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Driven by the rapidly expanding biopharmaceutical market
Market-Research
Roots Analysishas announced the addition of "Biopharma Contract Manufacturing Market (3rd Edition), 2019-2030" report to its list of offerings.
Souvik Mohanta, the principal analyst, stated, "Owing to the ever-increasing number of start-ups that are involved in R&D of novel biologics, there is an enormous opportunity for the CMOs in this domain. It is worth emphasizing that, since 2000, more than 115 new CMOs have been established in order to serve to the growing demand for novel biologics that have specific manufacturing requirements. The contemporary contract services market features a mix of large and small-sized CMOs and is characterized by multiple mergers and acquisitions as stakeholders strive to broaden their respective service portfolios. This has enabled several CMOs to offer end-to-end services, ranging from drug development, including preliminary R&D, preclinical and clinical trials, to commercial scale production and regulatory filings."
The report presents opinions on several key aspects of the market. Among other elements, it includes:
A detailed review of the overall landscape of the biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing market, featuring a comprehensive list of over 235 CMOs and detailed analysis of the manufacturing service providers based on a number of parameters, such as scale of operation (preclinical, clinical and commercial), type of biologics manufactured (peptides / proteins, antibodies, vaccines, cell therapies, gene therapies, antibody drug conjugates, vectors, biosimilars, nucleic acids and others), type of expression systems used (mammalian, microbial and others), year of establishment, employee size, geographical location of the CMO, number of manufacturing facilities, as well as the location of these facilities, GMP compliance, affiliations to regulatory agencies, type of bioreactors used (single-use bioreactors and stainless steel bioreactors), mode of operation of bioreactors (batch, fed-batch and perfusion) and bioprocessing capacity. It is important to mention that majority of these firms offer services for proteins and peptides (140+), antibodies (125+), and vaccines (80+).
Elaborate profiles of key players including Baxter International, Catalent, Lonza, Patheon, Piramal Pharma Solutions, Samsung Biologics and Wuxi Biologics (arranged in alphabetical order) that have a diverse range of capabilities for the development, manufacturing and packaging of biologics. Each profile provides an overview of the company, its financial performance (if available), information related to its service portfolio, manufacturing facilities, and details on partnerships, recent developments (expansions), as well as a comprehensive future outlook.
A detailed discussion on the key enablers in this domain, including certain niche product classes, such as antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), bispecific antibodies, cell therapies, gene therapies and viral vectors, which are likely to have a significant impact on the growth of the contract services market. It is worth mentioning that Antibody-based therapies, such as antibody drug conjugates (180+ candidates) and bispecific antibodies (150+ candidates), along with the more complex cell therapies (600+ candidates) and gene therapies (350+ candidates), require specialized infrastructure and handling expertise, leading innovator companies to rely more on specialty CMOs for development and manufacturing. CMOs, such as (in alphabetical order, no selection criteria) apceth Biopharma, Batavia Biosciences, Brammer Bio, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Cobra Biologics, KBI Biopharma, Waisman Biomanufacturing and WuXiAppTec, claim to specialize in offering services for complex biologics.
A case study on the growing global biosimilars market, highlighting the opportunities for biopharmaceutical CMOs and CDMOs. With over 900 biosimilars under development, it is highly likely to result in a surge in the demand for contract service providers.
A case study comparing the key characteristics of large molecule and small molecule drugs, along with details on the various steps involved in their respective manufacturing processes.
A discussion on challenges related to in-house manufacturing, featuring a brief overview of the various parameters that a drug / therapy developer may need to take into consideration while deciding whether to manufacture its products in-house or outsource.
A detailed analysis of the partnerships and collaborations focused on contract manufacturing of biologics, featuring a comprehensive set of analyses based on various parameters, such as the headquarters, year of establishment, type of partnership, type of therapeutic areas, most active players and geographical location. Over the last 6 years, close to 450 strategic partnerships have been inked between stakeholders in the biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing market. . It is worth noting that 50% of these agreements were product-based deals signed for various purposes, including development, manufacturing and commercialization of biologics. It is worth noting that, of the total number of partnership instances, majority were signed for cell therapies (25%) and antibodies (20%).
A detailed analysis of the various mergers and acquisitions that have taken place in this domain, highlighting the trend in the number of companies acquired between 2013-2018, along with the geographical distribution of this activity. The analysis also depicts the relationship between important deal multiples based on the revenue, number of employees and experience of the acquired company. Over 50 strategic mergers and acquisitions have recently signed between different CMOs. It is important to highlight that 23% of the total acquisitions were signed for vaccines followed by peptides/proteins and cell therapies both accounting for 16% of the total acquisitions.
An analysis on the recent trends within biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing industry, highlighting various facility and capability expansions. In addition, it provides information on the technology advancements related to biomanufacturing. Over 135 recent expansions were reported between 2013-2018, of these, 75% of investments were focused on the addition of new facilities, or expansion of existing facilities. Recent additions include (in reverse chronological order, no selection criteria) ABL's viral vector manufacturing capacity in France (November 2018), GE Healthcare's manufacturing center in the UK (November 2018), VGXI's production plant in the US for GMP manufacturing of RNA and DNA therapeutics (November 2018), Samsung BioLogics' new production plant in South Korea (Oct 2018) and Novasep's commercial viral vector manufacturing facility in Belgium (Oct 2018).
A detailed capacity analysis, taking into consideration the individual development and manufacturing capacities of various stakeholders (small-sized, mid-sized, large and very large CMOs / CDMOs) in the market, using data from both secondary and primary research. The study examines the distribution of global biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity by scale of operation (preclinical / clinical, commercial), size of company (small-sized, mid-sized, large and very large), and geography (North America (the US and Canada), Europe (Italy, Germany, France, Spain, the UK and rest of Europe), Asia and Middle East (China, India, Japan, South Korea and rest of the Asia and Middle East), and rest of the world (including Australia). It is noteworthy to mention that the current installed contract manufacturing capacity is over 4.5 million litres and is well distributed across various geographies.
An informed estimate of the annual demand for biologics, taking into account the top 20 biologics, based on a various relevant parameter, such as target patient population, dosing frequency and dose strength of the abovementioned products.
A comprehensive market forecast analysis, based on theparameters, such as growth of the overall biopharmaceutical market, cost of goods sold, and direct manufacturing costs, we have provided an informed estimate of the likely evolution of the market in the short to mid-term and mid to long term, for the period 2019-2030. The report features likely distribution of the current and forecasted opportunity across the following segments:
Commonly outsourced business operations ((active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished dosage formulations (FDFs))
Types of expression systems (mammalian, microbial and others),
Size of the company (small-sized, mid-sized and large / very large)
Scale of operation (preclinical, clinical and commercial)
Key geographical regions (North America (US, Canada), Europe (UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), Asia (China and India) and rest of the world (Australia))
In this context, North America currently holds the larger share (40%) of the market and is anticipated to grow at an annualized growth rate of around 6%. However, markets in the Asia-Pacific are expected to grow at a significantly higher rate (more than 12%), owing to inherent advantages, such as relatively low labor costs and less stringent regulatory constraints, in developing countries.
A discussion on affiliated trends, key drivers and challenges, under a comprehensive SWOT framework, which are likely to impact the industry's evolution, including a Harvey ball analysis, highlighting the relative effect of each SWOT parameter on the overall pharmaceutical industry.
A survey analysis featuring inputs solicited from various experts who are directly / indirectly involved in providing CMO services to medical device developers.
The report features inputs from several eminent industry stakeholders. Mohanta remarked, "Most industry experts concur with the idea of establishing a one stop solution and provide services from research to clinical manufacturing as they realized that a gap exists in the market in terms of the companies that provide outsourcing solutions ranging from candidate selection to clinical manufacturing" The report also features detailed transcripts of discussions held with the following experts:
Astrid Brammer, Senior Manager Business Development, Richter-HelmMathias Schmidt (Chief Executive Officer, ArmaGen)
Birgit Schwab, Senior Manager Strategic Marketing, Rentschler Biotechnologie
Christian Bailly, Director of CDMO, Pierre Fabre
Claire Otjes, Assistant Marketing Manager, Batavia Biosciences
David C Cunningham, Director Corporate Development, Goodwin Biotechnology
Dietmar Katinger, Chief Executive Officer, Polymun Scientific
Denis Angioletti, Chief Commercial Officer, Cerbios-Pharma
Jeffrey Hung, Chief Commercial Officer, Vigene Biosciences
Kevin Daley, Director Pharmaceuticals, Novasep
Mark Wright, Site Head, Grangemouth, Piramal Healthcare
Nicolas Grandchamp, R&D Leader, GEG Tech
Raquel Fortunato, Chief Executive Officer, GenIbet Biopharmaceuticals
Sebastian Schuck, Head of Business Development, Wacker Biotech
Stephen Taylor, Senior Vice President Commercial, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Tatjana Buchholz, Marketing Manager, PlasmidFactory and Marco Schmeer, Project Manager, PlasmidFactory
Tim Oldham, Chief Executive Officer, Cell Therapies
The research covers detailed profiles and assesses product portfolios of several companies, including (illustrative list, no selection criteria):
3P Biopharmaceuticals
Albany Molecular Research
BioXcellence (Boehringer Ingelheim)
Charles River Laboratories
Cobra Biologics
Cytovance Biologics
Goodwin Biotechnology
Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing
IDT Biologika
KBI BioPharma
Kemwell Biopharma
LFB Biomanufacturing
Meridian Life Science
Pfizer CentreOne
Samsung BioLogics
Sanofi, CEPiA
Vetter Pharma International
For additional details, please visit
https://rootsanalysis.com/reports/view_document/biopharma-contract-manufacturing-market-3rd-edition-2019-2030/250.html or email sales@rootsanalysis.com
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Gaurav.Chaudhary@rootsanalysis.com
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Draft law seeks to spur justice
In the latest of several bids to speed up Greece?s sluggish court system, Justice Minister Miltiadis Papaioannou on Thursday presented to the Cabinet a draft law intended to shake up the sector through changes such as penalties for judges and prosecutors who delay in expediting cases.
The changes outlined in the draft law are expected to bring unprecedented changes to the country?s justice system, which has not received a revamp in 24 years and is believed to be one of the biggest obstacles to the reforms the country is having to push through as part of its agreement with its foreign creditors.
The new legislation covers the country?s criminal, civil and administrative courts.
The most radical of the changes introduced regards the assessment of the performance of judicial employees, giving the state the right to penalize judges and prosecutors who are causing unnecessary delays in the issuance of decisions by holding back part of their wages or reducing their holidays. Employees causing any delays in the work of the courts will also receive a write-up in the personnel file and may be passed over for promotion.
Furthermore, the time limit for courts to reach a decision on a case has been reduced to six months, while in the case of emergency procedures such as injunctions, they will have just one month in which to deliver a decision.
It currently takes the average case nearly 10 years to get to court, while around a million legal suits are still pending.
Another change is that promotions will no longer be granted on the merit of seniority alone, especially among the higher echelons of the justice system. Nevertheless, under the draft law, only 20 percent of promotions to high courts and to the benches of appeals courts will be based on performance rather than on seniority.
Greece is ranked fourth out of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe in terms of the number of convictions it has received from the European Court. Since 1997, Greece has been obliged to pay 8.4 million euros for unjustifiable delays in the dispensation of justice.
Eurofighter consortium leaves Greece
In near-bankrupt Greece, crisis spurs gold fever
Fresh child molesting case hits Crete [Update]
New group claims responsibility for firebombings
Adults and children detained for drug trafficking
Fresh child molesting case hits Crete

