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Home » Data Management Programs Are Good, but Often Mismanaged
Data Management Programs Are Good, but Often Mismanaged
You probably don't think "data governance" is that important a topic. Especially when you've got IT budgetary fires raging or you're planning next week's layoffs. You may even think today's data management and master data management (MDM) and similar enterprise wide data governance initiatives are too complex. And crazy boring. That's OK. You're not totally wrong.
But boring can be bountiful--as in saving corporate cash and increasing revenues.
That's according to the results from a brand-new survey of 123 business and IT leaders at companies with annual revenues of $500m or more.
First, the bad news: The survey found that data-management efforts in large companies remain "significantly ineffective," with less than half of all respondents (47 percent) rating their organization's data-management efforts as "effective or very effective."
Source: CIO
Technology Retail
KEYWORDS Retail Technology
Data, Analytics Programs Often Fail for Lack of Leadership Support
Big Data Is Good, But Fast Big Data Is Much Better
Lost Factory Jobs of North Carolina Are Gone for Good, But Few Seem to Mind
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The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) has today welcomed the first Youth Contract figures as a promising start, but warns that regional variations in the wage incentive may be necessary to hit government targets.
Government statistics released today show that employers have so far taken on 21,460 young people, with 4,690 wage incentives paid to date. The scheme was launched in April 2012 and is intended to run for three years, with 160,000 wage incentives on offer in total. The wage incentive of £2,275 is payable to the employer once the eligible young unemployed person has completed 26 weeks of employment. The money is available in relation to young people on the Work Programme and those supported by Jobcentre Plus.
Kirsty McHugh, chief executive of Employment Related Services Association, said:
'We're delighted that 21,460 unemployed youngsters have been helped into a job by the wage incentive to date. However, it's clear from feedback that the incentive amount may not always be high enough in some parts of the country to tempt employers to take on extra staff. We're therefore asking government to consider varying the level of wage incentive available to reflect different costs across the UK.'
Previous work by ERSA and the CBI has been aimed at marketing the Youth Contract wage incentive to businesses. A joint leaflet was produced in December 2012 for distribution across CBI and trade body membership.
Press enquiries should be directed to Gemma Hopkins on 020 7960 6317.
1. The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) is the trade body for organisations delivering or with an interest in employment related services – sometimes called welfare to work. The scope of reach includes skills provision, self-employment, offender related services, welfare reform and disability-related issues, as well as the design and delivery of employment programmes. Membership spans the private, voluntary and public sectors ranging from large multi-nationals through to small specialist charities operating in their local communities.
2. The Youth Contract was unveiled by the Deputy Prime Minister in 2012 as a £1 billion package of measures to tackle youth unemployment. The wage incentive is available for employment of 16 hours or more per week. There is a part time rate (£1,137.50) between 16 and 29 hours and a full time rate (£2,275) for 30 hours or more. When an eligible young person starts a job and it is expected that the job would last 26 weeks, the Work Programme provider or Jobcentre Plus issues a wage incentive claim form to the employer. The wage incentive is then paid after the young person has remained in work for 26 weeks. The government's press release can be found here. The official Youth Contract Wage Incentive Job Start statistics can be found here and the official Youth Contract Wage Incentive Payment statistics can be found here.
3. ERSA and the CBI have been working together to market both the Work Programme and the Youth Contract wage incentive to employers. The marketing material can be found here.


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Cooking ham they say is just like a walk in the park. Even the most least-experienced cooker can make good meals out of processed ham. But that is a wrong idea, given that this simple task is a bit tricky. In fact, it requires precision.
As you may all now know, if this processed meat is overcooked or undercooked, it can have a not-so-good taste, thus ruining the mood for a quality meal. When you plan to have a decent meal with ham as its main ingredient, you must learn a few tricks to cook it in a good way. By doing so, you are able to satisfy your taste buds and that of others that might also eat what you have prepared.
When we say "little trick" in this particular subject matter, it does not necessarily mean that it's a simple thing to do, but rather one good way of dealing with problems involving cooking of ham.
Many are accustomed of slightly frying ham for breakfast as the only means to make use of this very delicious meat product. But that is only good when you are dealing for daily and simple needs such as a quick morning meal to satisfy the craving of your tummy.
But when you have the need to be a little more creative to impress others with your work, you will probably find an oven a very helpful kitchen tool to produce something good-looking and yummy out of simple ham meat you have in your fridge.
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2. When you have prepared all the ingredients, you should preheat your oven for about 15 minutes. The ideal temperature should be 350 degrees Fahrenheit or equivalent to 175 degrees Celsius. Make sure that you do this because this is a very important step in baking ham using your oven.
3. While doing the second step, you place the ham in a roasting pan. After that, carefully press whole cloves at the top of the meat. Make sure you do this with 1 to 2 inch intervals. Keep in mind that you should have clean hands when doing this to avoid contaminating meat itself.
4. After that, you pack the top of the ham with a layer of brown sugar. Be sure to do a good job with this one. Do not put too thick or too thin layer for it might have effects on the taste of the meat.
5. Get clean water and pour it to the bottom of the roasting pan until it fills about an inch deep.
6. After doing all of these, you cover the pan with aluminium foil or lid.
7. Put the finished product in the preheated oven and bake for 4 and ½ to 5 hours. This is the approximate time needed for the temperature of the ham to reach 160 degrees Fahrenheit or 72 degrees Celsius.
8. When checking the temperature of the ham, make sure that the device being used does not touch the bone of the meat.
9. Let it stand for around 20 minutes before serving.
10. Enjoy your own oven-baked ham with your friends and family.
By now, you should know that you need to wait for at least 5 hours before you can enjoy what you have baked using your oven. That span of time is a perfect test for your patience as the cook.
Keep in mind that one of the wrong habits of those cooking for quite a long time is that they tend to check on what is being cooked from time to time. That is something that you should avoid.
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When cooking ham in oven is the subject, baked ham usually gets at the top of the list of recipes to expect. There are many people from different parts of the world who have tried this.
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Q: Rspec & bundle exec: "rake spec" works but "rspec spec" gives "command not found: rspec" missing gem error I am having problems running Rspec:
My RSpec tests run properly with bundle exec rake spec, but I get a missing gem error with bundle exec rspec spec.
I am using Rails 4.1.0 and Ruby 1.9.3p484 (2013-11-22) [i386-mingw32] on a Windows 7 operating system with Railsinstaller.

C:\RailsInstaller\Ruby1.9.3\myapp>bundle exec rspec spec
bundler: command not found: rspec
Install missing gem executables with `bundle install`

When I try to narrow my spec tests with a command like bundle exec rspec spec/models/project_spec.rb all of my tests run instead, slowing down my test driven development considerably.   I have repeated this issue on multiple Rails projects with spec tests, including from projects with tests that I have cloned from Github.  Downgrading to Rails 4.0.0 from Rails 4.0.1 did not solve the problem. My Bundler version is 1.6.2.
I have the rspec-rails gem installed at C:\RailsInstaller\Ruby1.9.3\lib\ruby\gems\1.9.1\gems, and installation appears to work fine:

C:\RailsInstaller\Ruby1.9.3\myapp>gem install rspec-rails
Successfully installed rspec-rails-2.14.2
Parsing documentation for rspec-rails-2.14.2
Done installing documentation for rspec-rails after 1 seconds
1 gem installed

Sample of working spec test using bundle exec rake spec

    C:\RailsInstaller\Ruby1.9.3\myapp>bundle exec
    rake spec ./spec/models/project_spec.rb
    C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/ruby.exe -S rspec ./spec/controllers/projects_co
    ntroller_spec.rb ./spec/models/project_spec.rb
    ...FF..

