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Meeting between UK civil society and Alex Gibbs, UK IMF Executive Director
Videoconference between UK civil society and Alex Gibbs, UK IMF Executive Director
29 September 2009 | Minutes
UKDel: Alex Gibbs (Executive Director); James Talbot and Rob Ward
HMT: Lyndsey Whyte; Claire Wren; Britta Moeller; Ben Cropper; Dominic Curran, Alice Dowswell, Mark Paskins
NGOs: Katy Athersuch (StopAIDS); Sarah Edwards (Jubilee Debt Campaign); Jesse Griffiths (Bretton Woods Project); Gideon Rabinowitz (UK Aid Network); Erica Carroll (Christian Aid); Julia Modern (Results UK)
1. IMF frameworks and conditionality
The IMF has, in rhetoric at least supported loosening of fiscal and inflation targets in response to the crisis. We welcome its change of approach on wage bill ceilings.
New studies, which we will share shortly, by ActionAid/The Global Campaign for Education and StopAIDS of recent IMF loans to low income countries show that this is only a temporary change; many countries will return to tighter IMF frameworks next year, and virtually all will be by 2011. In many countries this means that planned increaes in social spending on health, education etc, have been revised downwards significantly. Countries' ability to pursue counter-cyclical policies will be severely reduced. Social investments are long term investments; temporary increases followed by subsequent reductions can be highly damaging.
Does the UK support an independent review of the IMF's approach and its impact on the social expenditure necessary to meet the MDGs? Will the UK push for the IMF evaluation of the Fund's crisis approach to focus on this?
UKDel ED made the following points:
This is a very important set of issues. UKDel agree that medium term flexibility is important; and believe the Fund has demonstrated significant flexibility but it is possible to debate the speed at which countries should return to pre-crisis fiscal policies.
Last week the Executive Board discussed an IMF staff paper on its crisis approach; which is expected to be published shortly. Key messages IMF staff highlighted were:
– Since the last IEO review, overall conditionality has been reduced in terms of number of conditions per programme – the average number of conditions per programme review has fallen from nine during 2001-04 to six in 2008-09;
– There are no wage bill ceilings in any of the 37 IMF-supported low income countries
The rate at which conditions are being met has risen, which may indicate greater country ownership of conditions.
Close to two-thirds of 2007-9 programmes allow for higher government spending, even against a backdrop of declining revenues.
With one exception, all programmes budgeted higher levels of social spending in 2008-09; average social spending increased by 0.4 per cent of GDP in 2008 and 0.8 per cent of GDP in 2009.
Flexibility on countries' macro-targets varies according to the country's specific conditions and starting position.
On the whole the analysis shows that the Fund is much more flexible than in the past. It may have further to go, but it is heading in the right direction. We also have to be careful how we frame this debate – IMF programmes are designed to create macroeconomic stability which is fundamental for poverty reduction; inflation hits the poorest countries hardest, so we must be careful with high inflation targets.
Should there be an independent review? The IMF staff paper is thorough and fact-based. UKDel accepts that there is different information coming from NGOs and the Fund – we can pursue this with IMF staff but will not call for an independent review at this stage. Following up on the IEO study is a good idea.
HM Treasury officials made the following points:
There are other positive elements of the way the Fund has responded to the crisis; temporary reduction of interest rates for lending to low income countries, raising access limits, increasing overall lending levels, delivery of the London Summit commitments etc.
Each country has different country-specific issues; we agree that it is important to look at the qualitative information from each country as well as the overall quantitative data. NGO work on this will be a valuable contribution to the debate.
2. Debt Sustainability Framework
The World Bank estimates a $11.6 billion funding gap for low income countries' (LICs) core spending requirements and removing IMF debt limits. Debt sustainability indicators will deteriorate further as time goes on. LICs need relief on borrowing costs and concessional finance.
We are concerned about the signals that are being sent out by relaxing the debt sustainability framework; lenders may take this as a signal to reduce the concessional part of their financing, thus increasing the debt burdens of poor countries. Isn't this the wrong way round? There should have been an increase in concessional finance first.
UNCTAD and HIPC Finance Ministers have called for a debt moratorium during the crisis; is this something that HMT is considering?
Hear the message on it being the wrong place to start; but in fact the Fund started with a big increase in resources and by revamping its lending instruments.
HM Treasury and UKDel officials made the following points:
The approach remains that debt sustainability is a crucial issue for low income countries. However it should be flexible where possible.
We welcome the changes to the Debt Sustainability Framework and there are clear benefits from the new approach:
It allows for greater counter-cyclical policies; for example more flexible treatment of borrowing to fund investments.
IMF staff have more flexibility to apply the framework differently to reflect varying circumstances in different cases.
IMF staff have also confirmed that they do not expect that the framework will substantively affect the risk ratings of low income countries.
The need for highly concessional resources was a point strongly made by directors, and is set out in the press release. UKDel agrees that this is a key point of ensuring debt sustainability and we will seek to ensure that the new flexibility does not send the wrong signals.
IMF has reduced its interest rate for concessional lending to 0% until 2011 – at that point the Fund will reconsider whether this should be extended. This is part of an ambitious package of substantial measures, including SDRs, trade finance, increased resources etc.
It is crucial to balance longer term sustainability with short term flexibility; a key concern when considering a moratorium.
UK consulted closely with African Finance Ministers to secure their input to the Prime Minister's review of IFIs.
The Board is aware that debt sustainability is a difficult issue; the Fund is in discussion with developing country authorities on this; hope that civil society is also involved. The Debt Sustainability Framework review said that 'country voices' should be reflected in a public way; there was near unanimous support for this.
NB: Following points supplied after the meeting by HMT:
The Treasury has no plans to bring forward such a moratorium. We aim to target resources for crisis response at those countries with the greatest need as a result of the crisis, which a debt moratorium would not easily achieve.
The HIPC Initiative and bilateral commitments from the UK and others have already greatly reduced the debt service costs for the poorest and most heavily indebted countries. Any country facing difficulties repaying its debt can approach the Paris Club of creditors for support in the context of an IMF programme.
3. Tax
$160 billion is lost to tax evasion and avoidance by developing countries annually. Key to preventing this is the introduction of country by country reporting. We welcome the government's work on this.
The IMF has a role to play to support this agenda. It could start by increasing the scope of its CPIS study so that all OECD countries and tax havens have to report; is this something the UK supports?
There is a wider context to this discussion; the G20 London Summit marked a step change in action against tax heavens. More transparent tax agreements are increasing rapidly; there are fewer places to hide for tax evaders.
The Global Forward process is important, – peer review will be important and two work streams are underway: Developing multilateral instruments; and Integrating developing countries.
OECD is doing a study on country by country reporting. Part of this work includes defining the concept on an internationally agreed basis. This would facilitate implementation on as wide an international basis as possible
Action: Will get back to us on the CPIS point.
4. IMF Governance
Reforming voting shares is critically important; we support significant increases for developing countries, and low income countries.
There will also be a need to ensure that as middle income countries increase their voice, smaller countries and low income countries can have a voice and stake in the Fund; this is why double majority voting is a crucial concept. Is the UK pushing for this? What are the prospects that this will be part of the negotiations.
The UK ED made the following points:
The issues of voting thresholds and rules are on the agenda, but not as prominent as the quota debate. Many emerging markets argue that other issues shouldn't be discussed until quotas are agreed.
HMG has been arguing that other issues are also important, including the role of the IMFC, Ministerial engagement with the Fund etc. We are keen to encourage work to continue on other issues alongside the quota review.
Double majority voting raises a number of complicated issues, but we can understand the benefits. It is also important to note that an 85 per cent majority would be needed to change the current majority voting rules.
5. AOB
Financial Transaction Tax
NGO points:
Media coverage indicates that Pittsburgh G20 commissioned IMF to review the feasibility of this. It will be important to get independent advice and to include stakeholders including civil society in this process. Does the UK support this?
HM Treasury officials response:
Not clear on IMF involvement in this but we agree on the need for thorough research, analysis and expert input. Feasibility will need to be robustly tested.
IMF transparency
Huge contrast between the Bank's disclosure policy review which has had widespread consultation with CSOs, and the Fund's which has been an opaque process with little consultation.
UK ED response:
The point on the respective Bank and Fund processes is valid, the UK will pursue this with IMF staff.
Hopefully the Fund's work is also informed by civil society consultations, particularly those that went into the Fourth Pillar consultation on governance, where transparency was a focus. This has produced a thorough and wide-ranging report.
A report is expected mid-November; papers should be circulated in October.


