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It is with an equal helping of bittersweet melancholy and bright-eyed excitement that I am announcing the closure of A Dribble of Ink today.
A Dribble of Ink first opened in 2007, when I was a freshly graduated web development student, and in the intervening years has turned into the most passionate and rewarding professional and personal project of my life so far. The energy and enthusiasm I poured into A Dribble of Ink was rewarded in 2014 when I won a Hugo Award for "Best Fanzine," an accolade that's still sinking in, and in the many, many people who have read and commented on the news bits, reviews, interviews, essays, and more that have been posted here.
However, in the past year, since the birth of my daughter and the release of my first book, Tide of Shadows and Other Stories, my personal and professional goals have begun to find themselves at odds with the time and attention it takes to run an SFF publication to the standard I expect of myself and A Dribble of Ink. I want to focus more on writing fiction and, even more so, on spending time with my growing family. Read More »


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So it's time to redesign your website or a website for a client. That's great! What are the first steps? Jumping into Sketch or Photoshop and whipping up some design comps? Maybe firing up your note-taking app of choice and drafting some copy? Browsing a few of your favorite websites for inspiration?
If any of those options sounded like a good first step, you might be neglecting a crucial part of the process, a website analysis.
What is a website analysis?
Simply put, a website analysis is an examination of a website through the lens of improving the site's ability to meet or exceed a defined goal.
Every website should have a goal.
The goal could be for users to purchase a product or find an answer to a question. Perhaps the goal is to get more signups for a mailing list. In the case of a blog, the goal is likely to share information with more readers.
There are many techniques that can be used to analyze a website, including keyword analysis and usability analysis. Keyword analysis is the process of researching the language of your audience so we can be more easily found in search and can better communicate with our audience when they arrive on our site. Usability analysis is the process of considering how to design and structure your website to meet the needs of a certain demographic.
SEO and keyword analysis
Apart from a few edge cases, the goal of almost every website owner is to get more traffic. Search engines are capable of driving large amounts of targeted traffic, and time invested optimizing a website for search can pay off handsomely.
Before making any big changes, it's wise to investigate what is already there and make sure the basics are covered. Does every page have a descriptive and "click-worthy" title? Remember, a title tag is not just a place to stuff keywords.
Click Through Rate (CTR) is a factor in Google's ranking algorithms, so titles should be both keyword rich and phrased in a way that encourages clicks.
Do the home and inner pages have meta descriptions? Do they have a smattering of semantic and descriptive heading tags? These on-page basics are the generally the easiest to fix up and surprisingly many websites get them wrong.
Bounce rate is another metric that factors into Google's rankings. Try not to mislead users or make false promises. If someone visits your site through a Search Engine Result Page (SERP), but then immediately leaves because they couldn't find what they were looking for, that's going to negatively impact search rankings over time.
Who is your audience and what language do they use?
One of the most useful techniques for our website analysis will be putting ourselves in a user's shoes. Who are our users? How old are they? What region are they from?
Using the same language as your user is an effective way to target better keywords. This idea is the root of keyword analysis. Keyword analysis (aka keyword research) is the exercise of investigating and picking the best keywords for your target segment.
One of my favorite techniques to gather information about the language a customer uses is to look at the comments and reviews for a competing product or site. What words are customers using to describe the product? Are they looking for a "fixed-gear bicycle" or a "fixie?" A "stand up paddleboard" or a "sup?" Small changes in wording can result in significant increases in search engine traffic.
In addition to understanding how they name things, understand what adjectives do your visitors use. Do they want something "strong" or something "full bodied?" Something "elegant" or something "formal?" If a user searches for a "full bodied coffee" but you're using the term "strong," you'll be losing potential customers.
Granted, with recent updates like RankBrain, Google is getting a lot smarter when it comes to synonyms and similar terms. Still, a direct keyword match is likely going to be the most effective at driving traffic.
A great tool for exploring keywords is Google Trends. It allows you to compare two or more phrases based on how often they're searched for. Maybe you want to create a website about content management systems but can't decide which to target. After looking at this graph comparing WordPress and Drupal, the choice becomes a lot easier.
Usability analysis
Usability, according to Wikipedia, is the "ease of use and learnability of a human-made object." In our case, it's the ease of use and learnability of a website.
One of the best ways to improve your website's usability is to put yourself in the shoes of your customer.
Regardless of what the goal is, we want users to accomplish it with as little friction as possible.
This means a website intended for senior citizens might want to use larger font sizes and buttons. A website for children could utilize illustrations and avoid complex instructions. A website intended to sell a product should feature a big, bright call to action (CTA) button that's easy to identify.
Another consideration is your user's equipment. As someone who likely uses a computer everyday for work, there's a good chance that you're working on a computer with a relatively modern processor and updated web browser. You may have a large monitor with accurate color representation. Many of your users won't have the same luxury.
All too often I see design comps that feature extremely subtle color differences or light text against a light background. Sure, on my Retina Macbook Pro these designs look great, but on an older monitor all the colors bleed together and the text is barely legible.
Be mindful of tunnel vision
Tunnel vision is another hurdle a website owner or designer needs to overcome and can be identified as part of a website analysis. After working day and night on a website, one naturally develops familiarity with it. Like driving around your home town, you'll know how to navigate and find what you're looking for without direction. A new user won't have the same familiarity!
One of the oldest and most effective ways to analyze your website — particularly for problems relating to tunnel vision — is user testing. Literally watching someone use your website.
There are a few tools available like Loop11 or UserTesting.com that let you do this virtually, but I like the old fashioned approach. I'll ask a friend, a relative, or someone at a meetup or conference to pull up the site, then I'll watch over their shoulder while they browse around.
Are they unsuccessfully clicking the site's logo hoping it will return them to the home page? Are they having trouble finding a certain page or piece of information? Is the language on labels and buttons unclear or causing confusion? These are all elements to watch for during your user testing.
When doing user testing, be sure to communicate the goal or task you'd like users to accomplish.
Ask your users to add a product to a shopping cart or find out the pricing for your product. Ask them to sign up for your newsletter or leave a comment, then watch for any hang ups while they work towards the goal. Remember, you know this website like the back of your hand. It can be surprising to see what a new user struggles with when you see the process through their eyes.
What do you recommend?
There are many ways to further improve your website through website analysis. Running a page speed test, upgrading your web hosting, performing conversion optimization through A/B testing, and analyzing analytics to track user flow are all potential next steps in the process.
The important takeaways are, no matter what you're doing to improve your website, be sure to keep your users and their goals in mind. One of the most difficult — yet critical — aspects of designing for the web is recognizing and avoiding your own biases.
What steps do you take when designing a new website? How do you learn and cater to your users? Let us know in the comments.

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To use MSN via Your-Freedom you need an open connection about your-freedom and you must configure your Instant Messenger for using a proxy server.
1. Please start MSN Messenger and open the main window.
2. To insert your proxy information, open the menu Tools and select the entry Options.
3. A new window labeled "Options" will open automatically. Please pick the entry Connection on the lefthand side of the window. After that, click on the button "Advanced Settings" in the section "Connection Settings" on the righthand side of the window.
