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The Pearce / Lewis Debate - an abridged transcript
Posted by Kelly Townsend on October 7, 2011 at 7:00am
I was able to attend the debate, and I took notes of the questions/answers and wanted to share them with those who were not able to go.
1. Would you support the ASU Polytechnic campus becoming its own university apart from ASU?
Lewis - Didn't answer the question but stated we needed to talk about the issue in a civil manner.
Pearce - Only if it was what was best for the State. He stated he was an integral part of bringing ASU Poly to the Gateway district, and he believes in competition, so if it was best for the State, he would support it.
2. Do you have a commitment to education?
Pearce - Passed the first balanced budget in years, with only 1.5% cuts to education. AZ cares about education and makes it a priority. We lead the country in school choice, and we should have a "paid for performance" focus on teachers, and we need to get more of the money out of the administration of schools and into the classroom.
Lewis - Excellence must become top priority, not just an empty soundboard. He was the principal at the "Children First Academy" for homeless children. The moderator mentioned that he didn't answer the question and asked him to be specific. He stated we needed to listen to the needs of education and compensate high-performing teachers.
3. How will you encourage closer relationships between AZ colleges and employers?
Lewis - We need to sit down with the parties and listen and communicate.
Pearce - He helped organize the Mayo Clinic / ASU relationship, and stated East Valley Institute of Technology was also a player, and vocational schools like it, that can be included in the university/employer relationship.
4. What responsibility does the State have to provide K-12 to the undocumented?
Pearce - The cost is huge, and we have an obligation to uphold the laws of our country. State crime is 3x lesser than the national average and that classroom size is now smaller because of self-deportation. Acknowledged that there is a federal law mandating that all children be educated, but reiterated that we must still enforce the law.
Lewis - Stated that the federal gov't does require all children to be educated, and that AZ is at the bottom tier for educational success in the country.
Follow up question - Should illegal aliens receive in-state tuition at the colleges?
Pearce - The citizens of AZ passed Prop 300 by 75%, and he supports the will of the citizens. He opposed the subsidy that must be spent to fund illegals at the in-state tuition rate, stating it wasn't fair to out of state Americans to have to pay higher tuition than illegal immigrants.
5. What reforms are appropriate for government employees?
Lewis - Keep our promises to our employees, and offer retirement packages we can afford. We won't take pensions from them. We will support reforms and look at other options.
Pearce - We need to look at the benefits and how they are dealt with, we do need to keep our promises to our employees, yet we made proper changes to preserve the system that had become too financially burdensome. We made good choices, the system is already recovering and is now viable.
6. SB1325 prevented public union dues from being given to political parties. Do you support this?
Pearce - This is a right to work State, and the cost to the employers to deduct union fees is high. We need to have balance, a right to contract but we cannot destroy a business who refuses to utilize unions.
Lewis - I forgot to write his answer, sorry. I'll try to ask if anyone remembers what it was.
7. The Chamber of Commerce hears about excessive regulations on business. How will you change that?
Lewis - We need to get out of the way of business, and help them succeed. We sometimes need regulations, but it shouldn't be the top item. The timber industry as an example, there were many forest fires that could have been avoided had there not been so many regulations.
Pearce - We need to lower the tax burden and reduce regulations, and make AZ a refuge for companies such as the ones in CA who would like to come here due to lower regs and tax. He spoke also of the timber industry and the fires, and expounded to the mining industry that cannot operate due to the environmentalist's regulations. He spoke of Intel investing 5 billion in the East Valley, and Boeing, along with the largest solar company, all investing in AZ because of his and other's efforts to deregulate business here.
8. Is it fair to force privatization on towns who have elected officials?
Pearce - We need to take as much from the public sector and give it to the private sector. It is the State who decides what we can and cannot do, not the Federal government, so if we as a State feel it is better, then we should do so.
Lewis - Some jobs only can be done by gov't such as border patrol, but we need to get more privatization, and we need to listen to get it done, the 5 Cs are very much alive in AZ, we need to encourage tourism and focus on programs that generate revenue. We need to consult with the business owners first and listen to them to see if we can do it better.
9. How will you prepare for 2014 when the 1% tax expires?
Lewis - Thank goodness we had the tax. We need to grow ourselves out of it so that we won't need it when it expires. We need to work with education and figure out how to make it better, ask around for alternatives to the tax. Stated that Arizona is seen as an unfriendly business state and akin to 1964 Alabama (audience booed) in that their illegal population are leaving and no one will take the jobs.
Pearce - Is proud of AZ and its accomplishments and that we lead the nation on these issues, 30 states seek to follow our example, Gov Brewer gets standing ovations wherever she goes, crime is down, class size is down, business are coming to AZ and tourism is up 10%. We now have a balanced budget, he just spoke with the JLBC and they have stated that we can meet the budget and that we won't need to extend the 1% tax. We need to make the strings attached to the tax go away, eliminate fraud, we have 15% fewer gov't employees.
10. What are your budget priorities?
(I'm running out of time, will keep it short)
Pearce - We need to grow jobs, and focus on education. Dr. Prescott at ASU received the nobel prize (didn't write any more, sorry)
Lewis - 60 CEOs ask AZ to stop chasing away illegals and so we should listen to them. We need to stop regulating business so that AZ will be "on the front lawn."
11. What is the economic impact on AZ regarding immigration?
Lewis - We need to take the Fed gov't to the table, we cannot be their agents, DC will listen to us if we collaboratively work with the Fed.
Pearce - Ronald Regan signed a bill that we would allow amnesty once and then get our immigration under control before we do it again. Arizonan business owners cannot compete with those doing work illegally and are going out of business. The State has the inherent right to enforce the law.
12. How will your service in the Legislature restore tourism?
Pearce - AZ suffers from a great reputation, not a bad one. 10% increase in tourism. It costs 2.6 billion to support the illegals. USA allows more immigrants than any other country, and Arizona is leading the way and admired.
Lewis - There is a 9% unemployment rate and believes that there are not enough farm workers to do the work that Americans "won't do."
13. Do you support the HEAT program?
Lewis - Gateway corridor to bring about real economic growth. We need to work with industry and provide them a reason to stay, we need to work with them and listen to them and act accordingly.
Pearce - We need to lower the regulations for business and reduce taxes, incentivizing all business to be able to grow, taking away their impediments.
14. What can you do to work with the FAA for economic growth out at Williams Gateway?
Pearce - Already working with them, believes it ought to be an airport with more carriers, it has brought new businesses to the area and is one of the fastest growing areas in the country, and is the shining star of Mesa.
Lewis - Mentioned business experience, more education out there, work with the City of Mesa to create and environment where people want to work there.


