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Changing the way NHPs are regulated will have an impact on the products you will find on your store shelves. Providing the evidence required for drugs is vastly expensive, which is why the price for drugs is significantly higher compared to NHPs.
Tell Health Canada to leave our NHPs alone
by Helen Long
Health Canada has recently launched the Consulting Canadians on the Regulation of Self-Care Products in Canada document. Previously referred to as the Consumer Health Product Framework, this document has changed dramatically since its original inception, and proposes that, in the future, many natural health products (NHPs) be regulated using the same rules as drugs. We want to make one thing clear: natural health products are not drugs. Health Canada is proposing changes that could:
- Cause many of the supplements that you use to disappear forever.
- Increase the cost of the products that are left.
- Reduce the amount of information available to you about the natural health products you rely on.
Help us stop this by sending a message to your Member of Parliament, letting him or her know this is not OK. You can do this in less than a minute. Send a letter to your MP today stating you want to be able to continue to access natural health products. Visit www.chfa.ca and on the homepage click on Save our Supplements.
When you walk into your local Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) member health food store, you can find all kinds of safe, effective and high-quality natural health products (NHPs) that 77 percent of Canadians use for the maintenance of good health.
Whether you choose a vitamin, mineral, probiotic or herbal product, you can be confident the Canadian regulations that already exist for these products are among the best in the world.
The Canadian approach to regulation is often referred to as a "pre-approval" system, which means that all natural health products (NHPs) must be licensed by Health Canada before they are legally allowed to be sold to Canadians.
No NHP can be licensed for sale in Canada without providing evidence to support the claims being made. The level of evidence required for NHPs seeking approval in Canada depends on the claim being made, the overall risk of the product, and the condition it is being used for.
A product such as a multivitamin that makes a claim, for instance, that it "helps with the maintenance of good health" will have to provide different evidence than an omega-3 that makes the claim that it "helps to reduce serum triglycerides and support brain function." This evidence could include clinical trial data or references to published studies, journals, pharmacopoeias and traditional resources.
Each product that is licensed receives a Natural Product Number or NPN, which is printed on the front of the package. You can look up this NPN in Health Canada's online database (visit www.hc-sc.gc.ca and search for NHP numbers database), which provides details including what is in the product and which claims have been approved based on the evidence submitted and reviewed by Health Canada.
When you buy an NHP at your local CHFA Member health food store, you can feel confident knowing the company selling that product has provided evidence to support any health claims made.
Health Canada is now proposing a framework that could significantly alter the way that NHPs are currently regulated under the existing NHP Regulations, and instead wants to regulate some NHPs using the same rules as drugs, based, it appears, on a single consumer survey and six weeks of consultation.
This proposal is trying to fix a system that is not broken and it will be a step backward instead of forward. Our current regulations take into account the unique properties and low-risk nature of these products, ensuring you have access to NHPs that are safe, effective and of high quality, while respecting consumers' freedom of choice and the philosophical and cultural diversity of our country.
Changing the way NHPs are regulated will have an impact on the products you will find on your store shelves. Providing the evidence required for drugs is vastly expensive, which is why the price for drugs is significantly higher compared to NHPs. Requiring the same level of evidence as a drug will result in price increases and loss of product from shelves. Currently, all NHPs on store shelves are reviewed, licensed and receive an NPN.
This proposal suggests that Health Canada will no longer review some of the products and those products not reviewed will be required to have a disclaimer in line with "Health Canada has not reviewed…" Additionally, claims based on previously accepted evidence may no longer be allowed and would be removed from the label. This will limit the amount of information the consumer receives about the product.
Help us ensure you continue to have access to the NHPs you know and love. Visit chfa.ca right now to send a message to your Member of Parliament, letting them know these changes are not acceptable. It will only take a minute and it will make a big difference in ensuring you continue to have access to your favourite natural health products. j
Helen Long is the president of the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA). The CHFA is the voice of the natural health industry in Canada, and Canada's largest trade association dedicated to natural health and organic products. Its members include manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors and importers of natural and organic products. These can include foods, vitamin and mineral supplements, herbal products, homeopathics, sports nutrition products, health and beauty aids and more. www.chfa.ca
Industry feedback
Health Canada has suddenly decided to blow up the Natural Health Product regulations – regulations that, finally, in the last few years are starting to function properly.
Health Canada is proposing to cancel 100,000 licenses that our industry and government spent millions of dollars and countless hours developing. Canada is now the gold standard around the world for the regulation of this sector and Health Canada wants to abolish that.
Health Canada must be stopped and Canadians' right to purchase safe, effective supplements with health claims must be preserved. Please write your MP; go to www.chfa.ca and click on Save our Supplements on the homepage to send your letter.
In 1999, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health extensively studied the issue and consulted Canadians from coast to coast for almost a full year. The Committee made 53 recommendations on how to regulate supplements in Canada, including:
"NHPs should be allowed to make health claims, including structure-function claims, risk-reduction claims and treatment claims" and "The evidence [for NHPs should] not be limited to double blind clinical trials, but also include other types of evidence such as generally accepted and traditional references, professional consensus, other types of clinical trials and other clinical or scientific evidence."
Based on this feedback, in 2004, Health Canada introduced the Natural Health Product Regulations, and over the past 12 years, industry and government have worked together to regulate an industry that supplies safe and effective natural health products to Canadians.
Blowing up the regulations will have a devastating impact on the natural health industry in Canada and cost us thousands of jobs. It will also severely limit Canadians' access to these products.
Health Canada is proposing that, going forward, supplements will not be allowed to make health claims unless they undergo pharmaceutical style double-blind placebo clinical trials. Since such trials typically cost $20 million each, Health Canada knows this is impossible. They also know this directly contravenes the will of Parliament.
Reading through the text of the Health Canada proposal, they keep referring to themselves as an "evidence based institution," yet they provide no evidence there is anything wrong with the current NHP regulatory model. When it comes to scientific studies of NHPs, the medical literature is immense; there are tens of thousands of studies from major research institutions supporting the safety and efficacy of vitamins and herbs.
It is truly disturbing that after 12 years of developing these regulations based on the Committee's recommendations, Health Canada has come out with this proposal to blow up the regulations and take us back 20 years to a pharma paradigm, which does not allow for traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda and traditional herbalism – not to mention vitamins and minerals – to make health claims. It's crazy. They did not consult the CHFA at all and they gave only a 45-day notice period for consultation!
To be honest, I don't think this was part of the plan of the new government. I think Health Canada is pulling a fast one on a new government that is not educated on this issue. But the new government, so far, is allowing this to happen.
Our industry wants and welcomes regulatory oversight. We want Health Canada to review products before they come to market to ensure Canadians are buying safe effective NHPs. What we can't support is a pharmaceutical review process for products that are not pharmaceuticals. Again, please write to your MP and tell them you don't want Health Canada to stop regulation of the industry.
