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Making plans in the midst of many climatic fluctuations
1 year ago Moses Yarborough
Exactly how high will sea level rise off the Dutch coast? Are we really getting more summer rain for sure? And what about dehydration?
Global temperature will continue to rise for now, that's for sure. The result is harsher weather. But it is uncertain how this will be implemented at the regional level. The KNMI report was published earlier this week Climate signal 21 full of those doubts. The institute translates the latest findings of the IPCC, the United Nations climate agency, into the Dutch situation. To give an example: In the year 2300, the sea level off the Dutch coast may have risen by 30 cm. But it is also possible 17 meter converted to. Uncertainties are also great for heavy summer rain and drought. how is that possible? How do you, as a policy maker, deal with these uncertainties?
Roughly speaking, the uncertainty lies in two things. It is not certain how greenhouse gas emissions will develop. In addition, it is still not fully understood how climate change affects local weather processes. In any case, there is a large element of chance in these processes – the weather is a chaotic system. This makes it inherently difficult to predict.
There has been much discussion about future emissions in recent years. Are the scenarios that the IPCC uses for this still valid?
In its 2013 report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented Representative focus pathways (RCPS). In these scenarios, each path corresponds to a different warming in 2100. In the worst case scenario, greenhouse gas emissions will continue to rise this century (rcp8.5 – about 5°C warming in 2100). In the other three pathways, emissions peak in 2080 (rcp6, warming ~3 °C), 2040 (rcp4.5, ~2.5 °C) and 2020 (rcp2.6, ~1.5 °C). Three years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change replaced RCPs with Shared social and economic pathways (ssp's), where emissions are translated into social and economic narratives – more understandable to policy makers and the general public. But they represent the same range of emissions and warming.
But what scope – and thus, how much uncertainty – do you still have to consider? Haven't we had the Paris Agreement since 2015, which tries to severely reduce emissions? So how real is rcp8.5 for example?
In the scientific literature there are still publications that take the rcp8.5 scenario into account. But last year, two researchers complained about it in a comment temper nature Because it gives a wrong picture in their eyes. In this scenario, for example, coal use should triple this century. While coal-fired power plants are shutting down in many places, coal use is expected to peak within a few decades. How realistic is this scenario then? It makes the uncertainty unnecessarily great. All the plans that countries have now made in the context of the Paris Agreement lead to a global warming of 2.5-3°C.
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But the question is whether and on time these ambitious plans will be met. It is clear that phasing out the use of coal, oil and gas is not happening fast enough. Fossil fuel extraction is expected to increase in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia, among other countries.
Expensive modifications
Reply to comment in temper nature Three scholars wrote a letter. Not including rcp8.5 may give policy makers a false sense of security. It leads to costly alterations as the world develops in unexpected ways. "It's actually good to include this wide range of uncertainty," says Margolin Hassnot, co-author of the letter and a water and climate researcher affiliated with Deltares University and Utrecht.
In any case, KNMI simply included the rcp8.5 scenario in its climate report, as did the IPCC as well. "Because if you look at greenhouse gas emissions so far, they follow the 8.5 path very well," explains Rob van Dorland, a climate scientist at KNMI, who coordinated the report.
This is why the spread in the charts is large. Certainly in relation to sea level rise up to the year 2300. But this is not only about the uncertainty in greenhouse gas emissions. It is also the uncertainty surrounding some of the processes in the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Especially about the so-called Ice cliff instabilityThere is "deep uncertainty," explains Van Dorland. Ice caps consist of glaciers, part of which ends in the sea. These ridges hundreds of meters thick, called glacier tongues, can pile up and disintegrate due to rising temperature. "At the edges of the fragments there are slopes that can collapse under their own weight," says van Dorland. This process has already been observed in Greenland. The collapsed ice melts faster. In addition, a fractured ice tongue does not slow the glacier as it slides into the sea. This speeds up the dissolving process even more.
If this process were on the horizon for Antarctica, it would have disastrous consequences. The KNMI report says: "This could greatly accelerate the erosion of Antarctica, but this theory is still controversial. If the theory is correct, we could be the first to observe this phenomenon in 20 to 30 years in the currently rapidly retreating Thwaites glacier, which flows into the Amundsen Sea.
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strong signal
There is also uncertainty in the drought forecasting process. "Because we're at a tipping point between two regions," Van Dorland explains. Northern Europe will get wetter, even in summer. "For southern Europe, there is a strong sign of continued drought." The Netherlands lies somewhere in between, and it is not clear in which direction our country is tilted.
The basis for this is the changing balance between evaporation and precipitation. As the weather becomes warmer, evaporation increases and the soil dries out. But at the same time, the air can hold more water vapor, which basically leads to more precipitation, which keeps the soil moist.
There are analyzes that indicate that we will get winds from the east more often in the summer. "And this wind is drier than the westerly winds that come from the sea." In such a situation, there will be more dehydration. But the analyzes are not so difficult. The KNMI report states: "Climate models do not provide an unambiguous answer to the question of whether circulation – and thus wind directions – will change in the future."
People tend to go for one outcome
Marjoline Hasnott Water and Climate Researcher
Then it rains. You might expect more, due to the simple fact that warmer air can hold more water vapor. This is also measured. Above sea level, absolute humidity increases by 7 percent with each degree of warming. But the sea is warming less quickly than the Earth's temperature. Because the Netherlands is dominated by westerly winds – which supply winds from the sea – the moisture content above land rises by less than 7 percent for each degree of warming. Above ground, relative humidity (how humid the air actually is compared to what it would be maximum) has actually decreased. A decrease in relative humidity leads to less Take a shower, according to a KNMI report.
In addition, climate models predict that air at an altitude of a few kilometers warms faster than air at the Earth's surface. The mutual temperature difference decreases. This also prevents showering from occurring. Because they arise when the surface is relatively warm and the air above it is cold. "Both effects lead to a lower increase in light showers, compared to a case where, among other things, the upper air is slightly warm," says van Dorland. KNMI expects the heaviest rains (more than 50 mm of rain in an hour) to become more intense. But here, too, there are doubts. Locally, the composition of the shower subtly depends on many factors – topography, location of high and low pressure areas, vertical temperature and humidity profiles. It can have a damping or strengthening effect. The complexity makes it difficult to predict how showers will change locally.
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very different approach
What should policy makers do out of all this uncertainty? What should they send? "People tend to be one outcome," says Hasnott, who specializes in adaptation policy. "But because of the great uncertainty, the climate problem requires a completely different approach." Indeed, policymakers need to prepare for a wide range of possible outcomes. Label adaptive planning. "You're exploring what all of these different results mean. You're exploring how you can adapt to that, and how much time you need for these adjustments." It requires a lot of flexibility. "You can actually start with the things you definitely won't regret." Think of feeding sand on beaches, in the fight against sea level rise. "The long-term options, if the climate changes further, you have to keep them close at hand." She says good oversight is essential. "Until you realize in time that you need to adjust your plan."
Van Dorland says this reference rests on three pillars. Like Haasnoot, it is part of the Delta Program Signal Group. This group reports on important developments for the implementation of the current Delta programme, which aims to keep the Netherlands safe and continue to provide enough fresh water. These three pillars are: Are they in the notes? Is it in the projection model? Do we understand the process? Van Dorland: "If all three are 'yes', we have to do something about it. If 'yes' twice, we're on extra alert."
According to Haasnoot, the Netherlands, along with the United Kingdom and New Zealand, is an international leader in adaptive planning. But in some areas it could still be better. You especially think about building homes and infrastructure. "They've been there for hundreds of years." That is why such investments must take into account more long-term, rising sea levels, subsidence, and heavy rains. Where can you guarantee safe construction and where not? Should more homes be built on stilts? Or homes that are easily buildable and degradable? "You see plans to build in the areas of peat meadows and floodplains. We need to think more about that."
A version of this article also appeared in NRC Handelsblad on October 30, 2021
A version of this article also appeared on NRC on the morning of October 30, 2021
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import logging
import hashlib, os
from baseaction import BaseAction
from nextaction import na

