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Flattening the curve 'is happening'
Liz Main, Bo Seo, Natasha Rudra and Timothy Moore
Updated Apr 4, 2020 – 6.30pm, first published at Apr 3, 2020 – 7.12am
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases up 166, or 3.1 per cent, to 5522, at 2.34pm AEDT
Globally, more than a million people have tested positive for COVID-19.
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6.30pm – Apr 4, 2020
What we learned today
Here's a wrap of the main developments today and overnight:
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said that while the rate of new coronavirus cases is slowing, Australia is "definitely not" through the health crisis.
There are now 5544 cases of COVID-19 across the country and the death toll rose to 30 after a woman in her 70s died in Victoria, and the death of a man in his 80s at Canberra Hospital.
Australia has produced a "single source of truth" for providing the best care for COVID-19 patients.
The NSW health minister has defended the government's handling of the Ruby Princess coronavirus scandal as the opposition calls for him to resign over the cruise ship saga.
Returned travellers disregarding orders to self-isolate in Victoria have received a stern warning to stay home, as a woman in her 70s became the state's eighth person to die from COVID-19.
Fourteen new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Western Australia, including five from the German cruise liner Artania, which will remain docked at Fremantle for another fortnight.
Five men were charged after they breached coronavirus regulations for non- essential travel to a remote North Queensland community.
An additional 1700 hospital beds in South Australia will be available during the coronavirus outbreak as the state's public and private hospitals join forces for the first time.
NSW Police on Saturday helped reprovision two ships, the Spectrum of the Seas and the Radiance of the Seas, before they departed for their home ports.
US stocks finished lower on the day, as the US jobless rate surged far higher than expected in March with expectations that the worst lies ahead.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill and plunged the world into a recession that will be "way worse" than the global financial crisis a decade ago, the head of the International Monetary Fund said, calling it "humanity's darkest hour".
Scientists at Monash University and the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne say an existing anti-parasitic drug kills the coronavirus in test tubes in 48 hours.
The US government recommended Americans wear cloth face coverings on a voluntary basis to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus, President Donald Trump said, though he won't be following the advisory.
Operation Nemesis
Five cruise ships docked in Sydney harbour will be sent out to sea as the NSW government deals with the ugly fallout of the Ruby Princess affair.
Operation Nemesis was the largest operation in Sydney Harbour outside of wartime to move crew and supplies between a series of stranded cruise ships.
The Spectrum of the Seas cruise ship leaves Sydney Harbour. Dominic Lorrimer
The ships were allowed to dock in Sydney Harbour during the past 24 hours, with 600 foreign national crew members moved between the two before fuel, food and medical supplies were loaded on board.
NSW Police said that they both departed on Saturday afternoon as part of "Operation Nemesis".
A third ship, the Celebrity Solstice, entered the harbour on Saturday afternoon with another two - Voyager of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas - to follow.
The Berejiklian government is under fire after leaked emails revealed results of onboard swab tests from Ruby Princess passengers who were showing signs of influenza would have been available the same day passengers disembarked the ship.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Saturday stood behind his staff who had allowed the Ruby Princess cruise ship to disembark in Sydney on March 19 despite knowing the results would be known within hours.
"The NSW Health expert panel has assessed the Ruby Princess as NOT requiring on board health assessment in Sydney," NSW Health said in the email.
Banks to reweight lending books to industrial after record year
Bank lending to the commercial property sector hit a record high in 2020, but growth will ease back as lenders reduce their exposure to the retail and residential development sectors.
Police believe Sydney private school mother accused of fraud is alive
Melissa Caddick, who vanished in November, is being searched for by police investigating the loss of millions.
Aged care worker challenges vaccine mandate
A long-standing home care assistant has accused Ozcare of unfairly dismissing her for refusing to take a flu jab due to a severe reaction from one as a child.
Pandemic restrictions no barrier as Magic Millions pips $200m
Industry figures say strong sales can be linked to factors from a strong economy, Australia having high prize money for successful racehorses and the prospects of developing a breeding stallion.
Supermarkets to limit customers
Major supermarkets have beefed up social distancing measures ahead of the Easter rush.
Woolworths and Coles will limit the number of customers in-store to help combat the spread of coronavirus.
It has left shoppers queuing up on Saturday morning to access stores such as the Woolworths Everton Park in Brisbane's north.
A worker greeting customers told AAP the store was limiting numbers to 100 people, with restrictions being rolled out nationwide.
Woolworths Supermarkets managing director Claire Peters said the number of customers allowed into each store at any one time will be dependent on its size.
He asked customers to consider pre-planning their Easter shopping to avoid the usual Thursday spike in numbers.
"Traditionally, the Thursday in the lead up to Easter is one of our busiest times in-store," he said.
Emporium Melbourne to close
Emporium Melbourne, one the largest shopping destinations in central Melbourne will close its doors from 5pm on Sunday, leaving open only a pharmacy and medical centre.
The shuttering of the vertical mall in the heart of the CBD comes just a day after Premier Daniel Andrews flagged the prospect of moving to stage four restrictions with tighter rules for social distancing and gatherings.
This is the first move by a major mall owner to shut its doors. Aaron Pocock
Managed and co-owned by ASX-listed Vicinity Centres, the announcement is one of the first by a major mall to voluntarily close its doors.
"The CBD has experienced a significant drop in visitation as people adhere to the government's guidelines to stay at home and more city workers are working from home," managing director Grant Kelley said on Saturday.
"We've already seen more than 90 per cent of our retailers at Emporium Melbourne temporarily close their doors both voluntarily and due to government restrictions to ensure public safety."
Some food retailers in the multi-storey shopping mall will continue trading, offering a delivery-only service.
Vicinity, whose largest shareholder is Rich Lister John Gandel with whom it co-owns the country's biggest mall, Chadstone, has already scaled back the opening hours across its 63 centres in an effort to nurse struggling retailers through the coronavirus-caused economic slump.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday set out the terms of a relief package for smaller retail tenants through which rent would be reduced in proportion to lost earnings.
'Flattening of the curve is happening'
Professor Kelly said today's data showed the daily increases are "definitely less than they were a week or so ago" and that was due to social distancing measures.
"So at the moment we are tracking quite well, that flattening of the curve we have talked about for some time now appears to be happening."
"Even though that is an improvement in terms of the number of cases that are coming every day, that is still about 250 people that are contracting the virus, and still five people that have died in the last 24 hours."
"What I really would caution against thinking we have got through this completely, because we definitely have not, and we really have to be hypervigilant now in collect the information and making some decisions about what that means in terms of the people that are getting infected, the people that I getting sick, those that are using a hospital system, those that need to be admitted to intensive care, and so on."
He also warned about the onset of winter as colds tended to spread more easily in colder weather.
"We do know that low humidity and low temperatures do tend to promote the
infectiousness of respiratory viruses, and we suspect that this particular virus will be similar."
Mask use not recommended
Deputy chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly gave a press conference earlier where he addressed the advice from the United States Centres for Disease Control, which overnight advised Americans to wear masks in public.
"In terms of mask use in the community, I would stress again, at the moment we do not think that is a good idea, partly because of that constraint on supply," Professor Kelly said on Saturday.
While he said masks "can be useful" the advice remains, "if you are sick, stay at home."
"So for the moment, mask use not recommended for the Australian public, and we can continue to look at ways, and indeed we are actively looking at ways, of thinking about mask use into the future."
Professor Kelly said mask use could increase the risks for people not used to wearing them.
"So touching a surface with the virus, scratching yourself underneath the mask, but in fact increase your risk rather than decrease your risk. -- could in fact increase."
ACT records second death
Edmund Tadros
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases are up 166, or 3.1 per cent, to 5522. That total, which includes figures from NSW, Victoria, Queensland and the ACT, suggests the daily increase rate has continued to ease. Two more deaths were also reported, one in Victoria and one in the ACT, bringing the total to 30.
For more data go to the Financial Review virus tracker.
Australia's daily increase rate around 5pc
Australia on Saturday reported more signs that the spread of the novel coronavirus has been stabilising, as NSW health authorities defended the disembarking in mid-March of a virus-hit cruise ship.
According to the federal health ministry data, there were 230 new cases of the coronavirus in the 24-hour period to early Saturday in Australia, bringing the total to 5,454 cases.
This suggests the daily increase rate has continued to stay at around 5 per cent in recent days, significantly lower than the 30 per cent jumps seen two weeks ago.
Twenty-eight deaths so far have been related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Seven deaths and more than 600 coronavirus cases have come from one cruise ship alone - Carnival Corp's Ruby Princess, which disembarked in Sydney in March despite health officials knowing of the risk of coronavirus aboard the ship.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard defended criticism of health officials who allowed the ship's more than 2,700 passengers to leave.
Victoria records 1,115 cases, eight deaths
