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Crunch time for local journalism
Nov. 3, 2021 at 2:31 pm Updated Nov. 3, 2021 at 2:31 pm
Seattle Times Free Press editor
The United States cannot truly "build back better" without local news to inform and engage its citizens.
Congress seems to appreciate this, with tremendous last-minute efforts in the House to restore funding for payroll tax credits that are key to saving local news outlets.
Now it's up to the Senate to ensure this temporary but critical measure remains in the final budget reconciliation package.
This is essential as the country invests in new social programs, voting reforms and physical infrastructure. Troubles will continue if democracy's cornerstone, its local free press system, continues to erode without federal support.
Temporary tax credits, as first proposed in the bipartisan Local Journalism Sustainability Act, are the best available solution to preserve remaining newsroom jobs and incentivize adding more.
Their cost is relatively minimal, less than 0.1% of the Build Back Better package. House budget writers cut the credits as the spending package was reduced by half, but restored them Wednesday with leadership by Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal.
It's not exaggerating to say that without the credits, hundreds more communities and millions of voters will lose their primary source of civic knowledge.
At least 100 local newspapers will close next year and 500 over the next five years if Congress doesn't help, according to Penelope Muse Abernathy, the Northwestern Journalism professor who documented America's news deserts.
One such desert is spreading across the home state of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The number of local papers in New York declined 40% since 2004, and the reach of remaining papers is down 63%.
If all politics are local, and local newspapers are the primary way voters are informed of local issues, how can the system hold up if the local-news death spiral isn't stopped?
I've said this many times, so I'll pass the microphone to others raising the alarm.
"It's a relatively inexpensive proposal — less than 0.1% of the total legislation — but it is the only provision before Congress that addresses the disinformation and misinformation now threatening to destroy our democracy," Jim Friedlich, CEO of The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, wrote in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Absent a strong press, local news deserts are being filled by harmful disinformation, partisan hyperbole, and unverified, often bogus, social media posts. Without accurate, independent news and information, families cannot make informed decisions about their health or education, communities cannot hold government accountable, and democracy itself comes under dire threat."
Juan-Carlos Molleda, dean of the University of Oregon's journalism school, wrote this in The Oregonian:
"This is essential because local news is collapsing around the country. Because the internet has destroyed local news business models, there has been a 60% drop in the number of reporters since 2000. Thousands of communities have no newspapers or 'ghost newspapers' that barely cover communities."
"Studies have proved what we know intuitively: When there are fewer local reporters, there's more government waste, corruption. Just as important, it's harder for neighbors to know each other and for communities to solve their own problems. Voting goes down. Participation goes down. The information vacuums are filled with misinformation and conspiracy."
Steve Waldman, president of Report for America, writes:
"How can residents know how to fix their schools if no one is providing them accurate independent information about how their local tax dollars are being spent? How can you address economic development, crime or health care without knowing the facts? Where will people learn accurate information about local COVID vaccinations?"
Waldman continues:
"No journalist loves the idea of the government helping them out. The crisis has become so existential that temporary measures like this are necessary — and this particular provision is shrewdly constructed to avoid First Amendment problems. It's a tax credit to all those newsrooms that cover local communities; there's no federal bureaucracy dispensing grants to local newsrooms that the president likes. It's content neutral and would benefit newspapers, TV stations, websites and public radio."
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, who last year documented the journalism crisis in a report highlighting the urgent need for support, drove this home when proposing the tax credits in July:
"The strength of our democracy is based in truth and transparency, and local newsrooms are on the ground in our communities asking the critical questions, countering misinformation, and telling our stories," the Edmonds Democrat said. "We have to protect these vital parts of our communities."
This is excerpted from the free, weekly Voices for a Free Press newsletter. Subscribe here.
Brier Dudley on Twitter: @BrierDudley. is editor of The Seattle Times Save the Free Press Initiative. Its weekly newsletter: https://st.news/FreePressNewsletter. Reach him at bdudley@seattletimes.com


The north side of Totolave Island is generally pretty well protected from any storm surge. It is home to the most prolific variety of hard corals that I have seen anywhere- and I only wish I knew all their names. Wandering along the gently sloping drop, I savor the corals growing in fascinating formations, reminding one of visions of fairylands and castles. It pays to keep a sharp eye out, for rare Meyer's Butterflies and Pastel Ring Wrasses occasionally reward the vigilant. A stunning array of butterflies, angels, parrots, rabbits, goats and wrasses can keep one endlessly occupied.
So named for its brilliant, contrasting colors, Rainbow actually occupies a relatively small section of a long wall, and is best experienced by zig-zagging along the wall from the depths to the shallows. Back dropped by my beloved pink soft corals, encrusted with waving fans, brilliant rose and pale pink male anthias attempt to round up their golden females and steal their neighbors' girls, while blue Red-toothed triggers perform their color changing magic, bouncing from their dark blue to turquoise at the hint of a possible mate or intrusion to their nest. I love to just hover off the wall, assume a Lotus position and just watch the show, often finding myself giggling at the Triggers' antics.