– Matthew Breech


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FIEC: Industry needs strong recovery plan
29 July 2020
A look at measures in place to help construction companies get through the Covid-19 crisis
The extremely difficult conditions, brought on by the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have made the proper management of the construction process extremely complicated and in some countries, construction worksites have been at a standstill, delaying or even cancelling projects. In the south of Europe in particular, up to 90% of worksites were put on hold.
In reaction to this exceptional situation, FIEC organised weekly crisis-management meetings of its Steering Committee and rapidly brought forward a series of messages addressed to the EU institutions and to the Member States.
In the first place, FIEC requested that Covid-19 pandemic be recognised as a case of "force majeure" and be treated accordingly by all construction clients in order to preserve jobs, companies and projects.
FIEC called Member States to allow the suspension of projects – both public and private – without applying penalties, if the responsible contractor was unable to comply with the requested health and safety measures for his employees and/or was unable to undertake activities because of disruption in the supply chain and/or because of the shortage of personnel due to Covid-19.
FIEC also asked the EU and the Member States to allocate specific resources for covering the additional costs affecting construction companies generated by the pandemic (overheads, extra health and safety measures on worksites, costs generated by organisational changes and new time schedules, etc.).
Free movement
In response to the lockdown measures and the related closing of internal borders, FIEC called the European Commission and the Member States to bear in mind the critical importance of the free movement of services and workers for the construction sector. In particular, in line with the Commission's guidelines on the free movement of workers, FIEC advocated that Member States should allow frontier and posted workers to continue crossing borders to their workplace if work in the sector concerned is still allowed in the host Member State.
FIEC presented and discussed these messages and requests directly with Commissioner Thierry Breton, responsible for the Internal Market, who decided to organise regular monitoring and follow up video conferences with the main representative organisations of the construction industry.
Together with its EU social partner the European Federation of Building and Wood Workers (EFBWW), FIEC also called on national social partners to negotiate practical solutions with their national authorities in order to allow the continuation of construction activities in compliance with national specific H&S measures, keeping the health and safety of the workers as the highest priority.
In parallel to these political messages, FIEC also put in place a "Covid-19 construction observatory" aimed at allowing its Member Federations to exchange information about their respective national and sectoral situation and the concrete sanitary, fiscal, financial, etc. measures implemented – either by the Government or by the social partners.
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On 9th April, the Eurogroup put forward a proposal for three immediate safety nets, worth €540 billion, for jobs and workers, businesses and Member States, which was subsequently endorsed by EU leaders.
- As regards jobs and workers, the EU introduced a temporary support measure to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) to help people keep their job during the crisis. The scheme provides loans to Member States of up to €100 billion to cover part of the costs related to the creation or extension of national short-time work schemes.
- As regards businesses, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group will create a pan-European guarantee fund, with loans up to €200 billion for companies with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) throughout the EU. This comes on top of €40 billion already leveraged to bridge short-term financing needs of SMEs.
- As regards Member States, a Pandemic Crisis Support will be set up in the framework of the European Stability Mechanism, based on an existing precautionary credit line, adjusted in light of the crisis. It will provide loans to all euro area Member States up to 2% of their GDP (worth €240 billion).
In addition to this, the EU has amended its budget for 2020, adding €3.1 billion to respond to the crisis, and enabled maximum flexibility in the application of EU rules on state aid measures to support businesses and workers, as well as public finances and fiscal policies, e.g. to accommodate exceptional spending. The European Central Bank announced a €750 billion pandemic emergency purchase programme.
On 23rd April, EU leaders also agreed to work towards establishing a recovery fund, which might be operational by 1st January 2021. The European Commission is therefore working on a proposal for a Covid Recovery Fund which should approach €1 trillion and include a combination of grants, loans and financial guarantees, partly under the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2021-2027 and partly under a specific temporary recovery instrument. Another targeted EU fund should be created to assist companies to quickly rebuild their capital.
Recovery plan
Such initiatives are most welcome by FIEC, whose current priority is to ensure a swift resumption of the construction activity under the best possible conditions for contractors and their workers, as well as the set up of a recovery plan targeting more specifically the construction sector. That is, making sure that the various initiatives announced by the EU institutions also benefit construction.
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This got left hanging before the game Saturday night, so just to make it clear: The Knicks are going to buy out Metta World Peace and Beno Udrih. It is definitely going to happen. It's just not official yet because, as Spero Dedes explained during the game, the lawyers necessary to finalize the agreement don't lawy on the weekend. But it'll get done.
With a full view of recent history, this is one of many things that sucks about the 2013-2014 Knicks. Beno and Metta were the Knicks' two small, savvy (minimum and MLE) signings this summer, and I thought they'd both fit really well. Beno seemed like a great candidate to inherit some of Jason Kidd's minutes in two-point guard lineups. I hoped Metta would offer defense and outside shooting when called upon. None of that came to pass for any extended period. Mike Woodson's inscrutable disfavor intervened, injuries intervened, politics intervened, and some wild minutes from both guys didn't help.
So yeah, on the long scale, the Knicks cutting two halfway decent players they signed months ago is frustrating and emblematic of chronic disorganization. Daniel Artest agrees (via his Twitter). In the short-term, with several other layers of stupidity given, it's the right move. The season is teetering on the edge of the abyss and Woodson is still bafflingly employed, so there's no need to keep roster spots committed to veterans on small contracts who Woodson won't play. The Knicks tried to grab some value out of the situation by trading Udrih before the deadline (and perhaps World Peace, too, but we didn't hear any of that), but they failed. Possible trade partners settled on alternatives and, in general, teams might have known better than to relinquish anything for Udrih or World Peace because they knew buyouts were the next step. Marc Cornstein represents both players, and it was in their best interest to facilitate buyouts so they could pick their next teams (and not in his best interest to help the Knicks, because why would a guy help an organization that's benched half his clients?).
So buyouts are coming, which makes immediate sense for all parties. The only question left is how the Knicks will use those two fresh openings. I hope they bring in some youngsters, perhaps from the BayHawks. Chris Smith is already RTing stuff like this, but I hope the Knicks have outrun that affair. Whatever. It would be funny. Those are two free, running chances to give unproven kids a chance to stretch their legs in what should be a low-pressure environment. Maybe the Knicks think they ought to add different veterans for a playoff push, but, well, if they do, I think that logic could expire quickly. Whenever that time comes, I hope spots 14 and 15 become a proving ground, even if it takes a revolving door of 10-day contracts to find someone worthwhile.
Until then, farewell Beno and Metta (not officially yet, but you know). Sorry it didn't work out. Y'all didn't do the Knicks much good, but neither did most of your teammates, and they all got more chances. Good luck somewhere else.