There are now 1,115 coronavirus cases in Victoria, an increase of 30 from yesterday. A woman in her 70s has died in hospital bringing the total number of Victorian deaths from the virus to eight.
Forty-two people are in hospital including 10 patients in intensive care. Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said of all the travellers who had returned from overseas and were expected to self-quarantine for 14 days, there were 99 who were not in their homes when police checked.
11.35am – Apr 4, 2020
Australia develops COVID-19 guidelines
Jill Margo
Australia has shot ahead of the world and, with tremendous effort, produced a "single source of truth" for providing the best care for COVID-19 patients.
It has developed a set of "living clinical guidelines" that will be continually updated as more evidence comes to the fore.
The guidelines cover the care people should receive at all stages of COVID-19, from their family doctor, to hospital, to ICU.
They will ensure Australian clinicians on the frontline have the best and latest information at their fingertips.
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Panel findings back PM's criticism of WHO
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2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer Series ll
The Jeep Grand Wagoneer is brand new for 2021 and is an impressive addition to the luxury large SUV class. It's large and in charge—a body-on-frame SUV with a powerful engine, posh interior, tons of space and is loaded with features and tech. The one big drawback is awful gas mileage.
Base Price: $95,440
As Tested: $$102,508
Mileage: 13 mpg city/18 mpg highway/15 mpg combined
The Grand Wagoneer competes with the likes of the Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator, and Land Rover Range Rover. It's the swankiest Jeep ever made. Will buyers want a Jeep that can easily cost six figures?
The 2022 Grand Wagoneer comes in four trims: Series I, series II, Obsidian and Series III. Starting prices range from $88,440 to $104,845. Every trim comes well equipped, so you don't have to go to the higher trims to get most features. The higher trims add things like nicer leather upholstery and beefed-up audio systems.
The Grand Wagoneer is powered by a stout 6.4-liter V8 that generates 471 horsepower and pound-feet of torque, paired with an eight-speed automatic. The engine does a great job of propelling this more than three-ton beast, whether you're accelerating from a stop or increasing speed to merge and pass on the freeway. There's noticeable body lean when cornering but you're probably not going to push this ginormous machine around tight turns. The ride is smooth and composed, even over rough roads. The Grand Wagoneer is easy to drive despite its bulk; I often forget that I was behind the wheel of a vehicle that's nearly 18 feet long and six feet tall. Visibility is good all the way around.
The Grand Wagoneer has decent off-road chops with a number of standard features including a four-wheel-drive system with active low range and rear electronic limited slip differential, a terrain management system, and an adaptive air suspension that provides a smooth ride and up to 10 inches of ground clearance. And if you want to slog through a stream, the Grand Wagoneer can handle up to two feet of water fording.
The Grand Wagoneer also boasts best-in-class towing capability of up to 9,850 pounds. Trailer sway control is standard and a trailer brake controller is available.
Fuel efficiency is horrible, even for a large luxury SUV. EPA ratings for my 4WD tester are 13 mpg city and 18 mpg highway with a combined rating of 15. I got 15 mpg during my week with a mix of city and highway driving. To make matters worse, premium gas is required.
The cabin is utterly gorgeous and is definitely the most upscale interior ever in a Jeep! The design is modern and stylish, and all materials are all top notch. There's room for either seven or eight passengers, depending on whether you get captain's chairs in the second row. Seats are comfortable, supportive and roomy enough for adults, even in the third row. It's also easy to get in and out of the third row thanks to the power Tip and Slide feature.
Standard features include remote start, rearview camera, surround-view camera system, head-up display, quad-zone automatic climate control, Nappa leather upholstery, power-adjustable front seats, heated and ventilated front seats, massaging front seats, heated steering wheel, heated second-row seats, reclining and power-folding third-row seats, 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster, infotainment system with 12-inch touchscreen, navigation, 19-speaker McIntosh audio system, HD Radio, satellite radio, Bluetooth, USB ports, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Amazon Alexa including Fire TV, Wi-Fi hot spot, wireless device charging, 10.25-inch display in the second-row console, tri-pane panoramic sunroof, and a rear-seat reminder.
Available features include a digital rearview mirror, Palermo leather upholstery, interactive front passenger display, 23-speaker McIntosh audio system, ventilated second-row seats, dual-screen rear-seat entertainment system, rear-seat monitoring camera, a refrigerated center console, and driver drowsiness monitoring. .
Standard driver assistance technologies include forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, side distance warning, front and rear parking sensors, and parallel and perpendicular park assist.
Available driver assistance technologies include traffic sign recognition, night vision assist, and intersection assist.
The Grand Wagoneer has Jeep's latest Uconnect 5 multimedia infotainment system. The Uconnect system has long been known as one of the best and most intuitive infotainment systems out there, and this new version is even better. There are so many features that it can be a little daunting at first but it's easy to figure out with a little practice. The system has great looking graphics, quick response times, and can be customized to your liking.
The bottom screen is a 10.3-inch screen that controls climate. The screen is motorized; push a button and the screen flips up to allow access to a compartment that has USB ports and a spot for your phone. Problem is, the screen has to be up for you to retrieve your phone. I can't tell you how many times I'd turn off the ignition, then realize I had to power everything up again in order to raise the screen and grab my phone. A minor annoyance for sure, but Jeep should figure out how to make it more functional.
One available feature is an interactive display for the front passenger seat which can be used four ways: co-pilot for navigation and device management; entertainment through HDMI input and the rear seat entertainment controls; Fire TV for Auto, and looking at all of the exterior vehicle cameras. The front passenger can take control of these things so the driver can focus on the road ahead!
The Grand Wagoneer has a ton of cargo space, even for a large SUV. There are 27.4 cubic feet with all three rows of seating in place, 70.9 cubes with the third row folded and 116.7 cubes with the second and third rows folded. The cabin has lots of spots to store smaller items. There's even an optional refrigerated compartment in the center console. A hands-free power liftgate comes standard.
Stout V8 engine
Comfortable ride
Handles like a smaller vehicle
Good off-roading capability including up to 2 feet of water fording
Extremely posh interior
Tons of passenger and cargo space
Many standard and available features and tech
Excellent infotainment system
Standard Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
The not-so-good:
High price tag for a Jeep
Dismal fuel efficiency
Pricing info:
Specific info for my tester wasn't available in time for this review. Starting prices range from $88,440 to $104,845, plus a $2,000 destination charge.
The brand new 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer is an impressive blend of capable SUV, classy cruiser and all-out luxury. The question is, will buyers want an over-the-top Jeep that can easily climb into six-figure territory and only gets about 15 mpg? They might if they were already considering the well-established Cadillac Escalade or Lincoln Navigator.
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Nigerian songwriter and singer Falana releases her brand new track "Repeat". Through powerful visuals and inspiring messages, Falana continues to write meaningful songs.
With the second single from her highly expected EP "Chapter One," the singer digs deep into the natural behavior of human reality in a continually changing world, and also our need for love and community.
"Repeat" is a refreshing tribute to faith, strength, and struggle. The video is a mix of political movements of the past and Falana suavity.
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ALBANY – The son of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno arranged to have $4.4 million in Medicaid funding restored to the new state budget – just days after he was paid $60,000 by a group that gets the funds.
Kenneth Bruno personally called his father's top aides – including Senate Finance Committee Secretary Mary Louise Malick and Chief Counsel Ken Riddett – to get them to override Gov. Pataki's plan to slash more than $4 million in spending for ambulette services as part of an overall effort to control runaway Medicaid costs, insiders said.
Pataki cut $4.4 million for ambulette services – which provide non-emergency transportation for medical visits – from the budget he presented to the Legislature in January.
And both houses of the Legislature approved the cuts on March 31 – in their first on-time budget in 21 years.
But, on the same day, the New York Ambulette Coalition, representing ambulette companies, hired the younger Bruno as its lobbyist. "We felt we needed someone who could be very effective," explained Stephen Solarsh, the coalition's executive director.
"We needed someone who would be able to carry the ball across the goal line, so we hired this guy almost at the 12th hour," said Solarsh – whose coalition had already been paying little-known lobbyist James McCulley to represent its interests.
Days later – when the budget was secretly reworked at closed-door meetings, with Pataki's approval – the $4.4 million was back in the state's record-high new spending plan. "It was added at the insistence of the Senate," a senior state official said.
Kenneth Bruno insisted that he had been granted no special consideration and that he had merely "laid out the case that cutting these services would cost money instead of save money" by delaying critical medical visits. He said he further argued that the cuts would "kill" the medically vital ambulette industry.
Bur Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, called the hiring of Sen. Bruno's (R-Rensselaer) son "suspicious" and said it was "a good example of what everybody believes about state government.
"This confirms the view that in order to get things done in Albany, you have to hire those with the hottest political contacts," Horner said.
The younger Bruno, the former Rensselaer County district attorney, became a lobbyist nearly two years ago and set up his own firm last month – listing $600,000 in retainers from such special interest firms as Madison Square Garden (the West Side stadium), Yonkers Raceway, Magna Entertainment (horse racing and casino gambling) and the Oneidas of Wisconsin (gambling).


