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The Bird & The Bee -Edinburgh Fringe (interim post)
With a busy Sunday planned (mostly non-Fringe) we won't get the chance to post our thoughts on Saturday's four shows until Monday.
But we want to do a quick post about the interlinked shows 'Bird' & 'Bee' to say: See 'Bee' as a standalone piece and give 'Bird' a miss.
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"The Caravan" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"On the Waterfront" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"365" - Edinburgh International Festival 2008
"I Love You, Bro" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Zanna, Don't!" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Involution" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"The Bird & The Bee: The Bee" - Edinburgh Fringe 2...
"The Bird & The Bee: The Bird" - Edinburgh Fringe ...
"Deep Cut" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"How it Ended" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"My Grandfather's Great War" - Edinburgh Fringe 20...
"The Sword of Maximum Damage" - Edinburgh Fringe 2...
"Stolen Secrets" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
The Bird & The Bee -Edinburgh Fringe (interim post...
"The Factory" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"The Third Condiment" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Literally" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Free Outgoing" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Romeo & Juliet" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Markus Birdman: Sympathy For the Devil" - Edinbur...
"Restitution" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"The Army of Reason" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Golden" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Hero" - August 2008
"Oh! What A Lovely War" - August 2008
"Fall" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"The Factory" (sort of) - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Finished With Engines" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"The Patriot Act" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Time Bomb" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Call For The Condemned" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Creation & all that Jazz" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008...
"Shafted" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"You Don't Need To Know That" - Edinburgh Fringe 2...
"Plague! - The Musical" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Tony Of Arabia" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008
"Answers" - Edinburgh Fringe 2008


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The August Luncheon will have Ray 'Buddy' Wellborn '59 as the guest speaker giving us his insight on Navy Football. For those that heard him speak, you already know what a treat this will be. For those who don't know, Ray graduated from USNA in 59 winning the Thompson Trophy for Athletics. In his varsity years he played on Navy Football teams with winning seasons: 1956 (6-1-2), 1957 (9-1-1),and 1958(6-3). He was on the Navy's 1956 team that beat Notre Dame (and Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung 33-7). The next year he was AP's Back of the Week for scoring all three touchdowns in Navy's victory over Notre Dame 20-6 in South Bend. He shared the rushing honors for the Navy team that shutout Army 14-0 in 1957 and then beat Rice 20-7 in the Cotton Bowl Championship in 1958.
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Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton
By Vicki Weisfeld
Debut author Julie Carrick Dalton deserves praise for making concerns about important social issues – climate change and immigration – an integral part of her new novel. It isn't always easy to do that without turning a book into a lecture or consciousness-raising exercise. In this case, the story remains uppermost, and the characters themselves embody the (mostly) good impulses.
One memorable summer, about 25 years before the present day of the novel, a friendship was forged between two girls living on the shore of a New Hampshire lake. Cadie's parents were artists, and Daniela's parents, the Garcias, owned the hardware store in the nearby town of Maple Crest. And they harboured a dangerous secret. A decade earlier, they'd come to America from El Salvador as illegal immigrants, fleeing a violent military government which was supported by the United States. In New Hampshire, with their expensive false identity papers and new names, Raúl Garcia became an established businessman but he, his wife Dolores and daughter Daniela have never escaped the fear of being discovered and sent to an almost certain death.
When Cadie discovers a boat floating on the lake early one morning with no one to claim it, she uncharacteristically seizes it and makes it her own. She and Daniela spend many hours exploring the lake and picking blueberries in distant coves. Their travels take them past the dock of another cabin where a boy their age watches and waves. His life there with his Uncle Clyde is insanely boring, and they leave him books to read. One day, as Cadie approaches their book drop-off point, she hears but does not see an argument that ends with a gunshot.
It transpires that an immigrant farmworker whom Daniela's family knows has been killed. For complicated reasons, Cadie, Dolores and the boy from the dock bury the man in the woods – afraid any investigation will bring the Garcia family's illegal status to light. Dolores swears Cadie to secrecy and, indeed, she never tells anyone, not even Daniela, but the secret destroys their friendship and the guilt never leaves her.
Twenty-five years later, the body is discovered, and Daniela asks Cadie to return to Maple Crest. Her father, who'd had an argument with the dead man the day he was murdered, is being questioned about the cold case. She and Cadie know he had nothing to do with it and may have to say so.
Cadie finds that, despite the passage of time, the family's fear of deportation is still alive and an anti-immigrant sentiment has overtaken the community. Still, the hardware store is thriving, and Daniela has a feisty daughter. For her part, Cadie has immersed herself in her work, tracking the destructive bark beetles whose northward march is killing New Hampshire's trees at latitudes thought safe from those critters. The growing number of dead trees peppering the forests means destructive wildfires are almost inevitable.
Answering Daniela's summons, Cadie ends up back in Maple Crest for the first time since that consequential summer. What she learns about the long-ago murder, the origin of Raúl's fears for his family, and what became of the boy on the dock and his Uncle Clyde constitute the rest of the story. Uppermost in Cadie's mind is the fear and loathing she has for Clyde. He once threatened her with exposing the Garcias if she ever revealed what she knows. In short, everyone has been dealt a full hand of secrets, as dangerous as the fires that loom on the horizon.
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Anthophora plumipes  je vrsta divjih čebel iz družine pravih čebel, ki je razširjena po severni Afriki in večini Evrope pa vse do Kitajske in Japonske v Aziji. V 20. stoletju so vrsto zanesli tudi v Severno Ameriko.

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Odrasle čebele dosežejo dolžino med 13 in 15 mm. Obstaja veliko barvnih različic, zaradi česar je bila vrsta večkrat opisana pod različnimi imeni. Pri tej vrsti čebel je izrazit spolni dimorfizem. Tako samci kot samice imajo gost kožušček, le da so samci bolj živo obarvani od samic. Tako imajo sami kožuh rdečkaste do rdečkasto rjave ali sive barve, samice pa so običajno povsem črne ali temno rjave barve. Poleg tega imajo samice na zadnjih nožicah rdečkasto oranžne dlačice. Samci imajo srednji par nog izrazito daljši od ostalih, poleg tega pa imajo, za razliko od samic, na srednjem paru nog prisotne daljše dlačice, obrazna maska pa je rumena ali kremno bele barve. Obrazna maska samic je črna.

Anthophora plumipes je samotarska vrsta, ki ne gradi kolonij in se pojavlja v eni generaciji od marca do junija. Samice uredijo gnezda na koncu kratkih rovov, ki jih izkopljejo v ilovnate brežine. Gnezdo napolnijo s cvetnim prahom in medičino, s katerima se hranijo ličinke. Samica v vsak kupček cvetnega prahu izleže eno jajčece.

