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COVID-19: How social and economic sectors are responding
The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on workers and employers in all sectors. Workers in essential services such as health and frontline emergency response are at high risk of infection. Grocery workers, flight attendants and autoworkers, are among those who have seen both their health and livelihoods threatened by the pandemic.
In a series of briefs the ILO has captured the impact of the crisis on several social and economic sectors, including public emergency services (PES), health services, education, food retail, automotive, tourism, civil aviation, agriculture, maritime shipping and fishing, and the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) industries.
The briefs reveal a picture of courage shown by the public emergency and health workers that fight the pandemic, and by the teachers, seafarers, shop keepers and other essential workers that keep our societies functioning.
They also reveal massive losses, both of output and jobs across all sectors. Developing countries will be hit hardest, and poverty is on the rise.
The analysis also outlines the drastic measures taken by governments, employers and workers to contain the virus and limit the damage to enterprises, livelihoods and the wider economy.
These measures have focused on four immediate goals: Protecting workers in the workplace; supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes; stimulating the economy and employment; and relying on social dialogue based on international labour standards to ensure that countries and sectors recover quickly and better.
"Many of our member States are taking unprecedented measures to protect frontline workers and to lessen the impact on businesses, livelihoods and the most vulnerable members of society," said Alette van Leur, Director of the Sectoral Policies Department of the ILO. "We must increase investment in safe and decent working conditions for frontline workers and ensure that this pandemic does not leave long-lasting scars on economies, people and jobs."
Sector Snapshots
The travel and tourism sector – which prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, was expected to make up 11.5 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – has been particularly hard hit. The European Union's tourism industry is estimated to be losing around €1 billion in revenue per month as a result of the outbreak.
The impact on employment in the shipping sector, which has two million seafarers, is substantial. The cruise sector, with 250,000 seafarers, has been particularly badly affected, as some countries have advised against travel by cruise ship and major cruise companies have suspended operations.
The automotive industry is also struggling with an abrupt and widespread stoppage in economic activity, as workers are told to stay at home, supply chains grind to a halt and factories close. In 2017 direct employment in the industry was estimated at nearly 14 million workers, globally.
Due to the severity of travel restrictions and the expected global recession, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that industry passenger revenues could plummet by US$252 billion, 44 per cent below the 2019 figure.
In the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) industries, quarantine measures have suppressed consumer demand. In Bangladesh order cancellations have led to lost revenue of around US$3 billion, affecting some 2.17 million workers.
Agriculture and food security has also been badly affected. For example, the recent temporary suspension of one of the world's largest tea auctions in Mombasa, Kenya, where tea from many eastern African countries is traded, could have a devastating effect on local, national and regional economies if it is prolonged.
In response, countries have taken steps to bolster key sectors and lessen the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic. Measures include economic assistance packages, tax moratoriums, extended deadlines, social security contributions, as well as wage subsidies, loans and guarantees for workers.
Spain has extended a credit line of €400 million to cover all Spanish business enterprises and self-employed workers in the passenger transport, hospitality and restaurant industries.
In Namibia, the Economic Stimulus and Relief Package includes Namibian dollars (NAD) 200 million of guarantees for low-interest loans for farmers and agricultural businesses, including cash flow-constrained farmers and agricultural SMEs that have experienced a significant loss of revenue. A one-time Emergency Income Grant of NAD 750 will be provided to all formal and informal workers who have lost their jobs.
In Japan, the government, working with the Japan Automotive Manufacturers Association (JAMA), has set up the Novel Coronavirus Countermeasures Examination Automobile Council, to share information between car manufacturers, auto part and component suppliers.
In addition to increasing spending on health, some countries are also allocating more resources to police forces to help implement mitigation measures. For example, in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, police forces have been strengthened to help them implement pandemic mitigation measures, including through training and the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE).
In Argentina an agreement between the federation of health workers' associations and the Government provides a guarantee that all health-care workers will continue to earn full salaries while in quarantine, and will be eligible for free transport during the pandemic, subsidized by the Government.
Textile factories in some regions of Sri Lanka have temporarily shut down under government directives, with workers entitled to paid leave. In Cambodia, suspended workers can receive 40 per cent of their salary from their employer and an additional 20 per cent from the government. Cambodia also suspended National Social Security Fund contributions for garment and textile factories who have been affected by a shortage of raw materials because of COVID-19.
In all the affected sectors the ILO has urged governments to extend social protection to all and is advising on measures to promote employment retention, short-time work, paid leave and other subsidies, to ensure that the economies, labour markets and industries will become stronger, more resilient and more sustainable when the pandemic resides.
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Blue Economy Offers Opportunities for Sustainable Growth in Tunisia
With support from the World Bank, in June 2022, Tunisia launched its first report on the status of the blue economy. The report, titled in French "L'économie bleue en Tunisie: Opportunité pour un développement intégré et durable de la mer et des zones côtières" (The Blue Economy in Tunisia: An Opportunity for Integrated and Sustainable Development of the Sea and Coastal Areas), recommends initial guidelines for a national strategy in this area. Spearheaded by the Ministry of the Environment and the Secretariat General for Maritime Affairs, the report is the product of extensive consultation with stakeholders in the blue economy, including the public and private sectors, researchers, and various civil society organizations.
Tunisia has more than 1,300 km of coastline. Its coastal areas are home to 7.6 million people (more than 66% of its population) who depend heavily on coastal and marine resources for their livelihoods. The report identifies avenues for sustainable development of the blue economy through tourism, fishing and aquaculture, maritime transport, ocean-based renewable energy, marine biotechnology, and other activities.
"The blue economy offers an opportunity for sustainable development and wealth creation for Tunisia through sustainable use of marine and coastal resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and healthy marine and coastal ecosystems," said Alexandre Arrobbio, World Bank Country Manager for Tunisia. "I welcome the Government's commitment to developing the blue economy in Tunisia as part of its next development plan," he added.
The report identifies three strategic objectives: (i) promotion of economic growth of maritime activities (ii) social inclusion and gender equality, and (iii) sustainability of natural resources and ecosystem services. To achieve these objectives, five areas of intervention are proposed: establishment of institutional governance; promotion of resources and financing mechanisms; support for job creation, poverty alleviation, the inclusion of vulnerable groups, and gender mainstreaming; development of knowledge of marine and coastal capital; and strengthening of resilience to climate change.
Following the publication of this report, the Tunisian Government and the World Bank will continue their cooperation for the development of the blue economy in Tunisia. The World Bank has mobilized the PROBLUE Trust Fund to undertake the second phase of technical assistance, supporting a roadmap for the development of the blue economy in Tunisia. In the second phase of assistance to Tunisia, the Bank will conduct analyses and offer advice on institutional policies and promotion of public and private investment, in addition to providing support for strategic and operational dialogue with relevant stakeholders.
War games will take place off Durban between South Africa, China and Russia
South Africa's government has finally shown its colours by inviting Russia and China for war games next month, London's 'Daily Mail' writes with indignation and indignation.
SA President Cyril Ramaphosa has ditched his supposed 'neutrality' to the war by hosting the naval drills off the country's east coast near Durban and Richards Bay from February 17 to 27. The move is the strongest indication yet of the strengthening relationship between South Africa, and the anti-West authoritarian regimes of China and Russia.
The drills will take place around the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and bring more focus on the refusal of South Africa – a leading voice on its continent – to side with the West and condemn Russia's actions. The South African government said last year it had adopted a neutral stance over Ukraine and called for dialogue and diplomacy.
But the upcoming naval drills have led the country's main opposition party to accuse the government of effectively siding with Russia.
But the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which incorporates all of its armed forces, said next month's naval exercise would 'strengthen the already flourishing relations between South Africa, Russia and China'. The aim of the drills was 'sharing operational skills and knowledge', the SANDF said.
The three countries also conducted a similar naval exercise in 2019 in Cape Town, while Russia and China held joint naval drills in the East China Sea last month.
The United States and European Union had hoped South Africa would support the international condemnation of Russia and act as a leader for other nations in Africa. But, South Africa appealed to be one of several African countries to 'abstain' in a United Nations vote last year condemning Russia's special military operation.
South Africa and Russia share a long history, after the Soviet Union gave support to the ANC in its fight to bring down apartheid, the regime of repression against the country's black majority, writes London newspaper. (And we should remember, how the British destroyed the Boers' Transvaal and the Orange Republic of the at the beginning of the 20th century, and planted the apartheid regime here).
Apartheid ended in 1994 when the ANC won the first democratic elections in South Africa and Nelson Mandela became president.
South Africa is also a member of BRICS, a bloc of emerging economies, alongside Brazil, Russia, India and China.
South Africa's obligations with respect to sanctions relate only to those that are specifically adopted by the United Nations. Currently, there are no UN-imposed sanctions on the particular individual, they say in Pretoria.
Ghana Begins Receiving Payments for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Forest Landscapes
Ghana has become the second country in Africa after Mozambique to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, commonly known as REDD+. The World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) paid Ghana $4,862,280 for reducing 972,456 tons of carbon emissions for the first monitoring period under the program (June to December 2019).
"This payment is the first of four under the country's Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) with the World Bank to demonstrate potential for leveraging results based payments for carbon credits," said Pierre Laporte, World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. "Subject to showing results from actions taken to reduce deforestation, Ghana is eligible to receive up to $50 million for 10 million tons of CO2 emissions reduced by the end of 2024."
These actions are within a six-million-hectare stretch of the West Africa Guinean Forest, where biodiversity and forests are under pressure from cocoa farming and unsustainable harvesting, and small-scale mining. Ghana is one of 15 countries that have signed ERPAs with the World Bank.
"The many years of dialogue, consultations, and negotiations with local communities, traditional authorities, government agencies, private sector, CSOs, and NGOs have paid off," said Samuel A. Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources. "This emission reductions payment will further promote confidence in Ghana's REDD+ process for action to reduce deforestation and forest degradation while empowering local community livelihoods. The road to global 1.5 degrees cannot be achieved without healthy standing forests, and Ghana is committed to making it possible."
Ghana is the world's second-largest cocoa producer. Cocoa drives the economy, but it is also one of the main causes of deforestation and forest degradation in the southeast and western regions of the country. Stakeholders are working to help some 140,000 Ghanaian farmers increase cocoa production using climate-smart agro-forestry approaches, rather than slash and burn land-clearing techniques that decimate forests. More sustainable cocoa farming helps avoid expansion of cocoa farms into forest lands and secures more predictable income streams for communities.
Ghana's Cocoa Board is participating in the REDD+ process, as are some of the most important cocoa and chocolate companies in the world, including World Cocoa Foundation members like Mondelēz International, Olam, Touton, and others. Their combined actions are not only helping bring change to the cocoa sector, but they are also helping Ghana meet its national emissions reductions commitments under the Paris Agreement. This level of collaboration is also reflected in the benefit sharing plan underpinning Ghana's' ERPA with the World Bank. Prepared through extensive consultations with local stakeholders and civil society organizations throughout the country, the plan ensures all participating stakeholders are fairly recognized and rewarded for their role in reducing emissions.


