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Adele.
Adele Adkins (known only by her first name Adele) is a British R&B singer who has gained fame for her soulful vocal performances. She won Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Performance for "Chasing Pavements" from her album 19 at the 2009 Grammy Awards.
As of 2011 she is flying high with the commercial and critical success of her second album 21. In the UK, Adele is the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. 21 has also spent eleven consecutive weeks at No. 1, the longest ever by a female solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, surpassing Madonna's nine weeks at number one back in 1990. On top of that the album has spent 23 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, more than any other female artist.
Her success in North America came somewhat by a twist of fate. She was scheduled to perform on Saturday Night Live in October 2008, the same night that featured Sarah Palin as a guest star. The stunt with Palin gave SNL its highest ratings in years, and just so happened to expose Adele to a whole new audience. Her worldwide fame has only been growing since then.
Adele provides examples of the following tropes:
Audience Participation Song: "Rolling In the Deep" as seen in her Live at the Royal Albert Hall concert video.
Beehive Hairdo
Big Beautiful Woman: Not only is she quite attractive, but she's been praised as a role model for being a talented and successful performer with a full figure.
Break Up Song: Pretty much the entirety of 21. Justified, as it was written after a particularly messy breakup.
Creator Breakdown: Probably inverted and justified. Adele was actually nervous when trying to come for songs for 21 because she wasn't getting many ideas. After writing one song about how she felt unappreciated by her (cheating) boyfriend, and having him listen to it, they fell out and she wrote down most of the songs for the album. "Someone Like You" was the also the result of not only her not wanting to always sound like a bitch but her confronting the fact that she isn't totally over him and he's married to someone else.
Feed the Mole: Did this with her staff to find out who was leaking stories about her to the press.
Grammy Awards: At the 2009 awards "Chasing Pavements" earned one for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Adele received Best New Artist. At the 2012 awards 21 won six Grammys, including Album, Record and Song of the Year. So not only did Adele tie Beyoncé for the most Grammys won by a female artist in a single night, she became just the sixth person to win the "big three" in a single night and only the second artist to win all four General Field categories (Best New Artist + Big Three), a feat that hadn't been matched for thirty-one years. Wow. Just wow.
Heroic BSOD: In an interview, she remembers crying because of her vocal illness, and losing her voice.
Heroic RROD: She's spent 2011 struggling with a vocal illness brought on partly by overtaxing her voice, which has forced her to cancel a lot of tour dates in America.
Incredibly Long Note: There's one in the middle of the first verse of "Rumour Has It".
YMMV. It's only six beats and it fades quick.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: "I wish nothing but the best for you two..." A theme in "Someone Like You".
Love Nostalgia Song: The very bittersweet "Someone Like You".
Love Will Lead You Back: An unusually upbeat version of this in "I'll Be Waiting".
Manic Pixie Dream Guy: The guy in "Daydreamer" seems to be this.
New Sound Album: 21, arguably. "Rolling In the Deep" and "Rumour Has It", the leading two tracks, have a strong R&B/soul element similar to her first record... which is pretty much completely different in sound and style from the rest of the album.
The Rival: The British music press seems to be quite keen on setting her up as a rival to Lady Gaga. The singer herself doesn't seem to buy into it.
Shout-Out: Her song, "I Found a Boy" uses the lyrics and the melody to the line "Stand By Me" and even used that title when it was in a work-in-progress. (Though lyrically, the songs are very different)
Signature Song: Previously "Chasing Pavements", but now unquestionably "Rolling In the Deep".
Singing Voice Dissonance: When she speaks, she retains her very strong East London accent, but you couldn't tell it from her singing voice.
After she swept the 2012 Grammy Awards, "Fank you" trended worldwide on Twitter.
The Something Song: She has covered "Lovesong" by The Cure.
Supergroup: As part of "Truth+Soul" with Amy Winehouse and Aloe Blacc for the L.A. Noire soundtrack.
What Does He See In Her: The other woman in "Rumour Has It".
Unlucky Childhood Friend: What "Someone Like You" is all about.
Woman Scorned: "Rolling In the Deep". The song may acknowedege that she can't be in a relationship anymore but her rage is still there.
Younger Than They Look: Does she look like she's only 24?[when?]
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Bobby Darin (1960)
Bob Newhart (1961)
Peter Nero (1962)
Robert Goulet (1963)
The Swingle Singers (1964)
No award given (1967)
Bobbie Gentry (1968)
José Feliciano (1969)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (1970)
Carpenters (1971)
Carly Simon (1972)
America (1973)
Bette Midler (1974)
Marvin Hamlisch (1975)
Natalie Cole (1976)
Starland Vocal Band (1977)
Debby Boone (1978)
A Taste of Honey (1979)
Rickie Lee Jones (1980)
Christopher Cross (1981)
Sheena Easton (1982)
Men at Work (1983)
Culture Club (1984)
Cyndi Lauper (1985)
Sade (1986)
Bruce Hornsby and the Range (1987)
Jody Watley (1988)
Tracy Chapman (1989)
Milli Vanilli (1990; withdrawn)
Mariah Carey (1991)
Marc Cohn (1992)
Arrested Development (1993)
Toni Braxton (1994)
Sheryl Crow (1995)
Hootie & the Blowfish (1996)
LeAnn Rimes (1997)
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Lauryn Hill (1999)
Christina Aguilera (2000)
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Alicia Keys (2002)
Norah Jones (2003)
Evanescence (2004)
Maroon 5 (2005)
John Legend (2006)
Carrie Underwood (2007)
Amy Winehouse (2008)
Adele (2009)
Zac Brown Band (2010)
Esperanza Spalding (2011)
Bon Iver (2012)
Fun (2013)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (2014)
Sam Smith (2015)
Meghan Trainor (2016)
Chance the Rapper (2017)
Alessia Cara (2018)
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Q: iMessage API, accessing texts not sent through your app I'm looking for a way to detect if links have been shared in an iMessage conversation. I'm not sure if this can be done with MSMessage, as it looks like it only receives events from messages created by your iMessage app.
Does this mean there is no way to access the conversation outside of the scope of messages created by your iMessage app? Any help is very much appreciated!

A: Your suspicion is correct. You can only access your own extension's messages.
Quote from the documentation for MSMessagesAppViewController.didReceive(_:conversation:):

You only receive notifications about messages sent using
  your extension. You cannot interact with messages from other
  extensions.

A: At the moment you can only access messages that come from your app AND :

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*that were selected by the user. Meaning that any previous message
sent via your app won't be accessible unless the user tap it.

*that were received during the app runs
Note that we are only at the third beta test (at the moment I'm writing) of that new feature. As an "enhancement" were open for this feature, apple developers may allow an app to access messages (of course messages sent via this app, Apple is really worry about all that confidentiality stuff ;) ) in the future

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It is difficult for a small business to compete with big business, so it makes my day when I see a small business that is not only doing good but thriving while competing with business at least one hundred/thousand times its size.
On a street close to the place I live, you will find the best of the multinational and Indian brands. You would find retail malls run by big brands. To a person visiting the street, they are literally firing up the retail space on that street.
There is a 80 * 60 feet shop on the same street which is not comparable at all to multi level malls. When malls proliferated, it was felt that the shop would close down. But to everyone's surprise , not only the shop is doing well but the big giants have faltered. It seems that the giants miscalculated on their strategy while the small shop owner who stuck with the tested strategy survived.
The shop was present on the same street when the concept of mall was not very popular. It was only a few shops which you could go for when you wanted something. The employees were not "trained" in corporate sense. Rather they were a bunch of poorly trained people, told to please every customer that entered the premise. As a result you could see more than two people rushing to you the moment you entered a shop. For people used to asking around for information, this might be unusual but it is how they do business It feels just great when you just stand there and list everything that you need. You don't even have to move a single bit and everything would be in front of you.
The shop never changed the way it looked. It is as cluttered as ever. They don't spend a dime on advertising. Their stuff flows out of shop. If you are on your own, you need to search deep to find what you are looking for. Otherwise you just need to ask the ever eager employees. They never went 'upscale'. They just stayed where they were.
To give you an idea of what they stock: you can find anything from toiletries, food items, kitchen items, gifts, electronic goods , video games and many other stuff in that small shop. You just need to scan the store and it is quite possible that you would find something that you always wanted to pick up but forgot. The presence of so many items increase chance of sale of at least one item per customer.
If they don't have something in stock, they always promise to get that for you as soon as possible. They might even surprise you with alternatives which are not too bad. Their responsiveness to customer helps them close the deal and make money on almost every customer that enters the shop. Due to the variety of product and competitive prices they sell on, they are able to make sale most of the time.
The store never went out to woo additional customers. They know their customers very well and know what makes the customer tick. They are able to get repeat buyers and thus are able to keep their customers.
The big retail chain however do everything opposite to what this successful small shop is doing. Their customer service is not at par, the services are not personalized and they don't stock enough items to make a sale. It somehow seems that they are have either not figured out what works for them or are unwilling to make thing work.
This small shop provides valuable insight into how to survive and keep the sales even in a hypercompetitive retail sector.
Great point: it's really about knowing who you are, what your customers want, and knowing what you're the "most" at (most convenient, most customer-oriented, or something else).
Great example. When the big brands ( both domestic and foreign) arrived in retail, it was thought that small retailers were going to parish. It did not happen ( thankfully ) and a large number of local shops with deep connections to the customer base survived.
The points that you mentioned matter a lot for business, more for small businesses.
Those were really interesting observations. It would be great if more big and small firms paid more attention to what's really important – personalized services and customer care. In most cases it's much more important than spending much on advertizing and apple-pie order in the shopping area.
Welcome to this blog. Yes, personalized service is one great way to win over the customer. A lot of money is spent on advertising which in my opinion is not the best utilization of resources.
I like the idea of knowing and fully understand your customers. Big companies lost this and I think there is a new wave in the air of people that are sick of huge corporation kill off the little guy who by all means understood them better.
In a small shop, one will always find quality material at much cheaper prices as compared to big names which charge heavy sum of money.