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A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday on CNN's challenge to the revocation of reporter Jim Acosta's White House hard pass. The judge said he will rule Thursday.
A White House intern tries to take away the microphone held by CNN correspondent Jim Acosta as he questions President Donald Trump on Nov. 7.
WASHINGTON — A Justice Department official argued Wednesday that President Donald Trump has complete discretion over press access to the White House, and can kick out any reporter — or all reporters, for that matter — for any reason.
Lawyers from the Justice Department and CNN sparred in federal court in Washington, DC, over the network's bid to reinstate chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's hard pass access, which was revoked after a tense exchange with Trump at a press conference on Nov. 7. The federal judge overseeing the case did not rule on CNN's request for an immediate order, saying he would announce his decision from the bench the following day.
US District Judge Timothy Kelly asked Justice Department Deputy Assistant Attorney General James Burnham if the White House could revoke a reporter's press pass because it didn't like their reporting. Burnham said yes. If the president wanted to exclude all reporters from the White House, Burnham said, he could do that, too.
"This is an inherently discretionary decision," he said.
Kelly asked Burnham who made the initial decision to take away Acosta's hard pass. Burnham said that was not "clear" from the record. He said that at a minimum, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the decision per a statement released by the White House, and the president affirmed it the next day. CNN's lawyer Ted Boutrous argued that the lack of clarity on who made the decision underscored the lack of due process afforded to Acosta.
Burnham acknowledged that he wasn't aware of any other White House reporter who had lost their credentials in this way, but said that just because other presidents handled press access a certain way did not mean Trump was bound to do so. Kelly asked if it mattered if there were written standards governing these sorts of decisions. Burnham said no.
Acosta attended Wednesday's crowded hearing, bypassing a line of reporters — he greeted several colleagues — and members of the public to enter the courtroom with his lawyers. As he passed, a man shouted that Acosta should be "lawfully hung."
The judge also pressed Boutrous Wednesday on his argument that the decision to strip Acosta of his hard pass was based on "content" or "viewpoint" in violation of the First Amendment's speech protections. Kelly noted that the Trump administration didn't revoke access for any other CNN journalist and hadn't previously taken away Acosta's press pass, even as Trump personally criticized him. On Trump's comments that Acosta lost access because he lacked respect, Kelly suggested that could be interpreted multiple ways.
Boutrous pointed to Trump's long record of attacking CNN, and Acosta specifically, on Twitter as "fake news."
"Rudeness is really a code word for, I don't like you being an aggressive reporter," Boutrous said, citing an email sent by Trump's campaign this week about Acosta and CNN's lawsuit saying the president wouldn't put up with "liberal bias."
Boutrous also argued that the White House had put forward shifting explanations for why Acosta lost his hard pass, undermining the government's credibility. The White House initially pointed to Acosta's physical interactions with an intern trying to take away his microphone at the press conference, but by this week they had largely abandoned that rationale, and Justice Department lawyer James Burnham said in court Wednesday that the Justice Department wasn't taking a position on what happened.
Acosta's hard pass was revoked Nov. 7 after he refused to give up the microphone during a White House press conference with Trump. Acosta was trying to ask the president about the Russia investigation, and a White House intern went up to him to take the microphone and move on to another reporter.
Acosta wouldn't sit down, however, and briefly made contact with the woman's arm as he tried to dodge her efforts to take the microphone from him. In a statement explaining the decision to revoke his hard pass, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders accused Acosta of "placing hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern."
Sanders pointed to a video of Acota's interaction with the intern, which was tweeted by Paul Joseph Watson, an editor of the conspiracy site Infowars, and sparked a days-long argument over whether it was doctored.
CNN called the accusation "fraudulent," and the White House's decision "a threat to our democracy." White House Correspondents' Association president Olivier Knox issued a statement backing CNN, calling the revocation of Acosta's credentials a "disproportionate reaction."
"The President of the United States should not be in the business of arbitrarily picking the men and women who cover him," Knox said.
Sanders later said that the White House had revoked Acosta's hard pass because he was acting unprofessionally in continuing to ask questions after the president had moved on to another reporter, adding, "This was not the first time this reporter has inappropriately refused to yield to other reporters."
Boutrous argued Wednesday that the White House's different explanations for pulling Acosta's pass and the lack of clear standards meant Acosta was denied due process under the Fifth Amendment. Acosta wasn't given advance notice or a way to contest the decision before it took effect, Boutrous argued. He relied heavily on a 1977 decision by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in a case called Sherrill v. Knight, in which the court found that there were First Amendment interests at stake when the White House denied access to a reporter, and that the White House had to have clear standards for "eligible" reporters to get credentialed.
Burnham argued that even if the judge found that Sherrill meant the president didn't have free rein to make access decisions, the amount of due process that Acosta received was "good enough." He insisted the White House had been consistent in saying that it revoked Acosta's credentials because of the disorder he'd caused at the press conference. He disputed that the decision was based on the content of Acosta's reporting.
"A single journalist's attempt to monopolize a press conference is not a viewpoint," Burnham said.
Burnham argued that a judicial order giving access to someone the president had decided to exclude from the White House premises would be unprecedented. Boutrous countered that the judiciary was a co-equal branch of government, and judges had authority to review decisions by the executive branch and the president.
CNN filed suit on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, asking a judge to find that the revocation of Acosta's hard pass access violated the First Amendment's free speech protections, the Fifth Amendment's right to due process, and the Administrative Procedure Act's provision barring "arbitrary and capricious" actions by federal agencies — in this case, the US Secret Service.
CNN also filed a request for an immediate temporary restraining order restoring Acosta's hard pass, which gives him unescorted access to the White House. Shortly before Wednesday's hearing, a coalition of media companies — including BuzzFeed News — filed a friend-of-court brief supporting CNN in the litigation.
"Defendants' transparent attempt to ban from the White House a reporter the administration sees as a critic constitutes nothing more than a raw content- and viewpoint-based penalty for Acosta's and CNN's protected First Amendment activity," lawyers for CNN argued in court papers.
CNN has been a constant target of the president's rage, with Trump routinely lobbing barbs at the network on Twitter as "fake news," "unwatchable," and, riffing on the network's slogan, "the least trusted name in news." Last year, Trump shared a tweet depicting a train with "TRUMP" written on the side hitting a person with the CNN logo over their body; he later deleted it.
In a response to CNN filed earlier on Wednesday, the Justice Department disputed that the decision to revoke Acosta's hard pass was because of the content of his reporting, saying it was because he had disrupted the press conference. The government argued that the president has "broad discretion" to decide how and when reporters get access to the White House.
"The President and his staff have absolute discretion over which journalists they grant interviews to, as well as over which journalists they acknowledge at press events. That broad discretion necessarily includes discretion over which journalists receive on-demand access to the White House grounds and special access during White House travel for the purpose of asking questions of the President or his staff," the Justice Department lawyers wrote in their court papers. "No journalist has a First Amendment right to enter the White House."
The Justice Department also argued that there was no immediate need for Acosta to get his hard pass back as the litigation proceeded, since dozens of other CNN employees had hard pass access and Acosta could still report on the White House.


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Home Study Interest Areas Nursing, Midwifery and Medical Imaging Student Stories Kate Gibb
Kate Gibb
Nursing as a career never occurred to Kate Gibb until after leaving school, when a friend became very unwell.
"I spent so much time with her on the surgical ward, observing and talking to the nursing staff," she says. "It got me thinking about nursing as a career for the first time."
That experience led Kate - who had been waitressing while she contemplated her next step in life – to enrol in the Bachelor of Nursing programme at CPIT. She says she had an "interesting journey" to qualifying with her degree. "I took some time out in the middle of the programme because I felt I still hadn't quite 'found myself', so I took a little longer than most."
It was during that break that Kate discovered a passion for working with older people in residential care. "I absolutely loved the long term relationships with older people and the ability to draw on all that knowledge and understanding of them as a person, and to be able to support them to maintain their health. It was also during this time that I realised how special and important it is to be able to support people at the end of life."
Kate's passion for this area of healthcare has continued throughout her nursing career, culminating in her current position as the Canterbury District Health Boards' Nursing Director for Older People – Population Health.
"I work across all of the different elements of our health system so my role is very broad. I'm part of our Older Persons Health Leadership Team, the Canterbury and West Coast Directors of Nursing group, the Canterbury Clinical Network Alliance Leadership Team as well as the CCN's Health of Older People Workstream and the South Island's Health of Older People Service Level Alliance.
Kate says this puts her in the "really fortunate" position of having a voice in leading change for how the DHB delivers services for older people both in Canterbury and across the South Island.
"Being able to offer a nursing perspective at a leadership level allows me to make a difference on behalf of all of the older people I've cared for over the years, and all of the staff I've worked alongside who are doing their best every day to make a difference."
Kate has continued her education since graduating from CPIT. She has a post graduate diploma in health sciences and is currently studying part time towards an MBA. "It's allowing me to understand more about health leadership and the 'business' of health," she says.
Kate loves her role at the CDHB and the opportunities it gives her to contribute. "I often tell people that it's like I've written my own dream position description. I feel very lucky."

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NRA-ILA | Senate Version of D.C. Personal Protection Act Introduced!
Senate Version of D.C. Personal Protection Act Introduced!
This week, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) introduced S. 1001, the Senate version of the "District of Columbia Personal Protection Act," with 41 original cosponsors! Like its House counterpart -- H.R. 1399, introduced on March 8, by U.S. Representatives Mike Ross (D-Ark.) and Mark Souder (R-Ind.) -- the Senate legislation seeks to restore the constitutionally-guaranteed Second Amendment rights of the residents of the District of Columbia by repealing the District's onerous gun ban.
Please be sure to contact Senator Hutchison and thank her for sponsoring this important legislation, and for her support of our Second Amendment rights.
Also, please continue to contact your U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative and ask them to cosponsor and support H.R. 1399 and S. 1001. And please encourage your family, friends, and fellow firearm owners to do the same!
You can call your U.S. Senators at (202) 224-3121, and your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121.


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package tukey

import (
	"github.com/nvcook42/morgoth/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/golang/glog"
	"github.com/nvcook42/morgoth/Godeps/_workspace/src/gopkg.in/validator.v2"
	"github.com/nvcook42/morgoth/defaults"
)

type TukeyConf struct {
	Threshold float64 `yaml:"threshold" validate:"min=0,nonzero" default:"3"`
}

func (self *TukeyConf) Default() {
	err := self.Validate()
	if err != nil {
		errs, ok := err.(validator.ErrorMap)
		if !ok {
			// Non validation error returned can't continue
			return
		}
		for fieldName := range errs {
			glog.Infof("Using default for TukeyConf.%s", fieldName)
			defaults.SetDefault(self, fieldName)
		}
	}

