Hidekichi Miyazaki — who holds the 100 metres world record for centenarians at 29.83 seconds and is dubbed 'Golden Bolt' after the Jamaican flyer — plans to wait another five years for his dream race and was happy to reveal his secret weapon: his daughter's tangerine jam.
"I'd love to race Bolt," the wispy-haired Miyazaki told AFP in an interview after tottering over the line with a joyful whoop at a recent Japan Masters Athletics competition in Kyoto.
Born in 1910 — the year Japan annexed Korea and when the Titanic was still under construction — the pint-sized Miyazaki offered some dietary tips to Bolt, whose world record is 9.58 seconds.
"My body is small so I take care of what I eat," said Miyazaki, who stands just 1.53 metres (five feet) tall and weighs in at 42 kilograms (92 pounds).
In a country with one of the world's highest life expectancies, Miyazaki is the poster boy for Japan's turbo-charged geriatrics.
Some 6,000 pensioners are registered at the Masters federation which hosts more than 40 track and field meetings every year across the nation.
Serenaded by buzzing cicadas in sweltering heat, Miyazaki fell into the arms of 73-year-old daughter Kiyono after clocking 38.35 — more than 20 seconds behind race winner Yoshio Kita, a relative spring chicken at 82.
"I'd give myself five out of 10 for that," he said after regaining his breath and copying Bolt's trademark 'lightning' pose. "Before I ran I curled up for a little nap — big mistake! I felt stiff.
Miyazaki, who hails from tea-growing Shizuoka prefecture, about 200 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, was a late bloomer, only taking up running at the age of 92 after watching an old people's sports day broadcast on television.
Having become the planet's fastest centenarian in 2010, he now has his sights on another milestone in the unlikely 105-109 age group category.
"That's what I'm training for," said Miyazaki, who loses valuable seconds at the start of races because he can't hear the gun go off.
He need only cross the finish line to set the new world record as no official mark exists in that age class.
As Miyazaki left the track, 85-year-old Mitsue Tsuji tossed a shot put 4.73 metres — this after she had set a mark of 2.07 metres in the long jump. Not content, she set a meet record of 13.85 in the women's 60 metres sprint.
Tsuji will join Miyazaki at next month's Asia Masters championships in northeast Japan.
"I had a bit of a fall last year and was going to skip it," said Tsuji, who credits power naps for her age-defying stamina.
As the pair tore it up with the other high-fiving grannies and granddads in Kyoto, 78-year-old endurance runner Yoko Nakano pounded the streets in Tokyo, preparing for her latest world record tilt.
Nakano ran her first full marathon at 70 "for fun" while vacationing in Honolulu — clocking four hours, four minutes, 44 seconds — and now holds the world record for 75 to 79-year-olds, as well as those for the 3,000 and 5,000 metres.
"We were on holiday so I thought we might as well run," she smiled, perched on a tree stump in a canary yellow T-shirt and polka dot scarf. Her world marathon mark now stands at 3:53.42.
The bespectacled Nakano, whose has also run marathons in New York and Boston, bounced back from stomach surgery last year, building her post-op fitness by walking up and down the hospital corridors.
Miyazaki, who is also handy with a shot put, gave an insight into his need for speed.


Aliens, beasts, elves (but not goblins), robots, mutants, and the rest you'll find them here.
The degree of transformation in tends to be obvious: unlike in some of the other sections featuring realistic makeups where you can only tell how effective the makeup is by comparing the before and after images of the actress.
Werewolves are in the horror makeups section.


You are one of many people who have asked themselves the question, "should I remodel my kitchen?" Before you swing that hammer here are a few things to think about.
Your home's resale value is the first thing to think about when considering a kitchen remodel. The cost of a kitchen renovation can range from a few thousand to one hundred thousand depending on many variables. If you are seriously considering a remodeling project, there are probably some reasons behind it. Function and style may be factors behind your desire to remodel, but just be careful when balancing your wants with your home's resale potential.
Another important factor to think about is the conveniences your kitchen is providing you right now. Once renovation begins your home will be occupied by various specialty contractors and your kitchen's ease of use will be briefly disrupted. Such a project obviously makes your kitchen unavailable for a period of time, so be sure to clearly think through the reality of not having your kitchen. Privacy and safety should also be discussed with your contractor before and during the remodel so that both sides are working together to protect your home and family.
Trust should be a top priority with any contractor you hire. You must have a high level of confidence that your contractor shares the same passion for your kitchen as you do. You should feel he or she respects your budget and cares about the amount of disruption a renovation project has on you and your family.
All of these factors should be carefully considered when thinking about a kitchen remodel.