Europe requires space-borne laser instruments that can provide information on the vertical scale of volcanic ash clouds.
That was one thought to come out of a meeting of some 50 experts gathered this week in Frascati, Italy, to assess Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull eruption.
Such information can be used to work out ash concentration and thus determine the risk to aircraft engines.
The US Calipso lidar was shown to be very effective in returning this data.
Currently, the European Space Agency (Esa) has two lidar (light detection and ranging) missions of its own in preparation.
ADM-Aeolus and Earthcare will be launching later this decade. Neither has been driven by the needs of volcanic ash monitoring. Aeolus will study the wind; Earthcare will profile normal weather clouds.
Nonetheless, like the American Calipso spacecraft, their technology - they fire pulses of light into the atmosphere and catch the backscatter from particles - can be used very effectively to determine the thickness of drifting ash plumes.
If the vertical profile is combined with the known extent of the plume, a concentration can be calculated.
The airlines at this time are working to a safe limit of four milligrams of ash per cubic metre of air.
The performance of current space sensors and the wish-list for future technologies were discussed during a two-day meeting at Esa's Esrin Earth-observation centre.
The space agency organised the gathering jointly with Eumetsat, which operates Europe's weather satellites.
The summit brought together representatives of civil aviation authorities, ground-based and in-situ observation experts, modellers and satellite remote-sensing experts. The European Commission was also involved.
The outcome of the discussions will be summarised in a white paper that will make some recommendations on future action.
The necessity of space lidar instruments is sure to be featured in the paper, said Dr Ken Holmlund, the head of Eumetsat's meteorological observations division.
"Esa will look into its future missions now to see if there is some tweaking that can be done or some additional instrumentation or further improvements that should be taken onboard," he told BBC News.
"And from a Eumetsat perspective, this really emphasises the crucial role of the Meteosat Third Generation mission which is now being debated. This was a clear message for me that for future volcanic monitoring, you really need good observations from geostationary orbit; and for Europe, it will be MTG or nothing."
The 3.5bn-euro MTG is one of Europe's flagship space endeavours of the coming decade.
It will replace the current Second Generation spacecraft that return 15-minute updates on the state of weather systems over Europe.
MTG will incorporate more advanced technologies, including sensors capable of making highly detailed measurements in the infrared and ultraviolet/visible parts of the spectrum.
A glimpse of MTG's capability was seen in the IASI and GOME-2 instruments on Eumetsat's Metop spacecraft that returned remarkable atmospheric composition data during the recent Eyjafjallajokull event.
As a polar orbiting spacecraft, however, Metop sees Europe approximately only once a day.
Derivatives of IASI and GOME-2 will go on MTG but in its geosynchronous orbit will have the advantage of being able to stare constantly at Europe.
In the short term, Dr Holmlund said, there was an acknowledgement that much more could be done with existing sensors and data to provide better information to the national Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) which issue the atmospheric warnings to the aviation sector.
What was clear from the Eyjafjallajokull episode was the requirement not just to describe conditions, but to put some hard numbers on them, too. There was a need to develop new quantitative products, he argued.
"Until now the data from the various missions have been used in isolation," he told BBC News. "We should try more to look at multi-mission approaches, bringing together all the available data in a more effective way to make better products.
"What was demonstrated during this workshop was that the advice that has been given out by the VAACs has been very, very accurate in most cases; and this has been confirmed by aircraft measurements.
"There were a lot of [aircraft measurement] campaigns going out from France, the UK and Germany, and in most cases the ash was confirmed to be where the satellite data saw it and the modelling had predicted it to be. We did a pretty good job."
EU officials calculated recently that the losses to Europe's air and tourism sectors as a result of flight disruption caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland could exceed 2.5 billion euros.


The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall lists the names of those killed and missing in action in chronological order according to the date of casualty. Multiple casualties occurring on the same day appear in alphabetical order. The wall contains 58,307 names.
The date of casualty for those killed in action or in accidents is the date of their wound or injury. For those officially missing in action, the date of casualty is the date they were reported missing. The memorial consists of east and west walls, each containing 70 panels spreading outward from the center, numbered 1E through 70E and 1W through 70W. The list begins with the names of earliest casualties from 1957 at the center apex on panel 1E and reads eastward to panel 70E. The list resumes at the far western end of panel 70W, returns eastward and ends with the last casualties from 1975 at the apex at panel 1W, symbolizing the conclusion of the conflict.
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KENNESAW, Ga. (Sep 23, 2021) — Real estate executive Norman J. Radow and his wife Lindy were honored today at a ceremony celebrating Kennesaw State University's newly named Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The event, which was attended by more than 200 people, was in recognition of the Radows' $9 million gift, one of the largest contributions from a single donor in the University's history.
"This gift is beyond a game-changer, beyond transformative, and is incredibly relational. Both Lindy and Norman Radow love our students, our faculty and who we are as an institution. They believe in the mission of KSU," said Kathy Schwaig, interim president of Kennesaw State. "This naming is an incredible opportunity for our students to identify with the Radow name, and it means something to the students to connect with someone who has a great history of success."
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in which: Around 50 kilometers northwest associated with the onetime Inca money of Cusco, in Andes of south Peru. Specifically, it sits 8000ft (2430metres) roughly up on a mountain ridge above the Urabamba Valley. A remote position, all told. Machu Picchu ended up being distinctly inaccessible in its time, specifically to those that weren't allowed to be there. Nevertheless, modern tourists need certainly to check-out some work to attain this most fabled of attractions.
The reason why get? Because Machu Picchu is regarded as those sights that, to continue with the mild hyperbole, every person should see before they pass away. It absolutely was placed as one of the brand new Seven miracles around the globe into the controversial 2007 poll that selected the foremost manmade structures on earth (Latin America proved fertile soil here. Chichen Itza in Mexico additionally the statue of Christ The Redeemer in Rio were similarly lauded).
But even without this glitzy label, Machu Picchu would be an archaeological treasure trove of immense historical importance. It was abandoned by its residents under a century after it absolutely was finished – one of the reasons why the Spanish, who slashed and burned a lot of the Inca infrastructure inside their ferocious promotion of conquest inside middle sixteenth century, neglected to stumble upon this wonderful cloud-hidden outpost. Because of this, it offers an almost incomparable understanding of a fallen civilisation.
Random fact: The Spanish may not have discovered the presence of Machu Picchu, but you will find concern scars over just who did – and over exactly how destroyed the 'Lost City regarding the Incas' ever was. Credit generally speaking would go to Hiram Bingham, an American archaeologist whom attained the damages in 1911. But there is possible that a British missionary as well as the very least two Germans reached the website into the nineteenth century. And also if Bingham does obtain the nod, he undoubtedly ended up beingn't 1st guy on scene. He was led to the website by an 11-year-old son, and reputedly discovered two regional households residing there.