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1. College and internships can only do so much to prepare you for the real world. For the longest time I thought just going through the motions of college would land me a career. False. Obvi. This is different.
2. Never burn a bridge. Whether it's in your career or personal life, maintain relationships and help people out. They will, in turn, help you! It really is all about who you know.
3. Be persistent and believe in yourself. It sounds cheesy but it helps/helped me when it comes to the job hunt grind.
4. Try not to make snap judgments. In starting a new job, I've met a ton of new people. I, of course as it is human nature, immediately judged and categorized each person in my brain. However, after taking the time to get to know these people, I've often found my judgments to be wrong or skewed. I am trying to be a bit more open minded.
5. When something in your life is not going as you would like it, don't let it consume you. Hold on to the good things and let them help lift you up. This is currently a work in progress for me. I'm dramatic.
6. It's a lot of work to hang out with/keep in touch with friends once you are not all living on the same set of blocks. I suppose that's more of a post-grad problems type of thing rather than a lesson. Oh well.
7. You cannot have everything figured out or predict the future. I don't know why this is hard for me but for some reason, I always need to know what is going to happen. If only I was psychic. But I'm not. So hopefully I'll calm down someday.
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Bringing Healthy Food Options to Neighborhoods
By Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
"Three years ago, we identified neighborhoods across our city that lacked something many New Yorkers take for granted: Grocery stores that stock fresh produce and other nutritious foods. Those same neighborhoods also showed a high prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related diseases. That was clearly no coincidence. So, working with the City Council, we decided to do something about this serious problem. Using a combination of zoning and financial incentives, we're bringing down the costs of opening, expanding, and operating grocery stores, which is also creating jobs in these communities.
"Last week, I was in Staten Island for the groundbreaking of one of these new supermarkets – a Key Food store in South Beach. For the neighborhood, this new supermarket won't just make for healthier eating; it also will produce a healthier economy. That's because the new Key Food, set to open next year, is expected to create 33 new permanent jobs over the next three years. And the owner has committed to a strong effort to hire local residents for those jobs – good news in a community where unemployment is higher than average.
"This Key Food in Staten Island is the 10th supermarket project underway. The first supermarket already opened its doors in the South Bronx in August. And approval of another four store projects is pending. That's a total of 14 stores – and together they represent more than $50 million in new private investment throughout the city. They'll create 450 new full time jobs, and retain more than 550 existing jobs, which, during this week of Thanksgiving, is something we should all give thanks for.
"Our supermarket initiative is just one of the steps we've taken to increase access to healthier food, especially in communities plagued by poor nutrition. For instance, we've licensed more than 500 'Green Cart' produce vendors in communities where opportunities to buy fresh produce have been lacking. We've set up gardens in our public schools to help students understand more about where their food comes from. And this year alone, we've distributed about $200,000 worth of free Health Bucks coupons to Food Stamp recipients to buy fruit and vegetables at 65 farmers markets across town.
(The following from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's November 27, 2011 radio address was heard on 1010 news)
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NBA: Bubble success and what it means for the play-offs
Bubbleicious success
It's been frenetic, it's been hectic and it's been unrelenting. The first phase of the NBA's bubble experiment - 88 games packed into a little over two weeks - is drawing to a close, and the playoffs are about to begin.
There had been concerns over the quality of basketball after a four-month break, and especially in venues far from home comforts and friendly fans. Thankfully, the games so far in the NBA's audacious $150 million Disney World experiment have laid those fears to rest.
Yes, play is a little scrappy - 13 of the 22 teams are turning the ball over more in the bubble than they did earlier this season - but teams by and large seem to have settled in well to their Orlando resort surroundings.
Scoring is up, with the teams on average pouring in 116 points per match in the bubble - 3 points more than they did before the Covid-19 outbreak prompted play to be suspended in March. Ten teams have lifted their scoring average by more than 5 points, and there have been multiple individual 50-plus point games from the likes of Indiana's T.J. Warren and Portland's Damian Lillard.
Various theories abound: Nobody is tired from a long trip to a new city for a road game. Hostile fans aren't distracting players, and the conditions inside the three game arenas - from the lighting to the temperature - are close to identical. If anything, the fewer distractions have allowed teams to focus on what they do best: hoop.
"Even though we are playing on different courts, they all kind of feel like the same arena," Milwaukee center Brook Lopez told the Associated Press recently. "It's pretty consistent in that regard."
Even the idea that the worst road teams would struggle has been firmly kiboshed. The bubble's best-performing teams include the Suns, Spurs and Blazers, which all have pre-bubble road win records under 44%. Granted, they were the most motivated to win to secure the final play-off spot in the West, and the NBA provided them with a purer environment to strive toward that goal.
This all augurs well for the rest of the competition, which now returns to a more familiar format (venues notwithstanding) of 16 teams contesting four rounds of knock-out, best-of-seven-game series.
Once a team's season is over, it will depart Orlando - after all the necessary health and safety protocols. We are still in the middle of a pandemic, after all.
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Results and odds are current as of 06.00 GMT on Friday 14 August.
Key market moves in the bubble
Title odds: 3.77 (+277) from 3.31 (+231) prior to the restart
The title favourites as the season resumed, the Western Conference champs have struggled to get into a groove, with few solid playmaking options outside of Lebron James. They've also faced a tough restart schedule with matches against other title contenders including cross-town rivals the LA Clippers, and Toronto.
Much has been made of the Lakers offense, or lack thereof: The team's average score since the season resumed is 10 points lower than pre-bubble levels, and is the lowest per-game average out of any unit at Disney World. King James himself has failed to maintain his regular season scoring and assist averages, and Anthony Davis' point production has sputtered.
Those travails led to a 3-7 bubble record, with the probability of a Lakers title slumping by 3.7 percentage points since the restart - the most of any remaining team - to 26.5%.
James told reporters earlier this week that physically he was getting into play-off condition, "but as far as the mental side of it, I'm not there, and personally I don't think our team is there, but we will be."
It would be unwise to discount the ability of one of the greatest players of all time to lift his game when it matters: He was the highest scorer of the 2017-2018 playoffs (his last play-off outing) and is hungry for a fourth NBA title.
The Lakers' first play-off opponents will be the winner of a two-match play-in between the Portland Trailblazers and Memphis Grizzlies this weekend.
Title odds: 3.52 (+252) from 3.45 (+245)
The Eastern Conference champs - like their West Coast counterparts - have also had a lacklustre record in Orlando with three wins from seven. Bucks odds for a title have slipped slightly, but they are now slim favourites, largely due to the Lakers' declining fortunes.
Commentators have questioned the Bucks' ability to defend strong 3-point shooting teams and their ability to close out tight games.
They've suffered from sloppy ball handling, gifting them the fourth-highest turnover rate in the bubble. Milwaukee gave the rock up 22 times in a loss against Houston on 2 August.
To win their first title since 1974, the Bucks need to rediscover the form that's given them the best win-loss record in the NBA this season.
As with the Lakers, don't discount the star power: Giannis Antetokounmpo is a clear favourite to win his second-straight league MVP award and is on track to finish the season with the highest player efficiency rating in NBA history.
They also have a strong second-option scorer in the underrated Khris Middleton and two of the NBA's best 3-point snipers in Kyle Korver and George Hill.
The Bucks face the Orlando Magic in the first round of the play-offs.
Title odds: 10.8 (+1591) from 16.9 (+1591)
The defending champs have been stand-outs in the bubble, posting the most wins out of all Eastern Conference teams, thanks to stellar defense and one of the best transition attacks in the game.
Anchored by center Marc Gasol, who dropped a ton of weight and rehabbed his dodgy hamstrings during the Covid break, the Raps have allowed the fewest points per 100 possessions out of all teams in Orlando.
The Raps had a 72% win rate before the hiatus, and have dropped just one game since the season resumed, showing they're still a force to be reckoned with even after losing Kawhi Leonard to the Clippers.
Their bubble efforts have boosted the probability of a repeat title to 9.3% - that's a whopping 3.3 percentage point gain, which is the biggest improvement of any team left in the competition.
The team is third-favourite to win the title, underpinned by top scorers and prize off-season acquisitions Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. The odds indicate a 26% chance of a Clipper title, which is a 2 percentage point improvement from before the restart.
Among the top title contenders, this team was most impacted by the Covid bubble restrictions, with key players entering the bubble late after family-related absences.
