Complete the sentences, using the emphatic form.
1. Paul has a new girl friend. => Paul a new girl friend.
2. My parents missed their flight. => My parents their flight.
3. My best buddy sings in a choir. => My best buddy in a choir.
4. You got into serious trouble. => You into serious trouble.
5. Have another glass of water! => another glass of water!
6. You knew a lot about pets. => You a lot about pets.
7. Come in! => !
8. She thinks you are wrong. => She you are wrong.
9. Your brother needs a new satchel. => Your brother a new satchel.
10. Sit down! => !


Langanesströnd, the coast between the peninsulas Langanes and Digranes east of Bakkafjörður. There are three short fjords on the Bakkaflói bay: Finnafjörður, Miðfjörður and Bakkafjörður or Sandvík. Little real flat land, but big, low moors inland, from which run many streams. Similar scenery to that in Þistilfjörður. Farms now only along the coast, formerly also on the moors.


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Report reveals progress of export industry7 months ago
Report reveals progress of export industry
AIDAN SMITH
17 Dec 2018, 5 a.m.
Live export industry continued to improve its performance throughout 2017.
A report into the live export industry highlighted reductions in mortality rates for both sheep and cattle last year.
THE live export industry continued to improve its performance throughout 2017 with a new record low mortality level for cattle and a 11 per cent fall in sheep mortalities.
The figures were released in the comprehensive National Livestock Export Industry Sheep, Cattle and Goat Transport Performance Report 2017, which was prepared by The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and published by Meat and Livestock Australia in October 2018.
The summary report provides the only comprehensive breakdown by species, time of year, ships, load ports and major destinations over the calendar year, along with summary analyses of trends over time.
The report revealed that the overall mortality rate for cattle during sea transport to all destinations during 2017 was 0.10pc (867 mortalities in 857,765 cattle exported), which was a 24pc fall compared to the mortality rate of 0.13pc observed in 2016, and "represents a new record low," according to report author Greg J Norman of DPIRD.
The report also highlights that "the overall mortality rate for sheep during sea transport to all destinations during 2017 was 0.71pc (13,183 mortalities in 1.85 million sheep exported)" – which was "an 11pc fall compared to the mortality rate of 0.80pc observed in 2016".
While there was an argument that mortality rate levels did not adequately represent the animal welfare issues experienced on board the vessels in transit and when offloading, the figures showed that if it wasn't for the "isolated incident" (of the Awassi Express, as former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce pointed out) which cast the spotlight on the industry, the industry would be improving itself.
The conclusion is that if the numbers of mortalities were dropping then something must have changed in the practice of exporters and with on-board stockmen in order to achieve that improvement, because the vessels being used were still the same – although improvements have also been made.
With greater standards for exporters and vessel requirements for the future it is likely the situation will improve further.
This flies in the face of all the activist and political rhetoric surrounding the live export industry in the past eight months.
With the recent three-month moratorium put in place by Australian Live Exporters' Council during the northern summer months the industry would have removed a high risk of heat stress related mortality events.
During its conclusion the report said the Heat Stress Risk Assessment (HSRA) model was said to have had some impact since its implementation, in "a meaningful reduction in livestock mortality rates during export by sea".
"The introduction of the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock (ASEL), improvements in vessels and changes to the types of livestock exported are all likely to have played a part," the report said.
"Livestock mortality rates for cattle and sheep have consistently remained below 1pc and 2pc, respectively, for over 10 years.
"Industry research has also identified that heat stress is not the primary cause of mortality in livestock exported to the Middle East.
"However, heat stress remains an animal welfare risk and HSRA continues to be a tool in its management."
The report warned that as the Islamic calendar tracked forward from September by approximately 11 days each year, into the June-September months, along with the requirement for suitable numbers and classes of sheep, there was the possibility that "overall mortalities will rise significantly" if that trade had continued to meet the Islamic festival period.
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While the report said that "the trend for numbers of sheep exported and annual mortality continues downward" with 1.78 million sheep exported in 2016, as "the lowest number exported since records began in 1985" the figures were up last year by 2.7pc to 1,887,412 head in 2017.
WA saw 1.59 million sheep exported out of Fremantle last year with a 64.4pc rise in adult ewes put on boats.
All wether and ram types saw a reduction in numbers.
The main importing countries of sheep were Qatar (33pc of all exports), followed by Kuwait (32pc) and Turkey (11pc) which re-entered the market after a four-year hiatus, taking 198,303 head.
During 2017 air transport accounted for 2.23pc of live sheep exports..
"The 42,144 sheep exported by air in 2017 represents a fall of 33pc compared to 2016, but remains the third highest figure recorded over the 2008 to 2016 period," the report said.
"Air transport of live sheep comprises a mix of breeding and slaughter types.
"In 2017, 82pc of air transported sheep were for slaughter."
Perth saw the largest number of air freighted sheep exports at 47.5pc, while Adelaide saw 42.5pc and Sydney and Melbourne airports accounted for the remainder.
The main importing countries for Australian sheep exported by air were Malaysia (82.1pc), Singapore (9.3pc) and China (6.9pc).
There was also a 52.8pc rise in the number of cattle exported by air in 2017, compared to 2016 figures.
During 2017 air transport accounted for 1.07pc of live cattle exports at 9261 head and was almost exclusively confined to breeding types.

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Consequently, the information you requested will not be disclosed since it is confidential and not made available to the public.
Legal weasel words, of course. In a high-profile misconduct case Penn State could certainly choose to release the records, but much like the Climategate conspirators, they can't afford to let the public see. So they hide behind lawyers who are willing to do their dirty work for them — in this case, Katherine Allen at McQuaide Blasko in Central Pennsylvania.
What's the matter, doesn't PSU have some attorney hack on staff who could have cranked out this deflection, rather than paying outside counsel hundreds of dollars an hour to be their bad guy for them?
Penn State should disclose their invitations to symposiums or other forums for peer review of climate science. If Penn State is sponsering science into that field, then they must be committed to the facts of that field of science. It would be really interesting if they never offered peer review. What, No Peer Review? (NPR, initials for another political outlet) No Peer Review amounts to dereliction of duty for a university.