4. Another window labeled "Options - Advanced Settings " will appear. You can choose between a Proxy with SOCKS-Host or http-Proxy. Depending on the Proxy you picked please insert in the relevant part the server name localhost and the fitting port. Using SOCKS5 the standardized port is 1080 and for using HTTP-Proxy please type in 8080.
5. To test the configuration, please click on test SOCKS5-Connection resp. http-proxyconnection dependant on your favourite Proxy. The connection tester will appear. It'll display the test result for your configuration.
6. To accept your new configuration settings, please restart your MSN connection. Therefore, please restart your application.
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3.7 Procedure Applications and #%app
Function Calls in The Racket Guide introduces procedure applications.
(proc-expr arg ...)
More precisely, the expander converts this form to (#%app proc-expr arg ...), giving #%app the lexical context that is associated with the original form (i.e., the pair that combines proc-expr and its arguments). Typically, the lexical context of the pair indicates the procedure-application #%app that is described next. See also Expansion Steps.
(#%app proc-expr arg ...)
arg-expr The resulting value is a non-keyword argument.
keyword arg-expr The resulting value is a keyword argument using keyword. Each keyword in the application must be distinct.
The proc-expr and arg-exprs are evaluated in order, left to right. If the result of proc-expr is a procedure that accepts as many arguments as non-keyword arg-exprs, if it accepts arguments for all of the keywords in the application, and if all required keyword-based arguments are represented among the keywords in the application, then the procedure is called with the values of the arg-exprs. Otherwise, the exn:fail:contract exception is raised.
The continuation of the procedure call is the same as the continuation of the application expression, so the results of the procedure are the results of the application expression.
The relative order of keyword-based arguments matters only for the order of arg-expr evaluations; the arguments are associated with argument variables in the applied procedure based on the keywords, and not their positions. The other arg-expr values, in contrast, are associated with variables according to their order in the application form.
See also Expansion Steps for information on how the expander introduces #%app identifiers.
> (#%app + 1 2) 3
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We spent an over the top week with Bond friends, Bond Magazine & Tour editors, writers and Fan Club Presidents, all in London to attend the Royal World Premiere of "Skyfall", the 23rd James Bond film, celebrating 50 years of the franchise. It was great to connect with friends we have traveled all over the world with enjoying the film sites and locations of James Bond films. The Bond marketing machine pulled out all the stops in London, with billboards on every corner and bus, decorated windows in Harrods and several key Bond centric exhibitions.
Bondstars.com hosted a Dr.No event at Pinewood Studios which included Sir Roger Moore in attendance discussing his new book, "Bond on Bond". A newly mastered digital print of "Dr.No" was shown to the audience after many of the remaining crew and cast were introduced, including James Bond theme music composer, Monte Norman and the first Bond girl, Eunice Gayson. A hearty English meal was provided with we were delighted to have the opportunity to dine with Golden Girl, Shirley Eaton from "Goldfinger". Many Bond stars were on hand to sign photos and rare collectables were for sale from many well known Bond vendors.
"On The Tracks of 007" Author Martijn Mulder hosted a pre-Pinewood party and we had a wonderful time reconnecting with many friends in the Bond world. Martijn has been a strong supporter of our travels around the world to James Bond film sites and is hard at work on another update of his very popular resource guide.
50 Bond vehicles were on display the Bealieu Motor Museum in a exhibition entitled "Bond In Motion".Tuesday, October 23rd was the magic day as the Royal Albert Hall was the site of the Royal Premiere of "Skyfall" with the major cast and crew in attendance as well as Prince Charles and Camilla. Many of our Bond friends accompanied us down the red carpet, passing the likes of Daniel Craig and Naomi Harris on our way into the theater. Needless to say, since that night, "Skyfall" has gone on to eclipse sales and attendance records around the world and stands as one of the top films of the Bond canon.
Hosts Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall of Cinemaretro Magazine organized the week and included a tour through the World of Harry Potter at the Warner Brothers Studios, an incredible Hollywood costume exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum, a book signing with Terry O'Neill, photographer of "All About Bond". The week ended with the IMAX premiere of the film, "Skyfall" and the Bond fans got to see the film yet again but in IMAX scale and sound. Amazing!
We also had time to enjoy Dukes Hotel array of James Bond cocktails at the Duke Hotel. Ian Fleming is said to have invented the Vesper there and we enjoyed their version! Our fellow agents and friends also got some serious film location site-seeing in as well. "Skyfall" has added many new memorable locations in London and Scotland to enjoy- and all eyes are on other exotic cities as Istanbul, Macao and Shanghai are stand outs in the film.
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Fundamentals of Accounting
Course Prerequisites
- Please note that this course has the following prerequisites which must be completed before it can be accessed
- Introduction to Corporate Finance
About This Course
In this course you will learn the basics of accounting. You'll learn all about financial accounting, managerial accounting and income taxes. We'll go over balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements and much more. This course delivers lessons and examples to build accounting skills. It guides students to learn how to read financial statements properly. By the end of this course, you'll be able to read the three most common financial statements: the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
Then you can apply these skills to a real-world business setting. Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, this course will give you a solid foundation in accounting.
Learning Objectives
Material Includes
- Videos
- Booklets
- No prior experience is necessary
Target Audience
- Finance students
- Accounting students
- Business owners


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Privacy Policy
(Last Updated 14 August 2017)
Device Technologies is committed to safeguarding your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how we handle and protect personal information. It also explains the ways in which an individual can contact us to request access, to correct its personal information and complain about a breach of privacy.
In this policy, Device Technologies means Device Technologies Australia Pty Ltd, its associated entities, related bodies corporate.
Personal information is information that identifies you or could reasonably identify an individual, such as name, contact details and records of dealings with Device Technologies.
Sensitive information is a type of personal information which may include, amongst other things, information regarding a person's criminal record, mental and health information and racial or ethnic origin.
By providing personal or sensitive information to us or by using this website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
Device Technologies collects personal information that is reasonably necessary for or directly related to our functions and activities as a provider of medical devices. In some cases we are required by the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth) to collect personal information in order to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations such as responding to safety concerns about our products.
Device Technologies will only collect personal information to the extent required to carry on its business, and only for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless notified to you at the time of collection. Device Technologies may collect personal information about you through our interactions with you and we will inform you about the purpose and use of the collected information.
The personal information we collect may include your name, address, date of birth, email address and phone number. At times where reasonably necessary for a legitimate business purpose, information collected may include sensitive information such as health and medical procedure information.
Device Technologies collects your personal information through our interaction with you in the course of providing a product or service or when you have other dealings with us. For example, your personal information will be collected when you communicate with us by telephone, email, online or when receiving technical and customer support.
Device Technologies may collect information about you from third parties such as credit reporting bodies or other similar entities.
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Device Technologies will use your personal information for the purpose for which it is collected as outlined in this policy or otherwise disclosed to you at the time of collection, which generally includes the following purposes:
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Science in the Islamic world: an interview with Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail
For over a hundred years, the Nobel Prize has been awarded for the highest achievements in physical sciences, peace and literature. In this period, only two scientists from the Muslim world have qualified for the prize in physical sciences: Abdus Salam of Pakistan in physics (1979) and Ahmed Zewail of Egypt in chemistry (1999). Abdus Salam passed away in 1996, making Ahmed Zewail the only living Nobel Laureate in physical sciences in the Muslim world.
