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Cancer - A Brief History of Cancer Research
Guest Author - Deborah Watson-Novacek
Egyptian writings dating back to approximately 1600 BC describe cases of breast ulcers that were treated with a tool called "the fire drill," believed now to be a reference to cauterization. The author states that of these cases "there is no treatment," implying that the disease had no cure.
Hippocrates (ca. 400BC - ca. 370BC) referred to tumors as "carcinos," which is Greek for crab or crayfish. He felt that the appearance of the cut surface of a malignant tumor look crab-like, with "the veins stretched on all sides as the animal the crab has its feet."
Several hundred years later, Celsus (ca. 25 BC - 50 AD) translated the Greek word "carcinos" into its Latin form - "cancer." Galen, in the second century AD, referred to benign tumors as "oncos" - Greek for swelling. He used Hippocrates' word "carcinos" only for malignant tumors. Later, Galen added the suffix "-oma" to "carcinos," arriving at the term "carcinoma" which is still in use today.
Developing Theories of Cancer Causation
The next recognized writings about surgical treatment for cancer were authored in the 1020s by Avicenna (also known as Ibn Sina) in "The Canon of Medicine," Avicenna wrote that excision of the tumors should be radical, making sure that all diseased tissue was removed even to include amputation of affected body parts. Cauterization of the treated area was also recommended.
It wasn't until five hundred years or so had passed (in the 16th and 17th centuries) that it was considered acceptable for doctors to dissect corpses in order to ascertain the causes of death. A German professor, Wilhelm Fabry, put forth the theory that a milk clot in a mammary duct was the cause of breast cancer. A Dutch professor, Francois de la Boe Sylvius, theorized that all cancers were caused by "acidic lymph fluid." During the same period, a scientist by the name of Nicolaes Tulp came to believe that cancer was in fact a slowly spreading poison that was contagious in nature.
With the invention and resultant widespread use of the microscope in the 1700's, doctors were able to determine that the cancer "poison" spread from the primary tumor through the lymph system to other sites, a process known as "metastasis." Upon the general acceptance of cell theory, the concept of cancer "poison" was abandoned as scientists came to recognize the cancer was first and foremost a disease of cells.
The first recognized environmental cause of cancer occured in 1775 when British surgeon Percivall Pott discovered that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among chimney sweeps. The first recognized genetic basis of cancer was recognized by Theodor Boveri, a German zoologist, in 1902. Boveri made a huge contribution to the study of cancer cells, proposing that chromosomes were distinct bodies which transmitted different inheritance factors. It was also Boveri who proposed the existence of cell cycle check points, tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes, and who theorized that cancers might be caused by radiation, physical or chemical changes in the body, or by pathogenic microorganisms.
Modern Cancer Research
In 1926 the British Ministry of Health and scientist Janet Lane-Claypon published what was at the time ground-breaking work on the epidemiology of cancer. Lane-Claypon's study compared the health of 500 breast cancer patients with 500 control patients of the same background and lifestyle.
In 1956 the "Lung Cancer and Other Causes of Death in Relation to Smoking. A Second Report on the Mortality of Bristish Doctors", also known as the "British Doctors Study," was published by Richard Doll and Austin Bradford Hill. Dr. Doll started the Oxford Unit for Cancer Epidemiology in 1968. This unit, the first to have computers to assist in its work, was able to compile large amounts of cancer data leading to more possibilities for research and study.
Since that time scientists, doctors, hospitals and governments have all worked together to study the causes and potential cures for cancer.
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Pragmatism and Centrism are Not the Same Thing
by Neil H. Buchanan
The American public is faced with the reality that the Democrats' very flawed nominating process will spit forth a nominee who might or might not be the most "electable" candidate, whatever that means.
Mostly, I think, people simply want to fast-forward through the process and find out whether Donald Trump and the Republicans will succeed in smearing and so completely slandering the Democratic nominee that Trump (who is disliked by a clear majority of the public, and shows no desire to change that) somehow wins. Still, the more likely outcome is a Democratic win followed by a succession crisis. No one likes those two paths, but no other path seems imaginable.
Because I have long argued that any Democratic candidate would beat Trump convincingly (running in anything even remotely resembling a fair electoral process, including what we had in 2016 but might no longer have, because of ever more intense voter suppression), I ought to not care about the nominating process. That the field will be narrowed (and to a large degree has already been narrowed) by the oldest, whitest voters available is a travesty. But it will be not only necessary but easy to rally behind any nominee, because the alternative is in multiple ways so uniquely dangerous.
Rather than focusing on the outcome (and, to be clear, I have endorsed Elizabeth Warren), I am finding it more interesting -- perversely interesting, but still interesting -- to watch the debate within the non-Fox media play out about the Democratic candidates, because so much of that debate is truly weird in its insistent lack of logic and disengagement with reality. Today, I want to focus on the ways in which that discussion uses coded language to push the result toward the most conservative outcome possible.
The editorial board of The New York Times did something unusual this year, picking one center-left candidate and one center-right candidate among the Democrats as co-endorsees. They were as confused as I have been at times over the past year, acknowledging that "[n]early any of [the Democratic candidates] would be the most progressive president in decades on issues like health care, the economy and government's allocations of resources," but still noting that there is a pretty significant ideological division between the party's two camps.
Of course, no one other than me -- certainly not the editorial board of The Times -- uses the labels center-right and center-left to describe the two choices. But in light of both American history and comparable countries worldwide, those are the most accurate descriptors. Neither Warren nor Bernie Sanders is a leftist in any real sense, notwithstanding casual beliefs to the contrary.
And word choices matter. To take one small current example, nearly everyone -- including even those most critical of Trump's corruption -- talks about "digging up dirt on Joe Biden," rather than the more accurate phrase "making stuff up to hurt Biden." The former implies that there is dirt out there, but Trump's efforts to dig it up were procedurally unacceptable. (And they were.) The accurate phrasing, by contrast, makes clear that this was all an attempt by Trump to lie his way to a 2020 win.
Similarly, the word "moderate" is tossed around frequently, and has been for years. In the 2000 election, where George W. Bush was being described as a moderate (seriously, they called him that!), the choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate ought to have been greeted with jeers from those who were looking for moderation (in all the wrong places).
But Cheney had two things going for him. First, he was not yet the snarling, openly evil person that he later became. What later morphed into a permanent sneer was then more of a bemused smirk, which complemented his non-shrill tone to differentiate him from many of his ideological cohorts. He seemed calm and reasonable. Second, he had used that tone a few years earlier to disparage the military's anti-gay policies, dismissing the ban on openly gay soldiers as "an old chestnut" that was obviously silly. "Hey," people said, "he even has a daughter who's a lesbian. He must be a moderate!"
A friend and I at the time briefly toyed with the idea of doing a survey of the use of the term "moderate" and its misapplication to any right-wing politician who did not shout in hate-filled terms. Frankly, the task was both too large and too small. Too large because there was an endless supply of examples, and too small because there were simply no counterexamples where "moderate" was used with any accuracy or precision.
Today's version of that problem is visible in the press's insane insistence on calling hard-right, reliably partisan hacks like Susan Collins (and, until not too long ago, Lindsey Graham) moderates. On the Democratic side, even Barack Obama's clearly center-right economic policies and his harsh immigration policies (to say nothing of his foreign policy aggressiveness, including in Libya) somehow still qualify him as at most "centrist," if not still liberal.
Centrism, like moderation, can be defined down in literal terms to the particular point in time, losing all ability to contain any meaning other than "the ground that Republicans used to occupy but have now gleefully abandoned in their rush even further to the right."
My concern, however, goes beyond the conventional wisdom's impressive ability to continue to simply take the hard-right turn in American politics over the past half-century as a given and bestow the label of moderate or centrist on whoever happens to sound the least deranged among Republicans at any given moment. Now, moderation and centrism are being presumptively expanded to include other qualities that are simply different things.
The most obvious of these is the unstated -- but fiercely held -- presumption that centrist = pragmatic. One can see where that would come from, of course. In politics, the further one is from the current center, the less likely one's preferred policies are to be enacted. "I want something almost exactly in the center of the current spectrum, but you want something that fewer people prefer; be pragmatic!"
But of course, a non-centrist can be completely pragmatic. Warren, for example, is hardly unaware that her preferred policies will not be easy to pass, if indeed they can be passed at all. She initially made it clear that she prefers a Medicare-for-All plan, but she also understood that there would need to be a transition and that her first choice might not pass at all. The woman who almost single-handedly created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, however, knows that it can be possible to make change happen even when the odds are stacked against her.
More generally, there is simply no logical connection between what a politician wants to do and her ability to proceed pragmatically. Being ideologically to the left (or right) does not automatically make a person incapable of seeing what is possible or how to navigate difficult seas.
Relatedly, the idea that so-called centrists are automatically more pragmatic is equally a non sequitur. Amy Klobuchar loves to describe Warren's ideas as "pipe dreams," as if it is enough to say that Warren's vision of the world is not likely to pass Mitch McConnell's Senate tomorrow. But neither is anything that Klobuchar would propose, because Senate Republicans will do to any Democrat what they did to Obama, which is to block everything coming out of the White House.
Even so, the editorial board of The Times blithely refers to "the radical and the realist models" to describe Warren's and Klobuchar's approaches, respectively. That is not a harmless error. Klobuchar (along with Biden, and Buttigieg, and Obama, and so on) is no more realistic than Warren, and Warren is certainly more pragmatic than any of them.
The difference is that Warren talks about a vision of a better world (along with how it might work, which is the pragmatic side). Klobuchar and the others on the center-right tell us that we should not have visions, but they are the ones who are actually un-pragmatic.
Joe 6:21 PM
That is not a harmless error. Klobuchar (along with Biden, and Buttigieg, and Obama, and so on) is no more realistic than Warren, and Warren is certainly more pragmatic than any of them.
I'm not sure about that 'certainly.'
Neil H. Buchanan 12:38 AM