    Failures:

      1) ProjectsController#create with invalid parameters doesn't create a record t
    o the database if title is missing
         Failure/Error: post :create, project: {title: "",
         NoMethodError:
           undefined method `new_url' for #
         # ./app/controllers/projects_controller.rb:19:in `create'
         # ./spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb:48:in `invalid_params_titl
    e'
         # ./spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb:58:in `block (5 levels) in
     '
         # ./spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb:58:in `block (4 levels) in
     '

      2) ProjectsController#create with invalid parameters doesn't create a record t
    o the database if description is missing
         Failure/Error: post :create, project: {title: "some valid title",
         NoMethodError:
           undefined method `new_url' for #
         # ./app/controllers/projects_controller.rb:19:in `create'
         # ./spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb:53:in `invalid_params_desc
    ription'
         # ./spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb:62:in `block (5 levels) in
     '
         # ./spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb:62:in `block (4 levels) in
     '

    Finished in 0.19601 seconds
    7 examples, 2 failures

    Failed examples:

    rspec ./spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb:57 # ProjectsController#cre
    ate with invalid parameters doesn't create a record to the database if title is
    missing
    rspec ./spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb:61 # ProjectsController#cre
    ate with invalid parameters doesn't create a record to the database if descripti
    on is missing

    Randomized with seed 880

    C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/ruby.exe -S rspec ./spec/controllers/projects_co
    ntroller_spec.rb ./spec/models/project_spec.rb failed

My Gemfile:

    source 'https://rubygems.org'

    # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
    gem 'rails', '4.1.0'
    # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
    gem 'sqlite3'
    # Use SCSS for stylesheets
    gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.3'
    # Use Uglifier as compressor for JavaScript assets
    gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
    # Use CoffeeScript for .js.coffee assets and views
    gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
    # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
    # gem 'therubyracer',  platforms: :ruby

    # Use jquery as the JavaScript library
    gem 'jquery-rails'
    # Turbolinks makes following links in your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/rails/turbolinks
    gem 'turbolinks'
    # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
    gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0'
    # bundle exec rake doc:rails generates the API under doc/api.
    gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0',          group: :doc

    gem 'bootstrap-sass'
    gem 'haml-rails'
    gem 'quiet_assets'
    gem 'thin'
    gem 'simple_form'
    gem 'hirb'

    #This didn't work either:
    #gem 'rspec-rails', group: [:development, :test]

    group :development, :test do
      gem 'rspec'
      gem 'rspec-rails'
      gem 'faker'
      gem "factory_girl_rails"
      gem "capybara"
      # gem "capybara-webkit"
      gem 'selenium-webdriver', '~> 2.41.0'
      gem "database_cleaner"
      gem "rails-erd" #use rake erd to create a .dot file you can view current ERD with graphviz
    end

    # Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
    # gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'

    # Use unicorn as the app server
    # gem 'unicorn'

    # Use Capistrano for deployment
    # gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development

    # Use debugger
    # gem 'debugger', group: [:development, :test]

    # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
    gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin]

My Gemfile.lock, which I deleted and ran bundle install on multiple times:

    GEM
      remote: https://rubygems.org/
      specs:
        actionmailer (4.1.0)
          actionpack (= 4.1.0)
          actionview (= 4.1.0)
          mail (~> 2.5.4)
        actionpack (4.1.0)
          actionview (= 4.1.0)
          activesupport (= 4.1.0)
          rack (~> 1.5.2)
          rack-test (~> 0.6.2)
        actionview (4.1.0)
          activesupport (= 4.1.0)
          builder (~> 3.1)
          erubis (~> 2.7.0)
        activemodel (4.1.0)
          activesupport (= 4.1.0)
          builder (~> 3.1)
        activerecord (4.1.0)
          activemodel (= 4.1.0)
          activesupport (= 4.1.0)
          arel (~> 5.0.0)
        activesupport (4.1.0)
          i18n (~> 0.6, >= 0.6.9)
          json (~> 1.7, >= 1.7.7)
          minitest (~> 5.1)
          thread_safe (~> 0.1)
          tzinfo (~> 1.1)
        arel (5.0.1.20140414130214)
        bootstrap-sass (3.1.1.1)
          sass (~> 3.2)
        builder (3.2.2)
        capybara (2.2.1)
          mime-types (>= 1.16)
          nokogiri (>= 1.3.3)
          rack (>= 1.0.0)
          rack-test (>= 0.5.4)
          xpath (~> 2.0)
        childprocess (0.5.3)
          ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.11)
        choice (0.1.6)
        coffee-rails (4.0.1)
          coffee-script (>= 2.2.0)
          railties (>= 4.0.0, = 3.0.0)
        factory_girl_rails (4.4.1)
          factory_girl (~> 4.4.0)
          railties (>= 3.0.0)
        faker (1.3.0)
          i18n (~> 0.5)
        ffi (1.9.3-x86-mingw32)
        haml (4.0.5)
          tilt
        haml-rails (0.5.3)
          actionpack (>= 4.0.1)
          activesupport (>= 4.0.1)
          haml (>= 3.1, = 4.0.1)
        hike (1.2.3)
        hirb (0.7.1)
        i18n (0.6.9)
        jbuilder (2.0.7)
          activesupport (>= 3.0.0,  1.2)
        jquery-rails (3.1.0)
          railties (>= 3.0, = 0.14,  1.16)
          treetop (~> 1.4.8)
        mime-types (1.25.1)
        mini_portile (0.5.3)
        minitest (5.3.3)
        multi_json (1.10.0)
        nokogiri (1.6.1-x86-mingw32)
          mini_portile (~> 0.5.0)
        polyglot (0.3.4)
        quiet_assets (1.0.2)
          railties (>= 3.1, = 1.0)
        rails (4.1.0)
          actionmailer (= 4.1.0)
          actionpack (= 4.1.0)
          actionview (= 4.1.0)
          activemodel (= 4.1.0)
          activerecord (= 4.1.0)
          activesupport (= 4.1.0)
          bundler (>= 1.3.0,  2.0)
        rails-erd (1.1.0)
          activerecord (>= 3.0)
          activesupport (>= 3.0)
          choice (~> 0.1.6)
          ruby-graphviz (~> 1.0.4)
        railties (4.1.0)
          actionpack (= 4.1.0)
          activesupport (= 4.1.0)
          rake (>= 0.8.7)
          thor (>= 0.18.1,  1.4)
        rspec (2.14.1)
          rspec-core (~> 2.14.0)
          rspec-expectations (~> 2.14.0)
          rspec-mocks (~> 2.14.0)
        rspec-core (2.14.8)
        rspec-expectations (2.14.5)
          diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3, = 3.0)
          activemodel (>= 3.0)
          activesupport (>= 3.0)
          railties (>= 3.0)
          rspec-core (~> 2.14.0)
          rspec-expectations (~> 2.14.0)
          rspec-mocks (~> 2.14.0)
        ruby-graphviz (1.0.9)
        rubyzip (1.1.3)
        sass (3.2.19)
        sass-rails (4.0.3)
          railties (>= 4.0.0,  3.2.0)
          sprockets (~> 2.8,  2.0)
        sdoc (0.4.0)
          json (~> 1.8)
          rdoc (~> 4.0, = 0.5.0)
          multi_json (~> 1.0)
          rubyzip (~> 1.0)
          websocket (~> 1.0.4)
        simple_form (3.0.2)
          actionpack (~> 4.0)
          activemodel (~> 4.0)
        sprockets (2.11.0)
          hike (~> 1.2)
          multi_json (~> 1.0)
          rack (~> 1.0)
          tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
        sprockets-rails (2.1.3)
          actionpack (>= 3.0)
          activesupport (>= 3.0)
          sprockets (~> 2.8)
        sqlite3 (1.3.9-x86-mingw32)
        thin (1.6.2)
          daemons (>= 1.0.9)
          eventmachine (>= 1.0.0)
          rack (>= 1.0.0)
        thor (0.19.1)
        thread_safe (0.3.3)
        tilt (1.4.1)
        treetop (1.4.15)
          polyglot
          polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
        turbolinks (2.2.2)
          coffee-rails
        tzinfo (1.1.0)
          thread_safe (~> 0.1)
        tzinfo-data (1.2014.2)
          tzinfo (>= 1.0.0)
        uglifier (2.5.0)
          execjs (>= 0.3.0)
          json (>= 1.8.0)
        websocket (1.0.7)
        xpath (2.0.0)
          nokogiri (~> 1.3)

