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Mar 24, 2020
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Coronavirus Briefing Transript March 24: "We Save Our Economy by First Saving Lives"
Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio gave a news briefing on COVID-19 on March 24, 2020. He expressed interest in saving lives and restricting gatherings, rather than saving the economy and lifting restrictions early. Read the full transcript of his speech here.
Jim Tressel: (00:00)
State University.
JT Barrett: (00:00)
Hi, this is JT Barrett, here.
Gene Smith: (00:02)
Gene Smith, your athletic director at the Ohio State University.
Matt Brown: (00:06)
Matt Brown, here professional UFC fighter.
Cam Atkinson: (00:08)
Cam Atkinson here from the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Chris Spielman: (00:10)
What's up team Ohio? How are you? This is Chris Spielman.
Anthony Grant/ Chris: (00:13)
This is Anthony Grant head basketball coach at the University of Dayton and my wife, Chris.
Jenni Bauer: (00:17)
Hey everyone, I'm Jeni Britton Bauer, the founder of Jenny's Splendid Ice Creams and I'm here on official business.
C. Jones: (00:22)
Just a few tips and reminders to help avoid the spread of COVID-19.
Jim Tressel: (00:26)
We want to be staying at home as much as we possibly can. Keeping that social distance.
Cam Atkinson: (00:30)
My family has been tucked away at home since the NHL announced the suspension of our season. We're trying to do what our public officials have asked of us, to keep not only ourselves, but our fellow Ohioan's safe.
Chris Spielman: (00:39)
And we're in a fight and one thing I know about Buckeye State, when we get in a fight, we fight back and we win.
Gene Smith: (00:45)
When you cough, cover your cough, make sure you don't cough on others. Make sure you wash your hands for minimum of 20 seconds. A new practice that I think will be with us as we move forward past this issue. Make sure that you do everything that you can to protect the vulnerable.
Anthony Grant/ Chris: (01:02)
We encourage you to engage in physical and mental activities like exercising, going for walks in your neighborhood, reading or simply engaging in fun family activities within the confines of your home.
Jenni Bauer: (01:14)
It's critical that we all understand the importance of flattening the infection rate curve of this virus to prevent overwhelming our healthcare system and save lives. It's going to take all of us.
Chris Spielman: (01:28)
Because together we stand, divided you will fall. But in unity there's great strength and in this country and in this state we have unity and great strength. God bless.
Mike DeWine: (01:49)
Well thank all of our participants today and all the people who are out there creating their own videos. I've seen some and they're just great. Thank you everybody for getting in the spirit and for conveying that message every single day.
Mike DeWine: (02:08)
I received an email from a friend of mine yesterday and maybe I can clarify something. He said, "Mike, I go to the cemetery and visit my wife's grave almost every day." He says, "I'm concerned that people think that they can't go to the cemetery." So certainly people can do that. We can do that. Usually hardly anybody there. You can certainly keep the social distancing, you can do things like that. Those things that you're doing every day. You don't have to stop doing that. So, I just thought I would mention that my friend contacted me and basically said, hey, tell everybody that that's okay.
Mike DeWine: (02:58)
You know, as we have watched what's happened in other places, we watch what's happened in other countries in Europe. We've watched Italy, we've watched them at different stages, now we certainly are looking at New York and other states and we're seeing how they deal with it. We're seeing how they've prepared for this and I think it's important for us to again, recall what our goal is and how we achieve the goal. And one of the very specific goals when we talk about flattening that curve, what we really mean is to do the things that we have to do so that our healthcare system is not overwhelmed and that our healthcare system can take care of people who come down with this virus who need to be hospitalized. Again, as as Dr. Acton has said, most people will not need to be hospitalized, but some will.
Mike DeWine: (03:54)
We know that being able to take care of them, being able to take care of people who have a heart attack, stroke, any other medical emergency. And so that's very, very important and we're doing this really in two ways. We talked about a moment ago and the videos the social distancing, that's things that each and every one of us can do every single day. And we'll keep talking about that because we know it is so very, very important in what we do today is going to impact where we are and in the next few weeks as we go forward.
Mike DeWine: (04:28)
The other thing that we have to do, and we're doing these simultaneously, there's not exclusive. We've got to do both of them, but the other thing that we're doing is really working on capacity and this is something the Dr. Acton that Lieutenant Governor Huston, myself and all our team and all the team across this state are working on every single day. And so I thought I'd just share with you all a little bit of what we are doing and how we are approaching that and it is certainly a work in progress, but it's important for us to get the capacity up. We're talking about capacity with beds, capacity to make sure that everyone, doctors and other first responders have the personal protection equipment that they need.
Mike DeWine: (05:26)
Maybe talk about beds. We're working each day with the hospitals throughout the state of Ohio and analyzing what those needs are, getting ready, trying to see what we need where, and again, this is something that has been worked on for a number of days, but I just wanted to mention it today to tell you we're working on this. What we have done and Dr. Acton indicated this a few days ago, we've taken a lot of her health team and we've merged them in to what's called the EOC.
Mike DeWine: (06:03)
The EOC is the the emergency operations center. It's existed for a number of years and as some great people who are out there doing great work, it exists in case of any kind of emergency, it might be a flood along the Ohio River, might be tornado, might be any kind of emergency that we have. So what's happened is Dr. Acton's medical team, health team is kind of merged in there. Some of our team is merged in there and each day I'm able as I did this morning to talk directly to them and get an update as far as how things are going. So they worked with Ohio hospitals and medical experts every single day. They work on logistics, they work on moving stuff.
Mike DeWine: (06:54)
And that's a work in progress. Part of this is what's called modeling. You've heard Dr. Acton talk about modeling. We are in the process of modeling. Ohio health department, Ohio State University, the Ohio Hospital Association have all gone together. As we say, we are in this all together. They've gone together to form this modeling team and they're working hard on that every day. Cleveland Clinic also has a separate modeling team. They're comparing notes working together. It was my pleasure this morning to be on the phone with the Cleveland Clinic CEO for probably 45 minutes just to see how everything is going and things are being pushed together. Innovate Ohio, that's headed up by John Huston. We're bringing people in from the private sector to come in and help us with this modeling. Help us with all the logistics to help us with the planning as we get ready for what we know is coming.
Mike DeWine: (07:57)
And again, we know what's coming because we've tracked what's happened in other states. We've tracked what's happened in other countries and our goal every single day is to prepare for that. And we do it as I said in two ways. Number one, we do it the social distancing and second parallel track. We're also doing it by getting ready, physically getting ready for this. Let me talk for a moment and about the personal protective equipment, PPE. This is a term that you've heard a lot in the last few weeks. Dr. Acton, will talk a little bit more about it, but this is one of the things that we're focused on. Our team is focused on every single day. Personal protective equipment. What is that? Well, it's gloves. It might be mask, gowns, face shields, goggles, and they're needed by our first responders. They're needed by medical personnel and I know and talking to first responders around the state, they fully understand that and our commitment is to do everything we can to get them the gear that they need in a timely manner.
Mike DeWine: (09:17)
Just to give you some perspective, over a 24 hour period, on average, 36 pairs of gloves are used to care for one patient who's in intensive care. This is why we have ordered non-essential or elective surgeries. We've ordered elective surgeries to be postponed and we're seeing that happen across the state. We've asked dentist, we've asked veterinarians to conserve their supplies and again, not do the surgeries unless those are absolutely necessary. This is why we're asking private business to help us in regard to this and we're asking them in a number of different ways. We're asking them, some of them to give us some of that equipment that they have conserve it. We're also asking a number of these companies to be involved in either procuring it or actually making some of this equipment and again, all this is a work in progress and I just want to thank everyone out there. There's so many of you who are working on this and this is something again that is certainly very, very important for all of us.
Mike DeWine: (10:40)
Let me talk for a moment about our economy and where we're going because that certainly is on everyone's mind. And let me just say that every single day I think about those of you who are unemployed. I think about the small businesses. I know from a family background in being a small businesses, I know that each day that goes by that you don't have income each day that goes by, that you can't move forward is just very, very, very tough. And I fully understand that. What we've done, as we've said, to protect lives, but I want to talk a little bit about how we come back. I want to talk a little bit about our economy. I was asked this morning as well as last night, if I had any reaction to some of the President's statements yesterday. Let me say, I think that the President and I are aligned.