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1Up Travel : US - History and Culture of United States of America.
Before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in North America in 1492, the continent was inhabited by peoples thought to have been descended from nomadic Mongolian tribes who had travelled across the Barents Sea.
The first wave of European settlers, mainly English, French and Dutch, crossed the Atlantic in the 17th century and colonised the Eastern Seaboard.
The restrictions on political rights and the punitive taxation which the British government imposed on the American colonists led to the American War of Independence Ⅿ), with the Declaration of Independence being signed in 1776. The outcome was a humiliating defeat for the English King, George III.
The American Constitution which was born of this victory has been imitated by many other countries. By 1853, the boundaries of the United States were, with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii, as they are today, following a period of settlement, purchases from the French and Spanish and annexation of Indian and Mexican lands.
Economic activity in the southern States centred on plantation agriculture. Attempts by liberally–inclined Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, to put an end to slavery on which it depended were fiercely opposed.
The election of Lincoln to the Presidency in 1861 precipitated a political crisis in which seven southern States (joined later by three others) seceded from the Union, resulting in the American Civil War.
The more powerful and better–equipped Union forces prevailed after four years of fighting. After the war, the country entered a period of consolidation, building up an industrial economy and settling the vast interior region of America commonly known as the Midwest.
The mid– and late㪫th century also saw the formulation of an American foreign policy with two principal elements: formal diplomatic and trading links were established with the old colonial powers; while on the American continent, the USA sought to establish itself as the regional power – a policy espoused by the Monroe Doctrine ↞) which laid the basis for intervention in support of the USA's 'national interest'.
The latter has been a constant feature of US policy ever since. Successful diplomatic and commercial overtures were also made to Japan; this in turn paved the way for the growth of US power in the Pacific.
In Europe, US intervention in 1917 proved decisive for the allies, and signalled the emergence of the USA as a global power. Driven by free'market economic policies and innovative developments in technology and production methods – notably the growth of the motor industry – the USA had by this time undeniably become the world's leading economy.
The USA entered World War II following the Japanese attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbour, although its earlier neutrality had been decidedly favourable to the Allied Powers, especially Britain.
Today American culture often sets the pace in modern style. For much of its early history, however, the United States was considered culturally provincial and its arts second-rate, especially in painting and literature, where European artists defined quality and form.
American artists often took their cues from European literary salons and art schools, and cultured Americans traveled to Europe to become educated.


While most Aviation Accidents are, to some extent, the result of pilot error, there are other factors that need to be considered. Due to the legal doctrine of "strict liability," the manufacturer can be held liable if the presence of a defect can be proven to be the cause of damage or injury. Defects for which the manufacturer can be held liable can arise from three sources: defects in design, defects in manufacturing, and failure to provide proper warning. It must be kept in mind that liability laws vary from state to state.
If you or a loved one was injured in a plane crash, fill out our free case review form. Our aviation accident attorneys can determine whether the plane's manufacturer or other party is responsible for your injuries.
The manufacturer of a plane can be held accountable if the victim or their surviving family can prove that a defect in the aircraft or one of its parts caused the injury. In most aviation accident cases, both the pilot and plane manufacturer can be held accountable for a plane crash. These cases typically involve "comparative fault", which is a legal term that refers to the decision the judge or jury must make in determining the percentage of liability assigned to each defendant. For instance, a pilot may be 30% responsible for losing control of a plane, but a manufacturer may be 70% liable for creating defective landing gear. A small number of states prohibit a plaintiff from recovering from a plane's manufacturer if the pilot's negligence factored into the crash. However, most jurisdictions use comparative fault and distribute liability among both defendants.


