Doing research is an important part of public relations. Reaching a target audience and providing them with content or a message that will grab their attention is one of the constant battles of PR. PR Daily shared an article explaining how you can use your own primary research to win new business and clients. Marketing firms like Lab42 specialize in researching the specific niches and markets of your choosing. They provide a quick turnaround, usually within 5-7 business days, and provide valuable data that you can integrate into pitches to really wow your potential clients. What really sets Lab42 apart from other major marketing firms is its affordability and quick turnaround. Like the original article explains, forking over a ton of money for the sake of a pitch may not be the best way to spend your money. But gathering useful information in a short period of time for a reasonable price will benefit everyone.
One of the things I've gathered throughout my internship and PR classes is hiring out different aspects of each project. I'm not saying that you need to be paying someone to produce each and every piece of a campaign, but sometimes it is worth the money for a service or product that will make life easier. I'm curious how Lab42 gathers their data though. How do they infiltrate the specific target markets and niches that their clients are after? What do their surveys look like? How many results do they gather? Maybe a future project will have me consulting Lab42.


The Work-Based Learning and Youth Apprenticeship Program works with over 2000 Georgia Employers to build strong local communities with a highly trained workforce.
A ray of sunshine to a most difficult situation" is how one of our patient's families described the WCHS Work-Based Students working with Hospice Satilla Hospice House. Another visitor described the students as caring and professional and not afraid of work. Hiring the students has been a highlight for Hospice Satilla. They are Professional, Hardworking, Teachable, Team Players and remind us all of the energy and aspirations we had as young healthcare providers. The students believe they have a chance to change the world for the better, and their enthusiasm is contagious to all who are around them. In return the patients, family members, visitors and staff are helping to prepare the students for the workforce. It is the goal of Hospice Satilla to instill in our student employees excellence in healthcare, work ethic and attitude that truly will change the world to those they serve.
Working with the Work Based Learning program in the Jackson County School System has helped Caterpillar build our pipeline of talent. Plus, we love working with the high school students! We are proud to be a part of the community, and honored to be part of this great program.
Participating in the Work Based Learning program has benefitted Bridgestone Golf by bringing us emerging TIGER talent to add to our digital marketing team. These young professionals have added talent and fresh perspective to our bottom line.
Wilco Printing & Signs in Braselton, GA has had the pleasure of utilizing WBL students for more than 4 years. It is a vital part of our ongoing success as a small business to train young people in graphic design, printing, sign & banner production, marketing, advertising and customer service. Without the WBL students we would not have experienced the growth that we have enjoyed in recent years.
As a large manufacturer it can be a challenge to discover and develop a local work force that is willing to plant roots in a community. Work based learning has lended the opportunity for Kubota to highlight our career opportunities to the students, teachers, and local civic group within our community. We have seen numerous students who are in the shadow of graduation who do not have a career pathway. We as a company have had the opportunity to offer full-time employment to these students upon graduation and help them develop a career pathway that could potentially keep them within our county.
Once community leaders and teachers understand that in a manufacturing environment all types of careers exist I think we all benefit from this knowledge being dispersed. High school students have the opportunity to explore these careers while gaining real life experiences that have the potential to shape both the students and our ever evolving workforce. Our leaders at Kubota have been strengthened by the opportunities to mentor and develop these young lives, and often those who are conducting the training and mentoring are shaped as much if not even more than those students who come on our campus each day.
BM&K Construction & Engineering is proud of our 4 year partnership with our local schools to provide apprentice level opportunities in the engineering and construction fields. The Work Based Learning program has enabled us to work with aspiring engineers and provide young people from our community insight into our profession. Every student we have worked with has come to us very prepared and eager to learn more.
Our local Work Based Learning program provides sharp, professional students who are talented and eager to learn. We use WBL participants as part of our intern program and enjoy how readily they integrate with our team. It is wonderful to have this resource in our community for creating career paths that benefit small businesses with a work-ready work force to recruit locally from.
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It is not often that anyone can find a shopping mall in a vibrant city which focuses on a single theme all throughout the year and that is what Publika aims to do. Being one of the latest malls to join the many in the Klang Valley, Publika has become quite an icon in itself for having reinvented the idea of shopping.
In the midst of all the mega shopping malls which are very huge and hundreds of retail outlets, Publika stands out as the artistic and more creative one. In fact, Publika is the only mall which is this artistic. Developed by Sunrise Berhad and nestled among the newly built township of Dutamas, Publika is very much like an art gallery in itself so much so that it is often referred to as the Publika Shopping Gallery instead of the usual shopping mall persona.
To innovative factor about Publika is that it chooses to differ from the usually common shopping malls with chain stores, departments stores, cinemas and food courts. Visiting Publika gives the customer the impression that they are visiting an art gallery because almost every inch of the building seemed to exude art in every way.
The whole objective of Publika is to be innovative and that is one thing that no one can take for granted today, particularly in the stiff competition of the market. Publika is where it offers a 'space for all' where cultural activities can be held and enjoyed. The inspiration behind Publika was to bring art to life and vice versa, a strong statement and yet achievable here.
If looked closely, Publika Shopping gallery is actually made up of 2 rows of shophouses which have been given a makeover into an artistic and creative shopping space. It has been around for only a few years where today is a thriving place where ideas flow and creativity is manifested. It was originally planned to be called Republika but the name was not approved before it became what it is today.
To get to what it is today, the Publika Shopping Gallery was changed from the conventional shophouse format into an integrated shopping mall with a glass roof and a whole lot of architectural and interior design efforts. However, that is not the only thing that made Publika such an artistic space. They had to bring in the art scene to Dutamas which came through the likes of programmes, activities as well as galleries.
There are now designated art spaces like MAP which stands for Making Art Public. MAP is made up of 2 spaces namely White and Black Box respectively. The former is basically an art gallery while the latter is an experimental theatre that can accommodate up to 200 people.
Apart from that, Publika displays sculptures, paintings and many other types of art around its premises and that is the philosophy of this space. The KL Fashion Weekend, the KL Design Week and many other art festivals are also held here to draw the art loving crowd of Malaysia which essentially changes the idea of art appreciation. In Publika, art is everywhere.


