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Stories from the holocene
The Clock and the Pig
There was once a clock whose tick and tock were irregular. He began to worry as he though that if he could not fulfil his duties his owner would get rid of him. As he sat on he shelf a pig trotted in looking happy and content. The clock talked to him about his worries and asked the pig why he was so happy. The pig said, 'well I am able to do what the farmer asks of me. He feeds me and I eat, he gives me shelter in which I sleep and he provides water so that the earth becomes muddy and I can immerse myself, all which bring me great joy.
One day the clock watched as the farmer lead the pig into a shed, from which he never returned. The clock worried about the pig and thought he would never see him again. A few weeks later the farmer was eating sausages on the kitchen. As the clock watched the sausages said to him, even now I am happy as I can still fulfil the farmer's need, and at that point the clock stopped forever.
The last adventure of the Great Alonso
Ah yes… when all else is done, when performing is in the dream of the child and the last rabbit has been pulled, only now can I dream of the last great adventure. Of the place where all men meet and talk of times spent living… that is the only adventure I have now. My last trick is that which they used to say of the devil, to prove my existence. 'Great Alonso' they used to say, 'where did that rabbit come from?' 'My hat is deep', is all I used to reply. But they could not know, how they would laugh at me if they knew the truth. I have never found the strength to reach deep enough to find the ark by which all beasts come. Never have I found the lion and the giraffe, nor has the monkey or bear reached for my hand as I reach for theirs. I only ever find a rabbit, and his meagre form is no longer adequate for their amusement. Now you know my failure and I can no longer search for that strength. I will accept a fate dealt to me here and relinquish to the foundry of the heavens any cast made from my soul, and look not for the crown and beast but to the brim and acceptance.
As I sit in this dressing room the sickly sight of this lead paint veneer chokes my nostrils, this humble stool creeks and groans with history, as if a thousand clowns had asked the reflection in the mirror for approval of their craft, and now a fog enters my eyes. The thought occurred to me that if the lights around the mirror had been put out, this scene would be less cheerless, that the gas lamps made ones heart sadder because it lighted it all up. My coat tails look tattered and worn, my face looks grey and my eyes look deep set as if into cavernous holes in my head. What is a magician with only old tricks? The children no longer applaud my successes but instead arrive like grey and purple clouds on my day of sun, obscuring my view of a once glistening horizon. A poet once told me, 'great artists have no country' and now that line sticks in my ears as justice to my secret, for there is something I have neglected to say.
I used to know a magic, a magic I was taught by a long line of marvellous magicians who took their knowledge with them when they died. This was a magic that could not be bought by means of this world, not plastic apparitions but real magic. These wonders would provide them with a place in the sky as one of the stars in the black velvet shroud you see at night. You see a magician is not a man like any other, as before he comes onto this world he makes a pact with the sun never to out shine him in they eyes of man and in return when he passes the sun grants him a place in the sky to watch over all the magic of all the universe and to learn all the tricks of man, so that they may shine on for eternity but only in his shadow.
This was the oath I took many years ago. But in my time I forgot that pact, and I broke the promise to the sun when I reached for the lion instead of the rabbit and now the broken man who writes this will not find a place in heaven but will remain in this place as a clown, one to be jeered at and taunted, one to be called 'the joke'. To me being called a mad man would be a promotion if it were not that I remain as ridiculous in their eyes as before. But now I do not resent this fate, this audience, they are all dear to me, even when they laugh at me and indeed it is just then that they are particularly dear to me. I can join in their laughter not exactly at myself but through my affection for them, if I did not feel so sad as to look at them. Sad because they do not know the truth and I do know it. Oh! How hard it is to be the only one who knows the truth. But they would not understand it; no they would not understand it at all. This is my end and this painted face is all that remains of the Great Alonso.
The Ape and his will
The ape often looked at man willing his own body and mind to do what he saw man do. From his tree, and over many years the ape watched man work hard to build a home for his family, slaved to find food, grow old and become fearful of death. Still fitting in the tree the ape said to himself, 'How lucky I am, that my will is not strong enough to allow me the worries of man'.
The Man Who Mistook a Mountain for a Minaret
A man once stood on a corner of a street looking up at a minaret. Whilst watching the tower, he realised that in fact it wasn't a minaret he was looking at, but a mountain. Confused in finding this out he decided to continue to watch until something happened that would confirm what he saw. Hours passed, as daylight began to fade and the evening grew cold, green lights began to appear. Puzzled to find that a mountain could produce such a marvel so readily, and as green light was usually man made, the only answer he could settle on was that he was indeed right in the first instance, and for the many hours that had passed he had been surely watching a minaret, and not a mountain. Shortly after this revelation, and from where he knew not, he heard a voice calling out to him to come to the mountain and pray that one day he would reach the heavens. As a man of little conviction and of little want, so as not to cause offence he obeyed the voice, and began to climb. Whilst doing so he realised, since the voice called him to the mountain, it was indeed a mountain in front of him and thought himself stupid to ever think it was a minaret. In climbing the mountain he thought he would find and tell the owner of the voice, 'If I am called to pray on a mountain, I need not pray to the heavens, as today I have seen many mountains and so I have seen many heavens'. The mountain is far more awe-inspiring to those in the valley, than to those on the mountain.
The text that follows radically altered the man's outlook, and indeed inlook, on what he presumed his life would have been if he hadn't investigated the mountain. Maybe I should explain myself before I continue. You see, up to that morning the man had found that a dull grayness was all that lived with him. In everything he did, albeit that which he could do, which wasn't much to say the least, a colourless haze infiltrated his mind. This, as you may imagine, was an annoyance at the least and at its most cruel it would reduce reason to its smallness and reek havoc with the ability to see much sense beyond the end of his reason, a problem to imagine for myself and far worse for him. The sums of his problems were so that an adventurous day for him was to imagine glass as glass and not sand or a table as a table and not the mediator of chairs.
Whilst he continued to climb he thought that when he eventually found the owner of the voice he would question him on his instructions. Upon realising that he'd already been speaking to the man who called out and that the end of the ladder didn't seem any closer to him now than when he started to climb he decided to call out to goad a response. The reply was found to be satisfactory, yet in a similar fashion to the image of a minaret seen previously, a little confused.
'By the right hand of the heavens sits a mountainous region where the source of language becomes simply arranged into what is seen and what is heard,' said the caller. 'You, my friend have seen but the beginning of many ladders to many higher places. If one step on one rung of any ladder ascends the climber to a place that could not be reached by not stepping on that rung, the rung itself is of greater heavenly purpose than any of the others. I say this for two reasons, firstly the previous rung has served its purpose by allowing access to the next and secondly the further rungs have not yet been stepped on and there for no knowledge of their grace and stability has been attained'. The climber saw this statement as a reasonable explanation but as he realised the speaker's voice was still coming from a place higher than is own, he could not see how he had got to his vantage point without using the higher rungs of the ladder and therefore his second statement had been disproved. 'But speaker', the climber called out, 'without the further rungs surly the rung I am stood on now would fail without their support and if the further rungs had failed you, I would be standing on the final rung without anywhere to go, speaking to no one. How could I not trust my presumed knowledge of the rungs I have not stepped on?' The caller went on, 'you presume to much my friend, the fact you are stood where you are does not mean I had once stood in the same place, for there are more routes to my position, more than you can ever know'. Whilst the conversation was going back and forth the climber continued to make his was up and up the ladders step by step. As he did this he soon noticed he could no longer see where the ladder had first begun or the pavement it resided on, and neither could he see where the ladder he was stood on finished.
With each step the light from the sun was petering out on the smog filled horizon and, as it was a clear day above, the stars began to make an appearance. Slowly, one by one as if being switched on by a slow old man with a stooped back, the light from the stars grew to form enough of a substitute to the sun that the climber wondered whether it was night at all or whether these were siblings of the sultan of the east left behind on his escape to the other hemisphere.
As he ascended the climber looked around for any other route he could have taken, but whichever way he craned his neck he was unable to settle on the idea that there were any other routes to where he was heading, let alone any other ladders. After a minute had passed and he had climbed a few more steps by he called out once more, 'Sir, I cannot see how any man could climb another route, there is no means to travel upward apart from the ladder I am now climbing on, this is the one way and there is no one other.' To which the speaker replied 'my friend, one day you will reach me, but know this; after you reach me you will hear another voice and after that, more voices still. There is never an end you will find to be a satisfying one, if you continue to search with the question you have in your mind now why not ask it, you want to ask me, why I call you further? Yet you climb further without that question answered, so you see you give me no reason to answer you even if you could reach me. A man without conviction as yourself can never truly have a question answered because there are no questions you have that haven't already been answered by you action. It will only be in the action of the already persuaded man where there will be no questions left, and only then can he hope in finding any sort of resolution. The only important question is the last one you will ever ask, and if indeed you want to find me, then stop climbing.'
