally of the rest of the precious metal sector. I have been recommending a bullish position from around the 1,254 level, and if you took that trade, continue to place the stop loss at the 1,155 area on a closing basis only. T the proper exit strategy as volatility remains high; therefore, I want to give this trade some room. Platinum prices are right near a 6 week low with major support around the 1,150 area as that has to hold to keep this bullish momentum going as I still think platinum compared to gold looks cheap and especially compared to the rest of the metals market. Platinum prices are now trading below their 20 and 100-day moving average, telling you that the trend has turned to the downside. However, this trend has been flip-flopping daily over the last couple of months as I still think higher prices are ahead. The U.S. dollar hit a 3 month low this week as that is generally a supportive factor as this situation is a little baffling, but let's see what the long holiday brings and how prices react on Tuesday. TREND: MIXED CHART STRUCTURE: SOLID VOLATILITY: INCREASING Coffee Futures Coffee futures in the July contract is ending the week sharply higher up 685 points or 4.41% at 162.20 a pound after settling last Friday in New York at 150.10, continuing its bullish momentum as prices have now hit a 5 year high. I have been recommending a bullish position over the last couple of months from the 126.00 level, and if you took that trade, continue to place the stop loss under the 10-day low, which now stands at 147.45 on a closing basis only as the proper exit strategy. The chart structure will not improve for another 6 trading sessions, so you will have to accept the monetary risk at this time as this trend is very strong, and if you have been following my previous blogs, you understand that I think the 2.00 level is in the cards so stay long. Fundamentally speaking, concerns about Brazil's coffee crop have fueled fund buying of coffee futures. Marex Solutions said Tuesday that beans collected thus far from arabica coffee fields indicate well below normal yields. Marx also said low soil moisture might also stunt the development of the 2022/23 Brazil coffee crop. On Tuesday, Brazil's crop agency Conab projected that in 2021 Brazil's coffee production would fall -23% y/y to a 4-year low of 48.8 mln bags. Conab said coffee output would fall since Brazil's coffee trees are in the lower-yielding half of a biennial cycle because insufficient rain in key stages of crop development exacerbated a decline in yields. TREND: HIGHER CHART STRUCTURE: SOLID VOLATILITY: HIGH From INO.com Options Basics Boot Camp - Free Learn how to use options to supersize your portfolio returns with Trader Travis' free training! Begin The Boot Camp Cocoa Futures Cocoa futures in the July contract settled last Friday in New York at 2456 while currently trading at 2413, down about 43 points for the trading week still stuck in a tight consolidation pattern looking for some fresh news to create a trend. I have been recommending a bullish position from around the 2500 area, and if you took that trade, continue to place the stop loss on a closing basis only at 2317 as the chart structure has improved because prices have gone nowhere. For the bullish momentum to continue, prices have to break the 2550 area, possibly happening next week's trade. Fundamentally speaking, ample supplies continue to keep a lid on prices here in the short term. The U.S. dollar hit a 3 month low this week as that generally is a fundamental bullish factor going forward. I still think historically speaking prices look cheap, so continue to play this to the upside. Cocoa prices are trading right at their 20 and 100-day moving average as this trend is mixed as this basically has been a counter-trend recommendation. TREND: HIGHER - MIXED CHART STRUCTURE: SOLID VOLATILITY: INCREASING Cattle Futures Cattle futures in the August contract settled last Friday in Chicago at 120.92 while currently trading at 118.90, down about 200 points for the week right near a 2 week low. I have been recommending a bullish position from the 120.10 level, and if you took that trade, continue to place the stop loss under the 10-day low, which now stands at the 117.95 level on a closing basis only as the exit strategy. The chart structure at the current time is outstanding because prices have gone sideways, and I'm a little surprised. I thought this market would join the party to the upside that we've experienced in many different sectors, but this commodity has been stubborn. However, I will not second guess, and I will continue to play this to the upside. Cattle prices are trading right at their 20 and 100-day moving average, telling you that the trend is mixed. I think the downside is limited, but if we are stopped out, move on and look at other markets that are beginning to trend. I believe the spread between hog and cattle prices is too wide, and I've been saying this for quite some time and have been wrong, but I do think cattle prices will start to creep higher and tighten up the spread between the two livestock commodities. TREND: MIXED CHART STRUCTURE: SOLID VOLATILITY: INCREASING Soybean Oil Futures Soybean oil futures in the July contract, which is considered the old crop, settled last Friday in Chicago at 65.13 while currently trading at 66.38, up over 125 points for the week still hovering right near an all-time high. I do not have any grain recommendations, but it looks to me that this commodity might be topping out and if you have a bearish bias, I would sell it at today's price level while placing the stop loss at the contact high standing at the May 18th high of 70.49. The risk would be around $1,700 per contract plus slippage and commission. The volatility is currently extraordinarily high as we are witnessing many limit up and downs throughout the grain sector, and that situation will not end anytime soon. The chart structure in soybean oil is improving daily as the rest of the grain sector is experiencing terrible chart structure due to extreme volatility. So, keep a close eye on this market as I think the risk/reward could be in your favor to the downside. Traders keep a close eye on weather conditions as we enter the critical Memorial Day weekend as cooler weather and rain have spread across the Midwestern part of the United States, which could start to pressure prices. I define chart structure as a slow grinding up or down trend with low volatility and no chart gaps. Many of the great trends that develop have very good chart structure with many low percentage daily moves over a course of at least 4 weeks thus allowing you to enter a market allowing you to place a stop loss relatively close due to small moves thus reducing risk. Charts that have violent up and down swings are not considered to have solid chart structure as I like to place my stops at 10-day highs or 10-day lows and if the charts have a tight pattern that will allow the trader to minimize risk which is what trading is all about and if the chart has big swings your stop will be further away allowing the possibility of larger monetary loss. If you are looking for a futures broker feel free to contact Michael Seery at 630-408-3325 and he will be more than happy to help you with your trading or visit www.seeryfutures.com Michael Seery, President Seery Futures Facebook.com/seeryfutures Twitter@seeryfutures Phone #: 630-408-3325 [email protected] There is a substantial risk of loss in futures, futures option and forex trading. Furthermore, Seery Futures is not responsible for the accuracy of the information contained on linked sites. Trading futures and options is Not appropriate for every investor. My opinion in this blog are for general information use only and are not intended as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any futures or option contracts.
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https://www.ino.com/blog/2021/05/can-silver-futures-crack-30/
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Will Biden Ever Get Off His Ass to Save Democracy?
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That there is a gap that is widening between the magnitude of the threat and the intensity of the response Someone needs to be calling out [this] genuine, five-alarm threat to democracy. Its the most serious threat to the core underlying principles of American democracy since at least the Civil War. And Joe Biden is barely doing a thing to stop it. We are seeing a threat to the integrity of the 2022 and 2024 electionsand the ability of Americans to cast a votethat is unfolding across multiple dimensions, The Atlantics Ron Brownstein tells Molly Jong-Fast on the latest episode of The New Abnormal. Amid all of this, you've heard very, very little from Biden presenting this as a threat to democracy. Subscribe to The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Overcast. To listen to our weekly members-only bonus episodes, join Beast Inside here. You can listen here and sign up for new episode email alerts here. I went out and talked to the heads of a lot of the civil rights and voting rights groups that are working on these issues. And they are worried on two fronts. Theyre worried about the magnitude of what's unfolding in the red states, where new and proposed laws are being designed to roll back access to the ballot, Brownstein continues. And they are worried about the way that the Biden White House and the Senate Democratic leadership are responding to it. That there is a gap that is widening between the magnitude of the threat and the intensity of the response. If you can even call the Democrats occasional limp admonition a response. Meanwhile, Republican senators wont even vote to investigate the mob that broke into their own workplace; Republican congressmen are embracing authoritarian nutjobs like Marjorie Taylor Greene; and local Republican lawmakers are working overtime to undermine the authority of election overseers. There are provisions in many of these laws that are increasing the authority of statewide officialsRepublicansto override decisions by local officials, primarily Democrats, about access to the ballot, or even potentially counting of the ballots, Brownstein says. There are bills in these states that would restrict the ability of state courts even to oversee and intervene. Now, Team Biden, they don't really see it that way. They argueand this is an exact quote from a very senior officialthat the best chance to prevent Republicans from undermining the 2024 election is to hold the House and the Senate. And the best way to hold the House and the Senate is for Biden to deliver what he ran on. And part of what he ran on is lowering the temperature in politics and working with Republicans wherever possible to get his agenda passed. And its more important to do that than to call out whats happening in stark terms, Brownstein notes. Of course, theres next-to-no-evidence Republicans are interested in cooperating in any way or on any issue. Theyre too busy trying to make sure you cant vote. Brownstein says, There is a strong belief among the civil rights and voting rights groupsalthough not universal, Ill saythat Biden, or at least someone else with a big platform in the administration, the vice president or the attorney general, needs to be calling out what's happening in the states as a genuine, five-alarm threat to democracy, because that's how you create the public pressure to do something, to defend the democracy. Listen to The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/will-biden-ever-get-off-his-ass-to-save-democracy
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How fast can a commercial aircraft fly?
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By dividing the total number of minutes from the distance flown, we get the speed at which an aircraft is flying. But there is more to its speed than such simple maths. For example, an A320 aircraft that can carry up to 180 passengers cruises at a speed of 400-500 nautical miles per hour or knots (645-805 kmph). However, high speed can only be achieved at a higher altitude. For an aircraft to achieve the 645 kmph range, it will need to fly at an altitude of about 36,000ft. Thats not all. The speed of an aircraft is also dependent on the wind and the elements as well. Speed measurements: Ground speed: It is the time one takes to cover a certain distance over the ground. For example, at cruise altitude, aeroplanes might have a ground speed of 300600 knots (555-1,110 kmph). However, the wind can alter the speed at which the aircraft passes over the ground. A tailwind pushes the aircraft along at a faster speed while a headwind slows down the aircraft speed across the ground. Airspeed: An aircraft sitting on the runway usually has a 32 kmph headwind as the airspeed is a measure of the speed of the air over the wing. The speed of the air travelling over the wing dictates how much lift the wing is producing, and it is this lift that allows the aircraft to support its own weight and allows it to fly, according to flightdeckfriend.com. Pilots always make a reference to their airspeed rather than ground speed as it is the airspeed that keeps the aircraft flying. The ground speed is a by-product. In principle, if you had about a 225 km per hour headwind the aircraft could lift off the ground without moving forward. (Sources: Aero Corner, FlightDeckFriend.com)
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https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/flight-plan/how-fast-can-a-commercial-aircraft-fly/article34681399.ece
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What is the new ordinance to amend Nepal Citizenship Act?
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On the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, President Bidya Devi Bhandari had earlier issued an ordinance to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Lilanath Shrestha believes the government has brought the ordinance on citizenship as per the constitution of Nepal and the order of the Supreme Court. Speaking to WION, Shrestha said, As many as 45,000 applications was [sic] submitted seeking for citizenships but could not be processed as the law was not enacted as per the provisions of the constitution. The ordinance, part of a continued demand of the Madhesh-based parties comes at a time when Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is trying to win over the support of Mahantha Thakur-Rajendra Mahato faction of Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSPN). The ordinance, however, neglects the call of other rights organisations that have demanded equality between a mother and a father in their eligibility to allow their children to become citizens of Nepal. The ordinance will allow the children of citizens by birth and children of Nepali mothers to obtain Nepali Citizenship. Children of those citizens by birthright who have acquired their citizenship before September 20, 2015, will be able to obtain their citizenship by descent. Earlier, children of citizens were not able to obtain the same due to federal law. Similarly, someone born in Nepal whose mother is a Nepali national and the father cannot be identified will be able to obtain citizenship by descent. However, if the father is a foreign national, the citizenship will be subject to dismissal. Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2006 allowed the granting of citizenship by birth to those who were born within the borders of Nepal and settled in Nepal till mid-April 1990. In the case of a child born to a Nepali woman citizen married to a foreign national, it is said that if the child has been residing in Nepal permanently and has not obtained foreign citizenship, the person can obtain neutralised citizenship in accordance with federal law. Earlier, those under the age of 16 could not get citizenship and there was no provision on how the children of citizens by birthright could acquire their citizenship. To address this issue, an amendment was made in Nepali Citizenship Act, paving way for children of those who obtained Nepali citizenship. Lilanath Shrestha told WION that a huge problem has been solved. "People who have been living here since decades could not enjoy property rights or educational rights. The Supreme Court had ordered the government to make changes in the citizenship act and address the problems", Shrestha said. The ordinance will pave way for a person born to a Nepali citizen mother and residing in Nepal and whose father cannot be identified to obtain the citizenship of descendent. The ordinance has made no amendment regarding the rights of neutralised citizenship. The constitution states that a foreign woman who marries a Nepali citizen can take the neutralised citizenship of Nepal according to law. Earlier, a parliamentary panel had proposed an amendment in Nepal's Citizenship Act under which they proposed that a foreign woman marrying a Nepali national would have to wait for seven years to get naturalised citizenship. Opposition parties, especially the Janata Samajbadi Party criticised the proposal and said Madhesis are being discriminated against in Nepals diverse set up.
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https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/what-is-the-new-ordinance-to-amend-nepal-citizenship-act-388346
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Will Kharge committee be able to resolve Punjab Cong feud?
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The Congress has constituted a three-member committee comprising Malliakarjun Kharge, Harish Rawat and J.P. Agarwal to resolve the issues between Navjot Singh Sidhu and the Chief Minister. Rawat is also Punjab Incharge of the Congress. Sidhu has been attacking the Chief Minister, saying that he is waiting as the high command has intervened. Sidhu dared the chief minister to prove his allegations. But seeing the fate of the committee in Rajasthan the disgruntled group says that this is to buy time as nothing much is expected and the AICC will not take risk of replacing the Chief Minister as there is nobody of his stature to face the Akali Dal specially the Badal family, the Congress will have to devise a middle path as 20 MLAs are reported to be unhappy with the Chief Ministers style of functioning. Sidhu while attacking the Chief Minister over comments of his joining another party said, Prove one meeting that I have had with another partys leader, I have never asked anyone for any post till date. All I seek is Punjabs prosperity and was invited and offered Cabinet berths many times but I did not accept. Now, our Esteemed High Command has intervened, Will wait, he said. While after talks failed with chief minister on induction in the cabinet, sources say Sidhu wanted his choice of portfolio, but has now set his eyes on the state President post which is held by Sunil Jakhar. While Harish Rawat has categorically said that the change of leadership is not required but he insisted that there is communication gap between the two leaders which will be resolved soon. The panel constituted by Sonia Gandhi has met and deliberated on the issues regarding the infighting. Rawat said, Our aim is to strengthen the party and the government and to help unite the Congress in Punjab and ensure its victory in the 2022 assembly polls. The assembly polls are slated in 2022 in Punjab. It was understood that that interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have taken feedback on the situation. Rahul Gandhi was expected to meet all the legislators and MPs from Punjab to end the impasse ahead of the Assembly polls. But now the work has been assigned to a committee. In a bitter war of words last week, Sidhu had advised the Chief Minister to stop firing from his colleagues shoulders. A defiant Sidhu had reminded Amarinder Singh that his soul demands justice for Guru Sahib. His reaction came after seven ministers had demanded the suspension of Sidhu from the party for indiscipline and launching verbal attacks on Amarinder Singh. The ministers urged the party high command to take action against Sidhu for his open rebellion against the state party leadership. Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday hoisted the black flag at his ancestral residence in Patiala town. Appealing to every Punjabi to support the farmers, Sidhu, accompanied by his wife Navjot Kaur, in a video posted on his Twitter handle, said: From the past three decades, Indian farmers are worried due to rising debts and dropping income. IANS miz/skp/
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https://www.canindia.com/will-kharge-committee-be-able-to-resolve-punjab-cong-feud/
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Is a ketogenic diet effective against dementia?
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A sea change is underway. Ten years ago, it was heresy to propose that a ketogenic (a.k.a low carb high fat) diet was in any way healthier than the low fat high carb diet supported by public health authorities. It was branded a gimmick diet. In some places, doctors who prescribed it to their patients risked having their medical licenses revoked. The German physicist Max Planck is often misquoted as having said that science advances one funeral at a time. Well, the man who gave birth to the low fat high carb dogma, Ancel Keys, died in 2004. His first generation of acolytes have now joined him in oblivion. The men (they were with very few exceptions all men) who created the current dietary guidelines back in the late 70s and early 80s are also gone, after having presided over a massive explosion in the number of people suffering from obesity and type 2 diabetes. The newer generations of nutrition researchers do not appear to be as wedded to the old dogma. This is visible in the increasing number of studies being published on a ketogenic diet. Some of these are even appearing in the most prestigious and conservative nutrition journals. One such study was recently published in Advances in Nutrition, a journal owned by the American Society for Nutrition. It was a systematic review looking at randomized trials of a ketogenic diet as a treatment for Alzheimers disease, which is the most common cause of dementia. Were going to get to that study in a minute, but first, a little detour. There is some evidence to support the notion that dementia can in part be caused by a high carbohydrate diet. An observational study was published back in 2012 in The Journal of Alzheimers Disease in which 937 elderly people were followed for four years. The median age at the start of the study was 80 years, and at the beginning, all the participants were asked to fill in a diet questionnaire and were also evaluated for cognitive function. Four years later, 200 of the 937 participants had developed some level of cognitive impairment. When the researchers correlated this with dietary carbohydrate intake, they found that the quartile with the highest intake had an 89% increased relative risk of developing cognitive impairment during the four years of follow-up, as compared to the group with the lowest intake. And thats after adjusting for known confounders like gender, BMI, co-morbidities, and APOE4 status (APOE4 is a gene variant that is strongly associated with increased risk of Alzheimer disease). The difference was statistically significant (p-value 0.004). The quartile with the highest fat intake, on the other hand, had a 56% decreased relative risk of cognitive impairment as compared to the quartile with the lowest fat intake (p-value 0.03). Interestingly, the differences between the quartiles in terms of carbohydrate and fat consumption werent actually that big. The highest quartile in terms of carbohydrate consumption was getting more than 58% of calories from carbohydrates, while the lowest quartile was getting less than 47%. Not a huge difference. The same was true for fat intake. The quartile with the highest fat intake was getting more than 35% of calories from fat, while the quartile with the lowest fat intake was getting les than 27%. This would seem to suggest that even relatively modest differences in consumption of carbohydrates and fats can have big effects on cognitive function over time, and that an even bigger reduction in relative carbohydrate intake might have achieved an even bigger reduction in risk of cognitive impairment. Of course, this was an observational study, and although the results are suggestive, it cant prove the existence of a cause and effect relationship between carbohydrate/fat intake and dementia. The results could have been caused by residual confounders that the researchers were not able to adjust for. For proof of a cause-effect relationship you need randomized controlled trials. Which is where the recent systematic review published in Advances in Nutrition comes in. As mentioned earlier, it was looking at the randomized trials that exist of a ketogenic diet as a treatment for Alzheimers disease and mild cognitive impairment. Ten trials were identified, with a total of only 456 participants, which really shows how under-researched this area is. And things get worse. Only three of the trials, with a total of only 47 participants, were actually testing a ketogenic diet (i.e. a diet in which carbohydrates are restricted to the point where the body significantly increases production of ketone bodies). The rest were testing supplements containing medium chain triglycerides (MCTs), which the body preferentially converts to ketones. From my perspective, these are two very different interventions. A ketogenic diet has many different effects on our metabolism, and I am inclined to believe that the beneficial effects come primarily from the reduction in carbohydrates and insulin, not from the increase in ketones. Taking an MCT containing supplement is obviously not the same thing as following a ketogenic diet. The seven studies of ketogenic supplements were, with only one exception, either funded by companies that sell supplements, or they failed to disclose their funding (which means they were probably funded by companies that sell supplements). Most of these studies were never registered at clinicaltrials.gov, and of the ones that were, this was done after the trials were already underway, which is highly suspect behaviour, because it means the researchers could know wether the trials were going well or not before they let the world know about them. In other words, its possible they were simultaneously running other trials that werent going so well, and that were therefore never posted on clinicaltrials.gov, which could lead to massive publication bias. The three small studies of a ketogenic diet compared it with the traditionally recommended low fat high carb diet. One of the three ran for twelve weeks, while the other two ran for six weeks, so these were short term interventions. In terms of outcomes, there were improvements in some of the cognitive functions tested, but not in others. Overall, the results really dont tell us anything useful, as you would expect from tiny trials run for short periods of time. The seven studies of MCT supplements appeared to show some benefit in terms of cognitive function in Alzheimer patients, although the fact that these were mostly industry funded studies, that werent pre-registered at clinicaltrials.gov, makes the results hard to trust. Strangely, the systematic review only reports whether there was a benefit or not, but not what the size of the benefit was, or whether it was statistically or clinically significant. This feels like a rather weird omission in a systematic review. So I decided to look up the two biggest trials, with 152 and 131 participants respectively. According to the systematic review, the first showed an improvement in ADAS-Cog (a test of cognitive function used in Alzheimers disease) and MMSE (a test for dementia), while the second showed an improvement in ADAS-Cog . When we look at the first of these trials, we find that the difference between the group getting MCT and the placebo group at 104 days (the longest follow-up) was less than one point on the 70 point ADAS-Cog scale. One point on a 70 point scale is not a noticeable difference. Additionally, the difference wasnt statistically significant. In other words, there was no clinically meaningful or statistically significant difference between the groups on ADAS-Cog. If we move on to MMSE, we find no difference whatsoever between the groups. Yet this study is reported as being positive in the systematic review. Odd. When I moved on and looked at the second of these trials, I immediately realized that it was just a duplicate report of the same study, with a few new analyzes of the same data set. Researchers often do this, to maximize the number of publications they can get out of one data set (since career success in research is largely determined by number of publications). How the authors of the systematic review didnt realize this is beyond me. So basically, one negative study was reported as two positive studies in the systematic review. And these were the two big studies, supposedly representing 62% of the participants in the systematic review. All the other studies were much smaller. This weirdness really makes me wonder about the motives of the authors of the systematic review. No conflicts of interest were reported, and they reported receiving no specific funding to carry out the review. But seriously, they went through all this data in detail and didnt realize that they were looking at the same data set twice! And then, to top it off, Advances in Nutrition, the fourth highest ranked nutrition journal, went ahead and published it, no questions asked! This really speaks to the poor state of nutrition research more than anything else, and to the low added value provided by the process of peer review. If peer review was the rigorous process that the general public thinks it is, this nonsense would have been noticed and called out, and the article wouldnt have been published. Athough I am a strong proponent of a ketogenic diet as an effective therapy for metabolic syndrome, obesity and type 2 diabetes, and therefore think its likely that it also has beneficial effects in terms of preventing or delaying dementia (which is far more common in people suffering from these diseases), the evidence that exists today cannot prove that that is the case. Nor does the current evidence support the use of MCT supplements as a way to treat or prevent dementia.
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https://alethonews.com/2021/05/30/is-a-ketogenic-diet-effective-against-dementia/
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Is function book saga finally coming to an end?
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Share This PHILIPSBURG State Secretary Raymond Knops spoke during his visit to St. Maarten with Justice Minister Anna Richardson and Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs about the worrisome situation at the police force and the Pointe Blanche prison. Knops report to the Second Chamber about his trip suggests that Minister Richardson withheld information during their meeting. Knops writes in the report about his visit to the Caribbean that ended on May 21 in Sint Maarten: The function book for the police force has not been established yet. Two days after the end of his visit, Minister Richardson published a press release, announcing that the very same function book is almost complete. The Council of Ministers approved the function book on May 11 and on May 21 the ministry sent it via the Governor to the Council of Advice. Based on the state secretarys report, it seems that he was not made aware of this development during his meeting with Richardson and Jacobs. The ministers press release radiated a level of optimism that Knops would have appreciated: I am confident with the draft as it currently stands and trust that the next steps of the process shall be smooth, hopefully with minimal to no changes needed after the review by the Council of Advice. Advises from the Council of Advice are not binding. It usually publishes its findings within six weeks after receiving a request for advice. In the case of the function books, this publication can therefore be expected before July 2. Knops also referred in his report to the Progress Committee. Established in 2010 when St. Maarten became an autonomous country in the Kingdom, this Committee has in the meantime published an astonishing forty reports about the state of the Plans of Approach for the police force and the Pointe Blanche prison. All these reports have one thing in common: a disastrous lack of progress. While the fortieth report from the Progress Committee has not been made public yet, the 39th report offers insight in the problems both the police force and the prison have been dealing with for the past ten-plus years. The Committee notes that the plans of approach were a condition for obtaining country status in 2010 and that the plans were ratified in September 2010. Plans and function books for the police force and the prison were available in 2010, ready to be formalized. That did not happen: Successive ministers have proposed amendments, the Progress Committee remarks about the delays, adding that it advised Ministers of Justice in 2015 and in 2019 about these issues. The basis on which the police force currently works still has not been formalized, the Progress Committee notes in its report. That is not the fault of the police force, but because none of the successive ministers of justice has formalized the necessary documents. Based on her press release, Justice Minister Richardson is about to change this. The police force has to deal with structural staff shortages, the Progress Committee notes. How bad this really is, appears from the figures that are included in the progress report. The original plan, back in 2010, was to staff the police force with 394 ftes (full time equivalents). Ten years later, in 2020, there were only 216 ftes, just 54.8 percent of the original objective. For 2021 the Progress Committee expects the staff to grow to 245 ftes (62.2 percent) and in 2022 to 265 (67.2 percent). The real figures will be lower, because on average 6 people per year leave the force for a variety of reasons. In 2022 the force will therefore at best have 253 ftes; thats 64.2 percent of the staffing it should have. To achieve the required minimal strength (75 percent of executive police officers) an additional fifty staff members are needed, the Progress Committee writes. A growth-plan has to be based on these numbers and the Committee has asked the Minister of Justice to present such a plan. For now, all this remains wishful thinking. A strength that can guarantee the safety on the island is still far away. Justice ought to focus on increasing public safety and measures to achieve this have to be taken. The Progress Committee advises to begin with the recruiting of personnel as soon as possible. That is the only way to cut down on overtime for the existing staff. The question remains however whether the staffing that was foreseen in 2010 will even be sufficient. It was established in cooperation with the police force Rotterdam/Rijnmond, based on the insights of that time. In the meantime, many developments have increased the workload for the police. The committee refers in this context to population growth, hurricanes, increased tourism and the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation at the prison is not much better, although the Progress Committee is content that there is perspective for the execution of the Plan of Approach Detention Plan St. Maarten. The country package St. Maarten signed on to in December 2020, contains a 20 million ($24.4 million) contribution from the Dutch government for the construction of a new prison and another 10 million ($12.2 million) for solving other bottlenecks in the justice chain. Staff shortages are among those bottlenecks. The Progress Committee found that there are currently 96 staffers available for the Pointe Blanche prison, the Miss Lalie Center and for guards at the police station. Pointe Blanche has 48 employees on the payroll, but 13 of them are out long-term due to illness or disabilities. Only forty percent is available for guarding 70 inmates. This has consequences for both inmates and guards: There is no or hardly any space for day-activities for the inmates. This understaffing also represents serious safety risks for staff and inmates. The process of recruiting additional staff has come to a complete standstill. The Committee has advised the minister to restart the recruitment process as soon as possible to maintain at least the minimum staffing for the shift work. The progress committee repeats its advice to hire a program manager for the execution of the Detention Plan and to provide information about the housing of the central dispatch room, the shooting range and class rooms. Originally these facilities were to be housed in the former Soremar building in Cole Bay, but the building was damaged during Hurricane Irma in 2017. The Soremar building has been standing idle and forlorn for almost five years. On March 29, 2016, Edson Kirindongo, then minister of justice, signed the purchase agreement for the building. On July 29 Kirindongo cut the blue ribbon to open the (still empty) building during a festive event staged just before the parliamentary elections of September 26. In its 37th report, the Progress Committee wrote that a plan was sent to Minister Richardson to remodel the building and turn it into a multifunctional center. According to the plan, the Soremar building was to become the home of a joint dispatch room, the control room for camera surveillance, the police school and a forensic laboratory. Also included were three classrooms, including a dojo a facility for training in various arts of self-defense. The building would also have a storage facility for confiscated items and a digital shooting gallery. The plan was at the time waiting for approval by the Council of Ministers. Until now, that approval is still pending.
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https://stmaartennews.com/justice/is-function-book-saga-finally-coming-to-an-end/
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Can American Muslims and Jews help bring peace to Israelis and Palestinians?
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While Israel and Hamas are trading bombs and rockets, some Israeli commentators cite examples of Arab-Israeli coexistence. There was the Palestinian head nurse in the Israeli town of Afula (a substantial number of Israeli doctors and nurses are Arabs) who recited the holy Shema Yisrael prayer to a religious Jew dying of COVID-19 whose family couldnt reach him. And the Jewish trauma surgeon in Tel Aviv who praised his mixed team of doctors and nurses who treated Arabs wounded by Jewish extremists and Jews wounded by Hamas rockets with the same professionalism. (The wife of one of the Palestinian doctors had had her car set on fire by Jewish extremists in Lod, a mixed Arab-Jewish town now wracked by inter-communal violence.)
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263165659320/can-american-muslims-and-jews-help-bring-peace-to-israelis-and-palestinians
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Whats It Like To Visit A Nudist RV Park?