New Delhi: BJP released yet another list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election on Saturday afternoon. The party has not re-nominated Hukum Singh's daughter Mriganka Singh from the Kairana seat of Uttar Pradesh. Mriganka Singh was the BJP candidate from Kairana seat in the Lok Sabha by-election.
The party has fielded Pradeep Chaudhary from Kairana. On the other hand, Yashwant will be the BJP candidate from Nagina and Bhola Singh will contest from Bulandshahr.
In this list, the party has declared the names of six candidates of Telangana, three of Uttar Pradesh and one each of Kerala and West Bengal.
The BJP had earlier released a list of 51 candidates that had 13 candidates of Andhra Pradesh, six from Maharashtra, five from Odisha and one each in Meghalaya and Assam. Most of these seats will witness voting in the first or second phase.
Polling will be held in the third phase in Puri where the BJP's most recognisable spokesman Sambit Patra is contesting. The party has declared almost 250 of its candidates so far in four rounds.
Sirf News had carried a report in June 2018 that quoted a senior BJP leader as saying that, traditionally, a higher polling percentage has always worked in favour of the party. To begin with, the winning margin of Tabassum Begum, the joint opposition candidate fielded by the RLD in Kairana Lok Sabha seat, was 44,618 votes over Mriganka Singh of the BJP.
Compared to this, in 2014 general elections, BJP's Hukum Singh had defeated his nearest rival by a huge margin of 2,36,828 votes, he said.
Again, during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, polling percentage in Kairana was 73.10%, as compared to 54.17% in May 2018 when the by-poll took place. The analysis appeared here.
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York County, Pa., has a lot of deserted places once in spotlight
These piers are all that remain of a trolley bridge near Green Valley Pool in West Manchester Township, Pa. The...
York County, Pa., has a lot of deserted places once in spotlight These piers are all that remain of a trolley bridge near Green Valley Pool in West Manchester Township, Pa. The... Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2013/10/04/to-get-to-brookside-trolleys-passed-through-shiloh/31587479/
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These piers are all that remain of a trolley bridge near Green Valley Pool in West Manchester Township, Pa. The far-ranging trolley system, which ended in 1939, sprawled over York County. As the trolleys passed up Trolley Road from York to Dover, they crossed Church Road at Broad Street. That crossing formed a kind of town square for Shiloh, which moved to Church Street and Carlisle Road when the trolley quit running and Route 74 was improved. Trolleys then descended into the little valley crossed by Poplars Street. This bridge spanned the Little Conewago Creek, providing part of the grade for the trolley to climb and then head to Brookside Park and then Dover. Also of interest: Brookside is the last remaining Electric Park.
This video shows the relationship between the trolley bridge piers and Green Valley Pool. Also of interest: Where did Trolley Road's name come from?
Neat stuff from all over ... .
Bonnie Miller inquired about photos of the 1950s pavillion that sat on the land that Ferguson School cover today.
"I remember having picnics there when I was young," she wrote.
I responded: "Bonnie, you'd have to go down to the York County Heritage Trust archives to track down old photos. The White Rose Amusement Park file would have all kinds of photos of that sector of the city! Here's a sample from June Lloyd's blog: White Rose.
Blogging milestone:
Papergreat.com, operated by Chris Otto, recently observed its 200th post:
"Strike up the band! Papergreat has made it to its 200th post! I told y'all I had a lot of ephemera tucked away, waiting to be researched and shared," blog operator Chris Otto wrote.
"To celebrate this milestone, I'm blowing out the budget and bringing in the biggest stars of ephemera for today's post. So, without further ado, here are (drum roll) Casper the Friendly Ghost, Jerry Richardson, David McCallum, Elvis Presley, R2-D2 and some chickens."
Art & bikes? Yes, Harley-Davidson motorcycles are part of a display at YorkArts, an exhibit illustrating the blending of people who work with their hands - artisans and craftsmen.
KKK won't go away: Even the shutting down of the Gettysburg National Military Park won't stop the Ku Klux Klan's demonstration there - reportedly. We'll see if they show; the Klan is famous for such. Thank heavens.
Boy, you hate to see our grand York County barns go up in flames for all kinds of reasons, including the fact that they don't make them like they used to.
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Q: ASP.NET MVC: How do I handle a view model with many properties? So I have an almost 1:1 ratio of views to view models and things seem to be going well. If I understand their purpose correctly it seems that view models should
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*"Strip down" Entity models so that only relevant properties are passed to the presentation layer
* Add additional information needed for presentation such as a list of state abbreviations or contact types when creating, say, an address.
In trying to keep with those principles I've sort of hit a bit of a wall with my Reports controller. Various reports that are generated for a customer require access to about 30 or so different properties. As such, my view model ends up looking very similar to my Entity model.
Of course the easiest solution is to just pass the Entity model to the view so that I'll have access to all properties, however I also need to be able to generate reports for blank or "incomplete" customers. This causes problems will null reference exceptions when trying to access navigation properties on my Entity models.
So I can either use a null check on just about every field within the view, which doesn't seem too appealing... OR I could implement a view model to avoid the null reference exceptions. The problem is that I'd end up with a view model that looked like this:
var customer = customersRepository.GetCustomer(id);
var viewModel = new CustomersViewModel()
{
    FirstName = customer.FirstName,
    LastName = customer.LastName,
    Address = customer.MailingAddress.Address,
    City = customer.MailingAddress.City,
    // and on and on for about 30 different properties
};
return View(viewModel);

Typing all those properties out is one of those things that just feels wrong. Am I missing a more elegant solution to this problem?

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The problem is that I'd end up with a view model that looked like this

AutoMapper is a must to avoid writing exactly the code you posted. I would also recommend you watching the excellent put your controllers on a diet video from the creator of AutoMapper. After watching this video (and a bit of an effort from your side) your controller action will be reduced to a pretty one liner.

A: You should definitely look into AutoMapper ( http://automapper.codeplex.com/ ).
AutoMapper.Mapper.CreateMap(typeof(CustomersModel), typeof(CustomersViewModel));

AutoMapper.Mapper.CreateMap<CoolObject, CoolObjectViewModel>()
    .ForMember(d => d.Property1, f => f.MapFrom(s => s.Property1))
    .ForMember(d => d.Property2, f => f.MapFrom(s => s.Property2))
    .ForMember(d => d.Property3, f => f.MapFrom(s => s.Property3));

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Typing all those properties out is one of those things that just feels wrong

To which ever level you would want to take, eventually you'll have to type all.
So, I see this approach as equally ok.

A: I really dont get what you are trying to achieve here.. there is nothing wrong in writing more code.. it doesnt matter what the size of you code is so long as it is concrete and well organised. what you should be worrying is how do you reduce database interactions, retrieve only required properties from the db.
as your code shows you retrieve the entire customer object and then end up displaying some properties why dont you retrieve only the properties that you need.
also if you are using the properties of Mailing address why dont you pass the entire mailingaddres object as a property why are you splitting up into other properties.


International supply chain and logistics company, Tigers, continues furthering its global presence through the designation of four new sales representatives. The new sales team will cover the Asia-Pacific, South Africa, Europe, and North American regions while supporting the company's efforts to keep up with the recent increase in customer demand.
Covering the Geneva region is Regional Director for Global Sales Christian Bonnet. He brings with him fashion and apparel and e-commerce specializations. APAC Regional Sales Director Paul Huang brings with him expertise in international freight management and e-commerce, as seen with his previous tenure over Tigers' China organisation.
Chicago-based Vice President of Growth, Amber Braband, will focus primarily on the Americas region while Johannesburg-based General Manager of Sales, Sean Gothe, will invest his efforts towards growth in sub-Saharan Africa.
"The representatives are based in key locations across four continents, and as we continue to expand our e-commerce and digital technology platform, they will lead the strategic growth focus in this arena." said Jillings.


Fort Saint David, British stronghold near the city of Cuddalore, about 100 miles (160 km) south of Chennai (formerly Madras) on the southeastern coast of India. It was named for the patron saint of Wales because the governor of Madras at the time, Elihu Yale, was Welsh. In 1690 the Marathas sold the fort to the British East India Company. Because of increasing political instability in southern India, company officials found a second fortified trading station (besides that in Madras) to be desirable. In the 18th century the fort became a second centre of British power in southern India. In 1747–48, aided by the presence of a British fleet, it withstood a French attack after the fall of Madras. In 1758 it was taken by the French but was abandoned when the French city of Pondicherry (Puducherry) was attacked by the British. It was taken again by the French in 1782 but was restored to the British in 1785, and, with the end of the French threat, it was abandoned and fell into ruins.