Science in the Islamic world flourished between the eighth and the eleventh century CE. If there had been a Nobel Prize in that period, on most occasions it would have gone to a Muslim scientist, but the situation is quite different today. Why did scientific discovery decline in the Muslim world? What should Muslims do to regain the excellence in science that they once had? What are the current prospects in this respect in the Islamic world? To find answers to these questions, we talked to Ahmed Zewail about his own fascinating journey to the Nobel Prize and his views about science in the Islamic world.
In one of your recent commentaries in the Independent newspaper, you quote a beautiful verse from the Qur'an "Indeed! God will not change the good condition of the people as long as they do not change their state of goodness themselves" (Rad 13:11). Why did you quote this verse?
If you look at the height of Muslim achievement, Muslims were then acting individually as good Muslims, meaning that they read the Qur'an and they thought of the good things they were supposed to do, for example, to acquire knowledge. As you know, the first word that was revealed of the Qur'an was "read" and this respect for learning is repeated everywhere to the point that scientists of magnitude are almost put on the level of prophets in many ways in the Qur'an. So the Muslims of the early days recognized the importance of acquiring knowledge, but frankly, nowadays because of the deterioration that has taken place among the Muslims, we have become so possessed by the idea of conspiracy theories that we like to blame other people for our decline.
There is no doubt in my mind that there are many external forces that have contributed to our decline, but the truth of the matter is that it falls to us to do better. I am proud to see any Muslim, young or old, achieving at the highest level. In every case I see, I realize that these people did not let external things stop them and they have gone on to achieve. So I can summarize the reasons for our general decline, and I'm taking it verbatim from the Qur'an, as being our own problem.
In your book, you say, "The Sidi Ibrahim al-Desuqi mosque was very important in my life because it defined my early childhood. I used to go to the mosque to study… In Islam, the mosque is not just for prayer, but it is also for scholarship" (p. 15). Do you think this remains true?
Unfortunately, in recent years the mosque has been used by people who are not enlightened about Islam to propagate their point of view, not Islam's point of view, so a political component has grown in it. It's a lack of enlightenment on these people's part. Growing up in Egypt, I remember Al-Azhar as being one of the centers of enlightenment of the world. Now, I didn't reach Al-Azhar but on the other hand, even in my own town there was a mosque where we used to go and see the Imam, and the main thing he would try to tell us as young boys was that "you've got to achieve in knowledge; you've got to be the best doctor or the best engineer." We used to study in the mosque. It was marvelous. I mean, we would meet as young people in the mosque-of course, we would pray-but then after we had prayed, we would all sit down and look at our school books and our study notes, and so it was a center of gravity. In fact, in my book I say that the mosque was the center of gravity for the whole town.
In a number of places in the book you talk about the importance of "having a passion" to achieve something. Have we, as Muslims, lost our passion for science and scholarship? If so, how can we reignite this in the younger generations?
I don't think we have lost our passion, no. Especially since the Nobel Prize, I have spoken all over the Muslim world from Cairo to Malaysia, from Istanbul to Lebanon, and thousands of people come to my lectures. What I have found is that young people are hungry to achieve-they have that passion for achievement. The problem, unfortunately, is that they are not in the right system to make them realize their potential. So, I always say that the biggest asset right now in the Muslim world is actually its human capital. If this is used in the right way and we rebuild the old centers of excellence to attract the best minds, I believe that the Muslim world can undergo a huge transition. There are political issues, and a lot of political problems, but I don't think that the problem with the Muslim world is lack of economic resources or lack of human capital. We have both types of resources.
Some people argue that religion and science cannot coexist. What is your take on this issue?
Some of the best minds in the world are religious people. So the claim that in order to be a rational scientist, by definition, you must not believe in a religion is a bit naïve. It seems to me also that it is quite strongly dogmatic. Religion is very important for people for a variety of reasons and I don't see a conflict between the two.
What do you think about The Fountain, especially from the perspective of promoting the coexistence of science and religion?
Let me tell you why I like The Fountain and, as you know, I subscribe to it. I thank you for introducing me to it. The reason I like The Fountain is that it tends to explain things with reason and in a rational way, but it doesn't stop the writers utilizing excerpts from the Qur'an that support their argument. But I need the rationality. It seems to me that the fact that the magazine uses this approach and respects the values of reason and knowledge and science will make it more effective.
Do you see the success of people like yourself and Abdus Salam as exceptional individual cases, or as early signs of a revival in the Islamic world?
Not early signs of revival, I always say that I've been fortunate to gain two things from my early childhood and my adulthood. First, I'm very proud of the value system that I was given by my family and the way I grew up as a Muslim in Egypt. I did not grow up in a system where I got into drugs and violence; I had never seen a gun before I left Egypt. The values that I acquired from my family were extremely important and gave me confidence for what I have achieved in my life. But besides that and importantly, I did get a good education in Egypt up to the level of university. What America has given me is a system of appreciation and opportunity, and that is what we are lacking in the Muslim world. If I had stayed in Egypt, I would not have been able to do what I have done because of this lack of opportunity and appreciation for achievement.
Let me give you another example; part of the Muslim world is very poor, but there is a big part of it that is very rich. The very rich part has not invested in the human capital. On the other hand, on a recent trip to Malaysia, I met Dr. Mahathir Mohammed, the former prime minister. Now, Malaysia is a country 60% of whose population is Muslim. It is possible to see the results of the experiment that has been carried out in Malaysia. Malaysia has made a transition-its GDP is much higher than most Muslim countries, and they are moving into the developed world-and this has been done in a country with a 60% Muslim population. What they did was to invest in education. Dr. Mohammed told me that, in order to make the transition from an almost underdeveloped economy depending on tin and rubber into one producing micro-electronics and the like, they invested as much as 20% of the GDP in education. So I think the formula is very, very clear in terms of what you can get out of this.
In one of your recent newspaper articles, you mention that one of the primary goals of education in the Muslim world should be "to promote critical thinking." What do you mean by critical thinking?
Young people are very confused right now; they don't know what is wrong and what is right. What I mean by critical thinking is that we all have been given the gift of the mind to think, so we should educate the people to think about what's morally right and what's morally wrong, but let them also think about, for example, science. There is nothing wrong with studying different points of view about what's going on in the universe. If you are a good Muslim, it's up to you-you have the garden of knowledge and you choose what you think. But to intimidate people and say things like "You cannot do this, don't do that, don't read about this…" that's not critical thinking! That's not what we need.
The Prophet would not allow that forbidding attitude today in my opinion because he was progressive in his thinking; his is a message of peace and critical thinking. In the twenty-first century now, people are thinking about having colonies on the moon, people are thinking about dissecting genes and opening up a whole new world of treatment for molecular diseases, people are thinking about watching atoms on the femtosecond timescale. And we as Muslims need to keep up with this.
