Hebden's Victoria Wilkinson was almost a record-breaker in the 60th Three Peaks Race, which was held in the Yorkshire Dales on Saturday.
She finished 17th overall on the course which takes in Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough to win the ladies' trophy, making her the second-highest placed female runner since the race was opened to ladies in 1979.
The highest-placed female is Sarah Rowell, who was running for Leeds City in 1992 when she finished 15th over the 24-mile course which has 1600 metres of ascent.
A Diamond Jubilee £500 bonus was also on offer if the ladies' winner broke the record time set by Anna Pichrtova, of the Czech Republic, when the Three Peaks hosted the World Mountain Running Challenge in 2008.
It was Rowell's 1996 ladies' race record of 3hr 16min 17sec which Pichrtova broke in 2008 when she set 3hr 14min 43sec.
Wilkinson, 35, from Bingley Harriers, finished in 3hr 21min 32sec, more than 15 minutes – a massive difference – ahead of Shona Robertson, 39, of Glasgow's Shettleston Harriers.
She never expected to win the £500 bonus. "The record is do-able on the right day in the right conditions. But today conditions were pretty hard. "It was fairly muddy and I have only done it twice. It was pretty 'gloopy' in places and it was windy.
"Going up Whernside was fairly wet and there is that tricky bit coming down. You have walkers about, and those steps, so that was probably the bit I did not enjoy.
"You have just got to get your pacing right, and that is hard. It is a hard race because going up Pen-y-Ghent you are thinking 'I had better back off and not burn out', then you are thinking I had better press on to get a decent time'.
Wilkinson, the only woman to have won both the Three Peaks cyclo-cross and running races, was focusing on setting a manageable pace with the hope of not 'blowing up' on the final climb on Ingleborough.
Feeling strong, she was able to gain a few places on Ingleborough and, working with her Bingley team-mate Andy Jebb, she finished among some of the top men.
Ricky Lightfoot, of Ellenborough, won the men's race in 2hr 53min, with Bingley Harrier and four-time event winner Rob Jebb third in 2hr 59min 57sec.
Norwegian Thorbjorn Ludvigsen may be the fastest runner to the top of the Empire State Building but Salomon International team-mate Lightfoot beat him.
Although £500 was also on offer if the winner broke Andy Peace's 18-year-old record for the current course of 2hr 46 min 3sec, the money was also unclaimed as Lightfoot completed the event in 2hr 53min 16sec.
In fact, Ludvigsen, 25, who won the Empire State Building Run-Up in New York in February – taking 10min 6sec for the vertical dash up 1,576 steps from the lobby to the 86th floor – came home in sixth place, 12min 53sec slower than Lightfoot.
Running only his second Three Peaks race, Skipton AC's Luke Maude had a stellar day to win the under-25 category.
Overcoming recent injury, he exceeded his own expectations to finish 33rd overall in 3hr 34min – a fantastic result – and hopefully there will be more to come from the former junior England champion.
James Craig, from Barlick Fell Runners, came 37th in 3hr 37min, just beating second woman Robertson.


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Q: Read Excel Tables, not simple named ranges To avoid "duplicate" close request: I know how to read Excel named ranges; examples are given in the code below. This is about "real" tables in Excel.
Excel2007 and later have the useful concept of tables: you can convert ranges to tables, and avoid hassles when sorting and rearranging. When you create a table in an Excel range, it gets a default name (Tabelle1 in German Version, TableName in the following example), but you can additionally simply name the range of the table (TableAsRangeName); as indicated by the icons in the Excel range name editor, these two seem to be treated differently.
I have not been able to read these tables (in the strict sense) from R. The only known workaround is using CSV intermediate, or converting the table to a normal named range, which has nasty irreversible side effects when you use column names in cell references; these are converted to A1 notation.
The example below shows the problem. You mileage may vary with different combinations of 32/64 bit ODBC drivers and 32/64 bit Java
# Read Excel Tables (not simply named ranges)
# Test Computer: 64 Bit Windows 7, R 32 bit
# My ODBC drivers are 32 bit
library(RODBC)
# Test file has three ranges
# NonTable Simple named range
# TableName Name of table
# TableAsRangeName Named Range covering the above table
sampleFile = "ExcelTables.xlsx"
if (!file.exists(sampleFile)){
  download.file("http://www.menne-biomed.de/uni/ExcelTables.xlsx",sampleFile)
  # Or do it manually, if this fails
}
# ODBC
channel = odbcConnectExcel2007(sampleFile)
sqlQuery(channel, "SELECT * from NonTable") # Ok
sqlQuery(channel, "SELECT * from TableName") # Could not find range
sqlQuery(channel, "SELECT * from TableAsRangeName") # Could not find range
close(channel)

# gdata has read.xls, but seems not to support named regions

library(xlsx)
wb = loadWorkbook(sampleFile)
getRanges(wb) # This one fails already with "TableName" does not exist
ws = getSheets(wb)[[1]]
readRange("NonTable",ws) # Invalid range address
readRange("TableName",ws) # Invalid range address
readRange("TableAsRangeName",ws) # Invalid range address

# my machine requires 64 bit for this one; depends on your Java installation
sampleFile = "ExcelTables.xlsx"
library(XLConnect) # requires Java
readNamedRegionFromFile(sampleFile,"NonTable") # OK
readNamedRegionFromFile(sampleFile,"TableName") # "TableName" does not exist
readNamedRegionFromFile(sampleFile,"TableAsRangeName") # NullPointerException

wb <- loadWorkbook(sampleFile)
readNamedRegion(wb,"NonTable") # Ok
readNamedRegion(wb,"TableName") # does not exist
readNamedRegion(wb,"TableAsRangeName") # Null Pointer

A: I've added some initial support for Excel tables in XLConnect. Please find the latest changes on github at https://github.com/miraisolutions/xlconnect
In the following a small sample:
require(XLConnect)
sampleFile = "ExcelTables.xlsx"
wb = loadWorkbook(sampleFile)
readTable(wb, sheet = "ExcelTable", table = "TableName")

Note that Excel tables are associated to a sheet. So as far as I can see it's possible to have multiple tables with the same name associated to different sheets. For this reason there is a sheet-argument to readTable.

A: You are correct that the table definitions are stored in XML.
sampleFile = "ExcelTables.xlsx"
unzip(sampleFile, exdir = 'test')
library(XML)
tData <- xmlParse('test/xl/tables/table1.xml')
tables <- xpathApply(tData, "//*[local-name() = 'table']", xmlAttrs)
[[1]]
            id           name    displayName            ref totalsRowShown
           "1"    "TableName"    "TableName"        "G1:I4"            "0"
library(XLConnect)

readWorksheetFromFile(sampleFile, sheet = "ExcelTable", region = tables[[1]]['ref'], header = TRUE)
    Name Age AgeGroup
1  Anton  44        4
2 Bertha  33        3
3  Cäsar  21        2

Depending on your situation you could search in the XML files for appropriate quantities.

A: Later addition:
readxl::readxl can read "real" tables and probably is the least troublesome solution when you want to read data frames/tibbles.
** After @Jamzy comment **
I tried again and could not read named ranges. False positive then or false negative now???

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Q: Does Rhodes actually create a Native app or a Hybrid app Rhodes claims to be able to build Native apps but I'm not sure or not if this means a native shell + embedded Web Browser like PhoneGap or does it create a true Native app like (I believe) Titanium does.