}

func (self *TukeyConf) Validate() error {
	return validator.Validate(self)
}

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What is the Athyphro Dilemma?
The Athyphro Dilemma is a moral dilemma for atheists. This dilemma is adapted from the Euthyphro Dilemma with the "eu" be replaced by "a" for atheism.
Basically, the Euthyphro Dilemma proposes a problem for Christians when it asks, "Are moral acts willed by God because they are good, or are they good because they are willed by God?" If they are good by nature, then they exist independently of God and God is not the standard of good but recognizes the good outside of himself. On the other hand, if something is good because God declares it to be good, then goodness is arbitrary. In that case, God could have declared that murder is good and honesty is bad.
This is, basically, a false dichotomy and CARM's response to the Euthyphro Dilemma is found here.
Are moral acts good because atheists recognize they are good by nature, or do atheists simply declare moral acts to be good?
If moral acts are good by nature, then atheists are recognizing a standard of goodness that exists independently of themselves and they then appeal to an external standard of goodness. But if that is the case, they are recognizing that goodness has a natural existence, a kind of essence of goodness to which they must appeal. We have to ask the atheist to explain how is it possible to have inherent moral goodness in a purely materialistic worldview? In addition, if there is a standard of goodness outside of themselves, then it means that there's a moral obligation to which all atheists are obligated to follow. This then, could not be subjective and implies a universal moral law giver.
On the other hand, if atheists say something is good simply by their declaration, then they are saying goodness is arbitrary, that it is simply stated to be good, not that it is good by nature. This is problematic for several reasons. First, it would mean goodness is arrived at by vote, which is the fallacy of argumentum ad populum. Second, it would mean that the atheists could declare murder to be good and honesty to be bad. Third, how do you know what would be good and bad to begin with? After all, just saying something is good or bad doesn't make it so. It would all be too arbitrary.
In light of this, Atheists have proposed a standard of goodness by saying that that which is good is what reduces unnecessary suffering; afterall, people don't want to suffer. Therefore, they say that it is a kind of objective moral standard since it does not rest with any individual atheist, but with the whole of humanity. However, there are problems with this position.
How do atheists know that reducing unnecessary harm is the proper moral standard to begin with? Just saying it is so doesn't make it so.
How does the atheist connect moral obligation with what a majority of people want, so that reducing unnecessary harm is the morally right thing to pursue? It reduces morality to an arbitrary preference of the whole.
If atheists say that reducing harm is the proper standard because that's what the majority of people want, then they are begging the question by saying that what people want is what makes something morally right. In other words, what the majority of people want to be morally good is morally good because that's what the majority of people want.
If atheists say that reducing unnecessary harm is the proper standard because that is what the majority of people want, then they are committing the logical fallacy of argumentatum ad populum. This error states that someone ought to accept a position because the majority people hold to that position.
If atheists say the majority of people decide what is morally right, then that is problematic, because what people want can change as has been evidenced throughout various cultures throughout history where societies have drastically changed their moral persuasions.
What would the atheist do if society discovered that atheism is harmful to society and that atheists ought to be imprisoned and or isolated from society in order to reduce the overall suffering of society? Under such a scenario, would the atheist position then necessitate support for such imprisonment and/or isolation? If not, then wouldn't they be refuting their own position?
What do atheists do when someone disagrees with the idea that reducing unnecessary harm is a proper moral standard? How do they judge who is right or wrong without another moral standard to begin with, other than "that is what the majority want"? Wouldn't it mean appealing to a standard outside of themselves (not to mention argumentum ad populum) by which moral judgments can be made, thereby refuting their own position?


While I don't normally like to write articles about dubious Hollywood gossip, this time I couldn't resist. Kris Humphries tweet at Kanye West yesterday was that good.
Hoopsvibe's Quick Call: The Humphries Vs. West Twitter-battle isn't over.
A few months ago, Kanye, who is currently dating Humphries' ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, dropped the hit single "Way Too Cold" and dissed Kris on the track. In the song, Yeezy raps, "And I'll admit, I had fell in love with Kim / around the same time she had fell in love with him / Well that's cool, baby girl, do ya thing / Lucky I ain't had Jay drop him from the team."
Regardless, this guy Kanye had some balls throwing around these fightin' words!And if it ever came down to a fight, I'm pretty sure the 6'9" Humphries would have no problem wiping the floor with the 5'8" Kanye. But then again, Kanye seems pretty crazy so I guess you never know. Celebrity MMA anyone???
As if the lyrics on Kanye's track weren't enough, Kanye fired off this tweet last week. "73 Days With Kim. Sorry Kris" which alludes to the fact that he had been with Kim while she was still married to Humphries. Another shot from the self-proclaimed "self-conscious" rapper.
But yesterday, after signing a two-year deal worth a reported $24 million with the Brooklyn Nets, Mr. Humphries tweeted some trash talk of his own. "I'm up at Brooklyn! @S_C_'lucky I didn't have Jay drop me from the team' lol!" Humphries tweeted. I'm sure that felt pretty good after signing a multi-million dollar contract with the very team Kanye said he could get him cut from.
Kanye has yet to reply to Kris' tweet but being that West is never at a loss for words, I wouldn't be surprised if the sh*t talk continues.
I can't wait for the upcoming NBA season when Humphries is playing in a game with his ex-wife, his sworn enemy, and his boss sitting courtside.
TMZ said it best: "Sounds like a perfectly healthy work environment."


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Q: Trim Off Varying Last Special Characters in R Below is a gsub approach for trimming off forward slashes from a data frame. Looking to find a more general solution for data.frame's with varying column counts.
helloToday <- data.frame(a = c("hello", "hello", "hello"),
                 b = c("world","","world"),
                 c = c("","","today"))

helloToday
#      a     b     c
# 1 hello world
# 2 hello
# 3 hello world today

# Returns the vector
helloToday <- apply(helloToday, 1, function(x){ paste0("/", paste(x, collapse = "/")) })
# [1] "/hello/world/"      "/hello//"           "/hello/world/today"

# But I would like the trailing symbols to be trimmed off
# [1] "/hello/world"      "/hello"           "/hello/world/today"

gsub("\\/$", "", gsub("\\/$", "", helloToday))
# "/hello/world/"      "/hello//"           "/hello/world/today"

helloToday <- gsub("\\//$", "", helloToday)
helloToday <- gsub("\\/$", "", helloToday)
# "/hello/world/"      "/hello//"           "/hello/world/today"

Is there a solution which would allow varying column counts, where "/" or "//" or even "///////////"?

A: + is the regex modifier for "one or more", so "/+$" would match any number of / off the end of the string.
gsub("/+$", "", helloToday)

A: Ann alternative approach to regexing after the fact is to build it differently to begin with:
apply(helloToday, 1, function(x) do.call(file.path, as.list(x[!x %in% ''])))

## [1] "hello/world"       "hello"             "hello/world/today"

If the leading slash is needed:
apply(helloToday, 1, function(x) do.call(file.path, as.list(c('', x[!x %in% '']))))

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Q: Slice a list of tuple into list of lists if first and another elements are the same Python I have the following list A including tuples, and I would like to slice A into a list of lists as seen in B. The logic is that if the first and the fourth elements of the tuples are repeating, pack the group as a list inside list A.
A = [(1, 'C-30219', 'C-30060', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 2),
     (1, 'C-30060', 'C-30022', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 3),
     (1, 'C-30022', 'C-30205', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 4),
     (3, 'C-30248', 'C-30260', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 4),
     (3, 'C-30260', 'C-30108', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 5),
     (3, 'C-30108', 'C-30240', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 6),
     (5, 'C-30269', 'C-30285', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 9),
     (5, 'C-30285', 'C-30109', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 10),
     (5, 'C-30109', 'C-30211', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 11),
     (5, 'C-30211', 'C-30289', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 12),
     (5, 'C-30072', 'C-30375', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 15),
     (5, 'C-30375', 'C-30095', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 16)]

Out:
B = [[(1, 'C-30219', 'C-30060', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 2),
      (1, 'C-30060', 'C-30022', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 3),
      (1, 'C-30022', 'C-30205', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 4)],
     [(3, 'C-30248', 'C-30260', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 4),
      (3, 'C-30260', 'C-30108', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 5),
      (3, 'C-30108', 'C-30240', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 6)],
     [(5, 'C-30269', 'C-30285', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 9),
      (5, 'C-30285', 'C-30109', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 10),
      (5, 'C-30109', 'C-30211', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 11),
      (5, 'C-30211', 'C-30289', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 12)],
     [(5, 'C-30072', 'C-30375', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 15),
      (5, 'C-30375', 'C-30095', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 16)]]

Here is my attempt, which gives the desired output after a lot of mumbo jumbo. I am seeking a more efficient and Pythonic way to achieve this.
inter = list(set([(i[0],i[3]) for i in A]))
B = {o_t: [] for o_t in inter}
for i in range(1, len(A)):
    if (A[i][0] == A[i-1][0]
        and A[i][3] == A[i-1][3]):
        B[A[i][0],A[i][3]].append(A[i])
        B[A[i][0],A[i][3]].append(A[i-1])
B = {key: sorted(list(set(B[key])), key = lambda x: x[-1]) for key in B.keys()}
list(B.values())

