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Proximus and Orange Belgium said on Thursday they had agreed to create a joint venture to build a shared mobile access network to speed up the roll-out of 5G in Belgium.
The operators said the network will improve coverage, with the combined number of mobile sites expected to be about 20% higher then the existing separate radio access network.
By sharing parts of the mobile network access infrastructure, operators can increase efficiency and ensure sustainable investments in new network technologies, they said.
Subject to the signing of a final agreement, which is expected by the end of the year, the network will be planned, built and operated by a new 50-50 owned joint venture.
The venture is expected to deliver cumulative operating and capital expenditure savings of 300 million euros ($337 million) over 10 years, Orange Belgium said, adding that the initial set-up costs would be 130 million euros over three years.
Orange Belgium said the expected return over 10 years is more than three times its weighted average cost of capital.
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By Eric Berger on July 12, 2011 at 12:15 PM
I have requested an interview with Charlie Bolden, NASA's administrator, at least half a dozen times since Feb. 2010, the last time I had the opportunity to speak with him.
Fact is, Bolden is been all but inaccessible to the media since an initial around of interviews after President Obama released his plan for human spaceflight in early 2010. His predecessors frequently attended pre- and post-launch shuttle news conferences.
Bolden rarely if ever does. It's weird. It's not like he's not in Florida for the launches. He is.
Anyway, to her credit, Sheila Jackson Lee got a few Houston-related questions in during a House science committee hearing on NASA's Space Launch System. She takes a lot of grief for being too interested in getting in front of cameras, but in this case I'm glad she did.
Sheila where she wants to be: the limelight. (AP)
Sheila asked about Johnson Space Center's role in the future of NASA. Bolden replied, "Johnson Space Center will continue to play a critical role in everything that has to do with human spaceflight." He talked about the program office for the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle being managed in Houston. Bolden also said astronauts would continue to train and live in Houston for the "foreseeable future."
That's a pretty squishy answer considering that foreseeable future in terms of things like weather is five to seven days. It could be argued that the foreseeable future in human spaceflight isn't that much longer.
Jackson Lee also asked Bolden whether he supported her proposal (see resolution) for the Smithsonian Institution to loan space shuttle Discovery to Houston for 15 years, arguing that Houston's historical place in space should be "respected and rewarded."
Bolden's reply was curt: "I don't really have a comment on that Congresswoman. We have a plan in place and we intend to carry out that plan."
I think that's a no.
In any case thank you, Sheila, for getting Bolden on the record. It's something at which I've failed, but not for lack of trying.
UPDATE: NASA HQ's media division disagrees with my characterization of Bolden's media accessibility as described above. Michael Cabbage writes me:
This sentence – "Fact is, Bolden is been all but inaccessible to the media since an initial around of interviews after President Obama released his plan for human spaceflight in early 2010" – in your blog post from today is factually inaccurate and we'd like to ask for a correction. In the last month alone, Bolden has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP, CNN, CBS (twice), Aviation Week, NPR, Hearst Television, Parade Magazine, and Jet.
In addition, he appeared at a National Press Club luncheon with more than 150 media representatives and took questions from everyone who wanted to ask one and did interviews afterward. He also attended a press event at KSC last week and took questions from reporters there.
With all due respect, your claim that Bolden has "been all but inaccessible to the media" since early 2010 is outrageous and demonstrably false. We would like to request that a correction be made as soon as possible.
I'm not sure my claim is outrageous. I don't have the data, but it would be interesting to compare the number of interviews Bolden's predecessors did with the number he has done. Additionally, if Cabbage thinks I am really out of line on this he ought to interview other members of NASA's press corps.
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The Killeen Economic Development Corporation has conveyed an additional 2.8 acres to MGC Pure Chemicals America, Inc. for the purpose of constructing Phase II of the facility, according to a news release from the Killeen Economic Development Corporation.
Phase II will result in an additional $12 million capital investment and create three to five additional jobs with an average salary of $66,000, according to the release from Jennifer Hetzel, who is with the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce and KEDC.
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The Michigan Democratic Party believes that government must be open, honest, responsive, and accountable to the people it serves. All citizens should have the freedom and the opportunity to rise as high as their talents and initiative will allow. This platform expresses our dedication to the belief that those who work hard should be assured the opportunity to achieve economic security, and that all should be able to live with basic human dignity. This platform embodies our core values of fairness and responsibility, and a commitment to the common good. This platform stands as a promise to the people of Michigan, based on our tradition and commitment to a better future for the people of our state and nation.
After almost eight years with a Democratic administration in the White House, our country as a whole is stronger at home and abroad, has made great strides in becoming a more equal society, and our nation's economy is doing better than it has since the 1990s. However, despite the pace of our nation's growth and improvement, the gains of the last 8 years have not been shared by all of the people in this state. That is because for the past six years, Michigan's government has been entirely controlled by the Republican Party and Gov. Rick Snyder, who have insisted on raising taxes on working people, senior citizens, and the poor, suspending democracy, all while slashing investments in public education and public health.
In Michigan, out-of-touch Republican politicians have implemented a litany of backward policies that have held back our economy and quality of life. The failure of leadership has resulted in families struggling to pay increased taxes, seniors being forced to choose between filling prescriptions and putting food on the table, veterans being abused, women's rights being assaulted, children not having textbooks because their school can't afford them, and thousands of individuals not being treated with the same rights and dignity as the majority. Worst of all, because of Republican policies of austerity, emergency management, and environmental racism, the city of Flint and its 100,000 residents were poisoned with lead, and other contaminants, and have not had clean drinking water for over two years.
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In 2016, Democrats meet in Philadelphia with the same basic belief that animated the Continental Congress when they gathered here 240 years ago: Out of many, we are one.
Under President Obama's leadership, and thanks to the hard work and determination of the American people, we have come a long way from the Great Recession and the Republican policies that triggered it. American businesses have now added 14.8 million jobs since private-sector job growth turned positive in early 2010. Twenty million people have gained health insurance coverage. The American auto industry just had its best year ever. And we are getting more of our energy from the sun and wind, and importing less oil from overseas.
But too many Americans have been left out and left behind. They are working longer hours with less security. Wages have barely budged and the racial wealth gap remains wide, while the cost of everything from childcare to a college education has continued to rise. And for too many families, the dream of homeownership is out of reach. As working people struggle, the top one percent accrues more wealth and more power. Republicans in Congress have chosen gridlock and dysfunction over trying to find solutions to the real challenges we face. It's no wonder that so many feel like the system is rigged against them.
Democrats believe that cooperation is better than conflict, unity is better than division, empowerment is better than resentment, and bridges are better than walls.
It's a simple but powerful idea: we are stronger together.
Democrats believe we are stronger when we have an economy that works for everyone—an economy that grows incomes for working people, creates good-paying jobs, and puts a middle-class life within reach for more Americans. Democrats believe we can spur more sustainable economic growth, which will create good-paying jobs and raise wages. And we can have more economic fairness, so the rewards are shared broadly, not just with those at the top. We need an economy that prioritizes long-term investment over short-term profit-seeking, rewards the common interest over self-interest, and promotes innovation and entrepreneurship.
We believe that today's extreme level of income and wealth inequality—where the majority of the economic gains go to the top one percent and the richest 20 people in our country own more wealth than the bottom 150 million—makes our economy weaker, our communities poorer, and our politics poisonous.
And we know that our nation's long struggle with race is far from over. More than half a century after Rosa Parks sat and Dr. King marched and John Lewis bled, more than half a century after César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong organized, race still plays a significant role in determining who gets ahead in America and who gets left behind. We must face that reality and we must fix it.
We believe a good education is a basic right of all Americans, no matter what zip code they live in. We will end the school-to-prison pipeline and build a cradle-to-college pipeline instead, where every child can live up to his or her God-given potential.
We believe in helping Americans balance work and family without fear of punishment or penalty. We believe in at last guaranteeing equal pay for women. And as the party that created Social Security, we believe in protecting every American's right to retire with dignity.
We firmly believe that the greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior on Wall Street must be brought to an end. Wall Street must never again be allowed to threaten families and businesses on Main Street.
Democrats believe we are stronger when we protect citizens' right to vote, while stopping corporations' outsized influence in elections. We will fight to end the broken campaign finance system, overturn the disastrous Citizens United decision, restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act, and return control of our elections to the American people.
Democrats believe that climate change poses a real and urgent threat to our economy, our national security, and our children's health and futures, and that Americans deserve the jobs and security that come from becoming the clean energy superpower of the 21st century.
Democrats believe we are stronger and safer when America brings the world together and leads with principle and purpose. We believe we should strengthen our alliances, not weaken them. We believe in the power of development and diplomacy. We believe our military should be the best-trained, best-equipped fighting force in the world, and that we must do everything we can to honor and support our veterans. And we know that only the United States can mobilize common action on a truly global scale, to take on the challenges that transcend borders, from international terrorism to climate change to health pandemics.
Above all, Democrats are the party of inclusion. We know that diversity is not our problem—it is our promise. As Democrats, we respect differences of perspective and belief, and pledge to work together to move this country forward, even when we disagree. With this platform, we do not merely seek common ground—we strive to reach higher ground.
We are proud of our heritage as a nation of immigrants. We know that today's immigrants are tomorrow's teachers, doctors, lawyers, government leaders, soldiers, entrepreneurs, activists, PTA members, and pillars of our communities.
We believe in protecting civil liberties and guaranteeing civil rights and voting rights, women's rights and workers' rights, LGBT rights, and rights for people with disabilities. We believe America is still, as Robert Kennedy said, "a great country, an unselfish country, and a compassionate country."
These principles stand in sharp contrast to the Republicans, who have nominated as the standard-bearer for their party and their candidate for President a man who seeks to appeal to Americans' basest differences, rather than our better natures.
The stakes have been high in previous elections. But in 2016, the stakes can be measured in human lives—in the number of immigrants who would be torn from their homes; in the number of faithful and peaceful Muslims who would be barred from even visiting our shores; in the number of allies alienated and dictators courted; in the number of Americans who would lose access to health care and see their rights ripped away.
This election is about more than Democrats and Republicans. It is about who we are as a nation, and who we will be in the future.
Two hundred and forty years ago, in Philadelphia, we started a revolution of ideas and of action that continues to this day. Since then, our union has been tested many times, through bondage and civil war, segregation and depression, two world wars and the threat of nuclear annihilation. Generations of Americans fought and marched and organized to widen the circle of opportunity and dignity—and we are fighting still.
Despite what some say, America is and has always been great—but not because it has been perfect. What makes America great is our unerring belief that we can make it better. We can and we will build a more just economy, a more equal society, and a more perfect union—because we are stronger together.
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That summer, Zimmerman, her friend, Beth, and two other young women, Nina and Sheila, decide to stay in their small college town to take summer classes and work. The initial scene of the discovery that none of them know how to cook or keep house is vivid and captivating. Their first meal is peanut butter and jelly after a hotpot is ruined through an attempt to cook rice in it. "Maybe I could have saved the hotpot if I had seen Beth's preparations," Zimmerman writes. "I didn't know how to cook, but I did score in the 99th percentile on an aptitude test for mechanical reasoning. 'Mechanical reasoning' 12 doesn't mean you can fix things—it means you can tell ahead of time something like that is never going to work." One feature of the apartment they share is the fact that the landlady allows them to paint whatever they want on the walls. What they paint becomes a backdrop to those months of independence. "It didn't have to be pretty," Zimmerman writes, after describing some of the attempts at artistry. She adds, "Before long, it wasn't." These scenes set the tone for the rest of the memoir. She cannot necessarily correct the problems that arise, but she realizes that they are there, looming, like the damaged hotpot and painted walls.
Zimmerman adroitly shares snapshot after snapshot, giving us glimpses into her life that summer. Those glimpses become a series of photographs that are laid out on the floor of that first apartment. Certain people appear over and over—some gain more resolution as one sees different angles of the same face (like Zimmerman, Beth, Sheila, and Nina), others are always a little grainy, a bit out of focus (like the boy from Los Rios).
Some of the snapshots are probably familiar to anyone who was an American liberal arts college student living for the first time on their own in the 1980s, 1990s, or early 2000s, before cell phones, social media, or helicopter parents became ubiquitous. There are friends who do "dumpster dives" (if you aren't familiar with the term, Wikipedia has a fairly good tutorial) or have keys to the campus cafeteria to supplement their food needs. Romantic relationships fade in and out of focus. There is a moment when a car is frantically borrowed to carry one of Zimmerman's roommates to a mental health clinic. A mailbox meant to bear letters from Costa Rica remains empty (the line: "I was angry at my mailbox for never holding the letter I waited for, the one written by delicate fingers that destroyed me without meaning to" totally killed me). The stress of summer classes, low-paying jobs, empty bank accounts, and last-minute appeals to parents for money continually surface and sink throughout the memoir's pages.
I won't spoil the ending—though I think it's fairly obvious early on that Zimmerman chooses a life that's a bit off the Mennonite-girl-settles-down-as-a-good-Mennonite-girl-should trope. What I really enjoyed about Marry a Mennonite Boy is the fact that it so nicely did the personal and universal trick to which all memoirs should strive, and left me with questions, but I was satisfied with the story arc as a whole. I recommend you pick up this gem of a memoir, perhaps pop in your favorite 1990s CD or mixed tape, and absorb her story.