A: It embeds a web browser like PhoneGap.
http://docs.rhomobile.com/rhodes/introduction#rhodes-application
There are advantages and disadvantages to each. The embedded web browser approach is likely to minimise effort for you but there may be functionality limitations such as camera or accelerometer access, and it may be slow, as the Facebook apps developed in this way are.
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The US trade deficit hit a 10-year high in Oct, 2018 as Americans used a stronger dollar to snap up record imports, the United States government reported on Thursday.
Amid Trump's high-stakes trade war with Beijing, the total trade gap rose 1.7 per cent to $55.5 billion, driven by all-time high imports, according to the Commerce Department.
The deficit in goods trade with China likewise continued to expand, rising 2pc to $38bn, seasonally adjusted, as key exports like soybeans fell.
Without seasonal adjustments, the US-China trade gap hit an all-time record of $43.1bn.
With markets increasingly unnerved by the trade war, the economic powers last week agreed to a 90-day truce while they seek to resolve Trump's complaints of unfair trade practices — complaints shared by the European Union, Japan and others.
Travel by Americans rose by $200 million, driving up US services imports to a record $46.9bn.
The deficit in goods also was the highest on record at more than $78bn, as US imports of goods and services hit a record high as well, rising 1.5pc to $266.5bn.
Auto imports — another subject on which Trump is battling the European Union — likewise hit the highest level ever, at $31.8bn.
From January to October, the total trade deficit rose more than 11pc compared to the same period last year, and the gap in September was $555mn bigger than initially reported.
Long-suffering soy exports, victim of China's retaliatory tariffs since July, fell by another $800m in October while exports of aircraft and parts, also sensitive to trade relations, fell $600mn.


