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The prognosis for bladder cancer, a disease that is diagnosed in over 80,000 Americans each year, significantly improves the earlier it's discovered. In this article we discuss the critical role of early detection, review factors that affect the prognosis of individuals with bladder cancer, and present current bladder cancer survival data.
What Is the First Sign of Bladder Cancer?
How Is Bladder Cancer Diagnosed?
Is Bladder Cancer Treatable?
What Are the 5-Year Survival Rates for Bladder Cancer?
What Affects Survival for an Individual Diagnosed With Bladder Cancer?
Detecting Bladder Cancer Early Will Improve Your Outlook
Bladder cancer occurs when cells within the lining of the bladder wall begin to grow in a disordered, uncontrolled way.
Exactly what prompts this disordered growth is not fully known. However, several factors associated with a higher risk of bladder cancer have been identified, including:
Age - most people diagnosed with bladder cancer are older than 55 years.
Sex - compared to women, men are 4 times more likely to develop bladder cancer.
Smoking - smoking is associated with around half of all bladder cancers in men and women.
Race - in the United States, White Americans have the highest rate of bladder cancer.
Previous bladder cancer - people who have had bladder cancer may have a recurrence.
Workplace exposures - certain chemicals in some workplaces may contribute to higher rates of bladder cancer in workers. For example, painters, hairdressers, and truck drivers are at increased risk.
Arsenic in drinking water.
Certain types of medication.
Blood in the urine, referred to as 'hematuria', is usually the first sign of bladder cancer. This is because early bladder cancer commonly causes bleeding without associated pain or other symptoms.
Depending on the amount of blood present, urine may appear pink, red, or brownish in color.
Blood may not be present all the time - there may be relatively long periods of clear urine (weeks or sometimes months).
If you have noticed blood in your urine it is important to speak to your doctor as soon as possible.
Other early symptoms of bladder cancer that may be experienced are urinary irritation or changes in bladder habits, such as increased urination frequency and/or urgency, pain or a burning sensation during urination, or difficulty passing urine.
Several different diagnostic tests and procedures may be used to detect bladder cancer, often in combination. They are selected based on a patient's symptoms and risk factors and may include:
Urinalysis: a quick test used to detect blood and other substances in urine.
Urine cytology: urine is examined microscopically to see if cancer cells are present.
Genomic urine tests: non-invasive molecular tests, such as Cxbladder, which measure gene expression (sometimes referred to as 'tumor markers') to detect or rule out bladder cancer.
Cystoscopy: a thin, flexible tube with a light and camera (a 'cystoscope') is inserted into the bladder through the urethra. If an abnormal area is seen, a small sample of tissue (a 'biopsy') is usually collected for laboratory examination.
Imaging: several types of imaging test can be used to visualize the inside of the body, such as ultrasound, CT scan, MRI scan, and x-ray.
Many types of therapy are used to treat bladder cancer. In general, the treatment pathway chosen depends on the type and stage of bladder cancer present and a patient's overall health and individual preferences. Common treatment options include:
Surgery: to remove tumor cells and surrounding tissue. The type of surgery used depends on factors such as the size and progression of the tumor.
Chemotherapy: ('chemo') which refers to the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be local (i.e., delivered directly into the bladder) or systemic (i.e., taken orally or by injection and delivered to the whole body).
Immunotherapy: which uses naturally occurring or man-made substances to improve or bolster the body's immune system function. Like with chemotherapy, immunotherapy may be delivered locally or systemically.
Radiation therapy: which uses x-rays or other high-energy waves or particles to kill cancer cells.
Can bladder cancer be cured?
When detected at an early stage, bladder cancer can usually be treated successfully whereas later-stage cancers may present greater challenges for the patient and their healthcare team. As discussed later, people who have had bladder cancer are at risk for recurrence; for the best chance of successfully treating recurrent cancer, early detection is again important.
In 2020, approximately 17,980 deaths in the United States are predicted to be attributed to bladder cancer1. This represents the eighth most common cause of cancer deaths in men.
The general 5-year survival rate for people with bladder cancer (i.e., the percentage of patients who would be expected to survive the effects of their bladder cancer for 5 years or more) is 77%, while the 10-year survival rate is 70% and the 15-year survival rate is 65%1. Notably, as each patient and cancer are different, it is not possible to definitely know the disease course for an individual patient.
The survival rate for patients with bladder cancer depends on many patient- and disease-related factors, including:
Patient-related factors
Disease-related factors
The stage of the disease
How the cancer responds to treatment
Whether the disease has recurred
How do bladder cancer survival rates differ by disease stage?
Staging of bladder cancer provides information on the extent (or amount) of cancer in the body and whether the cancer has spread beyond the bladder; this information helps predict how likely the cancer will respond to treatment.
Approximately half of bladder cancers are found at an early stage, when the cancer is in the surface layer of the bladder only (referred to as in situ or non-invasive).12 About one third of bladder cancers have spread to the deeper layers of the bladder wall but are still only in the bladder; the remainder of cancers have spread into nearby tissues or lymph nodes or, rarely, to distant parts of the body.
The 5-year survival rate for bladder cancer varies by stage of the disease at diagnosis, which emphasizes the importance of detecting bladder cancer at an early stage.13
In situ = cancer is confined to the surface layer of the bladder
Localized = cancer has not spread outside of the bladder
Regional = cancer has spread to nearby structures or lymph nodes
Distant = cancer has spread to distant parts of the body (e.g., bones, lungs, liver)
How do bladder cancer survival rates differ by age?
Five-year survival for bladder cancer across stages is generally higher in younger individuals (i.e., <50 years of age) and decreases with increasing age.
Stage at diagnosis
5-year survival rates for bladder cancer by age
< 50 years of age
50-64 years of age
Localized 83% 80% 65%
Regional 43% 38% 35%
Distant 8% 7% 5%
How does recurrence of bladder cancer affect survival rate?