Mike DeWine: (11:58)
We want to get this over with as fast as we can. We want to get people back to work. The frustration that he has, I share that frustration and each day that we can't move forward in that regard is a very, very frustrating thing. So I think we're all in this together and I think we all have really the same feelings about this. The truth is, that protecting people and protecting the economy are not mutually exclusive. In fact, one depends upon the other. The fact is that we save our economy by first saving lives, and we have.
Mike DeWine: (13:03)
By first saving lives, and we have to do it, and we have to do it in that order. If our hospitals are overwhelmed, if thousands of our fellow Ohioans do not get the care that they need, if many of our nurses and doctors get sick, and don't get the care that they need, if they die, because we do not have the facilities to protect them, that's a personal tragedy for them. It's a tragedy for all of us. It's also not helpful at all as we look to how we rebuild this economy as we move forward. That would be truly, truly destructive of our economy. So, these two things are tied together and we've got to get them right, and we've got to do it, and we've got to do it in the right order.
Mike DeWine: (14:09)
Let me also say that when people are dying, when people don't feel safe, this economy is not going to come back. So, we have to flatten that curve, we have to do everything we can to separate ourselves from others. We have to do everything we can so that when this wave comes, and we know it's coming, it's not as big as it would have been, and that we're prepared for it. And so, those are the things that we really must do. If we're going to get our economy back, and look, I see it, I drive around, I see what's going on or what's not going on. But we've got to do this, and we've got to get through this, and we've got to get through it, we've got to protect as many lives as we can. And then, we got to get ready to move forward. So, I'm anxious for that day, that day is not yet here. Let me now turn to Dr. [Acton 00:15:21] for a few comments, and then to John [Houston 00:02:23], then we'll be ready for questions.
Dr. Acton: (15:29)
Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. I just want to take a moment to say a special thanks out to our entire team. My team at the Ohio Department of Health, they've been working tirelessly since probably early in January on this response, and I couldn't be more proud of them. A special shout out to my communications team out at the Emergency Operating Center, I appreciate all that you're doing. What I just saw and the governor's team put together, out in this amazing commercial that's going out, it just really warms my heart and I know it does yours. So, you're just doing an outstanding job. And the governor has really created an incredible team of people to help us through this response. So, it's of course an honor to work for him and our lieutenant governor.
Dr. Acton: (16:20)
And I just want to share with you, I feel like my role combing through this is being, keeping you understanding the science behind this and sharing the numbers as we have them. So, let me share that we do have 564 confirmed cases. Again, my caveat, this is the tip of the iceberg. This is still behind, a little bit lagging in time from getting test results, as well as our still ramping up testing capability. But we do know for certain that we have at least 564 cases in Ohio, and now those are in 49 counties. We have age range of less than one years of age to 95 years of age, and I'm very sad to say that we now have eight deaths in Ohio.
Dr. Acton: (17:10)
We have some new statistics I'll share, 145 hospitalizations in this. Of those cases, 62 in the ICU, 25 of which are from longterm care facilities. As we've seen in other states, nursing homes, longterm care, particularly are hard hit. And again, I just think we have an amazing team supporting those out on the front lines, but it really is those folks helping the people we love that are doing just such an amazing, amazing job right now. I do believe we have some data to share with you. This is the beginning. Those of you who ever had me as a professor of Global Public Health will know that I'm a big fan of Hans Rosling, a great Ted talk, one of the greatest statisticians. And we have teams of experts of scientists from multiple universities, and we're working around the world with other folks doing modeling, some really great tech people. InnovateOhio, as was mentioned, folks from universities all over this country. But we're learning some basic things.
Dr. Acton: (18:19)
So, I'm going to start with basics today and we'll fill this out in the days to come. But some of our graphs will be on our website coronavirus.ohio.gov. But what you can see is sort of a cases by county representation. Obviously, this is very, I want everyone to understand that cases are impacted by … if we could go back on that slide for a second … this is still by where we had testing the most quickly, so it doesn't give maybe the fairest representation of what's happening. For instance, in southeast Ohio, some of that's lagging. But you can see that, also our daily increase in cases that has been going on.
Dr. Acton: (19:09)
Next slide. We're going to start following for you a little bit, we are seeing some trends here, and first of all, confirmed cases in healthcare workers, of course, everything we're all doing is to protect those on the frontline. We do know of our cases, 16 percent have come from the healthcare sector. Our hospitalizations of our cases right now is about 25.7 percent. I've said all along that about 80 percent of us will be able to ride this out as an outpatient, but we're seeing a little bit higher number of hospitalizations of our cases. And I think we're going to see that trend around the country. And then, of course 11 percent of our cases have needed the ICU. And the ICU, folks, is our focus through this. It's all about the capacity of our hospitals to treat the sickest. So, those numbers we will follow in days to come.
Dr. Acton: (20:06)
Next slide, please. This is since the day back in March, 8th I believe, when we recorded our very first case in Ohio. We've been watching our trending lines, and what this graph is saying is what we've been saying all along, it's expected in countries around the world that we will be following, more of what we've seen in Italy, that is certainly the case in Ohio as in every other state. And we're also following, you can't see very well on this, I think, but New York, the latest science, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel from the University of Pennsylvania did a great op-ed in the New York Times, that what we can really expect is that we're on a 7 to 14 day lag behind New York City, so the rest of us in the country can sort of see what's happening in the places where they had their peaks and they're testing a little sooner. Again, we know we're very close by, but we're lagging in that testing ability due to supplies.
Dr. Acton: (21:08)
Next slide. Again guys, it's all about the curve. And so, we're doing our very best to keep everything we're doing with our measures and our policy is helping minimize the impact on our hospital system. And we are definitely up the steep slope, but what's most important is to start talking, next slide, about our hospital capability. Next please. Ohio's response is really around two major areas. One is decreasing the spread, and two, as the governor just said much better than I can, the increasing our capacity through our emergency operations. So, the stay-at-home is still everything that you can do at home, it makes a tremendous difference. And I promise you, Ohio, when we look back at what you have done, you as citizens have done, it is going to have made all the difference for us. We're doing policies to relieve the healthcare system burdens, and that was our trying to get rid of elective surgeries, getting our equipment from out in the field in. We're doing amazing things, converting anesthesia machines to ventilators. We're doing all sorts of things to increase that system, but you should know we will be having to build additional beds, just like you're seeing in places like New York.
Dr. Acton: (22:23)
And then, finally, this conserving PPE, next slide. Bed availability in Ohio hospitals, I'll have a lot more on this days to come, but one, couple numbers that I want us to start out with, we are at about 60 percent capacity in our hospitals after our elective surgery's stopping, we're about 60 percent. Our ICU beds in total in Ohio are around, I believe that says 36 hundred. The bottom line that we're learning now is it's all about ICU bed capacity. What you're going to see, and we're doing a lot of what we are seeing being done in Maryland, we're trying to keep people that can be routinely cared for, even that needed hospitalized in lesser care settings, and turning our hospitals into basically expanded ICU capability. On average, we're needing our hospitals to increase that capacity by 50 percent, and our hospitals are hard at work doing that.
Dr. Acton: (23:27)
And we will be looking at things, you'll hear more in the news in the days to come about hotels and even dorm rooms being turned into hospital units. So, that is something we're having to do in Ohio, much like you're seeing happening in New York right now. Fortunately, we have a few more days to get that up and running and we're learning from what's being done around the world and in New York.
Dr. Acton: (23:51)
And then finally, last slide. We did distribute that almost all of the PPE we have received has been put out in the field. Remember, PPE is personal protective equipment. That's what the governor talked so eloquently about, the gloves, the shields. There is a limited supply, that is the truth. And we have deployed that based in the need around counties, and you can see that by this graph.
Dr. Acton: (24:17)
If you go to the next slide, please. Is that the last slide? we also have on our website what that entailed, what actual amounts of PPE. I think we have to realize that when we deploy PPE, we're doing it in boxes and cases, not truckloads. But the good news is that we have some really amazing researchers working on ways to reuse PPE, both here at [inaudible 00:24:45] in Ohio, and also at the University of Nebraska, they're looking at UV light. So, there are new guidelines coming out every day, every hour, of how we can extend the use of that PPE.