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Žuželke Afrike
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Žuželke Evrope
Žuželke Slovenije
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Anyway, this post lists my seven favorite series that finished during the Spring season, and the reasons I liked them… I just hope it posts properly! (Part 1, where I share my thoughts on the other 8 series I watched, is here).
I have provided links to the synopses in the titles of each series, and next to those in brackets is an indicator of how much the series has risen or fallen in my rankings (if at all) since my mid-season posts.
Here's my top seven series that ended last season! A less interesting post than Part 1, as there's not been much change from my mid season rankings (aside from Danshi Koukousei's plummet to 10th, which resulted in all the one place increases). Still, at least that proves these series are consistent!


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Q: Swift: How can the dictionary values be arranged based on each item's Levenshtein Distance number I have a dictionary of products of this format
static var RawSearchDict = [String:Product]()

key: "5f3f03271439a18028e8c0ba", value: App.Product(name: "LeapFrog Blues Clues and You! Magenta Learning Watch for Preschoolers",  productPrice: 14.84, productImageUrl: "https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/f3c7354a-5e70-41ba-a03f-3e3f1507822b_1.5f1104bfcda0ce4a6b730d123f90cbb2.jpeg?odnHeight=180&odnWidth=180&odnBg=ffffff")

key: "5f3f460d1439a18028e9fe9c", value: App.Product(name: "Blues Clues & You! Peek-A-Boo Magenta (10-inch feature plush)", productPrice: 24.84, productImageUrl: "https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/1e26fca6-c880-42e9-8a97-99d4a5198e80.15f4afeead4018d7aed12683ae29242b.jpeg?odnHeight=180&odnWidth=180&odnBg=ffffff")

I want to use user entry to find the best match in a product dictionary, called RawSearchDict, so I thought of using Levenshetein Distance number to do some sort of matching and ranking. My thought was

*

*Get each product description, which is the generatedString, in the RawSearchDict

*Find the Levenshetein Distance number of the generatedString compare with user entry

*Create a dictionary of products, called DisplayProductDict, that arranges the product so that the product string with the lowest Lev Dist number will come first and display first in my swiftui collection view.

I was able to figure out 1 and 2 but I haven't figured out a way to arrange the product in a dictionary based on the Lev Dist number. here's my code
levenshtein Dist function
func levenshteinDist(test: String, key: String) -> Int {
   let empty = Array<Int>(repeating:0, count: key.count)
   var last = [Int](0...key.count)

   for (i, testLetter) in test.enumerated() {
       var cur = [i + 1] + empty
       for (j, keyLetter) in key.enumerated() {
           cur[j + 1] = testLetter == keyLetter ? last[j] : min(last[j], last[j + 1], cur[j]) + 1
       }
       last = cur
   }
   return last.last!
 }

This gets the product data such as description and then calls the function above to get the Lev Dist number.
 func getProductData(){

    Global.displayProductArry = []
    var pIndexVsLevNum = [Int : Int]()
    for product0 in Global.RawSearchDict{
        let generatedString = product0.value.name.uppercased()
        let productIndex =  Array(Global.RawSearchDict.keys).index(of: product0.key)
        let relevanceNum = levenshteinDist(test: generatedString, key: self.userWordSearch)

        pIndexVsLevNum[productIndex!] = relevanceNum

    }
    // sort the dictionary by value
    let sortedTwo = pIndexVsLevNum.sorted {
        return $0.value > $1.value
    }
    let dictLen = sortedTwo.count

  }

My SwiftUI collection view source its data from Global.displayProductArry. So I want the final product order to be arranged in displayProductArry. Best matches first.
How can I order the dictionary values based on the Levenshtein Distance number? or What is the best way to implement order in a dictionary or array?

A: Your pIndexVsLevNum should also have the key of your original dict as key not the index of the entry. You always want to access a dictionary with a key.
You will end up with a dictionary with the original key and a value representing your sort criteria that you can now sort into your array
Global.displayProductArry = pIndexVsLevNum.sorted {
    return $0.value > $1.value
}

with that you can directly access your initial dict
for product in Global.displayProductArry {
    print (RawSearchDict[product.key])
}

something like:
func getProductData(){

  Global.displayProductArry = []
  var pIndexVsLevNum = [String : Int]()
  for product0 in Global.RawSearchDict{
      let generatedString = product0.value.name.uppercased()
      let productIndex = product0.key
      let relevanceNum = levenshteinDist(test: generatedString, key: self.userWordSearch)

      pIndexVsLevNum[productIndex!] = relevanceNum

  }
  // sort the dictionary by value
  Global.displayProductArry = pIndexVsLevNum.sorted {
      return $0.value > $1.value
  }
  let dictLen = sortedTwo.count

}

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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers was officially charged Wednesday in a 44-count indictment accusing him of heinous hate crimes in the murders of 11 people killed during a worship service.
After storming into the Tree of Life synagogue heavily armed with Glock .357 handguns and a Colt AR-15 rifle Saturday, Bowers, 46, made clear his desire to "kill Jews" before opening fire on the assembly, gunning down parishioners that included a 97-year-old woman, authorities said.
Six others were also wounded in what was described as the deadliest attack on Jews in the U.S.
"Today begins the process of seeking justice for the victims of these hateful acts, and healing for the victims' families, the Jewish community, and our city," said U.S. Attorney Scott Brady.
Charges against Bowers, a truck driver with a litany of anti-Semitic social media posts, include obstruction of free exercise of religion resulting in death, and using a firearm to commit murder during a crime of violence.
He also faces charges of attempting to kill people exercising their religious beliefs, and civil rights charges related to injuring several police officers who responded to the attack.
"These alleged crimes are incomprehensibly evil and utterly repugnant to the values of this nation," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement.
Bowers, who was wounded during a gun battle with police who responded, could face the death penalty if he is convicted.
Authorities said Bowers' hate fest did not end with his arrest.
As grieving families prepared for funerals, the hospitalized suspect continued making comments about wanting to kill Jews, even though some of the nurses and doctors who treated him were Jewish, according to hospital officials.
Bowers was released from the hospital hours before his first court appearance Monday. He remained jailed without bail.
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh's devastated Jewish community endured a second day of funerals for victims of the hateful rampage.
Melvin Wax, 87, and Irving Younger, 69, were among the victims being laid to rest Wednesday.