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Think NCLB waivers mean an end to SES? Think again
In awarding Florida a waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, the U.S. Department of Education gave the state's school districts freedom from having to set aside 20 percent of Title I funds for tutoring and choice in low-performing schools. But what the feds gave, the state legislature took away. Earlier this month, not long Florida received its waiver, the state legislature passed a law requiring schools to set aside 15 percent of their Title I funds in 2012-13 for tutoring. (No doubt the tutoring industry was ecstatic about this.) And districts are not happy. They complained forcefully to federal officials at a meeting of the Council of the Great City Schools earlier this month that the state was backtracking on its promise in its waiver application. (Politics K-12)
New York: A tale of two public schools
Two Bronx schools — just three miles apart — serve similar kinds of kids: most from poor families, some needing special-ed, and many immigrants learning English. Both schools are huge, bursting at the seams, and squeeze up to 33 kids into each classroom. But the two schools showed starkly opposite results on the "teacher data reports," which estimate how well fourth- to eighth-grade instructors improved student tests scores in math and English. PS 89, the Williamsbridge Middle School, had 10 teachers score in the bottom 10%, the worst in the city. Just 12% of the teachers rated "above average" or "high" in math, and 0% in English. PS 86, the Kingsbridge Heights School, had 13 teachers score in the top 10% — more than any other school. Also much better than the city average, 50% rated "above average" or "high" in math, 51% in English. The United Federation of Teachers and other critics argue that the teacher ratings are flawed. But they aren't the only yardstick that shows the dichotomy. PS 89 is graded C on its latest Department of Education progress report, and teachers and parents say the school has struggled for years to rise above malaise and mediocrity. PS 86, meanwhile, earned an A for the past five years — and long shined as a gem. (New York Post)
New York: Albany eyeing ways to shield teacher data
A top Albany lawmaker said Friday that restrictions on public access to schoolteacher evaluations could be taken up as soon as legislators return from a two-week hiatus in mid-April. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Friday he wants to work out a compromise with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to protect teacher privacy while also ensuring that parents have access to information. "Information and evaluation should be out there for parents to know," Mr. Silver said Friday on an Albany radio program. "But beyond the parents, I'm not sure that we shouldn't treat teachers" like police and firefighters whose records are prohibited from release. Mr. Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who counts teacher unions as key supporters, called releasing teacher evaluations "a difficult issue" that his chamber would "take up post-budget." The Legislature passed on Friday the last of a series of bills making up the state's $132 billion budget, and Mr. Cuomo signed them. Mr. Silver's comments come as momentum appears to build for shielding teacher evaluations from public scrutiny. Unions were incensed in February after New York City released rankings of about 18,000 schoolteachers from a pilot program. (WSJ)
An Interview with Andrew J. Blumenfeld
In a previous era, someone like Andrew J. Blumenfeld, 20, would have finished his college education and applied to Teach for America. Instead, the Princeton junior ran for and won a seat on his local school board back home in Southern California. He campaigned on a pro-reform platform and called on the district to provide better AP courses for students pursuing rigorous studies. Board members like Blumenfeld could become increasingly common in the next wave of school reform efforts, which are focusing much more on leadership and advocacy than on classroom- or school-level changes. Blumenfeld is cofounder of a group called Students for Education Reform, which has 71 chapters and a national office in New York City. Clearly, there are lots of Blumenfelds out there. (Scholastic Administrator)


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Marlo Wilson graduated from the Master of Management (Marketing) in 2015. Now, she's an experienced Account Manager, having spent time at creative agencies Leo Burnett and McCann. We spoke with Marlo to find out what it's like working in advertising.
Marlo completed her undergraduate studies in Applied Science focusing on Psychology, but it was after completing her undergrad, while working at a bakery, that she decided to pursue the Master of Management (Marketing).
'I wanted to be a psychologist. I was doing a bridging program, but I ended up taking some time off to really think about what I wanted to do. I was working at a bakery, selling cakes, and I ended up doing the posters and promotion for that. I started looking at different masters courses and ended up finding the Master of Management (Marketing), which looked really interesting,' says Marlo.
'I got to take a range of classes, and ultimately, it was a unit on advertising that won me over, because it has a lot to do with creativity and human behaviour, so there was still an element of my undergraduate studies in there.'
At the behest of her advertising lecturer, Marlo applied for the sought after graduate program at The Communications Council, the peak body for the advertising industry. It was this program that gave her a pathway into the industry.
'The hardest part of getting a job in advertising is landing that first role. For me, it was at Leo Burnett. I spent four years working there, and now I've just recently moved to McCann.'
So, what does a day in the life of an account manager look like?
'I do a lot of calls and taking briefs, a lot of reviewing creative strategy. A lot of the job is about communicating with people, figuring out what they need, and then making sure it can happen. There's also a lot of bringing it back to human behaviour and consumer thinking, so I do get to draw on my psychological background for that.'
Marlo has some advice for graduates who want to break into the advertising industry.
The Master of Management (Marketing) provides foundation training in a variety of business and management disciplines, with specialist training in marketing. This course is about the means by which organisations attract and retain customers, including aspects of marketing, strategy, customer behaviour, branding, and international marketing.
'One of the things I realised early on – in my time at the Communications Council – is that in advertising they're looking for people who are willing to open up, who think differently and are willing to share that about themselves. I think this ends up being especially important when it comes to things like interviews, don't just say what you think they want you to say, be willing to share something about yourself. When I interviewed for the grad program, I'd just done Tough Mudder. I'm five foot, tiny, but I'd just finished this crazy run, so I spoke about that, and it was a great icebreaker,' she says. 'I think the other thing that's important to do while you're at uni is to make the most of the networking opportunities that are offered. Connect with the other students, make friends, because those people will go on to be in the industry with you when you graduate.'


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The New York Times reports that HBO will air a documentary about the attack on the World Trade Center on Sunday night. The documentary, called In Memoriam: New York City, 09/11/01 will air at 9:00pm Eastern and Pacific times.
According to the article, much of the program consists of a review of the activities of New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on that day. He narrates a large part of the program.
Mr. Giuliani narrates his day from start to finish, his words intercut with scenes of what took place, yet the documentary has the feel of a community-made mosaic. Its images have been compiled from 16 news organizations and 118 ordinary New Yorkers, each identified on screen as his or her work appears. That unifying spirit and sense of reflection makes "In Memoriam," which has its premiere Sunday night on HBO, different in tone from the Naudet brothers' "9/11" film on CBS, with its focus on firefighters and astonishing images inside one of the towers; the terror attacks affected so many people that each new work adds a fresh perspective, just when it seems we must have exhausted every one.


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"Latest from Quebec! The Confederation Conference", The Globe (19 October 1864)
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Date: 1864-10-19
By: The Globe
Citation: "Latest from Quebec! The Confederation Conference", The Globe [Toronto] (19 October 1864).