One of those players, Patrick Beverley, is still dealing with a calf strain, while Montrezl Harrell is awaiting clearance from the NBA's Covid testing protocol to resume play.
A third player, assists leader Lou Williams, was pilloried in social media for a much-publicised and ill-advised visit to an Atlanta strip club while on family leave. He returned in time for the first bubble match-ups and has delivered solid minutes for his team.
Still, the Clips have been at less than full strength for the seeding games and will have to use their play-offs to restore their chemistry.
The Clips finished with the second-best record in the Western Conference, and will meet the seventh-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first play-off round.
Houston had a strong start in the bubble on the back of strong performances from James Harden, the league's top scorer this season, and star guard Russell Westbrook. Some of the gloss has come off, however, with Westbrook temporarily sidelined with a thigh injury.
The Rockets will be buoyed by the return of Eric Gordon, their third-highest scorer, from an ankle injury. But when all else fails, there is always…
James Harden, who worked out like a fiend during the layoff, and came to Disney World noticeably slimmer. Not only does he lead his team in points, he is also tops in assists, steals and blocks. Expect him to keep shimmying his way to more step-back 3s than you can shake a stick at.
A key narrative to watch: Westbrook has a strained right quadricep and is expected to miss the start of the first-round play-offs against Oklahoma City Thunder - where he and Harden have both previously played.
Current odds indicate Houston has an 8% chance to win the title, up from 6.6% at the restart.
Title odds: 45.3 (+4433) from 21 (+2017)
Philly's fortunes declined sharply after Ben Simmons (the team's top assists man, best rebounder and third-highest scorer) copped a season-ending knee injury on 5 August. The Sixers have lost three out of four matches since then.
The team was in the process of bedding down a new starting five in Orlando, which placed Simmons at power forward. Coach Brett Brown will have to start all over again with yet another rejigged squad, now that his Australian star is out for the rest of the season.
To cast an even greater pall on Philly's predicament, center Joel Embiid injured his ankle in a 9 August loss against Portland. He returned a couple days later against Toronto, but left that game early with a wrist injury.
The Sixers will be hoping Embiid figures strongly in their first play-off round against the Boston Celtics - a team he gave fits to in the four times they've met this season
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A cylindrical tank with a large diameter is filled with water to a depth D=0.30m. A hole of cross-sectional area A=6.5 cm2 in the bottom of the tank allows water to drain out.
(a) What is the rate at which water flows out, in cubic meters per second?
(b) At what distance below the bottom of the tank is the cross-sectional area of the stream equal to one-half the area of the hole?
The drainage rate of flow of water through the hole is 1.6×10-3 m3/s.
The distance below the bottom of the tank at which the cross-sectional area of the stream is equal to the cross-sectional area of the hole is 0.90 m.
The depth of the water in the tank, D=0.30m.
The cross-sectional area of the hole, Ah=6.5 cm2.
The cross-sectional area of the stream = 1/2 cross-sectional area of the hole.
Step 2: Determining the concept
Find the velocity of the water flowing through the hole vh using Bernoulli's principle. Then using the continuity equation, find the drainage rate of flow of water through the hole. Then, find the velocity of the water coming out of the hole vh using the continuity equation. Then, using the kinematic equation of motion, find the distance below the bottom of the tank at which the cross-sectional area of the stream is equal to the cross-sectional area of the hole. According to Bernoulli's equation, as the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.
Formulae are as follows:
p∀12ρg2h+ = constant
Av = constant
Where p is pressure, v is velocity, h is height, g is the acceleration due to gravity, h is height, and A is area and ρ is density.
Step 3: (a) Determining the drainage rate of flow of water through the hole
The water is flowing out through the hole. Hence, the flow should obey the continuity equation.
Let,
At = The cross-sectional area of the tank,
Vt=The velocity of the water flowing in the tank,
Ah=Area of the cross-section of the hole,
Vh=The velocity of the water flowing through the hole.
So, according to the continuity equation,
AtVt=AnVn
Since At is very large compared to Ah,Vt=AhVhAt will be very small as compared to Vh.
Hence, in further discussion, neglect the term Vt. The water flow follows Bernoulli's principle. Consider the hole level as the reference level. Now, both the top of the tank and the hole are exposed to the atmosphere. The pressure P0 is the same for both.
Hence, the equation is,
pγ+12ρgθ^+ρ=ργ+12ρgh2+
Simplifying,
12vt2+gD=12vh2
And, since Vt is negligible compared to Vh,
Vh2=2gDVh2=2×9.8×0.30Vh=2.42 m/s
Hence, the rate of flow of water is,
AhVh=6.5×10-4 m2×2.42 m/s =1.57×10-3 m3/s =1.6×10-3 m3/s
Hence, the drainage rate of flow of water through the hole is 1.6×10-3 m3/s.
Step 4: (b) Determining the distance below the bottom of the tank at which the cross-sectional area of the stream is equal to the cross-sectional area of the hole
The stream of water, after coming out of the hole, obeys the continuity equation. Hence,
AnVh=AsVs,
Where As and vs denote the cross-sectional area and the speed of the stream, respectively.
vs=AhAsvh =2vh =2×2.42 =4.84 m/s
The stream of water, after coming out of the hole, undergoes free-fall motion under gravity. Hence, use the kinematical equation to determine the speed of the stream.
vs2=vh2+2ghh=vs2-vh22g =4.842-2.4222×9.8 =17.562×9.8 =0.90 m
Hence, the distance below the bottom of the tank at which the cross-sectional area of the stream is equal to the cross-sectional area of the hole is 0.90m.
Water is pumped steadily out of a flooded basement at a speed of 5.0 ms through a uniform hose of radius 1.0 cm. The hose passes out through a window 3.0 m above the waterline. What is the power of the pump?
About one-third of the body of a person floating in the Dead Sea will be above the waterline. Assuming that the human body density0.98 g /cm3 is find the density of the water in the Dead Sea. (Why is it so much greater than 1.0 g/cm3?
When a person snorkels, the lungs are connected directly to the atmosphere through the snorkel tube and thus are at atmospheric pressure 1) In atmospheres, what is the difference ∆pbetween this internal air pressure and the water pressure against the body if the length of the snorkel tube is 20 cm (standard situation) &2) In atmospheres, what is the difference ֏pbetween this internal air pressure and the water pressure against the body if the length of the snorkel tube is 4.0m (probably lethal situation)? In the latter, the pressure difference causes blood vessels on the walls of the lungs to rupture, releasing blood into the lungs. As depicted in Figure, an elephant can safely snorkel through its trunk while swimming with its lungs below the water surface because the membrane around its lungs contains connective tissue that holds and protects the blood vessels, preventing rupturing.
Models of torpedoes are sometimes tested in a horizontal pipe of flowing water, much as a wind tunnel is used to test model airplanes. Consider a circular pipe of internal diameter 25.0cm and a torpedo model aligned along the long axis of the pipe. The model has a 5.00 cm diameter and is to be tested with water flowing past it at 2.50 m/s.
(a) With what speed must the water flow in the part of the pipe that is unconstricted by the model?
(b) What will the pressure difference be between the constricted and unconstricted parts of the pipe?
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After you beat Razor and finish the pursuit, go to your safe house and do the challenge series to get 99.9%.
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At the "pick a marker" menu, get the 1st one then the middle one, then the middle one again, and then the last one. Then the middle one then the first one. (Repeat the cyle at the the first marker) Note: This is for the mystery markers.
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Meet beautiful American Bulldog, Bonny. Her owners brought her in on a Saturday in early October as she had been having some urinary issues. She had been straining for a little while and had been diagnosed with incontinence by another veterinary clinic. Her owners felt that even on the medication Bonny was still not right so brought her in to see if something else might be going on.
Dr Andrea conducted a physical examination on Bonny. After a good feel of her bladder, Dr Andrea noted that it felt almost a bit gravelly which could indicate that they might be bladder stones. It was important to get a urine sample to see what was going on with Bonny. Her owners took her outside and were able to get some urine for the veterinarian to run some tests on.
It was obvious after looking at the urine, both through tests and under the microscope, that Bonny had a urinary tract infection. However, Dr Andrea advised Bonny's owner that the best way to proceed was to send the sample off to an external laboratory and see if they thought it would likely be bladder stones as well. Bonny was dispensed some antibiotics and anti-inflammatories for her infection and was sent home to wait for the test results.
A few days later the results came back. It was likely Bonny had bladder stones and the best course of action was to have her come in for x-rays and possible surgery depending on what the radiographs showed. Her owners were very happy to go ahead with this and she was scheduled in for a few days later.
Bonny's surgery was performed by Dr Andrea and Nurse Sharyn. Radiographs were first taken of her bladder and at least 7 stones could be seen. Due to these findings it was necessary to proceed with the surgery which is known as a cystotomy. The surgery went really well and Dr Andrea removed a total of 19 stones from Bonny's bladder!!
Bonny recovered in hospital on intravenous fluids for the remainder of the day but was able to go home to her very worried family that night. She will be on a special diet and antibiotics for the coming months and then her urine will be tested again.
Hopefully poor Bonny won't have to go through an ordeal like this ever again!