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Featured articles · Floods · Severe storms
8.5 million people affected, 63 killed as intense downpours continue to pound southern China
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Friday, March 4, 2022 Updated on Friday, March 4, 2022 18:26 UTC
Intense downpours continue to batter southern China, leaving at least 63 people dead or missing and almost 8.5 million affected. Worsening floods have also displaced nearly 500 000 and caused direct economic losses of about 4 billion dollars or 21 billion yuan.
The Ministry of Emergency Management confirmed the figures as heavy rains continue to batter 24 southern provincial regions.
In Guizhou, officials said 700 000 have been affected, including about 30 000 who have been forced to flee their homes. Earlier storms in the previous week have killed 13 in nearby Hunan province and Guangxi region.
Authorities in Zunyi city reported over the weekend that five people died while eight others were missing. At least 13 000 have been evacuated and more than 2 000 homes were damaged in the city. Some 152 mm (6 inches) of rain fell in one hour on Friday, June 12.
Rain-triggered #floods have affected more than 700,000 people in Southwest China's Guizhou province, with 29,500 individuals temporarily evacuated, authorities said Saturday. pic.twitter.com/6kmpclBdPP
— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) June 14, 2020
Chen Tao, the chief forecaster with the National Meteorological Center, said the new round of rainfall is forecast until Thursday, June 18, and the maximum accumulated precipitation may be up to 400 mm (16 inches).
"The heaviest precipitation [will] occur at the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River will be long-lasting with high intensity," he stated, adding that much of the rain will fall at night.
As heavy rainfalls continue to batter south China, Chinese authorities have mobilized dramatic rescue efforts to fight the floods. Read more: https://t.co/I9gljfHZVI pic.twitter.com/rx0ckXhaAe
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) June 14, 2020
The new bout of severe weather, which is characterized by hail, thunderstorms, and strong winds, will increase flood hazards.
On the other hand, Chen said the coming rain will relieve drought-stricken areas between the Yellow River and Huaihe River. About 148 rivers have been swollen above their warning levels, the ministry also reported.
Featured image credit: CCTV VIdeo News Agency/YouTube
Southern China hit by heaviest rains since 1961, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Major damage after large tornado hits Guangzhou megalopolis – Guangdong, China Thursday, June 16, 2022
China hit by strongest cold wave since 1987 Wednesday, November 30, 2022
18 fatalities, 36 missing after flash flood hits Qinghai, China Thursday, August 18, 2022
Very strong and shallow M6.6 earthquake hits Sichuan, China – at least 93 fatalities, more than 200 injured Monday, September 5, 2022
Typhoon "Muifa" to make landfall near Shanghai, China Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Typhoon "Chaba" spawns tornadoes, splits a ship in half, leaving 26 people missing, China Monday, July 4, 2022
Tropical Storm "Chaba" heading toward China, landfall forecast on July 2 Thursday, June 30, 2022
Rare snowfall blankets the Taklimakan Desert of northwest China's Xinjiang Saturday, January 21, 2023
Parts of NE China activate highest weather alert, urge citizens to stay away from rivers and dangerous mountains Monday, June 27, 2022
Large multi-vortex tornado throws a car into Songhua River, China Monday, June 27, 2022
Intense hailstorm hits Qingyuan, causing severe crop damage, China Sunday, June 19, 2022
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Haryana government today reinstated the driver and conductor of the roadways bus in which two college-going sisters were allegedly eve-teased by three youths, following their suspension earlier this week.
The duo - bus driver Balwan Singh and conductor Labh Singh of state owned Haryana Roadways bus with registration no-HR 69 6150 - have been reinstated with immediate effect pending departmental enquiry against the two, an official spokesman here said.
The Director General of Haryana Transport department had issued the orders to suspend the two on Monday, an official had said.
Within hours of the video of the girls thrashing three boys being highlighted on social media and news channels the suspension orders were given by Haryana Roadways General Manager, Sonipat.
The two sisters were allegedly eve-teased by three men- Kuldeep, Mohit and Deepak - in the moving bus on Rohtak- Sonipat road last Friday. The sisters had confronted three eve-teasers with one of the girls even hitting the youths with her belt, even as passengers remained mute spectators.
The three culprits were arrested on Sunday after the parents of the two girls lodged an FIR with Haryana police against the three youths informing that the molesters got down at the Kansla village in Rohtak.
The entire incident, recorded by a passenger on mobile phone, went viral both on television and social media. It showed the two girls using hand and belt to thrash the eve teasers, who appeared to be taken by surprise.