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
READCHUNK = 1024 * 10 #10 kb at a time, don't want to stall the system

class Hasher(BaseAction):
    """
    This action hashes the file, which is important for figuring out if we have
    it already or not. It also compares the hash it gets with the hash the user
    claimed it had. This ensures that the file was completely and correctly
    uploaded.
    """

    def process(self, file):
        if not (file.has_key('usersha') and os.path.exists(file.get('fname'))):
            return file

        # Hash the untagged file
        f = open(file['fname'], 'rb')
        s = hashlib.sha1()
        readbytes = READCHUNK

        while readbytes>0:
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            s.update(readstring)
            readbytes = len(readstring)

        file['sha']= s.hexdigest()

        f.close()
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            log.info("The client's hash %s did not match ours %s, bailing"%
                     (file['usersha'], file['sha']))
            file['msg'] = "Hash mismatch"
            file['na'] = na.TRYAGAIN
            self.failure(file)
            return False

        return file

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Fleet Managers: Do You Know How to Turn a Wrench? Does it Matter?
Auto Focus • July 09, 2019 • by Chris Brown
Photo via Staff Sgt. Brittany Liddo
When the new pickups came in, Tom Collom found they were being drop-shipped to dealers that were 60 to 80 miles away from the office and his drivers. The agreement with a new dealer group saved the company $100 on PDI (pre-delivery inspection) fees for each truck, he was told by senior management.
Collom, a shop supervisor in West Texas for a major oil and gas producer, pointed out that the company was losing double that by having to pay drivers for an extra half day of travel just to get the trucks. The senior manager's response? "His exact words to me were, 'I'm showing on paper that I'm saving money,'" Collom says.
In recent years, Collom has seen a shift in the positions at his company that oversee fleet. And the way he sees it, this new blood hasn't driven a net savings of time or money for the vehicles he manages.
"We've got a bunch people now that are trying to run (fleet) like bank managers and accountants," he says. "What takes years to get the efficiency and productivity incorporated into your shop and your fleet can be totally destroyed by people who haven't actually worked on vehicles."
Collom used to have a good working relationship with management when it came to fleet, he says. They may not have been mechanics, but they knew enough about what was happening on the ground and under the hood to talk the same language. That's not so true anymore.
Marc Canton, a consultant for Mercury Associates, agrees. He's seen instances in which fleet managers with no automotive background were taken to the cleaners by repair service providers and even their own techs.
Canton recalls and instance in which a single repair was paid for three times with different invoice numbers and slightly different terminology. Other times a fleet manager didn't have the wherewithal to sniff out an unneeded upsell or challenge a repair cost or delay. (One was told that the parts for an airbrake on an F-150 take a long time to come in.)
As vehicles evolve into "transportation appliances" on the path to autonomy, the way they're repaired and maintained will change permanently. But this change is incremental. Are we facing a growing knowledge gap in the meantime?
"We see the future, and yet there's a present that is not being dealt with in terms of technicians who have had a certain amount of grease on their pants in the past," says Brian Reynolds, fleet administrator for Smith County, Texas.
Yet in today's fleet world, business knowledge is an imperative. Fleet managers can and do rise through the mechanic's ranks, but not enough grow into effective data managers, Canton and Reynolds say.
"Vehicles are one of the largest expenses for most organizations," Reynolds says. "When you're talking millions of dollars, if you're not managing it like a business with business acumen deeply involved in it, you'll fail. You have to be able to measure performance with numbers and data to tell your story to be able to argue for more resources."
Robert Cornwell, a director for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) the professional certification group for automotive repair, says the slope is even more slippery today, as vehicle repairs become more computer based.
"How do we keep our technicians up to speed (with the new technologies)? How do we bridge the gap between the guys in the shop and the management of the company?" he says. "This has been a massive ongoing conversation for the last three to four years."
Fleet managers who wish to be proactive with vehicle-specific education have resources: NAFA offers a maintenance management module as part of its CAFM (Certified Automotive Fleet Manager) program. And managers in other departments now overseeing fleet who wish to talk the same language can take NAFA's Fleet 101 program.
Yet the bigger issue may not be a lack of education on the mechanics of vehicles, but one of communication.
Reynolds, who doesn't have a technician's background, makes sure to get involved. "I'll walk out in the shop and look over a guy's shoulder and ask him questions," he says. "I'll ask him to explain it to me because this is the fourth one of these failures we've seen."
In Collom's purview, this is no longer the case.
With so many departments now involved in fleet, perhaps too many layers of bureaucracy have brought decision making too far away from the issues on the ground, which leads to communication breakdowns and clouds personal accountability.
Perhaps in a strict adherence to corporate policies we've taken too much autonomy from the folks touching the vehicles.
The need to crunch data will only grow in importance, but it shouldn't come at the expense of the guy on the ground — be it a fleet manager or a technician — who can oftentimes make better decisions to get things done quicker and cheaper.
Originally posted on Fleet Forward
Chris is the executive editor of Business Fleet Magazine and Auto Rental News. He covers all aspects of the fleet world.
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Personnalités

Nom de famille

Cesáreo Victorino (1979- ), footballeur mexicain,
Mauricio Victorino (1982- ), footballeur uruguayen,
Shane Victorino (1980- ), joueur américain de baseball,
Waldemar Victorino (1952- ), footballeur uruguayen.

Prénom
, infirmière et criminelle,
 (1846-1935), poète,
Victorino de la Plaza (1840-1919), président de l'Argentine,
 (1855-1927), personnalité philippine,
, président du Venezuela,
, écrivain.

Toponyme

 Victorino, l'une des deux paroisses civiles de la municipalité de Maroa dans l'État d'Amazonas au Venezuela ;
 Victorino, la capitale de la paroisse civile de Victorino.