    PLATFORMS
      x86-mingw32

    DEPENDENCIES
      bootstrap-sass
      capybara
      coffee-rails (~> 4.0.0)
      database_cleaner
      factory_girl_rails
      faker
      haml-rails
      hirb
      jbuilder (~> 2.0)
      jquery-rails
      quiet_assets
      rails (= 4.1.0)
      rails-erd
      rspec
      rspec-rails
      sass-rails (~> 4.0.3)
      sdoc (~> 0.4.0)
      selenium-webdriver (~> 2.41.0)
      simple_form
      sqlite3
      thin
      turbolinks
      tzinfo-data
      uglifier (>= 1.3.0)

A: Problem 1
The version of ruby you need to use or are using is not the one rspec is using. rspec is path'd to /usr/bin/rspec whose first line is regrettably
#!/usr/bin/ruby

which ties your platform to whatever version /usr/bin/ruby is. Fix this either by changing the file or creating a new rspec earlier in the path:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

(On some systems, it must instead be #!/bin/env ruby).
Problem 2
To use rspec with user-local gems (ie, in $HOME/.gem) you must specify $GEM_PATH. Basically rspec doesn't honor your $HOME/.gemrc file.
Perhaps bundle exec solves the above problems, but for me it created more.

A: Could you please try this.
bundle exec "rspec spec"

