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NRL Preview: Warriors in exile, Marshall clash with Pearce & Crichton boosts Roosters
The NRL continues to march on in to round two, where it will be played behind closed doors.
Canterbury Bulldogs v North Queensland Cowboys
It was an underwhelming start to the season as both teams lost their first round match ups with Canterbury falling short against Parramatta and North Queensland suffering an agonising defeat to rivals Brisbane. If the Bulldogs want to find a sense of rhythm and get their season up and running then it falls on the likes of Brandon Wakeham and Lachlan Lewis to get the offence ticking consistently while the Cowboys still looked a dangerous side when going forward against the Broncos but their defence needs to be better this time round after missing 50 tackles last week.
Team news
Just the one change for Canterbury as Kerrod Holland (knee) is replaced by Jake Averillo who is set make his debut off the bench.
Cowboys enforcer Josh McGuire returns from suspension while Justin O'Neill must pass HIA protocols.
St George Illawarra Dragons v Penrith Panthers
There will not be a team in the league on a bigger high than Penrith right now after a spectacular comeback win over reigning champions Sydney in round one. The same will not be said of St George Ilawarra though as they will be licking their wounds after losing a lead against the Tigers. All this game will seemingly come down to is who can put in a full 80-minute performance and take the best of the opportunities presented to them. The Panthers can even take comfort in the fact they were able to inflict heavy defeats on the Dragons last season.
Team news
Matt Dufty is back in at full=back after recovering from a cheekbone injury, meaning Zac Lomax moves to the wing with Mikaele Ravalawa (thigh) missing out. Tariq Sims' suspension means Tyrell Fuimaono is named to start.
Viliame Kikau is back in the starting 13 while Billy Burns comes into Penrith's 17-man squad after Jack Hetherington's suspension.
Brisbane Broncos v South Sydney Rabbitohs
The second game on Friday brings with it the latest instalment in an ever-growing rivalry. Both teams come off hard fought wins in round one as Brisbane overcame North Queensland and Souths saw off Cronulla. As Broncos coach Anthony Seibold comes up against his old club, he will no doubt look to young powerhouses Payne Haas and David Fifita after monster displays last week. However, Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett also comes up against his former team and he will need his all-star backline featuring the likes of Latrell Mitchell and James Roberts to shift in to full gear for this one.
Team news
Brisbane's Tevita Pangai Jr will miss four weeks due to suspension, with Jamil Hopoate named to make his second NRL appearance.
South Sydney name the same 17-man squad as last week.
New Zealand Warriors v Canberra Raiders
After New Zealand announced border restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Warriors made the decision to base themselves in Australia and will host games on the Gold Coast. It was not exactly the best start to the season for Stephen Kearney's side either who failed to put up any points against Newcastle while Canberra come into this one after seeing off Gold Coast. The Warriors need to find some fluidity in attack with Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Chanel Harris-Tavita and Kodi Nikorima at the forefront but if Canberra stand-off Jack Wighton is in as inspired form as he was last week then it could be another difficult week for the Warriors.
Team news
Both Patrick Herbert and Peta Hiku miss out for the Warriors due to personal reasons with Adam Pompey and Adam Keighran both called up to the starting side.
Canberra are given a boost as hotshot duo Jarrod Corker and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad are selected to start despite suffering head knocks. Ryan Sutton takes his place on the reserves after returning from a suspension.
Sydney Roosters v Manly Sea Eagles
After losing out to Melbourne in a tough and gritty affair last week, it does not get any easier for Des Hasler's side as they have another difficult game this week as they come up against a Sydney team out for blood after letting one get away from them against Penrith in round one. The Sea Eagles were certainly in the game against the Storm for the first hour but were eventually worn down while the Roosters fell victim to a hungrier Panthers side. This game looks like it could come down to who has better game in the halves between Luke Keary and Daly Cherry-Evans as both players can control the game right from the outset.
Team news
Good news for Sydney sees Angus Crichton named in the back-row after recovering from a chest infection while Matt Ikuvalu has been cleared of concussion.
The Sea Eagles name the same 17-man squad as round one.
Cronulla Sharks v Melbourne Storm
The Sharks will no doubt feel slightly disheartened as their comeback against South Sydney fell short with a forward pass at the death stopping them from levelling the scores whereas Melbourne ousted Manly in an almighty tussle. There is plenty of positives for Cronulla to take away though as they were able to take the game to the Rabbitohs with Shaun Johnson leading the way. The Storm did what they so often do last week and that was exploiting their opponents' weaknesses after wearing them down throughout the game. A simple but effective game plan may surely be the blueprint for Craig Bellamy' side here.
Team news
Bronson Xerri and Matt Moylan still miss out for Cronulla due to injury, with the latter expected to be out for a month. Josh Dugan is named on the extended bench while Ronaldo Mulitalo has passed HIA protocols.
No issues for Melbourne as they name the same 17 that took down Manly last week.
Wests Tigers v Newcastle Knights
The first game on Sunday sees a rather interesting one as both teams will be on a high after a pair of inspiring first round wins. The Tigers overcame the Dragons after a great second half display while the Knights did well to hold the Warriors to zero points and come away 20-0 winners. If either side want to come away with the win then the player match-up between Benji Marshall and Mitchell Pearce is decisive. The veteran Marshall turned back the clock with a vintage display against St George Illawarra while the connection between Pearce and the electric Kalyn Ponga was on show in the win over the Warriors.
Team news
Just the one major change for the Tigers as Paul Momirovski takes a spot on the bench to replace Michael Chee Kam.
Newcastle can take pleasure in being able to name the same 17-man squad as round one.
Gold Coast Titans v Parramatta Eels
It may be early in the season but if the Titans want to give their fans something to get excited about then they need to come out swinging in this one and put together a full 80-minute effort. There were some positives to take way from the Canberra loss as they looked a much more measured side in the second half. The Eels overcame a tough and valiant effort from Canterbury last week and will want their impressive backline firing on all cylinders once more.
Team news
Brian Kelly is named to start at centre for the Titans as Tyrone Peachey drops to the bench. AJ Brimson and Shannon Boyd are named as reserves on the extended bench.
No issues for Parramatta as coach Brad Arthur names an unchanged squad.
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The great thing about using herbs as sweetness enhancers is that they don't add calories. You can use them alone or with sugar or other sweeteners to heighten the sweetness with added flavor. Of course, the herbs all have other uses as well and can be used in numerous ways. They make good garden plants and some can even be grown well in pots.
Angelica (Angelica archangelica)
The sweet licorice flavor in the fresh or dried leaves stems, root, and seeds enhances many foods. Try fresh leaves in leafy salads, fruit soups, and meaty stews, or dried leaves in pastries or desserts. Use the ground up root in breads, cakes, and cookies. Best of all, try slices of fresh stem in salads.
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height: 5-8'
Bloom: Tiny white flowers in compound umbels in early summer
Light: Partial shade
Soil: Fertile, moist, well-drained
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Beebalm (Monarda didyma)
The delicate taste of citrus is a nice addition to beverages, salads, fruits, and meats. Use the flowers in salads, and the dried leaves in teas. Fresh leaves are delicious with poultry, pork, or beef, Add fresh leaves to yoghurt with a bit of honey and fruit for a nutritious and low calorie snack.
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height: 3-4'
Bloom: Bright red flowers are clustered in whorls at the top of stems in late summer
Light: Full sun to shade
Soil: Fertile, humus-rich, moist
Hardiness: Zones 4-9
Lemon Verbena (Aloysia triphylla)
Fresh or dried leaves add a lemony flavor to salad dressings, jams, puddings, quick breads and beverages, and are especially good in frozen desserts. A lemon-lime tea can be made from the dried leaves.
Type: Tender shrub, often grown as houseplant
Height: 10-15'
Bloom: Tiny lavender flowers borne in spikes and racemes in late summer and fall.
Light: Full sun
Soil: Fertile, moist
Hardiness: Zones 9-10
Mint (Mentha spp.)
Spearmint (Mentha spicata) is considered by experts to be more versatile than mint for cooking purposes because of its milder flavor. Mint makes a good tea, pairs well with chocolate, and adds a refreshing taste to fruit salads and sparkling waters. If you like bourbon, try a mint julep.
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height: 8-24″ depending on the species
Bloom: Tiny white, pink or lavender flowers in wholrs or terminal spikes in late summer
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Fertile, moist, well-drained
Hardiness Zones: Zones 3-11 depending on the species; spearment tolerates heat better than peppermint, but the latter is more cold hardy.
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
Rosemary is a good garden plant even if it had no other value. Its time honored use as a culinary herb just makes it better. In addition to its traditional use with meats, and vegetables its unique pungent flavor is good in breads, and fruit salads, compotes, and tarts.
Type: Tender perennial shrub
Height: 5-6'
Bloom: Small blue flowers grow in clusters along the branches in late winter
Light: Full sun
Soil: Average, well-drained
Hardiness: Zones 8-10
These versatile herbs will enhance not only the sweetness of the foods they are with, but also the décor of the garden. Lemon verbena, rosemary, and mint do well in pots, and lemon verbena can be brought in doors as a house plant in winter. Rosemary and mint are very versatile culinary herbs that can be used in a multitude of ways and are the staples in most herb gardens.

