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Q: CondaUpgradeError: This environment has previously been operated on by a conda version that's newer I was trying to fix an issue with an old environment earlier today and screwed up conda. I get this:
Solving environment: failed

CondaUpgradeError: This environment has previously been operated on by a conda version that's newer
than the conda currently being used. A newer version of conda is required.
  target environment location: /Users/U6020643/anaconda3
  current conda version: 4.5.11
  minimum conda version: 4.8

The original problem: I recently upgraded to Catalina, and could not build Pandas when installing it to recreate an environment.
Rehoming: Was this post regarding How to Restore Anaconda after Update to MacOS Catalina. I downloaded the script and ran it. It appeared to work. But I had the same problem with Pandas.
./cpr rehome ~/anaconda3

Installing a revision: At some point in my debugging I also ran this, which I have a hunch caused the problem.
conda install --revision 0

Trying to install Conda 4.8: I found this post and attempted the accepted solution.
I added allow_conda_downgrades: true to my ~/.condarc file. conda update conda produced the same CondaUpgradeError and so did conda install conda==4.8.1.
Next I found the package-cache via conda info and attempted to install 4.8 from there. Here is my conda info output.
     active environment : None
       user config file : /Users/me/.condarc
 populated config files : /Users/me/.condarc
          conda version : 4.5.11
    conda-build version : 3.15.1
         python version : 3.7.0.final.0
       base environment : /Users/me/anaconda3  (writable)
           channel URLs : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/osx-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/pro/osx-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/pro/noarch
          package cache : /Users/me/anaconda3/pkgs
                          /Users/me/.conda/pkgs
       envs directories : /Users/me/anaconda3/envs
                          /Users/me/.conda/envs
               platform : osx-64
             user-agent : conda/4.5.11 requests/2.19.1 CPython/3.7.0 Darwin/19.6.0 OSX/10.15.6
                UID:GID : 502:20
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False

Then I downloaded osx-64/conda-4.8.3-py37_0.tar.bz2 from Anaconda here, put it into /Users/me/anaconda3/pkgs/, and tried:
conda install /Users/me/anaconda3/pkgs/conda-4.8.3-py37_0.tar.bz2

Which resulted in this issue, where I continue to be stuck.
Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: failed

RemoveError: 'conda-package-handling' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
conda's operating environment.

Before marking as duplicate: consider carefully the similar posts. The version numbers here are different, the path and circumstances that resulted in this problem are different, and I have attempted those solutions without luck.

A: Standalone Conda
I would try downloading a standalone version of Conda that matches the old version of Conda you had (something in v4.8.x), and then try using this to upgrade the Conda package in the base env.
I don't know for sure this will work, but it is pretty simple and will not change anything unless it does work.
Downloads
You can download builds of conda-standalone (PyInstaller-based binaries) from either the Anaconda or Conda Forge channel. Browse to your version (or something close), download the archive (to wherever), unzip, and in the folder standalone_conda you will find a conda.exe file, which is the binary you'll need.
Configuration
Next, you need to set the environment variable CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX to point to your base env's folder, which from your output is /Users/me/anaconda3/. So,
export CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX=/Users/me/anaconda3

Then, to test, check
./conda.exe info

and verify that the values for base environment:, package cache:, and envs directories point to the correct locations, which in a default install would be /Users/me/anaconda3, /Users/me/anaconda3/pkgs, and /Users/me/anaconda3/envs, respectively.
Upgrade
Attempt upgrading the conda package in the base env:
./conda.exe upgrade -n base -c defaults conda

Hopefully, the error you reported before doesn't recur, but I'm actually not sure. Make sure to review any changes if the solve does work.
In the end you can discard the conda.exe and go back to using the one in base.


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Gospel artiste, Wale Adenuga, knocks Governor Dapo Abiodun for making Laycon a youth ambassador and gifting him N5m and a three-bedroom bungalow
Comfort Oye
Nigerian gospel artiste, Wale Adenuga, has knocked Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, for making BBNaija season 5 winner, Laycon, a Youth Ambassador in the state.
Governor Abiodun hosted Laycon, an indigene of the state yesterday October 6 where he announced his appointment as a youth ambassador in the state. The governor also announced a cash gift of N5 million to Laycon as well as a three-bedroom bungalow.
In a post shared on his Instagram page this morning, award-winning singer, Wale Adenuga, said the governor's decision is "disheartening"
"I'm totally disheartened by the Governor of Ogun state making the winner of #bbnaija an ambassador of the state, rewarding him further with cash and a house.
No thanks to you sir for further entrenching the sad narrative that we are a nation that rewards trivialities and mediocrity.
Our values keeps going to the dogs!" Adenuga wrote.
Related Topics:Gospel artisteknocks Governor Dapo Abiodun for making Laycon a youth ambassador and gifting him N5m and a three-bedroom bungalow
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BBNaija 2020: Gov. Abiodun donates house, cash to Laycon
Rapper Kanye West has slams Kim Kardashian for hiding their daughter's birthday party venue from him.
Kanye West on Saturday went live to claim that his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian was purposely keeping him from seeing his daughter, Chicago on her birthday.
In the video, Kanye said, "I'm just wishing my daughter a public happy birthday. I wasn't allowed to know where her party was. I'm taking control of my narrative this year. I'm not going to let this happen. Chicago, happy birthday, I love you. I'm just putting this up online because I need y'all support."
He went on and complained about how fathers have been kept out of the family unit for ages and even with all his wealth, he still finds himself in that position.
Chicago is his third child with Kim and clocked four on Saturday.
Jason Momoa and wife Lisa Bonet split after 16 years
Jason Momao and his wife Lisa Bonet have split after four years of marriage and 16 years together.
The Game Of Thrones star, 42, and the Cosby Show actress, 54, announced they are separating in a joint statement shared to Jason's Instagram account on Wednesday.
Their statement read: 'We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times… A revolution is unfolding and our family is of no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring.
'And so we share our Family news that we are parting ways in marriage.'
The couple explained in their statement that they weren't announcing their separation 'because we think it's newsworthy, but so that as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty.'
'The love between us carries on, evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived. We free each other to be who we are learning to become.
The continued: 'Our devotion unwavering to this sacred life & our Children,' they concluded. 'Teaching our Children What's possible ~ Living the Prayer.
'May Love Prevail,' they added, signing off as 'J & L.'
Although the separation announcement seemingly came out of nowhere, weeks earlier Bonet had said she was learning to be 'authentically me' when she chatted with Marisa Tomei for Interview in December.
After the Spider-Man: No Way Home star asked Bonet 'what's calling' her, she replied, 'Definitely learning how to be authentically me, learning to be new, and following this invitation from the universe to step into this river of uncertainty.
'We've eliminated all this extra noise, and now it's time to grow our roots deeper into our own values.'
James Mtume, a percussionist who performed in Miles Davis' seminal fusion band from 1971 to 1975 and later had hits with his own eponymous group, has died at the age 76.
Lisa Lucas, the daughter of Mtume's late creative partner Reggie Lucas,took to Twitter this morning to confirm the passing of the musician.
"So much loss. So much grief. Rest in power to Uncle Mtume. My late fathers partner in crime, the co-creator of the songs of my life (and about my birth!). He was essential part of the life of the man who made me, therefore me too. Gone now. He will be dearly, eternally missed," Lucas wrote.
There is no cause of death at the time of reporting.
The American jazz musician appeared on 80 albums with a wide variety of other notable musicians, including Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Roberta Flack, and Lonnie Liston Smith
Mtume was born James Heath Jr., the son of jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath, in Philadelphia. He was raised by his mother Bertha Forman and pianist James "Hen Gates" Forman, who played in Charlie Parker's band.
In 1978 Mtume formed his self-named "sophistifunk" R&B-jazz ensemble with Lucas and vocalist Tawatha Agee, releasing the albums "Kiss This World Goodbye" (1978), "In Search of the Rainbow Seekers" (1980), "Juicy Fruit" (1983), "You, Me and He" (1984, also the title of their second biggest single), and "Theater of the Mind" (1986).
After the band split in the late 1980s, Mtume maintained his profile in activist causes as well as music, working as a producer on such projects as Mary J. Blige's 1997 "Share My World" album, K-Ci and Jo-Jo's "Love Always" and R. Kelly's "Freak Tonight," along with working as an on-air radio personality for New York City's KISS 98.7 FM.

