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When it comes to advocating for women in leadership, Target CEO Brian Cornell has a personal stake in the game. He supports the mission of Catalyst, a leading nonprofit organization focused on advancing women in leadership. Brian was appointed to Catalyst's board of directors this year, and he attended his first board meeting today. He and Laysha Ward, Target's chief corporate social responsibility officer, are both guest speakers at the annual Catalyst Awards Conference in New York. Target's a sponsor of the event, which honors organizations and initiatives from around the world that are helping to drive change.
Brian, what inspired you to join Catalyst's board? What are you most excited about?
Brian: I'm excited to serve with a tremendous group of peers in guiding and governing Catalyst. We all believe in the Catalyst mission of accelerating progress for women through workplace inclusion—and the work will help us close gaps, foster equity and create opportunities for all leaders.
Why are you personally committed to advancing women in leadership?
Brian: Over the years, I've had the good fortune to work with—and for—excellent leaders. Like Indra Nooyi at Pepsi, and before that, Ellen Marram, CEO of Tropicana, at a time when very few women were CEOs. My message at the conference is around my hope for the future: that our next generation of leaders won't remember a time when it was unusual for women to lead at all levels.
How is your commitment to diversity reflected in Target's team and Board of Directors?
Brian: Last week, Target's Board met in Minneapolis, and diversity and inclusion were main topics on the agenda. Laysha shared some encouraging analysis. Women make up 36% of our Board and 45% of our C-Suite—both well above industry and external benchmarks. We're pleased about that, but we have more work to do. During that meeting, we also elected our second new director in four months, both women. What I love is that while we were discussing our progress, we were actively making more progress.
Laysha, you mentor and sponsor many talented women. What does it take for a woman to be successful in today's workplace?
Laysha: I think it takes someone who's bold, courageous, curious and resilient. A person who's not afraid to challenge the status quo, who's learned from those who paved the way before her and is willing to extend a hand to those who follow. She is purposeful and brings her unique dimensions of difference to all that she is and does. Those personal differences are our greatest strength when creating an inclusive environment where we all feel welcome, valued, respected and able to bring our full selves to work every day. That leads to sustainable success.
In your opening remarks this morning, you talked about how we're all collectively accountable for making progress. Tell us more.
Laysha: I think we all want to be the best version of ourselves for our companies, families and communities. This requires us to be accountable as individuals and collectively. We've made progress, but we have more work to do. That goes for men too, because we've all been shaped by amazing women, and we all need to work to create environments where women and men can thrive in equal measure.
As leaders, what do you feel are the benefits of cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace? How does that impact our guests and their shopping experience?
Laysha: It's not charity or a moral imperative—it's good business. Diversity and inclusion, when fully optimized and integrated into a company's culture, create a competitive advantage that positions our organizations to offer innovative and relevant experiences for our guests and grow profitable sales and market share.
Brian: What I've seen throughout my career is the power that individuals and trusted brands can bring to the quest for greater opportunity and equality. By better understanding and serving our guests, by striving to create a more diverse and inclusive career environment and workforce, and by being smart and purposeful about the range of products and experiences we bring to market, we help create a better Target for our team and guests—and a better society for all.


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Ola Animashawun is a National Theatre Associate and Connections Dramaturg and the co-founder and Creative Director of the playwriting consultancy, Euphoric Ink. He is also a former Associate Director of the Royal Court Theatre, where he worked for 23 years, during which time he founded and ran the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, and set up a nationwide writers' programme – Critical Mass – which is dedicated to finding and nurturing new playwrights from the Global Majority.
Ola has worked in theatre for over 30 years, with 20 of those years dedicated to specialising in script development as a dramaturg and facilitator. He has also held positions as an Associate Artist, Dramaturg and Mentor for Belgrade Theatre, Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, Theatre Absolute, Shop Front Theatre, and Eclipse Theatre.
His other skills include, acting, directing, devising, writing and presenting.
He is a patron of Graeae Theatre and Script Yorkshire and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He is also an Alfred Fagon Black Champion of Theatre.
Ola is Visiting Professor of Dramaturgy within the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Ola is a patron of Graeae Theatre and Script Yorkshire and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He is also an Alfred Fagon Black Champion of Theatre.
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Evolutionary Diversity of the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter
Alexander G. Bick*,
Sarah E. Calvo*,
Vamsi K. Mootha†
Department of Molecular Biology and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
↵†To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vamsi{at}hms.harvard.edu
Science 18 May 2012:
Vol. 336, Issue 6083, pp. 886
DOI: 10.1126/science.1214977
Alexander G. Bick
Sarah E. Calvo
Vamsi K. Mootha
For correspondence: vamsi@hms.harvard.edu
Calcium uptake into mitochondria occurs via a recently identified ion channel called the uniporter. Here, we characterize the phylogenomic distribution of the uniporter's membrane-spanning pore subunit (MCU) and regulatory partner (MICU1). Homologs of both components tend to co-occur in all major branches of eukaryotic life, but both have been lost along certain protozoan and fungal lineages. Several bacterial genomes also contain putative MCU homologs that may represent prokaryotic calcium channels. The analyses indicate that the uniporter may have been an early feature of mitochondria.
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Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial calcium transporter shows that it was a feature of early eukaryotes.


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Ole Miss Takes Donor's Name Off School After Racist Comment
Published on Thursday, 03 January 2019 15:41
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The University of Mississippi journalism school no longer bears the name of a donor who shared a Facebook post criticized for being racist.
The Oxford Eagle reports the university this month removed Ed Meek's name from the school now known as the "School of Journalism and New Media." Meek had posted photos of black women online in September and suggested they exemplified problems threatening the local economy.
University Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter said the post had an "unjustified racial overtone." Meek and university officials then requested to end his university association.
State College Board trustees voted in October to remove Meek's name. The journalism school was named after him in 2009 after he and his wife gave it $5.3 million. Meek previously led Ole Miss public relations for over 30 years.


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For his legions of fans, he was the Peter Pan of pop music: the little boy who refused to grow up. But on the verge of another attempted comeback, he is suddenly gone, this time for good.
Michael Jackson, whose quintessentially American tale of celebrity and excess took him from musical boy wonder to global pop superstar to sad figure haunted by lawsuits, paparazzi and failed plastic surgery, was pronounced dead on Thursday afternoon at U.C.L.A. Medical Center after arriving in a coma, a city official said. Mr. Jackson was 50, having spent 40 of those years in the public eye he loved.