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Srinagar: Abu Ismail, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist who is believed to have planned the attack in July on Amarnath pilgrims, has been killed in a brief encounter with security forces in Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar. The 26-year-old Pakistani national had infiltrated into India about two years ago and had recently taken charge of the Lashkar's operations in the Kashmir valley.
Thursday's operation, in which another Pakistani terrorist called Abu Kasim was also killed, was described by the police as "brief and crisp". It was jointly conducted by the Army, paramilitary force CRPF and the state police and a top officer said "fabulous intelligence" helped corner Ismael and his associate, who were hiding in a house.
As the security forces tightened their cordon, the terrorists opened fire.
"It hardly took us half-an-hour or so to complete the ops. Abu Ismail and Abu Kasim were both killed. They were running for their lives and were cornered in Srinagar," said Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Muneer Khan.
Eight pilgrims had died and 13 were injured in the attack on a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims from Gujarat and Maharashtra, when terrorists surrounded it from all sides and opened fire on July 10. Abu Ismail was also involved in other terror attacks in south Kashmir, in which a total 14 security personnel were killed. The police said he was named in 15 criminal cases in the valley, including those of murder and dacoity.
Abu Dujana, the man Abu Ismail had replaced as the Lashkar's top operative in Kashmir, was killed by security forces last month.
Two AK 47s rifles were recovered from the terrorists killed on Thursday.


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A: It appears that your string data was originally encoded in UTF-8, but are getting misinterpreted as MacRoman.
The first thing to do is make sure your data is being stored in the database correctly.  You can use SELECT HEX(SomeColumn) to see the raw bytes that are being stored for the string.  The default encoding in SQLite is UTF-8, so a correctly-encoded string will have C3A5 for å, C3A4 for ä, and C3B6 for ö.  If you see E2889AE280A2, E2889AC2A7, E2889AE28882, then the misinterpretation of the characters (å→√•, ä→√§, ö→√δ) is happening before the data gets into the DB.  If you just see 8C, 8A, and 9A, then the reverse misinterpretation is being made.
If your database is correct, then it's probably an I/O routine that thinks the system encoding is UTF-8 when it's really MacRoman.  Try something like System.setProperty("file.encoding", "macintosh");.