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Where are kids getting the most 'empty calories'?
'Empty calories' make up more than a quarter of American kids' total calories
Kids are urged to consume less sugar by avoiding sugar-laden drinks
Getting kids to eat their vegetables would help a lot
US children and teenagers are still downing too many "empty calories" – primarily from sugary beverages, sweets and pizza, a new government study finds.
The study, based on a long-running federal health survey, did turn up some good news: In recent years, kids have been eating fewer empty calories, versus a decade before.
The bad news is, by 2016, those sources still accounted for more than one-quarter of kids' total calories.
The term "empty" generally refers to food and drinks that provide a lot of calories but little to no nutrition. In this study, empty calories were defined as those coming from added sugars or "solid" fats (like butter and shortening).
Limiting sweetened drinks
Sugary drinks, the study found, have consistently been a top source of US kids' empty-calorie intake. That's not surprising, since added sugar lurks not only in sodas, but also sweetened juices, sports drinks, teas and milk, said lead researcher Edwina Wambogo, of the US National Cancer Institute.
And that, said Wambogo, points to a straightforward way to cut down on empty calories: Watch the liquid sugar.
When it comes to preschoolers, in particular, she said, simply limiting sweetened juices and milks would go a long way.
As kids get a little older, the study found, soda becomes a prime sugar source, while foods like cookies, brownies and pizza provide a large share of total sugar, as well as solid fats.
That's not to say there's no value in any of those foods, Wambogo pointed out. Even sweetened milk contains nutrients like protein and calcium. And pizza provides protein, dairy and vegetables.
So context matters, Wambogo said. If parents make a pizza topped with vegetables – and get their kids to actually eat vegetables – that's different from feeding the family a diet full of take-out.
Pizza not the problem
Wambogo was scheduled to present the findings at the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition, being held online. Data and conclusions presented at meetings are usually considered preliminary because they haven't yet been peer-reviewed for journal publication.
Connie Diekman, a registered dietitian who was not involved in the study, agreed that kids' overall diet is what's critical. And there can be room for pizza and chocolate milk.
"Pizza is not the problem," said Diekman, a former president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "The issue is – what is on it, and what does the rest of your family's eating plan look like?"
She suggested that parents focus on offering kids plenty of vegetables and fruits, whole grains, lean meats and low-fat dairy. "Find foods within those groups that your kids enjoy and then build meals around those options," Diekman said.
"If your kids love pizza," she added, "then try either making it at home with all the veggies they love, a leaner meat and a bit less cheese – or ordering a cheese pizza and adding steamed veggies."
Nutritious whole foods
Of course, Wambogo noted, kids eat outside of the home, too. "There's a lot that policymakers can do, too," she said.
In fact, Wambogo added, the recent decline in empty calories may be partly related to school policies that removed sugary drinks from cafeterias and vending machines.
Diekman agreed, saying the general advice to parents applies to schools as well: Offer kids nutritious whole foods and limit the added sugar.
No one is saying, however, that parents should deny their kids all sweet treats. "You can reduce the amount of sugar without eliminating it," Wambogo said.
Everyone, she noted, likes a brownie now and then.
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Rollits have been providing high quality legal advice in Yorkshire and beyond for over 175 years.
Over 175 years of experience
In 1841, New Zealand became a British colony, the first edition of Punch was published in London and the travel agent, Thomas Cook led the first privately chartered excursion train in England.
Meanwhile in Hull, in June of the same year, John Rollit, the son of a local cabinet-maker was admitted as a solicitor and taken into partnership by local solicitor William Dryden in a firm that became Dryden Sons and Rollit.
In 1850, he set up his own law firm at 62 Whitefriargate in Hull, becoming Rollit and Son when his son joined him in partnership in 1863.
In 1910, the firm's name changed to Rollit & Co, and further name changes occurred as others were taken into partnership: in 1916 to Rollit & Farrell and in 1934 to Rollit Farrell & Bladon. The name of the firm remained as Rollit Farrell & Bladon until 2001 when it changed to Rollits.
In 1990, Rollits opened an office in York city centre, moving out to Forsyth House, Monks Cross in April 2017.
On May 1, 2010, Rollits changed from a traditional law partnership to a Limited Liability Partnership with the name Rollits LLP.
Today the firm has adopted a management structure for the future with a Management Committee supported by three teams: operations, knowledge and skills and business growth.
Rollits core values are integrity and trust, the encouragement of innovation, teamwork and the continuing personal development of everyone at the firm.
We place a great emphasis on building relations with clients. We are not interested in short-term gain. A huge part of this is trust - our clients need to trust us and we need to trust our clients. Our partners and senior lawyers have a depth of experience in many sectors. We want to know about our clients' businesses and the sectors in which they operate because we know this is the only way to give best advice.
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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink savours Burton Albion win
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink praised Burton Albion's professionalism as they moved top of Sky Bet League 2 with a 3-1 victory at Cheltenham Town.
It took Burton 21 minutes to breakthrough a Robins defence that has not kept a clean sheet in League 2 since September 16 last year.
A low shot from Darragh Lenihan was blocked by Robins skipper Matt Taylor, but the ball fell to Stuart Beavon and he finished superbly past Trevor Carson.
Burton's lead was doubled in the 36th minute when Lucas Akins' cross from the right was helped on by Jacob Blyth and Adam McGurk capitalised on hesitancy from two defenders to nod into the net.
Cheltenham were made to pay for another defensive lapse four minutes into the second half.
Phil Edwards was left completely unmarked to head in McGurk's corner from the left and make it 3-0 to the Brewers.
"I am delighted with the win and you are always happy with three points," Hasselbaink said. "The performance was good, especially in the first half.
"In the second half we started very well, we looked very comfortable and when you look very comfortable it can be very dangerous.
"They scored to make it 3-1 and then there was a little bit of panic, but we finished it very professionally and had more chances. We looked very good at times.
"We are taking each game as it comes, the next one is now on Tuesday against Wimbledon.
"We have to prepare how we always prepare and take it from there. We have 15 matches left, but all we can control is the next match."


Published at Friday, October 26th, 2018 - 19:46:11 PM. Dining Room. By Celina Weisser.
Above all, you need to recognize what encompasses your eating set. Before choosing anything, to know the correct measurements of the zone starts things out. Decide how much space you will be back in your feasting region availability and accommodation of having a thought of the size and state of furniture, particularly a table that compares to the space. The size and state of the room itself ought to likewise impact your decision of feasting table, on the off chance that you feel a rectangular or roundabout table is more proper. Ensure you likewise take note of that the separation between the sun and any divider behind them. Inferable from the issue of adequacy of room around the lounge area furniture and relying upon the extent of the room, too are the quantity of people in the family and the possibility of accepting visitors to remember whether you require expansions to the feasting tables. Despite the fact that the stylistic layout room furniture would you, knowing how much space you require around the furniture ought to be the best need.