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Russian and Abkhazian Sides Leave Ganmukhuri Village.
Politics Materials 10 September 2008 11:53 (UTC +04:00)
Georgia, Tbilisi, 9 September/ corr. Trend N.Kirtskhalia / Abkhazian military forces withdrew from Ganmukhuri village of Zugdidi district, which is located on the right Abkhazian side of Enguri River. The block of Russian military forces remains there and they are going to leave the territory in the next days.
Georgian policemen will immediately arrive in the village after the field-engineers begin their work. The field-engineers are demining the area. The locals will return their homes, as soon as the police enters the village.
Ganmukhuri was occupied by Abkhazian and Russian forces early August. Two villages of Zugdidi district and three villages of Tsalengikh and Upper Ossetia are under the control of Abkhazians.
According to the agreement which was signed between EU, Russia and Georgia, Russian and Abkhazian troops must withdraw from the positions where they located on 7 August.
Large-scale military operations were launched in the self-declared south Ossetia Republic, on 8 August night. Russian troops entered Tskhinvali. Later Russian troops entered the town and drove the Georgian forces back to the Georgian territory.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced that he had decided to end operations to compel Georgia to peace, on 12 august.
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Mercy Care closes in on $26 million goal to expand its services in Atlanta
Maria Saporta May 12, 2021 3:44 pm
A rendering of the expanded Mercy Care clinic on Decatur Street in the Old Fourth Ward (Special: Mercy Care)
Thanks to key corporate and philanthropic partners, Mercy Care soon will be able to expand its health care services to Atlantans who need it most.
Mercy Care is nearing the completion of a $26 million capital campaign that will significantly expand and upgrade its operations on Decatur Street in the Old Fourth Ward just east of downtown.
The campaign includes the renovation of Mercy Care's headquarters building, the expansion of clinic space and the construction of a new facility adjacent to its headquarters to provide office space and future additional clinic space. The new facility will enable Mercy Care to double its patient intake and allow more patients to have access to medical and behavioral care.
"We are really very, very close!" Mercy Care CEO Tom Andrews wrote in an email about reaching the $26 million goal. "We hope to wrap it up in the next 30-60 days."
The most recent announcement of support came from Truist Financial Corp., which is providing $22 million in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction, including $6.5 million in tax credit equity from Truist Community Capital, a $9.6 million Truist bridge loan and a $200,000 charitable grant from the Truist Foundation.
"We are proud to be a leader in the creation of another home-health model, similar to what we have at our Mercy Care Chamblee medical facility," Andrews said of the Truist support. "We are grateful to Truist for the investment – a vital part of our funding for our Decatur Street medical facility expansion. Coupled with the 270 units of affordable housing next door, which is sorely needed in our community, we will be able to better support fragile patients experiencing homelessness or facing other barriers to access."
A rendering of the renovated Mercy Care clinic on Decatur Street in the Old Fourth Ward (Special: Mercy Care)
About 77 percent of Mercy Care's patients are uninsured, and 64 percent live below the poverty line.
Jenna Kelly, Truist's regional president for Georgia, said the financial support for Mercy Care is part of the bank's purpose "to inspire and build better lives and communities" in Atlanta and throughout the Charlotte-based bank's territory.
"This latest investment in some of our most vulnerable populations here in Atlanta exemplifies that purpose in action," Kelly said in a statement. "This is a terrific partnership, and I commend our teammates at Truist and partners at Mercy Care and CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing) who were able to see this through the finish line."
One of the first large gifts Mercy Care received was $4 million from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, part of the Robert W. Woodruff family of foundations, in April of 2020. That helped kickstart the campaign.
Andrews said the project should be completed by February 2022.
Mercy Care also is doing the project in conjunction with a housing development with its partner, Pennrose, which is finalizing the design of Phase 1 McAuley Park. The affordable housing development will include 170 units. Andrews said permitting for the housing portion has already begun, and it hopes to close on "Low Income Housing Tax Credits" with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs by the end of year. Construction on the housing development is expected to begin in early 2022.
A rendering of the Mercy Care clinic showing the new wing (Special: Mercy Care)
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Electric-vehicle charging company to open North American headquarters in Atlanta
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Achieve Atlanta receives $8 million gift from MacKenzie Scott
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Although the stated purpose of these basketball clinics is "to teach the fundamentals of the game with an emphasis on individual and team development", it's readily apparent that there is a lot more going on here. Young men learning to mentor and discovering the joys of community service…children finding friendly and caring faces eager to spend time with them…and one proud Coach thrilled to help export the Fishburne experience.
The night started out with The Caissons taking to the mat against Virginia Episcopal School in a VIC showdown prior to the VIC Championships next weekend (9 Feb). Also during this a lone Miller School Wrestler would slip in and wrestle his match as VES did not have anyone at 138 pound. So it started with Brandon Allen taking his forfeit from VES then Pinning the Miller wrestler for the win over Miller School, and start the onslaught over VES. When it was all said and done the team stepped up big again with a 72 -12 win over VIC Rival VES, this moved the team's record to 18 – 2 on the season.
Zach Lewis (Canisius) scored 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting to lead the Fishburne Military School postgrad basketball team to an easy 105-51 victory over Lynchburg College Monday night.
Fishburne Military School wrestling coach Rich Chiarolanzio picked his up 100th career coaching victory on Saturday at the Mountaineer Classic at Madison County High School.
Sunday's game between Fishburne and St. John's has been canceled. Fishburne will next play Monday at 6 p.m. at home against Lynchburg College.
Fork Union outrebounded Fishburne by 14. The Caissons were only 8-of-20 from the free-throw line, and missed the front ends of three one-and-ones. And still #4 FMS had a shot to win at the end. "We just couldn't finish them off, and that's my fault," said Fishburne postgrad coach Ed Huckaby after his team's 74-72 upset loss to Fork Union in the opener of the FMS Scotto's Military Challenge Friday night.
The coaches strolling the sidelines at this weekend's FMS Scotto's Military Challenge will be wearing sneakers as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge to bring awareness to cancer research. Several college coaches are expected to be on hand due to a different kind of awareness.
Fishburne's 102-92 upset win over then-#1 Massanutten Military Academy on Jan. 11 helped push the Caisson postgrad team up two spots in the national rankings.
Greg Session led six Caissons in double figures with 17 points as the Fishburne Military School postgrad team won on the road against the Roanoke College JV team 94-55 Saturday.
Pick your favorite but in the end what the Caissons called it was VICTORY.


With over fourteen years of service to the children of South Carolina's public schools, Ms. Candice Weithers continues to find teaching to be one of the most rewarding experiences of her life. Ms. Weithers has taught students in grades 1-6 throughout her career and is currently a 6th grade social studies teacher at Greenwood Elementary School. She is a native of Brooklyn, New York but began her teaching career in Orangeburg, South Carolina after receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from South Carolina State University. She also possesses a Master of Education Degree in Educational Studies with an emphasis in teacher leadership from Claflin University and recently earned an Educational Specialist Degree in Educational Administration.
Ms. Weithers is grateful for the opportunity that she is provided each day to inspire and empower young learners. She demonstrated her ability as an accomplished teacher by achieving National Board Certification in 2011. She attributes much of her success in the classroom to the valuable relationships that she has built with students, parents, and colleagues. Ms. Weithers is excited about continuing her journey in the field of education and looks forward to making an even greater impact on the quality of teaching and learning in the future.


Joan, Jordi and David … individual illusions that united materialize in a great dream come true under the name of Re.Art, a tapas restaurant "cañí", that's how they want to call it. Its cuisine headed by Reartes, remains in line with the philosophy * slow food *, a dynamic and fresh cuisine through which we continue to enjoy the culinary art of this Catalan settled on the island that uses local produce as a priority guideline When elaborating his dishes, all together with the execution of what he defines as his "half turn of nut", will not leave anyone dissatisfied.
The restaurant has a beautiful kitchen view delimited by a bar of the same length franking the entire room. As if it were a workshop, we find the logistics and support center where the customer can enjoy a service offered exclusively by the chefs, without forgetting a soulful cocktail and an exceptional wine list where they prepare they own wine, called "Cocinillas".
To emphasize the industrial projection of interior design in a space whose surface is paved by mosaics, pieces that fit perfectly creating a harmonious environment where natural woods dominate and is that Re.Art besides gastronomy is also geometry, art and beauty.