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本文翻译自:https://steemit.com/eos/@vitkolesnik/eos-white-paper-digest

译者:区块链中文字幕组 林炜鑫

翻译时间:2017-10-21
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Probably you've already heard about EOS, a blockchain project of Steemit confounder Dan Larimer, and asked yourself how exactly it differs from other blockchains. Especially if you think about investing in EOS ICO or building apps on it. The best answers yet given can be found in EOS Technical White Paper, but if you aren't prepared to read the whole of it (about 47 000 characters), then this post is for you.

很可能你已经听说过一个Steemi创始人Dan Larimer刚创立的项目——EOS,并对它与其他区块链项目的不同之处表示疑惑。尤其是你想投资EOS的ICO或者在链上创立应用的话。最好的答案你能够在EOS的白皮书里找到,不过如果你还没有准备好阅读白皮书全文(大概47000字数),那么这篇摘要很适合你阅读。

Basic Characteristics 基本特征

EOS is a blockchain in production meant to be an operating system for decentralized apps. It will be capable of supporting millions of users and is built for apps as big as Facebook, Uber, AirBnB, or Ebay. It will be free for end users with no transactions fees, unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum. It will be lightning fast and able to compete by performance with non-blockchain apps. It will be easy to upgrade and the upgrades won't result in blockchain forks, again unlike it's the case with Bitcoin and Ethereum.

EOS是一个为了给分布式应用提供操作系统的区块链产品。它能够支持百万级用户并为类似Facebook, Uber, AirBnB, 或者 Ebay 这么大体量的应用程序提供操作系统。不同于比特币和以太坊,它将是免费提供给终端用户并且不收取交易费用。它将是闪电般的快速,并且能够通过与非区块链应用程序的性能竞争。与比特币和以太坊不同的是,它很容易升级并且它的升级不会导致区块链分叉。

Consensus 一致性

EOS software uses Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) consensus algorithm as the only one capable to meet the the performance requirements. It means EOS token holders vote for block producers which don't compete for blocks but rather cooperate.

EOS软件使用授权的股份(DPOS)共识算法作为唯一能够满足性能需求的算法。这意味着EOS令牌持有者将投票支持那些不参与区块链竞争而是彼此合作的区块生产商。

In case of a software fork the longest chain branch will be chosen automatically, so a blockchain fork can't happen.

面临软件分叉时,最长的链分支将会自动被选中,所以区块链分叉将不会分生。

Accounts 账户

All EOS accounts have human readable names chosen by the account creator, like in Steem blockchain. There will be also namespaces like @user.domain available for @domain account owners.

就像在Steem区块链中一样,所有EOS账户都是由账户创建者选择的人类可读的名字。同样的,这也会有名称空间像@@user.domain提供给@domain账户所有者。

The account creation fees (which are promised to be insignificant) will be paid by app developers. (That's why, if you plan to create EOS based apps, it's important to get as much EOS tokens as possible.)

账户创建费(EOS承诺将是微不足道的)将会付给应用程序开发者。(这就是如果你要基于EOS开发应用程序,你要尽可能多获得EOS令牌的原因。)

Accounts and scripts can exchange messages and this is how smart contracts will be defined.

账户和脚本能够自动交换消息,这就是智能合约的定义。

Security 安全性

EOS implements sophisticated permission management and multi user control over funds which is the best defence against hacking.

EOS实现了复杂的权限管理和对资金的多用户控制,这是防范黑客攻击的最佳防御手段。

Sensitive actions could have a mandatory delay defending account owners against key theft. Advanced account recovery will provide protection even if the keys are stolen.

敏感的机制设计会有一个强制性的延迟,来保护账户所有者不受密钥盗窃的影响。即使密钥被盗,先进的帐户恢复也会提供保护。

Tokens 代币

The EOS blockchain will be resource constrained. There are 3 types of resources in EOS — bandwidth and log storage, CPU, and RAM. Resources allocated to apps will be measured in tokens directly and so will be independent on token price volatility. Block producers will be paid in tokens and will spend these for better equipment increasing the network performance.

EOS区块链将会受到资源的限制。在EOS中有三种类型的资源——带宽和日志存储、CPU和RAM。分配给应用程序的资源将直接用代币来衡量,因此将独立于代币价格波动。区块开发者将获得代币支付并利用它们购买更好的设备,为了提升整个网络性能。

3 community benefit apps will be chosen by user votes to receive a percentage from new annual token supply which could be capped to 5%.

用户将会投票选出3款社区福利应用程序,它们能够在新的年度中获得一定比例的代币供应份额,这个比例将是5%。

Governance 治理

Governance is the process of reaching consensus in cases when no software algorithms can help.

治理是指在没有软件算法能起效的情况下达成共识的过程。

The source of power in EOS are the token holders and this power is delegated by them to block producers. If block producers refuse to implement necessary changes proposed by token holders, they can be voted out.

EOS的影响力是来自令牌持有者,并且这个影响力将由它们授权给区块链开发者。如果区块链开发者拒绝使用令牌持有者们提出的必要改变,他们将会被投票出局。

EOS is enabled to have a constitution, i.e. a p2p contract among its users, and a hash of its current version will be included in every transaction.