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RVers in general are a very accepting group of people. It really doesnt matter what rig or gear you have, as long as you are having fun. The American Association For Nude Recreation If you like to enjoy clothing-optional camping, you are in luck. Along with traditional nudist resorts, there are also RV parks that cater to all types of nudists (aka naturists). The American Association for Nude Recreation (which is celebrating 90 years in business in 2021) advocates and supports over 180 of these locations. AANR also has over 30,000 members who love to recreate nude and go on what AANR calls Nakation vacations. The vacations not only cater to people who love to camp nude, but also enjoy like-minded people, beautiful locations, and a wide range of amenities. Nudist resorts and RV parks are located in many areas around the country. Because of its fabulous beaches, Florida has quite a few to choose from. However, these parks and resorts can also be found in northern states during the warmer months as well in Canada and Mexico. In addition, the parks range from mom and pop-owned campgrounds to 4-star resorts with a variety of nudity rules. Nude recreation offers the freedom of traveling around the country while not having to pack very much! I also think that nude recreation is reaching a new popularity because people are coming to a point in their lives where they want to try something new. Ive been told all the time by members that they dont know why they didnt try [nude recreation] when they were younger. Jeff Baldasarre AANR spokesperson All the nude RV parks and campgrounds in AANRs membership have been thoroughly vetted by the organization. In addition, AANR will do a background check on each person before they are allowed to become a member. AANR also prefers to accept family-friendly parks to their organization and checks them for safety and privacy. Many parks lately have gone to clothing optional, but nude RVers tend to still sunbathe, swim, sleep, and lounge at their campsites in the buff. With safety on most peoples minds, many nudist RV parks also run security checks on new visitors and dont allow photography within the resort. In addition, some parks like to keep an even balance between male and female visitors. Most people feel fear at first, but once they get out there, they realize that most people are there for one reason: to enjoy the sun and swim in the pool. They also realize that people are not looking at them. This is a condition that we put on ourselves, that people are judging us. This fear lasts about 5 minutes and then they are quickly joining in on the fun. Jeff Baldasarre Cypress Cove Nudist Resort Family owned and operated since 1964, Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Kissimmee, Florida is one of these fun resorts. Located on 300 acres, the resort not only has a private 50-acre freshwater lake with a beach, but 83 full service RV sites. The nudist RV park also has a full resort hotel, three restaurants, boat rentals, and a store and boutique. Many members come back every year or even stay for months at a time. People choose nude recreation for many reasons. Sometimes they want something different and oftentimes they are looking for some feeling of freedom. Doing this type of recreation provides you with that sense of freedom and acceptance. Dan Whicker Director of Sales & Marketing Cypress Cove Resort Security is also very important at the resort. Cypress Cove takes each visitors ID at the gate and checks it against the National Sex Offender Registry. The resort and its members also keep an eye on people who may be new to the resort. The Hanburys travel to multiple nude RV parks in their Mountain Newmar Aire. For anyone new to the nude scene, take a few tips from long-timer RVers and nudists, Harry and Theresa Hanbury. The retired police officers have been RVing since the 1990s and have been visiting nude RV parks and traveling on nude cruises since their retirement. The couple travel in their 45-foot Newmar Mountain Aire. They tow their vehicle and have a motor scooter strapped to the rear. Some of their favorite nudist resorts include Cypress Cove, Suwannee Valley Resort and Lake Como in Florida, Lake Bronson Club in Washington, and DeAnza Springs Resort in Southern California. The Hanburys are drawn to nude recreation because of the people. They also admit they are much happier at a nude resort than at a traditional resort or campground. There is a lack of pretension in nudist resorts. Everyone is on the same level and not judged by their Rolex or their car. Its a level playing field socially. We have friends that are military generals, judges, famous people from TV, and blue collar workers. It doesnt matter what your walk of life was when you are on vacation at a nudist resort. Harry Hanbury, RVer and nudist The Hanburys suggest that even if you are a bit nervous about being nude in public you should just have fun with it. Anyone who keeps their clothes on at a clothing-optional resort is looked at as a little odd. The point is to have the freedom to shed your clothes and forget the bathing suit in the pool and by the lake. The word frolic is the right word to use. The first time you run into the surf youll feel a rush of enjoyment you wouldnt get otherwise in a bathing suit. Theresa and I are in our 70s now and we still frolic. Harry Hanbury Read campground reviews You can learn more about Cypress Cove Nudist Resort, and find more great locations, with a quick search on Campground Reviews. Use the RV LIFE App and RV Trip Wizard to get RV-safe GPS directions and to find other points of interest along your route.
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Why was the twice-divorced PM allowed to marry in the Catholic church?
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The Canadian Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Austin Meadows drove in his third run on a tiebreaking RBI infield single during a two-run eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays won for the 14th time in 15 games, 5-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. Randy Arozarena had a leadoff single in the eighth and advanced to third on a wild pitch by Sam Coonrod (0-2). After Yandy Daz was intentionally walked with one out, Meadows made it 4-3 with his hit off Jos Alvarado. Tampa Bay took a two-run lead when Alvarado walked pinch-hitter Mike Brosseau with the bases load. Diego Castillo (1-3) worked out of a two-on, two-out jam in the eighth for the Rays, who have won three in a row after Kansas City stopped their 11-game winning streak on Tuesday. J.P. Feyereisen worked the ninth to get his second save. Philadelphia starter Zack Wheeler gave up three runs, four hits, two walks and struck out a career-high 14 over seven innings. Matt Joyce homered for the Phillies, who struck out 15 times. Tampa Bay struck out 16 times. METS 13, BRAVES 2 NEW YORK (AP) Francisco Lindor, James McCann and Jonathan Villar hit three of the Mets season-high five homers, Taijuan Walker pitched five scoreless innings in his return from the injured list and New York won its fourth straight as word spread that Atlanta star Marcell Ozuna had been arrested. Ozuna was charged with aggravated assault strangulation and misdemeanor battery/family violence, according to Fulton County Jail records in Georgia. Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney piled on with homers during the Mets seven-run sixth inning. Walker (4-1) had been out since May 17 with left side tightness but returned in top form, striking out eight while allowing two hits and a walk. Braves starter Ian Anderson (4-2) allowed four runs in four innings as Atlanta dropped to 24-26. GIANTS 11, DODGERS 6 LOS ANGELES (AP) Donovan Solano and Evan Longoria homered, Logan Webb pitched five sharp innings and San Francisco won consecutive games at Dodger Stadium after losing the first four in the season series. Mike Yastrzemski hit two doubles and Wilmer Flores had three of the Giants 16 hits. Webb (4-3) held the Dodgers to just one hit and one earned run. He struck out seven, walked none and retired the final 11 batters he faced. Albert Pujols hit his 669th career home run and doubled, and is tied with Babe Ruth for the fourth most extra-base hits in major league history with 1,356. Pujols drove in three runs. Max Muncy also homered for Los Angeles. Julio Urias (7-2) had his worst start of the season and allowed seven runs -- six earned -- on 11 hits in five innings. PIRATES 7, ROCKIES 0, 1ST GAME PIRATES 4, ROCKIES 0, 2ND GAME PITTSBURGH (AP) Mitch Keller and the Pittsburgh bullpen finished off a pair of seven-inning shutouts in a sweep of Colorado. After JT Brubaker excelled to win the opener and end Pittsburghs six-game losing streak, Keller was equally impressive. The Pirates shut out a team in both games of a doubleheader for the first time since Oct. 3, 1976, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Pittsburgh pitchers combined to hold Colorado to just six total hits. The Rockies have lost five in a row. Keller (3-6) pitched two-hit ball for five innings. He struck out six and walked two after losing his previous three starts. After going 1 for 4 with a double in the opener, Adam Frazier hit a leadoff homer in the second on the first pitch from Austin Gomber (3-5). Brubaker (4-4) allowed four hits in six innings and Bryan Reynolds hit his team-leading sixth home run. Rockies starter Jon Gray (4-5) lasted three innings, allowing three runs on four hits. BREWERS 4, NATIONALS 1, 1ST GAME BREWERS 6, NATIONALS 2, 2ND GAME WASHINGTON (AP) Luis Uras went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, including the tiebreaking double in a four-run sixth inning, and Milwaukee swept a doubleheader from Washington. Leadoff batter Kolten Wong also had three hits and drove in two runs for the Brewers in the nightcap. Lorenzo Cain was 3 for 3 and scored twice. Freddy Peralta pitched his first major league complete game in the opener, going all seven innings. Milwaukee (27-25) is two games over .500 for the first time since May 13. The Nationals dropped to 21-27 and are in last place in the NL East following a three-game losing streak. Washington is 0-5 in seven-inning games this season. Brent Suter (5-3) struck out two in one inning of relief for the win. Daniel Hudson (3-1) took the loss. Peralta (5-1) allowed four hits in the first game, including Kyle Schwarbers home run, while striking out seven and walking one. The 24-year-old right-hander made his 33rd start in the big leagues. Avisal Garcia homered and drove in three runs. TIGERS 6, YANKEES 1 DETROIT (AP) Jonathan Schoop homered and Spencer Turnbull pitched well into the sixth inning as Detroit beat New York. Turnbull (4-2) allowed one run on three hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six. Yankees starter Deivi Garcia (0-2) was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before the game and allowed five runs four earned and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. New York has lost the first two games of a weekend series at last-place Detroit after winning seven of nine. WHITE SOX 7, ORIOLES 4, 1ST GAME WHITE SOX 3, ORIOLES 1, 2ND GAME CHICAGO (AP) Billy Hamilton hit a solo home run, Jose Abreu had a two-run homer, and Lance Lynn pitched five scoreless innings to help Chicago complete a doubleheader sweep of Baltimore. In the opener, Jake Lamb and Yon Moncada homered, with Abreu driving in three runs for the White Sox. Chicago has won five of six after getting swept by the New York Yankees last weekend. The Orioles have lost 12 straight for their longest losing streak since dropping 13 in a row from Sept. 17-30, 2009. Lance Lynn (6-1) became the fifth White Sox pitcher to go 5-0 in May. He allowed three hits while striking out seven and not allowing a walk in the second game. Liam Hendriks pitched a perfect seventh for his 12th save. He also recorded a save in the opener. Freddy Galvis homered twice and Maikel Franco hit a solo shot for the Orioles in the first game. Baltimore managed one run in the second game with Stevie Wilkerson getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth. Orioles starter John Means (4-1) allowed three runs and five hits while striking out four and allowing two walks in the second game. TWINS 6, ROYALS 5 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Rookie Trevor Larnach homered and Rob Refsnyder drove in two runs as Minnesota hung on to beat Kansas City. Nelson Cruz had an RBI double that drove in Josh Donaldson with a notable run it was the 2 millionth run scored in Major League Baseball history. J.A. Happ (3-2) won for the first time in five starts. Adalberto Mondesi hit his first home run of the season in the ninth, a two-run shot off Taylor Rogers to bring the Royals within one. Rogers recovered to record his fourth save in six attempts. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer for the Royals. Kansas City's Ervin Santana (0-1) was pulled after a leadoff walk in the fourth inning and charged with three runs. CUBS 10, REDS 2 CHICAGO (AP) Joc Pederson, Ian Happ and Eric Sogard each drove in two runs, and Chicago beat Cincinnati Reds for its season-high sixth consecutive victory. Rafael Ortega homered and Kris Bryant had a run-scoring single, helping the Cubs improve to 18-7 this month. Cincinnati right-hander Luis Castillo (1-8) pitched five-plus innings of four-run ball in his seventh straight loss. Castillo became the first pitcher to drop seven consecutive decisions or starts for the Reds since Homer Bailey lost seven straight starts in 2018. ANGELS 4, ATHLETICS 0 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Shohei Ohtani hit a key two-run single, Alex Cobb struck out eight over seven scoreless innings to win consecutive starts for the first time this season, and the Angels beat Oakland, stopping a two-game skid. Cobb (3-2) allowed three hits and walked two facing Oakland for the first time since 2018 while with Baltimore. Frankie Montas (5-5) allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked one. The Angels are 22-8 when scoring four or more runs and avoided matching the clubs season-low at eight games below .500. RED SOX 3, MARLINS 1 BOSTON (AP) Nathan Eovaldi went 5 1/3 scoreless innings and Boston beat Miami. Bobby Dalbec, Kevin Plawecki and Hunter Renfroe each had an RBI single for Boston, which won for the seventh time in nine games and posted its ninth straight home victory over the Marlins in front of an announced crowd of 25,089. Eovaldi (6-2) allowed four hits, striking out seven with one walk. Matt Barnes got the final three outs for his 12th save in 13 chances. Trevor Rogers (6-3) gave up two runs in six innings, allowing nine hits with six strikeouts and no walks. PADRES 11, ASTROS 8, 12 INNINGS HOUSTON (AP) Fernando Tatis Jr. launched a monstrous, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to tie it, Wil Myers hit a three-run drive in the 12th and San Diego beat Houston. Myers connected against Ralph Garza Jr (0-1), sending a drive just over the glove of leaping right fielder Kyle Tucker for his fifth home run. Miguel Daz pitched the 12th for his first career save. Austin Adams (2-0) earned the win. Yu Darvish surrendered a season-high five runs - four earned on four hits with five strikeouts and three walks in five innings. Jake Odorizzi permitted one run on three hits with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. MARINERS 3, RANGERS 2 SEATTLE (AP) J.P. Crawford and Mitch Haniger homered late, and Seattle sent Texas to its 11th straight road loss. The Rangers managed four hits in their fifth consecutive defeat overall. They matched the second-longest road skid in team history, an 11-game stretch in 1982. The team record is 12 in 2003. Crawford hit a solo homer in the seventh to break a 1-all tie and Haniger added his 14th of the season in the eighth. Daniel Zamora (1-0), Paul Sewald and Rafael Montero allowed two hits in 3 1/3 innings. Montero earned his seventh save. Mike Foltynewicz (1-5) scattered six hits over seven innings. CARDINALS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4 PHOENIX (AP) Tyler ONeill homered for a third straight game, Yadier Molina had three RBIs and St. Louis sent Arizona to its 13th straight loss. The Diamondbacks are stuck in their longest losing streak since dropping a franchise-record 14 consecutive games in 2004. ONeill added two doubles and finished with three RBIs. Cardinals closer Alex Reyes earned his 15th save. St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright (3-4) got off to a great start, retiring the first eight batters he faced. But the Diamondbacks started to hit the veteran in the fifth and sixth. Stephen Vogt connected on a two-run homer and Christian Walker brought home two more runs with a single. Seth Frankoff (0-2) lasted just five innings. He gave up seven earned runs on seven hits and four walks. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports The Associated Press
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Can Devin Haney beat the highest lightweights within the division? What now for Jorge Linares?
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Devin Haney was fighting two different battles on Saturday night. On one front, the 22-year-old lightweight champion was looking to defend his WBC belt against Jorge Linares, a veteran former champion who still carries significant respect in the sport. On the other, Haney needed to show why he is worthy of a bout against some of the other big names in the 135-pound division. Haney accomplished at least one of those things. He defeated Linares via unanimous decision to remain undefeated and stay in contention for a big fight against another top name in the division. Lets break down whats next for Haney and Linares after their bout in Las Vegas. Devin Haney, left, could get a unification fight with Teofimo Lopez. Ed Mulholland/Matchroom In an interview before the fight, Haney lamented that other top lightweights werent necessarily lining up to face him. Haney also said he shouldnt have to be the one convincing everybody he deserves a fight against a big-name opponent, as he holds the WBC belt and is ranked among the top 135-pound fighters. While Haney makes a fair point, the counter argument heading into this fight also was compelling. Haney has tremendous technical prowess, but as a prizefighter, one could argue Haney was a high-risk, low-reward opponent for fighters such as Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia or Vasiliy Lomachenko. Well, on Saturday, Haney fought like he had something to prove. He was willing to stand in front of Linares and throw some big punches a noble strategy that ended up costing Haney when he was caught with a big right hand at the end of the 10th round. In that moment, it was easy to empathize with Haney. He spent the whole night doing what everyone wanted him to do by taking the fight directly to Linares and not simply trying to outmaneuver him. When Haney tangled with the risk that comes with that type of fight and got defensive in the last two rounds he was chastised for it. No matter the perception of Haneys clench-filled finish as he survived the final two rounds, he did more than enough to retain his belt and proved that he deserves a crack at a big name. Lopez is facing George Kambosos Jr. in a mandatory title defense on June 19. Lopez, who has the other three major belts in the division, can face Haney and officially become the undisputed champion, and then Lopez can do whatever he wants afterward. Its a big fight that would generate plenty of interest in boxing and would have the potential to be commercially successful. Its the type of bout that could tell us a lot about Haney and Lopez moving forward. Devin Haney, right, and Jorge Linares showed each other respect after 12 hard-fought rounds. Ed Mulholland/Matchroom The other top names in the 135-pound division are well-known to most boxing fans Lopez, Garcia, Lomachenko and Gervonta Tank Davis. Haneys biggest flaw is his lack of power against good opponents. He didnt appear to significantly hurt Linares and didnt knock down a faded Yuriorkis Gamboa in their fight last year. Yet, Haney is still so fast and technically sound that its impossible to rule him out against the top fighters in the division. Outside of Lomachenko, Haney is arguably the best pure boxer among all the lightweights. Haney showed that he can stick and move and trade shots when he feels like it, and he can almost effortlessly win rounds. The big question, as we saw against Linares, is if whether Haney can withstand the big punch and have the necessary power to be effective at the highest level. Jorge Linares, right, still has something left in the tank to face a top lightweight before calling it quits. David Becker/Getty Images This isnt an easy question to answer. Its hard to say Linares should call it quits after the way he rallied in the final three rounds against Haney. However, if someone looked at the whole body of work, Linares was clearly outpointed and outgunned by someone who was much faster and sharper. He was ESPNs No. 7 lightweight entering Saturday night, a ranking that seems fair after the Haney fight. Its hard to see Linares, who will turn 36 in August, beating any of the current champions. But he is still good enough that he merits at least one more payday against a quality opponent. A potential Lomachenko rematch isnt a bad option if Lomachenko beats Masayoshi Nakatani, provided Lomachenko is looking for someone else to beat before fighting for a world title again. Or if Linares wants to go out on a win, he could face one of the many mid-tier lightweights who have a name, such as Nakatani, Richard Commey and Javier Fortuna. Whatever remains of Linares career is still enough to make for an exciting fight.
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https://shepherdgazette.com/can-devin-haney-beat-the-highest-lightweights-within-the-division-what-now-for-jorge-linares/
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Is Todd Phillips co-writing the sequel for Joaquin Phoenix's 'Joker'?
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Written by Pranav Dixit Mail Last updated on May 30, 2021, 12:03 pm Todd Philips reportedly co-writing 'Joker 2' Actor Joaquin Phoenix-starrer Joker, which was released in 2019, is making headlines once again. A sequel of the psychological thriller is in the works and according to media reports, writer and director Todd Phillips is back to co-write it. The original Joker movie drew inspiration from Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver and showed the Batman villain from an entirely unique perspective. Mention Funnily, the news was buried inside an unrelated story Interestingly, the news about Phillips co-writing the sequel to Joker was buried inside a story about Hollywood's Top 100 Attorneys by The Hollywood Reporter. An entry for a lawyer named Warren Dern inside the long article says, "Todd Phillips struck a deal to co-write the next Joker installment." However, no one from Warner Bros. has officially commented on the exciting news yet. Report Not the first time a 'Joker' sequel was in talks Another story from The Hollywood Reporter also claims that the Joker film does have a sequel planned. The article mainly talks about the upcoming Warner Bros. film about Superman, but it also confirmed that Joker and its planned sequel would take place in the same universe. Although Joker was originally intended to be a standalone film, a possibility of a sequel announcement is imminent. Reactions Fans say sequel 'unnecessary', want movies on other DC villains However, news of a Joker sequel hasn't elicited a positive response from the fans. Die-hard comic book fans are criticizing the "unnecessary" sequel and asking to make way for the development of different villain stories instead. One was fine," a Twitter user said. "I can not think of a less necessary movie than Joker 2," another user added. Accolades 'Joker' became the first-ever R-rated film to gross $1 billion Based on DC Comics characters, Joker was a fan favorite and a major box office success. It is the first-ever R-rated film to gross over $1 billion at the box office. Besides Phoenix, the film also stars Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, and Brett Cullen, among others. The film won two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/todd-phillips-reportedly-co-writing-joker-sequel/story
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Is Home Depot open on Memorial Day 2021?
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Memorial Day 2021 is on May 31. Home Depot has regular store hours on Memorial Day. It will open at 6 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Shoppers still should ultimately check with their local store in the event hours vary by location. Memorial Day is one of the more popular federal holidays for retailers to hold massive sales. In addition to the Home Depot Memorial Day sale, here is a list of some of the bigger ones: RELATED STORIES ABOUT RETAIL AND SHOPPING: Disney is closing 2 more N.J. stores amid shift to online sales Filipino taqueria Flip Sigi opening 1st N.J. spot Whole Foods expansion will include 4 new stores in N.J. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com Christopher Burch can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisBurch856. Find NJ.com on Facebook. Tell us. nj.com/tips
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https://www.nj.com/business/2021/05/is-home-depot-open-on-memorial-day-2021.html
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What does 2022 salary cap ceiling mean for strapped Bears?
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You can find NFL MVP odds on DraftKings Sportsbook, where they also have ROY, DPOY, Comeback Player of the Year, and Coach of the Year odds. We are seeing a lot of familiar faces up at the top, which resembles a similar list to last season. Patrick Mahomes is going to be a frontrunner for the next decade, but names like Tom Brady, Matthew Stafford, and Aaron Rodgers are in the mix. Quarterbacks have dominated this award for a while now, and Rodgers is the reigning MVP. You have to go back to 2012 to find a non-QB winning the award, which was Adrian Peterson. Odds dont believe so, and neither do I. Lets dig into the 2021-22 MVP odds.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2263081394887/what-does-2022-salary-cap-ceiling-mean-for-strapped-bears
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What time does Indy 500 start?
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The 105th running of the Indianapolis 500, the biggest annual race of the IndyCar Series, takes place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday, May 30, 2021 (5/30/21). Fans can watch the event for free via a trial of fuboTV. Heres what you need to know: What: Indianapolis 500 When: Sunday, May 30, 2021 Time: Race begins at 12:45 p.m. ET | Coverage on NBC begins at 11 a.m. ET Where: Indianapolis Motor Speedway TV: NBC Channel finder: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, Cox, DIRECTV, Dish, Hulu, fuboTV, Sling. Live stream: fuboTV (free trial). *** Team Penske hoped it could turn the corner on a dreadful Indianapolis 500 qualifying weekend after Will Power locked up the No. 32 starting spot. No such luck. Less than 30 minutes into Sundays two-hour, post-qualifying practice session, 2019 IndyCar champ Simon Pagenaud blew an engine on the No. 22 Chevrolet. About 30 minutes later crew members and Chevrolet officials were back on pit lane, checking Powers engine. Power made it back on the track. Pagenaud did not. I heard the engine seizing so I knew we were blowing up, Pagenaud said. It happens. Its racing. Its a Chevy, I won Indy here with them. Sometimes it blows up. Just not too often these days in the IndyCar Series. But the Chevy-powered cars have struggled on Indys historic oval each of the past two years and no team has felt the pinch more than the one owned by Roger Penske. Since Pagenaud drove to his first 500 win from the pole in 2019, Team Penske hasnt put a single driver in the nine-car pole shootout. Rookie Scott McLaughlin was the fastest of this years four Penske drivers, starting from the No. 17 spot, and just the second top-20 qualifier for Penske over the past two years. Even worse, Penske has just one win in its last five races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track Penske purchased from the Hulman-George family in January 2020. The good news: Penske still has a week to work out the kinks before race day. Pagenaud is confident they can. Its a very good car, the Frenchman said. So thats a really good sign. Were in good shape. Its a shame well miss an hour and a half of practice that could have been very useful, but Im very happy with the car. Alex Palou posted the fastest lap, 225.649 mph, in the second-to-last practice for next weekends race. (The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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https://www.nj.com/sports/2021/05/what-time-does-indy-500-start.html
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Did Jasmine Hartin Kill Belize Cop Henry Jemmott?
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Jasmine Hartin, the daughter in law of billionaire Michael Ashcroft, has been arrested after Belize police officer Henry Jemmott was found dead with a gunshot on his head. Hartin, the wife of Michael Ashcroft's son Andrew, was found on the dock near Jemmott's body in the town of San Pedro early on Friday. Reports said that Hartin was the only person present at the pier with superintendent Jemmott before he died, making her the only suspect in the high-profile murder case. Authorities have not commented on whether they believe Jemmott was murdered, accidentally killed, or died by suicide. "We have to look at every possibility," Police Commissioner Chester Williams said while addressing a news conference. Authorities also mentioned that the incident looked more personal than an attack, as the pair was known to be friends and were drinking when the incident took place. Investigators believe Hartin and the deceased were alone on the dock and they were fully dressed. Williams also told media that Hartin was found with blood-covered arms and clothing when the authorities spotted her. However, the gun that killed Belize cop Jemmott was found on the pier while Hartin was emotionally walking herself when discovered by authorities. Police found the superintendent's lifeless body floating in the water right near the pier with a gunshot wound behind his right ear. Officials confirmed Jemmott was off duty at the time, as he had asked for time off for some personal issues. Meanwhile, Jasmine Hartin is currently in the San Pedro police station's jail holding cell. A resident of the town described the place as "hell on earth." Meanwhile, theories have come up as there are very few facts related to the murder incident. Jasmine Hartin, Jemmott's murder suspect, is the wife of businessman Lord Michael Ashcroft's son. She is a US national and lives in Belize with her husband, Andrew Ashcroft. Hartin was socializing with Superintendent Henry Jemmott past the COVID-19 curfew before he was found dead in the area. The daughter-in-law of UK billionaire Hartin has not been charged yet with any crimes. Currently, she remains in custody and is under investigation over the fatal shooting. Initially, Hartin chose not to cooperate with the authorities retaining the former attorney general of Belize as her lawyer, Williams said.
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https://www.ibtimes.sg/did-jasmine-hartin-kill-belize-cop-henry-jemmott-57826
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Did we scare WhatsApp into rolling back its privacy policies?
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We all must know about the ongoing controversy on WhatsApps new privacy policies where users and privacy activists started a revolt on social media backlashing on Facebook Inc.s monopolistic activities. It was misinterpreted by users that Facebook Inc. is integrating WhatsApp and Facebook and it needs users consent to do so but users would not agree on sharing their private activities and chats on WhatsApp with the company. Anyhow, it is important for WhatsApp and Facebook Inc. to get acceptance on their new terms of service and privacy policies and therefore, it began threatening its users that in order to continue with using WhatsApp, users will have to agree to the new terms of service, otherwise they will not be able to use WhatsApp. This announcement called for another wave of intense backlash on Facebook Inc.s monopoly. A significant number of users switched from WhatsApp to Telegram or Signal and it really hit the company hard. Anyhow, after months and months of debate, WhatsApp kept postponing the deadline for users to accept its new terms of service and privacy policies and now, finally, it has announced that users will be able to use their WhatsApp with full functionality even if they dont accept its new privacy policies rolled out earlier this month. WhatsApp announced that users should, without fail, accept its new privacy policies before May 15 in order to keep the full functionality of WhatsApp and now it is changing that. Well, there was a significant backlash and questions were raised about Facebooks monopoly in the industry and now, in order to keep its customer base, WhatsApp has decided to change its approach, at least for now and mentions to keep reminding users regularly to accept these new policy changes. As mentioned in a report by The Verge, Given recent discussions with various authorities and privacy experts, we want to make clear that we currently have no plans to limit the functionality of how WhatsApp works for those who have not yet accepted the update. Instead, we will continue to remind users from time to time about the update as well as when people choose to use relevant optional features, like communicating with a business that is receiving support from Facebook, says WhatsApp. WhatsApp states that it has no plans for reminders to be persistent and it sure does not intend to annoy its users but they will pop up occasionally to remind users. Well, to be honest, had this been WhatsApps approach from the start, it could have avoided a ton of backlash and loss of users. Anyhow, better late than never!
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https://techstory.in/did-we-scare-whatsapp-into-rolling-back-its-privacy-policies/
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What is really meant by a lifetime guarantee?
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When faced with the prospect of buying a product with a lifetime guarantee, most consumers would automatically assume that if at any point during their life the product stops working, they would be entitled to claim a free remedy from the seller. However, the meaning of lifetime can vary, and depending on the terms and conditions of the guarantee, the word lifetime may be associated with either the product or the customer. In fact, when reading the fine print, one often realises that the lifetime the guarantee is referring to is that of the product, which represents the number of years the product is reasonably expected to last. These years usually consider average frequency of usage and the length of time that the materials used to create the product are expected to last. If this is the case, then it would be in the best interest of both consumers and traders that the number of years is included in the guarantees document. Besides confirming the length of the guarantee, look out for clauses on the remedies [it] allows, as well as for exclusions of certain parts of the product Lifetime guarantees may also be associated with the duration of ownership. In this case, the guarantee remains valid as long as the original customer owns the product. If, however, the product is sold or passes on to a new owner, the lifetime guarantee becomes invalid. When this is the case, the condition that the guarantee is non-transferable should be clearly written in its terms and conditions. While lifetime guarantees may be perceived as more advantageous than standard commercial guarantees, consumers are advised to first carefully read the terms and conditions, so they can really make an informed decision. Besides confirming the length of the guarantee, consumers should also look out for clauses that provide information on the remedies the guarantee allows, as well as for exclusions of certain parts of the product from the guarantee. The commercial guarantee should also include the details of the person or company responsible. In addition, these conditions must be provided to consumers in writing, in plain English or Maltese, and must also clearly explain how consumers can make a claim for a remedy under the guarantee. While the law gives consumers the right to be provided with all this information in writing, it is consumers responsibility to read and understand these clauses before concluding the sale. Consumers should also be aware that commercial guarantees are given out voluntarily by sellers. However, once given, they become legally binding. Furthermore, if a commercial guarantee is mentioned in a statement or advertisement by a person or company, it becomes binding even if the commercial guarantee is not specifically mentioned in the contract of sale. As lifetime guarantees may not mean or be what consumers expect, the best precaution is to always check the fine print before concluding a purchase. This is especially the case if the decision to buy a specific product is taken on the idea of having a lifetime guarantee. www.mccaa.org.mt [email protected] Odette Vella, Director, Information and Research Directorate
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https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/what-is-really-meant-by-a-lifetime-guarantee.875683
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Where Is The Propulsion Greatest During The Underwater Freestyle Pull?