A: Perfect task for groupby from itertools
from itertools import groupby
A = [(1, 'C-30219', 'C-30060', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 2),
     (1, 'C-30060', 'C-30022', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 3),
     (1, 'C-30022', 'C-30205', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 4),
     (3, 'C-30248', 'C-30260', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 4),
     (3, 'C-30260', 'C-30108', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 5),
     (3, 'C-30108', 'C-30240', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 6),
     (5, 'C-30269', 'C-30285', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 9),
     (5, 'C-30285', 'C-30109', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 10),
     (5, 'C-30109', 'C-30211', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 11),
     (5, 'C-30211', 'C-30289', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 12),
     (5, 'C-30072', 'C-30375', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 15),
     (5, 'C-30375', 'C-30095', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 16)]
B = [list(g) for _,g in groupby(A, key=lambda x: (x[0], x[3]))]

print(B)

output
[[(1, 'C-30219', 'C-30060', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 2),
  (1, 'C-30060', 'C-30022', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 3),
  (1, 'C-30022', 'C-30205', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 4)],
 [(3, 'C-30248', 'C-30260', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 4),
  (3, 'C-30260', 'C-30108', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 5),
  (3, 'C-30108', 'C-30240', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 6)],
 [(5, 'C-30269', 'C-30285', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 9),
  (5, 'C-30285', 'C-30109', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 10),
  (5, 'C-30109', 'C-30211', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 11),
  (5, 'C-30211', 'C-30289', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 12)],
 [(5, 'C-30072', 'C-30375', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 15),
  (5, 'C-30375', 'C-30095', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 16)]]

NOTE: I am assuming that A is sorted by 1st and fourth element. groupby will group a list [1,1,1,2,2,1,3,3] to [(1,1,1), (2,2), (1), (3,3)]. It won't group all the 1's

A: Below
from collections import defaultdict

data = defaultdict(list)
A = [(1, 'C-30219', 'C-30060', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 2),
     (1, 'C-30060', 'C-30022', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 3),
     (1, 'C-30022', 'C-30205', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 4),
     (3, 'C-30248', 'C-30260', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 4),
     (3, 'C-30260', 'C-30108', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 5),
     (3, 'C-30108', 'C-30240', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 6),
     (5, 'C-30269', 'C-30285', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 9),
     (5, 'C-30285', 'C-30109', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 10),
     (5, 'C-30109', 'C-30211', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 11),
     (5, 'C-30211', 'C-30289', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 12),
     (5, 'C-30072', 'C-30375', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 15),
     (5, 'C-30375', 'C-30095', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 16)]

for a in A:
    data[(a[0], a[3])].append(a)
B = [v for v in data.values()]
for b in B:
    print(b)

output
[(1, 'C-30219', 'C-30060', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 2), (1, 'C-30060', 'C-30022', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 3), (1, 'C-30022', 'C-30205', 'C-6235d935d39c258876476e35a7acfd69-1-1', 4)]
[(3, 'C-30248', 'C-30260', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 4), (3, 'C-30260', 'C-30108', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 5), (3, 'C-30108', 'C-30240', 'C-ac19d0edcf4d4ebe071e8d43be1901e2-1-1', 6)]
[(5, 'C-30269', 'C-30285', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 9), (5, 'C-30285', 'C-30109', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 10), (5, 'C-30109', 'C-30211', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 11), (5, 'C-30211', 'C-30289', 'C-d0d36bb9f2a7e248638cff9a04065977-1-1', 12)]
[(5, 'C-30072', 'C-30375', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 15), (5, 'C-30375', 'C-30095', 'C-710c460e8dfc2b3a523e077b6c6bdb40-1-1', 16)]