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You may be surprised with the answer: the world's network gaming youth culture and the video game industry. Network gamers engaged in "hacking", "moding" and "skinning" video games are natural transdisciplinary knowledge workers. Modding is the act of creating new levels, objects, or systems for a game, or building an entirely new game using engines from other games; "skinning" is the act of retexturing characters, objects, or environments (Pearce).
• Multiprocessing, the ability to perform several tasks concurrently.
• Attention span variation resembling senior executives exhibiting fast context switching.
• Information navigation changes that define literacy not only as text but also as images and multimedia.
• Shift in focus of learning from passive listening to discovery-based experiential and example-based learning.
• Shift in type of reasoning from deductive and abstract to the concrete.
• Intelligence organized in easily accessible databases.
• Communities of practice emerging from shared tasks.
In this constructivist process, gamers learn by fusing artistic, scientific and engineering techniques in order to create new games, new game levels, new game art and in some cases new applications for games within non-entertainment markets. It is the application of gaming technologies and skills to non-game markets, problems, research questions and technologies that is most compelling in the context of 21st Century science, education and workforce issues.
Formal analysis of the video game industry indicates that game design includes art, informatics, production and business domains, however, the majority of employers consider: knowledge skills and abilities in multiple disciplines; ability to integrate scientific and artistic concepts and ability to communicate and work effectively in multidisciplinary teams important to critically important.
The practice of "fusing" artistic, scientific and engineering techniques is not new, however, the unification of R&D and production is novel. As it relates to the game industry, outside of major game publishers and major console manufacturers, the game industry is not typically-characterized as research-intensive. R&D is usually addressed through game development projects. The mutual reinforcement of R&D and production accelerates innovation in the industry. Game developers constantly push technological boundaries through unified production and R&D. We term this process "production R&D." Production R&D is the transdisciplinary process of real-time learning, adaptation, and innovation within the context of production.
Disney, Pixar and Industrial Light and Magic are exemplars of this transdisciplinary process. Walt Disney's "Imagineering" is perhaps the best known and most successful model. Disney's Imagineering is the master planning, creative development, design, engineering, production, project management and research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company. The dotcom creator-type companies that emerged between 1995-2000 also used this concept of unified R&D and production. Interestingly, the global network game youth culture exhibits these traits of real-time learning, adaptation, and innovation within the context of hacking, modding and skinning games. For these communities of practice; work, learning, and play are one.
Educational programs, economic development initiatives and workforce programs should recognize the relationship between the popular youth culture of network gaming, the needs of 21st-Century Science and the pressing need for new engineering and science-related teachers, executives and R&D professionals. Like gaming, 21st-Century Science needs whole brain, adaptive leaders able to cope and even flourish in uncertain, complex situations requiring fusion of traditional academic disciplines and effective human collaboration in network environments. Game-related learning and production are transdisciplinary, and the learning and workforce needs of the game industry reflect the structure and needs of 21st-Century Science.
• Underlying mathematics, modeling, and computer technologies are similar or the same.
• Cybernetics and systemics are essential.
• Emergence of a distinct culture and practice.
• Highly adaptive teams exhibiting the formation of new language, tools, and processes.
• High rate of innovation and resulting disclosure of new knowledge, technologies and techniques ("Disclosing New Worlds", Flores).
• High variety of academic disciplines and experiences of team members.
• Similar workforce and education requirements.
• Driving a confluence of other related industries, processes, and technologies.
• Market and technology disruptions representing qualitative leaps over existing science, technology and economies of scale and use.
• Require unification of learning, R&D and commercialization.
Gamers represent a bridge to the types of learning systems and creativity needed to cope with the increased velocity of new scientific and technical knowledge flooding the world. It is time for us to take transdisciplinary action. We must recognize the unity of all things and be able to live with the requisition—we must learn as we do!
Implications for Texas Community and Technical Colleges.


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However well-designed your user interface may be, at some point or other, the people using it are going to have to wait for something to load.
A 2014 MIT study showed that humans can perceive discrete images in as little as 13 milliseconds however deciding where to focus takes between 100 and 140 milliseconds. In practical terms, this gives us around 200 milliseconds to present a user interface state change in order to appear instant.
Between 200 milliseconds and 1 second, people feel they are within the flow of their actions. After 1 second without any other feedback, focus starts to shift. Beyond 10 seconds, user focus is likely to be lost entirely.
Psychological studies into progress indicators show that our interpretation of them is anything but linear. Our method of processing a delay doesn't match up with reality.
Understanding this concept leads us into the realm of manipulating interfaces in order to improve perception.
In software design, skeleton screens provide an alternative to the traditional methods. Rather than show an abstract widget, skeleton screens create anticipation of what is to come and reduce cognitive load.
Apple have incorporated skeleton screens into their iOS Human Interface Guidelines under the name "launch images". Apple's guidelines recommend showing an outline of the initial application screen excluding text and any elements that may change.
Apple's Clock is a classic example of a skeleton screen. The launch screen sets the expectation of what the app will look like and creates an impression of the app loading faster than it actually does.
This launch screen shows the basic outline of the app and the four icons at the base of the screen.
Once launched, all the text and variable UI elements are filled in.
Nintendo has recently launched their first mobile application, which pays absolutely no attention to UI guidelines or common decency.
The initial launch screen shows the title of the app and a background image none of which reflect the application's use.
After launch, a load screen first has a "Loading" text indicator as a minimalist spinner.
Then you get a numeric progress indicator.
And that's followed by another spinner.
Finally, the application itself appears.
Over an incredible 14 second load time, Nintendo use two spinners and one progress bar, none of which do much to ease the load time. The dynamic "tips" during the load screen also act as a spinner by changing the UI state and creating a sense of progress.
Each discrete screen requires a new visual scan and makes the launch process seem even slower than it actually is.
While Nintendo gets it very wrong, Facebook gets it very right. Their initial launch screen follows Apple's guidelines.
Having met the goal of the initial guidelines, Facebook now populates more of the screen with the header, footer and placeholder images in the body. Because the time taken to load the final content is unknown, there's also a subtle animation on this screen in place of a spinner.
Then the final UI is loaded.
Looking at the examples above, you may have noticed that the images used aren't drastically different from wireframes. It's in this observation that a lot of the work may already be done for you.
In this demonstration, we've identified that the initial load is taking longer than we'd like, so it's time to add skeleton screens to improve the perceived load time.
Here's our initial wireframe showing the screen layout.
On initial rendering, only the header and a reserved space for the content are shown.
While we're waiting, the image from the wireframe is shown.
Next, the text is rendered while we wait for the images.
The final rendered content is then shown.
By progressively rendering each component, the wait seems shorter.
Skeleton screens can improve the feel of any action taking longer than a few hundred milliseconds. Applying them to your rendering bottlenecks will make your UI feel faster and make people happier.