Recurrent bladder cancer is cancer that has returned after initial treatment. Recurrence rates for bladder cancer depend on the stage of the original tumor, with 5-year recurrence rates of approximately 65% in patients with non-invasive or in situ tumors and 73% in patients with slightly more advanced disease at first diagnosis.16
Many patients with non-invasive bladder cancer have recurrences that are typically not life threatening; however, the prognosis is generally worse if the disease has spread into deeper layers of the bladder wall or beyond to the lymph nodes or other organs.
Monitoring for bladder cancer recurrence
Those who have already been treated for bladder cancer have unique monitoring needs to protect against the threat of recurrence. Generally doctors recommend a cystoscopy to examine the inside of the bladder and urethra every 3 to 12 months, depending on your risk of recurrence, for several years after bladder cancer treatment. If several years of surveillance have gone by and no cancer recurrence has been detected, a cystoscopy once a year may be enough, though the final decision rests with the doctor and additional testing may be required depending on the nature and severity of the original cancer.
If you're recovering from treatment, ask your doctor about Cxbladder. Cxbladder is an accurate and non-invasive surveillance alternative designed to detect or rule out the return of bladder cancer. The test provides reliable results with a single urine sample, reducing the need for frequent cystoscopies in some patients, which can be both uncomfortable and inconvenient.
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The prognosis for bladder cancer is more favorable when the disease is detected early (i.e., when it is small and has not spread beyond the bladder), so it's important to recognize and act on any symptoms, such as blood in urine, as soon as possible.
If you're concerned about bladder cancer, talk to your doctor about Cxbladder
Cxbladder is a cutting-edge genomic urine test that quickly and accurately detects or rules out bladder cancer. The test combines clinical risk factor markers with genetic information, measuring five biomarker genes to detect the presence or absence of bladder cancer in hematuria patients and those being monitored for recurrence.
Cxbladder comes as a suite of tests, each optimised for a different point in the patient journey:
Cxbladder Triage: Incorporates known bladder cancer risk factors to help quickly rule out the disease.
Cxbladder Detect: Designed to work alongside other tests to improve overall detection accuracy.
Cxbladder Monitor: A non-invasive surveillance alternative that can reduce the need for frequent cystoscopies.
Cxbladder gives you peace of mind and will help your physician make informed treatment decisions.
Speak to your doctor or urologist to learn more about Cxbladder and which test might be right for you. You can also contact our Customer Service Team directly.
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What Is a Nonfungible Token (NFT): Explained
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Social media is plastered with a meme of Nyan Cat, a video of a flying Pop-Tart cat propelled by a rainbow. Originally uploaded to YouTube in 2011, a version of the Nyan Cat video was recently sold as a nonfungible token, or "NFT" for short, for nearly $600,000.
The value of some nonfungible tokens reaches millions of dollars. For example, "Everydays — The First 5000 Days," a digital work of art by the digital artist Beeple, sold for $69 million at a recent Christie's auction. Then CryptoPunks, an early nonfungible token project, sold for $16.9 million.
You may ask: What is a nonfungible token? This guide describes NFTs and how they work, and explains why they have become so popular and lucrative.
What is a nonfungible token?
A nonfungible token is a digital token — a unit of value built on top of an existing blockchain network. A digital token contains specific information that makes it different from other NFTs or assets and proves ownership of the digital asset — image, sound file, text, etc.
An NFT is built and hosted on a blockchain, which is essentially a digital ledger of transactions. The blockchain is also the underlying technology used for cryptocurrency.
When an asset is described as nonfungible, that means it cannot be replicated. It means the following:
Each NFT is different from the next, so one NFT cannot replace another.
As a digital asset, NFTs can be copied, downloaded, and shared, but the original NFT and proof of its ownership lives on the blockchain. Nowhere else can an identical version of an NFT be found.
NFTs are verifiable, which means that historical data stored on the blockchain authenticates an NFT's original creator and owner.
The "nonfungible" component of NFTs is what gives them their value. Consider Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night." Anyone can buy a print at a gift shop, but only the Museum of Modern Art owns the painting Van Gogh created, and no other asset can entirely replicate the original canvas. That also defines an NFT: a one-of-a-kind asset.
Examples of top-selling NFTs
In addition to works by Beeple and the CryptoPunks series, these are some other high-priced pieces:
"The EverLasting Beautiful," FEWOCiOUS | $550,000
"Genesis," Trevor Jones and Jose Delbo | $111,377
"Finite," Pak | $847,467
"Heir to the Throne: An NFT in Celebration of Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt 25th Anniversary by Derrick Adams" | $139,000
How are NFTs different from cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies are digital or virtual currencies used for transactions. Cryptocurrencies are secured by cryptography. In recent news, cryptocurrencies are beginning to gain wide acceptance with a growing number of businesses accepting it as a form of payment for products or services from customers. Many see it as an eventual replacement for today's fiat currencies to buy things, but this is not the case yet.
NFTs are more like collectibles, and they can rise in value. They are also secured by cryptography, but they are not used as currency. A primary similarity between NFTs and cryptocurrencies is that they both live on a blockchain. They are also often used in the same circles and traded on the same exchanges.
But a fundamental difference exists between the two:
NFTs are "nonfungible," making them exchangeable but irreplaceable.
Cryptocurrencies are both exchangeable and replaceable.
Cryptocurrencies are essentially fungible tokens, which means that they are identical to each other. For example, one bitcoin, a type of cryptocurrency, is equivalent to another bitcoin. This makes bitcoins ideal for commercial transactions. In another example, the price of alternative coins is divisible into others. Take one Stellar Lumens (XLM), priced at $0.259 at the time of this writing, and an Ethereum (ETH) coin priced at $2,244.651. Based on these values, the exchange rate for these two coins is one XLM per 0.000116 ETH.