EOS能够形成一个宪法即用户之间的p2p协议,而在每一笔交易中,当前版本的一个散列函数将会被包含进去。

The constitution and the EOS protocol can be updated if at least 17 of 21 block producers maintain approval of it during 30 days. Another 30 days approval will be needed to implement the changes. So non-critical fixes will take 1-2 months and important forks about 2-3 months. Emergency bugs will be fixed immediately and glitchy apps will be freezed without affecting the whole blockchain.

如果21个区块开发者中,至少有17个在30天内保持对其的同意,则社区宪法和EOS协议将可以升级。接下来还需要30天的同意来部署这一改变。因此,非关键的修复需要1-2个月的时间,重要的软件分叉则大约需要2-3个月。紧急漏洞会被立刻修复。在不影响整个区块链的情况下,关键性应用程序将被冻结。

Thank you for reading! Feel free to share ideas and information related to EOS in comments!

谢谢你的阅读!欢迎你在评论区自由地分享关于EOS的想法和资讯

Credits 感谢

Photo by paul morris on Unsplash

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It is therefore important that everyone knows who is responsible for what. Who is responsible for approving and signing off annual leave? Who is in charge of approving shift swaps? Do not just assume someone in the team will handle it; give people specific roles within the planning team, so people know who to talk to and to help improve accountability.
Remember, staff planners may fall ill or require time off as well. Ensure you have a backup plan in place in case anybody is not available to manage the rota at a specific time.
Certain emergencies will be specific to certain businesses; for example, a restaurant may need to have a contingency plan in place if their head chef falls ill before an important shift. If you work within a business or location which hosts secure information, like a data centre, then it may be that you need to ensure that you have plans in place which prioritise security - and a strategy for if a breach does occur.
Make a note of possible emergencies unique to your business, and plan for them accordingly. It may not be possible to plan for every emergency, but identifying them and having possible solutions in place ahead of time could save you a lot of trouble if one does emerge. In the example of a data centre, it may be that planning ahead around protection could save you time and energy in the long run. High security portals use weight systems and biometric identification to ensure that only authorised people are allowed access - reducing the likelihood of a breach and giving you more time to focus on the tasks at hand.
When it comes to staff planning and scheduling, it is vital that businesses adopt a proactive approach - rather than a reactive one. There are, however, areas where Boon Edam can help to ensure that this focus is maintained. For efficiency that is prioritised in every area of your business, contact a member of our experienced and dedicated team of entry experts today.