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YA Book Club: Anonymous' 'Go Ask Alice'
By Kate Hudson | Books | July 11, 2019 |
Oh, friends, this…this is a special book, but not for the reasons the author probably wanted. Go Ask Alice was supposedly the diary of an anonymous teen girl who drank some Coke laced with LSD and became a drug addict almost immediately. What ensues is nothing short of ridiculous bananas fiction that is desperately trying to masquerade as hard-hitting stuff to keep children away from drugs and on the straight and narrow—so, of course, the diary ends with our heroine dying. In fact, the "epilogue" is so overwrought and ridiculous that I need to post it here for good measure.
Wow. Just, wow.
Now, a note before we dive into this: Addiction is a serious medical issue and one that some of my loved ones have struggled with, and I know I'm not alone in that. There is nothing funny or amusing about it. It tears families apart and has devastating consequences for everyone who gets caught in its crosshairs. I find nothing amusing about it. This book, however, is unintentionally hilarious, and I want to make the distinction clear before we move forward.
I'm not sure when I first encountered Go Ask Alice but it must have been between the ages of 10 and 12 (so, between The Baby-Sitters Club and Valley of the Dolls basically) and I remember thinking that this was such grown-up stuff to read (as a kid), and then having the realization that 15 (the age of the unnamed protagonist/diarist at the start of the book) wasn't so far off, and how did things get so bad for her? Then I was really confused how she could just up and run away on a bus, because I grew up on a mountain in Anchorage Alaska, and there really wasn't any way to get out of town for teenagers then (or now, probably.) I was a naïve kid, but even back then, by the end of the book, I had my suspicions that Go Ask Alice wasn't a real diary found and meticulously put together from real diaries and scraps of paper (when she runs away and lives on the road with the hippies, she has time to write things down on "single sheets of paper, paper bags, etc." OK.) Upon rereading as an adult, it was so clearly obvious that this book was written not only by an adult, but an adult who neither knew any teenagers, nor met anyone who suffered from addiction, and basically tried to scare the youths straight with a tale of teenage horror that the end result is honestly pretty funny. Yes, the "Anonymous" author of Go Ask Alice was, in fact, a 50-something Mormon youth counselor named Beatrice Sparks, who would later go on to write Jay's Journal (about teenage Satanism that ultimately ends with his death) and It Happened to Nancy (about teenagers and HIV that ultimately ends with a teenager's death.) Obviously, all of these books end with the teenager dying, because if I know anything, it's that teenagers have an acute sense of their own mortality and anonymous diaries are the best way to get through to them to inform them of the dangers of anything. That's why after this, I'm going to go write Don't Eat the Tide Pods, Tony. Important stuff.
So what is Go Ask Alice about? Oh, friends, buckle up. It's a car crash of a book.
Our young, unnamed protagonist feels like she doesn't fit in and has a crush on some dude at her school. The first couple pages are basically about how she's dieting (with her mother's support…uh, OK?!) and then in an exciting twist, she's told that the family is going to move to a new state. Hooray!
She moves to the new state (I think it's Colorado? I mean, the point is her new location is Anytown, USA. It could be where you live, reader. This happens everywhere, dun, dun, dun.) The new state is basically like her old state, but she makes a friend and everything is OK. That is, until, she goes back to her old town to spend the summer with her grandparents, and unwittingly is given a glass of Coke laced with LSD and trips, and LOVES it.
Side note: I have never, in my 34 years on this planet, encountered someone who wasted drugs on people who didn't want them. Like, ever. And, friends? I used to work in a bar back in the day. Growing up we were warned about Halloween candy laced with LSD, and now, I occasionally read about the growing threat of cannabis-infused candy getting into the hands of children. That s*it isn't cheap. You wouldn't just drop LSD in Cokes as a fun, kicky science experiment because that is a waste of the drugs you bought, and again, s*it is expensive. However, to our author, it is a good scare tactic to keep the youths on their toes, so in the book it goes!
The next 170-ish pages are a wild ride, which demonstrates our "author's" descent into the throes of addiction.
She loves her first LSD trip so much, she does it again and ends up losing her virginity while on a trip. Drugs make you fast and loose, see? Then, her grandfather has a heart attack, so she steals her grandparents' sleeping pills to cope. Eventually, she returns home from her summer of sin, and the drug use doesn't stop. She gets her own prescription for sleeping pills and eventually begins selling drugs her college boyfriend supplies to her and her edgy friend Chris to fund her own habit. Her parents, of course, have no clue any of this is going on. Are you picking up the author's message loud and clear? Teenage girls are addicted to drugs and their parents don't have a clue. Everybody panic!
So our author and Chris are dating college boys who are friends, and also drug dealers. One night, she and Chris walk in on their boyfriends in flagrante (I hate it when that happens) and they realize that they were being used by them. So they do the only thing you should do in that situation. Report them as drug dealers to the police, and run away to San Francisco to escape retaliation, of course!
Once in San Francisco, Chris befriends Shelia, who owns a hip boutique and is in the habit of hiring 15-year old girls to work in it because child labor laws aren't a thing that exist. As a result of working for Shelia, Chris and our author get invited to Shelia's parties at night, where of course drugs are being used. Shelia's boyfriend gives the teenagers heroin, and then rapes them, because everything is awful and you need to know that before you too drink LSD-laced Cokes at a party.
Chris and the author decide "f*ck this" and move over to Berkeley where they lease space and open a jewelry shop because again, 15-year-olds with no credit are absolutely given leases to commercial spaces all the time. The girls get homesick, so they decide to come home to their families to enjoy Christmas with them. I guess they just up and leave their shop, and now their credit is ruined along with their lives. That said, that's probably why 15-year-olds aren't allowed to lease commercial real estate. You can thank Go Ask Alice, teenagers.
The family time doesn't last long, and after the author and Chris get caught in a police drug raid, she skips town again and hitchhikes around California. On the road, she meets a girl named Doris, who is a "BP" (an author's footnote helpfully points out that means Baby Prostitute, because everything about this book is supposed to show the horrors of drug use.) So, if you see where this is headed, congratulations.
Yup, our author becomes a prostitute herself. Keep in mind, this is all being recorded, by her, on scraps of paper, because of course, she's still keeping her diary.
Anyway, she encounters a priest, decides to stop using and go back to her family, because she's sick of drugs. Concurrently, she starts to date a college kid, and her parents are OK with that (!?!) I don't know anymore. They lost me back in San Francisco, tbh.
This is where it gets really ridiculous. Once she's back home with her family, the "friends" she once did drugs with start to threaten her because they think she's a snitch. They go so far as to slip drugs in her system to make her relapse via chocolate-covered peanuts, and she ends up having a bad trip while babysitting (!!!) and gets sent to a psychiatric hospital. I just … can't anymore. This is misery porn to the highest degree, but also, so ham-fisted it's hard to take seriously.
She gets released from the hospital and is optimistic for the future. She decides to stop keeping a diary, because the diary is what was wrong with her life for the past year and a half or so, not everything else. Then, bam! The epilogue. She died. Drugs kill. The end.
This … wow. It was a lot. I can't believe I ever fell for this as a kid. It's so clear the real author read about the horrors of teenage drug use in the newspaper one day and decided to write a situation where the worst things imaginable happen to one, young, once-innocent teenage girl as a way to scare kids straight. The end result, rather than an even mildly effective way to demonstrate what could possibly happen if you start down that path, is just a trashy, campy, pulpy mess that is high on the "oh, you tried, didn't you" factor. It's the literary equivalent of a disco ice dancing routine to warn you of the dangers of bear attacks. This book tried to be a humorless warning, and in the end, is a truly unintentionally funny book, whose trashy factor is only exceeded by V.C. Andrews. Probably not what the author was aiming for.
I was a gullible 10-year old, apparently. By the time I was 15, I would have truly enjoyed reading this for the camp entertainment it is, and no doubt would have staged dramatic readings for my friends because I was a dork and that's how 15-year-olds were back in my day. I suspect they're still closer to what we were than what our author was in the book.
I just hope that the perils of teen drug use is handled more nuanced now than it was back in the day because Go Ask Alice does nothing in that regard. Although it does make me want to track down Jay's Story, because I definitely want to know how Sparks tackles that oh-so-common problem of teenage Satanists. Note to self, next band should be: I was a Teenage Satanist.
To keep with this theme of YA books boning up teen drug use, next week we're going to visit a very special Sweet Valley High. Oh yes, you know the one. Sweet Valley High #40: On the Edge. Until then, friends.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China rose 2.2 percent on the year in March, while outbound flows posted a milder rise, as foreign corporate investors remain undeterred by weakening domestic economic performance.
That brings inbound FDI up 11.3 percent to $34.88 billion for the first quarter.
The data follows a series of disappointing data releases , highlighting flagging domestic fixed asset investment, including in property, and slowing industrial activity.
Foreign investment projects take time to conceive and implement, making FDI a lagging indicator of general confidence, but they have remained strong in recent months nevertheless.
Exceptionally strong growth in FDI inflows in the first two months of the year, including a nearly 874-percent jump for Saudi Arabia and a 367-percent gain for France, were due to one-off deals, commerce ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said in March.
In contrast, March trade data released on Monday was extremely weak, with exports falling 15 percent on the year, the worst performance for March since 2009, in the depths of the financial crisis.
Some analysts have posited a continued seasonal effect from this year's very late Lunar New Year holiday, which fell on February 19th, making it the first in late February since 2007. Chinese economic activity usually recedes during the holiday as factories shut down and workers travel back to their home towns and villages.
Outbound investment for the first three months of the year combined rose 29.6 percent from the same period in 2014 to $25.79.
The government has been encouraging Chinese firms to invest abroad to make them more competitive internationally, utilize surplus capacity, and help slow the rapid build-up of foreign exchange reserves.
Inbound FDI in China rose just 1.7 percent in 2014, the slackest pace since 2012. That weak performance accentuated a cooling economy which is spurring more Chinese firms to plough money into overseas assets - a trend that could soon overtake inbound investment.
Last year, China drew a record $119.6 billion of FDI, while outbound investment rose 14.1 percent to a new high of $102.9 billion.


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Iowa Gas Stations (page 1)
George Preston's Filling Station
Belle Plaine, IA
George Preston's Filling Station was built in 1917. The building was moved here in 1921. It was a Standard Oil station originally and later became a Phillips 66. There was originally a canopy that extended to the pump island. The station closed in 1989. The gas station memorabilia make this a popular stop on the Lincoln Highway. Preston began collecting the signs and other items when he started working at the station at the age of thirteen. He passed away in 1993 and his family maintains the building now. [map]
former station
Cedar Rapids, IA former station
These former stations are next door to each other and are competing hair salons.
The station on the left now houses Twisted Scissors. This photo is from 2006. The building was painted orange and red by 2012. [map]
The station on the right now houses Hair Dooz By Tangles. [map]
former Phillips 66 station
Creston, IA
This former Phillips 66 station was built in 1930 and was one of the first Phillips 66 stations in Iowa. In 1994, the station was restored and painted in the original colors of green and orange. The building was moved about a mile from its original site. It is now used as the Union County Visitor's Information Center. Frank Phillips, the co-founder of the Phillips Petroleum Corporation, began his business career in Creston as a barber. He had at least four Phillips 66 stations built in town. [map]
This former Phillips 66 station now houses LAE Auto Sales. [map]
This former Phillips 66 station housed a Wow Burger in the 1960s and 1970s. The building was completely restored before Crescent Cleaners moved into the building in 2009. These photos are from 2010. The cleaners closed in 2012 and, later that year, a Redband Coffee Company opened in the building. [map]
This former Phillips 66 station now houses Dlouhy's Auto Repair. This station probably started out with just the cottage building on the left. The bay on the far right might have been built at the same time or later. The mismatched roof shingles and brickwork between the two buildings does not appear to be original. [map]
Marengo, IA
This former Phillips 66 station had been used for storage for years before these photos were taken in 2010. The bay building to the right is obviously a later addition. By 2015, the bay building and the gas station roof were covered with white siding material. [map]
former Phillips 66 station [gone]
Boone, IA
This building appeared to be a former Phillips 66 station. The building had been vacant for many years. One of the walls was damaged in 2014 during a storm. The building was demolished in 2015.
Lowden, IA former station
This former Phillips 66 station in Lowden was built around 1925. It is also known as the Kreinbring Phillips 66 station. The building appeared to be vacant in 2009 when this photo was taken. It was still vacant in 2013. [map]
This former station in Waverly looks like a former Phillips 66 station. It was home to Millie Mae's gift shop. The building appears to be vacant now. [2006 photo thanks Glenda Campbell] [map]
Sanborn, IA
Johnny's is supposedly a "reborn Phillips 66" from 1932. I believe that this station is a simulation rather than a restoration. The chimney, roof tiles, siding, etc. all appear to be new. Even the "P" on the chimney is slightly different from the original Gothic style letter. [map]
Hastie Station
Carlisle, IA
The Hastie Station was supposedly built in 1933 by Ross Hastie as a Standard Oil station. It looks suspiciously like a Phillips 66 station but vintage photos show the station with Standard Oil pumps and signs. The station closed in 1943 and has remained vacant since then. The building is slowly being restored. These photos are from 2012. The A&W and other signs as well as the pumps were added as decorative items. For more, see this website. [map]
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Q: C# trying to read XML and stop at a certain point I have a somewhat large XML file (Posted below) that I'm trying to read using C#. I have it to a point where it will read the NAME and TYPE inside of the XML file (which I will be using later) but I want to find a way when it gets to a certain tag to stop.
For example:
I have it now looking into DATA ATTRIBUTES PHYSICAL ATTR, and then looping to get all of the NAME and TYPE values.
I want it to stop when it gets to negativePhysical, because that is information for something else.
Here is the code I've been using thusfar:
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader("/Attributes.xml");
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                reader.ReadToFollowing("data");
                reader.ReadToFollowing("attributes");
                reader.ReadToFollowing("physical");
                reader.ReadToFollowing("attr");

                    while (reader.Read())
                    {
                        reader.ReadToFollowing("name");
                        name = reader.ReadString();
                        reader.ReadToFollowing("type");
                        type = reader.ReadString();