Cryptocurrency can also be purchased in smaller denominations. For example, on a cryptocurrency exchange like Coinbase, an investor can pay for a percentage of a bitcoin. At the time of this writing, one bitcoin is worth $34,080.18. An individual can buy half a bitcoin for half the cost: $17,040.09. NFTs, however, exist exclusively as whole items and are not divisible.
Resources: Differences between NFTs and cryptocurrency
Take a deep dive into the differences between NFTs and cryptocurrency. Resources include the following:
CoinDesk, "What Are NFTs and How Do They Work?" — Collectible sports cards, virtual real estate, digital sneakers — this resource provides examples of different types of NFTs and takes a deep dive into how NFTs work.
Forbes Advisor, "What You Need to Know About Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)" — Here is a description of how NFTs differ from cryptocurrency, how they work, and more.
Hedera Hashgraph, "What Is a Non-fungible Token (NFT)?" — What is fungibility? What is nonfungibility? Learn more about the differences and the unique attributes of NFTs.
How do NFTs work?
The primary characteristic of an NFT is that it is exchangeable but irreplaceable. This means that it cannot be traded at equivalency with another NFT, because each is unique, thanks to its identification codes and metadata. For example, a buyer may be willing to pay thousands of dollars for two NFTs from the same artist. The value of each NFT is different and may increase or decrease based on a wide range of factors.
How does an NFT work? Consider music as an example. Anyone can purchase their favorite song and download it to their smartphone or laptop to listen to at any time, but they don't own the song — the record label or the artist who produced the song is the owner. The act of buying music on a platform such as iTunes equates to purchasing a license to play that music. With NFTs, the purchaser takes full ownership of the asset.
Since NFTs made their debut, they primarily have been created and held on the Ethereum blockchain. The Ethereum blockchain is a platform for both NFT and cryptocurrency creation and minting. It establishes a permanent, irrefutable digital ledger of all transactions that take place on the blockchain.
For example, it records information about the creator of an NFT. Creators can retain ownership rights to their NFTs and choose to create copies of them as many times as they want. However, each copy will be less valuable than the original, similar to the replication of physical collectibles such as paintings.
An NFT can be purely digital. It can be an image, GIF, video, or audio recording. NFTs can also represent physical objects in the real world, such as trading cards or sneakers. For these NFTs, buyers can purchase only the digital original, or both the physical and digital versions.
Some NFTs include smart contracts that mean an NFT's creator receives a royalty each time their creation is sold. This creates opportunities for digital artists to get paid for their work in perpetuity. In the traditional art world, the original artist of a piece does not benefit from royalty fees.
Resources: Types of NFTs
A wide range of NFTs are available, from digital artworks and videos to newspapers. These resources offer further information.
Creative Bloq, "Confused About NFTs? Here's All You Need to Know" — Who's been creating and using NFTs? According to this resource, artists, gamers, and brands across the spectrum of culture.
The Balance, "What Are Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)?" — Discover examples of different types of NFTs, how they work, and more.
The Verge, "NFTs, Explained" — This humorous resource offers a foundational perspective of the world of NFTs, covering all types of uses.
What is the future of NFTs?
Like cryptocurrency, individuals interested in purchasing NFTs can buy them on online marketplaces. Users can buy NFTs using cryptocurrency or fiat (for example, U.S. dollars).
In defining what NFTs are, it is important to note that they are speculative assets, which means they can rise and decline in value over time based on the market. If an NFT's value increases, it can be sold for a profit. To keep them safe from would-be thieves, NFT owners can store their assets in digital wallets, typically used for cryptocurrency.
Digital wallets can include electronic devices, online exchanges, or software programs. Digital wallets are often password-protected with two-factor authentication. Users of hardware wallets typically use a 12-word phrase to recover and use a private key to access their cryptocurrency and NFT assets.
According to Dr. Dustin York, associate professor of communication at Maryville University, the market for NFTs is hot. But like with the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, it is following a process known as the hype cycle, in which every major bubble is expected to implode. "There will be a major fallout within the next 18 months, and skeptics will loudly say 'Told you so!'" York tells Authority Magazine. "But in a few years, NFTs will reach the plateau of productivity and be part of our everyday lives." Understanding this cycle is key to understanding the future of NFTs, according to York.
Hi, I'm Dr. Dustin York, associate professor at Maryville University in St. Louis, and here are five things you need to know to have a highly successful career in NFTs.
Number one, differentiate an NFT. An NFT is a non-fungible token. It's basically any media file that is unique and you own, so for example, a video file, a music file, an image file, but you own it. The difference between a YouTube video of a dunk and an NBA top shot trading video is you own that digital product — there's no physical copy of it whatsoever — you only own the digital version.
Here's a great example of this. Fortnight — one of the most popular video games on the market — costs no money to buy, which is customarily $60 for a video game. They make all their money off of charging for customized skins and outfits for the characters. Those outfits are versions of NFTs — you own that outfit. Even though there's no physical property to that purchase, that NFT has value.
Number two, NFTs will disrupt industries — memorabilia, travel, art, education — all of these elements have an opportunity to be disrupted by NFTs backed by blockchain. These NFTs can be customizable just like physical products, but just living digitally, and now when you share these with your users — your students at a university, your flyers from an airline organization — now that individual owns this property.
Think of something like personal identification or a diploma from a school. These can live on blockchain and be owned by the user through an NFT and people say, you know, why are these things worth any value to them? Can't I just go on Google and image search something and I then have it? Not necessarily.
Let's say you Google image search the Mona Lisa. You print it out life size. You put that on your wall. That is obviously not the real Mona Lisa; that printout has no value. Putting this ownership and customizability from organizations to offer ownership of content — that's what gives it value. Just like a Jordan 1 is worth more and is more rare than a lot of Jordan 2s because the market says something has value.
Number three, understand where NFTs are going. To understand where NFTs are going you first need to understand the hype cycle that regularly happens with disruptive technology now. Right now NFTs are hot. There's NFTs being talked about on Instagram Live, there are a bunch of YouTube videos. The NFTs are very hot right now. Expect in the next year for a decline, for a downward dip, until just like a hype cycle that comes back up and plateaus.