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Cold temperatures can have a significant impact on the curing of urethane coatings. As temperatures drop, the curing process slows down and can even stop when temperatures drop below 60°F in your shop. These conditions can result in a finish that may eventually dry, but will exhibit reduced durability, gloss, and repairability. Therefore, it is important to ensure your products, your substrate, and ambient spray temperature are all above 60°F to insure proper curing of your paint film.
If you store your products in an unheated area, make sure they are brought in to warm above 60°F prior to mixing.
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If you have tried dipping into World Streets from time to time over the last two months in attempt to follow the action, you will have found the cupboard quite bare. Why, and what next? Let's have a look at what has been going on behind the scenes.
1. Launching the Equity-Based Transport project in Helsinki
2. End-season projects in Utrecht, Tallinn, Paris and Stuttgart.
3. Lyon move
4. Seeking funding support for World Streets
Helsinki: The first stage of our Equity-Based Transport program has taken a major effort and slice of time since February, but is yielding highly satisfactory results. Thanks to the Helsinki team and the two hundred or so people who have participated in the first stages of work as we walked around it, looked at it from all sides, took it apart, discussed vigorously, and brainstormed on this approach from a wide range of perspectives and mobility environments and needs.
You will be hearing more about this in the coming days and week both here and in more detail on the Equity/Transport blog at https://equitytransport.wordpress.com/ along with the parallel Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/SafeStreetStrategies. In the meantime a good starting place to get into the project is https://equitytransport.wordpress.com/helsinki/. And should this really pique your interest you can receive a copy of the peer review report with a simple note to the editor any time before end-June.
Tallinn: The Tallinn project is especially promising and this is an important
time for the city. The goal in this first stage is to launch a series of conversations in the capital of Estonia with a view to moving to a new agenda for mobility and well-being in the city. The Tallinn project is extensively informed by the work going on in their sister city of Helsinki. I will be meeting and working with a broad range of players and actors during the course of a stay there from 9 to 15 June.
For more on that get in touch with Mari Jüssi, Project Manager, Sustainability Measures Programme, SEI Tallinn – mari@seit.ee. The program is available in Estonian at http://www.keskkonnakogu.eu/?id=10&item=4 (and translates quite usefully via Google). More will be published here in the weeks ahead.
Paris: From 6-9 June I have been invited as Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development at the Institut Supérieur de Gestion, to lead the second in my annual Master Classes series for their last-year MBA program on the topic "Sustainable Development, Economy & Society".
You can find full program details at http://sdes2012.wordpress.com/, and on the supporting Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/SDES.MasterClass.
Utrecht: The Utrecht project involves cooperation with a group of young
Dutch professionals working in the field of sustainable mobility and sustainable energy. We are looking with them and a distinguished panel of experts specially at the main issues in the area of sustainable mobility in the developing countries, with a particular interest in "learning form the South". You can catch the work program for the one day event on 2 June at http://www.yes-dc.org/index.php?menu=2&submenu=0&newsid=200#200.
Stuttgart: The Safe Streets Challenge: 2012. From 1 – 4 July, I will be in
Stuttgart where I have been working with the Cities for Mobility team since the beginning of the year to help create a 2012 focus topic and framework ideas on the topic of Safe Streets. I have been invited to give the opening keynote address to their sixth Congress.
For more on this contact the project leaders Worlfgang Forderer at Wolfgang.Forderer@stuttgart.de or Patrick Daude at Patrick. Daude@stuttgart. de. Full details on the conference are available at http://www.cities-for-mobility.net/index.php/events/world-congress-2012/registration and on our supporting FB page at http://www.facebook.com/SafeStreetStrategies. If you get in touch with the organisers before 15 June, there are still places for free participation and low-cost lodging.
Lyon: On April 23rd we moved to Lyon after many years of happy and efficient
work in Paris. Our motive for the move was the desire of the apartment proprietors to take it over for themselves (they are quite right). This lead us to think about perhaps something more than moving next door, so after consultation with colleagues in many parts of France (and limiting ourselves strictly to cities with lively operas) we decided to take our act to Lyon, one of Europe's major capitals in transport and related cities and sustainability research and action. We have stumbled onto a terrific working and living environment, and if you get this way drop a line to editor@worldstreets.org or give a call to T. +339 8326 9459| M. +336 5088 0787 | S. newmobility.
Funding World Streets: This was the one that I was not able to get to over
these last hectic months. But it is critical if we are to play our full role. The problem is an absolute empty closet of ideas and leads when it comes to hoe to go about contacting foundations and other eventual sources of support. So if you like World Streets and want us to make our full contribution, get in touch and let's talk about it.
There you have it, the reason for this long silence. But starting today we are back on line, and just to get things going tomorrow we will be launching the latest edition of World Transport Policy and Practice, Vol. 18, No. 3. Stay tuned to World Streets.
And here is a final reminder on the various programs and projects that relate to World Streets family of initiatives. See, shape and interact with World Streets from different angles via . . .
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How can World Streets help support sustainable transport initiatives in your neighborhood, city, country, agency, or public interest or user group? Through special issues or supporting articles? Collaboration in support of conferences, projects, workshops, master classes, city dialogues? Local or other media programs? Cooperative programs or events with universities, NGOs, consultancies and schools?
This we will have to do together. So now all that remains to be done is to get you actively involved as a reader, subscriber, contributor, supporter and working partner so that in 2011 we can together go from strength to strength. Get in touch so that we can swap ideas concerning how to go about it.
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Theater Royal Drury Lane - the oldest continuously operating theaters in Great Britain, in the period of the XVII-XIX centuries. was considered the main Drama Theater of London. In 2013, the theater celebrated its 350th anniversary.
The first theater on Drury Lane was built on the initiative of Thomas Killigrew, with the permission of Charles II. The opening of the theater took place in 1663. The theater became the cultural center of the city during the Restoration. Hall the wooden theater could hold up to 700 spectators, and every day the hall was overcrowded.
In 1672 there was a fire, in which the theater completely burned out. The new stone building was built by the royal architect C. Ren, and was opened in 1674. The auditorium was designed for 2000 spectators, and repertoire - based on classical pieces by D. Dryden and W. Congreve.
The golden age of the theater was the first third of the 18th century, when it was run by the playwright and actor K. Sibber, the comedian R. Wilkes and the character actor T. Doggett. They cut costs, so they gave up expensive decorations and attracted the audience with feigned performance, mincing and flirting. The next director was very stingy, so the theater was on the verge of collapse. Since 1747 years the theater began to return to its former form - the new director, an English actor David Garrick tried to make the productions more natural. With him Drury Lane has become one of the most famous and foremost theaters in Europe. Here plays by Shakespeare and operas by M. Arn were staged.
In 1794, the theater building was demolished to avoid a fire, soon a new one was built. However, it burned down 15 years later. Current building built in 1812. During the Victorian era, Drury Lane Theater came to decline, having lost its former meaning.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the theater seemed to be reborn - already as the music hall, where the frivolous comedies of Dan Leno were staged. In 1958 the building the theater was declared a first class national monument.
After World War II, the famous Noel Coward worked at the Drury Lane Theater, here musicals by R. Rogers and O. Hammerstein were staged. In 1974, here successfully the equally famous Monty Python troupe performed. Today at the theater Drury Lane regularly hosts various performances, mainly musicals.
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Why Plain Packaging Legislation is Bad Policy.
I've never been a smoker but I did live with one for the better part of 20 years. My father smoked for about 30 years up until he had a heart attack over a decade ago and that's a pretty good thing to set everyone straight on the risks of smoking. However I don't believe it's my, or anyone else's business, if people who are fully aware of the risks involved choose to engage that behaviour anyway so long as they're not harming anyone else in the process. This is why I supported legislation that banned smoking in clubs and in outdoor areas of restaurants as the risk was real and provable then. What I don't support however is the idea that plain packaging, I.E. olive green packages with bigger warning labels on them, will do anything to lower smoking rates in Australia.
Now I'm fully aware that some people may write me off as a corporate apologist in this regard, I do have a rather lengthy track record of defending certain company's actions from time to time, but my concerns aren't the ones that the tobacco companies have brought forward. Whilst I do believe there needed to be some more discussion surrounding the loss of branding potential and the real risk of product counterfeiting my concerns come from the research backing the legislation which, as far as I can tell, don't really match up with the line that's being marketed to Australia.
For reference the research I'm referring to are the Cancer Council's Position Statement and the University of Sterling's systemic review of plain packaging research.
The research from both articles is quite similar so I'll focus on the systemic review since that's a much more sound piece of scientific literature. Below is an excerpt showing the review's aims:
The primary aim of this review is to assess the impact of plain tobacco packaging on the:
1. appeal of the packaging or product;
2. salience and effectiveness of health warnings; and
3. perceptions of product strength and harm.
I'm not going to judge the validity of these research goals, indeed they are interesting points to note, however I feel it's something of a leap to translate those particular goals into a reduction in of the current rate of smoking. Indeed the main point that the Australian government hammered home with the plain packaging idea was that it would help stop our younger generation from taking up the habit. Looking deeper into the research there's really nothing in it to support that idea as there was no investigation into the vectors by which youths (and adults) are introduced to tobacco.
The research is also heavily qualitative in nature, which isn't technically a bad thing, but for the most part it's also quite comparative. Take for instance the following paragraph relating to product strength and harm:
Perceptions of harmfulness and strength were assessed in several ways, by asking respondents which packs: would deliver the most tar and/or nicotine or would be 'lighter' in tar; were a greater risk to health compared to other brands; would be associated with greater or lesser harm; would trigger discussions on harmfulness; inform the smoker about the health effects; and would be more likely to make you think that the cigarettes inside were dangerous.
Whilst this might have shown that people would believe that plain packaged cigarettes were more dangerous to their health than branded ones the research doesn't show how this would translate into lower smoker incident rates. Indeed much of the research is done in the same manner, with the results being that people found the branded packages more appealing (is that really a surprise?) and that people were more likely to remember the health warnings if they were displayed on a plain package. I'm not disputing these findings, indeed I'm inclined to agree with them, what I'm not getting is how they make the leap to reducing our smoker population.
The argument can be made that if the packaging is less appealing, the health warnings more remembered and the product is thought to be more damaging to their health that these pressures will lead to smokers dropping the habit. You could also argue that it may have some impact on uptake rates as well however the small amount of research into that very idea doesn't support it. From the systemic analysis again:
Four studies examined the potential impact of plain packs on participants' own smoking behaviour.
Again the overall pattern is mixed but tends to be supportive of plain packaging having a deterrent
effect on smoking.
It's statements like the above that really get to me as you can not conclude from mixed results that something is in support of your hypothesis. The only thing you can draw from that is that more research is required to make a proper conclusion, not that it supports your idea. If the conclusion of the study was in fact "we need more research done into this" I'd be much more supportive but instead we've got legislation, which is the real issue here.
We've had a lot of successful schemes that have helped reduce the number of new and old smokers. Both the health warnings and the ad campaigns on free to air television have a long history of being effective and had good supporting research behind them. Plain packaging on the other hand doesn't have the same level of evidence to support the conclusion that's currently being made and fails to investigate critical things like the origins of people's habits. I would have fully supported a year long trial in order to judge the effectiveness of it and then should the evidence support our hypothesis then we could legislate. However the current approach of taking tangentially related research and then creating policy around that isn't something I can support and neither should you.
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The 2018 Saffron Walden Challenge Snooker Tournament, once again kindly sponsored by Bushwood Accountants will take place at the Cambridge Snooker & Pool Centre, Coldhams Road, Cambridge, CB1 3EW, on Sunday 22 April 2018. The Club will be open from 10.00am to enable a prompt start at 10.30am. Spectators are more than welcome to come along and support their respective leagues, the club has a comfortable bar with hot and cold food available during the day.
The players representing the Saffron Walden team are Jason Pegram, Adam Ingram and Alex Clenshaw.
The 2015 Saffron Walden Challenge Snooker Tournament, once again kindly sponsored by Bushwood Accountants took place at the Cambridge Snooker & Pool Centre, Cambridge on Sunday 22 February 2015.
With Braintree Snooker League unfortunately having to pull out of the tournament on the Saturday evening due to player illnesses, defending champions Norwich took on teams from the surrounding snooker leagues of Saffron Walden, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Chelmsford, Ipswich and South Beds in this annual round robin tournament where teams of 3 players play 2 frames back-to-back against their opposite number from each team.
Going into the final round of the tournament, South Beds, Saffron Walden and Cambridge were all tied on 19 points, with defending champions Norwich on 18, Ipswich on 14, Milton Keynes on 10 and Chelmsford on 9 points. With three teams potentially all in contention for the title [Cambridge had a bye round] there was a tense atmosphere as the final round commenced, but defending tournament holders Norwich Snooker League again proved worthy winners to retain the Saffron Walden Challenge title with 24 points and notch up a hat-trick of titles since first entering the tournament in 2013. South Beds Snooker League finished as runners up with 22 points, ahead of hosts Saffron Walden Snooker League who finished in third place with 21 points.
Norwich's Captain Nick Spelman, had a fantastic tournament winning 10 out of the 12 frames he played as well as securing the Tournament High Break with a superb 139.
The leagues invited to attend are Cambridge, Braintree, Chelmsford, Milton Keynes, South Beds, Ipswich and defending champions Norwich.
The players representing the DMC Leisure Saffron Walden & District Snooker League are Adam Ingram (Captain), Russell Huxter and Darren Edmonston.
Norwich Retain Saffron Walden Challenge Title By One Point!
The 2014 Saffron Walden Challenge Snooker Tournament, once again kindly sponsored by Bushwood Accountants took place at the Cambridge Snooker & Pool Centre, Cambridge on Sunday 23 February 2014.
Defending tournament holders Norwich Snooker League held their nerve going into the final round of the tournament to retain the Saffron Walden Challenge title by one point from hosts Saffron Walden & District Snooker League who finished as runners up, and the Vic Harris Snooker League who finished in third place.
With Milton Keynes Snooker League pulling out on the day of the tournament, defending champions Norwich took on teams from the surrounding snooker leagues of Saffron Walden, Cambridge, Braintree, Chelmsford, Vic Harris (South Essex) and South Beds in this annual round robin tournament where teams of 3 players play 2 frames back-to-back against their opposite number from each team.
With 5 rounds played, Norwich on 20 points, Vic Harris on 19 points and Saffron Walden on 18 points were all in contention for the title but with Norwich and Vic Harris playing each other in the final round it was all to play for and a thrilling finish was on the cards. With their match finishing with a 3-3 draw, Norwich finished on 23 points and Vic Harris on 22 points. With Saffron Walden still playing against Cambridge and their match score being at 3-2, Russell Huxter secured victory on the pink to give Saffron Walden a deserved 4-2 win, 22 points overall and the runners up position (on count back to the Vic Harris Snooker League having beaten them earlier in the tournament 4-2).
EASB and IBSF Snooker Coach Russell, had a fantastic tournament winning 10 out of the 12 frames he played. Ex-England International Adam Ingram had in the final match given Saffron Walden every opportunity by winning his own match 2-0 in double quick time, and in his final frame cleared the table with an immaculate break of 124, the highest break of the tournament.
Toby Pugh (Chelmsford) also knocked in a century break, a fine 104, ironically against Adam during the Chelmsford v Saffron Walden match in Round 4. Other notable breaks made during the tournament efforts were Paul Stelmaszuk (Cambridge) 90, Finlay Laing (Cambridge) 82, Barry Garwood (South Beds) 79, Dean Galbally (Vic Harris) 74, Grant Miles (Norwich) 72, Nick Spelman (Norwich) 71.