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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Marquette Catholic High School announced on Friday that as part of the largest community service project in the school's history, they have donated a parcel of land located at the corner of Ohio and 9th Streets in Michigan City to the LaPorte County Habitat for Humanity to provide housing for a local family.
The organization is expected to complete the construction on the former Flanigan Garage site by next spring.
The LaPorte County Habitat for Humanity has built 52 homes for families in Michigan City, LaPorte, and Kingsbury since 1986.
"Community service is at the heart of our mission at Marquette Catholic. We are committed to improving the lives of those in our local communities, and this partnership will enable us to make a positive impact in our immediate neighborhood," stated Marquette president James White in a press release.


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19 Beelzebub's Tales About His Second Descent onto the Planet Earth
"It appears that a year before the said catastrophe, our, as she is called, 'Party-Pythoness' there, when prophesying, asked us all to leave the continent of Atlantis and migrate to another small continent not very far away, where we were to exist on that definite part of its surface she indicated.
"This small continent was then called 'Grabontzi' and the part the Pythoness indicated did indeed escape the terrifying perturbation which then occurred to all the other parts of the common presence of that ill-fated planet.
"In consequence of the said perturbation, this small continent Grabontzi, which exists until now under the name of Africa,' became much larger, because other terra firmas which emerged from the water spaces of the planet were added to it.
"Well, then, upon this the fourth flight of mine to the planet Earth, our ship Occasion descended onto the sea called the 'Red Sea.'
"And we descended upon this Sea because it washed the Eastern shores of that continent where I wished to go, namely, to that continent then called Grabontzi and now called Africa, on which those ape-beings I needed then bred more than on any other of the terra firma parts of the surface of that planet of yours; and also because this sea was at that period particularly convenient for the mooring of our ship Occasion; but what was still more important was that on one of its sides that country was situated which was then called 'Nilia' and is now called Egypt, where those beings of our tribe then existed who wished to remain on that planet and with whose help I intended to collect the apes.
"For the purpose of discerning the character of the anticipated serious event, they dispersed over the whole planet and shortly afterwards, as I have already told you, the aforesaid second 'Transapalnian perturbation' occurred to that ill-fated planet of yours.
"Well then, my boy, when after this catastrophe, a number of the surviving beings, members of that great learned society, gradually came together again, they, no longer having their native country, first settled together with most of the other surviving beings in the center of the continent Grabontzi, but later, when they had, on the continent Grabontzi, 'come to themselves' a little after the 'cataclysm not according to law,' which had occurred, they decided jointly to try to re-establish, and perhaps to continue to actualize in practice, all those tasks which had formed the basis of their last society.
"As the manifestations of those abnormal conditions of being-existence of most of the three-brained beings there which had already been established before the catastrophe had by this time already begun to 'boil' furiously on the said part of the surface of the continent Grabontzi, these surviving members of the society Akhaldan looked for another place on the same continent for their permanent existence more suitable for this work of theirs which demanded complete separateness.
"Such a suitable place they found in the valley of the large river flowing on the north of the said continent and there indeed they all migrated together with their families to continue in isolation the attainment of the tasks set by their society.
"This entire region, through which the said large river flowed, they first named 'Sakronakari.'
"But this name was afterwards several times changed and at the present time this region is called 'Egypt' while the said large river, then called 'Nipilhooatchi,' is now, as I have already said, called the Nile.
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"At the same time sands also filled up certain parts of the country, Pearl-land, as well as that country in the middle of the continent Grabontzi, where, as I have already told you, there was formed, after the loss of Atlantis, what they called the leading 'Center-of-Culture' for all the three-brained beings there, a country which at that time was the most flourishing part of the surface of this planet of yours, and which is now the desert called 'Sahara.'
"And that part of the beings of Maralpleicie who sought safety by moving to the west, after wandering from place to place, ultimately reached the neighboring continent, later called 'Europe,' and the three-brained beings who then still existed in the middle of the continent Grabontzi dispersed over the whole of the surface.
"And after Atlantis had perished, and many, many centuries had passed, when I was on the continent Asia in the city of Koorkalai, their new center-of-culture of that ancient community there called Tikliamish, and sat at times among them in their Kaltaani which were similar also to contemporary restaurants, was I not witness of similar 'scenes'?
"After Samlios, their second center became the continent 'Grabontzi.' Have not the peoples inhabiting it also disappeared from the continent Africa in the same way? And if the continent itself has not disappeared, yet at least that place where its center lay is now so covered with sand that, besides what is called the 'Sahara desert,' nothing exists.
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"When the original of that Boolmarshano was created and sincerely admired and approved by the other learned members of the society Akhaldan, it was placed in the middle of the central what is called 'cathedral' of the beings belonging to that society.
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"In consequence of the fact that the contents of the said Boolmarshano then began to interest a greater and greater number of the beings of that period, then the leaders of the mentioned society decided to make several copies of it in order to place them in the same way in all the branches of the Church in other cities of that same continent Atlantis as well as on other continents.
"Seven very exact copies were made of it just for this purpose from the said tusks of the Chirniano.
"One of these mentioned copies, as my what is called 'Spipsychoonalian investigations' cleared up for me, was then assigned to that branch of the Church which was situated on the small continent then existing named 'Sinndraga,' which lay not far from the still existing continent Africa.
"During the second Transapalnian perturbation to that ill-fated planet, this small continent Sinndraga, also just like the continent Atlantis, entered with all that was on it within the planet.
"And as regards the continent Grabontzi or, as it is now called, Africa,' you must notice that although this continent did not then enter wholly within the planet, yet nevertheless the same happened to it as happened to other still existing continents, as for instance to the continent Asia; namely, certain parts of it entered within and in their place, from beneath the water, others arose, which having become joined to its remaining parts, became formed as it is now at the present time.
"When, as it seems, the said copy was brought to the continent Grabontzi in order from there to send it further, then, just at that time, that second great catastrophe befell to this ill-fated planet, and owing to that fact that that part of the surface of the continent Grabontzi on which this copy was found happened to remain intact, this copy did not enter within the planet.
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Yandex deals Google a one-two punch, debuts alternative Android app store and 3D interface
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We knew it was coming soon, but Yandex has waited for the official start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to actually debut it: say hola to Yandex.Store, its alternative Android app store with over 50,000 applications in its catalogue upon general release.