Cholesterol is the villain of the 20th century. In the 21st century, however, the evidence that vilifying the building-block of hormones and cell membranes has more negative than positive consequences is accumulating.
The latest piece to the pro-cholesterol puzzle is a study from the Capital Medical University (Wang. 2016) in Beijing, China. A study in which the researchers tried to get to the bottom of the proven link between cholesterol and several adverse outcomes in various disesase – especially infectious ones.
The authors conducted a study to supplement cholesterol, and observe the change on the test indexes and the severity of disease. Their randomized and controlled clinical trial was conducted at the infectious disease department in Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, between January 2011 and December 2012.
Figure 1: Effects of vitamin A on the mortality outcomes of various illnesses (Glasziou. 1993).
In conjunction with the dietary standardization, which involved a protein intake standard of 1.0g/kg ideal body weight (50% high quality protein), a carbohydrate intake standard of 50-60% of the total energy intake (mostly complex carbohydrates) and a fat intake of below 30% of the predetermined optimal energy intake for each of the patients, the scientists tried to ensure that no external factors would interfere with the recovery of their hospitalized (=tightly controlled) patients.
Figure 2: Effects of treatment / placebo on total cholesterol and SAPSII scores (Wang. 2016).
And guess what? The scientists' statistical analysis of the differences on indexes between after 10-day intervention in intervention group and after 10-day observation in control group showd significant differences in seven indexes, total cholesterol (TC), Body Mass Index (BMI), albumine (ALB), pre-albumin (PA), CRP, IL-6 and, most importantly, the severity of disease.
"The increased concentrations of TC, ALB and PA in intervention group were more than those changes in control group. The BMI in intervention group was increased more than that in control group.
The decreased concentrations of CRP and IL-6 in intervention group were more than those changes in control group. The improvement of severity of disease in intervention group was more obvious than that in control group. The improvement of nutrition status in intervention group was significant" (Wang. 2016).
Now, you can argue that all that may be due to other ingredients in the egg-yolk, but let's be honest: if infections, especially pneumonia and pulmonary infection disease, can lead to hypocholesterolemia and supplementation of cholesterol properly can improve the nutritional status, decrease the severity of disease, and improve the prognosis of disease, that's quite a convincing piece of evidence in favor of the importance of cholesterol in our bodies' fight against infections.
Bottom line: Yes, you can argue that cholesterol is a "vitamin" in infectious disease – a vitamin in the sense of a nutrient of which your body cannot produce enough on its own as a consequence of infections like pneumonia and pulmonary infection disease.
I suspect that you will still share my doubts that increasing a patient's cholesterol will in fact become the "new therapeutic target" in the treatment of infection diseases – and that in spite of the fact that this kind of "treatment" could, as the authors point out, be of particular importance in the elderly, where, in clinical practice, doctors obviously "have not fully realized the impact of low cholesterol level" (Wang. 2016). Rather than to "consider [… a] cholesterol treatment for [their] patients" (ibid.), doctors will continue to administer statins and enteral nutrition solutions that are devoid of the amounts of cholesterol of which the study at hand shows that they are critical to support patients' (and probably athletes) immune systems | Comment!
Glasziou, P. P., and D. E. Mackerras. "Vitamin A supplementation in infectious diseases: a meta-analysis." Bmj 306.6874 (1993): 366-370.
Semba, Richard D. "Vitamin A, immunity, and infection." Clinical Infectious Diseases 19.3 (1994): 489-499.
Wang, Jia, and Zhong-xin Hong. "Cholesterol Supplement can Alleviate the Severity of Pulmonary Infection of Patients with Hypocholesterolemia." Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 4.3 (2016): 131-136.


We've just released an update to VL3 and VL3X that adds a couple of features people have been asking for.
USB audio (VL3 + VL3X) and Backing Tracks (VL3X) can now guide your harmonies via NaturalPlay, both globally and per-preset. You can guitar solo to your heart's content over tracks and have the track be your key/scale guide.
Fixed an issue where momentary/latched could recall incorrectly after selected a function that momentary/latched did no apply to, like Tap Tempo.


A man free on bond after a drunk driving arrest last year landed back behind bars after he was caught driving on Morse Boulevard in The Villages.
Jerry Caldwell Helton, 62, of Summerfield, had been driving at about 6 p.m. Thursday near Brownwood when he was pulled over by a Sumter County sheriff's deputy.
Helton admitted he did not have a driver's license. Helton had been arrested in November on a charge of driving under the influence after he was caught swerving on U.S. 301. He had a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey and beers in his car at the time of that arrest. He refused to provide a breath sample.
In his latest arrest, Helton explained his situation to the deputy.
"The defendant advised he drives the vehicle regularly for work due to him not being able to find a ride," the deputy wrote in the arrest report.
A marijuana cigarette was found in the vehicle.
Helton was arrested on charges of driving while license suspended and possession of marijuana. He was booked on $11,000 bond at the Sumter County Detention Center.


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Wish it were here, 7 degrees here in the south this am!
great looking shot. Enjoy the ride.
Looks good Thomas and great photo. Glad that you were able to get out on the road. Lots of us are still going to be frozen in for several more days. Like what you've done to your Raider.
That looks great and time by the absence of shadows pretty early. ?


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Q: Why are feeds not up to date? Why are there differences between the newest questions displayed on Stack Overflow, and the feed generated for same resource?
Say, if I want to check the newest questions published under any category, via feed, I get the latest question atleat 3 minutes and sometimes 20 minutes later than it appears on Stack Overflow.

A: I think this applies to feeds in general - they are not always immediately updated. Or rather, the updates are not always immediately visible. I've been to new posts/articles before they appeared in my feed reader.
Given the volume of activity on SO, I'm not surprised that the feed is not always up to date.


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Vaccinated NBA players can return sooner, new protocols say
/ by Mike Gavin
Vaccinated NBA players now can test out of quarantine in six days.
Under new NBA health and safety protocols, vaccinated players and coaches can clear quarantine in six days opposed to 10 if testing indicates they are no longer a risk.
The changes made on Monday, which were agreed to by the NBA and National Basketball Players Association, come at a time when 172 players entered protocols over the past two weeks. That included 24 on Sunday, which was the most in a single day this season.
The new protocols shorten the path for a return to play, including for players who were already in protocols.
Under the previous protocols, players who tested positive had to wait 10 days to test out of quarantine or produce two negative tests 24 hours apart.
The changes were announced the same day the CDC recommended shorter isolation for those who test positive for COVID-19, reducing the suggested quarantine period from 10 days to five.
The NBA followed the NFL in revising their protocols and reducing the return time for vaccinated players. The NFL earlier this month reduced the return-to-participation requirements for players by allowing individuals who are asymptomatic for at least 24 hours to return, including as soon as the day after a positive test.
The NFL also decreased the frequency that asymptomatic, vaccinated players are tested. Rather than being tested every week, vaccinated players instead are regularly screened for COVID-19 symptoms. Players who develop symptoms are tested further and quarantined.
Teams also have the option to enforce their own precautions, with the Philadelphia Eagles opting to keep their quarterbacks separated to prevent a spread at the position.