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No problems at home, but whenever I access wifi in a public venue that requires a log-in through a website, my internet displays the message "connected, no internet". I finally tried turning off windows firewall--problem solved.
I had this problem a bunch of times but was defeated by it. Until finally, windows firewall/windows defender caused other problems, and I realized they may be the culprit here as well. My question is, does anyone know what the specific problem is? Rather than turning off the firewall entirely, I'd like to just modify a setting so that I can still be protected. I can't imagine I'm the only one who has run into this, but my Google searches have come up empty. Thanks!
Actually, as long as I turn it off, then login through the webpage, I can turn the firewall back on and I stay connected. So maybe I'll just do this every time I want to connect to the internet in public. Geez.
Hi Mickey. Not sure, but this might work. Go to Control Panel and the Windows Firewall. This is where you are probably turning the firewall on and off at, when you click on "Turn Windows Firewall on or off." Where it says "Public network Settings", uncheck "Block all incoming connections, including those in the list of allowed apps." .... Might work, hope it does. Cheers.
Thanks for the reply, Acer! I already had that box unchecked. So that was not the factor. Still not sure what the problem is :/ But turning the firewall off and then back on is a doable workaround.
On a different note, I am trying to create a Wordpress website hosted on AWS, and I'm trying to use PuTTY to SSH into my instance. I'm getting an error message. Google searches suggest that this problem is also caused by Windows 10 Feeling some buyer's remorse for not getting a new MacBook instead.
Hi Mikey .. sorry that your issue has not been solved yet. I'm only a basic kinda computer person, and I have no idea what you are talking about when it comes AWS, PuTTY and SSH !! Never mind, there is always light at the end of the tunnel. It seems Windows 10 is always not very happy with so many other applications and situations. Hope it all works out. TC. Cheers.
You may want to consider using the Firewall applet in the Control Panel to "Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall" left column.
Then use the "Change settings" button and possibly the "Allow another app...." button to support what you are trying to do.
Although I wouldn't be too quick to do so in a public environment, you should see that both "Private" and "Public" networks can be addressed.


Microsoft is readying a toolkit that will add Windows Live development support to existing Microsoft tools, ranging from Visual Studio, to its Expression suite. The new toolkit, due out in November, is going to look and work a lot like the Facebook Developer Toolkit that Microsoft announced in May.
Microsoft is planning on fielding in November a set of new tools that will support Windows Live developers.
The forthcoming Windows Live toolbox kit will include add-on tools that will work with Visual Studio 2008, the Expression family of designer tools and the Express hobbyist tools. the first deliverable will support Visual Studio 2008 and possibly also Visual Studio 2005.
Microsoft partner Clarity Consulting also is involved in the development of the new Windows Live toolkit in some way, Microsoft execs told the LiveSiders.
"Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio will work with Visual Studio 2008 and includes support for Silverlight. It does not currently support Expression Studio and, as Astoria is still in early stages of development, it is not supported in this release."
During the past couple of years, Microsoft has been working to create a more cohesive developer platform to get more developers interested in writing Windows Live services. The company has made available a set of programming interfaces for a number of its Live services. It offers them in the form of a Windows Live software development kit (SDK).
It sounds like the new Visual Studio Tookit for Windows Live is just one of several November announcements on Microsoft's plate. A number of other Windows Live Wave 2 services are due for announcement then, as well. Microsoft France told press last week to expect rollouts of Windows Live Writer, Windows Live parental controls, Windows Live Events, Windows Live Skydrive, Windows Live Messenger 8.5, Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Search this November.
Microsoft is expected to talk about its new Windows Live Search engine next week at its "Searchification" event in Silicon Valley.