There's even more Google spurning from Yandex, which has successfully fended off the giant from Mountain View in Russian-speaking territories – no easy feat as global search market share figures will tell you.
In addition to Yandex.Store, the Russian Internet services juggernaut is also launching a brand new version of its 3D interface for Android-based smartphones, which is dubbed Yandex.Shell.
Yandex.Store
The alternative Android app marketplace Yandex is releasing today is far from the only one currently on the market, as companies like Opera and Amazon also offer their own versions of Google Play, alongside independent providers such as GetJar.
But Yandex's offering is interesting if only for its sheer size out the gate. Primarily targeting device manufacturers and mobile operators, Yandex.Store opens with over 50,000 apps in its catalogue, including popular ones like Skype, Foursquare and Cut the Rope.
Alexander Zverev, Head of the Yandex.Store project, says:
"The global market for Android-based mobile phones is very fragmented. There are only a few major players who enjoy a meaningful share, with the remaining portion of the market, which is quite significant, distributed among hundreds of smaller companies.
We are joining the game to contribute to competition that ensures freedom of choice for the end user and other members of the market."
Duly noted, although it remains to be seen how receptive OEMs and carriers will be. Yandex may be a major force in Russian-speaking countries, and it's easily one of the most valuable Internet companies in Europe, but you'd be hard-pressed to call it a major global brand just yet.
Not that it's stopping the company from trying: the Yandex.Store app is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Russian, with support for more languages coming soon.
We hear the company has loads of meetings with device OEMs and carriers from all over the globe lined up at the Mobile World Congress to pitch the alternative Android app store.
The most compelling part of their sales pitch is that it's, basically, free.
Deployment and usage of Yandex.Store is available under a license agreement, but doesn't involve any additional fees.
The Russian Internet giant aims to make money by getting a cut of app sales revenue from Yandex.Store partners. It says all apps in the Yandex.Store app catalogue are verified by Kaspersky Lab technologies.
For your background: Yandex recently reported Q4 2012 revenues of $290.4 million and net profit of $88.6 million.
For the Russian market, Yandex already has some Yandex.Store partners on board: a number of device manufacturers, including 3Q, Explay, Oppo, PocketBook and Qumo will be shipping mobile devices with the Yandex.Store marketplace app pre-installed in the coming months.
One of Russia's largest mobile operators, MegaFon, has already created a mobile app store called GetUpps, which partially uses the technology and apps pool of Yandex.Store.
Yandex.Shell
Yandex is today also debuting a new version of Yandex.Shell at the Mobile World Congress.
Self-reportedly one of the world's most popular user interface solutions for customizing Android-powered smartphones, Yandex.Shell enables device manufacturers and mobile operators to transform the default Android home screen into a 3D space.
Yandex.Shell, which the Russian company says has been downloaded over 1 million times to date, also offers push panel technology, which allows sending customized panels and skins straight to the phone over the air, and gives manufacturers a lot of control over what their phone looks and feels like to the end customer.
The fresh version of Yandex.Shell features a new dialer and address book, and is offered with a customized installation package and a default layout configuration.
The alternative Android UI is available in English and distributed to device manufacturers for free under a licensing agreement.
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Almost any rum will taste good when the bottle is first opened, which I refer to as love at first sip. By the time the bottle eventually gets close to being empty, very few taste just as good as the day that I opened it. I have never had one wind up tasting better as the bottle slowly loses what originally came with it. The vast majority will never seem to be as good as that first sip, and a few get much worse. Now if that first sip is bad, either you never gave it time to breathe in the snifter or it is a sign of worse things to come if the bottle does not get poured down the drain.
As for sampling rums at a well stocked bar, this is a way of avoiding the purchase of entire bottles of expensive rums that one would be hesitant to buy. Most of those have been quite disappointing for me, perhaps because there is no telling how long that bottle has been opened. In only one instance was I blown away from one pour at a bar that I went on a trek afterwards to find my own bottles. The trek was worth it!
And as usual, I always adjust my ratings after that first sip. Less than half are still rated the same as my first sip. However, I don't keep track of how my ratings tumble down. My final rating is what counts.
It also may be related to one spending too much on a rum and then failing to admit to themselves that it was a waste of money. My first sip is always done with a clear head. Later sips don't always get that benefit and my impressions can become brutally honest.
Thanks to these reviews, most of my new purchases are expected to rate at a 6 or higher unless it is a total gamble on a rum with no reviews at all. I then first check online liquor store reviews if available, but most of those reviews are from casual drinkers and need to be taken with a grain of salt.


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The Puronics® DuoFresh™ dual process whole-home water softener and treatment system is designed to give homeowners high quality water throughout the entire home. This system incorporates the environmental benefits of 'green' technology filtration and advanced water conditioning, plus the power of SilverShield® Protection. The iGen® digital control valve is so smart it will notify you when it is time to replace the SilverSheild® HYgene® filter. And, you have three regeneration options to optimize water quality ensuring your family always has the highest quality, great tasting water.
MicroSilver BacteriostasisTM Technology is based on NASA silver ion technology developed to purify water on the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
SilverShield® HYgene® filter media – incorporates MicroSilver BacteriostasisTM Technology into activated carbon to inhibit bacteria growth within the system's filter media while reducing objectionable tastes and odors.
This Home Water Softener and Treatment System is designed for use with municipal water or private well water that has been chlorinated. Any non-chlorinated private well application should use the well version of this system without HYgene.
Contaminants or other substances which can be removed by the Puronics DuoFresh system are not necessarily in your water. Operational maintenance and replacement requirements are essential for the product to perform as advertised. Actual savings achieved are dependent on your particular spending habits and usage levels.


The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., usually known as The Hartford, is a United States-based investment and insurance company that is part of the Fortune 500 list. Headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, The Hartford's 2013 revenues were $26.2 billion. The company's earnings are divided between property-and-casualty operations, group benefits and mutual funds.
The Hartford is the 12th-largest property and casualty company in the United States, sells its products primarily through a network of agents and brokers, and has been the direct auto and home insurance writer for members of AARP for more than 25 years.
Is Hartford Financial Services Group's estimated NPS of -4 considered to be good?
Consider an example: If Hartford Financial Services Group sends out NPS surveys immediately after purchase, they are tracking their customers' initial excitement and the checkout experience.