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 Christian Friedrich Helwing (1725–1800), Lemgoer Gymnasialdirektor, Verleger, Bürgermeister von Lemgo, Mitvormund des Fürsten Leopold von Lippe
 Ernst Helwing (1803–1875), Historiker
 Friedrich Wilhelm Helwing (1758–1833), lippischer Diplomat und Politiker
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Just How Secure Are Blockchain Elections?
Miguel Leiva-Gomez
On March 7, 2018, voters in Sierra Leone participated in the first ever blockchain-based national election to determine who would replace Ernest Bai Koroma as President of the country. More than two-thirds of voting centers used the novel technology, making it the election that saw the most widespread use of blockchain in history. Technology evangelists around the world lauded the measure, saying that it introduced more transparency and security to the process, and the move has been celebrated as one of the most forward-thinking in the continent of Africa.
However, we must ask ourselves one question: Does simply using a blockchain to power the voting process really provide such a secure environment, or will the whole thing actually lead to the "complacency of convenience" that has so far managed to poison a large portion of the technology industry?
Looking at Other Use Cases
Taking a peek into blockchain technology, we can already see previous examples of it put to use. We'll look at two examples: cryptocurrencies and land registrars.
In the cryptocurrency world we see the very birth of the blockchain, a principle that largely still governs the ecosystems of all the alternative stores of value created since Bitcoin first appeared in 2009. It was supposed to be an "unhackable" miracle of technology that couldn't be modified no matter how much hackers tried. The corruption of a blockchain would theoretically require a quantity of computing power and resources the likes of which no group of hackers could realistically attain.
Since they made their debut, they popularized the notion that blockchains are safe ways to store information in a decentralized and immutable manner. Unfortunately, the applications surrounding the blockchains were not as secure.
The Mt. Gox incident in 2014 led to a massive theft of Bitcoin. And just when everyone thought the worst was over, Coincheck — another Japanese exchange — suffered an attack of a similar magnitude in 2017, losing about a half billion dollars in Bitcoin.
Hackers have even subverted the wallets of individuals, stealing their money with impunity. Theoretically, the Bitcoin blockchain itself may never have been hacked, but that doesn't mean that the Bitcoin ecosystem was free of tampering.
Looking at land registrars, we can see good examples of blockchains being put to use in Ukraine, India, and the United Arab Emirates.
In all of these instances, the land registrars were moved to the blockchain in order to combat the corruption inherent in using paper-based systems. In this particular case, all of the systems running the blockchain are owned by the state.
The state is counting on the fact that land registrars around Ukraine won't suddenly be interested in changing the record for one piece of property in Lviv. Even if the system would have imperfections and vulnerabilities, it works better than the previous paper system.
Voting Is a Completely Different Beast
Although we've seen that some state-oriented blockchain applications could certainly improve the quality of services that government agencies offer, it's not a given that the technology can be implemented in the election process with the same level of success. The main reason behind this is there's just too much at stake.
Political parties might wield more influence in certain districts than others, making people turn a blind eye to corruption regardless of what technological barriers are placed on them.
Think of it this way: while a blockchain itself is immutable (unless, of course, you make it mutable by meddling with the consensus, which is easy to do when more than half the systems are yours), the machines that send votes to the blockchain are still corruptible.
This isn't to say that blockchain technology isn't a useful tool in preventing electoral corruption; it just shouldn't be the single solution that election committees rely on to do this.
While it does offer transparency and anonymity to some extent, a blockchain itself doesn't control what happens to voting machines.
Maybe a specific candidate's name would be shown in bold. Perhaps the machine would "erroneously" vote in your place. The same problems that have plagued electronic voting systems could still affect blockchain voting. In the end, it always matters most who (or what) counts the votes, not the technology inside the system.
Do you think that blockchain-based voting would be beneficial over current electronic and paper-based elections? Tell us what you think in a comment!
Miguel has been a business growth and technology expert for more than a decade and has written software for even longer. From his little castle in Romania, he presents cold and analytical perspectives to things that affect the tech world.
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Why Digital Marketers Need to Consider Using Instagram
Adam Drybrough
Based in Calgary, Adam Drybrough is a self-employed business consultant who provides services to landowners and real estate developers. In addition, Adam Drybrough leverages extensive experience in search engine optimization (SEO) and online marketing to help companies drive growth. Today, digital marketers have a number of different networks to use, and an often-overlooked one is Instagram.
While Facebook is admittedly a bigger network, the impact of Instagram is growing. Over the last four years, organic marketing reach for Instagram has increased by 115 percent. During the same time period, Facebook's research actually fell by 63 percent. According to statistics, a brand's Facebook post only reaches about 6 percent of total followers. On the other hand, Instagram posts generally reach 100 percent of followers. Despite these numbers, only about a third of marketers use Instagram while nearly all use Facebook.
Instagram also offers greater opportunity for engagement. Research has shown that Instagram followers engage about 58 percent more than Facebook followers. Furthermore, more than double the percentage of Instagram users regularly engage with brands compared to the Facebook numbers.
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Packers Should Hold Off and Use a Mid-Round Pick on This Edge Rusher
Posted on 04/10/2018 by Brandon Carwile
The Packers will have to address their pass rush in this year's draft. The only discrepancy is how soon they should do it.
Boston College edge rusher Harold Landry is rapidly becoming a fan favorite for Green Bay's 14th pick. However, there's some hesitation reaching for a player that high coming off an ankle injury. Landry was productive in 2017, but he sat out four games. For that reason, and the fact the Packers have a more pressing need at corner, Brian Gutekunst and the Packers should wait to find an outside linebacker in a later round. Another ACC product in Wake Forest's Duke Ejiofor could be just as good a fit at a lower price.
Ejiofor is not the workout warrior that Landry is, but his tape is comparably impressive. He's strong and takes on blocks like a defensive end.
Another heady play here from Ejiofor. His are eyes are in the backfield as he doesn't get sucked in on the run and maintains his gap. #Packers pic.twitter.com/BPqKVKBFFQ
— Brandon Carwile (@PackerScribe) April 9, 2018
Surgery for a torn labrum forced him to miss the combine. As a result, his draft projection is now in the fourth or fifth round.
Coaches believe the injury happened vs Clemson in early October. It held Ejiofor's production back for the remainder of the season as he postponed surgery.
He played in three straight games before resting for back to back games hoping his shoulder would improve. Over that stretch while playing hurt, he recorded 13 tackles and 3.5 sacks.
As a three-year starter, Ejiofor finished his college career with 43.5 tackles for loss and 24 sacks.
Ejiofor can't match the explosion of the top-ranked edge rushers, but his strength and instincts are unparalleled. Instead of being a one-dimensional pass rusher, Ejiofor can control his gap against the run and also hold his own in coverage.
Wake Forest Edge rusher Duke Ejiofor isn't the most athletic OLB in this year's draft. However, his instincts are off the charts. The read and pursuit on this swing route is impressive. He would be a great addition to the #Packers front 7. pic.twitter.com/JZqL4Rhfuq
He also has experience lining up as a three-technique defensive end.
The Packers look for versatility in their linebackers and Ejiofor possesses just that. He's a safe pick and won't be considered a reach if he's selected in the fourth round.
Green Bay needs an edge rusher, but they need a corner even more. Clay Matthews and Nick Perry will still be their bookends with Vince Biegel and Kyler Fackrell filling in the rotation.
Biegel missed the first seven games in 2017, which stunted his development. When he finally got his chance, he proved he might be more than just a depth guy.
Decent spin move from Biegel pic.twitter.com/8HIphCYqgC
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) April 7, 2018
With perspective reasoning, the Packers do not need to take a guy like Landry with their first pick. This draft is full of linebackers and defensive linemen who can assist in pressuring the quarterback. Where as the talent at corner is somewhat top-heavy in this year's class.
New defensive coordinator Mike Pettine is a renowned artist of the blitz and has plenty of talent to work with. Therefore, it's possible he's lobbying for a corner.
There's no denying the Packers need another player that can get after the quarterback. However, it's hard making sense of it coming at the cost of their 14th pick. Ejiofor is a mid-round sleeper that already has NFL strength and looks the part of a future starter.
Brandon Carwile was a Cheesehead at birth. His dad grew up attending games at Lambeau and passed on the legacy. Brandon graduated from Longwood University in 2016 with a degree in mass media. He has covered the Packers for over two years and currently works with packerstalk.com. Find him on twitter at @PackerScribe.
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The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
Frédérique Vallières1,
Jamie Murphy2,
Orla McBride2,
Mark Shevlin2,
Brynne Gilmore3,
Áine Travers1,
Ann Nolan1,
Sarah Butter4,
Thanos Karatzias5,
Richard Bentall4 &
Philip Hyland1,6
Understanding how pandemics differentially impact on the socio-protective and psychological outcomes of males and females is important to develop more equitable public health policies. We assessed whether males and females differed on measures of major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 the pandemic, and if so, which sociodemographic, pandemic, and psychological variables may affect sex differences in depression and anxiety.
Participants were a nationally representative sample of Irish adults (N = 1,032) assessed between April 30th to May 19th, 2020, during Ireland's first COVID-19 nationwide quarantine. Participants completed self-report measures of anxiety (GAD-7) and depression (PHQ-9), as well as 23 sociodemographic pandemic-related, and psychological variables. Sex differences on measures of depression and anxiety were assessed using binary logistic regression analysis and differences in sociodemographic, pandemic, and psychological variables assessed using chi-square tests of independence and independent samples t-tests.
Females were significantly more likely than males to screen positive for major depressive disorder (30.6% vs. 20.7%; χ2 (1) = 13.26, p < .001, OR = 1.69 [95% CI = 1.27, 2.25]), and generalised anxiety disorder (23.3% vs. 14.4%; χ2 (1) = 13.42, p < .001, OR = 1.81 [95% CI = 1.31, 2.49]). When adjusted for all other sex-varying covariates however, sex was no longer significantly associated with screening positive for depression (AOR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.51, 1.25) or GAD (AOR = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.60, 1.57).
Observed sex-differences in depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland are best explained by psychosocial factors of COVID-19 related anxiety, trait neuroticism, lower sleep quality, higher levels of loneliness, greater somatic problems, and, in the case of depression, increases in childcaring responsibilities and lower trait consciousnesses. Implications of these findings for public health policy and interventions are discussed.
Whether repeatedly observed sex differences in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) are primarily attributable to biological differences between the sexes or are better explained by socio-cultural factors is of considerable debate within the literature [1]. For example, while greater sex differences are found in nations with greater gender equity [2], inter-cohort narrowing on levels of major depression and substance misuse have also been noted in the context of changes to the traditionality of female gender roles [3]. The sudden and rapid socio-environmental changes enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic offer a unique opportunity to further explore whether, and if so, which sociodemographic, pandemic, and psychological variables are associated with sex differences in depression and anxiety.
Consistent with global trends suggesting that women are at increased risk of MDD and GAD [1], women remain disproportionally mentally and emotionally affected during the COVID-19 pandemic [4,5,6,7,8]. An analysis of the United Kingdom (UK) Household Longitudinal Survey, for example, found the rate of decline in general mental health for women during the COVID-19 pandemic to be twice that experienced by men [9].
Sex-differences have also been observed across a number of other pandemic-related variables. Globally, females comprise the majority (70%) workers in the health and social sector [10, 11]. Females are also more likely to be unemployed during the pandemic [12], or work fewer hours or be employed in low-paid and precarious employment, increasing their vulnerability to job loss [11]. Females also continue to do more of the household and childcare work, taking on more care-role responsibilities outside and within a pandemic [13, 14]. For working women, such additional responsibilities represent important opportunity costs, at the expense of work productivity and potential career-advancement opportunities [15]. Reports of increased intimate partner violence, of which the majority of victims are female [16], have also been noted during the lockdown period [17, 18]. Males, on the other hand, are more likely to be hospitalised, admitted to intensive care, and succumb to death from COVID-19 [19].
Despite noted differences, gender analyses within responses to the current and previous pandemics are noticeably absent from related public health documents, debates, policies, and data tracking processes [19, 20]. Understanding how pandemics differentially impact on the socio-protective and psychological outcomes of males and females is important to develop more targeted and equitable public health policies [21]. Accordingly, the current study had three objectives. First, we sought to determine if the proportion of males and females who screened positive for MDD and GAD significantly differed during Ireland's first nationwide lockdown. In line with the extant literature, we hypothesised that significantly more women than men would screen positive for MDD and GAD. Second, we sought to identify whether males and females significantly differed across a range of sociodemographic, psychological, and pandemic-related variables. Here again, we hypothesised that males and females would differ significantly on a number of these variables. Third, we assessed if hypothesised sex differences in MDD and GAD would be affected – attenuated or exaggerated – by controlling for other sex-varying sociodemographic, psychological, and pandemic-related variables. While we did not formulate a specific hypothesis relating to this objective, if MDD and GAD during the pandemic are predominately attributable to differences on these variables, then we expect any observed sex differences to partly, or wholly, reduce once these sex-differing variables are controlled for.
Participants and procedure
This study was conducted as part of the Irish arm of the COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study—an ongoing, longitudinal project assessing the psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across multiple nations [22]. To date, five waves of data have been collected. Data from Wave 2 of the C19PRC Study, collected April 30th to May 19th, 2020 during Ireland's first nationwide lockdown, was used in this study.
The survey company Qualtrics was employed to recruit participants from traditional, actively managed, double-opt-in research panels via email, SMS, or in-app notifications. Participants were invited to follow a link where they were provided with a description of the study and, if willing to participate, asked to provide informed consent. Participants (N = 1,032) had to be aged 18 years or older, resident in the Republic of Ireland, could read and write in English, and were selected using quota sampling methods to generate a sample representative of the adult general population of Ireland in terms of sex, age, and geographical distributions as per the most recent (2016) census [23]. All measures were completed online, with a median completion time of 23.58 min. Participants received financial reimbursement from Qualtrics for their time. Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample are presented in Table 1.
Table 1 Sociodemographic and pandemic-related characteristics of the sample (N = 1,032)
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [24] (PHQ-9) measures the nine symptoms of MDD, as described in the DSM-5 [25]. Participants indicated how often they have been bothered by each symptom over the last two weeks using a four-point Likert scale that ranges from 'Not at all' (0) to 'Nearly every day' (3). Scores ≥ 10 have adequate sensitivity (0.85) and specificity (0.89) in identifying those who meet diagnostic criteria. The psychometric properties of the PHQ-9 scores are widely supported [26], and the internal reliability in the current sample was excellent (α = 0.91).
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale [27] (GAD-7) asks participants to indicate how often they have been bothered by each symptom over the last two weeks using a four-point Likert scale (0 = 'Not at all', to 3 = 'Nearly every day'). Scores ≥ 10 have adequate sensitivity (0.89) and specificity (0.82) in identifying persons who meet diagnostic criteria for GAD. The GAD-7 has been shown to produce reliable and valid scores in community studies [28], and the internal reliability in the current sample was excellent (α = 0.94).
Sociodemographic and COVID-19 pandemic-related variables
Twenty-three sociodemographic and COVID-19 pandemic-related variables were used in this study (see Table 1).
Psychological variables
The Big-Five Inventory [29] (BFI) measures the traits of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Each trait was measured by two items using a five-point Likert scale that ranges from 'strongly disagree' (1) to 'strongly agree' (5). Higher scores reflect higher levels of each personality trait, and the BFI has produces scale scores with good reliability and validity [29]. Internal reliability estimates are not reported given coefficient alpha is inappropriate for demonstrating internal consistency where only two items are used [30].
Internal locus of control