A: This is a little old post, but if you are importing the data into sqlite using windows cmd shell, try doing this in the shell:
c:> chcp 65001
This will change the code page of cmd shell to utf 8
c:> sqlite3 database.db < inserts.sql
where inserts.sql is a UTF-8 (WITHOUT BOM CHARACTER!!) sequence of inserts. You can create that kind of file using Notepad++
Hope it helps

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Reims beat Strasbourg after honouring hero Kopa
(Reuters) - Stade de Reims boosted their push for a European place with a deserved 2-1 win over Strasbourg on Saturday, a fitting way to mark a special occasion for the club as they also paid homage to their former great Raymond Kopa.
On another weekend of depleted fixtures in France's Ligue 1, the match was the only one of four on Saturday to survive as police requests for matches to be postponed due to social protests took their toll on the programme for a second week.
At Reims, it was a day of celebratory remembrance as, before the match, the club unveiled a statue of Kopa, the great attacking midfielder who played for them in the inaugural European Cup final in 1956 which they lost to Real Madrid.
Kopa, who enjoyed two prolific spells at Reims, also won the trophy three times with Madrid, the last time in 1959 when they beat his old club in the final again.
The French footballing hero, the first from his country to win the Ballon d'Or, died last year at the age of 85.
After the ceremony, the striking laurels went to Moussa Doumbia and Mathieu Cafaro, who got the goals that lifted Reims from 11th place into eighth, equal on points with Nice and one behind Olympique de Marseille and Saint-Etienne.
Doumbia put the home side ahead after seven minutes but although Adrien Thomasson pulled one back four minutes into the second half, Cafaro restored their lead just 17 minutes later with a superb free-kick.
Both teams are chasing a European spot, with Reims hoping to return to continental competition for the first time since 1963.
(Reporting by Andrew Downie; Editing by Ian Chadband)


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The Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey team represents Middlebury College in men's hockey and has done so since 1922 (with the exception of a few years during World War II). The Panthers currently play at the Division III and have won the most championships (8) of any D-III program. For a time the team did play along with top-level programs but when men's ice hockey divided into separate tiers in the mid-1960s Middlebury left the upper echelon.

History
Middlebury played as an Independent program, as all schools did officially, prior to 1950 but the Panthers were a founding member of the NCAA's first ice hockey conference, the Tri-State League. The Panthers remained in the conference for nine years but through most of that time they were pushed around by the national powers Clarkson, Rensselaer and St. Lawrence. Towards the end of their tenure in the conference, however, Middlebury did land a recruit who would rewrite the NCAA record book.

Phil Latreille joined the Panthers in 1957 and began playing immediately. Normally, freshmen did not play for varsity squads as the NCAA only allowed players eligibility for three seasons. However, because Middlebury wasn't in contention for the national tournament, they could ignore that NCAA regulation. Latreille scored 36 goals in only 20 games in his first year then set a new single-season record with 57 goals as a sophomore. For his third season, Latreille shattered his record with 77 goals and capped that off with a senior season of 80 goals and 108 points. No other player in NCAA history has even scored 60 goals in a season. Latreille held the points record for 24 years before being surpassed by Bill Watson, who played in more than twice as many games in his record-breaking campaign. Latreille still holds the NCAA record for career goals at 250 with second a distant 94 goals behind (Chuck Delich). Latreille's scoring exploits were so spectacular that he was able to parley them into a brief appearance with the New York Rangers after graduating. While he didn't stick in the National Hockey League, Latreille remains Middlebury's only alumnus to play in the NHL.

After Latreille left, Middlebury became one of the 28 founding members of ECAC Hockey, remaining with the conference for three seasons. By the end of the 1963–64 season it was obvious that ECAC Hockey had to make a change and the conference divided itself into upper- and lower-tiers. This was the first formal delineation of men's ice hockey and Middlebury was one of the 14 teams that founded ECAC 2. The Panthers played well under Wendall Forbes and typically finished in the top half of the conference. In 1971 Middlebury was again a founding member of a conference, this time for the NESCAC, though because the new conference didn't sponsor ice hockey as a varsity sport the Panthers remained with ECAC 2.

By the mid-1970s ECAC 2 had become just as ungainly as ECAC Hockey had been, boasting 31 programs by 1977. Rather than split into separate conferences, ECAC 2 divided itself into East and West Divisions with both playing separate postseason tournaments. Middlebury won its first conference tournament in 1979 but because NESCAC rules prohibited them from participating in any national tournament the Panthers didn't receive an invitation to the 1979 Championship.

When the NCAA instituted numerical classifications in 1973, Middlebury became a Division III school but the ice hockey program played at the Division II level. This continued for a decade until the NCAA instituted a Division III Championship and, while the Panthers could not participate in the tournament, most of their contemporaries were able to play in the championship. As a result, almost the entire D-II level dropped down to the lower tier with Middlebury going along. During the change came a formal split for ECAC 2 with Middlebury founding yet another ice hockey conference, this one called ECAC East.

In the mid-'80s Forbes stepped down and was replaced by Bill Beaney. It took Beaney a short time to rebuild the program and five years after he took over the Panthers won both the conference regular season and tournament titles. In 1994 the NESCAC changed its rules to permit its member teams to play in one postseason tournament, either conference or national, and a year later Middlebury made its first appearance in the Division III championship. Middlebury jumped in with both feet and won each of their games, including the championship over #1-ranked Fredonia State to capture the school's first national title in any sport. Beaney kept the panthers at the top of Division III and won five consecutive national championships (1995–1999), setting an NCAA record for any level of play.

Middlebury's championship streak ended in 2000, the same year that the NESCAC began to sponsor ice hockey as a sport and Middlebury joined 8 other schools to form the new conference. The NESCAC also allowed their member schools to play in both the conference and national tournaments beginning in 2000. This allowed the Panthers to play in their first conference tournament in 5 years and win their first of three consecutive titles. Beaney took a sabbatical in 2003 but returned the year after to lead Middlebury to three consecutive titles for a total of 8. The team was in contention for a ninth championship in 2007 but fell to Oswego State in overtime. The program slowly declined after its first championship loss and, after Beaney retired in 2015, the team has yet to post a winning season.

Season-by-season results
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This is a partial list of Middlebury's record. It covers the time from when Middlebury restarted the ice hockey program after World War II until the program officially left the top tier of men's ice hockey.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

* Winning percentage is used when conference schedules are unbalanced.† Middlebury tied Clarkson for the best record in the conference. The two then played a single game to determine the sole champion for the Tri-State League.

Footnotes

All-time coaching records
As of completion of 2018–19 season

Olympians
This is a list of Middlebury alumni were a part of an Olympic team.

References

College men's ice hockey teams in the United States
Ice hockey teams in Vermont
Ice Hockey, Men
1922 establishments in Vermont
Ice hockey clubs established in 1922