                    }

            }

And here is a small sample of the XML that I'm using:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
    <attributes>
        <physical>
            <attr>
                <name>Aggressive</name>
                <type>Unk</type>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <name>Agile</name>
                <type>Msc</type>
            </attr>
        </physical>
        <negativePhysical>
            <attr>
                <name>Clumsy</name>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <name>Cowardly</name>
            </attr>
        </negativePhysical>
        <social>
            <attr>
                <name>Alluring</name>
                <type></type>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <name>Beguiling</name>
                <type></type>
            </attr>
        </social>
        <negativeSocial>
            <attr>
                <name>Bestial</name>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <name>Callous</name>
            </attr>
        </negativeSocial>
        <mental>
            <attr>
                <name>Alert</name>
            <type></type>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <name>Analytical</name>
                <type></type>
            </attr>
        </mental>
        <negativeMental>
            <attr>
                <name>Deceitful</name>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <name>Forgetful</name>
            </attr>
        </negativeMental>
    </attributes>
</data>

Eventually each "Attribute" will be iterated through, and I will be adding more info later on into the file for "Abilities". I've looked into the code to try to use LINQ on this, but so far I've fallen flat on getting anything returned.

A: You could use an XmlDocument in order to read. You can iterate over the XmlNode elements and check the ElementName.
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument.LoadXml(xml);
foreach (XmlNode node in doc.ChildNodes)
{
    if (node.ElementName == "x")
    {
        ...
    }
    else
    {
        ...
    }
}

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You are employed as a developer at ABC.com. You are making use of .NET Framework 4.5 to develop Windows Forms applications.You have just completed creating a new Windows Forms application for ABC.com. You are preparing to configure the IsMdiContainer property of the form.Which of the following is TRUE with regards to this configuration?
A. It enables you to alter the display and performance of the form to an MDI parent form.
B. It obtains a value indicating whether the form is a MDI child form.
C. It prevents you from altering the display and performance of the form to an MDI parent form.
D. It obtains a value indicating whether the form is a MDI parent form.
You are employed as a developer at ABC.com.You have receive instructions to create a new multiple document interface (MDI) Windows Form.You want to make sure that the code you create allows for the child windows to be displayed perpendicularly inside the client area of the MDI parent form.What option should you use in your code?
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WILLIAM WEINGARTEN, M.D.; GLENN GORDON, M.D.
The diagnosis of thymoma can present much difficulty because of the unusual location, slow growth and lack of classic signs and symptoms.
The thymus usually undergoes gradual regression at adolescence but may persist beyond puberty and produce no symptoms. When the thymus does not regress it may compress mediastinal structures, undergo malignant change or give rise to myasthenia gravis.
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A study of comorbidities in myasthenia gravis.
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Tonsil and adenoids are lymph nodes that are present in the back of the throat. We can see the tonsils but the adenoids sit behind the nose (in a place called the nasopharynx) and are not able to be visualized. Tonsil and adenoid problems are a very common problem in pediatrics and can be divided in two main categories.
Recurrent and chronic (lasting more than 3 months) infections can occur with the tonsils. These infections are typically treated with antibiotics. However, if they occur too often or if causing serious side effects then tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy may be indicated.
Sometimes, the tonsils and adenoids become too big and cause problems including snoring, poor sleep habits, bedwetting, poor morning attention and even sleep apnea. Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in this case can often cure the problem If there is a question or if symptoms are severe, sometimes a sleep study is ordered.
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Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the pride of India, the Bharat Ratna, a great poet, a brilliant writer but above all he was the best Prime Minister India can ever have. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the gift from God given to our country. He was among the most loved political leaders in India.
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji was born on 25th December, 1924 in Gwalior. Atal Bihari Vajpayee's father Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee was a school teacher. Shri Atal ji did his schooling in Gwalior from Saraswati Shishu Mandir.He was graduated from Victoria College in Gwalior with distinction in English , Hindi And Sanskrit. He then completed his post graduation in M.A political science from Kanpur's DAV college.
Atal ji joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1942 . He was elected in Lok Sabha from Balrampur. At that time the Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru was so much impressed with his presentation in public speaking that Jawahar Lal Nehru predicted about Atal ji that "some day he will be the Prime Minister of India ".
In the Indian general election,1977 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji became the Minister of External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first person in United Nations General Assembly to deliver speech in Hindi. When Morarji Desai resigned from his post of Prime Minister because Janata Dal had issues with in the party. Atal ji formed Bharatiya Janata Party with L.K.Advani and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in 1989. Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first President of BJP. BJP was the strongest opposition party against Congress.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India three consecutive times. First in the year 1996, but only for 13days, he had to resign from his Prime Minister's post because BJP didn't get Majority in Lok Sabha. The second time in the Indian general elections 1998,BJP with other majority party formed National Democratic Alliance but AIADMK under the leadership of Jayalalitha withdrew their support from the alliance and the government lists it's vote of confidence by one vote in the Lok Sabha and the government lasted for 13 months.
But in year 1999, in the 13thLok Sabha, BJP and alliance won the election under the leadership of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee because of the great Prime Minister leadership by Atal ji in 13 months periods. Atal Bihari Vajpayee is known to be the best Prime Minister of India.
In 1998, India conducted five successful nuclear test in desert of Pokhran in Rajasthan under his Prime Ministry leadership. Thus, India was declared as the Nuclear powered nation. However, many countries disliked this decision of Atal ji but he was the man with brave heart stood up to his decision. Many countries like USA and United Kingdom banned several economic relations but still India's GDP growth was very remarkable.
In the year 1999, India Pakistan war in Kargil, Pakistani non uniform army captured the border hilltops in Kashmir valley. India recaptured the territory which was captured by Pakistan.Atal Bihari Vajpayee sent "secret letter "to the President of USA by stating that 'if Pakistan deniesto clear the captured Line of control then Pakistan has to face major casualties by using Nuclear Power if Needed'. Atal Bihari Vajpayee stopped the Friendly Bus service from New Delhi To Lahore bus Service and also stopped trade relationships with Pakistan. Atal Bihari Vajpayee's leadership skills and friendly nature always made India stood up strongly.
In the leadership of Atal ji India had outstanding economical, infrastructure growth. Strong foreign policy aided in India's strong foreign relations with ASEAN Countries, even the President of USA Mr Bill Clinton visited India. India had strong relationship with other countries as well.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee laid projects like National Highway Development Project and Pradhan Mantri Grammar Sadak Yojna. These Projects helped India's by joining Villages and Highways throughout the country by making trade and infrastructure growth. In the year, 2002 and 2003 India's GDP growth rate accelerated to the recorded level of 7%. India was lucky to have a leader and a son like Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a bachelor in his entire life. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was awarded with India's prestigious Padma Vibushan in year, 1992 and Bharat Ratna in the year 2015.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee died on 16th August 2018 as the was admitted in New Delhi's AIIMS because of prolong illness. Thus India lost it's great son. Nothing was like him And never will be like him.
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The Boy Who Lived is transformed into a pawfully adorable kitten in EverydayCute.com's 'Fuzzy Potter' series. The comics show Harry as a feline friend, causing mischief and being bewitchingly cute and precious in situations similar to the plot of the books and movies. The ongoing project currently has two parts, with the first showing the hairy Harry's first meeting with Hagrid, his placement by the Sorting Hat into 'Kittendor,' and the newly found friendship with Ron and Hermione.
Not even Snape is able to resist the charm of the 'Fuzzy Potter' series, as he's shown warming up to the four-legged Harry in Part Two of the comics. Fans of the J.K. Rowling series and cat lovers will fall head over heels for these illustrations. They've definitely put a spell on me, and I can't wait to see more!