The three-item 'Internal' subscale of the Locus of Control Scale [31] was used to assess the extent to which people believe that they have control over the things that occur in their life (e.g., 'My life is determined by my own actions'). The three questions use a seven-point Likert scale ranging from 'strongly disagree' [1] to 'strongly agree' [7]. Higher scores reflect higher levels of internal locus of control. The internal reliability of the scale scores in this sample was acceptable (α = 0.77).
Identification with others
The Identification with all Humanity Scale [32] (IWAHS) is a nine-item scale where people respond to three statements with reference to three groups: people in my community, people from Ireland, and all humans everywhere. The response scale ranged from 'not at all' [1] to 'very much' [5], where higher scores reflect greater identification with others. The internal reliability of the scale scores in this sample was excellent (α = 0.93).
Respondents indicated their agreement to eight statements from the Monotheist and Atheist Beliefs Scale [33]. Response options ranged from 'strongly disagree' (1) to 'strongly agree' (5). Atheism oriented statements (e.g., 'Moral judgments should be based on respect for humanity rather than religious doctrine') were reverse scored and summed with monotheist items to produce a total score, where higher scores reflect religious belief orientation. The psychometric properties of the scale have been previously supported [33], and the internal reliability in the current sample was good (α = 0.81).
Intolerance of uncertainty
The Intolerance of Uncertainty scale [34] (US) includes 12 items answered using a five-point Likert scale ranging from 'not at all characteristics of me' [1] to 'entirely characteristic of me' [5]. Higher scores reflect increased levels of intolerance of uncertainty. The psychometric properties of the IUS scale is widely supported [34]. The internal reliability of the IUS scores in the current sample was good (α = 0.88).
The three-item Loneliness Scale [35] was designed for use in large-scale population surveys. Respondents are asked to indicate how often they feel that they lack companionship; left out; and isolated from others. Responses are scored using a three-point scale including 'hardly ever' (1), 'sometimes' (2), and 'often' (3). Higher scores reflect higher levels of loneliness. The internal reliability of the scale scores in this sample was good (α = 0.87).
Somatic problems
The Patient Health Questionnaire-15 [36] (PHQ-15) a self-report measure that asks participants how often they have been bothered by a list of 15 commonly reported physical complaints over the last two weeks. We excluded the 'menstrual problems' item due to its sex-specific nature that would preclude analysis of the entire sample. The response options are 'Not bothered at all' (0), 'Bothered a little' (1), and 'Bothered a lot' (2). A total scale score of the 14 items was computed with higher scores reflecting greater somatic problems. The internal reliability of the scale in this sample was good (α = 0.83).
The Sleep Condition Indicator [37] (SCI) is an eight-item measure of different types of sleep problems including sleep continuity, sleep satisfaction, severity of sleep problems, and daytime functioning. Items are scored on a four-point Likert scale with scores ranging from 0–32. Higher scores reflect better sleep quality. The SCI scale has been shown to produce reliable and valid scores [37], and the internal reliability in this sample was good (α = 0.88).
The analytic strategy included three linked phases. First, differences between the proportion of males and females who screened positive for MDD and GAD, respectively, were assessed using binary logistic regression analysis. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals were calculated to quantify the magnitude of these differences. Second, differences between males and females on all sociodemographic, pandemic, and psychological variables were assessed using chi-square tests of independence (for categorical variables) and independent samples t-tests (for continuous variables). Phi coefficients and Cohen's d values were calculated to quantify the magnitude of differences for the categorical and continuous variables, and interpreted according to their respected conventions [38]. Finally, sex and all sex-varying variables were added to a binary logistic regression model as predictors of screening positive for MDD and GAD, respectively. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals were calculated. There was minimal missing data (0.3%), and this was managed using listwise deletion.
All research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was granted by the University of Sheffield (No. 033759) and Ulster University.
Sex differences in MDD and GAD
In the full sample, 25.9% (95% CI = 23.2, 28.5%) screened positive for MDD, and 19.0% (95% CI = 16.6, 21.4) screened positive for GAD. Women were significantly more likely than men to screen positive for MDD (30.6% vs. 20.7%; χ2 (1) = 13.26, p < 0.001, OR = 1.69 [95% CI = 1.27, 2.25]), and GAD (23.3% vs. 14.4%; χ2 (1) = 13.42, p < 0.001, OR = 1.81 [95% CI = 1.31, 2.49]).
Sex differences on sociodemographic, pandemic, and psychological variables
Males and females significantly differed on 17 sociodemographic, pandemic, and psychological variables (see Table 2). Women were significantly more likely than men to live in a rural location and less likely to live in a town; less likely to be in a committed relationship; less likely to be employed full-time or be retired, and more likely to be employed part-time; more likely to be earning less than €20,000 a year and €30,000-€39,999 a year, and less likely to be earning €50,000 or more a year; more likely to have a family member with a chronic illness; and more likely to have experienced an increased level of childcare and housework responsibilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Table 2 Sex differences on all sociodemographic, pandemic, and psychological variables
Regarding the continuous variables, women were significantly younger than men, and lived in a home with more adults. Women also had significantly higher levels of COVID-19 related anxiety, trait conscientiousness, trait neuroticism, identification with others, religious beliefs, feelings of loneliness, and somatic complaints. Additionally, women also had significantly lower levels of sleep quality.
Adjusted predictors of MDD and GAD
The binary logistic regression model predicting screening positive for MDD was statistically significant (χ2 (25) = 488.62, p < 0.001) and correctly classified 85.6% of people. When adjusted for all other sex-varying covariates, sex was no longer significantly associated with screening positive for MDD (AOR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.51, 1.25). Nine variables remained significantly associated with screening positive for MDD including younger age, living in a city versus a town, increased childcare responsibilities due to the pandemic, higher levels of anxiety about the pandemic, lower levels of trait conscientiousness, higher levels of trait neuroticism, higher levels of loneliness, higher levels of somatic problems, and lower levels of sleep quality (see Table 3).
Table 3 Binary logistic regression results predicting screening positive for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
The binary logistic regression model predicting screening positive for GAD was also statistically significant (χ2 (25) = 387.10, p < 0.001) and correctly classified 87.8% of people. The effect for sex was no longer statistically significant when adjusted for the sex-varying covariates (AOR = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.60, 1.57). Seven variables were significantly associated with screening positive for GAD including younger age, living in a city versus a town, higher levels of anxiety about the pandemic, higher levels of trait neuroticism, higher levels of loneliness, higher levels of somatic problems, and lower levels of sleep quality (see Table 3).
Consistent with large-scale population assessments of the prevalence of depression and anxiety globally [39,40,41], we found that females in Ireland were more likely to screen positive for MDD and GAD during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, female respondents were more likely to be younger in age, unemployed or in part-time employment, and to be in the lowest income bracket. Female respondents also scored higher on the personality trait of neuroticism, and endorsed greater feelings of loneliness, more somatic problems, and poorer sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Once all variables where males and females were found to differ were accounted for however, sex was no longer associated with MDD and GAD status. Instead, both of these disorders were associated with age (i.e. being younger), living location (i.e. living in a town was associated with lower risk of both disorders compared to living in a city), scoring higher on neuroticism, and having higher levels of COVID-19 related anxiety, lower sleep quality, higher levels of loneliness, and greater somatic problems. Additionally, scoring lower on conscientiousness and increased caring responsibilities during the pandemic were associated with screening positive for MDD.
Our findings are largely consistent with the results of Etheridge and Spantig's longitudinal survey conducted in the UK, who also found that the gender gap in mental health during the pandemic was best explained by increased feelings of loneliness since the onset of the pandemic [9]. Specifically, those who reported a larger number of close friends prior to the pandemic, and greater levels of loneliness during the pandemic, reported greater declines in mental wellbeing [9]. Given that positive social relationships are noted as an important resilience-related factor to mitigate psychological distress during difficult periods,[42] the enactment of physical distancing measures should therefore be met with complementary public health messaging and additional resources to counter the effects of loneliness, as a known risk factor for the development of sleep disturbances [43, 44], increased stress levels [45], as well as a myriad of adverse health—including mental health – effects, and premature mortality [46, 47]. Given the obvious limitations of increasing opportunities for social interaction within the context of a nationwide lockdown, resources should be put towards publicly available interventions that focus on attenuating maladaptive thoughts and social cognitions underlying loneliness [48]. Increasing the availability of mobile or online-based low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy interventions that leverage already existing and widely-used platforms offer one such promising solution [49].
The bidirectional effects of poor sleep quality—including insomnia, hypersomnia, circadian rhythm disturbance – anxiety, depression, and somatic disturbances are also well noted in the literature [50, 51], whereby even short-term sleep loss and deprivation have been found to lead to temporary changes in mood and cognition and somatic complaints [52]. Changes to daily routines and sleeping habits associated with the pandemic, including difficulties in keeping a consistent sleep schedule, marked decreases in number of hours spent sleeping, difficulties falling or staying asleep, and the development of other sleep disturbances were also noted during nationwide lockdowns in Italy and the UK [53, 54]. It is therefore important to consider how sudden changes to people's quotidian, including changes in social, sleep and lifestyle behaviours, increased internet use, may influence mental health and stress responses [55]. Health messaging promoting the importance of, in as much as possible, maintaining one's pre-pandemic routine, including regular sleeping hours, exercise, and moderation of caffeine and alcohol are also recommended.
That reported increases in childcaring responsibilities were associated with depression is consistent with the observation that despite already taking on twice as much care and household work compared to men prior to the pandemic [56], women also took on more childcaring responsibilities following Ireland's nationwide school and childcare facility closures [57]. A Canadian longitudinal observational study of women also found greater increases in depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic among those who experienced difficulties in obtaining childcare and balancing home schooling and work-related responsibilities [7]. Similarly, greater feelings of psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic were among women with elementary school-age and younger children, compared to women without children and all men in a US population-representative sample [58]. Additional childcaring responsibilities have also notably impacted on employment status and educational disruptions for parents [14]. Prior to the pandemic, Ireland already had the third highest weekly hours of unpaid work for both males and females in the European Union (EU), reflecting the relatively low-level of State involvement in support for caring [56]. That women are more likely to cease or reduce paid work to meet unpaid COVID-19-related childcare needs [59] further emphasises the urgency of policy reform to address the gendered allocation of unpaid care among women in Ireland [60].
The current study is not without limitations. Firstly, as a quota sample, participants in this study do not represent a true random sample of the population of Ireland. The current study may therefore be susceptible to a 'healthy volunteer' sampling bias, whereby those who are healthier are more likely to have agreed to take part in this study. Second, and as all mental health assessments were based on self-report rather than clinician administered interviews, this may have resulted in over- or under-estimation of disorder prevalence. Third, although a large number of risk factors were assessed, other known risk factors (e.g., lack of social support; substance misuse) were missing from the study/analysis. Finally, given the cross-sectional nature of the study, we cannot offer evidence as to whether observed levels of loneliness, somatic complaints, and sleep disturbances were due to the pandemic itself.
Pandemics serve as an important reminder that health outcomes are not solely determined by the biological effects of pathogens. Requisite rapid and substantial changes to our social environment, which may present differently for males and females, also act as important determinants of psychological and physical health. During the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the Republic of Ireland, observed sex-differences in anxiety and depression were primarily explained by the psychosocial factors of age, living location, neuroticism, increased feelings of COVID-19-related anxiety, increased loneliness, somatic complaints, sleep disturbances, and, in the case of depression, increased childcare responsibilities.
Data is available, upon reasonable request, from the first (FV) or last author (PH).
BFI:
Big Five Inventory
C19PRC:
COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium
GAD:
General Anxiety Disorder
IUS:
IWAHS:
Identification with all Humanity Scale
PHQ:
Patient Health Questionnaire
SCI:
Sleep Condition Indicator
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The authors wish to thank the study participants for their time and willingness to take part in the study.
Trinity Centre for Global Health, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Frédérique Vallières, Áine Travers, Ann Nolan & Philip Hyland
School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Jamie Murphy, Orla McBride & Mark Shevlin
Education and Innovation in Health Systems, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Brynne Gilmore
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Cathedral Court, 1 Vicar Lane, Sheffield, S1 2LT, UK
Sarah Butter & Richard Bentall
School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Thanos Karatzias
Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
Philip Hyland
Frédérique Vallières
Jamie Murphy
Orla McBride
Mark Shevlin
Áine Travers
Ann Nolan
Sarah Butter
Richard Bentall
FV, JM, and PH conceptualised the study. All authors contributed to the study design. MS, OMcB, and PH conducted the data analysis. FV and PH led the manuscript preparation, with signification contributions from BG, AT, AN, SB, TK, and RB. All authors contributed to manuscript revisions. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Frédérique Vallières.
Ethical approval was granted by the University of Sheffield (No. 033759) and Ulster University. Electronic informed consent was obtained from all study participants.
Vallières, F., Murphy, J., McBride, O. et al. The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health 22, 1563 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13954-8
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Comments: I was a radar tech at McClellan from 70 to 73 with TDY's to McCoy, Korat and Kwang-Ju. Fantastic pages!! Great picture of the triple nickel.
Comments: I have enjoyed this page and I hope that I will be on this stage in the near future. I have flown 31 different airplanes during my tour in the Air Force and with FedEx. I hope that I will be able to continue this interface with other aviators.
Web Info: Come visit us.... AIM HIGH!!!
Comments: This is my second time back... I enjoy your site very much. Thanks for the visit. Drop by our site sometime... Look forward to hearing from you.
Comments: I'm a E-7, 17 yrs service, assigned as flight supervisor of recuiters, canton, ohio. Aim High!!!!
Comments: Flew from 1969-1971 out of Sacramento, Ca. Spent time at Kevlivac?, Itazuke, Tainan, and Korat. Flew with Dunbar, Cotten, Franzick, Webber (Wonderful Walt!) and a few more that I need names. I flew as a Radar Tech.
Comments: Just found your site - will have to bookmark it and return later for a good read (this is my lunchtime!). Lucky enough to have flown in an EC-121 in late seventies up at Kef when it was all Reservist - I was on Shacks then and really enjoyed you guys company. I thought it all changed when TAC took over with the E-3, got a whole lot more serious. Flew E-3 for first time up at Kef too, did one of those inner German border missions during Polish crisis (was it '79,'80 or '81?) Later was on Nimrod AEW flight trials team (draw a veil over that!) and then from '93 to '96 was back on 8 Sqn - E-3Ds this time - and flew a million hours (only a slight exaggeration!) down in Italy on the Bosnia thing. Still active duty, now working for Boscombe Down (equivalent to Pax River I guess) looking at testing new kit when it arrives soon.
Comments: Member of 551 & 552 AEW&C Wings from 1968 to 1972. TDY to KwanJu S. Korea in 1971.
Comments: Nicely done.English AF magazine web site http://keymags.co.uk.Just retired Tsgt,4 yrs active,17 air guard.
Comments: I am looking for Sam Huffstetler who, last I knew, was a flight instructor for the air force. He is married to Susan and I believe they have 2-3 children...... His hometown is Gastonia NC, and I beleive hers is Winston Salem, NC. Any ideas on how to locate them? thanks, pat.
Comments: Deanboy Very nice page! And thanks for doing it -- it's a great resource. I'm a retired major now working for the Civil Air Patrol at Maxwell AFB. I was a former avionics troop myself -- aircraft radio repair, 1971-1975. Hope life has been good to you as a civilian! Cheers! Jim Tynan P.S. Did you ever think about becoming a CAP senior member? Illinois has a lot of solid squadrons!
Comments: RETIRED 1976. BEALE AFB, CA. WORKED SR-71 PROGRAM FROM 70-76. 67 RTS, (68-70). 14 TRS,(67-68). 432 RTG, (67-68). 548 RTG,(70-73) 550 SMS,(61-66) 702 SMS,(59-61).
Comments: Great page - great information - loads of neat links. That's why I visit frequently. Keep up the good work!


