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With a store that's rapidly growing in a world where technology is rapidly changing, it seemed like a good idea that we created a new space to share news, sales, educational information, recipes and so much more with you.
We wanted a space that we could share the things that we love about our store with both guests and owner members. Here are some of the great resources you will find on our new site!
Local Food Resources pages: Over the next year, watch as our staff tours the farms and businesses we have relationships with. We'll show you pictures from our visit and you can learn all about their practices, their philosophy and why they're creating food for change.
Co-Op Ownership space. Here you can see our board of directors and their contact info, ownership benefits, meeting notes, the seven co-op principals and the trailer for the movie "Food for Change: The Co-Op Story". Like what you see? You can also download an ownership application to bring into our store.
Class Information and ongoing calendar: Here, you'll be able to see our class descriptions, dates and times for all of our classes that we teach with the help of the UFM community learning center. You'll also be able to get print-outs from past classes as well.
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Say goodbye to summer by celebrating this week's summer movie success Spiderman: Homecoming! The songs featured in this week's Fictional Attachments (the radio show where your favorite character ALWAYS has a playlist) are inspired by the film's usage of "indie" classics such as MGMT's "Time to Pretend," "The Underdog" by Spoon, and "Left Hand Free" by Alt-J. This podcast reflects on the basics of the indie-loving youth of today. The Peter Parker featured in Spiderman: Homecoming is one of these kids. He's relatable in every way and of course, his music must be too! So, thanks to the music directors of Spiderman: Homecoming! Here are some additional songs that might bring out the hero in all of us!
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GameStop Partners with Immutable X for NFT Marketplace, Launches $100 Million Dev Fund
by Milko Trajcevski
February 4, 2022 │ 3:00 PM GMT
After months of quietly working on an NFT marketplace, in January, GameStop finally revealed that it was close to securing partnerships with two crypto firms to further boost development efforts.
Now, one month later, GameStop has announced that it will be teaming up with Immutable X to launch its own NFT marketplace later this year.
The GameStop NFT Marketplace
As part of the partnership, GameStop will launch its NFT marketplace on Immutable X, a popular Ethereum based blockchain platform. Immutable X is well known as the developer of NFT trading card game 'Gods Unchained.'
GameStop decided to tap into Immutable X because of its "zero gas fees for trading and minting NFTs in a carbon-neutral environment."
The GameStop marketplace will provide virtual video game products, such as in-game character cosmetics and weapons. In addition to this, GameStop hopes to include "billions of low-cost, in-game assets that can be easily bought and sold."
GameStop Unveils $100 Million Development Fund
Alongside its NFT marketplace, GameStop unveiled the launch of a $100 million fund. According to GameStop, the fund will be dedicated to providing game developers with grants to build on Immutable X and the NFT marketplace.
In an interview, Robbie Ferguson, co-founder of Immutable X, stated that "the $100 million is a minimum of what we're doing."
GameStop has also partnered with Trace and Cool Effect to "offset its remaining carbon footprint."
On the Flipside
The move by GameStop has not been well received by a number of gamers, and even some game developers who call GameFi and NFTs "deceptive cash grab schemes."
Why You Should Care
GameStop hopes to use the fund to attract game developers and studios to the marketplace and increase its competitiveness in the market.
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An international team of cancer researchers from Denmark and Germany have used cancer patient data to develop a computer model that can predict the course of disease for prostate cancer. The model is currently being implemented at a prostate cancer clinic in Germany. The researchers have also found the enzyme that appears to trigger some of the first mutations in prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men in the western world with more than a million new cases each year. One of the key challenges is to differentiate between aggressive and non-aggressive disease. An international team involving researchers from BRIC at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, the University of Copenhagen, and Rigshospitalet, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg will solve this challenge with a computer model.
The researchers have studied the earliest mutational events in prostate cancer to develop a computer model, described in a new study that has just been published in the scientific journal Cancer Cell. The researchers collected patient data from close to 300 men who have had their entire cancer genome sequenced to characterize all mutations present in the tumor. Based on the data set, the researchers have developed the computer model which can be used to predict how prostate cancer will develop for a given patient.
'If we have a patient with a particular set of mutations, we can use the model to predict the most likely next mutation that the patient will experience at some point - and how it will affect the patient's clinical situation. As an illustration, we can predict with some probability that if you have mutation A, you are likely to get mutation B before you get C. We can also predict if the next mutation is likely to change the clinical outcome of the disease'.
'So far, our data sets comprise around 300 patients, but we expect to collect data from several thousand patients in the coming years. The model will be better the more data it can learn from', says group leader and co-author of the study Joachim Weischenfeldt, BRIC, UCPH.
The computer model is currently being implemented at a clinic in Germany. The researchers expect it to take two to three years to have the model fully implemented as an integral part of the clinic's processes. Later, in a not too distant future the researchers hope that the model can also be introduced at hospitals in other countries, for example Denmark.
The approximately 300 patients from the study all had their entire genome sequenced. With genome sequencing, it becomes possible to tailor the treatment of the individual - also referred to as personalized medicine. The patients whose data the researchers have used have primarily been so-called early onset patients. This group is defined as men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer before reaching the age of 55 years.
'Prostate cancer develops over many years. We have therefore been particularly interested in the group of patients where the cancer is detected at young age as this allows us to analyze the tumor at an early stage. This is an important element because in this way we get a cleaner picture of the first mutations and alterations that occur in the tumor, to find out what is the initiating factor', says co-author Doctor Clarissa Gerhauser, DKFZ.
So far, it has not been known precisely what initiates prostate cancer. However due to the focus on the earliest detected tumors, the researchers uncovered a mutational mechanism involving an enzyme called APOBEC. This enzyme may help trigger the disease - i.e. trigger some of the very first mutations in prostate cancer.
'We hypothesis that this enzyme mutates the prostate cells at a low but constant rate. Each time the cell divides, APOBEC is likely to cause mutations. If you have early-onset prostate cancer, you may have a couple of mutations caused by APOBEC. Twenty years later, you may have 10-20 mutations', says co-author Doctor Jan O. Korbel, group leader at EMBL.
'The most common oncogene in prostate cancer involves a certain fusion gene. The APOBEC enzyme may contribute to the formation of this fusion gene. We cannot say that there is causality, but there is a strong correlation between mutations caused by APOBEC and other alterations such as this fusion gene,' says Joachim Weischenfeldt.
The researchers have also found a putative novel oncogene in prostate cancer - ESRP1 - which is associated with very fast-dividing and highly aggressive prostate cancer. It is located closely to an already known oncogene, and the researchers believe this is the reason that it has not been discovered until now. In the study, the researchers show that the oncogene ESRP1 may be used as a possible new biomarker to detect whether a patient will have aggressive prostate cancer, which they validated on a cohort consisting of 12,000 other patients with the same type of cancer.