I learnt about Sieglinde Ludes being an artist in a casual conversation with her. Not that she said she was an artist. Not that she said she made art. All she said was, that she worked with felt. We spoke about felt. Our chat exposed our appreciation for this material. Our conversation revealed that felt is an evocative substance without being definite. Felt may allude to hair. Felt may allude to cloth. Felt may allude to the sea and things within. Felt may allude to warmth and comfort. Felt may be seen as a too neutral a material, too devoid of emotion. But with this in mind, several artists have explored the detached evocative symbolism of felt. I have always been fond of Joseph Beuys works containing felt. His assemblages confirm his gratitude to this material. It saved his life during the war. I have always wanted to use felt for similar reasons. It did not prevent me from death at anytime but I do remember moments of warmth and comfort from it.
I was intrigued by the thought of Sieglinde´s art. I wanted to know more. I had become familiar with the paintings and manipulated Polaroids of her husband, Guido Ludes, who is more direct in his creations. Guido´s works have more obvious artistic intent. Sieglinde´s work is less obvious. Her pieces are philosophical and emotional musings utilizing textile manufacturing, sewing, engineering and construction. In comparison to other art, Sieglinde´s work may appear to be inaccessible and nonartisitc. But hers is a unique proposition in form and material she has chosen to explore.
Our next meeting was at a Japanese haute couture exhibition held at New York´s ACE gallery. While viewing a piece, Sieglinde excitedly began to describe her experiments with her work. She spoke about the fragile structural component of the material. She described her techniques and methods of construction. I was taken by her passion. I was taken by the thought of Sieglinde´s art. As she described it, her work was not involved with the common function of wrapping the body for shelter, protection, or fashion. It was not about the art of drawing or painting. Nor was it about a split second optical documentation on film. I wondered what her pieces were like.
Some time after those two initial meetings, Guido sent me color photocopies of Sieglinde´s work. The photocopies, by their very nature, did not reveal the intricacies of the objects. Intriguingly, they appear to be fossils; I wanted to actually see them. Not as reproductions, but in the same space I inhabit. I warn you this might happen to you with this book. When I finally looked at them, the pieces appeared to be encoded modern relics.
They seemed noble, self-possessed objects with no intention to condescend. The photocopies were a slight help. They revealed the volumetric quality of each piece. They also indicated how elusive the work is.
After much time, the day finally came when I was able to see and feel the actual pieces. At this profound but relaxed moment, I realized that Sieglinde Ludes was an artist. Her work speaks for itself. It avoids the classification of craft by provoking thought. Her pieces express the creator´s intent. An object is not just an object in Sieglinde´s work. There is an narrative, even if the story is not obvious.
The pieces appear to be diagrams of unbiased feelings drawn into the strands of the felt. The abstract reasoning balances their focused emotions. The "letters" are a prime example of this dichotomy. With simple lines on the "paper", one imagines a grid or a scale system. It may appear at one point as if the support has absorbed the words to conceal the letters´specific narrative. These love letters can not be read any longer. They do not divulge their secrets but do the only proud thing – they provide a testament of their sentiment.
There is a logical progression in Sieglinde´s works. The first pieces tend to be planar, diagrammatic and unstructured. They are structurally adhered to a support. These earlier sculptures defy and contradict their material. This is not true with the later works. Where the structure is created by the very construction of the pieces. The later works merge structure and ideology, the intellectual and the physical, expressiveness and restraint.
The newfound intricacy in the minute folds gives the object the ability to defy supports. The folds and creases structurally fortify their existence. In the "big cocoon, brown", the work´s construction is the basis of its form and structure. Its engineering is so intricate that it becomes an achieved intellectual object. At the same time, this piece appears to be an object at home in the natural world.
In a circular manner, Sieglinde´s three-dimensional constructs do not initally appear to be sculptures. They avoid traditional sculptur´s ability to proclaim itself as art. Sieglinde´s structures defy a pretense in defining themselves as art. The works on simple truths. They are three-dimensional, discreet objects immersed in their unique personal history. They articulate the innate human desire to create and transform. Serving as shorthand for a Jungian text, Sieglinde´s work illustrates the human tendency to endow objects with narrative meaning. All her pieces show this human yearning to express thought feeling and soul. And this is what is important about Sieglinde´s work. Her work exhibits all the noble qualities of a rational animal, an animal that is involved in the physical world but can fill an abstract notion with the sensations of existence. These pieces are present and detached; somber, yet quite playful. They seem to converse with you only as far as you are willing to converse with them. They are magical, yet quiet. Theirs is a discrete involvement. I am mesmeriezd by the thought of Sieglinds art.
Sieglinde Ludes in Berne on the 18th January 2003.
"Everyone draws from the artist within each human being."
If you know Sieglinde Ludes, you will also know this to be true.
She has created a world of images and objects for herself, and by extension, for us. This world can hardly be surpassed in terms of the primitive and the natural. Her materials are wonderful in their archaism, cry out to be touched and are visually fascinating while their spontaneity, in being able to transform observations into a new way of experiencing art, draw us into their spell.
Sieglinde Ludes' objects of handmade felt or hand-produced paper, shadow drawings, collages, impressions of fossils or prints of the sea-bed in soft ground – each of these are unique pieces which are breathtaking in their form and appearance.
Why is this? They hit the spot, sensorially and visually. They electrify. They create connections to our deepest selves, whether hidden in the genetic coding of our biological souls or in our central nervous system. I know what I am talking about. For some time now I have had the privilege of living with a few of Sieglinde's objects. I am surrounded by others in my office. People say that Sieglinde's art speaks. At times louder, at times very quietly.
Visitors are astonished when they are allowed to take the felt objects in their hands. Their delicateness, their flexibility, their malleability and their resistance to deformation cause moments of surprise. And enduring memories. If I want to think back to something, I take one of the objects in both my hands, close my eyes and suddenly I am in the heart of Scotland, on the Isle of Skye. I can smell the turf, the sea and the sheep and feel the wind and the drizzling rain. When I let go again and open my eyes, the experience remains with me for a time. It is not possible to experience art more mystically and more authentically at the same time than this.
Sieglinde Ludes' drawings transport us from this world. They function like encoded notes from the universe which remind us of blueprints in their use of tectonic and lineal structures. You can get lost in them and at the same time they offer orientation for the journey into new worlds of experience.
Sieglinde is an expert at the art of reducing things to their essence and therefore sharpening the focus on the entirety of our existence. "Reduce to the max" is a slogan which was coined in Switzerland and drew much attention to the advert. Sieglinde Ludes, however, isn't one for cheap effects. Sensations do not appeal to her. She loves the stress on the sensuous, she loves rituals and she is a perfectionist who believes in metaphysical powers: in her dealings with her family, her friends, when travelling or involved in other activities. If you are prepared and sensitive enough to let yourself, it is possible to communicate telepathically with Sieglinde Ludes.
Our mutual friend, the Cuban - American artist Robert Alejandro Chi, who, surely not coincidentally, is celebrating his 40th birthday this very day in his chosen home of New York, is a soul-mate of Sieglinde's and experiences an intimate connection with her.
This spiritual interface is their joint artistic comprehension and their ability to channel the environment and the experience of art and culture into their innermost being. I had an unforgettable experience at the Issey Miyake exhibition at the Ace gallery in New York several years ago: Sieglinde and Robert swept through the spacious exhibition rooms filled with their multi-media installations. Their dialogue had the air of two creations, similar to microcosms, or to heavenly bodies, transferring their world-view mentally onto the other, internalising and evaluating it and then transferring it back again.
If we manage here in Berne, in this successful exhibition, to strike up a dialogue with Sieglinde Ludes' art, even if just for a split second we catch a glimpse of this intensive interchange of the senses, we can be more than satisfied. It will make our lives richer and ourselves incomparably more sensitised for the discovery of our self.
To draw my short, very personal remarks to a close: for me, Sieglinde's art is entirely without precedent. It is totally unique. Completely archaic, completely moving, completely self-sufficient (much like her personality). It is better not to talk about Sieglinde's art, but rather to experience it, visually, sensually or even better, in conversation with Sieglinde herself.
Thanks to her friend Robert, Sieglinde is present around the world at any time of the day or night. In his individual style he has put Sieglinde and her art on the internet on our website zeitenwende.com.