The toughest challenge facing Mexico`s new president, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, will be reviving this troubled nation`s shrinking and debt-burdened economy.
Experts agree it could make or break his presidency.
Only two weeks into his six-year term, the Harvard-educated economist moved quickly last week to quiet economic fears by announcing a 1989 agenda aimed at modest growth, low inflation and renegotiation of Mexico`s crippling $106 billion foreign debt-the second largest in the developing world after Brazil.
Treasury Secretary Pedro Aspe Armella asked the Mexican Congress at week`s end to allow the government to seek a net $7 billion increase in credits next year to ease debt service and spur enough investment to allow a return to growth.
Aspe said the Salinas agenda will be to reduce debt service, and he insisted it was not ''contradictory'' to seek new loans while doing that. Mexico is scheduled to pay $9 billion in service and $4.5 billion in principal on its debt in 1989.
Salinas` secretary of planning and budget, Ernesto Zedillo, unveiled a spending budget of $108.6 billion for next year, 2.8 percent less in real terms than the total spent by the government in 1988.
Zedillo forecast growth of 1.5 percent in the national product and inflation of 18 percent for next year, though private economists estimate zero net growth and higher inflation. The new priority will be ''a frontal attack against extreme poverty,'' he told Congress.
''We must first achieve the definitive lowering of inflation,'' Salinas told business and labor leaders here last week as he unveiled his strict, austere economic plan, casting 1989 as a year of transition.
For 85 million Mexicans, that debt has spawned six years of austerity programs, negative growth, labor unrest, economic deterioration and a popular movement for political change-including a moratorium on Mexico`s so-far dutiful debt payments.
How Salinas deals with Mexico`s deepest economic crisis in 60 years could define his political legitimacy as president and his ability to govern through the end of his six-year term, according to economists, analysts and diplomats interviewed here.
His first move seemed to walk a narrow tightrope between promoting growth and trying to avoid inflation. He announced the end of a year-old freeze on some wages and prices and a gradual, one-peso-a-day devaluation of the peso against the dollar, from Jan. 1 through next July 31. The peso has been frozen since February at 2,270 to the dollar.
Salinas` new economic plan, hammered out during intense negotiations with business and labor leaders, promised an 8 percent boost in the minimum wage and government review of the price-controlled goods and services. Officials said it should also strengthen Mexico`s bargaining position with creditors.
Informal talks with U.S. creditors were expected to start by Jan. 1, before the Bush administration takes power, according to one Western diplomat based here.
In his inaugural speech, Salinas said he was ordering Aspe to begin negotiations immediately on the debt, with the goals of reducing its value and stopping the net flow of resources out of the country to pay for it.
''They need a net of $5 billion a year in new money, reduced interest payments and reduced amortization payments,'' said the Western diplomat, who asked not to be named. But he acknowledged that some U.S. banks may be reluctant to extend that much credit. About one-third of the debt is U.S.-owned, and most of that by U.S. commercial banks.
The diplomat said the money would likely have to come in large part from such sources as revival of a debt-for-equity swap program and increased credits from multilateral institutions. Debt-equity swaps are a technique through which a country`s creditors exchange the debt they hold for equity interests in a country`s businesses.
In a move intended to give Salinas some breathing room, the Reagan administration signalled its concern about economic and political stability in Mexico last month by extending this country a $3.5 billion bridge loan.
While Washington strongly backs the new Salinas economic strategy, however, analysts here immediately predicted the program could rekindle inflation while at best staving off recession. They said recovery and real growth are unlikely next year.
At bottom, the plan is a continuation of the anti-inflation program started under the regime of ex-President Miguel de la Madrid, which brought inflation down from an annualized rate of 159 percent a year ago to about 50 percent this year. It has been running at about 1 percent a month recently, but economists predict it could rise again next year to 30 or even 40 percent. As De la Madrid`s secretary of planning and budget, Salinas was a chief architect of the plan and the austerity programs of his predecessor, which squeezed Mexico while pleasing its creditors.
The effects have sparked the deepest political turmoil in more than half a century in the world`s most populous Spanish-speaking nation, at a high political cost for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party. Salinas won a bare majority of the vote in July elections, but opposition groups continue accusing the party of rigging the elections.
Unemployment is estimated to be as high as 20 percent and underemployment up to 30 percent. Purchasing power declined nearly 50 percent during the 1982-1988 administration of De la Madrid, according to diplomatic analysts.
The minimum wage is now about $3.80 a day, and 80 percent of those who do work make about $7 a day or less. For the last six years, Mexico`s economy has averaged virtually zero growth while the population grew 14 percent. The economy is expected to end 1988 with slightly negative growth.
Moreover, foreign reserves have declined steeply this year, from a high of about $16 billion in April, to an estimated total of $6 billion at year-end. The fall in world oil prices has also taken its toll.
After a year of freezes on wages, prices and the peso, external sector accounts have been deteriorating, and the trade balance in September showed a deficit for the first time in six years. The trade deficit was expected to be about $3 billion at the end of 1988, according to the government.
While the trade surplus for agricultural exports fell 44.6 percent in the first eight months of the year, imports rose 58.7 percent during the first nine months, led by a 140 percent increase in imported consumer goods, government figures show.
''Clearly Salinas has to get the economy moving again, which is going to take time,'' said Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California-San Diego.
''For him to be able to construct legitimacy for himself and his government-which really has to be done, given he didn`t get it out of the electoral process-the only way is significant and perceptable improvements in economic performance and lessening of the foreign debt burden,'' said Cornelius in an interview here.
The new economic program seeks to trim Mexico`s large internal deficit of about $19 billion, which amounts to some 11 percent of its gross domestic product, and interest rates soaring at more than 50 percent for treasury bills.
That call was the latest in a chorus of voices being raised across Latin America, where heavily indebted governments in Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, among others, are being swept by nationalistic calls to cut debt service in favor of raising the plummeting standard of living.
Economists point out that while such talk enhances Mexico`s negotiating position with its creditors, Mexico is still unrivaled in its effort to reduce public expenditures and liberalize its trade policies.
Salinas intends to continue the positive economic changes he helped initiate during the previous administration, when Mexico sold, transferred or closed some 700 of its 1,200 parastatal industries and trimmed jobs from the huge federal bureaucracy.
Moving to comply with the terms of its international creditors, Mexico also opened its economy more, moved toward more nonpetroleum exports, lowered import tariffs and relaxed enforcement of its law requiring at least 51 percent Mexican ownership of businesses.
Jonathan Heath, a senior economist with the private Mexico consulting firm Macro Asesoria Economica, said Salinas will have to show some concrete improvements in economic conditions before the 1991 congressional elections, the opposition`s next major political battleground.
''If the government wants to be sure they do not have a rebound in inflation this year, they have to keep their finances under control, and that means a continuation of austerity efforts,'' said Heath, acknowledging that will be unpopular.


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Q: copying last bash command into clipboard I realized that I've spent more time on this issue than necessary, hence the question.
Sometimes I need to save the last typed shell command into the clipboard.
I can do something like this:
echo !! | xsel --clipboard

Which works successfully.
But when I try to alias the above command:
alias echoxs='echo !! | xsel --clipboard'

Things do not work as expected. In particular, the clipboard contents become literally !!. Obviously, I am missing something about how bash preprocesses commands and aliases. My hope was that an alias, as is intuitive, would be something like a C macro, and that typing the alias would be equivalent to typing its target.
I've tried other approaches and none seem to work. Using HISTFILE inside a script does not work because either commands are cached by the shell session and not immediately written to the file, or multiple terminals mess with the file such that the last command in the file is not always reliably the last command in the current session.
alias='history 1 | xsel --clipboard'

Almost works, except all fails when attempting to modify (eg, cut or sed) the output of history because it is a built-in command.
Is the a way to get the shell's last command through sane stdout?

A: I'm not sure to understand what you said about "failing when attempting to modify the output of history", so I hope my solution will suit you. I'm using fc to get the last command:
fc -ln -1 | xsel --clipboard

Here are the meaning of the options:

*

*l is to use the standard output

*n is to hide the command history number

*-1 is to get the last command from the history

A: Client: pass the option -XY to the ssh command to enable (trusted) X11 forwarding for this session:
ssh -XY USER@IP

Server: check /etc/ssh/sshd_config to make sure X11 forwarding is enabled on server
X11Forwarding yes

yum install xclip -y
echo `hostname -I` `hostname` >> /etc/hosts
echo "alias cplastcmd='history 2 | cut -c 8- | head -n 1 | xclip -selection clipboard'" >> ~/.bashrc

Restart bash and type cplastcmd to copy last bash command to clipboard via X11.