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Eagles defend having just one open practice
Posted by Michael David Smith on July 23, 2019, 8:54 AM EDT
On our list of teams with open training camp practices, the Eagles are near the bottom, with only one open practice this year. The team says there are valid reasons for that.
Eagles President Don Smolenski said on WIP that the team believes, after seeing how many fans attended last year's two open practices, that one will suffice.
"What we found was, last year . . . only 2,500 people actually came to both [open practices]. We can do this in one practice and we can schedule the time," Smolenski said.
It may be true that this year's one open practice will draw as many fans as last year's two, but that doesn't change the fact that while other teams are opening up as many as 20 practices to the public, the Eagles only have one. If you're an Eagles fan who has to work on that one day, or who has family obligations that can't be rescheduled, you're out of luck — you're not getting to see the Eagles at training camp this year.
Most NFL teams open up at least 10 training camp practices to the fans. Any team that only opens one is going to face justified criticism from the fan base.
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12brichandfamous says:
Eagles leadership — "we like our old fan base; we don't need to develop children into life-long fans like their parents."
There is NOTHING like personal engagement to develop fans for life. This move is shortsided and possible because they don't have a way to measure future fans and season ticket purchases twenty years down the road. Sometimes you do things just with the hope they will pay off one day.
stayedinschool says:
If you're an Eagles fan who can't get to their one open practice, then go ahead and get angry at the team's management. But get angrier at the other Eagles fans who didn't feel the need to visit the open practices in the past.
Robert "HandyMan" Kraft says:
Missing a planned vacation with your wife; missing the birth of my child; missing being able to say goodbye to a loved one on their death bed – these are things that I may regret.
Missing seeing the only open professional football practice because I had higher priorities? Meh. I'm pretty sure I will be able to move on without regret………..
lunchtimeallday says:
The open practices at the link are a dog and pony show for the fans. They will never get what they got at Lehigh. They should at least bring back flight night. It was good family fun. Got to see a practice. Than the players would interact with the fans throwing T-shirt's and footballs. Capped off with laser show and fireworks. For $10 bucks. When your charging me as a fan a Fortune for tickets, food and parking. It would be nice if you threw us a bone every now and again.
arcross12042004scorp15 says:
This is very short sighted. My Dad started taking us to Buffalo Bills training camp in 1965
at the Camelot Motor Inn. We followed them through the years to Niagara University, Fredonia State and St. John Fischer. It became a family tradition to take a vacation day jam my siblings and I unbuckled into the family station wagon with the genuine imitation wood sides and go to Bills training camp. I followed with my kids, who are now taking their kids.
I always bought them a mini helmet, jerseys which the players would autograph on their way to and from the locker rooms or to meals. etc. Training Camp was free, but they sold a lot of merchandise and created fans for life. It always made for a great day. The Bills always average between 5000-10000 fans per day at camp. These were the fans that showed up and supported the team when they went through " the drought " of not going to the playoffs for 18 years. Hey NFL owners, treat your fans right and they will be there for you. Even in the down years which will come sooner or later.
freefromwhatyouare says:
So you get 1,250 fans at each day of two practices last season and that means you can only have one open practice the next year? Makes no sense at all.
I know Eagles fans and they love and support their team and there would be at least 1,250 fans at every practice if you opended up 12 to 16 practices to the public like most teams do.
The obvious swipe at the Eagles fan base by the team President was not only unjustified, it was just plain pathetic.
SWFLPC.INC says:
perhaps they don't want the fans to get a good look at Carson Wentz's newest injury
wilkersonswobblykankles says:
Why do the eagles hate their fans so much?
factschecker says:
The gang's shot at making the Eagles just got a little harder.
fmc651 says:
Only 2,500 fans for practice after recently winning 1st SB. Hmm Eagles fans don't sound so great again.
sconnieeaglesfan says:
We talking about practice? Not a game, but practice?
jph_gsg says:
I get people being upset about this, but I think the bigger issue is that they're charging people to come see that one practice. As far as how many they put on the schedule, Reuben Frank (longtime Eagles beat guy) said on a podcast recently that the Eagles' lease at the NovaCare Complex (where they usually practice) precludes public events. From the team's perspective, moving practice to the Linc is probably a lot of work getting equipment and whatnot moved, plus the limiting effect of only having one field, and the additional cost of having to properly staff the lower level of the stadium. I'd be curious what the setup is for other teams that do a lot of open practices. As someone already mentioned, back when the Eagles were at Lehigh, just about every early training camp practice was open because it was just logistically easier.
diarrheahughes says:
It's practice and its at Lincoln Financial Field. It's not the least bit interesting to the majority of fans because you are miles from the field. It was cool when it was at Lehigh and you were almost a part of it. Honestly, nothing to see here…very few fans care.
nfcleast says:
Eagles fan since 1980.
Ever since they started being secretive – we started winning and finally got that ring.
Please, keep being as secretive as possible!
cromagarmy76 says:
Win a 1st Round Bye & The Number 1 seed in NFC and I'll PROBABLY find a way to forgive this administrative oversight. Maybe. #gobirds
beagles20 says:
I have not attended a training camp practice since they stopped having it at Lehigh University. I know people from the city didn't like training camp in the Lehigh Valley, but it was an awesome experience especially with your kids. The players were standing 20 feet away and you could interact with them when they weren't on the field. It was always more of a personable visit rather than having at the stadium. Having it at the stadium is no different than going to watch them play a game. I'll never forget a fan who yelled out to McNabb while he was on the sideline "hey Donovan, I'll trade you my wife for your jersey". McNabb turned his head around, chuckled, and turned his head back towards the field and shaking it laughing. You don't get that experience at the stadium. Players coming over after practice to sign, getting your pictures taken with them, your son or daughter carrying a players equipment into the field house after practice. That is what the fans are missing. I thought once the chip Kelly era was over and Doug took over he would move camp back to the LV, that is where he went to camp when he was with the birds. But I guess not.
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With as little as the NFL / NFLPA lets them practice now, it makes no sense dragging the whole operation to Lehigh. You'd have players with far too much time on their hands to get into nothing but trouble up there and fans not willing to make the drive for a short session.
Having just one practice inside Lincoln Finacial Field is fine. Charge 10 bucks for that and do whatver you want. Many teams do the having one night practice at the stadium thing.
Open training camp practices are at the teams regular training camp facility and the Eagles have one that can be made open to the public just like every other team does. Someone said the Eagles training complex precludes public events. That's hogwash. They could line the practice field with 4 rows of bleachers on one side and open practices to fans. It's not some huge deal to open practice.
TheDPR says:
It's all live streamed anyway, right? Why pay money to stand out in the heat? Based on last year, it's clearly not a high-demand event.
swede700 says:
In reality, the question should be why aren't they even showing up to that 1 or 2 practices. The fans are probably asking themselves why they should even bother, since they are only opening up 1 or 2 practices, so I don't have much of an option. I'm sure those 2500 fans only showed up because they happened to have the chance those days. Maybe 10000 more would have shown up if they had multiple days and could pick and choose which ones they wanted to go to.
Moudabo says:
What an odd situation. It's clear the Eagles don't want
their fans at their practices, the question is why?
Alan Light says:
Even Eagle players don't want to be around that ugly fanbase…can't blame them.
The physical facility may not preclude public events, but that's not what was said. The Eagles actual agreement with NovaCare does not allow for public events. The Eagles are technically a tenant there and have a lease.
sphinctersayshuh says:
Where's the fun in that?
morandini12 says:
People saying that only 2500 people showed up for practice are misunderstanding the quote. The Eagles are saying that a lot of people came to each practice, but only 2500 people came to the first one, and then came back to the second one. The two practices were very well attended, they "sold" 120,000 tickets for the 2 combined dates.
They think that means that they're only disappointing the 2500 people who want to come more than once. I'm no expert, but maybe instead, they should be looking for ways to increase the amount of fan interaction instead of limiting it. So far, they have sold only 23,000 for the single 2019 date, so obviously that date doesn't work for a lot of people.
NovCare Complex is the location of Eagles indoor and outdoor practice facilities. The indoor I get can not be made public.
There is no where that says they can't open outdoor practices during training camp. The facility can be made public during select practices. I don't care what some clown reporter said on a Podcast.
purpleguy says:
Some teams go to significant lengths to give their fans a fun training camp practice experience, setting up stuff other than a couple bleachers to watch walk-throughs. Some fans can't afford to go to games, and at training camps kids have a better chance to actually interact with their favorite players. This all builds loyalty and creates new fans. Teams that limit practice access are simply short-sighted. It's not like they are hiding state secrets or anything.
therealtrenches says:
I don't know what on earth the big deal is about this.
As someone who has visited training camps By the Eagles, Packers, Steelers, and Falcons since the 80sx I can say unequivocally that the practices themselves are boring.m unless your interest level is exceptionally high.
As for the community outreach angle, the Eagles do more community outreach than most franchises. Anyone equating charging the public to watch training camp practices with community outreach doesn't understand what community out reach is…at all.
And no, it is not that easy to open the NovaCare complex to spectators. It's not built for it. Nor is it that easy to move the entire squad to Lincoln financial Field for prep practices.
This is a tempest in a teapot.
freefromwhatyouare, I wasn't aware that the lease only covers the physical building and not the entire property. My bad for relying on trusted information. Never would have thought the outdoor field at the NovaCare Complex isn't part of the NovaCare Complex.
Eagles_Nest says:
I would have love to have seen the practice sessions (Bummer), been watching since the days at Widener, BUT, it's a team decision, so hey Eagles-just put a great product on the field when it counts.


