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David Tredinnick has welcomed a bus company's positive response to the needs of local communities after it fulfilled its promise to review the decision to withdraw the 153 service from the the villages of Nailstone, Carlton and Barton in the Beans.
On 30th May David Tredinnick chaired a packed meeting of over 50 residents at Battram Access Centre in an effort to persuade Arriva to reinstate the 153 bus service to the three rural villages.
The Bosworth MP had previously raised significant concerns in respect of the impact on numerous local residents due to the loss of the 153 bus to these small village communities and, working with local County Councillor Ivan Ould, had called for a reintroduction of the service.
During the meeting Arriva's Business Development Director, Simon Mathieson, promised to look at various suggested options and the company is now changing the 153 service from 27 August as follows:
- Reinstate a limited services to the villages of Nailstone, Carlton, and Barton in the Beans
- Provide arrivals into both Leicester and Market Bosworth for approx 0830 giving improved access to employment
- Provide equivalent return departures from both Leicester and Market Bosworth at approx 1730
- Provide an approximately 2-hourly frequency throughout the day, Monday to Saturday
In order to accommodate these changes certain journeys will now start / finish at Market Bosworth Square and will no longer extend to Bosworth Water Park.
David Tredinnick said, "The loss of the 153 bus has impacted upon pensioners and school pupils and college students in particular in these villages, as well as an array of other residents who valued the opportunity to use the service. For some people in Nailstone, Carlton and Barton in the Beans this bus service really represents a lifeline.
"So I very much welcome Arriva's flexible and considerate approach towards finding a solution to this issue, which I know will be greatly appreciated by the many local residents who contacted me about this important issue."


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There are various opinions out there about the likelihood, or not, of hyperinflation.
EJ and Mish say not likely, Rickards and other say likely.
I ran accross a link in the Comment section of one of Mish's posts. It's from the blog of Vincent Cate.
I found it very worthwhle.
Several excerpts follow . . . go here if you want the whole thing.
It is a friendly criticism of Mish's position, but it also could be applied to some of the other doubters . . . .
Mish thinks you need some major trouble like losing a war and paying reparations to get hyperinflation. The US won the Revolutionary War, did not pay any reparations, and still had hyperinflation. Remember, "not worth a Continental"? There was hyperinflation in the South during the Civil War. So I think it is fair to say that America has had hyperinflation twice already. As someone pointed out in the comments, there were more cases of hyperinflation in America's colonial period. I also think that if the US had not made it illegal to own gold in 1933 that the Fed would have gone bankrupt, because they did not really have enough gold to back all of the notes they had issued, and that paper money would have become worthless then too. The US was not in a war in the 30s. Hyperinflation is more common than most people realize. The time periods from the Revolutionary War hyperinflation, to the Civil War hyperinflation, to the 1930s currency crisis, to now, are all similar. To me this looks like some major currency crisis cycle is about due.
Mish will say that the Fed cannot give money away or spend it and that banks only want to lend to credit-worthy businesses but those and consumers are still deleveraging. So Mish can not see how the Fed can put money into the economy. He is not seeing that the government has no real limit on the amount they can borrow and spend. They have a debt limit but they increase it anytime they get close, so it is not a real limit. This government deficit spending, financed by the central bank making new money, is the real source of inflation but Mish never talks about it.
Mish does not think the US central bank would willingly destroy their currency. He thinks this alone debunks hyperinflation. Why did that same logic not protect all the other central banks from making hyperinflation? The government writes the laws, appoints the people to the central bank, and controls the guns. When the government is desperate for money from the central bank they get it. But also remember that the central bank is created by the government. If the government collapses because it does not have enough money to pay for things, the central bank will probably go down as well. The survival of the central bank does depend on the survival of the government. I think this is the core of why central bankers risk their currency to support their governments.
Mish thinks it is silly to compare the US to Weimar Germany or Zimbabwe hyperinflations because the situations are so different. Hyperinflation happens because debt gets over 80% of GNP and deficit gets over 40% of spending. It does not matter how you get into that situation. Hyperinflation works the same if you lose a foreign war, a civil war, a dictator goes crazy, a government with excessive foreign debt, nationalizing too many businesses, rampant corruption, productive collapse, excessive regulation, a regime change, too many taxpayers fleeing high taxes, a massive depression, or whatever. It just matters that the government is spending nearly twice what they get in taxes and has already borrowed more than is reasonable. When they are in this situation they can not borrow more, except from the central bank under their control. So they get the central bank to make money and give it to them.
Mish thinks that the US having around $400 billion in gold would prevent a complete loss of faith in the currency. It does not matter how much gold the US is holding if they are spending 50% more than they get in taxes. They will have to keep printing money, so there is not a finite amount of paper money. With a constantly increasing quantity of paper money it is not possible to hold any fixed exchange rate of dollars to gold. It is the debt and deficit and the fact that when the government will always get the central bank to print money and buy government bonds when things get desperate that causes hyperinflation.
Mish thinks people would not decide to have hyperinflation. I don't believe there has ever been a "decision to have hyperinflation". Hyperinflation is when things get out of control. It is not something central banks or government voted on. No group in government or a central bank has had a show of hands like "all in favor of hyperinflation raise your hands". Not the way hyperinflation happens. Hyperinflation is a market response to government debt over 80% of GNP and deficit over 40% of spending when the central bank starts printing money and buying up government debt. Everyone thinks they just need to print a bit more money to make it through the next week or month and there is nothing else they can do since the government needs money to keep in operation. Nobody votes for hyperinflation. Nobody wants it. It just happens.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The X7 is the largest vehicle BMW has built in its 102-year history. It is also the most spacious, most imposing and most bedazzled.
Sitting inside is like being in a jewelry store. Everything twinkles, from the knurled metal finish that gives the dials a pleasing tactility to the huge hunk of crystal-like glass on the gear lever. The latter is part of the $14,500 Premium Excellence package, which, yes, is really called that.
The real wonder here is why it took BMW so long to join the super-luxury SUV binge?
"If you remember in 2007 and 2008, there was a big increase in the price of fuel and a lot of companies were going for smaller cars," said Jörg Wunder, project leader for the X7. "We discussed (a bigger SUV like the X7) around that time." But, back then, the decision to shelve the bigger SUV project was an easy one, he explained. BMW focused instead on developing smaller cars, like the European-market 2 Series Active Tourer.
Then, in 2011 or 2012, discussion of a big SUV came up again as the market picked up. "We saw the success of competitors," Wunder said. "The strategy of the company also changed, because we wanted to go more into the luxury segment." For decades, BMW sold the mid-size 5 Series sedan and full-size 7 Series, but on the SUV side, the lineup topped out with the mid-size X6. "If a customer wanted an SUV on the level of a 7 Series, we had nothing to offer." Increasingly, customers did want that, and they were looking to the Mercedes GLS or Range Rover. BMW was losing some of its wealthiest customers to the competition.
The X7 took a long time to come to market. "There was a discussion in the beginning," said Wunder, "should we make just a bigger, long-wheelbase X5 or should we make a new vehicle?" BMW eventually took the latter, costlier approach, he said. "In my opinion it was necessary in order to play a role in that (full-size luxury SUV) segment, to have a unique model with no compromises in terms of electronics and acoustics," he said. Given how luxurious the new X5 is, the X7 doesn't appear all that different; but BMW's flagship is, undeniably, much larger: 130 millimetres of extra wheelbase, 52 mm taller, and 229 mm longer.
With two versions of the X7, the six-cylinder 40i and eight-cylinder 50i, priced from $92,500 and $110,100 respectively, it isn't even in the uppermost echelons of the SUV world. The Bentley, Lamborghini or Rolls-Royce SUVs cost double or triple what the BMW does. However, after just a few miles in the BMW it's clear the law of diminishing returns is in effect and it's kicking in hard. The interior of the X7 is not quite as silent as the Rolls-Royce Cullinan, nor is the BMW as cloud-like while floating over imperfect roads — but the difference isn't as large as the price gap would suggest. They won't steal any customers from Rolls, but it's impressive.
