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Wuhan, the epicenter for the coronavirus in China, ends 76-day lockdown
Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, has been re-opened after a strict 76-day lockdown.
After 11 weeks of lockdown, people went outdoors and by the thousands boarded the first trains and planes leaving Wuhan as the last restrictions on movement were lifted Wednesday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began.
Wuhan's unprecedented lockdown was a model for countries trying to stop the coronavirus. With the restrictions ending, Hubei's provincial capital begins another experiment: resuming business and ordinary life while preventing more illnesses.
The city's 11 million residents are now permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application powered by a mix of data-tracking and government surveillance shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus.
The occasion was marked with a light show on either side of the broad Yangtze River, with skyscrapers and bridges radiating animated images of health workers aiding patients, along with one displaying the words "heroic city," a title bestowed on Wuhan by president and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. Along the embankments and bridges, citizens waved flags, chanted "Wuhan, let's go!" and sang a capella renditions of China's national anthem.
"I haven't been outside for more than 70 days," said an emotional Tong Zhengkun, who was watching the display from a bridge. Residents in his apartment complex had contracted the virus, so the entire building was shut down. He couldn't go out even to buy groceries, which neighborhood workers brought to his door.
"Being indoors for so long drove me crazy," he said.
It didn't take long for traffic to begin moving swiftly through the reopened bridges, tunnels and highway toll booths, while hundreds waited for the first trains and flights out of the city, many hoping to return to jobs elsewhere. Nearly 1,000 vehicles went through a busy highway toll booth at Wuhan's border between midnight — when barricades were lifted — and 7 a.m, according to Yan Xiangsheng, a district police chief.
Within hours of the lockdown ending, roughly 65,000 people had left the city by train and plane alone, according to local media.
Restrictions in the city where most of China's more than 82,000 virus cases and over 3,300 deaths from COVID-19 were reported have been gradually eased in recent weeks as the number of new cases steadily declined. The government reported no new cases Wednesday.
While there are questions about the veracity of China's count, the unprecedented lockdown of Wuhan and Hubei have been successful enough that other countries adopted similar measures.
"The people in Wuhan paid out a lot and bore a lot mentally and psychologically," resident Zhang Xiang said. "Wuhan people are historically famous for their strong will."
During the 76-day lockdown, Wuhan residents had been allowed out of their homes only to buy food or attend to other tasks deemed absolutely necessary. Some were allowed to leave the city, but only if they had paperwork showing they were not a health risk and a letter attesting to where they were going and why. Even then, authorities could turn them back on a technicality such as missing a stamp, preventing thousands from returning to their jobs outside the city.
Residents of other parts of Hubei were allowed to leave the province starting about three weeks ago, as long as they could provide a clean bill of health.
Despite the new freedom, many prevention measures such as wearing masks, temperature checks and limiting access to residential communities will remain in place in Wuhan. And people leaving the city will face numerous hurdles, such as 14-day quarantines and nucleic acid tests, at their destinations.
In an editorial, the ruling Communist Party's flagship People's Daily warned against celebrating too soon.
"This day that people have long been looking forward to and it is right to be excited. However, this day does not mark the final victory," the paper said. "At this moment, we still need to remind ourselves that as Wuhan is unblocked, we can be pleased, but we must not relax."
In anticipation of the lockdown's lifting, SWAT teams and staff in white hazmat suits had patrolled outside the city's Hankou railway station, while guards attended a security briefing under the marble arches of its entrance.
Tickets for trains out of Wuhan to cities across China already were advertised on electronic billboards as loudspeakers blared announcements about social distancing and wearing masks. About 100 passengers boarded the first train leaving Hankou station, bound for Jingzhou, another city in Hubei.
According to airport official Lou Guowei, the first departing flight left Wuhan Tianhe International Airport at 7:25 a.m. for Sanya, a coastal city in Hainan province known for its beaches.
Wuhan is a major center for heavy industry, particularly autos, and while many major plants have restarted production, the small and midsize businesses that employ the most people are still hurting from both a lack of workers and demand. Measures are being instituted to get them back on their feet, including 20 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) in preferential loans, according to the city government.
China blocked people from leaving or entering Wuhan starting Jan. 23 in a surprise middle-of-the-night announcement and expanded the lockdown to most of the province in succeeding days. Train service and flights were canceled and checkpoints were set up on roads.
The exact source of the virus remains under investigation, though many of the first COVID-19 patients were linked to an outdoor food market in the city.
In preparation for the end of the lockdown, Party Secretary Wang Zhonglin, the city's highest-ranking official, inspected the airport and train stations Monday to ensure they were ready. The city must "enforce prevention while opening up, maintain safety and orderliness and the assurance of stability," Wang said.
Mission one: to make sure the epidemic doesn't resurge, he said.
Associated Press producer Olivia Zhang in Wuhan, China, and writer Yanan Wang in Toronto contributed to this report.


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Friday Box Office: 'Us' Slices Up $29 Million on the Way to Scary Good Debut
by Vinnie Mancuso March 23, 2019
Congratulations Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Evan Alex…ya played yourselves. And it actually turned out pretty okay: Jordan Peele's doppelgänger horror flick Us carved up $29 million on Friday night, coming in above expectations and headed toward an impressive $67 million+ debut weekend. A bit of perspective on that number — Us' numbers are mightily impressive in the R-rated horror realm, landing among top openers like Andy Muschietti's IT ($123.4 million) and David Gordon Green's Halloween sequel ($76.2 million). But if you're talking an original idea, not a sequel or adaptation, Peele's sophomore effort might be headed for the best horror opening of all time.
The film, Peele's follow-up to the Oscar-winning Get Out, follows the Wilson family—Gabe (Duke), Adelaide (Nyong'o), Zora (Wright Joseph), and Jason (Alex)—attempting a summer lakehouse getaway when four home invaders shatter their peace. A terrifying situation turns macabre when the Wilsons realize their assailants are four twisted copies of themselves, doppelgängers come from underground armed with scissors. In Collider's review, Eric Vespe called the film an "excellent horror film" that "avoids the sophomore slump."
Us easily knocked Captain Marvel off its first-place perch, but the latest entry in the MCU is still flying right along with another $9 million, en route to a predicted $32 million third weekend. The film—starring Brie Larson as the super-charged title character—is pretty much guaranteed to soar past the $300 million mark domestically this weekend and is headed right for $900 million worldwide.
Rounding out Friday night's top 3 is CBS Film's romantic-drama Five Feet Apart, starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson as cystic fibrosis patients who fall in love. The film notched another $2.7 million on its second Friday night.
Take a look at Friday's numbers below and check back tomorrow for full weekend estimates. (Numbers via Box Office Mojo)
Rank Title Friday Total
1. Us $29,060,000 $29,060,000
2. Captain Marvel $9,226,000 $295,703,835
3. Five Feet Apart $2,746,000 $20,457,064
4. Wonder Park $2,170,000 $22,647,304
5. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World $1,670,000 $140,889,630
Get Your First Look at 'Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling' Ahead of Its Netflix Debut
How 'Hellboy' Rebooted the Franchise Without Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman
'Us': Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke on the Film's Mythology and Jordan…
• Brie Larson • Captain Marvel • Get Out • Jordan Peele • Lupita Nyong'o • US • Winston Duke

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Q: XMLParse Coldfusion 9 - Content Not Allowed In Prolog I am trying to parse some data from Australia Post using Coldfusion, the code works perfectly when i'm using CF10 locally but the problem is that the servers i'm using are using CF9 and i'd rather keep them with 9.
When i try the code in CF9 i get "Content not allowed in prolog" no matter what i try, i managed to do a ReReplace when then threw the error of "Premature end of file" so i'm not sure what else to try also on the server it's using IIS6 i don't know if that's contributing to the issue
I've also connected the SSL certificate through the keystore as i read that could be an issue as well
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Каупона () — общее название древнеримских постоялых домов или гостиниц в городах и на больших дорогах, а также питейных заведений, где также продавали закуски.
Для городских жителей разница между попиной и каупоной, возможно, была незначительной. В литературных источниках каупона в сельской местности считалось уважаемым местом, где останавливались путешественники. В каупонах, как и в других питейных заведениях, процветала проституция и некоторые комнаты этих заведений служили в качестве борделя.