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Written by onefrombills March 24, 2021
2021 USBC Masters Begin Next Week
The stepladder finals of the fourth major of the 2021 Guaranteed Rate PBA Tour season air live on FS1 April 4
Reno, Nev.—The USBC Masters, the fourth of five majors on the 2021 Guaranteed Rate PBA Tour season, begins next week from the National Bowling Stadium. Qualifying and match play will be streamed live on BowlTV and simulcast on FloBowling Mar. 30-Apr. 3. The stepladder finals will air live on FOX Sports' FS1 Sunday, Apr. 4 at 2 p.m. ET.
Here are some of the top storylines heading into the 2021 USBC Masters:
Butturff Enters as Defending Champion
Jakob Butturff won his first career major title in the 2019 USBC Masters, defeating Mykel Holliman in the title match. With the event not being held in 2020, Butturff enjoyed an extra year as reigning champion and will now attempt to defend his title coming off a second-place finish in the Guaranteed Rate PBA World Championship. Butturff would be the first player to win back-to-back USBC Masters titles since Jason Belmonte, who won three in a row from 2013-2015.
Belmonte Goes for Five
The three consecutive USBC Masters titles for Belmonte were on the front end of a stretch in which he won the tournament four times in five years, adding the 2017 title to set the record for most career USBC Masters wins. Belmonte hasn't won the event since, but would become the first player ever to win it five times with a victory this year. Belmonte, the all-time record holder with 13 major titles, missed the cut to match play in two of the first three majors this year to go with a third-place finish in the PBA Tournament of Champions.
Troup Continues Career Season
In the first three majors of the season, Troup has finished no lower than seventh. He won the PBA Players Championship, finished seventh in the PBA Tournament of Champions and was fifth in the Guaranteed Rate PBA World Championship. He's already earned $316,500 on the season and he leads all players in PBA Tour competition points.
Barnes Chases the Elusive Grand Slam
Triple Crown (U.S. Open, Tournament of Champions, PBA World Championship) winner Chris Barnes needs a USBC Masters title to become the fourth player in PBA history to complete the Grand Slam, joining Mike Aulby, Norm Duke and Belmonte. He's been close on several occasions, bowling for the championship as the No. 1 seed three times in his career, but hasn't yet been able to capture the title.
Simonsen Looks to Get Back to the Finals
Prior to the Guaranteed Rate PBA World Championship, Anthony Simonsen had made it to the stepladder finals in each of the previous four major championships. He'll seek to get back to his usual place in the top five in the event he won in 2016 to make him the youngest player ever to win a major championship.
Players Vie for Berth in PBA Super Slam
The PBA Super Slam, a special event taking place April 18 live on FOX Broadcast Channel and paying $100,000 to the winner, will feature the champions of all five majors. Troup (Players Championship), François Lavoie (Tournament of Champions) and Tom Daugherty (World Championship) have already secured their spots in the PBA Super Slam. The final two berths will go to the winners of the USBC Masters and U.S. Open.
USBC Masters Winners Since 2011
2011 – Tom Hess
2012 – Mike Fagan
2013 – Jason Belmonte
2016 – Anthony Simonsen
2018 – Andrew Anderson
2019 – Jakob Butturff
2020 – not held
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Samantha is an enthusiastic Science Communicator completing her PhD at the University of Toronto. Her doctoral research focuses on brain development and stem cell biology, under the supervision of renown scientist Dr. Derek van der Kooy.
The science done in labs like hers and around the world generates new knowledge for the benefit of all people. And it strongly depends on public support. Samantha believes social media offers fantastic opportunities to get more people excited about learning science and giving it the support it needs. For this reason, she is very passionate about creating new and broadly accessible lines of communication between the public and scientists using social media like Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Samantha is a science educator with teaching experience ranging from high school math and science, MCAT prep courses, and introductory neuroscience and genetics courses at the University of Toronto. She is a highly requested speaker, and has appeared on TV as a guest science expert on shows for Leafs Nation Network and TVO Kids. Samantha is also a regular science expert on various CBC Radio shows including Metro Morning and Ontario Morning. She enjoys hosting and producing content for digital audiences, such as the #BeWhatYouSee campaign she completed in collaboration with GE Canada.
Samantha is passionate about education, personal health and nutrition, social justice, food, and (of course) science. When she is not in the lab or online she loves to experiment in the kitchen, infinitely inspired by the creative cuisines in excellent restaurants all over Toronto. She's been playing soccer since before she knew how to pipette, but nowadays she enjoys training in muay Thai martial arts.
Samantha loves making new friends so please don't ever be shy to say hello!
Who are you? What are you made of? Science communicator, Samantha Yammine, breaks down the mystery of what makes us unique - which wouldn't be possible without trillions of cells. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Samantha has been experimenting and asking "why" and "how" her whole life, though her formal science training officially started at the University of Toronto. She earned her Honours Bachelor of Science degree by completing the Neuroscience Specialist and Cell & Molecular Biology Major within the Life Sciences program.
Following her undergraduate degree, Samantha joined the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, where she now holds status as a PhD candidate. Alongside her studies, she has been employed as a Pedagogical Research Assistant for a foundational neuroscience course at the university, and is also a Teaching Assistant for introductory neuroscience and introductory genetics courses.
Samantha has had the opportunity to work in a variety of exciting laboratory environments throughout her training, including a human psychology lab at OISE where she studied learning disabilities and ADHD in adolescents, and a lab at the Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases studying aberrant protein interactions that lead to amyloid beta accumulation in Alzheimer's disease. She currently researches how brain stem cells build the brain during embryonic development, and how the same populations of stem cells persist into the adult brain where they can maintain the diversity of cell types needed for brain function.
You can learn more about Samantha's current research here.
Video summary highlighting a day spent taking science from the lab to the streets for North America's first ever Soapbox Science event! Soapbox Science is an annual event from the UK that aims to engage the public with science, and showcase the less-represented faces of scientists to encourage more diversity in STEM fields. Samantha was 1 of 12 Canadian Soapbox Scientists chosen to post up in a lab coat at one of Toronto's busiest intersection, Yonge & Dundas square.


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Try it! Mix in any fruits or juice.. YUM.


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Coronavirus: 57 New Cases In Tamil Nadu, 50 Of Them Were Part Of Congregation At Markaz Nizamuddin
All The People Have Been Admitted To Medical College Hospitals In Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Chennai And Namakkal And Are Stable, Health Secretary Beela Rajesh Said.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Raghwendra Shukla | Updated on: 31 Mar 2020, 10:35:33 PM
The total number of coronavirus cases stood at 124 in Tamil Nadu. (Photo Credit: IANS)
Tamil Nadu on Tuesday saw around 57 new coronavirus positive cases, the highest spike in a single day so far. Out of these 57 people, 50 had attended the religious congregation at Markaz Nizamuddin in Delhi recently, the government said. The total number of coronavirus cases stood at 124 in Tamil Nadu, with at least 77 of them having links to the recent gathering held in the national capital. While the government confirmed seven new cases earlier in the day (of which five men had visited Delhi to take part in a religious congregation), Health Minister C Vijayabaskar confirmed 50 more new cases on his twitter handle.
#UPDATE Tamil Nadu Health Secy clarifies that in addition to these 45 cases, 5 other positive cases were also reported today of ppl who attended the gathering in Markaz,Nizamuddin,Delhi. Total 50 ppl from state who attended the gathering In Delhi have tested positive for COVID19.
— ANI (@ANI) March 31, 2020
The government said that of the approximately 1,500 people who took part in the meet in Delhi, 1,131 had returned, about 800 were traced and 300 could not be found so far and the rest were quarantined by authorities in Delhi.
The government also said efforts were afoot to 'isolate' all the participants of the conference from Tamil Nadu soon to stem the further spread of the contagion.
A day after Chief Minister K Palaniswami said a number of people from Tamil Nadu -part of a group of about 1,500 people- who had been to Delhi recently to attend a meet were infected, the government said that of the seven fresh cases, five men had a travel history to the national capital.
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Asked if the five were part of the Tamil Nadu group that attended a religious congregation in Delhi, an official replied in the affirmative. Tablighi Jamaat had held a conference in Delhi recently.
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Eagle Village és una concentració de població designada pel cens dels Estats Units a l'estat d'Alaska. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 68 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Eagle Village tenia 68 habitants, 32 habitatges, i 14 famílies La densitat de població era d'1,4 habitants/km².

Dels 32 habitatges en un 25% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 25% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 12,5% dones solteres, i en un 56,3% no eren unitats familiars. En el 43,8% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 3,1% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,13 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 25% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 5,9% entre 18 i 24, un 39,7% entre 25 i 44, un 25% de 45 a 60 i un 4,4% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 39 anys. Per cada 100 dones hi havia 119,4 homes. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 142,9 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 6.875 $ i la renda mediana per família de 31.250 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 40.000 $ mentre que les dones 47.917 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 13.887 $. Aproximadament el 20% de les famílies i el 55,7% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Concentracions de població designades pel cens d'Alaska
Àrea censal de Southeast Fairbanks