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Philippine Basic Education
A blog that tackles issues on basic education (in the Philippines and the United States) including early childhood education, the teaching profession, math and science education, medium of instruction, poverty, and the role of research and higher education.
What Do Filipinos Really Think About DepEd's K to 12?
"If majority of those who will be in the review are those who support the program from the very beginning, this is a futile task. Involve teachers, students and most especially parents in the review," says Revenendo R. Vargas, founder of the Parents Advocacy for Children Education and an instructor at the Institute of Religion at the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, as he comments on a recent announcement made by the Department of Education regarding its plan to review the K-12 curriculum. Well, if you ask the teachers, this is one of their recent calls: "Prevent Depression and Suicide, Liberate Teachers from Clerical Tasks".
I can actually relate to this call. During the limited time I have spent with some elementary school teachers in the Philippines, I find that clerical work really consumes the time, attention and energy of school personnel. For instance, I can see the importance of a school working on an action plan (Here is an example from 2006) but from what I have observed, more time and attention is spent, not really on what goes into the plan, but more on the format or presentation of the plan. A lot of resources are indeed wasted on something superficial.
Sadly, the likelihood that the Department of Education in the Philippines would begin listening to the primary stakeholders of basic education is very low. Nonetheless, it is still important to take note of what the majority think about basic education in the Philippines. Regardless of whether the Department cares or not about what the public thinks, the sustainability of its K to 12 curriculum as well as its chances to overcome its implementation challenges very much depend on the support coming from teachers, students and their parents.
Relucio and Palaoag have used web analytics to gauge the sentiment of Filipinos regarding the K to 12 curriculum. In a study presented at the 2018 International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning, it is found that after analyzing more than a thousand Twitter messages on Philippine education during the months of February and March 2017, negative sentiments outnumber positive ones by almost a factor of 2 to 1. The researchers note:
Mostly expressed their negativity on our Philippine educational system which implies that the following need further attention: hiring of teachers, sufficient allocation and utilization of funds for the procurement of books and resources, and sending the teachers concerned for training.
Not much can really be stated in 140 characters, the limit Twitter had in 2017. Still, a negative sentiment does not really need so many characters. The details may be unclear on what is really underneath the negativity but one thing should be unclouded: A majority of Filipinos do not like DepEd's K to 12.
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K to 12 Program ng Gobyerno ng Pilipinas
MGA TANONG AT SAGOT HINGGIL SA Kto12 PROGRAM NG GOBYERNO NG PILIPINAS Posted on May 28, 2012 by David Michael San Juan MGA TANONG AT SAGOT HINGGIL SA Kto12 PROGRAM NG GOBYERNO NG PILIPINAS (Paunawa: Simpleng lenggwahe ang ginamit sa artikulong ito upang madaling maintindihan ng mayorya.) For the full English version please visit http://www.scribd.com/david_juan_1/d/70033985-San-Juan-David-Michael-Full-Paper-Kto12 TANONG: ANO ANG KTO12 PROGRAM? SAGOT: Ang Kto12 Program ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas ay tumutukoy sa pagkakaroon ng mandatory o required na kindergarten at karagdagang 2 taon sa dating 10-year Basic Education Cycle. Kung noon, pagkatapos ng anim na taon sa elementarya at apat na taon sa hayskul (kabuuang 10 taon) ay maaari nang makapagkolehiyo ang mga estudyante. Sa ilalim ng Kto12, bago makapagkolehiyo, kailangan pa nilang dumaan sa karagdagang 2 taon pagkatapos ng apat na taong hayskul. Sa bagong sistema, tinatawag na senior high school o junior
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The National Achievement Test in the Philippines
There is information to be gained from data. Tests in schools can be informative. Scores of students provide a quick glimpse of the current state of education. Thus, it is useful to have these numbers. These numbers may not tell everything in detail with high accuracy. Nevertheless, test results allow for a useful perspective. The National Achievement Test administered by the Department of Education (DepEd) in the Philippines, a set of standardized tests addressing the major subjects taught in school, is an example. These tests are given to Grade 3 where students are assessed in both English and Filipino (These two subjects comprise two thirds of the exam) and Math and Science (These two account for the remaining one third). A different set of tests is given to Grade 6 pupils where each of the following 5 subjects is assigned 40 items: (Science, Math, English, Filipino and Social Studies). Another set is administered to fourth year high school students (This is currently the last year
Wrong Track in Senior High School?
With the new K to 12 curriculum in the Philippines, various tracks are now offered in the last two years of basic education. The various options available obviously make it possible for students to find themselves later unprepared for the courses they decide to take in college. A student, for instance, who finishes the accounting business management (ABM) strand in the senior high school academic track, is now required to take additional courses if the student chooses to enroll in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) major in college. These additional courses which are now called "bridging programs" are either taken during the first year of college or over several weeks in the summer before college starts. Above copied from Coldwater High School Early College Program There are bridging programs in the United States, but these are different from the ones that are now appearing in colleges in the Philippines. In Coldwater High School in Michigan, fo
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Parents Do Not Want Their Children to Become Teachers
"Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations, produced by enthusiastic effort and infinite labor in every country of the world. All this is put into your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it to your children. Thus do we mortals achieve immortality in the permanent things which we create in common." - Albert Einstein
Angel C. de Dios, Ph.D., is currently an associate professor of chemistry at Georgetown University. At Georgetown, he has been teaching General Chemistry since 1995 in addition to graduate courses in molecular spectroscopy and quantum chemistry. His research interests include nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, protein structure determination, anti-malarial drugs, and math and science education. He was a recipient of a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and the Georgetown College Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. A member of PAASE (Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering), he helped the residents of Paete, Laguna incorporate computers and the Internet into their public schools.
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Q: RegularExpressions Extract All Decimal Values and Iterate Through Say I had the String
<Records>
         <record id='818591'/>
         <record id='818592'/>
         <record id='818593'/>
         <record id='818594'/>
         <record id='818595'/>
         <record id='818596'/>
         <record id='818597'/>
         <record id='818598'/>
</Records>