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Home - Uncategorized - World Wrestling Championships: Bajrang Punia wins bronze in men's 65kg category | More sports News
World Wrestling Championships: Bajrang Punia wins bronze in men's 65kg category | More sports News
BELGRADE (Serbia): Indian ace wrestler and Olympic medalist Bajrang Punished won a bronze medal in the men's 65 kg category at the World Championships Struggle 2022 Championships, defeating Sebastian C Rivera of Puerto Rico in the bronze medal bout.
He beat Rivera in the fight by 11-9. The wrestler, who recently won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, scripted a remarkable comeback to win the match. He won based on VPO1-Points and opponent scores.
In the early stages of the match, Punia looked down and out, trailing by 0-6. But then he fought his way back into the game, scoring 11 points and only letting his opponent score three more.
He returned to the medal hunt after losing to American John Michael Diakomihalis in the quarter-finals by 10-0, on a Victory by Superiority (VSU) basis.
A hard-fought 7-6 victory over Armenian Vazgen Tevanyan took him to the bronze medal match. He took the win based on VPO1-Points and opponent scores.
This is Punia's fourth medal at the Championships, starting his journey with bronze in 2013. He then won silver at the 2018 Championships and followed that with another bronze in 2019. Now he has four championship medals.
This is India's second medal at this edition of the World Wrestling Championships.
Indian wrestler and 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat won a bronze medal in the women's 53kg category at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships taking place in Belgrade on Wednesday, beating defending European champion Emma Malmgren of Sweden.
The three-time CWG gold medalist outscored her Swedish opponent to win the match 8-0.
Categories Uncategorized Tags 65kg, Bajrang, bronze, category, Championships, mens, News, Punia, Sports, Wins, world, Wrestling Post navigation
Saurabh Kumar Takes Five-For As India A Clinch "Test Series" With 113-Run Win
Can Trademark Law Stop a Racist Video Game?


Perfect, thank you all for the help in sorting this out!
I just looked at the "1976" wiring diagram I have and it doesn't show a relay for the fog lights. There are quite a few wires going to the 3 terminals in the connector. I'll see if I can get the colors off them tomorrow.
My car doesn't have fog lamps either, but I can't say that it didn't at one time in the past. My suspicion is that the relay or switch had something to do with the emissions control equipment that was removed at some point in the past.
Sure enough. I just searched for pictures of the '76 engine compartment and the washer bottle is above the brake booster bracket. Thank you!
I checked the wiring diagram and those color wires match up with the washer pump. Thanks for the help! This plug is on the driver's side of the car. I thought the washer bottle and pump (both missing) would have been on the passenger side inner fender. Would there have been an extension harness that connected to this or was the washer motor located that far away from the bottle?
I just looked on my wiring diagram and found the EGR Reactor Service Interval Switch and it has all the same color wires listed. It's likely long gone. The previous owner removed all the emissions related equipment. Thanks for the help!
Just curious, what is the seat belt interrupt delete?
Thank you! That is what I was thinking after I found another picture showing the 2 brown wires with a female spade connector attached. I looked tonight and noticed the switch has 2 male terminals on it and 1 isn't connected to anything. I haven't been able to put electrical power on the car since I bought it (wiring is a bit of a hacked up mess). I also noticed that the parking brake switch was disconnected. Maybe the dash light was stuck on and the previous owner just started disconnecting everything in an attempt to extinguish it.


Some additional safety can be given by validating a Record against a Schema<T> . If the validation is successful, a Valid<T> can be obtained, which is a Record ornamented with a type tag linking it to the schema that validated it. You can then enlist the help of the compiler in ensuring that code that will only work with a Valid<T> is only ever passed a Valid<T> .
// Throws an exception if the record did not pass validation.
The Schema<Person> is created from a lambda expression that consumes a record and a consumer of validation errors, to which it can send strings describing any errors that it detects. In the example above, we test for the presence of two keys, and apply an additional test to the value of the "age" key.
You can call Validation::isValid to find out whether validation has succeeded, and Validation::validationErrors to get a list of all the validation errors that have been detected. Only if the list of validation errors is empty will Validation::get return a Valid<T> ; otherwise a RecordValidationException will be thrown.
Obviously, the compiler can't guarantee that validation will succeed, since the tests carried out by the schema are only executed at runtime. However, you can subsequently guarantee that other code will only be passed a record that has been validated, by requiring a type of Valid<T> rather than just a plain Record . This is how Octarine's validation provides a bridge between the type-unsafe world of external data, and the type-safe world of your program's domain model.
Today I'd like to talk about a pattern that as far as I know is unique to Java 8. It makes use of the unusual way Java 8 implements lambdas as single-method interfaces, and the support for default methods in interfaces, to produce what I call "enriched lambdas".
Function<String, Integer> getLength = s -> s.length(); // does not log calls when "apply" is called. LoggedFunction<String, Integer> getLengthLogged = s -> s.length(); // logs calls when "apply" is called. Function<String, Integer> getLengthLogged2 = (LoggedFunction<String, Integer>) String::length; // logs calls when "apply" is called.
Function<String, Integer> getLength = s -> s.length(); // does not log calls when "apply" is called.
LoggedFunction<String, Integer> getLengthLogged = s -> s.length(); // logs calls when "apply" is called.
Function<String, Integer> getLengthLogged2 = (LoggedFunction<String, Integer>) String::length; // logs calls when "apply" is called.
How does this work? LoggedFunction has only one method without a default implementation, so any lambda that matches the signature of this method can be cast to an instance of LoggedFunction. Instead of overriding the "apply" method of LoggedFunction, the lambda will override the "applyLogged" method, which the default "apply" method implementation delegates to.
In this case, the unimplemented method is used to configure the object, and all other methods (with their default implementations) use this method to obtain their configuration.
This pattern is similar in some respects to the "enrich my library" pattern in Scala, which uses implicits – it provides a safe and convenient way to "upcast" simple lambdas to objects with enriched behaviour.