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Which brings me to the subject of today's post.
The Netherlands is a country that values freedom of speech. People here will tell you their opinions on just about any subject, whether you've asked for it or not. The Dutch love speaking their mind, and are never rude, just direct.
There are however a couple of subjects which fill the normally cool and aloof locals with latin rage and passion.
Both of these subjects cause the locals to become incredibly defensive, even louder than usual, and in some cases outright obnoxious and nationalistic. It's usually a subject best avoided. However, the Shallow Man is duty bound to answer the questions of my readers.
The Economist magazine recently published an article called Why so many Dutch people work part time. The highest number of men and women working part time in the EU are the Dutch. 26.8% of men and 76% of women work part time. Within the EU the overall average figures for part time working are 8% of men and 32% of women. What are the real reasons for so many people working part time in the Netherlands?
So in spite of the (low) risk of danger to my well dressed self, I'll proceed with the seven reasons why the Dutch work part time.
One of the reasons given to justify the huge discrepancy between the percentage of Dutch women working part-time compared to women in the rest of Europe is that this has led to (as confirmed by Unicef and the UN) Dutch children being the happiest in the world. Forget the advances made by the feminist movement in the past thirty years or so. Just as a fishmonger knows their plaice (schol fish in Dutch) so do many Dutch women. Their place is at home with the kids. All the passive smoking, shouting, and regular visits to cafes, make the kids very happy indeed.
Twenty-six percent of Dutch men work part time. Why? Because their partners told them to. No further explanation is required.
This is yet another case of where the Dutch have got it right, and the rest of the world has no clue whatsoever. You see, usually, one of the key indicators of emancipation and equality of women in society is financial independence. But actually, measuring the equality of women in this way is of course nonsense. Women are emancipated in the Netherlands because just as with being tolerant, they keep saying that they are, therefore they must be.
Anouk: Jeroen, we've been living together for three months now.
Jeroen: Really? Are we living together now? You just stayed the night after our Tinder date, and never really left.
Anouk: Oh Jeroen, je bent grappig hoor!/you're a funny Dutch lion.
Jeroen: Oh my god, you're not pregnant are you?
Anouk: No not yet, but it's important for us modern emancipated women, to practice what it would be like being a mother. Therefore, I propose that I start working part time. Say three days a week.
Jeroen: Won't you get bored? What will you do with your time?
Anouk: Oh don't worry, Amsterdam is made for part-time women. I can join my friends and do Zumba classes, fitness boot camp, and spend lots of time sitting on the terraces of cafes discussing with my friends how stressful it is being a modern emancipated woman.
Jeroen: So if you're going to be working part-time, does that mean you'll cook dinner on your free days?
Anouk: Wie denk je wel niet dat je bent!/Who the hell do you think you are? There's been an invention called the Internet, look it up, and then search for Thuisbezorgd. Hufter!
With the costs of childcare being so high, couples often decide that the highest earning partner should continue working, while the lowest earner (usually the female in emancipated Holland) will work part time. For appearances sake, the male partner might be bullied into having one day a week at home. (See number two).
The reason that service is often so appalling in the Netherlands is that most people obviously hate their jobs. So when living together, 'the conversation' is held.
In the Netherlands, most things are possible. Cats can cohabit with mice, atheists can marry Christians. Women can cut off all their hair, wear sandals, and dress as if they are auditioning for the job of a scarecrow in a farmer's field, and no one cares. (With the exception of the Shallow Man). The working hours adjustment act (The wet aanpassing arbeidsduur) sets out the conditions under which employees can amend their full-time contracts to work on a part-time basis. In most cases, employees can choose to work part time, and whatever the reason many do.
Sarcasm aside, compared to many countries, where employees are squeezed like the emancipated buttocks of ladies out for a night at the Kleine Cooldown Cafe, the Dutch have a fabulous work coffee machine, work-smoking break, work-life balance. Happy parents, make for happy children, which is probably the real reason that Dutch kids are the happiest in the world, and why so many Dutch people work part time. For expats the added advantage is with so many Dutch people choosing to work part time, this creates more career opportunities for expats. Win/Win.
No mafia godfathers were hurt during the writing of this post.
Till next time, doe maar niet schatjes!


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U.S.-ARAB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUPPORTS
BUSINESS INITIATIVES IN QATAR, BAHRAIN
The National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) wrapped up visits this week to the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Bahrain to promote trade and investment initiatives in both nations. The Chamber's Executive Vice President, Curt Silvers, attended the Qatar International Exhibition for Transport and Logistics (TRANS4), as well as the coinciding GCC Transport and Railways Conference, held October 17 and 18 in Doha. Silvers then represented the U.S.-Arab Chamber at the "Invest in Bahrain" Forum held in Manama on October 19.
Multimodal Events in Qatar
The TRANS4 expo, the first of its kind in Qatar, brought together senior government decision makers and industry leaders to explore new technologies, products, services, and solutions in the transportation and logistics sector. TRANS4 provided a professional platform for transportation and logistics industry leaders from around the world to showcase their latest products and technologies to highly qualified trade visitors and interact with Qatari decision-makers in all areas of the transportation and logistics industry.
The National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the U.S.-Qatar Business Council, hosted a booth at the expo. Some of the U.S. companies that were featured at the NUSACC booth included such industry leaders as AECOM, Booz Allen Hamilton, FedEx, and Parsons Brinckerhoff.
With investments of more than $200 billion already allocated to the development of land transport, especially rail networks, Qatar has now entered into a new and vital phase in the completion of basic infrastructure for economic growth and commercial integration of the region. Railway and metro projects for freight and passengers top the list of transport projects, with total investments exceeding $100 billion.
According to research conducted by the National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce, Qatar's Real Gross Domestic Product is on track to grow 21 percent this year, the fastest in the world. Qatar is America's fourth largest export destination in the Arab world, with U.S. goods and services exceeding $3 billion in 2010.
At a gala welcome dinner on Monday, October 17, H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the State of Qatar, invited foreign companies to come to Qatar to participate in the tremendous opportunities available in that nation.
"Many countries were exhibiting their wares," said NUSACC's Silvers, "including the Russian National Railway. But American firms are clearly in great demand for their products and expertise, especially in the freight rail sector."
Invest in Bahrain 2011
Under the patronage of H.R.H. Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain's Prime Minister, the "Invest in Bahrain Forum" was held in Manama on October 19. The U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce was represented by its Executive Vice President, Curt Silvers.
In his opening remarks, H.E. Dr. Hassan Fahkro, Bahrain's Minister of Industry and Commerce, highlighted the fact that Bahrain's "robust new business starts and industrial development since the beginning of the year are a clear testament to international investors' continued confidence -- both in the Bahrain economy, and in Bahrain as a base for conducting regional business."
In related welcoming remarks, H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Essa Al-Khalifa, Chief Executive of Bahrain's Economic Development Board (EDB), noted that Bahrain's economy is "built on firm foundations… is the most diversified economy in the Gulf, boasts the most liberal business environment in the GCC … [and] offers the ideal gateway to the trillion dollar Gulf market." The EDB is responsible for formulating and overseeing the economic development strategy of Bahrain and for creating the right climate to attract direct investment into the Kingdom.
Other distinguished speakers included: H.E. Dr. Essam Bin Abdulla Fakhro, Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry; H.E. Adnan Kassar, President of the General Union of Arab Chambers of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture; and H.E. Khalil Bin Abdullah Al Khonji, Vice Chairman of the Federation of GCC Chambers and Chairman of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry. All speakers stressed the continuing importance of Bahrain to GCC economic development and growth, as well as the pressing need for continued work toward regional economic integration.
A total of 140 industrial projects, with an estimated value of 747 million Bahraini Dinars ($1.98 billion), have been approved by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce since the beginning of 2011. Over the last few years, manufacturing output in Bahrain has increased by 40 percent, and the manufacturing sector is now larger than the oil extraction industry. Other investment opportunities include the food and beverage industries, electrical machinery, and fabricated metal.
NUSACC's Curt Silvers pointed to the Bahrain-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which makes Bahrain especially attractive to American businesses as a gateway to the region. "The FTA eliminates all tariffs between our two nations over time," he said, "paving the way for even closer commercial relations between Bahrain and the United States. Our Chamber, in cooperation with the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry, looks forward to opening new doors to mutual trade and investment in the months ahead."