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The Dreamscape
Dreams that never leave
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It was 1979. I was nine years old. My mom took me to see the original ALIEN film, brand new, on the big screen.
She thought it was going to be like Star Wars.
And the Xenomorph has been with me ever since. Sometimes it is what it is, chasing me through an ever more complex maze that collapses in on itself (classic anxiety dream) and other times it's a person with whom I speak, yet still it's the Xenomorph, like when a dream character keeps changing actor but you know it's still the same character.
It has become part of me. Anyone else have something similar?
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WooHooMan said:
It's more than just a recurring dream. Those eventually fade out. The Xenomorph dream has been with since I was 9. I turn 50 in just a few days.
Gospodin said:
I haven't had anything like that, for that period of time. From the time I was very young until my early 20s I had a recurring dream that took place in a cartoon landscape of moving objects--spheres, cubes, etc. I was running through it with a vague notion that I had to get somewhere or away from something. It always culminated in stark terror waking me with a pounding heart, but I could never remember what was scary in the dream. Everything I can remember about the dream is non-threatening and not at all scary.
I finally stopped having the dream at around 21 or 22. I don't know whether it had any relation to a movie or book from my childhood--not that I'm aware of, but again most of the dream was always lost to me upon waking.
Vaporo
Ever gone to college?
My dreams are the ones where I suddenly remember a class that I completely forgot I was taking.
Vaporo said:
Yes, twice as a matter of fact. The missed class dream is not one I entertain, but I have an analogue in that I was in the military and often dream of a formation for which I am now late and I can't find part of my uniform. Typically my hat.
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Were you by any chance, in grade school during the very late 80s into the mid 90s? I have a theory that these weird cartoon geometry landscapes in dreams are internalized stresses triggered and associated with the graphics used in school supplies, textbooks and early educational computer games. They seemed to be everywhere: folders, trapper keepers, pencil cases, workbooks, class posters, carpeting, upholstery, wall papers. Pervasive. If it wasn't abstract geometrics, it was licensed [animated] characters, or... Lisa Frank. I can't look at vintage geometric graphics without instantly being transported back to childhood classrooms and childhood academic performance anxiety. You're not the first person to describe weird cartoon geometric or Tron-like landscapes in dreams, trying to escape from something vague but dreadfully anxious or terrifying.
Gospodin I have the xenomorph dreams, too.
It all started because of my brother. I think. He rented one of the movies. And hid a cheap walkie-talkie in my room when I was little. He'd play the creepy screeching breathing alien sounds into his walkie talkie and it would play in the dead of night in my room. Finally, I saw what was making the noises on screen ...and it didn't help. I grew up in FL, and where really nasty bugs and dangerous venemous creatures would appear out of nowhere anyway. In my young mind, these giant alien creatures being able to hide in such small and claustrophobic spaces was totally plausible. These things were basically giant, dangerous, sentient insects to me.
My dreams would involve these giant xenomorphs and the facehuggers appearing out of *impossible* places as stowaways and killing everybody. Particularly, from the floorboards or the firewalls by engine blocks, out of glove compartments, air vents, trunks, RV basement storage, drains, etc. Especially while the vehicle was in motion. So, the vehicle would crash, there would be all the carnage of a high speed wreck, plus these xenomorphs would escape and spread everywhere. They'd come out of kitchen cabinets. Be in refrigerators and toasters and washing machines. Appear from the wall switches. Basically, anywhere a bug or spider could appear, my brain substituted a xenomorph.
After decades, I can now recognize the dreams as absurd rather than terrifying, and wake myself up. Not unlike channel surfing on tv. "NOPE." click, click, click.
I have dreams that have stuck with me for years as a theme, not as an identical recurring dream per say. Mostly rickety endless piers and murky waters, collapsed bridges, rickety stairs. Growing up around sharks and aquatic ambush predators (alligators) did not help.
I also have "construction" or "home improvement" dreams where I'm problem solving and building all night in my sleep. I'm finding angles, doing measurements, cutting hoards, counting ties and strapping, mixing grout, ordering supplies. Everything. It's mentally exhausting.
I wake up totally drained because I've been yelling at idiot subcontractors, arguing with people royally screwing up plans, people (squatters) are trying to move in that are unwelcomed, people I hate are moving in next door, the materials aren't to spec. Dealing with jobsite thieves. Broken tools. The semi tractor trailer backs into the building and demolishes it. You name it, I deal with it. I wake up so tired, frustrated, exasperated and infuriated.
I remember one particularly infuriating dream where I bought a small lakeside resort and was renovating cabins. Someone started painting the outside of all of the cabins in pastel polkadots and zig zags and stripes- over the windows, on the shingles, the siding and doors, the decks, everywhere.
Or, I'll have what I can only describe as feverdreams about pulling weeds. Usually I wake myself up because I'm acting out handpulling and shoveling. Weeds everywhere.
If it's not those things, it's something else lucid and utterly bizarre. My dream life is very active.
Night Gardener said:
Sometimes I'll have something similar. Engineering student here, so my dreams are almost strictly related to programming and solving math problems. I never find them exhausting, though. And I've never had any sort of inspiration because of a dream. I suppose that I dream of doing it, but never actually dream in enough details to actually solve any problems.
My dad has a sort of recurring dream. He used to be a truck driver, and every time he talks about something that happens when he was a truck driver the next night he has a dream where he's running late while driving his truck.
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Сергей Александрович Миро́нов () — советский и российский лингвист, специалист в области нидерландистики и немецкой диалектологии.

Биография
Родился в семье художников. Первое знакомство с будущей профессией состоялось уже в детстве, проведенном в Азербайджане в среде швабских колонистов.