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Courtesy of Gary Hall Sr., 10-time World Record Holder, 3-time Olympian, 1976 Olympic Games US Flagbearer and The Race Club co-founder. I have asked this question for years to some of the most successful coaches and swimmers I know. The answers I have heard are variable. The pulling arm begins to generate propulsion (forces that move the swimmer forward) when the hand is about one foot in front of the shoulder and can continue generating propulsion until the arm runs out of length. Some believe the greatest pulling force is in the front quadrant (in front of the shoulder). Others think the propulsion is greatest in the back quadrant. Still others believe the peak propulsion occurs right at the shoulder, as the hand passes from the front to the back quadrant. Until I had the technology available to measure the forces on the pulling hand (Pressure Meter), I didnt know the answer, either. From a purely biomechanical standpoint, it would seem logical that the pulling arm is in its strongest position somewhere near the shoulder, as the hand is moving backwards. As the hand moves through its somewhat circuitous underwater pathway, the arm goes from a negative angle in the shoulder joint to a more neutral or even a slightly positive angle. Those are positions of greater strength. At its midway point near the shoulder, several large and important muscles pull the arm through the water, whether using a high-elbow or deep pulling motion. As the hand nears the end of the propulsion phase in the back quadrant, the Triceps muscles are about the only remaining ones still working, extending the forearm. To determine the strongest point in that pulling path, however, there is more to the answer than just understanding the biomechanics Another important factor is the coupling energy of the recovering arm, the shoulder rotation and the hip rotation. The kinetic energy of the recovering arm and rotating shoulder usually peak simultaneously, while the hip rotational energy peaks about .2 seconds later. Depending on where the swimmer elects to place more effort, in the rotating shoulder or in the rotating hip, the point of greatest pulling propulsion is affected. Swimmers tend to pull (or push) harder when they concurrently reach the peak angular velocity of either of these two motions. In other words, swimmers have the option of putting more effort into the front quadrant or mid-point of the pull, using strong shoulder rotation, or into the back quadrant of the pull, by pushing harder out the back and by rotating their hip aggressively. The correct answer to the question is all of the above, depending on the swimmer and the technique that he or she is using. Below are three good examples of where the peak propulsion of the hand occurs in the front quadrant, at the shoulder and in the back quadrant. Zane Grothe reaches his peak pressure (green curve above at yellow line) on the left hand in the front quadrant using a hybrid technique (breathing right). The first green peak is the highest pressure achieved during the propulsion phases. The final green peak occurs during his hand release phase. With the right hand, Zane reaches his peak hand pressure (orange graph above) very near his shoulder. With both hands, Zanes peak propulsion occurs nearly simultaneously with the peak shoulder rotation (first peak in pink graph below). The second orange peak above occurs during his hand release phase. Elite freestyler Anika Delgado uses a slower stroke rate to maximize her pulling power by pressing hard out the back with a strong hip rotation. The peak pressure from her right hand (orange graph above at yellow line) occurs in the back quadrant at the very end of her propulsion phase, while she is still pressing backwards. While the peak pressures or forces of the pulling arms are important, what is more important is the average pressure maintained throughout the entire propulsion phases of the pull. That determines how well a swimmer is holding water through the most important part of the pull. Another term that defines this ability of the swimmer is called the impulse of the pulling force, which is the integral or area under the propulsion pressure or force curve. I sometimes hear the terms power and propulsion used interchangeably. They are related, but they are not the same. With a rotating arm, power refers to the multiple of the force (torque) and the angular velocity of the pulling arm. Power can also be defined as the amount of work done over a unit of time. A powerful swimmer is one who can sustain a higher pulling pressure throughout the propulsion phases (front and back quadrant). That is the unit of time that matters. Those two phases together range from about .35 seconds with a fast, shoulder-driven freestyle technique to over .5 seconds in slower, hip-driven freestyle technique. So often, we find with the pressure meter studies that swimmers slip or let go of the water with their hands, losing propulsion and power in the process. To become a more powerful swimmer, do what Aaron Piersol used to say, grip it and rip it! Keep good pressure on the water with your hands during the pull and dont let go. To learn more about the six phases of the freestyle pulling cycle, read our book Fundamentals of Fast Swimming. Yours in swimming, Gary Sr. Like The Race Club on Facebook Follow The Race Club on Instagram Follow The Race Club on Twitter Connect to The Race Club / Gary Hall Sr. on Linkedin [email protected] See The Race Club HQ here. Because Life is Worth Swimming, our mission is to promote swimming through sport, lifelong enjoyment, and good health benefits. Our objective is for each member of and each participant in The Race Club to improve his or her swimming performances, health, and self-esteem through our educational programs, services and creativity. We strive to help each member of The Race Club overcome challenges and reach his or her individual life goals. The Race Club provides facilities, coaching, training, technical instruction, video, fitness and health programs for swimmers of all ages and abilities. Race Club swim camps are designed and tailored to satisfy each swimmers needs, whether one is trying to reach the Olympic Games or simply improve ones fitness. Our programs are suitable for beginner swimmers, pleasure swimmers, fitness swimmers, USA swimming or YMCA swimmers, or triathletes; anyone who wants to improve swimming skills. All of our Race Club members share an enjoyment of being in the water and use swimming to stimulate a more active mind and body.
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https://swimswam.com/where-is-the-propulsion-greatest-during-the-underwater-freestyle-pull/
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What is Saline Gargle RT-PCR test approved by ICMR for Covid testing?
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In order to reduce the queues at Covid testing centers, the Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a do-it-yourself version of the RT-PCR test that can give the result in just three hours. The new method, called Saline Gargle RT-PCR, has been developed by the Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). The Saline RT-PCR method does not require the swab samples collected from the nose and throat of patients. Therefore, it does not require a skilled healthcare worker to collect the swab sample and can be self-collected. How to conduct Saline Gargle RT-PCR test In a video shared by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, senior scientist Dr Krishna Khairnar, whose team at NEERI has developed the method, explained how to self-conduct the Saline RT-PCR test. "The Saline RT-PCR kit comes with a tube containing saline. One needs to put this solution into the mouth and gargle for 15 seconds. Then one has to spit the liquid back into the tube and send this for testing," Dr Khairnar said. #IndiaFightsCorona @CSIR_NEERI 's Saline Gargle #RTPCR Testing Method Dr. Krishna Khairnar, Senior Scientist, and his team at NEERI hopes this patient-friendly method is implemented at national level to strengthen our battle against the #pandemic pic.twitter.com/NTBneOdG4I May 28, 2021 "When the sample arrives at lab, it is mixed with a buffer and kept at room temperature for 30 minutes. Then the liquid is heated up at 98 degree for six minutes to extract RNA for the RT-PCR test," he said. The Saline Gargle RT-PCR method is instant, comfortable and patient-friendly, Dr Khairnar said, adding that the sampling is done instantly and results are out generated within three hours. The method is especially suited for remote rural and tribal areas, the MIB said. Calling it a 'remarkable innovation', Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in a tweet said, "The Saline Gargle RT-PCR Test developed by @CSIR_NEERI shall increase ease and speed of Covid-19 testing in the country. This swab-free, non-invasive testing mechanism could prove to be a game changer."
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https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/saline-gargle-rt-pcr-covid-19-test-1808679-2021-05-30
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Does Kamala Harris Even Know What Memorial Day Weekend is All About?
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In case Vice President Kamala Harris needs a refresher about what Memorial Day is all about, it's the last Monday of May when we memorialize those in the Armed Forces who gave their lives for this country so that we may be free. She may actually need that reminder thanks to her tweet, which came from the official vice president account. Enjoy the long weekend. pic.twitter.com/ilGOrod4AW Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) May 29, 2021 Yikes. This comes across as tone deaf, and people certainly noticed, including those who served or knew people who did. I got a more PATRIOTIC message from the guy at the Rental Car place. This is MEMORIAL DAY Weekend KAMALA-its about MEN and WOMEN who FOUGHT AND DIED for Our Country in UNIFORM. https://t.co/YPyGIDOdNy Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) May 29, 2021 hey @KamalaHarris my buddies wanted me to post our selfie to tell you to enjoy the long weekend too! pic.twitter.com/U66Z8R5rWm Joey Jones (@Johnny_Joey) May 29, 2021 This isnt a long weekend. Its a weekend where we honor the fallen. Beth Baumann (@eb454) May 29, 2021 America is honoring our fallen, Kamala is honoring herself. https://t.co/MYv3jlYnNV Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) May 30, 2021 Unbelievably disappointed that there is no mention as to why there is a long weekend. This is a picture of our son, PFC Paul Cuzzupe who cant enjoy the weekend as he died defending our freedom. (@Flaskinsfan) May 29, 2021 Pfc Justin Ray Davis 1st PLT A Co 1-32 Infantry 1/28/87 - KIA 6/25/06 Korengal Valley, Afghanistan Always and forever in my heart, my American Hero Son. pic.twitter.com/gN6R8b3sSn MomDukes (@ArmyMomDukes) May 30, 2021 Memorial Day... some will never enjoy it again VP Harris. pic.twitter.com/dqsSW0C8oB Wheelchairs4Warriors (@Chairs4warriors) May 30, 2021 This is my uncle John, who never came back from the Bulge. Dead at 27, never saw his daughter grow up. This "long weekend" you speak of is for remembering men like him. This is a solemn time for remembrance and honoring the fallen. And yes, I also complained when Trump ranted on this important weekend. Please try again. Nathan E. Yates, M.S.F. (@NathanEYates) May 29, 2021 The reason for the season one who gave all and saved 5 with his beautiful gifts of life after his was over. United States Coastguard Michael Bovill left me his heart to serve on. pic.twitter.com/48gqQBhO4X roxanne watson (@roxannewatson74) May 29, 2021 I dont like to mess with political stuff, especially on Twitter. This made my 72 yr old Dad almost cry. He fought in Vietnam, was spat on 4 it, had/has PTSD & other issues. Seeing how much you dont care really hurt him. Its Memorial Day Weekend. MEMORIAL. Nice glamour shot btw RevanJJ (@RevanJJ) May 30, 2021 I wish my Great Uncle Glenn was here to enjoy the long weekend. He took a bullet on D-Day storming Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, so you can enjoy your weekend Madame Vice President. #MemorialDayWeekend #MemorialDay #MemorialDay2021 pic.twitter.com/6ekPW60nJg Kyle Hunter, FRMetS (@KyleHunter) May 29, 2021 https://t.co/IENSz6qOuu On this long weekend, I will remember David Vancellette whose body I escorted home. What an insensitive oversight by you. pic.twitter.com/jMiFhKnGZh Knock_it_off, Tank (@craig_vee) May 30, 2021 ...and pay tribute to the courageous men and women of our nations military who sacrificed their lives in defense of our freedoms and liberties. #MemorialDay2021 https://t.co/9QUwwuhqHe Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) May 29, 2021 Im old enough to remember when we had Vice Presidents who honored our nations heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice on #MemorialDayWeekend ... https://t.co/nhOgRillXD Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) May 29, 2021 The tweet was also not the only one which came from that account that weekend. Getting vaccinated is easy. Visit https://t.co/5FqPxjoDPA or text your zip code to 438829 to find a vaccination site near you. Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) May 29, 2021 Today, Texas legislators advanced a bill attacking the right to vote. Its yet another assault on our democracy. Congress needs to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. We need to make it easier for eligible voters to vote. Not harder. Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) May 30, 2021 We can bet if Vice President Mike Pence sent out such a tweet. The archived account went dark during last year's "long weekend." Monday's tweets were retweets from Mike Pence's own twitter account, all of which marked the day in some shape or form.
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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/05/30/untitled-n2590219
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Has GTA Online become pay to win in 2021?
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It doesn't take long for GTA Online to start turning the screws on the player, as mere minutes into a Freemode session, and a player will be blown to bits. Stepping off the plane in the GTA Online tutorial, the players might feel all kinds of optimism about what awaits them. But it all quickly turns to anger and resentment. The game infamously has an unforgiving free mode, where each player seems to be out for blood. Players are only too eager to bully lower-level players. GTA Online's economy and power structure are shaped in a way where the more money a player accumulates, the more weaponry and tools they have at their disposal. This creates a vicious cycle for the lower-level players as they struggle to survive in free mode to make any money. This often leads players towards Shark Cards - microtransactions through which players can hit back at the opposition. The simple fact of the matter is that Shark Cards are a minor contributing factor to the negative experiences in the game. There are far more significant problems with GTA Online, especially on PC. Over the last few years, modders have taken over the game completely, often ruining the game for everyone through cheats like God Mode and Infinite Money. Shark Cards, meanwhile, are arguably a means to an end, given that they help cover development costs over the course. Other than that, Shark Cards often cost way more than their value since players can simply spend hours grinding for the amount of money a typical Shark Card can offer. So while there is certainly an element of "pay-to-win" in the game, it is far from the only problem that takes away from the game's value. Shark Cards, because of how exorbitantly priced they're priced, are not going to be the go-to option for most players in the game. Modding is the genuine concern While console players are relatively safe from this issue, modders can cause havoc on PC to the point where the player's personal information has often been compromised. Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive have been cracking down on cheat/mod services that are often paid services. Ultimately, Shark Cards will invariably always be a reality in GTA Online, but they end up mattering less in the grander scheme of things and can be given a pass. Mods not only ruin the game experience, but pose a major security threat. There is nothing more potent than a toxic online environment that can kill a game faster. GTA Online won't live long enough to live on PC if modders are allowed to run rampant. An anti-cheat system should be amongst the top priorities for Rockstar Games, and they have been making progress in that department. Kindly help Sportskeeda's GTA section improve. Take a 30sec survey now!
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https://www.sportskeeda.com/gta/has-gta-online-become-pay-win-2021
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How many title defenses does Jon Jones have in the UFC?
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Jon Jones has enjoyed a long and successful stint in the combat sports circuit. The light heavyweight kingpin has undoubtedly done it all, racking up an impressive eleven title defenses through his time in the UFC's light heavyweight division. 'Bones' consolidated his position at the pinnacle of the world's premier MMA promotion with each progressing fight after dethroning Mauricio Rua way back in March 2011. Jon Jones' name was etched in UFC folklore as his triumph over the Brazilian made him the youngest champion in the promotion's history at 23 years and 242 days, a record that stands resolute to this day. Little did we know that Jon Jones' fight against 'Shogun' was only a gateway to more tremendous success. The American went on to record a massive tally of successful title defenses against the likes of Alexander Gustafsson, Chael Sonnen, Lyoto Machida, and more. Jon Jones' greatest titular feud Jon Jones has been one of the most controversial fighters in the UFC and tends to rub his contemporaries the wrong way, birthing rivalries rife with hostility. When it comes to combat sports, bad blood and feuds more often than not mean good business. Concerning scalps on his belt, Jon Jones has managed to secure a number of them. However, the best of them resulted from massive feuds and bad blood, and none have been sweeter than that with Daniel Cormier. The Jones vs. Cormier feud left fans thirsting for more Only a handful of rivalries, if any, have managed to recreate the hold that the DC-Bones rivalry had on fans and officials. Daniel Cormier was to Jon Jones what Joe Frazier was to Muhammad Ali. The nemeses have shared the octagon, harsh words, and even banter in a feud that has lasted for over a decade. The pair have shared the cage on two occasions, with Jon Jones emerging triumphant each time. However, Jones' second victory over 'DC' at UFC 214 was overturned owing to a failed drug test soon after the former bagged a TKO win, . The no-contest result of Cormier vs. Jones 2 left a sour taste in the fans' mouths, for it was a rather anti-climactic end to what has been one of the greatest feuds to have transpired in the UFC. Jon Jones' decision to vacate the light heavyweight title and DC's announcement to hang his gloves up after losing to Stipe Miocic at UFC 252 leaves the result of this rivalry open to the interpretation of fans. Let us know in the comments! Please take 30 seconds to answer this survey so that we can better understand how to serve your MMA needs.
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Is Akshay Kumars Bollywood epic Prithviraj in trouble?
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Akshay Kumar Image Credit: Instagram / akshaykumar Bollywood actor Akshay Kumars, the epic epic of the Prithviraj period, based on the life and times of Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan, had issues with the Karni Sena, a right-wing group in India, which raised his objection against its title. Image Credit: Karni Sena requested that the Padmaavati epic of the Deepika Padukones period be changed to Padmaavat. In 2017, they allegedly vandalized the sets and slapped its director Sanjay Leela Bhansali as they protested the film. Padmaavat Image Credit: Provided According to a report in Quint, the Rajput outfit is now offended by the title of the new Kumars saga and thinks the title should bear his last name or is disrespectful. We want the title changed to his full name and pay tribute to him, Surjeet Singh Rathore, president of Karni Senas youth wing told reporters in India. They also demanded that the film be shown to them before it was released for public consumption. If they do not listen to our advice, they will face the consequences. What happened to Sanjay Leela Bhansali during Padmaavat, the directors of this film will be preparing for, too, Rathore warned. Karni Sena is known to make their threats real. In 2017, protests were organized in different parts of India to pressure Bhansali and his team to comply with their demands. Padukone was also threatened with cutting off her nose. Directed by Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Prithviraj is produced by Yash Raj Films and also stars Manushi Chillar. Manufacturers or actors have yet to comment on Karni Senas request for a title change. Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chhillar Image Credit: Twitter.com/yrf 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. 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Whats happening to the Cineworld share price?
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The Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE) share price is down by 25% from its March highs, but this recovery play is still up by more than 200% from last years lows. With most of the companys UK and US cinemas now open, I reckon it could be a good time to take a fresh look at this business. If Cineworld shares look cheap based on how I think the company should trade, then I might consider buying. 5G is here and shares of this sleeping giant could be a great way for you to potentially profit! Cinemas have had it tough over the last year. Theyve been closed, while the popularity of streaming services has boomed. More films are being released on demand, and more big-name actors are working directly for streaming platforms. Personally, I think people will go back to the movies. Im basing my analysis on the view that cinemas will (mostly) get back to normal. As Cineworld is the worlds second-largest cinema chain, I think this company should keep hold of its big share of the market. To keep things simple today, Im going to assume that Cineworlds profits will return to 2019 levels over the next two years. Cineworld generated a pre-tax profit of $212m in 2019. That translated into earnings per share of $0.13. At todays exchange rate, thats equivalent to 9.3p per share. As I write, Cineworlds share price sits at 91p, so the shares are valued at just under 10 times 2019 earnings. That seems reasonable to me. However, the latest broker forecasts Ive seen suggest that Cineworlds earnings wont get back to 2019 levels until 2023. Its too soon to say, but personally I think the recovery could be quicker than this. Going to the cinema is an affordable treat that gets us out of the house. If people feel safe, I think theyll want to go. Cineworlds share price is still down by 50% from its pre-pandemic levels. Unfortunately, while the stock has been falling, debt levels have been rising. The groups net debt has risen by $1.2bn to $8.3bn since the start of 2019. As an equity investor, I cant ignore this. These extra borrowings mean that future interest costs and repayments are likely to be higher than in the past, leaving less spare cash for shareholders. A second headache is that the company needs to fund a $255m legal payout to shareholders of Regal Cinemas, which Cineworld acquired in 2018. This payout could cancel out the benefit of the $203m US tax refund the Cineworld received recently. Cineworld shares: the big picture I think that Cineworlds business will recover. Im starting to think that the company may also avoid having to raise funds by issuing new shares, something I previously expected. However, the cinema industry was already struggling with slowing growth before the pandemic. Cineworlds revenue fell by 6.2% in 2019. I dont expect this business to deliver the kind of market-beating growth it did in past years. Indeed, its possible that Im wrong and that the cinema market has changed forever. In that scenario, Cineworld could struggle to return to historic levels of profitability. Overall, I think Cineworld shares are already fairly priced for a return to normal trading. I dont see too much upside from the current share price, but I can see plenty of risks. I wont be buying.
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https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2021/05/30/whats-happening-to-the-cineworld-share-price/
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Where will the Tesco share price go in June?
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May has been a good month for a lot of FTSE 100 stocks. But for Tesco (LSE: TSCO), its been a sideways month with no real overall movement. I dont try to predict such short-term movements with any seriousness. But it can be fun to look out for whats coming up and what might affect the shares we hold. On that front, Tesco has a first-quarter update scheduled for 18 June. The last full year is a tricky one to go on, as theres clearly been a big Covid-19 effect. While profit took a tumble, sales were up. People still need to eat, and Tescos home delivery service kept it at the front of consumers minds. 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... But any pandemic-related sales boost will not last as we edge ever closer to normality. And the Tesco share price will surely moved towards a longer-term valuation. Tesco recognises the upcoming shift, covering it at full-year results time. The company told us we expect some of the additional sales volumes we have gained this year in our core UK market to fall away as Covid-19 restrictions ease. But it added that we expect a strong recovery in profitability and retail free cash flow as the majority of the additional costs incurred as a result of the pandemic in the 2020/21 financial year will not be repeated. Tesco share price uncertainty By the time the Q1 figures are out, well be a couple of months on from that. We should have a little more clarity, with a little less uncertainty affecting the Tesco share price future. Well also be heading for the planned next step in lockdown easing. The full lifting of all remaining Covid restrictions is provisionally scheduled for 21 June. That might not happen, mind. With rising cases of the so-called Indian variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said we might need to wait. Even with a full lifting of restrictions, Tesco is not going to see the full effect until its second quarter at least. And I wouldnt be surprised to see the Tesco share price not really going anywhere for the next few months. But for Q1, my focus will be on relative sales figures, between in-store shopping and online orders. I think online orders should fall back. But Im not convinced the reversal will be as large as some folks believe. Long-term shift The pandemic lockdown has, I think, brought forward an inevitable trend. Many people have tried online ordering for the very first time. Some dont like it, and will go back to shopping in person, for sure. But a lot of newcomers to the experience have found that they like the convenience. And theyll stick with it. When the pandemic is finally, fully, behind us, well be back to the same old issues. And that includes price competition from the cut-price Lidl and Aldi chains. That risk has largely receded over the past 12 months, but it will be back. Whatever happens in the short term, I still have Tesco on my long-term buy list.
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https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2021/05/30/where-will-the-tesco-share-price-go-in-june/
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Should I buy a DSLR in 2021?
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If you're hoping to get serious about photography or video, you'll no doubt have heard about DSLR and mirrorless cameras. In this guide, we won't be going in-depth on all the differences between the two camera formats. You can read about that in our DSLR vs mirrorless feature. Instead, we'll be using our huge experience in reviewing both DSLRs and mirrorless cameras to tell you which format is best for different types of photographer and whether you should still consider buying DSLRs, full stop. (Image credit: Future) Most major camera brands have started to leave the classic DSLR format behind, but that doesn't mean we should follow blindly. Sure, mirrorless cameras are where you'll see the most innovation the real improvements to DSLRs are now just borrowed mirrorless tech, as shown by the likes of the Canon EOS 1D X Mark III. On top of that, Nikon has announced plans to focus on mirrorless development, and Sony recently removed its remaining three DSLR cameras from its website, suggesting it's doing the same. Let's dive in and run you through all the reasons you should (or shouldn't) buy a DSLR in 2021. These are the best DSLRs you can buy today Or check out our guide to the best beginner DSLRs Read our guide to the world's best best mirrorless cameras Design: DSLR vs mirrorless The only universal difference between DSLR and mirrorless cameras is the viewfinder design. A DSLR uses an optical viewfinder that gives you a 'naked eye' experience, while mirrorless cameras feature an electronic viewfinder with a digital display (aside from some rangefinder-style mirrorless cameras). Each viewfinder type has advantages that boil down to a 'feeling'. An electronic viewfinder can provide genuinely useful information such as real-time exposure display and manual focus peaking. However, the feel of using a naked eye optical viewfinder hasn't yet been replicated digitally. An optical DSLR viewfinder (left) vs an electronic viewfinder (EVF) from a mirrorless camera. (Image credit: Future) There is a caveat though; to really get the benefit of an optical viewfinder you'll want a large one to really feel immersed in a scene. For that, you'll want the new Pentax K-3 Mark III or full-frame DSLRs like the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV or Nikon D850. Small viewfinder displays in low-cost DSLRs like the Canon EOS 850D don't quite cut it for more advanced shooters. A lot is made about camera size, too. Many existing DSLR users prefer the chunky design and pronounced handgrip of larger models, which is partly a result of that optical viewfinder and its accompanying mirror. If this is your style, you shouldn't let be put off mirrorless cameras though not all mirrorless cameras are smaller and there are plenty of chunky 'DSLR-style' options around like the Panasonic Lumix S1. On the subject of size, mirrorless lenses are generally no smaller than like-for-like DSLR lenses, which can negate the small-size advantage of the camera. So size is more of a camera-to-camera comparison than a generalization in the mirrorless vs DSLR debate. If you're looking to buy an interchangeable lens camera for the first time, a new mirrorless camera will cost a little more than its new DSLR equivalent. However, it's when you start building a mirrorless system that the cost shoots up, with mirrorless lenses costing anywhere between 10-50% extra over DSLR equivalents. For example, a standard 50mm f/1.8 lens will cost around 35% more than the DSLR equivalent. It's partly down to lens design which we'll get on to, but these are big margins. (Image credit: Future) In our feature about how to decide about switching from an old Nikon DSLR to a Nikon mirrorless camera, and the main restriction was the cost of the switch. Moving from one system to another is never cheap, even within the same brand. This is something that's worth bearing in mind when choosing between a DSLR and mirrorless camera it pays to look long-term. On the other hand, there's the used camera market, with DSLR cameras and lenses more readily available secondhand and at a fraction of the cost usually about 50% less than new for very good to excellent condition models. Bang for buck, DSLR wins in most cases. A more even fight is with the original mirrorless camera format, Micro Four Thirds. Being more than ten years old, the Panasonic and Olympus systems are well developed, with plenty of used camera and lens bargains to be had. And Panasonic has just given the system a shot in the arm with the dual announcement of the Panasonic GH5 Mark II and Panasonic GH6. Unsurprisingly, there are way more lens options for DSLRs than mirrorless cameras. After all, brands like Nikon have been designing F-mount lenses since the 1950s. Most mirrorless systems will now have the right lens for virtually any scenario. Then there is the question of lens quality. It stands to reason that we have seen an improvement in optic design with mirrorless tech. Take the larger Nikon Z mirrorless lens mount over the Nikon F DSLR lens mount, for example the Z-mount's larger diameter and shorter flange distance (the space between the sensor and lens mount) mean lens designers can simply make better optics. (Image credit: Nikon) The design of many new mirrorless lenses is more complex, providing improved edge-to-edge sharpness and control of lens distortions, such as chromatic aberration, especially when shooting with a wide aperture. We've compared the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Z (mirrorless) lens and the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 G equivalent (DSLR) and the difference is clear, though quality evens out as the aperture is stopped down. Also, some autofocus issues have been solved with mirrorless. For example, back-focusing can be a problem with many Nikon DSLR lenses, bringing in the need for lens calibration. There's no such problem with mirrorless they are good to go out the box. Again, these points are not universal, but it's clear that while DSLR lenses are more affordable (particularly second-hand), the performance of mirrorless lenses does often justify their premium. DSLRs and mirrorless camera bodies are very similar when it comes to the image quality produced by their sensors. What's more important are the surrounding factors, like lenses, that can impact your photo quality. And it's here that mirrorless cameras again have the edge. For starters, their lenses have newer designs, which as we've discussed usually means improved image quality at wider apertures when compared to their DSLR equivalents. But there are some other features that work in their favor, too. There's no need for lens calibration on mirrorless cameras, which means peace of mind with autofocus issues. The in-body image stabilization (IBIS) found on some mirrorless bodies also enhances handheld shooting and lets you shoot at lower ISOs when there's less available light. Example of autofocus differences between an older DSLR (1) and mirrorless camera (2). (Image credit: Sony) Then there's the wider range of autofocus modes on mirrorless bodies, such as eye-AF, to ensure pin-sharp focus for portraits. Plus silent shutter, manual focus aids...the list goes on. Many of these advantages aren't because the mirrorless format is inherently better than the DSLR, but because they tend to be newer and so get the latest tech. So while the best DSLRs can certainly match mirrorless cameras (and sometimes surpass them) for image quality, these extra tools can ultimately help improve your hit-rate. Particularly when you factor in that mirrorless cameras offer a more intuitive shooting experience for those who are coming from a smartphone. In a like-for-like comparison, you'll generally find that DSLRs will have a significantly longer battery life than mirrorless cameras. However, you'll need to be using the optical viewfinder and not the Live View display on the back of the camera to enjoy the benefit. (Image credit: Future) Also, the comparison can start to become blurred thanks to most new mirrorless cameras offering on-the-go USB-charging. If you're happy to carry around a power bank in your bag to stay topped up (or some old-fashioned spare batteries) then you can find ways to keep your mirrorless camera alive on longer shoots. Verdict If you're new to the interchangeable lens camera world, we would almost universally recommend a mirrorless camera over a DSLR today. There are still two main factors in favor of the DSLR though; cost and viewfinder. If so, the cost will be a lot higher with mirrorless cameras, so you might want to opt for the cheaper DSLR. Of course, that saving only works out if you're not going to be tempted to upgrade to a mirrorless camera in the near future. (Image credit: Future) We'd recommend getting your hands on like-for-like DSLR and mirrorless cameras to compare the experience of using an optical viewfinder to an electronic viewfinder. Visiting a local camera store is an excellent place to start. The real tests for electronic viewfinders are low light and action, so see if you can experience both viewfinder types in these scenarios, too. But otherwise, there are virtually no universal reasons we can recommend a DSLR over mirrorless today. There are chunky mirrorless cameras, too. Use a power bank or buy additional batteries to improve the life of mirrorless. DSLRs and second-hand still offer unbeatable value, but the smarter long-term investment for most people is likely to be a mirrorless camera.
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https://global.techradar.com/en-za/news/should-i-buy-a-dslr-in-2021
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Can Ryan Day keep his staff intact?
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The Ohio State soccer team has enjoyed great success in recent years. Successfully, there are more opportunities for assistant coaches. The Ohio State soccer team has many great assistants under Ryan Day. They are a big part of the reason Day has succeeded in two full years as a head coach so far. The Buckeyes have done a pretty good job of keeping their staff together. There are a few assistants who are candidates to move up and potentially land a job as a head coach in the next few years. Al Washington, the linebackers coach, is certainly one of those guys. He will certainly advance to a defensive coordinator position quickly if Day doesnt allow him to. The only way Day would do that is if Kerry Coombs struggles again. Coombs is the only DC to get a chance this season. If he struggles, Washington can replace him or join him as Co-DC. He is probably the biggest candidate to move on. Brian Hartline is also a name that is hot. Hartline has done a truly phenomenal job of recruiting and developing the wide receivers since he took over from Zach Smith in 2018. Hartline was the best recruiter outside of Ryan Day in terms of overall coaching staff. The challenge for Day will be to keep all these guys together. Change is inevitable when it comes to the coaching carousel. The Buckeyes will succeed as long as Day can keep the current staff together. That may only take a year or two longer. Day seems like a great coach to work for, so none of these assistants will leave unless they really get better vacancies. For the sake of the state of Ohio, I hope it wont be in a few years. 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. 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Does actor Alex To's Ouyang Feng look like Jack Sparrow?