Protective Life Corp. has hired four Innovate Birmingham graduates and, according to Ben Podbielski, director of enterprise IT planning at the company, they have been exceptional.
The first Innovate Birmingham student was brought on as an intern on a "let's see how it goes" basis. The student did such an amazing job, Podbielski said, the company gave the green light to bring in more.
Innovate Birmingham was created after Birmingham was awarded President Obama's America's Promise Grant for $6 million from the U.S. Department of Labor in 2016 to equip underemployed and unemployed young adults with resources they needed to advance into information technology (IT) jobs. It exists to recruit, train and place 925 individuals into IT jobs over four years, hoping to close the gap between supply and demand in the Birmingham tech sector.
Innovate Birmingham launched in 2017 on the heels of receiving a $6 million America's Promise Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor the year prior.
In 2017 Innovate Birmingham launched programs to provide education in-house, free of charge, as well as provide scholarships to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Jefferson State Community College and Lawson State Community College, all seeking to create a pipeline between talented people and employers in Birmingham.
Protective's relationship with Innovate Birmingham began after the company recognized it wasn't bringing in as much entry-level talent as it would like. Podbielski said not only do these employees benefit the company, but the community they are a part of, and many are nontraditional students who are often overlooked by companies.
So far, Innovate Birmingham has graduated 125 people, and every graduate has a story.
There's Allante Jowers, who started as a student at UAB studying computer science but had to withdraw because of financial reasons. He took on a job as a cook at The Club, trying to make ends meet. When Innovate Birmingham launched, he became a part of the first cohort, looking to get into information technology, work he was passionate about. Now a graduate of Innovate Birmingham, he's working at UAB's Help Desk and has been the top-rated Help Desk employee since he started. He was recently promoted and is now finishing his degree at UAB.
Then there's Jake Downard. After graduating from high school, he served in the military for four years. When he returned stateside, he knew he wasn't interested in college – he'd seen his friends go to college and knew that wasn't the route for him. He was a server at Bamboo on 2nd when he started at Innovate Birmingham and became a top-notch developer. He's now working at BBVA Compass as a developer.
In addition to scholarships, Innovate Birmingham currently offers a software engineering bootcamp program in partnership with Covalence and an IT hardware bootcamp program. In the spring, it plans to pilot a data analysis workshop, Medved Kendrick said, based off of feedback from employers and local partners, including the Birmingham Business Alliance.
Innovate Birmingham started with a coalition of 15 community partners – including the Birmingham Business Alliance – that were looking to help meet the IT talent need in the city and also provide young people with the opportunity to enter into a sustainable career. Since then, there have been 315 participants, and of the 125 that have graduated, 99 percent have earned a new credential, Medved Kendrick said. Three months after their graduation from Innovate Birmingham, 65 percent are in IT careers, including at UAB, Shipt and Protective Life Corp. The remaining 190 students are still completing the program.
"Our goal is to get people into the workforce as quickly as possible and have the work fit with their goals," Medved Kendrick said.
It all ties back to the Building (it) Together report, which called for alternative education programs like Innovate Birmingham to help correct the workforce misalignment in the region. In tandem with the report, Innovate Birmingham will begin an apprenticeship approach to its education, allowing participants to learn experientially, partnering in real-life projects and exploring on-the-job training components.
When it comes to hiring Innovate Birmingham graduates, Protective's Podbielski encourages employers to keep an open mind, even if the graduates might not have a traditional educational path.