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Hey Facers, Time for this week's community face share, I hope you all have been having lots of face making fun!
Right let's share some faces.
First up the admin…
- Focus On Eyes – January 2016 (break out of our normal practice and try different styles of doing eyes such as traditional, cartoon, manga etc. As suggested by Susana Magenheimer)
- Inspired By – March 2016 (pick fellow Facers to inspire our work this month)
Feel free to let me know if you have any more themes or ideas for Show Your Face.
Don't forget:
- Show Your Face is a community link up for portrait work in any style or medium.
- the aims are to share, learn, practise, inspire, and be inspired.
- to make sure that the face artwork is yours, if you use any stamps or templates to build the face they should be designed by you.
- the link is open from 10 am (BST) every Friday and stays open for a week, so link away.
- finished pieces, works in progress or retro posts (i.e. older works, not from this week) are all welcome.
- to link back to the link blog post here for that week.
- Spread the word on your blog/social media outlets and use the #ShowYourFaceFriday hashtag in social media.
Looking For The Blog Button?
If you want to wear the blog button with pride then hop on over to Show Your Face 31st July 2015 to grab it and there are instructions on how to put it on your blog there too.
My Share This Week…
My share this week is a mish-mash! This week I've worked on a dumping page in my junk journal that is what I call the pages that I clean off stencils or other tools on. So before I had even started there was a bit of texture and the snowflakes on there from previous projects.
When I was flicking through my journal trying to get inspiration for this week's face this page popped out and so did this face. She is drawn with a Sakura Pigma marker and painted with a mix of PaperArtsy paints and Distress Paints as well as some of the Derwent Graphik line markers too.
I think the snowflake hair looks a little like one of those floral swimming hats from the 50/60's. Is that just me?
Over To You…
Link your faces artwork and spread the word on your blog and/or social media, hashtag #ShowYourFaceFriday. Please do let anyone you think would be interested in sharing their portraits know about our community here.
Catch you later Face-Artinators
PS. Some other places you might want to link your work to: Painted pages share at Paint Party Friday. Art journal page with a collage theme link up to Art Journal Journey. Those of you on Facebook ask Darcy Wilkinson if you can join her Face To Face page.
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We present the first ultraviolet and optical images of η Car and its circumstellar Homunculus nebula, obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys/High Resolution Camera (ACS/HRC) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Compared to those at visual wavelengths, UV images reveal excess emission 0″.1-0.″6 from the central source along the minor axis that may emanate from the outer parts of η Car's nonspherical stellar wind, which dominates the UV flux from η Car. The UV emission fills the cavity inside a dust torus measured from infrared (IR) data; within 0″.2 of the star the UV emission projects a morphology reminiscent of the IR torus, but it is a factor of 10 smaller. This "little torus" seen in the UV may be related to the "Little Homunculus" discovered recently, signifying recurrent mass ejections with the same geometry. Finally, we reexamine the kinematics of nebular condensations near the star (Weigelt objects C and D) in HST images and spectra obtained over the past decade. We measure heliocentric velocities slower than previous estimates, and from proper motions we derive an ejection date of 1908 ± 12 yr, assuming linear motion. However, because of radiative acceleration, these objects may have been ejected earlier - perhaps during the 1890 outburst of η Car.
Original language | English (US) |
Pages (from-to) | 405-424 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Volume | 605 |
Issue number | 1 I |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 10 2004 |
- Circumstellar matter
- Stars: individual (η Carinae)
- Ultraviolet: stars
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science


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Ashley Hempfling Dawn
When were you at The Northerner?
Fall 2015 to Spring 2016
When did you graduate? Major?
May of 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Electronic Media and Broadcasting and a Minor in Journalism.
What did you do at The Northerner?
I was part of the advertising sales department at The Northerner from Fall 2015 to Spring 2016. My business partner, Mitchell Wendling, and I sold over $20,000 in ads in just 1 year!
What has your career been like since graduating?
After having such success [at the Northerner], I thought ad sales was the path for me. I began as a part-time promotions assistant at Q102 radio in Cincinnati to get my foot in the door. I did this for about a year before working the boards part-time on B-105 from midnight to 6am on Saturday nights. I did this for 6 months before accepting a full-time position as a sales assistant, thinking ad sales is a better route and is guaranteed benefits (because those are important, #adulting)! After doing this for almost 2 years, an opportunity of a lifetime came to me that I could not pass up. I was told they were possibly expanding The Big Dave Show on B105 and that I was a candidate for the position. I started on the show as a radio personality in March of 2019.
How did The Northerner help you start your career?
The Northerner helped carve my career path and gave me real world experience.
What is a piece of advice for current Northerner staff?
I would tell anyone to get as much experience as you can, always be yourself and shoot for the stars! You never know where you might end up.


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California Wine Country vintner steps up automation in latest label-removal device
When a cork needs to be pulled and replaced with one from another maker, or a label needs to changed, it requires an aspect of the wine industry less known than others, and Napa Wine Staffing is among the companies that do the work.
Owner Alejandro Alfaro says delabeling or label stripping can be one of the more labor-intensive tasks, depending on how easily the paper and adhesive is removed.
"Some jobs take hours to finish a case," Alfaro said. "Some involve packing and repacking."
The cost for repackaging varies with the job, but Alfaro has seen projects start at $5 per 12-bottle case and run up to $10–$15, especially for enhancements seen on luxury-priced bottles such as sequentially numbered labels or wax seals.
"Some jobs take hours to finish a case," Alfaro said. "Some involve packing and repacking."
A labor crunch for the California wine business in recent years and particularly with the current concerns among workers about COVID-19 infection, automation that increasingly has been making inroads into viticulture and winemaking is now being considered and rolled out for labor-intensive packaging tasks.
David Crawford, co-owner and general manager of Top It Off Bottling, has been contemplating automation for the decanting and delabeling jobs he bids on to get the cost mostly below $10 a case and reduce the risk of worker injury.
Right now, the mobile bottler offers to do it for $8–$15 a case, depending on the size of the label — bigger ones take longer — and how many workers are needed to complete the task. He bids on repackaging projects up to 10,000 cases.
"If I'm going a 3,000-case project, I can't have it take the better part of a month," he said.
The pace of relabeling now is about 300 cases a day, but he wants to be able to do that with three people versus 18.
"The way we do it right now is risky with razor blades to take the labels off. It's not great from a workers' comp standpoint that."
Soaking bottles in tubs of water and certain agents loosens the paper and adhesive to make the scraping easier.
Other repackaging tasks include injecting nitrogen into wine bottles to push out the cork. Then a new cork can be inserted, or the wine can be transferred to a tank for refermenting, treatment for unwanted Brettanomyces yeast impact on flavor or aroma, or removal of glass shards introduced from incorrect bottling line setup.
"Four years ago, I had a vintner take the wine out because it was Napa (cabernet sauvignon) and it was worth more in bulk than under the label it had," Crawford said.
The transfer job cost $50,000, but with the surge in demand for Napa Valley cab in bulk at the time it was sold for $60 a gallon, more than triple what it could fetch today. That brought the vintner three times more than the projected revenue for the bottled wine, even with the decanting cost, Crawford said.
His dream for an automated cork and label removal device remains just that at the moment, he said.
But Alpine Engineering Solutions (707-479-8692) thinks its latest, more automated version of its mechanized label stripper is closer to what vintners are looking for. The Healdsburg-based company run by winemaker and inventor Nick Goldschmidt started selling the Lola 200 system at the end of August.
It's designed to take up about as much floor space as one standing worker — 1.5 feet by 1 foot and 4 feet high — and remove 3.3–7 labels per minute, or 130–275 per day with one to two operators.
He said it takes about two minutes to make three changes to accommodate a different bottle size (375 milliliter half-bottles up to 1.5-liter magnums) and shape (tapered or straight sides). One is a change of the puck that holds the bottom of the bottle. Another is to adjust the angle of the knife to match the bottle. And the third is the orifice for the carbon dioxide that is the key player in lifting, rather than scraping, the label from the bottle.
Here is the Lola 200 delabeler in action:
Goldschmidt said he's sold seven so far. The Napa machine shop that's making them has two more on the production floor and capacity to produce five a week.
"The primary focus is selling them to bottling lines, but Americans don't always think like that," he said. "They think of ROI and only want one because they have a big problem."
One buyer purchased two machines to deal with 20,000 cases with glue separation on the back labels.
But Goldschmidt is marketing the units to be integrated with bottling lines to solve everyday problems such as five or 20 cases with errant labels. The price starts at $15,000 for bottling line applications.
The first version of the label stripper went into production five years ago in New Zealand and found success in Australia, with over 400 of the lever-operated units sold there and around the world. It originally was developed for a large global wine beverage company that had a large recall of wines for the United Kingdom market that were out of sequence.
Another buyer put cabernet sauvignon labels on the front of bottles but chardonnay back labels, and one customer spelled chardonnay on a front label with only one "N."
Because of such costly labeling problems that can make it all the way from designer to printer to bottling line, Peregrine Mobile Bottling has the vintner representative hand the crew the labels they want to use.
"I don' t want my workers to go to a stack of labels and choose the wrong one," said Thomas Jordan, president. "Every time we change a roll for 2,000 to 5,000 bottles, we have a sheet shows the customer verified the label when changed."
A common feature of large bottling lines are optical label verification systems, but they haven't made it to the space-conscious world of U.S. mobile bottlers yet, he said.
Crawford of Top It Off Bottling said he had considered purchasing one of Alpine Engineering Solutions' label strippers but estimated it would be too expensive, given he figures at least three people would be needed for that workflow, including a person to stack finished product.
"We might bid on 20 projects and six become reality because of the cost," Crawford said of the current amount charged for manual delabeling. "If I charge $15 a case and the wine is less than $25 a bottle, it is not worth it for us. My goal is to automate to get below $10 a case."
Jeff Quackenbush covers wine, construction and real estate. Before the Business Journal, he wrote for Bay City News Service in San Francisco. He has a degree from Walla Walla University. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 707-521-4256.