You say in the book, "We should not divide the world into 'us' and 'them' and must not allow for the creation of barriers through slogans such as the 'clash of civilizations' or the 'conflict of religions'-we need dialogue not conflict or clashes!" What do you think is the best way of achieving this dialogue?
Let me say, and perhaps I am putting this too strongly, that I think there is ignorance on both sides. There is a large proportion of the population in the Muslim world that I feel is not informed; they are not sophisticated enough to speak to the mind of the west. On the other hand, in the west they have neglected to learn about the Muslim world for a long time and treat it as if there must necessarily be a conflict with Muslims. With this kind of attitude on both sides, we can never get into dialogue.
You know, when I first came to the United States, they used to call the Japanese "the Japs" and the Chinese "the Red Chinese" and so on. Nowadays, because there has been a dialogue and we are starting to understand different cultures, there are Chinese and Japanese restaurants all over the country. China has McDonalds… But we have not done this as far as the Muslim world is concerned. For example, what do they know here in the US about Turkish culture? It could be a start to take the story of the Ottoman Empire and let them learn about the baklava and Turkish hospitality. The same thing is true for the Arabs. We have not done a good job, and on their side I must say they have neglected for a long time to develop any knowledge of the Muslim world or to understand faith or the strong feelings of the Muslims about their faith.
On the individual level, both sides need to be exposed to each other more, and here exchange programs and all kinds of education centers can help. But I tend to put more blame on the Muslim world because we have not taken the initiative to communicate about ourselves as much as the rest of the world does.
You live in California with your wife and two children. How do you keep the balance of work and family life and other personal issues?
I have been fortunate in this because my wife's father is a professor and she has seen what it means for somebody to work hard, so she knows. She has said many times that my first love is my work. However, having said that, I think my children will say that I am a caring father. I try to balance things. For example, I always spend Sundays with my children; even if I'm staying home reading, they are around me. I see them, I go with them to soccer games, and so on. If you don't, if you take it to the extreme and you claim that your work is everything, then you have weakened a whole corner of your life, and I don't believe you will have the strength to do many other things in life.
What is it that keeps you so motivated even after getting a Nobel Prize? Does your background as a Muslim play a role in this?
I think it is a composite of things. First of all, God created me with a passion for whatever I do. If I read a book, I have the passion to finish it. The other thing is my background, as you said. When I came to the United States, I was challenged. As I mention in my book, there were political barriers, there were cultural barriers and scientific barriers. So I was challenged to show that somebody with my background, someone who is a Muslim and grew up with mosques and everything like that can achieve something.
Nowadays, I also try to go beyond the Nobel Prize, and I ask myself if I can help people and if I can help science in general. Perhaps also because of my upbringing and the mosque, I have faith. So I think it's that kind of faith in life, in the universe, in myself, and in God, of course-all of this makes me who I am.
Nuh Gedik is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before moving to MIT, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech in the research group of Prof. Ahmed Zewail.
Published in The Fountain Magazine, issue 67 / January-February 2009.
About Professor Ahmed Zewail
Professor Zewail completed his undergraduate education the University of Alexandria, Egypt, and his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than a hundred prizes, awards, orders of merit, and orders of state from around the world. Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it possible to observe the movement of the individual atoms in a femtosecond, that is, a millionth of a billionth of a second.
Professor Zewail is also renowned for his public lectures and writings on science and technology, education and world affairs, and for his tireless efforts to help the have-nots. In his recent biography Voyage through Time-Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, he relates his life and work up to his receipt of the Nobel Prize, and he suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots and a new vision of world order.


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IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) -- Residents of another 700 homes were advised to retreat to safety on Friday as crews fighting a wildfire in the mountains above Palm Springs grew increasingly concerned about the possibility of unstable weather and erratic winds that could last through the weekend.
The voluntary departures by people in Pine Cove, on the fire's western flank, came in addition to mandatory evacuations involving 6,000 others who spent a third day away from home as the fire spread in three directions.
The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 42 square miles, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Kate Kramer said. A CAL Fire update Saturday morning said the fire was 25 percent contained.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, filling in for Gov. Jerry Brown who is vacationing in Europe, declared a state of emergency for the area Friday night, freeing up more state funding and other resources to help with the protracted firefight that has already cost $10.9 million.
Some communities on the eastern edge of the fire were reopened to residents, but about 5,600 homes remained under potential threat.
The fire was less than two miles from Idyllwild on its western flank. It was a similar distance from Palm Springs below on the desert floor, where an enormous plume of smoke could be seen, but the blaze was showing little threat of moving toward the much larger city.
A storm front headed toward the region could provide some relief with cooler weather and a chance of rain, fire spokesman Capt. Mike Lindbery said. But it could also make the situation much more volatile with increased winds, thunderstorms and lightning strikes.
Combined with hot air on the ground, the unstable air could create a strong updraft that draws smoke high into the atmosphere, where moisture could freeze and the weight of the ice could cause the column to collapse, creating a powerful downdraft in all directions, Lindbery said.
"We're very concerned because this is the condition in the past that has definitely caused big firestorms and the death of citizens and firefighters," he said.
Popular campgrounds, hiking trails and a 30-mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from the Mexican border to Canada, remained closed. A small stretch of a local highway was also closed.
Some 3,300 firefighters, aided by nearly 30 aircraft, battled the fire, which stretched in elevation from 4,000 feet to 9,000 feet along the mountains, putting crews in temperatures from a comfortable 75 degrees to a scorching 110.
The arriving storm front brings a 20 percent chance of rain and 15-24 mph winds, with gusts to 40 mph.
The fire, which began Monday, has burned six homes and mobile homes, one cabin, and more than a dozen other buildings.
Idyllwild resident Steve Hamlet had been watching a growing smoke cloud since Monday and evacuated his home with his 12-year-old grandson as flames crept closer.
On Friday, he worried whether he had packed the right things -- and worried about his wife, who had stayed behind.
"Do I take pictures? Do I take bills? Do I take legal documents? Or do I just take my grandson and I?" Hamlet said at a local evacuation shelter.
He and his grandson tried to check on his wife Thursday but were turned away at a road block after driving 25 miles up the mountain, he said.
"She knows enough when it's time to leave," he said.
Like Hamlet, more than 100 evacuees, including campers rousted from spots in the danger zone, spent the night at shelters located at area schools.
"They're stressed ... and they're anxious to hear news of their homes," said Red Cross spokeswoman Amy Laurel Hegy.
Authorities said the fire was human-caused, but they wouldn't say whether it was accidental or intentional. There have been no reports of injuries.
The fire was about 12 miles from the site of the 2006 Esperanza wildfire that killed five U.S. Forest Service firefighters and destroyed 34 homes and blackened an area that hadn't burned in many years.


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British Columbians who have remained isolated for months can begin to slightly broaden their social circles as of mid-May.
On Wednesday, B.C. officials unveiled their "Go-Forward Strategy," which included a decrease in measures that have stifled social lives, the economy – and hopefully, the virus – since implementation in March.
British Columbians will be allowed to mingle with groups of around two to six people outside of their own household.