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The Ford Mustang celebrates its 50th anniversary with a weekend event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Ford is celebrating 50 years of the Mustang, and they're placing a Mustang on the observation deck of the Empire State Building to commemorate the achievement.


Central to the county town of Somerset, Longrun House is idyllically situated neighbouring Longrun Meadow. Supporting 17 people across the House and Lodge, all with ground floor accessibility, Longrun House delivers highly individualised person centred planning, where residents benefit from our ability to deliver sensitive inclusive support.
Health & well-being, social & communication needs are at the heart of the home ensuring the people we support have the opportunity to meet their potential.


"How big does my home have to be in order to host an au pair?"—it's a question that many families ask us, and with good reason. The trend towards downsizing these days means families are living in less square footage than in years past. Space comes at an even bigger premium in urban areas so this is a particular concern for families living in places like New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C.
In fact, there are no rules governing how big a host family's home must be in order to host an au pair. The U.S. Department of State, which regulates the au pair program, dictates only that an au pair must have her or his own private bedroom.
That being said, there are still plenty of parents who express concern over hosting an au pair in a house without loads of extra room. The main worry is that their family will lose privacy—or the au pair won't have enough of her own.
In addition to being an LCC, Krista was also a host mom for 6 years (she recently retired from the program due to her children's ages). She lives with her three children in a 1,400 square foot house with 4 bedrooms and one bathroom.
Says Krista, "Our daughters shared a room on the main floor where the au pair's bedroom also was. My son had a room upstairs with me. We all shared one bathroom and never had any issues in six years." The Rietbergs also shared one car with their au pairs.
Responses to a recent Cultural Care Au Pair Facebook post support these opinions. When asked: "What size house do you live in and how does it work out for you and your family?" au pairs agreed that the size of their host family's home wasn't that important.


Today's reading from Mark gives us an opportunity to think about a different type of conversion. Call it the Divine Touch, the turning-point moment when Jesus touched a man with leprosy and everything in that man's life changed. He who had been separated from his family, community, temple and friends by disease, who was considered unclean and made an outcast because of the wasting away of his flesh, now was made whole and enabled to join the mainstream again. He went from outcast to cast in, from sickness to health, from unclean to clean, from brokenness to wholeness.
The Scripture reading does not say that this man experienced conversion in the religious sense of the word, which is how we often use it in Church. But in some ways, that makes this a good text from which to think about religious conversion, for it has more in common with other types of conversion than we might at first think. In the Bible, the Hebrew word for conversion is shub, which means "to turn" or "to return," and the Greek word is metanoia, which means "to turn around." In the case of this man Jesus healed, there was clearly a return, in that he could now go back to his family and community, but there was also a turning around. As defined, "To be converted means to have the direction of one's life shifted, so that it no longer points toward self, but points toward God." And that's exactly what happened to this man. He stepped off the "woe is me" path and onto the "Jesus is great" road.
That sounds like conversion to us.