Примечания

См. также
 Быстрое питание в Древнем Риме
Таберна

Питейные заведения
Римская кухня
Гостиницы

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Q: Android App - Play YouTube video on website, using WebView First of all, my problem:
I'm trying to "port" a mobile website to an application. This website has embedded YouTube videos, and these should of course be able to play in the actual application. My issuse is, they wont.
I can start the app, and the video will play fine, but if I try to make it fullscreen, the video pauses, and if I resume it again, it's only the sound playing. This also happens if I just pause the video and resumes. Only sound.
I've spent the last couple of nights googling like a mad man, but I've not found a working solution to my problem.
Targeting android API level 14.
This is my code:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

private WebView mWebview;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    //setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    mWebview  = new WebView(this);
    mWebview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); // enable javascript
    mWebview.getSettings().setPluginState(WebSettings.PluginState.ON);
    mWebview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {

    });

    mWebview .loadUrl("http://mobile.mmm.dk");
    setContentView(mWebview );
    this.mWebview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){

        @Override
        public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url){
          view.loadUrl(url);
          return true;
        }
    });
}

If anyone have any ideas what so ever feel free to shoot at it. I'm willing to try anything, even starting from scratch and implement the youtube API.


Graham Potter will be looking to extend his sides six-game unbeaten run this Tuesday when they return to their Liberty Stadium where they go up against Birmingham City. The Swans impressive run has seen them rise up into eleventh place, but they still remain six points adrift from the top six. Swansea featured in the FA Cup over the weekend where they went up against Gillingham and a strong performance saw them ease to a 4-1 win and progress onto the fifth round. Birmingham managed to hold out a 0-0 draw when these sides first met this season, but they will have a tough job repeating that result with them in poor form. Garry Monk's men last win came six games ago and since then they have drawn two and lost three, with their most recent game against Norwich ending in a 3-1 defeat. The hosts arrive as favourites with odds of 23/20 with Bet365, while Birmingham sits at 13/5 SkyBet.
This Championship fixture brings two of the league struggling sides together who are both in real need of three points. Reading make the journey north to face Bolton Wanderers at their Macron Stadium. The hosts find themselves down in 23rd as they head into matchday 23 and they sit just one point behind their next opponents making this a huge game for either side. Wanderers last league win came five games ago and since then they have suffered three defeats and picked up just one point. If you fancy Bolton's chances then Betway is offering odds of 17/10. The Royals will be keen to hold onto their slender one-point lead over Bolton and arrive in better form to do so with their last win coming just one game ago against Nottingham Forest. However, their following and the most recent game ended in defeat to Derby County. SkyBet has priced Reading at 13/8 to take the three points.


When an ancient Aboriginal burial ground is desecrated, a vengeful spirit from the Dreaming is released, causing supernatural mayhem.
Min-min lights (named after an Aboriginal term) are mysterious lights in Australia's Outback which appear suddenly, may chase you if you're in a car, approach rapidly to within a few metres, often switch position dramatically, and have no discernible origin.
A scientific explanation offered says that the min-min is a mirage that occurs when a layer of warm air lies above a layer of colder air near ground level. The cold layer traps lights by refraction and may channel it over long distances.
The Min-Min is also known as Min-Min Reveng.


My third choice. The Beatles after Rubber Soul and Revolver went to the White Album. It was a seismic jump.
I loved The Bends. How could I not with its beautiful tunes. The world loved it too and waited with heady anticipation for what the band would do next. What they did was blow our minds with OK Computer. Musically it's not the same as The White Album, but it's reach into our psyche is. It probably affected me with its powerful waves more than any other record I have ever heard.
It is also an album that deserves to be heard in full. It's a journey like no other. By the end of it and it's delicious full stop, you are left just wondering how on Earth this was ever written. It's simply too good.


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Brett Arends's ROI: These inflation protection funds are on sale
Actual panic about inflation seems to be spiraling upward. But investments that will try to protect us from the ravages of inflation seem to be getting cheaper.
Weird, right? Only on Wall Street.
But this is good news for retirees, who stand more to lose from inflation than pretty much anyone else.
(You may have noticed that this year's "cost of living adjustment" to your Social Security checks, announced with so much fanfare last fall, is already a bust. Even by February official inflation was a third higher than the COLA, and the Cleveland Fed reckons inflation is now running even faster, at 8.5%. Oh, yeah, and these are only the official inflation rate.)
Long-term inflation protected Treasury bonds have plunged in price since the start of the year, despite the official state of National Freak Out over rocketing prices at the supermarket and the gas pumps. And a couple of inflation-protection mutual funds favored by Bill Gates are even cheaper than that.
(If you're under 40, Bill Gates is some old guy who used to be richer than Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.)
The PIMCO 15+ U.S. TIPS ETF
LTPZ,
-0.06%,
which tracks long-term inflation-protected Treasury bonds, is 15% cheaper than it was on Jan. 1, and TIPS bonds from Uncle Sam are now guaranteeing to protect your purchasing power — plus 0.2% a year — all the way through 2052. Such bonds have a positive "real" yield, meaning a yielding on top of inflation, for maturities longer than about 20 years.
Three months ago, when people were much less alarmed about inflation, long-term TIPS bonds were so overpriced that they were actually guaranteeing a total 10% loss in your purchasing power over 30 years—and that was measured using the official inflation rate.
Meanwhile the Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities and Income Fund
WIW,
a regulated U.S. mutual fund that invests in inflation-protected bonds and related assets, is also on sale and is currently selling at 90 cents on the dollar. WIW is what's known as a "closed-end" mutual fund. That means even though it is a mutual fund, like the familiar names from companies such as Vanguard or American Funds, you invest by purchasing shares in the fund on the stock market, as you would with a stock like Apple
or Tesla
(WIW is run by fund company Franklin Templeton.)
As there are only a limited number of fund shares in circulation, the share price can move independently to the value of the fund's investments. So right now the fund has about $13 per share in bonds and other assets, but the shares are trading around $11.60.
A similar fund (also run by Franklin Templeton), Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income
WIA,
is trading at 91 cents on the dollar.
Bill Gates's personal investment vehicle Cascade Investments owned more than 20% of the shares in both funds at the last count, according to public filings.
I spoke to Chris Larsen, a senior product manager at Franklin Templeton and in-house expert on the two funds, to understand them a bit more. Both use leverage to increase the size of the fund, much like homeowners take out a mortgage so you can buy a bigger home. For both funds the current loan-to-value is just over 30%.
This leverage, taken at short-term interest rates, has been a terrific deal while interest rates have been so low. Last year they paid about 0.2% — really—on the debt. If the money markets today are right, short-term interest rates in the next year or two will rise to about 2% or more. That could take a big chunk out of the fund's returns.
But…if the Fed hikes rates, it will presumably be because inflation isn't under control. If that happens, we may see the value of these fund's bonds go up sharply too because there will presumably be a lot more demand for inflation protection. Meanwhile we would probably see the fund's share price rise even further than that, because I suspect if there is a full-scale inflation panic the market won't still be selling off shares in inflation-protected bond funds at 90 cents on the dollar.
On the other hand, if inflation fears tumble again—if today's inflation spike turns into tomorrow's bust—these funds could still be OK: Their short-term interest costs will stay low, and bonds—all bonds—will come back into fashion. And there's that hefty discount. WIA currently pays out 4.1% of the share price per year in dividends, and WIW 5%.
Larsen tells me that the fund managers aren't wedded to the amount of leverage, either. If short-term interest costs rise too much, and cease to benefit the fund investors, the company will simply borrow much less. "We'll keep that leverage on as long as we have a positive "carry,"" he tells me, meaning as long as the return from the investments is greater than the cost of the debt. "The team does adjust the leverage," Larsen adds. "It's not "set it (and) forget.""
Incidentally, both funds have expense rates of about 0.7% to 0.8%. Even after accounting for fees, both have outperformed plain vanilla TIPS funds over 5 and 10 years, in part because of the leverage. They also hold assets other than TIPS, such as corporate and emerging market bonds. WIW is supposedly the slightly "riskier" fund of the two, and invests a bit more in things like emerging market bonds, which tend be more volatile.
You pays your money and takes your choice, as they say. Or one can buy unleveraged long-term TIPS bonds.
What is the actual outlook for inflation? Well, the latest numbers show the bond market is getting less concerned than it was a few weeks ago: It now expects inflation to average 3.26% a year over the next 5 years, down from a forecast of 3.6% just a few weeks ago. We shall see.
Once upon a time, over a decade ago, TIPS bonds paid guaranteed interest rates of 2% a year or more above the rate of inflation. By those standards today's rates are dismal. But what really matters for investors is how they are going to look over the years or even decades ahead.
Veteran money manager Jonathan Ruffer remembers the double-digit inflation of the 1970s, which was even worse in his native Britain than it was here. At the time he was a young money manager in London. He writes: "I remember a colleague in the fund management company Dunbar Group, where I worked at the time, losing his temper with a client who pointed out that she had suffered a real loss when compared with inflation. The client was told she was seeking after a ridiculous aspiration." (Italics mine.)
Back then investors, Ruffer says, "appeared to be defenceless from inflation." He fears the same will happen again.
The real inflation issue for retirees isn't the forecast but the risk. And that's where things like inflation-protected bonds come in useful.
Semiconductor Demand May Be Slowing. Nvidia, AMD, and Intel Had Their Price Targets Cut.
The Wall Street Journal: Palladium and platinum prices jump after London market blocks Russian precious metals


Creative Maintenance Solutions recently completed a vinyl flake epoxy floor project at a residence in Hubertus, WI. This was a new construction home and the concrete in the garage was in very good condition. The owner of the home called CMS as they wanted to protect their garage floor with a beautiful new epoxy floor. Our solution was to install a new vinyl flake epoxy floor system to set their space apart and protect it for years to come.
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All excess vinyl flakes are scraped and swept off the floor and two coats of clear urethane were installed to provide a UV stable floor.