The X7 is one of those rare vehicles that is perfectly suited to its main audience. In this case, that means North American SUV buyers for whom gas is cheap and being pampered is the norm. The cupholders are heated and cooled, as are the seats. Even the armrests are heated. Once you experience these you will never go back to normal, frigid armrests. There are USB-C ports everywhere. The front chairs offer as many types of massage as your favourite spa. The "full body activation" massage provides a powerful jostling, like being trampled by a cat. Our test cars were loaded with more than $11,000 in options, including the sumptuous two-tone white and navy-blue leather that covers the entire dashboard. It's a $5,100 option on the 40i.
The enormous, gaping BMW kidney grille up front means you can't miss the X7 on the road. This is in-your-face luxury, which is also new for BMW. It's not a handsome design like the aging Range Rover. However, given the existence of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley, the X7 won't be the most ostentatious-looking thing on the road either. Parked next to a Ford F-150 or Cadillac Escalade, the BMW doesn't even look especially massive.
The one big feature missing from this new SUV is a plug-in hybrid powertrain option. It's 2019 and automakers are still launching mega-SUVs with thirsty V-8 engines. The instant-torque and silent electric-only driving range of a PHEV makes a lot of sense in heavy luxury vehicles like this, more so than a twin-turbo V-8 anyway.
The X7 is not what the world needs, but it's what the market demands. We'll need to test-drive it on more varied terrain to be sure, but if you're in the market — and amenable to the X7's design — early impressions indicate this is a potential class-leader.
The specs
- Model: 2019 BMW BMW X7 xDrive 40i
- Base price: $92,500 (40i); $110,100 (50i)
- Engine: 3.0-litre turbo I-6; 4.4-litre twin-turbo V-8
- Transmissions: 8-speed automatic
- Fuel economy (l/100 km): 12.0 city, 9.4 highway (40i); 50i data not available
- Drive: All-wheel drive
- Alternatives: Mercedes-Benz GLS, Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Porsche Cayenne, Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator, Lexus LX, Infiniti QX80
That big grille makes a statement, which fits with BMW's desire to push up-market, but it won't be to everyone's taste.
It's not just all the bedazzled details that make the X7 so fit for purpose; the fundamentals are right. The cabin is extremely spacious, commanding and airy, even for third-row passengers who get their own little sunroof.
The straight-six makes 335 hp which is enough for any driver. You don't need the 456 hp twin-turbo V-8, although it does sound better. Why no plug-in hybrid at launch? BMW decided to focus on the volume sellers — read: gas engines — but it seems like a missed opportunity.
The infotainment system is better than what you'll find inside a Range Rover or Mercedes GLS. Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) work well. The X7's camera-based driver-monitoring system is a crucial safety feature. The lane-departure assist was overly intrusive though, jerking the wheel even when lane changes were signalled.
Six- or seven-passenger seating is available. A control panel in the trunk allows you to raise and lower the seats electronically. The cargo cavern holds up to 2,120-litres, which is 250 more than the X5.
8.0 /10: The X7 will tempt buyers who defected to Range Rover and Mercedes.
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By Linda Mora
When we choose the pathways for our children that ultimately result in a cumulative learning journey that prepares them for the real world, it's important to make good decisions. Are the educational pathways we choose actually giving them the tools, skills and mindset to succeed, and even become great leaders?
There's no doubt that, given today's highly digital culture, one of the key elements of a child's education should focus on the personality traits needed to thrive in this fast-paced world. While every child will no doubt learn to be technology proficient at a younger and younger age, with iPads and smartphones being the norm, you can do even more for them by giving them great digital leadership skills.
What does this mean exactly? Leadership consulting powerhouse, Heidrich & Struggles, characterizes a leader's ability to thrive in a digital world as "digital dexterity." They define this as an ability to "stay ahead of emerging trends, embrace innovation, and constantly reinvent themselves…"
So, if you map some of these characteristics to a Montessori education, it's easy to see that there are four ways that help build a child's personality foundation for digital preparedness.
Nurturing creativity: The Montessori method has a strong focus on building a solid foundation of creativity in a child, which aligns perfectly with thinking "outside the box" in a digital world. The future will be led by those individuals who think differently, and can come up with new digital solutions for overcoming old problems.
Collaboration skills: One of the benefits of a more digitized world is how it has made it easier for individuals and teams to work together more efficiently, such as video conferencing. Montessori emphasizes collaboration between children, such as sharing ideas and information, and working together to discover new ways of thinking.
Thriving independence: At Montessori, children are allowed to work and learn at their own unique pace, and other aspects promote a true sense of independence, self-direction, and self-confidence in a child. These are valued traits in the digital world, giving them the confidence to forge ahead and "embrace innovation."
Loving to learn: Heidrich & Struggles cites "a mindset of experimentation" as a key character trait of great leaders in a digital world. The Montessori method nurtures a true love of learning, using a child's unique abilities and intuition to guide their learning with the skills to "constantly reinvent themselves."
With so much focus today on technology, it's easy to neglect the foundational and crucial character traits that children should begin learning at an early age to truly succeed in a digital world. With its enduring principals, a Montessori education is ideal for the future.


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I've been pondering the idea that good Christians don't complain—no matter how difficult their circumstances. Since I've been dealing with illness for the past couple…er…many years (see previous posts) I've had a lot of time to think about this.
I've heard the following statement many times; maybe you've heard it too:
"They suffered from (insert type of suffering here) for ages, and not once did they complain or ask why me!" (This is usually said with an admiring voice.)
I don't know about you, but statements like that can make me question my faith.
I've read many books on suffering (there's some great ones out there) and none of them chided me for feeling down, for feeling at odds with myself, or for questioning God's plan for my life. Instead, they were all about comfort in God's word and encouragement for the day. In fact, the Bible has dozens of examples of people crying out to the Lord in their time of suffering. Job, David, Moses, Abraham, Jacob (he even wrestled with God, remember?), Paul, and my especially my Savior. Each one followed their pleas and prayers with submission that God's will be done. They were honest in their plight, in their pain, and God comforted them.
Don't get me wrong, it's not okay to shake your fist at God—but He certainly expects us to cry out to Him in our time of need. It's clear from His word that He loves us—and what loving father would turn a deaf ear on their child's suffering? Even if we don't feel His presence due to our circumstances, He's with us, every step of the way.
God desires intimacy with Him. If I'm not honest in how I feel, then I've built a blockade between Him and me. If I hide away my pain and put on the "happy shiny people" face, then I'm also not being honest with those around me. And that gets in the way of opportunities to love and comfort others.
Let me ask you this: who are you more likely to turn to when you are in need? A friend who puts on the happy shiny face and pretends life is all sunshine and rainbows even when they are falling apart, or the friend who has a close intimate relationship with God, and has learned to lean on Him during hard circumstances, sharing their joys as well as pains?
God's Word says: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God (emphasis added). For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. (2 Cor 1:3-7).
In the past few months, I've had people come alongside me to comfort me, and having been blessed by that, I have been able to come alongside others and be a comfort to them. I haven't had all the answers (not my job, thankfully), but I've been there. Oftentimes being there, praying or just listening, can make all the difference in a person's day. Although this has been a very hard time, experiencing both sides has blessed me beyond measure.


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In Portuguese bookstores, history shelves sag with memoirs by Portuguese vets of the colonial wars in Africa. And in bookstores in Mozambique, the same space is reserved for memoirs by antigos combatentes, those who joined Frelimo's guerrilla war for independence. What you will not find in Mozambique, and what I did not come across in Portugal, are published accounts by Africans who served in the Portuguese forces. There were thousands of such men, some of them highly decorated. As it happens, I've met many more African veterans of the Portuguese armed services during my research in Maputo than I have former guerrillas.