Dr. Acton: (24:56)
But I want to say to you again at home, what you're doing by stopping the spread is absolutely taking the pressure off our healthcare system, saving it for those of us who need it, the unexpected emergencies that we routinely have, and most importantly for the cases that we know to come. We know that at some point soon, in a worst case scenario, had we done nothing in Ohio, and we're doing everything the science has said to do in Ohio. But they're anticipating that there could be up to 6,000 new cases a day if we aren't all abiding by these things we're doing. And if you had 6,000 new cases a day, clearly that would quickly outpace our hospital capability. And that's why every move you're doing is making all the difference. So, thank you. Thank you for following the governor's sage guidance. Honestly, I couldn't explain our situation better than he is explaining it today. So, please continue to follow his guidance and his lead. Thank you.
Mike DeWine: (25:57)
John Houston: (25:59)
Well, thank you governor and Dr. Acton. I would-
Mike DeWine: (26:03)
… well.
John Houston: (26:03)
Thank you, Governor and Dr. Acton. I was thinking as we were getting ready to start today, I was talking with the Governor. What we do is that every day we tell you what we know. Then we finish up and we leave here and we collect a whole new set of information, the latest information that we can get from our experts and from really from people across Ohio. We use this as an opportunity to try to address the issues that people bring us.
John Houston: (26:34)
One of the issues that certainly has arisen over the last couple of days after the stay-at-home order was issued, is the definition of an essential business. We spoke with mayors and business owners and business associations over the course of the last 24 hours. I want to put a little more guidance for you and really definitive guidance that we hope you will follow as we all in Ohio I know are trying to comply with the stay-at-home order and the essential business list. We want to give you the best possible guidance we can to help you come to the conclusions that you need to come to.
John Houston: (27:12)
First of all, coronavirus.ohio.gov, that's where the director stay-at-home order is located. You can go there and look at it. That site has already had 1.3 million hits today. At the moment that we announced this on Sunday, in one minute it had over 1 million hits. We're glad that you're using it. We know at times it gets overwhelmed, but our systems have been working very well today at that website. Read the order and then the attached Homeland Security directives or guidance that's included with that order. It's written in plain language. We ask you to just follow the language and use your good judgment on interpreting what the intent is of the order.
John Houston: (28:05)
Please don't call law enforcement. Don't call the local health department asking them to interpret it for you. We were talking to mayors today and they said, "Look, that overwhelms our health department. That overwhelms law enforcement. It's not their job to interpret it for you. It's their job to enforce the order. It's not their jobs to interpret it for you. If you overwhelm them, then they can't do their jobs. They can't take the thousands of calls that are interpreting it to interpret it for you."
John Houston: (28:38)
Businesses, when you're trying to come to your good judgment based on the plain language of this order, I want to remind you, you don't need a letter. You don't need a certification or a clearance that you have to have with you to show that you're in compliance. But what you do need is to make sure that you have a rationale about how that order applies to you. If you have that question, we just ask you to read it, come to your justification and have that justification prepared in case you get asked. Because we just need you to be prepared in case you get a question from an employee, a local health department official.
John Houston: (29:24)
One of the things for the health departments that will help businesses as they're complying with this is that you need to follow those rules. Please don't create new rules for businesses to interpret. We have over 100 health departments in the state. We don't want to have a patchwork of rules that are different across that landscape. Let's remain consistent across Ohio on how we're enforcing the rules and asking people to comply.
John Houston: (29:56)
Once again, I want to emphasize, read the plain language of the order. If you don't qualify, then consider yourself closed. But if you do qualify, as I mentioned earlier, be prepared to explain it to your employees, to law enforcement or a health department official if you're asked, because that will come. If you're somebody that is clearly not qualifying under this order, you will eventually be called on it by an employee, by a competitor, by a neighbor. Somebody will call you on it, so please, please, please don't force it to come to that. Just simply comply with the order in its plain language as we ask you to do.
John Houston: (30:42)
A reminder that even if you are an essential business and you're allowed to remain open under Item 18 of this, there are safety and health standards you still must comply with to make sure that you're providing a safe place for your businesses to operate in a safe environment for your employees. The last thing any responsible business would want to do is to have a violation that allows an employee to become sick and then spreads that through your workforce. Governor delineated we know that it's tough on business, but if you really want to do something that's tough on business and irresponsible, then if something like that were to happen, you would decimate your entire workforce. You would be counterproductive that you would be spreading. Know that you have to comply with the safe workplace components of this order.
John Houston: (31:39)
I just ask, remember what the goal is for all of this. The goal is all of us to collectively work to slow the spread. That is so very important. If you can stay home as has been emphasized or you can work from home, do that. The virus only spreads when we spread it. It only spreads as Dr. Acton and I talked a lot, it only spreads when we allow that to happen through our behaviors. I've never recall a day where literally everybody can either be part of the solution or part of the problem. We just ask you to interpret these rules, the stay-at-home order, the essential business with that spirit that we want you to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
John Houston: (32:28)
I also want to add that as we do this and we say this, there are still businesses out there that are essential. They need their employees to be able to come to work to help with this. They're being responsible. They're doing the right thing, but everybody from food delivery to grocery stores and the like, they're calling every day telling us how difficult it is to have the workforce that they need to serve you. If you're in a position where you can work at one of those businesses, they're hiring, please make yourself available to do so.
John Houston: (33:07)
One of the things that as a former legislator I recall in going through 9/11 and going through the financial crisis, is that you're being asked, and right now the Governor has a great list of things that he's asking the legislature to do, we want you to know that we appreciate the way all of you are pulling together to help support us. The Speaker, the Senate President, the minority leaders and the members, we really appreciate the cooperative spirit that you're displaying as we're going through this. I know that sometimes you're at an information deficit that you're not accustomed to. I remember that frustration myself. We're doing our best to get you the information you need. We've been so impressed over the last 24 hours how you're pulling together to help us do that. That's critically important and thank you.
John Houston: (34:02)
Another question that we have received, the Governor and I know we both received this a lot over the last few days regarding lending and the financial services. First of all, the banks want me to remind you, and the credit unions and everybody that's part of the financial services industry, they're open. They're open and doing business. Maybe their lobby isn't physically open over the social distancing component, but they have ATMs and drive-ups and other types of online services where they can assist you.
John Houston: (34:33)
On mortgages, let me remind that the Federal Home Finance Authority has provided a 60-day moratorium on foreclosures and 12 months of forbearance to help people with home mortgages get through this difficult time. Also on this, we've had the questions about commercial lenders. Every state's different on what we're allowed to do. Most of this is regulated at the federal level, but I've received assurances from the banks and the credit unions. If you're a business owner who is experiencing difficulty, please call them. They have been granted authority under their charters to be able to work with you at solving those problems, the commercial lenders, what to help you solve those problems. Please use the resources that they have. Talk with them to help align your finances and their terms in a way that can help you get through this difficult period. A reminder, one final time coronavirus.ohio.gov/business help. There's a whole list of information right there that can give you guidance on where you need to go.
John Houston: (35:55)
Then finally, we talk about being transparent up here. One of the things that really troubled me yesterday was the fact that we'd received an order from the Department of Labor not to release the daily unemployment numbers. But while we will not be able to give them daily, we are going to give them weekly. Every Thursday we are allowed to share that data and we're going to share that data with you every Thursday as soon as we're allowed to do it. We'll be providing weekly, not daily updates to that.
John Houston: (36:26)
Also, the unemployment.ohio.gov website is up and running. We haven't had any issues today as far as I am aware of slowdowns. We appreciate the tech teams on all of these tech solutions supporting to make sure that the services are available to all of you out there who need them. Thank you, Governor.
Mike DeWine: (36:48)
Thank you. Jim [Monty 00:10:50].
Jim: (36:50)
Thank you, Governor. A question about the stay-at-home order. What's your sense of the compliance rate? Have you heard or seen any violations across the state? If so, what's it going to take to bring more people into compliance? I'm talking about businesses here.
Mike DeWine: (37:05)
Jim, I think the compliance rate is pretty good. Again, it's only been in effect for a short period of time. We'll see. We're getting reports from around the state. As Jon said, we talked to a number of mayors about it today. Mayor Cranley described in Cincinnati, he thought the compliance was good. It's a work in progress. We're going to see where we are.