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About Townsville
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Research at The Townsville Hospital
Townsville Hospital encourages employees to participate in research. TMSS is supportive of doctors who would like to undertake research during their time at the Townsville Hospital. TMSS offer an annual Research and Rose night to introduce doctors to academics at the hospital and from James Cook University.
The Townsville Research Education Support and Administration (TRESA) unit offers services that help make research happen. Situated at the Townsville Hospital in the James Cook University (JCU) clinical school, TRESA provides research support to all staff of Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS). Research Ethics and Research Governance are two separate and independent entities. These two different departments are housed within TRESA because in addition to their administrative duties, their staff also undertake the role of research education and support.
Study, education and research trust account (SERTA) is administered by the Research Trust Fund Advisory Committee (RTFAC). SERTA fund research and education at the Townsville Hospital. Applications and correspondence for SERTA are managed by the THHS Research Education, Support, and Administration unit (TRESA).
Townsville Hospital has a wealth of research available for interested staff to be involved with, so get in touch:
TRESA
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Much of the research undertaken at Townsville Hospital is in conjunction with James Cook University
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The Health Innovation, Investment and Research Office (HIIRO), within the Office of the Director-General, aims to improve the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders through a coordinated and collaborative approach to health innovation, investment and research across Queensland Health. The HIIRO office provides support to Queensland Health employees by managing grants and fellowships, maintaining a robust ethics and governance framework and promotes translation of research into practice. Junior Doctor Research Fellowships are available with up to $250,000 made available to individual applicants.
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PA Medical Marijuana Program Operationalizes 100th Dispensary
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that as of late last week, the Medical Marijuana Program has operationalized its 100th dispensary, PharmaCann Penn, LLC (Verilife) in Chester.
"Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program continues to be a leader for the country in terms of program growth and its first in the nation research program," Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said. "Reaching 100 operational dispensaries is a milestone for the program, but we know there is much work to do. Our clinically-based, patient-focused program is committed to assisting those suffering with cancer, PTSD and other serious medical conditions."
Of the 101 operational dispensaries, 99 of them are open and dispensing products to patients. 27 grower/processors are operational, with 22 shipping product to dispensaries. Many of these grower/processors are either expanding their locations, or already have.
The clinical research program, guided by Act 43 of 2018, allows for eight clinical registrants who each must hold both a grower/processor and a dispensary permit. Clinical registrants must have a research contract with one of eight approved academic clinical research centers.
There are close to 281,000 active certifications as part of the medical marijuana program. Close to 504,000 patients and caregivers are registered for the program in order to obtain medical marijuana for one of 23 serious medical conditions.
Active cardholders are continuing to visit dispensaries more than once a month to get treatment for a serious medical condition. More than 23 million products have been sold since the start of the program, and total sales within the program are more than $1.8 billion, which includes sales by the grower/processors to the dispensaries, and sales by the dispensaries to patients and caregivers. More than $1.1 billion in sales has been from the dispensaries to patients.
More than 2,060 physicians have registered for the program, close to 1,500 of whom have been approved as practitioners.
The medical marijuana program offers medical marijuana to patients who are residents of Pennsylvania and have been certified as having a serious medical condition as defined by the Medical Marijuana Act.


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Microsoft's Skype gives you spotlight search and slide over
Digital Communicator
by Sandy Stachowiak
If you are a current Skype user for video calls, voice calls, or instant messaging, then you will be happy to know that both the Skype for iPhone and Skype for iPad apps have been updated to support the handy features of iOS 9. Both apps were updated in the past two days to provide easier ways to communicate with your contacts.
What's new in Skype
With both updated apps, you can now start chats with your Skype contacts directly from the Spotlight Search, which is a great feature for many users. In addition, you can now reply to notifications you receive without even opening the app.
Just for the iPad
Specific to iPad users, you can now use the convenient split view (iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 4) and slide over features introduced in iOS 9. These new features work for both instant messages and voice calls which is super convenient. So you can now view your maps app, for example, while continuing to communicate with your contact. There was also an improvement to the low call volume problem experienced by users.
Convenient update
Taking advantage of the new iOS 9 features is a smart move for Microsoft. Bringing easier, faster, and more efficient ways to communicate with Skype is a move in the right direction. With the recent issues we have seen with Skype, this will hopefully be a smooth update for all users. And just as a reminder, the app supports the Apple Watch, so you will never miss a message.
Skype for iPhone and Skype for iPad are both available for free on the App Store.
In other news, Apple Watch is arriving soon in Target retail stores and Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program is proving popular among users.
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WORLD CUP 2022 OUTRIGHT BETTING
|By Terry Odds and more
Did you know the World Cup, which was first staged in 1930, has only seen eight different nations lift the famous trophy and seven of those teams are back for more in Qatar in 2022.
Uruguay took the first World Cup and added another in 1950, while the other sides to win it are Italy (3), but have not qualified this year, Germany (4), Argentina (2), France (2), England (1), Spain (1) and, of course, Brazil, who have bagged FIVE World Cup over the years and are the most successful nation in the event.
Therefore, it's no shock that the Samba Men of BRAZIL @ 4.50 are back for more this year as the betting favourites with the bookies and with a team that resembles the Harlem Globetrotters it's easy to see why many feel they will make if six World Cup wins.
Brazil's last World Cup was, however, back in 2002, so will be needing to end a 20 year drought in the tournament, but with coach Tite at the helm he seems to have the players that will give him options all over the place , with the likes of box-office star Neymar, Richarlison and the Arsenal pair of Jesus and Martinelli to name just a handful. They might take some stopping with the Qatar heat looking to be in their favour, as opposed to the Europeans sides.
Argentina @6.50 and Messi are next best in the betting at 6.50 and will have another Lionel 'Scaloni' as their coach at the event. Away from Messi, who will be playing his last World Cup, they've also got Dybala, Di Maria, Romero and Martinez to call upon. With Mexico, Poland and Saudi Arabia in their group they look to have one of the easier starts.
The betting is then dominated by the big Euro sides, with the holders France at 8.00, England, who got the semi's in the last World Cup @ 9.00, Spain, who won the tournament in 2010 and Germany 11.00, who will equal Brazil's haul of 5 wins if they are successful.
Of the Euro bunch, it would be a worry that England @9.00 are coming into the event off the back of 6 games without a win and you feel that a lot will again sit with last year's Golden Boot hero Harry Kane – if he doesn't fire then it's hard to see the Three Lions going all the way.
France @8.00 has a good chance with Mbappe as their main man and he looks to be hitting peak form and at their best would be a worry for any of the other sides. It will be a shock if they are not going close.
Outside, of the mentioned teams, then really the only other challengers are Netautoherlands @15.00, who have Louis van Gaal at the helm, and it would be a shock if they are not at least getting out of Group A, but a lot will rest with their main defender Virgil van Dijk but he's not had the best of times this season in the league with Liverpool.
Finally, Belgium @17.00 look the best of the rest with the classy Kevin De Bruyne pulling the strings and coach Roberto Martinez in the hotseat. They have always been a side that's threatened to do well at the main events, but flopped in Russia again last time. However, with Hazard and Lukaku also in the side then it would be silly to rule them out, especially as they've got an easy-looking group with Canada, Morocco and Croatia, their hardest oppo, in.
BEST BET: BRAZIL @ 4.50
BEST OUTSIDER: BELGIUM: @ 17.00
See Below the outright betting for the 2022 World Cup (pre-tournament)
Brazil @ 4.50
Argentina @6.50
France @8.00
England @9.00
Spain @9.00
Germany @11.00
Netherlands @15.00
Portugal @15.00
Belgium @17.00
Denmark @29.00
Uruguay @41.00
Croatia @51.00
Serbia @81.00
Switzerland @101.00
Senegal @126.00
Ecuador @151.00
Poland @151.00
Mexico @151.00
USA @151.00
Canada @201.00
Morocco @201.00
Wales @201.00
Cameroon @251.00
Ghana @251.00
Japan @251.00
Qatar @251.00
South Korea @251.00
Australia @351.00
Iran @501.00
Tunisia @501.00
Costa Rica @751.00
Saudi Arabia @751.00