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EDGE 2016: Why trust is the baseline of partner-to-partner collaboration
Historically, the channel has forged a reputation as an industry based on cut-throat competition between partners, built on a precarious foundation of trust.
Yet today, in an area of new technologies and emerging Gen Y workforces, highly specialised businesses are emerging, with collaboration now viewed as a viable means of survival in the market.
As outlined at EDGE 2016, Australia and New Zealand's leading destination channel conference, the notion of partner-to-partner has matured in time, reflecting the new dynamics of the channel.
"Traditionally, when partners have worked with other partners, there is an underlying belief that they will get screwed by someone taking their account or doing something untoward," Insentra managing director, Ronnie Altit, said.
Building a business
Built out of ongoing frustrations when resourcing the delivering of deals already won,Insentra's partner model of engagement focuses around providing professional and managed services, including project planning and management in partnership with the channel.
"In the past six and a half years, I've seen every reason why some partners don't want to partner," Altit added. "The fundamental basis of that is trust, there needs to be a fundamental baseline of trust."
Despite the risks however, the ARN and Reseller News panel outlined that despite the risks, in 2016, collaboration is often the driver behind keeping a business above the bottom line.
"Every partner out there owns their customers and if they don't own it, they think they own it," Altit added.
"The sense of ownership is still important to a partner because that feeling of connection and ownership is what allows them to deliver to their customer at the end of the day.
"However, it's so broad now that you have got to collaborate. If you want to own your customer end-to-end you have to partner with other resellers."
Echoing Altit's observations on stage, Hosted Network managing director, Ben Town, explained how collaboration has been fundamental behind the company's growth in the market.
"We started out as an MSP and transformed because we were already leveraging other partners to grow our business," he said.
Hosted Network is a white label Australian Cloud Provider (CSP), and is considered as one of the most innovative service providers across the country, providing cloud offering including premium Internet services, VoIP, and VMware powered Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Desktop as a Service (DaaS) and among others.
"Whilst this was going on, we didn't realise that we had something that other partners were coming back to us as well and with that trust element, is how we built our business," Town added.
On the topic of building a business, Four Nines managing director, George Kazangi, agreed that the concept of collaboration also repressed the catalyst for the launch of the business, which went live in June.
As reported by ARN, Four Nines offers technology services to resellers, MSPs and distributors that have limited technical services capabilities.
"The reason we started the business was because we saw a gap in technical services from both the capacity as well as pure skill sets for most value-added resellers (VARs)," Kazangi added. "This gap meant that you needed to partner with others to really deliver a solution for a customer."
In describing his business as a collaborative "testing platform" to get into the market, Kazangi said that once other partners have scale, Four Nines will subsequently bring services back in.
"The channel is so wide that you are going to partner with someone eventually in one kind of new, emerging speciality," he explained.
"Whether it's a hyper-converged or some other new technology because partners are never going to invest in that on day one. They will always test the waters first."
In 1983, when the first cohort of Gen Y was born, Australia's GDP was approaching a $245.6 million valuation.
By 2007, this had risen to $1.04 trillion, with Gen Y Australia experiencing a relatively healthy job market for a number of years.
Approaching a decade later, Tech Research Asia industry analyst, Mark Iles, believes the continued impact of Gen Y has given rise to the acceleration of partnering within the channel, built off the willingness of a generation to collaborate.
"Gen Y partners are more open to collaboration as often they are niche businesses, so they kind of have to partner," he said. "I think it's a combination of have to and want to, but there is definitely a more collaborative gene in the younger demographic."
Backed up by Town, the panel concluded that the younger generation are more open and trusting because they have spent less time in the market, compared to many of the other partners who are Gen X or Baby Boomers as business owners.
"The younger generation, particularly with startups for example, haven't yet had bad experiences and there is a positive mindset there to collaborate because the risk isn't there because they haven't felt it yet," Town added.
Coupled with the Gen Y driving force, Altit said the concept of collaboration has also worked up through the channel to reach the vendors.
"Vendors can make the biggest difference if a vendor tells a partner you can trust this partner, then it carries a lot of weight," he said.
"They are all talking the message, but the reality is that it will open happen when the partner community gets to a point where they are comfortable to do it."
For Town, working collaboratively with Huawei has opened new avenues for collaboration with other like-minded channel partners.
"I think it is getting better," he added. "I'm finding vendors we deal with now specifically are connecting us to other partners. They specialise in one area that we don't and that wouldn't have happened without that vendor connection being the broker."
Delving deeper, Kazangi believes vendors need to focus more on the organisations that are partnering to deliver their solutions.
"I think sometimes vendors are too focused on naming the sales and sometimes forgetting that organisations such as ours are enablers," he added.
"They forget that we also assist their other partners in making that sale and the bigger vendors have not yet grasped onto that."
As the channel edges closer together, the panel remained united in the belief that partner-to-partner represented a "customer-driven model", prompted by new demands of the end-user.
"Customers want collaboration because they want better solutions," Iles explained.
"Everything must be driven by the customer. What are the APIs in your organisation? It's an interesting way to think about your business.
"How is the customer thinking about their technology stack? How easy are we as an organisation to connect with?"
EDGE is designed to bring the Australia and New Zealand channel together in a collaborative and educational environment, providing vendors, distributors and partners with the competitive advantage necessary to bring continued success in 2016 and beyond.
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Author(s): Clement Lin, Danzhou Yang. College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel St, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
XR5944 is a potent anticancer drug with a novel DNA binding mode: DNA bisintercalationg with major groove binding. XR5944 can bind the estrogen response element (ERE) sequence to block ER-ERE binding and inhibit ERα activities, which may be useful for overcoming drug resistance to currently available antiestrogen treatments. This review discusses the progress relating to the structure and function studies of specific DNA recognition of XR5944. The sites of intercalation within a native promoter sequence appear to be different from the ideal binding site and are context- and sequence- dependent. The structural information may provide insights for rational design of improved EREspecific XR5944 derivatives, as well as of DNA bis-intercalators in general.
Keywords: Anticancer drug, DNA bis-intercalation, DNA bis-intercalation with major groove binding, NMR solution structure, XR5944 or MLN944.
Affiliation:College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel St, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Keywords:Anticancer drug, DNA bis-intercalation, DNA bis-intercalation with major groove binding, NMR solution structure, XR5944 or MLN944.
Abstract:XR5944 is a potent anticancer drug with a novel DNA binding mode: DNA bisintercalationg with major groove binding. XR5944 can bind the estrogen response element (ERE) sequence to block ER-ERE binding and inhibit ERα activities, which may be useful for overcoming drug resistance to currently available antiestrogen treatments. This review discusses the progress relating to the structure and function studies of specific DNA recognition of XR5944. The sites of intercalation within a native promoter sequence appear to be different from the ideal binding site and are context- and sequence- dependent. The structural information may provide insights for rational design of improved EREspecific XR5944 derivatives, as well as of DNA bis-intercalators in general.