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Probable Constitution of the Upper House.
Rebuilding of the Quebec Custom House
From our Own Correspondent
QUEBEC, Oct. 18th.
The conference met this morning at ten o'clock, sat until two, met again at half-past seven, and is still sitting while I write. Notwithstanding the strict secrecy preserved, there seems no doubt that the last few days have been entirely confined to the consideration of the best mode of providing members for the Upper House. From the earnest discussions everywhere heard on the subject, and judging from the tone of conversation, there are few delegates in favour of the election of members of the Legislative Council by the people. This is not surprising. Canada and Prince Edward Island are the only colonies in which the Council is elected. In Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, members of the Legislative Council are nominated by the Crown. The present Ministry of Prince Edward Island is, on the whole, Conservative. It may be, too, that the Conservative element in the Canadian Cabinet see little to admire in the change made a few years ago by their predecessors. The expense of contesting a division is enormous, and yearly increases. The consequence is that there is great difficulty in getting fit candidates, and the tendency to seek corrupt aid from the Administration of the day is increased. Then there is ever present a fear that the whole machinery of the government will be brought to a dead-lock by collision between the two Houses, both elective and both equally representing the people; but the Upper House, owing to its constitution, possesses advantages denied to the lower branch. Considering then, the actual constitution of the Council in the several Provinces, the arguments against elective lords, and the temper manifested by the delegates, I think I am safe in saying that if the question has been brought to a vote, the Conference decided against an elective House as formed in Canada. The matter to Upper Canada is not so important as may at first appear. In representation by population in the Assembly, she has her guarantee. Lower Canada seeks in the Council to place a barrier against aggression by the West. It is thus a matter less important to us than to the French. Why should we not then let Lower Canada decide the question, and make her defensive powers as strong as she likes, so long as those powers are not converted into weapons of offence against ourselves? If she should think that the best mode whereby to effect this will be to vest the nomination of members of the Legislative Council in the Crown, it would be no great stretch of liberality on our part to accord it to her.
The Speaker of the Upper House gives great ball on Wednesday. The delegates have been invited, but in consequence of the necessity they feel themselves under of sticking closely to business, they have declined. Their ladies, however, will attend. There is also some talk of a ball to be given by the Governor General. The bachelors of Quebec have also issued invitations for a ball on Friday at the Parliament House.
It is rumoured that a Commission is about being issued to enquire into the Essex Frauds at last election. Mr. David B. Read, it is reported, will be the Commissioner.
The contract for rebuilding the Quebec Custom House has been given out; the cost will be defrayed out of the insurance money.
The arrival of THE GLOBE of Monday, with the long telegraphic report of the dinner, created considerable surprise.
Partial returns for five parishes in Laurentides Division give Mr. Price 70 majority. The Island of Orleans is said to be going for him. Nothing is certain as to the result.


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The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office reported at 3:30 p.m. that escapee Jesse Lee Tidwell Jr. was recaptured and is now in custody.
Alabama Department of Corrections officials announced this afternoon (Wednesday, July 14) that Tidwell, who was serving time for second-degree rape, escaped today. He reportedly left his work assignment near North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette.
The 46-year-old inmate, who was convicted in Lauderdale County in 2014 and sentenced to 30 years behind bars, escaped around 2:17 p.m. Details of the escape were not provided.


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Dare we trust them?
Two months into the season, the Twins own the best record in baseball (37-18 as of Friday morning), a 9 1/2 game lead in the American League Central Division, and more home runs than any other club. In May alone, with two games remaining, they set franchise single-month records of 56 home runs and 117 extra base hits. The same fans who ripped the Twins for not pursuing big-name free agents last winter, who avoided the Target Field the first six weeks of the season like it was radioactive, are suddenly excited and buying tickets.
Saturday and Sunday games over Memorial Day weekend sold out at 39,000-plus, the first since Opening Day. Tuesday night, most of a crowd announced as 27,120 stuck around through the end of a 5-3 victory over Milwaukee, standing and cheering as shortstop Jorge Polanco caught a popup for the final out. Eddie Rosario's two-run homer, his 17th — tying Harmon Killebrew in 1964 for the most by a Twin through 54 games — capped a decisive five-run seventh. It came too late to get lefty starter Devin Smeltzer, a pediatric cancer survivor, the win on a night he threw six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in his major-league debut.
Things are going so well for the Twins, and so unexpectedly, that it's easy to believe this can go on all season.
Minnesota sports fans know better. Or at least, they should.
You can't go wrong if you adopt this Minnesota sports truism: Our women rock. Our men suck. Seems like our best women pros and collegians compete regularly for championships, while it's been 28 years since the 1991 Twins won the last championship by a Minnesota men's team in a major sport. ("Men's" and "major" are the key terms here.)
The day the Twins finished their most recent homestand, the University of Minnesota women's softball team boarded a flight for Oklahoma City and their first NCAA College World Series. The next day, the retooled, four-time WNBA champion Lynx routed defending champion Seattle (albeit without injured stars Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird) to go 2-0, suggesting a much more entertaining summer at the Target Center than previously thought.
Just three months ago the unsinkable Minnesota Whitecaps won the National Women's Hockey League championship, selling out every game with Minnesotans up and down the lineup. And Gophers women's hockey fell just short of its fifth NCAA title since 2012.
Meanwhile, our men's teams disappoint, predictably.
Every fall Minnesota media types wave their purple pom-poms, overreacting to every Vikings victory, and every year the Vikings fall on their face. The Timberwolves can't ever get it right. Same with the Wild. The Twins were fun those last few seasons at the Metrodome until the Yankees slammed the window on their hands every October. "No one wants to be in my pants right now," said Twins reliever Juan Rincon, a memorable and unfortunate turn of phrase as he took responsibility for one epic collapse. Championships? That's for other cities.
So how invested should Twins fans be in this club? Can they trust Bombasota, as Rosario calls this slugging lineup, to still be in the race in September? Or will this absurdly large lead slowly vanish as the season grinds on?
"They can believe what they want. It's out of my control," said right fielder Max Kepler.
"When I looked at the lineup before spring training, on the offensive side, I thought this team could do a lot of damage. Our pitchers, especially our starting pitchers, have come through big-time and done an outstanding job. Any team, it's about how you grow together, build chemistry, and stay in the right frame of mind. And stay healthy, of course. We've done that so far. If we can keep doing this, the sky's the limit."
Rookie manager Rocco Baldelli put it this way: "I think fans have to make their own judgement, how they feel about anything. We have guys who are very professional about what they do. They play with energy and effort every night, and we have a lot of good people on this team. If you like rooting for good players who are also good people, this is a good group to root for."