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Stephen King * Duma Key
Date: February 5, 2017Author: theFerkel 0 Comments
A UK hardback first edition/first printing of Duma Key by Stephen King, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2008, with a front cover image by Lisa Kimmell. Now, the thing about Stephen King is, I've read a lot of his books. Back in the 1990s and 2000s I devoured every Stephen King book I could get my hands on, from Carrie (1974) to Insomnia and more recently, 11/22/1963. Only Dean Koontz, Anne Rice and Susan Elisabeth Phillips (! I know, no horror) approached King in terms of the number of books from their oeuvre I consumed.
Duma Key is about a writer who loses his arm and his marriage and decamps to Duma Key, Florida, where, encouraged by his youngest daughter, he begins painting pictures which turn out to be dangerously predictive…
Most Stephen King fans will admit that the last couple of novels by the international bestselling author, while selling well, have been somewhat lacking coming from the renowned horror writer; one might even go so far as to use the term "mediocre," and don't get me started on Cell. Thankfully, with the arrival of Duma Key, the slate has been wiped clean and the master of horror is back! King's first novel set in his alternate home of Florida weighs in at over six hundred pages, and while it reveals a more laid-back and matured author, with the terrifying days of It perhaps over; Duma Key is nevertheless an incredibly well written novel with some wonderfully deep and complex characters, and a world that is just as complicated but in many more ways real.
Enter Edgar Freemantle. An entrepreneur who started a construction company and developed it into a multi-million dollar business; loving husband of two adult daughters; until he is involved in a freak on-site accident that should've killed him, but leaves him missing his right arm, a couple of slowly healing broken ribs, and a damaged mind that results in outbursts of anger and violence. The strain becomes too great and Freemantle's marriage falls apart, leaving him an angry, empty shell.
"Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter. "
Seeking escape, he leases a beautiful house on the island of Duma Key. While watching the breathtaking sunsets, Freemantle decides to try his hand at some artwork, having sketched a little throughout his life. He discovers the more he works, the better he gets, soon switching to paints and canvasses; he also discovers that painting satisfies the seemingly insatiable itch in his missing right arm. Freemantle's work is of the sunsets and the beautiful coastline, along with the occasional abstract object added in to offset it; he is eventually tagged as an American Primitive, but as more and more people discover his work, they are amazed by it and at his first gallery showing all works listed for sale are sold.
But beneath the art, there is a sinister plot at work, because this is after all a Stephen King novel. Freemantle discovers a psychic ability in his work, painting items he should know nothing about, as well as the eventual power to paint events that come to fruition: whether it be the restoring of blindness, or the forced suicide of a serial killer. And then there's something wrong with the sold paintings: death follows them. The plot thickens, deepens, and becomes darker as the enigmatic history of Duma Key is discovered. It seems Freemantle isn't the only person in its history to come to the island with a fragile mind and a special ability expressed through art. Then there's the south side of the island which has become an overgrown and seemingly impenetrable jungle. The last time Freemantle and his daughter, Ilse, took a trip headed in that direction, Ilse immediately felt nauseous and horrible sick, while Freemantle felt the insatiable familiar itch that grew to an unstoppable buzzing; upon driving back north, they mysteriously found their ailments disappearing. Clearly something evil and powerful doesn't want them getting to the south of the island.
"I realized the shells were talking in a voice I recognized. I should have; it was my own. Had I always known that? I suppose I had. On some level, unless we're mad, I think most of us know the various voices of our own imaginations.
And of our memories, of course. They have voices, too. Ask anyone who has ever lost a limb or a child or a long-cherished dream. Ask anyone who blames himself for a bad decision, usually made in a raw instant (an instant that is most commonly red). Our memories have voices, too. Often sad ones that clamor like raised arms in the dark."
Duma Key is not just a novel for the fans, but a cathartic response from King over his near-death accident in 1999; no doubt he relived his agonizing recovery while writing about Freemantle, and yet it is because of this firsthand experience, that Duma Key feels much more personal and empathetic.
"If I kept saying it; if I kept reaching out. My accident really taught me just one thing: the only way to go on is to go on. To say 'I can do this' even when you know you can't."
Also being King's first foray into his new sometime Florida home, one might think his fellow Floridians a little unhappy on this introduction, or being Stephen King, they may feel the opposite and expect this. Regardless, Duma Key was a welcome return of the great horror writer, with an extra development of character and setting that King seems to have discovered in his later years, making this book one of his best, and one of my personal favorites.
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By Caryn Sullivan | August 5, 2011 | Comments Off on Addiction: Waiting for That Phone Call
Throughout her relatively brief career, media reports seemed to focus as much on British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse's troubled life as on her music. Last month, her father, outspoken about Amy's drug and alcohol addiction, depression, early stage emphysema and legal woes, received the call he had anticipated, informing him his daughter had died in bed at age 27.
Other parents whose children are fighting addiction can be reluctant to speak of it as publicly as Winehouse's father. A Minnesota woman I'll call "Monica" agreed to shine a light on her family's struggles on condition of anonymity. She hopes that this discussion of her experiences might be helpful to others in what feels like an otherwise helpless situation.
"You really don't know addiction until it's personal," she says. "Although people who know me well understand what I'm dealing with, how do I tell someone at a cocktail party about my 22–year- old son who suffers from both mental illness and addiction?"
While already challenging because of his ADHD and anxiety issues, life became surreal when they discovered the son I'll call "Michael" was consuming large quantities of alcohol as a high school junior. That discovery led to a stress-filled journey for the entire family as they've faced a range of issues they would never otherwise have contemplated. "We spent Christmas at Hazelden opening gifts. How could I have arrived at this point in life?" she wonders.
Monica and her husband raised three children in an upscale Minneapolis suburb. Active in their church, they educated their children in private schools, assuming all would be college bound. Straight laced, they have a close-knit group of family and friends. While they strive for normalcy, they are continually extinguishing the flames of the latest crisis. Monica explains Michael is impulsive and lacks clear judgment. "He thinks he has friends, but does not. The people he finds get him into trouble," she says. Although It's easier to be mad than sad, it's wrenching for them to anticipate "the phone call."
"Technically, we are empty nesters — but we really aren't." It's difficult to go away for fear of what might happen in their absence. Inpatient treatment offers a reprieve because they know Michael is safe there. Otherwise, they never know when he may knock at the door or they may get a call. "I spend my days worrying if he is alive, if he wants to be alive. I've planned his funeral 10 times in my mind when things have gotten really bad," she says.
Wiser now, his parents struggle to distinguish between helping and enabling him. Currently, Michael is not welcome to live in their home. "If he chooses to live this lifestyle he must live somewhere else," Monica says, although it's awful to think he may be living on the streets. They often do not know where he is staying, and they gave him a phone so he can call from anywhere.
Michael has multiple diagnoses from numerous practitioners. Discerning whether his behavior is a result of his addictions or his mental illness is nearly impossible. Since treatment centers tend to focus on one or the other, formulating a plan with professionals who have conflicting opinions has been an exhaustive effort, yielding little clarity, she says.
Communicating with Michael is difficult because they must filter his stories for fact and fiction. Although he purportedly drank five bottles of vodka in a week he showed no signs of intoxication. Nor was there evidence to substantiate alleged suicide attempts or claims he is in a gang. Yet, he definitely has abused a variety of illicit and over-the-counter drugs, as well as alcohol. And he admits he cannot think past tomorrow.
There are legal concerns and expenses. The threat of incarceration always looms, as he is on probation for previous infractions resulting from his impulsive behavior. If he violates his probation, prison is probable. Jail would do nothing to help him, Monica says, because his legal issues derive from his mental illness and the impulsivity that has plagued him since childhood, rather than from criminal intent.
Recent efforts have focused on getting Michael into "the system," a step they long avoided because they could help him pay legal fees and medical insurance covered his treatments. Once he became an adult their policy did not cover treatment for mental illness so he is on medical assistance now. They are also establishing a special needs trust and guardianship and working with county workers to ensure he will always have a place to live. Yet they have lost some of the control to which they were accustomed.
An overarching concern is to protect their other children, Monica says. "If they ask, we tell them, but they don't know the worst of it. They know their brother has stolen nearly everything of value from their home, though, and they have a security system, a lockbox and a safe to protect what's left."
An optimistic nature and strong faith sustains Monica. "I wake up every day feeling hopeful and happy," she says. Nevertheless, after five years and 14 inpatient treatment programs for her son, she no longer sees gold at the end of the rainbow. Rather, she often prays for a soft landing for the young man who does not feel he fits into this world. "Every day is so hard for him I wonder whether he would be better off with God," she says. "My God would find a place for him to have some peace."
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Farmers across Ontario are nearing the end of another successful fall harvest, made largely possible by a seasonal labour program that has helped the province's fruit and vegetable industry thrive for more than 50 years.
Approximately 18,000 workers from Mexico and the Caribbean were employed at approximately 1,450 Ontario farms this growing season, as a supplement to local labour.
Farmers who rely on the program to meet their labour needs do hire Canadians. The challenge is that not enough domestic workers — Canadians who live in the rural areas where these farms are located — are interested in taking these positions, often because they are seasonal in nature.
Of the many different temporary worker programs in Canada, SAWP is the only one that offers 24-hour-a-day assistance to workers directly with people from their home countries. Each country participating in the program maintains a liaison service or consular office in Ontario to help look after the general welfare of agricultural workers and help them navigate any issues or complications they may face while working here.