Германистическое образование С. А. Миронов получил в Ленинградском университете, где был учеником В. М. Жирмунского. Под его руководством подготовил диссертацию о развитии аналитизма в системе склонения немецких диалектов, материал для которой был собран среди немцев Поволжья в 1936-37 г.

В 1940 г., защитив диссертацию, начал преподавательскую деятельность в Горьковском (Нижегородском) государственном педагогическом институте.

В годы войны работал в качестве переводчика, в том числе в службе разведки при штабе 13 Армии, где ему удалось сделать важный вклад в победу в Курско-Белгородской операции 1943 года.

В 1945—1953 гг. возглавил нидерландистику в Военном институте иностранных языков в Москве, а в 1955 вернулся к исследовательской работе, став научным сотрудником сектора германских языков Института языкознания Академии наук СССР.

На эти годы пришлось становление нидерландистики в Москве. В 1956—1957 гг. С. А. Миронов начал вести занятия в МГУ по нидерландскому языку как второму. В 1963 году на кафедре германской филологии была открыта специализация по нидерландскому языку как основному благодаря подвижнической деятельности С. А. Миронова. В течение многих лет, не оставляя научной работы в Институте языкознания, Сергей Александрович вёл практические занятия, читал лекции по истории и теории нидерландского языка, спецкурсы по диалектологии, национальным особенностям языка Нидерландов и Бельгии, а также языка африкаанс.

Труды
С. А. Миронов был автором первого отечественного учебника по нидерландскому языку («Голландский язык» 1951 г., в соавторстве с Л. С. Шечковой), а в 1954 г. под его руководством (при участии Г.Лукина и Ж.Пиро) создан первый «Голландско-русский словарь» (переиздан в 1957 г.).

Основные труды:
 Миронов С. А. Нидерландский (голландский) язык. Грамматический очерк, литературные тексты с комментарием и словарем. Изд-во Московского университета, 1965 (2-е перераб. изд.: Калуга, 2001)
 Миронов С. А. Морфология имени в нидерландском языке. М., 1967.
 Миронов С. А. Становление литературной нормы современного нидерландского языка. М., 1973.
 Миронов С. А. История нидерландского литературного языка (IX—XVI вв.). М., 1986.
 Миронов С. А., А. Л. Зеленецкий и др. Историческая грамматика нидерландского языка. Кн. 1-2. М.: Эдиториал УРСС, 2000.
 Миронов С. А., А. Л. Зеленецкий, Н. В. Иванова. Нидерландский язык. // Языки мира: Германские языки. Кельтские языки. — М., 2000.
 Миронов С. А. Африкаанс язык. // Языки мира: Германские языки. Кельтские языки. — М., 2000.
 Новый нидерландско-русский и русско-нидерландский словарь [= Woordenboek nederlands-russisch & russisch-nederlands]. Т. Н. Дренясова, С. А. Миронов, Л. С. Шечкова (издания разных лет).
 Большой нидерландско-русский словарь. С. А. Миронов, В. О. Белоусов, Л. С. Шечкова. — М.: Живой язык, 2002.

Автор статей «Африкаанс» и «Нидерландский язык» в издании «Лингвистический энциклопедический словарь», под ред. В. Н. Ярцева.— М.: «Советская энциклопедия», 1990

Примечания

Литература
 на русском языке

 Кузнецов С. Н. Основные направления советской нидерландистики // Известия АН СССР. Сер. литературы и языка. 1980. Т. 39. № 5.
 на других языках
 Osjis W. Sowjetse neerlandistiek als kompleks van wetenschappen // Ibid. 1975. № 1.
 Pée W. De studie van het Nederlands in de Sovjet-Unie // Ons erfdeel. 1968/1969. № 2;
 Skvairs Е. S. Mironow // Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik. 1999. Bd 51.

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Jahlil Okafor's career has gotten off to a pretty rough start, to put it mildly. In addition to all the off-court issues during his rookie season, the former No. 3 pick's in-game deficiencies have been exposed on numerous occasions. That, combined with the Sixers' logjam in the frontcourt, made him the subject of various trade rumors prior to the February deadline.
Yet, Philadelphia ultimately opted to trade the perpetually-disgruntled Nerlens Noel instead, leaving Okafor in a veritable limbo with the team that drafted him but apparently no longer wants him. On Wednesday night against the Heat, Okafor – who's never been known for his defensive prowess – turned a lot of heads on this one particular defensive possession when he betrayed a stunning lack of interest in trying to challenge shots or block anyone out to get the rebound.


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A couple headlight and blinker bulb replacements.
I wanted to get back into bike riding after raising my family, and the Aero was the one that caught my eye. I liked the power to weight ratio and Honda dependability.
(1) The OEM seat was only good for short rides of less than 30 miles, so I purchased a Mustang seat with backrest; can't stress enough how much of an improvement this was!
(2) The turn signal indicator light was hard to see, so I installed two LED pods to the windshield I added.
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I have done all the service to the bike myself after purchasing the shop manual.
I run Dyna Beads as they extend my tire life, and when I change tires myself I don't have to worry about balancing. The bike's OEM tires were Bridgestone Exedra 701 and 702. I have been very happy with these, so no reason to switch.
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Have a rooted Android device? Well then, you are not welcomed in the movie rental service Google introduced at Google I/O 2011. Citing "requirements related to copyright protection," Google's decided to block all rooted Android devices from playing rented movies from Android Market.
It wouldn't be a surprise if this move comes from Apple. But the fact that movies rented from iTunes can be viewed on a jailbroken iOS device, and movies rented from Android Market are barred from playing on rooted devices, leaves everyone scratching their heads.
The most common reasons Android users are rooting their devices: get rid of carrier bundled irremovable crapware, get extra features which otherwise wouldn't be possible, and generally gain more control to make the device truly theirs. To assume these users would eventually pirate movies on Android Market is unfair.
One way or another, a pirate will find a way to get movies without paying, even if you make it less convenient for him. The same can't be said for paying customers.
A workaround is expected from the Android community. But seriously, why use a service that doesn't want your money?