We saw this exact same hype cycle with the dot-com bubble. Look back at all of those companies going into e-commerce in the '90s, and there was a bubble that burst, and it fell dramatically. A lot of people said, Oh, I told you so. That e-commerce movement was such a fad. Well, it came back up, hit the plateau of the hype cycle, and now you see where the majority of Americans have an Amazon Prime account.
Number four, what are the career opportunities? The career opportunities in blockchain — which NFTs are an element of blockchain — those career opportunities are booming right now. Look at large organizations like Walmart and Ford, Anheuser-Busch, Visa, Delta, and so many more. They are hiring this skill set like crazy right now.
My suggestion for you is to remain technologically curious. Just like sleight-of-hand magic does not actually work very well for children. Children are very curious and actually figure out the magic trick better than adults, so moving forward you should remain curious about what's trending in blockchain and NFTs and be always on top of what's trending.
Number five, where to look for these jobs working in blockchain. An NFT can show up in a lot of the traditional areas: marketing, human resources, law, customer service, and more. Let's look at just one example: What if we started using NFTs in the marketing department for the NFL?
For example, the Tennessee Titans could be interested in using NFT technology for things like avatar digital hoodies, things like souvenirs or tickets to the game, or even getting into trading cards and offering NFT trading cards avatar digital hoodies similar to what the NBA is doing with Top Shot.
So looking at that one example, you can see where the NFT technology could have a huge impact in marketing, law, human resources, customer service, etc., and the areas that we see typically in business today. And there is your crash course in careers and NFTs.
Resources: Where to Buy NFTs
Interested in buying NFTs? Here are some exchanges that deal with the selling and trading of NFTs.
OpenSea — The world's first and largest NFT marketplace to create, buy, and sell NFTs.
Mintable — Find NFT art, collectibles, game items, videos, music, and more here.
Rarible — This is a marketplace to turn products or services into publicly tradable items.
SuperRare — This digital art marketplace focuses on selling NFTs from artists all over the world.
Nifty Gateway — This platform teams up with artists and brands to create collections of limited edition, high-quality NFTs known as Nifties.
NBA Top Shot — Sports enthusiasts and collectors can buy, sell, and collect officially licensed NBA NFTs.
NFTs: A Building Block to a Blockchain Career
NFTs are providing a new medium for artists, art enthusiasts, collectors, and fans. They are also playing a central role in the fast adoption of blockchain technologies. As a result, they are helping to expand opportunities for blockchain developers, blockchain engineers, smart contracts technologists, blockchain platform integration engineers, and more.
Already, an increasing number of companies are investing in blockchain initiatives. According to "Deloitte's 2019 Global Blockchain Survey," 53% of companies see blockchain as a vital strategic business priority, while 83% see a compelling case for adopting blockchain technologies.
Blockchain is best known as the underlying technology powering digital currencies, but the technology's uses are expanding. One example is smart contracts, which facilitate financial transactions on a blockchain. Smart contracts' ability to automatically self-execute and self-enforce agreements without human intervention can make some aspects of contract law faster to perform and more affordable.
As the NFT industry evolves, the demand for digital currency expands, and new uses for blockchain technology are discovered, the need for engineering and technical professionals with knowledge of blockchain technologies to build the advances of the future will grow.
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Kyiv city mayor says situation 'difficult but under control'
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch
Lviv, Ukraine – The situation in Ukraine's capital Kyiv is "difficult but under control", mayor Vitali Klitschko said today (Mar. 3).
Klitschko said there were no casualties overnight and that nighttime explosions were Ukrainian air defences striking down incoming Russian missiles. He said a heating system site damaged by Russian shelling on Wednesday would be fixed during the day.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its second week today an apparent tactical failure so far, with its main assault force stalled for days on a highway north of Kyiv and other advances halted at the outskirts of cities it is bombing into wastelands.
The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine rose to more than 1 million, the United Nations said. Hundreds of Russian soldiers and Ukrainian civilians have been killed, and Russia itself has been plunged into isolation never before experienced by an economy of such size.
Despite an initial battle plan that Western countries said was aimed at swiftly toppling the Kyiv government, Russia has captured only one Ukrainian city so far – the southern Dnipro River port of Kherson, which its tanks entered yesterday.
"The main body of the large Russian column advancing on Kyiv remains over 30 km (19 miles) from the centre of the city having been delayed by staunch Ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdown and congestion," Britain's defence ministry said in an intelligence update.
"The column has made little discernible progress in over three days," it said. "Despite heavy Russian shelling, the cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol remain in Ukrainian hands."
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has remained in Kyiv, releasing regular video updates to the nation. In his latest message, he said Ukrainian lines were holding. "We have nothing to lose but our own freedom," he said.
In Borodyanka, a tiny town 60 km (40 miles) northwest of Kyiv where locals had repelled a Russian assault, burnt out hulks of destroyed Russian armour were scattered on a highway, surrounded by buildings blasted into ruins. Flames from one burning apartment building lit up the pre-dawn sky. A dog barked as emergency workers walked through the rubble in the darkness.
"They started shooting from their APC towards the park in front of the post office," a man recounted in the apartment where he was sheltering with his family. "Then those bastards started the tank and started shooting into the supermarket which was already burned. It caught fire again.
"An old man ran outside like crazy, with big round eyes, and said 'give me a Molotov cocktail! I just set their APC on fire!… Give me some petrol, we'll make a Molotov cocktail and burn the tank!'."
Second round of talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov characterised the Western response to Russia's actions as "hysteria", which he said would pass. He said he expected a second round of peace talks with a Ukrainian delegation would take place today. A first meeting on Monday in Belarus yielded no progress.
Only Belarus, Eritrea, Syria and North Korea voted against an emergency resolution at the UN General Assembly condemning Russia's "aggression". In Beijing, organisers sent Russian and Belarusian athletes home from the Paralympic Games.