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What is the secret to networking?
This question comes up a lot, especially when someone is entering a new stage of their life or looking for a job change.
There are countless books, websites, and gurus that offer an endless barrage of tips and tricks for networking. These methods generally feel manipulative and selfish to me.
Then what's my secret to networking?
Don't do it.
Don't network.
Instead of networking, build real relationships with the people you meet, one at a time.
Traditional views of networking cause us to immediately begin calculating the utility that we can derive from the person in front of us. We are putting them into one of our buckets and trying to figure out if we can sell them something, get a job through them, use them to meet someone more important, and so on.
You want to live an undivided life that recognizes the unique value and dignity of the human person?
Stop networking and become an engaged listener instead, giving your focus to the person you are speaking with regardless of what they can and cannot offer to you in return. Invest in people for the sake of people and watch the cool ways that your "network" grows to become a meaningful community.
Challenge yourself. If you have a networking event coming up, decide now that you won't meet a lot of people at the event. Instead, plan now to get to know someone and allow them to feel truly known by you at that event. I bet you'll feel better and the long-term impacts of knowing that one person will be greater than any networking you could have accomplished.
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Here at Riseholme College, we are passionate about helping young people achieve their goals, in whatever area that might be. Every year we provide thousands of students with the perfect platform to launch successful careers in their chosen area, something which I am personally proud of.
The success of our students, even after they have completed their studies with us, is incredibly important to us, which is why we strive for the very best in everything we do. We see the importance of investing in outstanding campus facilities, fostering strong industry partnerships and insisting on only the very best teaching from our dedicated staff, ensuring that our students have every opportunity to succeed.
Our approach clearly works; our students have some of the highest success rates in the country. Almost every student who completes their course at Riseholme College finds gainful employment or moves on to a higher level of study within six months. Our focus on student achievement was also recognised at this year's BTEC awards, where we were crowned the 2017 Outstanding BTEC College of the Year; a huge accolade for the college and its students.
But its not all about academic achievement. Everyone at Riseholme appreciates the importance of supporting our students to ensure they are the happiest and healthiest they can be. That is why we provide practical and emotional support, organise a huge variety of social events throughout the academic year and offer a diverse range of sports to cater for all abilities and levels.
And that is evident in our students' success outside the classroom. Across all subject areas, our students routinely win national and international accolades, giving them not only the experience and skills but also the confidence to go on to be a high achiever.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff and students for the continued support and commitment to the college and its values. Together, we are a force to be reckoned with and one which will go from strength to strength.