How, in C#, could I extract, and iterate through every "id" value.
I'm assuming it will be something like this:
foreach (Match match in Regex.Matches(archerResponse,@"<Records>(<record id='\d*'/>)*</Records>"))
{
       //get value
}

But how do I just pull out the decimal?

A: // main program
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(@"<Records> <record id='818591'/> <record id='818592'/> <record id='818593'/> <record id='818594'/> <record id='818595'/> <record id='818596'/> <record id='818597'/> <record id='818598'/></Records>");

            foreach (string s in doc.Descendants().Attributes("id").Select(a => a.Value))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(s);
            }
        }
    }
}

or if you're dead set on using regex...  the following is a regex that you can use.
"id='(.*?)'"

http://rubular.com/r/Pd4NbqDeVw

A: I'd use an XML parser:
XElement.Parse(archerResponse)
    .Elements("record")
    .SelectMany(n => n.Attributes("id"))
    .Select(x => x.Value); //gives you a collection of the items needed.

If you really want regex, use capturing groups:
foreach (Match match in Regex.Matches(archerResponse,@"<Records>(<record id='(\d+)'/>)*</Records>"))
{
    string result = match.Groups[0];
}

(note the brackets around the \d+!)

A: Try this on for size:
    string text =
        @"<Records><record id='818591'/><record id='818592'/><record id='818593'/><record id='818594'/><record id='818595'/><record id='818596'/><record id='818597'/><record id='818598'/></Records>";

    MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(text, @"[0-9]+(\.[0-9][0-9]?)?");

    if(matches.Count > 0)
    {
        foreach (var value in matches)
        {
            Console.Write(value);
        }
    }

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Deputy of the Rada Geo Leros accused Zelensky and Yermak of wanting to kill him and usurping power
Deputy Ukrainian glad Geo Leros convicted the President of the State Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of his office Andriy Yermak that they attempted to assassinate him. He shared this point of view within his own Telegram channel.
"Zelensky and Yermak are on their way to total usurpation of power with unlimited control over people and resources. If something happens to me or someone from my entourage, I blame it on the aforementioned crooks who treacherously, having deceived the Ukrainians, seized power in the country," the text of the said publication reads.
He drew attention to the fact that members of the Ukrainian security service urged his inner circle to invite him to a certain place in order to carry out a provocation. Separately, he stressed that the security forces used physical force.
Recall that the forces of the artillery units of the RF Armed Forces, striking at the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who are entrenched in the Novgorodskoye settlement known as New York, have a huge superiority over the enemy in terms of firepower.
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Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (n. 11 februarie 1380 – d. 30 octombrie 1459) a fost un filozof umanist italian. A afirmat originea romană a poporului român în secolul al XV-lea. Constata elemente comune ale limbii latine și ale limbii române. Pentru prima dată se argumenta latinitatea limbii române cu probe culese direct din spațiul românesc de cunoscători ai limbii latine.. De asemenea, este amintit pentru că a pus în circulație, îndepărtând secole de uitare, mai multe capodopere ale literaturii latine; mai presus de toate, De rerum natura de Lucrețiu, Institutio oratorio de Quintilian, și Silvae de Statius.

Biografia

Fiul lui Guccio (comerciant de mirodenii) și Jacoba Frutti (fiica unui notar), în tinerețe s-a mutat din Terranuova (localitate ce se numește astăzi Terranuova Bracciolini, în memoria sa) la Bologna, pentru a-și finaliza studiile juridice, dar, din cauza dezavantajului financiar al tatălui său, Poggio a trebuit să se întoarcă în Toscana pentru a urma studiile de notar la Florența. Pentru a se menține, a început să lucreze ca copist. El a dezvoltat o caligrafie foarte populară, atât de mult încât numele său a ajuns la figuri marcante, precum Coluccio Salutati și Leonardo Bruni. Salutati a devenit mentorul său și l-a ajutat în studiile limbei latine și grecești; și umanistul Ambrogio Traversari a avut o influență semnificativă asupra formării sale.

În 1403, la douăzeci și trei de ani, Poggio a plecat la Roma cu o scrisoare de prezentare de la Salutati. A fost la început un abbreviator, apoi și-a croit drum spre cancelaria papală până când a ajuns, aproximativ în anul 1410, la postul de secretarius domesticus, adică responsabil de pregătirea corespondenței rezervate a lui Ioan al XXIII-lea, ales în Consiliul de la Pisa.

Datorită vicisitudinilor Marii Schisme Occidentale (1378-1417), s-a găsit în situația în care trebuia, datorită poziției sale, să călătorească în Germania și Franța, mai ales să urmeze lucrările Conciliului de la Konstanz (1414-1418). Consiliul a avut un rezultat negativ pentru Poggio, Ioan al XXIII-lea fiind destituit. Retrocedat la abbreviator și tratat cu aroganță, Poggio a părăsit postul. În 1418 a plecat în Anglia în urma episcopului de Winchester, cardinalul Henry Beaufort, unde a rămas patru ani. În 1423 s-a întors în Italia; în timpul călătoriei către Roma, s-a oprit la Köln, unde a redescoperit o copie a operei Cena Trimalchionis, un excerptum din Satyricon. La Roma a fost repus în Curia Papală de Martin al V-lea. A fost un secretarius domesticus, de asemenea, al papilor Eugen al IV-lea și Nicolae al V-lea, până în 1453. Foarte activ, a lucrat ca secretar personal al pontifului, a condus un scriptorium și a găsit timp și pentru a efectua traduceri (în special din opere a lui Xenofon și Diodorus Siculus) și a scrie dialoguri de natură morală..

În 1427, Poggio a cumpărat o casă, pe care a numit-o "Valdarnina", în localitatea sa natală. De atunci se întorcea aici cel puțin o dată pe an. În 1436, la vârsta de cincizeci și șase de ani, s-a căsătorit cu Vaggia Buondelmonti, în vârstă de optsprezece ani (născută Selvaggia di Ghino Buondelmonti), aparținând unei familii de nobilimi feudale florentine. [7] El a scris dialogul An seni sit uxor ducenda pentru a explica motivele acestei alegeri târzii. Vaggia i-a dat șase copii: cinci băieți (Pietro Paolo, Giovanni Battista, Jacopo, Giovanni Francesco și Filippo) și o fată (Lucrezia). Toți băieții au întreprins o carieră ecleziastică, cu excepția lui Jacopo, care, după ce a devenit un cărturar distins, a fost spânzurat la Florența în 1478 în urma implicării sale în Conspirația familiei Pazzi. Poggio a avut de asemenea mulți copii alături de amanta sa Lucia Pannelli.