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126. Terrell Carter on race & policing
Terrell Carter, an author, pastor, and ministry leader, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about issues of race and policing. A former police officer and an African American man, Carter today serves as vice president of community life and chief diversity officer at Greenville University in Greenville, Illinois; community team leader for Churchnet; pastor of Webster Groves Baptist Church in Webster Groves, Missouri; and columnist for Word&Way. He recently published some YouTube videos on race and policing.
(This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)


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End-game strategies
This article is part of the Tobacco portal on Sourcewatch funded from 2006 - 2009 by the American Legacy Foundation.
End-game strategies are comprehensive proposals for ways to reverse the ever-upward spiral of nicotine addiction, and wind down and eventually phase out cigarettes and nicotine use globally.
For half a century, public health authorities around the globe have worked to reduce the devastating toll of disease and death caused by tobacco use. Tobacco companies in turn have developed increasingly sophisticated means of defeating these efforts, and making cigarettes even more addictive. Despite all that we know about the health hazards of tobacco use, progress in reducing smoking has been painstakingly slow, expensive and incremental.
Rather than continue to expend ever-scarcer public health resources on piecemeal policy approaches to tobacco control that make only incremental progress at best against an industry that kills 4.9 million people globally each year, some people have proposed comprehensive and innovative ideas for effective end-game strategies aimed at winding down and eventually phasing out the tobacco industry as we know it today.
This is a place to share those ideas. Please enter the title of each end-game strategy, including the name of the person or organization who originated it, click "save page," then click the red link you created and enter information on the strategy.
Proposed End-game strategies for the tobacco industry
Transforming the tobacco market: why the supply of cigarettes should be transferred from for-profit corporations to non-profit enterprises with a public health mandate, by Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
Senator Mike Enzi's (R-WY) July 2007 cap-and-trade proposal
Toxic-Tobacco Law, Terence A. Gerace, EdM, MA, PhD, National Coordinator, Toxic-Tobacco Law Coalition, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine.
Place nicotine under the Controlled Substances Act, K. Heinz Ginzel, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Thinking the "unthinkable": why Philip Morris considered quitting, Elizabeth A. Smith, Ruth E. Malone, University of California, San Francisco, California.
License to Smoke?
Retrieved from "https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=End-game_strategies&oldid=778067"
Tobaccowiki


Homegrown Hero will be at Maxwell's Concerts & Events in Waterloo, ON on Friday, March 15, 2019. Doors at 7:30PM, and the Show Starts around 8:00PM. Homegrown Hero line-up includes Homegrown Hero, Manic Theatrics, Pilot Project, Special Guest Comedian: Melo. Maxwell's Concerts & Events is located at 35 University Avenue East, Waterloo, ON.
Cutoff is Friday, March 15, 2019 5:29 pm EST unless it sells out earlier.


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Eutrephoceras is een uitgestorven geslacht van mollusken, dat leefde tijdens het Laat-Krijt.

Beschrijving
Deze nautiloide koppotige had een los gespiraliseerde, bijna bolvormige schelp met een tamelijk breed afgeronde buikzijde en een nauwe navel. De diameter van de schelp bedroeg ongeveer 10 cm.

Leefwijze
Dit carnivore, mariene geslacht bewoonde betrekkelijk ondiepe wateren.

Krijt
Uitgestorven inktvissen

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Jesu
Caldo Verde
by Jess Harvell
Stop-gap EP from Justin Broadrick's most pop-oriented project foregrounds his memorable riffs and ringing climaxes.
The EP might be the ideal format for Justin Broadrick's music, regardless of his alias. Whether he's trying to erase your head via concrete-slab guitars in Napalm Death, reduce techno to a series of clockwork hammerblows with Final, or massage your pleasure centers with neo-shoegaze in Godflesh, Broadrick's music has a laudable singularity. The three-or-four-song dose mainlines his all-consuming mood of the moment without the potential dilution of trying to fill up a CD.
Broadrick claims to be channeling his long-unused (or presumed non-existent) pop instincts via Jesu, and the band's DNA always has too much of hard rock's cathartic oomph and pop's peaks and valleys to pass for ambient. But Jesu's extended-players like Silver, Lifeline, and now Opiate Sun do seem to bring out Broadrick's more memorable riffs and choruses. If nothing else, they foreground those riffs and ringing climaxes in a way that the hour-plus ebb-and-flow of Jesu or Conqueror isn't designed to do.
Opiate Sun isn't as good as the all-over bodiless sparkle of Lifeline, which may be the best non-collaborative release in Broadrick's unwieldy discography. It's more of a Jesu sampler, a four-song distillation of the band's major modes, with some of Broadrick's most accessible, ingratiating songwriting-- radio-ready if not for the tempos and the fuzz.
"Losing Streak" and the title track are more or less arena alt-rock at a snail's pace, almost cuddly and triumphant enough to be a Foo Fighters single, or maybe Probot if Dave Grohl had drafted Kevin Shields instead of Lemmy. (Plus, I swear, a hint of slow-motion southern rock grandeur in "Losing Streak"'s mid-song solo.) "Deflated" is one of those oxymorons Jesu do so well-- the angelic dirge-- with bass skirting doom metal while the guitar auditions for some early-1990s Creation Records A&R dude. "Morning Light" really is doom, the only out-and-out metal tune here, skewed only by Broadrick's multi-tracked sad-dude vox. Add it all up and (more or less) you've got Jesu.
So Opiate Sun is both the most recent fix for Jesu addicts anxiously awaiting album número tres, and an easy-access jump-on point for not-quite-yet-fans. Opiate Sun's heavy enough to act as gateway drug for those who still know Broadrick only as the guy behind Godflesh's decade-long bad day (if such creatures even exist). It will please the post-'gaze guitar-texture freaks who cream on contact with sonorous feedback. And it's memorable enough to hook those one-and-done consumers of the album-abjuring age. Not bad for four songs.


You can extract DNA from your food at home! We made instructional handouts in English and Spanish.
And what a great group of people helping to raise awareness about how awesome DNA is and what it can be used for!


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I have a TarpTent Moment and a Six Moon Lunar Solo. I purchased the Moment 1st and after spending one night in it I got the Six moons Lunar solo. In mu opinion the Lunar Solo is a much better tent and offers more room. In plain language you can not go wrong with the Lunar Solo.
I think the Notch would be awesome at 770g and a quick 4 peg set up double sided and large vestibule .
Need to add the MSR Bubba original. Even the new Bubba is a better value. Not these lightest, but Bombproof!
Interesting that the Notch is doing so poorly. I would think it would be much better than SMD Lunar Solo.
The Tarptent Moment DW looks like it's the leader in this poll. Any idea when the drop might come? Currently, it's at 79.
I don't think Tarptent are coming to the game with massdrop. Dissapointing coz I'd be all over it.