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GRENKE Chess Classic Baden-Baden2.2.2015 - 9.2.2015
3rd Round
4th Round
GRENKE Chess Classic Baden-Baden
2 - 9 February 2015
Michael Adams
Name: Michael Adams
Nationality: English
World ranking: No. 17
Name: Etienne Bacrot
Name: Magnus Carlsen
Nationality: Norwegian
World ranking: No. 1
David Baramidze
Name: David Baramidze
World ranking: No. 236
Fabiano Caruana
Name: Fabiano Caruana
Levon Aronian
Name: Levon Aronian
Nationality: Armenian
Viswanathan Anand
Name: Viswanathan Anand
Nationality: Indian
Arkadij Naiditsch
Name: Arkadij Naiditsch
GRENKE Chess Classic Baden-Baden 2015
GRENKE Chess Classic Baden-Baden | 2-9 February 2015
The Baden-Baden Chess Centre (Schachzentrum Baden-Baden) invites you to the GRENKE Chess Classic 2015, an elite grandmaster tournament. The organisers are delighted to have brought together an exclusive line-up, headed by World Champion Magnus Carlsen and 2013 Champion Viswanathan Anand. This is the third edition of the GRENKE Chess Classic, which was also held in 2013 and 2014.
In the 2000s OSG Baden-Baden grew to be the most successful chess club in Germany, and the establishment of the Chess Centre in Baden-Baden in 1996 was a successful step towards putting the city on the European chess map. The organisation of the GRENKE Chess Classic builds on the tradition of the famous chess tournaments that were held in the spa resort in the last two centuries.
This year's edition has achieved a rating average of 2752 (1st January 2015), making it a stellar Category 21 tournament. That already makes it the second strongest tournament ever held in Germany, though there's still time to become the strongest when the February rating list is published. The Baden-Baden Chess Centre's partners are GRENKELEASING AG and the Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa.
The following eight grandmasters will participate in the GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 , playing each other once over seven rounds:
- Magnus Carlsen, World Champion (rated: 2862), 24, Norway
- Fabiano Caruana, World no. 2 (2820), 22, Italy
- Viswanathan Anand, World no. 5 (2797), 45, India
- Levon Aronian, World no. 6 (2797), 32, Armenia
- Michael Adams, World no. 17 (2738), 43, England
- Etienne Bacrot, World no. 39 (2711), 31, France
- Arkadij Naiditsch, World no. 49 (2694), 29, Germany
- David Baramidze, World no. 236 (2594), 26, Germany
The tournament will be played from 2-9 February 2015 in the historic rooms of the Kulturhaus LA8 in the very centre of Baden-Baden – the same location where OSG Baden-Baden plays its home matches in the Bundesliga. Rounds begin each day at 15:00, with a single rest day on Thursday 5 February.
Information on the grandmaster tournament:
Tournament Director Sven Noppes: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Tel.: +49-172-7258738
Dr. Markus Keller (Baden-Baden Chess Centre CEO): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; Tel.: +49-7221-50079623


This week coming, Running Bear and I will be celebrating 10 years together, and 8 years of marriage. 8 years and three precious small people later, and we are stronger than ever. Happy anniversary sweetheart!
At a bridal expo we went to a year or so before our wedding, there was a string quartet playing and I casually grabbed one of their flyers, and added it to the growing pile in my goodie bag. After arriving home, mum asked if I had their details, and when I said I did, she suggested that as our wedding gift from her, she would pay for the string quartet. As the sounds of Pachabel's Canon gently echoed around the church, I watched as my bridesmaids lead the way, and as they stood aside, I took my dad's arm, saw my soon-to-be-husband for the first time, and the music faded away, and I didn't hear another bar of it until I reached the end, took his hand, and our vicar gave us an smile and told us to just be, and listen and relax. Possibly one of the nicest part of the ceremony. Just being.
For our first dance, we had some classic Elvis.
Talking of wedding gifts from my parents. We were looking at DJs, tossing up our options, and my dad suggested there's nothing quite like a live band at a wedding, and if we had one, it would be our gift from him (seriously, how cool are my parents?). We had an AWESOME band, and you know what, I agree with dad. There's nothing like it. Live bands rock weddings. If you are planning a wedding, seriously, splash the cash on live entertainment. Brilliant. This was the first song from the band, as requested by my husband.
And a little running joke between the two of us, from the early days in our relationship. Despite my protests, he assures me this is "our song". Yep, high romance around here! Still, it brings a smile to my face everytime I hear it, and can't help but think of him, so it kind of does it's job, right?
And because I needed a fifth video. If I lay here, would you lie with me, and just forget the world?
I love your 5 songs. Thanks for getting Hey Baby stuck in my head!!
It's catchy, isn't it? Thanks for stopping by and joining the boogie!
no, no cliff diving 😉 Im scared of heights!!!
We are in agreeance then! Wordsprint tonight?