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Facebook took a significant step into the increasingly popular online video-calling segment, unveiling a feature allowing users to make group calls with up to 50 people across its products, in an effort to boost its role during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
In a statement, the company announced Messenger Rooms will let users create a "room" on Facebook or Messenger and start video calls even with people who don't have an account with the social media giant.
The feature is being tested in certain countries, including Argentina, Italy and Poland, and will expand globally in the coming weeks.
Facebook said it will ensure user privacy by pledging not to "watch or listen to your audio or video calls".
It noted, however, it collected data from Messenger Rooms "to provide the service and improve the product experience", but emphasised this wouldn't be used for advertising purposes.
Another addition to its main offering will let users add another person to their live video regardless of their location. The company also unveiled plans to add an option for event creators to charge for accessing live video content.
Facebook also moved to offer end-to-end encrypted group voice and video calls with up to eight people on WhatsApp.
The steps could be seen as an effort to compete with rival video-calling offerings including Zoom and Houseparty, which recorded usage spikes at the start of the year when many global governments implemented lockdowns.
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Bramlett Fulman O'Steen
June 14, 1948 ~ September 3, 2018 (age 70)
Bramlett Fulman O'Steen, III left this earth on September 3, 2018 to be with his heavenly Father.
Bram is survived by his wife of 42 years, Bonnie May O'Steen, his mother Bettye Daye O'Steen, sister, Pat O'Steen both of Tuscumbia; daughters, Emily O'Steen Brown and husband Luke of Florence, and Sara Beth O'Steen Wilcox and husband Sam of Birmingham. He leaves behind three grandchildren who loved their "Granddaddy" dearly; Ila Katherine "Kate" Brown, Turner Houston Brown, and Walter Bramlett Wilcox. He is also survived by his niece Virginia Daye Winsett and her husband Brian and great niece Emma Daye Winsett. Bram was preceded in death by his father, B.F. O'Steen, Jr. "Bud".
Bram spent most of his young life growing up in Tuscumbia. He went to Gilbert Elementary then graduated from Deshler High School in 1966 and from the University of Alabama in 1971. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. After completing college, Bram returned to the Shoals and joined his father at the family oil business. He took pride in keeping the family business running and sustained its operation up until his death.
Bram was an avid athlete. Over most of his adult life, he competed in numerous triathlons and marathons across the southeast. He competed as the oldest participant in the Renaissance Man Triathlon in Florence and most recently completed the Rocketman Triathlon in Huntsville. Being active brought Bram joy and was a significant part of his life. Even after complications from a difficult surgery and a previous bike accident, he always bounced back.
Bram was devoted to his family. He taught his daughters the value of doing a job right, listening to others, and thinking before you speak. He instilled in them a work ethic like his own. Bram taught his girls to waterski, drive a boat, play tennis, basketball, and snow ski. In recent years, he enjoyed working alongside his grandchildren in the yard and in his garage shop. Bram was a teacher and always looking to help others learn.
Bram had challenges that he refused to let set him back. He suffered from a hearing loss that became progressively worse as he grew older. Communication for him was often difficult but the world of email and texting opened a wonderful avenue for him to stay in touch with others. Bram had a dry wit that could always produce a chuckle from close friends and family. He often spoke to his family about the importance of a strong character. He was never one to brag or even share much but we would always hear of ways he was helping others, just never through him. We will miss him dearly but rejoice he is finally healed.
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Active pallbearers will include: Graham Heard, Mark Heard, Harold Hudson, John Hudson, Josh Taylor, and Mark Taylor.
Honorary pallbearers will be Tommy Gargis, Benny Goodwin, Tommy Heard, David Howard, Olin Mefford, Hughes Webb, and Jim Willis.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Children's Home, or the YMCA of the Shoals.
The family is grateful for the love and support that's been shown during this difficult time.


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I like taking photos of nature, landscapes and architecture. I love to make subjects look totally different than through the eyes. I like working with a shallow depth of field and night shots, as freehand with available light or on a tripod. Another thing I like are long exposure shots with blurred motion. I'm always eager to learn more about the wonderful craftsmanship of a photographer and in the near future I'll do some projects on short time exposures to freeze action. I'm a great fan of white angle glasses.
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Permanent magnets for wind turbine generators contain rare earth metals such as Nd, Pr, Tb, and Dy. Systems that use magnetic direct drive turbines require higher amounts of rare metals. Therefore, an increase in wind production would increase the demand for these resources. It is estimated that the additional demand for Nd in 2035 may be 4,000 to 18,000 tons and Dy could see an increase of 200 to 1200 tons. These values represent a quarter to half of current production levels. However, since technologies are developing rapidly, driven by supply and price of materials these estimated levels are extremely uncertain.[55]
Ross is now an energy celebrity, sitting on conference panels and lending Georgetown's cachet to environmental-film screenings. And it isn't only conservatives who buttonhole him. As if to prove the adage that no good deed goes unpunished, he also hears from people who worry about the impact of renewables. "They'll come up to me and say with a straight face, 'You know what? Those windmills are killing birds,' " Ross says. " 'Oh, really? I didn't know that was a big interest of yours, but you know what the number-one killer of birds is in this country? Domestic house cats. Kill about four billion birds a year. You know what the number-two killer of birds is? Buildings they fly into. So you're suggesting that we outlaw house cats and buildings?' They go, 'That's not exactly what I meant.'"
The International Energy Agency projected in 2014 that under its "high renewables" scenario, by 2050, solar photovoltaics and concentrated solar power would contribute about 16 and 11 percent, respectively, of the worldwide electricity consumption, and solar would be the world's largest source of electricity. Most solar installations would be in China and India.[2] In 2017, solar power provided 1.7% of total worldwide electricity production, growing at 35% per annum.[3]


After wading through many of the adventures taken, my eyes are more clearly able to see and now refining questions can be asked and secondary decisions made to continue to chart the course moving forward. It's the time for pause which is not something I'm really good at.
Technology, gaming and all the new things happening in the world are great opportunities for us all to grow. We can't worry about being bad at something, we need to keep trying and practicing. That's how we grow. What new things will you try in the new year to meet your students or children where they are?
Twitter Moments can be a very powerful curation tool if you are using the social media outlet with staff for professional learning or with students as a backchannel.