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Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for vector-borne pathogens in dogs from Egypt
Abdelfattah Selim ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0211-28531,
Abdullah D. Alanazi ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4862-76682,
Alireza Sazmand ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-29933,4 &
Domenico Otranto ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7518-476X3,5
Dogs play an important role as reservoirs of many zoonotic vector-borne pathogens worldwide, yet reports of canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) in Egypt are scarce.
Serum samples were collected from pet dogs (n = 500) of the three most common breeds (German Shepherd, Rottweiler and Pit Bull) in five Governates of Cairo (n = 230), Giza (n = 110), Al-Qalyubia (n = 60), Al-Gharbia (n = 60) and Kafr El-Sheikh (n = 40) with a hot desert climate. The presence of antibodies to Anaplasma spp. (A. phagocytophilum, A. platys), Ehrlichia spp. (E. canis, E. chaffeensis, E. ewingii), Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) and Dirofilaria immitis were assessed using IDEXX SNAP® 4Dx® ELISA tests. For each pathogen, risk factors (i.e. geographical area, keeping condition, sex, age, breed, tick infestation, weekly sanitation of dog enclosures and application of ectoparasiticides) were evaluated by logistic regression approach.
In total, 18.2% (n = 91, 95% CI 15.1–21.8) of dogs scored seropositive for at least one pathogen, the most frequent being Ehrlichia spp. (n = 56; 11.2%; 95% CI 8.7–14.3) followed by Anaplasma spp. (n = 33; 6.6%, 95% CI 4.7–9.1), Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) (n = 9; 1.8%, 95% CI 0.9–3.4) and D. immitis (n = 7; 1.4%, 95% CI 0.9–2.9). In the tested population, 15.4% (95% CI 12.5–18.8) of dogs were exposed to a single pathogen while 2.4 (95% CI 1.4–4.2) and 0.4% (95% CI 0.1–1.4) were simultaneously exposed to two or three pathogens, respectively. Major risk factors associated with VBDs were living outdoors (Anaplasma spp., P = 0.0001; Ehrlichia spp., P = 0.0001), female sex (Ehrlichia spp., P = 0.005), German Shepherd breed (Anaplasma spp., P = 0.04; Ehrlichia spp., P = 0.03), tick infestation (Anaplasma spp., P = 0.0001; Ehrlichia spp., P = 0.0001; B. burgdorferi (s.l.), P = 0.003; D. immitis, P = 0.02), irregular sanitation (Anaplasma spp., P = 0.0001; Ehrlichia spp., P = 0.0001; B. burgdorferi (s.l.), P = 0.002; D. immitis, P = 0.01) and not using ectoparasiticides (Anaplasma spp., P = 0.0001; Ehrlichia spp., P = 0.0001; B. burgdorferi (s.l.), P = 0.007).
To our knowledge, this is the first large-scale seroepidemiological study of CVBDs in Egypt. Considering that all of the detected pathogens are potentially zoonotic, effective ectoparasite control strategies, regular examination of pet dogs and successful chemoprophylaxis are advocated.
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are of global importance especially in the case of zoonotic infections which pose a direct threat to animal and human health [1,2,3]. These pathogens are circulated in animal and human communities by arthropod vectors including ticks, mosquitoes, fleas and phlebotominae sand flies [4, 5]. Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) of viral, bacterial and protozoal origin are often widespread in tropical and subtropical regions [6], including in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), because of the favourable climatic conditions for the perpetuation of arthropod vectors and development of canine vector-borne pathogens (CVBPs) [7]. Among CVBPs, tick-borne Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., Borrelia spp. and mosquito-borne Dirofilaria spp. are of great importance for dogs [8].
Dogs are the main reservoir hosts for zoonotic gram-negative intracellular bacteria Ehrlichia canis, E. ewingii and E. chaffeensis [9, 10]. Ehrlichia canis, the causative agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME), is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.) and is prevalent in dog populations worldwide [11, 12]. The clinical outcome of ehrlichiosis varies from mild symptoms to fatal illness in the chronic phase depending on the strain, individual immune response and presence of concomitant infections [4]. Although dogs may show nonspecific signs (e.g., fever, depression, weakness, lethargy, anorexia, weight loss and a mucopurulent nasal discharge), asymptomatic Ehrlichia infection may also occur [13,14,15].
Human and animal infections with Anaplasma species are increasingly recognized as important, occasionally emerging and potentially fatal tick-transmitted diseases of humans and animals [16, 17]. Among six recognized species in the genus Anaplasma, A. phagocytophilum, the causative agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis, is diagnosed in a wide range of warm-blooded hosts including dogs, cats, horses, sheep, goats, cattle, camels and humans [18, 19]. Anaplasma platys is a common VBP of dogs in MENA [20, 21] and has occasionally been detected in humans [22,23,24]. Dogs usually are silent carriers of the infection [25], with clinical signs (e.g. fever, lethargy, anorexia and thrombocytopenia) sometimes described [26].
Among bacteria of the genus Borrelia, which affect different animal species including humans, Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) species complex causes Lyme disease, which is considered a major zoonosis for which many animals species (e.g. reptiles, rodents, wild ruminants) are reservoirs and Ixodes spp. tick the primary vector [27, 28]. In dogs, B. burgdorferi (s.l.) most often causes nonspecific signs (e.g., fever, apathy, lethargy, renal damage and lymphadenopathy) but also severe arthritis and neurological disorders [29]. However, in the endemic areas the majority of seropositive dogs do not present any clinical signs of the infection although they often remain persistently infected for approximately 1 year [30].
Dirofilaria immintis (Spirurida, Onchocercidae) is the causative agent of canine heartworm disease, which is transmitted through the bite of several mosquito species worldwide [31]. Dirofilariosis may also affect other mammals including humans, leading to the formation of pulmonary nodules, which may be often confounded with pulmonary carcinoma [32]. Although most dogs infected by D. immitis—specially in endemic areas—are asymptomatic microfilaremic reservoirs, clinical signs depend on several factors, such as adult worm burden and localization [33]. The distribution of canine dirofilariosis in the MENA region, especially in North Africa, is not well known because of the paucity of epidemiological studies [31].
In Egypt, infection of dogs with E. canis [13, 34], D. immitis [35] and B. burgdorferi (s.l.) [36, 37] have been reported, in most cases based on small numbers of dogs and limited geographical areas. In this country Rh. sanguineus (s.l.) (brown dog tick), the competent vector of several tick-borne diseases [38, 39], has been prevalent in dog populations since ancient times [40,41,42,43]. DNA of E. canis and A. phagocytophilum has been detected in ticks attached to dogs [44, 45]. However, generally there are limited data on the occurrence of CVBDs in north African countries, e.g. Morocco [46], Algeria [47, 48] and Tunisia [49, 50].
The aim of the current study was to provide novel information on the seroprevalence and distribution of causative agents of monocytic ehrlichiosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis, Lyme disease and heartworm disease in dogs from five Governorates of Egypt and assess the risk factors associated with the infections.
Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia. It is divided into 27 Governorates; the large regions of the Sahara desert, which constitute most of Egypt's territory, are sparsely inhabited. The investigation was conducted in Cairo (30.0444°N, 31.2357°E), Giza (30.0131°N, 31.2089°E), Al-Qalyubia (30.3292°N, 31.2168°E), Al-Gharbia (30.8754°N, 31.0335°E) and Kafr El-Shaikh (31.1107°N, 30.9388°E) (Fig. 1). These Governorates essentially have a hot desert climate, which is classified as BWh by the Köppen-Geiger system.
Map indicating Governorates where animals included in the study were sampled
During 2018 and 2019, blood samples (ca. 2 ml) were collected from the cephalic or saphenous veins of 500 dogs of the three most common breeds raised in Egypt, i.e. German Shepherd, Rottweiler and Pit Bull, admitted to veterinary clinics of five cities in different Governorates, namely Naser City in Cairo (n = 230), 6th of October in Giza (n = 110), Benha in Al-Qalyubia (n = 60), Tanta in Al-Gharbia (n = 60) and Kafr El-Sheikh in the governate of the same name (n = 40). Since other breeds of dogs are rarely kept as pets in Egypt, they were excluded from this study. Dogs were grouped according to age into four groups: < 1 year (G1); between 1 and 3 (G2); between 3 and 5 (G3); > 5 years (G4). Animal data (i.e. age, sex, breed, tick infestation, weekly sanitation of the dog enclosures and tri-monthly application of ectoparasiticides) were recorded.
Serological examination
Sera were separated by centrifugation of blood (1500×g for 10 min) and preserved at − 20 °C until tested by IDEXX SNAP® 4Dx® (IDEXX Laboratories, Westbrook, ME, USA), which is a validated in-clinic ELISA test system. The kit simultaneously detects antibodies against immunodominant proteins of E. canis, E. chaffeensis, E. ewignii (peptides from p30 and p30-1 outer membrane proteins and p28 outer surface protein family), A. phagocytophilum, A. platys (peptide from the major surface protein p44/MSP2), B. burgdorferi (s.l.) (C6 peptide, derived from the IR6 region within the Borrelia membrane protein VlsE) [51] and D. immitis analyte derived from two antibodies (one for capture and the other for detection) specific to heartworm antigens [51,52,53]. The sensitivity and specificity of this kit are 93.2 and 99.2% for A. phagocytophilum, 89.2 and 99.2% for A. platys, 96.7 and 98.8% for B. burgdorferi (s.l.), 97.8 and 92.3% for E. canis and 98.9 and 99.3% for D. immitis [52,53,54].
Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used to compare seropositivity to each pathogen, and the results were considered significant if P ≤ 0.05. In particular, P-values were calculated with Fisher's exact test only for variables below five (keeping condition, sex, weekly sanitation of the dog enclosures, presence of ticks on the dog body and tri-monthly application of ectoparasiticides) for D. immitis and B. burgdorferi (s.l.); all other P-values were calculated with Chi-square test. Univariable logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the association of prevalence of each pathogen and variables of location (five Governorates), keeping condition (indoors or outdoors), sex (male or female), age (three groups), breed (three breeds), weekly sanitation of the dog enclosures, tick infestation and tri-monthly application of ectoparasiticides. Variables with P ≤ 0.05 in the univariable analyses were conducted to the multivariable models. To determine the risk probability of CBVDs, the odds ratio (OR) and confidence interval (CI) of significant variables were calculated using the multivariant logistic regression model. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the possible multiple collinearities of different variables included in this study. The Hosmer-Lemeshow test was calculated to assess the goodness of fit for each model. Statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS software (ver. 24.0, IBM, USA).
Of 500 tested dogs, 91 (18.2%) scored seropositive for at least one pathogen, the most frequent being infection with Ehrlichia spp. (n = 56; 11.2%) followed by Anaplasma spp. (n = 33; 6.6%), B. burgdorferi (s.l.) (n = 9; 1.8%) and D. immitis (n = 7; 1.4%). In the tested population 15.4% of dogs were exposed to a single pathogen while 2.4% and 0.4% were simultaneously exposed to two or three pathogens, respectively (Table 1).
Table 1 Number and percentage of dogs (n = 500) seropositive to Ehrlichia spp., Anapalsma spp., B. burgdorferi (s.l.) and D. immitis