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"The game has clearly changed": Police departments employ variety of strategies to attract recruits in changing economy
APB Team Published January 11, 2023 @ 8:00 pm PST
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Police departments across the country are using bonuses and increased attention to attract recruits after several years of low staffing and fewer applications.
More and more departments are using a variety of strategies to attract applicants.
Sometimes, this includes making a fuss over new hires and recruits to keep them interested and satisfied.
In Fairfax County, Virginia, police are treating new recruits to a formal "signing day" ceremony when they accept their job offers.
Louisville police, meanwhile, are flying prospective officers in to take entrance tests, putting them up in a hotel and even giving them a ride-along with an officer to pique their interest.
Other agencies have turned to concrete financial incentives to lure candidates. Many West Coast departments are offering tens of thousands of dollars' worth of bonuses as a way to attract transfer hires.
Law enforcement experts say the departments are trying to find ways to reverse the damage to the profession caused by the 2020 riots and the COVID pandemic.
Experts believe the pandemic in particular has given more leverage to job seekers, which has in turn forced police departments to adapt.
"The game has clearly changed," Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Chief Marcus Jones told The New York Times.
Jones said he realized his department needed to make drastic changes after finding that other agencies were poaching candidates in his area using digital advertising.
Despite calls to defund police departments becoming increasingly unpopular, staffing levels have yet to fully bounce back.
The Seattle Police Department is one agency that is still struggling. According to Chief Adrian Diaz, his department has lost around 100 officers since the unrest in 2020.
Diaz is urgently looking to fill vacancies. "I need an officer that's literally going to be the community outreach officer, but also can respond to that active shooter," he said.
Although Seattle offers a $30,000 bonus to transfer officers and a $7,500 signing bonus to new recruits, the chief said that recruiting is still difficult.
New police officers in Seattle earn around $83,000 annually after graduating from the academy. Transferring officers can earn more than $90,000 in their first year.
Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, told the Times that while the law enforcement industry isn't alone in terms of falling employment rates and increasing retirements, the killing of George Floyd worsened the problem.
"It wasn't just what happened in Minneapolis — it was felt nationally in a way it never has been," Wexler said. "I think that's taken its toll, either on prospective candidates or existing cops rethinking what it means to be a cop in America today."
And it's not just retirements or difficulty recruiting new officers that is causing departments' woes. Instead, many officers are leaving larger departments for smaller, safer and better-paying suburban agencies.
Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department said that officers transferring to suburban departments created a cycle whereby fewer city officers have to do more work in difficult conditions.
To incentivize city officers, Minneapolis and San Francisco are reorienting their search toward older applicants looking for a career change, or they are offering retention bonuses.
For Harrison, it's about adapting to the situation in any way they can — even if they have to cancel days off.
"We have to make up the difference of officers who are not there: We want response times to be good; we want to be able to patrol and be visible to deter as much crime as we can," Harrison said. "We have to sometimes make them do it, sometimes cancel their off days to make them do it. And that's a morale buster."
In addition to the aforementioned strategies, some departments are opting for more liberal hiring policies — such as by allowing those who smoke marijuana or have a low credit score to apply — to expand the pool of applicants.
Other departments, including the NYPD, have lowered the fitness requirement standards to include more female candidates.
In Akron, Ohio, police are allowed to grow beards. Chief Stephen Mylett hopes this will keep officers satisfied.
"I came in a generation of police officer where you just didn't have a beard," Mylett said. "The officers wanted it, and we were losing qualified applicants because we didn't allow beards."
Making quality-of-life improvements for officers and having a community that is supportive of police is also important for staffing.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has made "backing the blue" a priority in his state by passing a law to provide $5,000 signing bonuses to all police recruits. As a result, many departments, such as the Clearwater Police Department, have seen an influx of recruits from out of state.
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Brexit and the arrival of Trump signal the beginning of an exciting new era of closer and deeper US-UK relations
Ted Bromund
Dr. Ted R. Bromund is the Senior Research Fellow in Anglo-American Relations at the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation in Washington DC.
First of all, let me say as an American, "Congratulations". Congratulations on having the courage to vote for Brexit. And congratulations on finding a government that has shown it has the courage necessary not to give up on Brexit before the job has even begun, much less finished. Remain's best argument was always fear of the unknown, and the best way to confront that argument was not to be afraid of change. Brexit isn't about limiting losses. It's about creating new opportunities.
One of those opportunities, of course, is closer relations with the United States. I don't say that in a spirit of national selfishness. Britain also has the chance to reconnect with Australia and New Zealand, to build on burgeoning ties with Japan, and to create a relationship of equals with India that was impossible in either the age of Empire or the age of the EU. I know all that, and I welcome it. But Brexit, and the departure of Barack Obama, allow me to hope that we might be entering an era of better and deeper Anglo-American relations, and I certainly welcome that too.
I've always said that Anglo-American relations are too deep, and too important, to rest on the personalities or the personal relations of our leaders. We co-operate in so many ways – trade, finance, investment, education, tourism, and culture – and much of this has little if anything to do with who sits in the White House or Number 10. In Churchill's metaphor, a very broad river flows between us, and while politics do stir its surface, they do not often reach its depths. And that is a good thing, because for a democracy, foreign policy in its truest sense is about creating the freedom for its citizens to co-operate voluntarily. Whatever the deficiencies of various administrations, Britons and Americans have done an extraordinary job of seizing those freedoms to work with each other.
But politics do matter, and the political optics of the past eight years have not been good. This is not the time to rehearse President Obama's lack of interest – to put it politely – in Britain, but it was both clear and of a piece with his broader disinterest in the US's closest allies. The fact that he remained popular in Britain will always be a mystery to me, but there is a skein of British politics – from Gladstone to Blair – than hankers after politicians who style themselves as lay preachers, and Obama was such a politician. Plus, of course, you have to know someone to truly dislike them, as witnessed by the respect that the American public still entertains for Tony Blair.