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Episode 39
New Year Linux Predictions
January 12th, 2021
55 mins 17 secs
About this Episode
Episode 39 of DLN Xtend, Matt, Wendy and Nate talk about their hopes and dreams for Linux in the coming year. Each of them has two predictions to share with you. Are they ones that you are hoping for?
00:00 Introduction
19:52 Show Topic
41:21 Bitwarden AD
43:05 Host Related Interests
54:28 Wrap Up
Host Related Interests
Matt- Diving into his back log. Matt is playing Xuan-Juan Sword: The Gate of Firmament
Wendy- Krita for mobile devices
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Mumble: https://destinationlinux.network/mumble/
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Contact info
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Acetaminophen (children and infants)
Drug Class: Analgesics
Brand Names: Children's Tylenol, FeverAll, Infant's Tylenol, PediaCare Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever
Dosage depends on your child's weight or age. Ask your doctor about the appropriate dosage for your child. Do not exceed maximum daily dosage.
Potential Side Effects
Acetaminophen is generally safe when taken as directed.
Be Aware
Do not use with any other products containing acetaminophen. Too much acetaminophen can cause serious liver damage or death. Limit the amount of acetaminophen you take to 3000 mg/day unless otherwise directed by your doctor. Drinking alcohol increases your risk of liver damage. Tell your doctor if you have a history of liver disease or alcohol or drug abuse, or if you have three or more alcoholic drinks daily. Also tell your doctor if you take the blood-thinning drug warfarin (Coumadin). Acetaminophen prolongs the time that drug is active in your body, increasing bleeding risk. Your doctor may need to adjust your dosage. Rarely, acetaminophen may cause serious skin reactions, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which can be deadly. Stop taking acetaminophen and call your doctor if you develop a skin rash.


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Police recovered body of a housewife on Wednesday morning after she died mysteriously at Sirajdikhan Upazila of the district.
The deceased was identified as Tulshi Rani Das, 22, wife of Sushil Das of Monipara area under Shekharnagar Union in the upazila.
Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Sirajdikhan Police Station Khairul said, "Sushil, husband of the deceased, is a rickshaw-puller. They have a four-year old girl child. On Wednesday at 2am, Tulshi Rani died mysteriously, and her family members tried to cremate the body."
On information, police recovered the body and sent to Munshiganj Sadar Hospital Morgue for an autopsy on Wednesday noon.
She might have strangled to death, the ASI added. After getting the autopsy report, the cause behind the death would be clear, the ASI further added.