Government of Pakistan has issued a regulation, as per Telecom Act of Pakistan, for possible termination of Telecom services in a particular region or whole of Pakistan, due to any concern relating to national security, told a highly reliable source at Ministry of IT and Telecom.
In simple, as per directive, Government of Pakistan can ask PTA, in case of any national security situation, to order temporary or permanent termination of telecom services of any service procider, in any part or whole of Pakistan.
If implemented in true spirit, this regulation is in favor of Pakistan's national security; however, we have seen in past that rules are used for personalized benefits by political parties, and not for national concerns.
As per this regulation, Government can ask for closure of mobile phone service, landline, internet or any Telecom service, anytime if Government considers it necessary.
We remember that cellular services in Islamabad were asked to put down during long march, back in March 2009.
Let's expect more such instances in future, if required.
Even without any law government can block or terminate any telecom service, as they did in Islamabad, but as u have already mentioned this will only be used for political purposes to suppress the voice of opposition and people.
Such laws are present in all countries of the world. They just need to be protected from the personal desires of the politicians.
a new crap in pakbin. ibted e ishq hai rota hai kya agay agay dekhiye hota hai kya.


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Vice chair of the KU Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, LesLee Taylor, Ph.D., LAT, ATC, is founding program director for the KU's master's degree program in athletic training.
An associate professor, she is leading the development and implementation of the new graduate-level program previously offered by the university as a bachelor's degree on the Lawrence campus. Taylor joined KU in spring 2020 after leading the program at Texas Tech University.
From 2000-2020, Taylor was a faculty member at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas. While there she lead the effort to develop a master's degree program in athletic training and served as its first program director. At that time, it was the first program of its kind to be offered at a health sciences center and only the sixth professional master's degree in the country.
Prior to her faculty role, Taylor served as assistant athletic trainer for Texas Tech's women's basketball, men's tennis, and cross country programs.
Taylor has worked clinically in athletic training at the collegiate and high school levels, in the private sector, as well as for international tennis organizations. She is frequently hired as a consultant in her field of expertise.
Among her many honors and recognitions, Taylor received the Athletic Trainer Service Award from the National Athletic Trainers' Association in 2015, and in 2018 she was a recipient of the association's Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award.
Currently Taylor serves on the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education and is the organization's immediate past-president. In addition, she served as a site visitor, on the review committee, and several other committees for the commission. Other service includes the exam development committee with the Board of Certification, Inc. She has been active with the National Athletic Trainers' Association, as well.
A KU alumnae, Taylor earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science from the University of Kansas in 1993. She received a master's degree in exercise and sport science from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, in 1995, and a doctorate from Texas Tech University in 2001 with a focus on family and consumer science education.
Taylor's scholarship interests include unconscious bias, educational pedagogy, administration, and women in leadership. She is a member of the Association for Athletic Training Education Research Network which serves to examine questions related to clinical education within athletic training.
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And Souness, who won the league with Liverpool as a player five times, believe Jurgen Klopp's side need to win every game if they are to win the Premier League. We need to understand and the reason is not easy.
Rudiger then said to him "I've come over to say sorry, stand in front of me if you've something to say!" They beat us at Stamford Bridge [in December] and against Napoli last season [in the Champions League] it was tight, they were better in moments.
To show how things have turned around, United now have a better goal difference than Chelsea, having been 21 goals worse off before Solskjaer's first game against Cardiff on December 22. The people don't understand how hard it is to do something. "People expect with a new manager and buying players it comes immediately, but it needs time".


Before looking at the 7 star Hotels in the world, it is important to know what the star rating system is. The star system is used to denote the level of luxury and service. However, there is no global ranking system in the tourism and hospitality industry. There are various ranking systems all over the world, designed by different governments, travel organizations, and websites. Most of these systems use a star system, with the greater number of stars indicating greater luxury.
Although some hotels advertise themselves as 7 star hotels, there are no 'official' 7 star hotels in the world. As discussed in the introduction of this article, there are various star ranking systems in the world. But none of the major, generally accepted ranking systems such as AAA, Forbes, and Expedia offer 7 star ratings to hotels. 5 stars are the maximum number of stars awarded by these ranking systems.
However, there are some luxury hotels which are advertised and known all over the world as 7 stars in the world. Given below are some of these hotels.
Burj Al Arab in Dubai is one of the finest and most luxurious hotels in the world. This is considered to be the fourth tallest hotel in the world and stands on a man-made island 920ft from the Jumeirah beach. This hotel is connected to the mainland by a private bridge. The exterior of this hotel is constructed to resemble the sail of a ship.
This hotel has 28 double-story floors and 202 bedroom suites. The Royal suite, the most expensive suite in the hotel cost about $ 20,000 per night (at at Jan 2017). This hotel also features an open space tennis court, private beach, helipad, fine dining restaurants and personal butler service.
Town House Galleria is a luxury hotel that is situated inside Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, one of the world's oldest shopping malls. This is one of the very few hotels that is located inside a national monument. This hotel has received its seven-star ranking from a Geneva-based certification company called SGS (which is not an official hotel ranking organization).
There are seven suites in this hotel and all of them offer a direct view on frescos and mosaic floors of the Galleria. This hotel also offers a spa, an Oyster bar, and several restaurants. However, the entrance to the hotel looks very average and only guests are allowed to enter.
Pangu Seven Star Hotel, formerly known as Morgan Plaza, is a luxury hotel in China. This hotel is located in the building complexes of Pangu plaza and offers a spectacular view of the Beijing Olympic Park and many other Olympic venues. It is also located near China's largest and world's fourth largest library. The inside of this hotel is a perfect combination of western and oriental architecture.