But we have now traded our lay preacher for a man with an entirely different personal style, one who is personally much better disposed to Britain. As Michael Gove's interview with President-Elect Trump makes clear, there is tremendous support in the new White House – and in the US political system as a whole – for a US-UK free trade area. If Britain hadn't been in the EU, we would have had such an area decades ago.
Negotiations with Britain raise none of the concerns that have made big multilateral deals so controversial in the US (and, I should add, in Britain and the EU). Britain isn't a low wage country. It doesn't cheat. Our trade is large, and almost perfectly balanced. Over a million Americans already work for British firms, and over a million Britons already work for American firms. We are each incredibly open to investment by the other (as illustrated by Mr Trump's golf courses, among much else). And, frankly, there are quite a few Americans who were appalled by President Obama's "back of the queue" jab, and who would like nothing more than to give him, and the EU, one in the eye by doing a deal with Britain. At least five separate bills or resolutions to that effect have already been introduced in Congress.
What will that deal look like? Well, my hope is that, whatever it looks like, it looks like it fast. Better a decent deal that captures some benefits quickly than a supposedly perfect deal that takes a decade to negotiate. We should aim, above all, for an agreement that both of us can sign the day after you formally exit the EU: everything should be subordinated to that goal. We will probably want – or need – to go a bit beyond zero tariffs and quotas, which should be our starting point, and include, for example, a statement pledging our shared support for a continued free and open investment climate in both nations. But we are better off being done than perfect.
We need, though, to look beyond trade. There is, of course, the realm of defence. It's not yet been much noticed in Britain, but our most recent National Defense Authorization Act – our annual legislative vehicle for the Pentagon – contains a provision (Sec. 881, if you want to follow up) defining Britain (and Australia) as part of the US National Technology and Industrial Base. In other words, Britain and Australia are now, for purposes of defence procurement, much closer to being inside the US wire than ever before. It will take a while, and a lot more work, to make that provision into an effective reality. But we have the chance now to deepen our co-operation in the defence industries – and thus ultimately on the battlefield. We need to seize that chance.
There is a lot in our relationship that works well, and here, our goal is mostly simple: don't mess it up. As Churchill once put it, regarding an episode of Anglo-American co-operation in the Second World War, when you have got a thing where you want it, it is a good thing to keep it where it is. But even in some areas that do work well, we might be able to do better. One area that might benefit from even closer collaboration is education – and, specifically, university-level education. Between us, we have the lion's share of the world's great universities, even though many of yours are now panicking – entirely unnecessarily, I believe – about the impact of Brexit. But again, Brexit is about opportunities.
What Britain values about foreign students is – frankly – the money they pay in. Americans are both eager to study in Britain and inured to paying high tuition bills so, apart from their academic merits, they have a lot to contribute. Nor are they likely to overstay their visas: being unemployed or living on the margins in a high-cost place like Britain won't be appealing to many Americans. British students pay much lower (though rising) tuition bills, and receive – effectively – a subsidy from the government, which could be transferred if they studied abroad, and they're equally unlikely to overstay their visas. If we each agree to suitable and liberal visa issuance policies, and limit the scheme to properly accredited institutions – no dodgy diplomas – we have the basis for an expanded degree-abroad programme that would be reciprocal, and good for both of us. And I'm sure I wouldn't object if you did the same thing with Australia.
Let's be honest about this: Donald Trump starts at no better than scratch in the British popularity sweepstakes, and Theresa May is mostly unknown in the United States. Yet Trump is clearly more interested in Britain than his predecessor, and May's government is chock-full of ministers who are well-known to be friendly to the US. We have just endured eight years of rhetorical riches, coupled with about two cents' worth of actual achievements as far as our foreign policy goes, and you need to do whatever you can, as fast as you can, to make Brexit a success.
So let's try something new: focusing on reality. Let's get a few solid accomplishments under our belt – starting, but not ending, with that trade deal – and then see how we feel about each other, and ourselves. I'd love to go back to the era of Roosevelt and Churchill, or Reagan and Thatcher, because they all combined great rhetoric with great achievements, but that's not happening. Yet we do have the chance – because you now have the freedom, and we appear to have the desire – to break the mould, to do things that used to be impossible, or merely unthinkable. If politics allow us to make Churchill's river that little broader for both our benefit, and for the years that will follow our new administrations, it would be folly not to take it.
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If you eat in Indonesia, you eat rice.
Rice is the central part of any meal. You can eat noodles or a variety of other starches like cassava or even potatoes, but it's not a real meal without rice. In fact, the phrase 'makan nasi,' meaning to have a meal, translates literally to eat rice. A meal can be just about anything with rice. You'll see a lot of fried chicken and a lot of fish, as these make up the bulk of the animal protein that's commonly eaten on a day-to-day basis, at least on the main island of Java. A lot of vegetables are eaten, either fried or boiled and served in their broth; these can always be poured over the rice and eaten with a spoon.
Seafood in Indonesia is wonderful. Fish, both freshwater and from the sea, is plentiful and widely available, as is crab, shrimp, mussels, prawns, squid (cuttlefish), octopus and eel. These are cooked in a variety of ways and all are usually served with rice. Note that almost everything will have some bite to it, as chili peppers are used in almost all cooking and can be quite spicy for people from some parts of the world, but not nearly as spicy as Thai cuisine. As well as chili paste, chili sauce or just raw chili peppers will be served along with the meal; you can either just eat your food on medium spicy or you can try to raise blisters on your tongue. Some food and sauces can be extremely hot, so if you're not accustomed to it, take it in moderation at first-eventually you will build a tolerance and learn to love the heat.
Beef is widely available but relatively expensive. In grocery stores, don't look for any fancy cuts like you'd find in Western Europe, North America or Australia; steak here is usually either tenderloin, very good, medium tender and you tell them how to cut it, or sirloin - kind of tough and not as thick as Westerners are used to. Otherwise, you'll find a lot of organ meat. Beef heart is popular.