The risk of exposure to pathogens was significantly associated with keeping condition, sex, breed, tick infestation, weekly sanitation of the dog enclosures and tri-monthly application of ectoparasiticides (Table 2). In particular, the risk of infection with Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp. and B. burgdorferi (s.l.) was significantly associated with living outdoors, and CME was most prevalent in female dogs. Regarding breed of dogs, German Shepherds showed higher seroprevalence of Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp. and B. burgdorferi (s.l.). Importantly, a significantly higher chance of seropositivity to all CVBDs was observed in dogs that lived in enclosures that were not sanitated, did not undergo ectoparasiticide application and were infested with ticks (Table 3). No statistical association was found between CVBDs and other variables. Multicollinearity analysis showed strong correlations between seropositivity to Anaplasma spp. and Ehrlichia spp. and tick infestation, not receiving adequate hygienic care and ectoparasiticides where the variance inflation factor (VIF) was 15.665 and 25.117, respectively. However, such correlations were observed for seropositivity to B. burgdorferi (s.l.) and D. immitis, i.e. VIF was 1 and 1.082, respectively.
Table 2 Risk factors associated with seroprevalence rates of VBDs among dogs in Egypt with single and mixed infection (n = 91) according to different variables
Table 3 Multivariant logistic regression analysis of risk factors associated with seroprevalence rates of VBDs in dogs in Egypt with single and mixed infection (n = 91) according to different variables
Data presented indicate that dog populations (i.e. 18.2%) in Egypt are exposed to CVBP, therefore posing threats to their own health and to people. This is largely due to the wide distribution of Rh. sanguineus (s.l.), the most common tick species infesting dogs in Egypt and a vector of canine ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis [40,41,42]. Though little information is available about the prevalence of CVBDs in the MENA region, dogs often act as reservoirs of VBPs with prevalence of 18.8% in Qatar [55], 24.5% in Saudi Arabia [24], 38.1% in Iraq [21], 46.9% in Iran [20], 69.7% in Algeria [48], 73% in Israel [56] and 83.8% in Morocco [46]. In Egypt CVBDs were mostly observed in urban Governorates (i.e. Giza, Cairo and Al-Qalyubia) where keeping pet animals is more common, also indicating that dogs and people in these regions are at higher risk of acquiring VBDs of canine origin.
The most prevalent pathogen diagnosed in this study was Ehrlichia spp. An E. canis seroprevalence of 41% was reported in dogs from Cairo and Alexandria [34] where DNA of E. canis was also detected in Rh. sanguineus (s.l.) ticks collected on dogs [45]. In addition, the presence of E. canis is supported by the wide distribution in Egypt of the brown dog tick R. sanguineus (s.l.) [40], which is the recognized vector for this species [57]. Although the employed test could detect exposure to E. canis, E. chaffeensis and E. ewingii, in a previous study only E. canis, but not E. ewingii or E. chaffeensis, was molecularly diagnosed in blood of 39 seropositive dogs from Cairo, Giza and Al-Qalyubia [58]. Nonetheless, since E. ewingii and E. chaffeensis have been diagnosed in dogs, ticks and human patients from different countries in the African continent, e.g. Cameroon, Mali, Uganda and South Africa [59,60,61], further investigations should be carried out to characterize the species of Ehrlichia infecting dogs in Egypt.
To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of sero-reaction to A. phagocytophilum/A. platys in dogs from Egypt (6.6%). It seems that A. phagocytophilum infection of dogs is not prevalent in some regions of MENA, also considering that previous studies from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq and five regions of Iran failed to detect the infection [20, 21, 55, 62]. However, both A. phagocytophilum and A. platys were detected in Rh. sanguineus (s.l.) blood-feeding on dogs in Cairo and Giza [44, 45] and A. phagocytophilum in blood of five human patients in the Nile Delta [63].
The detection of nine dogs (1.8%) seropositive to B. burgdorferi (s.l.) suggests that the pathogen circulates in Egypt as indicated by previous studies where prevalence ranged from 23% [36] to 71.4% [37]. In addition, some tick species, e.g. Rh. sanguineus (s.l.), Rh. annulatus, Hyalomma excavatum, Hy. dromedarii, Amblyomma lepidum and Ornithodoros savignyi, scored molecularly positive for DNA of B. burgdorferi (s.l.) [36, 64]. The circulation of B. burgdorferi (s.l.) in Egypt has also been demonstrated [36, 63, 65, 66]. In addition, tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) caused by Borrelia persica, Borrelia microti, Borrelia latyschewii and Borrelia baltazardi is also endemic in MENA [67] including Egypt where relapsing fever Borrelia spp. were detected in Ornithodoros savignyi ticks and sera of camel, sheep, goat, cattle and buffalo [68, 69]. In particular, B. persica, which is transmitted by Ornithodoros tholozani, can infect dogs and has been reported from Egypt, Israel, Iran, Pakistan and former USSR Asian republics including Uzbekistan [70, 71]. Considering that yet available commercial point-of-care diagnostic kits such as SNAP® 4Dx® employed in this study do not detect TBRF in dogs, complementary tests for dogs living in the endemic areas are recommended.
The detection of seven dogs (1.4%) from Giza, Cairo and Al-Qalyubia seropositive to D. immitis corroborates an older report of microfilariae of D. immitis in blood smears from 8/19 imported German Shepherd dogs in Assiut Governorate, Upper Egypt [35]. In particular, antibodies to D. immitis were already detected from cats of Giza with prevalence of 3.4% [72]. While human cases with D. repens have been frequently reported in Egypt [73, 74], D. immitis was described once in a patient [75]. Data for canine dirofilariosis by D. immitis in North Africa are limited to few reports from Tunisia [49, 76], Algeria [77, 78] and Morocco [46]. It has been suspected that D. immitis is absent from some Middle Eastern countries such as Israel where D. repens is present [79]. In contrast, weighted prevalence of D. immitis infection in dog populations of Turkey and Iran was estimated to be 11.32% and 11.45%, respectively [80]. However, in a recent study in five geographical regions of Iran testing 354 dogs, no microfilaremic dog was found [20].
According to our findings, dogs that were living outdoors had a higher risk of being seropositive to Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp. and B. burgdorferi (s.l.) probably as an effect of the higher chances of being exposed to bites of the brown dog tick Rh. sanguineus (s.l.) and other tick species that are competent vectors of these pathogens [5]. Furthermore, as expected, dogs that did not receive adequate hygienic care and antiparasitic treatments were more likely to be affected by CVBPs. Regular application of ectoparasiticides with potent anti-feeding and fast killing effects, repellents, insect growth regulators and juvenile hormone analogues combined with environmental treatment to reduce the number of adult and juvenile ticks are key control measures in managing CVBDs [81]. Ectoparasiticides, available in several formulations, such as pour-on, spot-on, shampoos, sprays and collars, have long-lasting effects [82] and are highly recommended to dog owners to prevent CVBDs.
In this study, seropositivity to Ehrlichia spp. was more frequent in female dogs. In contrast, some studies have found higher seropositivity to CVBDs in males due to behavioural characteristics that cause greater exposure to vectors than females [83, 84]. No sex-related correlation was recorded for other tested pathogens in this study.
German Shepherds showed higher seroprevalences of Ehrlichia spp. and Anaplasma spp. Although all breeds are prone to CVBDs, CME has been reported most frequently in the German Shepherds [85, 86]. German Shepherd dogs and Siberian Huskies are predisposed to developing more severe clinical signs of ehrlichiosis; therefore, these breeds have a worse prognosis [14]. An experimental study showed that the cell-mediated immune response to a challenge with E. canis was reduced in German Shepherds compared to Beagle dogs [87]. Examination of other dog breeds in Egypt though are very rare, and "baladi" stray dogs will shed light on the true occurrence of CVBDs in the country.
As a limitation of the employed commercial kit, PCR-positive/antibody-negative and antibody-positive/PCR-negative dogs have been reported [88]. The first case could represent early infections before the development of antibody responses; the second case may represent cases of past infections that may have been treated or spontaneously resolved. Furthermore, this commercial kit detects both IgM and IgG antibodies against Erhlichia spp., Anaplasma spp. and B. burgdorferi (s.l.). Although chronic long-term bacteremia is characteristic for some rickettsial agents, long-term persistence of IgG could occur, not reflecting the real "infection" status in some animals. Hence, seropositivity values must be interpreted as current infection with or previous exposure to the pathogens under assessment. Finally, the prevalence of D. immitis infection in Egypt should be carefully considered as an alarm bell for the introduction of a parasite not common in Egypt but which is expanding its range of distribution in southern regions of the Mediterranean Basin such as southern Italy [89].
The present study is the first comprehensive study for CVBD pathogens that has been conducted in Egypt to our knowledge and confirms the presence of Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., B. burgedorferi (s.l.) and D. immitis in dogs of different regions. The connection between these VBPs and their arthropod vectors in Egypt remains largely unknown and warrants further investigation. Considering that all of the detected pathogens are known zoonotic pathogens, effective ectoparasite control strategies, regular examination of pet dogs and successful chemoprophylaxis are advocated.
All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article and its additional files.
CVBPs:
Canine vector-borne pathogens
CVBDs:
Canine vector-borne diseases
DNA:
CME:
Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis
TBRF:
s.l.:
Sensu lato
Variance inflation factor
IR6:
Invariable region 6
VlsE:
Vmp-like sequence
df:
Degrees of freedom
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The authors thank the veterinarians for their support and help in providing data and sample collection throughout the study.
No funding.
Department of Animal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Toukh, 13736, Egypt
Abdelfattah Selim
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Humanities, Shaqra University, P.O. Box 1040, Ad-Dawadimi, 11911, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah D. Alanazi
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, 6517658978, Iran
Alireza Sazmand & Domenico Otranto
Zoonotic Diseases Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, 8915173160, Iran
Alireza Sazmand
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, 70010, Bari, Italy
Domenico Otranto
ASe conceived the study and performed field work. ASe, ADA and ASa performed laboratory work and analysed data. ASa and ASe wrote the first draft of the manuscript. DO reviewed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Abdelfattah Selim, Abdullah D. Alanazi or Alireza Sazmand.
Blood samples for this study were approved by the Ethical Research Committee, Benha University, Egypt (Approval no.: BUFVTM045) and collected after owners' consent.
Selim, A., Alanazi, A.D., Sazmand, A. et al. Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for vector-borne pathogens in dogs from Egypt. Parasites Vectors 14, 175 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04670-0
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Cris Collinsworth liked using Pro Football Focus, so he bought it
NBC game analyst Cris Collinsworth at the Super Bowl XLVI Broadcasters news conference at the Super Bowl XLVI Media Center in the J.W. Marriott, Indianapolis. (Jan. 31, 2012) Credit: Getty
By NEIL BESTneil.best@newsday.com@sportswatch October 10, 2015
As a three-time Pro Bowl receiver and longtime star TV analyst, Cris Collinsworth already knew football. But recently he became majority owner of Pro Football Focus, a subscription-based analytics service founded in England in 2007 that studies and grades every player on every play in every game.