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Black History Month: honoring gospel legend Rance Allen
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Published: Feb. 28, 2020 at 5:31 PM EST
Imagine Madison Avenue School of Arts honored Gospel singing legend Bishop Rance Allen.
The mayor and city council presented the legend with a proclamation from the City of Toledo.
Administrators dedicated a wing of its performing arts school in the name of Bishop Rance Allen.
"I've been singing over 60 years and it's all been as far as I was concerned a ministry," Allen said. "Then to get to be 71-years old and someone says we want to honor you, it made me want to put my suit on today. It's a wonderful thing and I'm enjoying every bit of it."
Allen, the pastor of New Bethel Church of God in Toledo, has performed for President Barack Obama, and he recorded a song with Snoop Dogg.


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HPV Vax Available Without Parental Consent Is Most Irresponsible Decision This Gov. Made - SaneVax, Inc.
Which is why I find the sudden federal push behind the HPV vaccine Gardasil rather suspect. (Briefly, in case you were in a coma until 5 minutes ago, Gardasil protects against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, which is a leading cause of cervical cancer.) First there was the big campaign to make the vaccine mandatory for girls, an initiative that ticked off the GOP in a huge way (for all the wrong reasons, unfortunately).
Now, in a stroke of unprecedented weirdness, California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that would allow girls as young as 12 to receive the vaccine without parental consent.
Wait, what? Girls under 17 still have to pay off their big sisters to go buy Plan B for them at CVS, but now 12-year-olds can sign up to receive a potentially dangerous vaccination of their own accord?
Granted, California policy is unique in that it tends to favor minors when it comes to birth control, abortion, and STD testing: Kids ages 12 and older can receive any of these services without parental consent, and health care providers are not permitted to release medical records to parents without written permission from the minor.
So I can only assume that Brown is mentally lumping the HPV vaccine in with free pregnancy tests and hand-outs of Ortho Tri-Cyclen. But that's a mistake, because those things have been around for quite some time and all associated risks are well-documented, whereas Gardasil is still so new that sufficient research on potential dangers hasn't been done. There simply hasn't been time.