This stems from a post put by hotdogwolf on preferring swords to guns and many therians seem to enjoy swords, bows, etc. So, I'm creating a thread where y'all can discuss why and what type to your hearts' content.
I'm partial to my collapsible recurves [I have two of them; one is right handed and one is left handed]. I have had them for 7 years and I absolutely love them. They haven't been used in six years because there are no archery ranges within my area. However, I plan on going back into using them and getting better at them.
I prefer my bows to other weapons like guns because the noise of guns annoys me and it feels like cheating with the sights and other gadgets used [the same reason I won't use a compound bow]. I don't have sights [sites?] on my bows and I never plan on having them on it.
Another weapon I like is the naginata. I have yet to get to use one, but I've been itching to get my hands on one since I learned about them. I'm partial to staff weapons and this one has a pointy knife on the end so it just makes it all that more exciting to me.
I love martial arts and back in the day I had quite the collection of weaponry. I had 2 bo staves (one was lighter than the other), some nunchucks (one foam practice one and one nice wood ones with a chain. I got the nice ones that had ball bearings instead of just a chain attached to them), a boken (wooden katana), and an actual katana. That one I got for my birthday one year. I saved up my money and rather than order one from the mail or online or anything I wanted to actually feel and compare the weight/ballance of them. So I cruized around to all the various knife stores and tried some out. Most of them were not very well ballanced, or even sharp. You know where had the best one? Cuttlery World in the local mall of all places. There was one there in my price range that was both balanced and very sharp. It had a bit of a sea life/fish theme on the tange (I think that's what it's called, the crossguard) that I wasn't fond of but hey you can't be too picky when on a budget.
Oh I also had a bow. I got it from my best friend. He had a large backyard so we were shooting it at a target and one of his shots went way wide and over the wall. Apparently he hit his neighbor's house, and his neighbor was home at the time. He came storming down the road swearing up a storm then when he got to the door, his mom opened it and he was increadibly polite ("excuse me mam, does this arrow belong to your son?") After that he didn't want to practice archery so I traded it to him for a game I think. Actually I took archery in college one semester. It was fun. I even got a robin hood of all things one time. It's not quite what you'd expect though because even though I did hit my own arrow, it was not in the bullseye, it was way left and down on the target. So I just take it in stride and say I'm "consistently innacurate." So now that I'm consistent, I just need to work on the accuracy. My coach kept the arrow though, I suppose it did belong to the school. I did manage to recover the notch from the arrow that was split in two, so I got that much.
I don't have any functional swords, but when I've been boffering I've found I prefer the khopesh. Good for parrying and catching your opponent's blade. My second favorite is the short sword; while it doesn't have much reach it's maneuverable. I also like staff weapons, and hope to someday take a walking stick and add a spark gap from a handheld contact Taser.
That naginata looks very interesting.
I have created boffer swords, spears, and rapiers to use for me and my family/friends. I've also got a couple sais and a collection of wooden swords I like to toy around with in my spare time. My favorite weapon type is polearms, by far. I always wanted a naginata, like the one Arawn posted!
When I was travelling, I'd get into daily sparring sessions with a friend of mine. Mostly hand-to-hand, but often we'd get whatever sticks were nearby to spice the fight up. Eventually, this ended up with a tooth of mine getting poked out with the tip of an umbrella. Ouch!
Finally, I've always been fascinated with bows. I've had a couple, including one compound bow as a kid, and a home-made longbow as a young adult. I'm typically right handed, but I can only shoot a bow left handed.
@ Cheetah: I've always wanted a claw weapon, but I've never had one. I must buy or create one, one of these days!
I love archery. I have a compound bow (but will never put sights on it) and a crossbow, but I really want to get a Longbow or classical recurve. I've been practicing my archery since I was ten. I also have seven swords ranging from longswords to rapiers to daggers. I also would like to learn Tai Chi as a martial art.
They do look like they'd feel very natural, though I'd have to adjust the claw size somewhat. Wouldn't really want something that long... though if it was for parrying longswords I might.
I know how to use guns, but I'd really like to learn some archery, and eventually maybe get some martial arts experience/experience with melee weapons. Alas I'm having trouble finding a style I like (I used to do Northern style Shaolin Kung-Fu, and I loved it more than any other martial art I've tried) since my old studio moved forty five minutes away. Also, I lack funds for weapons/lessons.
The only real knife I have right now is a SOG Seal-pup. It's pretty freakin sweet.
I absolutely adore archery, but I haven't been able to acquire a bow to my liking or my price range yet. I can't bring myself to get a compound bow because I feel they're cheating. I really want a recurve bow.
I also loathe firearms, I feel like I'm simply telling something to point and kill; there's no tangibility, no substance, no life. Guns are an invention designed to make a weakling into a killing machine: not only do they wither a person's physical attributes but also their mental ones; no need for intelligence or skill, just the ability to hold a lump of metal and a working finger.
The worst part of a gun, in my opinion, is that there's no room for error with them. If you're jumpy, unlike a bow where you have enough time to cancel your attack, there's no time between "AAAH!" & "BANG!" You're more likely to kill by mistake with a gun than any other weapon.
Now a bow... That's a different creature. I have a recurve bow myself and really like it but, for me, the ideal bow would be a good old longbow. Nothing fancy... no flowing curves, no cogs & wheels, no finely crafted sighting; just a strong stick with a sturdy string. I hope to get to the point where have the shoulder strength to use one but at the moment, with my loose joints, a 50 pound draw weight is easily enough to pop them out.
Close quarters weaponry is a hobby of mine.
Swords wise we've got 2 katanas, 1 straight katana, a rapier, foil, shortsword, and a sabre used by the dragoons cavalry during the famous charge of the light brigade.
We've also got a pair of sais, nunchucks, and a collapsible tai-chi sword used for training that used to belong to my uncle. None of those are my forte though, I'm more of a staff user myself with the 'bo' staff being my best weapon. I don't particularly like spears and bladed staves like the dao or naginata, they just don't feel correctly balanced to me.
I am into so-called exotic weaponry though. One 'weapon' that I hope to rekindle a martial style for that has long been dead is the scythe. The long handle of a digging scythe is a close resemblance to a 'jo' staff and feel that, with a little tweaking to balance the blade more towards the centre of the staff, it can be a very tricky and surprisingly versatile weapon.


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Q: Problem installing Python-Dev I am having trouble installing python-dev. It all started when I tried to install another Python package and got the error:
SystemError: Cannot compile 'Python.h'. Perhaps you need to install python-dev.

I tried sudo apt-get install python-dev but got the error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 python-dev : Depends: python2.7-dev (>= 2.7.3) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

So then I tried sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev and got the error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 python2.7-dev : Depends: python2.7 (= 2.7.3-0ubuntu3) but 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 is to be installed
                 Depends: libpython2.7 (= 2.7.3-0ubuntu3) but 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 is to be installed

I have tried most everything in the post unmet dependencies. I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and I have everything updated. I have done apt-get clean and apt-get autoclean. I have tried apt-get -f install and all variations on that theme. I have cleaned up my PPA. I even tried using Aptitude, and though it did a lot of clean up, the result was the same.
I really want to be able to install python-dev. How can I make this happen? At this point, I am willing to consider extreme options, whatever they may be.