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package com.streamsets.pipeline.stage.origin.hdfs.cluster;

import com.streamsets.pipeline.api.ExecutionMode;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.api.Source;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.api.Stage;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.config.DataFormat;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.sdk.SourceRunner;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.stage.origin.maprfs.ClusterMapRFSDSource;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.stage.origin.maprfs.ClusterMapRFSSource;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.Mockito;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

public class TestClusterMapRFSSource {

  private ClusterHdfsConfigBean createClusterHdfsConfigBean() {
    ClusterHdfsConfigBean conf = new ClusterHdfsConfigBean();
    conf.hdfsUri = "maprfs:///";
    conf.hdfsDirLocations = Collections.singletonList("");
    conf.hdfsConfigs = new HashMap<>();
    conf.dataFormat = DataFormat.TEXT;
    conf.dataFormatConfig.textMaxLineLen = 1024;
    return conf;
  }

  private ClusterMapRFSSource mockInit(SourceRunner sourceRunner) {
    ClusterMapRFSSource clusterMapRFSSource = (ClusterMapRFSSource) sourceRunner.getStage();
    ClusterMapRFSSource mockClusterMaprFsSource = Mockito.spy(clusterMapRFSSource);
    Mockito.doReturn(new ArrayList()).when(mockClusterMaprFsSource).init();
    return mockClusterMaprFsSource;
  }