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Gutsy effort to produce comprehensive study of intestinal gases
A source of embarrassment to some, or pure comedy to others, flatulence and the gases of the intestines are increasingly seen as playing an important role in our digestive health.
A paper led by UNSW Sydney and published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology has examined all available literature on gastrointestinal gases, their interactions with the microbiome of the gut, their associated disorders and the way that they can be measured and analysed.
Lead author Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, who is an ARC Laureate Fellow with UNSW's School of Chemical Engineering, says the purpose of the study is to lift the lid on the various gases of the gut and show how vital they are for human health.
"This is about providing knowledge to people about the importance of gases in the gut," he says.
"Rather than laughing about it or feeling embarrassed about this subject, actually there is good reason to take this very seriously.
"Even Benjamin Franklin wrote about this more than 200 years ago. He was one of the first to propose that different types of foods have different effects on our gut health, which can be measured by smelling the resulting farts -- although I'm not so sure about his methods."
Indeed, Franklin wrote a letter to the Royal Academy of Brussels where he proposed "To discover some Drug wholesome & not disagreable, to be mix'd with our common Food, or Sauces, that shall render the natural Discharges of Wind from our Bodies, not only inoffensive, but agreable as Perfumes."
While Franklin's challenge continues to elude modern pharmacology, a change of diet to avoid foods rich in sulphide -- such as broccoli, cauliflower, eggs, beef, and garlic -- could reduce the malodorous nature of our gaseous emissions.
Gas profiles
In the paper published today, the authors examine each of the main gases that are found in the gastrointestinal system.
"Interestingly, the gases in most abundance throughout the digestive system -- nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and even methane -- are odourless," Professor Kalantar-zadeh says.
By contrast, smelly sulphide compound gases exist in trace amounts in the colon. Nitrogen and oxygen end up in the gut by being swallowed and carbon dioxide can be chemically produced in the stomach.
"The rest are mostly by-products of the microbiome -- the colonies of bacteria living in our intestines -- as they break down carbohydrates, fats and proteins."
With the exception of nitrogen, the gases found in the intestines have also been linked with various gut diseases including malabsorption of food, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and even colon cancer, especially when the gas profiles deviate from the norm.
"Adjustment of diet is generally the first port of call to mitigate these disorders as we can modulate the gases by eating different types of foods," Professor Kalantar-Zadeh says.
Gas-sensing technology
The UNSW team, together with their partners at Monash University and startup company Atmo Biosciences, is commercialising a revolutionary tool to analyse the gastrointestinal gases in vivo (within the body) in the form of an ingestible capsule loaded with gas-sensing technology.
The capsule can detect gaseous biomarkers as it passes through the gut, all the while transmitting the captured data wirelessly to the cloud for aggregation and analysis.
Traditionally, testing and measuring of the various gases has ranged from the non-invasive in vitro (ie. in the laboratory) gut simulators and indirect breath testing through to colonic or small intestine tube-insertion, a much more invasive method used to capture stool or gas samples.
But the capsule developed by Professor Kalantar-Zadeh and the team gets around the problem of invasiveness while also ensuring the gases can be analysed in their natural environment. The ingestible capsule can simultaneously detect oxygen and hydrogen concentrations as it moves through the gastrointestinal gut and wirelessly transmit the data to an external receiver.
"There is no other tool that can do what this capsule does," Professor Kalantar-Zadeh says.
"In our early trials, the capsule has accurately shown the onset of food-related fermentation in the gut, which would be immensely valuable for clinical studies of food digestion and normal gut function."
Professor Kalantar-Zadeh says a trial is currently underway by Atmo Biosciences to test the commercial version of the capsule, the results of which will be detailed in a future research paper.
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Lausanne, Switzerland, April 12, 2019 – Cameroon defeat Italy, Argentina win two bronze medals, Brazil in fifth place... Most people would not believe the phrase is about a winter sport, unless they followed the first two events of the inaugural 2019 FIVB Snow Volleyball Word Tour, co-organized with the CEV.
With the two truly historic tournaments which took place in Austria and Italy in late March and early April, snow volleyball evolved from a mostly European discipline to a global sport, delivering a fresh new vibe to the winter sports scene. The fact that teams from countries with warm climates, not exactly known for their skiers, skaters or ice hockey players, had the opportunity to compete as equals with the typical winter sports countries was quite unique.
While the skills that players practicing volleyball or beach volleyball bring to the snow come in handy, they all agree that snow volleyball stands on its own right as a different and completely separate sport.
The FIVB tournaments in Wagrain-Kleinarl and Plan de Corones / Kronplatz were held on top of snowy mountains, high above sea level, at venues surrounded by breath-taking views. Hundreds of skiers and snowboarders on the Alpine slopes took time to watch the intriguing snow volleyball battles. To the delight and, to some extent, the surprise of the spectators, the participants offered spectacular action of the highest level.
Austria, the birthplace of professional snow volleyball and host of the first stop on the FIVB Snow Volleyball World Tour, took advantage of home court to capture both the gold and the silver medals in the men's competition at Wagrain-Kleinarl. Russia, the dominant force on the CEV European Snow Volleyball Tour, settled for bronze. The men's gold at Plan de Corones / Kronplatz went to the spectacular team of USA. Russia upgraded to silver and Poland celebrated with bronze.
While the tournament in Austria was the first appearance on the snow for many of the participating teams, the learning curve was quite steep as they were figuring the new sport out, which made the level of snow volleyball at the event in Italy even higher.
Most importantly, with these initial two stops of the World Tour in Europe, where teams from 21 countries from all five continents competed, a giant step towards the globalization of snow volleyball was made. The next step will be made from August 1 through 4, when the city of Bariloche in the Argentinean Andes hosts the third stop, and snow volleyball itself will go outside Europe for its first official international tournament on another continent.