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Gary has been in the plumbing / HVAC industry for more than 30 years. He holds several licenses relating to his field of expertise. His insight has led our company to focus on the environmental issues in the indoor air quality industry since 1993. He has performed numerous investigations in both commercial and residential properties to assist his client in improving their environments. His expertise is in air conveyance and HVAC system, understanding pollutant pathways. Needless to say with the time he has spent providing these services he has been in the IAQ industry before it was ever an industry.
Clint has been in the indoor air quality industry since 1989. He has completed numerous training courses to enable him to locate and identify virtually all airborne contaminants and their sources. Much of his experience has allowed him to train numerous individuals in understanding and addressing IAQ issues. His expertise is in contaminant transport, location, and identification, as well as moisture migration throughout the building envelope. Clint is the lead investigator for services provided by our company. Clint is an Industrial Hygienist, a Certified Indoor Air Quality Professional, and a Certified Microbial Remediation Supervisor.
Gazoo has been with Junell's Breathe Easy Inc. since birth. He has no formal training in the IAQ industry. This makes him pretty much useless to our company. His expertise is in customer service. All scheduling conflicts and complaints regarding services should be directed to him.


Every spoken word, every action we take, effects another person. We either affect somebody positively or we affect negatively. Even many neutral actions, since they don't affect another in a positive way, can be considered negative. We label ourselves as either an optimist who sees the glass half full, or a pessimist who sees the glass half empty. Or as an engineer, who sees the glass as excessively sized for the application.
Some Christians look at the people around them and find fault with them. *They* gossip too much, they only hang around with their friends; they don't serve like they should. Other believers seem to have a good word for everyone they meet. Which type of person do you like to be around? Which type of person are you?
Why do we do this? Like many sins, this one, too, is based on pride. *We* are better than them. If they don't know that, then we can drag them down and push ourselves up by criticizing them. We think so highly of ourselves that we don't consider the other person's feelings before we open our mouths.
Today we're going to study Acts 11 starting in verse 19 about a great encourager. This is a difficult time for the early church; the early Jews preaching the gospel were persecuted by Herod. Stephen had been stoned to death, and the early Christians were scattered. There was some confusion around this time about the good news of the gospel and who could receive it.
When we study God's word, we often stop right there and think that God's message is that it's ok to eat pork. Or shellfish. Or… scorpions. Or whatever. And indeed, the scripture tells us this. When you couple this vision with Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:17), "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them," we can also conclude that we are not bound by the Old Testament laws because Jesus completed them. We are free in Christ.
I look at these early Christians, the aggressive evangelism they do to spread the Word, and the persecution they endured, and compare it to the safety and comfort of our modern church. We're coddled by Christianity, but it's the suffering of the early Christians that produced the hope and character of zealous Christians. I once heard it said that they did so much with so little, while in our modern comfortable lives, we do so little with so much.
Take an interest. I believe this is one of the most effective ways of encouraging others. Show that you're interested in what they're doing. Get them talking. People like to talk about themselves and once you get them talking, you fire up their enthusiasm.
Acknowledge what's important. When you acknowledge what's important to another, you provide validation about who they are and what they're doing. Whether we admit it or not, each of us craves acknowledgement. Affirmation fuels confidence and self-esteem.
Acknowledge a job well done. Worthwhile accomplishments take time and effort. You can encourage by acknowledging someone's effort. A simple "well done" or "thank you" can have a strong effect, which can make the difference between going on or giving up.
Show your appreciation. It's common courtesy. Thank someone when they do something for you. Thank your partner after they cook a nice meal. Thank a friend for lending you a book. A simple thank you lets others know what they have done is meaningful to you.
Return the favour. If someone does something nice for you, show your appreciation by returning the favour. This should not be seen as an obligation, nor as a contest. You're not trying to top the other's contribution, but to express what their actions mean to you.
Do something unexpected. This is a step beyond returning the favour. Respond with something unexpected: out of the blue. Such a response has a strong impact and can reach others at an emotional level.
Ask for advice or confide in them. Haven't you felt important when someone asked for your advice or confided in you about something important? Didn't you find you were energised and eager to help. Taking someone into your confidence can motivate them to show your faith in them is well founded.
Lend a hand. Waiting for someone to ask you for advice is passive. You can take the initiative by offering to lend a hand. If a person sees you are willing to commit your time and energy to their interests, they will be more committed to seeing it through and less likely to give up.


Danish casino games developer Magnet Gaming has signed a deal to distribute content via Microgaming's Quickfire platform, as it looks to expand beyond its native market into new jurisdictions.
Magnet's full portfolio of 12 slot will be made available to Quickfire's extensive roster of casino brands in a range of regulated markets around the world.
The supplier's head of game licensing Thomas Nielsen said the deal was strategically important and a key milestone for Magnet in 2016.
"We have partnerships with the leading brands in our native Danish market, but securing similar deals with their international counterparts will take us to the next level," Nielsen explained.
"I think Microgaming and Magnet are pretty like-minded, sharing aspirations to be the leaders in our respective fields, and this should help make the deal a great success.
"We're really excited about working with such a well-established and much-respected platform like Quickfire. It will undoubtedly be a game changer for us," he added.
Microgaming's head of Quickfire Tom Chamberlain praised Magnet, describing the supplier as a welcome addition to the platform's range of content partners.


A STRONG COMMAND OF ENGLISH AND MATHS IS VITAL FOR SUCCESS ACROSS THE WHOLE CURRICULUM. WE PRIORITISE THESE SUBJECTS AND DEDICATE EXTRA TIME TO THEM SO THAT PUPILS ARE CONFIDENT AND HAVE THE STRONG FOUNDATIONS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.
Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy is committed to providing a curriculum that inspires and excites our pupils to achieve excellence and motivates them to succeed.
is underpinned by outstanding teaching.
Ark Little Ridge's Curriculum for 2016/17 will be posted here shortly.
We focus on speaking, listening, reading and writing, using the innovative Read Write Inc. reading programme based on 'synthetic phonics'. This teaches children which combinations of letters make the different sounds, how to blend these to make words and how to decode them. Pupils have daily English and phonics lessons from reception onwards and lots of opportunities to read with an adult. We also provide parents with useful materials, so you can help your child at home.
Pupils have daily maths lessons, using Ark schools' unique Mathematics Mastery programme in Reception and KS1 and follow the National Curriuclum using a Mastery Approach in KS2. This builds essential knowledge and skills using objects and pictures, so that children can better understand concepts as well as numbers and symbols. Pupils master the subject rather than simply repeating routines. The programme reflects the curriculum of the world's highest performing countries for maths and has been highly praised by Ofsted. Pupils also take part in maths investigations, workshops, activities and events throughout the year.
Levels in Schools: Until September 2014, we had worked with levels in schools for over 15 years. We also tracked children throughout their school life using national curriculum levels as our educational language.
Changes from September 2014: In September, the Government removed levels in schools for all children in KS1 and KS2. The Early Years curriculum has remained unchanged.
What does this mean for ARK Little Ridge?: Schools now need to change and develop their assessment practices. This is a huge change for all schools. In response to these government reforms, all ARK Academies are working towards a common approach to assessment.


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Nicola Velotti (born 11 November 1964) is an Italian psychoanalyst, professor, art therapist and philosophical consultant.

Early life and education
Velotti was born in Casamarciano, Italy.

In 1990 he graduated in Philosophy - psycho-pedagogical address - at the University of the Studies "Federico II" of Naples with a thesis in Differential Psychology entitled: The enigma of art: Freudian psychoanalytic paths and the poetics of Pier Paolo Pasolini.

In 1994 he specialized in Analytical Psychotherapy and AutogenicTraining at the Institute of Scientific Research A.R.P.A.D. (Psychology Research Association Applied and Dynamic) in Rome and in Art Therapy at the C.I.S.A.T. (Italian Center Art Therapy Studies) of Naples.

Career

In 1991 he published the Italian Manifesto of Art Therapy with the publishing house Flaccovio Editore, with the collaboration of artists including painter and sculptor Camillo Capolongo. In the following years, Velotti proposed and conducted art therapy workshops with the collaboration of the artist Claudio Costa and the psychiatrist Antonio Slavich in the former Psichatrico Hospital of the Quarto Costa in Genoa. In the former Psychiatric Hospital of Aversa with the collaboration of the psychiatrist Sergio Piro he has re-proposed and conducted art therapy workshops.