OR
bundle exec rspec

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Convert ares to square miles
ares definition
The Are is a metric unit of area equal to 100 square meters.
square miles definition
The Square Mile is a British Imperial unit of area equal to 640 acres. A Square Mile is the area enclosed by square with sides of one mile.
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Covid-19 Vaccine Studies May Suffer as Volunteers Consider Dropping Out
People who believe they got a placebo during testing say they want to leave to get the real shots once they are approved
A volunteer in a vaccine trial received an injection in September in Hollywood, Fla.
Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg News
Rolfe Winkler
@RolfeWinkler
Rolfe.Winkler@wsj.com
Susan Baker volunteered for Johnson & Johnson's JNJ 1.55% vaccine trial to seek protection from Covid-19. For the same reason, she may drop out of the study.
The nurse practitioner from North Carolina has treated Covid-19 patients at her hospital. She takes care of people at high risk, including dialysis patients and her husband and father, both of whom have medical conditions. If she catches the virus and spreads it to anyone vulnerable, "I don't know if I could forgive myself," she said.
That is why Ms. Baker may drop out of J&J's vaccine trial. She took an antibody test indicating she received a placebo instead of the actual vaccine in the study. With positive early results for vaccines from Pfizer Inc. PFE 0.08% and Moderna Inc. MRNA -3.58% pointing toward use in the U.S. possibly within weeks, she wants to be first in line to get one, though she previously agreed to stick with the study so it could fully vet J&J's injection.
"Anything that could potentially protect you, you want so desperately right now," the 42-year-old said.
Authorization of the most advanced vaccine candidates would mark a turning point in the fight against Covid-19. Yet it might also set back the effort, compromising ongoing vaccine trials, including Pfizer's and Moderna's, by prompting volunteers to quit.
Health experts say having a vaccine is just one front in a two-front battle against Covid-19. The other is effective treatments for those who are already sick with the disease. WSJ breaks down the three most promising types in development. Photo Illustration: Jacob Reynolds/WSJ.
Researchers scheduled two-year trials for the leading vaccines. They didn't plan to tell the volunteers whether they got a shot or placebo until a study ends. Subjects agreed to the terms upon signing up.
Yet Ms. Baker and others say it is unfair to deny them vaccines once they become available.
She and more than 100 other vaccine-study subjects recently wrote the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asking it to encourage companies to tell them if they got a placebo and are eligible for an authorized vaccine.
The subjects are free to leave their trials at any time, drug-research experts say. Yet early departures could undermine the studies by hindering the collection of data needed to fully assess how safe the inoculations are and how long they protect against the virus.
"Frankly, people should not have gone into this study who didn't feel they could wait," said Arnold Monto, a University of Michigan health researcher who heads the panel of experts that will advise the FDA about authorizing Covid-19 vaccines.
Dr. Monto expressed hope the issue would be rendered moot because many volunteers who received a placebo aren't likely to be eligible for scarce vaccine supplies for some time.
The dilemma strikes at a larger, more enduring problem with medical testing: Many trial participants volunteer for a chance at early access to a Covid-19 vaccine, not to further science. Yet researchers conduct the studies to determine whether they can recommend an experimental treatment to the broader community.
"The small group on the placebo wants access [to a vaccine] at the time of authorization; the whole world wants more rigorous safety and efficacy data, which means keeping people on a placebo," said Jennifer Miller, a Yale University bioethicist.
An exodus of volunteers in earlier stages of testing could delay access to shots that may prove more effective, easier to deliver or less expensive, said Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology at Harvard University.
"If we stop a few months in, we're in some sense wasting the altruistic act of those people who volunteer in the first place," argued Mr. Lipsitch. "We get a fraction of the data we could get if we could continue it."
Dr. Frederick Feit volunteered for Pfizer's vaccine trial.
Photo: Frederick Feit
Frederick Feit, who volunteered for Pfizer's vaccine trial and thinks he got a placebo, said he would get the shot as soon as he can because that was his purpose for enrolling. "It was never altruistic," said Dr. Feit, a 72-year-old cardiologist at NYU Langone Health.
About 48 Covid-19 vaccines are being tested in people, according to the World Health Organization, studies that researchers designed to assess whether the shots safely protect against the disease. To make that assessment, volunteers are randomly given either the experimental vaccine or a placebo. Neither the volunteers nor researchers know who got which.
After a sufficient number of subjects develop Covid-19, researchers take a look to see how many of the volunteers were on a placebo. The vaccine provides protection if fewer vaccinated subjects fell sick.
Given the urgent need, researchers will assess whether shots work safely weeks after study subjects get inoculated. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech SE, BNTX 3.06% as well as Moderna, have said their vaccines were roughly 95% effective and appeared safe. AstraZeneca AZN 2.40% PLC said its shot was 62% to 90% effective, depending on dosage.
Data for vaccine candidates from Johnson & Johnson and Novavax Inc. NVAX 0.45% are expected in the coming months.
Should health-care workers participating in a vaccine trial be freed from the trial if the vaccine works? Why or why not? Join the conversation below.
The rapid readouts compared with the longer testing schedules of most vaccine development in the past should help accelerate the approval and availability of the inoculations. It will also, however, make it more difficult to answer important questions, including whether there are any long-term side effects and the duration of protection provided by the shots.
Better data also would help doctors and health authorities allay the fears of some Americans reluctant to take a Covid-19 vaccine, researchers say.
As companies release data from their late-stage vaccine trials and the leading candidates move closer to authorization, some study subjects have taken antibody tests to see whether they got the vaccine or placebo. If it appears they took a placebo, some volunteers have begun clamoring for access to a vaccine.
Nurse practitioner Amy Warren, a vaccine-study volunteer, wants a vaccine shot once one is approved.
Photo: Amy Warren
"These companies were smart enough to recruit high-risk people into their studies. Those are the same people who are going to say 'I'm out of here, I'm going to go get something to protect myself'" when a vaccine becomes available, said Amy Warren, 48, a nurse practitioner in Kansas City, Mo., who is in a Moderna trial and signed the letter volunteers sent to the FDA.
Johnson & Johnson last month sought guidance on the matter from the committee of independent experts advising the FDA on vaccines. J&J expressed concern that clearance of the first vaccine would compromise other companies' ability to recruit volunteers for their own studies, and make it harder to keep volunteers enrolled if they are eligible for the first vaccine.
Pfizer, however, wrote in its own comment letter that it has an ethical responsibility to inform trial volunteers if a vaccine was approved and to provide it to placebo recipients. The company told study subjects this month that it is exploring how to give the vaccine to these volunteers but needs regulators to approve.
Marion Gruber, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said during a recent panel appearance that the agency is talking with vaccine makers about how to achieve the goal of data collection while also making vaccines available to those who need them most.
Meanwhile, in the U.K., regulators sent a bulletin to Covid-19 vaccine study subjects there this month saying they would be contacted if a vaccine is cleared, and told if they got the placebo and are eligible to receive the real shot.
—Jared S. Hopkins and Jenny Strasburg contributed to this article.
Write to Rolfe Winkler at rolfe.winkler@wsj.com
Appeared in the November 28, 2020, print edition as 'Test Subjects Consider Pullout.'
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Photo courtesy of The Art Source/James Barkley/Harbor View Center For Antiques
Ride a Painted Pony
For nearly three decades connoisseurs have flocked to The Art Source, with a location at the Harbor View Center for Antiques in Stamford, Connecticut, for its impressive collection of carousel figures. Among the company's treasures is a 1915-17 inner-row flag jumper, $7,500, by C. W. Parker. Completely restored, it was part of the last permanent Lillie Belle supreme carousel in Texas. The Art Source, Harbor View Center for Antiques, 101 Jefferson St. Stamford, CT 06902, 203-325-8070; www.harborviewantiques.com
Photo: Peter Valli
Baron, a cotton, is part of the Residence collection from Thibaut (www.thibautdesign.com; 800-223-0704). The Jacobean floral pattern is based on an antique document.
Photo courtesy of Kuttner Antiques
Drum Roll, Please
A laurel wreath frames a soldier and horse on a circa 1860 painted child's drum, $1,250, at Kuttner Antiques (www.kuttnerantiques.com; 413-229-2955) in Sheffield, Massachusetts. A hatbox of the same pattern is at Vermont's Shelburne Museum.
Bear Witness
Zen and Bunni Nishimura's ZenBunni boasts "curiosities and chocolate." Not only do the couple have their own line of raw, organic chocolates, they also have an inventory of offbeat objects. Industrial carts, vintage tableware and even a hand-painted, solid-concrete, 1930s bear dubbed Walter, $1,800, fill the Santa Monica, California, shop. Though small in stature (he's just 14 inches tall), he packs quite a presence. ZenBunni, 2307 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405 310-452-9605; www.zenbunni.com
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An online dealer, Chelsea Marketeers (www.chelseamarketeers.com) has an eclectic stock. Among the items available is a nine-piece set of vintage silver flatware, $700, depicting Yei figures that may be the work of Florence Johnson.
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Used in a way entirely different from their intended function, hundreds of humble matchsticks make up a circa 1960 model of a Fender guitar, $3,700, at Urban Totem (www.urbantotem.com; 847-733-7507) in Evanston, Illinois, just north of Chicago.
South America was the jumping-off point for Boussac's new collection. Available at Pierre Frey (www.pierrefrey.com), it includes the playful dotted cotton Tequila.
Photo courtesy of Clifford A. Wallach
Tramp Mart
Clifford A. Wallach is a leading authority on tramp art, and his Greenwich, Connecticut, gallery (www.trampart.com; 203-552-0060) has a host of notable pieces, including a painted, multicompartment box, $1,750, from circa 1910.
DelGreco
Camille, from DelGreco Textiles (www.delgrecotextiles.com; 866-485-4080), is a yarn-dyed acrylic based on the designs of 20th-century French textile designer Paule Marrot.
Photo courtesy of Halliday House Antiques
The Door Stops Here
Situated in California's picturesque Napa Valley, Halliday House Antiques specializes in Americana. Besides larger furnishings, the company has many smaller delights for enthusiasts. One of the whimsical pieces is a doorstop, $395, in the form of Uncle Sam. The iconic fellow, from the early 1900s, is painted on one side in his traditional suit; the other side is painted white. He stands two feet tall. Halliday House Antiques, 707-253-1092 www.hallidayhouseantiques.com
Photo: Alec Marshall
Kendon Antiques (www.kendonantiques.com; 518-822-8627) in Hudson, New York, features a charming set of three circa 1900 hand-painted wood spinning tops, $425. Two are seven inches tall; the other measures just four inches.
Photo courtesy of Evans & Gerst Antiques
Paper Work
Remnants of wallpaper were often used to cover boxes in the 19th century, as is the case with the selection of hatboxes, from $450 to $900, depending on size, at Evans & Gerst Antiques (www.evansandgerst.com); 310-657-0112) in Los Angeles.
Photo courtesy of American Garage
Flag Tin
Sporting a patriotic paint job, a 19th-century-style top hat, $23,000, served as a trade sign for a tinsmith. From the 1920s, the sign is available at American Garage (www.americangarageantiques.com; 323-658-8100) in Los Angeles.
Photo courtesy of The Ross Art Group
Desert Planes
The wide-open spaces—and cowboy past—of Arizona are vividly evoked in a circa 1955 Fred Ludekun poster, $1,200, promoting American Airlines at The Ross Art Group (www.postergroup.com; 212-223-1525) in Manhattan.
Photo courtesy of Lost Found Art
Sum of the Parts
When massed together, croquet posts, $3,500, and a group of American stringed instruments, $6,500, take on a special power. Lost Found Art (www.lostfoundart.com; 203-595-0585) in Connecticut has these whimsical assemblages and more.
Photo courtesy of Solvang Antique Center
In Solvang, California, the Solvang Antique Center (www.solvangantiques.com; 805-688-6222) is home to scores of dealers. An 1896 cast-iron mechanical bank, $1,445, by Hubley, depicting a clown and a dog, is just one of the gems to be had.
Photo courtesy of Baker & Co. Antiques
Cats' Meow
Stuffed with rags and with painted or stitched faces, sock cats were made for and by children. Baker & Co. Antiques (www.bakercoantiques.com; 831-479-4404) in Soquel, California, has a set of three early-20th-century felines, $995.
Elizabeth Eakins
From Elizabeth Eakins (www.elizabetheakins.com; 212-628-1950), Wheat Sheath is available in three separate handwoven fabrics—union cloth, hemp or linen (shown).
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Featured student: Genevieve Smith and her guide dog, Peru
By thekeystonenews on December 2, 2014
By Alicia Ceccarelli
Genevieve Smith and her guide dog, Peru
Photo by Jayaruwan Gunathilake
Oct. 22, marked the seven-year birthday of an honorable canine on the KU campus. She is a charmingly sweet and hard-working black Labrador retriever, named Peru.
Owner Genevieve Smith, who spoils her loyal pooch with a rotating menu of home-cooked food each week, knew she had to go above-and-beyond to celebrate Peru's seven lucky years. The agenda consisted of an internet-instructed doggie massage and bacon-laced peanut butter dog treats fresh from Smith's oven.
Peru was destined to impact the life of her future human. At a specialized school in California, she was born into the "P" generation, perhaps among brothers and sisters named Penelope and Pogo. For over two years, her breeders meticulously trained her litter, choosing strictly those who excelled in testing without error. Smith also committed to a full month of learning "working" commands. The duo has been inseparable after nearly five years of meaningful companionship.
The pair receives warm smiles from peers wherever they venture on campus. Peru is not quite a Golden Bear in color or species, but she definitely qualifies as a university mascot in her own right. She cautiously guides her loving master with her keen sense of smell and introduces her to new territory. Smith's confidence assures Peru that she is in control, and Peru dutifully navigates through entryways, or the flow of students. Smith doesn't fault anyone who gets the urge to pat Peru's sweet head or rub her silky ears; clearly Peru is magnetic, but when she is "in harness", it is in Smith's best interest to be the only one who physically interacts with the 40 lb. retriever.
While obtaining an education degree at KU, Smith found herself enthralled with computer science after taking a general class. She especially loves the technological world of coding for web-design, and recently became a peer tutor on the subject. This is how we met for the first time, at Rohrbach Library.