Dr. Bonnie Henry said Wednesday that as long as COVID-19 cases continue to decrease, people can "double their bubble," officials said, and hug people within that small group of approximately a half-dozen people.
Those who are sick must continue to self-isolate, and people at higher risk due to age or pre-existing conditions, must decide for themselves if they wish to broaden their "pandemic bubble" in coming weeks.
"People have to make those choice. If your mom has a compromised immune system, it's best to keep that distance," Premier John Horgan said at a press conference two months after he first declared a state of emergency in B.C.
However, health officials said that physical distancing measures must continue for people outside of a new bubble, even as people can begin to hang out with neighbours and others. The province is trying to keep interactions to about 60 per cent of pre-COVID times.
As the weather gets warmer, British Columbians will have more access to the outdoors as of the middle of May. Provincial parks will reopen most day-use facilities as May 14, as could any municipally operated parks, beaches and outdoor spaces that are currently closed. Overnight camping and the rest of the day-use facilities could return in June, while movie theatres and symphonies are scheduled to open up in July.
Recreation and sports opportunities can restart, officials said, although low-contact sports are preferable.
READ MORE: B.C. prepares to restart more retail, services, offices in May
Nevertheless, many aspects of pre-COVID life will not return for some time.
Restrictions on gatherings of 50 or more people including concerts, conventions and sporting events with a live audience "are here to stay," Horgan said.
"Small social gatherings with physical distancing will be allowed."
International travel will continue to be restricted to essential crossings only, and the 14-day quarantine requirement will remain in force until
"When we see evidence that the curve is flattened… that cases in other jurisdictions are reduced to a place we're comfortable with, we'll start to look at opening the borders in the months ahead," Horgan sad.
Non-essential to other places in B.C., and even throughout Canada, could be a possibility later into the summer, he noted. Face masks are currently required on flights in Canada
"The market will decide some of this. If there are no flights, there's not going to be a lot of people getting on planes," Horgan said.
"These are personal choice people are going to have to make."
As of Wednesday, B.C. has had 2,255 total test positive cases and 124 deaths due to COVID-19. A total of 1,494 people have now recovered.
READ MORE: B.C. records three new COVID-19 deaths as officials get ready to unveil reopening plan
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Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Sturgill Simpson Join Willie Nelson for Farm Aid [Pictures]
Farm Aid is the only place you'll find three current or future rock and country Hall of Famers sitting patiently while a fourth speaks passionately about an important American issue. Then you'll get to see acts like Chris Stapleton, Jamey Johnson, Kacey Musgraves + more open for Willie Nelson and Neil Young.
Try finding a more legit day of country and rock music. Taste of Country photographer Patrick Tewey was on hand to take it in on Saturday (Sept. 22), capturing stunning pictures of each artist onstage. John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews were two rockers who delivered before headliner Young. Nelson closed the show, as he always does. For 33 years Farm Aid has brought attention to the loss of family farms in America — an issue more important than ever, organizers say, with heavier tariffs being placed on American exports in countries like China. The one-day concert (this year at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Ct.) is a fundraiser for family farms.
Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson, Particle Kid and Ian Mellencamp also played short sets. Artists mostly stuck to the hits before the 85-year-old Nelson closed the day with "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and "I'll Fly Away" (per Jambase).
The event was not without politics, as each of the festival's mainstays (Young, Mellencamp and Nelson) had an opportunity to talk beforehand. Ultimate Classic Rock reports that the "Jack & Diane" singer called President Donald Trump a "madman" before taking aim at both political parties. Before his set, Nelson would tell Billboard he felt the plight of the American farmer is perhaps worse than it was 33 years ago. He also shared that he's working on a new song called "Vote 'Em Out."
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I received an email last evening that describes an encounter in a location I am very familiar with. The narrative was forwarded by Joe, who was a camp counselor at Camp Nawakwa (Adams County, PA) in 1972. I spent several Summer weeks at this particular camp as a child in the mid and late 1960's. Camp Nawakwa is owned and operated by the Lutheran Church and is still going strong today. Since this was a church owned facility there was only so much 'nonsense' that could be initiated or talked about, including paranormal activity and spiritual energy...which, I will admit, I sensed on occasion. Anyway, here's Joe's story:
Hi Lon - my name is Joe and I currently live in Myerstown, PA. I would like to share an incident with you and your readers that happened in 1972 while I was a counselor at Camp Nawakwa. I understand from a friend at my church that you had spent some time there as a boy (I wonder who this 'friend' was...Lon). I was there for a few seasons between 1967-1973 so we may have bumped into each other at some time (it's possible, but doubtful...Lon).
As you may remember, we would take the kids on a hike through the back woods and apple orchards to the clearing on the hill. There we would build a campfire and spend the night in sleeping bags. I liked it because it was the only time we could spend time with the female staff from the camp (well, that's not quite how I remember it. The counselors where sneaking in and out of their cabins every night...Lon).
One night several of the counselors were sitting near the campfire and bantering about. One of the counselors, whose name was Paul, was reciting certain passages from the Bible and discussing related religious subjects. He was a theology student at the Gettysburg Seminary. At one point a female counselor asked him if he believed in the afterlife and ghosts. Paul didn't hesitate in giving her an answer as he said "there are spirits and I have witnessed many." He then described apparitions of soldiers he had seen at the Seminary. Before long, every person in the group was creeped out.
It was getting late and all the kids were already asleep. We decided to get into our sleeping bags and get some needed rest. Usually one or two of the counselors would stay awake in shifts and watch over the area. After a few hours I was startled out of my slumber when someone started to shake me. It was a female counselor who was frantic. She had noticed that one of the 10-year-old girls from her cabin group was not in her sleeping bag and she couldn't find her. One counselor stayed behind with the kids while the rest of us started to meander through the orchard looking for the girl.
We were searching for hours and dawn was beginning to break. We had been in contact with the camp director by radio to see if the girl had returned to camp. There was no sign of her. Then suddenly, the girl appears from the orchard. She was hysterical and crying. There was two gashes on her back and several scratches on her arms and legs. We immediately called the camp for medical help. Paul and myself rushed the girl back to the camp which was about a mile or so away. While I carried her on the trail she told us that an 'ugly man' had grabbed her from her sleeping bag and carried her to a house. She said that she had fallen into a gully after she had gotten away from the man and had hurt her back. When we reached the camp the police and ambulance were there waiting for her.
We gave our statements to the police and told them the girl's story which they totally disregarded. To be honest, I didn't believe her story either but Paul was convinced something odd had happened. That was the last overnight sleep-out for the Summer though the season was ending the next week anyway.
The incident had always bothered me and there was never any resolution since the police said that the girl had wondered off and got hurt while trying find her was back to the site. Well, that changed a few weeks ago.
I was contacted recently by Paul, who is a Lutheran pastor in New Jersey. We had kept in contact off and on for the past 40 years. The incident with the girl has always been in the back of our minds since then. He said that he had some information to tell me.