I'd hate to distort Valente Matsinhe's story by relating here just the small fraction of it, 45 years ago, that he served in the Portuguese army. The first time I met him was at Khovo, the historic Maputo campus of the Presbyterian Church of Mozambique. Swiss missionaries established Khovo in the nineteenth century; there's been a Khovo longer than there's been a city. This was one of Eduardo Mondlane's haunts, and because the church valued local languages and cultures, and because not a few of Frelimo's leaders had graduated from Swiss mission schools, the Portuguese secret police kept a close watch on the place. Matsinhe later became one of the church's leaders, and with architect Pancho Guedes he built a number of schools and churches in southern Mozambique. He eventually became a pastor himself.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, though, he was the guy who kept the floors clean. He was Khovo's custodian, and he also lived at Khovo, he prayed at Khovo, and was for a time the star bass voice in the choir. Matsinhe was from the Gaza countryside. Coming to Lourenço Marques and staying at Khovo was the only way he could go to school past the third grade. He attended classes at night. In 1964, during his second year at a public high school, Matsinhe was almost expelled. The administration had assumed that as someone attached to Khovo, he must surely be an assimilado. He wasn't. If he wanted to stay enrolled, he'd have to go through the process of becoming Portuguese. To be "assimilated"—rather than a mere "native"—he also had to register his name for the draft. Later that year, the war broke out in Mozambique's far north. Matsinhe was called up shortly after. The choir singer and accountant-in-training was then trained in heavy weapons and flown to Niassa, more than 1000 miles away.
I don't know many people who've been to Niassa. It's the least populated and most isolated corner of Mozambique, and it was a great place for Frelimo to give Portugal trouble. In Niassa, Matsinhe and a column of troops would go out on night patrols, stalking the bush in a single file. For the most part, this entailed waiting to get ambushed. Their greatest fear was running into Makondes from Cabo Delgado, who at the time made up the bulk of Frelimo's fighting force, and were known for their ferocity in a firefight.
"Every night we'd go out, I don't know how many hours, and at times we'd go for days without returning, or eating anything. I did this for fourteen months. For most people, after a year you had the right to ask for a transfer to Lourenço Marques or Nampula City, for a break from combat. But you needed to know someone. I didn't know anybody. I was from the Swiss mission, and I didn't have the courage to ask anybody to protect me and get me transferred."
During his tour in Niassa, Matsinhe's company fell into four ambushes. One ambush followed a raid on what Matsinhe described as a Makonde camp, which they found empty except for the bowls of food left behind. The guerrillas attacked as Matsinhe's patrol headed back. I regret not filming my interview with Matsinhe, because what he described for my voice recorder requires a visual. Everyone dropped to the ground when they came under fire. A Portuguese officer buried his head between Matsinhe's legs and a soldier had his head hidden somehow behind Matsinhe's head, and so they were all tied together in a knot. Matsinhe kept his grip on his weapon, but he didn't fire. He kept his head propped up, looking for where the shots were coming from, and waited to be killed. Ordered to lower his head and take cover, he refused. "I said I was tired of patrols, of not sleeping at night, it's better to just get shot and die on the spot. You see what rage does?" Both of the men with whom he was entangled were hit, one later dying of his wounds. In fourteen months, Matsinhe was never wounded.
I just re-read my interview transcript with Matsinhe, and it's full of indications of "risos," parts of his story where we both laugh, because we've come to yet another turn of fate that from the perspective of the 21st century seems particularly ridiculous. Like the time when he had to navigate a minefield and he locked eyes with a leopard, and he dropped the animal with a pistol shot to the head, surprising even himself with the cool deftness of the maneuver. On another ambush, Matsinhe's patrol was comprised mostly of Africans. "It's funny, but if the Frelimo soldiers saw that the patrol had more blacks than whites, they didn't really attack. They just made a lot of noise, enough to make us flee," he said. "They knew that we were brothers–that we were with the Portuguese because we were forced to be."
I pointed out that many Portuguese were serving against their will, too. He acknowledged the fact, and it led him to recall another story.
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What A Difference A Decade Makes
Johannesburg -- For about 500 people in Johannesburg, the biggest Summit of all time started with a big bang. Literally.
By 6:00 P.M. on Saturday August 24th, marchers from the Anti-Privatization Forum had been building their spirits for several hours with songs, chants and dance in the inimitable South African style. They were amassing outside the Witswaterand University auditorium, where the International Forum on Globalization's teach-in on globalization and sustainable development, one of many pre-Summit events, was in session.
The spirit was peaceful, warm and musical, as several hundred demonstrators left the campus to march to the police station. Their purpose was to protest the arrest of 100 demonstrators from the landless movement, and the threatened deportation of an American supporter of the movement.
Scarcely a block from the campus gate, police suddenly detonated a deafening concussion grenade and several smaller explosives, without warning. The warm spirit of the march became a sudden panic, as we ran back toward campus. By the time we realized there was no live fire or any immediate danger, one older woman had fallen and broke her wrist, and one journalist had been arrested for insisting on crossing the police line.
Within 15 minutes or so, about half of the marchers gathered again at the police line, where, in a pattern familiar to veterans of anti-globalization protests in Washington, Prague, Quebec, they spent the next hour in a stand-off with police.
Canadian global justice activists Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke and Naomi Klein made sure that international participation was highly obvious, in the hope this would deter maltreatment of the South Africans. March leader Trevor Ngwane asked people to disperse at about 7:15, so that they could "fight another day," and the march ended without further incident.
There was no serious violence this time round, but with mass marches planned for August 31st, the decision to repress protests does not bode well for the next two weeks. The arrests of the landless movement protestors and the harsh police reaction to the anti-privatization marchers is part of a policy which seems, as Naomi Klein put it, "to keep the poor away from a Summit about poverty."
Nor are the poor the only ones having trouble gaining access. Although access for citizen groups to UN processes has increased in the last 10 years, a process started in Rio, this Summit's arrangements leave a lot to be desired. The People's Forum, the alternative Summit, is about an hour away from the official Convention Centre, and buses are unreliable. NGOs already registered for the official Summit were forced today to wait hours to register a second time, just for the day.
"Non-Paper" Circulates
For those who did get inside the Summit, the big issue of the first day was the emergence of a "non-paper" advocating that trade be the centerpiece of the Summit's outcomes, with WTO as the enforcement mechanism for trade-related environmental agreements. The "non-paper" -- UNese for a discussion paper, rather than official policy -- was authored mainly by the US and EU, and confirmed the suspicion of many that the rich Northern countries have come to Johannesburg with a free trade agenda, rather than a sustainability agenda.
Charles Secrett of Friends of the Earth said that the US is using the seductive language of sustainability to cloak a business as usual agenda. "Off the record, developing country delegates share the same concern, and are fed up US bullying."
The mini-scandal around the "non-paper" does reflect one of the major concerns of the Summit, which was summarized at the preparatory meeting in Bali as, "What are we going to do about the US?" On South Africa's largest talk radio show this morning, most of the listener questions revolved around the US role, with callers seeming deeply interested, if perplexed, by the George Bush's disdain for the Summit and the US' notorious arrogance in general.
The People's Forum
For those who cannot or do not want to attend the Summit proper, about an hour from the Summit is the Global People's Forum, where civil society bursts with diversity. At the Forum, the vast exposition hall has a bewildering diversity of exhibits -- but almost no visitors.
The Ubonya Farmers Association, Korean Council for Local Agenda 21, Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development, Jane Goodall Institute, and the Jewish National Fund are among the hundreds of booths with almost no visitors visible. Even the People's Forum is semi-privatized though, with a cost of $150 for registration.
This may explain why the Forum has been lightly attended so far. This morning, just 50 people were on hand to see legend Miriam Makeba sing, even after Nelson Mandela himself cancelled an appearance at a nearby competing locale.
At the Forum deep rifts around Israel and Palestine, that characterized the Durban World Conference Against Racism last year, have emerged. They were most notable at a press conference held by Palestinian supporters at the People's Summit.
Before, during and after the press conference, intense arguments broke out between South Africa Jewish Youth and Palestinian support activists. Some of the confrontations were ugly, but no violence broke out, and the stand-off petered out after dueling chants of "Free Palestine" and "Give Peace a Chance." That the two slogans were presumably seen as mutually exclusive, shows how far civil society groups have to go in helping to settle the Middle East crisis.
Since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be resolved here, the main question raised by these confrontations is whether the the issue of Palestine will dominate mass protest marches and over power an anti-neoliberal, anti-globalization, "another world is possible" message.