Therefore, comparing the NPS score of Hartford Financial Services Group with your own without any further context is not that useful.


Episode Info: Inner Harsh Season 1 / Episode 8 Written by Lucas James Pralle Narrated by Larry Anderson The first sculpture that Lily encountered was, of all things, a wolf from a place that Luland called the Inner Harsh. Luland would take Lily and Sol around the castle and sometimes even into his laboratory to explain things to them. Her brother acted like he didn't listen, but Lily knew that he was paying attention more than he let on. The jade sculpture of the wolf had a nasty, tooth-filled mouth, and its hair looked like it was standing on end. Lily wondered if someone had actually seen one of the wolves in real life before, or if it was from their imagination. She waited for Sol to spring out from behind the sculpture at any moment, but that never came. She figured he was hiding behind another one. "Sol, stop or I'm going to tell Mom!" yelled Lily. Threats like that generally didn't work on Sol anymore, but she hoped that it would work this time. She hated it when Sol scared her like this. He had gotten into a nasty habit of playing these games. Lily cautiously walked up to the next statue. This one, according to Luland, was one of her great, great ancestors. It was a sculpture of a woman holding a staff in one hand and a book in the other. Luland said that the woman was an aunt, and to Lily's delight, her name was Courtney, like the lead servant of the castle. Many years prior, Courtney, Lily's aunt not the servant, had led an expedition against impossible odds throughout what was now the kingdom but was then a collection of warring states, and convinced them to stop fighting and join the kingdom. Lily had asked Luland how she'd managed that, and he'd said that it was complicated and that some of the rulers needed a little more convincing than others. "Regardless," he'd said, "the end goal of peace outweighed any immediate blood that had been spilled," and Lily's remarkable ancestor had made it happen. Lily quickly looked behind the statue. There was only the marble faced wall. A hand grabbed her shoulder. "Ah! Stop it, Sol!" said Lily as she turned around. "What are you doing young lady?" asked the captain of the guard. "Your mother is livid, and your brother said you ran off on him." He was a tall, muscular man with a thick brown mustache and beard that half covered his perpetual scowl.


Russian is an official language in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan. It is also widely used across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Of all the Slavic languages, Russian has the highest number of speakers. It is closely related to Ukrainian and Belarusian. Russian has not always been the official language of Russia - French and German were historically spoken by the nobility - and the language only started to become standardised during its Golden Age of literature in the 1800s. uTalk features native speakers from Moscow.
Russian was the first language spoken in outer space - by Yuri Gagarin - and nowadays NASA astronauts have to learn Russian.
Russian has two colour blues- синий for dark blue and голубой for light blue.
It's important to put the stress on the right syllable in Russian, otherwise the meaning can completely change. For example, the word замок (zamok) means 'castle' when the first syllable is stressed, but 'lock' when the second is stressed.


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We are delighted to announce that Alexander Morley, D.Phil student in the MRC Brain Networks Dynamics Unit, has been awarded a prestigious Mozilla Fellowship.
The Mozilla Fellowships for Science present a unique opportunity for researchers who want to influence the future of open science and data sharing within their communities. Mozilla Fellows are web activists, open-source researchers, and technology-policy experts who work on the front lines to help ensure that the internet remains secure, inclusive and decentralized. Fellows develop new thinking on how to address the key emerging challenges to sustainable internet use.
Find out more (MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit website)
Two NDCN Associate Professors, Sarosh Irani and George Tofaris, have been awarded MRC Senior Clinical Fellowships.
World-leading researchers in the science of reading, Kate Nation and collaborators, Kathy Rastle and Anne Castles, have been awarded this year's prestigious ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize.
2020's Emerging Leaders Prize awards £200,000 to outstanding scientists from the University of Oxford, University College London and King's College London, who are all working in the field of pain research.
Awards and Honours Strategic Developments
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The Mysterious Creator Of Bitcoin Has Baffled Investors For Years
by : UNILAD on : 25 Oct 2017 09:39
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The proponents of bitcoin love to tell us how it's the future and to be quite honest, I believe them.
Yet for many of us non-experts, we really don't know all that much about it, other than the fact it's a cryptocurrency worth an awful lot of money.
We know it's peer-to-peer, which means there's no central bank controlling the money, so therefore the whole thing is governed by the system.
Just who created bitcoin though? This is a question which has long plagued the international community – who are invested in cryptocurrencies – and a question which has no solid answer.
Yes, there've been people who've claimed to be the creator of bitcoin, but there are serious reasons to doubt all of them.
All we know is the creator's online pseudonym: Satoshi Nakamoto and that's about it really.
Bitcoin started in 2007, when Satoshi Nakamoto started writing the code which would become the basis of the massive online currency we know today and in November 2008, the official mission statement of bitcoin was published.
This was a watershed moment for the currency and by extension, for the online world as a whole.
Since the development of bitcoin, there've been hundreds of imitators and competitors and it's revolutionised online transactions – so it makes sense people would want to know just who's behind this important moment in online history.
Just when everything seemed to be going well, Satoshi Nakamoto went dark – at the end of 2010 he vanished into thin air. What were once frequent forum posts and e-mails to a wide reader base, they ceased.
Since then, journalists the world over have been obsessively digging into the data and trying to find out who the creator of bitcoin really is.
We've had numerous misidentifications and a handful of people who've even claimed to be Nakamoto, but nobody has come forward who can definitively prove they are Nakamoto.
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The first frenzy was on March 6 2014 and came from Newsweek, who claimed they'd identified Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto as the man himself – Nakamoto was a Japanese American computer engineer, living in California.
The article makes the case, name aside, there was a substantial amount of evidence pointing to Nakamoto being the creator.
However, much of this evidence was circumstantial – Nakamoto's daughter claimed he'd turned libertarian after being fired twice and didn't actually prove anything concrete about Nakamoto being, well, Nakamoto.
Dorian Nakamoto was subjected to a media onslaught and he strenuously denied all allegations of his involvement in bitcoin.
After much media speculation a message was posted online – using an account which had previously been linked to the real Satoshi Nakamoto.
It simply read: 'I am not Dorian Nakamoto.' This message in itself is subject to serious question though. The account which posted the comment was linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, but is currently thought to have been hacked – meaning the message was not sent by him.
So not Dorian Nakamoto, another possibility was Hal Finney – a 'cryptographic pioneer' and the first person, (aside from Nakamoto) to ever use the software and improve it – he was a champion of the system and interestingly enough, lived not far from our old friend, Dorian Nakamoto.