Smith and Peru drew me in, initially because of the seemingly impossible situation. A young student, who has never known life with even the slightest sense of vision, was excelling in computing at our university. My bewilderment drove me to meet with her again so I could soak up the amazement that is Genevieve Smith.
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The Best Accessible Websites
Highlighting top restaurant websites using digital accessibility best practices.
Digital accessibility is an integral part of the web browsing experience. COVID-19 has forced more restaurants to see the importance of a restaurant website that not only provides powerful ecommerce tools that drive valuable revenue but that are rooted in design best practices. Digital accessibility and adherence to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines are integral to those best practices.
With digitally accessible tools, design best practices and adherence to these accessibility standards and guidelines, restaurants can ensure that all visitors to their website are provided equal access to their offerings. We've highlighted the best digitally accessible websites for inspiration.
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Shy Bird
shybird.com
Alongside doing rotisserie incredibly well, Shy Bird also understands the importance of a restaurant website that is digitally accessible. The Cambridge, MA-based restaurant provides an accessibility statement at the footer of its website to highlight adherence to web accessibility standards according to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). While the template to Shy Bird's website uses the latest best practices, they take it one step further with BentoBox's accessibility tool called ADA Pro. This tool allows users to alternatively navigate the website. This can be accessed by clicking the blue icon at the bottom right of the screen on both desktop and mobile.
Restaurant Marc Forgione
marcforgione.com
Marc Forgione is the son of renowned chef Larry Forgione, who is touted as "The Godfather of American Cuisine." However, his eponymous restaurant, Restaurant Marc Forgione, in NYC's TriBeCa neighborhood, forges a path all its own — thrusting Marc into the spotlight. His exceptional detail to quality goes beyond the brick and mortar. Their website accurately reflects the mood and atmosphere of dining at the restaurant. And with details such as an accessibility statement, icons for navigating images and easily readable text, their website provides access to all web visitors looking to experience the cuisine.
bluesmoke.com
While a website may use digital accessibility best practices and adhere to the latest industry standards and guidelines, the third-party apps and services they link out to can be an issue. Blue Smoke, a NYC-based barbecue restaurant from Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group uses a digitally accessible online ordering system that is attached to the website. This ensures that potential diners will have quick and equal access to their offerings to place an order online.
Loring Place
loringplacenyc.com
The text that's featured across a website should be easily viewable to the visitor and readable by screen readers. For visually impaired web visitors, ensuring that there is enough contrast between the color of the text and the color of the background is key. Loring Place does a great job of reflecting this across their entire website. A menu page is one of the most important pages on a restaurant website and Loring Place provides an easily accessible page on both desktop and mobile for web visitors.
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Smyth & The Loyalist
smythandtheloyalist.com
Owned and operated by husband and wife duo, John B. and Karen Urie Shields, Smyth and The Loyalist are twin concepts in one. Smyth is the highly seasonal tasting menu restaurant and The Loyalist is the attached neighborhood bar. Both concepts source ingredients from local farms and are clouted nationally and in the Chicago community. Their digitally accessible website captures the essence of the restaurant using a template that uses the latest best practices and adheres to industry standards and guidelines. The pop-up alert (pictured) features text that is accessible to screen readers and an image that uses alt-text — an important part of web accessibility.
The Bazaar
Las Vegas & Miami
thebazaar.com
The Bazaar by José Andrés is a culinary excursion with each location (Las Vegas and Miami) uniquely influencing the experience. Alongside mouth-watering images of their offerings and a page dedicated to press writings and awards, the website for The Bazaar features an accessibility statement page at the footer, which details their actions and commitment to providing an accessible experience for visitors to their website. One example of this commitment is the ability to pause the carousel of images on the homepage by clicking the pause button on both mobile and desktop browsers.
virtuerestaurant.com
Erick Williams is the chef and owner of Virtue, a restaurant and bar stationed in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. With deep roots in Southern cuisine, Williams and Virtue have been subject to many accolades. As one of Esquire's Best New Restaurants 2019, Virtue is a destination in the community. For guests who are interested in purchasing gift cards for friends and family, Virtue makes it simple to do so straight from their website. This is an example of how a restaurant website can provide tools and services that adhere to accessibility standards. The reason? While a website can adhere to guidelines and standards, a third-party gift-card service that the website links to could not — putting the business in jeopardy of lawsuits.
gramercytavern.com
Gramercy Tavern is one of New York City's most iconic and celebrated restaurants. Opened by Danny Meyer over 25 years ago, the restaurant has witnessed the rise of technology in the industry. With an award-winning website, Gramercy Tavern understands the importance of good design. That also means being accessible to everyone. Visitors to the website can browse and order their famous Tavern Burger by ordering directly from the website. This ensures that the experience is digitally accessible to everyone.
emmysquaredpizza.com
First-time visitors to a restaurant's website are looking for key items such as hours & location, contact information and menus. Some may just be looking for images and descriptions of the food to decide if it's where they're going to dine. Emmy Squared provides all of this and more on their website. With an accessibility tool as the cherry on top, visitors have peace of mind knowing that Emmy Square is committed to providing an accessible experience for all.
Young Joni
youngjoni.com
Young Joni, by chef and owner, Ann Kim, is one of Minneapolis' most beloved restaurants. The restaurant and its leader have been covered in The New York Times, Esquire Vogue and more. Having an award-winning restaurant means investing in a website that accurately reflects the ambiance and cuisine it offers — to everyone. Young Joni's website features digital accessibility best practices, including an accessibility statement that explains their commitment to adhering to guidelines and standards.
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Most of us under the impression that Hookah A.K.A Sheesha and hubblybuubly is a creation of the Arabs. But the The 3 Hungry Men like to correct those who think so! it was in India where the Persian physician Hakim Abu Gilani, at the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar invented the idea. Ever since then it spread world over and is very famous in The Middle East and India. The non availibilty of sheesha in Mangalore had sent us to Manipal where there are ample numbers of hookah lounges!
As soon as we entered Manipal the 1st sheesha lounge we noticed was HIDEOUT! So we decided to give this lounge a shot!
We entered to find a billiards table at the entrance but the promising aroma of the hookah flavours had led us inside! And as soon as we stepped into the main area we were captivated by the romantic and ultra modern ambience!
The seating was done in the local Arabic way as in there were diwans for customers to sit down! And we noticed people from different walks of life enjoying their food and sheeshas!
As we down further to the left we saw private cabins in which one can smoke hookah, watch tv, play Xbox or just chill, these enclosures just cost 60 Rupees an hour!
So we sat down and ordered for the 2 of their best sheeshas and for some good accompaniments! The first came the Honey and Lime Hookah which was excellent! Prepared very well with just the right amount of flavor and the lemony zest was heavenly!
After that we decided to have a bite. We were served with a western sizzler which was chicken in different western sauces made to perfection and the next was the crispy chicken which is LITERALLY crispy! And we drowned all that with an Oreo shake which was slightly sweeter than usual but nonetheless hearty!
Then next came the bomb! A heavenly sheesha mixed with 5 different flavors! i.e of mint, lime, orange, apple and peach! Surprisingly we were getting all these flavours at different intervals of time!
The sheesha too are decently priced at 200-300rs! And are ofcourse well made!
But the ambience is to die for! All the youngsters should make it point to check out HIDE OUT!
The 3 hungry men rate hideout as follows!
Looks like some one stepped on your shin.Ai.
SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH !!
Thanks for your feed back !
Yes we do agree with most of the points by our viewers and here we say that this was a review for a nice hangout place ! where we did include the food factor as well !
Cheers till then PEACE !
@Aishin: As an adult you have the choice, but as Ashish has said, the issue here is that we are following these articles for review of eating places/cuisines not of tobacco and alcohol, got it? Do you want these three authors to review single malts from a mangalore wine shop ? or malboro versus goldflake from your store? on this website? GOT OUR POINT Aishin?
sure. thanks for the advice. probably when u turn 18, people might take it seriously. cheers.
Go ahead and blow up your lungs Aishin. Who is there to stop you? Wise people need just one warning if at all whereas some people rush where angels fear to tread.
its so surprising how hypocritical people can get! going out to bars and drinking is ok but sheesha is taboo??
sheeshas r not served to under age people in any restaurant and people over the age of 18 have the understanding to decide whats right and whats wrong. if people are allowed to serve sheesha then people are allowed to have it as well. so yeah, naturally this review is for that sect of people who DO HAVE IT.. like myself, who would like to know where i can get some good hooka in manipal especially.
so yeah thanks for the review guys....and whether police have read it, they cant arrest you for having an opinion!
For the information of everyone, a single session of seesha (1 hr)has the equivalent of smoking 20 cigarettes.
Though the number of chemicals in seesha smoke are less than in cigarette smoke the net carcinogenic and deleterious effect is the same.
Seesha smoking is as dangerous as cigarette smoking.
We've seen better reviews from the 3 Hungry Men. This one seemed a little rushed. And better photographs please guys!!
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By KHACHILIFE Editorial Auto & Tech May 23, 2019
Ford Is Keeping Sleepers In Their Own Lanes With This Inventive Bed
"Stay in your lane" — it's a phrase you've no doubt muttered at an errant driver on crowded downtown streets, or perhaps even heard yelled at you as you swerved, just a little, while rounding a bend in the road and finding your eye drawn to some sunlit coastal vista that lay beyond.
It's also a phrase playfully or accusingly tossed between bedfellows. For those who luxuriate in space, the cool side of the pillow, and plenty of leg room, a restless or cuddly partner can make for a sleepless night.
It seems only appropriate, then, that one of the most innovative mattresses on the market today has been dreamt up by none other than Ford. Yes, that Ford — father of the assembly line, the company responsible for such vehicles as the iconic Model T and the Ford Mustang Bullitt.
According to Ford's blog, studies show that 1 in 4 of those in relationships sleep better alone. The impact of sleeping with a partner can have long-term effects that range from the irritating to the downright dangerous; fatigue can be a factor in road accidents, a major concern for the automotive company. Ford points to the trend of sleeping in separate beds — so-called "sleep divorces" — as a viable option. But for those without the space or desire for such an arrangement, the question of how to achieve a decent night's sleep remains.
Ford has attempted to tackle this problem with technology it actually applies in its vehicles. Its Lane-Keeping Aid monitors road markings and nudges the steering wheel in the correct direction to ensure that a vehicle stays in the correct lane. This works in tandem with other camera-based systems, all of which function to keep a driver between the lines.
Applying this same technology to the bedroom, Ford is toting its new concept product (it's still in the prototype stages — sorry, insomniacs!) as an "intervention" rather than invention. It works in much the same way as the in-vehicle technology, using pressure sensors to identify an errant sleeper. When someone strays from their lane — er, side of the bed — an integrated conveyer belt is activated and gently shifts the sleeper back to the other side.
"Lane-Keeping Aid in our cars can make driving easier and more comfortable," says Anthony Ireson, Director of Marketing Communications for Ford of Europe, on the company's blog. "We thought that showing how similar thinking could be applied to a bed would be a great way to highlight to drivers a technology that they might not previously have been aware of."
One downside, as far as we can tell, is that this conveyor belt functions to manipulate the mattress as a whole. (Remember those iconic Simmons Beautyrest "Do Not Disturb" Mattress commercials from the '90s, anyone? Remember that bowling ball dropping onto the mattress without toppling a set of pins, thanks to a pocketed beauty coil construction? This isn't quite that.) When a sleeper ventures a little too close to their bedfellow, the entire mattress rotates. This means disturbing the sleeper whose space is being invaded — but then again, it also instantly affords them more room, giving that person immediate space on their own side in which to roll away in peace.
Aesthetically, the design of the bed is one of the things we're most excited about; this certainly isn't a case of an appearance being compromised or overlooked for integrated technology. Modular, minimal, and sleek, the original prototype promises a white, boxed frame with an asymmetrical dark wood strip running from the foot of the bed to where it forms a slanted headboard. Just as the mattress itself flows as needed, this detail creates a visual interest that echoes the very purpose of the bed, creating a literal laneway from top to tail.
Curious to see more of Ford's latest off-road application for its on-road technology? Be sure to check out the company blog, where information can be found on an in-the-works, chic A-frame noise-cancelling kennel.
Images via Ford.
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Full of passion, anger, fatalism and tragedy, Jude the Obscure attacks the inequalities and hypocrisies inherent within Victorian society's attitudes towards marriage, social mobility, education and the role of women. The novel, which caused an immediate uproar on its publication, is now widely considered to be one of the great works of the nineteenth century, and the apotheosis of Hardy's fiction."
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Kelkit er en by og et distrikt i provinsen Gümüşhane i Sortehavsregionen i Tyrkiet. Ifølge tællingen i 2012 er befolkningstallet i distriktet 40.266, hvoraf de omkring 14483 bor i byen.. Distriktet er 1.438 km² stort, og byen ligger i 1.377 m højde.