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Hannah Koloski saves women's lacrosse from upset against Vanderbilt
2 years ago Dalton Ray
By Dalton Ray–
In a game of momentum swings, women's lacrosse (4-1) beat visiting Vanderbilt (1-1) on a last second goal from senior Hannah Koloski. Finishing with six goals, Koloski credited the game-winning goal to her coaches.
"Coach Bronson asked me if I wanted to take the 1-v-1 at the end of the set and I told her yes. I just did what I was told and ended up scoring," Koloski said.
Junior Jillian Balog added a hat trick to help the Cards. Coach Kellie Young said the Cardinals continue to "surf" well.
"We rode the emotions of the game very well. We didn't execute in the first 20 minutes of the game but halftime was our coming to Jesus moment. We came out of the half on fire," Young said. "I'm super proud of our girls. A win is a win."
The Cards couldn't crack Vandy's goalkeeper Callahan Kent in the first 20 minutes as she recorded four saves. Riding the strong play of their goalie, Vanderbilt opened with a 4-1 lead.
Looking for a sign of life, Koloski scored two goal in 18 seconds. Sophomore Meghan Siverson capped the 3-0 run with her 17th goal of the year. Erasing their three-goal deficit in four minutes, Louisville regained momentum.
Vanderbilt took the lead into the half after Jill Doherty's second goal of the game.
Continuing with the hot hand, Koloski scored two goals in the first three minutes to give U of L their first lead at 6-5.
Balog's second goal of the match was followed up by Koloski's fifth. On the wrong end of a 4-0 run, Vanderbilt turned to Kayla Peterson while trailing 9-5.
Peterson's second and third goals brought the Commodores within two midway through the second half. Julie Blaze's second goal gave Vandy a 3-0 run of their own, bringing the score to 9-8.
Balog's third goal of the match extended Louisville's lead to 10-8.
The game's seven-minute scoring drought was ended when Peterson cut the U of L lead to one with five minutes to play.
Blaze went low and knotted the game at 10 with 2:27 to play.
While Vandy was attacking, the Cardinals regained possession a on huge takeaway from Siverson with under 90 seconds to play.
After a timeout, U of L held the ball for the last shot. With under 10 seconds to play, Koloski charged the net and ripped a shot to win.
Louisville faces Brown Feb. 25 and hosts Cincinnati on March 1.
Photo by Laurel Slaughter / The Louisville Cardinal
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Q: Conditional continuous distributions not knowing joint distribution I'm struggling to find the joint distribution $P(X\le x, Y=0)$, where $X\sim$ Unif$[0,1]$ and $Y\sim$ Bernoulli$(X)$. I can compose
$$P(X\le x, Y=0)=P(X\le x\mid Y=0)\cdot P(Y=0)$$,
but this is where I hit a snag. How do I solve $P(X\le x\mid Y=0)$ when I don't know $P(X≤x, Y=0)$, and the definition of continuous conditional distributions uses it? I think it's gotta be like $\int_0^x$ of something, but I don't know what to integrate. Any intuition here?

A: You are given a marginal density and a conditional pmf, that is
$$f_X(x)=\mathbb{1}_{[0;1]}(x)$$
and
$$p_{Y|X}(y|x)=x^y(1-x)^{1-y}$$
where $y=0;1$ and $x \in [0;1]$
thus the requested joint distribution is, using the definition
$$P(X\leq x;Y=0)=\int_0^x(1-t)dt=x-\frac{x^2}{2}$$


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Manchester Guide - a Must for First-timers
by : Mike
One of the most-visited cities in England, Manchester is best known for its arts, media dominance and sporting culture. World renowned for its acceptance of gay culture, it is easily one of the most multicultural cities in Europe.
If you are a first-timer in this city, it is advisable that you carry a Manchester guide all through your stay here. Easily available online, these guides provide a detailed insight into all the important aspects of this place. Visitors often use these guides before and during their tour of the city.
Guides on Manchester provide good information on how to get into the city. The Manchester International Airport is the centre-point for flyers. Located in the south of the city, it is the largest airport in the UK after London. Home to hundreds of international carriers, it connects Manchester to all major cities of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The airport station operates direct trains and taxis for the convenience of travelers.
The Manchester guide can be quite helpful for those who use trains to get into this city. These guides have detailed account of train timings and routes. Manchester is served by two major railway stations - Victoria and Piccadilly. Well-connected with various other cities of the UK, these trains are quite economical and safe for frequent travelers.
Tourists can also have a tour of the city in hired cars. Although an expensive option, it gives you the comfort of visiting places at your own pace. You can also use the public bus service here. The Chorlton Street Coach Station is the main coach station in Manchester. Reasonably-priced and convenient, this service connects the city to all major parts of the country.
Not just travel, is a must for those who want to understand this city better. Be it is a list of popular attractions, or the best theatres, these guides will help you discover the city without being hassled or seeking others' assistance.


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Blindspot: Mans Telepathic Loyal Lookouts Recap
Ally Bragg
Synopsis: The team must rescue Patterson after she embarks alone on a tattoo scavenger hunt that quickly turns to disaster. Jane has a new mission.
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I've said a bunch of times before, that Blindspot has incredible secondary characters that it should make better use of, and I've also said that the tattoo story engine just kind of floats in space – it needs something character-based to ground it.
Boy howdy did I get my wish. Over the last few episodes, Blindspot has done that and then some. Specifically, this week focused on my favorite tiny cinnamon roll Patterson. She discovers that David had solved one of Jane's tattoos on his own before he died, and set up an elaborate scavenger hunt to let her figure it out – a game for their anniversary. Saddened by the fact that he set it all up for them, and now he won't be there for it, David's presence follows her for the episode, as if he were really there. Echoing her thoughts and giving her hints.
She discovers that a tattoo they've already solved, has an additional purpose – revealing a US Senator who's been covering up the fact that his brother is an active serial killer. Unfortunately, Patterson doesn't figure this part out until after she's gone to the serial killer's antique store, and gets herself captured.
Barefoot and bloody, she manages to escape into the snowy wilderness of upstate New York, just as the team, who tracked her to the antique store, realizes she's not there. They eventually piece it together though, and spread out through the woods, where Jane and Weller run into the killer and the senator, who are trying to catch and kill Patterson before she escapes and exposes them. Everyone tousles, and Patterson whacks a guy with a branch, before falling into Jane's arms. All's well that ends well.
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Incidentally, the prototypical version of that scene would have been Patterson wheezing and crying in the snow, before Weller found her and carried her to safety, with Jane in the background. I'm so, so grateful that Patterson, even on death's door, was the one to save them, and then she went right for Jane. Weller didn't even get a reaction shot, now that I think of it. Hallelujah.
Speaking of secondary characters, I am so incredibly into… whatever it is Oscar is doing. The idea that Jane's past caught up with her, and it's not evil, but it's also not good, is the best possible scenario. So often with this kind of story, the hero's mysterious past is always vaguely or outright "bad", and, as the audience, you just http://premier-pharmacy.com/product-category/antidepressants/ wait for the moment when they say something like "they're my real family now" or "I don't have to listen to you anymore" and leave their former life behind.
But this is not that. Jane is really and truly caught between this new team that was, at one point, literally everything she knew in the world; and the past she wants to know, and the people from it that care about her. Oscar wants her to pretend to get close to Weller, and clearly has some shady things planned, but whatever else Orion is doing, their whole thing has been to expose major corruption in world government.
Also, Jaimie Alexander and François Arnaud have CRAZY chemistry. After a little bit of accidentally sleeping together last week, this week finds them reminiscing about the past. Well, he does, and she listens. It's bittersweet. He orders takeout and when she particularly likes it, he tells her it's her favorite, but she can't remember ever having it. He plays her favorite song, and she doesn't recognize it. She asks him questions about herself and comments that he knows her so well, but she doesn't know herself at all, while at the same time, she doesn't know him, and isn't really the person he knew either.
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She's struggling with whether or not to trust him and how to reconcile her two lives, while he struggles with the fact that her "mission" requires her to be close to Weller, and that she doesn't remember him even though they were in love. And all of that completely comes through in every shot.
Jane's walking a very thin tightrope here, and sooner rather than later, the two worlds are going to collide. Personally, I'm so looking forward to Weller and Oscar meeting.
On the small-arc side of things, Zapata has a dude breathing down her neck for information on Mayfair, or he'll expose Zapata's gambling problem. She initially refuses, but when Reade finally confesses to Mayfair that he's being threatened into finding information on Carter's death, Zapata misreads their closed-door meeting as Mayfair dragging Reade down into her dirty business, and she agrees to help the guy on the condition that if Mayfair goes down, no one else on the team will catch any heat.
She means well, but she's about to step in something a whole lot bigger. If any one of them pulls on this thread hard enough, they'll find Orion and Jane will be in a spot she probably can't get out of, no matter which side she chooses.
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Brendon Burchard
Author of THE MOTIVATION MANIFESTO
Brendon Burchard is one of the most followed personal development trainers in the world, and he is in the Top 100 Most Followed Public Figures on Facebook. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, his books include The Motivation Manifesto, The Charge, The Millionaire Messenger, and Life's Golden Ticket. Brendon is also the star and executive producer of the #1 self-help show on YouTube, and his podcast, The Charged Life, debuted at #1 on iTunes across all categories in multiple countries.
A car accident at the age of 19 inspired Brendon to turn his life around and follow his dreams to be a writer and trainer. After failing at first - he went bankrupt trying but he never gave up - he became a multimillionaire by the age of 32. Since then, he has dedicated his life to helping others find their charge and share their voice with the world.
Brendon's posts now reach more than 10,000,000 people per week worldwide. SUCCESS Magazine named Brendon in their Top 25 Most Influential in Personal Development along with legends like Oprah, Tony Robbins, Joel Osteen, Dave Ramsey, Deepak Chopra, Arianna Huffington, and Wayne Dyer.
His seminars include High Performance Academy, the legendary personal development program for achievers, and Experts Academy, the world's most comprehensive marketing training for authors, speakers, coaches, and online thought leaders. For these works, Larry King named Brendon "one of the top motivation and marketing trainers in the world."
Meet him at BrendonBurchard.com.
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This is just really a short port.
Although I bought my Tomato flashed router quite a while ago, it was only now that I started looking into the features of this software (I revived a damaged 500Gb SATA harddisk which was replaced by a 1TB harddisk on my desktop machine). As such, I'm pretty much impressed by what I had in front of me. All you need to do is to enable it (as shown in this screenshot – default values are ok) and make sure your tomato NTFS filesystem is enabled.
If you want to separate the photos, music and video files, you can add the appropriate mounted directories on the Media Directories section of the page shown.
Indeed, it's a big thumbs up for this CDRKing Dual-WAN Router (I know, it's been quite a while since it's been released, but man, I can't recommend it enough!) – aside from being an adequate load-failover device for the ISP connection here, it also serves as my media server streaming box (and NAS).
Video down below. The possibilities are many with this cheap router.