Low Expectations
The simple plea that Johannesburg not be "Durbanized," that is, turned into a fruitless argument about the Middle East, is symbolic of the atmosphere of reduced expectations here. At the 1992 Earth Summit, for the all the contentiousness, hope permeated host city Rio de Janeiro, as new understandings about how to save the earth emerged and thousands dedicated themselves to doing just that.
This time around, the high hopes are to avoid utter failure and violence. What a difference a decade makes.
In the intervening ten years, we ran smack into the sobering reality that the world's most powerful governments and corporations weren't all that interested in sustainable development after all. Rather they are interested in free trade and big business-friendly investment rules, leading to debt and dependency for the South, with environmental protection and poverty alleviation strictly at the margins.
The theme of corporate accountability, pushed by leading environment and development groups, has no chance at the Summit, except in so far as business may co-opt the phrase to mean something similar to voluntary corporate social responsibility. In fact, Summit organizers see corporate partnerships --not democratic control of corporations -- as the "innovative" agreements that will save face. That is, at least enough that the Summit will not be declared a fiasco.
It is still two weeks too early to declare that the Summit should not have taken place. But it is clear that the political conditions are not right for an advancement of the Rio agenda. Swallowed in the mire of North-South responsibilities, poverty and investment was one of the original purposes of Rio: to tackle unsustainable production and consumption patterns in the North. The unending arguments over how to finance sustainability in the South have left almost no attention to the most critical issues for the saving the planet.
For environment and development campaigners that means Johannesburg is primarily a chance to restate our message for the world, to network, and plan our strategies. Ardiel Soeker, of groundWork, a South African grassroots environmental group, sees Johannesburg as an opportunity. "From our own meeting, a new movement was born, which will be coordinated internationally. That movement doesn't come from the Summit, but it shows what the Summit should have been about. It is the movement for Corporate Accountability."
Kenny Bruno coordinates the Corporate-Free UN Campaign for CorpWatch and was a mover and shaker behind the ""Greenwash Academy Awards" presented at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
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America's newspapers, including many that for years decried the lack of black representation in Congress, on Wall Street and in corporate boardrooms, have not increased the percentage of African-Americans in newsrooms above 1968 levels — and may have even cut the numbers.
According to a report on the Columbia Journalism Review and census data from the American Society of News Editors, blacks in newsrooms represent 4.78 percent of the staff. In 1968, the year of race riots following the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., LBJ's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders put the number of blacks in newsrooms at "less than 5 percent."


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Why Cloud Computing Is More Secure Than Your Local Managed System
The demand for cloud computing has grown significantly over the past few years with continued growth through 2020. Cloud computing not only offers greater flexibility but it also gives businesses the ability to scale and innovate faster, which are essential ingredients for greater profitability and customer satisfaction. However, despite all its apparent benefits, there's still a lot of debate surrounding the cloud's ability to protect against data breaches and malicious attacks.
While these concerns are not completely unwarranted, there's still a lot of evidence that suggests that cloud computing is just as secure as, if not more secure than, traditional local managed IT infrastructures. In this article, we'll highlight the most compelling security benefits of cloud computing.
Multi-factor authentication
Most cloud vendors give their customers the ability to implement multi-factor authentication as part of their service, which greatly improves their infrastructure security even if they don't have the capability to invest into third-party systems. And unlike usernames and passwords found in traditional IT setups, you can use multi-factor authentication to protect your data using a password, token key and a biometric. This ultimately leads to better cost savings and fewer incidences of data breaches or unauthorized access to resources.
Secure updates
Performing security patches on traditional IT infrastructure is often a time-consuming and complex task. Companies that don't have the resources needed to apply and test new security patches are especially at risk of falling victim to security breaches that could lead to significant data loss. Cloud computing solves this problem by giving you the ability to automate your security patch process and providing the tools needed to protect your infrastructure from hackers and other vulnerabilities such as cyber-attacks and malware.
Better compliance
Many industries require businesses to comply with certain IT regulations and certifications such as SOCA, HIPAA, and FISMA. Obtaining each of these certifications is an expensive endeavor for smaller organizations. However, businesses who move their existing infrastructure and applications to the cloud can gain access to IT systems and facilities that already meet the requirements of regulatory compliance.
Economies of scale
One of the biggest business benefits of cloud computing is that it's scalable, reliable, and secure. It eliminates the need for companies to spend money on dedicated IT teams and expensive hardware, and reduces the costs associated with maintaining a centrally-managed IT infrastructure. This allows organizations to achieve economies of scale and create applications with greater productivity and consistency without dedicating significant resources to systems that must be managed over time. This means lower total cost — savings that can be returned to the bottom line or invested in growth and innovation.
The future of cloud
Cloud computing will continue to influence how businesses release new products to their customers. For companies that take advantage of the capabilities of the cloud, there will be massive cost savings and a noticeable increase in overall customer satisfaction. Cloud security will also continue to improve according to the requirements of businesses in highly regulated industries. This will not only enable businesses to work smarter, but it will also bring an unprecedented level of innovation to companies across the globe.
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It's like a dream, an inverted, chocolate-laced, cheesecake flavored twisted reverie of a treat loved past.
If I were a professional nature show host, I might say that what we've got here, mate, is a very rare breed. "It seems to resemble oreo, yes, that's sure. Only that it's a little more like a brownie, and makes me feel good when I eat it. It seems to be a little short on the gluten, and, oddly, instead of having an overly sweet filling, it tastes like cheesecake. I reckon we better let this lil bugga into the wild for all to enjoy."
This is why I don't host a nature show? –amongst many reasons… um yeah.
I'll stick to the kitchen: It's also nut, corn, and egg-free, and can be vegan if you want it to be. Lactose is either minimal or very optional. ahhh, makes more sense. ;)
This recipe came about when I was playing with ways to combine blended flax seeds and cocoa powder. I really wanted something sweet, and did not want to intake a ton of sugar. Egg whites don't sit well with me, so the flax seeds and I have been spending lots of time together in pastry land. The result was unexpected and beautiful inside and out. (Inside and out of me and the cake itself.)
So, without further adieu, here's our little shining star.
gluten, butter, egg, corn, soy, nut – free
vegan options!
7 tbs. flax seeds
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tbs. agave nectar
pinch sea salt
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar (1/2 cup sugar for those who like it sweet)
1/4 cup + 2 tbs. rice flour
1 tbs. arrowroot starch (flour)
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 tbs. neutral oil (grapeseed ideal)
1/2 cup mascarpone or vegan cream cheese
2 tsp. rice milk
1 tsp. vanilla
pinch salt
4 tsp. powdered sugar (this is not too sweet, but just right for me. if you'd like it more sweet add another ~2 tbs. powdered sugar to taste.)
soak time: 6 hours (or overnight)
preparation time: 15 minutes
cook time: ~30 minutes
yields one large/two small inverted oreo cake (serves 6-8 depending on serving size)
1. Prepare cake: soak flax seeds in water in a covered container for 6 hours room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator.
2. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Blend both water and flax seeds with vanilla, agave nectar, and sea salt until white and few traces of seed shells remain.
3. In separate large bowl combine dry ingredients. Add flax seed mixture and oil. Combine until homogenous.
4. Prepare one large brownie pan or two small cake pans with a thin layer of oil/cooking spray and a dusting of rice flour. (You want the batter to spread out to be about an inch thick, no more.)
5. Spoon batter into prepared cake molds and bake for about 30 minutes, until center is solid and top is crusted. Remove from heat, let cool entirely before frosting.
6. Prepare frosting: mix all ingredients until homogenous. Transfer entirety of frosting into a piping bag with a large circular tip.
7. Finish cake: pipe parallel and equal rows of oreo-filling size circles onto the top of your cake as shown in the photos. Cut into a square or rectangle for something classy, and serve, ideally, in a square or rectangle shape with a few strawberries and perhaps a glass of bubbly?