The climber was lost in his own mind at hearing the callers statement, he could sparsely understand in his own mind and why he had started to climb and he wondered if his life was now relinquished to the pursuit of the next rung. As he pondered this thought and still climbed he noticed the clouds, which now engulfed him had changes into an unfathomable richness and into a colour that he was unaware even existed. A sort of purplish yellow, which could definitely not be described by using the words purple or yellow swirled around his upper body and obscured his vision of his feet. This made it surprisingly difficult to continue as he was then to rely on the presumption that his feet would do what his head told him and further more he was not entirely sure he had feet anymore, considering the image of them was now just a memory as was the ground where he started and the music he had heard on the radio that morning.
He pressed on, and just as his arms were tiring from the extra work he made them do in place of his lack of feet, he reached and felt something solid. It was of wider girth than the ladder and of more integrity than a cloud. As his fingers traced the cold edge of its form it became apparent to him he could describe it from a recent memory, as he pondered that memory he realised how sieve like his mind suddenly was and he could remember very little apart from the ladder, his lack of feet and the substantial idea that it was a sort of concrete platform. He thought it was probably a train platform, as earlier that day he had been stood waiting for a train and noticed that this platform was remarkably similar to that one in its intensity and grace. The cloud thinned as he peered over its edge and for the first time he was able to get some bearing on his position between the world he had left and the one he seemed to be now resident of.
He pulled his upper body over the ridges of the uprights of the ladder and onto the unyielding slabs that made up the majority of the distance he could see. His mind turned to think how intensely difficult it was to move without feet and that thinking about it mad it worse still, so decided his thoughts would be better spent on imagining feet or at least something that would aid his movements.
The further he pulled his body along the platform a feeling the same feeling of foreverness entered his thoughts as did when he was climbing the ladder, was this platform a horizontal ladder or something greater? Was it indeed horizontal or vertical or some other direction? And what was this motion he had created by moving along it which seemed far too familiar to be unusual? These were questions that answered themselves when after approximately 74 feet he found another ladder heading on an axis he didn't recognise.
At this point the previously described clouds had become all but solid, like a sand mixture one may find of a windswept beach, 'if I were a worm this would be a natural thing for me', he exclaimed, 'for it seems these clouds of difficult colour have become soil and I have out stayed my welcome as the jester often does'. The difficulty of his movements did indeed look like the movements of the garden worm but his saving grace came in the form of familiarity. The unexpected dink, dink, dink of a cowbell rang out making him slip and land on his front, grazing his chin as if he were in a school ground scrap with the floor. It had rhythm though, like a fast paced calypso, and he realised that, 'yes', a train was approaching. He was surprised at his own enthusiasm at this knowledge, maybe it was that it was a familiar sound or maybe it was that he wouldn't need to drag himself along any more as his arms were all but submerged in cloud and he feared that they would suffer the same fate as his feet and disappear. As the train pulled in his relief was matched by the unease that he had no knowledge where it went, if anywhere, and that he probably didn't have the right money for a ticket to anywhere, if anywhere was where he was going, despite that he felt safer than he did when climbing the ladder.
As the train slowed onto the platform and the doors opened, his eyes flicked from side to side in search of any other person, with or without feet, with or without failing hands. He found none. 'No person with or without feet, no ticket man and not the faintest idea of where I am to be found at the next stop, what a peculiar train and what marvels are to await me next?' He exclaimed, 'Maybe a chicken on stilts or an abacus to count all the sand on every beach of all the world below, or maybe my feet who must now belong to a walking cloud by now!' He hauled himself on to a cushioned seat as the doors closed behind him and looked out through the semi-frosted glass on the cloud soaked fantasia beyond. The train picked up speed as it dodged between the visible masses of water droplets all cirrus and cumulus nimbus, altocumulus lenticularis and stratus.
As he watched the clouds he began to make out the forms of men, but not men like you or I, these were wispy fellows, light on their feet and seemingly very busy. He observed an almost dance like quality to their movements and the lightness of their footsteps, the waltz they performed was a wonder indeed and words can do little justice to their grace, but believe me when I say it was a true beauty to behold.
As they pranced around they didn't notice the train cruising past rather close to their heads, and as the tracks arched to avoid a rather impressive cirrus formation he finally got to see what the cloud men were making. It was a magnificent temple of epic proportions not unlike something made for the god of all the gods, or the king of all the kings. It resembled an unfinished sphere but was in no way spherical.
Now just wait just a moment… I feel that before I describe further the sights and events that were seen, the topography of the sky should be pronounced, as without a prior knowledge you may be at a disadvantage to me and in description.
It was not all together a strange sight to see, it was more a feeling of noticing a finished building for the first time or drinking grape juice when one has asked for it to be full of orange, unexpected but really quite pleasant. It was a question he hadn't bothered to answer by guessing, as it had previously seemed quite unimportant. The simple fact is that what we imagine as open such as air, sky, ground and horizon is in fact contained in 11 floors of the factory, (12 if including the basement but that is largely irrelevant for the purpose of this). I only call it a factory in the sense that it produces and not in capacity for industrial trade or pollution one may imagine if not stipulated. It is not contained within brick and mortar but instead controlled by what you know as wind but I know as 'the elevator'. Largely similar you may say, the operate in a similar fashion, wind sometimes stops and allow you to ride with him to an end, wind also is at the centre of the many acts of god yet the elevator he uses cannot be caught from any place I have seen. Who can say where wind comes from? What mouth of beast or wing of bird does it herald? An elevator has its place and is correct in stature, it knows its purpose and can understand commands, and do you imagine this is not the case with wind? But sir it surely is, we do not see its diagram and cannot understand its mission, but I am not god and have no authority to say it has none. The elevator has a source is what im trying to tell you, and read on reader and I will attempt to explain in plain English what I have seen, and the importance of what the elevator is and does for the cloud people.
Ancient scholars described the appearance as a tall fellow reaching the height of the heavens and the depths of hell, a culmination of whiteness containing itself and little more. When observed, this form would alter its shape to accommodate its further capacity and give possible birth to smaller amounts of itself. Of course we now know that what they called were looking at as a contained object is in fact mostly infinite spanning floors 3 to 11 and often further of the factory, and as it has been commonly referred to since as 'Stairwell'.
As one may expect and mentioned previously the stairwell contains the elevator shafts allowing at the production of cloud forms at great speeds and the deposits of whiteness to find their place. These sediments are usually placed between floors 3 and 11 with little need to travel to the bottom 2 floors, as presumed by observation those floors contain the dirty and heavy fog often spotted on the earths surface and is no more than the waste whiteness fashioned by an over zealous apprentice cloud maker who has not quite understood the art of capacity yet.
The manner in which the elevator operates may seem ridiculous and unordered to an outsider, or the 'ground folk' as we are usually referred to by the cloud men during idle chat, this however couldn't be further form the truth. One doesn't need to understand the cogs and springs in a pocket watch to appreciate its craftsmanship or to know how to use it. We know the system works because we see the results and they make sense, but I feel a basic grasp is at the least preferable to complete ignorance.
It is a curious thing to recognise the moment of chaos that is produced by a barrage of cloud wind and cloud rain, as a [1]moment of clarity and calm in the cloud peoples realm, but as the simple diagram of the factory suggests, it is only at the time of notably bad weather to us ground folk that there is any chance to observe the skill in which this marvel is performed.
It was noted in the Jefferson diaries that on the after a particularly dark night of 'black air' that, 'the morning after was largely fractus, some sort of reminiscence from the day before, as if they were running late, chasing across the sky in an effort to catch what used to be. They are however too late, and I think they know that.' And soon after that noted, 'today it is as if they are watching me I feel very conscious that I am not one of them'. It may not surprise you reader that his last entry in his diary was only a few words, 'it seems calm today', and although unconfirmed and unsighted by any person of stature there were reports of seeing Jefferson on Tuesday 15th of June ascending into the clouds with his arms outstretched as if welcomed by an angel leaving no trace of his history apart from his, now published, texts ('The System of Above'). This seems like an isolated and unsolicited event until one realises 'The System of Above' is actually an account of his attempts to experience first hand the processes of the Factory and whilst all signs point to his integration into the cloud fraternity my personal view is that one day Jefferson will return and tell all of his adventures and teach us clarity on any point left questioned, and so to the cloud men themselves.