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Day 1 Dublin – Belfast
Arrive at Dublin Airport and depart for Belfast travel via Drogheda, Dundalk and Newry.Depending on the arrival time visit The Brú na Bóinne Visitors Centre located near the village of Donore, Co.Meath is the starting point for guided tours of Newgrange or Knowth. The large oval stones in the water feature are 330 million years old, naturally occurring concretions which were discovered on the site of the VisitorsCentre. The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was built about 3200 BC. Continue to Belfast the capitalof Northern Ireland and located at the mouth of the River Lagan and the head of Belfast Lough.
Overnight in Belfast
Day 2 Belfast City
Panoramic tour of Belfast City including the Opera House, City Hall, Stormont Parliament and architectural landmarks such as The Albert Memorial Clock (which dramatically leans to one side) other highlights include the famous Shipyards of Harland and Wolff where the "Titanic" was built. The tour also takes you to the changing city of Belfast where two communities the Falls and Shankill Road express their opinions with famous murals on the gable walls. Visit St. Anne's Cathedral which is the principal Anglican Church of Ireland. End the tour with a drink in the famous Crown Liquor Saloon which dates back to 1885.
Overnight in Belfast City
Day 3 Glens of Antrim
Travel through the Glens of Antrim with spectacular scenery to visit the Giant's Causeway a magnificent and unique formation which was formed more than 60 million years ago. The Causeway is designated as a UNESCO world heritage site. Travel along the coast road and continue to Londonderry. Derry City or Londonderry is a city of steep streets set in a beautiful location, in one of the finest settings of any city in Ireland. Derry was an ancient monastic settlement in early Christian Ireland and was founded in 546ad by Colmcille (Columba) Visit the Walls of Derry and listen to the history of this ancient city.
Overnight in Derry.
Day 4 Londonderry – Sligo
Leaving Derry depart for Enniskillen and the famous Belleek Pottery which has a worldwide reputation for quality and craftsmanship and a history that stretches over 150 years. Guided visit. Continue into County Sligo and travel through beautiful scenery which was inspirational for one of Irelands greatest poets W.B. Yeats and on towards Drumcliff. (1865-1939) W.B. Yeats was buried here in 1948, having died in Roquebrune in the South of France; his grave is just north of the porch.
Travel into County Mayo for overnight in Westport or Newport.
Day 5 Achill Island
Visit Westport House which enjoys a superb parkland setting with lake, terraces, wonderful gardens and magnificent views overlooking Clew Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, Achill, Clare Island and Ireland's holy mountain Croagh Patrick. The house is set in magnificent parkland. Continue to Castlebar and the National Museum, Ireland's premier cultural institution and home to the greatest collections of Irish material heritage, culture and natural history in the world. Enjoy free time to visit the extensive collection. Return in the evening to Newport along the coast road. Achill's stunning landscape and rich history offer visitors a wide range of scenic attractions, beauty spots and places of interest.
Day 6 Connemara
Visit Connemara, this is a region that has inspired writers and artists with its beauty. Morning visit of Kylemore Abbey set in the heart of the Connemara mountings and home to the Benedictine nuns since 1920. Magnificent views of the mountains and lakes. Continue to LEENANE to visit the Sheep and Wool Centre. The centre which offers an insight into a vital part of Connemara history. Spinning and Weaving as practiced for hundreds of years in the region are demonstrated every day. A variety of different sheep breeds graze in the ground. Next Clifden the capital of Connemara and then continue to Maam Cross, Oughterard and into Galway City/ Region for overnight.
Day 7 Galway – Burren – Cliffs of Moher – Kerry
Travel into County Clare via the Burren Region noted for its lunar landscape and rare flowers and plants. Continue to the Cliffs of Moher one of the most impressive stretches of the coast in the West of Ireland rising 213 meters above the Atlantic and extending 5km. The view from the cliff tops is superb. Travel to Killimer and cross the River Shannon into County Kerry. Stop in Foynes to visit the Foynes Flying Boat Museum and enjoy an Irish Coffee in the building where Chef Joe Sheridan invented it in 1942 and a demonstration of how to make the perfect Irish Coffee.
Overnight in Kerry.
Day 8 Kenmare and Part of Ring of Beara – Kenmare Bay
Travel along the north side of the Beara Peninsula to Derreen Gardens, A Large domain with subtropical conditions where exotic trees and shrubs flourish free time to walk the Gardens. Visit Star Seafood Smoked Salmon Fishery with a demonstration on how the fish is smoked. Followed by a Cruise on Kenmare Bay on the "Star of Kenmare" passing many uninhabited islands along the way and see wild goats and horses on some of these as well as lots of bird life and seal colonies.
Day 9 Ring of Kerry – Muckross House
The Ring of Kerry is a journey through some of the county's most outstanding scenery between Kenmare and Killarney viewing Molls Gap and Ladies view. Visit Muckross House followed by free time to visit the magnificent gardens overlooking Killarney's Lakes. Muckross House built in 1843 this magnificent Victorian Mansion is one of Ireland's leading stately homes. The house is set amidst the spectacular scenery of Killarney National Park. The gardens at Muckross are famed world-wide for their beauty. Travel on to Killorglin, Glenbeigh, Caherciveen, Waterville and return for overnight via the beautiful village of Sneem with multi colored houses. Stop for photos.
Day 10 Kerry to Midlands – Kilkenny Castle
Depart for KILKENNY and travel via Macroom and Cahir with lunch en route. Arrive in the Medieval City of Kilkenny where Kilkenny Castle stands dramatically on a strategic height overlooking the River Nore and dominates the "High Town" of Kilkenny City. Free time to walk in the city and take in the many local workshops and craft shops located beside the castle or walk in the Castles magnificent gardens.
Overnight in Midlands
Day 11 Dublin City Tour Georgian Dublin
Travel to Dublin for Panoramic tour of Dublin City viewing the most important sites, driving through the city enjoy the delights of Dublin viewing Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament) Leinster House and St. Patrick's Cathedral where Jonathon Swift was dean for 32 years. Visit the National Museum with it gold collection, the Tara Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice Visit GUINNESS STOREHOUSE ® Located in the heart of St. James Gate Brewery, and is Ireland's No. 1 international visitor attraction bringing alive a real segment of Irish History. Guided tour and Pint of Guinness in the Gravity Bar which has panoramic views of Dublin City.
Overnight Dublin City Hotel.
Day 12 Farewell – transfer to Dublin Airport
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Dr. Francesca da Rimini is an artist, researcher and makes work using various media including text, video and computers. She often works in collaboration with others, particularly as she drifts through the internet, where she maintains a number of avatars and spaces including GashGirl, doll yoko, GenderFuckMeBaby's Palace of Unparalled Cynicism and The Realm of the Puppet Mistress. Dr. da Rimini has made a number of films and videos, the most recent being White, a multi-lingual exploration of language and madness. White, a collaboration with Josephine Starrs has been exhibited as an installation at The Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney 96) and screened at festivals in Australia, the UK, Europe and Latin America da Rimini has a long association with the Australian cyberfeminist art group VNS Matrix ( 'we are the virus of the new world disorder'), whose many projects have included A Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century, All New Gen, Corpus Fantastica MOO, Spiral Space, Virtual Theme Parks and Bad Code. Major manifestations of the VNS virii include TISEA (Sydney 92), SIGGRAPH (Chicago 92), FISEA (Minneapolis 93), ISEA (Helsinki 94), YYZ (Toronto 95), Ars Electronica (Linz 96), and CyberCultures (Sydney 97). In 1998 da Rimini's novella FleshMeat was published by the Italian publishing house SHAKE. A number of da Rimini's other textual traces have been published in journals, electronic zines and list-servs including Kabinet (Russia), Mute (UK), Freebase (UK), Alt-X (USA), Framework (USA), Knowbotic Research (Germany), Public Netbase (Austria), Decoder (Italy), Work (Canada), Underground (UK), Un-Natural (UK), Nettime, Arena (AUS), Mind Virus (AUS) and GeekGirl (AUS).
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Julianne Pierce
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Virginia Barratt
VNS Matrix
Face 1,2,3.
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The Age of the Zine and how to make a scene
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SALA Moving Image Project
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At the Flash on The Beach's keynote this morning John kicked off the conference and made some cool announcements. One for all is the next location for Flash On the Beach (aka FOTB) 2009 : Miami.
Tickets will go on sale in November so you have to wait.
John is like the Flash Player: everywhere, anywhere (other than ! His conference is getting bigger and better year by year ! Great job man.
I've just finished my presentation about Developing Mash Ups AIR applications and I can now enjoy the conference !
FOTB Day 1 is goint to end and if you can't wait you can get a recap from FlashMagazine.com.
Yesterday I've blogged on using the Bookmarks View in Flex Builder. I've found another cool feature you can use with Bookmarks to associate a custom keyboard shortcut to create a bookmark.
I'm setting up the demo assets I'll show in my speech at the FOTB conference in Brighton.
In a presentation where the speaker has to show a lot of code buried in several different classes it's extremely useful to have the ability to quickly access to the right line of code.
This is where the Bookmarks View (panels in Eclipse IDE are called Views) of Eclipse and Flex Builder as well comes in handy.
The Bookmarks View is not opened by default in the Flex Builder Flex Development perspective. So you have to open it from the menu Windows > Other > Bookmarks.
Once opened, you'll be able to create a boomark choosing the file or the code fragment you want to point to. Then select from the menu Edit > Add Bookmark and a reference to the selected object is inserted into the Bookmarks View.
Now that you've bookmarked your file or code, a click on the bookmark is enough to quickly open and point to it.
I'm so excited that the upcoming O'Reilly AIR Cookbook for which I'm one of the author has got a front cover !
Thoroughly vetted by Adobe's AIR development team, Adobe AIR Cookbook addresses fundamentals, best practices, and topics that experienced web developers and application designers have inquired about most. This collection also includes solutions for using this runtime environment to build truly innovative applications.
And much more. Adobe AIR Cookbook not only includes dozens of recipes from rising stars in the AIR development community -- David Tucker, Rich Tretola, Marco Casario, and Koen De Weggheleire -- it also features the best solutions posted by visitors to the Adobe AIR Cookbook community website hosted by Adobe and O'Reilly.
For a this application is crucial to check and monitor the the connection against TCP/IP socket endpoints.
The service monitor framework is contained within the external resides in the file servicemonitor.swc. file. In order to be used, must be imported into the the AIR project. While Flex Builder includes this automatically, if you're using the Adobe Flash IDE to create the AIR application, you need to import the ServiceMonitorShim.swc file into the Library of the Flash project in your AIR application package.
Adobe Systems Incorporatedtoday reported that there have been more than 25 million installations of applications deployed on Adobe® AIR™ in the first six months since its release. Numerous Fortune 500 companies, in addition to start-ups across a variety of industries, have deployed hundreds of AIR applications to engage with customers, partners, and employees in new and compelling ways.
Twhirl's CEO just claimed that they have over 500,000 installs of their AIR client.
This is an amazing result considering the nature of AIR, a desktop runtime !
I spoke at Web 2.0 Europe last year and it was great. The 2008 edition of Web 2.0 Expo will happen in Berlin on 21-23 October.
Unfortunately I won't be there this year due to my speech at The ActionScript Conference in Singapore. But our Managing Director in Comtaste will be there.
Web 2.0 expo is not only a cool conference where you'll learn a lot of technical and marketing stuff concerning Web 2.0, but it's a great opportunity to make networking.
Everything is set up. My flight, my hotel and my partecipation at the first edition of The ActionScript Conference 2008 in Singapore.
Unfortunately it's too late to register to the event. In fact the conference is sold out !
The Actionscript Conference (TAC) is a community conference with the focus on Flash Platform. Attendants will see themselves immersed in a day of learning, knowledge exchange, and networking. TAC aims to bring topics on Actionscript 3.0, Flash development, Enterprise Flex, AIR, Integrating of Flash and other Platforms, and building Rich Internet Application to its audience.
Using the NativeMenu and NativeMenuItem classes supported by Adobe AIR APIs is pretty easy to create native menu.
The code above creates two menu items, File and Open Recent Files, within a native menu using the NativeMenu and NativeMenuItem classes.
I've written two different lines depending on the operating system the application will be run. This is one of the few cases which developers have to handle with a condition tht verifies the operating system is run.
But one cool thing very useful in a desktop application that works with local files is a Open Recent Files menu item features. This menu item acts like a history list of opened or created file.
The data property is set to the file object that contains the reference to a PDF file, Flash.pdf, contained inside the stadard directory: documentsDirectory.