Certainly, hopeful signs abound. The longballs draw the most attention, but the starting pitching has been the biggest driver. Smeltzer's scoreless debut gave Twins starters a sterling 2.76 ERA in May through games of Wednesday, with 16 quality starts in 27 outings.
Earned run average is often scoffed at these days, but consider: Overall, the starters ERA of 3.45 ranks third-lowest in the majors. Twins starters haven't finished a season that high since tying for fourth in 2004 (4.08), or had an ERA below 4.00 since 2005 (3.93). As recently as 2016, the Twins ranked last in MLB for the third time in four years, at 5.39. The improvement reflects the input of new pitching coach Wes Johnson, a mechanics and analytics savant; assistant pitching coach Jeremy Hefner; and the analytics staff assembled by chief baseball officer Derek Falvey and general manager Thad Levine.
Better starting pitching usually means less stress on the bullpen. In today's MLB, a reliable bullpen is as vital as a working sump pump in a Minnesota basement. Through Wednesday, Twins relievers worked the second-fewest innings in MLB (165 1/3), one inning less than Washington and about 35 less than the major-league average. Previous Twins managers usually burned out their best relievers by now, so that's significant.
Thursday night the Twins began a 10-game road trip to Tampa Bay, Cleveland and Detroit. They seem to be rolling. Every team hits a rough patch sooner or later, and how the Twins come out of their first, whenever it is, should tell us more about this club than what we've seen so far.
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Reviewers with limited mobility love this TikTok-famous back scratcher, and it's just $16
Got an itch to scratch? (In the most literal sense, that is.) If so, we've found a nifty solution that just might become your new best friend: The Cactus Scratcher. It's already racked up a lot of love on TikTok and Amazon, thanks to its unique flexible strap design that'll let you get to even the most hard-to-reach areas of your back without having to strain. Plus, it has not one, but two sets of spikes in different sizes to target itches from mild to severe. It's almost like getting two massagers for just $16!
You don't even need to have a green thumb for this scratching succulent to be effective.
Unlike your standard back scratcher with a rigid handle, the Cactus Scratcher is designed to move seamlessly around the entirety of your back without you having to contort your arms into awkward positions. This makes it a fave among reviewers with limited mobility, and you can see it in action in the TikTok video below:
How does it work? The scratcher part — which, yes, does resemble a cactus! — is double-sided, with 1/4" spikes on one side for little itches, and 1/2" spikes on the other for major ones. But what really sets it apart is the extendable 45" strap the scratcher rests in the center of, which allows you to adjust and shimmy it around as you please.
With traditional scratchers, you're often having to raise one arm up high or at a weird angle, but since you use both arms with the Cactus Scratcher, you'll have more flexibility to reach your entire back. Each side of the strap even has a grippy ball at the end to hold onto for improved control while you're maneuvering the "cactus" around. And since it can be folded up when not in use, it's perfect for bringing on the go. Whoever designed this thing really did think of everything, didn't they?
Over 1,200 Amazon customers were so impressed with the Cactus Scratcher, they thought it warranted a perfect five-star rating.
"I get some powerful itching on my back, and due to limited mobility I can't use a conventional back scratcher," shared one five-star fan. "This device allows me to reach every inch of my back with ease. It is also very effective. It reaches in and tears the itch out by the root. I have not had it long enough to attest to its sturdiness, but it appears to be well-made."
"Who needs a tree when they have the Cactus?" mused another satisfied scratcher. "When I have a bear-sized back itch, the Cactus is better than a tree. No splinters, no dirt. Just the pure, simple pleasure of being able to reach that itch! Love this thing!"
"I love having my back scratched (thanks, babe), but when my wife's not around, this works great," wrote a final reviewer. "Only negative is that you can't leave it just laying around because it totally looks like a sex toy lol." Hey, the more you know!
Psst: It also makes a great pet massager!
If you have Amazon Prime, you'll get free shipping, of course. Not yet a member? No problem. You can sign up for your free 30-day trial here. (And by the way, those without Prime still get free shipping on orders of $25 or more.)
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Currently, under the transition arrangements, British travellers are exempt from Covid-19 restrictions which ban non-essential visits to the EU from most countries in the world.
This exemption would automatically cease from January 1, so that, theoretically, all current travel corridors from the UK to Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands would be closed, and it might be months before the infection rate falls sufficiently for normal arrangements to resume.
This would almost certainly put paid to the ski season in the Alps – Switzerland might be the only feasible destination to visit – and jeopardise Easter holidays in the Med.
Hopefully, some countries would allow exemptions – in winter, British tourists are vital to the economy of the Canary Islands and Madeira, for example. But it will be another heavy blow to airlines and the travel industry, which is desperate for certainty after nearly a year of cancellations.
It looks as though we won't know the full implications until the final decision of deal or no deal is made on Sunday. In the meantime, here are the other changes – some certain, some still uncertain – which are relevant to British travellers after December 31.
Passports and visas
Currently, anyone visiting an EU country only needs a passport that is valid for the proposed duration of their stay. From January 1, however, they will need to have at least six months of validity on their travel documents.
Millions of Britons whose passports are due to expire in the next year are being urged to apply for a new one now, a situation which is likely to cause a stampede of renewals at UK passport offices. The Passport Office turnaround time is already approximately three weeks for online applications, according to the Home Office. This means that those hoping to travel in early 2021 with an expiring passport will need to renew it now.
To complicate matters further, some people whose passports do not expire until the end of 2021 or even the beginning of 2022 may also be turned away when entering the EU. Some UK passports have up to ten years and nine months of validity, but the EU will now ignore the additional nine months. This means some people will be refused entry to the EU, even if they have 15 months left on their passports.
Those who do not renew in time will not be able to travel to most EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. These rules do not apply to travel to Ireland. You can continue to use your passport as long as it's valid for the length of your stay.
The Government says tourists will not need a visa for short trips to EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. "You'll be able to stay for up to 90 days in any 180-day period," it adds. "You may need a visa or permit to stay for longer, to work or study, or for business travel." Note that that separate trips to separate EU countries will count towards your 90-day limit.
The European Commission has previously said that, after Brexit, UK passport holders will need to apply for a new ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System) visa waiver. This is similar to an American ESTA, will probably cost around £6 and be valid for several years. However, its introduction was recently postponed until 2023.
Despite this, we may well find – after December 31 – that it takes longer for British citizens to be processed at airports and other immigration points to the EU. The European Tourism Association has estimated that, even under the ETIAS scheme, additional checks could add an extra 90 seconds for each UK passport holder. That would mean in theory that it would take an additional five hours to process a 737 full of British passengers. In practice it seems likely that most airports will bolster immigration staff to reduce delays.
The Government adds: "At border control, you may need to show a return or onward ticket, that you have enough money for your stay, and you may need to use separate lanes from EU, EEA and Swiss citizens when queueing."