Indonesia is a predominantly Muslim country, so you won't find pork in many smaller stores in country towns (although most modern supermarkets in Jakarta and Bali will have a separate pork section catering to several thousand foreign residents and the 33 million non-Muslim Indonesians). You will also find a lot of goat and occasionally lamb. Chicken is everywhere. Whole, parts, organs, you name it, they've got it. In most big stores and the traditional markets you'll find things you're not used to: live frogs, chicken heads and feet, turtles and other exotic bits.
In Indonesia, some foods you might never have considered trying are available. Organ meat may not be common where you come from, but it is consumed on a routine basis in Indonesia: lung, brain or intestine. As well, animals you might not have thought of as protein sources are considered good eatin'. In Manado, a common menu item is bat (the wings are particularly tasty). Dog is eaten by some non-Muslims and mouse is considered quite a treat for some folks. You'll find barbecued whole rats on a skewer being offered in some traditional markets. You can also find snake. Cobra blood and gall is considered an aphrodisiac.
One thing you won't be able to miss is the astonishing variety of fruit that Indonesia has to offer. Besides the usual fruit like apples, watermelon and the tropical fruits like mango, banana, pineapple, guava and papaya, you'll be confronted by rambutan, duku, manggis, salak, the famous durian and all kinds of things you've never heard of. Experiment. Some are always in season (papaya, coconut, banana), others have particular times of the year (rambutan, mango, duku). Peaches, plums and cherries, on the other hand, are considered wildly exotic and few people have tried them.
Since alcohol consumption is forbidden by the Koran, drinking plays a very small part in the average working-class Indonesian's life. This is not to say that liquor is illegal or that no Indonesian imbibes. Just as it safe to assume that not every Catholic adheres strictly to the pontifical prohibition against birth control, every Muslim cannot be said to be a teetotaler. Alcohol simply doesn't make up a big part of the cultural interaction in the country. You will find beer and, in some cases, wine solid in supermarkets alongside soft drinks. Hard liquor is restricted to duty-free shops and sometimes Chinese-owned general stores in certain parts of each big city (e.g., Jalan Sabang in Central Jakarta). In fact, at the snack counter at some movie theatres you can get a beer to go along with your popcorn. It's just that Indonesians seem to take the view that it is a Western idiosyncrasy to pay such exorbitant amounts for a drink that isn't as tasty as a good fruit juice.
There are a few local potent potables, including 'arak' and several really sweet grape concoctions as well as some kinds of cordials. Let's just say that they're an acquired taste. Foreign wine is enjoying a real upsurge in popularity among urbanites and Jakarta is now littered with wine bars and lounges, but choices are still somewhat limited and prices can be double what you'd pay in Europe or North America. Major hotels and nightclubs and bars all serve alcohol; it's generally relatively expensive, and many outlets will be closed during the fasting month of Ramadan.
Where you eat
Everywhere. There are restaurants, food stalls, food carts, food stands, food kiosks and wandering food vendors. Many people, including many long-stay foreigners, simply never eat at home. Most 'warung makan' (open restaurants, primarily, but not exclusively for take-out) sell a fairly limited fare. There will be eggs (chicken and duck), vegetables, soups, fish, chicken, possibly some satay (skewered, barbecued meat morsels which could be beef, chicken, goat or pork and dipped in a spicy peanut sauce) and of course, rice. Point to what you want and take it home or eat at one of the stools at the counter.
In the mornings, temporary 'bubur' shops can be found. 'Bubur' is a delicious kind of rice porridge served with shredded chicken, chili sauce, shrimp crackers, fried soybeans and a variety of other condiments, depending on the chef. In some places, the 'bubur' man will come around announcing his presence by tapping on a dish as he rides his restaurant-on-a-bicycle through the neighborhood.
Other specialist entrepreneurial chefs will ride through the neighborhood on a routine schedule selling everything from 'bakso' (meat or fish balls) to 'mie goreng' (fried noodles). From time to time, you'll see the fruit guy. From his cart, he'll sell you a mix of local seasonal fruit cut, peeled and served on a plate with a spicy peanut sauce. Just order from these guys and use one of their bowls/plates or give him one of your own. Eat, return his dish and pay. The price will usually be much less than one US dollar.
It might be a good idea to provide your own plate and utensils, though. Usually their concept of washing the tableware between uses involves little more than a perfunctory dip in some rather suspect water that they've been toting around all day in a bucket they have with them.
Of course, in Jakarta and other big cities, you can find the usual fast-food franchises: McDonald's, Pizza Hut, KFC, Burger King and Dunkin Donuts, as well as some Japanese and Indian franchise operations. Be forewarned, however. If you go to McDonald's for a taste of home, you'll find that it's not quite the same. It's hard to pin down what's different, but the beef is local, so the different breeds of cattle might be the explanation. Don't forget, at KFC, you'll get rice with many 'kombo' dishes, whereas chicken gravy does not exist. There are also some menu items geared to local tastes at all of these outlets.
Contributor: Patrick Guntensperger
Marmalade 08 Dec 09 21:02
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Not GLP, some biochemical and histological analyses that are performed in guideline studies were not conducted. Some of the test material may have been ingested. Animals may have been exposed to a decomposition product. Weights of high dose animals were significantly less than controls. Animals were group housed during inhalation exposures.
Subchronic inhalation toxicity of nitromethane and 2-nitropropane
Lewis TR, Ulrich CE and Busey WM.
J Environmen Pathol Toxicol 2:233-249
Purity of the test material was 94.45 % (by weight). It also contained 3.07% 1-nitropropane, 1.96% nitroethane, 0.42% 2-nitro-2-methylpropane, 0.03% 2-nitrobutane and < 0.01% water. Other minor impurities were not listed.
Two hundred fifty male, Sprague-Dawley rats (100 g) were acclimated for 14 days. All animals were allowed food and tap water ad libitum. The animals were randomly allocated to 25 groups of 10 animals each.
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Generation of vapor: Test material was pumped at a constant flowrate to the vaporization apparatus. Vaporization was accomplished by utlizing a counter-current flow of heated air. The temperatures at the top and bottom of the column were 75 and 120 degrees C, respectively. Air flows were within 18-25 l/min. The concentrated vapor-air mixture was piped to the exposure chamber inlet and diliuted with air flowing at approximately 1000 l/min. The volume of the exposure chambers was 6 cubic meters. Air was supplied by an air conditioning system separate from the general laboratory system. It was controlled for both temperature (21.5 degrees C) and relative humidity (50%). Chamber flowrate was monitored as the pressure drop across a sharp-edged orifice.
Rats were housed in the chambers 24 hours/day. They were caged (10/cage) in wire mesh stainless steel cages, with a dropping pan beneath. Once per day (just prior to exposure) animals were removed from the chambers and all pans and the chamber interiors were hosed down with hot water and a disinfectant. All cages were exchanged for clean ones once per week.