According to Forbes, an analysis of Hal Finney's writing, compared to a sample of Satoshi Nakamoto's, drew up the closest resemblance known to date.
This caused much speculation about the possibility of Finney being Nakamoto himself, though the journalist who originally made the allegation decided this was not the case due to evidence such as Finney's bitcoin wallet history.
And so comes to the big claim from Craig Steven Wright, an Australian former academic, who said he was indeed Nakamoto…
Back in 2015, news broke via Wired and Gizmodo, who both claimed this man had all the evidence necessary to prove he was indeed Satoshi Nakamoto – some allegations claimed Wright and his friend David Kleiman were both Nakamoto, though Kleiman died in 2013.
Eventually, Craig himself claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto and said he'd proved it to journalists from the BBC and The Economist by sending a message using the private key which was associated with the first bitcoin transaction.
However, people were still not convinced and posted some incredibly strong arguments against Wright being the now-mythical Nakamoto. Not least of which is the article claiming Wright doctored his private key proving his identity to look like Nakamoto, when indeed it couldn't have been the creator.
As Motherboard noted, both the keys which were supplied to Wired and Gizmodo could very much have fake creation dates, which look like they were made in 2008, but were in fact, made much later.
The method of encryption, used on the key known to be from Satoshi, is different from the one given by Craig Wright – Wright's key uses a cipher-suite which could only have been made in 2009.
Mike Cauldwell
Motherboard wrote:
The Wired key was retroactively added to a 2008 blogpost sometime between 2012 and 2014, as noted in its story.
A core Bitcoin developer who's been involved from nearly the beginning looked back at 2011 chatlogs referring to 'fake' Satoshi keys on keyservers and found no reference to either the Gizmodo or Wired keys.
He thinks those keys weren't yet uploaded to the keyserver in 2011.
Wright did take to his blog to say he would provide further evidence he was Satoshi Nakamoto, but later deleted these posts and wrote an apology.
I believed I could put the years of anonymity and hiding behind me. But, as the events of this week unfolded and I prepared to publish the proof of access to the earliest keys, I broke.
I do not have the courage. I cannot.
There have been other allegations across the world about the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, including of Elon Musk, but all have remained largely unfounded and are often denied by the person at whom the allegations are levelled.
Whoever Satoshi Nakamoto is, he's sat on a fortune which would make him one of the richest men in the world, but due to his anonymity, unable to get rid of his bitcoin.
It's an ironic story, to be sure. In a system which is supposed to create a network of financial gain, which isn't based on trust but on a neutral blockchain which removes any intermediaries, the person who created such a system seems to be incredibly important.
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The Aeternitas Mega – the most complicated wristwatch in the world - is the pinnacle of success in the art of watchmaking in terms of complexity and complications. With 36 complications and 1'483 components, the Aeternitas Mega is a wonder of micro-mechanic and watchmaking know-how. Wholly manufactured in-house, each of the 1,483 components, was designed to give the watch an elegant design in the pure traditions of the old "cadraturiers" of the Vallée de Joux. The name of the Aeternitas comes from Latin and means eternity. It is in tribute to the eternal calendar in the Aeternitas Mega that follows a 1000-year cycle renewable to infinity.
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Posted by danae on Apr 12, 2013 in barn education, Barn Preservation, Barn Quilts, Books, Events, The Barn Journal | 2 comments
This article was submitted by Suzi Parron, author of Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement. We are thrilled to connect with Ms. Parron and others active in the barn quilt movement. The NBA sees the use of quilt blocks and historic barns behind them, acting as a canvas, to be an enchanting (and culturally significant!) reflection of men and women's traditional work on farms across the country.
The historic barns of Kittitas County, Washington, are receiving quite a bit of attention these days. Several local barns have been decorated with barn quilts—quilt patterns painted on wood and mounted on the barn surfaces for passersby to see. The effort marks the beginning of the state's first quilt trail, which encourages visitors to travel the rural countryside and creates renewed appreciation for the area's barns. Half of the forty barns that make up the first phase of the trail are more than 100 years old, and the remainder date to the 1960s or earlier.
Ballard Barn and "Wagon Wheel" Quilt Block, Photograph by Jacqueline Fausset
One of the most notable is the Ballard barn in Cle Elum, built in 1900 by the original homesteader, Miles Clinton Ballard. Ballard was a skilled carpenter whose barn is unique among those in the area, designed to survive the valley's spring winds that often gust up to 60 miles per hour. He designed the barn with lateral boards on the first story and diagonal bracing on the upper half.The barn was originally used to store hay and to shelter draft horses and also housed calving cows as needed. It is still in active use to store hay and farm equipment. Current owner Chuck Ballard is the sixth generation of his family to occupy the farm, which still has all of its original homestead acres intact. The Wagon Wheel quilt block was chosen because it reminded Chuck of the wagons and buggies that were used on the farm when he was a child. He and wife Bev decided upon a patriotic color scheme to honor their late son Greg, a well-loved and respected firefighter in Cle Elum.
The Barn Quilts of Kittitas County are part of a movement that began with Donna Sue Groves in Adams County, Ohio. Groves and her mother, Maxine, moved to a farm in 1989 that included a tobacco barn. The circa 1950 barn, like most built for drying tobacco, was plain in appearance—a very simple gable-entry design. Groves was struck by the idea of adding a painted quilt square above the sliding doors to honor her mother's renowned quilting and the family's Appalachian heritage. When it came time to complete the project, Groves suggested that twenty barn quilts could be painted and placed along a driving trail that would invite visitors to travel through the countryside. In 2011, an Ohio Star was painted by local artists and installed on a small barn nearby, and the trail of twenty quilt blocks—including one on the Groves barn—was completed over the course of three years. The Ohio Star is one of the most popular barn quilt patterns in its home state and beyond.
Michael Barn and "Ohio Star" Quilt Block
The Ohio Star is one of the most popular barn quilt patterns in its home state and beyond. In Urbana, Ohio, this pattern marks the barn owned by Todd and Jill Michael. The Michaels have owned the property for nearly fifteen years and spent a lot of time researching its history. The 1850 Pennsylvania bank barn and late-19th century, 12-sided addition were present in 1896, when Chauncy Glessner received the farm as a wedding gift from his father. Each of the 12 sides corresponds to a stall below with an interesting feature—round, polished stanchions. According to Michael, broom handles were manufactured in Urbana and were commonly used in barns nearby. Restoring the barn was a project for Michael. The barn's current appearance belies its age, and the Michaels regularly find visitors pulling up their long driveway to get a closer view of one of Ohio's treasures.