"To the Para athletes from the impacted countries, we are very sorry that you are affected by the decisions your governments took last week in breaching the Olympic Truce. You are victims of your governments' actions," they said.
In Russia itself, where nearly all major opposition figures have been jailed or exiled in a crackdown over the past year, the authorities have banned reporting that describes the "special military operation" launched by President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 24 as an invasion or war.
The last two major independent broadcasters, Dozhd TV and Ekho Moskvy radio, were taken off the air. TASS reported today Ekho Moskvy would be shut down for good. Anti-war demonstrations have been small and quickly shut down by police who have arrested thousands of people. Riot police snatched peaceful protesters off the streets in St Petersburg late on Wednesday.
Having failed to capture major Ukrainian cities, Russia has shifted tactic in recent days, escalating its bombardment of them. Swathes of central Kharkiv, a city of 1.5 million people, have been blasted into rubble.
Mariupol, the main port of eastern Ukraine, has been surrounded under heavy bombardment, with no water or power. Officials say they cannot evacuate the wounded. The city council compared the situation there to the World War Two siege of Leningrad, calling it the "genocide of the Ukrainian people".
"In just seven days, one million people have fled Ukraine, uprooted by this senseless war. I have worked in refugee emergencies for almost 40 years, and rarely have I seen an exodus as rapid as this one," said Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
"Hour by hour, minute by minute, more people are fleeing the terrifying reality of violence."
Stalled advance
Military analysts say the Russian advance has been a tactical fiasco so far, stalled by failures of logistics and equipment maintenance, with columns now confined to roads as the spring thaw turns Ukrainian ground into mud. Each day the main attack force remains stalled on the highway north of Kyiv, its condition deteriorates further, said Michael Kofman, an expert on the Russian military at the Wilson Center in Washington DC.
"The longer Russian forces sit forward, the lower their readiness and performance will be. Everything from the state of tires, to supply availability, and in the end morale," he tweeted.
But the great fear is that, as the likelihood of any rapid victory recedes, Russia will fall back on tactics it used in Syria and Chechnya, which left the large cities of Aleppo and Grozny in shattered ruins before they were finally overcome.
Russia has already acknowledged nearly 500 of its soldiers killed. Ukraine says it has killed nearly 9,000, though this cannot be confirmed. Ukrainian authorities have offered to release any Russian prisoners if their mothers come to fetch them.
Kherson, a provincial capital of around 250,000 people, was the first significant urban centre to fall. Mayor Igor Kolykhayev said late on Wednesday that Russian troops were in the streets and had entered the council building.
"I didn't make any promises to them … I just asked them not to shoot people," he said in a statement.
The US State Department called on Putin and the Russian government to "immediately cease this bloodshed" and withdraw forces from Ukraine.
The International Criminal Court said it would open an investigation into potential war crimes in Ukraine following requests by 39 of its member states. Russia denies targeting civilians and says its aim is to "disarm" Ukraine and arrest leaders it falsely calls neo-Nazis.
Russia is one of the world's largest energy producers and both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of food. Oil and commodity prices spiralled ever higher today in a grim omen for global inflation.
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Top: Volunteer fighters transport rifles across a river under a destroyed bridge to reinforce Ukrainian troops in Irpin on March 1. Photo: Marcus Yam—Los Angeles Times/Getty Images published by Time and shared by MSN News
FIrst insert: Mayor of Kyiv and former heavyweight boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko speaks with journalists during the opening of the first Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces recruitment centre in central Kyiv, Ukraine February 2, 2022. File photo: Reuters/ Gleb Garanich/ published by Swissinfo.ch
Second insert: Men line up to join Kyiv's Territorial Defence Forces on Feb. 26. Photo: Alex Lourie—Redux published by Time and shared by MSN News
Home Page: Smoke rises from the oil depot, which, according to local authorities, was damaged by shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released today, Mar. 3, 2022. Photo: Press service of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Handout via Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Natalia Zinets and Aleksandar Vasovic in Ukraine, David Ljunggren in Ottawa and other Reuters bureaux; Writing by Costas Pitas, Stephen Coates, Simon Cameron-Moore and Peter Graff; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Alex Richardson)
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Russia's forced referendum
Russian elections always run on "administrative mobilisation" of public sector workers. But ahead of a nationwide referendum next week, the Kremlin is scaling up its methods.
Alexander Zamyatin
27 June 2020, 12.01am
A mobile polling station in Ekaterinburg
(c) Pavel Lisitsyn / RIA Novosti. All rights reserved
Over the past month, the Kremlin's proposed constitutional referendum has dominated the political agenda in Russia. The proposed changes, among other points, would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power past his current term.
After Putin announced that the vote, previously set for April, would take place on 1 July, regional authorities began removing quarantine restrictions. It seems they're not compatible with celebrations for the new edition of the constitution. Miraculously, the official statistics for coronavirus infections began to improve simultaneously, provoking concerns over falsification and tampering from some experts. Regardless, the coming plebiscite has won over public discussion and even taken over from the pandemic. The referendum is widely discussed online. More than 80% of Russian citizens knew about the vote two weeks in advance, polls say.
Yet Russia's debate on the constitutional amendments has clearly not evolved how the Kremlin planned. There's practically no broad discussion over the content of the amendments. Instead it's the fact that every day more evidence emerges of an aggressive campaign to force employees in Russia's public sector - and companies loyal to the Kremlin - to vote. Certain regions are voting online - the first time an electronic voting system is being used at this scale in Russia. But still, the focus is increasingly on "administrative mobilisation" and how it affects millions of people across the country.
Of course, the use of public sector workers in Russia's elections are nothing new. Every election involves mobilising a "reliable electorate" to ensure turnout numbers and the right result. But the pressure and manipulation ahead of the referendum differs from previous elections - not by methods, but scale. This time, the Kremlin's political technologists have clearly tried to go outside of the reliable public sector electorate and bring in people they'd previously left alone.