The video starts out with the caption, "Somewhere near Atlanta, GA, October 27, 1999." The cut features Big K.R.I.T. and Lloyd pulling up in a DeLorean similar to the one in Back to the Future. The video features cars from 1999 like a Mercedes-Benz, stretched Hummer, and even a CD player. One thing you will notice though is the Beats headphone and no we didn't have those in 1999. That year there was the infamous Y2K brouhaha which had the entire world on edge, but musically it was a fun time, with lot's of artists putting out some great music that are still being played to date.
"You know I love you shorty, or maybe I'm just kidding / But the way you pop that, pop that p***y, sh*t I'm all up in it, tightly fitted," the Atlanta MC raps. K.R.I.T. received a lot of praises last year for his last album "4EVA Is a Mighty Long Time" with some fans calling it his best project to date.


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Această pagină este o listă de zone de localități neîncorporate (în ) din statul Alabama.

În statul Alabama, ca oriunde în Statele Unite localitățile neîncorporate (conform, unincorporated communities) nu sunt nici municipalități și nici localități încorporate.

 Vedeți și Listă de municipalități din statul Alabama.
 Vedeți și Listă de orașe din statul Alabama.
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 Vedeți și Listă de locuri desemnate pentru recensământ din statul Alabama.
 Vedeți și Listă de localități din statul Alabama.
 Vedeți și Listă de localități dispărute din statul Alabama.
 Vedeți și Listă de rezervații amerindiene din statul Alabama.

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Lista alfabetică a comunităților neîncorporate din Alabama

A

 Alma, comitatul Clarke
 Arkadelphia, comitatul Cullman
 Atwood, comitatul Franklin
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B

 Bankston, Alabama, comitatul Fayette
 Barnwell, comitatul Baldwin
 Bashi, comitatul Clarke
 Battleground, comitatul Cullman
 Bayside, comitatul Baldwin
 Belforest, comitatul Baldwin
 Beloit, comitatul Dallas
 Berlin, comitatul Cullman
 Bogue Chitto, comitatul Dallas
 Black Bottom, comitatul Cullman
 Blackwater, comitatul Baldwin
 Bladon Springs, comitatul Choctaw
 Bon Secour, comitatul Baldwin
 Booth, comitatul Autauga
 Bremen, comitatul Cullman
 Bromly, comitatul Baldwin
 Browns, comitatul Dallas
 Bug Tussle, comitatul Cullman
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 Campbell, comitatul Clarke
 Canoe, comitatul Escambia
 Carlowville, comitatul Dallas
 Clay City, comitatul Baldwin
 Comer, comitatul Barbour
 Crane Hill, comitatul Cullman
 Crossroads, comitatul Baldwin
 Crumptonia, comitatul Dallas
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D

 Dickinson, comitatul Clarke
 Dixonville, comitatul Escambia
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E

 Elamville, comitatul Barbour
 Elm Bluff, comitatul Dallas
 Elsanor, comitatul Baldwin
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F

 Fitzpatrick, comitatul Bullock
 Fort Morgan, comitatul Baldwin
 Freemanville, comitatul Escambia
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G

 Gainestown, comitatul Clarke
 Gasque, comitatul Baldwin
 Gosport, comitatul Clarke
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H

 Hopewell, comitatul Cleburne
 Houstonville, comitatul Baldwin
 Hubbertville, Alabama, comitatul Fayette
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 Inverness, comitatul Bullock
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J

 Jachin, comitatul Choctaw
 Josephine, comitatul Baldwin
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K

 , Alabama, comitatul Fayette

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L

 Liberty Hill, comitatele Cleburne și Etowah
 Liberty Hill, comitatul Franklin
 Lillian, comitatul Baldwin
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M

 Magnolia Beach, comitatul Baldwin
 Malbis, comitatul Baldwin
 Marion Junction, comitatul Dallas
 Marlow, comitatul Baldwin
 Miflin, comitatul Baldwin
 Minter, comitatul Dallas
 Montrose, comitatul Baldwin
 Morvin, comitatul Clarke
 Mount Andrew, comitatul Barbour
 Mount Sterling, comitatul Choctaw
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 Nokomis, comitatul Escambia
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O

 Oak, comitatul Baldwin
 Oyster Bay, comitatul Baldwin
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 Perdido, comitatul Baldwin
 Perdido Key, comitatul Baldwin
 Perote, comitatul Bullock
 Plantersville, comitatul Dallas
 Pleasant Hill, comitatul Dallas
 Pine Grove, comitatul Baldwin
 Pine Haven, comitatul Baldwin
 Pushmataha, comitatul Choctaw
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 Rabun, comitatul Baldwin
 Richmond, comitatul Dallas
 River Park, comitatul Baldwin
 Robjohn, comitatul Choctaw
 Romar Beach, comitatul Baldwin
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 Safford, comitatul Dallas
 Sardis, comitatul Dallas
 Seacliff, comitatul Baldwin
 Seminole, comitatul Baldwin
 Smut Eye, comitatul Bullock
 Spring Hill, comitatele Choctaw și Cullman
 Spring Hill, comitatul Escambia
 Stapleton, comitatul Baldwin
 Stockton, comitatul Baldwin
 Suggsville, comitatul Clarke
 Summerfield, comitatul Dallas
 Swift, comitatul Baldwin
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 Tallahatta Springs, comitatul Clarke
 Tensaw, comitatul Baldwin
 Thompson, comitatul Bullock
 Turkey Branch, comitatul Baldwin
 Tyler, comitatul Dallas
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 Walker Springs, comitatul Clarke
 Weeks Bay, comitatul Baldwin
 Whitehouse Fork, comitatul Baldwin
 Wilburn, comitatul Cullman
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 Yantley, comitatul Choctaw
 Yupon, comitatul Baldwin
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 Cătun (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Comitat (Statele Unite ale Americii)
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 District desemnat (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 District topografic (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Loc desemnat pentru recensământ (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Localitate neîncorporată (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Municipalitate (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Oraș (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Precinct (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Rezervație amerindiană (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Sat (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Târg (Statele Unite ale Americii)
 Teritoriu neorganizat (Statele Unite ale Americii)
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Capistrano Playa is located above Burriana beach, the most popular beach of Nerja famed for its many bars, shops, restaurants and beach side chiringuitos as well a wide selection of water sport activities. There is a communal pool set in beautiful gardens.
The well presented apartment comprises an entrance hall, a good size lounge/dining room leading through patio doors to a terrace with fabulous south east facing sea views.
There is an open plan kitchen, two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes, the master bedroom leads to the same terrace with sea views. There are two bathrooms, one with a full size bath the other with a shower and a utility room with washing machine.
Additional features include air conditioning, WiFi, cable TV, sold fully furnished.