În 1453 s-a mutat la Florența, la curtea familiei Medici. Aici a fost cancelarul Republicii Florentine timp de cinci ani. În 1458 s-a retras la viață privată.

A murit la 30 octombrie 1459, la câteva luni după tânăra sa soție (care a murit în februarie). A fost înmormântat, ca orice cetățean ilustru, în Bazilica Santa Croce, lângă ceilalți cancelari și prieteni de ai lui ca Salutati, Bruni și Carlo Marsuppini.

Despre romanitatea românilor
În majoritatea surselor italiene care vorbesc despre valahi, este dificil de urmărit varietatea de opinii care au caracterizat dezbaterea valorii limbii vulgare derivată din latină. În general, valahii sunt considerați, în toate sursele, barbari ab ovo (la fel ca popoarele ce nu vorbesc o limbă neolatină sau, mai în general, toți cei care nu sunt italieni).

În ciuda acestui fapt, există o mare variabilitate a tonului adoptat în diferitele texte și există excepții la această tendință generală. În 1438, Flavio Biondo, într-o dezbatere cu Leonardo Bruni, a firmat că limba vulgară era derivată din latină, care fusese apoi coruptă și murdărită de influențele barbare pe parcursul Evului Mediu. Prin urmare, limba vulgară era considerată o limbă bastardă și barbară, foarte îndepărtată de standardul latinului clasic. Bruni, în schimb, a crezut că limba vulgară din vremea sa era o limbă antică, lipsită de barbarisme, deoarece deriva din vulgara din perioada romană, care era la vremea aceea diferită de limba literaturii.
În contextul acestei controverse asupra limbii latine, în 1450, Poggio a afirmat că limba vorbită de poporul Imperiului Roman a fost latina, luând de exemplu diferitele forme de latină păstrate în dialectul orașului Roma, în limba spaniolă și în cea valahă, spunând astfel:
Apud superiores Sarmatas colonia est ab Traiano, ut aiunt, derelicta, quae nunc etiam inter tantam barbariem multa retinet latina vocabula, ab Italis, qui eo profecti sunt, notata. Oculum dicunt, digitum, manum, panem multaque alia quibus apparet ab Latinis, qui coloni ibidem relicti fureant manasse, eamque coloniam fuisse latino sermone usam.

Traducere: După cum se spune, Traian a lăsat o colonie în rândul sarmaților nordici care, trăind în mijlocul atâtor barbarii, păstrează încă o mare parte din vocabularul latin, lucru observat de italienii veniți de acolo. Ei zic oculum, digitum, manem, panem, din care se pare că latinii, care au rămas acolo ca coloniști, foloseau limba latină.

Manuscrise descoperite
Ca urmare a pozițiilor sale în Curia Romană, Poggio a avut ocazia să efectueze multe cercetări în bibliotecile mănăstirilor din zonele din apropierea orașului Konstanz (Sankt Gallen, Reichenau, Cluny), unde a redescoperit multe lucrări ale antichității. În Germania se știa că abațiile și mănăstirile conțineau lucrări latine, dar niciuna nu fusese transcrisă sau difuzată.

Poggio a făcut patru vizite la mănăstirile din Europa Centrală. Opere clasice latini pe care a redescoperit sunt::
Abația Cluny
 două orații ale lui Cicero, la vremea aceea necunoscute umaniștilor: Pro Murena și Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino.
Abația Sankt Gallen (1416)
Institutio oratoria de Quintilian;
 primele trei cărți și jumătate din a patra din Argonautica de Valerius Flaccus;
 Comentariul lui Quintus Asconius Pedianus la cinci orații lui Cicero (Orationum Ciceronis quinque enarratio);
 Patru din cele șapte Verrinae lui Cicero;
 De utroque homine de Lactantius
 Unele comentarii lui Priscian;
 Unele cânturi lui Virgiliu;
Abația Sankt Gallen (1917)
 Epitoma rei militaris de Vegetius;
 De significatione verborum de Festus;
 Punica (poem) de Silius Italicus;
 Astronomica de Marcus Manilius
 Silvae de Statius, niciodată citite în Evul Mediu;
 Res gestae de Ammianus Marcellinus
 Opere lui Tertulian
 Opere gramaticilor Flavius Caper, Eutyches și Probus;
Orașul Langres (Franța) și biblioteca Domului din Köln
 Șapte orații lui Cicero;
 Un nou codice din De re rustica de Columella;
 De Medicina de Celsus;

În Sankt Gallen, în 1416, Poggio Bracciolini a găsit o copie a operei De arhitectura lui Vitruvius. Tratatul, care a avut o importanță deosebită pentru arhitectura din Renaștere până în secolul al XIX-lea, era deja cunoscut.<ref> Copii ale manuscrisului erau deținute și studiate deja de către personalități ca Petrarca și Boccaccio, și alte copii sunt documentate în Italia la sfârșit secolului al XIV-lea. Cf. O istorie a teoriei arhitecturale de la Vitruvius până în Secolul al XVIII-lea de H.W. Kruft</ref> Bracciolini a contribuit în continuare la răspândirea sa.

Una dintre cele mai senzaționale descoperiri atribuite lui Poggio este a operei De rerum natura lui Lucrețiu, care a avut loc tot în Sank Gallen în 1417 (Poggio a păstrat secret numele orașului). Transcrierea făcută de copistul lui Bracciolini a fost imediat copiată ulterior de umanistul Niccolò Niccoli, un prieten al lui Poggio. Aceste două exemplare au rămas sursa tuturor edițiilor lui Lucrețiu apărute în secolele XV-XVI.

Între 1452 și 1453 a fost protagonistul unei aprinse controverse cu Lorenzo Valla în care, în recuperarea comună al Anticului, s-au opus concepții opuse despre cultura umanistă: pe de o parte metoda filologică, istorizată și exigența de științificitate și rigoare în utilizarea lingvistică a limbii latine (Valla); și pe cealaltă, abordarea lui Poggio, mai entuziasmată și centrată pe reevaluarea continuității culturale dintre cultura antică și literatura creștină și medievală și pe mitul retoricii. Poggio Bracciolini a identificat în figura lui Cicero cel mai mare exemplu de bun retor și a încercat să se conformeze total stilului său, convins de transmisibilitatea de-a lungul veacurilor a învățăturii străvechilor.

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Datorită faptului că și-a dedicat întreaga viață profesiei de secretar personal pontifului, Poggio Bracciolini nu a fost un scriitor cu normă întreagă. A fost totuși autorul mai multor dialoguri: despre avaritate, nobilime, ipocrizie. De asemenea, a scris o lucrare despre istoria Florenței.
Anii petrecuți la Roma
La Roma, Poggio a scris următoarele dialoguri: De avaritia (1425-8, despre care informează F. Barbaro în 1428), De infelicitate principum (1444) și Contra hypocritas (1447-9). Apoi, An seni sit uxor ducenda (1436), Dialogus trium disputationum și De praestantia Caesaris et Scipionis, un tratat-scrisoare îndreptat către Scipione Mainenti, în care apără modelul republican folosind figura lui Publius Cornelius Scipio.