In 1994, after having participated in the first International Conference on Philosophical Consultancy in Vancouver organized by Ran Lahav and Lou Marinoff, he published the Italian Manifesto of Philosophical Practice at the Flaccovio publishing house, supported by philosophers such as Gerardo Marotta founder of the Italian Institute of Studies Philosophical. In the following years he followed the courses held by Gerd Achenbach at the University of Cologne, the founder of philosophical counseling. He contributed with his initiatives to the spread of art therapy and philosophical counseling in nursing homes for the elderly, in centers for minors at risk and in facilities for the disabled.

In 1999, he became a professional art therapist for the American Art Therapy Association and attended courses taught by Edith Kramer of New York University. In 2000 he founded the "Philosophic Therapy Center" association and started a first training course in philosophical counseling and art therapy. He teaches Principles and Techniques of Artistic Therapy and History of Cinematography and Audiovisual at the ABAN Academy of Fine Arts in Nola (Italy). He is a member of the scientific committee of the Association des Psychanalystes Européens (EPA) and has collaborated with several scientific journals.

Research work
His research is fundamentally concerned with the practical application of art and philosophy which must help promote the state of psycho-physical well-being, help overcome stereotypes and prejudices, promote the recovery of the ability to interact positively with others and with the environment, make others appreciate the diversity and accept their own.

Publications
Il Manifesto Italiano dell'Arteterapia, Flaccovio Editore, Palerme, (1991)
 Il Manifesto Italiano della Pratica Filosofica, Flaccovio Editore, (1994)
 Nicola Velotti 2018 L' arte secondo la psicoanalisi: le basi teoriche dell'arteterapia
 Nicola Velotti 2019 Pier Paolo Pasolini: l' arte poetica e filmica come terapia

References

1964 births
Living people
Italian philosophers
Italian psychoanalysts
Art therapists