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This unit aims to develop and understanding of aircraft propulsion systems. Students will learn to solve problems related to the analysis and selection of various propulsion systems in use- propellers, gas turbines, etc. The topics covered include: Propulsion unit requirements for subsonic and supersonic flight; thrust components, efficiencies, additive drag of intakes; Piston engine components and operation; Propeller theory; Operation, components and cycle analysis of gas turbine engines, turbojets, turbofans, turboprops, ramjets; Components: compressor, fan, burner, turbine, nozzle; Efficiency of components: Off-design considerations; Future directions: minimisation of noise and pollution, scram-jets, hybrid engines.
Lectures, Tutorials
Refer to the assessment table in the unit outline.
Assumed knowledge
Mathematics and Physics to a level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. Good knowledge of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics.
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PCAOB Chairman William McDonough talks about accountability, the inspection program aimed at auditors of financial statements and the board's expectations of corporate management.
JofA : Regaining confidence in the capital markets is job number one. From your perspective, what will it take to get things moving again? How will the PCAOB interface with corporate America, Wall Street, lawyers and the accounting profession? What specific role do you see for the accounting profession in this process? Can you comment on your timing expectations?
McDonough: Few of us could have imagined three years ago that we would be where we are today, in a world in which accounting, auditing and corporate governance would be subject to a strict new regime under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Corporate America, Wall Street, lawyers and accountants have to resist the temptation to look at the act as a proscriptive, check-off list of rules. That kind of thinking is missing the point—not of the law, but of the reality that led to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Sarbanes-Oxley is not about checking boxes. It is about accountability. If you audit a financial statement, if you are CEO of a publicly traded company, indeed, if you have any role in the capital markets, you must be accountable for your actions. Accountability—not just to investors, but to the public at large, indeed, to the world—is what we must be about. We're going to have to work at it, all of us, whether we are in the public sector or the private sector.
Auditors will take their lead from the standards we will set at the PCAOB. I think members of other professions would do well to look at the examples we will set at the PCAOB and act accordingly.
JofA : There has been much written about the need to improve corporate governance—the tone at the top. What are your ideas for addressing this issue? What will you expect from the accounting profession in helping to meet this challenge?
McDonough: Our inspectors will play a vital role in ensuring that the tone at the top of the accounting firms is what it should be. They will want to know: Does the managing partner, does the audit team leader, understand what is demanded of the accounting firm in this new era of regulation and oversight? Do they understand the standards for audits, and just as important, do they understand why those standards are in place? Do the managers lead by example, demonstrating every day the value of those standards?
The board and our inspectors want to know whether the message of "doing the right thing" is reaching the rank and file in the firms. Our inspectors will talk to the managers, but they will also talk to the least experienced members of the audit teams to find out whether the message is reaching them. We will look at how often and how well the message is delivered.
We will look at compensation and promotion. Are the best auditors rewarded for being the best auditors, or are they rewarded for something else? We will look at how clients are selected and how they are let go.
Obviously, our inspectors will look at audits as well. We will identify and examine the audits that carry the most risk, and we will sample what should be simpler, more routine audits.
JofA : What are some of the lessons you have learned from your past financial institution responsibilities that you will use in your position as chairman of the PCAOB? Which might apply specifically to the accounting profession?
McDonough: I approach my new job at the PCAOB as I approached my job as the top bank supervisor at the New York Fed.
I expect that accountants, as members of a regulated profession, know what the rules are. I expect that they are following those rules, both in their letter and their spirit. I bring those expectations, and the respect they engender, to the table when I deal with the firms as chairman of the PCAOB.
If they depart from those expectations—that is, if they break the rules, if they ignore the spirit of the law even while meeting the letter—our dealings will be most unpleasant. There will be consequences, and they will be grave.
The members of the accounting profession are going to have to prove that they have earned the people's trust. They will have to work—not to get back to where they were before the corporate scandals—but to a better place. They will do that by living up to the letter and the spirit of the law.
JofA : What is your vision for setting auditing standards today? Do you see a different emphasis for the future?
McDonough: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act charged the PCAOB with establishing auditing and related attestation standards, quality control standards, ethical standards and independence standards. Even to the eyes of a former bank regulator, those are a lot of standards to be set! Perhaps in recognition of the magnitude of the charge, the act gave the board the power to designate or recognize any professional group of accountants to propose new standards.
Before I arrived in June, my fellow board members determined not to exercise the authority to delegate the standards setting to a professional group but instead voted to set the standards from within the PCAOB. It was a decision I heartily endorse. As sometimes happens, the law gave us an option, but in this case, the hearings and debate preceding Sarbanes-Oxley make it absolutely clear that Congress had no intention for the board to farm out the function of setting standards.
As we go about that work, the board is fortunate to have the expertise of Chief Auditor Doug Carmichael and his deputy, Tom Ray. They have assembled an excellent team, and they and the board will be drawing on the expertise of a standing advisory group. The members of that group will be selected based on individual qualifications, not the representation of particular constituencies. But make no mistake: We board members will be the ones to consider and set audit standards.
The first standards to come from the board will be those prescribed in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act relating to auditors' attestation to management's assessment of internal controls. The board proposed those standards at a public meeting October 7, and we intend to have final rules in place by early next year to allow public companies to prepare for the deadline set by the SEC for assessing internal controls.
Our next set of standards will relate to audit documentation, drawing on ideas we received at a roundtable discussion we held in late September. As for other audit standards, the board adopted certain existing standards on an interim basis. Those are in place and enforceable as board rules while we conduct an exhaustive review of what's on the books now and set our priorities for issuing new standards.
JofA : Needs of users of private company audits are much different than public companies. Do you believe the PCAOB will coordinate, where possible, over core standards?
McDonough: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act charged the PCAOB with setting standards for auditors of public companies. That said, we intend to work closely with the standards-setting bodies for private companies to minimize differences and avoid confusion in our capital markets.
JofA : Have you given any thought to the possible impact the work of the PCAOB might have on small companies trying to enter the capital markets today? If yes, can you expand upon your answer?
McDonough: The PCAOB is committed to seeing that small and medium-sized businesses are not unduly burdened by new auditing standards. I believe that the board made that abundantly clear in the standards proposed for auditors' attestation to management's assessment of internal controls. Companies with less complicated operating structures will not require the same testing of internal controls that we expect at larger, more complex companies. We will be watching closely to see that auditors do not require unnecessary bells and whistles.
JofA : Will new regulations disrupt the capital markets? What will the PCAOB do to protect small companies?
McDonough: The capital markets can only benefit from clearer and more reliable financial statements. Through our oversight of auditors, the PCAOB will do its part to see that those statements provide the information that market participants need to make informed decisions.
Small and medium-sized companies are the backbone of our capital system. The PCAOB will be very mindful that our rules and standards do not adversely affect those companies.
JofA : What do you think is the most important thing the PCAOB can or should do to help protect against another significant business failure? Do you think there will be another major failure?
McDonough: The requirement that public accounting firms undergo regular inspections by the PCAOB is the most significant change to come out of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Congress's hope, and our goal, is that an independent examination of firms' practices and audits will help catch corner cutting and even outright fraud before it snowballs into the kinds of accounting scandals we have seen at Enron, WorldCom, HealthSouth and other companies.
That said, no amount of regulation or oversight will stop a crook hell-bent on breaking the rules for his or her own gain. That is where our strict disciplinary powers will be used to their utmost.
JofA : The accounting profession has publicly stated many times that it looks forward to having a "spirit" of cooperation in working with the PCAOB. Are you satisfied that this spirit is being demonstrated? Is there any message at this time you'd like to convey to the profession?
McDonough: I am very encouraged by what I have heard in my meetings with the profession. If the actions of the firms match what they are telling me, then we will be a long way toward restoring the faith of the American people in the profession.
At the same time, I have not been shy about telling members of the profession that we expect a lot of them and that they will have to work harder than they could have imagined before Sarbanes-Oxley. Through a succession of scandals, the entire profession came to be judged harshly, but the Sarbanes-Oxley Act did not merely judge them—it gave them a meaningful shot at redemption. In my mind, facilitating that redemption, and not just punishing miscreants, is a key objective—one that the board must not lose sight of even when we are, as we will need to be, tough on the profession.
|William J. McDonough
Mr. McDonough became the chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) in June 2003. The PCAOB was created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the auditing of public companies and set auditing standards for public companies.