Laura Bischoff: (37:38)
Good afternoon. Laura Bischoff, Dayton Daily News. This I guess is for Dr. Acton. I was wondering if you could provide some more details on the hospital bed capacity. The 60% is that, the 40% empty, is that enough or not enough? When will hotels and dorm rooms be used? Who goes to the dorm and hotel room? Are we going to see the construction of quick tent hospitals kind of like we did in Wuhan? Just some more details would be really helpful.
Dr. Acton: (38:11)
I know it would. We're going to be sharing that more. We have a whole team putting together that in a way that I can give you more detail in the day to come. But I think everyone should understand and not be surprised that this is the trend. I mean, we will need to build extra capacity. Our hospitals have been collaborating to work on that alongside the Governor's team. They're putting together a whole strategy. I'm also talking to other states right now.
Dr. Acton: (38:39)
Unfortunately, I think you're probably watching Governor Cuomo. They're using tents. They didn't have as much time to maybe use other structures. I'm very interested in using existing structures that we have and deploying some of that. Please stay tuned. I promise to give you more of that once we have finalized those plans. Of course, we stand ready to use all options.
Mike DeWine: (39:02)
Laura, we clearly do not …
Dr. Acton: (39:03)
We stand ready to use all options.
Mike DeWine: (39:03)
Laura, we clearly do not have enough capacity as it exists today. That shouldn't surprise anyone, but we are out as Dr. Acton said, looking for other facilities. Our first preference obviously is facilities that already exist, buildings that already exist and it is as she said a work in progress. But we feel that we're on track and moving forward. Again, a lot of this does go back to the modeling. Modeling changes every day. But it is giving us a pretty good indication of where we need to go.
Kevin Landers: (39:43)
Kevin Landers, WBNS-10TV. Good afternoon governor. This is a question for Dr. Acton. Pharmacists have been encountering patients on a daily basis that are exhibiting flu like and coronavirus like symptoms. Given the strain on hospitals, doctors in urgent care, pharmacists have expressed a desire for more concrete guidance on what to do. Could you please speak to them? Thank you.
Dr. Acton: (40:07)
Oh, thank you so much. I need a little more clarification on that question of guidance from pharmacists, but we will reach out and talk to them more directly. I've heard at least in a little bit of ear to the ground, I know there've been issues of there are MinuteClinics and other things that are in pharmacies while there are also stores and grocery shopping going on. So I've heard there's a need for some guidance in that area as well as, we've been giving guidance to pharmacists about how to best use the resources they have in terms of the drug supply. We talked a lot about the anti-malarials as well as giving guidance. Most patients should be talking to their primary care provider, whatever that is and sometimes that is a MinuteClinic for some folks. But we want to do it by phone whenever possible, using phone or using telemedicine, going through those symptoms, seeing if they're needed to be tested and giving guidance from there.
Dr. Acton: (41:11)
But most people will stay at home and often be a presumptive diagnosis. I want to say one more thing about symptoms to folks out there. We talk a lot about what to look for being flu like. Some of the data we're looking at now showing that it is things we've talked about, the fever, headache, body aches. But we're seeing some new symptoms emerge both here in the United States. Really great data that's been coming out of Cuyahoga, talking about people talking about GI upset. Just feeling more fatigued than usual and sometimes not showing that fever but you know when you're not feeling well. My best advice to everyone is if you don't feel well in any way, stay home and make that call. We do have our local health departments have resources out there. There are folks who don't have a physician. We have our federally qualified health centers to call and we also then you can call an emergency room, but call first that helps them get ready to best treat you. Thank you.
Andrew Welsh Huggins : (42:21)
Hi, Andrew Welsh Huggins with the Associated Press for the governor. I wanted to go back to your comments earlier, you and the president. This morning at 10:10 AM governor, you sent a tweet that said, by staying home, we can all help protect our essential workers, doctors, nurses, first responders, truck drivers, grocery store employees, et cetera. Please do the right thing. At 10:16 AM the president tweeted, our people want to return to work. They will practice social distancing and all else and seniors will be watched over protectively and lovingly. We can do two things together. We just heard you, Dr. Acton and Lieutenant governor again, talk about the importance of obeying your stay at home order. So respectfully, it does not sound like you and the president are aligned at all where Ohioans are concerned. It actually sounds like these are diametrically opposed messages. Could you address that please.
Mike DeWine: (43:24)
Sure. Maybe the lesson for me is not to tweet. But look, I don't think those are inconsistent. First of all, as I said, I understand the frustration. I understand the frustration, not just that the president has, but that my fellow Ohioans, our fellow Americans have about wanting this to get over and get back to normal and to get people to work. I fully understand that the health of well being of every Ohioan I believe is really tied to our economy. We know when bad economic times go on for a while, we have bad health consequences, so those are related, you can't separate the two.
Mike DeWine: (44:21)
But each proactive step that we take to protect Ohioans from contracting the coronavirus is also a proactive step towards protecting our economy from crashing. So they're not inconsistent. The short term consequences of slowing this economy down, which is what we're certainly seeing, will far outweigh the longterm economic meltdown from a deadly virus that is left unchecked. We cannot leave this unchecked. We are at war with real enemy. When you're at war, you do everything you can to defeat the enemy and you have to prioritize that and that's what we're doing. That's what we're doing nationally. That's what Ohio is doing. The science clearly indicates that we're on the right path with all our collaborative efforts, our collective efforts of distancing, stay home, et cetera. These are the measures that will get us back to work. These are the measures that will help protect our economy. I've referenced several times before the lessons of St. Louis and the lessons of Philadelphia in the 1918 pandemic 102 years ago. We've got to slow the spread. We've got to flatten the curve as, we have said, so that our hospital system is not overwhelmed.
Mike DeWine: (45:58)
A overwhelmed hospital system, which would leave Ohioans dying needlessly. We'll have longterm ramifications, not just in the lives of those who died, not just in the lives of their families. But it'll have longterm ramifications in regard to our ability to recover and move forward. Leaving our hospital system, our healthcare system in shambles is not the way to grow our economy. So we have to do what we have to do now, but our goal is all of us have the same goal and that is saved lives and do what we can do now. So that we can get out of this as quick as we can so we can get people back to work. So we can get on with our lives. So I don't think those are not mutually exclusive. Those are consistent with each other. We have to do what we have to do and that's what we're going to do.
Andrew Welsh Huggins : (47:06)
Thanks governor.
Jackie Borchardt: (47:10)
This is Jackie Borchardt from the Cincinnati Enquirer. I'm just going to follow up on Andrew's question. The president has said he would like to see the economy up and running in two weeks Easter. Given what you've just said, Ohio strategy of building capacity and stopping the spread. Is two weeks, enough time to accomplish that?
Mike DeWine: (47:28)
Look, I would like to see the economy up and running in two weeks too. I would like to see it up and running as soon as we can. I think what we will all want is the same thing. I as governor have to look at Ohio. I have to take all the data that I have in regard to Ohio. I have to look at where we are in Ohio at this point in the progress of this insidious invader that has invaded us and make decisions based upon the best medical evidence that I can get. As I said, I spent long time on the phone with the folks at Cleveland Clinic, talking later with folks from UC, from Ohio state. I mean, we're pulling in the best experts that we can and that's my obligation as the governor of…
Speaker 1: (48:20)
[inaudible 00:48:24].
Speaker 2: (48:20)
[inaudible 00:48:20] should you think we call the names?
Speaker 1: (48:25)
I don't think she'll be calling the names, I think she'll just kind of look for her. She might try to kind of help her find college is what I'm saying, she'll try and find help and make sure that [inaudible 00:09:36]. None of you are live yet, right?
Speaker 2: (48:56)
No. [inaudible 00:48:56] I'm putting over there.
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text: Another friend picked me up this morning and we went and had breakfast at Hash House a go go (http://www.hashhouseagogo.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_a_go_go), which I've always wanted to try. They give insane portions which I'm a fan of. My ginger lemonade, while a complete ripoff, was delicious. And my biscuit was the most dense piece of bread I've ever seen. Very good though overall. Afterwards my buddy dropped me off at the airport and I made my way back to Dallas.