Once we are inside the EU, of course, we will be free to travel within the Schengen area (which comprises most EU countries) as there are no further border controls (Covid restrictions notwithstanding).
The highly publicised switch from burgundy passports to dark blue has also started, with the new documents receiving a mixed reception on social media.
Health and EHICs
Under the transition arrangements, British passport holders have been entitled to free or reduced-cost medical treatment in EU countries during 2020. A European Health Insurance Card (EHIC, formerly E111) is proof of this entitlement. This will no longer be valid after December 31 – you will need to buy travel insurance instead and the cost of this will probably rise during 2021.
Holiday protection and compensation
The EU Travel Directive, which guarantees financial protection against the failure of your holiday operator and which was so important to all those who got stranded or lost their holidays when Thomas Cook collapsed last year, is enshrined in British law. If the Government wanted to water down those protections – which seems unlikely – it would have to change the law. Meanwhile the remarkably high levels of compensation for delayed or cancelled flights which are covered under another EU directive are also part of UK law. British airlines are likely to lobby hard to get these watered down after we have left.
The Government says: "Some travel insurance policies only cover certain types of disruption. Check your provider's terms and conditions to make sure you have the cover you need if your travel is cancelled or delayed. Your consumer rights will not change from 1 January 2021. This means that if your travel is cancelled or delayed you may be able to claim a refund or compensation. Check your booking's terms and conditions to find out more."
Driving licences
If you want to drive in the EU from 2021 you may need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive in some member countries. This is obtainable through the Post Office (£5.50). If you take your own car abroad from 2021 you may also need to arrange additional cover with your insurer and carry a Green Card to prove that you have done this.
Roaming charges
UK mobile users will no longer be automatically entitled to free roaming after December 31. Vodafone, O2 and Three have indicated they will continue to offer it – but we don't know for how long or on what terms. The Government says it will cap automatic data charges at £45 a month for operators that do not continue free roaming. But that doesn't limit the rate at which you will be charged, just the total amount you can be billed automatically. So you could find that you reach the £45 limit rather quickly, then have to decide whether to stop using your phone or pay for more data.
Working visas
Some restrictions on freedom of work and movement are inevitable even in the event of a deal, and it is almost certain that British citizens will no longer be able to work in EU countries without a permit. From a travellers' point of view that is most likely to affect young people who might to fund a trip around Europe or learn a language by taking casual jobs, or work a ski season.
From 1 January 2021 you will not be able to use the existing pet passport scheme. Instead you may need to follow a different process, which takes four months. The final arrangements remain uncertain, but the Government will update its advice here: gov.uk/guidance/pet-travel-to-europe-after-brexit.
Duty-free shopping
We lost the right to buy duty free when travelling between EU countries in 1999. But we gained the right to bring home virtually unlimited amounts of duty paid goods – such as wine from France, where it is significantly cheaper than in the UK. From 2021 the Government says that we will be able to buy duty-free tobacco and alcohol when travelling to the EU but it is still unclear exactly what the allowances will be and whether there will be changes to the duty paid arrangements.
Travel to the Republic of Ireland
Travel between the UK and Ireland is covered not by British membership of the EU but by separate arrangements for the Common Travel Area, which covers the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. This stands to remain the same even after we leave the EU, the Home Office has said.


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After a month of work, state lawmakers have passed the 2021 session's first major legislative deadline.
Thursday was the deadline for bills to pass out of committee in their originating chamber. Of the record-setting more than 3,000 pieces of legislation filed at the start of the year, hundreds remain alive.
Legislative leaders have various tools to revive once-thought-dead legislation or introduce new measures after this and other deadlines. But for most rank-and-file members, if their bill didn't pass a committee vote by now, it will have to wait until next year or never at all.
Here's a look at some of the most high-profile or controversial bills that remain:
Phasing Out the Corporate Tax
Author: Speaker Charles McCall, Atoka
What it Proposes: It would eliminate the state's corporate income tax over a five-year period, including a 20% reduction in the next fiscal year. This would result in a $64 million loss in revenue during the first year and almost $325 million annually when fully phased in.
Why it Matters: Proposals to revamp Oklahoma's tax policies frequently are met with controversy in the Legislature. Although conservatives want to minimize the burden on taxpayers, Democrats are warning that this could leave the state more vulnerable during budget shortfalls.
Status: Passed 7-2 out of the House Rules Committee. It's now eligible for a House floor vote.
Lawmakers: Gov. Stitt's Managed Care Plan Complicates Medicaid Expansion Funding Plan
Months after voters approved extending health insurance to 215,000 Oklahomans starting July 1, funding remains elusive.
Challenging Federal Laws
Author: Speaker Charles McCall, Atoka
What it Proposes: It would allow the Legislature to review any federal executive order or law to determine whether it is constitutional. It also lets the Legislature recommend that the state attorney general review any federal action.
Why it Matters: After four years with a Republican holding the presidency, lawmakers are looking to position themselves to challenge federal actions now that Joe Biden has taken office and Democrats hold majorities in the U.S. House and Senate. Democrats, who opposed the bill on a party-line vote, argue this will lead to Oklahoma initiating costly lawsuits that are unlikely to prevail.
Status: Passed 79-18 on the House Floor. It's now eligible to be heard in a Senate committee.
School Open Transfer Changes
Author: Speaker Charles McCall, Atoka
What it Proposes: It would make it easier for families to transfer students to a different school district. Among the specific changes, districts no longer would be able to reject requests to move if a student hasn't transferred more than twice in a year.
Why it Matters: Gov. Kevin Stitt highlighted the proposal during his State of the State address when he talked about students wanting to transfer so they could continue in-person learning. Although supporters say it gives families more choices, most House Democrats opposed saying it could drive students away from poor-performing districts and, in turn, exacerbate their funding problems.
Status: Passed 77-22 on the House Floor. It's now eligible to be heard in a Senate committee.
'Ghost Students' and School Funding
Author: Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow
What it Proposes: It requires a district to use its weighted average daily membership from the preceding school year to calculate its initial state aid allocation. Currently, a district can use the higher daily membership of the preceding two school years.
Why it Matters: School funding also has frequently been a challenging and controversial subject in the Legislature. Bill supporters, including the governor, say the current model allows for what Stitt called "ghost students" in his State of the State speech. But others have pointed out that the current model helps districts avoid abruptly laying off staff when enrollment dips unexpectedly like it did in most school districts this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Status: Passed 68-30 on the House Floor. It's now eligible to be heard in a Senate committee.
Sentencing Reform Sees Another Chance
Sponsor: Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa
What it Proposed: This bill would prohibit courts from imposing sentence enhancements on certain offenders who have never been convicted of a violent felony.