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record eagle sports
This is the kind of place that inspires me to go out and do more. You can find anything on the baseball field, but you can't help but be inspired just to be around. I went to a game against the Eagles last night and the feeling was electric. The energy and excitement was incredible. And, I found myself walking around the stadium a little more excited than usual.
After a while I find myself going to my friend's house to look at her favorite games and see if she can find the time to go back to her favourite games. She says to me, "I think you should go to that game." I'm like, "I wish I could." I feel like I've been in two minds for the last week. I think I've been in two minds and I am sure I can find the time to go play the games and go back.
Of course, this week has been about so much more than the games of football. It's been all about the new world record for the fastest running back the world can see, the first time a new world record has been set in an outdoor stadium (or in a indoor stadium) and, of course, a new world record for the fastest time in the world to start a new career.
I just don't know how to rate the record. I love the new outdoor game. I love the new indoor game. I love the new career. I love the new record for fastest running back. I love the new record for fastest time in the world to start a new career. I love the new record for fastest time in the world to start a new career.
The record for fastest time in the world to start a new career is actually held by a young French woman named Sébastion, who ran a time of 4 seconds and a half over the previous world record holder. Unfortunately, she didn't have time to celebrate with her team, because they were in the record book on their way to the next event.
I'm not certain whether I'm more excited or sad that the record isn't held by a girl. After all, if I was a girl, I probably would have been the fastest girl of the world.
Like Sébastion, I'm pretty sure record eagle is for girls, but I'm also pretty confident that record eagle would not be the fastest in the world. Not because its a man who made the record, but because he was the first person to break the record when it was originally set back in 1997. I mean, we're all pretty sure that he still is the fastest.
The record was established in 1997 by a man named Gregor Schoening. He broke the previous record in 1998 with a car that was probably the fastest car ever made when he drove a Ford Focus around the track at a race track in a race car. That is a long time ago, and even though its been a long time since then, the man still holds the record as the fastest person who has ever ridden in a race car.
For the record, I cannot find any other references to the man's record. The record is, apparently, the only one I have in my head for quite a while, so it's up to me to find out for sure.
The point about the track being a race track is that it was the only place in the world that allowed him to ride the car in a race, which is a feat that he could only claim by being the fastest person capable of doing that. I can't find any other references to his speed either.
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Student leadership would like to thank everyone who had donated toys to their toy drive. Friday will be the last day that we will be collecting toys. The toys will be donated to support families in Wetaskiwin who are in need during the holiday season.


I was first introduced to Dawn Siebel's artwork, when she submitted these nostalgic paintings of grade school photographs and track housing from the '50's to the Amherst Biennial curatorial committee. Shortly afterwards, during a studio visit, she shared a selection from her monumental work, Better Angels, the Firefighters who were killed on 9/11. This series really hit home for me personally, since I grew up in NYC and my mother had worked in the World Trade Center in the '80's.
Dawn's dedication to this work is extraordinary, she mortgaged her home, so she could focus exclusively on this task at hand. She worked tirelessly, researching each firefighter, working meticulously to capture the essence of each individual firefighter, sometimes reworking some portraits several times.
The curators were so impressed with this series, that we included a select few of the Better Angels portraits in the Frost Museum Library, Amherst College for the Amherst Biennial. It's so wonderful to finally see this monumental installation locally in the Pioneer Vallery. Better Angels will be on view in it's entirety at the Springfield Museum until July 10, 2016. This is not to be missed.


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Q: resizing and storing image folder with filesystem using python I want to resize images in the folder and store them into database with filesystem using postgres as database and jupyter notebook. I am using resize function for resizing my images and then saving then into database but resize function seems not working and unable to understand my mistake.
subject= input("Enter Subject Name:")
cursor.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS %s"%(subject))
cursor.execute( """CREATE TABLE %s (ID SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, PHOTO BYTEA NOT NULL)"""%(subject))
conn.commit()

userfilepath=input("enter file path:")
dirs = os.listdir( userfilepath )

def resize():
    for item in dirs:
        if os.path.isfile(userfilepath+item):
            im = Image.open(userfilepath+item)
            f, e = os.userfilepath.splitext(userfilepath+item)
            imResize = im.resize((200,200), Image.ANTIALIAS)
            imResize.save(f + ' resized.jpg', 'JPEG', quality=90)

import cv2
import os, sys
from PIL import Image
import io
import glob
img_dir = userfilepath  # Enter Directory of all images
data_path = os.path.join(img_dir,'*g')
files = glob.glob(data_path)
data = []
for f1 in files:
    # img = cv2.imread(f1)
    # data.append(img)

     with open(f1,"rb") as file:
             resize()
             BinaryData=file.read()
             cursor.execute("INSERT INTO {tab} (photo)
             VALUES({})".format(psycopg2.Binary(BinaryData, ) , tab=subject  ) )
             conn.commit()
             #Insert_blob(img_dir)

A: Feel free to change the variables at the top since you seem to want to get them from user input. I've chosen to hardcode them for the purpose of this example.
Have a look at the code below
import os

userfilepath = "files"
dirs = os.listdir("files")

def do_open(_file):
    print(f"Opening {_file}")

def do_resize(_file):
    print(f"resizing: {_file}")

def resize():
    for item in dirs:
        f = userfilepath + item
        print(f)
        if os.path.isfile(f):
            im = do_open(userfilepath + item)

resize()
# output
# filesf1.txt
# filesf2.txt

def resize_well():
    for item in dirs:
        f = os.path.join(userfilepath, item)
        print(f)
        if os.path.isfile(f):
            im = do_open(f)

resize_well()
# output
# files\f1.txt
# Opening files\f1.txt
# files\f2.txt
# Opening files\f2.txt

In resize_well() os.path.join() creates a proper path, where as using string concatenation misses out the / or \ delimiter on linux and windows respectively.
Your code isn't passing the if statement because userfilepath+item doesn't exist, but probably userfilepath/item does.

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Cut chicken breasts into chunks.
Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper and sauté in a little of the olive oil over medium heat in batches until just done, about 5 -10min.
Add onion and snow peas to additional olive oil and sauté until softened, but peas are still firm.
Add garlic and oregano and cook one more minute.
Add olives, tomatoes and lemon zest and stir until heated through.
Add reserved chicken and season to taste with vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
To serve, season lettuce or spinach with remaining olive oil, salt, pepper and a bit of lemon juice.
Divide equally on six plates.
Spoon hot chicken salad onto lettuce and serve. Makes 6 servings.


News / Jeffrey Brown returns to autobiographical comics with A MATTER OF LIFE!
Our relationship with Jeffrey Brown dates back almost as far as the company itself -- from his stunning debut CLUMSY through the full Girlfriend Trilogy (UNLIKELY and AEIOU), the comedy of BIGHEAD and I AM GOING TO BE SMALL, the all-ages adventure of INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS and much more, Jeffrey has continued to grow and develop just as Top Shelf has. This month, it's a great pleasure to announce a new landmark together: his first autobiographical book in full color, venturing into the unexplored worlds of family and faith!
PRE-ORDER NOW FROM YOUR FAVORITE RETAILER!
-- Full-color hardcover graphic novel, 5.25" x 8"
After the acclaimed indie film Save the Date and the bestselling all-ages humor book Darth Vader and Son, graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown (Clumsy, Unlikely) returns to the autobiographical work that first made his reputation -- with an all-new full-color hardcover!
In A Matter of Life, Jeffrey Brown draws upon memories of three generations of Brown men: himself, his minister father, and his preschooler son Oscar. Weaving through time, passing through the quiet suburbs and colorful cities of the midwest, their stories slowly assemble into a kaleidoscopic answer to the big questions: matters of life and death, family and faith, and the search for something beyond oneself.
Presented for the first time under one cover and in full color, Burning Building Comix by Jeff Zwirek is a comics art object and reading experience like no other. The innovative format of this book allows readers to follow the plight of the trapped tenants in a ten-story burning apartment building, with each tier of panels representing 1 "story" in the building. Dive into a world of hijinks and drama, as each tenant -- the depressed atheist, the expectant mother, the brave doggy, the latchkey kid, the devil worshipper, and more -- struggles through the smoke and flames to safety!
This unique hardcover opens vertically to reveal two tall booklets, so the reader can move up & down in space and forward & backward in time. Don't miss Burning Building Comix... it's a ten-story story!