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The Flask is a Grade II listed public house at 14 Flask Walk, Hampstead, London, on the site from where the trade in Hampstead mineral water was run, and which is mentioned in the eighteenth century novel Clarissa. It has been owned by Young's Brewery since 1904.

Name
It was originally known as the Lower Flask, to distinguish it from the Upper Flask, a tavern near the top of Hampstead hill which was patronised by Whig grandees and writers but which closed in the 1750s. The clientele of the Lower Flask was considered inferior; and it appears in Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa as the place of a drunk, "I have got the fellow down! — I have got old Grimes — hah, hah, hah, hah! — He is at the Lower Flask — almost in the condition of David's sow...".  It was also known as the Thatched House until the premises were rebuilt by Cumming and Nixon in 1874, when it became known just as The Flask.

History

On the site stood the original Flask Tavern from where the Hampstead mineral water business was run from at least 1700. The distribution of the water, at 3d per flask, was arranged by a London apothecary called Mr Philips, who operated in Fleet Street from the Eagle and Child pub. The advertising claimed that "eminent physicians and many gentry who had previously drunk the Tunbridge waters" now preferred the Hampstead water.

Interior
There are four distinct areas. At the front are a public bar and a separate saloon bar. The public bar is more basic and would originally have charged less than the grander saloon. These two bars have original features, but to the rear lies a more modern area for drinking and a conservatory.  According to CAMRA, the outstanding features of the interior are the wood and glass screen that separates the two bars, and the five chromolithographs of paintings by the Belgian artist Jan Van Beers. CAMRA also note the appropriateness of the Van Beers surname for a pub.

Historic England comment on the relatively intact nature of the interior, noting the partitions made of glass and mahogany, the bar counter and fittings, the original cast-iron fireplaces and their tiled surrounds, the moulded cornices to the ceilings, the wall tiles and the "Victorian chromolithographs". They also note that during the building of a rear extension in 1990, a vaulted brick-built cellar was uncovered.

Exterior

English Heritage note that the building is of yellow stock brick with some stucco. They also comment on the "twin entrances set between tall windows and flanked by three pilasters enriched with glazed tiles, as well as paterae over pilasters at frieze level".

Flask Walk
The artist Charles Ginner's 1937 painting Flask Walk, Hampstead, on Coronation Day shows the vista down Flask Walk as seen from the upstairs of his residence at 61 Hampstead High Street, and includes The Flask on the right-hand side of the image. The painting was bought by the Tate Gallery in 1941.

Notable residents of Flask Walk have included the actor Peter Barkworth, the poet Al Alvarez, and the musician Sid Vicious.

See also
The Flask, Highgate

References

External links

The Flask in 2008, showing its former sign.

Buildings and structures in Hampstead
Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden
Grade II listed pubs in London
Pubs in the London Borough of Camden