The sewing of the clouds was a skill passed down from the cloud fathers to their sons and onto their sons for generations and generations. The best way to describe this process is to understand the elevators, the factory and the fact that each floor above the lower is where the next level of complexity from the last is nurtured. With the 12 floors in total one can imagine the relative simplicity of fog in relation to the convolution of say your average cirrus. The most difficult is the upper stratiform as it uses strands of air so thin only the most educated cloud person to thread the needles used. The needles themselves can not be seen by the naked hindering the threading, but over the generations a technique called 'gazing' has been developed where the condensation droplets found on the lower floors are used to magnify they eye of the needle enough to give a fighting chance to the threaders. To keep the consistency of each strand the head semester would launch into a sort of hypnotic dance twirling around and around into such a frenzied state that it has been known that he would actually loose his balance and fall with an almighty crash, shaking the very foundations of the factory itself. It is that which I now understand to cause the electric thunderous lightning storms we observe. After the performance there is one second of silence. In that most beautiful of seconds the threaded strand is stretched to almost breaking before setting it free to form whichever cloud it is intended.
Let us return to where we were.
[1] 'The System of Above' T. Jefferson first published 1803, re-print 1947,49,84
Of the end
To speak of the end of my madness is to speak of a time when I would not be made to reflect upon a time of the ruling madness of men. Oh what it would be to be sane, I know it would be an average life… to know a table as a table and not the mediator of chairs, to know salt as salt and as the rival cousin of pepper; to know man as man and not as the pillars and columns I see and to look upon a mountain and allow it to just be a mountain is to know sanity and to know the end.
I once saw a man who was a scholar of all language. He would speak beautiful words, talking of the love he had for all that came from his mouth. He was considered the greatest storyteller of all time conjuring up the most wonderful of images in the minds of all who loved him for it. As time went by he saw more and more people using the words he had once spoken but not in accordance with the meaning he used previously. He grew worried, and settled upon the idea that he would conserve the gift he had been given by speaking less than before there by addressing the balance. As others poke more and more he spoke less and less. Profanity grew in the common language and the meanings of words were diluted like a spoon full of honey in the great oceans. He as the only one who noticed the danger of what was being faced, and the only one who treasured what diction he had left. From that point he never spoke again and the world could do nothing but dream of the stories he would never share. Many years later the men of the world began to realise that the language of the world was missing something and began to search for an answer to their loss. They went looking for the man who had once spoke in beautiful prose to ask him to speak again. After months of searching they found him alone and sat on the cold stone steps of a library and asked him to teach them, once again, the value of words. Alas he had not spoken for so long he could not understand what the men were asking. He had forgotten how to speak and had forgotten the very essence of who he was. He looked back at them with the most vacant of stares as if they were very far away and could not be comprehended. He then closed his eyes, and in that same moment he passed away into the clouds, and the sky, and night.
Eulogy for the Table
The ladder, so they say, is the only way of note by which to leave a table. You will surely be noticed if you conjure up that very tall of instruments from your coat pocket, place it over your guests and leave in a vertical manner. You see, even the most formal of occasions would be interrupted, as it would by the lighting of ones pipe before retiring, most unexpected in rudeness and excursively irregular. To be in the presence of a table is to be of an occasion of sorts. It is not an exciting prospect to be seated, as it is a regular occurrence, but what is fascinating is its simplicity, it works, it is a device not to be sniffed at and never taken for granted. A table is not to be mistaken for a chair; as salt and pepper, whilst brothers, are dressed in different clothes but in cahoots with each other to make by all accounts harmonious.
This playful gaze, like an elephant if his train of thought was to be disturbed, has confused me. I see that he, the table, has many possibilities and none of them more sophisticated than his purpose, and yet never is his obvious conclusion drawn. I understand that in his other life there were many lives he could have lived, but to share in his importance and disguise, the table stands resolute against a majority of his siblings and exclaims: 'If I am not worthy of parade and just a simple fool, should I not be looked at as an item of revolt or a member of your family and good?" In the light of this and of these woes I ask you, if a ladder be the library can we leave and ask if it is our discontent that is the sign that divides us from all that breathes?
With the only relief left to leave here and take a vertical departure using that object of little note, to find in things this place that cannot be described as a ladder or table, but in using both to be the tram which is guided along an oblique and snaky path through the milieu of progress and hopes beyond any elephant's thoughts. And so, you may ask, why write at all of other worlds when all you see is a table being carried as if on his last journey to meet its God, with a makers tool adorning his saddle? It is not out of fear or dependency I tell you this, rather that this is a time when we may understand his role in all that has happened until this moment, because we have never left this Earth of ours, nor known other standards than those which it offers us. Can that which it judges and condemns form the thought that judges and condemns? In any event, since we have it, and since it differentiates us from all that surrounds us, let us not neglect it, for it is without doubt the only thought that comes to us from beyond this Earth.
So lastly, whither do they go to, what befalls them, what becomes of them when they are dead? Why smile at these questions when asked of a table, and take them seriously when they relate to man? Is the difference so very great? At every step we have the presentment of their intelligence, and before we can refuse to admit it, we have to rebel against the evidence. We are no longer confronted by stones or trees, or beasts which are the slaves of instinct, but by lives which only progress divides us from, for in particulars they become very close to being our equals, and of these mysterious particulars we, in our ignorance, are but sorry judges.
Let me tell you, there is a moment in the life of a pillar when the decision to stay upright outweighs the horizontal nature of things. In this moment wars are fought and won, stones are turned and giants are born and die. Such was the case of the moving city to decide that the moving of things was a useful idea, and to hinder the growth of moss on ones wheels was generally regarded as an idea of noteworthy stature. Being able to stand tall, move silently amongst the other cities and stop the sky from falling was of course an advantage as was the ability to conserve at least two thirds of the oil required to lubricate the wheels needed to initially get the city moving. This is not altogether as strange as it sounds, the world, as we knew it was changing. Where there were once people only pillars and columns remained. One could recognize them as people because they behaved the in the same fashion; a portly fellow was able to be spotted by the heavy set marble base supporting his stone gut; ministers were usually skinny arrogant types and were often found in pairs of threes with Ionic faces and curled hair swept to each side of their forehead. The city workers had a Doric approach practical and steady and would be regularly seen to be bowing to the flamboyant Corinthian as he strode in great leaps and bounds. All were made of stone but moved freely from place to place, ducking in and out of tobacconists and banks, launderettes and coffee houses meeting others on the paved roads to converse whilst all the time made of stone.
As he moved through the clouds the thought to himself, 'all the pillars from this moving city are put in place to serve me now, because if the sky falls I will no longer need the use of a ladder to reach the Heavens'. As he wandered he thought of the days that past and imagined the lives of these columns and pillars and thought of the time they had spent holding up great gateways to famous museums or courtrooms where the great matters of justice and morality were decided .
who in all good faith could only now see columns?
The marvellous place
There is a place populated only by the ideas of the people who look inside. I saw it once and it was marvellous, the most wonderful place man has ever seen. I couldn't call it a room as I saw no walls but if there were walls they would have been as marvelous at the place itself, with the floor as level as the ceiling and the ceiling as level as a straight-line draw on white paper. Its beautiful simplicity was as catastrophic as a supernova viewed through the end of a glass bottle. I saw a hundred ideas happening each one more worthy of praise than the last. I saw a man whose head could fly but his body was stationary, an event of impossibility if ever I saw one.
Then I saw a man with a very loud voice who was fearful that his voice could shake the headless mans body so much that he would fall over. So he sat quietly on his own in the corner of a cylindrical corridor, which was joined to the place by a small triangular door made of glass, which stood to the left of where I was looking.
Whilst I was watching the head zipping around the room man with the biggest ears I've ever seen appeared in the corner of my eye. Even in my noticing him I should think he heard me looking at him as he turned his head and looked in my direction as if to ask me politely to keep the noises I made to a minimum. I imagined that he could hear me breathe so I held my breath for twenty hours so as not to disturb him, and then thought he may even be able to hear me think so I imagined myself not thinking for a while but in doing so I thought of all the things I was doing and decided it was an acceptable level of thought to think, if only to rationalize me being there in the first place.
I thought what a painful annoyance it must be to have ones head flying around to room, I thought to the man in the corner, (the one with the loud voice) and if the man with the big ears had ever heard him sing and I thought of how marvellous this all was.
Of substance
Those who build men from wood do not see the foreword of history. If men had a history, or a preface to a history, it would say of wooden pillars that they crumbled and rotted in the winds and the rains. Of stone it would say nothing as stone would still live in the present so to hold the sky and to allow the eyes of men to look upon and marvel its resilience. I have seen the wooden ladders that are used to climb by the carvers of stone; I have seen a million panes of glass shatter when they realise they are sand and I have seen fabrics of many colours stand tall and be saluted as men lay waste to me. Yet if I am to be trusted at all and these words seen as of worth in their reading, then hear this. Only when all else is true only, I can stand in the valley to watch the mountains be conceived by nature and then concealed by the nature snow. If this is the story of everything then what is left for man but to observe.