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Where Do The Rocky Mountains Start And End?
By C.L. Illsley on October 9 2018 in World Facts
The Rocky Mountains and Moraine Lake in Alberta, Canada.
The Rocky Mountains can be found in the western region of the North American continent. The Rockies, as they are commonly referred to, extend for a distance of about 3,000 miles beginning in the northern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia before stretching all the way into the United States where the mighty mountain range ends in the southwestern state of New Mexico. The Rocky Mountains are thought to have come into existence some 80 to 55 million years ago when shifting plates slid under the major North American tectonic plate. Because of this tectonic convergence, a broad mountain range was formed.
The Canadian Rockies
The Rocky Mountains begin in Canada and are part of what's known as the Canadian Cordillera which includes mountain ranges located from Canada's Prairie Provinces westward to the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Portions of the Canadian Rockies can be found in Alberta as well as British Columbia. Among the noteworthy peaks present along Canada's stretch of this mighty mountain range include Mount Columbia (which reaches a height of 12,293 feet) and Mount Robson (measuring in at an impressive 12,972 feet). The Canadian portion of the Rocky Mountains are bordered to the east by the prairies, to the west by the Rocky Mountain Trench (otherwise known as The Valley of a Thousand Peaks), and to the north by the Liard River which flows not only through British Columbia but also into the northern Canadian territories of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
Rockies in the United States
The Rocky Mountains in the US can be separated into several ranges including the northern portion located in the states of Montana and Idaho, the middle portion which stretches through the three states of Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, and the southern portion of the Rocky Mountain range which can be found in Colorado and New Mexico. The lower portion of the mountain range, termed the Colorado Plateau comprises four American states; Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
History of the Rocky Mountains
Evidence shows that humans began living in the Rockies sometime between 10,000 and 8,000 BCE. The area's first human inhabitants were thought to be members of various American Indian tribes including the Shuswap, Nez Percé, Shoshone, Hopi, Pueblo, and Navajo as well as several nomadic tribes such as the Crow, Blackfoot, and Cheyenne. All of these tribes left indelible marks on the Rockies with their distinctive cultures, artwork, and belief systems. It's interesting to note that due to difficult terrain and other natural conditions the Rocky Mountains were one of the final places explored by European settlers in the so-called "New World".
Wildlife of the Rockies
The Rocky Mountains are brimming with unique plant and animal life. Among the mammals who inhabit this dangerous terrain include grizzly bears, black bears, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, bison, wolves, marmot, squirrels, prairie dogs, pika, rabbits, otters, beavers, and rattlesnakes. Birds who call the Rocky Mountains home include the bald eagle, turkey vulture, great horned owl, Canadian geese, egret, crane, various types of ducks, and trumpeter swans have even been known to pay a visit during the warmer months.
Plants native to the Rocky Mountains include trees such as cedar, pine, cottonwood, as well as aspen, Douglas fir, and hemlock. Other plants found on the mountainous terrain include an array of wildflowers including bunchberry, larkspur, and columbine.
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Diana Rigg, who played Lady Olenna Tyrell on Game of Thrones, passes away at 82
The year 2020 has been the Red Wedding of years. As if the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't enough, tragedy has struck yet once again. This time, the wretched year has taken away another gem of the entertainment industry. Diana Rigg, who played the cunning Lady Olenna Tyrell on the series Game of Thrones, has passed away at the age of 82.
Diana was a decorated and esteemed performer. She was a venerable figure in Britain's entertainment industry and was the recipient of the famed Tony and Emmy awards. Rigg was also famous for her role as intelligence agent Emma Peel on 'The Avengers' in the 1960s.
Dame Diana Rigg . She always raised the bar with her incredible talent, intelligence and wit. An absolute joy and honor to work with. May her soul Rest In Peace https://t.co/BC4annah1H
— Nikolaj CosterWaldau (@nikolajcw) September 10, 2020
Diana Rigg played the role of Lady Olenna Tyrell, also known as The Queen of Thorns on HBO's The Game of Thrones. She began in the third season in 2013. She was nominated for the esteemed Emmy awards for the category 'Best Guest Actor' for her work on the show, consecutively from 2013 to 2015.
"Diana was a beautiful kind and generous human being that enhanced the lives of all that knew her as well as a great actress. She leaves a great void in my heart," said Lionel Larner, who was Rigg's long time friend and talent agent.
Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. She spent her early childhood in India. Diana did her training as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1955-57 and made her professional stage debut in Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1957. She died from cancer which was diagnosed back in March.
Her loss will be deeply felt and she will be missed all over the world. Our condolences are with her family and friends.
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2 Chronicles 7-8
Chapter 7: The Lord Appears Unto Solomon
Solomon ended his dedicatory prayer when The Lord came down from heaven and consumed his burnt offerings and sacrifices and the priests could not even enter into the temple, because the glory of The Lord had filled the entire temple. When everyone sees tv glory of God in the temple, the children of Israel bow to the earth, and worshiped and praised God. Solomon then offered 22,000 oxen and 22,000 sheep as sacrifices. Solomon had to use the middle court, because the altar in the temple could not accept all of the fat and meat offerings. But the children of Israel keep the feast for 8 days, and on the eighth day they made a Solomon assembly.
The Lord appeared to Solomon by night and tells him that his prayers have been answered and that he will overlook the little things that men do, if they turn away from their evil ways and do good He will be patient and kind to the children of Israel. The Lord also promises to bless Solomon with many things if he follows The Lord, but if he did not follow The Lord he would be cut off.
Chapter 8: Solomon Builds Cities
Hurman restores cities to Solomon and Solomon causes that his people dwell in those cities. Solomon goes on to build more cities, like; Beth-horon and Baalath and all the other cities. Solomon offers sacrifices to The Lord according to the law of Moses and priests and Levites are appointed to serve The Lord.
Chapter 5: Stones and Timber for the Temple
King Hiriam of Tyre sends some of his servants to go in unto Solomon to help him. King Hiriam has always loved Solomon and therefore upon discovering that he had been anointed king sent aide to build the house of the Lord.
The first part of this chapter has two verses that really stuck out to me; "…David…could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurent" (1 Kings 5:3-4). This to me is very interesting, because like Temples of old and the modern day temples of the Restored Church of Jesus Christ (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), evil is opposing the construction of temples since the beginning! Why? Because Satan knows that through the Temple and the ordinances performed there, it is possible for man to return to live with Heavenly Father. Thus completing the Plan of Salvation that God laid out before the foundation of the Earth and the same plan that the Devil has been trying to destroy since that time. There are currently 137 operating Temples throughout the entire world. Every single one of them has been a struggle and a sacrifice, but with so many sacrifices, come so many blessings!
Solomon commands that the Sidonians bring in cedar and fir trees from Lebanon to start work on the Temple. In trade for this work and the trees being provided Solomon gave Hiriam; 20,000 measures of wheat and 20,000 measures of pure oil every year. Because of this, Hiriam and Solomon became great friends and formed a league (my guess was to have a stronger influence in the area and also to achieve the great task of building this temple).
Solomon had 70,000 laborers, 80,000 stone cutters, and 9,300 overseers of the construction of the Temple. Thus the preparation of the construction began.
Chapter 6: Solomon Builds the Temple
The construction of the Temple began 480 years after the children of Israel left the land of Egypt. This was in the fourth year of Solomon's reign as king and in the second month of the year.
The dimensions of the Temple;
60 cubits long = 90 feet
20 cubits wide= 30 feet
30 cubits high= 45 feet
The portico at the front of the main hall extended the width of the temple (30 feet) and projected 15 feet.
Surrounding the temple are houses and a complete wall + compound.
While building the temple all work that required immense noise (like chiseling) was done off site and brought in quietly (in a reverent and respectful way). The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended an additional 30 feet and then projected about 10-15 feet from there. All of the windows in the temple were narrow and tall. Against the walls of the main hall, King Solomon had a structure built around the building that had side rooms. The lower floor was 7 feet 6 inches wide, middle flower was 9 feet and the third floor was 9 feet 6 inches wide. The entrance to the lower floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and then onto the third floor. The side rooms were about 8 feet tall and were attached to the temple by beams and cedar planks.
God was pleased with the work and promised Solomon that if him and his people would worship there and follow his commandments that they would be a greatly blessed people. Solomon finishes the temple with details like lining the interior walls with cedar boards, paneling from the floor to the ceiling. At the rear of the temple Solomon sectioned off an area of about 30 sq feet for the "Most Holy Place". On the interior of the temple all was cedar so that no stone was to be seen.
In the inner sanctuary Solomon prepared it for the Ark of the Covenant, that room was 30x30x30 feet. On top of all the cedar the entire temple was overlaid with Gold. Also on the inner sanctuary Solomon had a pair of cherubims made out of Olive wood; 15 feet tall with wings about 9 feet long. Both cheribums were identical in every way, with one wing of each touching the walls and the other wings touching each other in the middle… and of course overlaid in Gold. The entrance to the inner sanctuary was sealed off by doors made from Olive wood, 1/4 the thickness of the exterior walls (heavy duty doors) and also doors made of juniper wood, each having leaves to open the door. Each door had carvings of open flowers, palm trees and of course overlaid in Gold.
The Temple was finally completed with all its details and specifications 7 years later.