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That was what some fans were wondering after the trailer for the new Web movie, The Legend Of The Condor Heroes: The Dragon Tamer, was released last week. Ouyang, a famous villain in late Hong Kong author Louis Cha's martial arts novel The Legend Of The Condor Heroes, was known for his signature martial arts technique, the Toad Skill, and his expertise in poisons. The character has been played in the past by famous actors such as Tony Leung Chiu Wai and the late Leslie Cheung. The latest incarnation of Ouyang is played by Hong Kong singer-actor Alex To, 59, who posted the trailer on his social media accounts last week. Fans noted the similarities of the make-up for his latest role to that for Sparrow, which was made famous by Hollywood actor Johnny Depp in Pirates Of The Caribbean. Both characters sport similar eye make-up and hair braids. Sparrow wears a bandana; Ouyang has a headband. The movie, which also stars Hong Kong actors such as Eddie Kwan, Felix Lok and Lam Tze Chung, is scheduled to be released on June 12. It is the latest movie to be adapted from Cha's martial arts novels, with another movie, The Legend Of The Condor Heroes: The Cadaverous Claws, also due to be released around the same time.
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https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/does-actor-alex-tos-ouyang-feng-look-like-jack-sparrow
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Will the sunny and warm weather continue in Mansfield and Ashfield?
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And the fine and dry conditions are expected to continue on Sunday as folk make the most of the newly-restored freedoms following the lifting of many lockdown restrictions. The Met Office says the area will once again be overcast before lunchtime, before the cloud retreats back and the sunshine returns with highs of around 21C. Evening cloud could make a re-appearance on Sunday evening, but a dry night with clear periods is predicted. Sign up to our daily newsletter The i newsletter cut through the noise Sign up Thanks for signing up! Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Well, much of the same. A dry day is expected with early cloud once again making way for warm sunshine from mid-morning and temperatures expected to rise to 21C. Well, its great news for people who have time off during the week-long school holiday with the settled weather expected to continue in Mansfield and Ashfield. Heres the current five-day forecast. Tuesday 23C, sunny intervals and a moderate breeze Wednesday 23C, sunny intervals and a moderate breeze Thursday 21C, sunny intervals and a gentle breeze Friday 19C, sunny intervals and a gentle breeze Saturday 18C, sunny intervals and a gentle breeze
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What is that remodel really worth?
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Its exciting to update a kitchen, remodel a bathroom, add a primary suite, convert a garage to a workout room or add skylights. However, homeowners are sometimes surprised to learn how remodeling projects affect a homes price when it comes time to sell. Consider the personal value you get: If you plan to live in your house for some time before you sell, dont overlook the enjoyment or utility you will get from a remodeling job. Regardless of the eventual sales price, that may be reason enough to embark upon the project. Appraised value matters, too: When a homebuyer applies for a loan, the lender usually requires an independent appraisal to determine if the value of the home is in line with the purchase price. That can be when the seller ultimately finds out the return on the project. For example, a pool that cost $85,000 to install could add only $30,000 to the appraised value of a home, compared to a similar nearby home without a pool. Remodels may improve marketability: Some improvements dont raise the eventual sales price of a home, but may still make the home more attractive to buyers. A remodel may even be the difference between not receiving any offers and getting multiple offers on a property a short time after it goes on the market. Dont assume a dollar-for-dollar return: Some projects add more value to a home than others a new front door often tops the list but a host of factors can influence how much a specific remodel will pay off. Variables include the quality and appeal of the finished project and how it compares with similar features of other homes in the neighborhood. In many cases, a homes sales price will increase, but not by as much as the actual cost of the project. Your Realtor can help you understand how remodeling projects can affect marketability and sales prices of homes and can offer guidance on all your options when youre considering buying or selling a home. The largest Realtor association in North Texas and sixth-largest real estate association in the U.S., MetroTex provides programs and services to over 24,000 professionals involved in all aspects of real estate. For more information, visit www.dfwrealestate.com.
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https://www.dallasnews.com/sponsored/real-estate/2021/05/30/what-is-that-remodel-really-worth/
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What next for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola?
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Pep Guardiola and the Champions League trophy - REUTERS Manchester City's 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday means the club are still waiting for their first Champions League title and Pep Guardiola has now gone 10 years since he managed a club to victory in the competition. It will also likely usher in some soul searching and questions as to how they can make the leap from challengers to European Cup winners. Here are the key issues that City will have to address over the summer. In the short-term, a well-deserved holiday. Guardiola mentioned before the final that he has not seen his father Valentini for some time. Now I want to go home, with my family, he said on Saturday. Guardiola, understandably, took obvious delight in having easily won the Premier League title without an overwhelming contribution from a specialist centre-forward - Aguero had four league goals, Gabriel Jesus nine - but he admits that life would be easier with one in his ranks. That has led to City being linked with Harry Kane and Erling Haaland, the two most high-profile strikers who may move this summer. However, it is not completely certain that either or both will exit their respective clubs, leaving this very much a priority for City this summer. Romelu Lukaku and Danny Ings have also both been mooted as potential targets. The England forward had appeared to have fallen out of favour with Guardiola in the second half of the season and his start in Porto was all the more surprising given that it was his first in the Champions League since the last-16 first leg against Borussia Monchengladbach at the end of February. Saturday was just Sterlings second in the knock-out stages of the Champions League this season. Sterling was not alone in enduring a poor night against Chelsea but he, arguably, had more to lose than any of his team mates. The forward has two years remaining on his City deal, and reportedly expects a new one to match the 320,000-a-week contract recently signed by Kevin De Bruyne. Whether City still make such an offer this summer remains to be seen and Sterling could well be sacrificed as part of Citys rebuilding. As always, City find their names linked with a host of big European targets but it does seem as though this summer will see City more active than usual in the market. Aston Villas Jack Grealish is, certainly, one realistic target while the performance of Oleksandr Zinchenko in the final suggests a left-back - such as Atalantas Robin Gosens - will be in their sights. Veteran Fernandinho, whose exclusion against Chelsea caused such shockwaves, is likely to be offered a one-year deal, such is his influence at the club, but City have been linked with Borussia Monchengladbachs Denis Zakaria in their quest for a long-term defensive midfield replacement. In terms of outgoings, as well as Sterling, reports suggest Riyad Mahrez, Jesus and Aymeric Laporte could all be sacrificed as part of team restructuring, although Mahrez had a stunning campaign and his departure would be a major shock. The decision not to play a holding midfielder - for the second time in 61 games this season, he started without Fernandinho or Rodri in that role - will go down as one of the all-time Champions League Final blunders. It even eclipsed last summer when Guardiola switched to a back five against Lyon and was soundly beaten in the quarter-final. The City manager refused to say afterwards whether he regretted his decision but, it is safe to say, he will not. This sort of tactical micro management and constant adjustment is very much part of Guardiolas DNA and, as he frequently points out, when it works he is labelled a genius. When it does not, as it clearly did not on Saturday, he is pilloried for over thinking. There is no way Guardiola will change, or become more conservative, on the back of this setback. Of course. By his own admission, 12 months ago, Guardiolas motivation was lacking but talks with Citys owners in the autumn led to a new contract, which ties him to the club until 2023, and an inspired performance by the coach and his players that carried them to a third title in five years and the Champions League final. Yet the Champions League remains a curious Kryptonite for modern footballs managerial Superman. In nine attempts since he last won the competition in 2011, he has now lost a final, four semi-finals, three quarter-finals and once in the last 16. It is hard to see Guardiola resting until he has lifted it for a third time as a manager. Its a dream being here, unfortunately we could not win, said Guardiola after the defeat. Its the first time for most of us in this club, we tried and we couldnt do it. We will work hard to come back one day we will come back in the future stronger.
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Why have foreign funds targeted the Irish property market?
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The Irish property market and the law of unintended consequences - theres enough material for a book. The rapid acceleration in PRS (private rental sector) investment - the latest dynamic to percolate through the system - and the narrative that goes with it, namely that so-called cuckoo funds are pushing first-time buyers out of the market, has prompted a national outcry. It has also panicked the Government into making policy on the hoof. Earlier this month, it introduced a higher 10 per cent rate of stamp duty on the bulk-buying of homes, seemingly in response to a single transaction, the purchase of a housing estate in north Dublin by UK property investor Round Hill Capital. The influx of these funds - Sherry FitzGerald estimates that PRS funds have invested close to 7 billion into the Irish property market since 2011, including 3.7 billion since 2018 - is undoubtedly part of a wider global trend. The world is awash with cheap money and housing offers standout returns for investors. Dublin is a prime example because of the high rents it produces. But two big domestic policy measures have also inadvertently fashioned this dynamic. The first one relates to the de-risking of the banking sector. The National Asset Management Agency (Nama) was set up after the crash to cleanse bank balance sheets of toxic assets. The agency took over 74 billion of bad property loans - albeit at a massive discount - and commenced a gigantic auction to recoup its outlay on behalf of the taxpayer. Housing policy Nama sales were facilitated by government policy, which included a capital gains tax (CGT) amnesty for investors and the introduction of new legislation setting up property reits (real estate investment trusts), which bought assets, and, of course, extremely favourable tax laws. Oaktree, Kennedy Wilson, Hines, Ires Reit- the latter is now the biggest landlord in the country - were among dozens of funds to partake. So institutional investors - and remember we didnt have them before 2008 - were systemically embedded in the countrys recovery from the crash via Nama and the de-risking of bank balance sheets. The then Fine Gael-Labour governments fear was that without them there would have been no buyers, property prices would fall further and banks would have to take larger write-downs on non-performing loans (NPLs), potentially requiring the State to pump in more money. The next big policy initiative came in the form of changes to planning standards, ostensibly designed to encourage more high-density development. This allowed for a greater cluster of apartments on a given site, effectively by changing aspect ratios, reducing the requirement for car parking spaces and allowing for greater elevation. The unintended consequence of this was to reconfigure how an urban apartment development is financed. Previously a developer secured finance to build out his or her scheme on a phased basis. While this still pertains, the new higher-density, build-to-rent standards, require more of the financing upfront. With banks still convalescing from the crash and loathe to lend to developers, foreign investment funds filled the void. Most of the big schemes in Dublin are now being built on the basis of a pre-sale or a pre-let agreement, whereby the developer is financed by the end buyer, or financed because there is a guaranteed end buyer or tenant. And because the end buyer is a PRS investor, the units bypass the sales market in favour of the rental sector, hence the perception that first-time buyers are being squeezed out of the market. This mode of procurement now appears to be the only game in town. The Construction Industry Federation (CIF)estimates that investment funds bought 95 per cent of the apartments completed in 2019. More recently theyve begun to buy housing schemes including starter-home developments in Dublins commuter belt. Price metrics And even if the funds were minded - for whatever reason - to sell the units to owner-occupiers, the price metrics dont work. The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) puts the cost of delivering apartments in urban Dublin at between 493,000 for a two-bedroom unit in a medium-rise development and 619,000 for a two-bedroom unit in a high-rise development. And so in the middle of a housing crisis, were getting high-end, luxury housing - a lot of which remains vacant because of the high rent- alongside a dearth of affordable units. The same thing has happened in London. Successive Irish governments, perhaps with an eye on inflating property values - seen as a requirement for Nama to recoup its investment and for the banks to stay healthy - have created the current fund dynamic. Theyve enticed funds here and - in part - engineered a situation that leaves developers increasingly reliant on foreign investment. The upshot is more people renting and fewer people buying. Home ownership has collapsed among adults of a prime working age - 25-39-year-olds - from 22 per cent in 2011 to 16 per cent in 2016, according to the official figures, and to an estimated 12 per cent now. The glut of global investment in housing is, of course, fuelled by accommodative fiscal and monetary policy, including the massive quantitative easing programmes deployed by central banks to cushion economies from the impact of coronavirus.
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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/why-have-foreign-funds-targeted-the-irish-property-market-1.4579165?localLinksEnabled=false
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What's the biggest freshwater fish in the world?
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It took three biologists to haul a 240-pound (109 kilograms) fish out of the Detroit River in Michigan last month. The nearly 7-foot-long (2.1 meters) " monster' sturgeon ," caught and released by the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, could be more than 100 years old. The Detroit River fish is a lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), and while it is believed to be one of the largest ever caught in the U.S., there are much bigger fish swimming in rivers around the world. According to the U.S. Geological Survey , the planet's largest freshwater fish is the beluga sturgeon (Huso huso), living between Europe and Asia in the Black, Azov and Caspian seas, and the rivers feeding them. Beluga sturgeon can reach a maximum length of more than 26 feet (8 m), or about four times as long as a king-size mattress, and weigh up to 2.2 tons (2,000 kg, or 2 metric tons), according to the Pan-European Action Plan for Sturgeons , prepared by the World Sturgeon Conservation Society and World Wildlife Fund. When they grow up, belugas are at the top of the food chain, eating fish such as roach and carp, aquatic birds and even seals , according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Belugas can live more than 100 years, like lake sturgeon, which gives them plenty of time to grow. "If you live a long time, you've got a lot of time to eat," Phaedra Doukakis, a fishery policy analyst at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told Live Science. Sturgeon have existed for more than 250 million years and even lived alongside the dinosaurs . The beluga is the biggest of the 27 sturgeon and paddlefish species alive today. Apart from their long lifespan, it's difficult to say exactly why belugas grow so big. Larger sturgeon individuals probably had greater reproductive success, perhaps because the females can generate more eggs than smaller female fish. Their vast size could also help them catch prey and survive predation interactions, according to Leonardo Congiu, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Padova in Italy. However, today's beluga sturgeon may not be reaching lengths upward of 23 feet (7 m). "I don't think there are beluga of that size any more," Congiu told Live Science in an email. "The species is under great pressure due to poaching, and probably the large animals have all been caught." Congiu and his colleagues published a paper in January 2021 about the distribution and genetic diversity of beluga populations in the journal Diversity and Distributions . They aim to reintroduce the fish into Italian rivers, after it became locally extinct due to overfishing and the construction of dams in the country. Beluga sturgeon are listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , the category for species most at risk of extinction. Adult females are prized for their fish eggs, which are sold as caviar and valued at more than $3,500/lbs. ($8,000/kg), according to the IUCN. Doukakis, who is also co-chair of the IUCN Sturgeon Specialist Group, thinks it's possible that there are 23-foot-plus belugas out there, but they would have a significant bounty on their heads. "An old female that achieved that kind of a length could be loaded with caviar and could be a very, very expensive, very lucrative fish to poach," she said. Sustainably farmed caviar is now available, but Doukakis explained that even if maximum protections were put in place for wild beluga sturgeon, it would take a long time for younger individuals to mature and reach their maximum lengths. The title for biggest growing sturgeon today may actually belong to the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus), the largest sturgeon in the U.S. In fact, people are probably more likely to see more large white sturgeon than beluga sturgeon, just because white sturgeon are probably better protected, Doukakis said. For now, white sturgeon are not threatened with extinction and their population is stable, according to the IUCN . However, like almost all sturgeon species, they are threatened by the construction of dams. Dams prevent sturgeon from swimming upstream to reach their spawning grounds and also alter the environmental conditions of the rivers that sturgeon rely on, according to Doukakis. Beluga and white sturgeon are called freshwater fish because they are born in freshwater and use it for breeding, but they also occupy saltwater environments. Doukakis prefered to call them freshwater-dependent fish to distinguish them from species that spend their entire lives in freshwater. The Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), native to the Mekong river in Southeast Asia, holds that record. These catfish can grow to 10 feet (3 m) long and have previously been caught weighing 646 lbs. (293 kg), Live Science previously reported. Like beluga sturgeon, these fish are also considered critically endangered by the IUCN , due to dams and overfishing. Originally published on Live Science.
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https://www.livescience.com/biggest-freshwater-fish.html
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Why was the twice-divorced Boris Johnson allowed to marry in a Catholic church?
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There are always big stories on WalesOnline - don't miss any with our daily email Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice The Prime Minister may never have been previously married in the eyes of the Catholic church, an expert has said. Boris Johnson wed Carrie Symonds in a small ceremony at the Catholic Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, despite being twice divorced. But as neither his six-year first marriage to Allegra Mostyn-Owen, nor his second 27-year marriage to Marina Wheeler were Catholic ceremonies, in the eyes of the church they may be invalid. Matt Chinery, an ecclesiastical and canon lawyer, told Times Radio on Sunday: There is a requirement if you are a Roman Catholic that you must have your wedding overseen by a Roman Catholic priest or deacon. He explained that any other form of marriage is not valid unless you had previous permission from your bishop to marry outside of the Catholic church. Boris Johnson was baptised as a Catholic, but was confirmed as an Anglican as a teenager. Mr Chinery explained: What I think has happened here is that the Catholic church has looked at Boris Johnsons first two marriages (and) seen that hes a Roman Catholic by baptism. Theyve looked at that, said you are a Catholic because you were baptised Catholic, your first two weddings werent in a Catholic church overseen by a Catholic minister therefore the Roman Catholic church does not recognise those two marriages as valid. He added: So in the eyes of the Catholic church Boris Johnson woke up last week as somebody who wasnt married and had never been married and so was free to marry in the cathedral this weekend. Catholic writer Catherine Pepinster was of the same view. She told the Mail on Sunday that as Mr Johnsons previous marriages were in non-Catholic settings, the church did not recognise them. As far as the church is concerned, this is his first marriage, she said, adding: The others dont need to be annulled.
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/twice-divorced-boris-johnson-allowed-20708472
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How did Boris Johnson marry in a Catholic ceremony?
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Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds in a low-key Catholic ceremony in Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, with the pair exchanging vows in front of a small group of close friends and family. As news of the wedding spread, so did questions about how the prime minister, who is now on his third marriage, managed to wed in a Catholic church. Ms Symonds is Catholic and has previously spoken about her faith on social media. An expert has said Mr Johnson may never have previously married in the eyes of the Catholic church. Neither his six-year first marriage to Allegra Mostyn-Owen, nor his second 27-year marriage to Marina Wheeler were Catholic ceremonies, and in the eyes of the church they may be invalid. Matt Chinery, an ecclesiastical and canon lawyer, told Times Radio on Sunday: "There is a requirement if you are a Roman Catholic that you must have your wedding overseen by a Roman Catholic priest or deacon." He explained that any other form of marriage "is not valid unless you had previous permission from your bishop to marry outside of the Catholic church". Boris Johnson was baptised as a Catholic, but was confirmed as an Anglican as a teenager. Mr Chinery explained: "What I think has happened here is that the Catholic church has looked at Boris Johnson's first two marriages (and) seen that he's a Roman Catholic by baptism. "They've looked at that, said 'you are a Catholic because you were baptised Catholic, your first two weddings weren't in a Catholic church overseen by a Catholic minister therefore the Roman Catholic church does not recognise those two marriages as valid'." He added: "So in the eyes of the Catholic church Boris Johnson woke up last week as somebody who wasn't married and had never been married and so was free to marry in the cathedral this weekend." Catholic writer Catherine Pepinster was of the same view. She told the Mail on Sunday that as Mr Johnson's previous marriages were "in non-Catholic settings", the church did not recognise them. "As far as the church is concerned, this is his first marriage," she said, adding: "The others don't need to be annulled." Initially, Downing Street would not comment on reports of the wedding but on Sunday morning a spokesperson said: "The Prime Minister and Ms Symonds were married yesterday afternoon in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral. "The couple will celebrate their wedding with family and friends next summer." They are said to have sent save-the-date cards to family and friends for the celebration on 30 July, 2022. The wedding ceremony at the Catholic cathedral was carried out by Father Daniel Humphreys. The couple announced their engagement together with the news that they were expecting their first child in February last year. He and Ms Symonds have a son, Wilfred, who was born in April 2020. Mr Johnson finalised his divorce from his second wife Marina Wheeler in 2020.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-wedding-catholic-westminister-cathedral-b1856582.html
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Is the advance of technology really an advance?
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Until about 40 years ago the production of newspapers, magazines, and books relied on technology you could touch. Pages were composed in hot metal type. A spongy paper-like material called a flong was pressed on to this metal. The flong was bent into a mould, and molten lead poured in to create a curved plate. That plate was bolted to a leviathan-sized press and newspapers were printed. I grew up in that world. I was thrilled by the process of news rushed out and sold on street corners before the ink had dried. Books were produced largely the same way, but slower. A dictionary could take years, perhaps decades, to compile. An addition was a major operation. An extra entry might require a whole chapter re-set, re-read, and re-checked. Therefore, additions were rare. A change to a words meaning had to be firmly entrenched in the language before it earned a place. This control was reinforced by schoolmasters. If they heard pupils misuse a word, that pupil was corrected. If any upstart complained: But sir, everyone in the playground is saying . . . he was advised that the playgrounds opinion was wrong. Nowadays, people express themselves in an individual way. And are encouraged to do so. People innovate. They experiment. They create. The language is a turbulent, roiling whirlpool of meanings that cycle dizzily through being new, common, hackneyed, ironic, then discarded. Online dictionaries reflect this. Updates (Id term them damage reports) are regularly issued. This is made possible by digital technology. Dictionaries are now ephemeral entities existing in the ether. They have new meanings, new cantrips, whole pages of drivel added. This is called, by some, progress. Technology has become a bloated god on a throne far above mere mortals. Infallible, omnishambolic, uncaring. To rail against the unstoppable creep of hi-tech probably makes me sound a fool. A deluded King Canute who thinks to hold back the waves. But then, I had a chap visit this week to fix my smart meter. He failed. He hummed, hawed, and havered but the thing still sits beeping blindly and flashing forlornly like an electric fish washed up on the sand. I had spent many an entertaining hour being misunderstood by call centre workers as I tried to pay someone, anyone, for gas and electricity I might have used. Though no one could unravel the mystery of how much had been used. Or if any had been used at all. To get even to that stage, I had patiently cradled a phone to my ear for weeks, months, it may have been years. I did learn something, though. I learned yet another change to the language had been made without me realising. The words Ill transfer your call have come to mean Im going to cut you off, ha ha ha. Word of the week Mispay (verb) To displease, or dissatisfy. EG: Who do I phone if my power suppliers phone service mispays me? Read the latest Oh my word! every Saturday in The Courier. Contact me at [email protected]
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https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/oh-my-word/2262799/is-the-advance-of-technology-really-an-advance/
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What is Mt Kenya Tangatanga crew up to?
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Tangatangas are on a roll. The other day they won the Juja constituency seat, and the Ruri Ward in Nyandarua County. They have now set their sights on Kiambaa constituency. They are oozing confidence. Jubilee made several blunders in Juja. They nominated the wrong person the widow of the MP. That just fuelled the "dynasty" narrative. The lady's campaigns concentrated on women groups, less on the youth and boda boda types who animate things. The favourite campaign line that a vote for the lady was a vote for Uhuru Kenyatta did not excite young voters. In Kiambaa, Jubilee has carefully avoided nominating any relative of the late MP, who was from the eminent Koinange family. The party has picked a candidate with the common touch, who resonates with the ground. Meanwhile, not much has been heard of what became of the negotiations between Mt Kenya Tangatanga MPs and DP William Ruto. They had met on April 17 at the Nairobi home of Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua to set "demands" they hoped he would fulfil if he becomes president. Soon after, they had a retreat with the DP in Maasai Mara to discuss those proposals. Wheelbarrow commander I am not sure anything concrete came out of this retreat. What I remember was said by the Wheelbarrow Commander's spokespeople was that he would negotiate directly with hustlers, meaning he would deal with the Mt Kenya MPs on his terms, not theirs. It sounded like a clear snub. The MPs had said they would concentrate on economic issues. Political positions was not their priority. What was not clear, assuming Ruto becomes president, is how they will have their economic proposals effected if they won't lobby for the political seats to guarantee their implementation. They are basing everything on blind trust. It would seem Gachagua, who hosted the preparatory meeting in Nairobi and also acted as the spokesman at the Maasai Mara retreat, is the Mt Kenya Tangatanga leader. He has a civil service past, where the highest he rose was to the level of district officer. Quite interesting that Mountain Tangatangas would consider he has the gravitas to purport to "negotiate" on behalf of a region that over time has produced three presidents, two vice-presidents and six heads of the Public Service. My hunch tells me that engaging him directly on specific needs of their region was not something they had thought about before. I suspect they were jolted into making the belated move when word leaked out that the Raila Odinga camp was considering opening talks with the DP's side. Mara retreat The Ruto-Oparanya meeting was on April 8. The Mt Kenya Tangatanga meeting at Gachagua's home came hot on the heels a week later. And their retreat with Ruto in the Mara a fortnight later. The likelihood of Raila and Ruto coming together must have caused panic among Mt Kenya Tangatangas. Chances of the Swahili slang term, "kuachwa kwa mataa", applying in their case must have suddenly dawned on them. Although Raila and Ruto denied any dalliance, comments by their respective confidantes in Nyanza and Rift Valley suggested there was more than met the eye. Besides, circumstances can change, like the Handshake hitting a dead end. Mt Kenya Tangatangas know Railas entry would be like that of a huge whale, displacing a lot water, including their unlucky selves. Hes more than good insurance. His following is loyal and guaranteed. Moreover, Ruto would score a major, personal victory if he yanked Raila from the Handshake. Right now all is going swimmingly for Tangatanga. They are feeling cocky, certain they have Uhuru on the ropes. They have been attacking him relentlessly for a supposedly poor economic record, citing Mwai Kibaki as their golden boy of excellence (Ruto has even compared himself with him!) Economic downspin The economic downspin and gross corruption actually started during the Uhuru-Ruto first term. Yet Tangatangas voted massively for Jubilee twice in 2017. Curiously, they have only discovered that there are economic problems and bad governance subsequent to March 9, 2018 the takeoff of the Handshake. Funny. All manner of unrelated issues are being linked by Tangatangas to the Handshake. Poor business performance. Poverty. It's ridiculous, and they know it. Uhuru is not blameless. He's not kept touch with the grassroots, especially in his Mt Kenya region. He will call occasional meetings with local governors, MPs and MCAs at Sagana State Lodge. That's it. They are closed-door affairs. Then he enters his helicopter and flies back to Nairobi. The Mt Kenya public don't even know what was happening. Uhuru has in the past said he will play an active role in guiding the political future of the Mt Kenya community. He should worry about if there will still be a united base to influence.
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Who are these cartels at City Hall and is NMS running out of steam?
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This week, Maj-Gen Mohammed Badi, Director-General of Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), answers your questions. **** Q: The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is such a brilliant idea. However, people have invested in buses and matatus yet the government also talks of acquiring its own buses. Dr Irungu Maina, Nairobi A: BRT is being implemented by the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NaMATA). The agency has been engaging matatu operators and they have developed a transition strategy that will ensure they are not adversely affected when BRT is implemented. Second, current operators will be involved in the management of BRT system. It is important to note that BRT will only operate on five corridors while current PSV operators continue on many routes not covered. There is space for everybody. Q: All past City Hall administrators have blamed cartels for challenges facing Nairobi. Who are these cartels and how have you dealt with them?Komen Moris, Eldoret A: A cartel is an illegal group of independent market participants who collude with each other to dominate and control the market for their self-interest with aim of evading revenue payment/breaking binding market law and regulations. In this case, it is true to say cartels are great hindrance to service delivery in Nairobi. It is difficult to physically identify a cartel, the reason why we have strived to use technology to verify all that we are dealing with. We have overcome the cartel through implementation of operating policies, legislations and regulations in the city. Komen Moris, Eldoret A: The structure in the Kenya Defence Forces is team-work oriented. This is what we have taught all officers of NMS, leading to the realisation of the services we offer and projects we have implemented in the shortest time we have been in office. The disciplined forces are apolitical and this remains in our operations at NMS as we continue to serve the people of Nairobi. Q: When will Nairobi have well-demarcated bus stops that would improve road discipline for all?Sam Watene A: NMS is in the process of developing better public transport facilities. Green Park Terminal is the first and many others will follow. These facilities are meant to create orderly use of the public transport system. NMS enforcement teams continue to address improper behaviour on the roads in collaboration with other security agencies, including the police. Q: There was fire in Umoja recently, which razed peoples houses and other properties. It started from workshops built on public land allegedly grabbed by a former surveyor in the county government. Will NMS ever recover this land?Kiragu Kogie, Umoja Estate A: The land was allocated by the defunct NCC. Currently, NMS is titling all public utility plots to protect them from land grabbing while ensuring conducive environment for their utilisation thus unlocking the countys full economic potential. Q: What is NMS doing to ensure vehicles and motorbikes dont ride on pedestrians walkways?Martin Muthuri, Nairobi A: The enforcement department ensures regulations set on usage of non-motorised transport (NMT) areas are adhered to. This is through the establishment of the active Rapid Response Unit (RRU). This team was specifically created to deal with such issues. In addition, the Security and Compliance Department is at final stages of recruiting more enforcement officers to boost the workforce along all streets in the city. Q: Has NMS lost its steam. Some parts of Kenyatta Avenue are an eyesore littered with garbage. Also, the streets are increasingly being overrun by hoodlums. Why?Nyagaka Amenya A: NMS, through the Directorate of Environment, Water and Sanitation, has hired workers to clean the CBD. We have also been engaging NYS servicemen to ensure high levels of cleanliness within CBD and its environs. To supplement these ongoing efforts, an operation to improve the cleanliness and general aesthetics in CBD began on May 22, which involves sweeping, cleaning and ensuring all waste is collected for disposal. We have also been ensuring daily allocation of trucks within the CBD to cart away the waste. So far, several offenders of illegal dumping have been arrested. NMS is committed to ensuring that the city is clean and solid waste is collected on time to avert serious environmental pollution. Q: MCAs have alleged mismanagement of funds allocated to NMS. How true are these allegations?Davis Basweti Ombane, Juja A: The MCAs understand the processes, from the time a budget is done to the time it is executed (expenditure incurred), and subsequently reporting (financial statements) and auditing (which is statutory) are executed. There is always fear among Kenyans that funds may be wasted or embezzled because of what they have experienced before and as we have proven, NMS is a new dawn. Further and in accordance with the provision of the Deed of Transfer and the accompanying addendum Article 7, the NCC Assembly and all its committees retain their constitutional and statutory oversight mandate over the performance of transferred functions. In the oversight mandate. The NCC Assembly or any of its committees has powers to summon any Executive member or chief officer of the NCCG responsible for any of the transferred functions to give any information required. Q: At the Machakos Country Bus terminus (next to Muthurwa), there are unruly individuals and gangs who rob and harass passengers. Can NMS eliminate them?Jonathan Karanja, North Kinangop A: NMS works with National Police Service, and National Youth Service, among other security organs, to man the said areas to deal with the culprits. Several of them have been arrested and charged in court. At the same time, NMS has created a toll free service line to enable residents report and seek help on any incidences. Q: As residents of Imara Daima, we have many challenges: pedestrian walkways have been grabbed, streetlights removed from the railway station and sewer systems are not working. Please help?Peter Kimwere, Imara Daima A: Vandalism remains a great impediment to achievement of a world-class Nairobi. However, we have restored a high mast in the area using poles that cannot be used for scrap metal. Meanwhile, we have sub-county technical teams from lands, city planning, engineering, environment and enforcement officers where residents should report their grievances. Q: How can resident associations work with NMS?Alfred Owili, Nairobi A: We have an MoU with Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations, which provides a framework for cooperation, and an avenue for engagement, as well as facilitate the implementation of the Nairobi City County Community and Neighbourhood Associations Engagement Act, 2016 limited to activities falling within the scope of the four transferred functions. Q: What measures have you put in place to professionalise your enforcement officers who brutalise small traders on Nairobi streets?Dan Murugu, Nakuru A: Enforcement work should be done as stipulated in the Nairobi City Inspectorate Act. 2017. The enforcement unit has developed standard training curriculum that is customised towards professionalism. At the same time, the unit is developing stipulations for disciplinary action to be taken against officers who disobey the law. Concerned resident along Ngara Road
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Whos policing the police?