September 2011 | Signature Marketing, Inc.
Advice I would give other brand ambassadors on how to run a successful promotion is to know what you're promoting. Signature provides a vast amount of informative materials beforehand, and if you use that information, you will be more confident when you are asked questions by the consumers. Additionally, being knowledgeable about the product will help you increase sales and the success of your promotion.
The best thing about working for Signature Marketing is the variety in the work you get to do. You get to meet all kinds of different people and work in interesting environments.
3. What was the most exciting promotion that you've worked?
The most fun promotion I ever worked was the Wine, Beer and Cigar Festival in Libertyville, IL. It was a beautiful end of Summer day at an outdoor event. I worked a booth for Bard's Beer which is a craft gluten-free beer. It was very enjoyable because on one side of me I had reps from 312 and the other side I had people from Beer Connoisseur Magazine; so when I wasn't engaging with consumers I was able to talk to them and learn more about them. Plus, for the people that were gluten sensitive, it was so great showing them that they can drink beer again! Also, some people tried it just because they could and really liked it, or were impressed by the fact that it was gluten free. Finally, I received meal tickets so I was able to try some of the local fare, and had an excellent "garbage" salad for dinner and also had the opportunity to try a few tasty organic things. Overall, I didn't feel like I was working, because it was such an inviting environment. I was there for five and a half hours and the time just flew by!


Mark Bowden received his university degree in performance in the U.K. and studied the gesturecontrol methods of Jacques Lecoq's Laboratory of Movement in Paris. He worked with some of the world's most groundbreaking theatre companies, appearing in multi-award-winning stage and screen productions globally, and training internationally recognized actors and directors.
He has worked with leading practitioners of movement psychology and built upon the influence techniques of Dr. Milton Erickson. Mark is the creator of TruthPlane™, a unique model of training for anyone who has to communicate to an audience, and his techniques are now used by top executives and political leaders around the globe who want to gain an advantage beyond words when they speak.
Mark Bowden has a reputation for being one of the world's expert performance trainers, and is highly sought after for his business presentation skills at such universities as international top 10 business school Schulich at York University, Rotman School of Business in Toronto and McGill in Montreal. His client list of leading business people, teams, and politicians currently includes presidents and CEOs of Fortune 50 companies and prime ministers of G8 powers.
What was the inspiration for your book Winning Body Language?
The publishers of Winning Body Language, McGraw Hill approached me saying that they were looking for an expert in human behavior to write a book on body language. However, I did not want to write just another body language book on "reading minds" by quickly judging a gesture.
My expertise is in how you can most powerfully influence and persuade others using the behavior you display. The inspiration for Winning Body Language was to write a book that had not been written yet - a book that would help anyone present themselves in a way that would instantly cause them stand out and win trust with the people that mattered to them.
My first influences were as a child watching naturalists like Jacques Cousteau and Sir David Attenborough. Like them I was fascinated by the beauty and power of how nature uses movement to affect change. Their passion is a passion that I share today for helping people across the world clearly understand how things move physically and in turn move others emotionally and intellectually.
When going for a job interview, which body language gestures convey confidence?
Place your hands in what I have called in Winning Body Language the TruthPlane™, the horizontal plane that extends 180 degrees out of your navel area, to display a sense that you can be trusted and that you are confident. Bringing the audience's unconscious attention to this vulnerable area of your body makes them feel that you are very confident. By assuming this physicality, you will feel confident too.
When it comes to personal space, how far away should one stand with someone you've never met before?
Of course this all depends on what behavior you are looking to elicit from them. There are no wrong gestures. There is only behavior that either gets you the result that you want or not. Of course the key is to know the behavior to choose in order to elicit the behavior you desire from others. This is what Winning Body Language and the company I founded, TruthPlane Inc. teaches.
When public speaking, what advice would you give someone so they make a lasting impression on their audience?
Again, I would need to know specifically what kind of impression that person is looking for the audience to get from them in order to give them the specific non-verbal behavior or body language to display. However for that impression to last I would be advising for the non-verbal communication to be extremely clear and consistent.
I would also be advising that the impression be reinforced frequently. Clarity, consistency and frequency will be your route to any impression lasting well after you have physically left the presence of an audience.
When dating, which body language tells are reliable indicators of interest?
A third date! Never underestimate the more conclusive power of making predictions about another's intentions towards you based on behavioral patterns over time. Once is an event. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern.
My second book Winning Body Language for Sales Professionals will be available in the autumn and so I will be speaking and training worldwide on how to best use body language to gain an unparalleled advantage when selling.
I am also writing my third book Tame the Primitive Brain - 28 ways in 28 days to manage the most impulsive behavior at work. This is to be published by Wiley in 2013 and will look at how to manage your own behavior in order to manage the most extreme behaviors of others. At the same time I continue to train leaders of fortune 500 companies, world political leaders in how to get their messages across in the most effective way.
Click Here To Visit Mark Bowden's website.
Gesture in a way that gains everyone's attention - even before you speak.


WIG BUSINESS: In addition to her music and unique fashion sense, Nicki Minaj is also known for her assortment of Japanese anime-inspired wigs, most notably ones with colorful tresses cut in a bang that have found their way on to the heads of many young ladies. A Google search for the term "Nicki Minaj wigs" will pull up multiple websites selling hairpieces inspired by the rap star. Atlanta wig retailer Hair Fiction—who is among the first to design a Nicki Minaj wig—says that the headpiece launched last June and has been their monthly top seller ever since. According to market research by Mintel, the Black hair business generated over $165 million in 2008 and with her pink wig in tow Nicki continues to think big, get cash and make them blink fast.


Harpo Foundation is pleased to support "DVD Dead Drop," a project that will turn the Museum of the Moving Image into a free digital vending machine. Visitors will insert a blank disc into a slot embedded in the surface of the Museum building and receive a surprise assortment of digital data culled from the Internet.
This project was funded as part of the foundation's 2011 funding cycle, which explores the interchange and dialogue between the non-locality of the digital world and the existential physicality of our everyday environment.
For more information about this artist, visit www.datenform.de.


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Q: How to change fn key function? Currently, my Fn key toggles mission control. I am looking all through system settings, and I can't find a way to stop the fn key from toggling mission control. Does anyone know how to do this?

A: Open the Mission Control system preference
Change the hot key for Mission Control.
By default it is Control up arrow.


The final judgement comes as the mangog arrives. The War Thor meets the beast head-on, but even the bloothirst of this ultimate hammer-wielder may pale in comparions to the Mangog's might. The battle rages as Jane Foster's cancer takes a turn for the worse, and she might not have to wait for the final judgment at all. The clock is ticking, the war of the Realms is spreading and Mjolnir cannot save her this time. Can Doctor Strange and the Falcon help avert disaster? The tragic and heroic story of Jane Foster finally reaches its heartrending zenith!


Roughly 4 1/2 by 5 inch autograph album or book page (top right corner trimmed off) autographed in pencil by singer Jo Stafford, who passed away in 2008. Stafford apparently wrote over her signature twice as the pencil didn't work properly the first time. Her 1952 song You Belong to Me topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, and made her the first woman to have a No. 1 hit on the UK Singles Chart. She was a 1961 Grammy Award winner for an album of comedic interpretations of popular songs produced with her second husband, Paul Weston. Obtained from the family of a Hollywood housekeeper who cleaned the houses of the rich and famous during the 1940s. Has typical yellowing for its age. With certificate of authenticity from AutographsForSale.com. ONLY ONE AVAILABLE FOR SALE.