Why it Matters: The proposal is similar to State Question 805, which voters rejected last fall. But the legislation would remove what some saw as one of the key sticking points of the state question: It would not amend the state constitution and would ensure several crimes, including domestic violence offenses, remain eligible for sentence enhancement.
Status: Passed 7-4 in the Senate Committee on Public Safety. It now is eligible for a Senate floor vote.
Lawmakers Look to Restrict Abortions
Sponsor: Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow
What it Proposed: It would criminalize any abortion performed in the state except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency.
Why it Matters: On a bipartisan vote, lawmakers rejected a more far-reaching bill that would criminalized abortions under any circumstance. But this is one of at least four bills still alive that would further restrict abortions in the state. Similar to almost every other year when these type of bill come up, Democrats say the GOP-led efforts to criminalize abortion will be found unconstitutional.
Status: Passed 7-3 in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. It now is eligible for a Senate floor vote.
Efforts Seek to Tighten Protest-related Penalties
Sponsor: Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore
What it Proposed: It would increase penalties for protestors who remain present after lawfully being told to disperse. It also increases penalties for assaulting law enforcement officers and purposely blocking traffic. A legislative fiscal note says it could result in an increase in the state's prison population, but it doesn't predict how much.
Why it Matters: Lawmakers in several GOP-led states, including Oklahoma, are looking to create harsher penalties in wake of the nationwide civil right protests that followed after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, a black man, last year.
Status: Passed 16-4 in the Senate Appropriations. It now is eligible for a Senate floor vote.
Bill Would Increase Tax on Vaping
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston
What it Proposed: It would create a tax of $0.10 per milliliter on all e-liquid imported or manufactured, for sale, use or distribution, or used or possessed in Oklahoma.
Why it Matters: The state predicts that this will bring in over $700,000 for the upcoming fiscal year and $1.7 million in the next year. As one of the only revenue-raising proposals that has advanced, it would require a three-fourths majority to be passed in both chambers.
Status: Passed 16-12 in the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. It is now eligible for a House floor vote.
Giving More State Control Over Health Boards
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City
What it Proposed: It would give the state more control over Tulsa and Oklahoma City's county health departments. This includes giving the state health commissioner authority to appoint a member to each of the boards of the two county health departments.
Why it Matters: Supporters say there wasn't enough coordination in the COVID-19 response between the state and local health departments. But Oklahoma and Tulsa health officials say this move would strip them of their autonomy.
Status: Passed 16-12 in the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. It is now eligible for a House floor vote.
Blocking Courts From Stopping Evictions
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola
What it Proposed: It would prohibit courts from blocking evictions or extending a lease, even during a pandemic or other health emergency.
Why it Matters: Evictions for certain people who qualify under a Centers for Disease Control's eviction mortarium were put on hold last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Supporters of the bill say this will help protect landlords from tenants who don't pay their rent, but opponents say it will endanger people when they are the most vulnerable.
Status: Passed 8-3 in the House Business and Commerce Committee. It is now eligible for a House floor vote.
Correction: This article originally misstated how many votes are needed to pass a revenue-raising measure. It requires a three-fourths majority in both chambers.
Proposed Education Budget Has More Bonuses for Teachers and Tutors
The state Department of Education's next budget ask includes a $61 million proposal to entice new teachers and reward teachers and tutors with bonuses.
Long Story Short: Elite High School Ignored Harassment, Bullying
Jennifer Palmer follows up on her report about the culture at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics with allegations of sexual harassment and bullying from former students. Paul Monies talks about the prevalence of canceled meetings by public entities, and Keaton Ross dives into legislative efforts to change the initiative petition process. Ted Streuli…


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Mermaid Photos
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Underwater Mermaid Photo Gallery
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Mermaid Performances
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Mermaid Publications
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It's not every day you get to meet an Oscar winning director so as you can imagine, it was with great pleasure that I got to sit down with filmmaker James Marsh. Those of you who know your stuff will be familiar with Marsh as an auteur in his own right. While his focus has remained largely on documentary film making since his career began - he is the helmer behind the world renowned Man on Wire (which won him an Oscar in 2008) and 2011's Project Nim - Marsh has also been known to flex his feature filmmaking muscles from time to time. This week, Marsh is in town to promote his forthcoming IRA thriller featuring a predominantly Irish cast, Shadow Dancer.
Set against Belfast's political backdrop in the 1990s, Shadow Dancer tells the gripping story of Collette McVeigh - a mother, a sister and a daughter - who once identified as a participant in the IRA, faces the choice of spending the next twenty years in an English jail or turning informant for the MI5 with the promise of her son's protection.
I caught up with Marsh to talk about the pressures associated with a movie centred on such a raw piece of modern history, his outsanding and predominantly Irish cast - among which Domhnall Gleeson, Aiden Gillen, Brid Brennan and David Wilmot are included - and his satisfying experience of making Man on Wire.
You can listen to our conversation here:
Shadow Dancer hits cinemas tomorrow, Friday 24th of August. Click here for Gav's four star review.


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Thursday Night DraftKings Showdown: Week 6
The Giants visit the Patriots to kick off Week 6. I'll be bringing this Thursday night preview each week breaking down this single-game slate for DraftKings contests as part of the Footballers' DFS Pass.
Boy oh boy is this a tough spot for the Giants. Their rookie QB is making only his fourth NFL start on the road in Foxborough and most of his offensive weapons are either highly banged up or out. That spells doom for New York who is facing a Patriots defense that ranks first in the league in both yards per game and points per game allowed.
The Patriots are current 16.5 point favorites and only one other team (Baltimore) is favored by double digits in Week 6. Thus, our process should point us towards the Patriots D/ST and their Kicker as well.
Captain Spot Choices
Tom Brady $17,700
Brady ranks eighth in the league in passing yards per game (281.8) and tied for ninth in Pass TDs per game (2) and gets to play at home against a Giants defense that ranks 29th in Pass DVOA, 30th in yards per game allowed, and 24th in points per game allowed.


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Andy Beamon, the Senior Director of Strategic Innovation for Citizen Services at Maximus Federal, has written a piece for GCN illustrating how robotic process automation will be an essential tool for government agencies as they address the limitations imposed by legacy systems.
Decades-old legacy systems are still the foundation of a majority of government technology, from the IRS' Individual Master File to the Department of Veterans Affairs benefits delivery network. While they are still operational, transferring information within (or between) these systems is usually a devastatingly manual task, requiring hours of tedious and repetitive labor, often performed by workers that have much more skill than the task requires.


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Release Window:
The Release Date for Spring '21 will depend on your instance of Salesforce, but the main dates are:
Jan 16th 2021,
Feb 6th2021,
Feb 12th 2021,
Feb13th 2021.
You can go to Salesforce Trust and click on your instance name and click 'Maintenances' It will give you date for the new release for your org.