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Guggenheim Partners Launches PROPEL10 Venture Strategy
Application Process Seeks Non-Profits Using Innovative Solutions to Solve Enduring Social Problems
Guggenheim Partners is proud to announce the launch of a new Corporate Social Responsibility venture strategy designed to identify and foster the development of visionary non-profit organizations that have chosen to tackle some of the most challenging issues facing the world today – PROPEL10.
As part of the PROPEL10 program, Guggenheim Partners will invest up to $100,000 in 10 high-performing, early stage non-profit organizations that use innovative solutions to solve enduring social problems. In addition, the firm will deploy its "creative capital," any non-financial contribution that Guggenheim Partners can provide through accessing its network of specialized skills and resources.
"We are excited to blend our financial contributions with our creative capital to propel non-profit organizations to greater scale," said Penny Zuckerwise, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Guggenheim Partners. "We have a track record as a firm of producing tremendous results that stem from applying new thinking to market challenges, and we look forward to replicating that approach in driving Guggenheim's social impact through this venture strategy."
Interested and eligible non-profit organizations may submit applications online at www.guggenheimpartners.com/propel10. Applications are due by May 31 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Vetting will occur in multiple rounds, and a portfolio of organizations will be selected by year-end.
About Guggenheim Partners
Guggenheim Partners is a global investment and advisory firm with more than $240 billion* in assets under management. Across our three primary businesses of investment management, investment banking, and insurance services, we have a track record of delivering results through innovative solutions. With 2,500 professionals based in more than 25 offices around the world, our commitment is to advance the strategic interests of our clients and to deliver long-term results with excellence and integrity. We invite you to learn more about our expertise and values by following us on Twitter at twitter.com/guggenheimptnrs.
*Assets under management are as of 3.31.2016 and include consulting services for clients whose assets are valued at approximately $56bn.
The preparation and distribution of this press release does not constitute a form of commitment or recommendation relating to the proposed grant of capital. The information contained herein is as of the date indicated and reflects present intention only. This information is subject to change at any time, and Guggenheim Partners is under no obligation to provide recipient with any updates or amendments to this press release. Guggenheim Partners makes no representation as to, and accepts no responsibility for, the accuracy, fairness or completeness of the information contained herein. Neither Guggenheim Partners, nor any of its affiliates, are, and do not purport to be, an advisor as to legal, taxation, accounting, financial or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction in connection with the information contained in this press release. The recipient should independently evaluate matters referred to, and set forth in, this press release.
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Guggenheim Third Quarter 2019 High-Yield and Bank Loan Outlook: High-Yield Corporate Bond Spreads and Bank Loan Discount Margins Widen When the Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates
Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory business of Guggenheim Partners, today provided its Third Quarter 2019 High-Yield and Bank Loan Outlook.
Brian Giuliani Joins Guggenheim Securities to Expand Industrials Investment Banking Practice
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Brian Giuliani will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the Industrials Investment Banking Group. Mr. Giuliani will commence work at Guggenheim in September.
Onur Eken Joins Guggenheim Securities to Expand Industrials Investment Banking Practice
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Onur Eken will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the Industrials Investment Banking Group. Mr. Eken will focus on advising companies in the capital goods sector and will commence work at Guggenheim in September.