I've done so since I was a young teen. I regularly struggle with bouts where it's more prominent, rather than underlying. Some months I can cope, some months it knocks me for six. It takes over my life at times, and it can climb on top of every priority I have when it's at it's worst.
It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but certainly not something I'm ashamed of. Because of that, if someone asks me about it I'm not afraid to explain (though sometimes, I might need a bit of a push).
Despite that, I've never said something first. I've been ostracized for it before and I've felt alone so many times before that the idea of being immediately upfront about it has hardly thrilled me. You can bet I wouldn't be this open if you were in front of me.
You're probably wondering what the sob-story is about, and I'm fully aware that I'm one of many, many people who has a mental health issue. It might seem kind of off-topic in regards to work. But, as with most of these blogs, something happened recently that made me think about how I saw things, and brought some important things to light for me.
You see, I was called into the office for a one on one meeting. In my previous experience, this can go one of two ways. I'm a natural worrier. I braced myself.
But what my boss said next threw me.
I'm paraphrasing, but that was essentially it. It caught me completely off guard. I had spoken to everyone I worked with prior to explain that things sometimes hit a low for me, and it's nothing personal if I'm down. Everyone here is so supportive of each other, but I still wasn't expecting anyone to take the time. We're all incredibly busy.
So, I opened up. The conversation was calm, collected and comfortable. We spoke about how it affects my life, work and many other things. Once everything was said and done, I went back to work like nothing changed. I know that I can speak to anyone in the office if something is troubling me, and vice versa.
It doesn't necessarily fix the long-term problem. But all of it does make me feel cared about at work. And everyone should feel like that.
First and foremost: don't suffer in silence. Employee, manager, CEO, unemployed or anything else. Whoever you are, your mental health is as equally as important as your physical wellbeing. Problems shared are problems halved if you're having a tough time. Its hard to speak for some people but bite the bullet and tell someone.
It's unlikely you'll be able to fix the problem anywhere else if the problem's work-related. Strike at the source and speak to someone who can help nip it in the bud. If you're feeling over pressured, people might not be aware of it until you mention it. Speaking to someone might be all that's needed for action to be taken and for you to get some relief!
Even if it isn't to do with your work life, it's still worth bringing it to someone's attention. This is especially true when you feel it might be affecting your work or if you're concerned it might do so in the long run. Additionally, take time off. Whether this is to take a break from workplace stress or to dedicate some time to try and fix external problems, time to yourself can help you recover and regroup.
Your mental health is important. If you or someone you know is struggling, find help.
As a manager, supervisor, or even just as a co-worker, you have a duty of care to make sure everyone around you is as safe as possible at work. But did you know that this also applies to their mentality as well as their physical wellbeing? Just as you'd be made liable if you endanger your employees health and safety, you'll be held liable if you fail to take measures to help those who appear to be struggling or suffering with mental illness. It's common law, and falls under HSE regulations (The HSE have provided an overview of Work Related Stress and the dangers of it. It even has pages to define how you can help tackle work-related stress on any level of a corporate ladder, from CEO to employee).
As if that wasn't enough reason, studies have shown that happier workers are more productive and capable. This isn't to say you should dismiss or discriminate those who aren't in best frame of mind. Being a company that cares means that employees feel valued. Even better, employees are more loyal, dedicated and are happier when they feel appreciated.
Making first contact with staff members and workers if something seems wrong. It not only helps identify problems, but workers appreciate when you care about their wellbeing.
Speaking to your workers both as a team and individually. You don't need to organise anything. It can be spontaneous passing (but still private) chats, or impromptu 'group hugs' that provide a forum for everyone to voice opinions and issues in a more open environment.
Keeping up to date with any previous issues raised. Following up and checking shows your workers that you listen and want their needs to be fulfilled.
We make assumptions every day. The vast majority of them occur without us even realising it: we assume when roads are safe to cross, we assume the timescale of our work set for the day. However, people are complex and sometimes our assumptions can get the better of us.
That someone is okay if their manner or usual behaviour has changed, or their mood is lower than usual.
That you aren't responsible for other people's wellbeing. Consider your actions and don't give in to the 'bystander effect' that someone else will help. You might not be responsible for them entirely, but you can always check in and try to help.
That you understand everything about mental health, even if you know the person – everybody is different and reacts to things in a different way. Equally so, mental illnesses differ in every case.
Finally, if an individuals mental health concerns you and the safety of those around them, never assume or act too hastily. Handle problems tentatively and approach them delicately due to their sensitive nature. There may be a specific reason they're acting the way they are. Perhaps they have recently changed their medication or dosage. Perhaps there's been a traumatic event, such as a grievance that has been overwhelming.
Whatever the reason is, they may not be aware of their effect on others and their work. In most cases, it's better to try and approach the situation with the aim being to help those who may not feel in the right place.
Need help? Things rarely get better on their own. Speak to somebody, it's always worth a try.
The point is: If you are struggling, long-term or short-term, there are ways to support you for as long as you need.
Things can get on top of you before you realise it, and going it alone isn't always the way forward. It can go against your pride, but you won't regret reaching out to someone in the long run.
If you're struggling to find your voice, or you feel your words fall on deaf ears, there are plenty of places to talk to who might be able to help you find yourself or help you out. You can speak to your HR Department, GP, friends or family about mental health. If you'd prefer confidential help, plenty of charities and helplines can provide guidance, advice or just a listening ear.
MIND – The leading UK mental health charity. Has information on a variety of mental illnesses from bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia to name a few. It also provides advice on what to do if you think you or someone you know could be battling mental illness. It also has contacts if you need urgent help.
Samaritans – Usually contacted through freephone (116 123), the Samaritans are a non-profit organisation who provide one service: listening. You can speak for as long as you need, receive advice (if you want it) and even just have someone to chat to about things if you're feeling lonely. Even when things are in a critical state, they can help talk you down and give you hope. Speaking from experience, don't hesitate to call if you feel you need to.
Papyrus – Suicide might be a touchy subject for some, especially young men. Despite this, it's the biggest killer of men under 45. For young people (man or woman) who struggle with suicide or suicidal thoughts, PAPYRUS will listen. They provide a service that will listen to you and take you seriously regarding your suicidal feelings and how to best deal with them.
Maytree – If you feel the rut you are stuck in is inescapable, Maytree can offer you respite from the demands of the world for a brief time. The Maytree charity offers sanctuary for those feeling suicidal. There you can stay and speak about your feelings and find guidance over four days. You can catch up on sleep, speak to people who understand, be fed and regroup in a comfortable environment.
Anxiety UK – Anxiety is the most commonly diagnosed mental health problem in the UK. We all feel anxious at times but chronic anxiety can be damaging to your lifestyle. Sometimes it works alone, but sometimes its part of a bigger picture of underlying problems. Either way, it's horrible physically and mentally to regularly feel on edge and worried, and you can lose part of who you are in the process. If you want help tackling your anxiety and learning how to get on top of it, Anxiety UK offers resources to help you do so.
Make sure you speak to someone before things get worse. The possible outcomes of unassisted mental health are a very serious issue. There is always a way out and ways forward. If things can't seem to go any further and you feel you're at your most desperate, reach out.