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Send this page to someone via email Misconduct allegations against a former senior-ranking Mountie that recently surfaced during a murder investigation in B.C. are prompting new questions into how RCMP investigate one of their own. Its also causing critics to voice concern about whos policing the police. Arlene Westervelt died while canoeing with her husband Bert Westervelt on Okanagan Lake in June 2016. Bert has always maintained his innocence, saying that Arlene drowned. Police initially viewed it as an accident too. They returned Arlenes phone to Bert. That would set in motion a series of strange events. Bert asked an acquaintance, Brian Gateley, then a senior-ranking Mountie, if he would be able to unlock his wifes phone. Story continues below advertisement Bert said he wanted to retrieve photos from the couples last day together. Gateley was not assigned to the case, so this wasnt a formal request but a personal one. Gately had a fellow officer use specialized RCMP technology to unlock the phone for Bert. As a veteran Mountie, Gateley should have known his actions could be a serious breach of the RCMPs code of conduct. Nearly three years after Arlenes death, Bert was charged with second-degree murder. He continued to maintain his innocence. The charge against him was stayed in July. RCMP launched an internal conduct investigation into Gateley over the phone hack. In the code of conduct letter, Gateley is also accused of providing his personal opinion to investigators in a potential conflict of interest. However, the allegations against Gateley did not go to an RCMP conduct hearing, where information is usually made public. Then Gateley resigned from the RCMP. Story continues below advertisement As soon as they resign, the file is declared closed. Nothing happens. The victims are the ones who will continue to carry that with them for the rest of their lives, criminology professor Darryl Davies said. In September, Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet told Global News in an email that when a member of the RCMP resigns, they no longer fall under the RCMP code of conduct, and any ongoing internal conduct investigations cease. Read more: Mysterious death of Okanagan woman raises questions about BC Coroners Service But when contacted by Global News, the office of Public Safety Minister Bill Blair insisted that all RCMP conduct investigations must be completed in full. Mounties later backtracked on their wording. For clarity, ending the process means that when a member discharges (retires/resigns) before completion of the conduct process via meeting or hearing, the conduct authority must ensure the code of conduct investigation is completed and write a record of decision with their reasons, Shoihet said in an email this week. When there is a prima facie finding established, a discipline folder is created in the division and the finding is recorded in the discipline tab on the RCMP internal employee database, she added. However, those findings arent made public. Story continues below advertisement Its yet another bizarre aspect in the search for accountability within the RCMP. 3:27 Critics voice concerns about how the RCMP handle code of conduct investigations Critics voice concerns about how the RCMP handle code of conduct investigations A senior member of the RCMP experienced in code of conduct investigations confirmed to Global News that as some conduct hearings approach, officers under investigation will sometimes cut a plea deal and both sides settle on an agreed statement of facts as well as some sort of sanction. RCMP would not confirm to Global News how Gateleys conduct investigation was resolved. In a letter to Arlenes family, Gateley admits he had the phone unlocked but said it was only after RCMP had returned the phone to Bert, when police were still treating Arlenes death as an accident. That was before a divorce lawyer contacted the Mounties with new information which prompted them to launch a murder investigation. Story continues below advertisement Read more: Family of Lake Country woman launches civil suit in search of justice In the letter to Arlenes family, Gateley said he was not involved in the case and denies his actions had any impact on the investigation or the prosecution. Others arent so sure, including Garry Clement, a former RCMP superintendent with three decades of experience in the force. The actions of Gateley were such that it does call into question whether he obstructed justice. Were dealing with somebody with a lot of service. This was a fatality. I dont know what he was thinking, Clement said. Although RCMP became aware of the allegations against Gateley in December of 2017, the conduct letter filed against him wouldnt be written for another nine months. It was finally signed by Asst. Comm. Kevin Hackett, who also happened to be the chief officer of B.Cs organized crime agency at the time. Thats where Gateley landed his next job. It is simply birds of a feather flock together. They stick together, Davies said. Its the police subculture, its the mentality, its the values of a police service that are 50 years out of date. Story continues below advertisement At the end of the day, the police even investigate the police, he added. I hate to say it, but its farcical. Its been going on like that for years. No accountability, no redress or help for the victims who have been abused by the police, especially senior officers. Its despicable, quite frankly, but not surprising. 1:35 Trudeau reacts to independent report on RCMPs toxic environment Trudeau reacts to independent report on RCMPs toxic environment Nov 19, 2020 Gateley and Hackett declined Global News requests for interviews. These are unproven allegations, but they will never be proven or unproven if the investigation is stopped, said Bruce Pitt-Payne, a former major crime investigator with the RCMP. There are dangers here. However, this is not an isolated story. Story continues below advertisement From 2009 to 2016, more than a quarter of Mounties facing conduct investigations resigned. Davies said theres a serious lack of accountability and a hidden cost for taxpayers. If youve been charged, you can ride out the time for months if not years, suspended with pay. And then days before your trials due, simply resign, he said. The victims pay the price at the end of the day. Davies is calling for legislation that would set a timeframe for disciplinary hearings. And until that happens, officers know they can scam the system, milk it for what its worth. Chiefs of police in Canada have been calling for (the ability) to fire police officers for years, and yet not one politician in this country has had the guts to step up to the plate and make that happen, Davies said. Those arent the only legislative changes critics are calling for. Clement wants to see an automatic suspension without pay for serious allegations. Story continues below advertisement I think it would expedite most of these cases far quicker than what were seeing today. 1:47 Greens Elizabeth May calls for inquiry into RCMP accountability Greens Elizabeth May calls for inquiry into RCMP accountability Jun 18, 2020 Pitt-Payne doesnt believe police should be investigating police. Ive seen this over and over again, where the higher rank you are, the more likely it is that you may get a heads up to retire now, so that you cant actually suffer any consequence, Pitt-Payne said. He wants to see an independent oversight body or a college of policing similar to what physicians or teachers have so that people cant fall through the cracks. It takes away the perceived conflicts, the perceived malicious choices, Pitt-Payne said. There must be an oversight body that has teeth that can actually enforce what theyre doing. Story continues below advertisement In a statement to Global News, the office of Canadas public safety minister said that RCMP are committed to handling conduct allegations in a fair and timely manner but would not comment on calls for legislative changes. 3:45 Family of woman who died on Okanagan Lake calls for coroners inquest Family of woman who died on Okanagan Lake calls for coroners inquest
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Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the virus?
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Studies attempting to directly answer this question through contact tracing are just beginning 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 who is 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. Advertisement Also read: Indias failure on the vaccine front, and what needs to be done now 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 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. Also read: All talk, no vaccine, poor optics: The three COVID mistakes of Modi govt 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 writer is Project Coordinator and Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University Nashville, United States The Conversation/PTI
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Could Andre Ayew quit Swansea after Premier League promotion failure?
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Swansea City captain, Andre Ayew Andre Ayew is unsure about his stay at Swansea City Andre scored 17 goals this season The Ghanaian may fancy a transfer move The club future of Ghana captain Andre Ayew is uncertain after his Welsh club, Swansea City, failed to qualify for the 2021 / 2022 Premier League season. The Black Stars captain was instrumental in Swanseas bid for promotion scoring 17 goals and helping with a couple of assist as skipper. However, the Swans chance of gaining promotion was dashed on the final day when they lost by 2-0 to Brentford aty Wembley in the Premier League playoffs. The former Marseille player who has been in England over the last decade was convinced by the club to stay after 2018 relegation and to help them with the fight to return to the EPL. But two years on and with the return still unattainable as yet, the Ghanaian may fancy a move elsewhere in a top league which is more competitive. The former Olympique de Marseille star is also one of the high earning players for the Swans and his stay in the Championship could impact the financial strength of the club, hence a good transfer deal would save the club enough money.
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What could prevent Albany's next gun death?
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ALBANY At the corner of First and Quail in West Hill, a shrine of candles decorated the Mr. Sam Food Market where 35-year-old Sharf Addalim was fatally shot on May 21 outside the store where he worked. Stray gunfire intended for someone else struck Addalim, an immigrant from Yemen and the married father of three children who was known in the neighborhood as David. He was the third person killed in the city this year by gunfire aimed at other people. He died right there in my arms, said Greg Sheldon, a local activist who held Addalim as he bled out in front of the store. The fatal shooting was quickly followed by two more one just hours later, the next on May 24 putting Albanys tally at eight for the year. Last year, the city had 17 homicides. For the second year in a row, killings in New Yorks capital city are rising with the temperature. It makes you feel hopeless, said Sheldon, the leader of the Eden's Rose Foundation, which oversees Albany Victory Garden, the expanding patchwork of urban green space that is slowly reclaiming blighted spaces in West Hill. He gestured toward the shrines that dot the landscape in memory of other lives lost to violence. But at the same time, it inspires you to work harder because you have to. The number of people creating violent crimes is much smaller than the people living in the community, said Dannielle Hille, founder and CEO of A Block at a Time, an organization that works with residents to build stronger communities. As the city continues to absorb the losses of the past several weeks, citizens are still reeling, she said. I dont think any of us knows what to do, Hille said. This year is already shaping up to be something far more active and dangerous than any other previous year has been, at least in a long time. ... Every one step forward, we take one or two back. An epidemic of gunfire Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said in the 34 years he has been on the force, he has never seen violence and lawlessness in general at the current level. Apple noted that just last week, police had recovered a gun from a man who admitted he had been looking for the person who had killed his cousin. So that would have been another shooting, Apple said. FBI statistics comparing 2021 to five-year averages show violent crime in Albany up 14 percent, but confirmed shots-fired incidents up 91 percent; reported shooting incidents up 81 percent; and the number of reported shooting victims up 130 percent. And homicides in Albany although the raw numbers remain relatively low are up 218 percent. 2020: Dozens of homicides, hundreds of shootings as region confronts an explosion of violence 2021: A deadly year in Albany, and it's only May The stats clearly show that firearm activity is just extraordinarily high now," said Pete Magnetto, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Albany field office. "It's something that we've never seen the likes of before." Magnetto said he believes Albany as a whole is safe: Property-related crime is down more than 20 percent, and total crime is down compared to this point last year by roughly 14 percent. He said the problem is primarily young people who inflict extreme violence, often over trivial slights on social media. Magnetto pointed to what the bureau terms "neighborhood-based gangs," which are far less cohesive groups than the interstate or even transnational organizations that controlled the narcotics trade in previous decades ("We don't have that in Albany"). They will indiscriminately fire round after round into a crowded city block with no regard for women, children, innocent individuals, he said. Albany County District Attorney David Soares has said the majority of the recent incidents involve "retaliatory street-level violence" and the innocent bystanders caught in the line of fire. They include Addalim as well as Shanita Thomas, 32, who was fatally shot on Central Avenue in January, and Chyna Forney, 18, a student at Albany Leadership Charter High School for Girls who died earlier this month. The city's most recent homicide victim, 15-year-old Destiny Greene, was killed Monday night in what investigators describe as a botched robbery just blocks from the Executive Mansion. Some in law enforcement have publicly or privately have suggested that the uptick in crime in Albany is a result of the state's recent criminal justice reforms, which ended bail for defendants accused of most misdemeanors and non-violent felonies, and required prosecutors to disclose evidence in a far quicker timeline. Others have theorized that police have become reluctant to pursue suspects out of fear or frustration that they could be accused of wrongdoing in the wake of protests over police brutality following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd. The result, these critics suggest, is more people carrying illegal guns, and using them when they get into disputes. Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins said that while bail reform could have had an impact, police have not become less vigilant. "The type of proactive work that we were doing before is just different," he said. "We're still proactive, we're still out there taking guns off the streets; we're still arresting people. But we're doing it in a different way. ... We've changed because we have to, because the society has changed and has demanded that." Hawkins said he is working with community stakeholders and other law enforcement entities to drive crime down, but acknowledged that its roots run deep. Parts of West Hill and the South End like economically depressed sections of cities across America are in distress. "When you ask, 'Why is this happening why do we have gangs, why do we have groups of individuals who join them?' It's because of all of the social issues, Hawkins said. Hawkins said young people join gangs because they don't have mentors; they have some problems with their family structures; they haven't taken advantage of educational opportunities. ... There's probably lack of economic investment in the neighborhoods that they live in. Their role models are probably individuals who are involved in violence themselves, and they gravitate to what they know. And next thing you know, you have these groups, because that's their family. Until the underlying social factors are addressed, efforts to address crime will be Band-Aid efforts and Band-Aid solutions, Hawkins said. We want something that will be long-lasting and substantive, he said. It took years for those social factors to emerge ... so it'll take years to address it. 'Everything we can' The more immediate solutions include collaboration across law enforcement agencies. Last October, acting U.S. Attorney Antoinette Bacon stood alongside Magnetto and the police chiefs from Albany, Schenectady and Troy promising to bring more federal gun cases whenever possible. On Thursday, Bacon's office said it was "doing everything we can to prioritize those few individuals who are responsible for the gun violence, and to avert more tragedy as we head into summer." In a news conference Friday alongside Albany County Executive Dan McCoy, Apple said his office would pursue the so-called "broken windows" policing strategy of targeting low-level offenses as a means of deterring violent crime, including by ramping up traffic stops. "We will start small and work our way up," Apple said. "I firmly believe if we can knock off a lot of the low-level stuff, a lot of the big stuff will take care of itself." The sheriff's office which under normal circumstances has a limited role inside city limits now has six to 12 cars patrolling the city's streets at any given time, Apple said. Those patrols will focus on apprehending unlicensed drivers, those with unregistered vehicles, tinted windows and other traffic offenses. There has, however, been significant debate over the efficacy of such "broken windows" tactics. In New York City, the strategy has been linked to allegations of racial profiling associated with tactics such as "stop and frisk," which enabled police to pat down and search citizens if they were in a high-crime area and appeared "suspicious." It was eventually deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge. In an interview, Apple said shooters often come into Albany in stolen cars or vehicles with fraudulent plates. If you clean up your roads, sooner or later youll start getting guns, drugs, everything else because its all coming in, its all being transported through Albany, he said. Alice Green, executive director of the social justice advocacy group the Center for Law and Justice, said the city needs strong and effective leadership not an occupying force. Weve got to get rid of the myth that the police are going to prevent anything, Green said.Poverty is the real issue. And to me, increasing policing is a waste of money and a waste of time." Ward 4 Councilman Jahmel Robinson highlighted the Common Councils Violence Prevention Task Force, which will ultimately present a list of policy proposals designed to curb violence, as well as its "equity agenda" to spread resources throughout the city. I wish we had one golden solution, but its going to take a collaboration at the community level, the Common Council level and at the administration level to solve this issue, Robinson said. An increased police presence was evident in West Hill on Thursday, where deputies maintained a muscular presence along the Clinton Avenue corridor. The additional policing drew mixed responses from Albany activists and community leaders. Just yards away from the location where Addalim was killed, Sheldon, the man who cradled the dying victim on May 21, continues to build Albany Victory Garden a project that creates a collective sense of ownership, he said. What once were 25 overgrown lots and decrepit homes are plots sprouting vegetables, blueberry patches, compost piles even shiitake mushrooms. Volunteers tilled the soil last week as police cruisers prowled the streets. Eva Bass, founder of Bridge Tha Gap, a community outreach group, said the city needed to reverse decades of disinvestment in the neighborhoods where the crimes are occurring through mentorship programs and entrepreneurial initiatives designed to build wealth. But Bass, who said she is sometimes frustrated by the lack of community unity, was generally supportive of the heightened policing. "The police have to do a job at protecting us," she said. "Its basically a war outside. Rachel Silberstein contributed reporting.
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https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Street-killings-draw-cries-for-peace-in-Albany-16210477.php
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Where Did Manga Come From?
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Manga is one of the most intriguing phenomena in Japan and the globe, with a lengthy history firmly anchored in the rich Japanese art. These comics, which are part of the otaku (nerd) culture, have been a critical player in the countrys publishing business, producing a thriving market, reaching millions of readers of all ages, and inspiring a range of works of comic book art in other countries. The Manga became a significant, almost inextricable part of Japans character. They helped disseminate knowledge and awareness throughout the world, covering everything from history and adolescent romance to futuristic science fiction and profound life issues. They frequently expand into anime and even cosplay, remaining consistently popular among their ever-growing audience and collectors, focusing on establishing a distinctive style and captivating storytelling. Manga vs. Anime: Because it is made up of two characters man, which means whimsical or spontaneous, and ga, which means pictures, the name manga may apply to any cartooning, comics, and animation in Japanese. This is why, historically speaking, numerous early instances of the styles and storytelling employed in modern-day Manga could exist. Outside of Japan, the term manga refers solely to comic books, whereas anime refers to cartoons and animated comics of all types. Anime is generally the animated counterpart of Manga. However, this is not always the case. You can also get Manga in from us. The Origins of Manga: Santo Kyodens Shiki no Yukikai created the term manga in 1798. However, Katsushika Hokusai was the first to adopt the term manga as the title for his Hokusai Manga sketchbooks in 1814. the Japanese empire used comics to convey propaganda about the benefits of Japanese leadership during the emergence of Japanese imperialism. Everything, however, altered after the war. The Turning Point: Following World War II, Japan was occupied by the Allies, who put a stop to any Japanese militarism or propaganda. As a result, Japanese artists had more freedom to express themselves. Simultaneously, the United States brought its comics and cartoons across. This had a significant impact on the style of Manga at the time. As a result, Tezuka Osamu (the God of Manga and the Japanese counterpart of Walt Disney) developed Astro Boy, one of Japans most recognizable and influential characters. Machiko Hasegawa, the creator of Sazae-san, was another notable style pioneer at the period (in yonkoma format, four-panel comic usually found in newspapers). The pioneering methods of Osamu Tezuka and Machiko Hasegawa opened the path for shonen (for young boys) and shojo (for young females) comics. The former is currently the most popular manga genre. As a result, Mangas popularity skyrocketed, paving the way for otaku culture in the twenty-first century. Manga Today: Manga shifted from its confident, serious tone to the kawaii (cute) style, heavily influenced by American comics and the severely scarred postwar slump. It did, however, provide us One Piece, Dragon Ball, Pokemon, and a slew of other titles that have provided delight to millions of people all over the world. And then theres the beauty of it all. Its still a work in progress. Final thoughts: Manga, which may be found in comic books, monthly magazines, or graphic novels, has something for everyone, as seen by various genres. Every year, people of all ages spend billions of dollars on comic books to experience complicated narratives with emotional depth. Mangas particular style appears to have entranced people in Japan and many other nations. Manga, in a sense, helps develop individuals as people and influences their characters by telling creative and well-designed stories about business, politics, history, relationships, and life in general, stories that frequently contain spiritual or philosophical implications. Share this: Facebook Tumblr Twitter LinkedIn Email Pinterest Reddit Pocket Print Telegram WhatsApp Skype
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https://theinscribermag.com/where-did-manga-come-from/
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Why is Raje running parallel programmes to saffron party in Rajasthan?
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Jaipur : 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 Modi's 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, Raje's 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 Raje's 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.
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https://www.dtnext.in/News/National/2021/05/30134755/1297587/Why-is-Raje-running-parallel-programmes-to-saffron-.vpf
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How realistic are Julithas chances at Miss World?
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Organisers say their hands were forced into this unorthodox method due to the delay of getting clearance from the National Arts Council (Basata) a body that sanctions such contests. Dar es Salaam. Julitha Kokumanya Kabete will represent Tanzania at the Miss World beauty contest on November 18 in Sanya China after she was handpicked by the Miss Tanzania organizing committee. Organisers say their hands were forced into this unorthodox method due to the delay of getting clearance from the National Arts Council (Basata) a body that sanctions such contests. According to Lino International, they only received the green light a couple of weeks ago, at a time when the Miss World contest is only a couple of weeks away, meaning they could not wait to get for the Miss Tanzania winner. Julitha is former Miss Dar Centre, Miss Ilala who finished fifth in the 2016 beauty pageant which was held in Mwanza for the first time in the history of the pageant. She has experiences in international beauty pageants as last year she represented Tanzania in Miss Africa and did well, apart from that, she is talented, disciplined and these are some of the critical aspects that we took into consideration for her selection, says Rico. They believe she was the best choice given her ability to express herself, her vast knowledge of Tanzanias tourist attractions and international exposure which are some of the issues that gave her an edge above the rest. Advertisement This is not the first time that the agency has resorted to handpicked candidates, in 2012 Lisa Jensen was handed the rather undesirable task of representation as the organisation again cited being time-barred. He representation was very lukewarm, nobody ever noticed let alone recognize her attempt at the world crown. Miss Tanzania has been a troubled place in recent times as what was once one of the hottest events on the entertainment calendar is now only a distant memory to most. The in-fights and the abdication of the crown by Sitti Mtemvu in 2014 left the organisation with a very bad image making it difficult to lure corporate sponsorships. Though organisers a confident that Julitha isnt only going to Sanya to make up numbers, statistics state otherwise. Hers is a quest to emulate Nancy Sumaris 2005 feat who remains an isolated example in the history of the pageant locally and given the state of affairs it is likely to take a very long time. On that December night in the glare of global audience, Nancy Sumari dazzled as she walked away with the Miss Africa World crown in the Chinese city of Sanya. As many insiders admit, they had anticipated her win which reverberated across the country and continent as she achieved what many can only afford to dream about. This is as far as Tanzanian contestants have gone with many posting very dismal shows that left fans wondering why they ever made the journey. However as Lundenga and his committee have every reason to beam with confidence and hope that Lady Luck smiles down on Tanzania, only miracles can save Julithas quest for the global victory. Given what happened in the past two years, pundits say the country is still a long way from achieving success in that arena as they point fingers at the mode of preparations leading towards the World stage. The 11th hour preparations leaves contestants with very limited time master the competitions rudiments. Most countries that have excelled in this competition always select their beauty queen a year in advance. For example as cameras follow the events in Sanya, South Africa which has a great track record in the event have already launched the search for next years beauty queen. According an insider, given the time limit the winner usually doesnt have enough time to acclimatize with her new celebrity surroundings. This according to him allows the selected bunch of young girls time to be tutored into the basic skills like etiquette which most of our contestants lack. But even as odd rear their ugly heads, there is more that Tanzania can get from the Miss World contest than just the crown. The source maintains that Miss Tanzania and Miss World is a marketing tool that is yet to be exploited especially in the tourism sector. It is common knowledge that Tanzania is the home of one of the most beautiful tourist attractions yet the we struggle with low numbers of tourists, he says Tanzania first got its beauty queen in 1994 when Anna Maeda won the crown. She was then followed by Emily Adolph in 1995 before Soshe Sinare did it the following year. Then Saida Kessy from Arusha broke the Dar dominance in 1997when she swept the crown which was then known as Aspen Miss Tanzania at an emotional event held at Diamond Jubilee Hall. Basila Mwanukuzi from Kinondoni won the pageant in 1998, followed by Ilalas Hoyce Temu and Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe in 1999 and 2000 respectively. Dar es Salaam continued to dominate the pageant in 2001 through Temekes Happiness Millen Magese who won the pageant and followed by Angela Damas in 2002. Temeke was in the thick of things again in 2003 through Sylvia Bahame and later Kinondoni dominated the pageant through Faraja Kotta, Nancy Sumari, Wema Sepetu and Richa Adhia in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. Before Genevieve Mpangala and Salha Israel whose term comes to an end tomorrow, Mwanza had taken a two-year winning streak with Nasrin Karim and Miriam Gerald winning in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Others who followed were equally not luck with their attempt at the crown and it remains an interesting prospect if at all Julitha has what it takes to make it to the top.
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https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/1765046-1765046-view-asFeed-hiqag9/null/magazine/thebeat/How-realistic-are-Julitha-s-chances-at-Miss-World-/1843792-4128010-139qx8w/index.html
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How the 1962 Escape From Alcatraz Set a Precedent For Prison Crafting and Was the Escape from Alcatraz Successful?
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How many foreigners are really buying properties in Singapore?
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Back in the property heyday of 2013, foreigners were often denounced as the driving force behind inflation. But today, with Additional Buyers Stamp Duty (ABSD) for foreigners at 20 per cent, foreign ownerships are at a 17-year low (as of 2020). But there have been recent pieces circulating around with headline such as: PHOTO: The Straits Times Which does seem contrary to what the numbers are showing. Still, it doesnt stop home buyers and investors alike from wondering if foreigners will come back; bringing both potential buyers, and higher home prices. Weve combed through private residential properties district-by-district, from 2010 to the present. Heres the percentage of foreign owned properties weve found: 1. Core Central Region (CCR) Historically, this is the most favoured region among foreign buyers. The CCR saw a boost from Chinese buyers in 2019, specifically in the luxury market. However, this has been in decline since the pandemic in 2020. Of course, do note that 2021 isnt over as of yet, so things could yet change at the end of the year (there are more high-end launches coming up ). Note that the data is not available for District 6 Year District 1 District 2 District 9 District 10 District 11 2010 18 per cent 12 per cent 28 per cent 16 per cent 17 per cent 2011 36 per cent 13 per cent 36 per cent 21 per cent 23 per cent 2012 20 per cent 11 per cent 18 per cent Eight per cent 12 per cent 2013 29 per cent 10 per cent 21 per cent 15 per cent 10 per cent 2014 22 per cent 23 per cent 19 per cent Nine per cent 11 per cent 2015 28 per cent 13 per cent 14 per cent 13 per cent Seven per cent 2016 21 per cent 15 per cent 11 per cent Six per cent Four per cent 2017 20 per cent Six per cent 11 per cent Six per cent Six per cent 2018 31 per cent 10 per cent 14 per cent Six per cent Three per cent 2019 37 per cent Eight per cent 17 per cent 14 per cent Five per cent 2020 22 per cent 13 per cent 13 per cent Nine per cent Three per cent 2021 Nine per cent 14 per cent Four per cent Nine per cent Nine per cent 2. Rest of Central Region (RCR) Long favoured by landlords, the RCR combines a lower quantum, with a still-high degree of rentability. A wide range of expatriate workers tend to rent in this area: rental rates are not as exorbitant as the CCR, but the difference in travel time is mere minutes. As of end-2020, the RCR seemed like a leading prospect for those emphasising rental strategies. Year District 3 District 4 District 5 District 7 District 8 District 12 District 13 District 14 District 15 District 20 2010 21 per cent 22 per cent 11 per cent 14 per cent 21 per cent 12 per cent Four per cent Six per cent 11 per cent Eight per cent 2011 30 per cent 26 per cent 14 per cent 30 per cent 24 per cent 21 per cent Six per cent 19 per cent 16 per cent 18 per cent 2012 10 per cent 12 per cent Six per cent 14 per cent 10 per cent Nine per cent 11 per cent Five per cent Four per cent Nine per cent 2013 Nine per cent 13 per cent Five per cent 14 per cent 14 per cent 14 per cent Seven per cent Seven per cent Eight per cent Seven per cent 2014 10 per cent 16 per cent Six per cent 14 per cent Nine per cent 11 per cent 13 per cent Six per cent Six per cent Five per cent 2015 11 per cent 14 per cent Seven per cent 19 per cent Seven per cent Seven per cent Three per cent Six per cent Four per cent Four per cent 2016 Seven per cent Eight per cent Five per cent Seven per cent 19 per cent Five per cent Four per cent Four per cent Five per cent Two per cent 2017 10 per cent 10 per cent Four per cent Nine per cent 15 per cent Six per cent Four per cent Four per cent Four per cent Two per cent 2018 Seven per cent 11 per cent Two per cent 24 per cent Four per cent Six per cent Four per cent Three per cent Four per cent Two per cent 2019 Six per cent 10 per cent Five per cent 24 per cent Six per cent Three per cent Seven per cent Four per cent Four per cent Three per cent 2020 Six per cent 12 per cent Three per cent Eight per cent Three per cent Two per cent Three per cent Two per cent Three per cent Two per cent 2021 Six per cent Four per cent Five per cent Zero per cent Five per cent One per cent Three per cent Three per cent Three per cent One per cent 3. Outside of Central Region (OCR) While foreign owners are quite rare in the OCR, this is expected to change in the coming decades. This would be an outcome of Singapores gradual decentralisation, with business parks and tech hubs appearing in places like Changi Business City, the Punggol Digital District, and Woodlands Northshore. At present, the handful of foreign property owners in the OCR likely work near these hubs. However, there are also some foreigners who prefer the lifestyle differences (e.g., seafront living along East Coast beach, or near the Katong area). Year District 16 District 17 District 18 District 19 2010 Nine per cent Three per cent Seven per cent Five per cent 2011 19 per cent Six per cent 12 per cent Eight per cent 2012 Seven per cent Two per cent Three per cent Three per cent 2013 Six per cent Six per cent Four per cent Five per cent 2014 11 per cent Four per cent Six per cent Seven per cent 2015 Seven per cent Four per cent Seven per cent Three per cent 2016 Six per cent Six per cent Three per cent Three per cent 2017 Three per cent Four per cent Two per cent Three per cent 2018 Four per cent Three per cent Four per cent Three per cent 2019 Two per cent Two per cent Two per cent One per cent 2020 One per cent One per cent Two per cent One per cent 2021 Three per cent Two per cent One per cent One per cent Year District 21 District 22 District 23 District 25 District 26 District 27 District 28 2010 10 per cent Nine per cent Eight per cent Six per cent Six per cent Four per cent Two per cent 2011 17 per cent 19 per cent 12 per cent 18 per cent 10 per cent Seven per cent Three per cent 2012 Six per cent Five per cent Six per cent Four per cent Two per cent Two per cent Two per cent 2013 Five per cent Six per cent Nine per cent Two per cent Four per cent Three per cent Zero per cent 2014 Four per cent Seven per cent Eight per cent Three per cent Zero per cent Two per cent Eight per cent 2015 Five per cent Four per cent Three per cent Two per cent One per cent Three per cent Three per cent 2016 Five per cent Four per cent Two per cent Zero per cent Three per cent Three per cent Zero per cent 2017 Five per cent Two per cent Two per cent Zero per cent Two per cent Two per cent Zero per cent 2018 One per cent Seven per cent Four per cent Six per cent Two per cent Three per cent One per cent 2019 Five per cent Four per cent Two per cent Five per cent Zero per cent One per cent One per cent 2020 Three per cent Three per cent One per cent Three per cent One per cent Zero per cent One per cent 2021 Two per cent Oneper cent Five per cent Two per cent Two per cent Zero per cent One per cent Overall patterns of foreign ownership from 2010 to the present As of end-2020, the number of foreign buyers in the Singapore private property market was at a 17-year low . Only 742 properties were sold to foreigners in that year, which is the lowest point since 2013. This is unsurprising given were in the midst of a pandemic, and we dont know how long this will go for (its much slower for transactions to take place, due to travel restrictions; and resale units are particularly hard to sell without viewings). Regardless of the pandemic, realtors we spoke to felt the killer moment wasnt Covid-19. Rather, it was the ABSD that was first passed in 2011, and then enhanced in coming years. ABSD rates were first set at 10 per cent in 2011. By 2013, they had increased to 15 per cent. As of 2018, the rate was hiked again to 20 per cent. Its not a coincidence that the timing matches the lost decade of Sentosa Cove : As Sentosa Cove is specifically targeted at foreign buyers, this is a good reflection of how hard the ABSD has struck. As of end-April 2021, prices on Sentosa averaged $1,596 psf, down from $2,239 psf a decade ago. The average home price here was over $9 million 2011, and today the average is $6.8 million. Now Sentosas situation cant be generalised for all of Singapore, as its a unique area (its also not a business hub, and appeals only to the very wealthiest buyers). But when even Ultra High Net Worth buyers are feeling the squeeze, its easy to understand how rough its gotten for other foreign buyers. Over the past decade, the percentage of foreign ownership has fallen by a significant amount. Even in the traditional foreigner favourites of Districts 9 (Orchard) and 10 (Tanglin, Holland V), the ratio of foreign ownership has almost halved over the past decade. Only District 1 (Raffles Place) managed to end 2020 with an even higher ratio of foreign ownership over the decade. This is largely on the back of Marina Bay, and thanks to the launch of properties such as Marina One Residences (launched in 2018). Going forward, it does appear as if District 1 may remain the leading choice. In particular, we note that the ratio of foreign property ownership actually rose from 31 per cent to 37 per cent, in the aftermath of the 2018 cooling measures. As of end 2020, District 1 also had the highest percentage of foreign ownership, with close to a quarter (22 per cent) of residential properties in foreign hands. Meanwhile in the RCR, District 7 (Bugis) has begun to draw the attention of foreign buyers. This district ended 2020 with the highest percentage of foreign ownership, next to District 4 (District 4 is only higher because it includes Sentosa, which isnt doing so well as we described above). Notably, District 7 beat District 9 in terms of pure price per square foot last year. While the momentum started with South Beach Residences, the development of the Ophir-Rochor Corridor has kept the ball rolling. There are plenty of signs that Singapores centre of business and commerce may be gradually shifting to this area. In addition, the launch of small, low-quantum properties such as Midtown Bay and Midtown Modern might be more palatable to foreign buyers, given the high ABSD. Despite foreign ownership being at a new low, the demand remains strong Analysts and realtors were quick to remind us that, pandemic aside, the low number of foreign buyers is a result of deliberate policy making. Its the ABSD thats lowering the numbers, whereas fundamental demand is strong.