A: You shouldn't install numpy with pip, use the package Ubuntu provides:
dennis@koekblik:~$ apt-cache show python-numpy
Package: python-numpy
Priority: optional
Section: python
Installed-Size: 7616
...

As to your actual problem: try installing python2.7-dev. It will likely fail but should give you a better error message.

A: fastest solution:

*

*Install (sudo apt-get install synaptic) Synaptic Package Manager and start it

*Click on Settings-Repositories

*Select Download from: Main Server

*Click Close then click on Reload.

*Mark python-dev for installation and Synaptic will also mark all dependencies of python-dev (libexpat1-dev, libssl-dev, libssl-doc, python2.7-dev, zlib1g-dev).

I have just resolved the same problem on freshly installed Ubuntu x86 12.04.3.

A: This bit:
 python2.7-dev : Depends: python2.7 (= 2.7.3-0ubuntu3) but 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 is to be installed

suggests that you are using some mismatched repositories, or have some apt-pins in place keeping the version dependencies from lining up. I think, specifically, python-2.7 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 is in the Precise-proposed repository and the 2.7.3-0ubuntu3 version is in Precise/main proper, so you may be preferring -proposed for some but not all packages.
Can you edit your question to include the output of:
apt-cache policy python2.7-dev
apt-cache policy python2.7

and maybe:
apt-cache show python2.7

...
Reading the apt-cache output from your pastebin, it looks like you have the python2.7 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 from precise-updates/main  installed, but python2.7-dev is from precise/main. I think your install media or an earlier "apt-get update" included the precise-updates repository, but it's not in your current sources.list.
I think you'll be able to get the install going after adding precise-updates and then apt-get update.
echo "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/precise-updates.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev