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The reason and the potential results of this phenomenon are linked: without mobilising "loyal" voters it's practically impossible to get an appropriate turnout for a national referendum in Russia, but the administrative machine can burnout at a grassroots level - and play an evil trick on its owner.
Old methods scaled up
On 18 June, a Moscow school teacher, Alexey Galin, wrote on Facebook that school management was pressuring him after he refused to register for online voting in the referendum - he posted about it on an online map of voting violations. "Today, the deputy principal visited. And said that it's a catastrophe. The principal is being forced out. It's a catastrophe, basically," Galin wrote.
This is a familiar situation for Russian school teachers. Ahead of elections, the principal sends a request to all school employees to "register themselves and report back" - as the principal is expected to send a list of people who have registered to the department of education. But when one teacher doesn't think this is normal and sends a complaint to the central election committee, the school management quickly becomes angry, accuses the individual of shaming the school, and promises consequences.
Galin's post was shared widely, and the next day school management apologised, withdrew its request to the teacher and explained that this was "purely personal" initiative by the deputy principal, and was in no way connected with the education department.
It's hard, however, to believe that this was a "personal initiative". Across Russia, independent trade unions and politicians have been receiving an endless stream of identical complaints about forced registration and voting at workplaces. This is why a local community in Zyuzino, Moscow (disclaimer: the author is a member of the group) launched an anonymous complaints box, which has received dozens of complaints so far.
"They didn't threaten [us] with problems, but the bossy tone forces the majority of people to register [to vote]: 'Colleagues, we need to reach 100% of our co-workers who have applied to register to vote online… For people not from Moscow you need to apply to vote for constitutional amendments at the polling station at address XXX [...] I have to account for everyone by name. Deadline is 4pm on 11.06.2020."
Most of the time, mobilisation happens via gentle requests from management to send photos of registration and voting documents, without direct threats of firing or wage cuts. Sometimes, management forces workers more directly (and rudely). Subordinates aren't just ordered to register to vote, vote and then send evidence of the vote, but also bring with them three other people to vote.
This may be a violation of Russia's labour code, and the criminal code on electoral rights, but many people don't realise this forced mobilisation is against the law, nor are there any public legal precedents to go by.
In certain cases, the pressure on teachers finds its way into parents' chat groups, where teachers, it seems, think that pushing people to vote is the same as the semi-legal informal fees charged for repairing classrooms and school trips.
"There's a shameless campaign of administrative pressure on voters going on in the country. And I still have to think how to act. I hope you won't ask me to report back on this"
Another innovation involves the new target groups for mobilisation. For example, a university professor in Moscow talked on Facebook about pressure on lecturers to vote. University lecturers aren't used to this kind of assault on their civic rights, and so the professor's reaction was as expected: "There's a shameless campaign of administrative pressure on voters going on in the country," the professor wrote on Facebook. "And I still have to think how to act. I hope you won't ask me to report back on this."
A particular form of hidden agitation that people faced en masse during Russia's 2018 presidential elections was election advertising by commercial institutions. Banks, airports and aeroplanes joined the list of familiar places where you could find election propaganda, alongside cafes, shops and malls. Even receipts from certain private petrol stations can remind you of the referendum date. It seems the trade departments of local authorities are "working" with businessmen, bringing official electioneering material to barbershops, cafes and commercial centres.
There's no reliable statistics, so we can only judge the scale of administrative pressure in general terms. But it's clear that the referendum's organisers are very concerned about turnout. The constitutional amendments are so far away from the problems which really worry Russian citizens that it's not going to be easy to encourage people to go to the polls. And that's without the health risks posed by COVID-19.
The current constitutional referendum is not provided for by any laws on elections or referendums, and is being held according to special rules passed in an ad hoc separate federal law and orders by the central election commission.
These rules make independent monitoring of the vote practically impossible. First, only regional civic chambers - official civil society instutitions - can send election observers to polling stations. If journalists want to visit polling stations, they have to show they have a special contract with their newsroom - signed two months before the vote. Second, a week of advance voting began the day after the Victory Parade, held on 25 June. This process allowed people to vote from home without specific grounds or even application. Obviously, there were not enough activists in the country to organise independent monitoring for these six days of voting. Third, the procedure of voting according to your location (rather than registered address) has been simplified extensively.
The main focus of the mobilisation programme, however, is the online voting system - introduced in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod. There's no independent monitoring of electronic voting at all, which is why we already have a scandalous case from last year's Moscow city council elections, when a United Russia candidate beat an independent candidate by 84 votes. The independent candidate, Roman Yuneman, later showed evidence that technical failures had affected the results, and filed a lawsuit.
Beyond the falsification of results that several experts expect from online voting, it will also allow public officials to monitor turnout of their subordinates much more easily. Hence, opposition politician Alexey Navalny published documents showing that the Moscow mayor's office had been monitoring turnout for online registration by employees in departments under its control.
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These new technical capabilities of monitoring administrative mobilisation don't only throw shade on the coming referendum - the result of which is clear - but also the coming Moscow elections. In two years, the capital will hold elections for 146 municipal councils - which given current trends could see the opposition win big. This is a big problem for the mayor's office: in 2017, almost 300 independent deputies made it into local office, paving the way for the successes at the city council elections in 2019.
Other regions are also developing similar systems of monitoring turnout. Even where it's impossible to vote online, employees of "loyal" entreprises are registered in a special electronic system which records their turnout at polling stations. And these enterprises are part of the biggest employers in the country - the postal service, Russian Railways, Rostelekom, Lukoil, Rostech and so on. The system of complete "mobilisation" for public sector workers to vote online may have been built for the referendum, but it will not disappear after 1 July and will definitely be used for the next parliamentary elections in 2021.