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103rd International Labour Conference
World of Work Summit
High-level tripartite panel held as a plenary session of this year's International Labour Conference (ILC) (28 May - 12 June 2014). The theme of the panel is based upon the ILO World of Work report launched on 26 May 2014 and also entitled "Developing with Jobs". The debate will contribute to identify key policy approaches to achieving development with jobs and to draw lessons from successful country experiences in this respect.
Morning: "Developing with Jobs"
10:00 – 10:05: Opening by the ILC President, Mr Daniel Funes de Rioja
10:05 – 10:15: Introduction by the ILO Director-General, Mr Guy Ryder
10:15 – 10:50: Keynote Speech by Professor Deepak Nayyar (Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)
10:50 – 12:40: Panel: "Developing with Jobs – The World of Work in 2014"
Moderator: Mr Andrew Walker, BBC
Opening Debate among Panellists (10:50 – 11:35)
- Ms Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Philippines
- Sr Alfonso Navarrete Prida, Secretarío del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS), México
- M Ahmed Ammar Youmbai, Ministre des Affaires Sociales de la Tunisie
- M Nicolas Schmit, Ministre du Travail, de l'Emploi et de l'Economie sociale et solidaire du Luxembourg
- Mr Erol Kiresepi, CEO of Santa Farma Pharmaceuticals, Turkey
- Ms Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation
12:40 Closure of the Panel and of the morning session
Afternoon: Keynote addresses (Heads of Government) and speeches
14:30 – 14:45: Continuation of Plenary of ILC
14:50 – 15:20: Address by H.E. Mr Abdullah Ensour, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
15:25 – 16:05: Continuation of Plenary of ILC, including a message from HH Pope Francis delivered by the Nuncio
16:15 – 16:45: Address by H.E. Mr Noroviin Altankhuyag, Prime Minister of Mongolia
16:50 – 17:00: Closing Remarks by Director-General
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Superstar Akshay Kumar is probably the busiest actor in the Bollywood. With gearing up for his upcoming sci-fi 2.0, the actor recently announced his first space movie, Mission Mangal. Now, there's one good as well as bad news for Akkians, who are eagerly waiting to catch their star in the space drama.
A while ago, Akshay Kumar shared the released date of Mission Mangal, on his Twitter handle. The movie will arrive on Independence Day, next year. The actor quoted, "A powerful true story of ordinary people with extraordinary dreams, on an unheard of mission to achieve the impossible. #MissionMangal will come alive on 15th August, 2019. See you at the theaters."
A powerful true story of ordinary people with extraordinary dreams, on an unheard of mission to achieve the impossible. #MissionMangal will come alive on 15th August, 2019. See you at the theaters. @foxstarhindi
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) November 13, 2018
Also, John Abraham's action-thriller Batla House is slated to release on next Independence Day, so it will be Akshay versus John at the box office once again, after the clash between Gold and Satyameva Jayate this year.
Earlier, the action-fantasy movie Bramhastra, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt was also scheduled to release on 15th August, but for now, the makers have avoided the clash by scheduling it for December, next year. The official Twitter handle of Dharma Productions posted a picture with confirming the arrival on Christmas 2019. With other biggies of Akki and John coming on the same day, the move seems to be logical.
Bringing the big screen spectacle – #Brahmāstra Part 1 on #Christmas2019 pic.twitter.com/UUX7k7vFe0
— Dharma Productions (@DharmaMovies) November 13, 2018
While Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal is a space movie, Batla House starring John Abraham, is based on the 2008 police encounter in Delhi's Batla House. Apart from this, the Akki starrer Mission Mangal and John starrer Batla House will also have another clash with Rajkummar Rao and Mouni Roy starrer Made In China. Well, it will be interesting to see if anyone of them will postpone their film in the future or no!


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Tips to Select Circular Saw Blades
A Circular Saw is a handy and efficient tool that many people own. These power tools are easy to use and offer a variety of different uses. One of the best things about circular saws is that they are very versatile and can be used for a variety of different projects. Some people also use circular saws for woodworking projects and precision cutting. If you want to know some tips to select the best circular saw, read on.
One of the first things you need to consider before you buy a Cirkelsåg is what kind of cutting job it is going to perform. There are two types of cuts you can perform with a circular saw. One is a deep cut, which is the most common type of cut with these power tools. The other is a crosscut, which is a combination of both a deep cut and crosscut. The best Circular saws are capable of achieving both kinds of cuts.
The next thing you should consider is the size of the circular cutting area offered by the saw. Many people choose circular saws with larger areas because they can perform multiple cuts in a single motion. However, this is not always the best option for the user, as these large areas may be hard for inexperienced users to use. To ensure that you end up with the best power tool, consider buying one that offers adjustable size options.
You should also think about how often you plan on using your circular saw. Although this tool is ideal for a wide variety of different projects, some projects require more precise cuts than others. If you are only planning to use your circular saw for trimming wood or thin materials, you probably don't need a top-of-the-line model.
Another factor that you should consider is how often you plan to change out the saw. Some power tools require that you change out the blades from time to time, while others require that you buy replacement parts for all of the different projects that you complete on them. There are several different sizes that each blade will be used for, so you must have a basic understanding of the blade sizes and the best ways to maintain them.
As you can see, several factors go into purchasing a Circular saw. These tips to select Circular saws are designed to help you make the best overall purchase decision. Because Circular saws are used for different types of projects, you must take the time necessary to research the various models available before making a final decision.
This will ensure that you end up with a quality Circular saw that you can use for many years to come. By taking the time to properly assess the level of expertise required to use a Circular saw, you will be able to determine whether or not it is right for your particular project.


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She is so fat? That was so unsafe? I am so terrible? I am a bad mother? Have you had thoughts like these, and many others pop into your head and you think... OMG I am such a terrible person for thinking that about someone else, or you are a bad person for being terrible & a bad mother, etc....? I have some cool stuff to share with you about this! Crazy awesome stuff that could totally change your reality! Come and play and you will hear more. See you soon! www.laurielaursen.com ~ laurie@laurielaursen.


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Elevation of the Queen's Head 1878 [CDE168/2]
The first mention of this public house is in 1720 when, as the Maidenhead, it was devised by George Pedly in his will to his son John, along with the Cock, King's Arms and White Lyon also in Potton [WG88]. Pedley died in the same year.
The property was copyhold, that is, it was held from the Manor of Potton Much Manured. In 1758 the owner was still John Pedley and he sold the property (shown by his absolutely surrendering it before the steward of the manor) to John Cox of Potton, innholder [Z1578/POT/1/1]. It is unclear whether Cox was innholder of this property or of another at this date. The inn is described as being a part of a cottage. Cox made his will in 1783 [Z1578/POT/1/4], devising the Maidenhead to William Warner, son of his daughter Elizabeth and to Elizabeth, daughter of his son Robert jointly. Elizabeth was admitted to her share, aged seventeen, in 1785 [Z1578/POT/1/5] and, in 1790, sold that half share to William Warner, who thus now held all of it [Z1578/POT/1/6]. He was admitted in 1794 [Z1578/POT/1/7].
In 1800 Warner, who lived in Stevenage [Hertfordshire] sold the Maidenhead to James Ind of Baldock [Hertfordshire], brewer [Z1578/POT/1/8]. In 1815 Edward Ind, James' son, sold the inn, now remaned the Queen's Head, along with his whole brewing business, to John Izard Pryor of Baldock, brewer [Z1578/POT/1/10]. Pryor then sold it, again along with the business, in 1854 to Joseph Simpson of Baldock, brewer [Z1578/POT/1/12].
In 1878 the building was damaged in a fire which affected properties in a square formed by Sun Street, Bull Street, Chapel Street and Blackbird Street. The newspaper report commented that the Queen's Head was "utterly burnt". Plans from that year show the building in its current form [CDE168/1-2].
The licensing register of 1903 shows the Queen's Head continuing in the ownership of Simpson and Company; it was in good repair. The property was sixteen yards from the nearest licensed property and had one front and one back door. The Queen's Head closed for the last time in 1919 becoming a private house, lnown as 22 Sun Street, sold to Alfred Allen Sargent of Potton, hotel keeper, the tenant, for £416 [Z1578/POT/1/16-17].