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A Review of Amazon Prime's Series Dostoevsky
tags: Dostoevsky, literature, television
by Walter G. Moss
Walter G. Moss is a professor emeritus of history at Eastern Michigan University and a Contributing Editor of HNN. He is the author of Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and A History of Russia. 2d ed. 2 vols. He has also authored an essay on the indebtedness of religious thinkers Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton to Dostoevsky and other Russian writers in Beyond the Soul and Barbed Wire: The Continuing Legacy of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Russian Voices in American Culture, David P. Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson, eds., forthcoming from Notre Dame Press in 2020. For a list of his other books and online publications click here.
The great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky has influenced many writers like William Faulkner, as well as other individuals from around the world. Americans unfamiliar with his life, and perhaps even with some of his greatest works like Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov can now get to know him via Amazon Prime's 8-part subtitled series Dostoevsky, directed by the Russian Vladimir Khotinenko.
The series first appeared in 2011 (in 7 parts) on Rossiia 1 television channel, and a Western expert on Russian literature and film, Peter Rollberg, then wrote, "In scope and quality, Khotinenko's 7-part biopic can be compared to the best HBO and Showtime history dramas, such as John Adams (2008) and The Tudors (2007-2010)."
Indeed the series has much to recommend it-good acting (especially by Evgenii Mironov as Dostoevsky), picturesque scenery (e.g., in St. Petersburg and foreign sites such as Baden Baden), and a fascinating story that, despite taking some artistic liberties, depicts well the tumultuous and eventful life of one of Russia's greatest writers. Each episode begins with Dostoevsky sitting for the famous portrait of him painted by V. Perov in 1872.
As we watch the almost eight hours of the series, we witness some of the main events of his adult life beginning with his traumatic experience on a December morning in 1849 when he and other prisoners stood on a St. Petersburg square, heard their death sentences read out, and excepted to be shot by a firing squad. In his late twenties by then, Dostoevsky had already gained some fame as a writer, but became involved with dissidents whom the reactionary government of Tsar Nicholas I considered treasonous. Only at the last minute, did a representative of the tsar bring word that Nicholas I was going to spare the lives of the condemned, and Dostoevsky spent the next four years in a Siberian prison camp in Omsk, which he later described in his novel "The House of the Dead."
The first episode of the series is set mainly in this camp, and the gloomy existence of the prisoners may be off-putting to some viewers. But the experience was important to Dostoevsky. Himself the son of a serf-owning Moscow doctor, he was forced to mix with less educated common criminals, but came to appreciate their Russian Orthodoxy, their religion of Christ, of sin and suffering, of resurrection and redemption. He came to regret his earlier rebellious ideas, influenced by Western European utopian thinkers. His prison experiences convinced him that the only path for Russian intellectuals to follow was one that united them with the common people and their religious beliefs.
Through a variety of techniques, usually by having Dostoevsky state his convictions or argue with someone like the writer Turgenev, the series conveys his post-prison populism and Russian nationalism. In one scene in Episode 3, a young man at a dinner table tells Dostoevsky that he left St. Petersburg for prison camp "a dissenter and socialist, and you returned a defender of The Throne and Orthodoxy." Toward the beginning of Episode 6, Dostoevsky tells the painter Perov, "The ones seeking freedom without God will lose their souls . . . . Only the simple-hearted Russian nation . . . is on the right way to God."
But the series is more concerned with depicting his personality and love life, which begins to manifest itself during Episode 2, set mainly in the Central Asian-Siberian border town of Semipalatinsk (present-day Seney). Dostoevsky served in the army there for five years (1854-1859) before finally being allowed to return to European Russia. But his service allowed him sufficient time for writing and mixing with some of the town's people, including Maria Isaeva, a somewhat sickly, high-strung, strong-willed woman in her late twenties.
Episodes 2 and 3 depict the writer's stormy relations with her in Siberia and then in their early days in St. Petersburg. After she leaves Semipalatinsk to accompany her husband, who takes a new job in the distant town of Kuznetsk (today Novokuznetsk), he soon after dies. Dostoevsky makes a secret and unlawful trip to this Siberian city, but has to contend with a younger rival, a schoolteacher, for Maria's affection. Finally, after much agonizing by both Maria and Dostoevsky and another trip to Kuznetsk, the two marry there in February 1857.
While in Semipalatinsk, Dostoevsky makes a written appeal to his brother, Mikhail, and to an aunt for money. The writer's financial difficulties, later exacerbated by gambling loses, will remain a consistent theme for most of the rest of the series.
After finally being allowed to settle in St. Petersburg in late 1859, Dostoevsky renews acquaintance with Stepan Yanovskiy, a doctor friend, and is introduced to his wife, the actress Alexandra Schubert. She and Dostoevsky soon become romantically involved, while Maria shows increasing signs of having consumption (tuberculosis)-she died of it in 1864. His main health problem was epilepsy, and occasionally, as at the end of Episode 3, we see him having a seizure.
In Episode 4, we are introduced to a young woman, Appolinaria Suslova, who for several years became Dostoevsky's chief passion. Young enough to be his daughter, she reflected some of the youthful radicalism of the Russian 1860s. An aspiring writer herself, she was fascinated by the older author, and eventually had sexual relations with him. But their relations were stormy, often mutually tormenting, and while traveling in Western Europe together, she sometimes denied him any intimacy. A fictionalized portrait of her can be found in the character of Polina in Dostoevsky's The Gambler (1866).
In Episodes 4 through 8, we see sometimes see Dostoevsky at the roulette tables from 1863 to 1871 in such places as Weisbaden, Baden Baden, and Saxon les Bains, usually loosing, and from 1867 to 1871 most often travelling with his second wife, Anna (nee Snitkina), whom he first meet when she came to him to work as a stenographer in 1866 to help him complete The Gambler and Crime and Punishment.
But Anna does not appear until Episode 6, and only after Dostoevsky's infatuation with two very young sisters, Anya and Sofia (Sonya) Korvin-Krukovskaya, who later became a famous mathematician. Nevertheless, once Anna appears she remains prominent for the remainder of the series, first as his stenographer, then as his wife and the mother of his children. In Episode 7, they travel to Western Europe, where they remain in places like Baden Baden and Geneva until 1871, when they return to Russia. Throughout their marriage, Anna remains the level-headed, common-sense wife who tolerates and loves her much older mercurial husband. But the couple had their up-and-down moments, including the death of two children. The first to die, Sofia (Sonya) does so in May 1868, at the end of Episode 7.
Thus, to deal with the rest of Dostoevsky's life-he died in January 1881-the Russian filmmakers left themselves only one episode, number 8. And much happened in that dozen years, including the couple's return to Russia; the birth of more children ( two boys and a girl, but the youngest, Alyosha, died in 1878); trips to Bad Ems for emphysema treatments, and major writings (the novels The Idiot, The Possessed, The Adolescent, and The Brothers Karamazov and his collection of fictional and non-fictional writings in A Writer's Diary).There are brief mentions and/or allusions to these writings, but not much.
Dostoevsky often encounters people whose last name is ungiven. In Episode 8, for example, he visits the dying poet and editor Nikolai Nekrasov, but only those already familiar with Dostoevsky's biography might realize who he is. The final scene in that last episode shows Dostoevsky and a young bearded man whom he addresses as Vladimir Sergeevich sitting on hay behind a horse and carriage driver on their way to the famous Optina Monastery.
The not-further-identified young man, although only in his mid-twenties, was in fact the already well-known philosopher Vladimir Soloviev, son of Sergei Soloviev, who by his death in 1879 completed 29 volumes of his History of Russia from the Earliest Times. Dostoevsky had read some of his history and earlier that year had attended Vladimir's "Lectures on Godmanhood." At one of these talks attended by Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy was present, but the two famous writers never met each other. During the remaining 22 years of his life, Soloviev went on to develop many philosophic and theological ideas and to influence later religious thinkers including Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton.
At Optina, Dostoevsky sought consolation from the death of his son Alyosha by talking to the monk Ambrose, who became the model for Father Zossima in his The Brothers Karamazov. And the brothers Alyosha and Ivan Karamozov, in different ways, reflect the influence of the young Soloviev.
Of the novel itself, one of Dostoevsky's most influential, little is said in the series except when in the final episode, Dostoevsky tells a police official that he plans to write a work about a hero who goes through many phases and struggles with the question of the "existence of God." The Brothers Karamazov deals with that question-but also, of course, with much more. And Dostoevsky did not live long enough to complete The Life of a Great Sinner, a work he had long contemplated but only managed to include portions of in some of his great novels.
Despite the many positive aspects of the 8-part series, it only hints at Dostoevsky's relevance for our times. Just a few examples are his significance for understanding 1) Vladimir Putin and his appeal to Russians, 2) terrorism, and 3) whether or not to accept the existence of God and the implications of faith vs. agnosticism.
Regarding his influence on Putin, an excellent article by Russian-expert Paul Robinson thoroughly examines the question. He begins his essay by writing, "I've spent the last week ploughing through the 1,400 pages of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Writer's Diary. . . . The experience has left me pretty well acquainted with the writer's views on the Russian People (with a capital 'P'), Europe, the Eastern Question, and Russia's universal mission. I've also just finished writing an academic article which discusses, among other things, references to Dostoevsky in Vladimir Putin's speeches."
In novels such as Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment, and The Possessed, Dostoevsky reflected on and provided insight into the thinking of many a terrorist. As one essay on his insight into terrorism indicates, Theodore Kaczynsk, the Unabomber, "was an avid reader of Dostoevsky." Freud wrote on the great Russian writer and appreciated some of his insights into what is sometimes referred to as "abnormal psychology." Some even claim that Dostoevsky "ought to be regarded as the founder of modern psychology."
Regarding the existence of God, it is The Brothers Karamazov that is most often cited, especially its chapters on "Rebellion" and "The Grand Inquisitor," where the brothers Ivan and Alyosha discuss whether to accept or reject God. Ivan rejects because he cannot accept any God that would allow innocent suffering, especially that of little children. In the agnostic Camus's The Rebel he devotes his chapter "The Rejection of Salvation" to Ivan's stance.
In summary, this reviewer's advice: enjoy Amazon's Dostoevsky but then go on to read more by and about him. You can even download his great novels and many of his other works at the Project-Gutenberg-Dostoevsky site.