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https://www.asiaone.com/money/how-many-foreigners-are-really-buying-properties-singapore
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Can the flu shot help kids battle Covid-19?
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While studies have shown that children are less susceptible to developing severe symptoms of the disease, we have seen a steady rise in Covid cases among kids in the past few months. There is still no guarantee whether children are entirely protected from the virus. Epidemiological studies have also shown that the first wave severely impacted people above 60 years, the second wave affected the younger generation and now that most adults are either infected or vaccinated, children are expected to be at a higher risk in the third wave. Hence, there is an urgent need to look at ways through which we can protect children, or at least reduce the severity of the illness. The Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) recommends giving annual flu shots to all children below 5 years. Recent studies conducted among Covid-infected children in Michigan and Missouri in the US showed that those who had been vaccinated with the inactivated influenza vaccine during the 2019-20 flu season in the US had slightly reduced risk of catching the Covid-19 infection as well as a reduced risk of suffering severe disease. SARS-CoV-2 and influenza have similar epidemiological and clinical features. With the ongoing Covid crisis, additional Influenza infection may convert the pandemic into a twindemic situation; vaccinating children with flu shots will offer possible benefit of viral interference, preventing infection risk and bringing down infection severity among children in the possible third wave. Prevention of influenza infection in children through vaccination will lead to a decreased need for Covid testing, decrease the healthcare burden, and not overburden healthcare resources. Maharashtras paediatric taskforce, therefore, has recommended that immunisation of all children against influenza will play a pivotal role in the fight against the third wave of Covid. It is important to note that the flu vaccine and the Covid vaccine are different. A gap of four weeks needs to be maintained between the two vaccines so that the child gets ample time for the antibodies to develop, and to build immunity against all kinds of viral interferences. Read India Today magazine by downloading the latest issue: https://www.indiatoday.com/emag
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https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/can-the-flu-shot-help-kids-battle-covid-19-1808721-2021-05-30
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How to Design Basement Bedrooms?
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Designing and building basement bedrooms can be one of the most rewarding ventures you undertake. This is true even if it is just a tiny space to sleep in! But then again, even a small space can be used to great advantage if you learn to plan and execute your design properly. So, here are some tips on how to design basement bedrooms so that they can be both functional and stylish. Location When considering how to design basement bedrooms, think about the location. If your home is close to the road or already has an accessible route for accessing it, this will reduce the physical and developmental complexity of the project. Keep in mind that the design of the room in question should take into account access to both the main house and the basement. If there is no such access, for instance through a staircase or a door, consider constructing a lift that can be used to gain access to the upper level. The Ambiance of the Room Decide how you intend the general ambiance of the room. This is where the use of different types of furnishing will have an impact. If you intend to create an overall romantic or theme environment, go for soft, warm colors like browns, creams, and others. For modern themes, try a dark finish that contrasts with the light coming through the windows. To create a relaxing atmosphere, choose a light-colored scheme featuring monochromatic elements like black, gray, and white. Furniture choices should also be made with this sort of thinking in mind, for instance, you can get a box spring mattress that has wrapped pocket coils to support your body. Wall Paint Here is another design tip that can help. Choose wall paint in the same color as your walls to create a similar design scheme. The bedding you choose will also have an impact on your design. For example, if you want to create a traditional look, go for rich colors like burgundy, emerald, and bronze. On the other hand, if you want to make the most of your limited space, stick to simple pastels like lime green and white. Lights The lighting is one of the most important components of this type of room. If you want to achieve an even decor, go for ceiling lights that complement the walls and the furnishings. For example, if you plan to display antique furniture, you might want to install a chandelier above it. It will truly set off the look and create a focal point for the whole room. Space You must take into consideration the space that you have available. This is where a well-planned outlay will pay off. Plan your layout before you start and make sure that you have considered every aspect including access to the bathrooms, closets, and stairs. By following these simple design tips, you can surely transform your spare room into a place where you can relax and get the best sleep every night. Just make sure that everything is properly fitted and you will have a great design! How to design basement bedrooms can be a tough question to answer. However, the more you know about interior design, the easier it will be for you to come up with your layout. Designing your bedroom can be an enjoyable experience and is very rewarding when you are done with your design. Hopefully, these tips will be to help you on your journey to designing your bedroom and living space. Adequate Light The first thing that you need to do before you begin your design is to make sure that there is adequate light in the room. You want to avoid a dark and cavernous room with very little light. Your goal should be to bring as much natural light into the room as possible, so make sure that there are plenty of windows to let this natural light into the room. If your windows do not allow the proper amount of light in, then you will want to add curtains or blinds to help control the amount of sunlight that comes into the room. Flooring Once you have sufficient lighting, you can begin to design the rest of the bedroom. The flooring that you choose should match the walls and the ceiling. When you design your walls, make sure that you get something that flows and that will not be difficult to clean. A floor that is patterned or has unique patterns should be avoided because it will only keep you from using the room properly. Keep in mind that if you are designing a guest room, then you will want to make sure that the flooring is easy to clean and maintain. Designing a bedroom is very similar to how you design the rest of your home. You need to think about windows, flooring, lighting, mattresses, premium mattress protector, and the flow of the room itself. If you are a visual person, you will want to design your layout with pictures and colors to help you with your design. If you are not a person that enjoys visuals, then you might want to hire someone to make the designs for you. There are people out there who have designed entire basements to be beautiful and interesting. Play Area You might want to consider creating a play area for your child to enjoy when they are young. A playroom is a bedroom that is separated from the rest of the bedrooms for children to have an enjoyable time while they are growing up. This is one of the many reasons why many parents put a bedroom on the second floor of their house. You dont have to limit your childs growth only to the four walls of their bedroom. By adding a playroom to their bedroom, they will be able to expand their imagination and creativity during playtime. Conclusion These are just a few things to consider when you are considering your next basement bedroom design project. If you want to get started right away, you might want to hire a professional to help you with your design project. They can provide you with the advice that you need to come up with a unique design. Most people who design their own homes usually hire a professional to get the design project done right. If you do not feel comfortable designing your own home, hiring a professional may be the best way to go.
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https://wheon.com/how-to-design-basement-bedrooms/
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Did Carrie Symonds rent her wedding dress for 45?
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The brides first wedding. The grooms third. He, straight from a less than stellar week during which he was accused of gross incompetence and having a character wildly unsuited to being prime minister by a formerly close ally who helped make him one. She, monstered by recurring aspersions about her fitness to be in charge of Dilyn, the rescue dog. No wonder Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds look as though theyre attending different events. They are however, at the same wedding. Their own, which took place in front of 30 guests (although not, it appears, the aforementioned Dilyn) at Westminster Cathedral, Londons main Roman Catholic church, on Saturday at around 1.30 pm. Wilfred, their one-year-old son however, was among the witnesses. Boris, we learn, is the first prime minister to wed while still in office since Lord Liverpool married Mary Chester in 1822.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/did-carrie-symonds-rent-wedding-dress-45/
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Is Akshay Kumars Bollywood period epic Prithviraj in trouble?
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Akshay Kumar Image Credit: Instagram/akshaykumar Bollywood actor Akshay Kumars period epic Prithviraj, based on the life and times of Rajput king Prithviraj Chauhan, has run into trouble with the Karni Sena, a right-wing group in India, who raised their objection against its title. Image Credit: Karni Sena famously demanded that Deepika Padukones period epic Padmaavati be changed to Padmaavat. In 2017, they allegedly vandalised the sets and slapped its director Sanjay Leela Bhansali as they protested against the film. Padmaavat Image Credit: Supplied According to a report in Quint, the Rajput outfit is now offended by the title of Kumars new saga and believe that the title should have his last name or is disrespectful. We want the title to be changed to his full name and give respect to him, said Surjeet Singh Rathore, President of the Youth Wing of the Karni Sena to reporters in India. They have also demanded that film is screened to them before it releases for public consumption. If they dont listen to our advice they will have to face the consequences. What happened to Sanjay Leela Bhansali during Padmaavat, the makers of this film will be prepared for it too, warned Rathore. Karni Sena is notorious for making their threats real. In 2017, protests were staged in different parts of India to pressurise Bhansali and his team to bow down to their demands. Padukone was also threatened with her nose being chopped off. Directed by Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Prithviraj is produced by Yash Raj Films and also stars Manushi Chillar. The makers or the actors are yet to comment on Karni Senas demand for title change.
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https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/is-akshay-kumars-bollywood-period-epic-prithviraj-in-trouble-1.79562976
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When Does the New Season of American Idol Begin?
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Last week, Chayce Beckham was crowned the winner of American Idol, and now, fans want to know when the next season will air. At this point, its too early to know when the new season will premiere, however, if its anything like the past few seasons, you can expect a new round of singers to grace the stage in February 2022. Towards the end of May, Deadline announced that showrunner Trish Kinane will be stepping down from her position. In her place, executive producer Megan Michaels Wolflick will take the big chair. According to Deadline, the show has officially been renewed for a fifth season at ABC. At this point, however, there is no news on whether or not Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, or Lionel Richie will once again round out the judges panel. In the words of Good Housekeeping, based on the premiere date of the last two seasons, wed say theres a good chance the competition show will come out sometime in mid-February of 2022. Last year, it wasnt until August that announcements revealed that Perry, Richie, and Bryan would be judging the show. With no other huge changes expected, its likely we can expect a similar timeline in regards to the judges panel announcements. Right now, Idol is auditioning Season 5 singers. ABC writes, AMERICAN IDOL is looking for the next singing superstar! Sign up for in-person virtual IDOL ACROSS AMERICA audition updates or submit your online video audition today! Yes, you can audition both ways! To sign up for an audition, you must reveal your birthdate (you must be 18 or older) and your location before proceeding to the next level. Click here if you are interested in auditioning. Chayce Beckham Wins American Idol During last weekends finale, Chayce Beckham was crowned the winner of the show, with 49% of TVLine readers accurately expecting Beckham to take home the title, and 28% predicting that Spence would win, according to TVLine. In an interview with Hollywood Life following his win, Beckham shared that he doesnt plan on stopping anytime soon. I already have music written, he said. They can put me in the studio tonight and we could put out a single. But its all up in the air right now depending on what happens with record companies and what they decide they want to do with me. So, as soon as that all gets established, I think we will get directly into a studio and get a single out right away. He added, I want to be part of the game as long as possible And just try to take this platform and momentum and use it to kick start a better career. This is awesome and a dream come true, but realistically, there is so much more that I would like to achieve. Beckham stated he is planning on moving to Nashville where he can focus on music. In Nashville, you have the best songwriters and best musicians across the country. So, hopefully I will be able to go to Nashville and write and record some number ones. I hope that is what Nashville has in store for me.
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https://heavy.com/entertainment/american-idol/new-season-when-begin-start/
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Can million-dollar spiritual guidance buy guilt-free living for billionaires?
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In the world of the super rich, no aspect of life is neglected. From the stylists and financial advisers, to Ferrari shoppers and palace managers, the retainers are endless. But, the latest staff member on the roster is a spiritual adviser, which can cost upwards of $250,000 a year. I have some colleagues who charge around a $1m retainer for the year, says Jennifer Longmore, North Americas leading Soul Purpose expert, a spiritual teacher who helps people find meaning in life. Some people want to do a full-day immersion or a weekend retreat which goes for about $100 or $200K. These retreats can include one-on-one time with Longmore and meditation, yoga, Thai yoga massage or shiatsu, nature walks, a five-star spa and energy work.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/society/can-million-dollar-spiritual-guidance-buy-guilt-free-living/
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How old is Floyd Mayweather's daughter Iyanna Mayweather and is she facing a life sentence for aggravated assault?
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Iyanna Mayweather is now 21-years-old. She's the second of Floyd Mayweather's children and was charged with aggravated assault in April 2020. The event occurred in the Houston residence of Iyanna Mayweather's then-fiancee and father of her son, Kentrell Gaulden, aka NBA YoungBoy. Iyanna Mayweather had gone to see NBA YoungBoy but found out that Lapattra Lashai Jacobs, the mother of one of YoungBoy's other children, was already present at the residence. Iyanna told Jacobs that the latter must leave the house as YoungBoy was her fiancee. In return, Jacobs said that Iyanna should leave the house owing to the fact that YoungBoy was her son's father. The two soon indulged in a heated argument that ended up moving to the kitchen. In the midst of the heated debate, Iyanna Mayweather grabbed a knife in each hand and stabbed Lapattra Lashai Jacobs in the biceps. Jacobs was found lying on the floor when the ER arrived and was swiftly taken to hospital, fortunately in a stable condition. Floyd Mayweather's daughter, Iyanna, has been arrested for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, TMZ has learned, and it appears to have been a confrontation over NBA Youngboy. https://t.co/P31VL5HCah TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) April 4, 2020 Iyanna Mayweather claimed that Jacobs pulled her hair before running into the kitchen, forcing her to act in self-defense. The nature of the assault carried out by Iyanna Mayweather is extremely serious, as the charges fall under first-degree felony, which is punishable by life imprisonment. Iyanna was released from jail on a $30,000 bail. The case is yet to reach a courtroom, primarily because of the delay in legal proceedings brought along by the COVID-19 pandemic. Old PSA from Floyd Mayweather w/ daughter Iyanna Mayweather by his side. **Following an altercation this past Saturday, Iyanna was hit w/ a felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge after allegedly stabbing rapper NBA Youngboys sons mother. **#iyanna #Mayweather pic.twitter.com/xforu03ZiI Hoop God (@TheeHoopGod) April 5, 2020 Floyd Mayweather became a grandfather after Iyanna Mayweather gave birth to NBA YoungBoy's son Iyanna Mayweather has had a somewhat topsy-turvy relationship with NBA YoungBoy. However, the two remain close. Iyanna Mayweather and NBA YoungBoy had a baby together in January 2021 and named him Kentrell Jr. In January 2021, Floyd Mayweather became a grandfather aged 44. 'Money' is scheduled to fight YouTuber Logan Paul in an exhibition bout on June 6, 2021. The event will take place at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The bout will consist of eight three-minute rounds. The event will be broadcast on the Showtime network. Digital pay-per-view services will be catered to by Fanmio. Please take 30 seconds to answer this survey so that we can better understand how to serve your MMA needs.
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https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-how-old-floyd-mayweather-s-daughter-iyanna-mayweather-facing-life-sentence-aggravated-assault
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Could solar geoengineering have a good effect on agriculture?
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Research offers better understanding of solar geoengineerings effect on agriculture Solar geoengineering putting aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and reduce global warming is not a fix-all for climate change but it could be one of several tools to manage climate risks. A growing body of research has explored the ability of solar geoengineering to reduce physical climate changes. But much less is known about how solar geoengineering could affect the ecosystem and, particularly, agriculture. Now, research from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) finds that solar geoengineering may be surprisingly effective in alleviating some of the worst impacts of global warming on crops. The research, a collaboration with the Norwegian Research Centre and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Seoul National University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is published in Nature Food. Research on solar geoengineering must address whether or not it is effective at reducing human impacts of climate change, said David Keith, the Professor of Applied Physics at SEAS and Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Our paper helps fill that gap by using the best crop model yet embedded in a climate model to examine the potential impact of solar geoengineering on agricultural yields. The team looked at three types of solar geoengineering stratospheric aerosol injection, marine sky brightening, and cirrus cloud thinning and their impact on the global yield of maize, sugarcane, wheat, rice, soy and cotton in a business-as-usual future where emissions continue at their current levels. In such a future, the most effective way to protect crops against the worst effects of global climate change is to reduce the surface temperature. The researchers found that all three potential solar geoengineering methods have a strong cooling effect that would benefit crop yields. Previous research suggested that cooling temperatures brought on by stratospheric aerosol injection may also lead to less rainfall, which could result in yield loss for rainfed crops. But these studies didnt look at one of the most important ecological factors in crop transpiration and productivity humidity. Relative humidity or vapor pressure deficit has stronger control on plant water use and crop productivity than precipitation, said Yuanchao Fan, a Fellow in the Harvard Solar Geoengineering Research Program and first author of the paper. We found that in a cooler world under multiple scenarios, except cirrus cloud thinning, there will be higher relative humidity, which will alleviate water stress for rainfed crops. Our model shows that the change in precipitation resulting from all three solar geoengineering methods would, in fact, have very little effect on crops. Climate risks cannot be resolved with any single tool; even if emissions were eliminated tomorrow the worlds most vulnerable will still suffer from climate change. DAVID KEITH PROFESSOR OF APPLIED PHYSICS The researchers compared how agricultural productivity is affected by solar geoengineering and emissions reductions. The researchers found that while emissions reductions have strong cooling and humidity benefits, they may have a smaller benefit for crop yields than solar geoengineering because the reduction of CO2 fertilization reduces the productivity of most crops compared with solar geoengineering that achieves the same temperature reduction. The finding highlights the need to combine emissions reductions with other tools, including increasing the use of nitrogen fertilization and changes to land use. Climate risks cannot be resolved with any single tool; even if emissions were eliminated tomorrow the worlds most vulnerable will still suffer from climate change, said Keith. Policymakers need to consider how emissions cuts might be supplemented by specific local adaptations to help farmers reduce the impacts of climate on agriculture, and by global actions such as carbon removal and solar geoengineering. Original Article: Model shows solar geoengineering may be surprisingly effective in alleviating impacts of global warming on crops More from: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norwegian Research Centre | Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Seoul National University | Chinese Academy of Sciences
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https://innovationtoronto.com/2021/05/could-solar-geoengineering-have-a-good-effect-on-agriculture/
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Is the 'hygiene hypothesis' a real thing?
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With the increased use of antibacterial soaps and other cleaning products, researchers are looking into whether a home can be too germ-free. Stock Photo Q: Our sister is a messy housekeeper. She calls it the "hygiene hypothesis," and says it's why her kids don't have asthma or allergies and don't catch colds often. We can't tell if she's kidding. A: We admit that when your letter started out with a mention of housekeeping, we thought you'd written to the wrong columnists. But then you brought it around to an emerging area of study that examines our home environments and their potential effects on health and the immune system. Taken together, these are the basic components of the "hygiene hypothesis," which your sister has been citing. It's a complex and intriguing collection of theories that began with a specific focus on asthma, but has, over the years, led to a series of broader discussions. In your sister's case, whether or not she's joking, she's referring to questions about our modern-day standards of cleanliness -- that is, the ways in which the spaces where we live and work affect our health in general, and our immune systems in particular. Let's start with the original hygiene hypothesis, which dates back to the late 1980s. It focused on asthma, which is considered to be the most common chronic disease in the developed world. The thinking was that when infants are raised in the ultraclean environments of the modern home, their developing immune systems fail to encounter the wide variety of microbes needed to properly educate their immune systems. This results in immune responses that go awry, leading to an array of childhood allergies and diseases, including the onset of asthma. Newer related theories suggest being raised in germ-free environments may lead a child's developing immune systems to become trigger-happy. As we continue to learn, an array of so-called "friendly" bacteria, fungi and viruses play a part in keeping our bodies functioning properly. The idea is that reduced exposure to bacteria, fungi and viruses can lead to an overreaction by the immune system when it encounters unfamiliar microbes, including those that don't pose a threat. It's important to note that so far, these are all just theories. They are subjects of robust debate, and no specific mechanisms for or against these hypotheses have been identified as of yet. Still, as we learn more about the complexities of the human body's connection to the world of microbes, it won't be a surprise if the relationship turns out to be even closer and more complex than we originally suspected. When it comes to the use of antibacterial household products, we urge caution. Yes, they can be effective at eliminating certain harmful germs. But in the process, they wipe out vast swaths of beneficial microbes and have the potential to play a role in antibiotic resistance. It's not that adherents to the offshoots of the hygiene hypothesis are urging us to live in dirty homes. Rather, it's about striking a reasonable balance between cleanliness and zero tolerance. We helped out some hikers a few weeks ago who got into trouble in the mountains here on a hot day. We're seeing a lot of inexperienced people on the trails this spring and think this is a useful topic. A: As the weather warms up and pandemic regulations continue to ease, a lot of people are escaping the confines of home and heading into the great outdoors. Unfortunately, it's easy to underestimate the toll that sun, heat and activity can take on the body. Even on what feels like a mild day, missteps having to do with clothing, terrain, hydration and your level of exertion can turn the sunny weather that drew you outside into a serious health threat. Heat-related illnesses fall into three categories: heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. The mildest of these are heat cramps, although when you're experiencing them, "mild" won't be the first word that comes to mind. They are painful, involuntary muscle contractions that can occur in the calf, thigh, arms or abdomen. Heat cramps are associated with heavy sweating. They can occur during intense physical activity, or in someone exercising beyond their level of conditioning. Someone with heat cramps should move to a shady spot and drink water or a sports drink. Don't resume activity until the cramps have subsided. The next step on the heat illness continuum is heat exhaustion. Symptoms include heavy sweating, a rapid pulse that may also be weak or irregular, muscle cramps, nausea or vomiting, headache, dizziness, cold or clammy skin, feeling weak and feeling confused. Unless addressed promptly, heat exhaustion can progress to heat stroke, which is a life-threatening emergency. Someone with heat exhaustion should immediately move to a cooler spot and loosen clothing to allow for air circulation. They should use damp cloths to cool the skin, or immerse themselves -- including the face and scalp -- in cool water. Sip water gradually. Drinking too much may lead to cramps or vomiting. Someone with heat stroke is at risk of internal injury and even death. Symptoms include hot skin; a rapid, pounding pulse; nausea or dizziness; headache; shallow breathing; confusion or delirium; and a temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Unlike someone with heat exhaustion, the person with heat stroke will not sweat. Get them to a cool or shady spot and cool their body with water. They urgently need immediate medical care. We're repeating ourselves, but it's important: Heat illnesses arise from high temperature, humidity, direct sun and physical exertion. The first three heat the body from the outside. Exertion heats you from within. To avoid heat-related illness, plan ahead. Choose activities appropriate for the day's weather. Wear loose, light clothing, which keeps you cooler than bare skin. Carry plenty of water, and drink it in moderation -- you don't want to over-drink. Rest in the heat of the day. Wear a hat and sunglasses. (Some people shade themselves with umbrellas.) Use salty snacks or sports drinks to help replace lost electrolytes. And never ignore the signs of heat illness, in yourself or your companions. Dr. Eve Glazier is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Dr. Elizabeth Ko is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Send your questions to [email protected].
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https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20210530/is-the-hygiene-hypothesis-a-real-thing
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Is Costco open on Memorial Day 2021?
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Memorial Day 2021 is on May 31. Costco will be closed on May 31, 2021 in observance of Memorial Day. Memorial Day is one of the more popular federal holidays for retailers to hold massive sales. Here is a list of some of the bigger ones: RELATED STORIES ABOUT RETAIL AND SHOPPING: Disney is closing 2 more N.J. stores amid shift to online sales Filipino taqueria Flip Sigi opening 1st N.J. spot Whole Foods expansion will include 4 new stores in N.J. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com Christopher Burch can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisBurch856. Find NJ.com on Facebook. Tell us. nj.com/tips
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https://www.nj.com/business/2021/05/is-costco-open-on-memorial-day-2021.html
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Why arent there any movies about it?
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In Tulsa, Oklahoma, even a century later, no one is talking about what happened in the city on a spring day 100 years ago. Late in the afternoon of May 30, 1921, Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old black shoe shiner working in isolated Oklahoma, had to use the bathroom. The only public toilets he was allowed to use were the colored ones at the top of the Drexel building in downtown Tulsa; to get there, he had to take an elevator operated by Sarah Page, a 17-year-old white teenager. Although there are conflicting reports about what happened in the elevatorWhat we do know is that an employee of a clothing store on the ground floor of the building heard what he thought was a woman screaming. Soon after, the elevator doors to the building opened and Rowland quickly walked out, looking annoyed. Page, behind him, looked in distress. Assuming Page had been sexually assaulted by Rowland, the clerk called the police, setting off a chain of events that would devastate black citizens of Tulsa. Over the next 14 hours, 35 city blocks in Tulsas Black neighborhoods were set on fire, around 800 people were injured and hundreds were killed in a moving response to the charges against Rowland. The best of Movies, TV, Books, Music, and more, delivered to your inbox. Im a black man from Oklahoma so this story is my family story. A cousin was murdered during those hours, and to keep his memory alive, my family on my fathers side tell the story of what happened in Tulsa that day, including that they never was able to find the bodies of our cousins. I know the story of the massacre of the Tulsa race in 1921 because it is my history, as the ancestor of these cousins. But today, as a professor at Oklahoma State University, Im still shocked at how few students in that state know these events even happened. You would think that a film about the massacre, a monumental and devastating moment in the history of this country, would have been made in recent years. American filmmakers have never hesitated to make films on the difficult history of this country: there have been many films on slavery, on Jim Crow, on the Vietnam War. There have even been films about the inaction of the Americas in the face of the genocide in Rwanda, a story whose national footprint is probably much smaller than that of the Tulsa massacres. Yet when it comes to the over 30 racial massacres that took place in this country between 1917-1921, even before Tulsa, there has only been one film made: John Singletons 1997 Rosewood, about the 1923 racial massacre that destroyed the town of Rosewood, Florida. I think the reason why the story of what happened on May 30, 1921 in Tulsa was absent from most of the media is clear: Americans are unwilling to tackle the ingrained wickedness of its racism and the fact that this nastiness still exists and has repercussions today. Consider the events of May 2020, nearly 99 years to the day after the events of Tulsa: we had what appeared to be a nationally and collectively outraged response to the (white) police murder of (Black) George Floyd. Cities across the country erupted in large-scale public protests against the police. The NBA postponed the games because the players and not just the blacks refused to play in solidarity. Such varied companies as Nike, Apple and Dominos Pizza issued statements denouncing racism and expressing their commitment to supporting black lives; some even put their money where it was. This last and powerful wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, which started just a few years ago, shocked me. I felt like maybe we had crossed some sort of Rubicon and were actually going to see systemic and societal change. I was full of hope. And then the seasons changed. Life has evolved. The outrage that I think could make things better for the inherently disadvantaged blacks of this country has evaporated. There have been no substantial political reforms. There has been no real change in the way Americans talk or react to racism. We had a moment of anger, and then life returned to its unsatisfying normal. This return to the racial status quo, where black people and other people of color are powerless and socially marginalized because of their race alone, has happened for the same reason that American studios continue to pass over rich stories and major racial massacres in our countries. : Wethat is, the predominantly white powers that are in Hollywood are ready to tackle the well-known history of slavery, the Jim Crow era and the civil rights movement, but we dont want to tackle these more local issues comparatively recent, and equally touching, major white-versus-black crime incidents. Its not that the American studio system is completely ignorant of events like the Tulsa racial massacre or other race riots; Rosewood Aside from, theres been a lot of talk about the Los Angeles race riots in recent years, for example. And in 2019 and 2020, the HBO series Guardians and Lovecraft Country in fact, the slaughter of the Tulsas race was part of their intrigue. But instead of relying on the simple story of the event and its social reverberations, Tulsa is referenced as a touchstone for past traumas that motivated the characters behavior. There is a difference between presenting a historical bloodbath like that of Tulsa as the plot point for a story of characters in a work of fiction and centering the narrative as a whole around the deeply ingrained effects that these events had on them. Blacks from this country and the country itself. What Im asking here is for more media to work to tell the truth about the evil past of this whole country, beyond the oft-told story of slavery. Because the damage to people of color has only increased since the end of the slaves; new events in the centuries that followed created new wounds and widened the existing gaps in our societal hierarchy. I want movies, shows, books, and podcasts that remind audiences how malicious and depraved white people are towards people of color. I want these to be widely consumed so that everyone can appreciate the miracle of love, resilience, and creativity of black people who have continually outlived the best attempts in the White Americas to undermine it. And other questions raised by Cruella. Real Delaware County has no such thing Easttown mare Why Olivia Rodrigos Good 4 U is the first Hot 100 No.1 in years The winners and losers of Friends Meeting Consider this: when the infamous movie Birth of a nation came out in 1915, the number of people joining the Ku Klux Klan skyrocketed. The violence depicted in this film directly inspired dozens of racial violence in American cities over the next several years. This film alone, whatever its creative intent, has engendered more racial conflict than would have existed without it. Representation in the media is important, from who is on screen to whom the stories are told and how. Movies, TV shows, books, and plays can inspire behavior, positive and, clearly, otherwise. We need mainstream work that shows how repressive, abusive, and grotesque people in power have been towards black people throughout Americas short history. It didnt end with slavery; Racial violence continues today and the horrific events of yesteryear resonate everywhere. Once we reconciled this truth and admitted that hundreds of black people were killed for the crime of being black for centuries after slavery, before the civil rights movement and before the death of Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor or George Floyd, I wont have to shock my students with the story of one of the worst racial massacres that happened just down the street.