What is it and why is it important to me?
Very simply put a heat pump is an alternative way of heating and cooling your home from a traditional AC with furnace. A heat pump operates by moving heat from one space to another. In cooling mode mode a heat pump will operate as any traditional AC by transferring the heat in your home (or conditioned space) outside using a fan and refrigerant filled coils. In heat mode a heat pump can transfer the btu's in the air outside or from the ground and move it into the conditioned space. It doesn't generate heat, so moving the heat takes less energy, thus saving you money.
A Trane EarthWise™ Hybrid system is a dual-fuel system that's capable of heating your home using either electricity or fossil fuel.
A Trane EarthWise™ Hybrid split system combines an electric heat pump with a variable speed gas or oil furnace for ultimate efficiency. With the flexibility of two fuels, the system can actually optimize your energy use by switching back and forth to whichever source is most efficient for your comfort.
Even in northern climates, the electric heat pump can find enough ambient heat in the air to keep your home warm and comfortable well into fall. But when there's not enough ambient heat and a fossil fuel becomes the most efficient option, the system will switch to either natural gas or heating oil for the toasty, cozy heat of a furnace. The system's switch point is set automatically by your dealer.
Our EarthWise™ Hybrid all-in-one system contains the same components you find in a EarthWise™ Hybrid Split System. However, they are all engineered to work and fit together in one attractive cabinet. Whether installed on the ground beside your home or positioned on a roof top, Trane packaged units are designed to adapt seamlessly to your needs. Our family of Trane EarthWise™ Hybrid all-in-one systems consist of the highly efficient XL16c and XL14c .
A Trane EarthWise™ Hybrid all-in-one system allows you to select the best utility option based on climate conditions and energy costs. In the case of a heat pump/gas furnace all-in-one system: in winter, a heat pump uses electricity to capture the heat that's always present in the outside air and circulates it back into your home, while a furnace burns natural gas to heat the indoor air. Your independent Trane dealer can set the system to automatically switch from electric to gas heat, or you can make that selection with a Trane Comfort Control.
In summer, the heat pump works as an air conditioner, pulling heat out of your home and releasing it outdoors. The variable speed blower motor with Comfort-R™ technology helps control humidity and circulates cooled air more evenly throughout your home. The flexibility of a hybrid system leads to efficiency and maximum comfort throughout the year.


This month, the Living Section of the Las Vegas Review Journal (LVRJ) is holding a contest to choose Vegas's Sexiest Cocktail Waitress.
At Luxor, we're very excited because our own, Jordan Lee "J-Lee" Abeyta from LAX Nightclub is among the ten finalists!
She's awesome and gorgeous to boot. So, I have my fingers tightly crossed that she will win. You can help make that happen by voting here by March 15, 2009.
Noir Bar inside LAX. Noir Bar has the most extraordinary bartenders you will ever meet. While I often get a PB&J martini there, if you name two of your favorite foods, the bartenders will whip up a drink with those ingredients. They are always spot on.
T&T (Tacos & Tequila). By far my favorite spot for lunch. I know it sounds like marketing talk, but there really is a fun, high energy vibe there. The shrimp quesadilla and ceviche are my favorites. Plus, you can't beat the free chips and dip they serve.
Aurora Bar. Located off the main lobby, it's great for people watching. You can always judge the quality of a place by their mojitos. And well, Aurora has the best mojitos I've ever had.
Carrot Top. I know, the curly orange hair is wild. But, the show is great! Especially for locals. Carrot Top always mixes up his act and adds new, relevant skits. Plus, the laugh factor is high. It's one show I really don't mind watching again and again.
Nurture, the Spa at Luxor. I'm a girl. The idea of a massage, pedicure and steam room all in one place is heavenly. While this spa has your typical offerings, they also have unique ones like a Coconut Scrub and a seasonal offer (i.e. Margarita scrub during summer). Plus, you can't beat their prices or that the spa always offers 20% off to locals!
Because Luxor is so diverse, from its staff to its venues, hearing only one "voice" on this blog would be an inaccurate portral of Luxor. So, I plan to work with employees and various departments to get as many different voices and Guest Posts as possible. Below is one from Kussette who works at Liquidity, the center bar at Luxor.
Not to mention, Flight, the best hang out while waiting for flights departure in LAS airport or to go to LAX nightclub on Wed, Thurs, Fri or Sat. One should definitely try the flights such as the First Class Whiskey or First Class Tequila. You'll be paying much less to try ultra premium spirits in this bar than any other bar ever. Such as Patron Platinum and Crown XR plus it comes with the most creative garnishes ever like beef jerky for whiskeys and butterscotch candies for apple martinis. You name it they have the most eclectic menu out there.
In Liquidity, which is the center bar of it all, you can taste the slow dripping Absinthe.
Lastly, Criss Angel or Carrot Top might be the next person you see hanging out in one of the lounge or nightclubs mentioned. There is more to come at Luxor, like escalators, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition and BODIES… The Exhibition and a whole bunch more for the ecstatic, energetic and full spirit crowd.


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FBI used aerial surveillance above Baltimore and Ferguson
The FBI used aerial surveillance above Baltimore and Ferguson, according to reports by the Baltimore Sun and The Associated Press.
The Sun reports that the FBI used advanced technology on airplanes to monitor protesters in Baltimore in the week after Freddie Gray's funeral, according to documents the Sun obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
According to the AP, FBI Director James Comey said Oct. 22 that the agency used its aircraft above Ferguson, Missouri, last year at the request of local law enforcement to help keep track of unrest on the ground.
Comey did not go into details during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, including how long the surveillance lasted.
But in response to questioning, he said the FBI uses airplanes during investigations of specific suspects in criminal, terrorism and espionage investigations and when local police request help during a "developing situation" or emergencies such as riots. He said the planes were never used for mass surveillance.
"We don't fly planes around America looking down to see if somebody might be doing something wrong," Comey told the panel.
He said the FBI's deployment of aircraft in Ferguson, where police and protesters clashed following the August 2014 police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old, was similar to the help offered during riots in Baltimore last April that followed the death of 26-year-old Freddie Gray.
"If there is tremendous turbulence in a community, it's useful to everybody — civilians and law enforcement — to have a view of what's going on. Where are the fires in this community? Where are people gathering? Where do people need help? And sometimes the best view of that is above rather than trying to look form a car in the street."
The Associated Press reported in June that it had traced at least 50 aircraft back to the FBI and had identified more than 100 flights in 11 states over a 30-day period last spring. Law enforcement officials said at the time that the FBI hid its aircraft behind fictitious companies to protect the safety of the pilots and aircraft, shielding their identities from would-be suspects on the ground.
Comey said the FBI generally doesn't think warrants are required, in part because the planes do not capture or record the contents of any communications on the ground.
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Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, on well-being and top stressors physicians are facing
In this episode of AMA Moving Medicine, chief wellness officer at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, discusses the state of physician well-being.
Must physicians disclose personal health information to patients?
Updated Oct. 6, 2021
Do patients have a right to know whether their physicians are vaccinated for COVID-19? Patients may certainly have an interest in knowing their physician's vaccination status, and especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many may feel they need this information to help them decide whether or where to seek health care. But does a patient's interest in knowing entail an ethical duty on the part of their physician to disclose?
As straightforward as the proposal seems, there are nonetheless reasons to think physicians don't have such a duty.
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Track the evolving situation with the AMA's library of the most up-to-date resources from JAMA, CDC and WHO.
The AMA Code of Medical Ethics is clear that patients should be able to trust that physicians will put patient interests first (Principle VIII, AMA Principles of Medical Ethics), will treat patients with compassion and respect (Principle I, Opinion 1.1.3), will protect the confidentiality of patients' personal health information (Opinion 3.2.1), and will provide care that is "safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable" (Opinion 1.1.3). Further, the Code recognizes that patients should receive—and enjoins physicians to provide—the information individuals need to make well-considered decisions about their care (Opinions 2.1.1, 5.1). So too the Code acknowledges that in general patients have the freedom to choose from whom they will receive care (Opinions 2.1.6, 9.2.1, 9.2.2).
However, physicians themselves have the right to have the confidentiality of their personal health information respected, including information about what conditions they have or have not been vaccinated for. If, in the context of a highly transmissible disease that carries risk of severe disease, the only way to protect patient interests were for physicians to disclose their vaccination status, it would be easier to argue for a duty to disclose than it actually is.
Whether physicians have a duty to disclose personal health information when it may be relevant to patient care is not new. In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, the question took the form whether seropositive physicians had a duty to disclose their HIV status to patients. At the time (1988), the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) acknowledged first, that "the rights to privacy and to confidentiality of the AIDS victim . . . are absolute until they infringe in a material way on the safety of another person or persons."
CEJA argued that the challenge wasn't whether to disclose but whether the physician could safely practice at all:
If there is a risk of transmission of an infectious disease from a physician to a patient exists, disclosure of that risk to patients is not enough; patients are entitled to expect that their physicians will not increase their exposure to the risk of contracting an infectious disease, even minimally. If no risk exists, disclosure of the physician's medical condition to his or her patients will serve no rational purpose. If a risk does exist, however, the physician should not engage in the activity.
In the case of COVID-19, the rising incidence of breakthrough infections among fully vaccinated individuals underscores that having been vaccinated is not in itself assurance that the individual will not subsequently become infected and go on to infect others. A vaccinated but infected physician who has asymptomatic disease—or has not yet developed symptoms—still poses a risk. Thus, patients can't take the comfort they may be seeking just from knowing that the physician has been vaccinated.
How great a risk a physician with breakthrough infection poses for their patients depends importantly on the nature of the physician's practice—for example, whether their patients are immunocompromised or unable to be vaccinated. The magnitude of risk also depends on what other protective measures are in place, such as universal use of personal protective equipment by physicians and staff, frequent testing for COVID-19 and requiring that patients wear masks while in the office or clinic. In some circumstances, the most appropriate course ethically maybe for the physician to avoid contact with patients (Opinion 8.7).
Physicians can, of course, voluntarily choose to disclose their vaccination status. Indeed, it may be ethically admirable for them to do so and could be a way to encourage patients to be vaccinated. Patients have the right to ask, and if they do, physicians should answer truthfully. Physicians would be well advised to proactively notify patients of the measures their practice is taking to keep everyone safe.
Additional ethics guidance in a pandemic
The AMA offers an overview of foundational guidance regarding medical ethics for health care professionals and institutions responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AMA COVID-19 Guides
COVID-19 Ethics Guidance
Ethics of Patient-Physician Relationships
Coronavirus Vaccines
Ethics of Privacy, Confidentiality & Medical Records
Ethics of Consent, Communication & Decision Making
Ethics of Professional Self-Regulation
Ethics of Caring for Patients at the End of Life
Ethics guidance during a pandemic: An overview
No COVID-19 vaccination, no care? Why that's the wrong path
Can physicians decline unvaccinated patients?
A time to stand together
With expert resources and tireless advocacy, the AMA is your powerful ally against COVID-19.
Ethical care in a pandemic
Expert guidance from the AMA Journal of Ethics® to help you navigate the difficult decisions in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ultimate Soccer is a 1993 soccer video game by Rage Software released for the Mega Drive/Genesis by request of Sega which even allowed their mascot, Sonic, to be featured in the game menus. While similar in name, it has no relations with the Ultimate Soccer Manager series, but was followed by Striker still for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Striker '96, released for DOS, Sega Saturn and the PlayStation, and Striker Pro 2000, released for PlayStation and the Dreamcast. While never published to the SNES, Rage developed other games for the Nintendo console, including  Elite Soccer, Manchester United Championship Soccer (also had version named after Eric Cantona and Lothar Matthäus) and World Soccer 94 – Road to Glory.