He had received an email from the daughter of the girl at the camp. She was contacting Paul because she had found a card with his name in her mother's confidential papers. Her mother, whose name was Cathy, had passed away a few months previous to this contact. There was also a letter written by her mother detailing her experience that night at camp. She wrote that she was kidnapped by the ghost of an old man and that it had tried to lock her in the cellar of an old dilapidated farmhouse. When she broke free, a wolf-like being attacked her. She was able to get away after it had pinned her down and she hit it in the muzzle with a rock.
Paul told me that Cathy wrote that she had been in therapy ever since the incident but that no one ever believed her. Cathy also wrote that a wolf-like spirit would appear and harass her day and night. She had written Paul's name and other contact information on a card with the instructions "contact Pastor Paul - he knows the truth".
That's about all I have to tell you. Paul is deeply troubled by this revelation and feels somewhat responsible that he didn't help Cathy earlier - though Cathy never sought his help at any time before her death.
Do you believe that a ghost could have physically kidnapped Cathy? What are your thoughts on the wolf-like spirit? You have my permission to reprint this if you wish. Joe E.
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By Nancy Wiechec
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NOGALES, Mexico (CNS) — In a soup kitchen just across the U.S. border, Nicole Davison sat down at a table lined with men.
There was a clatter of plates as the guests who were served dinner help clear the dishes. The guests all had been recently deported from the United States.
Davison, 19, learned that one man had been working in the U.S. for more than 20 years, and that his wife and children were at home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
A Mexican without a U.S. visa or work permit, the man was now stuck here, where he knew no one.
"It's very sad," said Davison, as she and other members of a group called Kino Teens departed the "comedor," the kitchen and dining hall of Centro de Atencion al Migrante Deportado (Aid Center for Deported Migrants) in Nogales, in the state of Sonora.
Kino Teens was created five years ago at Lourdes Catholic School in Nogales, Arizona, a couple of miles away on the other side of the border. The group supports the Catholic-run Kino Border Initiative, working in Mexico and the U.S. for more humane and viable migration solutions. In Mexico the initiative operates the center and a nearby shelter for deported women and children.
The Kino Teens have a three-pronged approach — service, education and advocacy.
"We dedicate ourselves to follow in the steps of Father (Eusebio) Kino in his example of showing solidarity with those who are in less favorable circumstances," said Gerardo Perez, a 17-year-old student.
It's a club that fits in well with the mission at Lourdes, according to Sister Barbara Monsegur, the high school's principal and a Minim Daughter of Mary Immaculate.
"We push respect for each other like you wouldn't believe," said Sister Monsegur, adding that the school focuses a lot on the church's social justice teachings. "What we emphasize with the students is that everyone is entitled to human dignity."
The high schoolers have taken the stories they've heard at the comedor to the Arizona state Capitol and to lawmakers in Washington.
The students have lobbied Republicans and Democrats alike for laws and deportation policies that won't divide families.
"The main focus that we have is family unity," said Davison, the current group leader.
A group of Kino Teens heads toward Mexico at the Mariposa border crossing in Nogales, Ariz.
Some of the Kino Teens live in Mexico and attend school at Lourdes with student visas. All of them speak fluent Spanish and English.
Both Mexican and American students regularly cross the border to go to school, visit family, see friends and volunteer at the comedor. In Sonora they often take advantage of the $4 movies.
Some of the teens refer to Nogales as the "split city," and all of them agree that the better food can be found on the Sonoran side, which has about 10 times the population of the Arizona town's 21,000 residents.
"You have not eaten Mexican food until you eat in Mexico," said Perez.
"I live on the American side, but I cross two, three times a week to visit my grandma or to hang out with friends," he said. "For us crossing the border is something that happens every day."
They do it even though they know that they may face an hour or more wait to pass back through the U.S. immigration checkpoint.
That experience and their youthful zeal makes them good ambassadors for immigrants, said Jesuit Father Sean Carroll, executive director of the Kino Border Initiative.
"They live on the border, so in that way they address this issue from where it is a reality," said the priest. "And their engagement with their peers is very powerful."
One of the group's summer events is Border Days, for which students from outside Nogales join the Kino Teens as volunteers at the comedor and other "immersion experiences." Those may include a walk along what's called the Devil's Highway, a stretch of rough, mountainous desert between Tucson and Yuma, in the Arizona's southwest corner, often traveled by undocumented migrants. They also visit farmers and ranchers near the border to see how illegal immigration affects them.
During Advent, the Kino Teens put on a Las Posadas play for migrants on the Sonoran side of the border. Las Posadas is a re-enactment of Joseph and Mary's search for lodging in Bethlehem.
"The migrants can relate to Mary and Joseph looking for shelter," said Davison, of the traditional re-enactment, replete with songs and concluding with a party. "It's like how they are looking for a better way of life."
Their efforts have sparked interest from other schools. In 2012, a Kino Teens chapter formed at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix after a few students from the Jesuit school took part in Border Days.
In their talks with their peers, the teens aim to break stereotypes people may hold about contemporary immigrants.
When people say migrants do not bring any added benefit to U.S. culture, Perez points to two values he has seen in most of the people he has met through Kino Teens: a strong work ethic and equally strong family values.
Despite growing up right at the border, both Davison and Perez admit that much of the migrant experience was foreign to them until they joined Kino Teens.
"I knew about immigration issues, but I wasn't aware of immigrants really and the struggles they face," said Davison.
Perez, a self-described bookworm, said before joining Kino Teens he was blind to the migrants around him.
"There are things in the community you don't see — things that you can help with," he said. "Once you actually see, you can say well, 'What can I do?'"
Kino Teens volunteers wash their hands before serving food at the dinner in the kitchen and dining hall of Centro de Atencion al Migrante Deportado (Aid Center for Deported Migrants) in Nogales, in the Mexican state of Sonora.
Mexican immigrants are by far the largest group living in the U.S. without documentation. They account for just more than 6 million, or 55 percent of the estimated 11 million, according to the Pew Research Center.
Most of the deported migrants who pass through the Kino Border Initiative center in Nogales originally came from Mexico's south, especially the states of Guerrero, Chiapas and Puebla, the poorest in the country. The center gathers some basic demographic data from the people it serves.
Last year the comedor served more than 45,000 meals. The Mexican nuns who manage the soup kitchen, the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, also took in 479 women and children at Nazareth House, the nearby shelter.
To get started, the Kino Teens received funds from Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Conventual Franciscans have also lent their support.
Their adviser is a laywoman, Teresita Scully, Lourde's theology teacher and campus minister. Scully accompanies the teens to the comedor and advises them in their advocacy and lobbying work.
The teens said Scully, the Minim Sisters and the Missionary Sisters at the comedor are their inspiration for going about what they do with joy.
They display a "genuine love for Christ," said Kino Teen Carolina Siulok, 17.
"You always see this smile, even if they have had a bad day," she said. "They always say a prayer or refer to something from Christ. Their faith comes from within them."
For encouragement, Davison looks to a smiling woman who works at the migrant center.
"For me she's a real inspiring woman and nun because of her service that is completely selfless. She inspires me to keep on. I want to be like her."
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Pink Floyd Streaming Rare Songs for First Time
Who's ready to make "Floyd Friday" a thing? Thanks to Pink Floyd's new playlist, longtime fans of the classic band will be highly anticipating the end of each week. Pink Floyd have just launched their "Syd, Roger, Richard, Nick and David - An Evolving Pink Floyd Playlist" online.