Overheating the system
But everything has its price. The constitutional amendments are not as popular as Putin's rating at the 2018 elections. Which is why we're starting to see more and more people who may register to vote under pressure from their employer, but then choose to vote against the amendments. And given the levels of pressure in some places, it's logical to expect a hidden protest vote, too.
I managed to speak anonymously to employees of one public sector branch in Moscow, and I asked them how they are being mobilised at their workplace. Each senior employee is allocated a group of 10-20 people who have to hand over the passwords for their online voting accounts. People who aren't registered in Moscow have to register to vote at their workplace polling station. Ahead of the start of the early voting in June, all the "foremen" in the process received the following reminder from their managers (text changed to preserve anonymity):
"Colleagues, the voting begins tomorrow from 8am. We all need to vote on the same day. You yourselves and your subordinates. Call everyone, use your time. Immediately afterwards report back that you and your colleagues have voted. This is very important and serious."
My interlocutor was deeply annoyed by this "obligation" and is now preparing to vote - himself and all his colleagues - against the constitutional amendments. Many people are not ready to challenge their employers and openly resist the forced voting, but there's some readiness to vote against what the Kremlin elite wants.
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Another important group in the Putin system - members of electoral commissions - have also started expressing their dissent. According to the law, electoral commissions are meant to work elections and referendums, but a "popular vote" on constitutional amendments does not fall into this category. Meanwhile, these people will be exposed to the greatest risk: including the early voting, they have to meet people en masse for a total of seven days, which will greatly increase their chances of getting coronavirus. There's 900,000 people who work for election commissions at all levels in the country, which means it's statistically impossible that some people will not be able to avoid the virus. Which is why there's no point being surprised that hundreds of electoral commission members have openly refused to participate and called on their colleagues to do so too.
That said, it seems the Kremlin management knows the possible risks of "overheating" its administrative machine and the negative reaction of people they're currently subject to open psychological violence. As my interlocutor in the Moscow public services told me, their management is in a very nervous state due to poor turnout numbers for electronic voting at their polling stations. In Moscow, several officials are clearly resorting to back-up plans. The TV channel Dozhd released an investigation showing the sale of sim cards registered to elderly citizens in order that others could register "dead souls" in the online voting process.
Any opposition
Unsurprisingly, Russia's opposition has not developed a unified strategy to deal with what seems like an obvious situation. Several politicians, such as urbanist Maxim Kats, insist that people should go and vote against the amendments, while Alexey Navalny believes that voting against is a good move, but not the only way of protesting. He has not called on his supporters to vote, and has left it up to them to decide. Several movements have called for an open boycott.
Most likely, the lack of a unified strategy is less about personalities, than the "political technology" at hand. It's a sad fact but not one opposition force in the country has a nationwide agitation network that could build a 110 million voter campaign in a month. Navalny has a system of regional offices, but he did not deploy it in these circumstances. First, the opposition can reach at most 15 million people - this is a good job at the regional level and even the national parliament, but not a nationwide referendum. Second, given the opposition's lack of technical capacity to monitor vote counts and prevent falsifications, the real motivation behind any agitation falls away. It's hard to convince people en masse to visit polling stations if you don't have any way of protecting their votes. This is especially true during the pandemic, when the health risks are all too serious.
Perhaps it would make sense for the opposition to focus attention on public sector workers who will have to vote anyway - and who are now under brutal pressure from their employers. But the opposition isn't technically ready for this either. It's not straightforward to bring these people into your audience, especially if you're only working on your liberal electorate and look down on the public sector. But either way, the new tools brought in by Kremlin political technologists for the referendum are only going to become more important in Russia's elections - and are, therefore, a serious challenge for the opposition.
Cleaning kit at a polling station, ahead of 1 July
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For the traveling drummer who is on the go and performing in front of a small crowd, the laptop cajon drum is a great alternative other than packing up a complete drum set. Convenient, portable, affordable and excellent producing sound makes the laptop an attractive instrument for the percussion enthusiast.
The new laptop cajon (sometimes called conga) is an extremely useful and compact addition to the comprehensive variety of cajon instruments. For the many different playing circumstances, the need to offer a different option for those who use the box has led to the craftsmanship of this beautiful laptop instrument. With in the drum itself are a variety of strings which touch the playing surface on the inside panel.
These strings deliver a sensitive sizzle effect when played on this area of the drum. This sizzle effect offers a substantial sound to the various musical applications that are played. Unlike the traditional Cajon drums, the Laptop drum offers high and low pitched surface areas so that it can play bongo patterns. Being that the laptop is compact in size and light weight makes it the perfect road companion.
Due to the fact that the Cajon drum has grown in popularity within the past few years, it is one of today's most popular percussion instruments. The instrument is extremely easy to play and provides a great feel and rhythmic foundation to any musical situation. Not only is the Laptop variant fun to experiment with, the sound that this percussion instrument makes will wow the crowd.
The drum can be played in literally every musical genre, makes this instrument unique unlike any other instrument. More often the it is used during unplugged gigs or when playing softer songs when the need for a beat is minimal. Besides a whole complete drum set, the laptop is the most versatile rhythm instrument available on the market today. There is no need to save up money for months or even years to purchase it. You can purchase it for as little as $50 online or up to $150 online. If you are an avid drum player, the Cajon should be item in every percussionist's arsenal.


Just a reminder – my friend Julia Wiedeman is performing her show, Naked People tomorrow night at The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater.
That's Thursday the 12th, at 9:30pm. It's only five bucks.
The show is super funny, and very body positive.
Julia is fearless and without shame. So inspiring.
You should really check it out. It's your only chance to see it in April.
It's hilarious, and there's so much nipplage and side boobage.
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"More than two thirds of eighth and twelfth graders read at less than a proficient level, and half of those are so far behind that they drop off the scale entirely, scoring below what the US Department of Education defines as its most basic level." In a typical high-poverty urban school half of incoming ninth graders read at a sixth or seventh grade level or below.