Focused on national teams (with a total of 64, all with fake names and individual team values), it had one of the highest option counts for 16-bit football games: up to 18 different settings can be changed, including ball weight, weather, surface, tightness of ball control, passback rule and perhaps the most remembered of all, the ability to play 6-on-6 indoor football. Several game modes are available, including friendlies, penalty shootout, Ultimate League, Ultimate Cup (group phase and knockout stage) and Knockout. However, the game lacks both passwords and battery save, and all competitions must be completed in one sitting. Up to eight players can play if two 4-player adapters are used.

Ultimate Soccer is played in a field of vision similar to the Madden NFL games in the console, a second-row view behind the players' shoulders that can also be tilted to show more field depth or more detail  closer to the bottom of the screen. Player sprites, while small, are well animated and with small details such as dirt or water splashing from the players' feet (which would become one of the trademark effects in Sega's own Worldwide Soccer)

Gameplay
Gameplay depends on how versions are tweaked: lighter balls travel farther and higher and can be given zig-zag aftertouches (perfect from long range shots), but on the other hand, are more prone to be deflected by strong winds. Heavy balls barely lift from the floor which makes them more suitable for short passing, but are  affected by wet grass. It's possible to score from any situation, including direct corners and freekicks, head deflections from long passes, bicycle kicks, working around the goalkeeper or pressing the defense and try to tackle the ball in.

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Ultimate Soccer (Sega Genesis) can be played for free in the browser on the Internet Archive

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Master System games
Sega Genesis games
Game Gear games
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18th Jun 1982 1.83m/93kg Inside Centre
Pisi's position is fly half, but he has also played at centre and fullback. After playing for the Crusaders in Super Rugby, he moved to Rugby Club Toulonnais in France for 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 seasons.
At the end of the 2009 season in France, Pisi joined Suntory Sungoliath Rugby Club in Japan. In 2011, he signed with the Hurricanes for the 2012 season.
Pisi has made twenty-nine appearances for Samoa, while also representing Toulon, the Hurricanes and the Crusaders during a distinguished club career.
Tusi Pisi joined Bristol Rugby ahead of the 2016/17 campaign, joining from the Japanese Super Rugby franchise Sunwolves on a two-year deal.
In March 2018, he extended his stay at Bristol Rugby by a further one year.
In 2018, Pisi co-captained Bristol to promotion back to the Premiership.
He has represented the club on 18 occasions scoring 15 points as he heads into the new season.
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Fly Half 2016 - present
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In Woodbury, 60 miles of asphalt streets are falling apart
By Bob Shaw
bshaw@pioneerpress.com
Woodbury is suffering from a case of pavement pox, and other Minnesota communities might have it, too.
Telltale holes and crumbling have popped up along 60 miles of Woodbury's asphalt streets, a problem that is expected to cost the city about $20 million in the next 10 years.
"This has thrown us for a loop," said Klay Eckles, Woodbury's public works director.
There are no statewide estimates of miles of streets affected, but a recent survey by the Minnesota Department of Transportation showed that 35 cities and counties are reporting the same problem. Of those, five cities and one county said more than half their streets were crumbling.
Road experts disagree on whether the cause is defective asphalt or the way it was installed. But they agree on the results: Streets are crumbling 15 years sooner than they should.
"We are kind of a bellwether city," Eckles said. That's because Woodbury was growing quickly in the 1990s and installed many miles of asphalt streets.
Woodbury employees noticed the problem in 2009. That's when small, shallow holes began to develop in some streets, followed by crumbling of the top layer.
The problem seems to be bubbles. Water apparently seeps into the air spaces. When it freezes, the ice expands and cracks the pavement.
A task force that monitors Woodbury's streets reported a "precipitous drop" in pavement quality during the past two years. Last spring, after a high number of destructive freeze-thaw cycles, the problem grew worse.
At a meeting Oct. 16, the city council got the bad news.
Over the next five years, Woodbury has already budgeted $20.5 million to repave about 16 miles of streets. But thanks to the new problem, an additional 30 miles will need repair.
That will cost the city $10 million more. And the same will happen five years after that -- 30 additional miles to be fixed, for another $10 million.
It isn't known exactly who will pay. Eckles said homeowners normally pay about a third of the cost of street improvements. But that ratio is being questioned, he said.
"What is the right portion? We do not have a couple million dollars a year to deal with this issue," he said.
Eckles said that how the asphalt was applied is not a factor. "We do the inspections; we do the testing," he said.
He blames the asphalt mix itself.
The material is a blend of asphalt, which is a form of oil, and a mineral aggregate such as crushed rock or concrete. The MnDOT regularly issues a report with a recommended recipe for the mix.
Most cities follow those recommendations the way a cook follows recipes. In some years, the state will change the recipe, depending on what new research may have shown.
Eckles said that's what happened in the 1990s: The recipe called for less oil and allowed more recycled materials. "The reason they made the change was that oil was very expensive," he said.
But that's not the problem, MnDOT says.
"The short answer is that we have used this mix and had good success with it," spokesman Kevin Gutknecht said.
He said asphalt durability depends on the recipe, the preparation of the roadbed and the way the asphalt mix is applied.
"If you paint over rust, it eventually comes through. It's the same with a road," Gutknecht said.
The rules for the application, including details such as the proper weight of rolling machines, are essential.
"When MnDOT does this work, it has inspectors on site who ensure that the mix is right and that the application is done correctly," Gutknecht said.
In MnDOT's survey, 35 of 66 respondents reported that they had noticed the problem. The survey was taken in 2010, and results were included in a report last April.
Ramsey County, Maplewood, Stillwater, Mound, Richfield and Vadnais Heights reportedly had the damage on half their roads.
In their comments, several officials said -- as Woodbury's Eckles did -- that they suspected faulty asphalt mix.
But whatever the problem is, it isn't hitting all asphalt streets equally.
A spot check of three other cities that grew rapidly in the 1990s -- Blaine, Lakeville and Maple Grove -- showed few signs of similar deterioration.
In Maple Grove, public works director Ken Ashfeld said the city built plenty of asphalt streets in that decade. But he has seen only small amounts of the "stripping" -- the crumbling of the top layer.
"Is it something I lose sleep over? Probably not," he said.
In Lakeville, public works director Chris Petree has seen a small amount of the same problem. He suspects it is related to sealcoating -- the practice of maintaining roads by spraying a layer of asphalt, then covering it with small rocks.
In Stillwater, where MnDOT said half the streets were affected, public works director Shawn Sanders said he believes the damage is less widespread than that.
But because of the problem, the city has stopped sealcoating.
"We are going to quit until something better comes along," Sanders said. That could be a better asphalt recipe or a better application technique for sealcoating.
He sees the problem affecting not an entire roadway, but parts of it.
"It might be one lane-width, or along a gutter line," he said. "It means a lot of patches."
Bob Shaw can be reached at 651-228-5433. Follow him at twitter.com/BshawPP.
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Steve is married to Elaine and they moved to Cambridge in December 2020. Prior to being called to St Andrew's Street he served pastorates in Hampton Wick, Westray, Exmouth and on the Wirral.
He has an enquiring mind and a passion for encouraging and the church to become the type of church that God calls them to be.
His interests also include Christian Spirituality, Baptist History and how church architecture makes us feel and act.
In his spare time Steve enjoys 'a coffee shop culture' and lists his hobbies as including photography, DIY and reading church records.
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Geoff Warren, Musical Director
Eileen has been the administrator and then centre manager here since May 2013. She is enjoying getting to know others in similar roles in Cambridge and also, through UCAN, across the country. She first attended St A's in the late '80s while studying at Clare College, Cambridge, where she met her husband Ken. After living in Tokyo and then London they returned to Cambridge and St A's in 1998. Ken and Eileen have 4 children, 2 in the youth group, one joining the army and one at University. Eileen is also the administrator for Cambridge Street Pastors and as of 2020 very involved with It Takes a City.
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Top North Korean diplomat in UK defects to South Korea
Thae Yong Ho is the most senior North Korean diplomat to defect to the south.
17 Aug 2016 14:42 GMT
A senior North Korean diplomat based in London has defected to South Korea, becoming one of the highest-ranking Northern officials to do so, the South Korean government said.
Thae Yong Ho, minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, has arrived in South Korea with his family and is under the protection of the South Korean government, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Wednesday.
Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-Hee said Thae told South Korean officials that he decided to defect because of his disgust with the government of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
North Korea: Missile launch a test for nuclear strike
Thae "aspired for freedom in South Korea, and thought about his children's future", Jeong was quoted by The Korea Times as saying.
Thae was the second-highest official in North Korea's embassy, and is the most senior North Korean diplomat to defect to South Korea. In 1997, the North Korean ambassador to Egypt fled but resettled in the United States.
Jeong refused to give further details about Thae's defection, citing possible diplomatic problems with a concerned country he did not identify.
Britain's Foreign Office also declined to comment.
Unity in North 'weakening'
South Korea does not always make high-level defection cases public. Its revelation of Thae's defection came as its ties with its rival North Korea are at one of their lowest points in decades over the North's nuclear ambitions.
"This is a major political prize for South Korea," Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from Seoul, said.
The news comes as North Korea confirmed to Japan's Kyodo news agency that it has restarted plutonium production at its Yongbyon nuclear plant.
North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January, and South Korea has been working hard to apply more international pressure on the North.
Defector plans to return to North Korea
Jeong said Thae's defection could be a sign that unity in Kim Jong-un's ruling class is weakening.
Analyst Chang Yong Seok at Seoul National University's Institute for Peace and Unification Studies disputed that assessment, saying there are no clear signs that Kim's grip on power is being challenged.
"These have all been isolated cases that weren't followed by a chain of defections by other officials," he said.
Ramon Pacheco Pardo, senior lecturer in international relations at King's College London, said a diplomatic defection "could prove very valuable to South Korea, the US and other countries".
He said it would allow intelligence services and military forces in other countries to learn more about the level of support that Kim Jong-un enjoys, as well as the North's nuclear and missile programmes.
Thae had worked at the North Korean Embassy in London for about 10 years, the Yonhap news agency said. Previously, he worked at its now-closed embassy in Denmark and spent a short period of time at its embassy in Sweden, it said.
More than 29,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, according to South Korean government records.