Each chamber was autosampled approximately every hour for concentration of test material. The samples were analyzed using a calibrated Wilks MIRAN I infrared absorption spectrophotometer (at a wavelength of 3.4 microns). Chamber concentrations were read from the charts twice daily. Nominal concentrations were obtained by noting the volume of compound used during the each day.
Groups of 10 animals were daily exposed to 25 or 200 ppm (nominal) test material and euthanized at 2 days, 10 days, 1 month, 3 months or 6 months.
7 hours/day, 5 days/week
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Groups of 10 animals were exposed to 25 or 200 ppm (nominal) test material and euthanized at 2 days, 10 days, 1 month, 3 months or 6 months. Animals were weighed at unlisted intervals. Average weights of controls and rats exposed to 27 ppm were 171 g at time of exposure. Blood for hematolgic (hematocrit, hemoglobin, erythrocyte count, prothrombin time and methemoglobin) and biochemical (serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, ornithine carbamyl transferase and thyroxin) analyses was obtained from the abdominal aorta at each termination. All animals that died or survived to termination were given complete necropsies. The liver, kidney, thyroid, lungs plus trachea (both wet and dry) and brain (both wet and dry) were weighed. The lungs, adrenals, bronchi, cerebellum, cerebral hemispheres, eyes, kidneys, liver, spleen, thyroid and trachea were processed and evaluated microscopically.
Observations and examinations performed and frequency:
Animals were weighed at unlisted intervals.
Sacrifice and pathology:
Blood for hematolgic (hematocrit, hemoglobin, erythrocyte count, prothrombin time and methemoglobin) and biochemical (serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, ornithine carbamyl transferase and thyroxin) analyses was obtained from the abdominal aorta at each termination. All animals that died or survived to termination were given complete necropsies. The liver, kidney, thyroid, lungs plus trachea (both wet and dry) and brain (both wet and dry) were weighed. The lungs, adrenals, bronchi, cerebellum, cerebral hemispheres, eyes, kidneys, liver, spleen, thyroid and trachea were processed and evaluated microscopically.
Data were first evaluated for homogeneity using Bartlett's test, with the rejection level set at p = 0.01. A one-way analysis of variance was then conducted (with the critical value set at p = 0.10). Data that were significantly different were then analyzed with the Student's t-test to determine which means were significantly different from control. The critical value for these analyses was P = 0.05.
Details on results:
Effects at 207 ppm: There was no effect of treatment on body weight. Hematocrit, hemoglobin, red blood cells and prothrombin time were decreased at 10 days and 1 month in rats exposed to 207 ppm. At three months, the prothrombin time of rats exposed to 207 ppm was decreased and red blood cells were increased. Methemoglobin concentrations were increased at 6 months. None of the hematologic changes were considered by the authors to be related to exposure. Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase was increased in rats exposed to 207 ppm at 10 days and 1 and 6 months. Serum throxin was increased in rats exposed to 207 ppm at 3 months. Wet/dry weights of lungs were increased in rats exposed to 207 ppm for 1, 3 or 6 months. Relative lung and liver weights of animals exposed to 207 ppm test material were elevated at 3 and 6 months. At 1, 3 and 6 months, rats exposed to 207 ppm had an increased incidence dark hemorrhagic foci in the lungs. The livers of rats exposed to 207 ppm for 3 months had areas of necrosis and surface lesions and were paler in color than controls. After 6 months of exposure to 207 ppm, the livers were enlarged and pale with numerous masses and lesions.
No exposure-related microscopic alterations were seen in any of the tissues of rats exposed for 2 or 10 days, or 1 month. In all 9 rats euthanized after exposure to 207 ppm test material for 3 months, numerous focal areas of hepatocellular hypertrophy were noted. The hepatocytes in these foci were more eosinophilic than the surrounding cells and usually contained large, vesiculated nuclei. In 4 of the 9 rats, basophilic foci containing hyperplastic, small hepatocytes with hyperchromatic nuclei were observed. Occasionally, mitotic figures were present.
Multiple hepatocellular carcinomas and numerous neoplastic nodules were present in the livers of all 10 rats exposed to 207 ppm test material for 6 months. In many cases, the normal hepatic parenchyma was destroyed. The neoplasms were composed of anaplastic hepatocytes, sometimes forming broad sheets or trabeculae several cells thick. Blood-filled cysts were occasionally seen in the neoplasm. Mitotic figures were commonly observed. The carcinomas appeared to be rapidly growing. However, no metastatic hepatocellular carcinomas were seen in any of the other tissues examined.
Effects at 27 ppm : There was no effect of treatment on body weight. Hematocrit and red blood cells were decreased and methemoglobin was increased at 10 days in rats exposed to 27 ppm. Hematocrit also was decreased at 1 month in rats exposed to 27 ppm. Rats exposed to 27 ppm for 3 months had increased hematocrit, hemoglobin and red blood cells. Methemoglobin concentrations were increased at 6 months. None of the hematologic changes were considered by the authors to be related to exposure. Wet/dry weights of lungs were increased in rats exposed to 27 ppm for 3 months. No exposure-related macroscopic or microscopic changes were observed in any organ that was examined.
Effect levels
27 ppm (analytical)
207 ppm (analytical)
other: Liver effects
other: 6-hour LC50
other: 6 hour LC50
> 580 ppm
Target system / organ toxicity
The study was conducted at the Huntingdon Research Center under NIOSH contract No. 210-75-0039.
The material nitromethane was tested concurrently (at 98 and 745 ppm) in this study. This material had no effect on the pathology of the liver. 2-nitropropane also was tested in rabbits at the same concentrations. Rabbits and rats were exposed in the same chambers. The results for the rabbit study are described in a different summary.
The 6-hr LC50 value also was determined, using rats of both sexes. In males, this value was approximately 400 ppm. Females were less sensitive, as none died after exposure to a concentration that killed all of the males (580 ppm).
The high dose for the study was originally 400 ppm (instead of 200 ppm). However, since excessive mortality occurred within 3 days, the exposure was stopped. New groups of rats with average weights of 96 g were then exposed to 200 ppm (nominal). These animals weighed less than controls or rats exposed to 27 ppm (avg. weight 171 g). Therefore, results for rats exposed to 207 ppm were compared to those of controls that had significantly higher weights. A new control group comprised of rats with weights approximating those of rats exposed to 207 ppm should have been added when animals were exposed to 207 ppm.
The authors noted that some of the material may have decomposed during the vaporization process, which was conducted at 75-120 degrees C. Therefore, the possibility exists that a decomposition product contributed to the toxicity.
Since food and water were not withdrawn during exposure, it is possible that some of the material was ingested.
The NOAEL for this study was 27 ppm. Increased wet/dry lung weights that occurred at 3 months were not supported by histologic evidence of edema.
The NOAEL is 27 ppm and the LOAEL is 207 ppm.