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This undated photo from Ford shows the 2021 Bronco Sport, a small SUV with impressive off-road capabilities. (Courtesy of Ford Motor Co. via AP).
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Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 634,000 SUVs worldwide because a cracked fuel injector can spill fuel or leak vapours onto a hot engine and cause fires.
The recall covers Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs from the 2020 through 2023 model years. All have 1.5-litre, three-cylinder engines.
The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker said Thursday it's not recommending that owners stop driving the vehicles or park them outdoors because fires are rare and generally don't happen when the engines are off.
But Ford said it has received 20 reports of fires, including three that ignited nearby structures. The company also said it has four claims of fires that were noticed less than five minutes after the engines were turned off. Ford also has four injury claims not involving burns, and 43 legal claims attributed to the problem.
Repairs aren't yet available, but once they are, owners should schedule service with a preferred dealer, Jim Azzouz, executive director of customer experience, said in a statement. Owners will be notified by letter starting Dec. 19.
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It was two years ago. I was in Orlando for the 2009 F&I Conference and Expo. It was after hours and I was at the hotel bar with "Mad" Marv Eleazer and an F&I manager from Ohio named Jeremy Addis. Because I remain a student of this business, it's very rare that I'm able to stump you pros out there. But the stars aligned that night.
We were talking about how many products they offer on their menu. Marv focuses on core products and doesn't venture too far into those intangibles. It's not that he's opposed to those newer product categories. He limits his selections because he knows his customers' attention spans are short when it comes to non-core products. Jeremy holds a similar view.
Key prices were on the rise at the time, so I asked whether they had ever considered key replacement. To my surprise, Jeremy said he had never heard of such a product. It was my time to shine, I guess, as I filled him in on what I knew.
I like telling that story because it's one of the benefits of coming to our annual conference. Yes, Jeremy picked up a lot of information, but he shared some as well. That year, we invited a representative from the Federal Trade Commission to talk about the Red Flags Rule, and Jeremy gave him an earful. His main complaint was that the rule was a moving target, making it difficult for dealers to know what to shoot for.
Jeremy had a point. And by raising his hand that afternoon, he spoke out on behalf of his industry. Unfortunately, I think a lot of you out there have never had that chance. And that, my friends, is why we created our conference — to give F&I professionals a place to learn, network, pick up new ideas, product information and be part of a community.
Yes, those Web training classes are definitely convenient, but I doubt they can deliver the feeling you get when you're at our conference. And after being at the helm of this magazine for four years, I know you guys and gals sometimes feel like you're on an island in your dealerships.
Now, if the 200 respondents to a survey one of our competitors conducted is a reflection of how all dealers feel, then more than half of your bosses believe that the main purpose of F&I training is to sell more products. If that's the case, then let me tell you why they need you to join us in Las Vegas.
See, last year we made a big change. Knowing that being with us in September is quite an investment, we decided to create an agenda that gave you the best bang for your buck. We cut down on our panel discussions, limited our compliance sessions and began inviting the best trainers in the business to lead more than 20 educational sessions dedicated to helping you move more product.
And just check out some of the names on our agenda this year: George Angus (Team One Group), Luis Garcia (Safe-Guard Products), Gerry Gould (UDS, selected as the top training outfit seven years in a row by Auto Dealer Monthly), Heather Haynes (JM&A Group), Rick McCormick (now with Automotive Financial Services), Ron Reahard (Reahard & Associates), and John Vecchioni (United Car Care).
David Johnson, social media strategist for Next Generation Dealer Services, will be there to talk about social media marketing. He'll be joined by legal expert Brian Casey, who will talk about the legalities of operating in the social media realm. Jim Ganther of Mosaic International also will be there to provide a dealer's guide to digital compliance.
Also on the agenda is the magazine's legal wiz, Michael Benoit. He will provide an update on the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau it created and the new rulemaking powers the Federal Trade Commission will assume because of it.
Cory Mosley, the magazine's "Sales Driver" columnist, returns to talk about new-school training ideas, which I know is important for those of you still struggling with the Internet and Gen-Y era of auto retailing.
And there's one more surprise: Jim Ziegler will be at this year's show. Yes, "Da Man" will throw in his two cents about marketing in the digital age. By the way, check out page 38. That's right, Mr. Ziegler is our newest columnist and he'll be directing his message to dealers every month going forward.
So, do me a favor. Walk this issue into your dealer's office and show him or her this page. We're going to be offering one heck of a program, and I promise you it will be worth every penny it takes for you to get to Las Vegas. See you there.
Gregory Arroyo
Gregory Arroyo is the former editorial director of Bobit Business Media's Dealer Group.
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Who's running for Washoe County Commission?
District 2: This seat, being vacated by Commissioner David Humke, stretches along Reno's southeast quadrant from Hidden Valley to the county's southern border with Carson City.
Persona: Eager young conservative hoping to parlay business experience into politics.
Occupation: Owns and manages a veterinary hospital.
Money raised: $60,556 as of Oct. 14.
Big idea: Work to create more efficiency and better relationships with various local government entities in the county.
Is the current makeup of the valley's fire departments working? If not how would you approach regionalizing the service? Lucey said the current situation is working and backs the "fiscally solvent" Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District. "The only issue I would strive for would be automatic aid," he said. "The closest fire truck should be the first to respond."
The developers of the Aces Ball Park are in negotiations with the county over how to pay their back property taxes, fines and penalties. They also are seeking a $15 million subsidy from the county to help recoup their construction costs. Do you favor paying the subsidy? "At this point, I don't know enough about it," Lucey said. "I feel the ball park has been a beneficial addition to downtown Reno. But I don't know enough about the details of the deal itself to comment either way."
What are your thoughts on the Southeast Connector, which will enter Phase 2 of construction if a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers is obtained: "This is something we need for the infrastructure of our community going forward," Lucey said. "I'm a proponent of it."
Persona: Tenacious, plain spoken neighborhood advocate with an expertise in government finance.
Occupation: Retired city finance director.
Major backers: Northern Nevada Central Labor Council, Northern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council, community activist Kimberly Rhodemyre.
Money raised: $10,200 as of Oct. 14.
Big idea: Leverage her relationships with folks in the three local governments to support greater cooperation and regionalization of services.
The developers of the Aces Ball Park are in negotiations with the county over how to pay their back property taxes, fines and penalties. They also are seeking a $15 million subsidy from the county to help recoup their construction costs. Do you favor paying the subsidy? "(Herb) Simons and (Jerry) Katzoff don't need any more money," she said. "That's my basic answer to you. They are billionaires! Give me a break!"
Is the current makeup of the valley's fire departments working? If not how would you approach regionalizing the service? "Consolidation is not going to work because the Reno fire contract is too rich," Thomas said. "It's not going to pencil for Washoe County residents. It's too rich and too ridiculous for anybody to pay for."
What are your thoughts on the Southeast Connector, which will enter Phase 2 of construction if a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers is obtained: "The thing I'm most concerned about is the environmental impact," Thomas said, noting the problem of methyl mercury that is in the soil along the highway's planned route. "Methyl mercury is like the Ebola of our time. It's dangerous and we have two elementary schools within a couple miles (of the route.)" Thomas is also concerned about the potential flood danger posed by its construction.
District 3: This seat, currently held by Commissioner Kitty Jung, is the most urban district in the county, including Sun Valley and most of central Reno and Sparks.
Note: Candidate David Gurney did not return repeated phone calls or email requests. He has raised no money and is not actively campaigning.
Persona: Energetic, sometimes aggressive commissioner who is well-versed on the issues.
Political experience: First-term county commissioner. One unsuccessful bid for Reno City Council.
Major backers: Chamber of Commerce; Reno Airport Firefighters; Operating Engineers; AGC; Reno fire union; Southwest Council of Carpenters.
Money raised: $44,400 as of Oct. 14.
Big idea: Will work to restore funding to services that took the hardest hit during the recession, including senior services, parks and recreation and libraries.
The developers of the Aces Ball Park are in negotiations with the county over how to pay their back property taxes, fines and penalties. They also are seeking a $15 million subsidy from the county to help recoup their construction costs. Do you favor paying the subsidy? Jung said it's important for the ball park to "maintain its presence here," but said she doesn't favor spending money on it. "I'm more focused on bringing senior services, parks and libraries back to pre-recession levels," she said. "When it comes to cash (for baseball), I just don't have any."
Is the current makeup of the valley's fire departments working? If not how would you approach regionalizing the service? Jung was the sole person on the Commission to vote against deconsolidating with the Reno Fire Department. "I do believe the tone and the tenor of our conversation going forward as a region—not just on fire but other areas we could aggressively pursue to get rid of duplicate services—will change with the new Council and Commission."
What are your thoughts on the Southeast Connector, which will enter Phase 2 of construction if a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers is obtained: "I am an advocate if this is absolutely necessary," she said. "We certainly should do the most environmentally sensitive route and that is not the route we have today."
District 5: This seat being vacated by Commissioner Bonnie Weber, includes Reno's north and northwestern valleys and stretches to the Oregon border.
Persona: Grandfatherly political novice and "blue dog" Democrat whose campaign was boosted by the defeat of the Republican frontrunner in the primary.
Education: Some college. Four-year apprenticeship in the building trades.
Occupation: Retired sheet metal worker. He also ran a local fabrication shop.
Major backers: Central Labor Council, Building and Construction Trades Council, The Chamber of Commerce, the Atlantis.
Money raised: $50,600 as of Oct. 14.
Big idea: Would work to rid government of complacency, particularly when it comes to job growth and creation through supporting small, local businesses and simplifying government licensing processes.
The developers of the Aces Ball Park are in negotiations with the county over how to pay their back property taxes, fines and penalties. They also are seeking a $15 million subsidy from the county to help recoup their construction costs. Do you favor paying the subsidy? Gavin said Reno's local officials had a weaker bargaining position because they had never negotiated a ball park deal, while the ball park owners had more of an expertise. "At this moment, I would say no (to the subsidy)," he said. "These were professional business people. They should've known what they were getting into."
Is the current makeup of the valley's fire departments working? If not how would you approach regionalizing the service? "I would like to see consolidated services, but I'm just not sure we are going to be able to get there," Gavin said. He would, however, work to implement an automatic aid agreement so that the nearest station would respond to a fire regardless of jurisdiction.
What are your thoughts on the Southeast Connector, which will enter Phase 2 of construction if a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers is obtained: "We definitely need a connector there to alleviate the traffic," he said. "I'm not sure they picked the best path with the Army Corps of Engineers getting involved. With Tesla we'll have a whole lot more development. It definitely needs to get done."
Persona: Warm Springs rancher who wants a smaller government, opposes Common Core and "Agenda 21."
Education: High school and some real estate training.
Occupation: Real estate and ranching.
Major backers: Nevada Republican Assembly, Veterans in Politics.
Money raised: $1,825 as of Oct.14.
Big idea: She would work to reclaim federal land for the county to help build the tax base.
The developers of the Aces Ball Park are in negotiations with the county over how to pay their back property taxes, fines and penalties. They also are seeking a $15 million subsidy from the county to help recoup their construction costs. Do you favor paying the subsidy? "You know, if the stadium can show that they're actually holding up their side of the deal," she said. "I have to research it. It's not something I could say flatly one way or the other."
Is the current makeup of the valley's fire departments working? If not how would you approach regionalizing the service? "I think the city of Reno needs to bend just a little bit," Herman said. "The closest fire station should be the one to get there first. The city of Reno is just not cooperating in that. I don't believe I would support (consolidating again.)"
What are your thoughts on the Southeast Connector, which will enter Phase 2 of construction if a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers is obtained: "If we keep increasing our population and increase the use of the highways and bi-ways, I think that it will become necessary," she said. "Whether they have to reroute part of it or something like that, I don't know."