Model Winnie Harlow, born with vitiligo, is making serious moves in the fashion industry, all while remaining confident of her unique look. Back during WE Day New York, she recently opened up to Coveteur about confidence, acceptance, and her charity work!
Check out some of the highlights of the interview below!
"I think it is human nature to have confidence—the same way I don't think people are born with racism or anything negative. All those things are developed. I think we'll always have our insecurities, but it's important to focus on yourself," Winnie said.
I absolutely love how Winnie is so confident in herself, and think she's absolutely gorgeous just the way she is. Her body is literally like a work of art! It's great that she's been able to use her own life experiences to be able to positively impact others.


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Burns is an unincorporated community in northern Eagle County, Colorado, United States.

Description
The community is located along a remote stretch of the Colorado River southwest of Kremmling. It is accessible only by dirt and gravel county roads from State Highway 131 and Interstate 70. The community is located in an arroyo along the river, along the route of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad mainline (now the Union Pacific Railroad) in the sandstone canyons along the Colorado. It consists of a U.S. Post Office (ZIP Code 80426) and a church. Livestock ranching is the primary industry in the surrounding area.

History
The town is named for Jack Burns, a trapper who built a cabin in the area.  The Burns Post Office opened on May 14, 1895.

Geography
Burns is located at  (39.873385,-106.881866).

See also

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Unincorporated communities in Eagle County, Colorado
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F A L Propellers have been serving the marine industry for over 50 years. During this time our skilled workforce has repaired over 34,000 propellers, from fishing vessels, work boats, oil rigs and pleasure craft.
We also have manufactured and supplied thousands of new propellers, stern tubes, propeller shafts, couplings, bearings, nuts and keys, and ancillary equipment. We supply, modify and repair propellers, shafts and stern tubes and we carry a large stock of several hundred propellers all at reasonable prices.
We are proud of our reputation for providing a first class service at reasonable prices and quick delivery.


PTC, a global platform provider for th emerging internet of things (IoT) space, is to create 50 new jobs at its newly established R&D centre in Dublin..Roles at the operation will include DevOps engineers, cloud architects and security architects.
Students are prepared for their careers by learning to use the industry-standard engineering design tool commonly in place with future employers.
PTC also supports the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Maynooth University and Tyndall National Institute in developing smart projects using PTC's IoT development platform, ThingWorx.
This is not PTC's first investment in Ireland. The PTC Academic Program is already part of the curriculum in academic institutions, including Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Dublin Institute of Technolody (DIT), Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT Dublin), Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT), and University of Limerick (UL), all of which teach PTC's 3D modelling software solution, Creo.


Here at Tabibi 24/7 We pride ourselves on being Egypt's first group practice – meaning that our doctors work with each other as a team, as opposed to working individually. Our doctors benefit immensely from the power of collaboration, regular training, and ongoing support.
As a team of doctors, we are able to provide a high level of medical care that one doctor alone cannot provide. As a team, we are at our patients' disposal 24 hours of the day, 7 days a week. As a team, we are always available.
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What happened to the crissic website?
As root, do: cd /var/lib/php5 mkdir sessions chmod 1733 sessionsThen restart the PHP service.
Who was your first VPS provider?
Is it legal to deny new orders or block orders from high risk countries?
Starting a VPS business with $10,000. How would you spend it?
Cloud VPS is really cloud?
If a client's VPS is suspended, do you still send them an invoice for next month?
BoltVM? Anyone have services with? Seems down.
Unbelievable. Do you slander everyone who disagrees with you?


I am thinking abut buying my neighbor's 1999 Buick with 40K miles. However, it has been sitting in the driveway for a year or two. I know it hasn't been driven, and I have never seen them start it. They took good care of it before her mother became unable to drive, but it has just been sitting ever since. I have always heard that is bad for a car, but don't know why it's bad, or if I should even consider this car.