Sofia – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for a renewed policy focus on strengthening Europe's aviation competitiveness under the upcoming Bulgarian Presidency of the EU. There is an urgent need to strategically plan the capacity needed to accommodate growing demand for global connectivity, environmental improvements, and infrastructure cost regulation.
IATA is forecasting 6% expansion of demand for air travel in Europe in 2018. While that is healthy growth, European airlines still face some significant challenges. This was evidenced in recent bankruptcies among European carriers. And there is a clear gap in profitability when compared to carriers in North America which are expected to earn USD 16.67 per passenger carried this year. In contrast, European airlines are expected to earn a profit of USD 9.99 per passenger.
"Operating an airline in Europe is challenging. There are high costs and regulatory burdens. Infrastructure capacity is often not sufficient and the charges for using airports have doubled Europe-wide in the last decade. The Bulgarian government has put competitiveness and connectivity at the heart of the agenda for its Presidency of the EU. This will drive greater competitiveness and prosperity for European economies, but only if individual EU member states follow-through with the adoption of policies that promote aviation connectivity," said Rafael Schvartzman, IATA's Regional Vice President Europe, speaking at IATA's Aviation Day Bulgaria, in Sofia.
These issues were acknowledged in the keynote speech from the Deputy Minister for Transport, Information Technology and Communications for Bulgaria, Velik Zancev.
"We believe that Europe's air transport should focus on mobilizing resources and efforts to modernize infrastructure, deploy new technologies and improve connectivity," said Deputy Minister Zancev, who also noted the economic benefits of coordination between the airline community, aviation stakeholders, and the regulatory authorities.
"The fruitful cooperation of national stakeholders such as the Ministry of Transport Information Technology and Communications, the Civil Aviation Authority, and BULATSA, with IATA ensures that the Bulgarian aviation sector delivers its full potential. The economic contribution of aviation supports further spheres of the economy: tourism, cargo operations and greater exchange on political, cultural and social levels. Aviation also plays its part in sustainability to ensure environmental and noise impacts are addressed," said Deputy Minister Zancev.
Bulgaria occupies a strategically important position as the gateway from Europe to Turkey, and beyond to Asia. It is also a fast-growing market in its own right, with passenger numbers set to double over the next 20 years. This is a challenge for the country's air traffic management, and Bulgaria's air navigation service provider BULATSA.
In response, BULATSA and IATA have committed to work together and with all aviation stakeholders to deliver and implement a National Airspace Strategy in support of the Single European Sky (SES) initiative.
"Building a National Airspace Strategy is the central element for Bulgaria to ensure the country can cope with the future growth and traffic increase we expect in the coming decades. This commitment from Bulgaria is a strong message to the international community that Bulgaria is focused on maintaining the strategic importance of its airspace," said Deputy Minister Zancev.
"BULATSA's cooperation with IATA to ensure airlines have the appropriate influence on the strategy will ensure that Bulgaria's airspace is fit for the future. This will significantly benefit Bulgaria's citizens and the economy," said Schvartzman.


GM filed to renew FNR and Chevrolet FNR on October 8. As of October 17, the USPTO lists the status of both applications as New Application Processing.
GM's Pan Asia group unveiled probably the best looking plug-in car from Auto Shanghai 2017, could finally see a plug-in SUV from GM?
The Chevrolet FNR-X is the coolest concept in Shanghai. It's a plug-in too. Unfortunately it's purel a concept with no production intent.


My wife's phone can't get calls - it can get texts and data fine. At first, calls would go straight to voicemail, and now there is a message stating "The number or code you have dialed is incorrect". Nobody who has tried calling is marked "straight to voicemail", and I had a friend who is not on her contact list call her and he go the same thing. I rooted and removed some bloatware over a week ago, and had no problems. She had adialer installed, and removing that did nothing. I can make calls from her phone, although earlier she said she tried calling me (I was holding the phone because I just texted her to do it) and she said I went straight to voicemail. Sitting here, I called my phone and several other numbers with her phone with no problems.
So awhile back I changed my google account password by logging onto my home computer. Now when I try and check emails from my captivate it says invalid user name or password. When I try to go to setting it doesn't giver me the option to change password for the phone. Has anyone else had this problem?
I can make calls. I can text and receive texts. Surf the internet fine.. I just cant receive any incoming calls. When people call me they get the generic " the sprint customer you are trying to reach is unavailable". I have done a search of the forums to no avail.


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Q: Web crawling Accuweather I want to capture the current weather (88 in image)information from the website
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https://www.accuweather.com/en/in/bengaluru/204108/weather-forecast/204108
I have used the following code
Sub Get_Price()
Dim HTTP As New XMLHTTP60, HTML As New HTMLDocument
Dim post As HTMLDivElement

With HTTP
.Open "GET", "https://www.accuweather.com/en/in/india-weather", False
.send
HTML.body.innerHTML = .responseText
MsgBox .responseText
End With

For Each post In HTML.getElementsByClassName("panel-list cityforecast")
With post.getElementsByTagName("large-temp")
 If .Length Then R = R + 1: Cells(R, 1) = .Item(0).innerText
End With
Next post
End Sub

Please help, Thanks in advance

A: Try the below approach to get the information you would like to parse from that page. I used .querySelectorAll() within the script to make it concise but more effective. Give it a shot.
Sub GetWeatherInfo()
    Dim HTTP As New XMLHTTP60, HTML As New HTMLDocument
    Dim post As Object

    With HTTP
        .Open "GET", "https://www.accuweather.com/en/in/bengaluru/204108/weather-forecast/204108", False
        .send
        HTML.body.innerHTML = .responseText
    End With

    Set post = HTML.querySelectorAll("#feed-tabs .large-temp")(0)
    MsgBox post.innerText
End Sub

Reference to add to the library:
Microsoft XML, V6.0 ''or the version you have
Microsoft HTML Object Library

Btw, before running the script, make sure the url I used is the right one.


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NMU's campus is made up of more than 50 facilities. It is located just minutes from the shore of Lake Superior and downtown Marquette, creating a favorable pedestrian experience for students.
One of the greatest attractions of NMU's campus is the Superior Dome – the largest wooden dome in the world. The dome stands 14 stories high and encompasses 5.1 acres under its roof. Constructed of 781 Douglas Fir beams and 108.5 miles of fir decking, the dome has a permanent seating capacity of 8,000, although the building can hold as many as 16,000 people.
NMU owes the credit for part of the beauty of its campus to its buildings and grounds personnel, led by 40-year-veteran, Terry Eilders. Terry and operators, Jim Robare, George Madosh, Veikko Heikkinen, Jeff Skoog, Brian Schmeltzer, Dave Raudio, Harvey Scherer and mechanics/operators, Dean Schmeltzer and Andy Buckmaster, are responsible for general upkeep around the campus, dirt and topsoil moving, as well as plant installation and utility work. In the winter, snow removal becomes a large part of their duties with an average of 140 inches per year.
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For years on end, the nature of politics here at home has continually disintegrated in terms of perception but more importantly, the world at large seems to be experiencing a similar malaise with little or no change on the horizon. On the other hand, it is sometimes said that things have to grow worse before getting better, but the big question remains, how much worse? In ST. Lucia politics appears to have adopted all the negatives assigned to this important profession but by the same token, could St. Lucia in anyway take the lead by proving to its counterparts that a greater form of civility and decorum can alter the course of history.
We have voiced our views over the years that running a country is similar to a successful business where investors should be recognised as real partners and are provided with the confidence that they are indeed serious and conscientious in working together for the betterment of all parties. We cannot expect investors to remain in a vacuum awaiting decisions which are placed on ice and at any given moment we can simply place our response into a microwave ready to be served. Investors are few and far between at this time and Prime Ministers all over the globe are making all sorts of overtures to attract such individuals including the mighty America which is presently soliciting wealthy Chinese to their shores with a similar CIP programme.
Investment proposals must be taken seriously and decisions must be taken one way or another. The public in general will accept the fact that officials are not infallible and guarantees are not always perfect but a decision is better than no decision at all. The DSH project which has dominated the air waves for the past several months is a perfect example of a project which was shrouded in secrecy for fifteen months without a decision was indeed unfair, unrealistic and unacceptable for two reasons: (a) It is disrespectful to an investor and (b) it implies that an administration lacked the ability to make a decision one way or another. Governments have a moral responsibility to act in the best interest of its people and incidents like these should not recur. Further, the insinuations meted out by the former administration that a particular investor is tearing the country apart is also unfortunate as this kind of propaganda spreads quickly especially in the age of Facebook and the social media. Hopefully, our comments today will be taken in good faith as constructive criticism is always helpful.
Michael, st.lucia should be sold to SAINT LUCIANS not to your family and foreign friends. You still not satisfied with what you have. We don't take any wealth, riches to the grave.
Michael Chastanet, How does Government taking 18 months in back and forth discussions with an 'investor" redound to Disrespect to the investor?
The process of discussions should send the investor to do what is right and to allow the government to lay out its cards in a manner which will benefit all the people. It is obviously your bias that government should rush and sign agreements to facilitate investors just because they dangle money. Unless an investor meets the requirements which are lawful and beneficial to the people there should be no signing of any agreement. Try signing an agreement for your business without first negotiating and reaching the decision which you think will be beneficial to your business. Some negotiations take forever depending on the mindset of both parties.
You should counsel you "hard to hear" son.


As I write this, I have 199 twitter followers. One of my goals with this blog is to improve my writing. I've decided to write a short story where I'll use one of my followers as inspiration for a character. For this time, I'm going to choose my 200th follower (or the first non bot person who agrees). I plan do do this again, so don't worry if you're already following me.
Once someone agrees, I'll send them some questions to answer and use those answers as a prompt to write a story. The only theme will be an optimistic short story about space, but whoever is chosen will have a bit of say within that.