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Why PHYSICAL by Dua Lipa is such good fun
July 6, 2020 August 3, 2021 Posted in 2 Music Video MondayTagged crystal light national aerobics championships, Dance, dua lipa, let's get physical, Music video, olivia newton john, physicalLeave a comment
Dua Lipa is one of the rare singers who continually tries new things in music videos, and songs. Those risks tend to pay off. I can't remember the last song or video where I skipped it.
I only heard PHYSICAL on the radio and found the video because a dancer did a tribute that I swore was the actual official video.
And this song itself is a tribune to the original 1980s LET'S GET PHYSICAL by Olivia Newton John.
First, let's check out Dua Lipa's video before we talk smack.
Good, right? It's paying homage without being a direct ripoff of Oliva Newton John.
What I like is Dua Lipa clearly cares about dance. They aren't part of the background, making her look good — she's dancing right with them, in this one and every video I've seen her do. Impressive.
The pioneer of legwarmer videos
Now here's the original, which is still funny, but hasn't aged that well.
This was a big deal when it came out. Huge.
Now it looks pretty cheesy, like those Crystal Light National Aerobics Championships, which is amazing and worth being studied in Contemporary History 376: What Were They Smoking in the 1980s?
The more I see and hear of Dua Lipa, the more I like her stuff.
Great job–please keep taking risks and trying new things with these videos. Give us moar moar MOAR.
Music video dance-off: Janet Jackson vs. Dua Lipa
September 10, 2018 August 3, 2021 Posted in 2 Music Video MondayTagged dance videos, dua lipa, idgaf, janet jackson, made for now, MTV, music videos, rhythm nationLeave a comment
Dance and music videos go together like peanut butter and chocolate, salt and pepper, bacon and eggs, coffee and newspapers.
Janet Jackson has made dance music videos forever, and my fake news version of "forever" includes before Dua Lipa was born. (She's 23, so yes, no lie.)
Today, we're looking at the latest from Janet, MADE FOR NOW, versus an interesting twist on the dance video from Dua, IDGAF, and yes, if you're offended by bad words, Dua has a bad one right up there in the title. Sorry. Didn't write the song.
First up: Janet, then Dua, before we dissect both videos.
I bet you the title to my car that Janet's video cost far, far more than Dua's–it certainly looks slick and expensive.
In this case, money and production values don't win.
Dua has a better song and a far, far more entertaining video.
The acid test to me is whether (a) you'd have to pay me to rewatch it or (b) I'd happily watch and listen to something again. I've happily put IDGAF on loop while you'd have to pay me to hit replay on MADE FOR NOW, a repetitive song and boring video.
And that's too bad. Janet's got talent to burn. She's made iconic music videos for years.
RHYTHM NATION was groundbreaking and still works today.
So I'm disappointed because Janet's playing it safe with this. So safe that it fails.
Here's the thing: once you've already had crazy success and so much cash you can't spend it without buying private islands in the South Pacific, playing it safe is a losing strategy. You're coasting instead of pushing yourself, and the audience feels it.
Though I'm no fan of Madonna's music, she did a tremendous job of recognizing this and picking a hot new producer for every album to reinvent herself. That was bold and risky. It made her a star for decades instead of a one-hit wonder.
The best music–rock, pop, rap, whatever–attacks the status quo.
Aggressively. Relentlessly. Without mercy.
The worst music defends the status quo.
Limply. Lamely. Apologetically.
If you're a famous singer or band, please take your piles of money and try to make something insanely different, new and interesting.
Rebel again.
Because that's the real point of art, to shock us into seeing the world in a different way.