Reading instruction generally is not available to middle and high school students. When it is available it typically does not address the vocabulary and concepts contained in content area classes such as history, science, and English. For most students the content area teacher is the only hope of literacy improvement to access success in content area classes. Yet most content area teachers have not been trained as reading teachers, and they must cover ambitious mandated curriculum standards. Content area teachers are left to find ways to adapt to the ever widening range of reading and vocabulary levels within their classes.
Rejecting the common assumption that by middle school and high school it is too late to help struggling readers, "United States History Brain Efficient Word Lists for Word Sorts, Puzzles, and More" author Matthew J. Glavach, Ph.D., offers a literacy approach based on current reading brain research. The approach, which he calls parallel reading intervention, organizes important content area vocabulary words into logical brain efficient word lists that make learning the words much easier. Students improve spelling, word attack, and vocabulary skills while improving their ability to succeed in the content area classes such as history. The focus of this issue of NASET's Practical Teacher will be to describe the approach, and includes extensive brain efficient word lists for United States history.


These beautiful Quartz Crystals carry the healing energy of John of G-d. They were personally chosen and brought here by a dear friend directly from the Casa in Brazil. They are lovely crystals each and every one of them. It's rare for me to get raw John of G-d Crystals. The only ones I've been able to get in the past have been the polished ones. There are a very limited number of these crystals and I don't know if or when I'll get them again.
They range in size from approx. 2" to 4". I will listen for the one who is singing for you.


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Bill S.1329 187th (2011 - 2012)
An Act to restore collective bargaining rights for employees of the MBTA.
By Mr. McGee, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1329) of Thomas M. McGee for legislation to restore collective bargaining rights for employees of the MBTA. Public Service.
Thomas M. McGee
1/24/2011 Senate Referred to Joint Committee on Public Service.
1/24/2011 House House concurred.
9/4/2011 Joint Hearing scheduled for 10/04/2011 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
11/10/2011 Senate Accompanying a new draft, see S2056
An Act relative to collective bargaining dues
An Act establishing collective bargaining rights for TNC drivers
An Act relative to the collective bargaining rights for employees of the committee for public counsel services
An Act relative to defining zone 1 in the MBTA commuter rail system


A recent study from Epicor Software Corporation surveyed more than 300 IT and business decision-makers. The study results highlighted the biggest challenges and opportunities facing Australian businesses. The independent research report "From Business Processes to Product Distribution" was based upon a survey of Australian organizations with more than 20 employees.
65% of organizations cite data processing and integration as hampering distribution capability, with nearly half claiming their existing software and ERP is not suitable for distribution.
Nearly two-thirds of enterprises have some form of distribution process, involving products or services.
More than 80% of organizations have at least some problem with product or service distribution.
More than 50% of CIOs in organizations with distribution processes believe better distribution would increase revenue and optimize business processes, with a further 38% citing reduced operating costs.
This report is one of many I've seen over the years that come to the same conclusion. Most of those involved with the operations of the business don't have access to key data points they need, thus they can't automate tactical decisions, and also cannot "mine" the data, in terms of understanding the true state of the business.
Of course, these issues goes well beyond Australia. Most enterprises I've dealt with have some gap between the need to share key business data to support business processes, and decision support, and what current exists in terms of data integration capabilities.
The ability to track everything as it moves from manufacturing, to inventory, to distribution, and beyond. You to bind these to core business processes, such as automatic reordering of parts to make more products, to fill inventory.
The ability to see into the past, and to see into the future. The emerging approaches to predictive analytics allow businesses to finally see into the future. Also, to see what went truly right and truly wrong in the past.
While data integration technology has been around for decades, most businesses that both manufacture and distribute products have not taken full advantage of this technology. The reasons range from perceptions around affordability, to the skills required to maintain the data integration flow. However, the truth is that you really can't afford to ignore data integration technology any longer. It's time to create and deploy a data integration strategy, using the right technology.
This survey is just an instance of a pattern. Data integration was considered optional in the past. With today's emerging notions around the strategic use of data, clearly, it's no longer an option.


Looking for things to do in the Anglian region? Then look no further! Open year round, our water parks play host to a wide range of events, whatever the season. From open water swimming events to fishing competitions and school holiday activities for the kids, at our water parks there is something for everyone!
At our larger parks, including Rutland Water, Grafham and Pitsford Water Park, we also offer group and corporate event days.
Our child-friendly events are available during school holidays and we also offer special packages for schools.
To find out what's on at your local water park, view our event calendar, or check out the activities on offer at each of our locations.
First established in 2002 the Dambuster Triathlon is a well recognised feature of the triathlon calendar in the UK.
The swim which takes place in Rutland Water is a straight one lap 1500m with no real surprises. The ride - a slightly long, testing 42km around the spectacular countryside scenery, well suited to strong bikers. The 10+km run navigates around the reservoir and across the Dam, after which the triathlon is named, but don't be deceived by the flatness of the run section which does a double loop of the Dam. Click here to make a booking or find out more.
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Death Toll From Kabul Car Bomb Rises to 12
At least 12 people, including three children, were killed in a car bomb in Kabul city on Wednesday, Nasrat Rahimi, an Interior Ministry spokesperson said, adding that 20 others, including four foreigners, were wounded.
The blast occurred around 7:25 a.m. local time in the Qasaba area in PD15 of Kabul city, Rahimi said.
The Ministry of Interior also reported that the target of the Kabul blast was a vehicle owned by the firm GardaWorld Security Company. Four foreign employees of this company were wounded in the attack.
A government counter-narcotics office and several foreign NGOs are located at the scene of the blast.
No group has claimed responsibility at this time.
President Ghani's office in a series of tweets condemned the blast, shared condolences with the victims' families, and called the action a crime against humanity.
Four foreign workers of GardaWorld Security Company are among the wounded in Wednesday's blast.
Govt Official's Vehicle Hit by Magnetic Bomb in Kabul