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Simone Böhme: 'I miss my family every day'
Simone Böhme has chosen a håndboldkarriere in Hungary. Far away from home. And it can be hard not to see his family more than a few times a year. "I miss m
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Simone Böhme has chosen a håndboldkarriere in Hungary. Far away from home.
And it can be hard not to see his family more than a few times a year.
"I miss my family every day. I can also feel when it is the case that there is no birthday or anything else with the family, then it may well hurt a little from time to time not to be at home. In return you get many good experiences, and it also means something. But I have good contact with my family," says Simone Böhme to the B. T. Sport.
in Addition to the many great experiences enjoying Böhme life in her Hungarian club, Siófok KC:
"There are many ways, it is not comparable with Denmark. Generally the mentality and the culture different. It must just get used to. Now that I have accustomed myself to it, so I think actually that I will have difficulty in the Danish culture. I'm really happy to be there."
Simone Böhme was the wreckage for the european championship finals last year, but now she is to the WORLD cup finals in year:
"I do not think that I have done so much differently in order to come up with in years. If one plays well and performs, then it is the best way to prove that you need to a Betxlarge VM. So I'm of course really happy and thankful that I need it. I train hard, and we as a team play well in Hungary."
"To play on the national team is always a big honor. That I can get to the finals and represent my country, it means a lot to me," said the Danish winger.
Simone Böhme know that the Danish people have high expectations for the team. The national team also has expectations for himself, but the semi-final or the final is not where they are looking towards the first:
"I would really like to have achievements, and I feel that it is now, it happens. I don't know if we feel any pressure as such. That is how it is as an athlete. Of course, it is great that people have expectations, and we have certainly also to ourselves."
"Personally and in general for all, so we would like to win, and we want to win everything. But the OLYMPICS-qualification is really important, so the first goal is top seven," says Simone Böhme.
the WORLD cup finals takes place in Japan and played from the 30. november 15. december.
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Die Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke, ugs. auch Stadlauer Brücke, ist eine Eisenbahnbrücke in Wien. Sie verbindet die Bezirke Leopoldstadt und Donaustadt und überquert dabei die Donau, Donauinsel und Neue Donau. Sie ist die am längsten bestehende Donaubrücke in Wien.

Geschichte

1868–1931

Zusätzlich zu der seit 1837/1838 bestehenden Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahnbrücke wurde 1866 eine östlich dazu gelegene, eingleisige Eisenbahnbrücke über die Donau genehmigt.

Da über die kommende Wiener Donauregulierung noch zahlreiche Unklarheiten herrschten, zum Beispiel die Breite des Flussbetts und des Inundationsgebiets, wurde beschlossen, nur eine fünffeldrige Strombrücke mit einer Gesamtlänge von 398 Metern und eine Inundationsbrücke mit 10 Öffnungen (9 Steinpfeiler) und weiteren 360 Metern Länge zu errichten. Bis zur endgültigen Klärung der noch fraglichen Punkte sollten ergänzende Holzprovisorien den Verkehr über die Brücke ermöglichen. Das Tragwerk der Strombrücke bestand aus fünf Parallelfachwerken aus Schweißeisen mit neunfachem Netzwerk mit einer lichten Weite von je 75,9 m.

Durch diese Vorgehensweise kam es nach der Fertigstellung der Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke und der Donauregulierung zu dem Umstand, dass das letzte Stromfeld bereits über dem Vorland zu liegen kam. Die Flutbrücke über das Überschwemmungsgebiet wurde schließlich als zehnfeldriges Tragwerk mit einer Feldlänge von etwa 32 Meter Spannweite erbaut.

Den Auftrag zur Errichtung der insgesamt 758 Meter langen Brückenkonstruktion erhielten die französischen Firmen Schneider & Comp. und "Castor & Comp." Als Praktikant arbeitete an dem Projekt der später in Ungarn tätige Brückenbauer János Feketeházy, der dort zahlreiche Brücken plante.

Zunächst wurden die Eisenträger der ersten drei Brückenfelder am rechten Ufer zusammengebaut und anschließend mittels Rollen und Flaschenzügen mit Menschenkraft vorgeschoben. Bei einer 512-fachen Übersetzung betrug der Vorschub ungefähr vier Meter pro Stunde. Das Durchhängen des Brückenendes wurde durch einen nach oben gebogenen Schnabel mit 31,46 Metern Länge ausgeglichen, so dass die Brücke auf dem jeweils nächsten Brückenpfeiler zu liegen kommen musste.

Mit den Arbeiten für den Einschub der Brücke wurde am 2. Mai 1870 begonnen. Am 4. Mai erreichte der Schnabel den ersten Brückenpfeiler. Wegen einer Beschädigung dieses Schnabels musste allerdings die Brücke ab dem 7. Mai wieder zurückgezogen werden. Nach der zwischen 8. und 13. Mai erfolgten Ausbesserung und Verstärkung dieser Hilfskonstruktion konnte am 14. Mai wieder mit dem Vorschub begonnen werden. Nach einem Rasttag am 19. Mai wurde die Brücke am 20. Mai anlässlich eines Besuches durch Kaiser Franz Joseph I. das letzte fehlende Stück vorwärtsbewegt, so dass sie auf dem zweiten Strompfeiler auflag. Anschließend wurden die Einschubarbeiten vorübergehend eingestellt, um die noch fehlenden beiden Brückenfelder montieren zu können.