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Amazon's Kindle Fire Tablet - iPad Killer?
Amazon launches Kindle Fire, an Android based tablet that could threaten the iPad 2's status as king of the tablets.
Amazon has announced they will launch a new tablet that could be a direct competitor to the Apple iPad.
The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet will only retail for USD$199, available for pre-order now, and available in November, and uses Google's Android operating system to allow users to consume Amazon provided content, via its Kindle eBook store, as well as Amazon music downloads, streaming and VOD content. Users can sign up to the USD$79 Amazon Prime loyalty program, and get unlimited access to a catalogue ofe 11,000 streaming titles (customers also get free two-day shipping as part of the membership).
Armed with Google's Android 2.3 operating system, though slightly behind some other Android tablets that are already on the tablet-oriented 3.0 "Honeycomb", a 1 GHz custom dual-core processor, 512 MB of RAM, the Kindle Fire would otherwise be well suited to directly compete with the iPad 2, other than the fact that the Kindle Fire features a 2.7 inch smaller screen (7 inch screen, versus the iPad 2's 9.7 inch screen). The Kindle Fire also can't compete directly with the iPad 2 because it lacks a camera, microphone, and is limited to Wi-Fi connection only, with no 3G/4G model planned.
Where Amazon can compete with Apple though is in the content space, as Amazon is probably the closest challenger to Apple's iTunes, in terms of music, movie and TV purchase, rental, download and streaming.
But even compared to existing Android tablets, the Kindle Fire appears to be a watered down version, possibly to keep prices low, and perhaps also to limit users to Amazon services. For example, the Kindle Fire will also only come with 8GB internal storage, with no ability to increase storage via microSD cards, as the Kindle Fire does not even feature a microSD port. The Kindle Fire also won't support Google Book's EPUB format, preferring Amazon's own AZW format (other formats supported include: TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC, Audible/AA/AAX, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, and non DRM'd AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8).
Critics have question Amazon that, in order to keep prices low, whether they will be making a loss on each tablet, but CEO Jeff Bezos has refuted such claims, saying "We want the hardware device to be profitable and the content to be profitable. We really don't want to subsidise one with the other."
Amazon's original Kindle reader will still be available, at USD$79, with two new touch-screen models, one without 3G and another with the feature, launching for USD$99 and USD$149 respectively.
Customers can pre-order the Amazon Kindle right now on Amazon.com (sorry, U.S customers only), for those that don't want to miss out when the first batch is shipped on the 15th of November.
Amazon Android App Store's DRM: Too Draconian?
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A Question of Sport Season 49 Episode 6 airs Fri 16 Aug on BBC One
Brighton & Hove Albion striker Glenn Murray, Great Britain sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Olympic swimming medallist Sharron Davies and three-time world snooker champion Mark Selby join host Sue Barker and team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell on the sports quiz.
Airdate: Friday 16 August 2019 from 8:30pm-9:00pm on BBC One.
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// JavaScript Olympics

// I paired [with: Eunice Do] on this challenge.

// This challenge took me [#] hours.

// Bulk Up

var athletes = [
  {name: "Usain Bolt", event: "200m"},
  {name: "Michael Phelps", event: "Swimming"},
  {name: "Max Iniguez", event: "Sitting on Couch"}
];

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{
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}

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var reverse = function(phrase) {
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What JavaScript knowledge did you solidify in this challenge?

I solidified knowledge of properties and iteration over an array in js.

What are constructor functions?

A constructor function is one that builds an object using a function, giving the object properties
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How are constructors different from Ruby classes (in your research)?