From its beginnings in Ohio, the barn quilt movement has expanded to 44 states and Canada. Over 4,000 quilts are part of organized trails; hundreds more are scattered through the countryside, not part of an organized effort. A drive along the quilt trail appeals to barn enthusiasts and to those who appreciate the iconic quilt patterns. A quilt trail near her home in Callaway, Kentucky caught the eye of Posy Lough. Lough creates needlework patterns that celebrate American heritage, so barn quilts were a perfect addition to her "Posy Collection." The Redwork Quilt Kit features 12 barn quilt patterns from across the country. Included are the Ohio Star, the Snail's Trail pattern that graces the Groves barn, and an unusual design called LeMoyne with Swallows, which is found on a Century Farm in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Epperson Barn and "LeMoyne with Swallows" Quilt Block
LeMoyne with Swallows is a reproduction of a cloth quilt sewed by the grandmother of farm owner Marcella Epperson. Epperson's grandparents, Isaac and Barbara, inherited the property acquired by the family in 1848. Epperson recalls the barnyard in the 1940s and 50s: "There were horses, cows, mules, hogs, chickens, ducks, and guineas–pretty much everything. It was like Old MacDonald's farm!" The 1898 gable-roofed barn housed livestock until the late-20th century and now sits mostly empty, a hidden gem enjoyed by those who seek it out along quilt trail.
One of the most well-traveled quilt trails is in Kankakee County, Illinois. The Kankakee trail includes a couple of corn cribs like the 1934 structure on the Larson farm. Dean Larson and his sister Beverly are proud of the hard work that the crib represents. Dean recalls, "The corncrib was the mainstay of our working farm, especially since our father raised livestock. The crib not only stored his entire harvest of corn and dried the ear corn on the vented sides, but also stored smaller grains such as beans in the overhead bins. Our father ground his stored ear corn for cattle feed in a hammer mill contained in the corn crib. Since our corncrib was a valuable asset to our family farm, we decided to honor it with a barn quilt entitled "Corn and Beans."
The Larson corncrib was selected for the cover of "Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement." The book traces the trail to its beginnings in Ohio and takes readers to 29 states from New York to Colorado with over 80 photographs taken along quilt trails across the country. It also includes dozens of interviews with barn owners, who relate the significance of their chosen quilt patterns along with stories about the barns on which they are mounted.
Each of the 150 known barn quilt trails celebrates a community's farming heritage. Although quilt squares are the main attraction,barn enthusiasts may find quilt trail maps to be invaluable guides in their travels through America's countryside. Information about Parron's book, The Posy Collection, and the nation's quilt trails can be found at www.barnquiltinfo.com.
About The Barn Journal
NBA's blog, The Barn Journal, is named in honor of the work of Past President, Charles Leik, and the website he started in 1996. Charles communicated with a number of barn owners around the country and compiled their stories for all to enjoy. The site continues to feature a number of topics related to saving old barns and is known to many in the preservation community as a valuable resource.
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Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) welcomes confirmation by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it is seriously engaging with the company to find a lasting solution to the liquidity crisis faced by it.
The news came via a statement released by the SEC which said, "The Commission is presently reviewing the viability and soundness of the proposals and wishes to assure all interested parties that it is doing so only in the interest of investor protection.
GCFM has expressed optimism that the approval of its proposal would give their clients real value for their investment and provide a roadmap for other struggling fund management companies seeking solutions to their liquidity challenges.


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Review: Mario Tennis Aces
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PLAYISM Game Show announced for January 23rd
The Japanese indie publishing label PLAYISM has announced plans for a live stream showcasing its upcoming slate of titles as well as updates on currently announced games. Previous games from the publisher include Record of Lodoss War ~Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth~, The Good Life, Fight Crab, and many, many more….
Fanmade Star Fox demo on Sega Genesis brings dogfighting action without the Super FX chip
Young gamers in the '90s were in a constant war with each other when it came to their system of choice: the Super Nintendo Entertainment System versus the Sega Genesis. The debut of Sonic the Hedgehog certainly gave Genesis diehards bragging rights when it came to speed, but there were…
Guide – All leaked Hisuian forms in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Pokémon Legends: Arceus has leaked ahead of its release date (Friday, January 28th, 2022), and with any leak comes new details and massive amounts of spoilers. For those who want to know what lies ahead in their upcoming Hisui adventures, we've compiled guides on various leaked information. This guide is…
With how many Mario spinoffs there are it's easy to forget that they aren't all made equal. For every Mario Party 2, there's a Mario Party 9, making me second guess when I should get excited. The Mario Tennis series has been on a losing streak for a while now, with the Wii U's Ultra Smash standing out as a low point, especially when put next to the excellent N64 version or the RPG-esque Game Boy titles. Mario Tennis Aces manages to avoid both of these poles, making for a back and forth rally of great gameplay and presentation held back by its modes and options.
The bread and butter of Aces is its core tennis gameplay, building off the foundation of its predecessors to bring the most polished video game tennis I've ever played. Multiple shots are available, each with a powered and not powered version, as well as the ability to charge them up for more pronounced effects. Even with the simplicity of the sport at a surface level, the tight and fast gameplay makes the matches exciting again and again.
It's meter tennis, baby
New here is the presence of a meter, building up based on your performance on the court as a match progresses. It gives you access to two key skills: the Zone Shot and Zone Speed. Your Zone Shot allows you to fire off a super fast and strong shot from a first-person view, letting you pinpoint where you want it on the court. Zone Speed, on the other hand, slows down time to let you get in position for a clutch return, particularly to counter Zone Shots.
You can also pull off Trick Shots, well spaced and timed returns that see your character perform a unique animation (Waluigi moonwalking needs to be in more games) to both give your character another defensive option and, when timed perfectly, build up a ton of meter. The last element in all of this is that your rackets have "health bars" that deplete bit by bit if you can't return Zone Shots properly.
If you really like being flashy there's also the Super Shot, requiring a full meter, letting you return the ball no matter what and cutting off a whole racket from your opponent if they can't block properly. Altogether, these add several new layers to matches, making them into a race to build meter, maintain racquet health, and fully take control of the match's flow.