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President Trump Dances on the Graves of Puerto Rico's 2,975 Hurricane Maria Victims
President Trump ignores the official causality count, almost a year that large swaths of the island's electricity have been out, and 60,000 homes remain topped with tarps because their roofs as well as their U.S. citizenship status are seen as being nonexistent. This will likely prove to be a political blunder that costs the GOP big losses in Florida and Georgia with large numbers of Puerto Ricans that have been transplanted to the mainland since Maria.
President Trump managed once again to show his capacity for meanness, lack of empathy, and his outright ignorance yesterday when he was asked at the White House what lessons could be learned from Hurricane Maria as Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolinas.
Trump responded by saying…
Maria was the "hardest one we had by far because of the island nature,"
"I actually think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about.
"The job that FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] and law enforcement and everybody did working along with the governor in Puerto Rico, I think was tremendous. I think that Puerto Rico was an incredible, unsung success."
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Puerto Rico is home to some 3.3 million U.S. citizens
A recent report says 8% left the island after the hurricane and many died due to poor health care and other services.
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Tuesday, 9 January, 2001, 15:07 GMT
France confronts Algeria torture claims
French soldiers in Algiers during the war
By James Coomarasamy in Paris
Fresh allegations have emerged about the use of torture by French troops during the Algerian war.
The torture debate has been reopened by senior officers, one of whom has admitted to executing more than 20 Algerians personally.
It has long been common knowledge that French troops tortured Algerians, but France has never acknowledged it publicly.
General Marcel Bigeard, hero of the battle of Algiers and France's most decorated serviceman, has not escaped criticism.
"My life has been France, my fatherland," he said in an emotional speech following a ceremony in which he awarded medals to younger colleagues.
There is a duty for the French people and for the French government to accept the truth
Daneil Sarera, French Communist Party
"So when they treat Bijar as a torturer, I feel sick. But I will die with these words on my lips: I believe in my country."
The French Communist Party, always against the eight-year colonial war, is now sponsoring efforts to raise the question of official repentance in parliament.
"There is a duty for the French people and for the French government to accept the truth, that between 1954 and 1962 members of the French army participated in the torture," says Daniel Sarera, the party's international secretary.
The official French history of the Algerian war did speak of torture, but only that carried out by the Algerian side. The French journalists who wrote about the electrodes and the Nazi-style water tortures used by their compatriots faced death threats.
Jacques Duquesne was one of them. He showed me horrific photos of raped Algerian women which he has only now felt able to publish. But as Daniel Sarera acknowledges, even 39 years after the war, this is not easy.
"In the US for example, we have a lot of movies about the Vietnam war and other things," he says.
"But in France, it's a very great effort to accept that at the end of the 50s and beginning of the 60s was a terrible period for the French. We must accept that during this war, it was a terrible thing on the name of the French people."
Boris Vian's 'The Deserter' was one of a string of songs and films critical of the Algerian war, which the French authorities censored for years.
Chirac is reluctant to acknowledge torture allegations
Some believed this attitude served to deepen the wounds which the conflict left on the nation, and helped ensure those wounds have never fully healed. And according to Algerian expert Remy Leveau, it's unlikely they will under the current regime.
Chirac's past
"President Chirac was a captain during the war in Algeria. He was doing his military service; he was not a professional officer," he said.
"A lot of people in his generation have been in the same condition, so for them it will be difficult to accept the debate on the way they were engaged in that war."
And, indeed, neither the government, nor the French president, is showing signs of taking up the Communist challenge.
The Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin, has spoken simply of a new historical analysis, while President Jacques Chirac is more categorical.
"I'll never do anything to harm the memory or the honour of the men who fought for France," he told a recent interviewer. "In these sorts of events, the best thing is to stand back and let history do its work."
But history alone will not be enough to bury this deep-rooted taboo. President Chirac's successors will find it increasingly difficult to leave the problem behind.
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