A: For those that encounter this problem, first try and run
sudo apt-get update

and try to install again


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SXSW 2015: 'The Overnight' is an insightful, cringeworthy, and wholly fantastic examination of marital relationships
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The bonds of family hold strong in the face of extraordinary hardship. When the world around them sinks into darkness and the future appears foreboding, people cling to those they are closest to in their lives. God Bless the Child paints a dark portrait of reality for the five young siblings at its center, but with exceptional observation, the film depicts how familial bonds remain intact, even as circumstances grow dire.
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SXSW 2015: 'Welcome to Leith' weaves a bizarre and enthralling tale
The story at the center of Welcome to Leith is so surreal that it's hard to believe you're watching a documentary. When Craig Cobb first moved to the minuscule town of Leith, North Dakota – population 24 – residents thought he was just an unassuming old man who enjoyed his privacy. In reality, he was a neo-Nazi planning to buy up parcels of land and turn the town into a refuge for white supremacists. Welcome to Leith packages this strange tale in the form of a riveting war film, with the Leith residents battling against Cobb in an attempt to retake their formerly serene hamlet.
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SXSW 2015: 'The Avian Kind' is as beautiful to behold (and as hard to grasp) as its namesake
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'Life in Color' Movie Review – suffers from a lack of sincerity
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SXSW 2015: Prepare yourself for the cinematic roller coaster that is 'The Nymphets'
It takes only a few moments for The Nymphets to establish its chaotic atmosphere. Opening with a percussive, kinetic score and whipping through its credits, Gary Gardner's film is rarely at a standstill. Character dynamics are always changing, and the narrative has a way of shifting course, preventing viewers from discerning where exactly its going. The Nymphets is always in a state of flux, which makes for an exhilarating – if at times frustrating – cinematic experience.
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SXSW 2015: 'Petting Zoo' documents the transition from adolescence to adulthood with intimate detail
"I'm everywhere now, the way is a vow to the wind of each breath by and by." Johnny Flynn's "The Water" is prominently featured twice in Micah Magee's Petting Zoo, serving to remind the audience of life's unpredictable nature. People may make plans for the future, but in reality there is no telling how the road before them will unfold. Protagonist Layla (Devon Keller) experiences a number of difficult transitions throughout Petting Zoo. Over the course of several months, she progresses from adolescence to maturity, and Magee's camera is there to document her growth in poignant, intimate detail.
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SXSW 2015: 'Manglehorn' is as aimless as its eponymous character
Angelo Manglehorn (Al Pacino) is a man adrift. He has no connections to tie him to the world, no close relationships with family or friends. As a locksmith, he spends his days crafting spare keys or helping people who have locked themselves out of their cars. When the day is done, he returns home to spend the evening with his sole companion: his cat, Fanny. Much like its eponymous character, David Gordon Green's Manglehorn drifts aimlessly, never bothering to make meaningful connections between characters or story elements.
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SXSW 2015: 'The Salt of the Earth' is a sufficient tribute to an extraordinary photographer
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SXSW 2015: 'The Look of Silence' proves Joshua Oppenheimer is one of the best documentarians working today
In The Act of Killing, his previous documentary, director Joshua Oppenheimer employed an innovative technique to explore the atrocities committed under Indonesia's military dictatorship. The film followed several death squad leaders who were responsible for exterminating thousands of accused communists. Oppenheimer provided these men with financing and production crews, allowing them to recreate their appalling actions on film. It was his hope that by confronting their past in this manner, the men would experience some level of remorse or moral responsibility for their actions. The Look of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act of Killing, is not nearly as experimental or original as its predecessor. This is not to say that the film is without power. On the contrary, in some ways Silence cuts even deeper than its companion.
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'Manglehorn', 'Spy', 'BRAND' headline South by Southwest 2015 film lineup
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Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier is coach to the University of South Carolina football team, and is considered one of the game's greatest offensive masterminds.
Prior to the 1990 season, the University of Florida's Gators had never won a conference title in 56 years as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Then came the dawning of the Steve Spurrier era. During the 1990 season, the first with Spurrier as the head coach, the Gators finished the season with a league-best record of 6-1, and the school's gridiron fortunes were about to make a huge turn for the better. In the next seven seasons with Spurrier at the helm, the team won an unprecedented five SEC championships, as well as the school's first national championship in 1996. For Gator fans those years of mediocrity have become a mere memory, as Spurrier crafted the program into one of the most elite in all of college football.
He began coaching following the completion of a 10-year career as an NFL quarterback. In college he won the 1966 Heisman Trophy, earned as a stellar field leader while at Florida. He was the Gators starting quarterback for three years and was voted first team All-American in both 1965 and 1966. He was named to the National Collegiate Football Hall of Fame in 1986. As the first-round pick of the 49ers in the 1967 NFL draft, he played quarterback for San Francisco from 1967-75 and for the Tampa Bay Bucs in 1976. He returned to Florida in 1978 as quarterbacks coach, before moving to Georgia Tech as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 1979 season. He joined the Duke Blue Devils in the same capacity from 1980-82, and then moved on to the USFL as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Bandits.
At the Bandits from 1983-85, Spurrier compiled a 35-19 record with two straight playoff appearances. His 1984 team was the first in pro football history to produce a 4,000-yard passer and two 1,000-yard rushers in the same season. He returned to Duke as head coach in 1987 and turned around a moribund program to produce winning seasons after his initial 5-6 year. During his three-year tenure, he compiled a 20-13-1 record and led the team to its first Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship in 24 years in 1989. In each of his three seasons, the Blue Devils averaged more than 300 yards per game passing, the only team in ACC history to reach the mark.
In 2002 Steve Spurrier was named head coach of the NFL's Washington Redskins. He immediately began molding the team into his vision of a winner.
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Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
Posted on March 15, 2019 June 29, 2019 by adminww
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! What many Irish here (and I guess many Americans as well) don't know is that fourteen years before the American Declaration of Independence, the first Saint Patrick's Day Parade was held in New York City. To be precise, on March 17, 1762!
257 years later…
The Irish Channel America, an organization that my mom and dad are involved in, is proud to wish the 35 Million Irish Americans (Source: U.S.Census 2000) Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Just take a look a this 2018 New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade video (though I bet you the 2019 one will be even better!):
New York St. Patrick's Day Parade 2019 is held on Sunday, March 16, and then you can watch New York's 5th Avenue go entirely green to celebrate the Irish heritage and culture. But first, more about The Irish Channel America, an organization that my parents are so busy with.
The Irish Channel America is connecting the 35 million Irish Americans with their culture and country of origin and to provide the Island of Ireland with a US digital platform for the promotion, development and marketing of Irish Art, Sports, Tourism, Music, Language, Literature, Film, Television, Education, Business and Finance, working with government and industry to foster new commercial and cultural relationships between the United States of America and Ireland, through television – the worlds most powerful communication medium.
But as the saying goes…
'Everyone's a little bit Irish on St. Patrick's Day'
A Few Great Videos About Ireland
Ireland is a mystical and magical land, small but beautiful. The magnificent scenery of the West of Ireland has inspired poets, painters, and writers. I even managed to sing (and accompany myself on a guitar I bought here) a traditional Irish Drinking Song (Limerick, You Are My Lady) when I went back to the States over Christmas to visit my family. Oh boy, what a joy…and what an inspiration…
The mountains and lakes are awe-inspiring in sunshine or rain. There is much peace and tranquility to be found here. I do hope that the weather will get better here in Ireland in May because I'm planning to set out for the beautiful western portions of my temporary home country. Who knows, I may get even more inspired and learn a few more traditional Irish songs to play when I'll get back next time to the States. I must say, though, that my parents (and not only them!) were very appreciative of my humble efforts to play and sing in a (more or less) traditional Irish way. They really liked my version of the Irish drinking song "Limerick You Are My Lady" back home during the Christmas holidays.
Everyone wants to visit Ireland – and that's hardly surprising. Ireland is a charming country with great traditional food, modern and vibrant, yet retaining always a sense of history and just of hint of mystery. Irish pubs are so popular they've sprung up all over the world, operating in unlikely places such as Budapest and Hong Kong. But I think the best are to be found here, especially in Limerick, perhaps Ireland's most authentic and vibrant city (but what do I know…).
Check out these awesome videos about Ireland:
The real magic remains in Ireland, though, and now you have a chance to visit real Irish pubs, celebrate birthdays the Irish way, and tour the country that nurtured them.
Irish College of Druids (only in Ireland…)
Irish American Goes To High School in Ireland
Limerick You Are My Lady, a Drinking Song
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How Ample Hills Nails the Cultural Zeitgeist
The whimsical Brooklyn-born shop churns out tall tales with ice cream
By Kara Cutruzzula - February 28, 2017
Ample Hills husband-and-wife co-owners Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith. (Photo credit: Courtesy of Ample Hills Creamery)
You're never going to find avocado ice cream at Ample Hills. They're not churning bits of sage or prosciutto chips into their concoctions. And there's definitely no coconut ash on the menu.
The Brooklyn-born ice cream shop isn't doing what you might expect from a typical Brooklyn food pioneer–breaking experimental new flavors–and that's entirely the point. "We do not make serious ice cream," their site proclaims. But they are particularly skilled at telling fun, culturally relevant stories around an old-fashioned treat.
The opening of their first Prospect Heights outpost in 2011 is a story revered in the borough's small-business world. They sold out of ice cream in four days, with adoration, glowing press and eventually even Oprah's seal of approval. Since then, Ample Hills Creamery has used their nimble operation to create flavors around pop-culture darlings including Star Wars, Breaking Bad, The X-Files, Mad Men, and most recently, a Gilmore Girls-inspired flavor that gained attention in Vanity Fair, Eater and many other outlets. In January, they even created a flavor for The View's 20th anniversary; the chocolate marshmallow ice cream, with house-made "Ooey Gooey" and "Salted Crack" cookies and fudge brownies, was meant to symbolize the talk show's differing points of view.
The Gilmore Girls flavor was coffee chocolate-pudding with snickerdoodles and pink sprinkles
So what churns their imagination? It might be appropriate to call husband-and-wife co-owners Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna expert storytellers and marketers who just happen to own an ice-cream shop. "It's relatively easy to get press for a new shop opening," says Smith. "It's very difficult to get press for opening your ninth or tenth ice cream shop." Their solution? Tell new stories. In this case, a keen awareness of the zeitgeist seems to come naturally to Smith, who wrote sci-fi screenplays and produced radio plays before opening Ample Hills at age 40.
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But there are some cultural touchstones that sneak up on him. Most recently, the Gilmore Girls flavor nearly didn't happen. Ample Hills' art director Lauren Kaelin, who's responsible for the brands' clever murals and pint-container designs, suggested the idea after noticing how much attention the food-and-drink obsessed series was getting in anticipation of its Netflix revival. "I had never seen Gilmore Girls," says Smith. "I said, No, that sounds crazy, but then let her convince me and she was absolutely right."
They put out a call on social media for Gilmore Girls flavors and names. Two thousand suggestions later, let's just say fans of the fictional town of Stars Hollow, CT, are an enthusiastic bunch. The winner, an inside joke-heavy treat called They Scoop Gilmores, Don't They?, is a coffee chocolate-pudding ice cream with snickerdoodles and pink sprinkles. It ended the year as the store's most popular promotional flavor.
All that positive notice boosted foot traffic in their shops, expanded their reach on social media, and translated into a small boon in online orders which they ship nationwide packed in dry ice. Ample Hills is able to produce these flavors quickly because of the company's relatively small size, but the business is growing. They now employ 90 to 100 workers (called Amployees) at five shops in New York City and one outpost at Disney in Orlando.
The limited-edition pints based on 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens came from an official partnership with Lucasfilm