What Home Business Should I Start?
Millions of Americans work at home. Their "work" is as varied as the individuals themselves. Some telecommute, others have their own businesses, others are contract workers. Some created their work-at-home situation from scratch, others took advantage of flexible work options on the job or bought into an existing business such as a franchise or MLM. For many beginning to examine work-at-home options deciding to work at home is the easy part. Its the deciding what to do that is difficult.
Over the years I've been able to meet many people who work at home, and what I've found is that nearly all of them do something that is related to a talent, interest or passion. They take a job skill and turn it into a service business or they sell their homemade goodies, and so on.
Brainstorm your skills, talents, experience and passions. Write them all down without thinking about whether or not it could be turned into a business. This is important! After all, who would have thought a talent for baking cookies would make Mrs. Fields a well-known name?
Using your brainstorm from number 1, think of business ideas (wacky or not) that could result from your gifts, etc. To help, use the books that list a zillion ways to make money from home. While these books aren't so helpful on specifics, they are full of many different ideas you might not think of on your own. Some interesting ideas I have seen are: bartering club, holiday decorator (for homes and businesses), consultants (of anything), genealogy researcher, sales lead generator, referral service (from child care to bed & breakfasts), and so on. Use your search engine to search for keywords related to your idea to see what others are doing. Are they blogging about their passions? Selling their wares online? Marketing affiliate products? Also, find out if there are business-in-a-box offers such as direct sales related to your interests.
Pick a few ideas and begin to research the feasibility of creating a business. For example, if you want to work completely from home, a business that required you to leave home to meet clients may not work. Also, begin to do market research to determine if there are people who will pay for what you want to offer. Whatever you choose, be sure it is something you want to commit to spending a great deal of time working on. If you are sick of bookkeeping, you probably shouldn't start a bookkeeping business.
Write a business and marketing plan. This is vitally important because businesses that fail to plan, plan to fail. Commit to your plan and your business. A business doesn't grow overnight. Persistence and dedication are required. Find books and people to help you stay motivated and confident in yourself and your new venture.
The important thing to remember when searching for the best home business for you is to start with what you already know, love or do. Too many people jump online looking for fast, easy and profitable which almost never works and in most cases will lose money. You can't make money at something that's a gimmick or that you aren't truly invested in. For example, there are good MLM companies but if you don't like the product or aren't willing to talk to people, it doesn't matter how profitable it could be. You only make money when you do the work. So choose a home business that you can believe in and stick with.
Finally, choosing a business in an area you already know about shortens the learning curve and the time it takes to make money. Starting a business can take time because you have to plan, learn about marketing, obtain needed permits, etc. Choosing a business you know nothing about means you have to learn it along with everything else. But if you know about your business idea already, then all you have to do is put the business part in place.
Work-At-Home Success has articles, podcasts, books and courses on a variety of work-at-home options to help you find the right business for you.
I would like to know one thing. If a person is working at a regular job, how can they make the time for their own business to get started with? Please, do let me know. I'm wanting to find that information out because, I do work at a regular job and would love to just stay at home and work on my business. Your attention on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
They have to find the time. Perhaps they give up TV. They stay up later or get up earlier. They use their lunch break. And they spend time on the weekends on their business. Many people who currently work at home, got started while working a traditional job. Its just a matter of prioritizing.
You are right. It is very important to do what you love, or else you will find the work excrutiating. I started a finace website. I don't like talking about finance, nor do I know much about it. It was painstaking to write content for the website everyday. So choosing something you already know somthing about is important.
I was going to comment about how hard it is to get started in your own business because it often takes a number of false starts to get it right, but then I read your comments.
I would like to comment on Teresa's question. I have been working from home for years, and while there are obvious priority shifts that must happen to find the time to work, it is a constant struggle that is never fully solved. This is true whether or not I have had additional jobs outside the home or not.
If you want to work at home, one of the things that you must be prepared for is the difficulty of finding time to work. It is never as simple as skipping TV. If you do skip TV, you may find that you business needs more time than that. What do you skip next? Frequently I hear people who work at home struggling to remember time to devote time to their spouse, to their self-care, to taking time off. Working at home easily encroaches on all the other parts of your life.
If you want to work from home, you will have to accept that this is part of the challenge. The rewards are great–and frankly I don't ever want to work for someone else. But this doesn't mean that it is easy. And it certainly is not a matter of just skipping TV.
.-= Julia´s last blog ..Moms and Dads – Do you have that Burning Desire? =-.
Good points Julia, but my statement wasn't that success would come simply by skipping tv. But when people say they don't have time to find a way to work at home, I often find they spend hours a week watching TV. Since TV doesn't make money, it seems like an easy thing to give up in the short run to have time (the issue) to find or create a work-at-home situation. The point is, everyone is busy. People who are successful at home don't have gobs of time. They have to prioritize and shift things around just like everyone else. And yes, sometimes they over do it and end up neglecting other areas.
I am simply stuck. Period. I know aspects of running an office. My degree is Business Management, however I would like to learn medical transcript, but for right now I am out of work and despritely looking for online work or opportunity and do not know where or how to get started. ANY SUGGESTIONS.
Hi Annette. Based on your background, I might suggest looking for virtual assistant, transcription or customer service work or business. While medical transcription is a good way to make money from home, the home-based positions require 2-5 years experience. So not only would you have to learn it, but you'd have to have several years working for a medical clinic or hospital first (although many will allow their staff to work from home after a probation).
Do to my health i'm unable to get a job i have many hobbies i do. There is one i really like to do its crochet how can i turn it into a business can anyone tell or help me with this.
There are several ways to turn crochet into a business. One is to sell your crochet items on Etsy (it's similar to eBay only for crafts). Or, occasionally I find places buying crochet plans. Another option is to write a crochet book or video tutorials and sell them. I'd suggest finding a book about Etsy and/or on making money from your crafts. Your library may have one or check with Amazon, which might have some used. Good luck!