It's these elements that have drawn people to comparing Aces to a fighting game, a point I definitely agree with. To me this is a good thing, but more importantly, it shows growth of the game in a positive way. Everything looks and feels great without being overpowering and removing the fundamentals of the game. These elements make the game perfect for multiplayer-minded fans who can get some friends together locally or online. That said, even when it utilizes this same gameplay, the single-player portion feels somewhat lacking.
Mario & Toad's Not-So Excellent Adventure
When first started up, Mario Tennis Aces wastes no time getting you involved with its Adventure Mode, a series of stages held together by a loose story. There's an all-powerful ancient tennis racket named Lucien who has Wario, Waluigi, and Luigi under its control; and it's up to Mario to stop it from gathering the five power stones it needs to throw the world into some kind of ill-defined tennis calamity. It was all forgettable, but as a means of getting through its challenges and throwing an occasional chuckle-worthy line your way, it works.
Even though there's a presence of points and stats for Mario, they don't quite make the cut when it comes to serving as a customizable RPG-like mode. The effect of the content's growth wasn't exactly pronounced, even when you're gaining experience for each attempt — where the mode really shines is how it makes you as a player grow.
The stages in Adventure Mode range from simple matches, needing to hold a rally for long enough, hitting specific enemies on the other side of the court, and a few others. It all starts easily enough, but it also does a good job of showing you the differences of certain shots, how to hit certain spots of the court, and where to place yourself for a return. Even if you're only here for playing with friends or in online matches, I would say Adventure's worth at least one go-through if you want to sharpen your skills.
The road to online victory
Nintendo is pushing Aces as a new online title, meant to stand alongside the likes Splatoon 2 and ARMS, and now that it's been out for a couple weeks I can say it fits in with the others most of the time. Compared to the online beta, the matches I get haven't had any noticeable connectivity problems. The connection indicator when searching for games can be a bit finicky, but even the over-the-top Super Shots don't bring any slowdown.
The main online offering are Tournaments, functioning like seasons where your progress and rank rise along the way. I've had some of the best, most intense matches over potential tournament cup wins, sets and games being traded back and forth and coming down to the tiebreaker wire — and it's in these moments that Mario Tennis Aces serves as one of the strongest competitive experiences I've had in a long time.
My biggest complaint with the game though isn't over something new, but something lost from the older games: the variety of options available when setting up a match. There's no way to adjust the number of sets in a match or games in a set, and there's no easy way to outright pick your court (which also sets your ball speed and bounce). They're confusing omissions from offline play, and ones I hope Nintendo fixes through an update soon.
Mario Tennis Aces stands as a return to form for the series' gameplay, serving a new, top spin on the sport. There may be some faults with its modes and options, but that doesn't make the meter-based tennis any less fun for local and online matches. It's the perfect step forward for the series, even if it doesn't manage to overtake all of its predecessors. With a single-player mode that doesn't reach the heights of older entries and the omission of options that had been commonplace before, the worth of this one depends on how driven you are by planned, recurring tournaments. Given some updates and the same kind of content support seen in other Switch games, Aces has the potential to still become the smash hit its gameplay deserves.
Some of the finest tennis gameplay around starring Mario and friends
The new mechanics and meter take things in a new direction, building off the core gameplay and accentuating it
Regular online tournaments lead to tense championship matches
Adventure Mode something of a letdown, both from an RPG and story perspective, even when it manages to help teach the game
Lack of expected options for customizing matches definitely a step backward
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Categories: Sports
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On behalf of Neuberger & Partners LLP posted in violent crimes on Tuesday April 18, 2017.
Fleeing the scene of a crime, whether one is guilty or not, is never a good idea. Unfortunately, it is a natural human reaction, but the implications are not good. It is possible a Toronto man may have made his situation worse when he chose to leave the scene after a weapon was fired near a crowd. Police later arrested him, and he faces many serious criminal allegations.
The incident took place in a Scarborough parking lot on Jan. 28. A crowd had gathered near the intersection of Nugget and McCowan for a late-night event. At around 2:30 a.m., an individual apparently fired a gun multiple times. No one was hurt, though the crowd quickly dispersed. The suspect in the case also fled the scene.
On April 12, Toronto Police arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with the event and took him into custody. At that time, officers seized a .32 calibre revolver and ammunition. While executing a search warrant after the arrest, a second firearm was seized, along with a quantity of cocaine. Police charged the suspect with reckless discharge of a firearm, possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, carrying a concealed weapon and drug trafficking and possession offences.
The combination of drugs and weapons charges adds up to very serious criminal allegations. Though fleeing from the scene may not have been the best decision, it may be possible to improve the situation by making a better decision at the first available opportunity. Choosing to contact a criminal defence lawyer could make a significant difference to what happens next after a person is arrested in Ontario.
Source: cp24.com, "Man arrested after shots fired in Scarborough parking lot", Chris Herhalt, April 14, 2017
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I have a little problem.
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sometimes it animates sometimes not !
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Whereas this one does not :
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I have tried to use performSelector: withObject: withDelay:0 but it doesn't work too !!

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Embedded in the colorful world of Wynwood, the III Points Music, Art & Technology Festival attracts what it presents: frenetic, energetic personalities and living works of art. Aileen Quintana, an artist and the creative director of III Points, brings both. A first-generation Cuban-American born and raised in Miami, Quintana reveals, "I went to FIU for one semester. I was going to go pre-med. And then I said, 'Fuck you, Mom — I'm gonna be an artist.'" She dropped out.
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"In fashion, we don't say 'street style' anymore. We say 'internet style.' I'm bringing that internet component to reality now. And I'm paying all my respects to my life in fashion and paying homage to the dead malls."
Honoring fallen shopping malls of the past, Sunset@Noon will feature a collection of department stores and kiosks. Make It Up Salon will be one of these stores, where makeup artists and hairstylists can be seen preparing performers through an acrylic shield. Viewers will peruse the space to vaporwave music — an amalgamation of ambient sound, elevator music, and basic scores found on the internet from the '90s to the early '00s.
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"Conceptually, it's like couture club kids. I have the opportunity to associate the fashion component to the audio component and create this hybrid where the art is vivid and the creativity is more because it's influenced by music," Quintana says. She believes her installation will reach an audience of at least 30,000 and leave a long-lasting effect on viewers.