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Q: Assignment Operation Java class string1 {
    static public void main(String[] ar) {
        String s1 = "test";
        String s2 = new String();
        if(s2=null) { // line 0
            System.out.println(s1);
            System.out.println(s2.length()); //Line 1
        }
    }
}

What i expected to happen was
a) s2 will be set to null because its an assignment operation as I am not using ==
b) And I will get a NPE at Line 1 during Runtime
and instead I got the following output as shown below.
Output is
if(s2=null)
     ^
  required: boolean
  found:    String
1 error

Can someone explain why I am getting compile error ?

A: Java will not implicitly cast to a boolean like some languages will. You must put an expression that evaluates to a boolean inside of conditional:
if ((s2 = null) != null) { }

This condition of course makes no sense, but it's the equivalent of what you're attempting to do. It's worth noting by the way that assignments should rarely be done in a condition.

A: You should do like this:
if( (s2 = null) != null)
{
  // do stuff
}

The reason you are getting this error because you have to explicitly put the code for boolean evaluation in conditions as Java doesn't implicitly cast it boolean.

A: An if-then statement is executed by first evaluating the Expression.
From, JLS - Chapter14 : Blocks and Statements

14.9.1. The if-then Statement
An if-then statement is executed by first evaluating the Expression.
  If the  result is of type Boolean, it is subject to unboxing
  conversion (§5.1.8).
If evaluation of the Expression or the subsequent unboxing conversion
  (if any)  completes abruptly for some reason, the if-then statement
  completes abruptly for the same reason.
Otherwise, execution continues by making a choice based on the
  resulting value:
If the value is true, then the contained Statement is executed; the
  if-then statement completes normally if and only if execution of the
  Statement completes normally.
If the value is false, no further action is taken and the if-then statement  completes normally.

A: You should note the fact that in java there are only two boolean values : true and false unlike some other languages which use 0 as false and anything else as true .

Can someone explain why I am getting compile error ?

In an if statement the condition can either be true or false which are returned by comparison operations and by the boolean variables.
In,
if(s2=null)

the s2=null doesn't evaluate to any boolean value i.e, true or false therefore the compiler error :
required: boolean
  found:    String

A: The if condition evaluates only boolean conditions.
And the assignment operator does not give a boolean result here.
That is the reason for getting exception.
If you use if ((s2 = null) != null) instead of if(s2=null) it will work.

A: Besides what everyone else said, s2 will never be null - you just assigned a new String to it! Are you sure you're not conflating string length/existence tests from other languages?

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[SBS Star] NANA Steps Down from the Female Lead of Park Hae Jin's New Drama?
Singer/actress NANA displayed her intent to step down her new drama 'Four Men'.
On August 23, NANA's management agency PLEDIS Entertainment revealed that NANA has already sent document for her contract disengagement to production company Victory Contents, and she will be leaving the cast through legal procedures. However, the 'Four Men' producers strongly refuted the agency's announcement. The drama production company stated, "We've paid the fees 100% and have been continuously discussed with NANA's agency. They gave a positive respond to re-starting filming on August 27."
The production company also claimed that NANA and her agency do not have the right to terminate her contract as its expiry date is the last airing of the drama. They insist that NANA should appear at the script read-through on August 25 and start filming on August 27 to do her duty as the female lead.
Back in July, the production of 'Four Men' already had been put on hold due to production troubles and is scheduled to resume on August 27 with a different director.