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Trends and Inspo
The 25 Most Stylish TV Shows from the '90s 'Til Now
Anjli Mehta
As far as we're concerned, there aren't a lot of problems in the world that a TV show marathon can't fix. Need to chill after a long week? Netflix marathon. Having an "off day?" A couple episodes of Friends should do the trick. Bonus points, however, will be awarded to any show that has serious style. We're talking do-a-double-take-on-your-screen style. Whether it's a moody period piece or a modern-day buddy sitcom, the wardrobe on set can make all the difference. And yes, in case you're wondering, Gossip Girl did make the cut — but don't worry, we've also tucked a few wild cards into the list. Scroll on to find out which shows' outfits always stole the scene.
1. Mad Men: The show that inspired thousands of Halloween costumes, Mad Men gave us serious throwback style, from perfectly coiffed hair to fit-and-flare dresses. This 1960s drama had us wondering if we were born in the wrong era. If this show taught us one thing, it's that the updo is totally underrated. (Photo via AMC)
2. The O.C.: Okay so, maybe you're rewatching the episodes on Hulu and cringe at the cropped boleros and ultra-low-rise ruffle mini skirts. But, we'd be lying if we said the show's looks weren't what our high school closet dreams were made of. In fact, we're still on the hunt for Summer and Marissa's prom dresses. (Photo via Fox)
3. Clarissa Explains It All: Clarissa Darling is a girl after our own heart. She knew the importance of an embellished denim jacket with a side of sarcasm to boot. She tackled major issues like boys, pimples and an annoying little brother, all while rockin' bold prints and scrunchies for days. (Photo via Nickelodeon)
4. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air: Sorry to Lena Dunham and the cast of GIRLS, but this show invented "power clashing." Yes to candy-colored stripes. Yes to bright prints. Yes to shoulder-pad blazers. Why not wear it all at once? This '90s sitcom really had it goin' on. (Photo via NBC Universal)
5. Empire: Can we get a "Yas Kween!" for our girl Cookie? Major props to any woman who can pull off a head-to-toe leopard look, fedora and all. A furry fuchsia stole, a gold snakeskin blazer, a studded red leather ensemble — honey, these are just the BASICS! Is there anything this woman can't wear? (Photo via Fox)
6. Daria: This iconic cartoon has us craving a serious combat boot comeback. Even though Daria Morgendorffer would probably never approve of being on a list like this, we couldn't help but add her anyway. Her signature outfit is equal parts edgy and effortless. Also, shout out to Jane Lane's amazing blunt bob. (Photo via MTV)
7. Gossip Girl: This one's a total no-brainer, and the only thing that could rival Gossip Girl's amazing wardrobe would be the series finale plot twist. From Blair's headbands to Serena's ability to rock sequins with her school uniform, the show's stylist Eric Daman really knew how to put together a killer look. We're not worthy. (Photo via The CW)
8. Sex and the City: Where do you think Gossip Girl's Eric Daman picked up his skills? From the legendary Pat Field on set for Sex and the City, of course. Our four favorite gals were always dressed to impress, thanks to her innovative and award-winning styling. Tulle tutus, Chanel statement necklaces and oversized flower pins — if you can name it, chances are one of the SATC girls has worn it. (Photo via HBO)
9. Ally McBeal: Two words: mini skirts. The '90s were in full force for the majority of this show's run, so this supermodel-approved look was everywhere, even fictional TV courtrooms. Ally's irreverent attitude led to some chic takes on typical nine-to-five wear. (And we loved every second of it.) (Photo via Fox)
10. Friends: Rachel Green in overalls. Monica in mom jeans. Phoebe in a fuzzy orange coat. This show was squad fashion #goals. Every episode of this classic show is jam-packed with outfits we wish we had in our closets now. And if still loving these looks is wrong, well then we don't want to be right. (Photo via NBC Universal)
11. Glee: Confession: We wish we had a Cheerios uniform of our own, not just for Halloween costumes but also just regular ole Thursdays when you need a bit of pep in your step. We love that each cast member had such a defined style during the series. Rachel's adorkable outfits, Mr. Schuester's vests and Finn's "ambiguously sporty" tees were in constant rotation. (Photo via Fox)
12. Scandal: No matter how crazy Olivia Pope's life gets, this fixer's wardrobe is always on point. Between draped cardigans, Prada bags and impeccably cut trousers, Olivia Pope is a style maven. When in doubt, just add a glass of red. It's the perfect accessory. (Photo via ABC)
13. Scream Queens: This modern whodunit may be all about a mysterious murder, but we have to admit the girls on this show are also *killing* the style game. Forget Vineyard Vines and Lily Pulitzers, these sorority girls are rockin' Gucci, Valentino and Fendi. We have Emmy-winning stylist Lou Eyrich to thank for that. She was also the mastermind behind Glee. (Photo via Fox)
14. My So-Called Life: Heavy sigh for just one second while we sit here and reminisce about Jordan Catalano. Button-up floral dresses, flannel shirts and penny loafers — whoa, wait a minute, this sounds exactly like what's in our current closets. The outfits in this teen drama definitely make our hearts skip a beat. (Photo via ABC)
15. Saved by the Bell: We're so excited! We're so scared! From the crop tops to the crimped hair, nothing says the '90s like Saved by the Bell. Practically every ensemble featured in this after-school special was vibrant, bedazzled and totally off the wall — in the best way ever, of course. (Photo via NBC Universal)
16. Sabrina the Teenage Witch: You basically weren't a '90s girl if you didn't have magazine rip-outs or posters on your bedroom walls of Melissa Joan Hart slaying it in a crushed velvet mini dress and platforms. Her outfits were pure 2000s magic and inspired many a trip to the mall. (Photo via ABC)
17. The Nanny: Let's just say what needs to be said here: Fran Fine (aka the nanny of The Nanny) was way ahead of her time. Her coordinating mini skirt and blazer sets elevated the typical weekday ensembles, while her stunning sequin gowns were the life of every party. Not to mention, we would give anything to score one of Yetta Rosenburg's sequin bomber jackets RN. (Photo via CBS)
18. Sister, Sister: If you're getting ready in the morning and your outfit feels like it's missing something, take a cue from this popular sitcom and just put a hat on. No show's wardrobe department could rival the hat collection of Tia and Tamera Mowry, after all. Sister, Sister took twinning to the next level with just-mis-matched-enough ensembles. (Photo via ABC)
19. Lizzie McGuire: Nothing inspired a shopping trip to Limited Too quite like an episode of Lizzie McGuire. While her best accessory might've been the cartoon alter ego on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, we think her rhinestone headbands, platform Sketchers and cropped flares could've been a close second. (Photo via The Disney Channel)
20. The Good Wife: Now there's a woman who knew the power of a pencil skirt. Saint Alicia always looked heavenly in her signature blazer and bodycon silhouettes. Because honestly, nothing makes you feel like a total #girlboss than putting on something that's perfectly tailored. Never too fussy or over the top, all of Alicia's looks were understated and chic. (Photo via CBS)
21. So Little Time: Nowadays, the Olsen twins are off creating minimalist chic pieces for their own lines. But little did we know, this ABC Family sitcom would be one of our last few chances to view Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's designer creations. On set, shrunken cardigans, cargo pants and clogs reigned supreme. Not to mention, this show is basically the reason why we begged our moms to let us get highlights. (Photo via ABC)
22. A Different World: We'll put it this way: Whitley Gilbert gave us life. Her pleated trousers, over-the-top fur coats and puffy-sleeved wedding dress were unforgettable fashion moments. This Cosby Show spin-off also included equally noteworthy style moments from Denise (so many hair wraps!) and Maggie (that oversized denim jacket!). (Photo via NBC Universal)
23. Jane the Virgin: Okay, so the awful Marbella waitress uniform aside, this show actually takes a refreshingly realistic approach to wardrobe. We may not "ooh and ahh" over the breezy sundresses or "fancy" shorts, but we can appreciate these are items we're more likely to find in our own closets. As if you needed more proof that Jane Villanueva is 100% relatable. (Photo via The CW)
24. The Mindy Project: Costume designer Salvador Perez is the mastermind behind Mindy's bold ensembles that always pack a punch. And that's not an easy task. With nearly 15 costume changes per episode, he still manages to outdo himself with each look and prove that Mindy looks radiant in literally every color under the sun. (Photo via Fox)
25. The Carrie Diaries: RIP The Carrie Diaries, you left us too soon. The premier stylist for teen dramas, Eric Daman created a wardrobe unicorn by blending the aesthetics of Sex and the City and Gossip Girl to create truly unique and totally fun outfits for every character on this show. Not to mention, the show is set in the '80s, so the prom dress scenes are out of control. (Photo via The CW)
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About Biofeedback
Biofeedback (1)
Christopher J. Rozell, MC
Multi-Modal Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Headache: The First in a Series of Case Studies: A Case Study: 30-Year Migraine Headache
C. C. Stuart Donaldson, PhD, BCB, Christopher J. Rozell, MC, P. Doneen Moran, BA, BCB-T, Erin N. Harlow, RMT
Journal: Biofeedback
Biofeedback (2012) 40 (2): 67–74.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5298/1081-5937-40.2.8
The treatment of headache is challenging, and is made more so by the fragmentation of medicine into clinical specialties. Physiologically, migraine headache is a systemic event, affecting multiple neurophysiological systems. Treatment often calls for a multidisciplinary approach. Research supports the efficacy of both general biofeedback and, to a lesser extent, neurofeedback in the treatment of headache, including migraine. Abnormal electrophysiological patterns, detectable with quantitative EEG, are frequently found in patients with migraine, especially after closed head injury. Research has also shown the frequent presence of trigger point activity in several areas of the musculature of the head and neck in headache patients, including those with migraine. Finally, the role of stress has been reported in the onset and exacerbation of headache pain. The authors provide a case study showing the application of quantitative EEG, surface electromyography (SEMG), and psychophysiological stress profiling in the assessment of a 56-year-old female with closed head injury and migraine headache. The treatment included myofascial massage with trigger point release, SEMG training to balance asymmetric muscle tension patterns, and a stress management program, including guided visualization and breath training. This comprehensive intervention produced a significant reduction in headache symptoms and an improvement in work productivity.
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What the New Three-tier Lockdown Rules Mean for You and Your Business
Posted on: 20 October 2020
Understanding the new COVID-19 measures
As the COVID-19 virus continues to pose a threat to the UK, the government has introduced a new system to help bring the virus under control.
Take a look at the three tiers that the government has outlined that will affect how UK businesses can operate.
What are the new COVID alert tiers?
The government introduced the Three-Tier system called the "Local COVID Alert System", which uses the levels of "Medium", "High" and "Very High".
The different levels will reflect the levels of COVID-19 in a particular area, which will, in turn, dictate the measures that need to be in place to stop the spread of the virus.
The alert levels have been chosen based on a number of criteria including how many cases per 100,000 there is.
Level Amount of cases
1. Medium - Minimum restrictions. Applicable to the whole country Fewer than 100 cases per 100,000
2. High – Implemented when the transmission is not
contained by the local response More than 100 cases per 100,000
3. Very High - Significant rise in transmission and
the virus is not contained Significantly high rates of transmission
The new COVID alert levels in detail
On Monday 12th October 2020, the government announced the measures that they will be taking in the fight against COVID-19. The introduction of new local COVID alert levels set out information for local authorities, businesses, residents and workers about what to do and how to manage the outbreak in their area.
Medium Alert Level
Medium COVID-19 measures are reflective of the current measures that are in place nationwide. These include:
No more than 6 people from different households to meet, either indoors or outdoors.
Hospitality businesses will close at 10pm.
Schools and universities to remain open.
High Alert Level
High alert level measures reflect the measures in place within areas previously in a local lockdown. These include:
People from different households will not be allowed to mix indoors
When socialising outdoors, people must abide by the rule of 6.
Face masks must be worn on public transport and in private hire vehicles.
Schools and universities can remain open.
Very High Alert Level
A Very High Level Alert have the following measures in place:
No mixing at all with anyone outside of your household or support bubble.
Pubs, bars, gyms, leisure centres and betting shops will close. The only exception to this is if the bar operates as if it were a restaurant serving main meals, with alcohol only being served as part of the meal
COVID rules for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
There are different restrictions in-place for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Scotland has its own COVID-19 measures in place, which include:
No social mixing with anyone outside of your household or support bubble
Certain hospitality businesses are to close between the hours of 6pm and 6am whilst others have had to close completely for a temporary period
Additional restrictions are in force for the central belt, including Glasgow, Ayrshire, Falkirk, Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife.
Wales has its own COVID-19 measures in place, which include:
Rule of 6 to be observed.
Cafes, bars and restaurants must stop selling alcohol at 10pm.
There may be tighter restrictions imposed in areas of the country. In fact, Wales is set to enter a two week 'circuit breaker' lockdown from 6pm on Friday 23rd October whereby people will be told to stay at home where possible and all non-essential businesses will have to close
Northern Ireland has its own COVID-19 measures in place, which include:
No social mixing indoors.
Rule of 6 to be observed outdoors.
Hospitality businesses must close at 11pm.
Additional rules are to be imposed in Derry City and Strabane with the possibility of more to come
Additional COVID policy announcements
The Prime Minister also announced the following:
The Job Support Scheme would cover two-thirds of the wages for businesses who were being forced to close.
Cash grants for businesses for up to £3,000 per month.
A further £1bn to support councils across the country.
More financial support for local test and trace.
The use of the armed forces, however, this will purely be to support logistics where required.
Liverpool and some surrounding areas as well as the whole of Lancashire have been placed in the "Very High Alert" tier. Hospitality businesses, as well as gyms, leisure centres, casinos and other businesses have closed.
Negotiations with local leaders are continuing with the very real possibility of further restrictions coming into force in more areas in the coming days and weeks.
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Q: How long does it take for the new bills to reach 90% of the total number of $20 bills in circulation? Suppose that Canada has a total of \$10 billion in \$20 bills in circulation, and each day \$40 million of these \$20 bills passes through one bank or another. A new harder-to-forge version of the \$20 bill is developed, and the banks replace the old bills with new ones whenever they can. How long does it take for the new bills to reach 90% of the total number of $20 bills in circulation?