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TANKOA YACHTS LAUNCHES 164FT/ 50M M/Y OLOKUN
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Tankoa had a technical launch of the 164-foot (50-meter) M/Y Olokun last weekend.
The all-aluminum yacht was designed by Francesco Paszkowski with interior décor by Casadio Miami/London.
The third in the 50-meter series, M/Y Olokun has a semi-displacement hull combined with conventional diesel propulsion for a top speed of 17.5 knots and a cruising speed of 14 knots.
The layout is similar to her predecessors with fold-down terraces in the owner's suite on the forward main deck, a side-loading tender garage in the stern, and a generous beach club in the transom.
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There are two important variations: the main deck aft is dedicated exclusively to an enormous lounge with the dining room on the upper deck, while the forward master stateroom features a private study that can be converted into an extra ensuite cabin.
"S501 hull n.3 ( now Olokun) was started on spec and the owner came into the project quite late during construction, but as a boutique shipyard we wanted to offer him maximum flexibility to tailor the yacht to his personal needs," says Vincenzo Poerio, CEO. "The second cabin connected to his own suite on the main deck is a good example. It meant cutting a hole in the bulkhead and re-routing all the wiring so his private office could be converted into a cabin."
As dark hulls can absorb the sun's rays and overheat, Tankoa specified the most high-performance coatings available that reduce the temperature of the metal hull by as much as 10°C per the owner's request.
"We wanted to deliver a finished product that surpasses expectations and the end result is spectacular," concludes Poerio.
The yacht systems will now be fully tested and the interior outfitting completed prior to sea trials and final delivery at the end of November. M/Y Olokum's exclusive interior design is by Casadio Miami/London, US-based studio with experience in the residential, aviation and marine sectors.
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Philly's Chinatown And Decades Of Development Fights
The neighborhood has been targeted by predatory development for years. Now, multigenerational community members unite against Sixers' $1.3 billion arena.
Rikki Li | Prism January 20, 2023
(Photo by Jane Smith / CC BY-NC 2.0)
This story was originally published at Prism.
Loud chants of "hands off Chinatown!" spilled out the doors of Philadelphia's Ocean Harbor restaurant on a Wednesday night in December as over 200 community residents and advocates gathered for a town hall in solidarity against the Sixers' proposed basketball arena, 76 Place. With plans to be built less than a block away from the Chinatown's gateway arch, 76 Place marks yet another development in a long line of project proposals over the past few decades that have threatened the city's last Asian enclave.
"This is my home," said restaurant owner Sam Sam, whose Little Saigon Cafe acted as a spillover location where more than 100 other town hall attendees watched the meeting over livestream. A refugee from Vietnam, Sam Sam has lived and worked in Chinatown for over 42 years. "[The Sixers] say the community will benefit, but they lie. They always lie."
Unlike other arena-related meetings in the past months, the Dec. 14 town hall — held in a Q&A style with interpreters for English, Mandarin, and Cantonese — marked the first open meeting since the summer in which Chinatown residents could voice questions and concerns to officials without imposed restrictions or language barriers.
"This needs to be an open process where the entire community is engaged," said Michael Zhang, an active volunteer in various Chinatown organizations. "Many of our elders don't speak English and rely on people to translate for them. There needs to be an open process where someone who understands the issues explains it to them."
"Closed door meetings, secrecy, and rumors"
Though the Sixers' construction firm, 76 Devcorp — along with billionaire and 76 Devcorp chairman David Adelman — announced initial plans for the $1.3 billion arena back in July, information regarding the arena's development had been kept purposefully secret and only accessible through exclusionary channels. Some meetings were invitation-only, while others had organizers telling community members to refrain from asking "hard questions." 76 Devcorp also formed a steering committee with a handful of Chinatown's organization leaders in an effort to "ensure Chinatown's stability and strengthen its future," though activists say these individuals were handpicked and not representative of the community at large; when members opposed the arena's development, they were allegedly kicked out of the committee.
None of the individuals on the steering committee chose to attend the meeting, despite being invited.
"We are tired of the closed door meetings, secrecy, and rumors surrounding this project," said longtime Chinatown resident Colleen Young. "The 76 Place developers cannot cherry-pick which community members and organizations to listen to. We are the people who live here, who have made Philadelphia's Chinatown one of the last remaining and most vibrant Chinatowns in the U.S., and we deserve a voice in the future of our neighborhood."
Various questions at the town hall were aimed at David Gould, chief diversity and impact officer of the Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, which includes the Sixers, though attendees described his answers as "empty, pretty words." Gould repeated much of the Sixers' existing rhetoric of wanting to be a "good neighbor," emphasizing the importance of Chinatown's cultural preservation while stating that the arena project would have to juggle the wishes of both Chinatown and other surrounding entities in Philadelphia's downtown Fashion District. Often, his comments garnered loud boos from the audience.
"They're the template answers we've heard over and over again," said Yvonne Lung, a member of Asian Americans United (AAU). "But if you listen, he's saying that, even if the community is in-majority against the arena, that doesn't mean they won't build it."
The crowd's ire wasn't due to Gould's opaque responses so much as it was a reflection of their mounting frustrations with the way the Sixers have engaged with the community from the start. Months of secrecy aside, the community's distrust of the Sixers had already been stoked the week prior, when the arena developers' private attorneys snuck language into an unrelated, obscure parking refinancing bill that would have helped grease the wheels for the arena's construction. Though Chinatown activists were able to kill the clause by testifying during the Dec. 7 city council meeting, the incident was a close call that only served to poke holes in the Sixers' "good corporate citizens" claim.
"We basically didn't sleep Monday night, trying to figure it all out," said AAU founder Debbie Wei of the frantic hours Chinatown activists spent organizing the night before the city council meeting. "Clearly 76 Devcorp knew what they were doing. They promised this big, stupid, transparent thing."
Councilmember Mark Squilla, who represents the district containing Chinatown, was present at both the city council meeting and the December town hall. In response to activist testimonies and resident concerns, he promised town hall attendees that any legislation regarding arena development moving forward would be subject to 30 days of review and comment from the community before implementation. The audience reacted to this commitment of transparency with applause, though in the grand scheme, it is one of many hurdles left to overcome in Chinatown's fight against the arena.
"We're a small community of largely second-language speakers who work full-time jobs," said Wei. "We're not all tech billionaires with a whole corporate structure behind us. That's what these guys are doing; they're using corporate power and billionaire dollars to crush a community that's been in existence for 150 years."
"Chinatowns don't survive on tourism, they survive on community."
For many Chinatown residents, the threat of the Sixers' proposed arena is nothing new. In 2000, the community protested the Phillies' plan to build a $685 million baseball stadium near 12th and Vine streets. In 2008, the community marched again to stop the development of a 3,000-slot-machine casino. Today, anti-arena posters lining Chinatown's brick and stone buildings tell the story of a neighborhood repeatedly under siege, with the words "no stadium" and "no casino" crossed in red slashes to make room for the new "no arena" tagline.
Activists say this recurring history is a product of institutional, structural racism.
"Do developers place these large projects in wealthy, white communities?" asked Wei, who had been an active participant in both the stadium and casino fights in the past two decades. "It's definitely a pattern, it's structural, it's systemic. There's no question that developers practice it."
Like many of the 50 other remaining Chinatowns across the country, Philadelphia's Chinatown has suffered the effects of construction-based gentrification, losing homes to both the Pennsylvania Convention Center and the Vine Street Expressway. Community members fear that the Sixers' arena would further the neighborhood's decimation, overwhelming already congested streets and parking lots as sports fans, concert goers, and other event attendees swarm to fill the arena's proposed 18,500 seats — then, ultimately, spiking property values and forcing elder and lower-income residents to leave.
"We also have to consider things like safety, like drunk sports fans pouring into our community at a time when Asians have already been targeted by violence," said Wei in reference to the surge of anti-Asian hate crime since COVID-19.
Community members have also pointed to D.C. Chinatown's gentrification and displacement as a cautionary tale, with past D.C. residents warning Philadelphians of the devastation that awaits their neighborhood should the Sixers arena be built. In an open letter published with The Philadelphia Inquirer, these residents recounted how the Washington Convention Center and Capital One sports arena co-opted nearly 25% of their land and drained the neighborhood of its businesses, residents, and cultural essence — a stark reality compared to what the developers had promised.
"Chinatowns do not survive on tourism, they survive on community. Chinese and Asian people are the regulars in restaurants, hair salons, and grocery stores," said the letter. "It isn't a lack of tourism that kills Chinatown economies; it's when Asian people stop coming because there is no parking, or the businesses they rely on shut down."
Zhang, who grew up in D.C.'s Chinatown before moving to Philadelphia, echoed this sentiment. "Maybe the signs are in Chinese, but they're CVSs and Starbucks. It's nothing authentic. There are no Chinese people walking on the streets anymore," he said.
In an op-ed also published with The Philadelphia Inquirer, 76 Devcorp acknowledged the displacement that threatened Chinatown in past construction projects, promising that the arena's intended location in an existing, boundary-marked structure would allow them to instead "protect Chinatown's residents and small businesses." However, this claim failed to address the pollution and environmental impact that at least six years of construction and demolition would cause for the neighborhood even before the arena is completed.
"Maybe some of the businesses here think they're going to get a bump from arena traffic and sell more bubble tea or hotpot — well, they have to survive until 2031 to even see the first spectator," said Jonathan Waldman, a longtime resident and co-founder of the Concerned Citizens of Chinatown Association (CCOCA). "And the truth is, they're not going to survive; not with all the construction-related road closures, not when people stop coming to Chinatown, and not when the arena bumps their rent and real estate taxes."
In line with these concerns, many attendees at the December town hall demanded that 76 Devcorp conduct formal and independent environmental impact studies to gauge the predicted effects the arena would have on Chinatown before any plans move forward. Others challenged the company's claim that the arena would bring positive solutions and impacts to the neighborhood.
"Why does it have to be an arena? Why not put a public school, since most of our schools are over 70 years old? What about a center for arts and culture?" asked Wei. "If you want to put something in a downtown area that represents what the city is, put something that reflects small business development, local community, and ethnicity."
The next generation of activists
Though Chinatown's historical battles demonstrate the community's strength and enduring tenacity, activists like Wei say it's also indicative of frustration, anger, and exhaustion.
"We've always had to do the impossible, over and over again," said Wei. "I think people are waiting for us to wear down and tire out. I admit, I'm 22 years older than I was during the stadium fight. I'm no spring chicken."
Though the Sixers arena fight has forced longtime Chinatown activists to once again join the battlefield, it has also paved the way for the younger generation to take the lead. From putting up posters to organizing protests, many high school- and college-aged students have volunteered their time and energy to fight for the community's preservation.
"This is not just about [protecting] Chinatown because it's a place to shop and eat," said Lung. "This is for our elders."
An example of these efforts includes the formation of Students for the Preservation of Chinatown (SPOC), a coalition of student activists founded by college junior Kaia Chau and sophomore Taryn Flaherty. Friends since childhood, Chau — who is Wei's daughter — and Flaherty grew up under the tutelage of their activist mothers, attending protests and participating in advocacy before they could articulate what they were fighting for.
"The child care I received was going with my mom to protests," said Flaherty. "And during the 2008 casino fight, I remember Kaia and I dressing up as fairies for one of the Chinatown coalition's plays. We would jump around from behind the slot machines so no one could find us, to show that, no matter what you chose, you'd never find the fairy because casinos are exploitative."
In late November, Chau and Flaherty organized one of the first protests against the Sixers arena development, leading nearly 100 University of Pennsylvania students and other Philadelphia residents in a march to Campus Apartments headquarters, where Sixers chairman David Adelman also serves as CEO. In conjunction with other student organizations such as Save the UC Townhomes and Fossil Free Penn, protesters condemned Adelman for his role in exploiting students' debt for profit, gentrifying West Philadelphia, and now setting his sights on Chinatown.
"It's important for students to lead these protests because institutions like Penn and Campus Apartments wouldn't be able to exist without our money," said Chau. "If these institutions see we're not happy with how they're treating our communities, we can make a really big impact."
In addition to leveraging their power as students, Chau and Flaherty stress that education and social media are crucial in amplifying anti-arena sentiment and saving Chinatown.
"The arena will be built if we do nothing. The arena will be built if there's only slight resistance. There needs to be a huge pushback," said Flaherty.
Wei echoed this sentiment, adding that signing petitions, writing letters to elected officials, and supporting the small businesses in Chinatown are also methods that could help bolster the community. When asked how she felt about her daughter taking up the activism mantle, she said it felt bittersweet.
"Part of it is my frustration that this fight has to continue to happen, but whether or not it's this battle, people with conscience have to fight," said Wei. "If the younger generation is prepared to do that, then we've done our job as elders."
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Your questions answered as grassroots football resumes
The FA have today published responses to a number of frequently-asked questions related to the updated 'non-elite' football guidance following the new Local Restriction Tiers announced by Government, which came into effect on Wednesday 2 December.
The FAQs are as follows:
How are areas defined under the new Local Restriction Tiers?
The list of areas which fall under each Local Restriction Tier can be found on the Government website. To find out which area you are in, use the Government postcode lookup tool. You can find more information on how the Government has defined the tiers here.