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"A Linkage Between DNA Markers on the X Chromosome and Male Sexual Orientation" (1993), by Dean H. Hamer and Charles A. Thomas.
In 1993, Dean H. Hamer and colleagues in the US published results from their research that indicated that men with speicifc genes were more likely to be homosexual than were men without those genes. The study hypothesized that some X chromosomes contain a gene, Xq28, that increases the likelihood of an individual to be homosexual. Prior to those results, researchers had argued that the cause of homosexuality was environmental and that homosexuality could be altered or reversed. Hamer's research suggested a possible genetic cause of homosexuality.
Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891)
Charles Bradlaugh was as a political and social activist in the seventeenth century in England. He held leadership positions in various organizations focused on social and political activism including the Reform League, the London Secular Society, the newspaper National Reformer, and the National Secular Society. Throughout his career, Bradlaugh advocated for better conditions for the working poor, and for the separation of government and religion.
"The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?" (1965), by Austin Bradford Hill
In 1965, Austin Bradford Hill published the article "The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?" in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. In the article, Hill describes nine criteria to determine if an environmental factor, especially a condition or hazard in a work environment, causes an illness. The article arose from an inaugural presidential address Hill gave at the 1965 meeting of the Section of Occupational Medicine of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, England.
Nettie Maria Stevens (1861-1912)
Multiple theories about what determines sex were tested at the turn of the twentieth century. By experimenting on germ cells, cytologist Nettie Maria Stevens collected evidence to support the connection between heredity and the sex of offspring. Stevens was able to interpret her data to conclude that chromosomes have a role in sex determination during development. For her time, she was an emerging breed: a woman of science making the leap from the world of data collection to that of male-dominated interpretive work.
Thesis: The 'History and Nature of Science' in the Era of Standards-Based Reform
The goal of science education in the United States is promoting scientific literacy for all students. The goal necessitates understanding the nature of science-what science is as a body of knowledge, explanatory tool, and human enterprise. The history of science is one of the most long-standing pedagogical methods of getting at the nature of science. But scientific literacy also encompasses education in scientific inquiry, and in the relationships among science, technology, and society (STS), as well as fact and theory-based subject-matter content.
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
In 2002, Miramax Entertainment released The Magdalene Sisters, a film that portrays an interpretation of the true events experienced by four young women who were forcibly placed into a Magdalene asylum in Dublin, Ireland, in 1964. Catholic nuns ran Magdalene asylums throughout the world, where they forced women whom society deemed sexually promiscuous to perform hard labor in their laundry facilities. The film portrays the experiences of four women, Margaret, Bernadette, Rose, and Crispina, as they experienced negative treatment from the nuns and sought escape.
Casti Connubii (1930), by Pope Pius XI
"Casti Connubii," a papal encyclical given by Pope Pius XI on 31 December 1930, served primarily as a reaffirmation and expansion of the issues discussed in Arcanum, an encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII. It was released to address new threats to marriage and conjugal unity, and indeed is translated "On Christian Marriage" or "On Chastity in Marriage." The document explores the meaning of Christian marriage and emphasizes its threefold purpose as borrowed from St.
George Washington Corner (1889-1981)
As the third director of the Carnegie Institute of Washington s Department of Embryology, George Washington Corner made a number of contributions to the life sciences as well as to administration. Corner was born on 12 December 1889 in Baltimore, Maryland, near the newly established Johns Hopkins University. Although Corner was not exposed to science much in school at a young age, he developed an early appreciation for science through conversations with his father about geography and by looking through the family's National Geographic magazines.
"The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever" (1843), by Oliver Wendell Holmes
In 1843, physician Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote and published The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever, an essay about puerperal fever, a disease that occurs mainly as a result of bacterial infection in the uterine tract of women after giving birth or undergoing an abortion. In the essay, Holmes argues that puerperal fever is spread through birth attendants like physicians and midwives who make contact with the disease and carry it from patient to patient. The article was published in The New England Quarterly Journal of Medicine and Surgery in 1843.
Charles Darwin's Theory of Pangenesis
In 1868 in England, Charles Darwin proposed his pangenesis theory to describe the units of inheritance between parents and offspring and the processes by which those units control development in offspring. Darwin coined the concept of gemmules, which he said referred to hypothesized minute particles of inheritance thrown off by all cells of the body. The theory suggested that an organism's environment could modify the gemmules in any parts of the body, and that these modified gemmules would congregate in the reproductive organs of parents to be passed on to their offspring.
1901 Arizona Comstock Law
In 1901, the Arizona Territorial Legislature codified territorial law that illegalized advertising, causing, or performing abortions anywhere in Arizona. The 1901 code, in conjunction with the federal Comstock Act, regulated the advertisement and accessibility of abortion services and contraceptives in Arizona. The Federal Comstock Act of 1873 had illegalized the distribution of material on contraceptives and abortions through the US Postal Services by labeling contraceptive and abortive material as obscene.
Thesis: Substance-Exposed Newborns in Arizona: An Analysis of Medically, Ethically, and Legally Appropriate Federal and State Responses
In an attempt to discover, analyze, and compile those complex issues with which community health workers should be knowledgeable, this project explores existing federal regulations regarding substance-exposed newborns, compares Arizona's regulations to Minnesota's, Virginia's, and Washington's, and analyzes prevailing literature in the field about the various implications associated with screening and reporting substance-exposed newborns to law enforcement authorities.
George W. Bush Executive Order 13455, June 2007
On 20 January 2001, Republican George W. Bush was sworn in as the forty-third president of the United States, replacing Democrat William J. Clinton. During his eight years in office, Bush issued many executive orders, often altering previous policy. By signing Order 13435 on 22 June 2007, he changed how stem cell research would be performed in America.
David Wildt's Evolving Ethics Concerning the Roles of Wildlife Reproductive Sciences in Species Conservation
David Wildt is an animal reproductive biologist who directs the Conservation Biology Institute in Fort Royal, Virginia. In 1986, Wildt argued that artificial reproductive technologies should only be used for species conservation efforts if standard techniques to aid natural reproduction are not effective. Between 1986 and 2001, Wildt revised his views and values primarily in relation to two things: which methods captive breeding programs ought to use, and how reproductive scientists ought to contribute to the larger work of conservation.
Subject: Ethics
The People of the State of New York v. Margaret H. Sanger (1918)
In 1918, the New York State Court of Appeals in Albany broadened the justification physicians could use to prescribe contraceptives to married patients in the case The People of the State of New York v. Margaret H. Sanger (People v. Sanger). The presiding judge of People v. Sanger, Frederick Crane, ruled that under Section 1145 of the New York Penal Code physicians could provide contraceptives to married couples for the prevention of disease.
Bellotti v. Baird (1979)
On 2 July 1979, the United States Supreme Court decided Bellotti v. Baird, ruling that a Massachusetts law that prohibited minors from obtaining abortions without parental consent was unconstitutional. That law prohibited minors from receiving abortions without permission from both of their parents or a superior court judge. Under that law, if one or both of the minor's parents denied consent, the minor could petition a superior court judge who would determine whether the minor was competent enough to make the decision to abort on her own.
Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix v. Maricopa County (1962)
In the 1962 case Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix v. Maricopa County, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Arizona Revised Statute 13-213, which banned the public advertising of contraceptive or abortion medication or services, was constitutional. However, the court also ruled that that Arizona Revised Statute 13-213 did not apply to Planned Parenthood's distribution of contraceptive information, allowing Planned Parenthood to continue distributing the information.
Subject: Legal, Organizations
United States v. Milan Vuitch (1971)
In the 1971 court case United States v. Milan Vuitch, hereafter US v. Vuitch, the US Supreme Court ruled that a Washington, DC law was constitutional by overturning a 1969 district court decision. Beginning in the early twentieth century, Washington, DC, prohibited abortions except for abortions performed to preserve the life or health of the pregnant woman. In 1969, Milan Vuitch, a physician in Washington, DC, was convicted of criminal abortion for providing an abortion when the woman's life was not endangered.
Harris v. McRae (1980)
On 30 June 1980, in a five to four decision, the US Supreme Court ruled in the Case Harris v. McRae that the Hyde Amendment of 1976 did not violate the US Constitution. The Hyde Amendment banned the use of federal funding to pay for any abortion services. The US Supreme Court's decision in Harris v. McRae overturned the decision of McRae v. Califano (1980), in which the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York had ruled that the funding restrictions established by the Hyde Amendment violated the US Constitution. After the US Supreme Court's ruling in Harris v.
Beal v. Doe (1977)
In the case of Beal v. Doe, tried in 1977, the US Supreme Court ruled that states could constitutionally restrict money from Medicaid from funding elective abortions. After the 1973 case Roe v. Wade, in which the US Supreme Court had ruled women have the rights to terminate pregnancies within the first trimester, the state of Pennsylvania passed legislation that restricted the use of Medicaid funds for abortion procedures. In 1977, several Medicaid eligible women who were unable to receive coverage for a non-therapeutic abortion brought a case against Frank S.
United States v. Dennett (1930)
In the 1930 US federal court case United States v. Dennett, Mary Coffin Ware Dennett was cleared of all charges of violating the anti-obscenity Comstock Act, a charge she had incurred by distributing her sex education pamphlet called The Sex Side of Life: An Explanation for Young People. The United States Postal Service charged Dennett under the Comstock Act, which prohibited the distribution of sex-related materials through the mail.
Thomson, et al. v. Thompson, et al. (2001)
Thomson, et al. v. Thompson, et al. was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on 8 May 2001 as Civil Action Number 01-CV-0973. This lawsuit was filed in hopes of gaining injunctive relief against a moratorium on the federal funding of stem cell research. The plaintiffs in the case were seven prominent scientists who performed embryonic stem cell research and three patients: James Thomson, Roger Pedersen, John Gearhart, Douglas Melton, Dan Kaufman, Alan Trounson, Martin Pera, Christopher Reeve, James Cordy, and James Tyree.
State v. New Times, INC (1973)
In the 1973 case State v. New Times, INC, the Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix, Arizona, ruled that Arizona Revised Statutes 13-211, 13-212, and 13-213, collectively called the Arizona abortion statutes, were unconstitutional. The statues made it illegal for anyone to receive, provide, or advertise abortion services. The Arizona Court of Appeals reviewed a case in which a city court in Tempe, Arizona, convicted the New Times, a newspaper headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, of advertising abortion.
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Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey (2012)
In the 2012 case Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. David Lakey, a US appeals court ruled as constitutional a Texas law that required abortion providers in the state to show women receiving abortions the ultrasound images of their fetuses. The law also required providers to describe the sounds of the fetuses' nascent hearts. In doing so, the court set precedent that ultrasound readings are necessary medical information for pregnant women seeking abortions, increasing the wait-period for women seeking abortions.