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Archive for the 'Travel & Transportation' Category
Build a multifunction restroom and they will come
Room to move
The big question for retailers and restaurants in Japan is how to attract seniors, regardless of what it is you sell or serve. One nonprofit Tokyo organization called Check is advising businesses to install so-called multifunction restrooms on their premises and then advertise the fact. Multifunction restrooms are larger than standard public restrooms and can accommodate wheelchairs, and the NPO's research has found that older people are more likely to patronize a business that has one.
According to a study reported in Tokyo Shimbun, the average family with at least one senior spends four hours and ¥10,000 when they go out shopping, but 20 percent also say they will likely stay out longer and spend more money if they know beforehand the location of multifunction restrooms. The study group extrapolated on its findings and speculated that in terms of time the family would stay out 30 to 120 minutes longer, and spend ¥606 more.
Check, which was founded in 2008, has made a list of some 50,000 multi-function rest rooms throughout Japan, which it provides on its website. The NPO thinks there are about 100,000, and it is providing this information to local governments so that they can use it to promote their areas to local seniors and older tourists.
However, it should be noted that toilets in general are becoming something of a sales promotional tool. The Tokyo Metro subway system actually has TV commercials aimed at women showing how modern and clean their public rest rooms are. Lawson was the first convenience store to declare that its restrooms could be used by the public without the obligation of buying something, since people were so grateful for the service they usually bought something anyway. Most convenience stores have followed suit. And many restaurants explain their rest room facilities on their home pages and Tabelog sites, since many women won't patronize restaurants that don't provide separate facilities for men and women.
Tags: public rest rooms, senior citizens, Washlets
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Pity the driver: Cabbie salaries much lower than average
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Though customers aren't expected to tip here, Japanese taxis are among the most expensive in the world, and next year rides will probably cost even more since the transportation ministry is considering removing the cap on fares and allowing a 2.86 percent rise to help taxi companies adjust to the consumption tax increase. That would boost the base taxi fare to ¥730 in Tokyo.
Before you start complaining think about the drivers. In 1995 the average salary of a Japanese cabbie was ¥4.03 million. In 2005 it was ¥3 million. And since the recession started in 2008 salaries have hovered between ¥2 and ¥3 million. There are various reasons for this loss of income, the main one being deregulation.
In 2002, the administration of privatizing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi allowed taxi companies to increase their vehicle pools. Between 2001 and 2007, the number of taxis nationwide increased by 15,000, driving up competition and driving down the amount of revenue per cab. In 2009, the government re-regulated the industry in an attempt to cut the number of cabs in 156 cities where it was deemed there were too many. Since then salaries haven't gone down but they haven't gone up either. Now taxi drivers and taxi companies are afraid because one of the pillars of "Abenomics" is, again, deregulation.
Though cabbie salaries compare to those of entry level jobs, most of the drivers are not entry-level workers. The average age is 56.8, and many have families to support. Moreover, the average number of years worked is 9.3, which implies that many cabbies started driving later in life, after they worked somewhere else and lost their jobs. There are very few taxi drivers in their 30s, even less in their 20s. Some older cabbies drive to supplement their social security.
In the July 4 issue of the Asahi Shimbun there was a profile of one male cabbie, 44, who has been driving since 2009, when he was laid off by a small company. The taxi company he works for has a sales quota. Each driver has to bring in ¥480,000 in fares a month. If the driver makes more than that, he gets to keep 53 percent as his commission. If he makes less, he only keeps 40 percent. The driver says he needs ¥250,000 a month to survive so he figures he needs to bring in ¥40,000 per shift, and it's difficult. Apparently, some drivers supplement their revenues with their own money if they don't earn their quota because they think it's worth it in the long run.
Another taxi driver interviewed by the Asahi is 60 and has been a driver in Tokyo all his life. He supports a wife and grown son on ¥4 million a year and used to make ¥6 million. His normal work day is from 8 in the morning until 4 the next morning. The competition in Tokyo is so fierce that it's sometimes impossible to find a place to wait for fares since so many other cabs are waiting. He tells the newspaper that some companies reduce their fares to be more competitive, which is illegal. Another common employer practice that may not be illegal but certainly seems unfair is subtracting the 4.8 percent handling fee from a cabby's salary whenever a customer uses a credit card.
According to the Japan Federation of Hire-Taxi Associations, as of March 2010 there were 371,000 taxi drivers in Japan working for companies and 46,000 private taxi drivers. Of the former, 7,700 were women. The average number of hours for a cabbie is 193 a month. The average for all jobs is 183 a month. Revenues in 2010 nationwide amounted to ¥1.78 trillion. According to the labor ministry the average annual salary for a driver in 2011 was ¥2.9 million. The average for all industries is ¥5.26 million.
Tags: taxi cabs, Transportation deregulation
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Summer travel biz shows signs of recovery
So close, and so far away
According to statistics released by Japan Travel Bureau on July 3, overseas travel this summer is projected to be up by 5.8 percent from last year, though continued sour relations with China and South Korea have seen fewer Japanese travelers this year to those two destinations. Another important consideration that doesn't seem to have had a bad effect is the higher value of the dollar and other currencies against the yen. In terms of numbers, 2.6 million have reservations to travel overseas between July 15 and Aug. 31. The main bright spot is Europe, which will see a 15 percent boost in Japanese visitors as opposed to 2012. Also, Southeast Asia seems to be maintaining its popularity as a vacation spot. The average amount of money being spent per person on foreign travel this summer is ¥243,000, which is ¥11,800 more than was spent in 2012.
In addition, 76.2 million people have domestic travel plans this summer that involve more than one night away from home, which is the highest number since 2000. Even better, the average amount of money spent per person for these trips is ¥35,010, or ¥1,280 more than last summer. Several circumstances are credited with pushing up these numbers: the 30th anniversary of Tokyo Disney Resort; renovations to Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture and Izumo Shrine in Shimane Prefecture; and Mount Fuji's recent listing as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site and the intense media coverage that preceded it.
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Tags: Japan tourism, Kamakura, Mount Fuji, Mt. Fuji, World Heritage Site
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You can't get there from here (at the same price with an IC card)
Cash or overcharge?
This spring the big news for train lovers was the integration of almost all the regional IC card services, thus making it possible to travel from one region to another on lines operated by different companies using a single IC fare card. But while computer systems have been linked successfully to allow for such inter-line transfers, one element of the changeover that has bothered public officials remained problematic: the non-integration of fares.
In some instances it actually costs more to go from point A to point B using an IC card than it does with a ticket, though most patrons aren't aware of the fact. It depends on which lines you are using. For instance, if you are going from JR Kameari Station on the Joban Line in eastern Tokyo to JR Yokohama station and buy a ticket for the whole trip, it costs you ¥780. However, if you take the same route and use an IC card, ¥910 will be subtracted from your card balance. That's because the Joban line turns into the Chiyoda subway line, which is operated by Tokyo Metro, after it passes Kita Senju, and the passenger then leaves the Chiyoda Line at Nishi Nippori and transfers back to JR in order to proceed on to Yokohama.
The ticket you buy from a vending machine takes these transfers into consideration and simply charges the zone-related JR fare between Kameari and Yokohama plus the Metro fare. But the IC card system doesn't make such a distinction and each of the three legs of the journey is charged separately, meaning you pay two JR fares, one from Kameari to Kita Senju and another from Nishi Nippori to Yokohama, plus the ¥160 for the Chiyoda line between Kita Senju and Nishi Nippori.
The sticking point is JR East, and in Diet discussions about the IC fare discrepancy representatives of the company have said it's a computer-related problem that they have yet to figure out, claiming that any changes to rectify the problem would "place on the system more of a burden" that might cause even more issues.
At the urging of Your Party the company did say it would make more of an effort to inform patrons of price differences where they occur. The various JR companies offer the Suica card system, but the equally popular Pasmo card has the same problem. In the Tokyo Metropolitan Area 80 percent of riders use one card or the other.
The problem is limited to transfers between JR and other lines. Other inter-line transfers don't have the same problem. In fact, discounts that are normally offered to ticketed riders between the two Tokyo subway lines are integrated into the IC card fare structure, even when passengers leave one line through a wicket and enter the other through a different wicket. A transportation expert, discussing the problem in Tokyo Shimbun, said that such a change shouldn't require a major system overhaul, and, in fact, JR recently announced it would make it possible for IC cards to subtract amounts of less than factors of ¥10 in line with the consumption tax increase, which means amounts of factors of ¥1 can be charged, but only if the patron has an IC card. Fares for tickets will still be rounded up to a factor of 10.
The fact is, the ticketing system costs operators more than the IC card system, which is why in London you pay less if you use a card than if you buy a ticket. Ideally, all patrons should use cards, so JR's intransigence on the matter is difficult to explain.
Tags: IC card, JR East, Tokyo Metro, trains, transportation
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Court says railway can make patrons pay through the nose
Inzai Makinohara Station