Constructors are different from Ruby classes in that they are actually simpler to access information from.
They don't require methods to pull out values, and can simply have properties assigned to them with
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Olivier Dellacherie
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Deinove appoints Dr. Alexis Rideau as CEO
January 12, 2021 January 11, 2021 by Talent4Boards Team
– FRANCE, Montpellier – Deinove (EPA: ALDEI), a biotech company pioneering the exploration and exploitation of bacterial biodiversity to address the urgent and global challenge of antimicrobial resistance, today announced the appointment of Dr. Alexis Rideau Ph.D. as CEO, effective on January 8, 2021.
"The Board of Directors and I confirm our full confidence in Alexis. Since his entry in the company, he has driven the momentum we were expecting from his appointment as Deputy CEO. In just a few months, he has strengthened the Company's positioning in the antimicrobial field and worked to promote Deinove's scientific capabilities to its current and future partners. He is now the CEO of this biotech company with high potential in the race against antimicrobial resistance", said Board Chairman, Charles Woler.
About Dr. Alexis Rideau
Before joining DEINOVE, Alexis Rideau was in charge of developing industrial relations and coordinating the strategic partnership team at BIOASTER (Lyon/Paris), a Technology Research Institute in applied microbiology, which specializes in the design and use of technology innovations in the field of microbiology to accelerate the development of medical and nutritional industrial solutions for animal and human health.
Alexis Rideau has been directly involved in the definition and implementation of the Institute's technology and economic strategy, as well as the valorization of its state-of-the-art technology platforms in the industrial sectors of microbiota, antimicrobials, vaccines, and diagnostic. He initiated and implemented structuring partnerships, technologically and financially, with major French and international players (Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Bio-Rad Laboratories, bioMérieux, Boehringer Ingelheim, etc.), SMEs (Kaleido Biosciences Inc., Enterome, MaaT Pharma, LNC Therapeutics, Biofilm Pharma, etc.) and academic institutions (INRAE MetaGenoPolis, Institut Pasteur, CNRS, etc.).
Previously, Alexis Rideau held various positions in companies operating in the technology and healthcare fields, including support to entrepreneurs, sector analysis and fundraising (Library House Ltd, Bionest Partners, and Glaizer Group) and directly in the field, in the conquest of new industrial markets (MorphoSys AG, Bio-Rad Laboratories).
"I would like to thank Charles Woler and all the members of the Board of Directors for renewing their confidence in me. Since last May, I have been working on the operating transformation to ensure that it becomes a leading driver of innovation in the exploration and exploitation of microbial biodiversity. The energy and determination of Deinove's teams made it possible for me to take up my position under optimal conditions, despite the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together we are fully committed to developing Deinove as a major player in the generation of new antimicrobials", commented Alexis Rideau, CEO of Deinove.
Alexis Rideau holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology (University of Cambridge, England), a European Magistère in Genetics, and an MSc in Cellular and Molecular Genetics (Paris Diderot University and Sorbonne University), as well as an MBA in International Management (ESCP Europe).
About Deinove
Deinove is a French biotechnology company pioneering the exploration of a new domain of life, unexplored at 99.9%: the "microbial dark matter". By revealing the metabolic potential of rare bacteria or still classified as uncultivable, it tackles a global health and economic challenge: antimicrobial resistance. The new therapies discovered and developed by Deinove target superbugs (microbes that have become resistant to one or more antimicrobials) that cause life-threatening infections which are now spreading at high speed.
This breakthrough approach gave birth to one of the World's first specialized micro-biotechnology platforms and a unique collection of 10,000 rare strains and thousands of bacterial extracts. Nowadays, Deinove is conducting several development programs, of which its first antibiotic candidate is currently evaluated in Phase II clinical trial in severe Clostridioides difficult infections, one of the World's primary emergencies. The Company has also developed new bacterial micro-factories that address the other issue in the race against antimicrobial resistance: the industrial production of these rare and low concentrated compounds with often too complex chemical structures to be generated by chemical synthesis.
Based at the heart of the Euromédecine park in Montpellier, Deinove is listed on EURONEXT GROWTH® since 2010. The Company has more than 50 employees and leans on a world-class network of academic, technological, industrial, and institutional partners.
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 (b) the supporting documents specified in Part B of Annexure PN21-A.pdf, Part B of Annexure PN23-A.pdf or Part B of Annexure PN23-E.pdf, as the case may be, and Part B of Annexure PN24-A.pdf.
4.1 An applicant seeking a primary listing on the Main Market must give the Exchange an undertaking in the form of Annexure PN21-B.pdf, Annexure PN23-B.pdf or Annexure PN23-F.pdf, as the case may be.
 (b) every director who is or has been appointed as an independent director gives the Exchange a letter in the form of Annexure PN21-D.pdf, Annexure PN23-D.pdf or Annexure PN23-H.pdf, as the case may be.
  (iii) provides the Exchange with such number of copies of the printed prospectus as may be determined by the Exchange from time to time.
 (k) securities are admitted to the Official List and quoted on the Exchange 2 clear market days after receipt of the quotation application together with the requisite documents and confirmations and the same have been found to be complete in all respects.
 (b) the supporting documents specified in Part B of Annexure PN24-A.pdf.
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A US judge Friday ordered the military chief of eastern Libya, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, to compensate Libyan plaintiffs who allege he ordered the torture and extrajudicial killings of their family members.
The federal judge in the state of Virginia, where Haftar lived before returning to Libya, ruled that he had not cooperated with the court and that by "default" was ordered to pay damages to the families.
Haftar, a dual US-Libyan citizen whose name is spelled "Hifter" in American legal documents, can still appeal the decision, and future hearings will need to be held to determine the level of compensation.
Nonetheless, Friday's ruling represents a major setback for the military leader.
"Justice has prevailed. Hifter will be held responsible for his war crimes," said Faisal Gill, one of the lawyers spearheading the cases, in a statement shared with AFP.
Filed in 2019 and 2020, the civil lawsuits argue that Haftar, as head of the eastern-based Libyan National Army, authorized the indiscriminate bombings of civilians during his unsuccessful 2019 campaign to take Tripoli, resulting in the death of the plaintiff's family members.
They are suing Haftar under a 1991 US law, the Torture Victim Protection Act, which allows for civil lawsuits against anyone who, acting in an official capacity for a foreign nation, commits acts of torture and/or extrajudicial killings.
The court had paused the case ahead of Libyan elections in December 2021 – but restarted it after the vote was once again delayed.
Haftar has also unsuccessfully attempted to dismiss the suit, claiming immunity as a head of state.
Oil-rich Libya has been mired in a bitter power struggle since the fall of dictator Moamer Kadhafi's regime in 2011, with a major division between the north African country's east and west.
Two governments are vying for power: one based in Tripoli and another supported by Haftar's army, which controls portions of the east and south.
Haftar, 78, is a Soviet-trained soldier who assisted in the 1969 coup that brought Kadhafi to power. After taking on a senior military position in Libya's war with Chad, Haftar was taken as a prisoner of war, and subsequently disavowed by Kadhafi.
He was ultimately offered political asylum in the United States, where he lived for 20 years and gained American citizenship as well as, according to the Wall Street Journal, several properties worth millions of dollars.
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They said the findings from their study of more than 730 triple-vaccinated health care workers in the United Kingdom may help explain why Omicron reinfection is so common, The Guardian reported.
"If you were infected during the first wave, then you can't boost your immune response if you have an Omicron infection," study co-author Rosemary Boyton, a professor at Imperial College London, told the newspaper.
Boyton also noted that when "Omicron started flying around the country, people kept saying, that's OK, that will improve people's immunity," but "what we're saying is it's not a good booster of immunity."
It's believed that COVID variants such as Omicron have mutations in their spike protein that help them evade immune responses, but these findings show the situation is more complex, according to co-author Danny Altmann, a professor at Imperial College London.
"It's actually worse than that, because the adaptations that the spike [protein] has now are actually inducing a kind of regulation or shutdown of immune response," he told The Guardian.
This study focused on Omicron BA.1, but similar findings are likely for other Omicron subvariants, Altmann noted.
Despite high rates of COVID-19 infection in the United Kingdom, low rates of hospitalizations and deaths suggest that vaccines still provide protection against severe disease and death, according to Altmann.
However, we're "not getting herd immunity, we're not building up protective immunity to Omicron," he said. "So we face not coming out the other end of infections and reinfections and breakthrough infections."
The study was published June 14 in the journal Science.
Visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more on the Omicron variant.
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"The tale of Africa and London Stock Exchange has been intertwined for a very long time."
Ibukun Adebayo, Head of Equity Primary Markets, Africa
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London Stock Exchange attracts companies from across the globe and it has a connection with Africa that stretches back for decades. Now, as economic growth in Africa continues to outstrip much of the world, more and more African firms are listing in London.
Mongolia, Singapore, Vietnam, Nigeria, Macedonia, Estonia, Bangladesh, Fiji and Belize: it reads like an extract from the United Nations, or a travel guide to exotic destinations. In fact, it is just a few of the countries that are represented on London Stock Exchange
The list goes on – in total, 700 companies from 70 different nations have chosen London to list their shares, attracted by the prestige and profile of a quote on London Stock Exchange and the unrivalled access to capital it offers.
One of the big draws of London is the expertise offered by market participants, says Jon Edwards, Deputy Head of Primary Markets, Emerging Markets at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).
"London is a very attractive market for international firms, particularly from emerging economies. Companies from Asia, Russia and Africa are all very well understood here. There are a large number of funds with experience of overseas companies and there is also a deep pool of analysts to draw upon for every sector of business. No other market can offer the same level of expertise," he says.