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Member Message JAN — MARCH 2022
Member Message — February 10, 2022
In today's message you will find:
Vaccine Updates
Restrictions & Mandate Protests Update
Meet this year's Resident of the Year
Prescribe the outdoors with PaRx Pass
Public Health Success — Addressing COVID & Vaccine Inequities
Rapid Tests and Isolation Requirements for Physicians
Fantastic Physicians
Upcoming Events and Learning Opportunities
Since our last update last Wednesday…
Serious Outcome Surveillance:
Hospitalizations decreasing but still high: There are 661 people in hospitals with COVID-19, down from 744 last Wednesday.
Hospital admissions continue to decline: There were 28 people admitted to hospital yesterday with COVID-19. The average over the last seven days has been 34 admissions per day, down from 42 the previous seven days.
ICU occupancy very high and steady: Of the hospitalizations reported above, 42 patients are in ICU, down from 54 last Wednesday. the total number in ICU continues to cover around 109 to 110 patients, well-over the normal 72-bed capacity.
COVID-related ICU admissions have averaged three to four per day over the last seven days, with seven admitted yesterday. The daily average has improved from five to six admissions per day the previous week.
40 more people have died from COVID-19 since last Wednesday with the total now at 1,616.
According to the COVID-19 Tracker Canada Project, Manitoba has an average of 49 hospitalizations per 100,000, down slightly from 53 last Wednesday but still the highest rate in Canada and well above the rate of 36 per 100,000 in Alberta, the next highest province.
*Comparing hospitalizations by jurisdictions continues to be challenging as some provinces may use slightly different standards (e.g. only reporting patients with active COVID-19 infections and not recovered, or only reporting patients admitted because of COVID-19 and not with — Manitoba still reports both using a broader strategy).
While the hospital situation is improving, the strain on hospitals continues to disrupt surgeries and diagnostic testing and it continues to result in patients being transferred to other health regions for care. During the 10-week period of November 22, 2021 to January 30, 2022, Shared Health found surgery volumes in Winnipeg hospitals were down 32%, with 3,101 fewer surgeries performed. Doctors Manitoba is incorporating this into our surgery backlog estimates, which also non-acute facilities in Winnipeg such as Pan-Am and private clinics, as well as rural hospitals. Meanwhile, the ORs at Carmen's hospital remain closed causing major disruptions to surgical and endoscopy activity at that site.
Surveillance indicators (interpret with caution due to PCR testing prioritization):
Daily cases high but declining*: 3,525 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified since last Wednesday, including 570 cases reported today. This is a daily average 439, down from 558 last week. The total case count in Manitoba now stands at 125,180.
Test positivity high but declining*: The provincial five-day test positivity rate is 23.2%, down from 29.2% last Wednesday.
Active cases decrease*: There are 13,119 active COVID-19 cases province-wide, down significantly from 32,547 last Wednesday.
* A reminder that daily cases are likely significantly under-estimated and test positivity may be over-estimated as rapid test results are not counted in the provincial statistics.
According to Health Canada's tracking, Manitoba's seven day rate of COVID-19 is 214 per 100,000, above the Canadian average of 204 but down significantly from 315 last Wednesday. Most other provinces have higher rates but comparing jurisdictions is challenging as testing capacity is strained and prioritized differently across provinces.
Treatment Recommendations
Shared Health has produced an updated guide on COVID-19 treatment recommendations, based on advice from the scientific committee on COVID-19 therapeutics.
So far, we are hearing many people potentially eligible for Paxlovid or monoclonal antibodies are not being identified early enough for those treatment options to be effective. Early identification of these patients is critical.
Below are several important updates related to COVID-19 vaccines for the past week.
Vaccine Expense Claim Forms Now Available!
We have launched expense claim forms for physician-led vaccine initiatives. This includes eligible expenses for patient outreach initiatives as well as scheduled vaccine clinics.
Please note we have three claim forms available:
Patient Outreach Expenses Form can be used to claim email outreach (onetime flat fee of $700), phone outreach ($3 per patient contacted), and immPACC Committee attendance.
Individual Vaccine Clinic Expense Form can be used to claim expenses for a single vaccine clinic, including the administrative stipend ($25/hour) and/or a top up to meet the minimum guaranteed hourly rate.
Multiple Vaccine Clinic Expense Form can be used to claim admin stipends and remuneration top ups for multiple clinics on one form.
The claim forms are available here. You can also access a brief guide to tariffs and vaccine funding initiatives here.
You can determine if you are eligible to claim a top up under the minimum remuneration guarantee using this one-page guide. If your total fee-for-service billing during the scheduled vaccine clinic is below the minimum hourly guaranteed rate, you can claim the difference as a top up to bring up up to the minimum hourly rate. The minimum hourly rate is $169.35/hour for clinics held weekdays in Winnipeg, with evening/weekend rates and rural/northern differentials as well. Please note, you must include ALL fee-for-service claimed during the scheduled vaccine clinic, not just vaccine-related claims.
Before submitting expenses, ensure your clinic is registered, and if necessary, that individual physicians are registered as well for direct deposit payment.
By default, expenses will be paid to physicians for committee attendance and the hourly top-up. Expenses for the administrative stipend, email and phone outreach will be paid to the clinic. Expenses will only be paid via direct deposit.
After you've tried submitting an expense, please let us know how it went and if there is anything we can improve.
Please note: there is no longer a need to submit scheduled vaccine clinics in advance. You can simply submit these as you claim expenses after the clinics have occurred.
Immunization after infection
Dr. Joss Reimer confirmed this week that Manitoba is adopting guidance released last Friday from the National Advisory Committee on Immunizations (NACI) about the timing of COVID-19 vaccination for individuals previously infected, though this is being adopted as guidance and not a rule.
The NACI guidance notes there is little evidence about the optimal interval between infection and vaccination, but given the spread of Omicron they are using the limited available evidence along with general immunological principles and expert opinion to provide updated guidance. They also note it is subject to change as more evidence emerges.
The key highlights from NACI's guidance includes:
Individuals who were previously infected with COVID-19 should continue to be offered vaccination
For infection before a first or second dose, the next dose should be provided eight weeks after symptom onset or positive test. However, if individuals are moderately to severely immuno-compromised, the next dose in the primary series should be received four to eight weeks after symptom onset/positive test. Note that the primary series for immuno-compromised individuals is three doses. If the individual has a history of MIS‑C, the next dose should be offered after clinical recovery or at least 90 days since the onset of MIS‑C, whichever is longer.
For booster doses for individuals age 12 and older, it should be administered three months after symptom onset / positive test, assuming it has also been at least six months from their last dose.
The full NACI document is available here with the supporting rationale for this guidance on the interval between infection and vaccination. Doctors Manitoba will monitor for updates from Manitoba Public Health and provide updates to physicians as this becomes available.
A reminder that Manitoba's pandemic restrictions were eased slightly on Tuesday. The changes ease some limits on gathering sizes, but vaccination and face mask requirements were left in place. See a full summary of the changes in last week's update.
Since this time, an anti-mandate protest has emerged in Winnipeg, similar to the one in Ottawa. A group has maintained a protest since last week by the Manitoba Legislature, with trucks and other vehicles. Memorial Blvd is being used as a staging area by the protesters, who at times disrupt traffic on Broadway to the South and York Ave to the North. On the weekend, a hit-and-run incident injured four of the protesters.
The disruptions have spread, a group of protesters today moving to block the Emerson border crossing, similar to a blockage at the crossing in Windsor, Ontario and a major crossing in Alberta. An anti-mandate protest at Steinbach Regional Secondary School resulted in a school lock down. The school has about 1,700 students. Early reports suggest a group of parents and supporters began protesting shortly after school started today, about between 100 and 150 students walked out to join them around 9AM. This follows reports of other protestors targeting a Winnipeg elementary school.
The protests come at a time that the Omicron wave is gradually receding, and restrictions begin to ease as well. The easing of restrictions has been controversial, with some worried it is moving too fast as hospitals are still under tremendous pressure, and others pushing for restrictions to be eased much more quickly.
In Saskatchewan, the Premier announced on Tuesday that proof of vaccination policies will end on February 14, with other restrictions set to be lifted by the end of February. This includes removing the requirement for masks in public places and mandatory self-isolation.
Alberta's Premier followed later on Tuesday, announcing proof of vaccination requirements would end that night and capacity limits were increased. Students will no longer be required to wear a mask at school starting on Monday. By March 1, most restrictions will be lifted including all school requirements, capacity limits, mask mandates and working from home. Mandatory self-isolation will become a recommendation at a later date.
Some see the Alberta and Saskatchewan moves as a response to the protesters' demands as they focus first on removing vaccination requirements.
Other provinces have also followed. Quebec plans to lift most restrictions by mid-March, Newfoundland and Labrador are starting to lift restrictions, and PEI is also making similar moves. Other provinces are expected to announce their plans soon. South of the border, several Democratic-run states are lifting statewide mask mandates as well.
What's next in Manitoba?
At a briefing these week, Deputy Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said Manitoba continues to rely on its monitoring of data to guide its decision about easing restrictions.
"Just because one province is doing something doesn't mean we're necessarily going to do that," Dr. Atwal noted. "A handful of individuals who protest have no bearing on what public health recommends. It's as simple as that. We have to look at what we have from a capacity standpoint, to look at what we recommend from a public health perspective, and we're going to continue to do that."
Dr. Atwal said while surveillance data is encouraging, showing Manitoba on an improving trajectory, there are no immediate plans to remove mask mandates or proof of vaccination requirements yet. Those restrictions will be removed like all others eventually, but doing so too soon would have an effect on transmission rates.
We understand the provincial government will provide an update on Manitoba's longer term plans for easing restrictions tomorrow.
Meet the 2022 Resident of the Year
What better time to announce this year's Doctors Manitoba Resident of the Year than Resident Doctors Appreciation Week!
A natural leader who consistently exceeds the expectations of colleagues and patients, she could not be more deserving of this award. Meet Dr. Dorothy Yu, our 2022 Resident of the Year!
We will be unveiling the winners for our other annual awards soon — stay tuned.
In the meantime, it is still Resident Doctors Appreciation Week. Our team has been connecting with residents at 16 sites across the province, including in the PARIM lounge today.
Don't forget to send a personalized thank you note to a hard working resident doctor this week. You can do that using our Resident Appreciation e‑card here.
Park Prescriptions (PaRx)
Physicians in Manitoba can now help improve patient health by prescribing access to nature with the Parks Canada Discovery Pass through PaRx, Canada's national nature prescription program. Medical research has shown a direct correlation between wellness and time spent in nature, with nature prescriptions being named one of the top eight global wellness trends in 2019. Nature prescription programs have been implemented around the world to address mental and physical health problems. At this critical time for health and wellness, with COVID-19 continuing to take its toll on Canadians, physicians can promote the mental and physical health benefits of getting outdoors.
Doctors Manitoba has joined as a partner, and you can participate as a Manitoba physician. Here are they key facts:
Physicians prescribe one Adult Parks Canada Discovery Pass per month while supplies last. These passes provide 12 full months of access. The Discovery Pass covers admission to one of Manitoba's most popular nature destinations: Riding Mountain National Park.
Please prioritize passes for those who live close to national parks, national historic sites, or national marine conservation areas, those who could benefit from it the most and for those whom cost could be a barrier to access, as supplies are limited.
Physicians have to register first with the PaRX program to be able to prescribe park passes. To register, complete this form.
Once registered, you will receive further instructions on how to prescribe a National Park pass to your patients
The program has already seen over 1,000 prescribers registered in British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with an aim to expand in all provinces and territories. You can learn more here about this unique collaboration between Park Prescriptions (PaRx) and Parks Canada, which was originally started by the BC Parks Foundation in 2020.
Physicians registered with the PaRx program can independently prescribe passes to patients during the course of regular visits. While the program launched in Manitoba in October of 2021, there will be another press release about the program next week.
Addressing COVID and Vaccine Inequities
Earlier this week, Dr. Marcia Anderson provided an update on the disparities in COVID-19 and vaccine access in Manitoba. As a Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Anderson has been a regular voice on this issue during the pandemic in her role as public health lead for the First Nations Pandemic Response Team.
Her presentation is worth a watch (find the link at the end of this story), and we have the highlights for you below.
The analysis looked at COVID-19 infections, serious outcomes and vaccination uptake among white Manitobans and those who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour (BIPOC). BIPOC individuals make up about 36% of our population according to census results.
Earlier in the pandemic, BIPOC people were disproportionately affected by COVID-19, accounting for about two thirds of positive cases and hospitalizations despite only making up about a third of our population. Vaccine access was prioritized for BIPOC communities, including earlier eligibility and targeted access initiatives. These initiatives included prioritizing vaccine eligibility earlier for younger Indigenous people and racialized neighbourhoods, as well as opening Urban Indigenous Clinics, offering language interpreter services, offer paid leave to get immunized and offering community outreach grants.
These policies helped, with BIPOC individuals now accounting for about 41% of those who are vaccinated. This suggests vaccine uptake is slightly higher among BIPOC communities than among white Manitobans.
More importantly, the impact of these policies is reflected in more recent COVID-19 data. In December, a hospital review found BIPOC patients accounted for only 22% of COVID-19 ICU patients and 25% of non-ICU hospitalizations. This is a dramatic change from earlier in the pandemic.
Dr. Anderson called this "a remarkable public health success that occurred in collaboration with members, leaders in BIPOC communities." She went on to explain that "it's important to understand that nothing else has changed. There is still systemic racism, there is still overcrowded housing, there is still higher rates of being in low income or higher-risk occupations and yet we see a dramatic difference in the proportion of cases occurring in these communities."
While the outcome is remarkable, there are reasons for concern once again because of the Omicron variant. Uptake of booster shots is lagging among BIPOC communities, with only 28% of those boosted identifying as BIPOC. Recent breakthrough infections are more common among BIPOC communities, and hospitalizations appear to be disproportionately growing again as well. "This reinforces the need for us to apply the same accessibility lenses to third doses as well as new treatments," Dr. Anderson added. On Monday, Manitoba formally adopted guidance from NACI that includes offering booster doses to BIPOC youth between 12 – 17 years of age, six months after their second dose.
All physicians can help by focusing on eligibility and access in their practice. Encourage BIPOC patients to get their booster dose, and consider outreach efforts to connect with BIPOC patients and communities to invite them to get their third dose. Consider working with a BIPOC community or organization to support outreach. Remember that Doctors Manitoba has negotiated special funding in addition to the $20/dose tariff to support physician-led vaccine initiatives, and that funding can support this important work.
And when you are meeting with patients, here are some quick stats on vaccine effectiveness from Dr. Anderson's presentation:
BIPOC individuals with two doses are nearly two times less likely to be hospitalized or require intensive care after two doses, and about three times less likely after a three doses.
They are two times less likely to die from COVID after two doses, and over 32 times less likely to die after three doses.
You can watch Dr. Anderson's presentation here (we consider it a must watch!), and view her slides with data and analysis here.
Rapid Tests & Isolation Benefit for Physicians
We have two important COVID-related updates for physicians today.
First about access to rapid antigen tests (RATs) for doctors' offices. As previously communicated, the province has agreed to send RATs to rural and Northern doctors' offices that are located 45 minutes or more from a provincial testing site for physician and clinic staff use. We advocated for this based on recent changes to return-to-work guidance from Shared Health that requires vaccinated health care workers to use RATs for 10 days after a close household contact. Physicians and clinic staff can also pick up RATs at provincial testing sites for this purpose, but will require a work ID, pay stub, business card or other proof of your status as a physician or health care worker.
We continue to advocate for improved rapid tests access for your patients as well, and we hope to see success in this area as the supply of RATs improves in Manitoba.
Second, we have pressed for an enhancement to the physician COVID-19 Isolation Benefit. The benefit has provided up to 20 days of financial support to physicians who have to isolate due to COVID-19. With the Omicron variant, some physicians have met the 20-day limit, even with more flexible return-to-work guidelines following an exposure or infection. Starting this week, physicians can request up to five additional days of support in the case of a positive test result or if you are immuno-compromised.
Rapid test results are satisfactory to claim the isolation benefit. We recommend taking a photo of your positive rapid test with the date it was taken for documentation purposes.
You can learn more about the isolation benefit and eligibility here.
ICYMI — Recent Key Updates
Here are a few recent updates, in case you missed it
Vaccine eligibility has been expanded, specifically boosters for youth aged 12 – 17 here.
Be sure to thank a Resident Doctor with a personalized ecard for Resident Doctors Appreciation week Feb 7 – 11. You can do that here.
There are two treatment options for COVID: Paxlovid and monoclonal antibodies. Find resources on Shared Health's COVID treatment resource page, including eligibility criteria and referral forms. Both treatments are time sensitive and need to be initiated within a 5 – 7 days of symptom onset.
Who doesn't love a little bit of a distraction these days? We're hosting a Wordle challenge with a $200 prize for the winning member to use at a local business of your choice that will improve your joy and wellness. You must complete at least 20 games by February 28 Find out more here.
We want physician feedback to help inform the Provincial Budget. Share your thoughts with us before February 15.
There is still more to learn about long COVID but we've got some details and information on a self-management group for patients suffering from long COVID.
January was a difficult month for Manitoba in the fight against COVID-19. We have broken down the stats for you here.
Celebrating Fantastic Physicians!
Congratulations to Dr. Lindsay Nicolle and Dr. Phillipe Lagacé-Wiens on being named to the Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list.
Dr. Nicolle, a professor emeritus of internal medicine at the Max Rady College of Medicine, is no longer active in research, but throughout her career, a major topic she addressed was clinical studies relevant to urinary tract infection. One question studied was the management of asymptomatic bacteriuria, which has become a topic of major interest in the last decade as antimicrobial stewardship initiatives have become essential in the management of infectious diseases.
Dr. Lagacé-Wiens, an assistant professor of medical microbiology/infectious diseases at the Max Rady College of Medicine, works to better understand the resistance to antibiotics in bacteria and evaluate new antibiotics against resistant bacteria to confirm that they might work to treat patients with similar infections in the future. He also conducts research to evaluate new diagnostic tools in the laboratory to help diagnose infectious disease and antibiotic resistance.
Let's get more Manitoba physicians recognized:
Nominations are open for the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, due June 13. Read nomination FAQs about nomination here and tips on creating a compelling nomination package here.
The WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women Awards are open for nominations, due May 17. The awards celebrate Canada's women leaders who lead selflessly with humility and authenticity, lift others up around them and who face adversity with bravery and strength. Nominate a colleague or yourself today!
Do you know a UM graduate who has achieved outstanding accomplishments in their professional and personal lives? Nominate them for a Distinguished Alumni Award. Find out more here and nominate someone here.
Events & Learning Opportunities
Bookmark our Events Calendar to be sure you don't miss any events or learning opportunities that interest you.
Early Career Learning Series
CMA Joule recognizes the challenges new physicians face and is offering a Early Career Learning Series to help early career physicians increase awareness and competency in key areas crucial to success. Learn more about the four sessions being offered here.
CanCOVID Speaker Series — Public Health Measures and Child Health During COVID-19 — February 15 2 – 2:30pm
Join researchers from SickKids and ParticipACTION to understand how public health measures have impacted Ontario children's health behaviours and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how policy makers, educators, health professionals, and parents/caregivers can act to mitigate the impact.
Learn more about this presentation here.
Physician Leadership Institute Course for Physicians Practicing in PMH, NHR, or IERHA
Your colleagues, Doctors Manitoba, CMA Joule, and IERHA, through the Affinity-funded Physician Health and Wellness Community of Practice, want to reduce physician burnout and increase physician wellness. Since leadership skills have a measurable impact on burnout and satisfaction we are pleased to offer all three participating pilot regions the opportunity to participate in these virtual Physician Leadership Institute (PLI) courses as a small contribution toward this goal. A formal leadership role is not required. The course is aligned with the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.
Questions? Email: jmacdonald@doctorsmanitoba.ca.
Leading with Emotional Intelligence — March 3 & 10 — 9am‑3:30pm11.5 accredited CPD hoursLearn more and register here before February 1 (limited spots available)
Cost: $200 each course (subsidized) Costs may be eligible for reimbursement through the DRMB CME Rebate


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Jeff Driskel Net Worth 2018: What is this NFL football player worth?
Jeff Driskel is a professional football player who plays Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals as number 6. Driskel was born on April 23, 1993, in Oviedo, Florida. Driskel's height is 6 ft 4 in. This page looks closely at Jeff Driskel's net worth.
Jeff Driskel Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, Jeff Driskel played football for Paul J. Hagerty High School. Driskel played college football on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team. In the 2016 NFL draft, Driskel was chosen number 207 in round 6.
In the past, Driskel played for the San Francisco 49ers, and Cincinnati Bengals.
Jeff Driskel Net Worth 2018
In 2018, Jeff Driskel is under contract to earn a salary of $600,000. Driskel's contract extends until 2019, with a total compensation of $700,000 in 2019. NFL salaries range significantly. At the lowest level, NFL rookies earn between $400,000 and $600,000 per year. At the highest level, stars can earn $50 million or more. The National Football League salary cap is approximately $170 million.
Jeff Driskel net worth: football salary distribution
So what is NFL football player Jeff Driskel's net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Jeff Driskel's net worth as of 2018 is:
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