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Participant's Estate Fails to Show a Claim For Failure to Give Notice of Right to Continue Life Insurance Coverage: Estate of Moceri v. Ratner Companies, LC
BY: MARK S. THOMAS
Providing a practical lesson on determining a duty to give notice to ERISA participants, the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed the claim by the estate of an ERISA group life insurance plan participant for a fiduciary's alleged failure to give timely notice of the right to continue the benefits after termination of the participant's employment. Estate of Moceri v. Ratner Companies, LC, Case No. 2:14-cv-579-FtM-29CM (M.D.Fla. April 7, 2015), held that the estate failed to plead facts showing that such a duty arose, or had been breached, in this case.
Background. Cynthia Moceri (Moceri) was employed by Ratner Companies, LC (Ratner) from 2011 until her termination in July 2013. While employed, she participated in Ratner's group life insurance plan, which Ratner funded through a group life insurance policy issued by defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife). Moceri died October 1, 2013. Her estate (the Estate) filed this civil action in 2014, alleging that Ratner failed to give her timely notice of her rights to continued health insurance coverage under COBRA, and that MetLife did not deliver notice of her right to continue her life insurance coverage (by converting the policy to individual coverage) until October 3, 2013, two days after her death. Because Moceri did not elect to continue her life insurance coverage, MetLife refused to pay the $70,000 to which Moceri would otherwise have been entitled under a continuation policy. The Estate asserted that if she had received timely notice, Moceri would have elected to continue the coverage. This Alert will focus on the ERISA claim relating to the group life insurance and the alleged continuation rights.
Defendant MetLife filed a motion to dismiss the Estate's claim relating to the life insurance continuation rights, asserting that the claim did not present facts showing MetLife had any fiduciary duty to notify Moceri of those rights and, therefore, that MetLife could not have breached a duty to give timely notice.
The Court's Ruling. The District Court granted MetLife's motion and dismissed the life insurance claim. Accepting the facts of the Estate's complaint as true for purposes of the MetLife motion, the Court held that ERISA does not create any statutory duty requiring a fiduciary to give timely notice of a right to continue coverage derived from a group life insurance plan. The Court noted that, in fact, other courts have affirmatively held that ERISA does not create such a statutory duty. See, for example, Prouty v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., 997 F.Supp.2d 85, 91(D. Mass 2014)(citing to 29 U.S.C. § 1022(B)).
The Court acknowledged that such a duty could still arise if the insurance policy itself required such notice. This follows from the duty imposed by ERISA to administer a plan in accordance with the plan documents. However, the Estate had not alleged that the plan documents governing Moceri's life insurance coverage included such a requirement, and the Court itself could not find one upon its own inspection of the policy. Accordingly, the Court held that the Estate failed to adequately plead that MetLife had a duty to notify Moceri of her continuation rights. The Estate was given leave to amend its complaint and plead additional facts to show such a claim, if it had them. The Court's opinion did not discuss the group life insurance plan's summary plan description, so it is unclear whether there was notice of continuation rights in that document.
The Court did not discuss the undisputed fact that MetLife did choose to send Moceri notice of her continuation rights but that the notice arrived too late for Moceri to elect continued coverage. In the absence of a positive duty to give timely notice (and facts indicating how timeliness could be measured, as with a statutorily-required COBRA notice for health plan benefits), the claim of fiduciary breach against MetLife could not survive.
The Significant Lesson: Estate of Moceri is a compact explanation of how fiduciary breach claims of failure to give notice can be tested, and a reminder that the fiduciary duty of notice under ERISA does not necessarily apply to every aspect of an ERISA-regulated plan.
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Chicago Bears Still Have Plenty To Play For In Week 17 Vs Lions
by Carlos Nazario
in Chicago Bears, Featured, Game Previews, NFC, NFC North, NFL, NFL Featured
Despite suffering through another disappointing season, the Chicago Bears still have plenty to play for before the end of the season. Next up, revenge against the Detroit Lions.
The Chicago Bears are winding down another frustrating season. Many NFL experts predicted them to only have two or three wins this season. However, they got off to a nice start and won two of their first three games. They were trying to prove the doubters wrong.
Then the wheels fell off and things got bad. After that nice start, the Bears lost 11 of their next 12 games, including eight in a row. There have been an array of different ways they lost.
Through it all, though, the team is still playing hard. While they lost many games, they were close in many of them. They had nine games this season that were one-score affairs in the fourth quarter. They lost eight of them. A bounce here or a fumble there and this season's narrative could be completely different.
This is probably the best Chicago Bears Nation has felt while enduring a losing season. The Bears are still in the mix for the top pick of the 2023 NFL Draft. They finally have a first-round pick they can work with, either by picking en elite prospect or trading it to acquire more picks. They already have eight picks and the thought is that general manager Ryan Poles will amass more.
Additionally, they will likely have more than $125 million in cap space to go after free agents.
So, despite suffering through another disappointing and frustrating season, there is hope for Chicago. They just need to finally make the right decisions.
Still a lot to play for
There is still a lot for the Chicago Bears to play for this season. A lot of players on the current roster are auditioning, either for Chicago or for other teams. They want to assure that they remain in the league.
For example, running back David Montgomery is a free agent at the end of the season. With Khalil Herbert becoming a focal point of the running game before he got injured, Montgomery might be leaving. There are a lot of holes in the roster and paying a lot for a running back might not be something Poles wants to do.
Furthermore, there are young players who are getting valuable snaps in game situations who will benefit from playing. They are playing against teams who are competing for the playoffs so they get that experience. Hopefully, the Bears become one of those teams in the future. If they do, then the experience of playing in a playoff situation this season helps them in the future.
In addition, these games give the young players a chance to develop more before the season ends. Take quarterback Justin Fields. Yes, he's had a historic season running the ball. He is on track to break the record for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a season.
Fields needs more development throwing the ball, however. He has the ability to throw, yes, but he needs to be more consistent and learn how to trust his receivers to make a play. Despite working with subpar receivers and offensive line, he still needs to develop his passing game.
Then there is offensive tackle Braxton Jones, who has been a great find for Poles. Jones was the Bears' fifth-round pick out of Southern Utah and worked his way to the starting job.
The coaches threw Jones to the wolves and he responded positively. Yes, he's had his ups and downs like a rookie, but at times he doesn't look like a rookie. He does a great job of learning from difficult situations. While he could get blown away on one play he'll learn from it and then shut the defender down. He is showing that he could become a cornerstone player for the offensive line.
Dominique Robinson is another player who is receiving a lot of great experience. He was supposed to just be a project. Just a few years ago, he was a high school quarterback. Then he converted to wide receiver when he started college. Finally, he converted once again, this time to defensive end.
Robinson received way more snaps than the team previously intended. He is using his quickness and athletic ability to make plays. He will take this season's experience into the offseason and be better in 2023.
In addition to the player development and audition aspects, the Chicago Bears also want to exact revenge on the Lions. In their first meeting against the Lions in Week 10, they controlled the game throughout. They had a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter. The Lions then outscored the Bears 21-6 in the final quarter to pull a 31-30 victory.
The Bears want to make up for that loss. Now, the Lions have an outside chance at getting into the playoffs. They are a half-game behind the Washington Commanders for the final playoff spot. A loss eliminates them. Nothing would make the Bears happier than to play the role of the spoilers, to give the Lions' hopes a knife to the heart.
As you see, there is plenty for the Chicago Bears to play for before the end of the season. In addition to pride, they have the 2023 season and revenge to think about. While a win hurts their draft positioning, ending the season on a high note is important for the players and coaches.
Tags: Braxton JonesChicago BearsDavid MontgomeryDominique RobinsonJustin FieldsRyan Poles
NFL 2022: Football Food For Thought (Week 17)
Carlos Nazario
Born and raised in Chicago, Carlos Nazario is a die-hard Chicago sports fan. He's been writing about the Chicago Bears for nine years and loves a good, spirited debate.