The store's first pop-culture foray was the Heisenberry, a sweet-cream concoction with raspberry preserves and blue Pop Rocks made to celebrate Breaking Bad's finale, complete with official prop candy from the show, which Ample Hills imported from Albuquerque. (Since they're family-friendly, that flavor was available only for people who requested it—they didn't want kids to get the wrong idea about the "blue stuff." ) There was also One More for the Road, a Mad Men finale ode with Canadian Club whisky and glazed orange peel, and The Truth Is In Here, a paranormal green pistachio ice cream with chocolate-covered sunflower seeds for The X-Files' long-awaited return.
Smith considers these flavors to be like fan fiction, since customers are involved with creating and naming them. None of them are officially licensed except for limited-edition pints based on 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The flavors, dubbed The Light Side and The Dark Side, came from an official partnership with Lucas film. "Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, is a fan of ours and reached out tome and offered to sort of mentor us," says Smith. "I ended up pitching him on doing the Star Wars ice cream. For me, being a sci-fi movie writer and being obsessed with all things J.J. Abrams, getting to meet him, talk to him, and share ice cream with him, and make the Star Wars ice cream, that was the Holy Grail."
One of Smith's goals is to do a series of stories and ice cream flavors with famous writers, similar to Chipotle's author-penned short stories on their takeout bags and cups. He'll have to add that to other big projects on the horizon. Thanks to a $4 million equity round raised in 2015, led by Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Ample Hills will open in late spring their largest endeavor yet: a 15,000-square-foot interactive destination in Red Hook with a retail shop, classes, self-guided tours, and plenty of room for ice-cream birthday parties.
Meanwhile, they'll keep churning ice cream and telling stories. "Ice cream is like soup, you can do absolutely anything with it," says Smith. "The possibilities are endless."
Kara Cutruzzula is a writer living in Fort Greene. Her articles, essays, and plays can be found here.
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West Chester was settled in 1791 by Joseph McMaken. It is located in an oval area that is known geologically as the Cincinnati Arch – and is one of the best areas on the continent for collecting fossils since it was once at the bottom of an ancient ocean.
West Chester is a vibrant, growing area and has made the list of Money Magazine's Best Places to Live in America five times. There is a nice blend of residential, professional and recreational development within its 35 square miles.
West Chester offers all kinds of homes – from new developments with large wooded lots and exciting homes to modest and middle price ranges. West Chester is 25 minutes from Downtown Cincinnati, directly adjacent to Interstate 75, Reed Hartman Highway and one mile north of I-275. It is also just 30 minutes from Dayton, Ohio, making it especially convenient to both cities. Nestled in rolling hills and wooded groves, homes in West Chester offer quiet seclusion and prestige while still being near to Cincinnati. Many new and established subdivisions offer the home buyer a broad variety of styles. Live on a golf course or have five acres of land with horses. West Chester has it all!
West Chester is located adjacent to I-75 and is only minutes from I-71. The southern border is less than one mile from I-275 and adjacent to Reed Hartman Highway. SR 129 offers easy access to Liberty Township, Fairfield Township and Hamilton.
West Chester Hospital (UC Health) is located on University Drive off Tylersville Road. This facility has received numerous honors and recognition for its excellent healthcare and is a Level 3 Trauma Center. Over 800 physicians provide many levels of expertise including an epilepsy-monitoring unit, maternity unit with Level 2 neonatal intensive care, neurosurgery abilities, stroke center and a headache center that is recognized worldwide. Located nearby is the world-renowned Children's Hospital Medical Center Liberty Campus. This full-service hospital offers urgent care services. The Atrium Medical Center Mason is a 179-bed hospital located in Warren County a quarter mile east of 1-75 on Mason-Montgomery Road. This facility accepts all emergency patients. Bethesda North Hospital is located on Montgomery Road and is about 10 minutes away. In addition, there are many fine hospitals located in Cincinnati within a 30-45 minute drive.
There are lots of shopping opportunities in West Chester! Union Center offers numerous restaurants, and there are nationally recognized stores along the Streets of West Chester. The Voice of America shopping complex has a Target and other fine stores and restaurants. Deerfield Township Center is located 10 minutes away with many nationally known stores. For those who enjoy shopping local, downtown West Chester features charming boutiques. Liberty Center is a premier shopping and dining destination located on 64 acres with over 60 shops, restaurants and entertainment including a 200,000 square foot Dilliards and anchor tenant Dick's Sporting Goods. It is located at the junction of Liberty Way Interchange at I-75 and I-129.
The Kenwood Towne Centre is 15 minutes away and features a full array of department stores and small shops including Nordstrom, Dillards and Macys. Tri-County Mall is a 10-minute drive with several department anchor stores. For those who enjoy outlet-style shopping, the Cincinnati Premium Outlet is a 10-minute drive north in Monroe. For sporting and hunting enthusiasts, Cabela's has a West Chester location.
Keehner Park is a 123-acre park featuring extensive woodland trails as well as playgrounds, athletic fields, mountain bike trail and picnic shelters. The Keehner Park Amphitheater is home to outdoor performances throughout the warmer months. The Upper Mill Creek Conservation Corridor features the 1.55-mile paved Port Union Historic Canal Trail for bicycles, roller blades, walkers, and joggers. Residents enjoy athletic fields, mowed walking paths, a wet meadow, Wiggly Field dog park, and open spaces for leisure activities. Beckett Park is located in the heart of the Union Centre business district and is home to the West Chester Baseball Complex (featuring playing fields, dugouts, concession stand and a press box). People enjoy its walking trails, natural playground, ponds as well as its picnic areas.
The Muhlhauser Center is located in Beckett Park and serves as a gathering place for the community as well as a facility for rent. This barn was once part of the Muhlhauser-Windish Brewing Company. Youth organizations promote soccer, football and baseball.
The Square @ Union Centre is gathering place for concerts and the farmer's market and other community events.
There is also a membership tennis club in the area as well as a YMCA. There are several membership swim clubs: Hycrest, Beckett Ridge, Lakota Hills and Windwood. A public golf course is located in Beckett Ridge and at the Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason. There are several private clubs located in the area.
The 330-acre Voice of America Park and the Voice of America Museum is a tremendous resource to the community having served the world for more than 50 years delivering news of freedom and democracy to faraway lands.
The West Chester Activity Center is located on Cox Road and offers all kinds of programs and services to residents. People enjoy the fitness room, billiards table and outdoor patio.
For those who enjoy theme parks, Paramount King's Island and The Beach Waterpark are located just 10 minutes away.
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Is Abbott's Universal Microbe Detector a Big Deal?
It's not science fiction. It's science fact.
Maxx Chatsko
(TMFBlacknGold)
Feb 25, 2013 at 2:16PM
I think I have uncovered the real reason why Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) decided to spin off its pharmaceutical division into AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV). The new company -- now focused solely on medical devices, diagnostic tests, and nutritionals -- has developed a technology that will change the way doctors identify and fight diseases. It may be one of the biggest developments since the discovery of penicillin. Rumor has it that the technology was borrowed from an advanced alien civilization.
OK, the last two statements are not exactly true (Can you prove it wasn't aliens? Exactly!), but a new diagnostic machine invented by the company does have great capabilities and potential. According to the company's website, the PLEX-ID system can identify and differentiate more than 750,000 different bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. In addition to its vast library of microbes, the machine can also identify virulence markers and antibiotic-resistance genes -- important reference points for doctors prescribing treatments.
Put me in coach, I'm ready to diagnose
The brief explanation above provides a glimpse into the capabilities of the PLEX-ID system, but why is it needed in the first place? Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars poured into the health care and pharmaceutical industries each year, doctors are left with relatively few options when it comes to diagnosing infectious diseases. The inefficient and outdated process boils down to a game of "guess the symptoms," where doctors prescribe medications based on their best assumptions and hope they work before the days or weeks it can take to get concrete results from lab work.
Abbott's PLEX-ID system can identify the microbes responsible for infectious diseases in just eight hours, while a smaller version in development is targeting a five-hour wait -- both markedly lower than the best existing procedures. Don't think it's a big deal? According to NewScientist, in the last-decade prototypes of the device were the first to correctly identify a novel form of coronavirus as the source of SARS and were the first to identify cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States in 2009. Now imagine if your family doctor had access to one.
Combating resistance
By diagnosing infectious diseases correctly doctors will not overprescribe antibiotics when they will be the least effective medication. By not overprescribing antibiotics, the world will take a major step to combatting antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Of course, other steps are needed to generate solutions to the resistance problem. Such as, you know, actually developing new antibiotics and anti-infectious drugs.
According to an article published last year in The Telegraph, "only two new classes of antibiotics have been found in the past three decades and sales shriveled to $14.4 billion in 2010 from $16.1 billion in 2005." The only major companies currently researching new antibiotics are GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), and AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN).
An increasing focus on higher-margin drugs, such as biologics, is further compounding the problem. It also doesn't help much that GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca are among the worst performers in big pharma, which puts their programs at the top of the list for funding cuts. Only Johnson & Johnson showed encouraging signs as its infectious drug portfolio grew 21.5% last year over 2011, and that is after excluding Levaquin, which lost full exclusivity last year.
Foolish bottom line
While the PLEX-ID system certainly tips the scales in coolness factor, investors must realize that the machines will likely not sell in eye-popping amounts. That would limit doctors' access to the novel machine, thus increasing diagnosis times and negating its advantage in the first place. Price and size will limit the device's adoption and contribute to its "nice to have" label -- something in the health care industry that is more of a luxury than a necessity. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe one of these systems will find its way into hospitals scattered across the globe. I just wouldn't bet the house and kids on Abbott for solely this reason.
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Corporate Finance News - April 2018
Included in this issue: AIM publishes revised AIM Rules for Companies, ESMA publishes technical advice under the Prospectus Regulation, Melrose's hostile offer for GKN plc succeeds and more...
Equity Capital Markets
AIM publishes revised AIM Rules for Companies
As previously covered in Corporate Finance News, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has published AIM Notice 50 which provides feedback on the consultation launched by AIM Notice 49 and confirms changes to the AIM Rules for Companies and to the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers. The rule changes proposed in the consultation have been implemented subject to some minor alterations.
The most significant change for AIM companies already admitted to the market is the amendment of AIM Rule 26. This requires AIM companies to apply a recognised corporate governance code and to comply or explain against its chosen code – previously AIM companies had the choice of either noting on their website which code they followed or stating that they did not follow a code and instead disclosing its corporate governance arrangements. The LSE has chosen not to define those codes it "recognises" for this purpose believing it preferable that AIM companies have a choice of code to suit their specific stage of development, sector and size.
The revised rules require AIM companies to review their statement of compliance annually and, as part of its website disclosure, state the date upon which its last review took place and update its AIM Rule 26 disclosure in light of that review. In its feedback on the consultation, the LSE reminds companies and Nomads of its belief that good corporate governance is supported by "meaningful" explanations of a company's practices against the principles of a chosen code, rather than "simply identifying areas of non-compliance".
The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) has announced that it will release a new and updated version of its Corporate Governance Code, which will cover:
a) what good corporate governance is;
b) the 10 corporate governance principles to follow; and
c) step-by-step guidance on how to effectively apply the principles.
Whilst Main Market companies are required to apply the Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) UK Corporate Governance Code (currently the subject of its own recently closed consultation) and many larger AIM companies choose to do so, smaller companies may find that the QCA Corporate Governance Code is more suitable.