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https://exbulletin.com/entertainment/951181/
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Is technological progress really progress?
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Until about 40 years ago, the production of newspapers, magazines and books relied on touchable technology. The page consisted of hot metal type. A sponge-like paper-like material called a paper mold was pressed against this metal. I bent it into a mold and poured melted lead into it to make a curved plate. The plate was bolted to a Leviathan-sized press and newspapers were printed on it. I grew up in that world. I was thrilled to see the news flooding and selling on the streets before the ink dried. The book was created in much the same way, but it took time. Compiling a dictionary can take years, or even decades. The addition was a major operation. Additional entries may require a full chapter reset, reread, and recheck. Therefore, the addition was rare. The change to the meaning of a word had to be firmly established in the language before it gained a place. This management was strengthened by the principal. If you heard a student misuse a word, that student was corrected. If the start-up company complains: But teachers, everyone in the playground is saying. .. .. He was advised that the playground was wrong. Today, people express themselves in a unique way. And it is advisable to do so. People innovate. They experiment. They create. This language is a turbulent, undulating whirlpool of new, general, hacked, ironic, and messed up abandonment. The online dictionary reflects this. Updates (ID terminology Damage Report) are published on a regular basis. This is made possible by digital technology. Dictionaries are temporary entities that currently exist in Ether. They have new meanings and new cantrips, the entire drivle page have been added. This is partly called progress. Technology has become a bloated god of the throne that goes far beyond mere humans. Definitely omni-chambolic and uncaring. Confronting high-tech unstoppable creep probably sounds ridiculous to me. A deceived King Canute who wants to suppress the waves. But then I made a Chap visit this week to repair my smart meter. He failed. He hummed, gnawing, and yelled, but things still beeped blindly and sadly flashed like an electric fish was launched into the sand. When I tried to pay someone, someone for the gas and electricity I might have used, I had a lot of fun misunderstood by the call center workers. I couldnt solve the mystery of how much it was used. Or if there is one that has been used. To reach that stage, I patiently listened to the phone for weeks and months. It may have taken years. But I learned something. I unnoticed that another change was made to the language. The word forward your call has come to mean that Im cuts you off, hahaha. Words of the week Mispayment (verb) Dissatisfied or dissatisfied. Read my words the latest ah! Every Saturday in the courier. Contact me at [email protected] 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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Is it safe to get two different types of Covid-19 vaccine?
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Vaccines currently approved for use in the UAE are Pfizer / BioNTech, Sputnik V and Sinopharm. Although currently only Pfizer and Sinopharm are available at vaccination centers in Abu Dhabi residents in the UAE have benefited from the speed and efficiency with which authorities were able to receive and mobilize vaccines, with location located in or near , topped most Covid-19 vaccine rankings. To date (May 30, 2021) a total of 12,756,630 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country. This is over one per head, and closing the double dose figure for all those eligible to receive strokes (excluding those under 12, those with suppressed immune systems, etc.). With the fact that there are three different strokes available, its natural what if? thoughts turn to doubled defense. The short answer to most safety questions is we just dont know yet in principle, collecting antibodies as if they were endless stones is probably not the worst idea. However these strokes have only existed for the last 6 months, there is no long term research on any aspect of their effectiveness, much less widespread studies of what happens when you treat your vaccine card just like a child treats a Pic n bag Mix. With little research available, what may be the marginal gains from adoption, and due to limited global supply most authorities around the world are currently choosing to err on the side of caution advocating adhering to one manufacturer . And the UAE certainly falls under that category. The global pandemic is undoubtedly an ongoing issue, with emerging fronts and new challenges emerging without warning. In situations like this, the best policy is a streamlined policy, adapting rules, regulations and recommendations in light of new evidence and new events. And if suggestions for multi-strokes change, well make sure to let you know. Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) MOHAP website there are a number of helpful FAQ answers that include an answer to the question Is it safe to get more than one type of vaccine 19? The answer given is No, it is not safe to take different types of Covid 19 vaccines. National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) Like MOHAP, the FAQ section of Covoid-19 on the NCEMA website states that it is not safe to get more than one type of Covid vaccine. Dubai Health Authority (DHA) We telephoned the DHA to find out if they were receiving appointments for Pfizer from those who had already been sued by the Sinopharm vaccine (and vice versa). They responded with a confirmation that it is currently not allowed. Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) SEHA also said that for now, they are advising people not to mix Pfizer with Sinopharm. 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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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Do I need to buy a generator for hurricane season?
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Experts encourage everyone, including people who live in apartments, to buy generators as long as they have safe spaces to run them. TAMPA, Fla. Florida's Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday runs through June 6th, letting you stock up on hurricane supplies tax-free. One of the biggest ticket items you may pick up is a generator. Many homeowners purchase generators in case power goes out after a storm to keep their electronics running, food refrigerated and their homes cool. If you live in an apartment or condo, you should also consider purchasing a generator, as long as you have a safe space to store and run the generator. Kris Kiser, the CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, says you should not run generators near open doors or windows, in breezeways or on patios if possible. Power generators create carbon monoxide, a colorless and odorless gas that can kill a person in minutes. He offers some other advice for purchasing and using your generator: Buy your generator in advance. Many people will try and buy one after the power goes out, but it's better to purchase yours early so you avoid the lines and get a generator that is right for your needs. Calculate the power you need before choosing your generator. "The size of the generator is power you need. It's easy to find. If you want to run your TV, your air conditioner, you can add all that up," said Kiser. Look up the wattage for your appliances and find a generator that can handle the capacity. Buy extension cords that match the wattage and power you need and make sure they're long enough to run from the generator outside into your home. Make sure your generator is being run at least 20 feet away from your home, away from any open doors or windows. Point the exhaust away from your home and never run it inside an enclosed space. Purchase a carbon monoxide detector and place one near every sleeping area in your home. Check their battery status often. 'Buy and burn' your fuel. "If your fuel is more than 30 days old, buy fresh fuel and a stabilizer which is very inexpensive. It will stabilize it in a hot, humid environment like Florida or a marine environment near water. Pour the old fuel into your car or lawnmower, it still will work fine there," said Kiser. Test your equipment before you need it. If a storm is coming in, test your generator and stock up on fuel a few days before the weather starts to pick up.
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How Far Will Governments and the Technology Tyrants Go to Control the Narrative?
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Just months before the global pandemic, a group of individuals participated in a high-level tabletop exercise called Event 201, simulating a hypothetical but scientifically possible global pandemic as shown here: Here is a brief description of the Event 201 scenario: "Event 201 simulates an outbreak of a novel zoonotic coronavirus transmitted from bats to pigs to people that eventually becomes efficiently transmissible from person to person, leading to a severe pandemic. The pathogen and the disease it causes are modeled largely on SARS, but it is more transmissible in the community setting by people with mild symptoms. The disease starts in pig farms in Brazil, quietly and slowly at first, but then it starts to spread more rapidly in healthcare settings. When it starts to spread efficiently from person to person in the low-income, densely packed neighborhoods of some of the megacities in South America, the epidemic explodes. It is first exported by air travel to Portugal, the United States, and China and then to many other countries. Although at first some countries are able to control it, it continues to spread and be reintroduced, and eventually no country can maintain control." Here is a list of the players who represent a wide range of business, government and academic backgrounds and nationalities: In addition, the following people are members of the exercise team: "Eric Toner, MD, is the exercise team lead from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Crystal Watson, DrPH, MPH and Tara Kirk Sell, PhD, MA are co-leads from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Ryan Morhard, JD, is the exercise lead from the World Economic Forum, and Jeffrey French is the exercise lead for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Exercise team members are Tom Inglesby, MD; Anita Cicero, JD; Randy Larsen, USAF (retired); Caitlin Rivers, PhD, MPH; Diane Meyer, RN, MPH; Matthew Shearer, MPH; Matthew Watson; Richard Bruns, PhD; Jackie Fox; Andrea Lapp; Margaret Miller; Carol Miller; and Julia Cizek." Here is a screen capture showing the partners involved in Event 201, noting the presence of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which was represented by Jeffrey French, a program leader for the Gates Foundation as shown here: Event 201 also received funding from the Open Philanthropy Project, which is funded by Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz, a co-founder of Facebook and a billionaire worth $20.3 billion and owner of a 2 percent stake in Facebook according to Forbes With that background, let's look at one of the issues that was discussed during Event 201. As we all are aware, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the technology/social media sector has been very involved in eliminating any discussions that it deems are disinformation about the dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines, treatment options that do not include vaccination (i.e. hydrochloroquine, vitamin D and ivermectin), the existence of the novel coronavirus, the use of govenrment-mandated lockdowns and shutterings and any other issues that do not fit their narrative. Oddly enough, this exact issue came up during Event 201 as recorded in a transcript dated September 23, 2020, nearly one year after the exercise. Noting that CAPS stands for the fictional Coronavirus Acute Pulmonary Syndrome as shown here: here are some quotes from the transcript which records the exchange between participants during the "fourth and final meeting of the Pandemic Emergency Board on December 18, 2019" with all bolds being mine: "Tom Inglesby: We have called this meeting today because of major strategic problems around communication that are happening globally, and here's a immediate debate that just happened on air today. Chen Huang: Alarming news emerging from social media companies today about the CAPS pandemic, Twitter and Facebook are reporting. They've identified and deleted a disturbing number of accounts dedicated to spreading this information about the outbreak. For more on this, we go to our correspondent: Catalina Parks. Catalina Parks: Chen, these accounts were created by several state-sponsored groups intending to sew political discord and some individuals are seemingly seeking to gain financial advantages. Violence against healthcare workers and minority populations has been increasing. A recent riot highlights the real danger in these posts. Countries are reacting in different ways as to how best to manage the overwhelming amounts of dis- and misinformation circulating over the Internet. In some cases, limited Internet shutdowns are being implemented to quell panic. Kevin McAleese: To me, it is clear countries need to make strong efforts to manage both mis- and disinformation. We know social media companies are working around the clock to combat these disinflation campaigns. The task of identifying every bad actor is immense. Experts agree that new disinformation campaigns are being generated every day. This is a huge problem that's going to keep us from ending the pandemic and might even lead to the fall of governments, as we saw in the Arab spring. If the solution means controlling and reducing access to information, I think it's the right choice. Dr. Sell: Polls have shown that mis- and disinformation are ubiquitous: at least 90% of the public has been exposed to these messages. At the same time, misinformation messages come from a variety of sources, even government officials, and often governments are contradicting one another. We know that social media is now the primary way that many people get their news, so interruptions to these platforms could curb the spread of misinformation, but could also limit access to information from legitimate sources. Dr. Sell: Health ministries around the world are attempting to combat mis- and disinformation by amplifying public health messaging through social and traditional media, but they are being outpaced by false and misleading information. National governments are considering, or have already implemented, a range of interventions to combat misinformation. Some governments have taken control of national access to the Internet. Others are censoring websites and social media content and a small number have shut down internet access completely to prevent the spread of misinformation. Penalties have been put in place for spreading harmful falsehoods, including arrests. Dr. Sell: Other countries have taken a more moderate approach and have focused on promoting fact-checking efforts and working with traditional media outlets. Yet, these approaches are limited in scope. Social media companies report that they're doing all they can to limit the use of their platforms for nefarious or misleading purposes. But this is a technically difficult problem and false misleading, or half true information, is difficult to sort without limiting potentially true messages. The bottom line is that members of the public no longer know who to trust. Both the misinformation and the measures to control it have led to a crisis of confidence. Martin Knuchel: Thank you. I fully agree that this is pure crisis communication and crisis communication today, also social media is part of it. And just to limit or even stop social media would create a huge damage. We should use it; we should get it on our side; we should work together with them and we should try to avoid this misinformation. I think Matt alluded to that as well. Martin Knuchel: Yes, I will say that there are specific conditions now and we have to find a way to cooperate and to have to find solutions for this, but not to hamper them. If you wish to read the entire transcript of this portion of the meeting, you can find it here. How long will it be before life imitates art and our access to the internet is completely shut down by governments in a desperate attempt to control and protect their own COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine narrative. Click HERE to read more from this author. Yes No View Results
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What is the issue of adverse reactions and should I take a Covid vaccine shot?
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Since 2020, the biggest problem the world faces has remained the Covid-19 pandemic. Over time, it has both caused disease and death as well as crippled economies and normal life. It has become increasingly clear that neither harsh steps like nationwide lockdowns nor more maverick experiments with herd immunity are going to succeed at digging humanity out of its present predicament. This has all but left us with the option of vaccinating our way out of this. In this context, the challenge of vaccinating seven and a half billion people has become further compounded by concerns around vaccine safety. In particular, popular discourse around side effects of and, more importantly, adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines has very significantly accentuated vaccine hesitancy. This has led to (previously avoidable) slowdowns in vaccine roll-outs and setbacks to national vaccination efforts. Let us try to take a step forward in this direction by trying to understand the issue of adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines. To do this, we will use broad examples. In particular, let us take up Quetta and assume that it has a population of precisely 01 million. Next, for our purposes, let us take up the AstraZeneca-Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine, the most misunderstood and, therefore, controversial of all vaccines currently available. Now, the problem with Covid vaccines is that people report side-effects after getting the vaccine, such as feeling pain in their arm, temporary Covid-like symptoms, headache, tiredness, etc. The side-effects are a relatively smaller issue. They are a fairly common occurrence and are, simply, a result of the medicine people are getting. All these symptoms are temporary and pass quickly (i.e. within 12 to 48 hrs). In this context, it is important to note that all medicines have some sort of a side-effect. Even the commonly used Panadol or an easily available antibiotic have their own side-effects. For example, both can cause upset stomachs, loss of appetite, indigestion or even vomiting. Thus, vaccines also causing some side-effects should not serve as cause for alarm. However, like everything else say, milk vaccines are also chemical compounds. Like everything else again, say, milk which is a problem for the lactose intolerant chemicals that make up a vaccine can trigger some sort of allergic reaction. Or, these chemicals can have some sort of adverse effect on a human body unto itself. For instance, chemotherapy that treats cancer causes hair fall. Similarly, it is quite possible that the chemicals that make up a vaccine can cause a negative reaction in the human body. These are called adverse reactions to a vaccine or ADRs. In case of some Covid vaccines, especially AstraZeneca (but also, Janssen and Sputnik! ), there have been reports that an adverse reaction (or, ADR) takes the form of platelets in some peoples blood sticking together and forming big lumps. This process is called thrombosis and the lumps are called blood clots. In some again, some extreme again, extreme cases, the process of platelets sticking together accelerates to an extent that huge numbers of platelets stick together, leading to a significant drop in platelet counts in blood. This is a condition called thrombocytopenia. This relatively unique situation where conditions of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia both take hold, has become the greatest cause of concern around vaccines like AstraZeneca. Broadly, we can do three things: 1) We can try to see how common ADRs, especially the blood clotting, phenomenon is to judge its impact on us and people around us; 2) We can try to see what happened in other places where vaccines like AstraZeneca were administered; and, 3) We can do a cost-benefit analysis and weigh cost of accepting risks of ADRs like blood clots against benefits of administering vaccines like AstraZeneca to people. On the first count, our job has been made easy by research undertaken by respected public health organizations such as World Health Organization (WHO) and European Medical Agency (EMA). Such organizations have calculated that the chance of developing ADRs like thrombosis with thrombocytopenia (henceforward, simply blood clots), is about 0.001% after one dose of, for example, AstraZeneca and 0.0001% after its two doses. This means that 01 person in every 100,000 people given AstraZeneca will develop a blood clot after one dose and 01 in every 1 million will develop a clot after two doses. Adapting these figures to Quettas example, we can see that if all 01 million Quetta residents are given AstraZeneca, we should expect to find 10 people who develop a blood clot. Further, research has shown that only 20% of the people who do develop clots might die of it. This should mean that of the 10 cases of blood clotting, only two (02) persons may die. The current global average case fatality ratio of Covid-19 disease comes to about 2.08%. Or, 2.08% of all people who get Covid tend to pass away. If we use this ratio for our Quetta example, we can see that if all 01 million Quetta citizens get Covid, we can expect 20,800 people to die. This is the worst-case scenario and is just an illustrative example. In any case, the choice before us comes to this: Do we want to accept the risk of two of Quettas citizens possibly dying and save all the remainder, or, do we want to reject AstraZeneca, allow Quettas population to contract Covid and, then, accept the loss of 20,800 lives. International organizations and hundreds of governments around the world, have already done this type of math. They have seen that, to quote words from the most common verdict on AstraZeneca vaccine, the benefits of administering vaccines, including AstraZeneca, far outweigh the risks of the same. In other words, where the choice is between 20,800 dead vs. just two possible deaths, international organizations as well as world governments have chosen to accept the risk of the latter happening. This determination has led to repeated emphasis by the WHO to continue administration of vaccines, including AstraZeneca, on the one hand. On the other, it has led to the EMA designating blood clots a very rare side effect. This is because this designation reflects the fact. That is to say, blood clots are, indeed, an extremely rare side-effect. At 0.001%, the probability of getting a clot is extremely low. It is so low that it is exactly equal to you dying after getting hit by lighting. It is so low, in fact, that it is half of the chance that you will die after getting hit by a car while walking along a road today! Within this context, hundreds of countries are continuing to administer vaccines, especially AstraZeneca. For instance, about 70% of the 210 million doses administered in India have been AstraZeneca. Around 50! Over 21 million doses of AstraZeneca have been administered in Latin America. Zero! In the UK, over 68 million Covid vaccine doses have been administered of which about a third are AstraZeneca. The government of UK conducted a specific study on the clotting matter that was released on May 12. In this report, UK noted that it had only logged 309 suspected cases of blood clots from amongst 32 million doses that had by then been administered. This comes to just 0.00096% of the sample. Interestingly, the same report notes that this percentage is actually below the average estimated number of people who would get blood clots anyway due to other reasons during the same period of study! These are just a few examples. There is plenty of data out there that demonstrates that vaccines, including AstraZeneca, work and that adverse events are extremely rare. One need not go any farther than this: Infectivity in the UK, AstraZenecas second biggest user, has dropped to just 0.47% today. The pandemic is also coming down in virtually all countries that have been administering vaccines, including AstraZeneca. The results, the data, the science on this matter is clear: Vaccines work. The answer to that is a very definite yes. Approved vaccines, including AstraZeneca, cut risk of hospitalization and death by 100%. They cut risk of symptomatic disease by close to 90% yes, this includes AstraZeneca. So, save yourself some trouble. Rise above the social media brouhaha that is fuelled by limited understanding of science and data as well as a more general suspicion on science, medicine and vaccines. You and your loved ones are stuck in a dire situation. But the path out of it is absolutely sure and clear: Vaccines. Get the shot!
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How many from New Hanover died in World War I and World War II?
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Ben Steelman StarNews contributor If youre talking about New Hanover County, the answer for World War I is simple. The local World War I Memorial lists 37 names of Wilmington-area residents. The number of those who died in World War I from New Hanover County was recently re-tabulated by the State Archives in 2018 (ncdcr.gov/blog/2018/11/15/list-north-carolinas-dead-wwi-service-individuals) and now numbers 44 rather than 37. The extra seven persons include those who died of wounds after the end of the conflict on Nov. 11, 1918, and one whose date of death is unknown. Interestingly, the listing has one county resident dying three days before the end of the war, two county residents dying two days before the end of the war, one resident dying the day before the end of the war, and one resident dying the day the war ended. Included in that roster is Arthur Bluethenthal (1891-1918), who died in action while serving as a pilot with the Lafayette Flying Corps, part of the French armed forces. Bluethenthal was the first Tar Heel to die in World War I. Wilmington International Airport was originally named Bluethenthal Field in his honor. Bluethenthals military service was with the French armed forces, therefore he is not tabulated with the other U.S. service members, but he is tabulated with French forces. Visit a link to the librarys digital collection about the Arthur Bluethenthal Family at cdm16072.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16072coll8/search. Travis Souther, local history librarian with the New Hanover County Public Library, submitted the World War II information. A complication is how one defines a local casualty. An illustration of this is William D. Halyburton Jr., who was born in Canton and was a seminary student at Davidson College at the time of his death in action on May 10, 1945, in Okinawa. A Navy corpsman attached to a Marine rifle company, Halyburton died while tending wounded comrades and shielding them with his body. He was later awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor. William David Halyburton Jr. is not listed among those below, he is listed by the county of his birth (Haywood County). He did in fact graduate from New Hanover High School in 1943 and did receive a posthumous Medal of Honor. New Hanover County has three recognized Medal of Honor recipients, with Halyburton being a fourth depending on ones definition of local. Per the city of Wilmingtons website, wilmingtonnc.gov/departments/community-services/world-war-ii-city, the city gives a figure of 248 individuals who died. However, this may be a misprint as the first digit may be a typo. Per the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorials Roll of Honor (ncrollofhonor.com/new-hanover-county), 148 individuals from New Hanover County are listed as laying down their lives during the Second World War:
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Why is Wilmington still seeing material shortages and cost increases for homebuilders?
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Lumber, windows, nails, appliances and roofing all have one thing in common: Home builders in Wilmington -- and throughout North Carolina -- are having trouble getting their hands on enough of them. "We are seeing material shortages and delays on about everything that goes into the construction of a house," said Cameron Moore, the executive officer of the Wilmington-Cape Fear Homebuilders Association. "Whether it be lumber, glues, epoxies, caulk, paints, flooring, appliances, roofing, nails, I could go on and on and on." Even as pandemic restrictions have been lifted, builders have struggled to get their supplies. Nationwide, nearly 95% of builders are reporting shortages in appliances and 87% of builders are reporting shortages of windows and doors, according to data provided by the National Homebuilders Association. The shortages have lengthened the amount of time it takes to build a home in Wilmington and increased overall housing costs for buyers. Homebuilders in the Cape Fear region are struggling to keep up with the area's hot housing market, Moore said. "We can't build enough houses right now because we can't get enough product," he added. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to material shortages by limiting some manufacturing production, there are other factors at play. Craig Smith, the owner of 70 West Builders, said his company, which builds homes throughout Eastern North Carolina, didn't start seeing shortages and price increases until months into the pandemic. "It's not a direct result of when the pandemic started, it's the ramifications of people buying more houses and the manufacturers can't keep up," Smith said. "It's just compounded month by month by month." When the pandemic began last year, there was some uncertainty around how the building industry would be impacted, said Holly Overton, the sales manager and vice president of Charter Building Group, a company that builds homes in the greater Wilmington area. Shortages began gradually, but have gotten progressively worse. "The shortages started really with just a handful of items but every month it's getting worse and we're seeing more and more items get backed up in manufacturing," she said. There are a few factors. First, people are building more houses. The U.S. saw an approximate 12% increase in the number of new construction starts in last year, according to Robert Dietz, the chief economist and senior vice president for Economics and Housing Policy at the National Homebuilders Association. The Wilmington area, in particular, has seen a housing boom. The remodeling market is also hot right now, which has increased demand for building materials, Dietz said. Manufacturers haven't been able to keep up with that demand, leading to backlogs and delays, and tariffs on softwood lumber from Canada have lead to additional price increases, according to Moore. "The housing industry is a global industry," he said. "It's not just that all these products are made right here in North Carolina or made right here in Wilmington." For John Rock, the general manager of American Homesmith, price increases for lumber have been the most substantial. It also now takes the company between 16 to 18 weeks to receive the windows needed for a home. Before the pandemic, they could get windows in four to five weeks. "Trying to plan what you're going to build four to five months ahead of time, that's a lot," Rock said. Certain materials are considered "critical path" items that need to installed before a home can be finished, Overton said. "Things that are critical path like windows, appliances, if you can't get those materials in a timely manner it really will stop a job site completely," she said. More than a year since the pandemic started, some local builders are beginning to wonder when things will return to normal. It's a question Moore gets frequently from the builders he works with, but there's still "no end in sight," he said. Overton agrees. "Most homebuilders in our industry thought that as the pandemic restrictions eased that manufacturing would be able to catch up with demand or close to demand and that just hasn't happened," she said. "Instead it's gotten worse." Dietz said helping manufacturing keep up with demand and lifting the Canadian tariffs could help, but the situation remains complex. "There's a lot of different factors that would help," Dietz said. "I don't think there's a single solution." Reporter Emma Dill can be reached at 910-343-2096 or [email protected].
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https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2021/05/30/wilmington-homebuilders-struggle-keep-up-hot-housing-market-material-lumber-shortage-cost-increase/7431751002/
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What Sunscreen Ingredients Are Harmful To The Ocean?
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Our editors have independently chosen the products listed on this page. If you purchase something mentioned in this article, we may earn a small commission. If you have acne-prone skin, I can wager you are precious with what you put on your face. Not only do you want to use ingredients and products to help ease your breakouts, but it's imperative you don't use products that will further trigger inflammation and clog pores. It's a delicate balance, and one many struggle with. But of course, dealing with acne isn't the only thing you should be mindful of: While breakouts may be top of mind, you also need to help your skin long term by protecting it from UV damage.
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Which keeper should Arsenal target? Woodman or Raya?
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After the departure of Emi Martinez last summer, Arsenals reported preference has been to sign a back-up goalkeeper who is homegrown. The Gunners were linked with Brentfords David Raya and Swansea Citys Freddie Woodman last summer. Although, at the end, nothing materialized, their interest in the two goalkeepers is still believed to be strong. Raya and Woodman fought it out at the Wembley Stadium on Saturday evening in the Championship play-off final. Rayas team eventually got the better of Woodmans. And that might mean Arsenals long-term interest in the Spaniard might be over. When the Gunners were chasing the Brentford man in the previous summer shop window, they made multiple bids for the 25-year-old. But he was convinced by the Bees to remain at West London for a further year. The Spaniard agreed to stay by signing a contract extension that involved a nominal release clause. However, that became invalid when Brentford got promoted to the Premier League, as was reported by The Athletic. So, any deal for the Brentford shot-stopper looks unlikely. But they might open talks if they are determined to add Raya into their ranks. The 25-year-old has played over 180 matches for Blackburn Rovers and Brentford. Thus, he is not short of experience at the lower levels of English football. The Spanish shot-stopper has a Save Percentage of 74.2. In the 42 matches he has played in the Championship this term, the goalkeeper has conceded just 0.86 goals per 90 minutes. On the other end of the spectrum, Freddie Woodman has played less first-team games than his counter-part. But he does boast a playing career at a number of clubs. Thus, he deserves some credit to adapting to new challenges every now and then. The Englishman had loan spells at Crawley Town, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and Swansea. In the current campaign, the 24-year-old has a Save Percentage of 72.7. The goalkeeper, who is on-loan from Premier League side Newcastle United, has conceded 0.84 goals per 90. Woodman is a taller as well as a younger option. And with Brentford getting promoted to the Premier League, Arsenal chase for David Raya might turn to be an uphill task Both goalkeepers are young and have massive potential. Many arguments can be made in favour of signing either one of them, as a back-up option to Bernd Leno. Yash Bisht
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What is the viral chip fire challenge on TikTok?
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People on TikTok have popularized a simple trick involving chips to help start a fire for when youre camping, but the trick has resulted in some dangerous incidents. TikTok is known for its hugely viral videos, and a big portion of those videos are tricks or hacks to make peoples lives easier. One hack in particular thats been garnering attention on TikTok is the chip fire challenge which, as the name suggests, involves using potato chips, ideally corn chips, as an easy way to start a fire due to their high fat content. Click here if TikTok doesnt load TikTok chip challenge is causing major fires While the trick has been appearing on the internet and TikTok for a while, it has recently picked up a bit more traction, but this has led to some people taking the hack a little too far, and causing fires to get out of control. Advertisement Read More: How to play Connect 4 on Twitter On May 6, a fire broke out in the chip aisle of an Auckland supermarket, after which 60 firefighters arrived on-scene to attempt to tackle the substantial blaze. Two charged after West Auckland Countdown chip aisle fire https://t.co/Lwt1QclU1m pic.twitter.com/xF5NfWQ9nn nzherald (@nzherald) May 11, 2021 Police claimed they were aware of a TikTok challenge in which people set fire to chip packets, which may have explained why this particular fire ended up happening in the chip aisle. The potato chip trick is one that has long been used by many campers, but the popularity it gained on TikTok means that more people have started diverting from the original purpose. The chip fire challenge isnt the only dangerous TikTok challenge out there a trend that involves using magnets as fake piercings has resulted in some people going to the hospital.