A: Since the tag is differential equations, we use a continuous model.  Ten billion in $20$ dollar bills is $500$ million bills.  Of these, $2$ million pass daily through a bank.
Let $x=x(t)$ be the number of new bills in circulation after time $t$. We will find an expression for $\dfrac{dx}{dt}$.
Every day, the fraction $\dfrac{2}{500}$ of bills in circulation passes though a bank. If there are $x$ new bills in circulation, then the number of old bills that pass through the bank is
$$\frac{2}{500}(500000000 -x).$$
These are replaced. We conclude that
$$\frac{dx}{dt}=\frac{2}{500}(500000000-x).$$
To avoid typing such large numbers, let $x=500000000y$. Then $\dfrac{dy}{dt}=500000000\dfrac{dx}{dt}$, and quickly we arrive at
$$\frac{dy}{dt}=\frac{1}{250}(1-y).$$
Initially, $y=0$. We want to find out when $y$ reaches $0.9$. Not that the above differential equation looks very much like the one we get in Newton's Law of Cooling.
Make the change of variable $z=1-y$. Then $z$ is the proportion of old bills after time $t$. We get
$$\frac{dz}{dt}=-\frac{1}{250}z.$$
This is the familiar differential equation of exponential decay. It has the solution
$$z=z(0)e^{-t/250}.$$
We have $z(0)=1$, and want to find the time $t$ such that $z(t)=0.10$.
So we solve the equation
$$e^{-t/250}=0.1.$$
Take logarithms to the base $e$.
We get $-\dfrac{t}{250}=\ln(0.1)$. I prefer to note that $\ln(1/10)=-\ln(10)$, which tells us that
$$t=250\ln(10).$$
Finally, calculate. We get something like $t\approx 575$.
Remark: It is important to note that we were working with a model of reality.  That model cannot be fully accurate. The round numbers supplied are obviously only approximate, and the total money supply may grow. And old $20$ dollar bills may be hidden in socks and circulate only every few years. And there are light days and heavy days at banks.  And a new bill put into circulation today unlikely to return to the bank tomorrow. And we are using continuous modelling for a discrete situation. So it would be unreasonable to treat the answer of $575$ as anything more than a ballpark figure.

A: Let's say that on say $n$ the proportion of new bills in the population is $0\leq P(n)\leq 1$. Then each day a fraction $f$ of all the bills go through the banks. $1-P(n)$ of those will be old bills, which will immediately be replaced with new. Therefore
$$P(n+1) = P(n) + f(1-P(n))$$
which can be rearranged to
$$P(n+1) = (1-f) P(n) + f$$
If we solve the homogeneous part, we find that $P(n)=A(1-f)^n$ for some constant $A$. Now if we guess that $P(n)=c$ solves the whole equation, we get
$$c = (1-f)c + f$$
from which you can deduce $c=1$. We know that initially there are no new bills in circulation (i.e. $P(0)=0$) so we have
$0 = 1 + A(1-f)^0 = 1 + A$
and hence $A = -1$, so the general solution is
$$P(n) = 1 - (1-f)^n$$
The question wants to know when this is equal to 90%. We have $f=4\cdot 10^7 / 10^{10} = 0.004$ and hence $1-f=0.996$, so
$$0.9 = 1 - 0.996^n$$
and hence $n=\log(0.1)/\log(0.996) = 574.5$ days.