So now he knows more than ever, or at least has access to more information than ever. The trick is integrating that into a prime-time telecast -- such as the one he will work Sunday night on NBC when the Giants host the 49ers -- causing viewers' eyes to glaze over.
Not to worry, he said, promising that NBC will "always be about storytelling" first and foremost.
Still, the network already has used some of his company's data in on-screen graphics this season, perhaps with more to come this weekend.
"I'm really proud of the guys; I work them like a dog," Collinsworth said of the video analysis team. "It's embarrassing how hard they work compared to what they get paid -- to have somebody that has seen every single play in the NFL and NCAA Division I during the course of every single week."
There is much to digest.
"I'll tell you the truth, I'm still figuring out how to use it," he said. "Every time I run it, there's another drop-down box I haven't seen."
At the least, it has streamlined his preparation for NBC games.
"I can just type in '99' of the New York Giants and I only see all of Cullen Jenkins' graded plays," he said. "All you have to do is punch in '99' and you're going to see his entire season in an hour."
Collinsworth used to be a customer until he decided he liked the company so much, he bought it. It began with a phone conversation early in 2012 with Neil Hornsby, who founded the site in 2007 and whose work was a key tool for the Giants in their Super Bowl XLVI run. "I typed into the 'contact us' section, 'Are you guys coaches? Who are you?' " Collinsworth recalled. "Three minutes later, I get a call from this Brit, Neil Hornsby. As soon as he started talking, all I could think of is, I can't believe I got hustled out of $26.99 by some con man from England."
But soon enough, Hornsby was answering technical questions about inside linebackers and guards. "I just shut up and started listening," Collinsworth said. "He knew more about it than me . . . It's a pretty amazing story."
It did not take advanced analytics for Collinsworth to form opinions about the two quarterbacks he will see at MetLife Stadium in the first meeting between the Giants and 49ers in the 10 seasons of NBC's Sunday night game.
Collinsworth raved about Eli Manning's control of the game in the Giants' victory over the Bills last Sunday. "I've had so many conversations over the years with Phil Simms about just grinding it out and winning ugly," he said. "What he did to protect his offensive line in that game was so impressive. Superman couldn't have gotten any pressure on him that day. He just caught it, got the ball out and made good decisions.
"Eli, when he's at his best, is playing that kind of game. Statistics will never tell the story of what Eli accomplished in that game for his football team . . . Those guys are frightening coming after the quarterback.
"The offensive line played well, [Rashad] Jennings made some plays. They just did what they had to do to win the game, but Eli just really made sure that they never got out of that game. I thought it was one of the better games I've ever seen him play."
Meanwhile, in San Francisco . . . things have been going less well for Colin Kaepernick, who lost to the Packers, 17-3.
"The weird part is it's easy to contrast what Kaepernick is doing to what Eli did because Kap is going to hold the ball, he's going to scramble, he's going to run," Collinsworth said. "He's a complete opposite quarterback of Eli Manning. So it's impossible to compare those two.
"But in that same game [Sunday], Aaron Rodgers, if you put on the tape and watched them back-to-back, there wasn't a whole lot of difference in the style of play. Aaron Rodgers was on the move throughout that game. He was scrambling around and moving. So you can't say that you can't win football games like that.
"I think with Kaepernick right now, there were some throws in that game where he kind of had the yips on a couple of them. That was the hard part to watch. There were a couple of one-hoppers on relatively short throws. And I've seen him do too many great things in his career that I don't know if he's just thinking about it too much or the change of offenses or change of offensive lines or whatever it was.
"But I've also seen him look bad and then come back and play well. I think there is pressure on everybody out there."
By Neil Best
neil.best@newsday.com@sportswatch
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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Highs and lows for Rockstar Husqvarna at San Diego
RJ Hampshire led the charge for the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team in AMA Supercross action at San Diego, backing up his round one result with another solid second-place score. But he didn't have the only bright spot for the team, as Malcolm Stewart set the fastest time in 450 qualifying, as well as scoring a heat race win, much to the delight of the fans at Snapdragon Stadium.
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After qualifying in second position, and winning his heat race, there was no doubt that RJ Hampshire was feeling the speed on his FC 250. He backed that up in the main event, after starting in the sixth spot and slicing through the pack to finish second. That keeps him solidly in the hunt for the 250 West title chase.
"Man, it was a really solid day. I felt good on the bike literally from the time I sat on it before the first practice," Hampshire said. "I just had a good feeling. I went to P1 early and was battling for that top spot in qualifying, won my heat race, and then just had another solid main event. I'm stoked on where we're at. Hopefully, we can figure out some things this week with my start and can battle more next weekend at Anaheim putting this Rockstar Husky back on the podium."
Malcolm Stewart set the fastest time in 450 qualifying, taking his FC 450 Rockstar Edition to the top of the charts in the final session. In his heat race, he charged from fifth to first and looked set to challenge for the win in the main event. Unfortunately, a pair of crashes there left him with a 15th-place finish. Not nearly indicative of his true speed.
Christian Craig was fifth in his heat race, 11th in the main, and is looking forward to making progress up the leaderboard next week.
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Charity threatens court action over summer plan to end school meal vouchers
The £15-a-week-per-child voucher scheme will not run over the summer, the Prime Minister's spokesperson said, sparking concern for kids set to go hungry during the holidays. Now campaigners are preparing to bring a legal challenge against the Government
Food charity Sustain is warning it will take legal action against the Government if ministers do not rethink plans to end the scheme giving vouchers to families in place of school meals before the summer.
Lawyers for the charity and the Good Law Project have written to education secretary Gavin Williamson about their concerns that 1.3 million children and their families will be forced to go hungry in England during the summer holidays.
In response to March school closures amid the Covid-19 crisis the Government brought in a scheme giving £15 a week per child in supermarket vouchers to families who rely on free school meals during term time. The initiative was extended over half term and the Easter holiday after teaching unions and charities placed presure on the Government.
But a spokesperson for Boris Johnson said yesterday that the voucher scheme would not run over the summer, sparking anger among campaigners and concern among families who are facing lost income as a result of the crisis coupled with increased costs of children not at school.
You do know that kids don't suddenly stop being hungry just because it's the summer holidays, don't you @BorisJohnson? https://t.co/NvvCHqa0zV
— 🌈 Angela Rayner 🌈 (@AngelaRayner) June 4, 2020
Instead he suggested a £9m fund that supports holiday and meal clubs could be expanded – something charity Feeding Britain said only a few areas benefit from, and which Sustain said would help just 50,000, or 4 per cent, of the children entitled to free school meals.
Sustain demanded Williamson explain what plans he has to prevent families facing holiday hunger this summer – and said they would take the Government to court if the plans aren't good enough.
"As the Secretary of State will know, at least 1.8 million claims have been made to Universal Credit since the pandemic began," the letter to Williamson read. "There is little sign that the situation will reverse itself in time for the summer break. If anything, it is likely to deteriorate. Cash is being depleted, both by businesses (which leads to further job losses), and by individuals, whose savings are being used up, particularly for those whose outgoings (committed in a pre-COVID-19 world) no longer match their income".
By the end of last month just 115,000 children were attending school, mostly kids with special educational needs, vulnerable children with social workers and the children of key works. The latter group are less likely to rely on free school meals as their parents are employed.
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Sustain chief executive Kath Dalmeny said: "Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, we have heard more and more stories of families with children struggling to put food on the table due to having too little money. The situation has got worse as parents lose jobs and income. Hundreds of thousands of children have gone without food and many food banks and local authorities have told us they cannot keep up with the avalanche of demand for emergency food aid."
Earlier this week UK foodbanks reported record high demand in the first month following lockdown – with The Trussell Trust venues finding themselves nearly 90 per cent busier, and Independent Food Aid Network services seeing a 175 per cent surge in the number of people turning to them for help.
Dalmeny added: "Hunger has no respect for term-time dates. Throughout lockdown, Sustain and many others have repeatedly called on the Government to guarantee that vulnerable children get the food they need, including over the long summer holiday.
"We have tried everything we can think of to secure every child's right to food, yet this week the Government said it has no plans to help the majority of vulnerable children over the summer. Taking legal action is a last resort, but the time has come.
"Hungry children in lockdown cannot march to Parliament to demand their rights, so this is why we're speaking up – with and for them."
The charities are crowdfunding for any legal proceedings they may decide to go ahead with. Nearly £3,500 has been raised in a day.
Andrew Forsey, national director of Feeding Britain, told HuffPost UK: "Absent from all the recent reports, around the government's plans to help disadvantaged children over the summer holiday, has been any mention of how these plans will safeguard every child's access to nutritious food.
Four days ago Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State said: "We will work around the clock to ensure that nobody goes hungry as a result of this crisis."
Then yesterday his Govt ended free meals for 1.3m of the poorest children.https://t.co/nOqll0Pv02 pic.twitter.com/eED9LZnEIb
— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) June 5, 2020
"Now the voucher scheme is reaching its conclusion, we need the government to extend its holiday activities and food scheme across the whole country.
"That is the only remaining option for protecting every child from hunger and malnutrition."
They want ministers to follow the example of the Welsh government who already said the weekly £19.50 per child funding to cover the loss of school meals would continue over summer.
Last week Human Rights Watch accused the UK Government of violating children's right to food during the pandemic and forcing teachers to pay out of their own pockets to ensure families weren't going hungry, all as a result of the "deeply flawed" existing voucher system.
The scheme did not kick off until nearly a fortnight after schools closed and kids lost access to the free meals, and many schools and families have been unable to access the electronic system since then.
Other families faced waits of several weeks to receive the vouchers then found they couldn't use them in their local supermarkets once they arrived. And the programme is difficult to access for families without access to computers or whose English is limited.