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SolarPhotovoltaicsRenewable Energy
The largest solar project in Texas' has been completed
By WoREA Editorial Team
WoREA Editorial Teamhttps://www.worldofrenewables.com/worea
The $1.35 million- installation, designed and installed by Meridian Solar, will generate about one-quarter of the building's total energy needs. CPS Energy, one of the nation's largest municipally owned energy company, will distribute excess electrical power.
"Texas should be a prime location for solar, but it currently generates a relatively small amount of solar energy", said Bob Sohn, senior advisor for Pearl planning. "Our hope is that our solar partnership with CPS Energy will serve to encourage further development of solar projects in Texas".
It might be needed. The Texas legislature failed to pass the bulk of legislation intended to promote solar energy this session. Texas had 69 alternative energy bills to consider of which 50 supported the solar industry. Only a bill that will enable homeowners to pay for solar installations using government funds passed. The state also killed a bill that would have created a statewide rebate program for solar panels. The bill that had strong support from both parties failed on a procedural point.
The solar array at Pearl Brewery is so far the largest solar project in the state. But not for long, in March the Austin City Council decided to spend $250 million on building a solar facility in Webberville east of Austin. The plant, that is scheduled to start operating by the end of 2010, will be the biggest solar facility in the US.
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1:1000 scale Discovery USS Enterprise incoming, and other model kit updates
Twenty-third century fans of all flavours should be happy with the latest model kit releases from Round 2 Models. Continue below for details of Wrath of Khan and TOS TV-era kits on the way. But first Discovery:
Having released the three hero ships of Discovery (Discovery, Shenzhou, and Enterprise) at 1:2500 scale pretty swiftly last year, Round 2's Polar Lights are now back with a bigger 1:1000 scale USS Enterprise kit. That makes for a pretty impressive 44cm+ long ship once built. Here's the box art (which seems to be a new style):
Round 2 are expecting this to start shipping in the next month or so (per their latest product update video). You can check out the prototype in one of my previous reports.
Also on the way soon is a reissue of the 1:1000 scale USS Reliant kit. Round 2 often like to offer something new with their reissues, and this time that comes in the form of a set of battle damage decals included with the kit. Here's the box art:
The kit also includes decals for all the names and registries, but to really finish it off you'll need to get hold of the separate set of aztecing decals. This pack includes aztecing for both the Reliant, and the 1:1000 scale USS Enterprise kit which was reissued earlier this year.
Now the Enterprise is out in the wild, further box art images have been released, giving a good look at the model as built, including its own set of battle damaging.
Finally, looking ahead to later in the year, Round 2 have revived their long on-hiatus plans for a new Shuttlecraft Galileo kit. Trek-spert Gary Kerr shared on Modeler's Miniatures and Magic some rendering of his CGI model of the ship that will be the basis of the model, plus some details of features of the kit:
The model is around 11″ long, half the length of the studio miniature. The shape of the hull favors the flared back end of the 22-footer. Jamie thought that it looked cooler than the parallel-sided 22-incher, and the flared shape made it easier for me to design the interior. According to Matt Jefferies, the 22 ft Galileo was 3/4 scale, which would make a real shuttle around 30 ft in length. This means that the PL kit is 1:32 scale compared to the 'real' 30-ft shuttle, or 1:24 the size of the 22′ studio prop. Modelers should be able to light the kit, and they can open the little door in the back end, like Spock or Scotty did every time the Galileo crash-landed. Gene Winfield actually helped answer some questions I had, and I managed to establish the original exterior colors..
The coolest feature was discovered almost too late. Doug Drexler and aerospace historian and writer, Glen Swanson, have been sleuthing through various archives in Los Angeles, and we've all been chipping in to get 600 dpi scans made. They discovered several hi-res photographs of the newly-built 22-incher, and I saw something completely unexpected on the miniature's roof: scribed panels that were very similar to the panels that Thomas Kellogg had drawn on his concept illustration during the 1966 design process. This discovery came late in the pre-production process, after a smooth roof had already been tooled, but Polar Lights will supply a template so enterprising modelers can create their own panels, if desired.
You can check out the prototype of the 1:32 scale kit in one of previous reports. The initial release will be exterior only, but if it sells well enough Round 2 will release a follow-up slide-in interior as well.
To keep track of all the latest model kits and other starship model releases, kit the "Models, Toys, and Games" tab on my 2020 schedule page.
Labels: Discovery, model kits, packaging, Polar Lights, Round 2 Models, TOS, Wrath of Khan


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City of London Boards
The City of London has many voluntary citizen boards which advise City Commissioners and staff. With their help the London continues to be a great place to live and work.
Board of Public Utilities - 6 Year Term
The Board of Public Utilities has a three member Board, responsible for the City water, sanitation and sewage utilities. Meetings taek place on the fourth Thursday of each month, unless the date falls on a holiday.
Stan Kavy 12/31/19
Marc Vest 12/31/20
Steve Scaggs 12/31/23
Board of Zoning Appeals - 5 Year Term
The five member volunteer board, appointed by the Mayor, interprets the zoning code, determines the acceptability of requested changes to the City Zoning Code and hears the appeals of decisions of the zoning administrator. The Board meets on the first Tuesday of the month.
Casey Elliott 12/31/19
Zahid Siddiqi 12/31/22
Bob Zabloudil 12/31/20
Michelle Abderson 12/31/21
Donald Hawkins 12/31/23
Historic District Review Board - 3 Year Term
The Historic District Review Board was created by the City of London to apply for grants for the Downtown area. The five memebr Board oversees a very specific area that has been outlined and adopted by City Council and meets on the second Tuesday of each month. The responsibilities of the Board are to review any application for change in color or architecture to the exterior of buildings which lie within this area. This process helps maintain a building's historic appearance and signifiance while allowing the downtown property owner to make upgrades and/or repairs to the structure.
Phil Taylor 12/31/18
Joann Fisher 12/31/19
Steve LeLonek 12/31/20
Lisa Jackman 12/31/19
Bob Minner 12/31/20


Apple device and Mac users should be aware that they may be targeted by hackers who lock you out of your device before demanding payment of a ransom.
In recent hours, a number of Australian Apple users have reported the ransom attack targeting their devices.
The information available is limited and may be updated as more information emerges.
With the possibility that this attack is linked to your 'Apple ID', affected users are advised to change your Apple ID password as soon as possible.
Users not affected may also consider changing their Apple ID password as a precaution.
Your Apple ID is your username for everything you do with Apple. It is used for identifying you as a user for most Apple products including iTunes, all your Apple devices, iCloud, the Apple Store and others.
At present many users are reporting that their phones or systems lock unexpectedly, they receive an email from 'Find My iPhone' and a message on their screen stating that their device has been, 'Hacked by Oleg Pliss'. The message said that to unlock their device they should pay a ransom via PayPal, emailing the payment code to lock404[at]hotmail.com.
Currently there is only speculation about how the attacks have been carried out. Apple has not yet responded officially.
Reports by affected users suggest that this attack is possibly the result of hackers compromising the device owner's Apple ID and using this to access their iCloud account. From their iCloud account a hacker can activate the device's 'Lost Mode' and possibly reset the phone's access code.
It is not confirmed if or how these Apple IDs and passwords were accessed, but suggestions include that hackers may be simply reusing information they may have discovered during a breach of other online services. Unfortunately, many people still commonly reuse the same password for many of their online accounts.
A hacker with access to your Apple ID can potentially lock any device associated with it remotely, they can see data you have stored in iCloud, access your Apple Store purchases and potentially set up two-step verification (also known as two-factor authentication) on your device, locking you out of your phone completely, or even remotely erase your device.
It is reported that affected users did not previously have two-step verification enabled on their devices.
Initial information also suggests that users who already have a passcode set on their device are still able to unlock it, but any users who do not have a passcode set may now encounter a lock code set by the hacker.
Change your password for your Apple ID. You can use your Apple ID to recover your device(s) if it has been locked by the hacker.
You can switch off Lost Mode via iCloud.
If the hacker has set a new passcode lock on your device, you may be able to bypass this by using one of the methods suggested by Apple, however you should note these involve either erasing, resetting, or restoring your device from back up (if you have one).
Set up two-step verification for your Apple ID. Turning on two-step verification reduces the possibility of someone accessing or making unauthorised changes to your account information. Two-step verification requires both your password and a separate verification code sent to your phone (or other trusted device) in order to log in.
Affected users should contact Apple directly for more information. Apple has been able to help affected users recover their devices.
More specific advice may be provided by Apple shortly.
Apple's online discussion of this issue.