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Answer: There is very little in the Florida Homeowners' Association Act that addresses the procedure by which rules are to be adopted. Particulars regulating rule adoption and notification will largely be addressed in the association's governing documents.
I have seen provisions that require the board to provide notice of an effective date a certain number of days before a rule can be enforced. I have also seen provisions that state that the rules cannot be enforced until a copy of the newly adopted rules is provided to all members. I have even seen provisions that allow the board to adopt and enforce rules, but then provide the members with the right to veto those rules. None of this is addressed in the Act.
The Act does not say that the board is not automatically given the authority to adopt rules. That authority must flow from the governing documents. In some homeowners' associations documents I have reviewed, (especially older documents), the board is only given authority to adopt rules regulating the common areas and procedural rules pertaining to the administration of the association. This would preclude the board from adopting rules governing the parcels (lots and homes).
Unless otherwise provided in the governing documents, procedural rules and regulations regulating the use of the common areas can be adopted at a regular meeting of the board after providing the notice required by the association's bylaws (which is typically 48 hours posted notice).
Where the governing documents give the board rulemaking authority as to the parcels, the Act requires that the board first provide the association members with mailed or delivered notice at least 14 days in advance of the meeting. The notice must specifically state that rules regarding parcel use will be considered, but there is no requirement to provide a copy of the proposed rules (though there may be a requirement to do so in the governing documents).
While the association is not obligated by statute to send out a copy of new rules after adoption, common sense dictates that the best way to gain compliance is to let members know what rules have been adopted by providing a copy. It is also a basic due process concept.
These same principles apply to architectural guidelines adopted by the entity authorized to do so in the governing documents (usually the board of directors, sometimes the architectural review committee). Since architectural guidelines dictate what an owner can or cannot do on his or her parcel, 14 days advance written notice must be given.
Rules that are not adopted under proper authority or by following proper procedures are subject to legal challenge. If the board has a question about rule adoption or enforcement, the association's legal counsel should be asked to provide guidance.
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Inosine is a nucleoside, which is one of the basic chemicals used to construct cells.
L-inosine is the biologically active form, which has the chemical formula 1,9-dihydro-9-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-6H-purin-6-one.
L-inosine is formed by attaching a molecule of the purine derivative hypoxanthine to a molecule of sugar ribose via a glycosidic bond. This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme phosphorylase, which also converts inosine back into hypoxanthine and ribose.
L-inosine is most often found in transfer RNA (tRNA) and is essential for translating the genetic code in base pairs of nucleotides of RNA. It is also the precursor for several important substances such as adenosine, which is used in metabolism and energy production.
Adenosine and inosine monophosphate can also be readily converted back into inosine. Furthermore, L-inosine is the precursor for uric acid, which may inhibit the effects of free radicals.
L-inosine is also believed to support many other bodily functions, primarily those dealing with insulin, oxygen metabolism and protein synthesis. The most common dietary sources of L-inosine include organ meats and brewer's yeast.
It is also available as a health supplement, typically in the form of capsules and tablets. The dosages of inosine that have been studied are typically in the range of 500 to 2,000 milligrams per day.
Some studies have used dosages as high as 6 grams per day.
The most common use of inosine as a health supplement is the improvement of athletic performance. It is also used for its antioxidant properties and to support the nervous system.
Poor exercise performance is one of the most common signs that you may benefit from L-inosine supplements, including strength and endurance. Inosine use is especially common among competitive bodybuilders.
Oxidative stress can also indicate that you may need L-inosine, which can take many forms. One of the most common indications of oxidative stress is signs of aging in the skin.
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Users will always choose the easiest option, so if we want a competitive advantage we must focus on simplicity.
I don't mean to be rude, but you are lazy! But don't feel too bad, so am I. In fact we all are. It is one of the defining characteristics of being human. Our relentless march to ever more advanced technology is largely driven by our inherent laziness. We are always looking for new ways to do things faster and with less effort.
Of course marketers have known about this characteristic of human behaviour for generations. That is why your bank can get away with such poor service. They know that we are too lazy to move because it is too much work. It is also why gym memberships automatically renew. They know that we will never quite get around to cancelling them.
Yet despite this being a well-known human characteristic it is something that many of us ignore in the digital field. This is all the more ironic considering we call ourselves experts in human behaviour. You see many of us are under the delusion that people want to use our apps or websites.
People don't care about using your app or website. They only care about the result it delivers.
The truth is people have no interest in using applications or websites. They are tools for a goal. They want to use your website or application for the smallest amount of time. Just enough to achieve the result that they are looking for.
People don't use Facebook for the user interface. They use it to keep in touch with their friends. They don't visit your website to see your gorgeous branding or engaging video. They just want to get the information they need and get out.
Google get this. They are relentless in their aim of getting you off the Google search site as soon as possible. Yet they are an exception.
Take for example BMW. They have had the genius idea of launching an app that will allow you to unlock your car. How cool is that? I mean, keys are so 1999.
Take the phone out of my pocket.
Flip through my screens until I find the BMW app.
Find the function to unlock the car.
It is just easier to use my keys. Its not like I can get rid of my keyring. They have my house keys on too.
You see that is the key (no pun intended). We always do what is easiest. If it is easier to use your website than the competition we will no matter how great their branding. The only thing that can compete with ease is price and that is not always the case.
This is why Apple Pay will never become mainstream in the UK. Every British person already has a credit or debit card that allows us to pay with contactless. The Apple Pay experience is good. But it is still hard compared to pressing a credit card against a terminal. Sure, Apple Pay would be great if it meant I didn't have to carry my credit card. But that won't happen because Apple Pay will never be as ubiquitous as cards.
Apple Pay will never become mainstream in the UK because it is not easier than contactless payment.
We under estimate the potential of making things easy. Organisations hire me to help them create a better user experience. They talk to me about brand values and delighting their customers. In their minds it is these things that make a great experience. But when I start talking about ease of use they just stare at me.
Yet creating an easier experience for people can be all the differentiation you need. Take for example Uber. Uber doesn't have the most amazing branding. It hasn't spent millions on advertising. Yet they have revolutionised taxi travel. They have redefined a sector.
The reason for their success is simple – they create a frictionless experience. No struggling to hail a cab, find the right money, calculate a tip, ask for receipts or worry the driver is ripping you off. Uber deal with it all and more. You just press a button, get in the cab and get out at your destination. Easy!
But they aren't unique. Google supplanted Yahoo! for the same reason. Netflix replaced Blockbusters, iTunes destroyed high street music retail. In every case the reason was that the experience was just simpler. Simpler to download the songs you want rather than go to the high street and buy a whole album. Simpler to stream the film you liked, rather than collect physical disks from a store.
I am blown away by how people seem to miss the importance of simplicity and ease of use. One minute a client can be sharing their frustrations with their banking app. The next they add more complexity to their own products in an attempt to make it 'more engaging'.
I have put a lot of thought into why this is. The answer is obvious when you think about it. We have a disproportionate view of our own offering.
Let us say for a moment you are selling insurance. You are an expert in insurance. You think about insurance five days a week for eight hours a day. To you insurance matters. But to anybody else it is just another thing on their todo list.
Of course after reading the above paragraph you will be nodding in agreement. Nobody cares about insurance. But now substitute what you do. The same applies.
Nobody cares about your product or service like you do. To them it is just a task on a todo list.
I don't even care if you work at a charity or are selling people a huge life changing product like a place at University. The same is true. The interaction the user is having with you is just one small, insignificant part of their life. They just want to get it sorted and move on.
Take for example charitable giving. Sure giving to charity matters. The fact that I am giving shows I care. But for most of us it is just a passing response to something which has moved us.
As for picking a life changing product such as going to University. Well there are so many options out there. So many places I could go. I am reviewing many, many, options. I cannot give that much attention to each. At least not until I have narrowed the field.
Seriously! I cannot overstate this. Nobody cares as much about your products and services like you. Instead of wasting time trying to make your audience care, start investing in making their experience easy. Instead of trying to maximise your engagement with users, minimise it! Focus on minimising your impact on the users day. Start thinking of yourself as a utility, rather than a destination. It will transform your digital experience for the better.