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Kudos! : "From 200,000 to 0" India no longer a polio-endemic country
India no longer a polio-endemic country
India completes two years without any case of polio on 13 January 2013, an unprecedented progress for a country, which in 2009 accounted for nearly half the world's polio cases.
In view of the progress, India achieved a major milestone in 2012 with the World Health Organization striking it off the list of polio endemic countries on 25 February 2012, after India completed one year without any case of polio. India has not reported any case after a two-year old girl was paralyzed by polio in Howrah district of West Bengal on 13 January 2011.
This progress makes India more confident of achieving its goal of eradicating polio. It also demonstrates that the existing polio eradication strategies are effective in stopping polio even in the most challenging conditions.
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Alert! : What happens to our body when we drink Cola?
Before you read about coke, please read this one! Our Question is why they are cornering Coca-Cola alone? Cola drinks like Pepsi too does have the similar ingredients right? Well almost the same! Then it should be applicable to all such aerated Drinks, isn't it? Leaving the choice to the consumers across the globe! We need more thinking about why we drink such cold drinks? With no mentionable health benefit!
After 10 minutes: Ten tea spoons of sugar contained in a glass of Cola, cause devastating "strike" on the organism and the only cause, by reason of not vomiting, is the phosphoric acid which inhibits the action of sugar.
After 20 minutes: A leap of insulin levels in bloodstream occurs. The liver converts all the sugar into fat.
After 40 minutes: Ingestion of caffeine is finally completed. The eye pupils are expanding. Blood pressure rises, because the liver disposes more sugar into bloodstream. The adenosine receptors get blocked, thereby preventing drowsiness.
After 45 minutes: Body raises production of dopamine hormone, which stimulates the brain pleasure center. Heroin has the same principle of operation.
After 1 hour: Phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in the gastrointestinal tract, which supercharges metabolism. Releasing of calcium through urine also rises.
After more than 1 hour: Diuretic effect of the drink enters in "the game". The calcium, magnesium and zinc are removed out of the organism, which are a part of our bones, as well as sodium. At this time we have already become irritable or subdued. The whole quantity of water, contained in a coca cola, is removed by the urine.
Actually, when having a cold bottle of Coke and enjoying its undeniable freshness, do we know what chemical "cocktail" we pour into our throats? The active ingredient of Coca-Cola is orthophosphoric acid. Due to its high acidity, cisterns used for transporting of the concentrate have to be equipped with special reservoirs designed for highly corrosive materials.
Let's have a look at "the anatomy" of one of the most advertised products of "Coca-Cola Co." – Coca-Cola Light without caffeine.
This drink contains Aqua Carbonated, E150D, E952, E951, E338, E330, Aromas, E211.
Aqua Carbonated – this is sparkling water. It stirs gastric secretion, increases the acidity of the gastric juice and provokes flatulency – plenty evolution of gases. Furthermore, spring water is not used, but is used regular filtered water.
E150D – food coloring, obtained through the processing of sugar at specified temperatures, with or without addition of chemical reagents. In the case with coca-cola, ammonium sulfate is added.
E952 – Sodium Cyclamate is a sugar substitute. Cyclamate is a synthetic chemical, has sweet taste, which is 200 times sweeter than sugar, and is used as an artificial sweetener. In 1969 it was banned by FDA, since it as well as saccharin and aspartame, caused cancer in rats' urinary bladder. In 1975, prohibition seized also Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In 1979, WHO (World Health Organization), "who knows why?" rehabilitated cyclamates and recognizing them as safe.
E950 – Acesulfame Potassium. 200 times sweeter than sugar, containing methyl ether, where it aggravates the operation of the cardiovascular system. Likewise, it contains asparaginic acid which can also cause excitant effect on our nervous system and in time it can lead to addiction. Acesulfame is badly dissolved and is not recommended for use by children and pregnant women.
E951 – Aspartame. A sugar substitute for diabetics and is chemically unstable: at elevated temperature it breaks down into methanol and phenylalanine. Methanol is very dangerous: 5-10ml can cause destruction of the optic nerve and irreversible blindness. In warm soft drinks, aspartame transforms into formaldehyde which is very strong carcinogen. Some number of cases with aspartame poisoning include: unconsciousness, headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, palpitation, weight gain, irritability, anxiety, memory loss, blurry vision, fainting, joint pains, depression, fertility, hearing loss and etc. Aspartame can also provoke the following diseases: brain tumors, MS (Multiple Sclerosis), epilepsy, Graves' disease, chronic fatigue, Alzheimer's, diabetes, mental deficiency and tuberculosis.
E338 – Orthophosphoric Acid. This can cause irritation of skin and eyes. It is used for production of phosphoric acid salts of ammonia, sodium, calcium, aluminum and also in organic synthesis for production of charcoal and film tapes, for production of refractory materials, ceramics, glass, fertilizers, synthetic detergents, medicine, metalworking, and textile and oil industries. Food orthophosphoric acid is used in the production of carbonated water and for preparation of ingredients in pastry. It is known that orthophosphoric acid interfere with the absorption of calcium and iron from the body, which can cause weakening of bones and osteoporosis. Other side effects are thirst and skin rashes.
E330 – Citric Acid. It is widely spread in nature and is used in pharmaceutical and food industries. Salts of citric acid (citrates) are used in food industry as acids, preservatives, stabilizers, and in medical fields – for preserving blood. Aromas – unknown aromatic additives E211 – Sodium Benzoate. It is used in production of some food products, as an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent. These products refer to jams, fruit juices and fruit yoghurts. It's not recommended for use by asthmatics and people who are sensitive to aspirin. A study conducted by Peter Piper at the Sheffield University in Britain, found that this compound causes significant damage to DNA.
According to his words, sodium benzoate which is an active component in preservatives doesn't destroy DNA, but deactivating it. This can lead to cirrhosis and degenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease. So, what turns out? Well, it turns out that "the secret recipe" of coca-cola is just one advertising play. What kind of secret may be there, when it's well known to us that this is a weak solution of cocaine with preservatives, colorants, stabilizers and etc. I.e., this is legalized cocaine addiction plus pure poison.
Diet Coke is even worse, because the aspartame in it, replaces sugar, becoming pure neurotoxic poison.
So, if you can't imagine a life without coca-cola, take advantage of the following recommendations: – Many distributors of coca-cola in U.S use this drink for cleaning their truck engines. – Many police officers in U.S have bottles of coca-cola in their cars and when a car accident happens, they wash the blood out of the road with it. – Coca-Cola is a great tool for removing rusty stains on chrome surfaces of cars. To remove corrosion from car battery, pour it with Coke and the corrosion will disappear. – To unscrew a rusty screw, dip a cloth in coca-cola and wrap around it for several minutes. – To clean stains from clothes – pour coca-cola on dirty clothes, add washing powder and run the washing machine as usual. You will be surprised of the results. – In India, some farmers use coca-cola instead of pesticides for pest extermination, because it's cheaper and the effect is completely satisfying.
So, coca-cola undeniably is a very useful product. The key is to be used for intended purposes, but not for drinking!
Courtesy & Source : http://www.getholistichealth.com/33496/what-happens-to-our-body-after-drinking-coca-cola/
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Documentary : Say NO to Suicide
Every 40 Seconds One soul Commits suicide and dies, While you complete watching this Documentary, 90 souls would have killed themselves already. Our little efforts could save some unknown beautiful soul thousands of miles away. It could help your friend or a neighbor or someone your own family. Spread Awareness about suicide and save Souls!
-Din
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that each year approximately one million people die from suicide, which represents a global mortality rate of 16 people per 100,000 or one death every 40 seconds. It is predicted that by 2020 the rate of death will increase to one every 20 seconds.
The WHO further reports that:
In the last 45 years suicide rates have increased by 60% worldwide. Suicide is now among the three leading causes of death among those aged 15-44 (male and female). Suicide attempts are up to 20 times more frequent than completed suicides.
Although suicide rates have traditionally been highest amongst elderly males, rates among young people have been increasing to such an extent that they are now the group at highest risk in a third of all countries.
Mental health disorders (particularly depression and substance abuse) are associated with more than 90% of all cases of suicide.
However, suicide results from many complex sociocultural factors and is more likely to occur during periods of socioeconomic, family and individual crisis (e.g. loss of a loved one, unemployment, sexual orientation, difficulties with developing one's identity, disassociation from one's community or other social/belief group, and honour).
The WHO also states that:
In Europe, particularly Eastern Europe, the highest suicide rates are reported for both men and women.
The Eastern Mediterranean Region and Central Asia republics have the lowest suicide rates.
Nearly 30% of all suicides worldwide occur in India and China.
Suicides globally by age are as follows: 55% are aged between 15 to 44 years and 45% are aged 45 years and over
Youth suicide is increasing at the greatest rate.
In the US, the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention reports that:
Overall, suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death for all US Americans, and is the third leading cause of death for young people 15-24 years.
Although suicide is a serious problem among the young and adults, death rates continue to be highest among older adults ages 65 years and over.
Males are four times more likely to die from suicide than are females. However, females are more likely to attempt suicide than are males.
Thanks to Anne who recently brought the necessity of sharing something about Suicide and Help people with wonderful gift we can ever give to them "The Life". The one time life is a precious gift we all have and it is sad that we end it without knowing what it leaves behind us as well as for our beloved ones. Anne shared a lot of information on Suicide, warning signs, risk factors and helpline for ones with suicidal thoughts here on her blog and she appreciates her fellow bloggers who share the awareness with their readers with some beautiful awards. Hope we share the message!