This week in Vidy, IOC President Jacques Rogge addressed the delegates of the International Rugby Board Rugby (IRB) and the International Golf Federation (IGF) who were in Lausanne on 25 and 26 May for an orientation seminar.
This Friday, 28 May, President Rogge will be at the University of Darmstadt (Germany), where he will give a talk on sport and social development at the invitation of the "Olympischer Club Starkenburg", chaired by Karl-Heinz Huba. He will also attend a presentation by Prof. Manfred Koob of the Fraunhofer Institute on the digital reconstruction of Olympic facilities.
Organised in Lausanne on 21 and 22 May in Lausanne, the first joint UN-IOC forum, entitled "the importance of partnership" ended with 19 recommendations on how to optimise the impact of the various activities carried out in the field of development through sport. The participants – members of the Olympic family, the United Nations system, the International Paralympic Committee, NGOs and university experts – underlined the need to influence national governments to embed sport in their development policies by emphasising its enormous power as an indispensable tool for peace and development. To avoid creating parallel structures among the different players and duplicating activities, the creation of a web-based information-sharing network for sport in peace and development could be an important tool. Whilst the IOC's contribution to achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was recognised, full IOC participation in the upcoming UN Summit on the MDGs in September 2010 was recommended. The Forum acknowledged the unique contribution of this new event in the promotion of Olympic values to young people, including peace and development. More info on this Forum and all the recommendations can be found at www.olympic.org (News section).
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has informed us that, as part of its "Athletics World Plan", the activities linked to the "Kids' Athletics'' and "School and Youth" programmes have criss-crossed the globe, from Australia to the Arabian Peninsula, from Spain to Russia and from Haiti to Algeria, Egypt and Uganda. The objective of this Plan is to introduce athletics in school programmes worldwide and to raise awareness, particularly in the 9-15 age group. More info at www.iaaf.org.
The International Boxing Federation (AIBA) has become the first Olympic federation to set up a training centre for the Rio Games in 2016. AIBA President and IOC member Ching-Kuo Wu (right in photo) signed a landmark agreement with NOC President and IOC member Carlos Arthur Nuzman (left), and the President of the Brazilian Confederation of Boxing (CBBoxe), Mauro da Silva. This agreement paves the way for a pioneering new training centre for young boxers to prepare for the Rio Games. The training centre will serve up to 100 young athletes from the age of 12, and will be based at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park. As part of their training programme, the young boxers will receive tuition in English, Spanish and computer science in addition to their boxing training. Under the agreement, AIBA will provide equipment, coaches and instructors to the training centre. CBBoxe will select young participants, both boys and girls, with the help of state sports federations. More info at www.aiba.org.
In the framework of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the International Fencing Federation (FIE) is organising an exhibition on fencing, which will be open to the public, with free entry, from 15 to 17 August at the International Convention Centre, where the fencing competitions will be held during the Games. Unique pieces from several private collections will be presented. The YOG Organising Committee has launched a campaign to promote and celebrate the YOG through the use of interactive marketing material. More info at www.fie.ch and http://singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en/en_ad_campaigns.html.
We learned on 25 May of the death of François Besson, Sports Director of the International Judo Federation (IJF). Aged 63, François Besson held the rank of 7th dan and had been a member of the French team from 1960 to 1970.
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In the framework of doping prevention, the Guatemalan NOC has launched a series of talks on this subject. Carlos Hermès, Deputy Director of the NOC's Medical Commission, Director of the National Anti-Doping Agency and representative of the Regional Agency for Central America and Colombia, is responsible for these talks, aimed at the athletes and delegates who will take part in the 21st Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and the first YOG in Singapore in August.
The "Basketball Future Foundation", a public entity, was founded on 19 May by Lithuanian NOC President Arturas Poviliunas and Arvydas Sabonis and Sarunas Marciulionis, basketballers who won Olympic bronze in 1992. At their initiative and that of producer Marius Markevicius, based in the USA, a film will be made on basketball with the provisional title "The Other Dream Team". This film will tell the story of Lithuania's return to the Olympic family and the basketball team's road to the podium at the Barcelona 1992 Games. Lasting about 70 minutes, the film should be completed at the end of September 2010. At a press conference at the NOC's headquarters on 24 May, Marciulionis said that the main goal of the new foundation was to support two basketball schools created by him and Sabonis.
The Mongolian NOC has informed us that the awards ceremony for the 2009 IOC Sport & Literature Contest was recently held at Olympic House in Ulaanbaatar. Those present included IOC honorary member Shagdarjav Magvan, NOC Vice-President and Olympic judo medallist T. Damdin, and NOC Secretary General Jugder Otgontsagaan. B. Sodoo won the trophy in the under-12s category, and E. Munkh-Uyanga in the 12-18 age group.
The Peruvian NOC has begun training activities (photo) at national level with a sports administration course in the city of Chiclayo. Organised with the support of Olympic Solidarity, this course brought together representatives of the region's sports organisations, coaches, physical education teachers, sports journalists, referees and events organisers. The speakers included NOC President José Quiñones Gonzalez; the technical adviser of the Peruvian Institute of Sport, Rudy Montero Quispe; and archer Mariana Quintanilla. The subjects addressed were: the Olympic Movement, administration, management, women and sport, communications methods, doping-free sport, challenges for developing countries, and the values and ethics in sport.
At the plenary session of the Czech NOC, Jan Železný, triple Olympic champion and IOC member, presented the IOC Sport and the Fight against Doping Trophy to Gerhardt Bubnik, Chairman of the NOC's Arbitration Commission, in recognition of his great contribution to this fight at national and international level. Jan Železný (right in photo) also awarded the IOC Sport and Environment Diploma to the former Chairman of the NOC's Sport and Environment Commission, Tomáš Doležal (left in photo). NOC President Milan Jirasek honoured sports radio reporter Karel Malina, still active after a 60-year career, with the "Ota Pavel" journalism trophy. Malina co-founded the NOC's Fair Play Club. Finally, Věra Čáslavská, seven-time Olympic gymnastics champion and Honorary President of the NOC, received from astrophysicist Jiří Grygar a certificate with the registration of an asteroid that he discovered and named after her in 1997.
The London 2012 Games Organising Committee (LOCOG) recently launched its mascot. Named Wenlock, it was created from one of the last two drops of British steel used to construct the London Olympic Stadium. Wenlock's head is inspired by the lights of London's iconic black taxis. The three points represent the three steps of the podium. Find out more about Wenlock at www.london2012.com.
On 24 May, the President of the Rio 2016 Games Organising Committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, announced the appointment of Leonardo Gryner (photo) as the Committee's new CEO. Until then, Gryner had occupied the position of Communications and Marketing Director in the Committee, a position he had also held during the Pan-American Games in Rio in 2007. More info at www.rio2016.com.