Lunga ședere la Roma i-a permis să studieze în profunzime vestigiile trecutului. Studiile sale au fost colectate în De varietate fortunae (1431-1448). Această lucrare este considerată unul dintre cele mai importante exemple de mărturie ale operelor romane, scrisă în secolul al XV-lea. Se deschide cu o descriere a ruinelor Romei: ele sunt un monumentum al fragilității lucrurilor umane (probabilă inspirație de la umanistul și coleg lui Poggio din Curia Papală, Biondo Flavio, care în 1446 a scris o Roma instaurata, o operă de "restaurare" topografică a Romei Antice). La Roma, Bracciolini a avut și oportunitatea de a colecta povești anecdotice și scurte, colectate ulterior în cartea Facetiae..

Poggio Bracciolini și-a strâns corespondența în zece cărți, dintre care trei redacții sunt cunoscute: prima includea doar scrisorile către Niccoli (datată în jurul anului 1435), apoi din 1438 a început colecția scrisorilor complete, pe care le-a completat la Florența cu ultimele scrisori (scrise între 1445 și 1459). A fost, de asemenea, un fructiv autor de invectivități, mai ales atunci când a argumentat dispute cu alți umaniști.
Anii petrecuți la Florența
În perioada în care a locuit la Florența, la o vârstă înaintată, a scris:

 un dialog în două volume intitulat De miseria humanae conditionis ("Mizeria condiției umane"), 1455;
 o Historia florentina'', ce cuprinde istoria Florenței într-un arc de timp de aproximativ o sută de ani (de la mijlocul secolului al XIV-lea până la vremea sa).

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Nașteri în 1380 Decese în 1459
Filozofi italieni
Scriitori italieni din secolul al XV-lea
Scriitori italieni din secolul al XIV-lea

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I WAS embarrassed in lodge tonight!" announced the New Brother to the Old Tiler. "I don't think the Master ought to make me feel that way!"
"That's too bad," answered the Old Tiler, with ready sympathy. "Did he call you down for something?"
"Oh, no. The Chaplain was absent, and the Master asked me to act in his place."
"Why should that embarrass you?" asked the Old Tiler, still sympathetic.
"It embarrassed me horribly to say I wouldn't."
"Of course I refused! My embarrassment was bad enough as it was, but to get up in front of the Altar and offer a prayer! Man, I couldn't do that!"
"You surprise me!" answered the Old Tiler. "But let that pass. Who did act as Chaplain?"
"The Master asked the speaker of the evening, some brother I never saw before. He made a beautiful prayer, too. I heard him tell the Master he didn't know the prayer in the ritual, but the Master said that didn't matter, which I thought rather odd."
"Pretty well, I think" answered the New Brother. "It was not long. He went to the Altar and kneeled, and then said 'Almighty Architect of the Universe, we, as Master Masons, standing in a Masonic Lodge erected to Thy glory, humbly petition that Thou look with favor upon this assembly of Thy children. Open our hearts that the eternal Masonic truth may find ready entry that we be enabled to make ourselves square stones, fitting in Thy sight for the great Temple, eternal in Thy heavens. We ask it in the name of the All-Seeing Eye, Amen."
"That was a pretty prayer," responded the Old Tiler.
"But it wasn't the ritual prayer," objected the New Brother.
whether we pray the same prayer at every lodge opening? It must be the sincerity and the thought behind the prayer which count in His sight, not the words. But in your refusal to act as Chaplain it seems to me you put yourself in an unfortunate position. You shave yourself, don't you?"
"Why, er, yes! What has that got to do with it?"
"Tomorrow morning, when you shave yourself, you'll look in the mirror and you'll say 'Hello, coward!' and that's not nice, is it?"
"Do you think I was a coward?" asked the New Brother, wistfully.
"Scared stiff!" smiled the Old Tiler. "So conceited, so filled with the idea of all your brethren admiring you, you couldn't bear to forget yourself, lest they falter in their admiration. Sure, that's cowardly. You ducked a duty because of conceit!"
"Old Tiler, you use strong words! It was not conceit. It was modesty. I didn't think I was able."
"Don't fool yourself! You told me you were embarrassed. Why is a man embarrassed in public? Because he is afraid he won't do well, won't make a good appearance, won't succeed, will be ridiculous. So you refused the pretty compliment the Master paid you, and refused your brethren the slight service of being their mouthpiece."
"But I never have prayed in public!"
"Neither has any other man ever prayed in public prior to his first public prayer!" grinned the Old Tiler. "But please tell me why a man should be embarrassed before God? We are taught that He knoweth all things. If we can't conceal anything from Him, He knows all about you! A man may be ashamed of himself, sorry for what he is and has been, but embarrassed, in prayer? As for being embarrassed before your brethren, that's conceited. Almost any man is a match for an army if he has God with him. The man on his feet who talks aloud to God has no need to consider men. If men laugh, shame to them. In all my many years as a Mason, I never yet saw any man smile or say a word of ridicule at any one's petition to Deity. I have heard Fellow Crafts offer up a petition to Deity out loud which touched the hearts of all present who admired their fearlessness in facing the Great Architect and saying what was in their hearts. I never heard a man laugh when a Chaplain, ordained or substitute, made a petition to Deity. Whether it was the petition in the ritual, or one which came from the heart, be sure the Great Architect understood it. As for asking a blessing in the name of the All Seeing Eye, what difference does it make to God by what name we call Him? That is a good Masonic name, sanctified by the reverent hearts of generations of men and Masons.
"For your own peace of mind, tell your Master you made a mistake and that you are sorry, and that if he will honor you by giving you an opportunity to pray for yourself and your brethren, you will, in the absence of the Chaplain, do your reverent best. And when you kneel before that Altar you will forget, as all Chaplains must who mean what they say, that any listen save the One to whom the prayer is addressed!"
"Old Tiler, I'll try to do it!" cried the New Mason.
"Humph!" grunted the Old Tiler.


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On a similar note, investigators in Finland conducted a study to see if administering probiotics, or bacteria from the intestines of healthy individuals, might reduce the risk of skin allergies in infants.
The so-called hygiene hypothesis maintains that contact with microbes in the first few months of life might induce an appropriate immune response, so the person does not become allergic later on.
Although the hypothesis has not yet panned out with infectious agents, scientists are turning their attention to environmental and intestinal microbes.
THE CANCER CONSPIRACY by Alan Cantwell M.D.
After the turn of the century, physicians who continued to believe in the existence of a cancer microbe were considered to be of unsound mind.
Depending on their environment in laboratory culture the microbes had a peculiar ability to change size and shape-a biologic characteristic known as pleomorphism.
In scientific publications Livingston and her colleagues showed that the cancer microbe could appear as a bacterium, a virus, a fungus or a yeast-but in actuality they were all growth forms of the same germ.
That is unethical and wrong and we are calling on the EPA to stop this madness by declaring the Small Pox virus an 'endangered microbe'."
When our BNN correspondent reminded Viva that Small Pox has been a scourge on humanity and has lead to the deaths of tens of millions of people, she said, "The virus was only doing what it needed to do to survive.
However, they are conducting focus group studies to see if Americans are open to the idea of releasing the virus back into nature.
He has also worked extensively in the field of biochemical process engineering and microbe selection to optimize biological system performance and microbial ecosystems.
I stumbled upon the microbe lift products and decided to try them to remove built up dead algea, leaves etc. from the bottom.
I know that you have said that Microbe Lift has a shelf life of two years, is that when it is sealed and never opened, if so what is the shelf life once the bottle has been opened.
For the purposes of this journal, the term 'microbe' encompasses viruses, viroids, prokaryotes, fungi, oomycetes, nematodes, and insects.
Molecular analysis of relevant factors in the plant alone, the microbe alone, or molecular analysis of components that affect or modulate plant-microbe interactions may be the subject of a MPMI paper.
Although most research papers report original, in-depth research, the journal also publishes short reviews that focus on rapidly developing areas of the molecular aspects of plant-microbe interactions.