22 and 24 Sun Street August 2013
List of Licensees: note that this is not a complete list. Italics indicate licensees whose beginning and/or end dates are not known:
1720: John Compton;John Snitch;1755-1758: John Pedley1758-1784: John Cox;1790: Samuel Mann;1794-1830: William Dear;1839-1862: Mary Dear;1864-1888: Joseph Shearman;1888-1889: James North;1889-1891: Thomas Preston Elliott;1891-1914: Alfred Allen SargeantPublic house closed 1919
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The Toyota Tacoma Is a Surprisingly Awesome Rally Truck
Although 'racing' may not be the first thing you think of when it comes to pickup trucks, it's actually quite popular. Although some series are on paved tracks, the vast majority are set on dirt and rocks, the kinds of conditions that many modify their trucks to tackle. Rallying is the exception. Although off-road, rally races' tight turns and the trucks' higher weights usually limited pickups to parking in the spectator area. Toyota did rally their RAV4 crossover a few years ago; I personally witnessed a similarly-prepped RAV4 racing at the SnoDrift rally. But even Toyota's TRD-modified Tacoma was kept off the rally stage. Recently, however, the celebrated Team O'Neil Rally School wanted to challenge all this. They set out to prove if the Toyota Tacoma could rally.
The Tacoma in Question
Team O'Neil used a second-gen (2005-2015) double cab Tacoma for their tests. These trucks are particularly valued for their reliability, which is just as important for rally racing as it is for the average consumer. Host Wyatt Knox notes this particular Tacoma was part of Toyota's frame replacement program. 2005-2010 Tacomas had frame rust issues, so Toyota replaced the entire frame of this truck. In fact, Toyota went even further than that. They replaced rusty brake lines, the fuel tank, the leaf springs, front control arms and parts of the exhaust.
Now, replacing worn or dangerously rusty components is standard racing-prep practice. But some of the features on this Tacoma go even further. This truck has several equipment packages. The first is the TRD Off-Road package, which grants Bilstein suspension, a button to remotely lock the rear differential, BFG off-road tires, a protective skidplate under the engine, and a tow hook at the front. Like today's TRD Tacoma, it also has a six-speed manual transmission. None of these mods would be out of place on a rally-prepped car.
There's also the tow package. At first glance, it doesn't seem all that rally-focused. But some of the upgrades would actually be beneficial for racing. For instance, beyond the hitch at the back, there's also an upgraded battery and alternator. Rally racing is brutal, and you need a lot of juice to power, among other things, the extra fog lights (which this Tacoma also has). That upgraded electrical equipment could be had from the factory is one less headache for racers to worry about.
Another headache is keeping things properly cooled. An overheated engine or transmission could spell disaster during the race. Luckily, the tow package also included additional engine oil and transmission fluid coolers.
Testing Setup
Although the Tacoma does have buttons to turn the traction and stability control off, Team O'Neil removed both systems' fuses to really make sure they were off. The ABS fuse was also removed, as is usual in such scenarios, to improve braking performance.
Team O'Neil then ran the Tacoma through several performance tests. First, a 0-60, in two-wheel and four-wheel drive modes, followed by braking. Handling was first tested by drifting around a dirt skidpad and slalom courses. Finally, a timed lap around a small, specially-prepped rally stage.
Team O'Neil Tests Toyota Tacoma Rally Qualifications
The Tacoma's 236-hp V6 isn't exactly a powerhouse, but as a relatively lightweight midsize truck, it was good for a 9.36 second run to 60 in four-wheel drive. The two-wheel-drive test wasn't timed, but with four-wheel drive's superior traction and ability to actually use full throttle, it presumably would've been slower. The 60-0 brake test was also not measured, but Wyatt deemed it "not bad."
Skidding around in two-wheel drive was fairly easy, Wyatt noted. Although pickup trucks carry more of their weight in the front, the larger cab and trailer equipment added back some balance. Wyatt liked the former, as it let the Tacoma rotate, but he also enjoyed the latter, for stable drifting. However, running around in two-wheel drive highlights two issues with the pickup.
The first is wheel hop. Even with Bilstein shocks, there are still leaf springs in the back, so heavy acceleration and rabid cornering cause the wheels and axle to bounce. The second issue is tire choice. While the off-road BFG tires work well, they have tall sidewalls, which compress and rebound, which affects handling and ride comfort. This is something that often occurs with off-road tires.
Happily, switching to four-wheel drive—standard for rally cars—solves the issues. Another pleasant surprise is the close-ratio nature of the transmission. The gearing makes the engine's power more than adequate and means Wyatt didn't have to spend too much time shifting.
The Toyota Tacoma ran the rally stage in a time of 2:02.94. In contrast, a Dodge Charger cop car in similar conditions needed 2:05.52 to finish the course. Team O'Neil did put another Toyota pickup, a Hilux, on the course before, but it was in winter, not summer. Nevertheless, Wyatt was impressed with the Tacoma's performance.
Can the Toyota Tacoma Rally?
Wyatt does suggest a few modifications to improve the Tacoma's time. Different tires to start, followed by reducing weight. But even stock, this truck handled testing very well.
So who's going to be the first to make a Toyota Tacoma rally racer?


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On Monday, June 28, 2021, 14 startups took to the stage to share stories about the companies they're building as part of PIE Demo Day 2021. Like any other demo day. But unlike most PIE Demo Days, this one was once again a completely virtual experience.Read More
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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama's nominee to be the nation's chief spy has been left waiting in the wings while Congress tries to complete work on a new intelligence bill being held up by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said she won't hold confirmation hearings for James Clapper, currently the Defense Department's chief intelligence officer, to become the next director of national intelligence until her top priority is completed -- congressional passage and the president's signature on the 2010 Intelligence Authorization Bill.
David Gompert, the acting director of national intelligence, has informed Congress he is resigning at the end of August regardless of whether the new nominee for the post is confirmed, a U.S. intelligence official told CNN.
If Gompert leaves before a new director is appointed, the No. 3 official in the agency -- Gen. John Kimmons -- would temporarily assume the top post.
At issue is a provision in the Intelligence Authorization Bill that changes the ground rules for how the president notifies Congress about top secret intelligence activities.
The current law allows the executive branch to brief only a small group of congressional leaders known as the "Gang of Eight" about certain top secret intelligence activities. The speaker and minority leader of the House; the majority and minority leader of the Senate and the chairman and vice chairman of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees are briefed on the covert programs, but they are prohibited from both taking notes and discussing the programs with any other lawmakers or staff.
The president determines if an activity warrants calling in the limited Gang of Eight or if the whole of the intelligence committees should be briefed.
During the Bush Administration, the Gang of Eight were the only lawmakers informed about some of the controversial programs undertaken after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, such as the use of domestic wiretaps, CIA interrogations and detentions and "harsh interrogation" techniques like waterboarding.
Once those programs were publicly exposed in the media, many members of congressional oversight committees were outraged that they knew nothing about the programs and accused the administration of hindering them from performing their duties.
Each of the intelligence committees came up with proposals to change the notification provision within the intelligence authorization law, but a White House veto threat prompted the leadership of the committees to come up with a compromise acceptable to the administation.
Congressional aides familiar with the compromise proposal say it requires that all Gang of Eight notifications be in writing and a record be kept by the president of which members of Congress are briefed and the date of the briefing. It also would make the president provide the oversight committees with written procedures for carrying out congressional notifications, including the rationale for why the full intelligence committees are not briefed.
The proposal also would direct intelligence agencies to explain the legal basis for intelligence activities and covert actions, and the heads of intelligence agencies would have to certify on an annual basis that they are in compliance with congressional notification requirements.
To get White House support, the lawmakers agreed to drop provisions that would have mandated notifying the intelligence committees whenever the Gang of Eight was briefed.
Pelosi, however, is not happy with the deal. Her spokesman, Drew Hammill, said "the speaker is pushing for more congressional notification" but would not say exactly what Pelosi wants in the bill.
A congressional aide familiar with the dispute but not authorized to speak on the record said Pelosi wants all members of the intelligence committees to be informed of any Gang of Eight briefings.
Last year, Pelosi had a dispute with the CIA about whether she had been told during a 2002 briefing for the Gang of Eight that a terrorism detainee had been waterboarded. The CIA said she was informed about the use of the harsh interrogation technique, but Pelosi said she wasn't and accused the CIA of misleading Congress.