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BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19
Senoufou 02 Feb 21 - 09:41 AM
The Sandman 02 Feb 21 - 08:33 AM
Jos 02 Feb 21 - 07:48 AM
Thompson 02 Feb 21 - 07:26 AM
Steve Shaw 02 Feb 21 - 06:17 AM
Steve Shaw 01 Feb 21 - 09:42 PM
punkfolkrocker 01 Feb 21 - 09:40 PM
robomatic 01 Feb 21 - 08:51 PM
Donuel 01 Feb 21 - 06:37 PM
Doug Chadwick 01 Feb 21 - 12:31 PM
Mrrzy 01 Feb 21 - 12:24 PM
Stilly River Sage 01 Feb 21 - 11:11 AM
punkfolkrocker 01 Feb 21 - 08:24 AM
Doug Chadwick 01 Feb 21 - 07:52 AM
Steve Shaw 31 Jan 21 - 07:11 PM
Allan Conn 31 Jan 21 - 06:42 PM
Senoufou 31 Jan 21 - 04:19 PM
Doug Chadwick 31 Jan 21 - 04:00 PM
Donuel 31 Jan 21 - 10:52 AM
Thompson 30 Jan 21 - 05:52 PM
punkfolkrocker 30 Jan 21 - 11:40 AM
Nigel Parsons 30 Jan 21 - 09:56 AM
Bonzo3legs 29 Jan 21 - 10:27 AM
Mrrzy 24 Jan 21 - 09:23 AM
Stilly River Sage 23 Jan 21 - 10:59 AM
pattyClink 20 Jan 21 - 01:48 PM
The Sandman 19 Jan 21 - 04:22 AM
Stilly River Sage 15 Jan 21 - 05:56 PM
Mrrzy 15 Jan 21 - 05:28 PM
Donuel 15 Jan 21 - 12:44 PM
Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19
From: Senoufou
Date: 02 Feb 21 - 09:41 AM
Well I seemed to have unleashed a furore of vituperative comments!
I merely wanted to express my concern for the admirable and brave gentleman, since he has had pneumonia and now Covid. I conveyed in good faith (since I read it on a post on Mumsnet) that he had had the vaccine. But I now know that he hasn't.
I do not believe that the vaccine does not protect one from the virus, I merely wondered how/why he had contracted it.
I am due to have my injection on Sunday at our local surgery.
My 'opinions' are generally rooted in Science and The Truth.
I am reasonably intelligent enough not to get enmeshed in Conspiracy Theories or ignorant suspicions.
I hope this clarifies my stance. So you can stop piling on!
From: The Sandman
The right to speak FREELY and have different opinions, is something that does not exist in totalitarian regime.
MP and TD,
have all sorts of opinions on abortion, capital punishment taking the vaccine, so what, I do not have to agree with them, just because they represent a constiuency,
but their right to freedom of speech is what distinguishes democracy from totalinarism
Steve , you have misunderstood me, i am not actually refrring to mudcat,
I am referring to what i have seen with my eyes here in ireland, and on the virtual world of facebook,
people in supermarkets accosting and verbally insulting non mask wearers., and getting so worked up that they get close and forget about the 2 meter rule,. the sensible thing is just to give non mask werers more than 2 meters, but to go up to them and shout in their face is stupid .
people on facebook who suggest that people who suggest that the virus is no worse than the flu should be fined[] i am surprised they have not suggested capital punishment.
it is simple, someone not wearing a mask in a building give them more room, problem solved .
From: Jos
I'm not proud of my ignorance, just very frustrated. Often I just look things up and all becomes clear, but not on that occasion.
I know the words Taoiseach and Dáil Éireann, but hadn't ever come across Teachta Dála.
Jos, it's kind of embarrassing if people appear to be proud of their ignorance. If you don't know what TD stands for, and what its meaning is, just ask.
I don't think anyone's telling anyone to shut up, Dick. Maybe suggesting that it would be a good idea to post with restraint and try to not say daft things... Suggesting being the operative word...
td is the irish equivalent of MP.What does TD mean in Ireland?
Teachta Dála
Deputy. Member of the Dáil; also known as a TD (Teachta Dála) Dáil Éireann. The Lower House of the Oireachtas; known as the Dáil for short. Dissolution.Jun 18, 2019
TD?
I've done an internet search, and looked down through fifty threads, but perhaps it was in a post that has been deleted. Could be 'truth denier' I suppose.
.But the fact health services have been run down and cannot cope with a pandemic is the fault of those who govern us.
Why should anyone shut up , fortunately we have free speech and we are also free to ignore others comments, and make our own decisions.
Further more i do not think a TD should be sacked for saying the virus is no worse than the flu. I may disagree with him or i may not ,but starting to sack people for having a different opinion is a step towards Fascism and Totalitarinism, People are turning on each other .But the fact health services have been run down and cannot cope with … See more
Date: 01 Feb 21 - 09:42 PM
Alleluia, Scrumpyshire bro...
From: punkfolkrocker
"Your comic relief is tolerated pfr but your contribution to pandemic relief is poor or absent."
That's an improvement..
Please try to continue restraining yourself to quickly read and discounted
snappy one-liners like this..
Btw.. when you invent a proven to work miracle cure for covid,
then you might have earned the right to posture
as the superior 'Big I Am' of pandemic relief..
However, until then you are no more important here then any other BS poster
with a keyboard and an arse to sit on...
Also remember many more folks are much closer to death on the front line than you are..
Key workers and their families live in real daily fear..
For us, this is not just an intellectual academic game
for scoring ego points against forum rivals.
I think that what you say about Dr Fauci chimes very well with the general tenor of my BBC piece. "Experts" are frequently derided, and often, when invoked generically, are the victims of weasel wordery, but in this pandemic we have really needed the real experts to calm us all down. They do that best by telling us how little we actually know so far and by being measured in their cautions to us. What we don't need is scary non-experts, who abound, who think they own the truth when in reality they simply want to make themselves stand out from the worried crowd, ending up worrying the crowd even more - if we let them...
From: robomatic
Considering the title of this thread is specifically related to 'news' it invites folks to reproduce within thread things that pass for news. Unfortunately 'news' is not facts.
Two quotes, one by a famous guy, one not:
In a documentary about himself and his life, physicist Richard Feynman said: "I know how hard it is to actually KNOW something."
And this guy I knew who was a project runner on the Alaska Pipeline was being briefed while walking through a facility and remarked to the guy: "Is this relevant or is it just information?"
Listening to Dr. Fauci I am constantly reminded that the experts and researchers on the frontiers of medicine are still learning about this particular incarnation of coronavirus. That means the reactions and treatments of the disease are also subject to change including the vaccines. To date Dr. Fauci has been consistent to get vaccinated because that limits transmission and transmission limits the spread of mutations in the virus.
Apropos of the effectiveness of the various vaccines against new variants, here's what the Health Editor of BBC News Online posted today. Not the last word, just a single source, but far more sober, sane and balanced than some of the more hysterical stuff flying around. Please hang on the words and reflect that I've refrained from highlighting what I thought are the most germane points (I was tempted, but we can all read).
I'd also add that vaccines that appear to lose efficacy can relatively easily be tweaked in a fairly short time. No panic, no amateur dramatics needed, just patience and intelligent concern. Once we've had the vaccine we should thank a scientist, and a good way of doing that is to show enough respect to look their stuff up before sounding off with sweeping statements and flailing around in all directions.
All viruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, constantly mutate into new versions or variants.
These tiny genetic changes happen as the virus makes new copies of itself to spread and thrive.
Most are inconsequential, and a few can even be harmful to the virus's survival, but some variants can make the virus more infectious or threatening to the host - humans.
There are now many thousands of variants of the pandemic virus circulating. But experts are concerned about the South African variant, or 501.V2.
Is it more dangerous?
There is no evidence that the South Africa variant causes more serious illness for the vast majority of people who become infected.
As with the original version, the risk is highest for people who are elderly or have significant underlying health conditions.
But there are concerns it can spread more readily and vaccines may not work quite as well against it.
What do experts say?
The South African variant carries a mutation called E484K, among others.
It's different to the recently discovered UK or Kent variant that scientists have also been studying in the UK.
Both variants appear to be more contagious, which is a problem because tougher restrictions on society may be needed to control the spread.
While changes in the new UK variant are unlikely to harm the effectiveness of current vaccines, there is a chance those in the South African variant may do so to some extent, say scientists.
It is too soon to say for sure, or by how much, until more tests are completed, although it is extremely unlikely the mutations would render vaccines useless.
Scientists have tested the Pfizer Covid vaccine against one of the mutations found in the South African variant, called N501Y, using blood samples from 20 people.
In that preliminary study, vaccination appeared to work against the mutated virus.
More studies are needed though.
The third Mumsnet "Tom" thread was duly deleted but there's yet another one running now. There's a lot of unjustified speculation about the holiday he took in December and about his family and what's happening to him in hospital, though there a lot of holding-back going on that wasn't there before. I think we can do better.