Mr. McDonough has had a long and distinguished career in the financial world. He joined the PCAOB after serving 11 years with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where, for the last 10 of those years, he was president and CEO. He also served as vice-chairman and permanent voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, as a member of the board of directors for the Bank for Settlements and as chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
At the First Chicago Corporation, he had a 22-year career where he was vice-chairman of the board of directors from 1986 until his retirement in 1989. Before joining First Chicago, he had served as an adviser to several domestic and international organizations.
Currently Mr. McDonough is a member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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James scored 28 points, Wade added 21, and Miami eliminated Derrick Rose and Chicago 83-80 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday.
James and Wade simply were spectacular down the stretch, each scoring eight during a game-ending 18-3 run as Miami wiped out a 12-point deficit to clinch this series.
Now, the Heat are headed back to the NBA finals for the first time since 2006, and in a fitting twist, theyll be facing the Mavericks. Back then, with Wade leading the way, Miami beat Dallas to capture the championship. This time, itll be James and Dirk Nowitzki going for their first rings.


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Alejandro Malaspina
Portrait of a Visionary
Alejandro Malaspina was an eighteenth-century officer in the Spanish Navy, whose sailing exploits rival those of his near-contemporary, Captain James Cook, and whose visionary political notions were ahead of their time. He is little known in the English-speaking world, but this biography will help rescue him from undeserved obscurity.
Born in 1754 to a noble Italian family-his great-uncle was viceroy of Sicily-Malaspina was early exposed to Enlightenment thinkers like Locke, Descartes, Voltaire, and later Adam Smith, a background that shaped his ideas throughout his life. Set on a naval career, he joined the Spanish Navy in 1774. Ascending steadily in rank, in 1789 he proposed a major project-a scientific-political voyage to Spain's colonies in the Americas and the Pacific to investigate their flora and fauna, assess their economic value, and evaluate their political state, with the ultimate aim of making proposals for reform. Ambitious in scope and infused with Enlightenment spirit, it proved both his crowning achievement and his undoing.
He sailed down the east coast of South America, around Cape Horn, and north as far as Alaska. He scouted for the fabled Northwest Passage, then crossed the Pacific to the Philippines before visiting the fledgling British colony in Australia on his return journey. After more than five years, he reached home and started preparing his report.
His proposals-essentially that Spain abandon imperial control in favor of a mutually profitable trade confederation-were farsighted but unwelcome in the reactionary Spanish court; more important, they criticized Godoy, the power behind the throne and a master of palace intrigue. Malaspina's report was swiftly suppressed as seditious and he was jailed. Released seven years later, he was exiled to his native Italy, where he died in 1810.
The author, who helped edit the Hakluyt Society's translation of Malaspina's journal, has covered aspects of this subject in a previous book, Men With Wooden Feet. Here he draws on Malaspina's own writings to trace both his cruise and his thinking. His treatment is competent, yet readers may feel that he has not captured the full drama of five years at sea and the court chicanery that followed. Kendrick's reluctance to speculate beyond his sources shows commendable fidelity to available historical records but makes for a less satisfying biography. Still, it's a fascinating tale, presented with enough context to explain the complex politico-economic issues involved, as well as illustrations, copious notes, and an extensive bibliography.
Malaspina's exploits and ideas are well narrated, but the man himself remains out of focus: was he simply a superb navigator and gifted analyst, or a would-be First Minister foiled by a tin ear for the political realities of a treacherous court? Readers will have to judge for themselves.
Reviewed by
Peyton Moss
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New Guidelines Issued to Address Side Effects Linked to Cancer Immunotherapies
Two major cancer organizations issued guidelines on managing side effects related to new immunotherapy medication, signaling recognition that side effects are frequent and should be caught and treated earlier.
Two major cancer organizations have released much-needed guidelines to help doctors manage side effects related to cancer immunotherapy medication. The guidelines, released February 14, 2018 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), acknowledge that immunotherapy drugs cause a range of side effects that may be under-recognized or diagnosed too late.
The guidelines were created by a multidisciplinary panel of experts in oncology and other medical specialties and involved a systematic review of the literature.
Immunotherapy a Key Part of Doctors' Cancer-Fighting Arsenal
Immunotherapy drugs, such as Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Opdivo (nivolumab), have revolutionized the treatment of some types of cancer over the past five years, often salvaging the lives of patients who might have otherwise died of advanced disease. The medicines work by prodding the body's immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells. To do this, the drugs disable part of the immune system — the so-called "brakes" of the immune system — that normally prevent the immune system from attacking the body's healthy tissue. Releasing the brakes allows the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer. But it can also increase the chances that healthy organs and tissues will be attacked too, a condition called autoimmune disease.
Today, immunotherapy drugs are used to treat melanoma, lung cancer, some types of lymphoma, kidney cancer, and head and neck cancers, says Bryan J. Schneider, MD, a medical oncologist at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor and vice chair of the NCCN Panel on Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities. Oncologists are also increasingly prescribing combinations of immunotherapy drugs. Additional drugs and regimens are in the research pipeline.
"More and more indications are on the way," he says. "With the rapid growth of these agents, the management of the side effects had to be addressed quickly."
Related: Oncologists Announce New Treatment Guidelines for Stage 4 Lung Cancer
A Growing Awareness of Serious Side Effects
While physicians learned early on that immunotherapies can cause mild side effects, there is growing recognition that rare, life-threatening side effects can occur, too, experts say.
"As the field advances, more is learned about the different side effects and how to treat them. It's been a work in progress," says Julie Brahmer, MD, chair of the ASCO panel that helped develop the guidelines and director of the thoracic oncology program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Each manufacturer of an immunotherapy treatment has issued information describing side effects for its product. But, she says, "we wanted to coalesce this information as the indications for using these medications change and more physicians are being asked to treat patients with immunotherapies."
Serious side effects typically occur in fewer than 5 percent of patients. Mild side effects, such a fatigue, occur in 30 to 50 percent of patients. But side effects can be difficult to recognize, because immunotherapies have the potential to cause a vast range of symptoms in almost any of the body's organs, Dr. Brahmer says. For example, side effects range from neuropathy to thyroid dysfunction to pancreatitis to skin rashes to pneumonitis (inflammation of the lungs).
"It's hard to give specific information on every possible side effect because these types of drugs can affect almost any organ," she says.
Side Effects Should Be Addressed Quickly When They Do Occur
Oncologists have also come to recognize that side effects can occur almost any time during the months- or years-long course of immunotherapy treatment.
"We've seen side effects occur within days or months after stopping the treatment," Dr. Schneider says. "The practitioners administering these drugs always have to keep these side effects in the back of their minds because they can sneak up on you, and they can masquerade as other disorders."
Most side effects can be successfully treated, especially if caught early. Treatment depends on the specific side effect. For example, thyroid problems may be treated with hormone therapy or pneumonitis with steroids. Some patients may have to stop the cancer immunotherapy treatment temporarily while undergoing treatment for side effects, while others can remain on the cancer treatment, Schneider says.
"The earlier you identify and manage these side effects, the better chance you have of getting it under control without problems that can derail the ability to treat the cancer," he says. "Patients are often afraid a side effect will lead to them having to stop the medication. So sometimes these side effects go under-reported. But we want people to know they can be managed, and that they need to let us know about any symptoms sooner rather than later."
Related: 5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Lung Cancer
Key Guideline Recommendations Give Advice on Treating Side Effects
Side effects were grouped from grade 1 (mild) to grade 4 (severe). Among the most important recommendations within the guidelines were:
- Checkpoint inhibitors can be continued with close monitoring with grade 1 toxicities, with the exception of neurologic and some hematologic side effects.
- For grade 2 toxicities, checkpoint inhibitors should be held until symptoms or lab values return to grade 1 or lower. Corticosteroids may be used to ameliorate the effects.