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The FSD-604HP features "Port-based VLAN Protection" where ports can be isolated from each other via one DIP switch. This can help to prevent the IP camera's multicast or broadcast storm from influencing each other.
The built-in solid DIP switch provides "Standard" and "Extend" operation modes. The FSD-604HP operates as a normal IEEE 802.3at/af PoE Switch in the "Standard"operation mode. In the "Extend" operation mode, the FSD-604HP operates on a per-port basis in 10Mbps duplex mode but can support 30-watt PoE power output over a distance of up to 250 meters overcoming the 100m limit on Ethernet UTP cable. With this brand-new feature, the FSD-604HP provides an additional solution for 802.3at/af PoE distance extension, thus saving the cost of Ethernet cable installation.
The FSD-604HP provides contact discharge of ±4KV DC and air discharge of ±6KV DC for Ethernet ESD protection. It also supports ±4KV surge immunity to improve product stability and protects users' networks from devastating ESD attacks, making sure the flow of operation does not fluctuate.
The FSD-604HP comes with a desktop-sized, compact metal housing, making the placement of the unit convenient. It features a ventilated construction in which a cooling fan is not necessary, thereby making its operation noiseless. Moreover, the FSD-604HP is able to operate reliably and stably in any environment without affecting its performance. The deployment of PoE PDs with constant power feeding can be easily and quickly done.
With data switching and Power over Ethernet integrated into one unit, the FSD-604HP reduces cabling requirements and eliminates the need for electrical outlets on the wall, ceiling or any unreachable place. A wire that carries both data and power can lower the installation costs, simplify the installation effort and eliminate the need for electricians or extension cords. With 4 PoE interfaces, the FSD-604HP is ideal for small businesses and workgroups making the deployment of the PoE facility including wireless access points, IP-based surveillance camera and IP phones and door phone in any places easier, more efficient and more cost-effective.
With its expanded home-use feature, the FSD-604HP 802.3at/af PoE Switch helps SOHO and home users to create an integrated data, video, and powered network. The wireless AP and PoE IP camera and PoE door phone devices work perfectly with the FSD-604HP, which injects power through the Ethernet cables, thus helping SOHO and home users to build a cost-effective and reliable PoE network environment easily.
The FSD-604HP provides four 802.3at/af PoE ports for catering to small-scale home and SOHO IP surveillance networks at a lower total cost. The FSD-604HP comes with a high-performance switch architecture and 60-watt PoE power budget. The recorded video files from the 4 PoE IP cameras powered by the FSD-604HP are saved in the 4-channel NVR system. Besides, surveillance software can be used to perform comprehensive security monitoring.
For instance, one FSD-604HP can be combined with one 4-channel NVR; that is, each of its PoE port can be linked to a specific 802.3af PoE IP camera for the administrators to centrally and efficiently manage the surveillance system in one site. The FSD-604HP's Fast Ethernet TP interface also provides Fast Ethernet TP connection for uplink to NVR systems or public server groups.
With the business office expansion, the additional telephones required can be installed with less costs via the implementation of PoE IP telephony system than that of the traditional circuit wiring telephony system. The FSD-604HP 802.3at/af PoE Switch helps enterprises to create an integrated data, voice, and powered network. The IEEE 802.3af compliant IP phones can be installed without an additional power cable because the power can be provided via the standard Ethernet cable from the connected FSD-604HP.
The wireless AP group, PoE IP phones and analog telephony adapter work perfectly with the FSD-604HP, which injects power through the Ethernet cables. With the FSD-604HP, IP telephony deployment becomes more reliable and cost-effective, thus helping enterprises save tremendous costs when upgrading from the traditional telephony system to IP telephony communications infrastructure.