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Q: Firebase Storage Denying Image Delete Request: Error Domain=FIRStorageErrorDomain Code=-13021 "User does not have permission to access" I have an iOS app where users can add annotations to a MapView (the annotations contain data like a title, images, Firebase uid, image fullpath etc.), and the data is uploaded to Firestore as a document, while the image associated with the annotation is uploaded to Firebase Storage.  I access the image using its fullPath, which is stored in the corresponding document in Firestore.  The problem I'm having is that my Firestore and Storage security rules only permit the creator of a document / image to delete it, and while Firestore is permitting the delete request, Storage is continuing to deny it, despite the same circumstances seemingly working in the test environment.  Here are my Storage security rules:
rules_version = '2';
service firebase.storage {
  match /b/{bucket}/o {
    match /images/{userId}/{image} {

      allow read;
      allow create: if request.auth != null;
      allow delete: if request.auth != null && request.auth.uid == userId;

    }
  }
}

Here is how the fullPath string of the image that I upload to Firestore is created (the constant 'fileURL' is simply the stored string of the local URL of the image in the user's phone):
let imagesFilesRef = storageRef.child("images/\(Auth.auth().currentUser!.uid)/\(fileURL.absoluteString.replacingOccurrences(of: "/", with: "."))")

And here is how I call the deletion of the image (tappedAnnotation is the annotation I am deleting, and I am accessing the fullPath stored in Firestore, which exactly matches the file path of how it's stored in Storage):
// Create a reference to the file to delete
let imageRef = storageRef.child("\(tappedAnnotation.fullPath)")

// Delete the file
imageRef.delete { error in
  if let error = error {
    print(error)
  } else {
    print("Image successfully deleted!")
  }
}

When the creator of this annotation, with the correct uid, is signed in, my delete request is still being denied.  Here's an exact example of something I have tried: I created an annotation with an image associated with it, signed in with a Firebase uid (just a test user) of "6CiLpg9gmsOUNC4NJgoz7RHjBeU2".  Upon creation of the annotation, the fullPath was uploaded to Firestore with this exact value:

"images/6CiLpg9gmsOUNC4NJgoz7RHjBeU2/file:...Users.Derek.Library.Developer.CoreSimulator.Devices.DA2742F3-DE68-4488-A5DF-20F10EEC8199.data.Containers.Data.Application.DDD1FC6A-EC8C-4070-A4F4-6F6645640B30.tmp.34C8EF1A-6130-4650-A684-7C0ED46690B5.jpeg"

Yet upon delete request, access was denied, although the {userId} section of my security rules exactly matches the uid of the user making the request.  Any idea why this is not working? Thanks for any help.

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How do I change little picture of a custom operation in the Create Operation Dialog box? I already changed the Cam_Picture in the properties box but I can't figure out how to change the other picture.
You are refering to the icon. The icon is a name match to the operation name, and then falls back to a hard coded one for the operation type. The OOTB icons are separate files in the install, but you can add your own icons as bmp files. For example, it looks like you have a customized CAVITY_MILL operation called TROCHOIDAL. If you put an icon trochoidal.bmp in the UGII_BITMAP_PATH, it will be displayed instead of the built in CAVITY_MILL icon.
There are more options and details if you want to go deeper. You can override the name match by using an attribute, but the name match is simpler. You can also read about the search bath for user bitmaps in the help.
I do not recommend putting any user customization in the path of the install. I would do all of your customization someplace else - see this video on Getting Started with NX CAM Customization for how to use user files without touching your install.
I've see that video many times and it has helped a lot. I still can't figure out how to change the icon though. Also I have all the NX Defaults backed up so if I make a mistake I can always copy paste or reference the Default values to fix my problem. With that I'm not worried about messing things up.
There's also a side issue (less so if you have a backup somewhere else): figuring out what you changed in version "X", to apply the same changes when you go to version "Y"
If you go over to the NX customization & programming forum, "pinned" to the top is a thread on the "NXCustom utility" - I suggest you download the file appropriate to your version of NX and read the "readme". This offers a (more or less) standard way to add customizations in a SEPARATE area (separate than the install folder). Note this also works with network drives, to allow you to share the same customizations for all users.
I still can't figure out how to change the icon though.
In your syslog, what is the value of UGII_BITMAP_PATH?
What is the name of the operation in the template part?
After getting a little free time to work on this I finally got around to creating the customization folder that you guys recommended and I was able to get everything finished with the customization.
Thanks a lot for your help and in being patient with me.
Here's what I have. Its a little ugly but I can change that later.


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Hidden away in a lane-way off Melbourne's Clarendon Street is the Wynyard Café, little sister to Giddiup Café on Coventry Street.
Taking design cue from big brother Giddiup, which is connected to design shop Vincent2, Wynyard Café take its place adjoining Japanese home-wares store Made In Japan, and its this design aesthetic that is present throughout the space.
A dynamic sawtooth roof with full width windows fills the space with a generous pouring in of natural light, while painted brickwork and concrete floors provide a rich juxtaposing textural setting.
Joinery elements such as the coffee station and central unit sit freely within the space, and have been designed to function aesthetically as light furniture pieces, creating a space that feels full yet not cluttered. Detailing throughout takes cues from modernist Japanese furniture design; balancing form, colour and texture. The objects within the Wynyard Café are given a definitive presence through the usage of dark framing elements. This solidity and structure to the pieces is complemented through textured speckled infill work on panels, adding colour and a sense of playfulness.
A dark wall unit grounds the space and defining the center of the café as the area's heart. Here is where coffee is made, bread is cut and customers are served. Linear plywood shelving elements rest against midnight navy and matte tiles, adding finesse and depth.
The Wynyard Café fit out and branding were handled in full by Adele Bates Design, which sees a unified aesthetic nappraoch from the design of the space, to the accents on the business cards. The café is an exercise in simplicity, playfulness and restraint, without coming across as too overtly minimal or cold.


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Q: (Python/Pandas) Replaced strings with ints but df.describe() doesn't calculate those columns I am working on a project linking psychological battery exams to the chances patients will abuse prescription drugs. My original dataset looked like this:
ID Age Sex Neuro Aggro Agree Impulse Cocaine Crack ... Legal MJ
1   25  M   9      4     1      5      CL1    CL2  ...  CL1  CL3
2   28  F   4      5     5      8      CL0    CL1  ...  CL3  CL3

I figured it would be nice to just get rid of the CL's and just have the numbers, so I ran
df=df.replace('CL0', 0, regex= True)

So my dataset looked more like
ID Age Sex Neuro Aggro Agree Impulse Cocaine Crack ... Legal MJ
1   25  M   9      4     1      5      1       2  ...    1    3
2   28  F   4      5     5      8      0       1  ...    3    3

However, when I run df.describe(), it would only show the columns I didn't change. I checked for strings in my altered columns, but there weren't any. The values are all integers for each edited column. I then tried df.describe(include = 'all') as per Pandas df.describe doesn't work after adding new column, and the values for edited columns are there for count, unique, top, and freq, but all of the mathematical descriptors are null, such as average, Std Dev, etc.
What am I missing? How can I replace the values in the above columns with integers that the df.describe() will be able to perform the necessary math on?
Thanks in advance.