Are under-18s able to travel in and out of Tier 3 areas in order to play grassroots football?
Yes, under-18s are exempt from travel restrictions and are able to travel in and out of a Tier 3 area to play. This includes young people who were 17 at the start of the academic year, even if they turn 18 during the remainder of that year.
Can we still travel to play football as a result of the new Local Restriction Tiers?
Yes. However, there are some restrictions in place. Adults cannot travel into or out of a Tier 3 area however there is an exemption for under-18s and disability groups. If you live in a Tier 3 or Tier 2 area you should aim to travel within your household group or support bubble and follow the government safer travel guidance. If you live in a Tier 1 area follow the government safer travel guidance. You may travel through a Tier 3 area. Government safer travel guidance can be found here.
Can we travel from one Tier 3 area to another and what if Tier 3 areas start to merge and become one large area made up of multiple areas?
You should not travel between neighbouring Tier 3 areas, even if they share a border. Each Tier 3 area is seen as separate, they are not one continuous area.
Can we hold tournaments for under-18s?
Yes, as long as all FA and Government guidance is being followed, including guidance on social distancing, equipment sharing and changing rooms. Contact your County FA if you are holding a tournament.
How do the Local Restriction Tiers impact our clubhouses and hospitality?
Clubs and facilities with internal spaces have a responsibility to ensure they are compliant with the latest government guidelines for sport facility providers, indoor settings and hospitality venues here and here.
Are spectators still permitted as a result of the new Local Restriction Tiers?
Yes. Spectators are permitted in all Tiers but must adhere to legal gathering limits and following social distancing guidelines relevant to each tier.
What happens if people do not follow the rules?
Sporting activities are permitted despite wider restrictions because of the benefits of sport and physical activity for people's physical and mental wellbeing. If people act irresponsibly when participating in sport (including off the pitch, and when socialising before and after activity) they jeopardise public health and undermine the case for safe sport to take place.
The FA have agreed a process for reporting any incidents of non-compliance to your local County FA. County FAs will then follow up on these reports. If there are serious or consistent concerns Government will remove approval to play football. It is imperative that everyone strictly follows all guidance.
Can we use changing rooms?
Changing rooms and shower facilities can be used, but participants must adhere to gathering limits while indoors, and maintain social distancing wherever possible. You should encourage participants to avoid or minimise use where possible (e.g. by arriving in kit and showering at home) and to minimise the time they spend in the changing area. Team talks/briefings and other gatherings should not take place in changing rooms under any circumstances. Access should be maintained for those with disabilities, and will be important for sports such as swimming, or outdoor sports in bad weather.
When is indoor football/futsal returning?
Organised indoor football and futsal is currently permitted in Tier 1 areas if the rule of six is followed and in Tier 2 areas if the rule of six is followed and it is possible for people to avoid mixing with others that they do not live or share a support bubble with. Indoor football and futsal are not permitted in Tier 3 areas.
However, in all three tiers there are exceptions for indoor disability football and futsal, sport for educational purposes and supervised sport and physical activity for under-18s, which can take place with larger groups mixing (so, as an example, in Tier 3 under-18s can play futsal indoors but adults cannot).
The FA will continue to work with team sports, Sport England and the Government on the full and safe return of indoor football and futsal at the appropriate time.
What happens if a player tests positive for COVID-19?
If there is a player who has tested positive, they must from that point self-isolate (or if they have symptoms, from the moment of symptoms) and NHS Test and Trace will pick up from this point. The player should contact NHS 111. The club can carry on, but be mindful to ensure all the guidelines are strictly followed on social distancing, hand washing etc. If Test and Trace contact them, they must provide the details and then if deemed anyone needs to isolate on their instruction, do so.
What happens if I have played an opposition team and one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19?
Match play is not considered 'close contact' so no action is needed unless individuals experience symptoms, in which case they must self-isolate from that point as per Government guidance.
A player has had COVID-19 but is now recovered - can they play? Do they need a negative test?
As long as the player is no longer symptomatic and has fully recovered then it would be fine for them to play, without a negative test, as long as they have finished the specified quarantine period. However, the player should follow advice from a medical professional on when is best to return to exercise. They should also not rush back if they do not feel well enough.
I am a healthcare worker and regularly in contact with people with COVID-19 - can I play?
As long as you do not have any symptoms (as is the case for any other participant) and are not self-isolating, then you are able to play. Please adhere to Government guidance on this.
What if my club is not ready to return to full competitive training and matches?
The FA has worked with the government to develop approval for the restart of competitive grassroots football; however, each club should fully understand the guidelines before deciding to commence activity. Each club must only return to competitive football when they are ready and have the appropriate measures in place as developed by The FA and general government guidance. There is no pressure to return. Everyone's health, wellbeing and safety are the priorities.
What happens if a player, parent, match official or coach shows COVID-19 symptoms before, during or after a match?
All players, officials, volunteers and spectators must undergo a self-assessment for any COVID-19 symptoms. No-one should leave home to participate in football if they, or someone they live with, has any of the following:
A high temperature (above 37.8⁰C)
A new, continuous cough
A loss of, or change to, their sense of smell or taste
If a participant becomes COVID-19 symptomatic during the activity, they should immediately remove themselves from the session and return home as soon as possible. NHS guidance on further management of symptoms should be followed. If an individual becomes symptomatic post an activity they must follow the NHS Test and Trace guidance.
Are we allowed to share kit and equipment such as balls, goalkeeper gloves and training tops?
The sharing of equipment must be avoided where possible. Where equipment is shared, equipment must be cleaned before use by another person. Participants should take their kit home to wash it themselves, rather than have one person handling a large quantity of soiled materials. Where kit absolutely has to be shared or kept together (e.g. last-minute stand-in players, shortage of kit, or an essential club function), each person handling it must wash or sanitise their hands immediately after and appropriate cleaning arrangements for the kit must be made.
Do we need to support NHS Test and Trace efforts?
Yes, clubs and facility providers should support NHS Test and Trace efforts by collecting name and contact information on participants at both training and matches. This information should be stored for 21 days in-line with the Government Recreational Team Sport Framework then deleted and collected/processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and in line with GDPR principles. It should be used only for the purpose of NHS Test and Trace and, where requested to share with the NHS for Test and Trace purposes, the shared information should relate only to the match or training in which the player or supporter tested positive Clubs and facility providers should follow current UK Government NHS Test and Trace guidance, which is available here, with detail on how to maintain Test and Trace records here.
What does this mean for clubs with teams in the National League System or the Women's Football Pyramid? Is there a set of specific guidance for players and spectators at this level of the game?
Guidance for the National League System and Women's Football Pyramid is available on TheFA.com.
What about Walking Football? Is there any specific guidance around this?
As a format of football, Walking Football is covered by all the same guidelines that are provided by The FA.
The latest resourcess for non-elite football can be downloaded from our COVID-19 Guidance page.
For further guidance on sport and recreation during COVID-19 please visit:
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MUMBAI: Even as many large corporates are keen on getting back their women employees who have taken long breaks, most of such women expect a slash in their salaries from their last earned ones, says a report.
There are more than 7 million second career women in the country who are seeking to return to work.
More than two-thirds of respondents (69 percent) of a survey anticipate a pay cut on their re-entry due to the prevalence of what is called the 'motherhood wage penalty' (how mothers suffer severe wage and hiring disadvantages in the workplace), says a report by Avtar that is into diversity advocacy and workplace inclusion.
The report is based on an online survey among 783 second career women between August and September and claims that there are over 7 million second career women in the country who are seeking to return to work.
When it comes to career return challenges, the report says even in the fourth industrial revolution era, women get insufficient support from their homes (23 percent) and this is cited as among the top three biggest barriers for them after absence of strong network and skill-gap being the biggest impediments with 59 percent and 36 percent, respectively citing them as concerns.
"We have been seeing how companies are benefiting by recruiting these second career women. While there has been a steady progress, more and more companies across segments and geographies must come forward to implement women-friendly policies," says Avtar founder-president Saundarya Rajesh.
The report reveals that financial security and putting education to good use are the two most important and motivating factors for women to make career returns, both recording 38 percent response as the number one driver.
Interestingly, 63 percent respondents indicate high career intentionality by preferring full-time job, while only 23 percent want to come back to flexible roles.
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'Mom', 'Juno', 'Secret Superstar': Iconic Films That Salute The Spirit Of Motherhood
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Mother's Day is here. It's time to do something special for mom, something that makes her feel loved. You can always buy her a present, cook for her, take her out for an extravagant brunch, or treat her with a spa. However, nothing says love like spending some quality time together. So, why not spend this Mother's Day lazing on the couch with your mom, eating popcorn and pizza, and binge-watching iconic movies that salute the spirit of motherhood.
'Stepmom'
'Stepmom', a 1998 comedy-drama directed by Chris Columbus, starred Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, and Ed Harris in lead roles.The film, which was later remade in India as 'We Are Family', is the story of a terminally-ill woman Jackie (Sarandon) who has to settle for Isabel (Roberts), her former husband's (Luke) would-be-wife, as the new stepmom for her children. A fun yet weepy journey unfolds as Isabel makes every effort to be accepted by Luke's kids Anna and Ben and their mother Jackie. The film offers a feel-good factor for the audience and stresses on how motherhood is not all about giving birth; it's about connecting with kids and helping them through the process of growing up.
'Juno'
This Jason Reitman directorial is a comedy-drama based on teenage pregnancy. The film stars Ellen Page and Michael Cera in pivotal roles. The film, till date, is considered to be one of the most-commendable portrayals of motherhood.16-year-old Juno (Page) finds out she is pregnant with her best friend and boyfriend Cera's baby after a short fling. While she earlier considers an abortion, later, decides to go on with the pregnancy and puts up the baby for adoption. The film sheds light on every form of motherhood, from being a stepmom to a teenage mother and finally adoption. Juno's incredibly supportive stepmom Bren (Allison Janney) helps her find Vanessa (Jennifer Garner), the lady who adopts the baby. The film also traces Juno's stint with motherhood, her journey of carrying the baby and then making the tough decision of giving up her child.
'English Vinglish'
This Gauri Shinde directorial is a comedy-drama featuring the late actress Sridevi in a pivotal role. The film, which released in 2012, revolved around the life of Shashi (Sridevi), a homemaker and small entrepreneur who is mocked by her husband and kids for her poor English-speaking skills. Life takes a twist when she joins English-speaking classes, makes new friends and develops a new sense of self-respect. Sridevi's portrayal of a selfless, loving mother was appreciated by critics. The film was unanimously hailed by audience and became one of India's top 10 highest-grossing films overseas.
'Nil Battey Sannata'
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Arrive late morning and head to our B&B for a welcome lunch. After eating, we'll unpack and get settled before eventually heading out for a relaxed riverside, waterfall-laden run. A big dinner and plenty of drinks will follow.
Wake up to coffee, a relaxed breakfast and a beautiful sunrise. We'll take a scenic drive towards our trail head, where we'll begin an alpine trail run that weaves through fire-stricken trees, old-growth forest, fields of wildflowers and climbs towards a glacial lake. Afterwards, enjoy a big picnic lunch and a soak in a river of snow melt before journeying back to town for a brewery visit (and plenty of sampling!). Another big dinner and an evening relaxing around the fire pit caps off a great day!
Kick off the day with coffee, breakfast and a (somewhat) early start - today is the big run! After a scenic drive and trail orientation, we'll begin a point-to-point long run on one of the most famous, magical trails in the country; old-growth forest, crashing waterfalls, turquoise pools and a rushing river. Lunch awaits at the end, along with a cold water soak. That evening you will be free to grab dinner and explore Bend on your own (or with others!) - our B&B is walking distance to many great options. Afterward, reconvene at our hot tub to wrap up the day.
Legs a bit tired from the long run? Today's run offers the option of a challenging climb or a comfortable cruise, both with unforgettable views and a high desert landscape unlike anything else we've seen. You can choose to run or hike, depending upon how you feel – we're in no rush! Another big picnic spread awaits, which we'll enjoy before a leisurely afternoon float down the Deschutes River and the chance to kick back at a local brewery for our final dinner. We'll do our best to make the minutes stretch; you won't be ready to leave!
Today's run is early and optional, but you won't want to miss it. We'll head to a local trail that is lined with stunning waterfalls - the out/back set up caters to both those with fresh legs and those who just want a scenic stroll. A big brunch will be prepared for our final meal together; linger over mimosas and coffee as long as you can! Eventually it will be time to pack up, say our goodbyes and depart for the airport.
A $500 deposit secures your spot, and balances are due by March 1 (Week 1) or March 7 (Week 2). Sign ups after these dates will be due in full.
There will be a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 12 runners. Spots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis!
You will need to arrive in Bend by lunchtime on the first day and depart no earlier than 1:00pm on the final day. You can fly directly to Bend/Redmond, or use a shuttle or rental car to connect from Eugene or Portland (great if you're planning to extend your vacation!). Suggestions and guidance will be provided once the group is set.