The congressional aide said the Democratic leadership of both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees thought Pelosi was in favor of the compromise and were unaware of her concerns about congressional notification.
"It's disappointing that when we are fighting wars on several fronts and facing threats from a variety of enemies, Speaker Pelosi would play politics with the long-needed intelligence bill that has the support of both the White House and Congressional intelligence committees," said Sen. Kit Bond, the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee.
Feinstein would not comment directly on Pelosi but stressed the need for a bill. She pointed out that there has not been an Intelligence Authorization bill passed by Congress in five years.
"To continue without a bill puts the committees at risk of becoming paper tigers. Oversight is weakened unless we have the ability to make law based on that oversight," said the senator. She added that congressional notification requirements have been strengthened and have the support of the president.
Despite the delay, Feinstein said she believes the Senate will be able to confirm Clapper as director of national intelligence before the August recess.
"I look forward to the bill passing in the due course of moving on the Clapper nomination," the California Democrat said.
In the meantime, Clapper, nominated by Obama on June 5 to replace Dennis Blair, must wait for an agreement to be reached while Blair's former number two, Gompert, fills in.
CNN's Deirdre Walsh contributed to this story


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Household food insecurity is associated with child's dietary diversity score among primary school children in two districts in Ghana
Background: Dietary diversity is generally considered as a good indicator of nutrient adequacy and is influenced by various factors at the national, household, and individual levels.
Objective: The present study sought to determine the relationships between household food insecurity, primary caregivers' nutrition knowledge, and dietary diversity of school-aged children in Ghana.
Methods: This forms part of a longitudinal study conducted in the Ayawaso West Municipal district in Accra (urban setting) and the Upper Manya Krobo district (rural setting) in Ghana. Data were collected from a total of 116 caregiver-child dyads using 24-h dietary recall and a short version of the US 12-month Household Food Security Survey Module. Nutrition knowledge and sociodemographic data were obtained using a structured questionnaire. Multivariable logistic regression was used to check for factors associated with children's dietary diversity.
Results: Majority of households reported food insecurity, with a higher percentage of insecure households located in the rural area (88.9% vs. 46.5%, P ≤ 0.0001), compared to the urban setting. Diet diversity among the study children was low, with a mean (standard deviation [SD]) of 5.8 (2.1) out of 14 food groups. Children living in food insecure households were three times more likely to have received low diverse diet compared to those from food secure households (adjusted odds ratio [OR] =3.3, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.4–8.0). Caregivers' nutrition knowledge was, however, not related to children's dietary diversity.
Discussion and conclusion: Household food insecurity was a main predictor of dietary diversity among school-age children in this study. Thus, caregiver knowledge in nutrition may not be enough, particularly in the presence of food insecurity to guarantee adequate nutrition for school-aged children.
- Arimond M, Wiesmann D, Becquey E, Carriquiry A, Daniels MC, Deitchler M, et al. Simple food group diversity indicators predict micronutrient adequacy of women's diets in 5 diverse, resource-poor settings. J Nutr 2010 Nov 1; 140(11): 2059S–69S. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.123414
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It is no secret that the time of the COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for countless people. The orders set by the governor of California to shelter in place means having limited contact with the outside world, and that poses a problem for many.
However, for my family and me, sheltering in place means learning how to find pleasure and entertainment in the little things that surround us every day. During this time I have been able to better appreciate the smaller things that bring me joy — things that perhaps I wouldn't pay much attention to on any other day not spent in quarantine.
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Top left: In the first few weeks of quarantine, our family plays a game of giant lotería in our backyard to lighten the mood. PHOTO CREDIT: Analisa Sofia Perez
Bottom left: Every Saturday my family hosts a game of "virtual lotería" with our extended family over a video call. PHOTO CREDIT: Analisa Sofia Perez
Right: In lieu of being able to gather physically with our family, holding a Zoom call gives us a sense of togetherness. PHOTO CREDIT: Analisa Sofia Perez
Left: During the quarantine, we have been able to care for our plants more frequently. PHOTO CREDIT: Analisa Sofia Perez
Right: My dad enjoys taking time out of every day to tend to his plants. PHOTO CREDIT: Analisa Sofia Perez
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Regents International School Pattaya welcomed Dr Thomas P. FitzGibbon, III, Regional Development Director for Les Roches International School of Hotel Management and Glion Institute of Higher Education, to school on Friday 24 January and, in doing so, opened students' eyes to two of the finest hospitality management schools in the world.
Regents' students apply every year for a wide range of courses around the world – from physics to marketing, economics to fine art – and it's important that they're offered the best possible advice on which universities and colleges to strive for.
Dr FitzGibbon talks business management with the Regents students.
Dr FitzGibbon was well-placed to advise the students on hospitality management, with Glion and Les Roches ranked among the top three hospitality management schools in the world. Both Glion and Les Roches are based in Switzerland with branch campuses in Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Regents' University Advisor, Paul Press commented, "The 90 or so students in our Sixth Form have the ability and motivation to take on so many different challenges when they move on to higher education, and we're really grateful to Dr FitzGibbon for taking the time to provide an insight into what the world's leading hospitality management courses have to offer."
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Have you ever wonder why are there so many vending machines on the streets when you travel to Japan? Japanese photographer Eiji Ohashi gained a deeper appreciation of Japan's ubiquitous metal boxes one harsh night in his Hokkaido hometown.
Eiji Ohashi, Roadside Lights II
大橋曾在一次暴風雪的惡劣環境下,憑著販賣機的燈光指引路向,走出重圍。看到販賣機在大雪紛飛的黑夜中仍發出憨直的光亮,大橋決定展開一項攝影計畫,取名為Roadside Lights,藉由鏡頭語言和快慢門取景,將散落在日本每一隅的販賣機記錄下來。
Caught in a fierce snowstorm, Ohashi was able to navigate his way home until the light ignited from vending machines guided his way out of danger. Deeply moved by how the vending machines stand unwaveringly in bleak places, Ohashi started the "Roadside Lights" series which captures solitary vending machines scattered across Japan.
Eiji Ohashi, Roadside Lights I
As dusk approaches, the roadside vending machines light up in the cities and suburbs. These scenes of vending machines lined up along the roadside are unique to Japan. Whether downtown or somewhere in the wilderness, the vending machines are always there to stand in solitude, conjuring up an image of loneliness. They work day and night, but will be removed as soon as sales decrease.
Eiji Ohashi, Roadside Lights II
Perhaps the vending machines connect with us on a much personal level than we have ever imagined – We must prove our existence by asserting ourselves.
Eiji Ohashi, Roadside Lights II
Eiji Ohashi, Roadside Lights III
Artist: Eiji Ohashi
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By some estimates, the total value of the applications residing on mainframes today exceeds $1 trillion. Most of that code was written over the past 40 years in Cobol, with some assembler, PL/1 and 4GL thrown into the mix. Unfortunately, those programs don't play well with today's distributed systems, and the amount of legacy code at companies such as Sabre Holdings Corp. in Southlake, Texas, makes a rewrite a huge undertaking. "We're bound by our software and its lack of portability," Sabre Vice President Alan Walker says of the 40,000 programs still running on IBM Transaction Processing Facility (TPF), Agilent Modular Power System and other mainframe systems.
|Alan Walker, vice president of Sabre Holdings
With a shortage of Cobol programming talent looming in the next decade and a clear need for greater software agility and lower operating costs, IT organizations have begun to make transition plans for mainframe applications. The trick lies in figuring out which applications to modernize, how to do it and where they should reside.
Applications fall into one of three groups based on scale, says Dale Vecchio, an analyst at Gartner Inc. Applications under 500 MIPS are migrating to distributed systems. "These guys, they want off," Vecchio says. As organizations begin peeling away smaller applications, they may move to a packaged application; port the application to Unix, Linux or Windows; or, in some cases, rewrite the applications to run in a .Net or Java environment, he says.
|Dale Vecchio, an analyst at Gartner Inc.
"If you expose those applications as a Web service, it's irrelevant what that application was written in," says Ian Archbell, vice president of product management at tool vendor Micro Focus International PLC in Rockville, Md. "SOA is just a set of interfaces, an abstraction."