Your comic relief is tolerated pfr but your contribution to pandemic relief is poor or absent.
"Which would you prefer:
To never read my words again.
Be pain free from all your conditions for the rest of your life."
I'd prefer you to be more disciplined & considerate,
and resist persistently swamping serious threads
with your excessive egotistical indulgences.
It's tiresome having to wade through it all
every time I find a few spare minutes
to catch up on these debates..
Try better at communicating your points more concisely...
Not every thread needs to be "The Donuel Show"...!!!
No I can't. The two earlier threads were deleted, but I was able to see the first couple of lines of a few posts when I googled as I told you, which were indicating, or criticising, speculation about him and his vaccine. Maybe you could try that, or maybe it's too late. The third thread, which I've read but which is now being deleted *as I understand it), avoided mention of the vaccine (maybe because there was so much dispute in the first two threads, who knows, and that it is now clear that the efficacy of the vaccine is irrelevant to discussions about Tom).
Here's the Mumsnet HQ message that announced the deletion of the third thread:
" YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet (MNHQ) Mon 01-Feb-21 17:30:33
Hello everyone. We are getting a lot of reports about this thread. As several posts have been deleted and many more are continuing to break our Talk Guidelines, we have decided to delete it now as it's really not making anyone look good at this stage."
I completely agree with that sentiment. I've said more than once that speculation put up as fact, sweeping statements and scaremongering in discussions about coronavirus are not only harmful but they also bring this website into disrepute. "Not making anyone look good," right?
From: Doug Chadwick
I am surprised that you see that as 'attack mode', Steve.
I tried Googling "Mumsnet Captain Tom Vaccination" but all I got was an opening page with a couple of messages wishing him well and subsequent pages, each with a message saying that the thread had been deleted. The message acknowledged that the majority of posters were wishing him well, but said that posts speculating on his health or other aspects did not seem to be in the spirit of the site right now.
There was nothing that I could find that told me anything about discussion on the effectiveness of the vaccine. Perhaps you could provide a link?
Ok interesting article here on Australia&s response. My Tazzie sister's life is normal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/world/australia/perth-lockdown.html
Blicky.
I'm interested in facts. On this topic it's vital that we avoid propagating misinformation in the guise of facts. And if we don't yet know all the facts to sufficiently support a claim, then that claim should remain under wraps. If we post speculation we should be crystal clear with our caveats that we are indeed posting speculation. It also helps if we can stay cool.
So Steve you are not interested in truth as much as condeming my sentences. I am in favor of your freedom but not when you attack truth. For that, a hard rains a gonna fall.
If your goal is to hurt me, its never gonna happen. (unless you visit)
Which would you prefer:
Be pain free from all your conditions for the rest of your life.
And I've said this before and I'll say it again. Jumping on snippets of "information," especially those coming from journalists who are after scoops, taking them out of context and sounding alarms, is a practice that's rife all over the internet and we should squash it firmly when it rears its ugly head on Mudcat. The work on the efficacy of all the current vaccines in the face of variants of the virus is ongoing and is in its infancy still, relatively speaking. It takes time to amass sufficient field data on this, and some of the vaccines are hardly out of the starting block, and some of the variants are very new, or at least newly-discovered. We need to to be patient and we need to be sceptical about sources until we have checked, checked and checked again. Sweeping statements about vaccines (plural) being less effective, etc., of the kind we've seen here say a lot more about their propagators than they do about the science.
Well, Doug, the Mumsnet thread was deleted with a message from headquarters that a thread speculating about Captain Tom is inappropriate. But you can read enough from the results from googling "Mumsnet Captain Tom Vaccination" to see that there was indeed much misinformation and unwarranted speculation going on, with implications that the vaccine (which he hadn't had) was ineffective. Always worth a double-check before adopting attack mode.
Maggie, please read his completely unqualified sentence again. Not for the first time your criticism of me is out of order.
"Varients do have changed binding sites that makes original vaccines less effective."
This is fake news. You absolutely have to STOP doing this.
Sorry, Steve, but if you've been listening to people talk about how the vaccine evolves, that is exactly what is happening. The way these things bind, the part of the virus shell that does this part, has changed, making them "stickier" and harder to eradicate with a vaccine or various treatments so far attempted. And it means several of the vaccines (Johnson & Johnson, in particular) are less effective.
My take on Capt. Tom becoming infected,
is that even at his level of importance, frailty, and protection,
someone has been too bloody careless...???
Is a hasty investigation being conducted...?????
..... that some git on Mumsnet is implying that the vaccine doesn't work because Capt.Tom has been vaccinated but still got infected.
Be careful, Steve, that you you don't fall in to the trap yourself, of reading what you want to read rather than what is actually written. A poster here repeated a piece of misinformation, taken from Mumsnet, that Capt. Sir Tom had been vaccinated. The conclusion that
"..... that one can still contract the virus after having the jab"
May have come from Mumsnet but, equally, may have Senoufou's own opinion.
Wherever that conclusion came from, it doesn't necessarily follow that it is implying that the vaccine doesn't work. It may have been expressing a note of caution that, since none of the vaccines claim to be 100% effective, vaccination does not make us invincible and that mask/distance/hygiene precautions should still be followed.
Date: 31 Jan 21 - 07:11 PM
Yeah, right, Sen, misinformed. Well done for clearing that one up. Here's the thing with me that pisses me off bigtime. There are two lots of people living round here near me, good friends for donkeys' years, who I like a lot, who suck in this kind of blatant misinformation and for whom it is bias confirmation, as they are already readily susceptible to conspiracy theories. They are easy and gullible recipients and the misinformation fed to them is put out lazily and with no evidence to support it. On the other hand, we who have to counter this nonsense have to work so bloody hard to dig out the evidence in order to be persuasive enough to negate it. It is not a level playing field. What I'm saying, for example, is that some git on Mumsnet is implying that the vaccine doesn't work because Capt.Tom has been vaccinated but still got infected. Fake news. We have someone here saying that vaccines are less effective against new variants (I tried to spell that last word correctly). Fake news. I'm getting bloody sick of it, to be honest. I'm biased because I have that stupid uphill battle with the nice people round here who I know. But please let's not see Mudcat get infested with this stuff. Please?
And best wishes to the admirable Capt. Tom, a man I admire greatly.
From: Allan Conn
Also depends when he was vaccinated? It doesn't give you instant protection. The protection builds over a couple of weeks or so. So I take it someone who only got the vaccine say a few days ago would be susceptible. Plus of course the efficacy is not 100% in any of the vaccines.
Ooops Doug, you're quite right, he hadn't received the vaccination. My mistake. I read it on Mumsnet, but the poster must have been misinformed.
I've just learned that Captain (SIR!) Tom Moore was actually vaccinated,
The BBC are reporting that he had not yet received the vaccine because of the medication he was on for pneumonia. He is not in intensive care so, hopefully, he may recover.
I've just learned that Captain (SIR!) Tom Moore was actually vaccinated, which goes to show that one can still contract the virus after having the jab. Hopefully however this may make his illness less severe.
Captain Tom Moore now has Covid. He was admitted to hospital with pneumonia, and a few days later it was confirmed he now has Covid too.
The man is 100, and was knighted by the Queen for his indomitable efforts to walk around his residence to raise money for the NHS.
So ironic.
Date: 31 Jan 21 - 10:52 AM
Science by press release is not science. But its all most of us have.
Varients do have changed binding sites that makes original vaccines less effective.
pattyClink - While ventilation is important, another factor that's recently been recognised is that humidity is death to the little scamps. Don't let your home get too dried out. (I don't know how to measure humidity, unfortunately, but reckon that giving the washing a final dry on racks and radiators probably helps.)
bonzo3legs - Sympathies for the greyhound. I used to have a dog that had big trouble with eczema and it turned out to be mainly triggered by milk. My current adored-one gets diarrhoea from milk.
Donny - Life is too stressful;
and spare time is too limited
to be wasted constantly trying to make sense of your lengthy self indulgent posts...
Please try to communicate more effectively,