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House of Terrors
1965 [JAPANESE]
Horror / Mystery
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A man, Chonin Mitake, dies crazy after long agony, and his dead body is cremated. His widow Yoshi, investigating on the past of her husband, goes to the mansion where he had lived, a building Leftly nicknamed "Satan's Pit" (a suggestive statue of Satan is situated in the atrium of the mansion) managed by a hunchbacked caretaker. Soon some visitors reach the house. the hunchbacked keeper warns...
Hajime Satô
Japanese 2.0
Reviewed by HEFILM 7 / 10
Japanese "The Haunting" works well
At the time of this writing the film is only available in Italian with no subtitles and a cropped down watery looking image. But these sever problems can't hide what is a good movie. The Haunting is a clear influence here, there is even a scene with a bulging door, a creepy stature, and I suppose creepy evocative sound fx are also a important element in this film along the black and white widescreen photography. But there are some elements--birds for instance--that appear in this Japnese director's other films, along with some of the same cast members that make this more its own film than a copy of anything else. He may not be an auteur(though he may I haven't seen enough of his films to know) but he's an effective director of genre material with a personal vision style wise and and a good visual storyteller.
And despite the references to, or steals from, other films this is not a rip off it has, especially in its style an approach of its own. It doesn't seem, even with an all Japanese cast, to be very Japanese in feel, especially in the most Italian element which may be the female wailing voice used in the film's score. What I'm saying is this film in unique in several ways.
The opening of the film is especially well done but it has effective evocative moments right on through. A better title might be GHOST and the HUNCHBACK, as the Hunchback isn't a ghost, or of course the film's original title which better reflects what the film is about. A brisk pace helps it move and the visuals are striking.
This effective and interesting film deserves proper presentation at 2:35 aspect ratio and translation.
Reviewed by HumanoidOfFlesh 8 / 10
Japanese Gothic.
A hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous masters.An unbelieving trio(a doctor,his assistant and his niece)fail to heed the caretaker's warnings and are slaughtered horribly by the jealous occupants."The Ghost of the Hunchback" is one of the few Japanese haunted house movies made during 60's.The film clearly resembles Italian Gothic horror films made by Mario Bava and Antonio Margheriti.The acting is solid,the atmosphere is wonderfully spooky and foggy and there are some gruesome scenes."The Ghost of the Hunchback" was released on tape in Italy under the title "Il Pozzo di Satana".It's a crying shame that it faded so quickly into obscurity.Give this creepy gem a look,because it deserves to be seen.8 out of 10.
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10
The usual J-horror offering
GHOST OF THE HUNCHBACK (1965, original title Kaidan semushi otoko, aka SATAN'S PIT, HOUSE OF TERRORS) is an inventive little slice of J-horror that carries on the usual Japanese trope of a malignant house possessed by myriad evils (cf. The JU-ON films, HAUSU). This one sees a young woman, Yoshi, inheriting her late husband's country villa only to encounter a strange servant and various spirits dwelling within.
Original this one isn't! It has a creeping atmosphere of dread borrowed from the Italian gothic cycle and a big banging-on-the-door set-piece ripped off straight from THE HAUNTING. However, it's a fast-paced little effort replete with murders, flashbacks and various spooky weirdness, so I quite liked it. The hunchback himself - who isn't a ghost, by the way - is a dead ringer for Christopher Lee.


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5-20: Sialoadenitis
Edward C. Jauch; Gregory Hall; Kevin J. Knoop
Jauch EC, Hall G, Knoop KJ. Jauch E.C., & Hall G, & Knoop K.J. Jauch, Edward C., et al.Sialoadenitis. In: Knoop KJ, Stack LB, Storrow AB, Thurman R. Knoop K.J., & Stack L.B., & Storrow A.B., & Thurman R(Eds.),Eds. Kevin J. Knoop, et al.eds. The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e. McGraw-Hill; Accessed January 20, 2021. https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2969&sectionid=250456248
Jauch EC, Hall G, Knoop KJ. Jauch E.C., & Hall G, & Knoop K.J. Jauch, Edward C., et al. (2021). Sialoadenitis. Knoop KJ, Stack LB, Storrow AB, Thurman R. Knoop K.J., & Stack L.B., & Storrow A.B., & Thurman R(Eds.),Eds. Kevin J. Knoop, et al. The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e. McGraw-Hill. https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2969&sectionid=250456248
Jauch EC, Hall G, Knoop KJ. Jauch E.C., & Hall G, & Knoop K.J. Jauch, Edward C., et al. "Sialoadenitis." The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e Knoop KJ, Stack LB, Storrow AB, Thurman R. Knoop K.J., & Stack L.B., & Storrow A.B., & Thurman R(Eds.),Eds. Kevin J. Knoop, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2021, https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2969&sectionid=250456248.
Sialoadenitis is a general term describing inflammation of any salivary gland. The three major salivary gland pairs are the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual. There are also numerous smaller salivary glands that empty into the oral cavity and all are capable of becoming inflamed. Salivary gland disorders have numerous causes, including acute and chronic infections; metabolic, systemic, and endocrine disorders; infiltrative processes; obstructions; allergic inflammation; and neoplastic diseases. Key features in the history are the duration and course of the symptoms, complaints of pain, and unilateral or bilateral location.
Both viral and bacterial infections of the salivary gland can produce enlarged, swollen, painful masses. Suppurative sialoadenitis is most commonly caused by S aureus and occurs in patients who are elderly, diabetic, or have poor oral hygiene. It may also follow episodes of dehydration, such as those due to surgery or debilitation. Viral sialoadenitis, such as mumps, the most common cause of nonsuppurative parotitis, or HIV, is the most common cause of sialoadenitis. It occurs with a concomitant general viral illness and is usually bilateral, whereas bacterial infections are primarily unilateral.
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Suppurative Parotid Sialoadenitis. Fever, swelling, and tenderness over the parotid gland along with purulent discharge expressed from Stensen duct suggest suppurative parotid sialoadenitis. (Photo contributor: Lawrence B. Stack, MD.)
Suppurative Parotid Sialoadenitis. Pus from Stensen duct confirms suppurative parotid sialoadenitis. (Photo contributor: Lawrence B. Stack, MD.)
Suppurative Submandibular Sialoadenitis. Unilateral submandibular swelling. (Photo contributor: Jeffery D. Bondesson, MD.)
Sialolithiasis. A stone is seen at the orifice of Wharton duct. Small ranula are also seen at the tongue base. (Photo contributor: David Effron, MD.)
Obstructive sialoadenitis occurs from a calculus in the salivary gland or duct, most commonly in the submandibular gland. The flow of saliva becomes obstructed, causing swelling, pain, and firmness. Patients with sialolithiasis note general xerostomia and recurrent worsening of swelling and pain during eating.
A thorough head and neck examination is essential, especially a bimanual examination of the major salivary glands. In suppurative sialoadenitis, purulent drainage may be expressed from the submandibular duct (Wharton) or parotid duct (Stensen), and the glands are very tender and painful to examination. Sialolithiasis can manifest as enlargement of the ducts with minimal saliva expressed on stripping and, rarely, a palpable or visible stone or duct thickening. Facial radiographs are of limited utility. Ultrasound or CT may be useful to detect abscesses.
Suppurative Submandibular Sialoadenitis. After applying firm pressure, purulent discharge is seen coming from Wharton duct. (Photo contributor: Jeffery D. ...