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CPZ was retained by Nova Southeastern University (NSU) to renovate a 2,389 Sq. Ft. existing Innovation Laboratory within the Mailman Hollywood building at the Davie Campus.
NSU brought CPZ on board to coordinate space planning with their furniture consultant, coordinate the design and prepare the Construction Documents.


Fish matter! Not only because people depend on fish for jobs, but because plants and trees and marine animals depend on nutrients from fish to live. Fish feed on the insects that populate our lakes and streams, playing a critical role in maintaining insect populations. Fish store nutrients in their tissues; when they die and decompose, those nutrients get transported to trees and plants and to aquatic animals. Few people realize what a vital role fish play within the ecosystems of our stream nutrient cycles.
Over many years, however, streams in our region have been degraded by extensive logging, pollution, overfishing and urbanization. These alterations have led to a decline in fish populations and water quality. We are already seeing the effects that decreasing fish populations are having on our orca whale populations.
However, all is not lost. Hatcheries have sprung up all over Washington State. Unlike farmed fish, hatcheries release their fish into rivers and lakes where they mix with wild salmon. Through their work, hatcheries supply us with fish to eat, replace endangered species, provide opportunities for research on fish disease, and help restore degraded habitats. Fish from hatcheries today make up approximately 85 percent of the fish we eat including salmon.
The Fish Lab at GHC is now a thriving hatchery. In addition to raising fish, the goals of the Fish Lab are to provide education to students and community members, complete stream monitoring, and provide resource management. The 5,000 coho, 10,000 chum and 1,000 trout it's raising are slated for release into Lake Sylvia for a children's fishing derby.
The Fish Lab has a gravity-fed water supply from Lake Swanson in Aberdeen. Students and community volunteers monitor this water system by analyzing the water chemistry and temperature, removing invasive species, and cleaning garbage from the lake and stream system. By removing pollutants and maintaining the water system, Fish Labbers insure the health of the fish stock as well as strengthening the surrounding environment. Fish Labbers have planted trees along culverts throughout the community, helping to reduce sedimentation and provide cover, hiding places, and shade for fish runs.
How can you connect with the GHC Fish Lab?
The GHC Fish Lab welcomes volunteers of all ages. Meeting days are Mondays and Wednesdays at 3 pm, and Saturdays at 8 am whenever the college is in session. If fish really aren't your thing, the staff at the lab will find something that interests you. The youngest volunteer at the lab is 2 years old—proving we can get involved at any age.
A couple of upcoming events offer a great way to find out more about the Fish Lab. On April 13, volunteers will be planting around Lake Swano on the Grays Harbor College campus. On April 20, volunteers will meet at Fry Creek to clean garbage along the stream, helping to improve the Chehalis River water basin. The best way to get more information or to stay connected to Fish Lab events is through the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Washingtoncoho, or by emailing the Fish Lab at Fishlab@ghc.edu.
Rachel Updgrove is currently working at the Fish Lab as the Hatchery Technician. She earned a B.S. degree from Western Washington University.


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Morrison backs climate capitalism as Albanese warns voters over 'nonsense' on mandates
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By Nick Bonyhady and Rob Harris
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is backing 'can-do capitalism' to drive down climate emissions but Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is warning lockdown-weary voters not to get sucked into what he called a "nonsense" debate over government intervention.
The Coalition government is betting that after more than a year of extreme state intervention justified by the coronavirus pandemic, Australians will be eager to feel less of the state in their lives and apply that mentality to climate policy ahead of the next election. Mr Morrison has stuck to a "technology not taxes" message to deal with climate change, as he encouraged Australians to buy the electric vehicles the Coalition disparaged in the 2019 election campaign.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is backing private investment to drive technologies to deal with climate change. Credit:Paul Jeffers
Launching a new $1 billion fund for fledging companies aiming to develop emerging low-emission technologies on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said $100 trillion of private capital was pouring into climate technology.
"We believe climate change will ultimately be solved by 'can do' capitalism; not 'don't do' governments seeking to control people's lives and tell them what to do," Mr Morrison said, arguing regulation and taxes would raise the cost of living and hurt businesses.
"[We're] respecting consumers' choices, not telling them what to do with mandates."
But Mr Albanese said the government's rhetoric of "freedom" on climate policy was a nod to far-right politics as he moved to capture the centre of the debate, urging Australians to deal with the global reality of climate change as industries moved away from pollution.
Anthony Albanese is warning voters not to get sucked into a "nonsense" debate about choice and mandates. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
"Let's not have people sucked into this nonsense argument about choice and mandates. It's complete nonsense. The fact is ... for people who are born today, they won't have a choice of buying a petrol vehicle, because no one will be making them," he said.
Mr Albanese dismissed Mr Morrison's latest announcement as spin that ran contrary to the eight-year-old government's record but grew angry when asked about Labor's philosophical position on quotas, targets and mandates.
He said Labor was, in fact, the party of choice because it recognised that global automotive makers were moving away from petrol vehicles and would act to stop Australia from becoming the dumping ground for old models as the rest of the world moved towards electric vehicles.
In 2019 the Coalition claimed Labor was against utes and "the weekend" because of its target for 50 per cent of new cars sold by 2030 to be electric. But this week Mr Morrison revealed a plan to significantly increase the number of electric vehicles in Australia, while insisting it was not inconsistent with his previous views.
Mr Albanese also championed Labor's promise to legislate a binding net zero emissions target by 2050 if it wins government, in contrast to the Coalition's unenforceable commitment to hit the same goal, as an ALP strength.
"They're trying to turn their internal turmoil within the Liberal Party, within the National Party... into a position whereby it's a virtue, somehow, that that's about freedom in some sort of channelling of far-right politics that doesn't think that governments should ever legislate for the future," he said.
Mr Morrison told hundreds of people who gathered for the annual Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry breakfast in Melbourne on Wednesday that Australia was now entering a "new energy economy", with countries with net zero commitments making up more than 80 per cent of global GDP.
"And 90 per cent of Australia's exports are to countries with net zero commitments. That of course is going to have an impact here in Australia. These are decisions being taken in other countries," he said.
"We can't ignore the reality of this. We cannot just sort of wish it away."
He defended criticism from other world leaders for refusing to sign up to hard deadlines to phase out coal-fired power, saying the recent Glasgow climate summit reinforced his view that Australia must chart its own unique path for achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
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Nick Bonyhady is industrial relations reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based between Sydney and Parliament House in Canberra.Connect via Twitter or email.
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A group of new EDF Energy apprentices have taken their families to meet the Sizewell B station director and find out more about the next steps of their apprenticeship scheme.
The group of four and their parents got to look around the Sizewell B visitor centre and talk with the station director, Paul Morton, and his senior managers about the station and hear more about the popular apprenticeship and the training ahead of them.
The four new recruits for Sizewell B came from local schools. Brandon Ayers, 20, (Benjamin Britten High School, Lowestoft College) Brer Cornish, 18, (Bungay High School and Sixth Form and Lowestoft College), Suzanne Jones, 18, (Northgate High School and Suffolk New College) and Adele Jenner, 16, (Hartismere School).
The group will officially join Sizewell B on 25 August before they head off to Ullswater in the Lake District on Monday 28 August for an outward bound course where they will meet other EDF Energy apprentices from power stations across the UK. Team building will be encouraged while they take part in outdoor activities which will culminate in climbing mount Helvellyn.
The following week on Tuesday 5 September, they travel to HMS Sultan to start studying, learning basic engineering skills in the first year, before specialising into their trade in the second year.
The apprentice recruitment coincides with EDF Energy's national campaign to change teenage girls' perceptions of science and inspire them to pursue science-based careers.
EDF Energy launched #PrettyCurious, a long term programme to encourage more teenage girls to study STEM. The programme aims to give girls hands-on experiences and provide them with opportunities to learn about the wide range of careers available in STEM.
Although the company's generating stations already have a number of successful female apprentices, EDF Energy wants to attract more.