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Q: How do I clean a Python list from extraneous nesting? I am working on a program where we have have a certain list with a lot of extraneous nesting, which we want to simplify.
For example, one input could be
[[['A', [[[[[[[[[['B', [[[[[[[[[['C', [[[[[[[[[['D']], [['E']], [['F', [[[[[[[[[['G']]]]]]]]]]]], [['H']], [['I']], [['J']]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

and it should output
['A', ['B', ['C', [['D'], ['E'], ['F', ['G']], ['H'], ['I'], ['J']]]]]
However, after running my code, it is not doing anything and returning [].
Here is my code:
def clean_list(list2):
    for item in list2:
        if isinstance(item, list) and len(list2)==1: # this is an extraneous list!
            item = clean_list(item)
            list2.append(item[0].copy())
            list2.remove(item)
    return list2

A: You can use a function that recursively de-nests each item in the given list, but passes the sub-list to the recursive call if the list has only one item and that item is a list:
def denest(lst):
    if isinstance(lst, list):
        if len(lst) == 1 and isinstance(lst[0], list):
            return denest(lst[0])
        return [denest(i) for i in lst]
    return lst

so that given your sample list stored in variable lst, denest(lst) would return:
['A', ['B', ['C', [['D'], ['E'], ['F', ['G']], ['H'], ['I'], ['J']]]]]


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Filmography from Guy Norman Bee
Filmography from : Guy Norman Bee
The Secret Circle, Liz Friedlander (4 episodes, 2011-2012), David Barrett (3 episodes, 2011-2012), John Fawcett (2 episodes, 2011-2012), Brad Turner (2 episodes, 2011-2012), Joshua Butler (2 episodes, 2012), Eagle Egilsson (2 episodes, 2012), Guy Norman Bee (1 episode, 2011), Charles Beeson (1 episode, 2011), Colin Bucksey (1 episode, 2011), Nick Copus (1 episode, 2012), Chris Grismer (1 episode, 2012), Omar Madha (1 episode, 2012), Alex Zakrzewski (1 episode, 2012), 2012
Cassie Blake was a happy, normal teenage girl – until her mother Amelia dies in what appears to be a tragic accidental fire. Orphaned and deeply saddened, Cassie moves in with her warm and loving grandmother Jane in the beautiful small town of Chance Harbor, Washington – the town her mother left so many years before – where the residents seem to know more about Cassie than she does about herself. As Cassie gets to know her high school...
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Charles Beeson (4 episodes, 2008-2009), Jeffrey G Hunt (3 episodes, 2008-2009), David Nutter (3 episodes, 2008), J Miller Tobin (2 episodes, 2008-2009), Bryan Spicer (2 episodes, 2008), Guy Norman Bee (2 episodes, 2009), Jeff Woolnough (2 episodes, 2009), Matt Earl Beesley (1 episode, 2008), Milan Cheylov (1 episode, 2008), Holly Dale (1 episode, 2008), Steven DePaul (1 episode, 2008), Bill Eagles (1 episode, 2008), Paul A Edwards (1 episode, 2008), Félix Enríquez Alcalá (1 episode, 2008), Tawnia McKiernan (1 episode, 2008), Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (1 episode, 2008), Michael Nankin (1 episode, 2008), Scott Peters (1 episode, 2008), Mike Rohl (1 episode, 2008), Guy Ferland (1 episode, 2009), Scott Lautanen (1 episode, 2009), 2009
Jericho, Guy Norman Bee (3 episodes, 2006-2008), Sanford Bookstaver (3 episodes, 2006-2007), James Whitmore Jr (3 episodes, 2006-2007), Martha Mitchell (2 episodes, 2006), Jon Turteltaub (2 episodes, 2006), Steve Gomer (2 episodes, 2007-2008), Seith Mann (2 episodes, 2007-2008), Duane Clark (1 episode, 2006), Paul McCrane (1 episode, 2006), J Miller Tobin (1 episode, 2006), Matt Earl Beesley (1 episode, 2007), Steven DePaul (1 episode, 2007), Kevin Dowling (1 episode, 2007), Christine Moore (1 episode, 2007), Helen Shaver (1 episode, 2007), Steve Boyum (1 episode, 2008), Christopher Leitch (1 episode, 2008), John Peters (1 episode, 2008), Scott Peters (1 episode, 2008), 2008
A small town in Kansas is literally left in the dark after seeing a mushroom cloud over near-by Denver, Colorado. The townspeople struggle to find answers about the blast and solutions on how to survive....
Arrow, James Bamford (15 episodes, 2015-2019), John Behring (13 episodes, 2012-2016), Michael Schultz (8 episodes, 2012-2017), Glen Winter (8 episodes, 2013-2019), Wendey Stanzler (8 episodes, 2013-2018), Gregory Smith (7 episodes, 2015-2019), Guy Norman Bee (6 episodes, 2012-2014), Nick Copus (6 episodes, 2013-2015), Jesse Warn (6 episodes, 2014-2017), Gordon Verheul (6 episodes, 2016-2019), Laura Belsey (6 episodes, 2016-2018), Thor Freudenthal (4 episodes, 2014-2015), Antonio Negret (4 episodes, 2015-2017), Kristin Windell (4 episodes, 2017-2019), Eagle Egilsson (3 episodes, 2013), Rob Hardy (3 episodes, 2014-2016), Dermott Downs (3 episodes, 2015-2016), Kevin Tancharoen (3 episodes, 2016-2017), Ben Hernandez Bray (3 episodes, 2017-2018), Mark Bunting (3 episodes, 2017-2018), Joel Novoa (3 episodes, 2017-2018), David Barrett (2 episodes, 2012-2013), Kenneth Fink (2 episodes, 2012-2013), Douglas Aarniokoski (2 episodes, 2014-2015), Mairzee Almas (2 episodes, 2017-2018), JJ Makaro (2 episodes, 2017-2018), Ken Shane (2 episodes, 2017-2018), Andi Armaganian (2 episodes, 2018-2019), Tara Miele (2 episodes, 2018-2019), Alexandra La Roche (2 episodes, 2018), John Dahl (1 episode, 2012), David Grossman (1 episode, 2012), Vincent Misiano (1 episode, 2012), David Nutter (1 episode, 2012), Michael Offer (1 episode, 2013), Bethany Rooney (1 episode, 2013), Peter Leto (1 episode, 2014), Stephen Surjik (1 episode, 2014), Larry Teng (1 episode, 2014), Lexi Alexander (1 episode, 2015), John Badham (1 episode, 2015), Dwight H Little (1 episode, 2015), Charlotte Brändström (1 episode, 2016), Kevin Fair (1 episode, 2016), John F Showalter (1 episode, 2016), Mary Lambert (1 episode, 2017), Ruba Nadda (1 episode, 2019), Patia Prouty (1 episode, 2019), David Ramsey (1 episode, 2019), Marcus Stokes (1 episode, 2019), Avi Youabian (1 episode, 2019), 2
Les nouvelles aventures de Green Arrow/Oliver Queen, combattant ultra efficace issu de l'univers de DC Comics et surtout archer au talent fou, qui appartient notamment à la Justice League. Disparu en mer avec son père et sa petite amie, il est retrouvé vivant 5 ans plus tard sur une île près des côtes Chinoises. Mais il a changé : il est fort, courageux et déterminé à débarrasser Starling City de ses malfrats......


Shawn Curtis Britton, violation of driving on right side of roadway required; $146.
Douglas B. Calam, speed; $257.
Jedidiah R. Claassen, speed; $128.
Christopher R. Dacus, speed; $146.
James M. Dickson II, speed; $461.
Joshua A. Gayle, speed; $420.
Cory J. Gregg, speed; $116.
Dennis K. Jones, speed; $164.
Toby L. Jones, speed, failure to wear seatbelt; $152.
Gerald G. Markley, speed, failure to wear seatbelt; $146.
Chris A. McClanahan, speed; $116.
Stuart G. McCowan, speed; $194.
Sarah C. Mincher, driving under the influence, failure to wear seatbelt; $1,166.
Matthew L. Moore, violation of driving on right side of roadway required; $146.
April R. Neufeldt, speed; $140.
Brynn D. Nulik, speed; $198.
Matthew W. Petering, speed; $116.
Travis H. Reves, speed; $116.
Anna E. Schmidt, improper driving on laned roadway; $146.
Steve R. Sechler, speed; $164.
Mark A. Shepard, failure to yield at stop or yield sign; $146.
Mark W. Shirley, speed; $116.
Shannon C. Thompson, speed; $116.
Matthew J. Toon, speed; $170.


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