The HP LaserJet 9000L MFP is a multifunction printer that can print, copy and scan. It supports Ledger/A3 size documents and has a rated print speed of 40 pages per minute. Copying speed shares the same rating of 40 ppm and a 600x600 dpi resolution. The unit uses a single black HP C8543X toner cartridge, thus it�?s only useful and restricted for monochrome printing and copying. There�?s a 128MB RAM Memory as standard, and is paired with a 10GB hard disk drive. Copy features include 25-400% document size enlargement and reduction.
Automatic duplexing is available with the HP LaserJet 9000L printer, which works either when copying or printing. Media handling can reach a maximum of 3000 sheets including the output trays. Input trays include a 500-sheet, two 100-sheets, 100-sheet bypass feed, plus an automatic document feeder that can handle up to 100 sheets of Ledger/A3 sized media. The output tray at standard can only hold 100 sheets but there are optional drawers that you can add at the bottom of the unit to maximize it to hold up to 2000 printer pages. Interfaces available are Parallel port, USB and LAN connection. This machine works with Windows, UNIX and Apple Mac OS computers.


How important are team building events for business?
Team building activities provide an opportunity for people to get to know each other better and to recognise where the strengths of different team members lie. It helps them to appreciate that more can be achieved as a team than as an individual. Having fun together is one of the best ways to build camaraderie and a shared mission. Team Building provides an opportunity for people to be brought together in different groups to that they normally work in, and to meet with people who they might work with through electronic communications but not actually meet in person.
A team must know how to work together in order to be productive and successful. If a team can work together, they will be able to raise and resolve issues that are standing in the way of accomplishing a goal. Working together may not come easy at first, but with proper training the team will be able to adapt quickly. Another important ingredient for team building is supportiveness. erewards offers team building activities that can bring a focus to develop or highlight different aspects of successful team behaviour.
Team building can help management staff understand the attributes and skills that people in their staff have that are not necessarily evident in their normal work routines. Leadership and organisation skills are often highlighted, as are lateral and creative thinking skills. People who are not team players may be exposed, providing an opportunity to investigate and deal with the underlying cause in the workplace.
Some businesses approach us with specific goals for their team building, while others just want their staff to have some fun and in the process get to know other people they work with better.
What team building events does erewards offer?
If you want a customised event for a particular purpose, we will discuss your ideas and budget, then build an event to suit. You can relax and be assured that we take care of the fine details and we only work with top quality providers. The instructors/facilitators are highly experienced in leading groups in development games and outdoor experiences. They are skilled at facilitating activities to get the very best out of your team and the individuals within the team.
One of the challenges for team building activities in New Zealand business is to find events that everyone will consider fun, particularly in workplaces where the mix of employees is very diverse in age or physical ability. If you have people on your staff with disabilities or special needs, we can generally structure an event so that they will feel part of the action.
Here are a few examples of team building events we have run for our clients. Click on the activity name or image to have a look at some more detail and to get an idea of cost. We can also create an event to suit your budget if you have something specific in mind or would like to combine a few options into a full or half day event.
Click here for events focused more on a fun day out.
How do I find out more about New Zealand team building events?
This page should give you a taste of what we have to offer. Use the contact form to give us some details of your staff group (numbers, dates, budget, and any specific objectives you have) and we will get back to you with some suggestions for your team building event. You can call us on 0800 200 204 or click here to email us.


Kids Against Plastic is now calling on 1 million British kids/teens to stop using the BIG 4 plastic polluters: plastic straws, plastic bottles, plastic bags and plastic cups/lids AND to sign a petition to bring the UK Government's pledge to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste in the UK forward from 2042 to 2025.
In January 2018, Theresa May pledged to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste from the UK by 2042. This was announced during the launch of the Government's environmental plan for the next 25 years. However by the time the Government's environmental plan will have finally kicked in, the current rates of plastic waste disposal and pollution will have spiralled out of control and it will be too late for our generation to fix it.
Kids Against Plastic is a national alliance of children campaigning against avoidable plastic waste. We would like the UK to become a world leader in ensuring that the planet we inhabit is a cleaner and more environmentally friendly one for our generation and future generations to come.
For more information about Kids Against Plastic, some of the kids behind this organisation, avoidable plastic waste, and environmentally friendly alternatives to using plastics, please visit our websites: www.kidsagainstplastic.co.uk and www.beplasticclever.co.uk .
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