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Mass immigration and foreigners pushing British citizens' NHS healthcare system to crisis of neglect
Britain's National Health Service (NHS) exists for the comprehensive healthcare of Britons, but ever since it was introduced by the socialist spendthrift Labor Party back in 1948, the promised 'King's Fund' for sick Brits has been underfunded.
Welfarism utopia costs a lot. Indeed, comprehensive welfarism for 'all and sundry' demands 'black hole funding' – think socialist Venezuela.
Successive governments out of 10 Downing Street, both Labour and Tory, have swamped the NHS with mass immigration, with hundreds of thousands of Third World welfare seekers, and with foreign tourists turning up for free surgery funded by British taxpayers.
So while the NHS was designed for the benefit of Brits, it has benefited non-Brits nicely thank you very much.
Socialists are not in favour of national borders.
And so the charity-mindset NHS doesn't even concern itself with asking the non-British fly-in health tourist for any payment. Public servant management at the NHS deploy a global charity mindset.
Over the past eight years, Britain's NHS has lost more than £6 billion from medically treating foreigners for no charge from the open-border European Union alone. The scam has become so well known that it is termed 'health tourism'.
Such has been the impost of the EU's socialist Schengen Agreement since 1985 – no borders.
No doubt there has grown a black market co-ordinated by health tourist agents reaping sizeable commissions from their foreign client patients.
Suspiciously, the statistics regarding the volume and cost of the NHS treating foreigners arriving from outside the EU are withheld from the public. Foreigners are 'on-paper' ineligible to access the NHS, yet they manage to access and rort the NHS regardless. Such opportunistic foreigners represent imported bad debts. They are stealing from the British public health system, from which they are not entitled.
The NHS has become a laughable global charity.
Except it is the ordinary Brit who misses out on the health care they are entitled to; having contributed their working life paying income taxes.
The system is overstretched. Hospital waiting queues are Third World. Chronic funding shortfalls year-on-year have eroded standards to the point of criminal neglect. At least fourteen NHS trusts in England have been responsible for 13,000 "excess deaths" since 2005.
NHS corridor queues emulating the Third World
But the problem is not going to be resolved by excluding patients that can't show a UK passport and proof of residency, as brain-snapped by NHS boss Chris Wormald this week. What, immigration is so rampant that locals have to prove they're British just to see a doctor in their own country?
For starters, not all Brits have or need a British passport.
Perhaps a unique photo-ID NHS card system with counterfeit-resistant optical security media and microchip technology showing residential address would be more effective. It should only be issued to British Citizens, not to foreign residing in Britain. It should require the same standard of validation process for obtaining a British Passport.
Another solution is for NHS staff to actually require NHS ID else ensure pre-payment, just as private healthcare providers do.
Year on year, the government's mass immigration policy welcomes 327,000 foreigners into Britain and automatically on to the 'free-for-all' NHS.
It is well accepted that the NHS has been problematic for decades. Problems have compounded and the problems have been repeatedly avoided. It's all rather déjà vu.
Britain's annual cost of providing comprehensive healthcare has snowballed because as a monopoly provider, governments have allowed the bureaucracy to balloon itself. Successive governments have dumped mass immigration on to it to somehow 'absorb'.
GPs have been told to see any travellers who simply walk in – even if all consultation times for the day are full. They will also be fast-tracked for nurses and dental appointments
They will also be given longer consultations than other patients. Five or ten minutes is the average but travellers will be given 20 minutes and allowed to bring relatives into the consulting rooms. Medical staff are given 'mandatory cultural awareness' training so they can fully understand what it is like to be a minority ethnic.
In 2014, the average British taxpayer contributed £3,442 a year to fund the NHS and further £4,471 a year to fund those on welfare – mostly Third World immigrants.
The NHS already has to fund the inherent advances in medicine and sophistication of medical procedures and equipment which cost much more than previously. It is also on top of the increasing expectations by patients of first world health care and an aging population living longer and needing more health services.
The NHS well exceeds the funding provided by those paying tax to the Exchequer, next door at 11 Downing Street. Endemic bureaucratic waste hasn't helped. But the problem has been avoided pretty much since, well 1948.
The annual floodgates of demand on the NHS remain well open and at the same time, 10 Downing Street is hell-bent in starving it of funds. It's political head-in-sand "do more with less" and "don't get sick" mindset. Tory and Labour share joint accountability and the perpetually hoodwinked voters who keep inviting the bastards back into 10 and 11 Downing Street every five years.
Of course the British taxpayer is being "taken for a ride". Not just by the NHS failure to charge foreign health tourists free-loading on Britain's first world class hospitals, doctors and pharmacists so they can have foreign babies, transplants and prescriptive drugs for nothing.
NHS for Third Worlders. Local Brits wait in the queue please.
In 2011, a pregnant Nigerian woman, Bimbo Ayelabola (below), flew business class on a tourist visa to Britain to give birth to quintuplets at Homerton Hospital, in blackened east London, costing the NHS £145,000. This is despite her being married to wealthy businessman Ohi Nasir Ilavbare, CEO of his own logistics company.
The hospital and the NHS didn't even bother chasing Ayelabola for the bill.
Successive British governments have cut critical funding to the NHS. In the late Seventies, the Labour government ran out of money and so shut hundreds of hospitals just like that.
In 2014, the Exchequer took back £1bn of the £1.4bn saved by the NHS that year. The current NHS repairs budget used to fund maintenance and replace out-of-date or broken equipment, was slashed by £1.1bn by 11 Downing Street.
With Health Tourism scandal costing the NHS an estimated £2bn every year, recovery of just half the lost revenue would fund its repair budget.
The bulk of the cost problem is in over-immigrated England – Greater London, Manchester and Birmingham. More than 2 million of Britain's 64 million population are Third World black and nearly all live in these ethnic metropolitan cities. Many have cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung diseases. The burden they impose on the NHS is considerable.
The NHS England's Five Year Forward View (FYFV) that set out plans for the NHS from 2015 to 2020 estimated that the NHS would need an extra £30 billion by 2020 to deal with growth in healthcare need, the emergence of new treatments, and so on.
Of this figure, 10 Downing Street has offered £8 billion, while £22 billion is somehow to be found from within the NHS through further 'efficiency' measures'.
Savage Tory cuts have left NHS on the brink of collapse from chronic underfunding. The independent Care Quality Commission has found that around 800,000 patients across Britain are using substandard and 'unsafe' GP surgeries. It has found problems with out-of-date drugs, poor staff training, clinical waste undisposed of and unsuitable premises.
Criminal neglect at Stafford Hospital in England led to hundreds of needless deaths between 2005 and 2008. Witnesses to the investigative Francis Report found that substandard Third World staff there had displayed Third World hygiene, grossly neglected patients and were untrained for their roles. Not a local nurse in sight.
Not so first world British.
In early 2016, a special conference on the state of the NHS in England convened by the British Medical Association highlighted the ongoing financial stresses and recruitment pressures currently gripping the NHS including low doctor morale and excessive workloads.
Research shows that the NHS is facing a financial shortfall of about £20bn by 2020-21. Yet going the opposite direction, the latest government pronouncement is for cost-cutting shakeups and an austerity plan for a £22 billion "efficiency savings" and that the NHS just needed to be seen to try to achieve them. Déjà vu – more hospital closures.
Because of chronic underfunding, Britain's NHS today depends on immigrant doctors and nurses and would collapse without them. There were plentiful supplies of local White British doctors and nurses fifty years ago.
The NHS needs to recruit 13,000 new doctors each year in order to maintain staffing levels, British universities are restricted in the number of places they can offer to medical students to 6,000 per annum.
This is despite the fact that there are many more willing applicants than university places available and there would be easily enough suitably qualified applicants to fill 13,000 medical student vacancies each year if our education policy were to allow it, just as was the case during the 1960s.
Universities' medicine courses are vastly oversubscribed – but the Department of Health quotas block them from taking on more undergraduates. For instance, the University of Bristol who had 4,000 applicants for its three medicine and surgery courses this year but just 232 places – enough for just one in 17. Furthermore the University of Birmingham had 2,500 applicants but could accept only 334 undergraduates.
These two universities alone had almost 6,000 surplus of applicants and it is therefore evident that vacancies within the NHS could easily be filled by local British students if the quotas on university places were lifted.
Dr J Meirion Thomas, a leading London cancer surgeon in 2013 wrote:
"Most readers will be surprised to learn that every year, we import 40 per cent of our doctors because of insufficient training places in British medical schools. So, 40 per cent of doctors starting work in the NHS every year have little or no knowledge and experience of British culture or of our Health Service – and this in the most people-centric occupation of all.
Patients remain at risk from foreign doctors who have poor language skills and may not have been trained to our high standards."
The fact that the NHS now depends upon foreign medical staff is therefore no accident of circumstance, it is a situation that has been deliberately engineered by politicians and in view of the frequency with which this situation is cited during debates on immigration, it is clear that it has been engineered specifically so that NHS dependency can be used as a pretext to justify successive government's open door immigration policies.
Furthermore, as Dr Thomas states above, " … patients remain at risk from foreign doctors who have poor language skills and may not have been trained to our high standards."
A 2013 survey by Britain's General Medical Council found that foreign-trained doctors were four times more likely to be suspended or struck off than those from the UK and in view of the different cultural mores and norms that exist in Third World countries.
The NHS is in crisis and continues to fail the local Britons who fund it. The NHS should adopt the Australian healthcare model of means-tested Medicare and private health insurance. Only eligible British Citizens should be entitled to access the NHS. Non-Brits need to pay in full up front.


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Dana White Sees Max Getting a Rematch Against Volkanovski
By now, everyone in the MMA world should know that Max Holloway lost a decision that cost him his title at UFC 245. Alexander Volkanovski got the better of Holloway and became the first Australian UFC champion. Although Holloway believed he won the fight, he isn't begging for a rematch. In fact, Holloway said that he would wait to see what the UFC wanted to do. If they wanted to do it, he would be up for it. However, if they didn't, he would respect their decision. Well, UFC President Dana White made it clear that he could definitely see Max getting an immediate rematch.
Dana on a Possible Volkanovski vs Holloway Rematch
Dana spoke at the UFC's post-fight press conference for UFC 245. During the conversation, one of the talking points was how impressive Volkanovski looked against Max. Additionally, White made it clear that he believes Holloway looked impressive as well.
Media members asked Dana if he could see Max getting a rematch. Usually, Dana White wouldn't even answer a question like this because as everybody knows, he "doesn't make fights after cards." However, when asked about Holloway, he wasn't even hesitant about his initial thoughts of a rematch.
"He (Max Holloway) looked good, and that market is massive for us, so maybe we do that rematch in Australia," White said. "I don't know… that's just off the top of my head."
Alex on Fighting Max Again
For Volkanovski, he made it clear that he would love to fight in his home country. During his post-fight interview, he said that he would love to defend his strap in Australia. Not only has it been a personal goal of his to fight in Australia, but he also feels like the Aussie fans deserve the moment.
As long as Alex has the hometown Aussie crowd, he'd be down for fighting Holloway a second time. Beating Max twice could definitely cement himself as being on his way to becoming one of the greatest featherweights of all time.
Time will tell if the rematch happens, and if it does, both competitors will be ready.