"SOA at least allows you to break the dependency bonds," says Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink LLC in Waltham, Mass.
Cobol isn't going away, but it's also not moving forward. While the Cobol code base on mainframes is projected to increase by 3% to 5% a year, that's mostly a byproduct of maintenance, says Gary Barnett, an analyst at Ovum Ltd. in London.
"No one is learning [Cobol] in school anymore, and new applications aren't being built in Cobol anymore," says Schmelzer. "Cobol is like Latin."
Vendors such as Micro Focus have abandoned the idea of evolving the Cobol language for distributed application development. "Micro Focus is not about a better Cobol compiler," says Archbell. Instead, its approach is to "embrace and extend," he says. "We expose things like aggregated CICS transactions as JavaBeans, Web services, or .Net or C# code. It's wrappering." But with so much legacy code, that process won't take place overnight. "It could take 20 years," Archbell says.
Sabre still has more than 10,000 MIPS of applications on mainframes, and Walker plans to migrate everything off over the next few years. The company's TPF-based fare- searching application, used by Travel-ocity.com LP and travel agents, has been rewritten to run as a 64-bit Linux program on four-way Opteron servers.
Sabre migrated the back-end data to 45 servers running M ySQL that each contain fully replicated data. The new system is more flexible and "pretty cheap" compared with the mainframe, Walker says. He questions the conventional wisdom that all high-end applications need to stay on mainframes, noting that the search application was in the thousands of MIPS. "It's pretty obvious that you don't need mainframes to do large-scale transactions," he says, pointing to the successes of eBay Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.
Barnett points out that very few of his clients have been successful at completely rewriting large-scale applications.
In Sabre's case, it's worth noting that the application was CPU- and memory-intensive and that competitive pressures would have forced a rewrite anyway. "We solved a larger problem," which was the need to generate hundreds of results instead of the 10 to 20 the TPF system could deliver per search, Walker says.
Simply rewriting millions of lines of code to deliver the same features not only wouldn't cut it financially at The Bank of New York Co., but also would require a lifetime of work, says Edward Mulligan, executive vice president of the technology services division. A gradual transition to packaged applications might help such businesses, says Ovum's Barnett. "Eighty percent of core business processes in banks are the same. In 10 years, it will make little sense to have your own, unique homegrown savings program," he says.
Mulligan has been migrating some smaller applications, freeing up expensive mainframe capacity. The big reason: cost. When the vendor of his problem management software refused to bring licensing in line with equivalent packages in the Windows arena, he migrated to a cheaper Windows version. The total operating costs of running applications on the mainframe can be "easily" 10 times that of a Unix or Windows architecture, says Sabre's Walker.
While IBM has begun offering sub-capacity, usage-based pricing, few third-party vendors of mainframe software have followed suit. "Vendors who don't embrace flexible pricing are accelerating the decline in their business," says Barnett.
At Sabre, Walker plans to continue to migrate off the mainframe, which he says is simply too expensive.
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|Bob DiAngelo, vice president and CIO at MIB Group Inc.
The new Java code runs on a zAAP. Keeping the applications off the mainframe processor keeps CPU-based licensing for third-party applications from rising while boosting the total system capacity to 366 MIPS. But DiAngelo doesn't have a lot of third-party software to worry about. He says declining mainframe operating costs have allowed the company to grow from an 80 MIPS system to the 210 MIPS box plus the zAAP processor while total costs remained "relatively stable."
Walker isn't convinced. "We could run Java code in a z9, but it would make it the world's most expensive Java CPU," he says.
Barnett agrees -- partially. "If you have Java or workloads that need high-speed access to mainframe data, running it on a mainframe partition is a viable choice," he says. "But ... for generic Linux or Java workloads, it still isn't an obvious consolidation platform."
IBM is hoping that others will follow MIB Group's example. "IBM is pushing one box, multiple architectures," says Gartner's Vecchio. Guru Rao, an IBM fellow and chief engineer for eServer, says consolidating a three-tiered architecture on the mainframe when data resides there makes sense because communications between the front and back end don't have to go over a latency-prone TCP/IP network. On the mainframe, he says, "you can communicate with each of these spaces using instructions as opposed to TCP traffic."
DiAngelo acknowledges that rewriting applications isn't always practical. "Doing a rip-and-replace is a big thing," he says of the five-year project. "There are things you can't afford to re-engineer, and they will probably always sit in the place where they were developed."
The transition also requires more horsepower for an application that consumes up to 300 I/Os per transaction and up to 130,000 transactions per day. "Java requires more CPU power than assembler, [and] as you move from proprietary VSAM to a generated database system, you lose efficiencies. With WebSphere, MQSeries and DB2, you have to crank the dial up," DiAngelo says.
Another question is whether that strategy will scale for applications beyond a few hundred MIPS in size, says Vecchio. On the high end, IT must move to SOA because there are no other options, he says. "The hope for mainframe customers is that WebSphere and Java can perform with the same quality of service that they have come to expect from CICS, IMS and Cobol," he says.
|Christian Anschuetz, CIO of Publicis Group SA
His main motivation was cost. The mainframe was "extraordinarily expensive" and not agile enough for the organization's needs, Anschuetz says, and "the licensing costs associated with the development tools were just astronomical." Publicis has reduced its operating costs by 10% a year.
Even after considering the management costs of a distributed system and the cost of the Intel servers needed to replace the mainframe, the total cost of ownership was still "dramatically lower," Anschuetz says.
He says he did have concerns about moving off the mainframe. "I remember someone telling me we shouldn't get rid of the mainframe, it's five 9s, and you're going to be running this Windows junk," Anschuetz says. "The reality is that [our distributed systems] are up all of the time, and our actual [mean time between failures] is tremendous."
When it comes to dealing with legacy applications, there are no across-the-board answers, says Robert Rosen, president of Share, a Chicago-based IBM mainframe user group. "Where you get into trouble is when you try to force-fit a solution," he says. "Taking the best of both worlds, that's the key."
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St Nazarius and St Celsus
(entered heaven probably in the first century)
Dear Chelsea,
My dear and misguided young niece, I do not wish to sound callous, but the simple truth is that you are wasting your tears. When our Lord said, "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted," he did not mean that we should feel sorry for ourselves and whine pitifully in the face of life's difficulties. Our tears should be shed for only one reason: the cruel evil of sin and its multifarious brood of miseries. Hardship, rejection, and other such crosses do not need our tears so much as they need our faith. When you accepted the holy chrism on your forehead at confirmation, when the bishop sealed you with the cross of Christ and the grace of the Holy Spirit, you knew very well (or you should have known) that you were entering into a battle, into a life of conflict and constant effort in defense of the Kingdom. Be neither surprised nor deterred by the battle, but freely weep when you see souls succumb to the enemy.
Forgive me if this is too blunt, but frankly, I have never had much patience for anyone (including myself) who starts wallowing in his or her self-pity. "Oh it's so hard to follow Christ! It's so difficult to be faithful! I am suffering so much! Nothing is working out the way I planned! I thought that being a Christian was supposed to make me happy and joyful, but I feel miserable!" … Why does the Church demand that every place of worship prominently display a crucifix? Just for fun? Hardly. This life is full of many joys, but whether you're Christian or not, we can't escape the cross. Jesus did not promise to eliminate life's burdens; he just promised that if we believe and trust in him, he will lighten them with his love. Today's saint is a perfect example (one of many).
Nazarius was the son of a pagan father (an officer in the Roman army) and a Christian mother, who brought him up to be a Christian. (Some sources even say he was instructed by St Peter himself.) As soon as he was old enough, he set out from his native city of Rome in order to preach the gospel with exemplary dedication and zeal throughout Italy, together with the young Celsus, who served as his assistant. As can be expected, before too long the authorities apprehended him (this was in Milan), demanded that he sacrifice to the Roman gods, and when he refused (announcing his allegiance to the one, true God) they lopped off his head for treason.
Christ promises meaning; he promises intimate friendship with God in this life and the next; he often grants experiences of intense and even ecstatic joy – but he never once promised that following him would be easy. Therefore, my dear niece, cry all that you must, but never cry alone; if you turn your tears into prayers, they will bring forth the precious fruits of faith, hope, and love.
Very truly yours in Christ, Uncle Eddy
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