- With grade 3 toxicity, patients should receive high-dose corticosteroids for at least 6 weeks. In these patients, if immunotherapy is restarted, extreme caution is advised.
- Grade 4 toxicity requires stopping checkpoint inhibitor therapy permanently.
Guidelines Are Designed to Educate Healthcare Professionals
The guidelines are meant to help all healthcare professionals who may see these patients to think about the possibility of side effects, Brahmer says. That can include not only the oncologist, but nurses, primary care doctors, autoimmune specialists, and emergency room physicians.
The guidelines will likely continue to evolve. Since immunotherapy drugs are so new, there is a dearth of data on their use. Most of the data in the guidelines reflect post-marketing surveillance and data from phase 3 clinical trials, Brahmer says. But the guidelines also reflect the panel simply putting their heads together. Because side effects can impact so many different organs, the panel drew on the expertise of a wide range of specialists. "These really reflect a consensus," she says.
Research is ongoing to help identify which patients may be more susceptible to developing side effects. Patients who have a history of autoimmune disease are considered at higher risk for developing immunotherapy-related side effects, she says. Still, that doesn't mean these individuals can't undergo immunotherapy treatment for cancer.
What Should Patients Be Aware Of?
While healthcare professionals are learning to be more attuned to side effects, patients should also be aware of what to look for and mention them to their doctors if they recognize them. Some of the warning signs of autoimmune side effects include:
- Brain inflammation (encephalitis): fever, confusion, changes in mood and behavior, seizures, and sensitivity to light
- Hormonal (thyroid, adrenal, or pituitary gland function): persistent headaches, extreme tiredness, weight loss, rapid heartbeat, sweating, hair loss, and constipation
- Kidney problems: decrease in urine or blood in urine
- Skin problems: itching, rashes, blisters, sores, or ulcers
- Joint or muscle problems: severe or persistence muscle or joint pain or weakness
- Eye problems: blurry or double vision, eye pain or redness
- Lung problems (pneumonia): new or worsening cough, shortness of breath
- Liver problems (hepatitis): yellowing of skin or whites of eyes, severe nausea or vomiting, pain in right side of stomach, dark urine, unusual bleeding or bruising
- Intestinal problems (colitis): diarrhea, blood in stools, or severe stomach pain
- Nerve problems: numbness or tingling in hands or feet, unusual weakness in legs, arms, or face


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How to use ranges in Excel VBA
Covering various way to implement the ranges in the VBA code and basic definition of ranges in excel VBA.
Mathematically, a range is the collection of values between a maximum and a minimum value. In Excel, a range is defined by the reference of the upper left cell (minimum value) of the range and the reference of the lower right cell (maximum value) of the range. Eventually, separate cells can be added to this selection, then the range is called an irregular cell range. In Excel, the minimum and maximum value are included.
we could have ranges of 2 kinds —
- Continuous [ commonly used ] e.g. (A1:C6).
- Discrete [ very rare ] e.g. (A1:C6;E2;E6;C7;C9). used as a set. Generally seen while applying conditional formatting etc.
Let's first understand the what are ranges in VBA.
Dim'd variables
Dim rng as Range
Set the variable to the required range. There are many ways to refer to a single-cell range
Set rng = Range("A1")
Set rng = Cells(1,1)
Set rng = Range("NamedRange")
or a multi-cell range
Set rng = Range("A1:B10")
Set rng = Range("A1", "B10")
Set rng = Range(Cells(1,1), Cells(10,2))
Set rng = Range("AnotherNamedRange")
Set rng = Range("A1").Resize(10,2)
You can use the shortcut to the
Evaluate method, but this is less efficient and should generally be avoided in production code.
Set rng = [A1]
Set rng = [A1:B10]
All the above examples refer to cells on the active sheet. Unless you specifically want to work only with the active sheet, it is better to Dim a
Worksheet variable too
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = Worksheets("Sheet1")
Set rng = ws.Cells(1,1)
With ws
Set rng = .Range(.Cells(1,1), .Cells(2,10))
End With
If you do want to work with the
ActiveSheet, for clarity it's best to be explicit. But take care, as some
Worksheet methods change the active sheet.
Set rng = ActiveSheet.Range("A1")
Again, this refers to the active workbook. Unless you specifically want to work only with the
ActiveWorkbook or
ThisWorkbook, it is better to Dim a
Workbook variable too.
Dim wb As Workbook
Set wb = Application.Workbooks("Book1")
Set rng = wb.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
If you do want to work with the
ActiveWorkbook, for clarity it's best to be explicit. But take care, as many
WorkBook methods change the active book.
Set rng = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
You can also use the
ThisWorkbook object to refer to the book containing the running code.
Set rng = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
A common (bad) piece of code is to open a book, get some data then close again
This is bad:
Sub foo()
Dim v as Variant
v = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1).Range("A1").Value
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("SomeSheet").Range("A1").Value = v
End Sub
And would be better like:
SUb foo()
Dim v as Variant
Dim wb1 as Workbook
Dim wb2 as Workbook
Set wb1 = Workbooks("SomeAlreadyOpenBook.xlsx")
Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open("C:\Path\To\SomeClosedBook.xlsx")
v = wb2.Sheets("SomeSheet").Range("A1").Value
wb1.Sheets("SomeOtherSheet").Range("A1").Value = v
End Sub
Pass ranges to your
Sub's and
Function's as Range variables
Sub ClearRange(r as Range)
End Sub
Sub MyMacro()
Dim rng as Range
Set rng = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("SomeSheet").Range("A1:B10")
ClearRange rng
End Sub
You should also apply Methods (such as
Find and
Copy) to variables
Dim rng1 As Range
Dim rng2 As Range
Set rng1 = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("SomeSheet").Range("A1:A10")
Set rng2 = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("SomeSheet").Range("B1:B10")
rng1.Copy rng2
If you are looping over a range of cells it is often better (faster) to copy the range values to a variant array first and loop over that
Dim dat As Variant
Dim rng As Range
Dim i As Long
Set rng = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("SomeSheet").Range("A1:A10000")
dat = rng.Value ' dat is now array (1 to 10000, 1 to 1)
for i = LBound(dat, 1) to UBound(dat, 1)
dat(i,1) = dat(i,1) * 10 'or whatever operation you need to perform
rng.Value = dat ' put new values back on sheet
This is a small taster for what's possible.
Named ranges make your code easier to read and understand.
Dim Months As Range
Dim MonthlySales As Range
Set Months = Range("Months")
'e.g, "Months" might be a named range referring to A1:A12
Set MonthlySales = Range("MonthlySales")
'e.g, "Monthly Sales" might be a named range referring to B1:B12
Dim Month As Range
For Each Month in Months
Debug.Print MonthlySales(Month.Row)
Next Month
It is pretty obvious what the named ranges
Months and
MonthlySales contains, and what the procedure is doing.
Follow these rules from Microsoft, when you're creating a name in Excel.
- The first character of a name must be one of the following characters:
- letter
- underscore (_)
- backslash (\).
- Remaining characters in the name can be
- letters
- numbers
- periods
- underscore characters
- The following are not allowed:
- Space characters are not allowed as part of a name.
- Names can't look like cell addresses, such as A$3 or A2D2
- C, c, R, r — can't be used as names — Excel uses them as selection shortcuts
- Names are not case sensitive. For example, North and NORTH are treated as the same name.


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Scott Sharrard, the longtime musical director, co-writer and guitarist for his late friend and mentor, Gregg Allman, is celebrating the release of Saving Grace (We Save Music), an album distinctly Southern in spirit and blues at its core. Produced by Sharrard with Scott Bomar and Charles Martinez, half the album features the Hi Rhythm Section (Howard Grimes, Reverend Charles Hodges and Leroy Hodges), and the other half with renowned Muscle Shoals musicians, David Hood, Spooner Oldham ('The Swampers') and Chad Gamble.
Saving Grace features "Everything a Good Man Needs," Gregg's last known original song, co-written with Sharrard. Originally planned for Gregg's Grammy-nominated album Southern Blood, Allman's steep health decline prevented him from recording the song.