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The Canadian Red Cross welcomes government investments announced in the federal budget
Topics: National
Ottawa | April 22, 2021
The Canadian Red Cross welcomes the Government of Canada's recent budget, which included investments to build community resilience and recovery, strengthen global health security, and advance the health of Canadians and Indigenous communities. The Red Cross is pleased to see strategic investments in support for community organizations and equity seeking groups, investments in preparedness, and commitments to support a response to COVID-19 in Canada and around the world.
Investing in community resilience and recovery
The budget includes key investments aimed to strengthen capacity and to support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are recovery programs which support solutions for small businesses, Indigenous entrepreneurs, charities, not-for profit, and community organizations.
By investing in community organizations with financial support and granting programs, including the Community Services Recovery Fund, equity seeking groups can access the support they need to strengthen their operational capacity. This will enable community groups to reinvest and support their own communities. The Red Cross welcomes these investments.
In addition, the Canadian Red Cross welcomes additional support for financial resiliency, recovery, and investment in risk reduction activities in response to climate change. Increased support to the Disaster Mitigation and Adaption Fund, supporting provincial and territorial disaster recovery, as well as flood mapping and wildfire preparedness are crucial to minimize the impact of climate-related events.
Strengthening Global Health Security
Our global health system is interconnected, and that has never been clearer than during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we emerge and recover from the pandemic, building a safer and more equitable world requires solutions that challenge traditional ways of providing international humanitarian assistance. The Canadian Red Cross welcomes international investment for COVID-19 vaccinations and support directed toward the global response to COVID-19. This includes investments to mitigate transmission of the virus across Canada and across all settings, including correctional institutions.
Vaccinations are critical but will not resolve challenges that have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, the Red Cross has observed an increase in sexual and gender-based violence and increased disparity of marginalized groups and deteriorating mental health. Commitments to support protracted crises, including the Rohingya crisis and the Venezuelan migrant and refugee crisis, remain central to an equitable recovery from COVID-19.
Advancing health in Indigenous communities
Through the Canadian Red Cross's experience working in partnership with Indigenous communities, we recognize that responding to and preparing for disasters and emergencies – including a pandemic – is most successful when it is sustainable and led by the community. Therefore, the Canadian Red Cross commends investment to support Indigenous communities in their fight against COVID-19, in addition to supporting the response to the health impacts of climate change. Health and wellness investments that are led and supported by the community bolster its resilience and response that promote local leadership action for Indigenous Peoples.
Investments in Health and Wellness
The Canadian Red Cross welcomes increased investment for the Substance Use and Addictions Program. Since joining the Health Canada initiative, the Red Cross is now delivering opioid poisoning response training in coordination with St. John Ambulance, in all provinces and territories (except Quebec where similar programming is in place).
The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to see investment to support seniors Aging in Place. In partnership with the Canadian Frailty Network, the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and Age Well, the Red Cross welcomes the Age Well at Home initiative. Helping seniors continue to live safely and socially connected in their own homes for as long as they wish outside of long-term care homes or hospital settings, not only increases their quality of life but also reduces the burden on caregivers. Community-based programs, which leverage the expertise and reach of local organizations through knowledge hubs, can address social isolation and increase support for vulnerable older Canadians.
Here in Canada and overseas, the Red Cross stands ready to help people before, during and after a disaster. As a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – which is made up of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and 192 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies – the Canadian Red Cross is dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and throughout the world.
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Q: We are trying to learn about this door that we have and see if it is something valuable. We have had it for many years and through a friend of a friend, bought it from a gentleman in the UK.
He said that he had bought it at an estate sale decades ago and said he believed it was a door from a castle in China and is hundreds of years old. So that is what we have gone with, "A door from a castle in China". We're just not sure. It seems very short for a door. We have reached out to several "antique dealers" across the country and all state that they have never seen anything like it. The dimensions are – 62″ tall – 32 1/2 " wide – 2 3/4 " thick. I have included a number of photos. If you can help us or know anyone who can, we would greatly appreciate it.
A: You clearly do have a Chinese style gate door, typically found not only in the entranceway to "castles" but to many private homes as well. The reinforcement is typical of pieces manufactured in the mid to late Qing Dynasty era.
Based on the construction, which includes bent over tipped nails indicates that it is likely not much older than the late 1870s and clearly was an outer door, as the inside is not finished. Earlier doors would not have that type of nail. These are sometimes called decorative "barricade" doors, which were intended to deter entry from unwanted guests.
Today it is considered an architectural antique; the typical market retail would be from $2,500 to $4,000 in most markets, pending actual condition and demand at any given time.
note – All prices given are for sale in a private sale, antique shop or other resale outlet. Price is also dependent upon the geographic area in which you are selling. Auction value, selling to a dealer or pawnshop prices are about half of resale value.


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Q: Keras predict() valueError: input doesn't have the correct dimension I'm completely new to machine learning and I wanted to start with a fairly easy project: the digit recognition using the mnist data set. I'm using keras and tensorflow and I started using code I found here.The network is built and trained correctly and I now want to make a simple prediction. For starters I simply used one of the pictures in the part of the data set meant for testing and I would like my output to be that number. (In this case the output is supposed to be 7.)
Here's my code:
# Baseline MLP for MNIST dataset
from tensorflow.keras.datasets import mnist
from tensorflow.keras.models import Sequential
from tensorflow.keras.layers import Dense
from keras.utils import np_utils

import numpy as np

# load data
(X_train, y_train), (X_test, y_test) = mnist.load_data()
# flatten 28*28 images to a 784 vector for each image
num_pixels = X_train.shape[1] * X_train.shape[2]
X_train = X_train.reshape((X_train.shape[0], num_pixels)).astype('float32')
X_test = X_test.reshape((X_test.shape[0], num_pixels)).astype('float32')

# normalize inputs from 0-255 to 0-1
X_train = X_train / 255
X_test = X_test / 255

# one hot encode outputs
y_train = np_utils.to_categorical(y_train)
y_test = np_utils.to_categorical(y_test)
num_classes = y_test.shape[1]

# define baseline model
def baseline_model():
    # create model
    model = Sequential()
    model.add(Dense(num_pixels, input_dim=num_pixels, kernel_initializer='normal', activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dense(num_classes, kernel_initializer='normal', activation='softmax'))
    # Compile model
    model.compile(loss='categorical_crossentropy', optimizer='adam', metrics=['accuracy'])
    return model

# build the model
model = baseline_model()
print("created model")

# Fit the model
model.fit(X_train, y_train, validation_data=(X_test, y_test), epochs=10, batch_size=200, verbose=2)
print("did model.fit")

image_index=0
print("correct result : ", y_test[image_index])
print("shape of the array: ", X_test[0].shape)
print("predicted result : ", model.predict(X_test[image_index]))

Now I get the following error:
ValueError: Error when checking input: expected dense_input to have shape (784,) but got array with shape (1,)

although my array does have the correct shape! As you can see I print print("shape of the array: ", X_test[0].shape) which does return shape of the array:  (784,). 784 is exactly the dimension we want and still i get that error.
I've spent hours trying to solve this but no matter what I tried (reshaping the array for example), it doesn't seem to work. Clearly there is some missunderstanding concerning either keras' predict function or the array. Can you please help me understand and solve this?
Thank you in advance.

A: So the predict function still expects a 0 dimension to be the sample dimension.
When you indexed X_test[0] you basically removed this dimension which causes the predict function to now have 784 samples of 1 pixel!
change your code to:
print("predicted result : ", model.predict(X_test[0].reshape(-1,num_pixels)))

Now you should have the result probabilities.
Edit:
And if you just want the maximum probability predicted number:
print("predicted result : ",  np.argmax(model.predict(X_test[0].reshape(-1,num_pixels)), axis = 1))

A: ompletely new to machine learning and I wanted to start with a fairly easy project: the digit recognitiors I simply used

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