"It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with A Discovery of Witches." Based on the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness, the television series follows Diana Bishop, played by Teresa Palmer, an alchemist and a reluctant witch, who comes across "Ashmole 782," which is a mysterious text that has been missing for quite some time and is desired by many witches, vampires, and demons. After discovering the text, Diana crosses paths with a vampire named Matthew Clairmont, played by Matthew Goode. Can you guess what comes next? Of course there is a love story, which makes things complicated, as witches and vampires are forbidden from being together.
So am I in or out? I was initially very excited to watch this show, which is now available to stream all 8 episodes on Sundance Now and Shudder. I have read the trilogy and I absolutely adored the first book in particular. When I started the television series, I felt that it had a lot of potential. However, the series can be slow moving at times and other characters are introduced a little bit too much, which caused me to continue to go back to see who everyone was and why they were there. So to stream or not to stream? If you are a fan of Twilight or The Originals, you will enjoy the series. There are only 8 episodes, but I felt like things didn't really get going until episode 6. The love story is moving enough, the acting was impressive despite some empty conversation starters, and there were even some formidable villains. You will most likely connect more with Matthew than Diana. Think Mr. Darcy if he were a vampire. I was also very impressed with Satu played by Malin Buska, who was absolutely brilliant.
I very much enjoyed the history of the witches and Diana discovering her powers along with the introduction of dark magic, but I would have liked to see a better balance here. I understand the need to focus around the love story, but I think this might actually turn some fans away, as it is somewhat similar to Twilight, which could be off-putting, even though I ship Diana and Matthew a lot more than Bella and Edward. When I read the book series, I fell in love with the creepy library atmosphere and the mystery behind discovering the text, which was glossed over very quickly on the show. The series has gotten a lot of attention in the UK and has already been renewed for seasons 2 and 3, which opens the door to more time walking and more magic. If you are a fan of the book series, I think you will enjoy the show and appreciate how much they try to incorporate everything, but if you are a casual fan, it may miss the mark for you. Overall, I think that the show is worth a stream if you find yourself craving a good supernatural love story. However, if you are looking for something dark and disturbing, this may not be your cup of tea.
I hope you enjoyed the review and feel free to post your own thoughts and theories on A Discovery of Witches in the comments section below. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!


Well, it's the beginning of the holiday season again, this year went by pretty fast! Certainly not enough time on the water for me, hopefully you had better luck. It is a good time to reflect on how fortunate we are to live on the north coast, and appreciate all of the fishing opportunities that we have. HASA will continue working to provide these fishing opportunities for ourselves and future generations.
At long last, the HASA survey of members' priorities has been summarized by Board Member Dirk Pederson on page 10, and provided some very useful information to guide HASA over the coming years. One of the things that was a bit surprising to me was the importance of Pacific halibut amongst all of the species we have available here. I (along with Tom Marking and Tim Klassen) have been very active in Pacific halibut management meetings, and I sometimes wondered if I was putting too much time and emotional effort into trying to get more Pacific halibut allocation to California that wasn't a priority for our members. However, the survey results showed that Pacific halibut was nearly as important as salmon! This was corroborated by the large turnout of HASA members to the California Fish and Game Commission meeting last month in Eureka, where we gave the Commission an update on the current state of PFMC management. So I guess we should continue working hard on the Pacific halibut allocation issue. We were also pleased to see strong support for HASA to support kids fishing derbies, which will encourage the next generation of saltwater anglers. Lastly, there were several comments that encouraged HASA to support improvements to boating infrastructure, and we have already responded by purchasing dock improvement materials for the City of Eureka, and getting more involved in dredging needs near the Eureka boat launch. If there are other needs that you see, please let us know!
As Casey mentions on page 24, Jed Douglas will unfortunately be leaving the HASA board at the end of the year, and we wanted to thank him and all prior board members for their service to our cause. Prior to joining HASA, I have never served on a Board of Directors, and like many others, was hesitant about serving. However, I have found the experience to be extremely rewarding, and have learned a tremendous amount about fishing and fisheries. If you are interested in becoming a board member, please contact a board member if you have any questions and/or would like to be nominated, then come to the HASA General Membership meeting (in late January or early February).
Lastly, Casey and contributors have put together some very interesting articles in the following pages, which you should enjoy. If you would like to contribute an article to future newsletters, or have suggestions on a topic you think would be interesting to HASA members, please share with Casey. Here's to a full crab season, be safe, and hope to see you out on the water!


The British Army were called in to evacuate residents from Undercliff Drive following a landslip in February 2014.
There was a lot of confusion as to their presence on the Island, with some emergency services being told it was the delivery of sandbags following recent floods that had, by then, subsided.
Darren was the first photographer/reporter to arrive at Seaclose Park ahead of the Army's arrival, where troops and vehicles were dropped.
Although the photographs were not of national interest, they have been included on this website due to the rarity of such shots on the Isle of Wight.