– Din
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Many U.S. states in the 21st century have passed online shopping sales tax laws designed to compel Amazon.com and other e-commerce retailers to collect state and local sales taxes from its customers. Amazon.com originally collected sales tax only from five states as of 2011, but as of April 2017, Amazon collects sales taxes from customers in all 45 states that have a state sales tax and in Washington, D.C.[166]
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You should never share your debit or credit card password with any Amazon seller unless you are at the checkout page requiring you to enter these details. And besides, the only card password you'll need aren't any passwords you set up online - the three digit pin that can be found on the front or back of the card are those digits you'll need to input for the purchase to be sent out Amazon's door.
As it stands today, Amazon employs more than half a million people, more so than any other technology company in the country and second only to Walmart in the US. But the eventual result of its investments in robotics and AI is that technology's biggest and fast-growing workforce could see that growth start to slow and, perhaps years down the line, even shrink as robots tackle ever more complicated tasks. In the process, the company may develop robots for use outside its fulfillment centers. Amazon has already changed how we shop and, by extension, how we live our lives. Its next big step could be changing how we work.
On January 22, 2018, Amazon Go, a store that uses cameras and sensors to detect items that a shopper grabs off shelves and automatically charges a shopper's Amazon account, was opened to the general public in Seattle.[54][55] Customers scan their Amazon Go app as they enter, and are required to have an Amazon Go app installed on their smartphone and a linked Amazon account to be able to enter.[54] The technology is meant to eliminate the need for checkout lines.[56][57][58] Amazon Go was initially opened for Amazon employees in December 2016.[59][60][61] In August 2018, the second Amazon Go store opened its doors.[62][63]
Since its founding, the company has attracted criticism and controversy from multiple sources over its actions. These include: supplying law enforcement with facial recognition surveillance tools;[154] forming cloud computing partnerships with the CIA;[155] luring customers away from the site's brick and mortar competitors;[156] placing a low priority on warehouse conditions for workers; participating in anti-unionization efforts; remotely deleting content purchased by Amazon Kindle users; taking public subsidies; claiming that its 1-Click technology can be patented; engaging in anti-competitive actions and price discrimination;[157] and reclassifying LGBT books as adult content.[158][159] Criticism has also concerned various decisions over whether to censor or publish content such as the WikiLeaks website, works containing libel and material facilitating dogfight, cockfight, or pedophile activities. In December 2011, Amazon faced a backlash from small businesses for running a one-day deal to promote its new Price Check app. Shoppers who used the app to check prices in a brick-and-mortar store were offered a 5% discount to purchase the same item from Amazon.[160] Companies like Groupon, eBay and Taap.it countered Amazon's promotion by offering $10 off from their products.[161][162] The company has also faced accusations of putting undue pressure on suppliers to maintain and extend its profitability. One effort to squeeze the most vulnerable book publishers was known within the company as the Gazelle Project, after Bezos suggested, according to Brad Stone, "that Amazon should approach these small publishers the way a cheetah would pursue a sickly gazelle."[122] In July 2014, the Federal Trade Commission launched a lawsuit against the company alleging it was promoting in-app purchases to children, which were being transacted without parental consent.[163]
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Amazon was founded in 1994 around Bezos' desire to start an internet-based business, with the goal of selling items online emerging as an early and obvious inroad into the dot-com boom. A former Wall Street worker with electrical engineering and computer science degrees, Bezos zeroed in on books as a viable initial product category for his online store due to the universality of literature, the existing stock of print books, and the relatively low price of each unit. Bezos briefly considered naming his company Relentless.com — an early sign of the man's tenacious business mindset — but friends and family suggested it was too malevolent sounding. Relentless.com, which Bezos bought roughly 24 years ago, still redirects to Amazon.com. The company now controls almost half of all print book sales in the US.
Alex Ikonn and his wife Mimi launched Luxyhair.com after they realized how hard it was to find great hair extensions in the marketplace. This hair extensions ecommerce retailer has built their business on the fan audience they've attracted through YouTube tutorial videos. They have a serious following, which is exactly what has enabled them to grow their business to seven figures since 2010!
That same year, the company launched Dash buttons for instant reordering of products like laundry detergent, and it's more recently been investing in new services that let package-carrying couriers unlock the truck of your car and even your front door. Most recently, Amazon has signaled an intention to disrupt health care by purchasing online pharmaceutical startup PillPack. All of this has helped Amazon grow its North American retail operation at an unbelievable pace; annual sales for the division more than doubled from $50.8 billion in 2014 to $106.1 billion last year.
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Amazon acquired Junglee in 1998, and the website Junglee.com was launched in India in February 2012[115] as a comparison-shopping website. It curated and enabled searching for a diverse variety of products such as clothing, electronics, toys, jewelry and video games, among others, across thousands of online and offline sellers. Millions of products are browse-able, whereby the client selects a price, and then they are directed to a seller. In November 2017, Amazon closed down Junglee.com and the former domain currently redirects to Amazon India.[116]
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While Amazon was expanding into streaming video, hardware, and cloud computing, it simultaneously maintained an aggressive push into even faster shipping and all new retail formats. The company started its same-day shipping initiative, Prime Now, in New York City in 2014, and it's since expanded it to dozens of cities around the world. Around the same time, Amazon began a program called AmazonFresh to stock and ship groceries — including vegetables and refrigerated and freezer products — that it used as a way to stay competitive with traditional big-box retailers like Walmart and Target and Uber-like logistics newcomers like Instacart. The company now sells its own line of meal kits through Fresh to rival ready-to-cook options from companies like Blue Apron and Plated.
When it comes to which shopping holiday will save you more—Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday—for years, Black Friday dominated, a tried and true tradition for many deal-saavy families. However, as retailers have rolled out sales on Thanksgiving (and even earlier) and more people have gravitated to online shopping, Cyber Monday has become a big draw for those who want to forgo the early wake-up call and long lines, and shop from the comfort of their couch.
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With over 230 million active customer accounts, the online giant, Amazon, is the most popular online store at the time of publication, and even ranks as one of the ten most popular websites on the entire Internet. Even if Amazon's own warehouses don't have what you're looking for, one of its third-party Marketplace sellers might -- though potentially at a high price. Whether you want to shop from Amazon directly or in the Marketplace, head to Amazon's website to start browsing the shelves or use a sky mall that curates different products from Amazon.
In 2013, Amazon secured a US$600 million contract with the CIA, which poses a potential conflict of interest involving the Bezos-owned The Washington Post and his newspaper's coverage of the CIA.[200] Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, said, "It's a serious potential conflict of interest for a major newspaper like The Washington Post to have a contractual relationship with the government and the most secret part of the government."[201] This was later followed by a US$10 billion contract with the Department of Defence.[155]
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Recovering From Tropical Storm Irene
Waterbury, Vermont, broke ground on a new municipal complex, several years after losing its old offices to Tropical Storm Irene. (Published Monday, April 13, 2015)
Waterbury, Vermont, broke ground Monday on a new library and municipal complex, more than three and a half years after losing its old offices to flash floodwaters brought by Tropical Storm Irene.
"A few years ago, it looked as though this town was going to float away," Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, said, recalling the waist-high flooding on August 28, 2011. "By remembering where we came from, it's going to help us to get to where we want to go."
Irene was Vermont's worst-ever natural disaster, causing more than a half-billion dollars in damage statewide. Waterbury ranked as one of the hardest-hit communities, with homes gutted and workplaces destroyed.
While the busy town of about 5,100 bounced back strong in many ways, its municipal building has been sitting basically useless since 2011. The future of that property, owned by the village, still needs to be sorted out, said municipal manager Bill Shepeluk.
"We're looking forward to having a home of our own again," Shepeluk told New England Cable News. "All the hard work has been done; now we just have to construct the building and move in."
For the past several years, municipal government has been operating out of temporary space above the Waterbury Fire Department.
The new complex will house Waterbury's library and a space for community groups, in addition to the municipal offices.
The new site is just up Main Street from the old town offices, and will serve as a "gateway" to downtown Waterbury for people entering from the side of town closest to Interstate 89, town officials at the groundbreaking said Monday.
State Rep. Rebecca Ellis, D-Waterbury, said it was not easy to get to this point. First, the community had to find a site, then develop plans, then take their plan to voters.
Taxpayers had to approve their nearly $3-million share of the approximately $5 million project. Grants from a host of sources are fleshing out the rest of the cost of the project. Donations are still being sought to support the new library.
As the old saying goes, "good things come to those who wait." And after so much waiting post-Irene, Waterbury is certainly ready for its good thing.
"We're going to have a great building for another 100 years; for generations to come," Ellis said, smiling.


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