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text: Don't be sprung by Spring pet dangers After the winter chills, many of us will be itching to get out and enjoy the sunshine with our pets. But with it, the warmer weather brings a list of dangers, lurking in places you might not expect. From mild allergies and pesky grass seeds to life-threatening snake bites and stings. Allergies Like us, cats and dogs can suffer from environmental allergies, and Spring is peak season for pollens and grasses. Some pets react with red eyes and runny noses, so pay attention if your pet starts sneezing. Far more common are skin irritations from allergic dermatitis, which usually shows up on their feet or the hairless areas of their bellies. What to do: Watch out for inflamed areas and unusual rashes and monitor how much your pet scratches itself so you'll notice if something changes. Ask your vet for topical antihistamine creams or lotions to apply if needed. Grass seeds Grass seeds lodged in your pet's skin can lead to a range of issues, from pain and swelling, to more severe problems like pneumonia and bladder infections. The most common areas affected are the paws, head, neck, eyes, nose and mouth. Often seeds are snorted up by dogs and can migrate elsewhere in the body. A grass seed that enters the skin of the paw, for example, may find its way to another area under the skin—or even into your pet's organs. The Animal Hospital at Murdoch in Perth sees around 2-5 dogs each week for grass seed issues during spring and summer. Just last week, a dog required open-chest surgery to remove a grass seed suck in his lungs, which would have been so stressful and expensive for the poor owner. What to do: Prevention is always better than cure, so check your pet weekly, and keep their fur brushed and clipped to a manageable level. Snakes Snakes start to move around more as the weather warms up, so if you live in a snake-prone area now may be the time to take precautions. The Animal Hospital at Murdoch University in Perth reports seeing between 12 and 25 dogs and cats per season with life-threatening snake bites. To help make sure your pet isn't one of them, cut long grass in the backyard and get rid of any rubbish, such as leftover timber or garden cuttings, which could make an appealing home for our scaly friends. When you walk your dog, keep them on a leash unless you're sure the area is safe, and watch they're not exploring areas of thick bush or grass. Some of the common signs of a snake bite are: Sudden weakness followed by collapse. Shaking or twitching muscles and difficulty blinking. Loss of bladder and bowel control. Dilated pupils. Blood in urine. What to do if you suspect your pet has been bitten: Contact your vet straight away, even if it looks like they're getting better. Minimise movement in your pet to stop the spread of venom, and try to keep them as calm as possible. More tips here. Garden risks Any type of fertiliser and bait (snail, slug, rat) can be toxic to dogs and cats. There are also poisonous plants like many types of lily, while garden mulch often includes a by-product of cocoa power or other chocolate products, which can be toxic to your pet. More info on garden dangers here. What to do if your pet ingests poison: take your pet, and a sample of what you think they may have eaten, to the vet immediately. Bee stings Stings are common in Spring—mostly around your pet's mouth and feet—and their reaction can vary greatly. Mild signs include swelling, scratching rubbing, licking or chewing at the sting. Severe signs include profound swelling, hives, vomiting and difficulty breathing. What to do if your pet is stung: remove the sting if possible and contact your vet for advice. If your dog has a known anaphylactic reaction to stings then talk to your vet about getting an Epi-pen. Manage Cookie Preferences


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Wizard World: Cleveland
I will be open an hour before the show opens and close an hour after closing. I will be walking the show floor to set up 30 min appointment times with cosplayers. This is the one year anniversary of photographing cosplayers. I started at this one last year. I can't wait to see some familiar and somewhat familiar faces!
Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland
(Cleveland Convention Center)
300 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113
Friday, March 17, 2017 – 5pm – 11pm
Saturday, March 18, 2017 – 10am – 7pm
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There's a wide ranging amount of duties performed in Liniar's state-of-the-art factory. The whole process of the manufacture of all Liniar profile runs through it, from the mixing plant to the shop floor and, eventually, into stock and ready for delivery.
Liniar's mixing plant is the biggest in the UK. Tankers discharge the raw material into one of our eight silos before the mixing plant team draw it through to be weighed and mixed with other ingredients. It's then heated and cooled before being transferred into bags or a silo ready to be fed into the factory and be made into Liniar profile.
The tool room is where all of the factory's extrusion equipment is serviced and maintained.
New calibrators and tools are also manufactured here on our two wire machines, helping us to be more reactive to our work load.
We store spares in our maintenance department that allow for efficient production flow, such as machine parts and heaters, with the facility to order new parts in as required, as well as performing essential general maintenance around the premises.
With a wide range of machines and shifts working around the clock, this is where all Liniar profiles are produced. Comprising injection moulding machines, extrusion and twin-strand lines, along with co-extruders, powder is drawn from the mixing plant to be converted to our profile by various methods to keep up with all rolling orders.
24 hours a day, seven days a week, the quality control department carefully monitor the profile being produced. A check is performed every hour to ensure that colours are correct and that the gasket is functioning properly. Every four hours a shadow graph is used on a section of profile to confirm that the correct dimensions are being produced.
Once the profile has been produced by the operators on the shop floor, wrapped and packed, it is moved to the holding area.
Here it's checked to make sure the quantities and component names are correct before being collected by the warehouse and added to stock, where it will be checked again.