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Could the Internet Ever "Wake Up"?
And would that be such a bad thing?
By Dan Falk
Sept 20, 20123:47 AM
What happens if all these servers and routers become self-aware?
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In the world of sci-fi movie geekdom, Aug. 29, 1997, was a turning point for humanity: On that day, according to the Terminator films, the network of U.S. defense computers known as Skynet became self-aware—and soon launched an all-out genocidal war against Homo sapiens.
Fortunately, that date came and went with no such robo-apocalypse. But the 1990s did bring us the World Wide Web, which is now far larger and more "connected" than any nation's defense network. Could the Internet "wake up"? And if so, what sorts of thoughts would it think? And would it be friend or foe?
Neuroscientist Christof Koch believes we may soon find out—indeed, the complexity of the Web may have already surpassed that of the human brain. In his book Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist, published earlier this year, he makes a rough calculation: Take the number of computers on the planet—several billion—and multiply by the number of transistors in each machine—hundreds of millions—and you get about a billion billion, written more elegantly as 1018. That's a thousand times larger than the number of synapses in the human brain (about 1015).
Koch, who taught for more than 25 years at Caltech and is now chief scientific officer at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, is known for his work on the "neural correlates" of consciousness—studying the brain to see what's going on when we have specific conscious experiences. Of course, our brains happen to be soft, wet, and made of living tissue, while the Internet is made up of metal chips and wires—but that's no obstacle to consciousness, he says, so long as the level of complexity is great enough. (Most researchers working on artificial intelligence would agree that the "substrate" doesn't matter. That is, it makes no difference what the system is made of. Most philosophers, though not all, would agree.)
In a phone interview, Koch noted that the kinds of connections that wire together the Internet—its "architecture"—are very different from the synaptic connections in our brains, "but certainly by any measure it's a very, very complex system. Could it be conscious? In principle, yes it can."
Of course, there's the tricky question of defining consciousness, but for our purposes it is enough to say that if an entity is conscious, then it "feels like" something to be that entity. Humans are conscious, at least while we're awake. Apes and monkeys, perhaps most animals, likely have some degree of consciousness. (Koch, a dog lover, does not hesitate to include our canine companions.) How consciousness actually works is far less clear, but Koch—going somewhat out on a limb—declares it to be a fundamental property of the universe, akin to energy, mass, and space.
That doesn't mean that any physical system is automatically conscious—only that it has the potential to be conscious. It has to have sufficient complexity, and it has to be connected in just the right way. Does the Internet meet those criteria?
"Even today it might 'feel like something' to be the Internet," Koch says. Each computer feels nothing, of course, but the totality of the Internet may be more than the sum of its parts. "That's true for my brain, too. One of my nerve cells feels nothing—but put it together with 100 billion other nerve cells, and suddenly it can feel pain and pleasure and experience the color blue."
Would its first instinct to be to kill off those pesky humans, as Skynet was so quick to do? Not necessarily. Our own evolution is an ongoing struggle that began some 2 billion years ago (if you start the clock when we were blue and green algae). By comparison, the Internet of today is more like a newborn baby. "It may not have any of the survival instincts that we have," Koch says. "It did not evolve in a world 'red in tooth and claw,' to use Schopenhauer's famous expression." Should the Internet achieve consciousness, it will—at least at first—be "utterly naive to the world." On the other hand, the Internet has only existed for a couple of decades. "So who knows where it will be 20 years from now."
Of course, the science fiction writers have already explored this territory—not just in shoot-'em-ups like the Terminator films, but in more cerebral works like Robert J. Sawyer's "WWW" trilogy (the novels are titled Wake, Watch, and Wonder). In Wake, the World Wide Web wakes up—and, after a bit of a learning curve, becomes the smartest entity on the planet.
Eerily, as Koch speculated on what the Internet might "feel," he described a scenario straight out of Sawyer's trilogy (which he had not heard of until I mentioned it). Should there be a large power failure somewhere in the world, Koch said, a conscious Internet could experience the equivalent of "pain." In Wake (published in 2009), the Chinese government shuts down an enormous swath of the Internet in order to cover up a particularly nasty incident that it desperately wants to hide from the rest of the world. The still-nascent Webmind "feels" all that cutting and severing—and doesn't like it:
Not just small changes.
Not just flickerings.
Upheaval. A massive disturbance.
New sensations: Shock. Astonishment. Disorientation. And—
Fear.
The WWW trilogy is a work of fiction, but for Sawyer, it's a plausible picture of what lies ahead in our increasingly wired world. We can't pin down the date when the Internet surpasses our brains in complexity, he says, "but clearly it is going to happen at some point."
While he's glad to see the scientists "catching up" to the science fiction writers, Sawyer suspects they're overlooking one thing: The psychology of a newly awake Internet would be very different from our own. It's not just its lack of evolutionary history; it's the absence of any rivals—or companions.
"Each of us is one of 7 billion, but the Internet is a sui generis, a one-off, unique. That's going to have an enormous impact on its psychology," Sawyer says. And while we understand and (often) fear our mortality, the Internet "would have every reason to believe it's going to exist forever—or at least as long as the planet exists." That, too, would set it apart.
Mind you, there are those who feel that any discussion of Internet consciousness, let alone Internet psychology, is getting just a little ahead of the game. Daniel Dennett, a philosopher and cognitive scientist at Tufts University and the author of Consciousness Explained, says the Internet's architecture is so different from that of a brain that it may simply preclude consciousness.
"I agree with Koch that the Internet has the potential to serve as the physical basis for a planetary mind—it's the right kind of stuff with the right sort of connectivity," he said by email. But the difference in architecture "makes it unlikely in the extreme that it would have any sort of consciousness."
Again, evolution—or the lack of it—is the key. "The connections in brains aren't random; they are deeply organized to serve specific purposes," Dennett says. "And human brains share further architectural features that distinguish them from, say, chimp brains, in spite of many deep similarities. What are the odds that a network, designed by processes serving entirely different purposes, would share enough of the architectural features to serve as any sort of conscious mind?"
Sean Carroll, a physicist at Caltech, is also skeptical, and for similar reasons. "There's nothing stopping the Internet from having the computational capacity of a conscious brain, but that's a long way from actually being conscious," he says. "Real brains have undergone millions of generations of natural selection to get where they are. I don't see anything analogous that would be coaxing the Internet into consciousness. … I don't think it's at all likely."
Even Koch admits that he doesn't lose any sleep over the possibility of the Internet waking up. Sawyer, however, sees the Web's continued growth as a very real potential threat. As the Web grows more and more complex, at an accelerating pace, there is inevitably a "tipping point," he says. "There is a point after which you can't do anything about it. Should we be afraid of it? Absolutely."
Even if those fears prove to be unfounded, such questions are still worth pondering. If the Internet doesn't have what it takes to become conscious, it would be useful to understand why it fails. Perhaps we can even come a little closer to learning how our three-and-a-half-pound brains manage to pull it off.
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I just arrived back home from my amazing trip to Dubai and it was an absolute honor and privilege for me to speak to the faculty and EMBA/MBA students at one of the top business schools in the world, the Hult School of Business and also to present my "Talent Leadership" workshop to 200 UAE executives and future executives. I also enjoyed my visit to the impressive Dubai One Television Studios and being interviewed "live" about my work in the fields of leadership and talent management. During our Innoverto organized event, I shared the results of our recent talent management and leadership global study in which we interviewed and surveyed over 150 CEO's from a variety of global companies.
The #1 operating issue faced by CEO's is not competition, technology and innovation challenges, branding, economics…it is the lack of current and future leadership depth. These findings are no different than the findings we have had with this study since 2004. The problem is that despite everyone acknowledging this challenge, very few organizations are actually addressing the challenge. 66% of the companies in our study actually indicate that their leadership pipelines are the same or weaker than two years ago. In many respects, this can be interpreted as a global demographic issue. In most parts of the world, except India, various countries in Africa, South America, and I would definitely include the UAE as well, there simply is not enough talent available in the generation x population (born between 1965-1985) and the generation y population while they are massively talented, are not ready to assume roles of leadership and senior leadership.
Yes, there is a clear global demographic challenge. Demographic challenges aside, however, savvy CEO's and leaders of HR and talent management clearly admit that they need to do a much better job of developing stronger leaders now and identifying and developing future leaders so they prepare their organizations to compete successfully now and into the future.
Beyond sharing my research and best practices from world class talent management companies as well as client case studies, I enjoyed providing the people of the UAE with detailed "how-to's" for strengthening how they select and promote leaders and future leaders, strengthening how they engage, motivate and inspire leaders and future leaders, and share ideas on how they should reward the "best of the best"—in terms of performance, potential and readiness to assume higher-level roles. As I shared with the executives that day, both the global and UAE research is clear… that organizations that excel in talent management practices, outperform their competition, drive higher operating success, and can provide a nation—the UAE, with a strong foundation for long-term sustainability.Yes, it has always been about talent; it will always be about talent!