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Caribbean Leaders Want Special Recognition in New Climate Change Agreement
OECS Commission, Castries, St. Lucia, PARIS, France, Dec 01 2015, CNS – Caribbean leaders have told their counterparts from all around the world who are gathered here for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), that their unique characteristics and special circumstances must be fully recognised and included as a cornerstone of a new agreement expected here next week.
The leaders said the voices of the most vulnerable and those with the least capacities must be heard loud and clear in the final document. St. Lucia's Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony said: "If I am found to speak with passion it can only be explained by the fact that I represent a Small Island Developing State which like others in common is characterised by its unique circumstances and special vulnerabilities."
Dr. Anthony noted that emission reduction pledges that have been submitted so far indicate that the planet will warm by 2.7 degrees Celsius by the end of this century: "The devastating effects of climate change on our countries are well known and documented, yet despite irrefutable evidence and scientific data there appears to be a sinister attempt to downplay and negate the unique vulnerabilities of our stake in the outcome of COP21." He said this is unacceptable and called for more ambitious cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Prime Minister Anthony's Barbadian counterpart, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, is concerned that the collective mitigation actions defined in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted thus far are not enough to realise the 1.5 degrees Celsius global goal that is the aspiration of Small Island Developing States: "This shortcoming challenges us to take a sober look at our current predicament and in the coming days define the path to success for the planet earth and for all of its peoples. Barbados' Intended Nationally Determined Contributions commits us to doing our part as a small island developing state while also trying to make the required adjustments to cope with current and future climate challenges."
St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris said his country, like other SIDS has been undergoing many climate-related changes such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, prolonged and severe droughts and disruption to its reefs, coastlines and agriculture: "The dangers of climate change are real and present. The threat is existential. Greenhouse gas emissions from small island states like St. Kitts and Nevis are negligible yet our small island states continue to be adversely and disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change. As responsible global citizens we are already acting locally to reduce our national carbon footprint even further."
Grenada's Prime Minister and Chairman of the OECS Authority Dr. Keith Mitchell said COP21 represents a defining moment in world history. He described the situation as historic as the world moves towards saving the planet and preserving life on earth for all its inhabitants and generations to come: "A defining moment to address the scourge of the impacts of climate change; a moment to commit to a paradigm shift and to set the path for a different future; a future characterised by low carbon emissions and climate resilient development consistent with a sustainable development pathway. We must have sufficient ambition as called for by the undisputed science to guarantee that the increase in global average temperature must remain below 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial levels. We must commit to this as the overall goal of the new agreement." Grenada has been identified among some of the most vulnerable countries with the least capacity to cope with the ravages of climate change. This news article is a production of the Caribbean News Service in collaboration with the OECS Commission.


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I am so excited to share these finishes today and you'll see why in a minute ;) I am so very blessed to get to work with the Young Women in our church. They are incredible girls and oh so much fun to hang out with. One night a month, for a good portion of this year, I have been teaching them how to make Charming Totes. I let each girl pick out a charm pack from my stash and it was super fun to see which fabrics each girl gravitated towards. Then came the cutting, stitching, and quilting!! This was a huge project for a lot of them who weren't really familiar with sewing machines, but they jumped in with both feet and even tried out the long arm for their quilting!!!
I wish I would have recorded some of the nights so you could all see the "organized chaos" that was each night at the quilt house. Think 10 machines running, 15 or so girls sewing/laughing, "a bit" of unpicking and a whole lot of fun :) So ya, there is a whole lot to smile about in these awesome finishes ;) And I want to give each girl her moment in the spotlight, so here they are!!!!
Chole used a line that I just can't remember. I think it might be a Sandy Gervais?? Anyone??
And aren't they all just great!!! I am so very proud of each one of them, and am so glad they they just love their finished totes!!!! I see them using them and it just makes me smile :) Way to go girls!!!
Thanks for popping in today and sharing these amazing finishes from these amazing Young Women!!! I can't even begin to express how much I loved working on these totes with them ;) What a wonderful experience that I will treasure!!!
Those totes turned out great! They all look so happy and proud of their new bags! Hopefully this is the start of many projects for these girls!!! Kudos to you for taking time out of your busy schedule to teach them to sew!!!
Way to go, Young Women! Anyone would be proud to have one of your terrific bags.
Lovely finishes for the lovely girls!!
How wonderful! that is so nice of you to share your time and talent with the young ladies. :) Beautiful totes!
Oh you are lucky indeed to get to work with those talented and sweet young ladies! Either you're a very great teacher or they're exceptionally talented, as every single tote turned out perfectly! There's not one I wouldn't be proud to own! What amazing work!
These totes are all so pretty! I love the smiles on these girls and they must be so proud of their accomplishment!!! Well done!!
They really did wonderful work! And how fun to see a bit of each of them reflected in their choices for their bags! Very sweet of you to encourage them in tackling a new skill.
Great job Gorls, and a shout out to you to Melissa for teaching and mentor g young girls and showing them the joys of sewing.
Awesome job young ladies! And kudos to you hon for teaching them something that is so useful in life.
What an awesome idea! They turned out great.
What a wonderful project!! The girls did a great job on their totes. Better still, they look like they each had a TON of fun!
What fun! I see a lot of future quilters there. Just imagine what they might do!


Ananya Dance Theatre's "Blue Dream Journeys". Photo by V. Paul Virtucio.
Performances featuring Ananya Dance Theatre and guest artists and live musicians will happen every hour, on the hour, from 8 pm to 1 am. Audiences are invited to join with performers in moving through a labyrinth that begins on the David M. Lilly Plaza outside Northrop Auditorium and winds its way into the building to arrive beneath designer Jack Becker's cloudscape installation in the Hubbard Broadcasting Rehearsal Studio. There, the performers and their community of witnesses will celebrate their imagined dreams through dance and live music.
Inspired by stories of women's aspirations to achieve daunting dreams, Blue Dream Journeys moves metaphorically from the midnight blues of past pain and lost hope towards the red-tinged blues of a future dawn where dreams become manifest.
Northrop Auditorium is located at 84 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN. Blue Dream Journeys is supported by an Imagine Fund Special Events Grant.


NEW ORLEANS—Authorities struggling to manage the largest relocation of Americans in modern history collided Wednesday with an unexpected obstacle: resistance from many of the evacuees.
In Houston, a plan to move evacuees from the Astrodome to two cruise ships in Galveston, Texas, was canceled for lack of interest, officials said, forcing the government to search for evacuees from other areas to move into the ocean liners' cabins.
In New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin authorized force to remove an estimated 10,000 people still living amid floodwaters, which were receding but also becoming increasingly polluted with oil, sewage, bacteria and life-threatening toxins.
Four people may have died from rare bacterial infections caused by contaminated water that entered open wounds, federal health experts reported. Initial tests of New Orleans' water detected levels of diarrhea-causing bacteria far exceeding safe levels.