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Q: Setting the default zoom level for Acrobat Reader browser plugin I have a large monitor and when a PDF file is opened in my browser with the PDF plugin the letters are tiny with 100% zoom level. Every time I have to set it to 200% manually to be able to read the text.
Is there a way to set the default zoom level to 200% in the plugin?

A: What version of Acrobat Rader are you running?
If you're running 9.X try this:

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*Launch Adobe Reader

*Close any documents that might be open in Adobe Reader

Now let's get down to business:

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*Edit | Preferences

*select Page Display

*Set Page Layout to whatever (sometimes anything other than Automatic helps)

*Set Zoom to 100%

*click on the OK button

*Exit Adobe Reader

Now go and find a pdf (and be sure you're wearing shoes and socks) and open it in your browser...
try this one on for size: pdf link
What happened?

A: Yeah, this is sooo completely old, but at least in the latest version of Reader, if you go to Edit -> Preferences -> Accessibility, you'll find a setting under "Override Page Display" that allows you to force a particular layout and/or zoom level.

A: Firefox 3.0 remembers what zoom level you last used for each domain. If you just want to reset the current zoom level for the page in question, hold down Ctrl and + (zoom in) or - (zoom out) on Windows, Command + / - on Mac (I think?) until you reach the desired level of zoom. Ctrl/ Command and the 0 (zero) will reset the zoom level to the default. Close your browser after setting the zoom level and the setting should save.
If you don't want Firefox to remember zoom settings per domain,
In the Location Bar, type about:config, click on the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button only if you are comfortable editing advanced settings.
If you proceed, search / filter or scroll down to the setting labeled "browser.zoom.siteSpecific" and double click on that setting to set the value to "false".

A: Probably your options for Acrobat Reader specify 100% as the default zoom, and there's no way (as far as I know) to set the Acrobat plugin to another default in Firefox.
You might want to try an alternative PDF reader plugin for Firefox.
For example : the free Foxit Reader for Windows, which is also much faster and more economical on resources than Acrobat.
As I don't use Foxit Reader, I can't guarantee anything. But this way, having two products, meaning Acrobat for the desktop and Foxit Reader for the browser, you could at least define different default zooms per each of the two products.