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https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/what-is-the-viral-chip-fire-challenge-on-tiktok-1584856/
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Whats the Bears most important position battle heading into training camp?
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There are plenty of positional battles that will be on display during Chicago Bears training camp in late July. From the battle at cornerback for the starting outside cornerback opposite Jaylon Johnson and the slot corner position to wide receiver to offensive tackle, there are starting spots and roster spots up for grabs. But according to Bleacher Report, Chicagos most important position battle is the one where the Bears arent leading anyone to believe theres going to be a competition the quarterback position. Nagy did mention that the team wants to utilize both quarterbacks this year, however, saying the coaching staff will implement strategies for each in the playbook. Nick Foles is also still on the roster, but barring injuries or unforeseen circumstances, the Super Bowl MVP isnt likely to see the field. Fields has the talent to be the next star quarterback in this leaguegiving the Bears the elite player under center it has long lackedbut hell need a standout training camp to usurp Dalton at the top of the depth chart. Chicago has already laid out the groundwork for the 2021 season, where the intent is to ride with veteran Andy Dalton while developing rookie Justin Fields. One thing is clear: The Bears dont want to make any mistakes when it comes to Fields development. They dont want to rush him, and they feel that Dalton is someone they can ride with while they develop their young quarterback. And while Fields has only practiced three times as a Bear during rookie minicamp he already looked calm and in control. Although, theres certainly a long way to go with Chicagos new quarterbacks both learning a new offense. While the Bears might not consider it to be a competition at quarterback heading into training camp, Fields performance might just turn it into one. Story continues List
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Is Bitcoins High Computing Power its Achilles Heel?
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Data collated from the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF), show the worlds most popular crypto asset presently consumes around 13.37-gigawatt annum 0.6% of global electricity supply, or roughly equivalent to the annual energy draw of an emerged market countries as Sweden. Elon Musk, some weeks stunned crypto investors arbitrarily when he unexpectedly announced via Twitter, Tesla was no longer accepts Bitcoin as a means of payment citing environmental concerns. Bitcoin minings energy-intensive process was the major reason behinds Elon Musk decision as the most popular crypto asset relies on a significant amount of electricity generated from coal known for high carbon prints and toxic gases. We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel, Elon Musk said. Just recently the government of Iran recently placed an embargo on the mining of bitcoin as revealed by the countrys president, Hassan Rouhani, partly because of Bitcoins energy-intensive process triggering blackouts in a significant number of Iranian hubs. Miners on the blockchain often use powerful computing power in solving complex mathematical tasks that effectively facilitate a bitcoin transaction to go through, triggering Bitcoin miners to be rewarded for their efforts with the digital asset. The energy requirement in auditing such bitcoin transactions requires a huge amount of computing power which translates to a huge amount of electricity. Iranian fiscal officials further revealed most of the energy consumption gotten from Bitcoin mining is largely attributed to illegal miners, or those operating such permits. Although, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of Crypto derivatives exchange FTX recently disclosed that most of the current energy usage will decay away as block rewards go down the rest of the energy usage will scale linearly with Bitcoins price. Story continues Sam also disclosed that the Ethereum blockchains recent upgrade to proof of stake will enable a less energy-intensive system that will likely address some of the climate concerns, Still, a growing number of environmentalists are increasingly becoming impatient on the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining. Today, Bitcoin mining creates about the same pollution footprint per unit of energy as natural gas, says Alex de Vries, who oversees Digiconomist, a company that monitors Bitcoins electricity usage. Thats because hydro in China offset much of the effect of coal in that nation and other parts of the world. Not forgetting China accounts for more than three-quarter of the Bitcoin mining activity globally as of April 2021, However, current reports reveal that Chinas recent ban is more of an economic issue with its officials trying to prevent an economic shock just in case a Crypto bubble burst as the worlds second-biggest economy aims for a stable and viable financial architecture immune to volatility that often prevails in many Crypto assets. Present price actions show the environmental concerns of Bitcoin seem to be receding as it broke above $35,000 price levels after Elon Musk disclosed, he held potentially promising talks with North American bitcoin miners on how to make Bitcoins mining process more environmentally friendly. This article was originally posted on FX Empire More From FXEMPIRE:
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Who could be the first to get the COVID-19 vaccines?
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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK Recent promising updates in the race for a coronavirus vaccine have many wondering who might be the first to actually receive such a vaccine. Health care workers are likely to receive the first coronavirus vaccines when supplies are limited, but a decision on who gets the first shots has not been made. An expert panel advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also considering giving high priority to workers in essential industries, people with certain medical conditions and people 65 and older. To make its recommendations to the CDC, the panel will consult trial data on side effects and how people of different ages, ethnicities and health statuses responded. State officials distributing the vaccines are expected to follow the CDCs guidance.
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Can Birmingham progress if we keep dredging up our troubled past?
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David Shers ComebackTown giving voice to the people of Birmingham & Alabama. Click here to sign up for newsletter. I think a lot about these questions. They are important. In addition to being a Birmingham cheerleader, I consider myself an amateur Birmingham historian. Actually, now that I am of a certain age, I am able to recount a lot of Birminghams history firsthand. So, let me share some thoughts with respect to the questions posed above. Birmingham has an undeniably awful, racist history. Racism has cost us dearly. Just think about the exodus of black and white people from our City, particularly over the past 50 years. Just think about the number of other Americans who have chosen not to move to Birmingham because of our history. One can only guess at the financial and social cost born by us who live here today. I am mindful of the experience of South Africa when it moved from Apartheid to Black majority control. The first thing that the new government did was to set in motion truth and reconciliation committees. It was their job to ferret out the truthbecause there can be no reconciliation absent telling the truth. That is what we do when we dwell on Birminghams past. We are coming to terms with ugly truth. And, we do this for at least two other very good reasons: We do this to honor the legion of African Americans who lived and died in Birminghams gulag; and those who came of age during what the Irish would call the troubles. (Interestingly, people all over the world remember and recount their troubles. Its just what all human beings do.) We also do this to make certain that we dont ever slip into the abyss again. Never again. Of course we are. We initially play the cards with which we are dealt. But, that doesnt mean that we cant discard and play for a better hand. Birminghams natural beauty, climate and location in the USA makes us an ideal spot for business and industry to grow and prosper. Many of us can and do enjoy a wonderful standard of livingquality of life. The parks, arts and entertainment, colleges and universities, and houses of worship have prospered here, and with the control of COVID, will once again. We are not perfectfar from it. There are too many in our City and region who suffer because of inequity in opportunity. I recently heard it said that its really hard to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, if you dont have boots. And, too many of our people dont have boots. But, we continue to strive. So, yes, lets do focus on the here and now; lets celebrate our successes. Lets enjoy our accomplishments. But, lets face our challenges head-on toobe they economic disparity, social injustice or radical selfishness. Indeed, this is what is required of us. In every religious tradition, its about facing inequities, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, housing those with no home. This is what we humans, we humane humans, are called upon to do. Acknowledging the past is not an exercise in negativity. It is a necessary part of the struggle to achieve honesty and integrity for the growth of a credible and honorable society. And, this is absolutely achievable in Birmingham. In fact, this attribute embodies Birmingham. We are the most charitable and hospitable of cities. When we find our better selves and act on our innate goodness, our future is assured. This is what Birmingham looks like to me in this third decade of the Twenty-First Century. Maury Shevinpassionate about the City of Birminghamlives, works, thinks and plays on Birminghams Southside. Click here to sign up for our newsletter. (Opt out at any time) David Sher is the founder and publisher of ComebackTown. Hes past Chairman of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce (BBA), Operation New Birmingham (REV Birmingham), and the City Action Partnership (CAP).
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Are businesses really tackling racial inequality?
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Roger Ferguson: "It has everything to do with the colour of one's skin" George Floyd's murder at the hands of police in the US city of Minneapolis last year shocked the world and prompted a reckoning on race. Businesses were quick to speak out, from #BlackLivesMatter posts to promises to fight racism, pay inequality and diversity at work. Yet a year later, boardrooms remain overwhelmingly white and black workers dominate low-wage, entry-level jobs. Roger Ferguson is a rarity in corporate America. One of just five black chief executives (CEO) running a US Fortune 500 firm until this March, when he stepped down from the helm of financial services giant TIAA. He was one of Wall Street's elite, yet still faced racism: "I still found it difficult to get a taxi going uptown in Manhattan," he tells BBC World TV's Talking Business programme. He recalls another time he was mistaken for a waiter at a corporate dinner. "One of the guests called me over thinking I was a waiter and said 'I've dropped my spoon, will you pick it up?'." "This has nothing to do with position, socio-economic status, what you might be wearing. It has everything to do with the colour of one's skin." Mr Ferguson believes any changes sparked by George Floyd's murder will take years to see. "The death of George Floyd, and many other related matters that all came crashing down around the same time, have forced corporate America to take another look at our black employees and give them a bit more voice." "America has been on a journey regarding race for well over 400 years," he adds. "This will take time, patience and persistence to move corporate America and all of America forward towards the dream of equality that all of us share in this country." Story continues His departure from TIAA makes boardrooms across the world's richest economies even whiter. In the US, there have only been 19 black CEOs out of 1,800 bosses in the 66-year history of the Fortune 500 list. In Britain, there are no black chairmen, CEOs or financial chiefs in FTSE 100 firms. Baratunde Thurston: "Be open to listening to your employees" Baratunde Thurston has been advising bosses as they grapple with racial inequality alongside revenues. He is a podcaster and the author of How To Be Black, and advised the Obama White House. "At the light end, there's been a heavy PR-managed crisis response. Let's use certain hashtags, put up a post on our website, say Black Lives Matters - and hope this is all over by the next quarter so we can get back to business. "At the deeper end, I've seen organisations not just focus externally on what they can do in the world, but look inside and listen to their black employees." He advises firms to centre on truth and reconciliation: "Take stock of the history of your organisation. Be open to listening to your employees, there are probably things you're not hearing because they haven't trickled up to you." Roger Ferguson urges CEOs to look at the economic gains of inclusivity: "We should not think of closing the wealth gap between blacks and whites in America as a zero sum game - some win and some must lose. If we close the racial wealth gap in America, the entire GDP of this country could be 4-6% higher, that's really quite a move." Melanie Eusebe: "CEOs must take responsibility for how they foster inclusive workforces" Melanie Eusebe founded the Black British Business Awards and is Accenture's inclusion and diversity lead. She says bosses must look at equality in pay, promotion, culture and hiring. "Promotion and retention means looking at barriers that underrepresented communities face and investing in accelerator programmes." She emphasises that business leaders need to drive this cultural change: "CEOs and boards must take responsibility for how they foster inclusive workforces and cultures." The murder of George Floyd jolted some of the world's biggest companies into social action. Sony Music Group (SMG) created a $100m Global Social Justice Fund to fight racial injustice. "We are forging deep, meaningful partnerships with global organisations to scale their local efforts to fight intolerance," says Towalame Austin, SMG's executive vice president, philanthropy and social impact. Sony's fund has flowed across the Atlantic to help the UK charity Key4Life. It aims to curb youth re-offending through rehabilitation programmes and works with firms in construction, banking and media, to encourage them to hire ex-offenders. Eva Hamilton: "Companies that don't comply will be called out" Key4Life founder Eva Hamilton says corporate support, especially during the pandemic, has been critical: "Employment is the single most important route out of crime. But more than 50% of companies will not employ an offender." Ms Hamilton wonders if fear is fuelling corporate activity: "I feel some companies were very quick to respond in the wake of George Floyd. I wonder are they're coming from a place of fear or are they genuinely concerned?" One year on, she says expectations have changed: "We're entering a new world of equality and opportunity. Companies that don't comply will be called out." Melanie Eusebe says she is seeing more progressive company policies - such as making supply chains, sales and services more diverse - in order to woo a wider consumer base. "By improving an organisations' progressiveness, you are not only doing the right thing - it's just good business." For Roger Ferguson, it's a far cry from his childhood growing up in a segregated Washington DC. "I had to stand in the back of a major department stores waiting for my aunt the seamstress, to come out to measure my little suit jacket, to a place today where it's far from perfect. But we have certainly made progress." Baratunde Thurston's optimism is tempered. "The sad truth is, I know we will be having some version of this conversation in 10 years' time. My optimism says, we can always do better. We have to try." You can watch Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst, on BBC World News, for full details of broadcast times click here.
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Who was BJ Thomas and how did he die?
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SINGER BJ Thomas, known for such iconic hits as Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head and Hooked on a Feeling, has died at the age of 78. Thomas previously revealed that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. BJ Thomas was a Grammy-winning singer who sold millions of records and had dozens of hits across multiple genres. Thomas was born on August 7, 1942, in Hugo, Oklahoma. He grew up in Houston, breaking through in 1966 with a cover of Hank Williams Im So Lonesome I Could Cry. He is known for such hits as I Just Cant Help Believing, Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head and Hooked on a Feeling. The iconic Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head went number one on the pop charts and won an Oscar for Best Original Song as part of the soundtrack to 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 4 Thomas performs on October 12, 2014 in New Brunswick, New Jersey Credit: Getty Images - Getty Thomas was not the first choice to perform the ballad, composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Additionally, Robert Redford, who played The Sundance Kid, doubted the song belonged in the movie. There was no rain, Redford told USA Today in 2019. At the time, it seemed like a dumb idea. Thomas passed away after a battle with advanced lung cancer on May 29, 2021. My sincere condolences to the family of one of my favorite duet partners, BJ Thomas," singer Dionne Warwick tweeted. "I will miss him as I know so many others will as well. Rest In Peace my friend." He died at his home in Arlington, Texas. Thomas was married to Gloria Thomas from 1968 until his death in 2021. The couple share three kids - Paige, Erin, and Nora. Thomas paid tribute to his family when he revealed he was battling cancer in March of 2021. "I just wanted to take this unique opportunity to share my gratitude to Gloria, my wonderful wife and my rock for over 53 years, my family, friends and fans, he said at the time. Most read in Celebrity MODERN FAMILY Kylie Jenner shares rare video of baby daddy Travis with daughter Stormi, 3 'LOVE IT' Friends' Jennifer praises Mariah Carey after she shares 'Rachel hairdo' attempt pretty in pink Tristan Thompson's 'mistress' stuns in pink bodysuit after 'affair' KANYE TO THE RESCUE! Tyson claims Kanye tried to get tough with actor for slamming Kim IT'S ON Kristin & Jay fighting over her jewelry company in divorce as he 'wants 50 percent' PLANNED EXIT Alan Arkin's departure from The Kominsky Method explained "I'm so blessed to have had the opportunity to record and perform beautiful songs in pop, country and gospel music, and to share those wonderful songs and memories around the world with millions of you." Thomas and his wife collaborated on the 1982 memoir In Tune: Finding How Good Life Can Be. His book Home Where I Belong came out in 1978 and was co-written by Jerry B Jenkins.
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https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/2983847/bj-thomas-dies-lung-cancer-raindrops-fallin/
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Who is Carrie Symonds mum Josephine McAffee?
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CARRIE Symonds' mum is a former lawyer for the Independent newspaper and now appears to be lending a hand looking after her grandson Wilfred. Mum Josephine McAffee is said to be helping to look after Carrie and Boris Johnson's infant in a "household bubble". Carrie Symonds' mum, Josephine McAffee, is a former lawyer and grandmother to Wilfred - the Prime Minister's baby son. Ms McAffee previously worked as a lawyer for the Independent newspaper where she met and had an affair with Carrie's father - who co-founded the publication, and was married with three children at the time. Sources confirmed to the Sunday Telegraph she had formed a household bubble with her daughter's young family at Number 10. Under lockdown rules, people can form a support bubble with another household of any size if they live by themselves or if their household includes a child who was aged one or under. A spokesman for Johnson declined to comment on the claims reported in the paper. A spokesman for Symonds said she "declined to comment on private arrangements, given Carries mother is a private individual". Matthew Symonds is a prize-winning journalist and dad to the Prime Minister's wife, Carrie Symonds. He is the son of ex Labour MEP and former Guardian and Daily Herald editor John Beavan, Baron Ardwick. Mr Symonds worked for the Mirror group, the Financial Times, and The Daily Telegraph before going on to co-found The Independent with ex-Telegraph colleagues Andreas Whittam Smith and Stephen Glover in 1986. After leaving the paper in 1996 he went on to work for the BBC World Service, and then the Economist where he won the Wincott Prize for financial journalism in 1998. Carrie has three half-siblings, her dad, Matthew Symond's children, according to The Independent. Carrie is now mum-in-law to Boris Johnson's siblings, Jo, Leo and Rachel.
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/2115360/who-is-carrie-symonds-mum/
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Who is Carrie Symonds dad Matthew Symonds?
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MATTHEW Symonds is a journalist and a co-founder of the Independent newspaper. He built up a strong reputation in Fleet Street, working for the Mirror Group, the Financial Times and The Daily Telegraph. Matthew Symonds, 67, is a prize-winning journalist and dad to Boris Johnson's wife, Carrie Symonds. The Prime Minister and Carrie got married on May 29, 2021 at Westminster Cathedral. He is the son of ex Labour MEP and former Guardian and Daily Herald editor John Beavan, Baron Ardwick. Mr Symonds worked for the Mirror group, the Financial Times, and The Daily Telegraph before going on to co-found The Independent with ex-Telegraph colleagues Andreas Whittam Smith and Stephen Glover in 1986. After leaving the paper in 1996 he went on to work for the BBC World Service, and then the Economist where he won the Wincott Prize for financial journalism in 1998. Symonds founded the Independent in 1986 along with Andreas Whittam Smith and Stephen Glover with the papers first edition in October that year. All three men had previously worked at The Daily Telegraph. Symonds worked as the economics leader writer with Smith holding the post of City editor but both had become disillusioned with the direction of the paper. The idea to launch an new daily newspaper was born during a lunch between Symonds and Smith at the Garrick Club on April 1, 1985. Not much is known about his private life and he keeps his family out of the spotlight. He is married with three children and lives in south-west London.
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Why was the twice divorced prime minister allowed to marry in the Catholic Church?
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The prime minister may never have been married before in the eyes of the Catholic Church, an expert said. Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds in a small ceremony at Westminster Catholic Cathedral on Saturday, although he was twice divorced. But since neither his six-year first marriage to Allegra Mostyn-Owen, nor his 27-year second marriage to Marina Wheeler were Catholic ceremonies, in the eyes of the Church they may be invalid. Matt Chinery, an ecclesiastical lawyer and canonist, told Times Radio on Sunday: If you are a Roman Catholic, you must have your marriage supervised by a Catholic priest or deacon. He explained that any other form of marriage is only valid if you have had the prior authorization of your bishop to marry outside the Catholic Church. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Johnson in the garden at 10 Downing Street after their wedding on Saturday (Rebecca Fulton / Downing Street / PA) Boris Johnson was baptized Catholic, but was confirmed as an Anglican as a teenager. Mr Chinery explained: I think what happened here is that the Catholic Church looked at Boris Johnsons first two marriages (and) saw that he was Catholic by baptism. They looked at that, they said you are Catholic because you were baptized Catholic, your first two marriages were not in a Catholic church overseen by a Catholic minister, so the Roman Catholic church does not recognize those two. marriages as valid . He added: So in the eyes of the Catholic Church Boris Johnson woke up last week as a person who was not married and who had never been married and therefore was free to marry. in the cathedral this weekend. Catholic writer Catherine Pepinster agreed. 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What is really behind the calls to cancel the Olympics?
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Last week I received my first COVID-19 vaccination at the mass inoculation center in Tokyos financial district, Otemachi. At the age of 68, I was eligible for the long-awaited antivirus shots and found myself as one of the 7.6 million Japanese so far vaccinated at least once. Getting into the building was a bit of a process with its long queue. But once inside, the entire procedure was smooth, and getting the shot proved to be a painless experience. It also gave me a new perspective on the pandemic. If you have enough vaccines in your country, you can start controlling the situation. And despite continued minor setbacks, I am convinced that if we have the right organization with the right chain of command in place, we can not only address the spread of COVID-19 but also host the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Asahi Shimbun, a major sponsor of the 2020 Tokyo Games, called in an editorial last week for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be canceled. Of course, some previous opinion polls have shown that three out of five Japanese believe the event should be canceled. Those were, however, polls that had been conducted before the recent mass vaccinations began. Although I was skeptical in the past, now that I have received the first of what should eventually be two vaccination shots, I am more supportive of the event. While some in the Western media have criticized the plan to go through with the games because of the growing opposition in Japan itself, an op-ed written by columnist Henry Olsen in the Washington Post on Thursday reinforced my proposition, saying the games are very much needed and they can go forward safely. The games should continue because the world needs an example that life can be normal again. Olsen wrote. The Summer Olympics are virtually the only event that truly unites the globe in friendship. He went on to say, If the world wants the burst of psychic energy the games could provide, it should step up now to ensure that happens and this means dramatically increasing the rate of vaccination among the Japanese. This is happening right now in Japan. As for the Asahi editorial, whats particularly concerning here is the self-contradiction between its words and actions. The Asahi reportedly said itwill, however, continue as a sponsor, drawing a line between its activities as an official partner and as a journalistic institution. As a media company, the Asahi argues that it is drawing a line between its journalism and business interests. But given that sponsorships are something more than just mere business ties, in this case the Asahi appears to be trying to have it both ways. That said, there may be other reasons behind its editorial. In the past few weeks, some local newspapers in Japan have also written similar editorials calling for the cancellation of the games. One possibility is that the Asahis editorial, which was published on Wednesday, could have been the product of a long and fierce battle among the members of its editorial board. In fact, the Asahis editorial urged Suga to make a decision on the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics, although the paper is aware that the authority to cancel the games belongs to the International Olympic Committee. This raises the question as to whether its position is motivated by politics rather than journalism. The current term for members of the House of Representatives expires on Oct. 21, and a general election must be called by this fall. The following are arguments being made by the Asahi: We cant see how it makes sense to hold the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo this summer. If the highly divisive Tokyo Olympics are staged without the publics blessing, what will have been gained and lost? Many ordinary Japanese are tired and stressed, having had to wear face masks as part of their daily lives since March 2020 and maintain proper social distances. They have been so frustrated that they are psychologically not prepared to hold the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo this summer. But this does not necessarily mean that all Japanese have lost confidence in the games. Given the growing capability of the government to start controlling, if not containing, the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo should be able to handle the Olympics without exacerbating the spread of the virus in Japan. A narrative could even be framed that it is proof that the world is overcoming the disease. Kuni Miyake is president of the Foreign Policy Institute and research director at Canon Institute for Global Studies. A former career diplomat, Miyake also serves as a special adviser to Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas Cabinet. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Japanese government.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/05/30/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-vaccinations-save-olympics/
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Will there be an Outdoor Weekend?
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Nightmare ending, see you in September Vaccines are feeding hopes of returning to some sort of pre-pandemic normal. Gov. Whitmer has stated if 70 percent of the Michigan population gets vaccinated we can lift the restrictions and open our state once again. And that, of course, is wonderful news. Yet, we have seen plans change in the past, politicians and doctors have flip-flopped like a fish thrown on shore when it comes to COVID-19! Certainly though, things are getting better. If there is one thing we all need it is returning to some form of normallcy. So you will have your Outdoor Weekend right? asks my friend Joe Seaman. Ahhhh, yes, but at this point were still a little worried, I told him. Its well understood the health of our citizens is far more important than any outdoor show, please dont take us wrong. But there comes a time when we have to get back to business, back to work. We must do all in our power to remain safe, although for the sake of sanity let our outdoor businesses open up completely. In an article written by Justin P. Hicks for Mlive, he lays out the Gov. Whitmers plan. That means the state needs about 5.67 million residents to get their first shot. As of Wednesday, April 28, about 4 million residents had begun their vaccination, or nearly 50% of the eligible population. If vaccinations rates stay on a steady trajectory, its estimated that Michigan would reach the 70% threshold this summer, likely June or early July, according to models developed by the University of Michigan. However, the number of shots going into arms per day has started to decline in recent weeks as vaccination efforts have moved from residents who rushed to sign up for appointments to those who consider it less urgent or are hesitant to get vaccinated. Thats a best-case scenario and its probably not going to happen as we start to see a slowdown in uptake, said Marissa Eisenberg, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan who assists the state with infectious disease modeling. Its clear were seeing a slowing, which makes it really important to make sure people feel comfortable getting vaccinated, and that its convenient. If vaccination rates drop down to half or even one-third of the daily averages from the last three weeks, Michigan could be looking at August or even September before it reaches 70%. And even then, it would be two more weeks before restrictions are lifted. Its tough to say when itll happen, Eisenberg said. Hopefully the MI Vacc to Normal announcement, itll give us a boost in people going to get vaccinated. Under Whtimers plan: Two weeks after 55% of Michiganders (4,453,304 residents) over 16 get one dose, in-person work will be allowed in all business sectors. Two weeks after 60% of Michiganders (4,858,150 residents) over 16 get at least one dose, indoor capacity at sports stadiums will increase to 25%; indoor capacity at conference centers, banquet halls and funeral homes will increase to 25%; gym capacity will increase to 50%; and bars and restaurants will no longer be required to close early. Two weeks after 65% of Michiganders (5,262,996 residents) over 16 get at least one dose, all indoor capacity limits will be lifted, but social distancing between parties will be maintained. Limits on residential social gatherings will also be relaxed. Two weeks after 70% of Michiganders (5,667,842 residents) over 16 get at least one dose, the gatherings and facemask order will be lifted and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will no longer employ broad mitigation measures unless unanticipated circumstances arise, such as the spread of vaccine-resistant variants. This details the vaccination rates Michigan needs to hit for COVID-19 restrictions to end. (source: State of Michigan) Well be back to normal by mid-summer, Joe told me confidently. Ive been to everyone of your Outdoor Weekends and Im not going to miss another one, he went to say. Plans are in place and we are confident we will be able to hold our Woods-N-Water News Outdoor Weekend, September 11, 12 and 13. We have new events planned, and, of course, many of the traditional events many have enjoyed over the years. This nightmare is almost behind us now!
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https://woods-n-waternews.com/2021/05/28/will-there-be-an-outdoor-weekend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-there-be-an-outdoor-weekend
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Should I call out my work colleague for being mean to me?
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Theres a person in my company I cant stand. Everyone else thinks hes fun and personable, but hes passive-aggressive to me and makes life difficult. I have no idea why or what I did wrong. I thought we had a great relationship. Im so sorry you should have come to me directly! Maybe hes jealous of you. Maybe hes insecure. Maybe he doesnt mean to come across the way he is. Or maybe hes a jerk. The point is, it isnt your problem to speculate. If a colleague isnt treating you well then you should say something. The question is timing and approach. You dont want to be confrontational, and you dont want to call someone out publicly. I would professionally, privately and unemotionally tell the person what they are doing to make you uncomfortable without putting them on the defensive. Be open to a reaction that is genuinely apologetic with a desire to make amends. Be prepared, however, for them to get defensive anyway. Your only goal is to have the person stop treating you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable. My boss has no respect for my personal time. She begrudges days off and thinks nothing of sending emails all weekend. Its difficult to set boundaries with the boss, but if you dont, then there wont be any. For some executives and roles there really is no such thing as off the clock. And some roles have certain periods where theres no such thing as a normal workweek, such as accountants around tax time. If you arent talking about such a situation then you need to have a conversation with your boss about work-life balance. Make sure you explain that you will not compromise what work has to be completed and by when, but you do need to manage your time so that you can also be successful at home. You also need to clarify whether your boss is expecting a response from the emails through the weekend, or is that just when they catch up on email, and dont expect a reply until Monday. Gregory Giangrande has over 25 years of experience as a chief human resources executive and is dedicated to helping New Yorkers get back to work. E-mail your questions to [email protected]. Follow Greg on Twitter: @greggiangrande and at GoToGreg.com
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https://nypost.com/2021/05/30/should-i-call-out-my-work-colleague-for-being-mean-to-me/
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What are the risk factors other than diabetes and steroid use?
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Given the increasing number of critical COVID-19 patients, the number of people working on various types of fungal infections is also increasing in the country. Over the past month, cases of mucormycosis have only increased, killing lives and spreading fear to people. Currently, four types of fungal infections have been reported in different parts of India. -Black fungus: The black fungus disease, which has come to be called epidemic by the authorities, has caused havoc in the lives of many people. This is caused by a group of molds called Mucolmicetes. It is present in the air and can infect the sinuses, lungs, and thoracic cavity when inhaled by a sick patient. -Snow fungus: Like the fungus infection, the fungus disease is caused by a fungal form called mucormicetes that is present in the environment. Although these infections are not contagious, immunocompromised people can get the infection when they come into contact with surfaces containing these types. -Yellow Fungus: The first case of yellow fungal infection was reportedly detected in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Yellow fungal infections, similar to other fungal infections, spread through a contaminated environment or when a suspicious patient inhales a mold (mycosis) that grows in the environment. -Aspergillosis fungal infections: In addition to black, white, and yellow fungi, cases of a new fungal infection called aspergillosis have been detected in two public hospitals in Vadodara, Gujarat over the past week. Aspergillosis is also predominantly found in patients with COVID-19 or who have recently recovered from the disease. .. 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Who Is The Richest NFL Player?
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It's common knowledge that few careers pay as well as those of professional athletes. After all, it makes sense, as fans are willing to shell out plenty of cash for tickets and merchandise. Not to mention, major games and tournaments are huge revenue-generators for cities across the globe. In particular, the pro football industry is a big money-making business. During the 2018-2019 season alone, the NFL pulled in $16B in revenue, a number which represented a modest 5% bump up from the previous season. And though $16B is a massive figure, the NFL reportedly has its sights set on reaching the $25B mark by 2027, according to the Chicago Tribune.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2264453015517/who-is-the-richest-nfl-player
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