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Marist Student to Appear on Wheel of Fortune
The Hudson Valley will get their chance to shine this week on one of America's favorite game shows.
Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, announced this week that one of their students will be representing the school on Wheel of Fortune. The episode is set to air this Friday.
According to Marist' Instagram page junior Caroline Fiske will be spinning the wheel with Pat Sajak and Vanna White. Fiske is set to graduate from the college in 2020.
If you don't want to miss the Hudson Valley college student on the college episode of Wheel of Fortune, set you DVR's for this Friday at 7:30pm on ABC.
Caroline joins a handful of other Hudson Valley residents who have appeared on nationally televised game shows. Most notably, Austin Rogers. He became a viral sensation after appearing on Jeopardy back in 2017 with his interesting personality and hilarious intro videos.
Good luck to Ms. Fiske! We'll keep you updated with how Caroline does on the show.
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As many of our closest followers know by now, we had recently launched GRPsupport.com (currently in BETA). It's the equivalent of a home-cooked social networking meal with all-natural ingredients sourced from the Net's most trusted organic digital farms and none of the artificial toxicity of the mass-produced "services" on offer in Big Corporate Social Media sites and apps. Note the difference in the term "social networking" and "social media". Social networking was what Facebook originally was — before carpetbaggers coined the term "social media" to describe what it was to become: the next media behemoth (a label that stuck like a rash and is now keeping its CEO Mark Zuckerberg awake most nights and national regulators nipping at his heels).
GRPsupport will, by no means, be a Facebook-killer. But we feel it is a viable alternative to building a community of users out to do real good or, at least, to promote what is real and authentic. We aspire to build a community for the users and by the users to borrow an old cliché. It is by no means groundbreaking. The site encourages users to do only three things we used to do back at the dawn of the World Wide Web:
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(1) Post stuff (short shoutout or long "blog", it doesn't matter) and comment on these;
(2) Maintain personal profiles where one's site activities are featured; and,
(3) Organise into open Groups.
We differentiate GRPsupport by highlighting what it does NOT have:
(1) No newsfeed.
(2) No following or "friends"
(3) No "likes" or "dislikes"
The above three common features shared by Big Corporate Social Media enterprises together form the core of what made social media toxic. Allow us to explain.
Conventional newsfeeds and timelines only exhibit content one chooses to follow. This is what resulted in those now-infamous echo chambers that became breeding grounds for the cancerous groupthink and braincell-killing mutual-backpatting that had intellectually-bankrupted online debate and perverted entire national elections. On GRPsupport the focus is on serendipity in discovering information and on articulating ideas and not just on voting for or against them. When one lacks the ability to merely "like", "retweet", or "share" information and only has one engagement option — to comment on information — the discourse becomes more honest and more intelligent. The deep specifics and details of thoughts are revealed rather than mere primal sentiments expressed glibly.
Most important of all, we're keeping things simple. Really.
One of the biggest broken promises of Big Corporate Social Media is the promise to keep things simple. After erstwhile King of the Net MySpace became a wasteland of bad HTML coding and page layouting, Facebook swooped in and yanked its lunch away in the mid-2000s offering a clean interface, straightforward user experience, and transparent, first-in-first-out content presentation on its then-groundbreaking Newsfeed feature. That core appeal of Facebook back then is now gone. In its place is a bloated platform of vested interests that is trying to be everything in a mad effort to dominate the Net. This is thanks to how execs of public corporations are incentivised — a drive to grow revenues ad infinitum to keep shareprices afloat and shareholder returns rolling in.
Thus, the business models of virtually all Big Corporate Social Media businesses are practically the same — entice users to interact with their services and inadvertently enter data that can be used to infer preferences and predict behaviours. Users of Big Corporate Social Media are not the customer, they are the product. Milking cows may feel like dairy farmers exist to feed them and make their lives as comfy as possible. In reality, dairy farmers' real customers are milk consumers. Same principle. Big Corporate Media are the 21st Century digital dairy farmers. We users are the clueless milking cows.
Unfortunately, Big Corporate Social Media is going down the same path as those institutions of "journalism" in Big Corporate Media. They have lost the trust of their users and are, increasingly, attracting the scrutiny of regulators and legislators keen to see their legal frameworks rid of the loopholes that allow these technology platforms to behave with impunity. For many such enterprises that had built their business model almost wholly on the practice of harvesting data from their users and selling "insights" gleaned from this to third parties, it is too late to change. Community platforms that vie to be alternatives to this establishment are expected to be different.
Join our social experiment to explore such alternatives. Logon to GRPsupport and register as a member. See and experience the difference. Feel what it is like to be part of a real online community of people who aspire to contribute ideas and uplift the discourse by participating in an honest and intelligent manner.
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Strategic Applications of Pharmacometrics in Clinical Development
Quantitative pharmacology encompasses the many strategic advantages of using complex mathematical models to understand biochemical relationships that ultimately improve clinical decision-making. This includes pharmacometric modeling, familiar to those who have used pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling to improve dosage decisions, and the extension of such models to the performance of meta-analyses, the construction of decision rules, and other uses involving a broad array of cases. In this blog we summarize some key areas of opportunity.
Exposure Response
Pharmacometric models are perhaps the most well-known elements of quantitative pharmacology. Pharmacometric methods aim to create models that connect the presence of a new pharmacological agent with the body's response to the new agent. Observations on exposure, also known as pharmacokinetics (PK), can include quantifying metrics that describe the body's exposure to the medicine, such as the time taken for a new medicine to be absorbed, where and how quickly it gets distributed throughout the body, and general details about "what the body does to the drug" to remove it from the blood stream. In addition to "exposure," another factor that can be measured is "response," which provides an account of how a drug affects the body. The study of the response is referred to as pharmacodynamics (PD). Together, a PK/PD model can provide a clear sense of how the new drug and the body act as a system to target certain illnesses.
Inform Dose Selection
The most straightforward use of PK/PD models is dose selection in early phases for optimal late-phase success. When choosing doses for measuring safety, a common rule to ensure limited harm from toxicity might be a rule such as 3+3, in which dose intensity is increased if three patients respond successfully to the dosage (see the section on dose-response modeling for more information). These rules are easy to implement, but are quite elementary. A well-developed PK/PD model can provide more precise guidance beyond simply recommending an increase or decrease in the dosage after responses from a certain number of patients. Most PK/PD models incorporate temporal designs, which enable decision-makers to understand the timing and magnitude of clinical response with regard to the presence of the drug. This knowledge is often incorporated in future study designs to ensure that efficacy is measured at the correct time, thus facilitating a potential reduction in sample collections.
Models that describe the magnitude of clinical response are often used not only to identify optimal dose ranges, but also to identify subsets of patients for whom the drug may have profoundly different responses and for whom early dose adjustment may be required. This can yield functional benefits such as shortening the length of a Phase 2 trial without compromising the chances of getting the Phase 3 dosage correct, as well as helping to guide Phase 3 decisions if dosage needs to be adjusted (e.g., when a particular subpopulation might require further study or when unanticipated side-effects are newly detected). An accurate model provides clearer details about how to adjust doses to obtain more precise data for later phases of a trial.
Performance of Meta-Analyses
Another feature of quantitative pharmacology is the performance of meta-analyses that combine evidence from numerous trials within a therapeutic area. Just as models can be built using evidence gleaned from a trial, pharmacometric models can be built from data gathered across numerous trials. In this setting, summary-level data reported in published trials is used in place of individual-level data from a single trial. These meta-analyses ensure that trial design and implementation takes into account the findings of all the published trials, and not simply those that are a part of the investigator's clinical development program.
In general, models, either built through PK/PD analysis or from industry meta-analysis, are tools that decision-makers can use for a variety of purposes. While dose selection is a common functional benefit of modeling early phase data, other uses include selecting primary and surrogate endpoints, exploring new endpoints, and determining go/no-go decision rules for later-phase trial design.
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Is Governor Scott Walker picking a fight with the state's wind energy industry? It may be shaping up that way. The governor wants a second look at the process for placing wind turbines in Wisconsin, citing the concerns of adjoining property owners and businesses. Walker said this week that such concerns "had not been addressed." The current Public Service Commission rules were finalized in September of 2010, after a nearly year long public process that began with the passage of enabling legislation which drew bipartisan support. "We thought it was more important to address that through the legislative and executive branches," Walker said.
"The legislature was engaged in this issue for more than two years," said Keith Reopelle with Clean Wisconsin. "They passed a bill, which like most complex pieces of legislation left the details up to a state agency which actually has expertise in that area." Reopelle noted that the Public Service Commission held a lengthy series of public hearings in order to develop the rules.
Walker, who emphasized jobs creation during the campaign for governor, and who has called a special legislative session on jobs and the economy, said the intent in changing the setback rules for wind turbines is not to cost the state more jobs. "Certainly, we don't want to do things that have an economic impact. By the same token, I think for adjoining property owners there's some serious concerns out there, and we're trying to balance the two," the governor said.
Clean Wisconsin's Reopelle said that changing those rules would "bring to a screeching halt" up to ten projects around the state. And he noted, there jobs at stake, as manufacturers in communities around the state are now producing components for wind turbines.


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CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation (CHINA), has increased its investment in BBMF Group, a 3G content provider in Japan.
CDC now owns about 20% of the company with a total investment of approximately US$10 million.
According to CDC Games, BBMF has also grown rapidly in recent years. During December 2007, BBMF's mobile comics paying subscriber count surpassed 566,000 which represents a year-over-year growth rate exceeding 350% compared to December 2006. Also during December 2007, mobile online game paying subscribers grew more than 400% year-over-year to approximately 107,000.
The investments in BBMF are part of the US$100 million Online Games Developer Partner Program of CDC Games Studio. The program was established to place investments in strategic game development partners to accelerate the development of new and original online games for the China market and additional target geographies including Japan and the US.