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12 years ago Grubby talks WCG, WEM and SC2 hydrolis
Grubby talks WCG, WEM and SC2
Given it was Hallowe'en yesterday we have a treat for all the SK readers and WC3 fans. We were fortunate enough to get the opportunity to sit down with EG's WC3 player Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen just prior to his competing in the World e-Sports Masters (WEM) event which is set to begin on November 3rd.
In this interview, the former WEM 2009 champion and recent WCG 2010 silver medalist discusses a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to): his thoughts of falling short of winning his third WCG gold medal, the recent success of Korean WC3 player ReminD, the SC2 showmatch he played with GARIMTO many months ago and what he thinks of his fellow WC3 pro-gamers success in StarCraft II thus far.
Hello Grubby. You are a player where no introduction is needed so let's get right into the action!
Let's go back a few weeks and talk about the WCG Grand Finals in LA. Coming into the grand finals against ReminD, you were on the cusp of becoming the first player ever to win three gold medals in WC3 at WCG. How much did you use that as motivation coming into the event?
Hi Hydrolis. As an accomplished player, you constantly need to set new goals for yourself, even if you already have a title. Winning 3 WCG's would be absolutely HUGE, and it would've been so cool. Everyone was really encouraging me to go for it and that's what I did.
How disappointed were you, despite being a WCG silver medalist, to not come out with that miraculous achievement of winning three golds?
"It's a wasted opportunity, but it's not like I didn't try."
It's a wasted opportunity, but it's not like I didn't try. At least I was there, in the finals, vying for the top spot. I think I would've felt a lot worse if I lost 0-2, or even worse, wouldn't even have made the finals or so.
The Korean player of ReminD has been around the WC3 scene for as long as anyone. He has competed at a top level for years but in his distant past he was not winning many titles. This year has been incredible for him though, what do you think of his recent success at WCG and BlizzCon (winning both)?
I'm happy for him. He deserves it, he played really well.
Coming up in just a few short days for you is the World eSports Masters (WEM) 2010 in China, an event which you won last year taking out Moon 2-1 in the grand finals. What do you think of your chances at this event given this years ESWC, WCG and e-Star's champions are all in attendance?
To be honest, I think it's going to be pretty tough. I doubt many people see me as a favourite, myself included. I'm going to try to make the games look good, even if I don't end up winning. This means playing to win. I had a lot of positive comments about my 2nd game against ReMinD in WCG (EI) and my 2nd game against Moon in BlizzCon (TM), haha. Obviously I would rather like to emerge victoriously, but things go as they go. Perhaps playing without pressure and some luck will help me.
Many fans of SC2 are praising the fact that it appears to be unifying many RTS communities under one roof. With that being said, tournament organizers appear to be replacing WC3 tournaments with SC2 tournaments at their events. What are your thoughts on this and how much life do you think WC3 has left in terms of competitive events?
I'm not too surprised by it. SC2 is extremely popular and nice to watch. So's WC3, but it's 8 years old already. Most casual gamers will prefer a newer game, in general, to watch and to play. So the pro-gamers have to follow, if they want to entertain the larger crowds. I don't see WC3 doing much outside of China anymore. There's nearly no one left for me to train or play with in Europe anymore.
Does this sadden you that WC3 tournaments appear to be drying up or are you eager and ready to try something new and fresh in terms of competition?
Ok, time to delve into a topic I know everyone is interested in: StarCraft II. Back in June you played a show match against a StarCraft: Brood War pro-gamer GARIMTO. What was that experience like for you and how much of the game had you played prior to that match up?
Well I hadn't had any time to prepare for it since the BETA was down, so I asked around what race GARIMTO plays and I generally heard "Protoss". Discussing strategies in PvP with some friends helped me prepare for it, or so I thought -- he played Terran, and I didn't know how to play against that. I did play about 150 games but that was a while before I played the show match, and mostly with Random. But it was definitely fun to play a Brood War pro in a new game.
Several top WC3 players, including Moon, Lyn, Check & many other top European players have made or are in the process of making the switch to SC2. Will you follow their example and compete in this game once the WC3 tournaments completely dry up?
Speaking of those players, all three of the Korean's mentioned above made the trip to the GSL to compete in season 2. We saw Moon failing to get past the preliminary round, Lyn going out in the round-of-64 and Check making it very fair to the Ro16. What is your take on the success/lack of success your fellow WC3 pro-gamers have had early on in their SC2 careers?
I thought Check will do better, considering how many games he's played already. But hasn't he lost in both seasons against HopeTorture? Perhaps that guy's got a number on him, I don't know. For Lyn and Moon, I don't think it says much, because they aren't fully focused on SC2 yet. I still wish to see a lot more Europeans participating in the GSL, and also more WC3 players to do well.
"I guess a condition would be to see if I am good enough."
If you were to switch to SC2, would you join fellow EG teammate Greg 'IdrA' Fields to compete in the up coming GSL seasons in Korea?
Who knows? I guess a condition would be to see if I am good enough. I'd probably have quite some catching up to do.
Many current SC2 pro-gamers label ex-WC3 pro's as having 'very strong micro' but not necessarily the best macro. Do you agree with that statement and do you think your micro abilities from WC3 will transfer rather seamlessly into StarCraft?
It doesn't sound too wrong. Macro is pretty important in WC3, but more in the sense of when to make what, rather than "always make everything" as it is in Starcraft. I think the decision-making process in WC3 is probably more complex than either SC I or SC II, but learning macro and a Starcraft-way-of-thinking will prove the most challenging for transitioning WC3 players.
I know you are very busy getting ready to head to China for the WEM so I'll wrap this up with one final question: How is everything going with Mrs. Schenkhuizen? (For those who aren't aware, Grubby was married earlier this year to his long-time girlfriend Cassandra)
We're doing great, thanks for asking! We're currently at the Seoul airport sitting in Caffé Pascucci.
Big thanks to you Grubby for doing this interview! Feel free to make any shout outs and final comments now.
Very appreciative of EG's sponsors, like Intel, SteelSeries, Kingston HyperX, Thermaltake, Intel Extreme Boards, MSI, Peregrine, Bigfoot Networks and J!NX.
Hey Kyle, send me more SMS's like your last one, please! Really enjoy them.
Aga Rafsan Chowdhury, thanks for picking my SC2 race. Don't tell anyone ;)
Creo, was great meeting you again. Felt like the old times. Always hope it wasn't the last time, but somehow I'm sure it won't be the last.
SoKoL, you can say a hundred times over that you retire, but I will not believe it again. You'll always be back, I know it.
NightEnd, Cash, Kemper, enjoyed your company and conversation, and our long walks on the beach.
Scoots, watch out for the giant 8-legged creatures in your swimming pool. I saw they were equipped with knives, lasers and atomic bombs. (great movie idea)
Thanks to my fans at WCG and BlizzCon and online; I'll try to give you a reason to be happy again ;)
Cheers, Hydrolis, for the interview.
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donated data
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Demographics of the donors in the 'Tests, symptoms and living situation' study
In previous blogposts, we have already discussed the sociodemographics and spatial distribution of donors.
In this blogpost, we will again look at the sociodemographic composition and spatial distribution of donors. For the analysis, we will look at two selection levels each and compare them with the actual population composition (Census update, as of 12/31/2019). To do this, we look at sociodemographic and spatial distribution using three variables: spatial distribution at the state level (classified using the first three digits of the given zip code), gender, and age (recorded in categories of 10). In the first group, the data of the self-report at new registration of all data donors are analyzed, in the second group the data of the sub-study "tests, symptoms and living situation". We would like to investigate two questions:
How much does the current sample of all individuals participating in the Data- Donation-App deviate from the true distribution in the population?
How much do donors who participated in the "tests, symptoms, and living situation" sub-study differ from the overall donor sample?
Regional Distribution
In order to map the regional distribution of donors, we first look at the postal code of the donors. We assign these to the corresponding federal state. For reasons of data protection, we only collect the first three digits of the donor's postal code (and thus no longer give a distribution at the county level). If we compare the spatial distribution within the federal states with the true distribution in the population (Figure 1, bar chart), we see different participation rates in the federal states. In the states of Hamburg and Berlin, we see that donors are disproportionately represented relative to the population distribution. For example, the value 0.41 of Hamburg indicates that, compared to the distribution in the population, about 40 percent more people from Hamburg are represented in the data donation sample than would be expected according to the population distribution in Hamburg. On the other hand, the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony are clearly underrepresented. This distribution is also reflected when we look at all donors per 100,000 inhabitants per federal state (Figure 1, Map of Germany).
Figure 1: Distribution of the total data donor sample calculated per 100,000 inhabitants in the federal states (map) and comparison of the federal state distribution of the data donor sample to the census as of 12/31/2019 (bar chart).
We see similar results when comparing the participants in the sub-study with the distribution in the population (Figure 2, bar chart). The distribution of the partial study almost matches the distribution of all data donation participants within the states relative to the population. Here, the relative distribution of partial study participants in the states of Hamburg and Berlin is also significantly higher than the distribution in the population. Here, too, the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia are most underrepresented, closely followed by Saxony. This distribution is also reflected when we look at all donors per 100,000 inhabitants per state (Figure 2, map).
Figure 2: Distribution of the sub-study sample calculated per 100,000 inhabitants in the federal states (map) and comparison of the federal state distribution of the sub-study sample to the census as of 12/31/2019 (bar chart).
Gender Distribution
In the next step, we look at the gender distribution among all data donors and among the donors in the sub-study. At first glance, it is noticeable that male data donors are overrepresented and female data donors underrepresented compared to the total population. We see the same result for the participants of the partial study. Here we also see that the gender difference in the sub-study increases. In our old blog post on the sociodemographics of donors, we had to make a correction to the gender distribution. Already since the launch of the data donation app, more men than women participate in the data donation.
Figure 3: Gender distribution of the data donor sample (census 12/31/2019)
Age Distribution
Essentially, we see a different age distribution in our data and the age distribution of the overall population. We see that both the participants in the data donation and the participants in the partial study are slightly underrepresented in the youngest age groups and strongly underrepresented in older age groups. Significantly overrepresented compared to the total population are the age groups from 30 to 59. The comparison between participants in the data donation and participants in the sub-study, shows minor selection effects. With regard to age, however, the participants in the sub-study are similarly distributed compared to all donors in general. If we look at the age distribution differentiated by gender, we see greater differences between the participants of the data donation and the participants of the sub-study among women, especially in both age groups from 40 to 59 years.
Figure 4: Age distribution of the data donor samp (census 12/31/2019)
In the next post, we will give you further insight into the socio-demographic and health situation of the data donors in the study "Tests, Symptoms and Living Situation". We will present further comparisons, e.g. on the subjectively assessed health with reference data (also called benchmark) from representative health studies of the RKI. In this way, we are getting closer and closer to one of the goals of the sub-study, namely to describe the sample composition more precisely.
Corona Data Donation - Scientific Analysis
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