Maryland's beautiful swimmers -- the translation of Callinectes sapidus, the Latin name of the Maryland blue crab -- come in season April 1 for recreational capture, as well as an economically crucial commercial fishery, in all state waters. The season ends Dec. 31 along coastal bays and tributaries of the Atlantic Ocean, and, for the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, the season wraps up two weeks earlier, on Dec. 15. Trotlines and pots for the Atlantic coast commercial fishery only close up shop on Oct. 31.
Whole steamed crabs make a Fourth of July gathering or any summer party or meal complete. Layer the crabs in a steamer and season each layer with Old Bay Seasoning, with its celery and mustard seed notes. Boil water, vinegar and flat beer to steam the crabs, for about 20 minutes or until the shells turn bright orange. Serve on picnic tables covered with brown paper along with butter and corn on the cob. Crab mallets ease removing the meat from the claws.


Sebastian is a fabulous host and nothing was too much trouble. His apartment is fantastic - really well equipped and comfortable and only 10mins walk from the old town.
Terrific location just on the outside of old town. 10 min walk max to St John gate entrance. Inside of the apartment was so sweet 3 nice double bed rooms and very comfortable kitchen and living room area. The absolute best part however was the hospitality of the host Sebastian and his wife. Amazing people who really took care not only in our experience at their apartment but in our experience of Rhodes as well. Can't thank them enough. They are outstanding people.
Everything. Dont going to write down all the things. So you just have to see that by your own eyes. My was pleasured. Very comfortable stay with good and calm location also the landlord Sebastian is really cool guy. Hi Sebastian. Thank you and see you soon.
It was everything we wanted it to be for our group of 4 people. Short walk to the old town. Convenient supermarket nearby. Parking on road outside. Sebastian ensured it was well stocked with various items you might have forgotten to bring.
Excellent location. The property is decorated with excellent taste, all modern amenities. Our host Sebastion was just perfect. Very friendly, helpful and knowledgable.
The house was super cozy and located in a quiet neighbourhood, so close to the old town and you can find everything that you need around, supermarket, bakery, cafes etc. The house was fully equipped. All facilities and essentials were provided. It was so clean and comfy as we felt exactly like home. Special thanks to Sebastian. He was literally an amazing host. He was very helpful and caring during the stay. He always made sure that we have a great time in the house and also outside the house. He made our stay in Rhodes wonderful and unforgettable.
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One of our best sellers in Rhodes! Located in Rhodes, a 17-minute walk from Clock Tower, 1.3 miles from Grand Master's Palace and 1.3 miles from The Street of Knights, Sebastian's Amazing Apartment Rhodes Town has accommodations with a balcony and free WiFi. The property is 1.4 miles from Mandraki Port.
This air-conditioned 3-bedroom apartment comes with a kitchen, a seating area, and a satellite flat-screen TV and Blu-ray player.
The apartment has a sun terrace. A car rental service is available at Sebastian's Amazing Apartment Rhodes Town.
Temple of Apollon is 1.5 miles from the accommodation, while Deer Statues is 1.8 miles from the property. The nearest airport is Diagoras Airport, 9 miles from the property.
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This apartment has a seating area, satellite TV and fireplace.
Sebastian's Amazing apartment is a renovated house in the center of Rhodes city. In a peaceful neighbor and within walking distance from super markets, bakery shops, coffee shops, bus/taxi station and less than 10-15 min walk to city center and the famous Old \Towns. Sleeps up to 8, with 3 bedrooms, with an amazing open plan living and kitchen area. The house of 120 sqm is located on the 1st floor and there are 3 separate bedrooms with large wall draws and an amazing family bathroom. Every room has its own veranda overlooking the peaceful neighborhood. The living room is very comfortable for 8, with a plasma satellite TV, high speed Wi-Fi coverage to every part of the property. The kitchen is fully equipped with a separate dining area and all the necessary equipment of a fully equipped kitchen including washing machine, dishwasher, coffee & tea facilities and of course all the courtesies and electric appliance needed. The second living area by the kitchen consists of a double sofa bed which can accommodate another two adults, 8 in total. We offer all the linen, towels and bed covers double the amount for each person so you will miss nothing.
I am Sebastian coming from a multi international family (Greek and Dutch) born and raised in the beautiful island of Rhodes. I have studied hospitality managemet in The Netherlands and in Miami of USA. I am involved in the hospitality industry the last 20 years and have always worked in the tourism sector. It is my pleasure to interact with people from all over the world. Through my professional experience and my traveling I have gained experience from different cultures all over the globe. Being your host is a challenge for me as my aim is to prove to my guests that Greek people are hospitable and professionals in what they do with passion and caring. It is our pleasure to rent out our property and it is our honour to share our knowledge and information for Rhodes with our guests. We are always available for our guests at anytime and for anything you might need, we will always meet you in person when you arrive and welcome you. We are thrilled to assist you make your stay on our island and our property amazing and unforgettable. Looking forward to meet you in person!!!!
The location is ideal for those who seek city holidays, a traditional Rhodian neighborhood, close to the old town and to Rhodes center (10-15 min walk) as well as to famous Elli and Zefyros beach. The bus station is less than 2 min walk with every 30 min buses going to the central bus station, taxi station 2-3 min walk. Of course any kind of help will be offered to you by us personally. So please feel comfortable and relaxed because we will try to make your stay memorable. Away from downtown crowds and noise, yet within only a few minutes' walk, you have everything you will need. This is a typical quiet Rhodian neighbourhood, with all types of big and small shops for your needs: supermarkets, restaurants, bakery and pastry shops, coffee shops, banks, pharmacy are all within from 1 to 5 min walk. It is a 10-15 min walk to the old town and to Rhodes centre. There is plenty of free public parking space infront of the house and within the neighborhood area. Its very easy to get a taxi to everywhere. You can also get the bus to the city or towards all the beaches across the island. The bus station is only 50 meters away from the apartment. Enjoy a comfortable stay.
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There was not a thing we did not like about the apartment. It was perfect..
We were met by our friendly host and Sebastian stayed in touchthrough the week to make sure we had everything we needed. He could not have been more helpful. The apartment is superbly located with parking outside and a local restaurant and supermarket within a few minutes walk. The old town and harbour witb their dhops resraursnts and attractions were only 20-25 minutes away on foot so a great location to explore Rhodes and further with the island ferry from the habour.
Bed mattrices of the two rooms facing the other side of the property were either too hard or springly. But this may be personal preference.
Host is super responsive and helpful. Comfortable, extra spacious property which had all essentials. So close to everything like the old city, a big supermarket and a nice bakery.
Well equipped. 15 minutes walk to the old city. 2 minutes from the bus station and a big supermarket. Very quiet neighborhood.