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Confusing report about establishing centers of the Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar at Sambalpur and Balangir
July 30, 2010 at 11:03 am sanjibkarmee	1 comment
Following is a report from The Telegraph:
Aspiring MBAs in western Orissa will soon have an option to study at an institute nearer home.
The Xavier Institute of Management is all set to create additional centres in the western part of the state.
"It (the additional centre) will either be in Sambalpur or Bolangir. We might even open centres in both cities. This will depend on where the state government provides land. Once that is over, we will sign a memorandum of understanding with the state government," said XIMB director Father P.T. Joseph.
He added that the institute authorities were simply waiting for approval from the Orissa chief minister.
"We are just waiting for Naveen Patnaik's approval. We can start work on the new centre as soon as we receive his approval," he said.
With some areas in the state lacking in renowned education institutes, the XIMB's new centre will come as something of a relief. "The idea is to make quality higher education accessible to people living in remote areas of the state. We have submitted the project proposal. It is with the planning and coordination department now," said the XIMB director.
He was speaking on the sidelines of the launch ceremony of the post-graduate programme in banking and financial services.
While the project has received huge appreciation from all quarters, the Western Orissa Development Council (WODC) has reportedly assured that it would spend Rs 20 crore on the project.
State planning and coordination minister AU Singh Deo apparently urged XIMB to come up with the proposal.
Singh Deo represents Bolangir constituency. He said that the new project would bring about positive change in the relatively backward western Orissa.
"The management college will come as succour to students aspiring for quality higher education in the neglected areas of western Orissa. Centres of XIMB will come up at both Bolangir and Sambalpur. We are in the process of finalising the land plots. The state government has already sanctioned Rs 10 crore for the project," said Singh Deo.
XIMB is already working on its second campus in Khurda, 15km from the main campus here.
"The state government has assured us that they would build a compound wall for the Khurda centre and hand it over to us," said Father Joseph.
The B-school currently offers courses such as post-graduate in management, post-graduate diploma in management for working executives, post-graduate diploma in rural management and doctoral-level fellow programme in management.
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In New Zealand, the Fishhook Pendant Called Hei Matau
The Maori, New Zealand's Indigenous people, navigated to the country from Polynesia by sea, some arriving as early as the 10th century. Matau, or fishhooks, were among their tools, fashioned from wood, bone, shell, stone — and pounamu, the Maori name for New Zealand jade or greenstone.
Over time, the hooks became increasingly stylized and now are a popular shape for decorative pounamu pendants called hei matau, the first word indicating that the matau is worn around the neck. Creators say a hei matau gives the wearer strength, safety and good luck for travel, especially across oceans.
There is a common belief in New Zealand that pounamu should be received only as a gift. "We don't know where that condition came from, but it's certainly not something from my people," said Lisa Tumahai, the kaiwhakahaere, or representative, of the tribe Ngai Tahu, based on the South Island. "Since before the settlers came, we were trading pounamu and we were economically prosperous from it."
A Hero's Story
The matau has deep roots not only in Maori history but also in some of the culture's best-known stories. Elementary school-age children in New Zealand learn that Maui, a hero of Polynesian mythology, used a woven fishing line and a hook fashioned from his grandmother's jawbone to haul New Zealand's North Island — known as Te Ika a Maui, or the Fish of Maui — out of the sea. Maui was so pleased with his catch, the story says, that he threw his hook into the sky, where it caught among the stars. The constellation Scorpio sometimes is called Maui's Fish Hook in Maori astronomy.
The Geology
Pounamu is most commonly actually nephrite, a semiprecious mineral. Nephrite is formed about six miles underground, where the heat and pressure create an incredibly hard stone, making pounamu useful to early dwellers for tools. (Iron and chromium deposits account for its distinctive green hues.) Bands of pounamu were lifted to the surface as mountains formed over millions of years on New Zealand's South Island, which the Maori call Te Wai Pounamu, or the Place of Pounamu. Over time, erosion has uncovered deposits and the boulders and stones tumble into the island's many rivers, where they are either gathered or eventually wash into the sea.
Loss, and Recovery
In the 18th and 19th centuries, settlers from Britain and Europe pushed Maori off their land and discouraged the use of their language, and by the 1950s laws and regulations prevented their carvers from accessing and working pounamu. Later, pieces of jade jewelry carved with Maori designs sometimes were imported from China. "Our people carried on carving," Ms. Tumahai said. "Never to the scale that we would have had in the 1800s, but we never lost the craft." In recent decades, New Zealand's government has made settlements with iwi, or tribes, to recover what was lost — and in 1997, a law declared that iwi Ngai Tahu was kaitiaki, or guardian, of all pounamu, making it the only privately owned mineral in the country. Today, along with selling or distributing the stone (1,800 pounds every year) to carvers and cultural bodies and managing an accreditation process, Ngai Tahu runs a pounamu jewelry business.
A Precious Stone
New Zealand's modern-day laws recognize pounamu (pronounced poe-nuh-moo) as a taonga, or treasure, for the Maori people. "Without the taonga, we don't have life, so we have to give respect to it," Ms. Tumahai said. Some of New Zealand's five million residents wear hei matau, and many of its visitors — 3.8 million in 2019 — buy them as souvenirs. But some tourists have been "horrified," Ms. Tumahai said, when they realized their purchases did not have the authentication details present on jewelry made of legally sourced pounamu. "We just say a karakia and bless their stone," Ms. Tumahai said, using the word for a Maori prayer.
The New Generation
As a boy on the South Island's West Coast, Shannon Mahuika thought carving was the domain of old men but also felt that Maori art ran in his blood. He left school at 15 to work for his father, who made and sold simple pendants, then spent three years in formal training at Te Puia, the national Maori arts and crafts institute in Rotorua, under the renowned carver Lewis Gardiner. He was one of the first students at the institute's stone and bone carving school, a selective program that accepts applications only from Maori men. (Currently, Ms. Tumahai said, there are 200 to 300 pounamu carvers in the country, about 120 of whom are registered with Ngai Tahu and about 70 of whom are actively working.) Mr. Mahuika, 33, now lives and works in a former school on a lonely stretch of West Coast highway, just minutes from Makaawhio, a river rich in pounamu. "To be on the doorstep of the source of the pounamu, it feels like security of my future," he said. Mr. Mahuika generally buys his stone supplies, but sometimes he takes his eager nieces and nephews to the river to search for it, as his father did with him.
Making Hei Matau
Traditional pictures and stories — as well as new ideas — inspire Mr. Mahuika, who initially sketches his designs with pencil on paper. He then cuts a stencil to place on the stone, and uses diamond tools to shape it. A bench grinder helps create the curves and detail, and diamond burrs of different shapes and sizes are used to finish the design. Each tool leaves abrasive scratches on the stone, Mr. Mahuika said, and he spends as long cleaning a hei matau — smoothing out the carving marks — as he does crafting it. It is common for a piece to take two days to carve and another two days to clean, like the piece shown here, which will be priced at 720 New Zealand dollars, about $500. "I can't find it in me to rush it," he added. His pieces are all one-of-a-kind and he sells through social media and by direct request.
Protecting Pounamu
In recent decades New Zealand has experienced a revival of interest in Maori arts and culture — including pounamu jewelry. "There wouldn't be a day go by when I don't see people wearing it," Ms. Tumahai said. But at the same time Ngai Tahu has been battling a growing black market for the stone; on the legal market, it sells from about 30 New Zealand dollars per pound for the poorest quality to about 500 dollars per pound for the best. Raw pounamu cannot be exported legally, but the iwi knows it is being smuggled onto commercial flights and in freight. And despite the fact that many carvers stopped working when the pandemic began and New Zealand closed its borders, the amount of pounamu offered for illicit sale on web forums and social media platforms had increased, Ms. Tumahai said, as people were "desperate" for money. A conservation plan created by the iwi with input from New Zealand's geological science agency should mean that supplies will not be in danger of depletion — but no one is sure, Ms. Tumahai said, because no one know how much has been removed illegally.
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Building a Last Mile Delivery App Like Postmates: Solutions and Costs
Julia Matyunina
Content writer at Mobindustry
Are you thinking about starting a last-mile delivery business? Today, we talk about one of the most successful food delivery apps: Postmates. Let's find out why it's so popular, what its main features are, and what last-mile business model it uses.
Food delivery apps are on the rise, especially today when we're encouraged to stay home. The market is full of great last-mile delivery solutions, but Postmates stands out from the crowd. In this article, we talk about how to make an app like Postmates.
What is Postmates and how does it work?
At its core, Postmates is a courier service. While it started as a food delivery app, it has evolved into a major last-mile delivery service across the United States. Postmates and its services are available 24/7, allowing you to get anything you need, anytime, anywhere. How great is that?
Anyone can work as a Postmates courier. To become a courier, all you need to do is fill out a simple form. Couriers can deliver things by car, bike, or even foot. The Postmates approach is useful for everybody. First, Postmates allows couriers to work flexible schedules and gives customers what they want — fast doorstep delivery.
Postmates' awesome statistics
Now that you know what Postmates is, let's see why we decided to talk about last-mile delivery using Postmates as our example. Here are some statistics that demonstrate this app's success:
7 years on the market
2 years to reach its first million deliveries
9.1% US food delivery market share
$280 million in funding
250,000 business partners
2,940 cities of operation
2 million deliveries per month
60,000 vehicles in the delivery fleet
5,341 employees
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Why did Postmates succeed?
Today, we've all heard about Postmates, but there was a time when it needed to make itself known. Let's find out what decisions brought Postmates the popularity it now has. Here are the four main factors that contributed to Postmates' success.
Grabbing the on-demand delivery trend early on