This is likely to translate into another busy year ahead for international listings in London, with an "active pipeline of companies from all sectors lining up to list", says Edwards.
African companies are particularly well represented in London and the links with the vast continent date back to the 1930s, when the first African company listed its shares in London. That was African Explosives & Industries, which made blasting explosives and detonators for the gold and diamond mining industries in South Africa. Now called AECI, it is still listed in London today.
Many more African companies have made the same journey to London since then.
"The story of Africa and London Stock Exchange has been intertwined for a very long time. We are very familiar with the way business is done in Africa so we understand the risks, and the rewards, of the continent," says Ibukun Adebayo, Head of Equity Primary Markets, Africa and India at LSEG.
"We have an ecosystem here that can adequately price the risks of doing business in different regions. London is famous as the global financial sector with the most balanced regulatory system. There is no other regime that is as comprehensive and our rules governing disclosure and market abuse provide protection for investors."
"We're a blue riband market. If you're an African business with aspirations, then London is your best platform," he adds.
Made up of more than 50 diverse countries, from Nigeria to Kenya, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and South Africa, Africa has achieved growth rates in recent years that would be the envy of any Western economy.
At five per cent, the average economic growth of sub-Saharan Africa outstripped that of more than 70 per cent of the world in 2013 according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The rate of growth is expected to accelerate to six per cent in 2014 and, over the next five years, no less than half the world's fastest-growing economies will be in sub-Saharan Africa, with another two in North Africa, according to IMF forecasts.
LSEG is playing its part in the African growth story. African companies looking to London have traditionally come from the natural resources sector - oil and gas, mining and precious metals. But the range of sectors is now broadening as the economies of the continent mature and millions more consumers enter its rapidly expanding middle class.
"Media companies, airlines, real estate and consumer goods companies from Africa are now all represented in London and we expect that trend to continue," says Adebayo.
At $75 billion, the collective worth of African companies on the London market is second only to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. In total, there are 119 African companies listed in London, with 29 on the Main Market and 90 on AIM.
Among those African companies listing in London last year was Zenith Bank, Nigeria's second largest bank and one of the few banks to emerge from the 2008-9 financial crisis intact.
Zenith was already listed on the Lagos Stock Exchange and raised no new capital through its London debut. Instead, the group used the listing to increase its profile in the international financial world and provide potential investors with the reassurance that it was able to meet London's strict corporate governance criteria.
"London has given the bank access to a wide range of major institutional investors wanting to buy into the continent's growth story," says Adebayo.
Since 2008, African-focused companies have raised £4.2 billion in London in new and further issues. London Stock Exchange has long attracted Africa's resources companies, many of which are run by Western management, but Adebayo highlights the growing number of indigenous businesses that are looking to London for their financing needs.
One such success story is Lekoil, the Nigerian exploration group that raised £27 million when it floated on AIM in May 2013. Less than six months later, the group was able to go back to the market and successfully raised a further £60 million, at 55p a share, comfortably above the May float price of 40p.
The capital raised in London has enabled Lekoil to fund exploration work at its promising drilling prospects off the coast of Nigeria. Chief executive and founding director, Lekan Akinyanmi, says he has been "extremely pleased" with the positive response from investors in London.
"Our ability to attract such experienced and high quality directors along with obtaining professional advice from leading organisations in London has enabled Lekoil to develop at a rate that would not have been possible otherwise
There is undoubtedly a strong link between investment opportunities in Africa and capital from London and we see ourselves as an important part of this growing movement," he says.
LSEG works closely with the major African exchanges, providing trading software and clearing technology. "We want to help create an environment where they are able to fund local businesses," says Adebayo. "We engage with them on a collaborative basis, to help bring the liquidity pool of London to Africa."
Once a company has outgrown its local market, however, London can fulfill its financing needs. As Adebayo explains: "In terms of access to capital, the beauty of London is that it's not just UK investors here, it's global institutions, from US pension funds to Singaporean sovereign wealth funds, German hedge funds and so on."
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'FARM BILL BLUES': Peterson et al. coming strung out over bill
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., isn't singing the "Farm Bill Blues" yet, but he's in high dudgeon about why others can't dance to the same tune so the bill can be passed by its April 18 deadline.
By mpates@gfherald.com
Peterson was a key attraction on the schedule for the North American Agricultural Journalists annual meeting April 7 and 8 in Washington. He also was the entertainment when his "Second Amendments" band of rocking congressmen took the stage April 7 at the National Press Club to play for a dinner-dance and scholarship fundraiser that drew such luminaries as Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer and Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner and their wives.
Some 150 journalists, agricultural advocates and congressional staffers who attended the event organized by NAAJ officials including former president Jerry Hagstrom, a contributor to Agweek and a staff writer for Congress Daily. Part of the gala was a fundraiser for a scholarship in memory of Sonja Hillgren, a former correspondent for Agweek who went on to be editor at Farm Journal magazine.
Peterson's band -- all Republicans except him -- played for an hour and a half, but Peterson mysteriously withheld his playing of his updated version of the "Farm Bill Blues," which he'd indicated he'd sing.
Placing blame
In a press briefing the next day with the NAAJ, Peterson seemed serious about his music lyrics. While he enjoyed the evening, he says, he hinted that he was peeved that his audience wasn't paying enough attention for him to sing his "Farm Bill Blues," which presumably is his comment on why the bill isn't passing. He says he's been highly irritated that some stories have falsely pinned blame on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for holding up progress.
Pulling out the lyrics of the song he'd chosen not to sing, Peterson read part of Verse 3:
"According to some, who are ginning up 'the' (delay culprit), it can't be the Senate, it's Miss Pelosi," Peterson said, looking up at reporters in the room. "That is the biggest bunch of baloney I've ever read. There's been nobody -- nobody in this town -- that has been as rock-solid and helpful to me as Nancy Pelosi, and it irritates the hell out of me that people are trying to go after her, because that is totally baloney."
At the NAAJ briefing, Peterson unveiled his recent plans to help find spending offsets for the bill by cutting crop insurance subsidies. He says this should be possible in areas of the country where premiums have risen the most from 2002 to 2007, but where "mean crop loss ratios" have been low. Peterson has found potential cuts in government outlays for crop insurance administrative and operating, which subsidizes crop insurance companies for servicing and delivering coverage.
Peterson says the cuts in subsidies could save $500 million over the five-year projections of the Senate version of the bill. Peterson says he is frustrated that when a budget savings is achieved, others -- particularly senators -- "will dream up some damn way to spend it."
He emphasizes he's comfortable leaving matters of how to finance the farm bill with Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., to solve the financing issues. Pelosi named House conferees April 9, although Peterson says a "de facto" conference committee has been doing work behind the scenes to get the farm bill completed by an April 18 deadline.
One problem is that all of the conferees for the Senate have been appointed for all aspects of the bill. In the House, conferees are only designated for certain parts of a bill. He says that's because the farm bill includes interaction with House Ways and Means/Finance; Energy/Commerce and others.
Besides the farm bill, another major topic at the event was international food shortages. While farmers enjoy the effects of high grain prices, NAAJ members heard from experts raising increased concerns over the effects of higher grain prices around the world. Panelists reported that 33 countries are deemed prone to unrest because of food price increases. Two dozen nations have imposed price controls or have limited exports in some way.
Ephriam Liebtag, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says the nation can expect 30 percent to 50 percent increases in corn prices in 2008, as well as rises in wheat prices.
"Wheat prices have doubled in six months," he says, adding that the effect on U.S. consumer is blunted by the fact that a considerable amount of our food prices are a result of marketing and packaging costs. This is not the case in developing countries, where the retail price of food is much closer to the raw price.
In the United States, Liebtag says, more than half of the corn is used as animal feed. Less than a third of retail food consumption is of corn-related products.
But Mark Cohen, research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, says U.S. consumers use 7 percent of their disposable income on food, while lower income people in the country use up to 25 percent on food. Meanwhile, consumers in developing countries can consume 50 percent, 75 percent or 80 percent of their income on food
"Food price inflation cuts more deeply" for them, Cohen says.
He says the current run-up in grain prices has caused the "death of conventional wisdom," especially in the maxim, "the cure for high prices is high prices." That's not been the case with this market, which while often blamed on ethanol is much more complicated than that.
"We think we're in for an era of higher food prices," Cohen says, noting that the price trend from the 1900s has been declining farm prices. He says the drivers for the increasing food prices include the rising incomes in Asia and China, and the changing lifestyles in those countries -- urbanization -- which lead to more convenience foods.
Also, the population in general still is growing. Also, the cost of transporting food to consumers is increasing. Other increased costs tend to be related to fertilizer.
Barring a technological breakthrough, prices are going up. One of the causes of this is global changes in climate, with North America influenced by droughts and floods, and places like Africa being the hardest hit.
"Ten days ago, the price of rice went up by one-third in one day -- March 28," Cohen says. At the same time, U.S. food assistance aid is "flat," which means less help than the hungry could use.