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Mélanie Matranga, A : Hope open and B : Love close, two prints, diptych, digital print, inkjet, created from a photography by Christian Vandewalle, enhanced with oil pastel, colours, 190 × 140 cm, on Ultrasmooth paper, an edition of three copies, numbered and signed. Edition of the Centre d'édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2017.
For artgenève 2017 the CEC proposes a group show, Inside the Bubble-Booth, that evolves around the idea of organs and the corps morcelé. The booth of the CEC will be transformed this year into an intimate and organic space. This proposition is also a pretext for improvising on a proposed theme such as desire, intuition or a lead for a work. Each invited artist was chosen on the base of this postulate, without their works being literally an illustration of this theme, they suggest or make allusion to it.


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To stop the pandemic, we need to fight the infodemic at the same time
Investigating Health
By William Heisel
(Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
I was on a call recently the other day talking about the COVID-19 pandemic with researchers, public health officials, and health care leaders. Someone raised the idea of the "infodemic." I pounced on it.
We have spent billions of dollars and millions of person-hours collectively around the world responding to the disease but very little time and money going after the virus that is disinformation. As the World Health Organization put it in a statement in September 2020:
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is the first pandemic in history in which technology and social media are being used on a massive scale to keep people safe, informed, productive and connected. At the same time, the technology we rely on to keep connected and informed is enabling and amplifying an infodemic that continues to undermine the global response and jeopardizes measures to control the pandemic.
This has been true from the very early days of the outbreak. There have been — and continue to be — attempts to deny the very existence of the disease. There have been campaigns against social distancing, against mask wearing, against crowd-size control, and now against the very vaccines that promise to restore a sense of normalcy to our lives again.
On the call, I suggested we should go after the sources of disinformation the same way we have gone after the source of the virus. Who is creating the lie? Who is funding the lie? Who is spreading the lie?
Now, this was a polite crowd, and so I could tell that my bold talk made people a little uncomfortable. No mystery there. It's one thing to go after a non-sentient virus, quite another to go after people who are neighbors, friends, politicians, religious leaders, business owners, and the like. I get it. It's not fun to name and shame, and I'm not even sure that will work. What I think would be more effective is to expose the disinformation for what it is by explaining how it came to be, how it "went viral," and who it appears to be benefiting.
So, I put the same challenge to journalists everywhere. You have done an incredible job making sense of the pandemic for people and helping explain concepts that most people never had to think about before. Here are three things to consider as you try to fight the infodemic with the same clarity and sense of purpose.
1) Disinformation is not just talk. These are focused efforts to spread incorrect information and they have real effects. They weaken the already fragile public health system, threatening people's health and leading to more infections and deaths from the virus. People feel stigmatized in their communities for doing the right thing, such as wearing a mask or getting a vaccine. People fail to follow through on basic public health recommendations. That makes efforts like social distancing, masks, and vaccines less effective and drags out the pandemic. As the WHO put it starkly, "Misinformation costs lives. Without the appropriate trust and correct information, diagnostic tests go unused, immunization campaigns (or campaigns to promote effective vaccines) will not meet their targets, and the virus will continue to thrive."
2) Disinformation demands action. One of the stories you can pursue is just what action is being taken — or what blind eye is being turned. Local, state, and national authorities need to have a plan to combat disinformation. What is the plan? They also need to work together. Are they coordinating? This includes their efforts to present accurate, science-based information in a timely and compelling way. Here in Washington state, we see frequent advertisements about how vaccines work, for example.
3) Disinformation does not follow party lines. This is a global pandemic, and so we should not fall into the lazy trap of thinking that the disinformation merely follows some traditional Republican vs. Democrat breakdown. It doesn't. One of the most dismaying things I saw early in the pandemic were posts on Facebook by people I grew up with parroting rhetoric from the "Flatten the Fear" disinformation campaign. This was one of the early disinformation storylines, meant to appeal to people who thought of themselves as critical thinkers. The people posting were Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. They were people who had been spun. Recognize that the source of some of this disinformation is outside of the U.S. entirely. The New York Times reported in July how Russian government operatives were using disinformation on the pandemic to create confusion within the U.S. electorate. "Russian military intelligence, known as the G.R.U., has used its ties with a Russian government information center, InfoRos, and other websites to push out English-language disinformation and propaganda about the pandemic, such as amplifying false Chinese arguments that the virus was created by the United States military," wrote reporters Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger.
My appeal is simple: Do your part to prevent the spread of disinformation by calling out the sources and the spreaders. We can make a difference, the same way we have made a difference in mobilizing collective action to stop the spread of the disease itself.
Posted by Sylvie (not verified) | Thu, 2021-01-21
Monsieur William Heisel, je suis étonnée que vous pensiez qu'il n'y a pas un plan pour lutter contre la désinformation. Il existe depuis 2019 la Trusted News Initiative lancée à cette fin. D'une portée mondiale elle est très efficace. Google référence tous les articles pour donner l'information correcte, les fact check sont innombrables, les censures fréquentes, les menaces et les sanctions aux médecins qui posent des questions sont systématiques, on n'a jamais vu ça! Nous sommes massivement téléguidés pour adhérer à la vaccination. Le problème est ailleurs. Merci de me répondre par mail.