Zwischen 17. August und 6. September 1870 wurde die Brücke schließlich zur Gänze eingeschoben. Nachdem alle Montagearbeiten an der Strom- und der Inundationbrücke fertiggestellt waren, begann am 7. November 1870 unter dem Einsatz von 32 Lokomotiven die kommissionelle Erprobung der neuen Brücke. Die erste Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke, damals noch unter dem Namen Stadlauer Staatsbahnbrücke, war damit fertiggestellt. Am 24. November 1870 wurde sie feierlich eröffnet.

Seit 1931
Das steigende Gewicht der Eisenbahnzüge und eine einsetzende Strukturveränderung des verwendeten Schweißeisens, die eine Neigung zur Kaltbrüchigkeit mit sich brachte, machten den Brückenneubau notwendig.

Sowohl der Entwurf der neuen Brücke als auch die Ausführung der Stahlbauarbeiten stammen von Waagner Biro. Die neue Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke wurde seitlich der bestehenden Brücke errichtet und anschließend eingeschoben. Die Arbeiten waren 1932 abgeschlossen.

Im April 1945 wurden während der Schlacht um Wien von den sich zurückziehenden deutschen Verbänden alle Wiener Donaubrücken mit Ausnahme der Reichsbrücke gesprengt. Die schwer beschädigte Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke musste im Unterschied zu den anderen gesprengten Brücken nicht komplett neu errichtet werden, sondern konnte wieder instand gesetzt werden. Die Ostbahnstrecke war für die Versorgung Wiens mit Getreide aus dem Marchfeld von großer Bedeutung. Nach Kriegsende wurden die Trümmer der zerstörten Wiener Donaubrücken geborgen, um die Donau wieder schiffbar zu machen. Ende 1945 wurde mit der Instandsetzung der Ostbahnbrücke durch Waagner Biro begonnen, wofür rund 900 Tonnen neuer Stahlkonstruktionen benötigt wurden. Seit dem Einsturz der Reichsbrücke am 1. August 1976 ist die Ostbahnbrücke die älteste Donaubrücke Wiens.

1995 musste aus Anlass der Errichtung des Kraftwerks Freudenau die Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke zwecks Einhaltung der für den Schiffsverkehr notwendigen Durchfahrtshöhe um 4,5 Meter angehoben werden.

Literatur

 Alfred Pauser: Brücken in Wien – Ein Führer durch die Baugeschichte, Springer Verlag, Wien 2005, ISBN 3-211-25255-X
 Zeitschrift des Österreichischen Ingenieur- und Architekten-Vereines, Wien, 1871

Weblinks

 Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Stahlbau:

Einzelnachweise

Brücke in Wien
Donaubrücke
Eisenbahnbrücke in Österreich
Brücke in Europa
Leopoldstadt
Donaustadt
Erbaut in den 1930er Jahren
Erbaut in den 1870er Jahren
Donau bei Wien


learned the fish business from the ground up.
It all started in Sicily, where the Scola family originated from, both on the docks lumping boats and on the boats as fisherman. When Tito Anthony Scola came overseas to America and continued lumping boats on the old Boston Fish Pier, his son - Paul P. Scola - soon followed his footsteps and got a working permit at age 15 to carry on the Italian family tradition.
Paul eventually partnered up with Roland Harrington and in 1972 founded the widely respected R&P Seafood/Shellfish, right on the old Boston Fish Pier. R&P primarily specialized in groundfish, sourcing haddock and cod from Nova Scotia, Maine, and Chatham. It wasn't long before brothers Michael, Paul, and Steven Scola took the reins of R&P. Then, in 1999, they started adding divisions in pursuit to eventually become the one-stop-shop we (BST) are today. This goal led to us moving out of our old building in 2001, and into a brand new state-of-the-art facility down the road on Seafood Way, doubling our size in space.
In 2003, Michael Scola and (retired) Tim Malley founded Boston Sword & Tuna. At this point, we began putting together our team of well-rounded seafood professionals who brought what was needed to the table in order for us to not only survive in this industry, but thrive. Mike Machado, for instance, one of our lead buyers, spent a decade fishing the Grand Banks before dropping anchor with BST. Likewise, Bobby Blakie – our GM – grew up on the Boston Fish Pier. We even have a former five-star chef on our diverse team, Peter Safner.
As the years passed, we continued to grow, continued to extend our product line, and then in 2007 officially merged R&P and BST under Boston Sword & Tuna. Our continued success ultimately led to Larry Dore joining us in 2012. Larry is well respected in the New England seafood industry, and his knowledge of the fillet business made our 2012 expansion feel natural. With this in place we then purchased more space, adding ten more doors for shipping, and again doubled the size of our facility. This allowed us to expand our operations, adding a full range of fillets to our product line, as well as prepared foods.
We pride ourselves on being the one-stop-shop we originally set out to be in 2003. Knowing which boats to buy from, which boats to not buy from, and establishing long-lasting relationships enables us to consistently source the best quality products on the market both locally and around the world. This is why Boston Sword & Tuna has quickly grown to become one of the largest and most reliable seafood distributors in the United States.


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Coronavirus World | First Omicron death reported in UK, variant now accounts for 40% of London cases
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First Omicron death reported in UK, variant now accounts for 40% of London cases
Maya Taylor
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The UK has reported its first death from the Omicron Covid-19 variant as the mutation looks set to become the dominant strain in the coming days. According to a Reuters report, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the variant currently accounts for 40% of infections in London. The government has introduced tougher restrictions and Johnson is urging people to come forward for booster vaccine doses.
"Sadly, at least one patient has now been confirmed to have died with Omicron. So, I think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus – I think that's something we need to set on one side – and just recognise the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population."
Reuters reports that despite being asked repeatedly if he would rule out tougher restrictions in the run-up to Christmas, Johnson refused to comment. The prime minister has referred to a surge in Omicron infections in London, with his Health Secretary, Sajid Javid saying the variant is spreading at a "phenomenal rate".
Johnson is facing his own struggles, having to deal with rebellion in his party over stricter Covid-19 restrictions, coupled with public fury over alleged parties at Downing Street during the Christmas period last year, when the country was in lockdown. In the early days of the pandemic, as the virus began to spread in China and beyond, he was criticised for his delay in locking down the UK. He was later slammed for mistakes made in the transfer of patients into care homes and for an expensive testing and tracing system that failed to curtail the spread of the virus.
Johnson continues to defend his actions, saying the government had to make quick decisions during an unprecedented crisis and pointing to the successful rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.
According to the Reuters report, over 146,000 people have now died from Covid-19 in the UK. Javid says that while there are currently just 10 people hospitalised with the Omicron variant, its high transmissibility rate means the government must take decisive action to avoid the country's health system being swamped.
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See America's next top Trashion model this weekend
May 4, 2018 by Methow Valley News
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Expect the creatively outlandish at the Trashion Show.
By Ashley Ahearn
If you haven't got your tickets for the eighth annual Trashion Show on Saturday (May 5), you better get on that. Last year more than 500 people attended, dressed in their finest … well, finest pieces of trash and recyclables, that is.
"It's our biggest event of the year," said Sarah Jo Lightner, executive director of Confluence Gallery in Twisp, which puts on the Trashion Show at the Methow Valley Community Center. Lightner's favorite outfits include a dress made entirely of zippers and one made of felted dog and cat hair.
"It's the one event of the year where all the local folks let their freak flag fly. It's half about the designs and half about the community coming together to do something fun," she said.
This year the gallery is auctioning off a judge's seat to one lucky attendee who will get to watch the show from the judge's panel and help decide the winners. Opening bid for that is $50.
The event raises roughly $7,000, which the gallery uses to fund its artist business skills program and Art Camp for Every Child (which is now at maximum capacity for this summer).
The Trashion Show was started by a group of locals, lead by Donna Kaiser and Lisa Doran, and originally took place at the Confluence Gallery, though it quickly outgrew that space.
The show was originally based around Earth Day and environmental messaging, Lightner said. "It was about wanting to bring light to all the stuff that ends up in landfills or recycling centers and how we can make better use of these items and have a stage to show our need to curb our addiction to all these plastics, straws and bottle caps and stuff — and also make it into something beautiful," she said.
Lightner added that she's always impressed by the entries from kids in the community. Last year two boys made a dress entirely out of board games — Monopoly pieces, playing cards, etc. — and had their 11-year-old little sister model it. "She did great," Lightner recalls, "But we did have to get permission from her parents for her to participate because we normally do not let anyone younger than 13 attend the show."
Some of the outfits can be a bit racy, Lightner said. "Hillary Ketcham always makes something over the top," she said. "One year she used light-deprivation film from a pot-growing operation and cut these details out of it to make a dominatrix outfit. We want to make sure parents are aware that some people's butt cheeks are gonna be sticking out. It's not necessarily for all ages."
As for whether or not there have been any Janet Jackson-esque wardrobe malfunctions, "Yes, yes there have been," Lightner chuckled.
Audience members are encouraged to dress in their finest, take lots of pictures and share them under the social media hashtag: #wigsandsparkles.
Trashion Show basics
Confluence Gallery stages its eighth annual Trashion Show at the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp on Saturday (May 5). Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m. Cost is $20 in advance at the gallery or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3323219. VIP front row seating is available at the gallery only for $45. The Fork food truck will be serving dinner from 5-10 p.m., and there will be a cash bar. For information, call 997-2787 or email info@confluencegallery.com.
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