The idea behind the playlist was to help fans rediscover the band and immerse themselves in digging into their history by bringing forth rare and unavailable versions of songs to check out. The playlist's first addition is the currently unavailable version of "Us & Them" that was recorded live at the Empire Pool at Wembley in London back in 1974. It was previously part of the 2011 Immersion box set of Dark Side of the Moon.
There will be specially curated album tracks added daily and appearing at the top of the playlist, but each Friday has been reserved for the rarities that were initially available on the Immersion box sets.
The next four Fridays will features an alternate version of "Have a Cigar" from the Wish You Were Here Immersion set on May 29, a live at Wembley version of "Any Colour You Like" recorded in 1974 from the Dark Side of the Moon Immersion set arriving on June 5, a "Run Like Hell" band demo from The Wall WIP Pt. 2 off The Wall Immersion set on June 12 and an early 1972 mix of "Money" from The Dark Side of the Moon Immersion set on June 19. Additional unavailable tracks will be scheduled and announced soon.
The "Syd, Roger, Richard, Nick and David - An Evolving Pink Floyd Playlist" will be updated daily via Spotify and YouTube and you can select the platform of your choosing here. In addition, the currently unavailable tracks will be released for download and streaming purposes via Amazon, Apple Music and other digital retailers each Friday.
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Wheeler, David, McKague, Kevin, Thomson, Jane, Davies, Rachel, Medalye, Jacqueline and Prada, Marina (2005) Creating sustainable local enterprise networks. MIT Sloan Management Review, 47(1), pp. 33-40. ISSN (online) 1532-9194
Wheeler, David and Davies, Rachel (2004) Gaining goodwill: developing stakeholder approaches to corporate governance. Journal of General Management, 30(2), pp. 51-74. ISSN (online) 0306-3070
Wheeler, David, Colbert, Barry and Freeman, R. Edward (2003) Focusing on value: reconciling corporate social responsibility, sustainability and a stakeholder approach in a network world. Journal of General Management, 28(3), pp. 1-28. ISSN (online) 0306-3070
Wheeler, David, Fabig, Heike and Boele, Richard (2002) Paradoxes and dilemmas for stakeholder responsive firms in the extractive sector: lessons from the case of Shell and the Ogoni. Journal of Business Ethics, 39(3), pp. 297-318. ISSN (print) 0167-4544
Boele, Richard, Fabig, Heike and Wheeler, David (2001) Shell, Nigeria and the Ogoni. A study in unsustainable development: II. Corporate social responsibility and 'stakeholder management' versus a rights-based approach to sustainable development. Sustainable Development, 9(3), pp. 121-135. ISSN (print) 0968-0802
Wheeler, David, Rechtman, Rene, Fabig, Heike and Boele, Richard (2001) Shell, Nigeria and the Ogoni. A study in unsustainable development: III. Analysis and implications of Royal Dutch/Shell group strategy. Sustainable Development, 9(4), pp. 177-196. ISSN (print) 0968-0802
Boele, Richard, Fabig, Heike and Wheeler, David (2001) Shell, Nigeria and the Ogoni. A study in unsustainable development: I. The story of Shell, Nigeria and the Ogoni people: environment, economy, relationships: conflict and prospects for resolution. Sustainable Development, 9(2), pp. 74-86. ISSN (print) 0968-0802
Wheeler, David and Sillanpaa, Maria (1998) Including the stakeholders: the business case. Long Range Planning, 31(2), pp. 201-210. ISSN (print) 0024-6301


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COLUMBIA, Mo.–Is pasture insurance right for your farm? The answer could be yes, no or maybe.
University of Missouri Extension recently launched an online tool that can help farmers decide if purchasing pasture, range and forage (PRF) insurance makes sense for their operation.
MU Extension agricultural economist Ray Massey says that unlike most crop insurance, PRF is based on rainfall rather than yield.
"It is hard to understand what the yield is on pasture," Massey says. "You put cows out there and you take cows off. You don't normally take off grass unless you're haying it."
MU's online tool provides the same daily estimates from the National Weather Service that the USDA Risk Management Agency uses to determine accumulated rainfall over a two-month period. However, it also lets producers break down rainfall by day and amount, while RMA only presents a monthly percentage index. Massey says daily information will help farmers see the correlation between what the RMA is paying insurance on and what is happening on their farm.
NWS rainfall estimates are divided among grid squares measuring approximately 15 miles per side. When rainfall is below the insured level in a square, an indemnity will be paid based on how much insurance coverage was purchased for that month for land within that square.
Because rainfall can vary greatly within a square, the NWS estimate might not match the amount of rainfall an individual farmer receives.
"We're hoping farmers will keep track throughout the growing season and come to understand how the insurance works," Massey says. "So on Nov. 15, 2014, when farmers can sign up for 2015 insurance, they will be able to make a decision on whether or not to purchase PRF."
To access the PRF module, sign up at http://agebb.missouri.edu/horizonpoint/. You will need to provide an email address, street address, and the latitude and longitude of your farm. Complete instructions and additional information is at http://crops.missouri.edu/insurance/prfinsurance.htm.
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After Pennsylvania court defeat, Trump faces new pressure to concede election
Since Biden was declared the winner two weeks ago, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits and mounted a pressure campaign to prevent states from certifying their vote totals.
So far, attempts to thwart certification have failed in courts in Georgia, Michigan and Arizona.
On Saturday, Matthew Brann, a Republican federal judge nominated by former President Barack Obama, dismissed a similar effort in Pennsylvania, writing that the case amounted to "strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations."
For Trump to have any hope of remaining in the White House, he needs to eliminate Biden's 81,000-vote lead in Pennsylvania. The state is due to begin certifying its results on Monday.
Trump's lawyers vowed a quick appeal, but lawyers who opposed him in court say he is out of time.
"This should put the nail in the coffin on any further attempts by President Trump to use the federal courts to rewrite the outcome of the 2020 election," said Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Some of Trump's fellow Republicans in Congress are now breaking ranks.
Republican Senator Pat Toomey said the ruling closed off any chance for a legal victory in Pennsylvania and called on Trump to concede the election. Liz Cheney, a member of the Republican leadership team in the House of Representatives, earlier called on Trump to respect "the sanctity of our electoral process" if he does not succeed in court.
Trump refuses to concede
Biden got 6 million more votes than Trump in the Nov. 3 election, and also prevailed 306-232 in the state-by-state Electoral College system that determines who will take the oath of office on Jan. 20.
He has spent the past several weeks preparing to take office, though Trump's administration has refused to provide funding and security clearances to do so.
Critics say Trump's refusal to concede have serious implications for national security and the fight against the coronavirus, which has killed nearly 255,000 Americans.
In order to remain in office, Trump would somehow need to overturn election results in at least three large states - an unprecedented feat in U.S. history.
A recount in Georgia only affirmed Biden's win there, and officials certified the result on Friday. Trump's campaign said late Saturday it would request another recount.
In Wisconsin, election officials have criticized Trump volunteers for slowing a partial recount that is not expected to overturn Biden's victory.