with consideration for any of us struggling
to search for the meaningful gems in your stream of consciousness drivel...
Thats the spirit Nigel - not that you can agree with me BUT that a truthful post regarding scientific findings, unencumbered with political spin or orthodox dogma, can be more helpful than believing a convenient lie.
Orthodoxy is a finding plus excessive time. Its time to take a critical look at all the facts assembled over a year. Critical thinking is easy when you don't care how it reflects on us or feel any need to sugar coat a damn thing.
Perhaps you even looked up the evolutionary virologist scientists I mentioned earlier.
From: Nigel Parsons
Donuel:
They also have found that covid 19 is 90% likely to be lab produced and from a scientific point of view was never a conspiracy theory but a reasoned finding
We can only guess at your 'sources' (if any) as you provide no links.
A research paper claiming to prove that the coronavirus was cooked up in a laboratory has been widely dismissed by mainstream scientists.
The paper, which was posted online earlier this week and hasn't been peer reviewed, says that "unusual features" of the virus's genome suggest "sophisticated laboratory modification rather than natural evolution". The authors allege that the modification of one or more bat viruses was carried out in a Chinese government laboratory in Wuhan.
From New Scientist, September 2020
This response to several now-deleted COVID-19 conspiracy theory posts and responses is left because it provides a useful link. ---mudelf
From: Bonzo3legs
Mrs Bonzo had the Oxford jab this afternoon, and also a nice little outing in the back of the car for our greyhound who is housebound at the moment with a nasty skin infection - rear left leg heavily bandaged and she has to wear a big cone to prevent licking the bandage.
Attack of the varient viral mutants VVM is well underway.
The great city of London is now added to apoint of origin story like Wuhan. Maybe in came from Feltwell in Norwich or Gravesend
Some doctors are more concerned about the English varient than all the others. My question is will the new varients continue like the flu on an ongoing annual basis?
I already read it was.
There are a lot of individual obituary threads for musical people who have died of COVID-19. One non-musical but very well known, at least in the US, is talk show host Larry King.
Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87.
His son, Chance, confirmed King's death Saturday morning.
King hosted "Larry King Live" on CNN for over 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and everyday people. He retired in 2010 after taping more than 6,000 episodes of the show.
A statement was posted on his verified Facebook announcing his passing.
"With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles," the statement said. "For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry's many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster."
The statement did not give a cause of death.
He was hospitalized and in the ICU in recent days, but he had a number of health issues over the years. I suspect the conclusion will be that his death was COVID-related.
From: pattyClink
Thanks, Sandman. I'm seeing a lot of people not 'getting' that ventilation is a really big deal; busy scrubbing doorhandles and taking their temp, while foraying into poorly ventilated indoor venues where the virus is lurking. Next issue, we have no process to 'rate' buildings as to their safety.
Subject: RE: De-clutter & Fitness in a Pandemic: 2021
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rcnl d
ventilation is key to stopping the spread of Covid-19
Clean air far more important than clean hands
Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 00:55
Orla Hegarty
Covid-19 has meant hard choices and serious consequences, with an escalation in restrictions and enforcement. But, if the rules aren't being effective, could the rules be wrong? Last week the HSE gave a briefing about recent outbreaks. One case resulted in the infection of four restaurant staff and six people at another table; another cluster involved 14 of 27 students in a class. It was confirmed that Nphet guidelines were being followed, but when asked how this could have happened the HSE response was that "this virus is very unpredictable".
This week there are 31 outbreaks in nursing homes and 25 in communities where people live in close proximity. A cluster from a cafe in Cork resulted in 57 infections; and of the 28,000 cases nationally up to the end of August, more than one in 20 were workers in meat plants.
All of these outbreaks follow very similar patterns to other countries and they all happen where crowds gather in very specific conditions – indoors in poor ventilation.
What is sidestepped in public health advice is that "super-spread events" are clear-cut and can be prevented. "Super-spread" is defined as an occasion where five people or more become infected, and up to 97 per cent happen indoors, according to research from Japan.
High-risk conditions
Moreover, just 10-20 per cent of those carrying Covid may be causing 80 per cent of new infections and it happens in known high-risk conditions. So, public health advice to "halve all contacts" is unlikely to halve the new cases when the majority of contacts are low-risk and where these known super-spread conditions are permitted, even at Level 5. Evidently, targeted prevention in specific locations is the only way to significantly reduce new cases.
In Ireland, a drop in cases coincided with warmer temperatures when activity moved outside and buildings were ventilated freely. Recent household infections have been attributed to people disregarding the rules, but perhaps it was the weather that changed rather than their behaviour? In the absence of public health warnings, most people are simply unaware that opening windows can reduce or eliminate the virus spread in their homes and cars.
Conversely, in meat plants ventilation is reduced in summer when air is recirculated to operate at 10 degrees. Research from Germany confirms that airborne virus in these conditions infected workers as far as 8m apart. At another super-spread event in Washington, one person at a choir practice infected 52 of 61 others, two of whom died. Increasing ventilation and shortening the event would likely have halved the infections. It is known that singing, shouting, exercising and even talking can increase the virus in the air.
Spread is airborne
It is now believed, from these and other cases, that most spread is airborne, that there is no safe distance in a poorly ventilated room and that conditions can move from low- to high-risk within 15 minutes.
Recent research spans environmental engineering, particle physics and virology and points back to how Ireland beat tuberculosis with space, sunlight and fresh air. In the last century disease – Spanish Flu and TB – changed the way that buildings were designed and it will again now.
Yet, while international research is providing answers, we still have "rules of thumb" for two-metre distancing and two-hour duration, now understood to be unsafe oversimplification. Without a science-base, these rules are resulting in unknowing high-risk behaviour on the one hand, and unnecessary social isolation and business closures on the other.
Higher indoors
All along, building ventilation has been hiding in plain sight in different rules for indoors and out. Covid-19 is a respiratory virus, it is caught from breathing. In the open air, the virus is diluted and dispersed in the air, but inside, aerosols, the particles small enough to remain in the air, can linger, spread and build up to dangerous levels, similar to cigarette smoke. Ventilation is key to prevention because the risk of breathing in Covid-19 is 20 times higher indoors.
Air quality in buildings can be measured, managed and monitored, so improving ventilation reduces or eliminates these risks.
Active and targeted prevention of specific high-risk conditions, such as in meat plants, direct provision, overcrowded housing and schools is key to both keeping buildings open and people out of hospital, without compromising the health services or the economy.
Last February, Japan identified ventilation as critically important to preventing conditions for super-spread. Public health advised avoiding the 3 Cs "closed spaces, crowded places, and close-contact settings". With a population of 126 million, the total number of deaths from Covid-19 in Japan is just 1,578 which is lower than in Ireland with a population of five million, with 1,806 mortalities.
Critical weapon
Comparisons between countries, are very difficult but the arguments in favour of ventilation as a critical weapon are compelling, and now confirmed by public health advice in other countries. What will it cost in lives and businesses for Ireland to wait for more proof, particularly when fresh air is free?
The HSE is soon to employ 500 contact-tracers to track future Covid-19 patients, asking where they went and who they met. But, how many people are employed to look at our houses and buildings to prevent tens of thousands of people becoming infected in the first place?
Escalation of this pandemic is not inevitable. Science-based rules, targeted public health advice, risk assessments and enforcement are critical now, not loose rules of thumb.
There is little cost in moving outside, spreading out into safer rooms, avoiding crowds, re-setting ventilation systems, and opening windows.
Clean air is far more important than clean hands.
Orla Hegarty is assistant professor at the School of Architecture UCD
It belongs in the Trump era news, for one. But it's good news wherever one reads it!
Does the NRA going bankrupt belong in this or the Not About The Virus new news thread?
We are told to anticipate 90,000 new deaths over the next 3 weeks.
Mudcat time: 18 January 11:54 AM EST