A: Found the answer at Pandas: convert dtype 'object' to int
Nii Nii Joshua's post helped the most:
df['col_name'] = pd.to_numeric(df['col_name'])

This is a better option

A: file.csv
ID Age Sex Neuro Aggro Agree Impulse Cocaine Crack ... Legal MJ
1   25  M   9      4     1      5      CL1    CL2  ...  CL1  CL3
2   28  F   4      5     5      8      CL0    CL1  ...  CL3  CL3

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

df=pd.read_csv("/content/file.csv")

df.head()

df.columns

coc={}
for i,v in enumerate(df['Cocaine'].unique(),1):
  coc[v]=i

cra={}
for i,v in enumerate(df['Crack'].unique(),1):
  cra[v]=i

print(cra)
print(coc)

df['Cocaine'].replace(coc,inplace=True)
df['Crack'].replace(cra,inplace=True)

df.head()

df.dtypes

df.describe()

output:
ID          int64
Age         int64
Sex        object
Neuro       int64
Aggro       int64
Agree       int64
Impulse     int64
Cocaine     int64
Crack       int64
dtype: object


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"Preliminary Assessment of an Economical Fugitive Road Dust Sampler for" by Emitt C. Witt, David J. Wronkiewicz et al.
Fugitive road dust collection for chemical analysis and interpretation has been limited by the quantity and representativeness of samples. Traditional methods of fugitive dust collection generally focus on point-collections that limit data interpretation to a small area or require the investigator to make gross assumptions about the origin of the sample collected. These collection methods often produce a limited quantity of sample that may hinder efforts to characterize the samples by multiple geochemical techniques, preserve a reference archive, and provide a spatially integrated characterization of the road dust health hazard. To achieve a "better sampling" for fugitive road dust studies, a cyclonic fugitive dust (CFD) sampler was constructed and tested. Through repeated and identical sample collection routes at two collection heights (50.8 and 88.9 cm above the road surface), the products of the CFD sampler were characterized using particle size and chemical analysis. The average particle size collected by the cyclone was 17.9 µm, whereas particles collected by a secondary filter were 0.625 µm. No significant difference was observed between the two sample heights tested and duplicates collected at the same height; however, greater sample quantity was achieved at 50.8 cm above the road surface than at 88.9 cm. The cyclone effectively removed 94% of the particles > 1 µm, which substantially reduced the loading on the secondary filter used to collect the finer particles; therefore, suction is maintained for longer periods of time, allowing for an average sample collection rate of about 2 g mi-1.
E. C. Witt et al., "Preliminary Assessment of an Economical Fugitive Road Dust Sampler for the Collection of Bulk Samples for Geochemical Analysis," Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 21-29, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Dec 2012.
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Home Health Care Policy Access to Care Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs: Legal, Policy, Market, and Public Health Issues...
Comparative Effectiveness
Coverage and Reimbursement
Drug Pricing and Costs
FDA Regulation
Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs, especially new brand-named drugs, remains controversial. Some in Congress remain eager to prohibit advertising of brand-name prescription drugs to consumers in the first two years following a drug's approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Is this a good idea or is it a flawed policy rife with legal, policy, public health, and economic problems?
DTC advertising of new prescription drugs (older Rx drugs, especially those with generic versions, are rarely advertised) increased substantially in 1997, following the FDA's reinterpretation of federal rules on DTC advertising. The new FDA policies allowed branded broadcast ads. Prior to the late 1990's, pharma companies focused their marketing effects on physicians. Today, about 25% of pharmaceutical marketing budgets go to direct-to-consumer advertising, with about 85% of DTC ad spending for new brand drugs.
A study by researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that a 10% increase in DTC advertising of drugs within a therapeutic drug class resulted in about a 1% increase in sales of the drugs in that class. No surprise the advertising can affect sales, but, as noted below, that is not necessarily a bad thing (and isn't always all that effective for the specific drug being advertised).
Like all drug industry marketing, DTC advertising of prescription drugs is regulated by the FDA. Drug ads must not be false or misleading, must contain facts, must only discuss FDA approved indications (that is, no mention of off-label use), and must show a fair and balanced view of a drug's benefits and risks.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulates advertising of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs but the FTC's powers are more limited. FTC rules focus on protecting consumers from false and misleading advertising of OTC drugs but no not require OTC drug ads to be "fair and balanced."
Key Issues Raised by Banning Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of New Prescription Drugs:
Proposals to impose a federal moratorium on DTC advertising of prescription drugs raise many troubling issues. Most notably:
Would a moratorium be Constitutional? In cases such as Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that First Amendment protections of free speech also apply to commercial speech. Granting the FDA more authority to regulate drug advertising may be Constitutional, but an outright two-year moratorium on advertising of new brand drugs is likely unconstitutional. Regardless, it raises difficult legal issues. These are nicely explored in The Difficult Case of Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising, a paper by former Georgetown University law professor David C. Vladeck, who is now head of consumer protection at the Federal Trade Commission.
Would restricting consumer access to information actually harm patients? Is it right to deliberately keep patients in the dark, especially in an era of health reforms that emphasize patient-centered care and consumer engagement? For all its limitations, advertising does raise awareness and often prompts patients to seek diagnosis and treatment. Patients may be particularly harmed if a moratorium on DTC advertising delays needed treatment or artificially lowers use of a truly innovative, cost effective new drug therapy. As the Congressional Budget Office points out: "Although such a moratorium would allow more time for safety concerns about a new drug to be revealed, it would entail health risks of its own, because some individuals who would benefit from a new drug might be unaware of its availability in the absence of consumer advertising."
How would a moratorium affect the marketplace, including physician prescribing practices, payor benefit designs, drug utilization, prices and rebates, and other forms of pharmaceutical marketing? For example, even if a moratorium resulted in lower drug utilization, it could easily drive up prices (the law of supply and demand still applies no matter what Congress intends) and could result in a net increase in medical costs as patient seek more expensive, less effective, and duplicative or risky treatment.
A moratorium raises an array of important policy issues that deserve attention. These are carefully discussed in Public Policy Issues in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs, an excellent paper for the FTC by the late John E. (Jack) Calfee of the American Enterprise Institute.
With relatively fewer new brand drugs and fewer "me too" drugs entering the market, a much slower and more risk-adverse FDA review process, substantial increase in post-market surveillance, a growing industry focus on biologics, voluntary restrictions on use of DTC advertising in the first six months, increased use of social media (by consumers, companies, payors, and even physicians), use of more sophisticated and nuanced communications strategies and tactics by pharma firms, the highly fragmented market of inattentive television viewers, growing market power and sophistication of health plan and drug plan benefit designs, decreasing physician discretion as a result of government and payor policies, the radically different incentives of new provider payment models, massive new federal Comparative Effectiveness Research program, prospect of follow-on biologics, and an avalanche of generic versions entering the U.S. drug marketplace – is the idea of a federal moratorium now largely moot? (Political showboating aside, of course.)
Potential Effects of a Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of New Prescription Drugs:
A new brief by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examines some of the effects of a federal moratorium on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of new brand-named prescription drugs. CBO reviewed data on DTC advertising and
other promotional activities used by pharmaceutical manufacturers and on recent academic analyses of how advertising has affected the prescription drug market.
To CBO, the expected effects of a moratorium include:
Prescription drug manufacturers would probably expand their marketing to physicians to substitute for at least some of the banned advertising to consumers.
The number of prescriptions filled would probably decrease for some drugs. For other drugs, the number of prescriptions might be little changed, owing both to the likely substitution of other types of promotions and to the various other factors that influence a drug's reach in the prescription drug market.
Any change in prescription drug prices would depend on changes in demand. To the extent that the effects on demand are likely to be limited, so too are the effects on drug prices. However, prices for new brand drugs that normally would be part of a DTC advertising campaign could increase since sales would be lower.