The revised AIM Rules have also codified (within AIM Rule 2) the requirement for Nomads to submit early notifications in respect of new applicants in a prescribed form. Associated guidance is set out in the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers.
The new rules came into force on 30 March 2018, although the requirement to comply with the amended AIM Rule 26 for Companies will take effect from 28 September 2018, to allow companies already on the market adequate time to prepare. Prior to 28 September 2018, new applicants will be required to disclose the corporate governance code that the board of directors of the applicant has decided to apply, but need only explain any departures from that code, and the reasons for them, from 28 September 2018. Clean and marked-up versions of the rules are available from the LSE website.
ESMA publishes technical advice under the Prospectus Regulation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report on the technical advice under the new Prospectus Regulation (EU 2017/1129), including in relation to the following areas:
the format of the prospectus, the base prospectus and the final terms, the content of any share registration document and securities note; and
the format of the EU Growth prospectus and related registration document, securities note and summary.
Subject to approval by the European Commission, the technical advice is likely to be adopted by 21 January 2019 in time for the application of the Prospectus Regulation in July 2019.
ESMA adds new Q&A on profit forecasts
ESMA has also updated its Q&As on prospectus-related issues, to include a new Q&A on profit forecasts. The new Q&A clarifies how to identify profit forecasts in the context of prospectuses, notably by explaining the definition included in the Prospectus Regulation No 809/2004 and by providing examples on what may or not constitute a profit forecast.
Takeover Code
Takeover Panel confirms Disney is required to make a "chain principle" mandatory bid for Sky plc in certain circumstances
The Takeover Panel (Panel) has published Panel Statement 2018/4 which confirmed that The Walt Disney Company (Disney) will be required to make a mandatory offer for all the shares in Sky plc (Sky) that it does not own on the completion of its acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (Fox) (after a divestment of certain businesses of Fox), as a result of Fox's holding of approximately 39% of Sky. Fox itself had made a pre-conditional firm offer announcement to acquire the remaining shares in Sky prior to agreeing to be bought by Disney. To add to the complications, Comcast Corporation (Comcast) has also recently announced a competing superior cash proposal for Sky.
The recent Panel statement is a relatively rare example of the application of the "chain principle" under Note 8 of Rule 9.1 of the Takeover Code (Code), where a mandatory bid is required if a person (in the Sky scenario, Disney) acquires shares in a non-Code company (Chainco – i.e. Fox) which itself holds a 30+% stake in a Code company (Target - i.e. Sky). The Panel operates a dual test to determine whether the chain principle applies - either:
a) is the interest in Target held by Chainco significant in relation to Chainco? Relative values of 50+% are normally regarded as significant. Fox's holding in Sky was worth less than 50% of Fox's overall valuation, meaning that this test was not met; or
b) might securing control of Target be reasonably considered to be a significant purpose of acquiring Chainco? The Panel held that securing the 39% stake in Sky was a significant purpose of Disney's acquisition of Fox, and thereby required a mandatory bid.
However, the Panel will not require Disney to make a bid if, by the time of completion of its acquisition of Fox, Fox already owns 100% of Disney (i.e. the Fox bid succeeds) or Comcast owns 50+% of Sky (i.e. Comcast makes a bid which subsequently succeeds).
Calculating the pricing for any such mandatory bid is a difficult exercise where there has been no historic share dealing. The Appendix to the Panel Statement sets out the Panel's approach to the calculation of the mandatory offer price, which was based on the value attributed to the Fox shareholding in Sky in internal valuation materials prepared by Disney which the Panel requested be provided. The bid, if made by Disney, would be required to be made at £10.75 per share – which is also the price at which Fox has bid for Sky.
Melrose's hostile offer for GKN plc succeeds
At 4.00pm on 29 March, being Day 60, the final day, of the bid timetable, Melrose plc (Melrose) announced that it had received acceptances representing 52.43% of the voting rights in GKN plc (GKN), narrowly winning the contested battle for control. It is rare for a contested bid to be so close on Day 60 – Note 7 on Rule 10 of the Code requires that the receiving agents must issue a certificate before an offer is declared unconditional as to acceptances, but such a document can rarely have been as keenly anticipated as in this instance.
Following that announcement, Melrose confirmed the terms of the post offer undertakings it was providing in relation to the bid. This was only the second time that such legally binding undertakings have been given – the first being on SoftBank's 2016 offer for ARM Holdings (ARM).
Similar to the undertakings on the ARM bid, the Melrose post-offer undertakings endure for several years, and are focussed on ensuring that GKN's HQ remains in the UK. There is also a commitment to a minimum R&D spend, which is increasingly becoming an area of regulatory and political focus. An independent reviewer was appointed to monitor compliance which appears to be set to be a regular feature of any such undertakings. Unlike on ARM, Melrose included qualifications and conditions to its undertakings – notably that it would cease to be bound if Melrose becomes unable to comply with them due to an event outside its control, such as a successful unsolicited offer for Melrose.
Changes proposed to UK merger thresholds for certain transactions impacting on national security
In November 2017 we reported that the government had proposed new powers of scrutiny in relation to mergers which raise national security concerns. In the short term, it is introducing lower thresholds for intervening in such mergers, by amending section 23 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (section 23). Section 23 sets out the criteria for determining which acquisitions amount to a 'relevant merger situation' that qualifies for investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The new thresholds will thus extend the Secretary of State's powers to intervene in mergers which might give rise to national security implications and in which he would not otherwise be able to intervene.
In effect, the proposals would allow the scrutiny of more mergers in three areas of the economy where national security concerns may arise:
the development or production of items for military, or for military and civilian ("dual"), use;
the development and production of quantum technology; and
the design and maintenance of aspects of computing hardware.
A draft of The Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply Test) (Amendment) Order 2018 has now been laid before Parliament which will, subject to approval, amend section 23. It introduces a new share of supply test for mergers where the target is active in one (or more) of the three designated areas of the economy and has a 25% (or more) share of supply of the relevant activity in the UK. Under this test the existing 25% share of supply will, on its own, qualify the merger for investigation; whether the other party has an overlapping share of supply is immaterial as there is no requirement for any increase in the UK share of supply as a result of the merger. This test is in addition to the current share of supply test that applies to all sectors of the economy and covers mergers which (by combining shares of supply) bring about an increase in the UK share of supply to, or above, 25%.
A separate order is planned to amend the turnover test in section 23 by introducing a new, lower, annual turnover threshold of £1m for mergers which might give rise to national security implications, above which ministerial intervention will be possible. This will be in addition to the current £70m turnover threshold that applies to all sectors of the economy.
Government response register of beneficial owners of overseas entities
The government has published its response to a call for evidence (published in April 2017) on proposals for a new beneficial ownership register (similar to a "Persons with Significant Control" or "PSC" register) of overseas companies that own UK property or participate in UK government procurement.
By way of background, in the original proposals, overseas entities that owned or wanted to buy UK property would be required to supply beneficial ownership information to Companies House and apply for a registration number, which would be required to register title to such property. For overseas entities that already owned UK property, a grace period of 12 months was proposed to allow them to comply and obtain a registration number. Where the regime was not complied with, sales restrictions would appear on the title register. Information on the overseas register would need to be updated at least every two years and failure to do so would be a criminal offence.
In its published response, the government has rowed back substantially from some of the original proposals. The timeline for introducing the regime has also slipped with the government intending to publish a draft Bill to create the new register later in 2018 with the register itself becoming operational in 2021.
For a full summary of the government's response and latest intentions, click here.
Pre-Emption Group expectations for disapplication thresholds
When the Prospectus Regulation was partially implemented in 2017, it introduced a new exemption from the obligation to publish a prospectus provided that the new securities represented, over a 12 month period, less than 20% (increased from 10%) of the number of securities already admitted to trading on the same regulated market (see PR 1.2.3 R(1)). In light of the new threshold, the Pre-Emption Group (Group) has confirmed that no change to the flexibility permitted by their 2015 Statement of Principles was expected as a consequence of the Prospectus Regulation, and that the Group continues to support the overall limit of a 10% disapplication of pre-emption rights.
Strengthening the Regulator's anti-avoidance/moral hazard powers
The government has published its White Paper: "Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes." Our Pension's e-bulletin summarises the measures being considered including a new criminal offence to punish "wilful or grossly reckless behaviour of directors".
FRC plans to enhance the way it monitors audit firms
The FRC has published proposals which aim to enhance the monitoring of the Big Six audit firms to avoid systematic deficiencies within firms' networks, disruption in the provision of statutory audit services and instability in the financial sector. The FRC will focus its attention on "five key pillars" which it believes are critical to the stability of audit firms and the quality of their work, as follows:
leadership and governance;
values and behaviours;
business models and financial soundness;
risk management and control; and
evidence on audit quality, including from the FRC's annual programme of audit quality reviews.
BEIS and Insolvency Service launch consultation on insolvency and corporate governance
The Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Insolvency Service have published a consultation paper which aims to reduce the risk of major company failures occurring, and to strengthen directors' responsibilities, when companies are in or approaching insolvency. Various potentially significant proposals have been made, including:
deterring reckless sales of businesses in distress - directors of parent companies should be held to account and penalised (for example, disqualified or held personally liable) where they make a decision to sell an insolvent subsidiary resulting in harm to creditors and, at the time of the decision to sell, the directors could not have reasonably believed that the sale would lead to a better outcome for creditors than liquidation or administration;
reversal of value extraction schemes - inappropriate asset stripping from companies in financial difficulties by "rescue" investors should be reversible in the event that the target company subsequently enters liquidation or administration thereby clawing money back for creditors;
strengthening corporate governance in pre-insolvency situations – for example, revisiting the legal and technical framework within which decisions are made on the payment of dividends; and
granting the Insolvency Service new investigative powers into the conduct of directors of dissolved companies.
Responses are required by 11 June 2018.
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Back to the Future: Train Scene – Marty McFly and Doc Brown are stuck in the days of the Old Wild West. The only way they can make it back to the future is by using an old coal train to generate enough power for the Delorean to zoom back to the future. Play Back to the Future: Train Scene to relive this super exciting moment from the classic movie trilogy as often as you want.
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Lieutenant Raymond Tenney Balch, 74 Training Squadron, Royal Air Force, died in a flying accident at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield on 25th May 1918.
Raymond Tenney Balch was born on 8th December 1894 at Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA. According to the Aviation Safety Network, he entered Phillips Academy in 1912, but left before completing his course. After working as a Broker's Clerk with Blake Brothers of Boston and New York, he enlisted in the Massachusetts Naval Cadet School, graduating with the rank of Ensign on 24th March 1917.
Medical reasons prevented his joining the 9th Deck Division on active service so, disappointed and determined to serve, he instead joined the Royal Flying Corps in Toronto. After training in Bayside and Fort Worth, Texas, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 26th November 1917. Going overseas in December 1917, he was licensed First-class Pilot in February 1918, and commissioned Lieutenant on 1st April 1918.
On 25th May 1918, just two days before he was due to cross the Channel for combat duty, his aircraft broke up whilst coming out of a dive over Sutton Park. Raymond Balch, the only occupant of the plane, was thrown to the ground and killed. He was 23 years old.
He was buried at Castle Bromwich churchyard. All of the men of the 9th Deck, with whom he would have served, had he passed the medical test, survived the war and returned home safely.
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Industri AB Ölandssten var ett stenindustriföretag i Sandvik på Öland.