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Business Events Sarawak - A New Campaign For 2015
Despite a challenging 2014 for business events and the tourism industry in general, Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) has once again surpassed its targeted bid wins with an 86% bid success rate. With an average of 1.2 bid wins per week, SCB has secured 60 bid wins for various conferences to be held between 2015 and 2017, recording an estimated RM 31 million in direct delegate expenditure.
Among the major conventions secured in 2014 include the IEEE International Conference on Power & Energy (2014), Asia for Animals International Conference (2015), 6th International Research Symposium on Service Management (2015) and the 29th World Congress of the International Association for the Suicide Prevention (2017).
Not one to rest on its laurels, the Bureau will continue making waves in the business events industry with plans to break through the National and International market with a focus on Australia and Singapore.
SCB's Managing Director, Mike Cannon commented, "While we are celebrating our success, there is still much more to be done. Maintaining our reputation to be bold and different, SCB is taking an unconventional approach by not participating in international trade shows for 2015. As a result, SCB will use this opportunity to increase its resource allocation, promotional activities and sales calls to the National market that will create a domino effect to attract more International business to Sarawak."
"To support our National market development strategy, the Bureau is excited to announce 'BESarawak'; a platform that will create opportunities for the industry and its communities to win more bids and create awareness on business events in Sarawak. In doing so, we will be able to get more leads for international and national business from associations and corporations based in Peninsular Malaysia," he added.
'BESarawak' aims to nurture, provide promotion of business, engender business opportunities and recognize professionalism and excellence in all aspects of Business Events. Offering a dynamic mix of Communicating, Educating, Awarding, these three elements aim to spur the development of the business events industry in not only Sarawak, but also Malaysia. The programme is set to launch in May 2015.
Big Strides = Big Team
In keeping up with SCB's latest developments and to ensure that our clients and industry members are guaranteed the best of services, SCB has expanded its dynamic team in both Kuching and Kuala Lumpur; making a bold move by introducing a Project Liaison Director -- the first time, SCB believes, a convention bureau has launched such an initiative in the business of Business Events.
Kuching Office
Ms Felicia Foo (Project Liaison Director) acts as the key liaison between all parties linked to the event. Her role is designed to drive quality control, referred and repeat businesses, and steer a collective effort towards the event's success. Contact her at felicia@sarawakcb.com
Mr Dylan Redas Noel (Director of Industry Development) is the "Go-To" person for all elements of industry education, outreach and scholarships. He identifies, develops and coordinates training programmes for BE suppliers in Sarawak. Contact him at drnoel@sarawakcb.com
Ms Elynnie Dominic Jau (Research Manager) leads the Research Team in generating and securing future business leads as well as managing the Bureau's database. Contact her at elynnie@sarawakcb.com
Ms Alicia Alias (Research Assistant) assists the Research Team by generating convention leads, industry research development and the constant updating of the Bureau's database. Contact her at alicia@sarawakcb.com
Kuala Lumpur Office
Mr Louis Denis (Business Development Executive) is responsible for coordinating the sales activities and industry support for site inspections and familiarizations, as well as providing research and managing the client database. Contact him at louis@sarawakcb.com
Sarawak Convention Bureau
Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) was established in 2006 by the State Government of Sarawak. We are a non-profit company whose aim is to bring Sarawak to the forefront as a competitive destination for international meetings. The Bureau is a member of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Our goal is to help connect NGOs, corporations and government bodies with whatever necessary to make international conventions a success in Sarawak.
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Jimmy Chin, a renowned National Geographic adventure photographer, unveiled his first ever course for aspiring shutterbugs.
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Enrollees will receive 20 video lessons hosted by Chin and a downloadable e-book with supplemental material. In addition, Chin will critique select students' uploaded work.
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Home News UAE-Israel CEPA will support global supply chain, food security: Dr. Thani Al Al Zeyoudi
UAE-Israel CEPA will support global supply chain, food security: Dr. Thani Al Al Zeyoudi
By Binsal Abdulkader
DUBAI, 31st May, 2022 (WAM) — The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between the UAE and Israel will help support the global supply chain and food security, a top official told the Emirates News Agency (WAM).
"This CEPA comes at a critical time for the global economy. The world is beginning to emerge from the global pandemic, but challenges remain, not least as conflict and inflation threaten to stall the global recovery," said Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade.
"The UAE-Israel CEPA will help facilitate global supply chain efficiency, including for agriculture and food products, which would have an impact on food security. It would also help facilitate the movement of natural persons, especially the business community," the minister explained.
"The UAE and Israel are now ready to build on the solid foundations [of the diplomatic relations based on the Abraham Accords signed in 2020] to deliver a new era of opportunity and enterprise for our people – and establish a model of mutual respect, tolerance, open and candid discourse, and unity of thought and action," Al Zeyoudi emphasised.
US$5 bn trade by 2022
The CEPA is expected to push bilateral trade to more than US$10 billion within five years, which would be more than seven times increase compared to US$1.4billion worth trade in 2021, he explained.
Supporting the projected figure, he pointed out the current upward trend in trade transactions that will reach the value of US$5 billion soon. "In the first quarter of 2022, the value of bilateral trade reached US$1.06 billion a growth that points to bilateral trade closing in on US$5 billion by the end of the year."
The agreement will also open the doors to new export opportunities in the services and services-related sectors, he said.
"The CEPA provides better market access for key UAE products to Israel, such as aluminium, petrochemicals, and polymers such as ethylene and propylene."
The deal also secures more favourable access for UAE companies to Israel's market in services, such as business services, communications services, distribution services, environmental services, financial services, tourism and travel-related services, and transport services, Al Zeyoudi explained.
"Israel won't offer an export subsidy on products destined to UAE to ensure fair competition with UAE products. Israel will offer the UAE additional distribution services, which it has not offered to other trade partners," he revealed.
CEPA to boost mutual investments, tourism
The minister said he is confident that "this will have a major catalysing effect on mutual investment flows, which is one of the principal objectives of our CEPA agenda."
Abraham Accords already kick-started mutual investment platforms, including Abraham Fund, which will mobilise US$3 bn in private sector-led investment and development initiatives, he noted. The Abu Dhabi Investment Office's (ADIO) first-ever overseas office in Tel Aviv, and the Dubai Investment Development Agency's MoU with the Manufacturers' Association of Israel to explore investment opportunities are similar initiatives in this direction, Al Zeyoudi pointed out.
The CEPA will also enable investment flows into tourism infrastructure projects and opening more flights between both countries, Al Zeyoudi said, adding that daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv will start next month.
The CEPA also offers greater market access for UAE services exports, of which travel and aviation will be the major beneficiaries, he said.
"Business travel will accelerate as more Israeli businesses open up here and Israeli companies participate in conferences and events – which began with Expo 2020 Dubai. Obviously, in terms of visitor numbers, the Abraham Accords created the biggest single change the UAE has welcomed more than 250,000 Israeli visitors by the end of 2021, and that figure will only climb once we fully emerge from Covid."
Visa-free entry for all UAE nationals to Israel, the beginning of daily Emirates flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv in June, Etihad Airways and Wizz Air offering direct flights from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv-Yafo also help boost the tourist traffic between both countries, the minister said.
Deal to elevate all industries
The CEPA is a broad-based deal that is designed to elevate all industry sectors – this is clear from the near-uniformity of the tariff reduction, Al Zeyoudi noted.
However, it is clear that both economies have similar priorities such as renewable energy, healthcare, advanced technology, water and food security, logistics and transport, space sciences etc.
Since the signing of the Abraham Accords, there has been a series of important MoUs and investments in these sectors, he noted.
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The True Gossip Home / robert hayes the lucky one american pie reunion april 2012 thetruegossip terrell zac efron friend stifler / Exclusive: Robert Hayes Talks About Filming "The Lucky One" and "American Reunion"
Exclusive: Robert Hayes Talks About Filming "The Lucky One" and "American Reunion"
What a month it's been for Robert Hayes! You may recognize Hayes as "Bo" from the new "American Pie" film, "American Reunion." And on April 20th, you'll also be recognizing Robert as "Victor Miles" from "The Lucky One."
Robert talked with TheTrueGossip.com about his experiences with filming both box office hits. According to Hayes, filming "The Lucky One" wasn't a walk in the park. "The hardest part was the intense training that me, Zac, and a couple of the other actors had to go through in order to portray a Marine the correct way," says Robert. "Trying to have the mindset and emotional state of a Marine was actually a huge challenge also since I could only imagine what Marines went through from day to day."
Obviously there was no rigorous Marine training while filming "American Pie," but he says working on the set was still an experience. "With 'American Pie' being the top comedic franchise in history, the cast and crew constantly cracked jokes in between takes, pulled pranks on each other, and laughed our brains out after we filmed most of the scenes because they were just so funny," Robert told TheTrueGossip. "Seann William Scott (a.k.a Stifler) brought a certain type of energy to the set that I feel nobody had the capability of bringing. During 'The Lucky One,' I had to truly focus on my character as a Marine more than I had to focus on my character as a high school prankster in 'American Reunion' since the character of a Marine has a lot more depth."
So, since "The Lucky One" and "The Notebook" are both popular novels by Nicholas Sparks, will there be a comparison when it comes to the movies? Robert thinks they're totally different. "I would compare 'The Notebook' and 'The Lucky One' to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Some say Michael Jordan is better than Kobe Bryant since he came to the league first while others argue that Kobe Bryant is better than Michael Jordan since Jordan had more of a supporting cast than Bryant, but at the end of the day, they will always be looked at as Greats." Robert later apologized for his NBA comparisons, he says he just loves the game of basketball.
But, Hayes finished by saying, " 'The Notebook' has already made a huge impact on viewers around the world, and I'm 100% sure that 'The Lucky One' will do the same."
Be sure to check out Robert Hayes in "American Reunion" and "The Lucky One," and follow him on Twitter, @TheRobertHayes
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Members of the Sydney Hills Business Chamber at WSABE 2018. Featured
HILLS BUSINESSES STRIKE GOLD
Dedication pays off for WSABE winners
NIGEL RAYNER
IT was a picturesque setting for a night of celebration for more than 800 business leaders and professionals from across Western Sydney as they competed for honours in the 28th annual Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence.
The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse provided the perfect backdrop of racing carnival colour and excitement for what has become a premier event in Western Sydney's business calendar.
These prestigious awards are due recognition of the time, effort and dedication of the businesspeople of Western Sydney as they contribute to the region's rapid economic development and its role as the third largest economic region in the country.
The Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE) were inaugurated in 1990 and have grown exponentially in both popularity and importance in that time.
The Awards recognise the gamut of business skills required to succeed in the current economic environment, including professional ethics and philosophy, innovation and creativity, leadership, social responsibility and sustainability, customer service and marketing.
Attending her third consecutive Awards ceremony, keynote speaker the Hon Gladys Berejiklian, Premier of New South Wales, spoke of the importance of the region's contribution to the state's economy, and its increasingly important role as a driving force in the national economy.
Also present was Luke Foley MP, Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Western Sydney, who spoke enthusiastically of the region's importance and progress in the state's future.
The 2018 Commonwealth Bank Business of the Year Award was presented to Featherdale Wildlife Park for business excellence during the past financial year.
This year several members of the Sydney Hills Business Chamber were nominated as Award finalists, and it is particularly pleasing that three companies won Awards in significant categories from more than 300 entries in this year's awards.
Graphic design and printing company Wild Fx enjoyed a spectacularly successful evening.
The company was the winner of the Award for Excellence in Customer Service, and Wild Fx business owner Phil Raish took out the Award for Outstanding Business Leader.
Momento Group won the Award for Excellence in Hospitality and Tourism, while Ronald McDonald House Westmead was the winner of the Award for Outstanding Employer of Choice.
We're also delighted to announce that The Sydney Hills Business Chamber was the winner of the 2018 Local Chamber of Commerce Regional Winner for Western Sydney for the second time in a row. This is due recognition of the Chamber's highly engaged local business leaders and entrepreneurs who have created such a vibrant business environment in the district.
As winners of these Awards, all these businesses are now finalists in the 2018 NSW Business Chamber State Business Awards.
The gala ceremony for these awards will be held at Luna Park on Friday, November 23.
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish all three Hills Chamber businesses the very best in their endeavours at the State Business Awards, and their ongoing efforts to find new ways to improve their businesses. Thanks are due to the sponsors and Chambers for their ongoing contributions and assistance in making these awards such a success.
NIGEL RAYNER is Chairman of the Sydney Hills Business Chamber
(www.sydneyhillsbusiness.com.au)
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Gold price drops by Rs 2,100 to Rs 53502 per tola in a week
Wedding bell might be more soothing for those who are planning to marry as the gold price has started looking down in the marriage season. The precious yellow metal price dropped by Rs 2,100 per tola (11.664 gram) in a week today to Rs 53,502.76 per tola or Rs 45,870 per 10 gram in the domestic market from last Wednesday's Rs 55,602.28. The drop in the price and also due to marriage season, the gold import that has seen a drop, however, might increase. According to the central bank, gold import has dropped to almost by half Rs 3.56 billion in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2013-014 compared to Rs 7.06 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year. "The gold import stood at Rs 5.39 billion a fiscal year ago in 2011-12." The traders however, claimed that gold import dropped due to heavy price hike in the international market. The precious yellow metal is priced in the domestic market on the basis of international market price. "The gold price in the international market in US dollar is converted to Nepali currency adding a little margin," according to the traders. "Though, gold price and US dollar relation is negative in the international market, it is however, positive in the domestic market," they said, adding that the price in the gold price in domestic market rises in both cases. Gold is hovering around $1,250 per ounce in international market.