A moratorium could affect public health. That impact is uncertain, depending on whether the benefits of fewer unexpected adverse health events were larger than the health costs of possibly reduced use of new and effective drugs.
The full CBO report – Potential Effects of a Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of New Prescription Drugs – is available here (PDF).
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In building the International Space Station (ISS), NASA opened the door to the development of a robust in-space economy in low-Earth Orbit, and yet the decision to build the station, and continue to extend its lifetime, placed a huge burden on NASA's Human Spaceflight budget. Should NASA continue to invest in the ISS? Or is it possible for the agency to facilitate the commercialization of the Station and move beyond low-Earth Orbit?
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Jean-François Heisser
Jean-François Heisser is an all-around artist, leading a versatile career as a pianist, conductor and teacher, fueled by vast cultural knowledge and tireless intellectual curiosity. Born in Saint-Etienne, he is the disciple and heir of Vlado Perlemuter, Henriette Puig-Roget and Maria Curcio. He was professor at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur deMusique from 1991 till 2016. Among his best students wereare? Bertrand Chamayou and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, with whom he has developed a relationship of close musical affinity. He now balances his career as a soloist, as a conductor, artistic director of various institutions and major musical productions, with his activities as Music Director of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Chamber Orchestra.
Since 2001, he has been in charge of developing the Nouvelle Aquitaine Chamber Orchestra project, firmly establishing the orchestra as one of the finest French chamber ensembles, as reflected in its recordings on the Mirare label: the orchestra's rendering of the first version of de Falla's El Amor Brujo as well as of Berg's Kammerkonzerte were both widely acclaimed by the musical press, and are now praised as reference recordings of these works. A recording of the complete Beethoven Concertos conducted from the piano was released in 2017.
As a soloist, he has played with renowned conductors such as Janowski, Tilson Thomas, Segerstam, Krivine, Mehta, Plasson, Roth etc., with, among others, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Orchestre National de France or Les Siècles… He frequently performs in recitals, with a preference for Beethoven (Sonatas, Diabelli Variations etc.), Brahms, Chopin, the Spanish repertoire (Albéniz, de Falla, Granados, Mompou) and, naturally, the works of great French composers of the past and present. Alongside his performances of great concertos and major works of the piano repertoire, he is also an eager proponent of 20th century works and contemporary creation: the Turangalilâ-Symphonie and Olivier Messiaen's Des Canyons aux Étoiles, under the direction of Mehta, Janowski or Segerstam; Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstücke, Mantra and Kontakte; or the world first performance, among others, of Gilbert Amy and Nguyen Thien Dao's Piano Concertos, along with three major works by Philippe Manoury: La Ville, Veränderungen pour piano seul and Terra Ignota for piano and 22 musicians. His uncompromising approach to interpretation leads him to perform regularly on period pianos (Weber: The Four Sonatas – Praga Records -, Konzertstück – on Mirare-). Under the direction of François-Xavier Roth and his orchestra "Les Siècles", he also alternates between modern pianos (the three Bartok concertos) and period instruments (Saint-Saëns and Brahms).
As a chamber musician, Jean-François Heisser has, needless to say, covered a large extent of repertoire with musical partners such as the Ysaye, Lindsay and Pražák Quartets, and his recording of the Bartok sonatas with Peter Csaba (on Praga) is now regarded as an essential reference. He has also emerged as a leading advocate of the four-hands piano repertoire and of works for two pianos, notably with G.Pludermacher, M.J Jude and J.F Neuburger, and has also written daring and magnificent transcriptions for two pianos of works such as The Rite of Spring or the Symphonie Fantastique (recording with Marie-Josèphe Jude – Harmonia Mundi released in January 2019).
His extensive discography boasts over 40 recordings: after his highly acclaimed recording of the piano works of Paul Dukas (awarded the Diapason d'or de l'année prize), he embarked on a collaboration with Erato Records (a 6-CD boxed set dedicated to the Spanish repertoire of Schumann, Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, etc.), then with Naïve Records (Beethoven, Brahms) and Praga Records (Weber, Berg, Manoury, Bartok…). His recording activities are currently centred on recordings with the Nouvelle Aquitaine Chamber Orchestra for Mirare (de Falla, Wien 1925, Dubois, American Journey, Edtion of the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos) and Musicales Actes Sud (Albéniz, Mompou labels). Erato/Warner also recently published a box of his famous Spanish recordings.
As an artistic director, his ongoing partnership with Editions Actes-Sud has led him to direct the musical program of the Soirées Musicales d'Arles. Since 2015, he has served as the artistic advisor of the Festival de l'Orangerie de Sceaux. And finally, continuing the work and preserving the memory of his mentor Vlado Perlemuter, "historical" performer of the great French composers, Jean-François Heisser is also the President of the Maurice Ravel International Academy, a major educational center for the training of talented young artists. Jean-François Heisser is also the president and artistic manager of the Ravel Festival in Nouvelle-Aquitaine since August 2017.
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Vanna White Makes 'Wheel Of Fortune' Hosting Debut With 'Secret Santa' Episodes Next Week
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I'd like to solve the puzzle: "Vanna White Will Host Disney's Secret Santa Holiday Giveaway On Wheel Of Fortune?" Right you are.
The career letter-turner makes her on-air hosting debut next week, stepping in for recuperating longtime frontman Pat Sajak. She will preside over the syndicated game show's annual giveaway where viewers have the chance to win everything an in-studio contestant wins.
Last month Sajak had to cancel a Wheel taping to have ultimately successful emergency surgery to correct a blocked intestine. White, who has been the show's letter-turner alongside Sajak since President Reagan's first term, is filling in the blanks as host until he returns. It's unknown when he will return.
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Gallery Chiefs & Spirits was established in 1992. It provides a forum for international Artists from Africa, Europe, Asia and Americas. The primary goal is to create artistic platform without borders. The gallery is housed in a monumental building in the historical part of The Hague. It has two exhibition rooms.
Apart from regular shows organized in the gallery, Chiefs & Spirits participates in national and international art fairs.
Mathijs Siemens "Victory"
Toyin Loye Balls
Oliver Czarnetta Spektrum
Stefan Gross Flower Bonanza
Growing up in a creative family, Mathijs Siemens (Amsterdam, 1982) always had a thing with creating visual surrealistic worlds. In his teenage years he made many drawings, developing in style, from street-art to more figurative and surrealistic drawings in his twenties.
After the art academy he became more interested in architectonical perspectives and the function of color, depth, and layers in art. In that period Mathijs Siemens began to work with different materials, such as resin,
wood and foam board, and started adding 3-dimensional elements to his artworks. His style had already transformed to a more surrealistic style, so eventually the next logical thing for him was to free himself from all realistic boundaries in art and make the step towards abstract art.
"The space between 2 and 3-dimensional is an exciting element to work with. It can trick the human mind and vision and compositions come to life for the eye of the beholder".
The idea behind the collection is to explore new found techniques using thread as main material. My aim is to create an abstract world, in each peace, which can influence the human perception in a unique way. The artworks are a playful combination between different elements. Lines and color come to life when put in different perspectives. Layers of thread on top of each other, combined with color and depth, form a hypnotising and unique play for the eye.
It's not only about what you see on the surface. It's more about what it does to the senses.
Toyin Loye
Toyin Loye studied Fine Art at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Nigeria, Senegal, Argentina, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Germany, Spain, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. Toyin was commissioned by FIFA along with Andreas Gursky, Luo Brothers, Markus Lupetz and others to create the official Art Poster for the Germany 2006 World Cup. He lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands.
OLIVER CZARNETTA
Born in Birkesdorf, Düren, Germany
Apprentinceship certification exam as stone sculptor, since then work as a freelancer
Studied history of art / philosophy, promotion
Artistic employee of the Insitut für Kunstwissenschaft at the university in Koblenz, Germany
Lives and works in Aachen, Germany, and Leipzig, Germany
After an education as a stonemason Oliver Czarnetta (b.1966 in Dueren/Germany) studied history of art and philosophy. The work of about a hundred sculptures, created in the seven years from 2001-2008, consists mainly of human heads shown from the outside. Ultimatly the perspective was not enough for Czarnetta, so since 2006 starting with his series SPEKTRUM he has been trying to look inside the heads as if they were inhabited houses.
81-90 apprentice, practitioner, master in stained glass manufacture
91-96 art academy Saarbruecken, Germany
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+ Antje Flotho (+)
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