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Bloomberg after Bloomberg
What will happen to Bloomberg L.P. after Mike Bloomberg steps away? That question resurfaced last week after the billionaire, 81, announced leadership changes and a new board for the company he founded in 1981 after leaving Salomon Brothers. (That said, he told employees that he's "not going anywhere.")
Publicly, Mr. Bloomberg has said that his 88 percent stake in the company behind Wall Street's favorite data terminals will pass onto Bloomberg Philanthropies, his charitable giving arm. But what happens after that?
The Times's Ben Mullin reports for DealBook that Bloomberg Philanthropies is likely to sell Bloomberg L.P. or take the company public at some point after the transfer, according to two people familiar with the matter. Here's why.
Operating Bloomberg L.P. for the long run could be tricky for the nonprofit. For that to happen, Bloomberg L.P. would need to qualify as an independently operated philanthropic business, according to Richard Fox, the founder of a Philadelphia law firm who specializes in private foundations.
To do that, the company would have to meet several onerous requirements, and Bloomberg Philanthropies would have to donate to charity five percent of the fair-market value of Bloomberg L.P. each year, Mr. Fox said.
Bloomberg L.P.'s profit would be subject to income tax, even if it was owned by a nonprofit, said Jim Friedlich, executive director of The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, the nonprofit that owns the for-profit Philadelphia Inquirer. Bloomberg L.P. generated revenue of more than $12 billion in 2022, according to data from the research firm Burton-Taylor International Consulting.
There's a way for Bloomberg to drastically cut his tax burden. If the billionaire sold the company for cash and then donated the deal's proceeds to Bloomberg Philanthropies, the initial sale would be subject to taxes — reducing the value of his overall contribution to his charity.
But if he gave the company away, he could avoid paying taxes, Mr. Fox said. He could probably donate his controlling interest in Bloomberg L.P. without affecting the company's other shareholders, who would have a new partner: Bloomberg Philanthropies. The nonprofit could then sell Bloomberg L.P. tax-free.
Finding a buyer could take time. Bloomberg L.P. is a rare blend of financial data, media and technology assets, narrowing the list of buyers. Any purchase would be expensive: Not many of those suitors have tens of billions of dollars in cash lying around.
But the law gives Bloomberg Philanthropies a 10-year grace period to sell the company before the I.R.S. begins assessing an onerous tax, allowing some breathing room to find the right buyer.
China unveils more moves to shore up its currency and economy. The country's central bank said today it would reduce the amount of foreign reserves that financial firms are required to hold; that is meant to increase the amount of dollars available in the local market, allowing banks to cut interest rates on dollar deposits and making the renminbi more attractive. Authorities also lowered mortgage rates to ease pressure on the crucial property market.
Senator Mitch McConnell says he has been cleared to work after his freezing episode. The minority leader from Kentucky produced a letter from Congress's attending physician that said "occasional lightheadedness" wasn't uncommon when recovering from a concussion, which Mr. McConnell suffered in March. The news did not allay concerns among some Republicans about Mr. McConnell's health and ability to serve.
Justice Clarence Thomas discloses trips taken with a billionaire. The Supreme Court justice reported three trips taken over the past year on a private jet owned by Harlan Crowe, after months of scrutiny over the men's extensive ties and Justice Thomas's failure to disclose them. Thomas included a statement in yesterday's filing that suggested he had been advised to fly on a noncommercial flight for security reasons.
Taylor Swift sets her sights on movie theater dominance. A filmed version of her Eras Tour concerts will run in the U.S. starting Oct. 13, with AMC promising at least four showings a day, four days a week — including on premium screens and IMAX theaters. Shares in AMC jumped on the news, with ticket presales reportedly rivaling those of Marvel movies.
Hedge fund moguls get a new ally in a takeover fight
A group of high-profile financiers trying to break up Sculptor Capital Management's deal to sell itself gained an important ally yesterday: Robert Shafir, the firm's former C.E.O., reports DealBook's Lauren Hirsch.
The decision by Mr. Shafir — one of the largest shareholders in the publicly traded Sculptor with a 6 percent stake — to join the opposition injects more drama into an already volatile takeover battle.
The backstory: Sculptor, previously known as Och-Ziff Capital Management, said in July that it would sell itself to the real estate investment firm Rithm Capital for $11.15 a share.
But a group of investors including Bill Ackman of Pershing Square, Boaz Weinstein of Saba Capital Management and Marc Lasry of Avenue Capital Group has sought to trump that bid, with its latest offer valued at $12.76 a share. Sculptor has rejected the approach, arguing that it's less sure to close than the Rithm deal.
Mr. Shafir said he won't support the sale to Rithm, calling the consortium's offer "clearly superior." In a letter to a special committee of Sculptor's board, the financier said that it's "not credible" to claim that the group of hedge fund moguls "does not have the funds and resources to complete this transaction."
Mr. Shafir isn't the only former Sculptor executive to criticize the Rithm deal. Daniel Och, the firm's co-founder who stepped down as C.E.O. in 2018, this month wrote to the special board committee that the transaction "substantially undervalues" the hedge fund. Sculptor has rebuffed Mr. Och's criticisms, calling them "based upon distortions and misrepresentations."
A big question in any deal is the future of Sculptor's management team, including its C.E.O., James Levin. The financier consortium has proposed replacing him.
There's some extra dramatic context to the fight. Mr. Shafir and Mr. Levin competed to succeed Mr. Och as C.E.O. in 2018; despite Mr. Levin widely being seen as the co-founder's heir apparent, Mr. Och threw his support behind Mr. Shafir. Mr. Levin eventually took over the reins in April 2021.
Inside Elon Musk's power play to buy Twitter
Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter was a tale full of twists that not even veteran Wall Street deal makers could have predicted. In an excerpt in The Wall Street Journal from his forthcoming biography of the billionaire, Walter Isaacson reveals some of the chaos behind the acquisition, including Mr. Musk's impulsive decision to bid for the social network.
Mr. Isaacson also sheds light on a coldhearted move by Mr. Musk: accelerating the deal's closing by several hours, allowing him to seek to fire Twitter's top management "for cause" before their stock options could vest.
It was audacious, even ruthless. But it was justified in Musk's mind because of his conviction that Twitter's management had misled him. "There's a 200-million differential in the cookie jar between closing tonight and doing it tomorrow morning," he told me late Thursday afternoon in the war room as the plan unfolded.
At 4:12 p.m. Pacific time, once they had confirmation that the money had transferred, Musk pulled the trigger to close the deal. At precisely that moment, his assistant delivered letters of dismissal to Agrawal and his top three officers. Six minutes later, Musk's top security officer came down to the second-floor conference room to say that all had been "exited" from the building and their access to email cut off.
The instant email cutoff was part of the plan. Agrawal had his letter of resignation, citing the change of control, ready to send. But when his Twitter email was cut off, it took him a few minutes to get the document into a Gmail message. By that point, he had already been fired by Musk.
Hybrid work is winning
Chief executives aren't letting up on their push to get workers back to the office. Andy Jassy, Amazon's C.E.O., told employees last month that if they failed to return, "It's probably not going to work out for you." Meta announced managers would review entry badge data and consider firing those who failed to show up at the office. And even Zoom, a symbol of remote work, has ordered some of its employees to work in the office.
A number of companies have set deadlines for returning around Labor Day. Yet despite the tough talk, many are actually embracing a hybrid model: Amazon and Meta want workers in the office three days a week; Zoom wants some of them to return for two days.
Hybrid work is becoming the new normal. In July, 44 percent of employees whose jobs could be done remotely had a hybrid arrangement, 34 percent were working from the office full-time and 22 percent were working remotely, according to a survey by researchers at Stanford University.
The views of employees and employers are converging. Workers able to do their jobs from home said they preferred to operate remotely about 2.8 days per week and their employers are willing to let them do it about 2.25 days per week, the survey found.
Not all hybrid policies look the same. Some companies require employees to come into the office on specific days, others for a minimum number of days each week. J.M. Smucker, the food company based in Orville, Ohio, requires workers based at its headquarters to be on site for 22 "core" weeks per year. During these periods, the company says the office is 70 percent to 80 percent full and employees tend to log more hours.
But not everyone is convinced. Meta's former director of remote work, Annie Dean, who is now at the software company Atlassian, has said a hybrid approach removes many benefits of remote work for employees and companies. She told Fortune: "This is a watershed moment of innovation of how work gets done," and that we shouldn't be obsessing about getting back around the watercooler.
The chip designer Arm will reportedly start its road show with potential investors for its blockbuster I.P.O. after Labor Day. (Reuters)
Millennium Management, Izzy Englander's hedge fund, has built a $320 million short position in Carlos Slim's telecoms empire. (FT)
The electric scooter company Lavoie agreed to buy VanMoof, the bankrupt Dutch e-bike maker with a zealous following, for an undisclosed amount. (NYT)
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Sera Monastery was founded in 1419, by Jamchen Chojey, who was a disciple of TsongKhapa. It is located at the foot of a mountain about 5 kilometers north of Lhasa. The origin of the name 'Sera' derived from the fact that the original site was surrounded by 'Wild Roses,' which in Tibetan language read as "Se" "Ra."
Sera monastery had three main colleges that are as follows:
-1), "Sera Mey Dratsang" provided basic instructions to the young monks and was built in 1419.
-2), "Sera Jey Dratsang," the largest, was built in 1435, reserved for wandering monks.
-3), "Ngagpa Dratsang" was built in 1559 with the purpose of teaching the Gelug pa tantras.
Sera monastery has the most famous debating training class across Tibetan Cultrual Area. The debate was held in the debate hall in the far north of the monastery. There are so many people who come to witness the debating training, suggesting to arrive earlier for a good spot for visiting.
It is recommended to carry flashlight or headlights for visiting the well-preserved old murals. The Sky-funeral ground is on the mountain behind Sera Monastery, however, in order to respect the customs of local Tibetan people, the local authority does not allow travelers to watch it. Although you can not see the funeral, but there is a nearby rock field worth to pay a visit, from which a panorama view of Lhasa is visible.
Sera Monastery Data
Built Date
It was found in 1419 AD
Gelug pa Monastery
3,650 meters above sea level
Opening hour
07:00 am – 17:00 pm
Monk-Debating-Class begin at 15:00 pm
Entrance Fee
07:00 am – 17:00 pm: RMB 50.00 per person
After 17:00 pm: RMB 5.00 per person
Season defination
High Season: from April 21st to October 19th
Low Season: from October 20th to the next April 20th
Tips on Visit
It is recommended to carry flashlight;
It is suggesting to be this monastery before 14:00 pm in order to witness the open class of Debating
How to Get There
Sera monastery is located in the northeast of Lhasa city, it can be reached easily with bus or taxi;
By Bus
Take Bus No. 6, No. 16,and No. 24, get off at bus stop "Se-La-Si-Stop | 色拉寺站"
By Taxi
Taxi can reach very close to the entrance, which usually cost RMB 20.00 one way from the center of Lhasa


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New fish factory launched under investment quota program
On 19 September 2019 Arkhangelsk hosted an opening ceremony of a new fish processing plant built under the government program on investment quotas. According to the program, the plant's owner Arkhangelsk Experimental Algae Plant JSC will now get extra capture quotas to cover for the plant's need in the raw fish.
The plant will process cod, haddock and other fish species into value added products such as fillets and mince (more than 50 tons per day) and fishmeal and fish oil (6 tons per day). The maximum production yield will be 16,800 tonnes per year. The production range will include frozen and chilled fillets, steaks, mince, soup sets and fish feeds. The factory will create up to 90 new jobs.
The plant is located on the coast of the Northern Dvina in the vicinity of the mooring lines where the company's vessel Dauria lands seaweed. Nearby there are also coldstorage facilities of Arkhangelsk Fish Company LLC.
Under the investment quota program, six processing plants have already been built in Kamchatka, in the Kuril Islands and in the North Fishery Basin, and three more are to be commissioned before the end of 2019. By 2021-2022 more than 20 new fish processing factories will appear in the North of Russia and the country's Far East.