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These rare 50p coins celebrating Beatrix Potter are worth hundreds so check your change now
These coins from the Royal Mint are to celebrate Beatrix Potter's 150th birthday
Andrew Doyle
These Beatrix Potter printed 50p coins could be worth a fortune.
It is often said that money makes money but this could actually be the case if you own one or more of the special edition Beatrix Potter 50 pence coins.
The value of this anniversary set from the Royal Mint has rocketed with some people paying up to £400 on internet auction site eBay.
The coins were designed to celebrate the 150th birthday of renowned children's author Beatrix Potter, who created Peter Rabbit and his famous friends.
One pound coins in Somerset on the market for as much as £250
Designed by Emma Noble for the Royal Mint, she has managed to capture every little whisker and it's the first and only UK coin to celebrate Peter Rabbit.
This has meant that coin collectors and Beatrix Potter fans have gone crazy to get their hands on them.
It is believed that the Royal Mint produced 15,000 'brilliant uncirculated' coins which form the gift packs alongside other animals in the Beatrix Potter series.
It is thought that another 15,000 went into circulation and these are the ones that are seeing their value rocket.
This Beatrix Potter coin was on sale online for nearly £600
Yasmin Britton, of Change Checker, explains: "There is no doubt that the Beatrix Potter 50p coins have caused much excitement across the UK and we can see why they're so popular.
"Collectors all over the country are checking their change right now in an attempt to find them.
"The more collectors hoard these coins, the less likely you are to find one in circulation – some are selling online for 40 times their face value.
"The unique theme of this collection has been the key to its undeniable success.
These rare £2, 50p, 20p, 2p coins are worth hundreds - check your shrapnel now!
"As the coins are so popular, we predict it won't be long until they completely disappear from circulation."
There are also some coloured coins, in which the characters have been painted so that they make a stunning representation of the characters. These are proving to be even rarer to find, as collectors snapped them up as soon as they appeared on the market.
So, get fumbling in your change as there could be a killing to be made online, where your 50p could suddenly be worth £20 or more.
If you are feeling flush, there is currently a Mrs. Tiggywinkle for sale on eBay for £595. Now, that's how to make your money work.


The Data Analytics initiative enables city hall to make better, more timely decisions using data to improve city services.
Assess internal capacity for data analytics through a skills assessment survey.
Identify department-level data champions and convene a monthly citywide data working group, supported by a data intern.
Hire a citywide data analytics lead.
Launch a data training program, possibly through an external partnership (e.g. local university or technology training platform).
Update training policies to include training for data analytics and visualization.
Develop data sharing standards for procurement processes to support a data-driven City Hall.


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Antoni Andrzej Strawiński herbu Sulima – sędzia ziemski starodubowski w latach 1749–1764, podsędek starodubowski w latach 1743–1749, wojski starodubowski od 1738 roku, skarbnik kowieński w 1736 roku, cześnik starodubowski w latach 1719–1736.

Poseł powiatu starodubowskikego na sejm nadzwyczajny 1733 roku i sejm nadzwyczajny 1750 roku.

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Bibliografia

 Teka Gabryela Junoszy Podoskiego, t. IV, Poznań 1856, s. 313.
 Urzędnicy Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego. Spisy, tom IV: Ziemia smoleńska i województwo smoleńskie. XIV-XVIII wiek, pod redakcją Andrzeja Rachuby, Warszawa 2003, s. 395.

Cześnicy starodubowscy
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Posłowie na sejm nadzwyczajny 1750
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Urzędnicy ziemscy I Rzeczypospolitej
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