John R. Mikaelsson från Kalmar köpte 1944 Ernst Karlssons Stenhuggeri i Sandvik på offentlig auktion, efter det att Ernst Karlsson avlidit, och bildade Industri AB Ölandssten. Till verkställande utsågs Göte Mikaelsson, som var kvar på denna post till sin pensionering 1977. Huvudkontoret låg i Kalmar. Investeringar gjordes därefter bland annat i ett nytt såghus  av sten, med fem ramsågar av typ "Westergren". Utskeppning av produkter skedde vid denna tid från hamnen i Sandvik.

År 1955 hade företaget 65 anställda i bergbrott och fabrik och en omsättning på omkring 1,1 miljon kronor. Företaget köptes 1977 av Rolf Sjöström från Åketorp på Öland. År 1985 ersattes tidigare sandsågar av en stor diamantsåg, och 1987 såldes företaget till Optimus AB. År 1982 köpes det av AP Stengruppen.

Stenbrytning och förädling i Sandvik bedrivs fortfarande (2017), efter 2003 under namnet AP Stens Byggsten, och från 2005 under Naturstenskompaniet, ett dotterföretag till AP Sten.

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3 Syrian rebel groups agree to Damascus truce
Thu., Oct. 12, 2017
Three Syrian opposition factions have agreed to cease fire in southern Damascus under an agreement brokered by Egypt and Russia that was not signed by the Syrian government, officials said Thursday.
Human rights honor goes to Egyptian banned from travel
Tue., Oct. 10, 2017
An Egyptian has been honored with one of the most prestigious awards granted to human rights defenders but was unable to accept the prize in person because his government has banned him from travel over his work documenting abuses.
Egypt steps up crackdown on homosexuals, arrests 27
Tue., Oct. 3, 2017
Egyptian security officials say authorities are stepping up a crackdown on people suspected of homosexuality, arresting a total of 27 over a little more than a week.
Rights groups urge Egypt to halt crackdown on homosexuals
Sat., Sept. 30, 2017
Two international rights groups called on Egyptian authorities on Saturday to halt their crackdown on people suspected of homosexuality following the waving of the LGBT rainbow flag at a recent concert in Cairo.
Militants attack convoy in Egypt's Sinai, kill 18 police
Mon., Sept. 11, 2017
Islamic State militants ambushed a police convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Monday, killing 18 police and wounding seven others in one of the deadliest attacks this year in the restive region bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Egypt says police killed 10 suspected militants in Cairo
Sun., Sept. 10, 2017
Egyptian police on Sunday raided two adjacent apartments used as hideouts by members of a splinter faction of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, killing 10 of them in a shootout, according to security officials.
Egypt to host war games with U.S. after 8-year hiatus
Tue., Sept. 5, 2017
Egypt will host war games with U.S. troops this month for the first time in eight years, but the American contingent will be much smaller than in previous exercises, officials said Tuesday.
Egypt archaeologists uncover tombs dating back to Roman era
Thu., Aug. 24, 2017
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says that archaeologists have uncovered five tombs from the Roman era, dating back to more than 2,000 years.
Egypt's leader, U.S. envoy meet after cut in American aid
Wed., Aug. 23, 2017
Egypt's president and foreign minister met with White House adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday, just hours after the Trump administration cut or delayed hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cairo over human rights concerns.
US delays nearly $200 million in military aid to Egypt
The Trump administration is delaying nearly $200 million in military aid payments to Egypt pending human rights improvements.
Train collision in northern Egypt kills 43; 122 injured
Fri., Aug. 11, 2017
Two passenger trains collided on Friday just outside Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing 43 people, according to authorities, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than a decade.
Egypt says 1 killed, 50 injured in clashes on Nile island
Sun., July 16, 2017
Egyptian police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse a rock-pelting crowd of residents defending their homes on a Nile River island against bulldozers sent by the government to demolish their illegally-built dwellings. The clashes left one person dead and 50 others injured.
Egypt knife attacker first sat, spoke with 2 German victims
Sat., July 15, 2017
The Egyptian university graduate who stabbed two German women to death at a popular Red Sea resort first sat and spoke to them in fluent German before producing a large kitchen knife and attacking them, security officials said Saturday.
Egypt attacks: 2 German female tourists, 5 policemen killed
Fri., July 14, 2017
Two German female tourists were stabbed to death while four other foreigners were wounded in an attack Friday at a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada, an Egyptian security official said.
IS claims attack in Egypt's Sinai that killed 23 soldiers
Fri., July 7, 2017
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacking a remote Egyptian army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula with a suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire. The assault killed at least 23 soldiers in the deadliest attack in the turbulent region in two years.
Egypt raises electricity prices by more than 40 percent
Thu., July 6, 2017
Egypt on Thursday raised electricity prices by more than 40 percent, its latest move on the road to lifting all subsidies and complying with demands by the International Monetary Fund for a $12 billion bailout loan.
Gonzaga's Tillie, Hachimura take games to U19 World Cup
Fri., June 30, 2017
Gonzaga basketball recruiting spans the globe and that will be on display in Cairo, Egypt, from July 1-9.
U.S. steps up security for U19 basketball tournament in Egypt
Wed., June 14, 2017
USA Basketball is stepping up the security for its men's team in the under-19 World Cup. The Americans had been concerned enough about violence in Egypt to wonder whether they should even play. But USA Basketball chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey says the team of teenagers will have the same level of protection as the Olympic team.
4 nations cut diplomatic ties to Qatar as Gulf rift deepens
Sun., June 4, 2017
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Four Arab nations cut diplomatic ties to Qatar early Monday morning, further deepening a rift among Gulf Arab nations over that country's support for Islamist groups and its relations with Iran.
Survivors of Egypt Christian bus attack recount their horror
Sun., May 28, 2017
Video interviews with survivors of a deadly attack by Islamic militants on a bus taking Egyptian Christians to a remote desert monastery are painting a picture of untold horror, with children hiding under their seats to escape gunfire.