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A 2017 Fall Okra Pick by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), Perennials is Julie Cantrell's fourth novel. Set in her hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, this story examines family relationships, small town struggles, and the power of forgiveness. Perennials hits shelves November 14.
When two estranged sisters reunite for their parents' 50th anniversary, a family tragedy brings unexpected lessons of hope and healing amid the flowers of their mother's perennial garden.
Eva—known to all as Lovey—grew up safe and secure in Oxford, Miss., surrounded by a rich literary history and her mother's stunning flower gardens. But a shed fire, and the injuries that it caused, seemed to change everything . . . especially when her older sister, Bitsy, blamed Lovey for the irreparable damage.
Bitsy became the cheerleader. The homecoming queen. The perfect Southern belle who could do no wrong. All the while, Lovey served as the family scapegoat, always bearing the brunt when Bitsy threw blame her way.
At eighteen, suffocating in her sister's shadow, Lovey turned down a marriage proposal and fled to Arizona—a place as far from Mississippi as she could find.
In time, she became a successful advertising executive and a weekend yoga instructor, carving a satisfying life for herself, free from Bitsy's vicious lies. But now that she's turning 45, Lovey is feeling more alone than ever and questioning the choices that have led her here.
When she gets a call from her father insisting that she come home three weeks early for her parents' 50th anniversary, Lovey is at wits' end. She's about to close the biggest contract of her career, and there's a lot on the line. But despite the risks, her father's words, "Family First," draw her right back to the red-dirt roads of Mississippi.
Lovey is welcomed home by a secret project—a memory garden her father has planned as an anniversary surprise for her mother. As she helps create this sacred space, Lovey begins to rediscover her roots, learning to live perennially in spite of life's many trials and tragedies.
Years ago, Lovey chose to leave her family and the South far behind. But now that she's returned, she's realizing things at home were never what they seemed.
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How does the overall state of health affect our nails
Many serious diseases can be diagnosed by analyzing the nails. Very pale nail is often a sign of anemia, while the bluish nail shows cardiovascular system illness or the lungs'. In these cases, the body is under anoxemia. Kidney, thyroid, liver and pituitary bad condition can also lead to a change in color of the nails. In some forms of arthritis, involving inflammation of the joints of the fingers, the nails may split, and the small spots can indicate psoriasis.
In each of these cases, you need to see a specialist and treat the main disease. Often at the beginning of treatment, for example, after you have started taking iron supplements for anemia, the appearance of nails improves.
Fungal infections
Nails affected by fungal infection is quite common. Under certain conditions, fungal spores attach to the cells of the nail tissue, feeding on keratin and penetrating more deeply. Struck by a fungus- the nail thickens, changes color and texture. This infection can develop initially at one side of the nail, for example at the tip or the base, and then capture the entire area of the nail. Over time, a fungal infection can move to other nails, and can infect another person. If you do not take appropriate measures, to the end the nail fungus will cause flaking of the nail bed, and you will lose the nail.
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Mexico's federal district (DF) government plans to spend 116mn pesos (US$8.66mn) on the expansion of the Ecobici public bicycle hire system.
The Ecobici is designed as a complement to the city's public transport system. It currently operates in two boroughs and is used by more than 30,000 people.
The bicycle loan program will be rolled out to a further five areas in two phases, making it one of the largest in the continent, according to a city government release.
The proposed extension involves making 2,800 new bicycles available to cover 16.7km2, as well as integration with metro and suburban train stations. The expansion is expected to triple the system's number of users, according to the release.
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Gannon to delay move-in, start of in-person classes
Posted: January 4, 2022
As we have become accustomed to these past two years, our plans are made to accommodate change based upon our environment and the realities we are managing within our Gannon community. The recent exposures of both students and colleagues to the COVID-19 virus has led to our decision to delay the start of in-person classes at our Erie and Ruskin campuses to Tuesday, Jan. 18, and to shift formal move-in to our residence halls by a week.
We are taking these steps after observing an abrupt rise in the number of cases among students, faculty and staff over the past two weeks. Testing on Monday alone revealed another 34 positive cases aligned with the surge of cases being reported regionally and nationally. It is likely that these numbers will remain high in coming days as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly across Erie and Hillsborough counties.
We understand that this decision will cause disruptions in many plans for us all, but we believe it is the most prudent path given the current situation. We think the additional time away from campus will allow the holiday-fueled surge in the virus to begin to ease and for additional time to support the smooth return of students to the engaging environment we have enjoyed this past semester.
There are a few caveats to our shift in the start of in-person learning:
- The university will continue to welcome athletes, global students and other specific groups that had unique schedules for this week and next so they can begin practices and orientation-type activities.
- All fully online classes -- as well as courses for the Jameson School of Nursing -- will begin as planned on Monday, Jan. 10.
- The start, and continuation, of clinical rotations or internships will not be impacted. Any changes will be communicated by the program.
- We have not altered our athletic calendar or any other aspects of the academic calendar beyond this start date.
Employees are expected to return to work as planned. However, if you are sick or having symptoms of COVID-19 or any illness, please stay home and report this illness or any exposure via LiveSafe. If you have questions, please reach out to your supervisor.
A key aspect of this delayed start is the intent to delay return of students to campus. Therefore, we are discouraging our residential students and those returning to Erie from out of town from moving back in advance of Jan. 15. We understand some of you may have booked flights or made other plans that might be unmovable. We will of course be here to support you in any way that we can. Dining will also be open. However, if you are sick or having symptoms of COVID-19 or any illness, please stay home.
- For residents who cannot delay arrival and need to pick up a key (returning and those attending orientation, which is postponed to Jan. 15) keys will be available for pick up at the University Services Building, 406 Peach St., from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, and from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8. If you are arriving outside of these times, your keys will be available at Police and Safety, 210 W. Sixth St.
- For residents who are able to delay arrival (highly encouraged) and need to pick up a key (returning and those attending orientation) keys will be available for pick up at the University Services Building, 406 Peach St., from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 14, and from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15. If you are arriving outside of these times, your keys will be available at Police and Safety, 210 W. Sixth St.
If you cannot make these dates or times, reach out to the Office of Residence Life at firstname.lastname@example.com for move-in questions. If you are unvaccinated and require COVID testing or if you have questions about testing in general, please reach out to firstname.lastname@example.com.
While we expect to resume in-person classes on Jan. 18, we will all need to continue to be flexible -- as we have been -- and the Deans will discuss at the College faculty meetings this week any additional preparation that might be needed to ensure we have a successful semester together.
Again, we have not adjusted the rest of our academic calendar. Spring and Easter breaks are still on, and our Erie and Ruskin commencements will be in-person experiences.
All of this is a reminder that we need to remain vigilant in the fight against COVID-19. We need to keep wearing our masks – they are required inside any Gannon building – and we continue to recommend vaccination. Vaccines have proven to be the best defense against severe illness. In addition, we encourage those who are vaccinated to get a vaccine booster as soon as possible. We are working to bring more vaccines and boosters to our campus communities, and we should have more news on these efforts soon.
We understand you may have additional questions, and we are planning messages regarding these changes for specific groups needing more detailed operational information. Please look for additional emails and social media posts this week.
In the meantime, we hope you are doing well and staying safe. We look forward to seeing you on campus soon. And we are both sorry to make yet another change and grateful for your patience as we work through all of this together.
As always, if you have a question or a comment, you can submit it at https://www.gannon.edu/Questions-or-Comments/.


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Strategic Plan
Council's Strategic Plan for 2019-2022 address the challenges that we will face over the next few years. The Plan details the highest level of direction for the Town of New Tecumseth going forward.
People are passionate about the communities they live in because of their characteristics. We want to enhance the characteristics that make the Town of New Tecumseth a place where people want to live, work and play.
The four strategic priority areas include:
- Economic Vitality: Manage growth in a manner that diversifies the industrial and commercial base, and maintains the current balance between rural and urban lands
- Good Governance: Develop a 'unified Town,' comprised of strong and active communities
- Community Engagement: Improve community engagement through enhanced customer service and communications
- Environmental Sustainability: Lead in promoting and preserving our unique physical environment
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The Strategic Plan Report card will update to Council on the progress on the Plan and reviews strategic actions going forward.
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