Spring '21 Sandbox Preview
Preview Sandbox instances will be updated on Jan 8th 2021.
Non-Preview Instances will update on
Spring '21 Pre-Release Org
On 10th December 2020 these orgs officially came out, Access link.
Spring '21 Release Notes
Hurray!! New destination for salesforce Release Notes is Salesforce Help.
We now have a pre-release org
Spring '21 pre-release org is a sneak peek into the new platform
New Release Updates for Administrators
Here are the Top Admin features you can checkout now which will take you to the new level
Manual Sharing Records
We can share records and manage records shares through the manual sharing added to the interface. Previously we had to go to salesforce classic to share records with specific users or group o users. Manual sharing is only available for accounts, contacts, opportunities, cases, leads and custom objects
Now create more Roles
The maximum number of roles in the existing org is only 500. Now in Spring '21 onwards we can create up to 5000 roles, but in order to increase the limit, we need to contact Salesforce support.
Guest Users Permission Update
For now, on the guest users will have only read and create object permissions. That means, in Spring '21 onwards Salesforce is removing View all, modify all, Edit and Delete object permissions on all objects for guest users in new and existing orgs.
Opportunity Product Relationship
Now you will be able to create relationships to the Opportunity Product object
More supports added to Dynamic Actions
New Release Updates for Developers
Changed Lightning Web Components
Take a look your old components have something new.
new property – typeAttribute, for currency and percent data types.
- step—Granularity of the value while inline editing, specified as a positive floating-point number, like 001. Use anywhen granularity is not a concern. This value changes to 0.01.
This attribute has changed.
- target—For Salesforce mobile app, the _blanktarget value now behaves similar to the _self target and opens the link inside the app when possible, instead of in a web browser.
The component now lazy loads the SLDS icon you pass with the iconName attribute, this improves overall performance of this component. The generated markup of a component can change, so don't depend on it for custom styling and functional hooks. The delay in loading can impact your code if you query the icon's markup during initial rendering.
Following are new attributes.
- selectionStart—Specifies the index of the first character to select in the input element. This attribute is supported only for text type. Use with selectionEndto programmatically select a string.
- selectionEnd—Specifies the index of the last character to select in the input element. This attribute is supported only for text type. Use with selectionStartto programmatically select a string.
Changed attribute
- label—Supports hidden custom labels for assistive devices. Specify the labeland variant="label-hidden" attributes and use aria-Labelledby to reference a label. The component doesn't render an HTML <label>
Hey Hey Hey! New Components
This attribute is new.
- options—Specify Boolean properties, to enable or disable controls on the map.
- draggableenables dragging to pan the map. Default: true.
- zoomControlenables zooming controls. Default: true.
- scrollwheelenables zooming with the mouse wheel. Default: true.
- disableDefaultUIdisables zooming and choosing the map layer. Default: false.
- disableDoubleClickZoomdisables zooming with a mouse double-click. Default: false.
- Following properties are new for the mapMarkers attribute.
- type—Defines colored shapes to mark a location. The available shape types are Circle, Rectangle, and Polygon.
- radius—Defines the size of a Circletype in meters.
- bounds—Defines the corners of a Rectangletype in coordinates for north, south, east, and west.
- paths—Defines the segments of a Polygontype in pairs of coordinates.
- mapIcon—Defines a custom SVG icon for a marker.
- path—Defines the SVG path for mapIcon.
- scale—Defines the scale for mapIconfor appropriate sizing.
- Styling properties for typeand mapIcon include: strokeColor, strokeOpacity, strokeWeight, fillColor, and fillOpacity.
This pageReference type is new.
- standard__managedContentPage—Enables a component to use a pageReference to navigate to a specific CMS content page in an Experience Builder site.
This attribute is new.
- autocomplete—Text area fields can be auto filled, based on your browser's support of the feature. The value of the attribute passes through to the browser.
New and Changed Objects
More Access through these new and changed standard objects.
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Add images to and choose from more positions for in-app guidance
Use the new ImageId, ImageLocation, and ImageAltText fields on the PromptVersion object. Choose from more position options for your prompts by using the DisplayPosition field. We added the TargetPageKey1Ref and TargetPageKey3 fields so that Salesforce can identify the prompt's page location.
Snooze in-app guidance
End users can snooze in-app guidance. Use the new SnoozeUntil and TimesSnoozed fields and the amended LastResult field on the PromptAction object.
DEPRECATED: The TargetAppDeveloperName and TargetAppNamespacePrefix fields on the PromptVersion object are deprecated.
The fields are deprecated in API version 51.0.
Store the date and time values of questions and answers
Use NetworkFeedResponseMetric object to store date and time values of questions and answers.
Get monitoring information about the push upgrades
Use the DurationSeconds, EndTime, and StartTime fields on the PackagePushRequest and PackagePushJob objects. These fields are new in API version 51.0.
Store information about video calls, such as who attended and what was discussed on video call
Use these new VideoCall, VideoCallRecording, and VideoCallParticipant objects. Priorotize recordings using Call Coaching.
Create and share groups of useful voice calls
Use the new SharingRecordCollection, SharingRecordCollectionItem, and SharingRecordCollectionMember objects to organize your calls in meaningful categories for the Call Coaching users.
Create and distribute shared, public, resource, and user list calendars
Use the CalendarView object to view, create, and distribute shared, public, resource, or user list calendars for your users. Previously, only objects calendars could be created from the API.
Let users track more information on opportunity product records via a lookup relationship to any standard or custom object
On the OpportunityLineItem object, use the new LastReferencedDate and LastViewedDate fields.
Show whether an order product is a product/charge line.
Use the OrderItemType object. Introduced in API version 48.0, this type has been added to the SOAP API Developer Guide.
Define a sharing entity on an order
Use the OrderShare object. Introduced in API version 48.0, this type has been added to the SOAP API Developer Guide.
Define the status of an order
Use the OrderStatus object. Introduced in API version 48.0, this type has been added to the SOAP API Developer Guide.
Lightning Page Analysis
In the previous update some high level information about page load time was provided. In spring '21, Salesforce has provided us with the Page Analysis feature. The Page Analysis feature will show us predicted load time and performance breakdown by components. We will also be able to analyze page performance.
Einstein Opportunity
In the last announcement by the Salesforce that that Einstein now delivered 80+ Billion predictions a day!. That means that Einstein now delivered 80+ Billion predictions a day.
Monitor Login Metrics
In spring '21, Salesforce has extended the functionality of this Dashboard to now provide login metrics. Where in 2018, Salesforce released the Lightning Usage App, that provides insightful adoption metrics about your Salesforce Org. The monitoring in Spring '21 provides out of the box insights, how users are logging into your Org. If you are tightening up how users login to your Org, then this is a great way to report on your success.
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