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Juozas MILIAUSKAS
Juozas Miliauskas was born near Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1934. He lived in the country with his parents, his father, a workman, and his mother, a housewife.
After 1947, the family feared arrest. One of his father's brothers had joined the "Brothers of the Forest". Several times they hid with friends or neighbours, in 1947 and 1948. But on 17 March 1949, four NKVD soldiers, speaking Lithuanian among themselves, came for them. They were taken to the station in a cart and then locked in a goods wagon. They had only half a sack of flour with them.
The train went to the Irkutsk region. From there they were taken by lorry and then sleigh to the village of Chichek in the back of beyond. There they worked the land and were paid by the collective farm in trudodni (labour days). His parents reported to the commandant once a month. Their neighbours helped them out with a few potatoes or other useful things. They spoke Lithuanian among themselves but Juozas learnt Russian from the local young people.
He became a tractor mechanic, then a driver, a step up that made his life more comfortable.
In 1956, he was released from his status as a "special resettler" and in 1957 he returned to Lithuania with his parents. But by now he was a Siberian. "There was nowhere to live", "We didn't belong". Six months later he decided to go back where he came from, Siberia, took up agricultural work again and then moved to Bratsk, a village that had become an industrial city. He still lives there today.
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Juozas Miliautskas
Detailed biography of Juozas Miliautskas
Juozas Miliautskas was born in Vyčius near Kaunas in 1934. At that time Kaunas had been the capital of independent Lithuania for some fifteen years. He lived in the country with his parents — his father a workman, his mother a housewife. He saw the war pass through his village. His elder brother was killed on the front while serving in the Red Army. He remembers incessant bombing near his home. He also remembers the Jews being rounded up by the Germans to work in the forest. Then they were taken by lorry to Kaunas and shot in trenches. Then those who had dug the trenches were shot in the forest in turn and burnt.
By 1947 the family feared arrest. His father's brother had joined the "Brothers of the Forest", a group of Lithuanians resisting the Soviet authorities. The family hid with friends and neighbours several times in 1947 and 1948. Finally, on 17 March 1949, four NKVD soldiers, speaking Lithuanian among themselves, arrived. His father was beaten and injured. They were taken by cart to the station, taking half a sack of flour with them. There they were put into a goods wagon, he, his parents and his younger brother. They found twenty other families, on bed frames, with a stove, a little coal for the journey, hot water given when the train stopped and a salted fish for all of them.
The train took them to the Irkutsk region where lorries came from all around to disperse them. They were taken by lorry to the village of Zhigalovo and then in a sleigh to Chichek, 16km further, in the back of beyond. They worked the land and were paid by the collective farm in trudodni (labour days). His parents reported to the commandant once a month. They lived in the house of farmers who had been purged some years earlier and arrested as kulaks. Their neighbours helped them out with a few potatoes or other useful things. They spoke Lithuanian among themselves but Juozas learnt Russian from the local young people.
Juozas became a tractor mechanic, then a driver, a major step up that made his life more comfortable.
In 1956, he was released from his status as a "special resettler" and in 1957 he returned to Lithuania with his parents. But by now he was a Siberian. "There was nowhere to live", "We didn't belong". Six months later he decided to go back where he came from, Siberia, and took up agricultural work again.
In 1970, he moved to Bratsk, a village that had become an industrial city when a vast hydroelectric power station was sited there that was the pride of the Soviet Union and thousands of Soviet citizens came to build it. He still lives there today.
Deportation – the journey
It was good to have power, it was good…
Juozas Miliautskas in the late 1950s
© Juozas Miliautskas Juozas Miliautskas's family in Siberia
© Juozas Miliautskas Juozas Miliautskas, his wife, children and motorbike in Siberia
© Juozas Miliautskas Miliautskas's children in a cabbage field in Siberia
© Juozas Miliautskas Juozas Miliautskas and his wife
© Juozas Miliautskas
Personal photographs, Siberia
These photographs were taken in the late 1950s, shortly after Juozas Miliautskas was released, and show a family of deported persons in Siberia. Juozas Miliautskas still lives in Siberia.
"They slaughtered the cattle, took the cow away.
We had half a sack of flour.
They took us to the station in a cart.
They put us in a goods wagon.
We were 20 families.
We slept on and under the bed frames.
There was a small stove.
When the train stopped, one of us would get out to fetch boiling water.
Once a day, they threw in a salted fish to be shared among us all.
They took us to Irkutsk and unloaded the wagons. It was in April.
From there they sent us out all over the region.
And that is how we got to Zhigalovo."
They unloaded us from the wagons
"They took us to Irkutsk and unloaded us from the wagons. It was in April. From there they sent us out to villages all over the region. And that is how we got to Zhigalovo.
They allocated us to empty houses with no doors or windows. We first used paper to fill the openings. Then, when winter arrived, we tried to fix things better. And then… we got used to that life.
First of all they forced us to dig the fields. You know, there weren't many tractors after the war. Anyway, we had to meet our daily labour quota."
They unloaded us from the wagons (VE)
Earning a living (trudodni)
"Say you did your five days. Then you went to the storeman. You brought your little canvas bag. For five days' work you were allowed 200g of oatmeal. The storeman said, "Here's your quota for five days. Here, this is for you." He'd put two scoops of flour on the scales. And it was like that every five days.
I'd go back home with this milled oatmeal. There was bran in it. Mother would sieve it and boil up the bran. And she made a drink with it. It was good; I really liked it! She would mash the beetroot and potatoes and make potato cakes. That was our bread."
Earning a living (trudodni) (VE)
That's when we started living (VE)
"Two years later we had 70kg of wheat. For the whole year. In those days we were paid 10 kopecks for a day's work.
When I became a tractor mechanic, and then a combine harvester driver, we started to earn eight, ten centners of wheat. One tonne, then one and a half tonnes. So we were able to have livestock, pigs, cows, and geese. We had our own mill and we could mill our flour. That's when we started living."
That's when we started living
Tractor mechanic!
"I worked on tractors and my brother worked with our team accountant.
I was about 19. In those days, all the tractors belonged to the local agricultural equipment station. The people would cry, "A tractor mechanic!" And they would stop to watch us. It was certainly a lot better than digging with a spade!"
Tractor mechanic! (English version)
Driver – technical progress
"My brother went to school here. He was a very good pupil. Then he worked on the tractor trailer. It wasn't until he got back to Lithuania that he learnt to drive the tractor.
Then there was diesel… After the war there were 'Natik' tractors with iron cabins! Those diesel tractors were unbelievable.
I drove those tractors, and the combine harvesters! I was a driver. I even went to fetch combine harvesters from Irkutsk. That was 500km away. You had to cross the river on the rocks. The combine harvesters often toppled over. But I had no trouble!"
Driver – technical progress (VE)


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