  @Test
  public void testValidateMapRFSURI() throws Exception {
    SourceRunner sourceRunner = new SourceRunner.Builder(ClusterMapRFSDSource.class,
        new ClusterMapRFSSource(createClusterHdfsConfigBean())
    ).addOutputLane("lane").setExecutionMode(ExecutionMode.CLUSTER_BATCH).build();
    Assert.assertTrue(sourceRunner.getStage() instanceof ClusterMapRFSSource);
    ClusterMapRFSSource mockClusterMaprFsSource = mockInit(sourceRunner);
    List<Stage.ConfigIssue> configIssueList = mockClusterMaprFsSource.init(
        sourceRunner.getInfo(),
        (Source.Context) sourceRunner.getContext()
    );
    Assert.assertTrue(mockClusterMaprFsSource.validateHadoopFsURI(configIssueList));
  }

  @Test
  public void testNoValidationErrorWhenHadoopConfigFilesMissing() throws Exception {
    SourceRunner sourceRunner = new SourceRunner.Builder(ClusterMapRFSDSource.class,
        new ClusterMapRFSSource(createClusterHdfsConfigBean())
    ).addOutputLane("lane").setExecutionMode(ExecutionMode.CLUSTER_BATCH).build();
    Assert.assertTrue(sourceRunner.getStage() instanceof ClusterMapRFSSource);
    ClusterMapRFSSource mockClusterMaprFsSource = mockInit(sourceRunner);
    List<Stage.ConfigIssue> configIssueList = mockClusterMaprFsSource.init(
        sourceRunner.getInfo(),
        (Source.Context) sourceRunner.getContext()
    );
    mockClusterMaprFsSource.validateHadoopConfigFiles(new File(""), configIssueList);
    Assert.assertEquals("Didn't expect validation to fail when hadoop config files are missing " + configIssueList,
        0, configIssueList.size());
  }

  @Test
  public void testNoValidationErrorWhenNoHadoopConfigDir() throws Exception {
    SourceRunner sourceRunner = new SourceRunner.Builder(ClusterMapRFSDSource.class,
        new ClusterMapRFSSource(createClusterHdfsConfigBean())
    ).addOutputLane("lane").setExecutionMode(ExecutionMode.CLUSTER_BATCH).build();
    Assert.assertTrue(sourceRunner.getStage() instanceof ClusterMapRFSSource);
    ClusterMapRFSSource mockClusterMaprFsSource = mockInit(sourceRunner);
    List<Stage.ConfigIssue> configIssueList = mockClusterMaprFsSource.init(
        sourceRunner.getInfo(),
        (Source.Context) sourceRunner.getContext()
    );
    mockClusterMaprFsSource.getHadoopConfiguration(configIssueList);
    Assert.assertEquals("Didn't expect validation to fail when no hadoop config dir is present: " + configIssueList, 0,
        configIssueList.size());
  }