Remember the "Obama Girl"? The girl who was sooo devoted to Obama that she made a video that caught the attention of people everywhere?
On Tuesday night, City Room ran into Ms. Ettinger at an election-watching party in Greenwich Village and asked how things went at the polls.
"I didn't get a chance to vote today because I'm not registered to vote in New York," she said.
So where is Obama Girl registered to vote?
Um, but didn't New Jersey also hold a primary?
True. The problem, she explained, was that she was sick in New York City and was unable to get back across the Hudson River to the polls in Jersey City.
Ms. Ettinger said she had dragged herself out Tuesday night under duress only because she was scheduled to perform at the Bowery Poetry Club. The previous day she had hit the streets of New York to interview voters, where a Daily News photographer snapped her picture on Park Avenue.
And how did she feel about missing the opportunity to cast her ballot for her one and only? "I'm a little upset but I really couldn't help it today," she said mournfully.
I've told this story over at my own blog several times, but since most of you have never even heard of me or my blog, I'll tell it again.
Back in 2004 when John "I Served In Vietnam" Kerry was running against Bush and immediately in the wake of Michael Moore's crockumentary, several young people who worked with me (I was a restaurant manager at the time) were so fired up that they were going to make sure to vote. Come hell or high water, they were going to make a point to set their alarm clocks for something other than noon, leave their dorms, and go to the polls. It was a done deal, they swore to me.
What happened? Yup, you guessed it, they never made it. I don't remember the exact reason, but it was basically an "I forgot" type of thing.
Now, as I said, I was in restaurant management, and had been for nearly twenty years. I've seen this same scenario played out each and every election, and when these little hippie-wannabees said they were going to go vote, I just chuckled and said "yeah, right", because I knew they wouldn't go, and that they'd have some creative excuses for not doing so.
I'll give props to the Obama girl. Being too sick to vote is a new one to me, but the results are the same: you trust the youth in America to put you over the top at your own peril. They will not turn out for any politician, no matter how fired up they are and no matter what they are promised.


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The spine of scapula is a prominent plate of bone, which crosses obliquely the medial four-fifths of the dorsal surface of the scapula at its upper part, and separates the supra- from the infraspinatous fossa.
It begins at the vertical border by a smooth, triangular area over which the tendon of insertion of the lower part of the Trapezius glides, and, gradually becoming more elevated, ends in the acromion, which overhangs the shoulder-joint. The spine is triangular, and flattened from above downward, its apex being directed toward the vertebral border. It presents two surfaces and three borders. Its superior surface is concave; it assits in forming the supraspinatous fossa, and gives origin to part of the Supraspinatus. Its inferior surface forms part of the infraspinatous fossa, gives origin to a portion of the Infraspinatus, and presents near its center the orifice of a nutrient canal. Of the three borders, the anterior is attached to the dorsal surface of the bone; the posterior, or crest of the spine, is broad, and presents two lips and an intervening rough interval. The Trapezius is attached to the superior lip, and a rough tubercle is generally seen on that portion of the spine which receives the tendon of insertion of the lower part of this muscle. The Deltoideus is attached to the whole length of the inferior lip. The interval between the lips is subcutaneous and partly covered by the tendinous fibers of these muscles. The lateral border, or base, the shortest of the three, is slightly concave; its edge, thick and round, is continuous above with the under surface of the acromion, below with the neck of the scapula. It forms the medial boundary of thegreat scapular notch, which serves to connect the supra- and infraspinatous fossæ.


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National Academies call on new Government to recognise importance of research and innovation
With the country set to go to the polls on the General Election on Thursday, 8 June, the UK's national academies have written to the party leaders urging them to recognise the evidence from across the world, which shows the value of research and innovation in driving UK growth and productivity.
As part of the letter, the Presidents of the British Academy, the Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society, have called on the new Government to send a bold, positive message that the UK is one of the best places in the world to research and innovate, and ensure that the world's brightest and best entrepreneurs and researchers - from at home and abroad - can contribute their skills to Britain's success.
The letter follows the National Academies' joint publication Open for Business.
Landmark report warns about emergence of geographic cold spots in language provision across Further Education
British Academy and Academy of Social Sciences join forces to reveal the impact of the arts, humanities, and social sciences across the UK
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Resident Evil 2, känt i Japan som , är ett survival horror-spel och den andra delen i den populära spelserien Resident Evil. Det släpptes ursprungligen till Playstation 1998, men konverterades till PC, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast och Nintendo Gamecube. Resident Evil 2 var det första RE-spelet som hade mini-spel i spelet som blir upplåsta efter att ha klarat spelet under speciella kriterier.

Handling
Spelet utspelar sig i Raccoon City, två månader efter händelserna i Resident Evil. Viruset har tagit sig in i staden och den är i fullt kaos när spelets protagonister Leon Scott Kennedy och Claire Redfield dyker upp. Leon är en polis som börjar sin första dag på jobbet i Raccon City. Claire är syster till Chris Redfield, som var en av protagonisterna i första spelet, och hon letar efter honom. När det blir klart att zombier tagit över staden och att det inte är någon större vits att stanna så hjälps de båda åt för att överleva och ta sig ut ur staden. Men det finns ett monster som gömmer sig i skuggorna.

karaktärer

Spelbara
 Leon Scott Kennedy har precis tagit examen från Polishögskolan och har fått sin första anställning på Raccoon Police Department. Han kommer några dagar sent till jobbet och upptäcker att staden är full av zombier och monster.
 Claire Redfield är Chris Redfields syster som letar efter sin bror som försvunnit. Träffar på Leon och de två hjälper varandra att hitta en väg ut ur staden.
 Hunk leadare för Umbrella Security Service och spelbar efter att spelaren klarat spelet med en A-rankning.
 Ada Wong - Leon träffar på Ada i Raccoon City och hon visar sig senare vara en spion vars uppdrag är att stjäla G-viruset. Är spelbar en kort stund i ett av Leons scenarion.
 Sherry Birkin är dotter till William Birkin och Annette Birkin, Claire bestämmer sig för att rädda flickan som nu blivit föräldralös. Är spelbar en kort stund i ett av Claires scenarion.

Ospelbara
 Ben - Adas vän och en reporter som jobbat med att sätta dit Brian Irons (polischefen).
 Brian Irons - Polischef
 William Birkin - Framställer G-Virus
 Anette Birkin - Williams fru
 Robert "Bob" Kendo - ägare till vapenaffären "Kendo Gun Shop" och nära vän till Barry Burton.

Röstskådespelare

Minispel
Klara spelet med A rank för både Leon och Claires A och B scenario för att låsa upp "The 4th Survivor" där man får spela som Hunk. Klarar man scenario A och B med A rank tre gånger på rad så kan man spela "The 4th Survivor" fast denna gång som Tofu, endast utrustad med en kniv.

Kuriosa
 En speltidning startade ett rykte som sa att om man klarade Resident Evil 2 genom att bara använda kniven och pistolen så skulle man få "Akuma" från Street Fighter som en extra-karaktär. Detta var dock bara ett april-skämt. Det finns de som fortfarande tror på detta rykte än idag.

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Resident Evil
Playstation-spel
Playstation 3-spel
Playstation Network-spel
Nintendo 64-spel
Dreamcast-spel
Nintendo Gamecube-spel
Datorspel 1998
1998 i fiktion
USA i fiktion
Datorspel med kvinnliga huvudpersoner
Tredjepersonsskjutare
Skräckspel
Spel med zombietema