With recounts and lawsuits coming up short, Trump is now pressuring Republican-led state legislatures to throw out the vote totals and declare him the winner.
"Hopefully the Courts and/or Legislatures will have ... the COURAGE to do what has to be done to maintain the integrity of our Elections and the United States of America itself," he wrote on Twitter after the Pennsylvania ruling.
On Friday, he summoned two top Republicans in Michigan's legislature to the White House. After the meeting, they said they saw no evidence that would lead them to intervene. Biden is leading Trump in Michigan by 154,000 votes.
Election officials across the country say there is no evidence of significant voting fraud, and Trump's own administration has called the election the "most secure in American history."
But Trump's accusations have continued to inflame his hard-core Republican base. Half of Republicans believe the election was stolen from Trump, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling, and supporters have staged rallies across the country to protest the outcome.
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Study links high sodium 'fizzy' medicines to raised heart risks
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of patients worldwide taking effervescent, dispersible and soluble medicines have an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes because of the high salt content of such drugs, scientists said on Wednesday.
Researchers from Britain's University of Dundee and University College London found that with some "fizzy" versions of painkillers, vitamin supplements or other common medicines, taking the maximum daily dose would on its own exceed daily recommended limits for sodium, the main component of salt.
High salt intake has been linked to high blood pressure, or hypertension, which is a key risk factor for strokes, heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases.
In a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), they found that patients taking dispersible forms of drugs had a 16 percent increased risk of a heart attack, stroke or vascular death compared with patients taking the non-high-sodium versions of the same medications.
Jacob George, an honorary consultant in clinical pharmacology at Dundee who led the study, said patients, and consumers of over-the-counter medicines - such as soluble aspirin, effervescent vitamin C, or Bayer's Alka Seltzer for example - "should be warned about the potential dangers" of high sodium intake in medicines.
Doctors, he added, should be aware of the potential dangers and prescribe fizzy or soluble forms of drugs "with caution, only if the perceived benefits outweigh the risks".
"There are a lot of patients who need to use these formulations - those who have difficulty swallowing large tablets, for example," George told Reuters in a telephone interview. "But what we want is for patients to be able to make an informed decision with the help of their doctor."
Although there is some debate on the issue, many health experts believe that eating too much salt is bad for health and numerous studies have linked excess salt intake to high blood pressure, which can lead to strokes and heart attacks.
The World Health Organisation recommends a daily upper limit of sodium intake of less than 2 grams - equivalent to around 5 grams, or one teaspoon, of salt.
For this latest study, George's team tracked more than 1.2 million patients, comparing those taking sodium-containing effervescent, dispersible and soluble medicines with those taking non-sodium versions of the same drugs.
The study ran between 1987 and 2010 and patients were tracked for an average of just over seven years.
During this time, over 61,000 new so-called cardiovascular events - including heart attacks and strokes - occurred in the patients being studied.
Factors likely to affect the results, such as body mass index, smoking, alcohol intake, history of various chronic illnesses and use of other medicines, were taken into account.
Beside the 16 percent higher risk of a heart problem or stroke, the team also found patients taking sodium-containing drugs were seven times more likely to develop high blood pressure, and their overall death rate was 28 percent higher.
The researchers acknowledged that there is still some controversy about the link between dietary sodium and heart risks, but say their findings were anyway "potentially of public health importance".
(Reporting by Kate Kelland)
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Watch Incredible Footage of Tornadoes Descending on Dallas [VIDEOS]
The Dallas/Fort Worth region in Texas has been besieged by tornadoes Tuesday, leaving most counties in the northern part of the state under a tornado watch.
According to the National Weather Service, "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes have gripped the region, with one reaching ground in southern Dallas County, not from the downtown area.
Reports of damage have also come out of Cleburne and Lancaster.
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Work comp: Certified managed care plans in Minnesota
The basics
Some employers participate in a workers' compensation certified managed care plan. A certified managed care plan is an organization that has been certified by the state to manage health care for injured workers. An employer must tell an employee if they are covered by a certified managed care plan. Some employers or insurers have contracted with a managed care plan or network of doctors who are not certified by the department.
Please note: Injured employees are not required to receive treatment from a doctor in a plan or network that is not certified.
Three certified managed care plans in Minnesota
There are three managed care plans certified under Minnesota Rules 5218.0100 to provide managed care for services for an injury or condition covered under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 176, Workers' Compensation.
Contact: Employee Intake Nurse, 3001 N.E. Broadway Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Phone: 612-436-2403 or 800-275-8893
Fax: 866-450-9404
GENEX Services, Inc. (terminating its services April 30, 2023)
Contact: GENEX Services Inc., 440 E. Swedesford Road, Suite 1000, Wayne, PA 19087
Phone: 888-464-3639
Department liaison: Susan McDonough, managed care plan administrator – phone: 888-464-3639, ext. 1543
Employee/employer liaison: Jan Land – phone: 800-382-9163, ext. 16035
Insurer liaison: Heather Howard – phone: 651-328-3229 or 800-477-2059, ext. 17605
Contact: Worksite Health, 8170 33rd Ave. S., Mail Stop 21111W, P.O. Box 1309, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1309
Phone: 952-883-5396 or 888-779-3625
Fax: 952-853-8732
If you are covered
If you are covered by a workers' compensation certified managed care plan:
your employer must post a notice that shows how to get treatment using the managed care plan and provide the name and phone number of a contact person;
you may ask the employer, the insurer or the certified managed care plan staff for a list of providers in the plan; and
a medical case-manager might be assigned to coordinate the delivery of health care for your injury.
You must go to a provider in the certified managed care plan unless:
you need emergency medical care;
you want to be receive care from another health care provider who is able to treat your injury and has treated you at least twice in the past two years or who has a documented history of treating you; or
you live or work too far from a health care provider in the plan. (There is a 30-mile limit in the seven-county Twin Cities area and a 50-mile limit in all other areas.)


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New Online Casino App by Big Fish Games
Big Fish Casino goes to the UK
Looking for ways to spread into more online gambling-friendly markets than Washington State, Big Fish Gaming has decided to go live with its Big Fish Casino app in the UK.
Therefore, in the next few weeks, the British punters will enjoy the iOS friendly app, which will be available for download via the App Store. The company&s partner in the venture is Betable, which will process all financial transactions.
In relation to the cooperation with Big Fish, Christopher Griffin, chief executive officer of Betable, said: "This is the biggest opportunity that game developers have had since the advent of the Internet," adding that his company is working with a number of other companies in the sector.
Commenting on a statement by Tom Neumayr, a spokesman for Apple, who said told that his company is not taking a cut of gambling sales and that App Store will take in only those games that comply with local laws, Paul Thelen, CEO of Big Fish said: "Apple wants to keep arms& length from this. They don&t want to be the middleman in a gambling operation.
He also added that "Many players already pay real money for virtual currency in Big Fish games to bet on poker, slots and other games of chance, though they cannot cash out their winnings. These users are likely to flock to real-money wagers," adding that real money gambling in the mobile sector is "a very lucrative opportunity."


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