Quintana's career in the arts began in fashion as a makeup artist. She was a representative for YSL Beauty and MAC Cosmetics, as well as the brand ambassador for CoverGirl in the Hispanic market. Today she has expanded her expertise, working as a creative director, image consultant, and artist in the fashion world.
"I'm known in Miami as a celebrity makeup artist. But I was starving. All the fashion shows in Miami were bland for my personal taste," Quintana says. She craved more than what Miami's fashion market could offer.
In 2013, the inaugural year of III Points, Quintana's career as a visual artist took off when the festival's cofounder David Sinopoli offered her a joint and a job. In her first concept, Aileen's Aliens, Quintana created "transformation chambers" with an arsenal of back-of-house hair and makeup professionals she had hired from her fashion shows. Quintana declares proudly, "Aileen's Aliens started off in a 12-by-12-foot room. Today we sit here with a 6,000-square-foot installation."
Quintana says living in Miami drives her to create. "I want to improve Miami's community. That's what the fuss is about. Miami needed this. Miami is full of color, but we're a little fried because of the sun, so we're a little crazier down here. We party late, and we work all the time. It's normal to do this, and it's awesome. I'm lucky to live in a forever party."
With less than two weeks until III Points begins, is she ready to reveal Sunset@Noon to the public? Quintana smiles. "I'm in all the way. No other influences. Just completely induced. It's like a drug for me."
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February 24, 2020 February 25, 2020 / By Shawn / global health / coronavirus, COVID19, global health, infectious disease, Iran, WHO
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Today seems to be the day in which the words and numbers that international organizations and national governments used to describe the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly diverged from facts. To begin there was an overall context in which the virus rapidly spread in the Middle East, while cases dramatically climbed in Korea (833). In the Middle East, there were new cases in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates. Most of these cases were tied to Iranian travelers. In Italy the number of cases rose sharply. Venice ended the remaining days of Carnival. Italians in northern Italy rushed to stores, some of which were cleaned out and left with empty shelves. In the United States, ongoing problems with testing for SARs-CoV-2 has meant that health authorities have been unable to test at scale, as in Korea, Singapore and Canada. Finally, in China the rate of increase has slowed, but the nation still has over 77,000 cases. But neither the rising number of cases nor other problems caused corresponding expressions of concern by WHO or the Iranian government.
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Second, there was coverage of the outbreak. In an article in the Guardian, Iranian authorities denied that there were fifty dead as an opposition lawmaker alleged. Instead, the authorities state that there have been 12 deaths out of 66 infected. Much of what follows comes from the comments of Dr. Benhur Lee on Twitter, as well as an article in the Economist. As Dr. Lee pointed out on Twitter, there is a case fatality rate in many locations of two percent or lower. Why would Iran have a case fatality rate of 18%? So either the virus is unusually lethal in Iran, or there are far more cases than the Iranian government has stated. Given that it seems unlikely that the death rate would be unusually high in Iran, the latter option seems more likely. This would also explain why neighboring countries -from Afghanistan to Iraq, Lebanon to the UAE- have had cases from Iranian travelers. If this is the case, the lack of Iranian transparency may lead its public to not follow the obvious public health measures -social distancing, hand washing, preparing adequate supplies of food and prescription medicines- that are appropriate in this situation. It also makes it harder for neighboring countries to understand the scale of the challenge for their own peoples.
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Australia win the Ashes series, defeating England 4-0!
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Host-nation Australia have won the Ashes series 4-0 after defeating England in the final Test.
That means the English team has lost and won't be coming home with the trophy.
The last time England won a Test in Australia was 2011.
By the time England returns to the country in 2021 to play again, they will have not won a Test there in more than a decade.
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Speaking of his victory, Australia's Captain Steve Smith said:
So much work goes in behind the scenes to ensure we've got the right side and we're doing everything we can to win games of cricket.
I think 4-0 is a pretty fair reflection of how the games have gone.
After Australia won the Ashes series, a backdrop was unveiled which featured a hand wearing the Australian flag colours, holding up four fingers.
England's hand held up zero, indicating the score.
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By the time the fifth set was finished, Australia won by an innings and 123 runs.
Only the forth set resulted in a draw, with Australia winning by 10 wickets; 120 runs; and an innings and 41 runs, in their other sets.
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Latest travel rules for Spain, Italy, Greece, and France – what UK tourists need to know.
THE RULES OF TRAVEL HAVE CHANGED YET AGAIN.
What should British citizens be aware of?
Travel restrictions are constantly changing around the world as a result of governments' reactions to the latest Covid data.
Holidaymakers trying to plan their trips for the year are still in the dark, as rules have changed yet again.
Day 2 PCR tests have been replaced by lateral flow tests by the UK government, easing travel requirements.
A pre-departure test is no longer required, and self-isolation is no longer required while waiting for the results of the Day 2 test.
However, the United Kingdom is not the only country that has recently changed its rules.
In response to the Omicron variant, France banned Britons last month.
The list of acceptable reasons for travel has been expanded by the French government.
Britons can now travel to France for work if they have a letter from their boss stating that they are unable to postpone their trip.
If they live in another EU country, they can now travel through France.
Travelers must be fully vaccinated and have a Covid test that is negative.
Although France has not yet reopened its borders to tourism from the United Kingdom, government spokesman Gabriel Attal has hinted that it may do so soon.
Spain's travel rules have remained unchanged, with Britons still required to show proof of vaccination.
Everyone over the age of 12 must be fully vaccinated, which means two doses.
When entering the country, visitors must also complete a Health Control Form and present a QR code obtained online.
For fully vaccinated travelers, there are no tests or quarantine.
Visitors to Italy must be fully vaccinated before entering the country.
Unvaccinated travelers must spend five days in quarantine and must pass a negative test to be released.
Italy also requires a negative PCR test 48 hours prior to entry or a lateral flow test 24 hours prior to entry.
Travel to Greece is permitted, but visitors must show proof of a negative PCR test "conducted up to 72 hours prior to the scheduled arrival or a negative Rapid Antigen test result for Covid-19 performed up to 24 hours prior to the scheduled arrival."
Everyone who is over the age of five must take the test.
Self-isolation is not required, and the Greek Government website states that "presenting a vaccination certificate significantly facilitates the procedures upon arrival."
Last month, Germany imposed a ban on Britons, which was lifted in January.
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