}


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Ontario eases restrictions on long-term care residents, updates guidance to allow vaccine mixing
Ross Ha takes his 89-year-old mother outside after meeting only through glass for over a year on June 1, 2021. Yon Ha lives at the Rose of Sharon Korean Long-Term Care Home in Toronto. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Ontario reported another 870 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, as the province eased restrictions on long-term care residents and updated its second-dose guidance for those who received a first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Ontario says more long-term care homes air conditioned, but still not all resident rooms
As of June 9, residents of long-term care who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can leave their homes for day and overnight trips.
As well, "brief hugs can now take place" regardless of the vaccination status of residents and visitors, the province said in a news release.
"Where both the resident and visitors are fully immunized, close physical contact, including hand holding, can now take place safely," it added.
For residents who have mobility or health issues, they are now allowed to have one visitor inside their facility, in addition to an essential caregiver, the province said.
Meanwhile, today's total case count marks the fourth straight day with fewer than 1,000 new cases in the province, markedly lower than last Thursday, when 1,135 additional infections were confirmed. Because of the cyclical nature of testing in Ontario, it is most illuminating to compare the same day of the week.
Labs completed 34,277 tests and Public Health Ontario logged a positivity rate of 2.8 per cent — also down from one week ago when the province reported a positivity rate of 3.6 per cent on 37,705 tests.
The seven-day average of daily cases fell to 940, its lowest point since since Nov. 2, 2020 and below the level seen between the second and third waves in Ontario.
Ontario's chief medical officer Dr. David Williams said in a news conference Thursday that the effects of the May long weekend can be seen in the recent uptick of cases in the last few days.
"Overall, trends continue to move in the right direction," he said.
He added hospitalizations were showing slow improvement, which is is "a better indicator." But the "R" number, or basic reproduction number is 0.74, lower than the preferred number of 0.8.
As of Wednesday, there were 729 people with COVID-related illnesses in hospitals, 546 of whom were being treated in intensive care units, the fewest in eight weeks. Of those, 370 needed a ventilator to breathe.
The Ministry of Health recorded the deaths of 10 more people with the illness, pushing the official toll to 8,801.
Public health units collectively administered another 150, 884 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday. A total of 8,658,024 Ontarians, or about 58.7 per cent of the population, have now received at least one shot of a vaccine.
The province has begun publishing a more detailed breakdown of vaccination rates by age. The current snapshot of Ontarians who have had one shot looks like:
Ages 80 and above: 94.6 per cent.
70-79 years old: 91 per cent.
60-69 years old: 85.1 per cent.
That means that just shy of 70 per cent of adults, those aged 18 and older, have had a first shot.
Delta variant increasingly gaining foothold
Analysis from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table shows that the COVID-19 variant first identified in India, which the World Health Organization has labelled the "delta" variant, is spreading in the province.
The group estimates that the delta variant currently accounts for about 23 per cent of all new cases in Ontario.
While Ontario does not screen specifically for the delta variant, labs began sequencing some tests in early May and results suggest that in various regions, it has begun to displace the B117 variant — which was first found in the United Kingdom and drove the third wave of the pandemic in Ontario — as the dominant strain.
One such area is Peel Region, where the science table estimates the delta variant will become dominant within a few weeks.
Dr. Lawrence Loh, the local medical officer of health in Peel, said in an interview this morning with CBC Radio that the delta variant appears to be even more transmissible than previous strains, and that research has found that a first dose of currently available COVID-19 vaccines is only about 33 per cent effective against it.
While still inconclusive, preliminary research also suggests it could result in more severe illness, Loh said.
During a news conference yesterday, Premier Doug Ford pointed to the delta variant as a primary reason for his decision to keep schools closed until September.
On the possibility of an earlier reopening, Williams said the low numbers were encouraging, but the "data is less promising this time" with the recent uptick.
"I hope we don't have a continuing rise. Getting over 1,000 again would be disappointing, he said.
He added a look at the numbers early next week would offer a better idea as to whether or not the province can reopen earlier.
Ontario moving ahead with mixing vaccines
Meanwhile, Ontarians who received a first shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can opt to stick with it or choose to get Pfizer or Moderna for their second dose, the province officially said Thursday.
The move was expected after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) updated its guidance earlier this week to allow for mixing and matching of vaccines.
"Both second-dose options available to individuals who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine are safe and provide strong protection against COVID-19 and will count as a completed series," the province said in a news release.
"These second dose options will be provided at the recommended 12-week interval."
Guerina Morra, 81, gets her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Caboto Terrace long-term care home, in North York, Ont., in March 2021. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Starting tomorrow, June 4, individuals who received the AstraZeneca vaccine at least 12 weeks ago and wish to have a second shot of the same vaccine can contact the pharmacy or physician who provided it for their subsequent dose.
Or, if they choose to get a dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, they can get a shot at a pharmacy that is offering those.
Beginning on June 7, those who got the AstraZeneca vaccine will be able to book their second of shot of either Pfizer or Moderna through the province's central system or via their local public health unit, depending on where they live.
"Combining similar vaccines from different manufacturers in a series is not a new concept. Different vaccine products have been safely and effectively used to complete vaccine series for influenza, hepatitis A, and others," the province said.
Officials in Ontario had already said they wanted to move ahead with mixing vaccines, but were waiting for NACI to revise its recommendations before going forward.
Ontario received a shipment of 254,500 doses of the AstraZeneca the week of May 18, and Health Minister Christine Elliott said this week that she expects they will be distributed to public health units imminently.
Officials also expect millions of doses of Pfizer through the month of June. The province is still awaiting a finalized delivery schedule for further shipments from Moderna, officials said at a briefing last week.
Ontario's chief coroner, Dr. Dirk Huyer, said in a press conference today there's plenty of evidence and clinical trials that show the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine offers protection from serious illness, hospitalization, and death at the 12 week interval.
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#1 – I sometimes envy the fact that people with TBI can at least point to a reason for cognitive struggles that other people will believe – and that few people think brain damage is a joking matter. I get so w-e-a-r-y of the ADD "jokes" (oooh, shiny – etc).
#2 – With severe ADD it usually takes, as Dr. Hallowell says, "twice as long to do half as much," so I take sink baths on days when there is not enough time to manage a full bath (the hot water in my apt. takes forever to switch from cold to hot, so it takes a while before I can even begin to fill the tub). Showers are too much stimulation for me – just hit me with the fire hose – but they wouldn't save a ton of time in any case, given the hot water situation.
#3 – 3 seasons a year I usually sleep in perfectly respectable flowy pants and a top – so I don't get dressed before I take my dog outside on awakening (in winter I have great flannel pjs under my coat!) Similar to you, on busy days that keep me housebound I frequently don't change into "day clothes" at all.
I see you "get" me.
See you and love you! (and many days I would vote for cutting out the tongues that wag in judgment).


Arches National Park is one of the most amazing places to visit in the United States. The entrance to the park is located in the little town of Moab which is about a half hour south of Interstate 70, between Grand Junction Colorado and Richfield Utah. Moab is a mecca for bicyclists, rock climbers and hikers from all over the world. According to the National Park Service website, Arches National Park contains over 2,000 arches. I was only able to spend a single day in the park. I hiked approximately 8 miles total, covering 4 of the most popular hikes in the park. I easily could have spent a whole week in the park just taking photos.
My favorite section of the park is known as the 'Windows Section'. It contains a few of the largest and most impressive arches, the North and South Windows and the Turret Arch. These arches are located just a few hundred yards uphill from the parking area. They are accessible for small children and anyone who is physically capable of climbing a few dozen stairs. If you only had an hour or two to spend in the park, this is the hike that you would want to do.
The best hike we did in Arches National Park was definitely the trek to Delicate Arch. This is the arch prominently featured on Utah's license plate. The hike is approximately 3 miles round-trip from the parking area at Wolfe Ranch, but it feels longer because most of it is uphill and the air is very thin when you're at 6,000 feet above sea level. One section of this hike involves navigating up a large rock dome. There are rock cairns placed strategically along the way to help mark the trail, but we noticed several people getting lost and heading in the wrong direction. Just follow the cairns and you will be fine. The reward is definitely worth the effort. Delicate Arch is one of the most awe-inspiring natural wonders in any of the national parks.
Our final hike of the day was to see the Landscape Arch located in the 'Devil's Garden' section of Arches National Park. The hike to Landscape Arch is approximately 2 miles round-trip with only a very slight elevation gain. This hike should be suitable for even young children. There are literally dozens of arches located just off the trail in the Devil's Garden. This is also the section of the park where the campground is located. I'm sure this is a very busy campground because it was half full during a mid-week in the middle of winter.
The weather in the area of Utah varies a great deal, from scorching summers to brutally cold winters. I would highly recommend visiting this park in the spring or fall, especially if you plan on camping. The summers here are especially hard for hiking under the cloudless sky in the 100 degree heat. You would need almost a gallon of water per person for an 8 mile hike in the summer.
The off-season hotels in Moab are very reasonably priced. We saw multiple places for 40$/per night on Travelocity.


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Naomi Beckwith
April 17, 2019. 7:00pm-9:00pm
Little Haiti Cultural Complex
212 NE 59th Terrace
Join Locust Projects and ArtCenter/South Florida for a conversation with Naomi Beckwith, Manilow Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and former senior curator at Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art and Studio Museum in Harlem.
Beckwith's numerous exhibitions include, "The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now" and "30 Seconds off an Inch," both considering the resonance of black culture across contemporary art internationally, and she has championed rising artists like Rashid Johnson, Keren Cytter, The Propeller Group and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
She has contributed to publications including Artforum International, Frieze, The New York Times and W Magazine—and served on the jury of the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. She holds an M.A. with Distinction from Courtauld Institute of Art and was a Critical Studies Fellow at the Whitney Museum. A multiple grantee, and now trustee, of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Beckwith is a recipient of the New Leadership award for ArtTable where she is a trustee.
Parking is available at the cultural center, but limited. We encourage you to use a ride share service.