When launching his startup, Postmates CEO and co-founder Bastian Lehmann said "We're betting on the huge trend that local inventory will become unlocked and available to purchase, even in smaller retail stores, because you won't have to go to the store anymore."
Getting the marketing right
When it first started, Postmates was ahead of its time in creating an on-demand delivery app. It attracted early adopters who spread the word and established the trend. This also helped Postmates save 80% on marketing costs.
Making money from day one
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Let's be honest: money is a big concern when it comes to startups. The fact that Postmates got ROI fast made all the difference. This got the app the attention and trust of early investors.
Early success
Early success created a positive feedback loop for Postmates, allowing the company to gain some major investments and partners. Postmates got official contracts with 7-Eleven, Apple, McDonald's, Starbucks, Walgreens, Chipotle, and many other well-known companies.
Aiming big
Postmates was determined to become a part of the city infrastructure. It acted at the high demand and competed with giants like Uber and Amazon.
Postmates' Features Set
Postmates features can be roughly divided into 4 main categories.
For restaurant/store
Checking rating and review
Rating and Review
For delivery person
Updating the Order Status
For admin panel
Discount Offers and Coupons
Postmates business model
Postmates is based on the crowdsourced marketplace model, which is hard to pull off. The challenge is to make all parties satisfied with your product. On-demand delivery apps have to solve retailers' problems, provide visibility to restaurants, keep couriers motivated, and make customers happy. That's a lot to think about. Getting the business model right has been difficult for many startups in the last-mile delivery business, including for UberRUSH, Shyp, and Doorman.
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In our articles on how to make a certain type of app, we always talk about how important it is to come up with a unique value proposition. Let's see what value proposition Postmates provides:
One-stop marketplace in the app
Great connectivity and visibility
Vast inventory
Quick delivery 24/7/365
Customer segments and key partners
The on-demand Postmates delivery app is built for three main customer segments:
Buyers who want goods delivered to their doorsteps and are willing to pay for it
Merchants and restaurants who benefit from orders and are willing to pay for better visibility of their business
Couriers who work as contractors and deliver orders
How does Postmates make money
When developing a last-mile delivery app like Postmates, you also need to think about a monetization model. Here's how Postmates gets it revenue:
Delivery fees. Postmates charges approximately $5 for each order. This fee is not factored into the delivery price, but the basket size is, so sometimes buyers can end up with a maximum $20 service fee. This fee is split 80/20 between couriers and Postmates.
Convenience fee. Postmates also charges a 9% flat fee for convenience. There's no cap on this fee according to Techcrunch.
Merchant program. Postmates partners with large retailers and restaurants, promising that customers who order from partner establishments will be charged lower delivery fees in return for the retailer or restaurant selecting Postmates as their preferred delivery partner.
Subscriptions. Subscriptions improve customer retention and provide Postmates with advance payments. The Unlimited subscription plan costs $9.99 a month and gives users free delivery on orders over $20, no crazy peak hour pricing, and automatic placement at the front of the line.
Postmates business model canvas
A business model canvas allows us to visualize the last-mile delivery business model. This tool is very useful for startuppers, as it helps them reach a deeper understanding of their business and view it from different angles.
How to come up with a unique value proposition
We've already talked about Postmates' unique value proposition and how successful it is. But how can you come up with a unique value proposition for your startup? Here are some tips that might be useful:
Use modern technology. Technologies like chatbots, text-to-speech functionality, and voice recognition can motivate people to use an app. Note that implementing these technologies will affect the food delivery app development cost.
Don't forget about personalization. You can make separate apps for buyers and partners. Companies like Uber create multiple apps to provide a unique user experience for each target audience.
Implement augmented reality (AR). You can implement AR for different use cases. For example, you can use it to visualize food, provide navigation for couriers via a smartphone camera, etc. Remember that implementing AR features will be quite pricey, however.
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Three reasons to build a delivery app like Postmates
If you still have doubts about making a food delivery app like Postmates, here are three reasons to create such an app.
An omni-channel strategy is important for winning in a competitive market. Retailers and restaurants depend on last-mile delivery companies to cater to the needs of consumers. McKinsey expects today's 35% market penetration of last-mile delivery services to double in four years.
The global food delivery market is growing extremely fast. Worldwide revenue is expected to increase to $146.7 billion by 2022. The key reason why consumers are choosing online food delivery is the overall level of funding for the industry and the size of marketing budgets.
New technologies can change the rules of last-mile delivery. The last mile has always been the most expensive and the least efficient. But with the use of new technologies, this can change. Delivery droids, drones, and AI solutions are coming to the rescue.
How to make a food delivery app
Create a project plan for your last-mile delivery app
A successful last-mile delivery app should be based on a well-structured project plan. Here's how to create a project plan for a last-mile delivery app.
Start making a plan by asking these basic questions
Why am I creating a last-mile delivery app?
Who will use the last-mile delivery app?
Who will implement the last-mile delivery app?
How much do I plan to invest in last-mile delivery app development?
There are more questions to consider when developing a project plan, but these are the most important ones that can give you an idea of where to start.
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Come up with a last-mile delivery app user journey
For a basic last-mile delivery app, the user journey consists of five main steps:
Select a restaurant. Restaurants can be filtered by location, type, etc. Or users can just enter a name.
Create an order. Users can add items to an order from a restaurant's menu or a shop's inventory.
Confirm the order. A user can view items in an order, see an estimated subtotal, select a delivery time, and confirm the order.
Track the order. A user can see the exact location of an order in real time while it's in transit.
Rate the delivery. Once an order has been flagged as delivered, the feedback/rating system allows the user to comment on the experience from start to finish.
Choose the core features of your last-mile delivery app
Make a list of valuable features for your last-mile delivery app. Don't forget to research the market to find out what features your target audience will need. Note that the market is full of great solutions, and to stand out, you'll need to come up with a unique value proposition. When making a list of features for a last-mile delivery app, remember that your app needs to cater to three customer segments: buyers, couriers, and restaurants/stores.
Hire a last-mile delivery app development company
To help you build your last-mile delivery app, hire a professional last-mile delivery app development company. The first phase of development will include business analysis, developing a technical specification, estimating the development cost, and planning the project. Before diving into the actual development, you and your team should create an app development workflow, choose the main features for the app, and design the app concept.
Mobindustry has experience developing delivery apps. We've been working with a European logistics company that decided to create a customer-facing mobile app over three years ago. We deployed the app and have continued supporting it since. But over the years, UI and UX standards have changed. In the case study below, we describe how we redesigned both the visual aspects and business logic of this logistics app:
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Build an MVP for your last-mile delivery app
Start by creating a minimum viable product (MVP) of your last-mile delivery app. By first launching an MVP and testing its technical and business performance, you'll be able to find out what users like and don't like in your app. Then you'll be able to consider their feedback and improve your app.
The latest news from Postmates
Uber is looking for new ways to boost its service performance. Earlier this year, the company tried to buy GrubHub, but the deal fell apart. On July 6, 2020, Uber announced that it had acquired Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal.
List of Postmates technologies
How much does it cost to make a last-mile delivery app like Postmates?
The cost of mobile apps like Postmates depends on these factors:
Hourly rate of your development team
The biggest factor that influences an app's cost is the hourly rate of developers. And hourly rates often depend on the location. For example, an application that costs $40,000 to build in the US will cost around $9,000 if developed by engineers in Ukraine.
Eastern European countries have a great price-quality balance
Developing your app with a company based in Eastern Europe is cost-effective and gives you access to top talent.
Quick summary of developing a last-mile delivery app like Postmates
Developing a last-mile delivery app like Postmates is a long and hard process. But if done correctly, your app can be successful and bring a lot of value to you as a business owner.
Use modern technology to encourage customers to use your app.
Make separate apps for buyers and partners to provide a unique user experience for each target audience.
Create your own unique value proposition. The market is full of great solutions, and you'll need to stand out from the crowd.
If you want to create a last-mile delivery app like Postmates but don't know where to start, contact Mobindustry for a consultation.
What is Postmates and how does it work? Postmates' awesome statistics Why did Postmates succeed? Grabbing the on-demand delivery trend early on Getting the marketing right Making money from day one Early success Aiming big Postmates business model Value proposition Customer segments and key partners How does Postmates make money Postmates business model canvas How to come up with a unique value proposition Three reasons to build a delivery app like Postmates Demand Capital Technology How to make a food delivery app Create a project plan for your last-mile delivery app Come up with a last-mile delivery app user journey Choose the core features of your last-mile delivery app Hire a last-mile delivery app development company Build an MVP for your last-mile delivery app The latest news from Postmates List of Postmates technologies How much does it cost to make a last-mile delivery app like Postmates? Quick summary of developing a last-mile delivery app like Postmates
What is Postmates?
At its core, Postmates is a courier service. While it started as a food delivery app, it has evolved into a major last-mile delivery service across the United States.
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