"Gregg had a pure passion and heart," says Sharrard, who was born in Milwaukee on the day his hero Freddie King died. "That authenticity and dedication is a daily inspiration, and I will always carry that with me onstage and in the studio. Gregg always said 'the way you could do me most proud is to use our experience and let it inspire you to write your own beautiful music.'"
Allman covered Sharrard's "Love Like Kerosene" on 2015's Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA, and again on his final solo album, the posthumous, Grammy-nominated Southern Blood, featuring their Grammy-nominated, Best Americana Song co-write, "My Only True Friend."
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Breast Cancer Screening
Breast screening (mammography) is an x-ray examination of the breasts which can show small changes in the breast before there are any other signs or symptoms.
All women aged between 50 and 70 are automatically invited for breast screening every three years. Women are invited via their doctors' practices in turn so they will not necessarily get their invitation in the year that they turn 50. Provided they are registered with a doctor, women are invited before their 53rd birthday. As breast cancer risk increases with age, women over the age of 70 who are not automatically invited, are still encouraged to attend breast screening and need to contact the unit to make an appointment (01494 425689). The NHS is also beginning to extend the age range to include both younger and older women onto the programme so you may in future receive an invitation if you are outside this age range.
The screening will take place either in the hospital or in a mobile unit, which generally is located centrally to the town.
Once the x-rays are taken they are processed and reported on by two qualified clinicians. Generally the results should be available within two weeks but occasionally women are called back because the appearance on the x-ray suggest that more tests are needed. However most women will not have any problems and will be called again in three years time.
For further information regarding breast screening please visit: www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk or contact the breast screening team on (01494) 425689.


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Congress authorized the E-rate program as part of the 1996 Telecommunication Act. The FCC created the program to increase access to advanced telecommunications and information services for schools and libraries. Eligible participants include public and most non-profit K-12 schools as well as all public and many private libraries. All program participants must carry out a competitive bidding process to select the most cost-effective companies to provide the goods and/or services requested. Discounts for support depend on the level of poverty and the urban/rural status of the population served and range from 20 percent to 90 percent of the costs of eligible services.
The SHLB Coalition has consistently supported reforms to the E-rate program that shift the focus to high-capacity broadband connections. Several studies document that schools and libraries do not have the affordable, high-capacity broadband connections they need to ensure that students develop technological skills and library patrons can obtain access to essential Internet-based services. We support greater funding for the E-rate program, an increased focus on capital investment, emphasis on affordable rates, increased use of consortia, and giving schools and libraries more options for their broadband services.
SHLB Documents on E-rate Reform 2017-Current
April 27, 2020
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, SHLB urges Congress to provide $5.25 billion in supplemental E-rate funding for off-campus connections.
April 27, 2020
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, SHLB urges Congress to provide $5.25 billion in supplemental E-rate funding for off-campus connections.
April 20, 2020
The SHLB Coalition filed comments in support of petitions from the State E-rate Coordinators Alliance (SECA) and Infinity Communications and Consulting, regarding the E-rate Category Two Order. The SECA petition asks the FCC to reconsider and rescind the cost allocation requirement for shared equipment used by non-instructional facilities. The Infinity petition asks the Commission to reconsider and continue to allow schools to count part-time students in their calculations for Category Two budgets.
January 14, 2020
Thanks to Chairman Pai's leadership, the E-rate competitive bidding process has enabled thousands of schools and libraries to save money on broadband services.
December 16, 2019
The SHLB Coalition expresses its opposition to California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed Resolution T-17666. Shortening the time period to report on reimbursements from the California Teleconnect Fund could prevent anchor institutions from receiving proper reimbursement from the Fund.
August 16, 2019
July 1, 2019
The SHLB Coalition joins the Consortium for School Networking, CSM Consulting, E-rate Central, Educational Professional Services, Pacific Northwest Gigapop, the Texas Association of School Administrators, the Texas Association of School Boards, the Texas Association of School Business Officials, the Texas Computer Education Association, the Texas K-12 CTO Council, the Utah Education and Telehealth Network, and VST Services in asking the Commission to deny the Petition for Rulemaking filed by the Texas Carriers.
June 21, 2019
The SHLB Coalition expresses support for the May 7, 2019 Funds For Learning filing regarding the risk caused by confusion over the Form 470 drop-down menu.
March 18, 2019
SHLB expresses support for the FCC's proposal to waive the E-rate program's amortization requirement.
December 13, 2018
The SHLB Coalition, the State E-rate Coordinators' Alliance, and the Consortium for School Networking request the Wireline Competition Bureau's attention in addressing an issue of concern regarding the E-rate gift rule.
November 2, 2018
To follow up on its Paperwork Reduction Act comments filed with the FCC on July 23, SHLB explains why its proposed changes to FCC Forms 470 and 471 merit further consideration.
October 30, 2018
The SHLB Coalition asks the FCC to continue to suspend the amortization requirement for special construction E-rate applications in FY2019 and thereafter.
July 23, 2018
These comments describe recommendations from members of the SHLB Coalition and the State E-Rate Coordinators Alliance (SECA) to improve FCC Forms 470 and 471.
April 9, 2018
This letter concerns the problematic and inconsistent guidance concerning the drop-down menu and the FY 2018 approach for requesting competitive bids for various Internet access service options.
January 26, 2018
This letter discusses SHLB Members' experience with the processing of fiber special construction requests and offers seven specific recommendations to improve the processing of these complex applications.
November 8, 2017
October 23, 2017
April 27, 2017
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It's done! It turns out that all the worry and stress were for nothing. There was not a single broken warp end. I really thought the flat steel heddles would have done a number on the threads, but it didn't. After the scarf was done, I had a little warp left to play with. Being as I was in the safe zone, I wanted to see just how much of a beating the silk could take before it snapped. Using some 20/2 cotton, I wove what was left. Still no broken warp ends. 60/2 silk is much stronger than I thought. I took it to the weaving guild this past weekend for show and tell, and got many many compliments on it. Here are a few pictures, which do not do it justice if I do say so myself. (I swear I checked these pics in Picnik but now they look darker. When I grow up, I want to make pictures look like the real thing. *sigh*)
There are a few more on my Flickr page. I should have taken some from farther away but didn't think about it until now.
Frost Crytals in Silk by Doramay Keasbey from the book Twill Thrills
Warp and Weft: RedFish DyeWorks 60/2 silk sett at 48 epi
Started threading Dec 19, 2009
Finished January 8, 2010
Funny story though. I was threading and probably 3/4 of the way through, I counted the threads and counted the heddles and the numbers. did. not. match! I went back through the threading and did find a mistake. I had threaded one set of four heddles twice. Rethreaded, being extremely careful. Again, 3/4 of the way through and counted. Again, no match. There might have been a few tears. I started pulling the threads out of the heddles again and after I'd pulled out about 200 threads, a thought came to mind. Maybe I should check my cheat sheet. Let's say it should be threaded 1 2 3 4 over and over and end with 3. I had incorrectly marked that it should end on 2. (If only the threading were that short of a sequence!) Still, I had pulled out those 200 threads for nothing. They were right. When I started weaving the scarf, I told myself that if there was a threading error, I was going to cut the silk off the loom and throw it away because if it wasn't right after rethreading that many times, it would never be right! I'm glad it was right.


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A good friend of mine is clearing out his house before it is sold. Last weekend I grabbed a book that his father, long deceased, had collected in the 1970's. It is Inside the Company by Phillip Agee. I've heard his name before, but I'm not sure where.
I think this book might be an entertaining read. I'll suspend the urge to read criticism of it, be it on the Web or excerpted from old newspapers or journals because knowing what I do about the book right now, it seems like reading it's reception could really hanker with my enjoyment of it.
So far, I'm 30 pages in. It's a breeze of a read so far. Maybe there are 400 pages altogether in the hardbound first-print that I have in my possession.
Agee's title is misleading. If a diary is something of a chronological recollection of events from a person's day-to-day life, than Dick's book is anything but a diary. I keep a journal most days and I don't touch it. Once it is written in that's it. Someday should my nieces of nephews or grandkids or strangers read it, they'll find out some embarassing things about me I suppose.