We live on the Hokuso Line, which connects Takasago in eastern Tokyo to the Nihon University Medical Center in northern Chiba, a distance of 32.3 kilometers. The Hokuso Line has been called the most expensive train line in Japan. From one end to the other it costs ¥780, and for us to get from our station, Inzai Makinohara, to its neighbor to the west, Chiba New Town Chuo, it costs ¥290. Many people who live on the line and use it have complained to the relevant authorities and demanded that fares be reduced. In fact, five local residents sued the central government, demanding that the court rescind the state's approval of the Hokuso Railway's plan to lease its tracks to another railway company and claiming that the plan did not benefit users. On Mar. 26 the Tokyo District Court rejected the suit, saying that the government authorization did not damage the welfare of the railway's users in any way.
The plaintiffs said they didn't understand the judge's reasoning. One, a 19-year-old man, told an Asahi Shimbun reporter that when he was a high school student he spent ¥90,000 on a six-month pass, which, on average, is about four times what it costs for a comparable student pass on any other line. Now that he's graduated and going to a prep school he no longer qualifies for the student discount, and has to pay ¥170,000 for half-a-year. Single-station fares on the Hokuso are about twice as much as they are on other lines. The Hokuso Line is part of the Keisei Dentetsu Group, whose average fare for 32 kilometers is about ¥470, so the Hokuso fares are 70 percent higher than fares on other lines even within the same railway group. The reason for the high fares has been explained in this blog before, but in a nutshell, the line was designed to serve the Chiba New Town development project, which began in 1969. Planners envisioned 340,000 people eventually moving into the New Town area, which encompasses portions of three cities, but in the end only about 93,000 actually did. The main problem for the Hokuso Railway Co. was the cost of construction, in particular the cost of land. Purchases were made at the height of the bubble era, when land prices were sky high and so were interest rates. The debt currently stands at ¥90 billion, and the railway pays ¥5 billion on the note every year. But the Chiba New Town authority, which the railway belongs to, also has to pay shareholders, many of whom are farmers who sold it the land in the first place. You can see their huge houses, built with the money they made and are still making, all over the region that lies alongside the Hokuso Line. Since opening for business in 1991, the railway has raised its fares nine times, though it also cut a few, but only by ¥10.
The kernel of the court case is a leasing deal that the Hokuso Line made with Keisei Dentetsu, which wanted to use the Hokuso tracks for its Skyliner and Sky Access express trains to Narita Airport. Regular users of the Hokuso Line were under the impression that (more…)
Tags: Chiba New Town, Hokuso Line, Keisei Railways, Transport Ministry
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Auto sales driven by gas mileage
Fit to be drived
Last week Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan would participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, a prospect that worries American car makers since the trade agreement could remove any remaining tariffs from Japanese cars sold in the U.S., thus making them cheaper and even more attractive to American consumers. Apparently, carmakers in the U.S. don't think the agreement will sufficiently remove what they deem barriers to American car sales in Japan. The fact that these barriers, which include, in the words of Reuters, "discriminatory taxes, onerous and costly certification procedures for foreign cars and [an] unwillingness by Japanese auto dealers to sell foreign cars," have not prevented certain European automakers from doing well in Japan may, in fact, indicate that the problem is American products rather than Japanese protectionism. For instance, the U.S. claims that Japan's preferential tax treatment for kei (light) cars — smaller automobiles whose engine displacement is 660cc — is a trade barrier, but since America doesn't make kei cars it's difficult to understand what it's a barrier to. Kei cars account for about 30 percent of the Japanese car market, which means people like them, and the main reason they like them is their superior gas mileage.
It's also the main reason for the popularity of hybrids. On March 3, the land ministry announced its most recent findings for the best gas mileage among cars sold in Japan. Toyota's hybrid Aqua came out in first place with 35.4 km per liter (in JC08 mode). In second place was the first hybrid car sold in Japan, Toyota's Prius with 32.6km/l. In third place was Toyota's high-end hybrid Lexus at 30.4km/l, and fourth was Honda's hybrid Insight. The highest non-hybrid on the list was the Mitsubishi Mirage, which gets 27.2km/l.
Aqua is also the best-selling model in Japan right now. In February, 24,526 Aquas were sold nationwide, with Prius in second place with 23,473. After that, it was Nissan's Note with 16,497 followed by Honda's Fit. However, overall kei cars still outsell regular cars and hybrids in terms of units, probably because in addition to good gas mileage they cost less to purchase. Suzuki's Alto and Mazda's Carol tied for first among kei cars in terms of fuel efficiency with 30.2km/l. American carmakers will probably not be happy to learn that the government has required all cars sold in Japan to meet stricter efficiency standards by 2015 in accordance with the revised Energy Conservation Law. As it stands, however, a fair number of domestic models already meet these standards.
Of course, the gas mileage figures offered by the government and the automakers themselves should be used purely for comparative purposes. One would probably have to drive straight on an expressway on perfectly balanced tires going downhill with the wind at one's back to achieve 35km/l in an Aqua, but last week we decided to try one out for a day trip to Gunma. We picked up the car in Iwatsuki, Saitama Prefecture, at a branch of Toyota Rental & Leasing. The fee was ¥7,000 for the day, including the use of a car navigation system, plus ¥1,000 for insurance.
We drove about 250 km and ended up spending ¥1,372 for gasoline, which worked out to about 9 liters or a little less than 25km/l. That's much less than the advertised rate, but better than we expected considering that more than a third of the drive was spent on surface roads rather than expressways. But we didn't use the air conditioner, either. And when we checked several websites dedicated to jissai nenpi, or fuel efficiency under real driving conditions, the average gas mileage for the Aqua is around 21.5km/l.
For comparison's sake, in January we rented Nissan's compact (but not kei) March from Nikoniko rentals for ¥4,000 a day with insurance included but no car navigation system. We drove 140 km, none on expressways, and ended up using 8.37 liters, which means gas mileage was 17.9km/l (advertised: 24; real: 20). The advantage of the hybrid is obvious, and will likely become more so when Honda comes out with a new version of its hybrid Fit in August. The company is already boasting that gas mileage will exceed 36, thus topping Aqua. And it will be cheaper, too.
Tags: Honda, hybrids, kei cars, Nissan, Toyota, TPP
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Gas station business losing to reality
Tanks for the memories
According to the Petroleum Association of Japan, the demand for gasoline continues to decrease owing to the popularity of hybrids and mini-cars, the greater fuel efficiency of automobiles in general, and a trend that sees more and more young people foregoing the pleasures of motoring. In 1999, 250 million kiloliters of gasoline were sold in Japan. In 2011 the amount was about 200 million. Consequently, the country doesn't need as many gas stations. There were 60,000 in 1994, only 38,000 in 2011.
The disappearance of gas stations will likely accelerate this year due to a revision to the Fire Prevention Law. Several years ago it was discovered that gasoline reservoirs — the tanks buried under gas stations to store fuel — were leaking at an alarming rate, so the government enacted a law to address the problem. If the tank is 40 years old or older, the owner of the gas station must replace it or repair it. If he doesn't, his license to pump gas could be revoked. Either operation requires excavation and the use of heavy machinery, and costs between ¥1.5 and ¥2.5 million. Many gas stations, in fact, have at least three tanks underground: one for gasoline, one for diesel, and one for kerosene. Each would have to be replaced once it turns 40. The revision went into effect in February 2011, and all gas stations with tanks older than 40 years had two years to comply. At the same time, the government introduced a subsidy that would provide two-thirds of the cost of the replacement-repair if the application is made by the end of January 2013. According to an industry group survey cited in Tokyo Shimbun, as of the end of September only 30 percent of tanks that needed to be changed actually had been. Of the other respondents, 7.5 percent said they are considering closing their businesses due to the revision. Others said they will wait until the last minute to apply for the subsidy. An industry representative told the Tokyo Shimbun that the older the tank the older the gas station owner, so it is likely they will simply decide to retire if no one in the family wants to take over the business. Perhaps in light of these findings, the government has already decided to extend the subsidy period.
It may not make much of a difference. The projection for gasoline demand in 2020 is only 130 million kiloliters. The main problem with lack of demand is that it affects different regions differently. The loss of gas stations in major cities and densely populated suburban regions won't cause major problems, but in outlying rural areas, where there is little public transportation and people rely on automobiles to get around, it could cause an increase in so-called gas refugees.
Among Japan's prefectures, Yamaguchi pays the most for gasoline a year per household — ¥80,000 — while Osaka pays the least, about ¥14,000. If a gas station in Osaka closes, not many people will notice, but if one in Yamaguchi shuts down, the people who relied on it will have to drive even farther to fill up, thus consuming more gasoline just to buy gasoline.
As a side note, the development of electric cars doesn't seem to be much of a factor in these projections. The magainze Toyo Keizai reports that despite government subsidies, the Nissan Leaf, which first went on sale in Nov. 2010, isn't selling as well as expected (and Toyota, which just regained its position as No. 1 carmaker in the world, has cancelled its plans to make an electric).
As of last November, Nissan had sold 43,000 Leafs worldwide, including 19,000 in Japan and 17,000 in the U.S. Since manufacturing capacity is 50,000 cars a year, the model is only fulfilling 43 percent of its potential. Experts say the problem is still driving distance. Even with new improvements in battery storage and efficiency, a full charge for a Leaf will only get you 250 km, while the average compact with a full tank could get you up to 800 km.
The relative savings in gasoline costs enjoyed by the electric car driver doesn't seem to be a major consideration for consumers at the moment. However, this may change as more gas stations disappear, since electric chargers can be installed anywhere without any expensive requirements: dealerships, service areas, even convenience stores.
Tags: automobiles, electric vehicles, gasoline prices
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Jordan Pickford reveals his first World Cup memory - and vows to 'make it right' with England this summer
The Everton goalkeeper is set to start between the sticks for the Three Lions in Russia
Darren Lewis
You have to hand it to Jordan Pickford.
Asked for his World Cup memory, the Everton keeper paused and cast his mind back to 2002.
"The South Korea and Japan one," he said. "The Ronaldinho and Seaman one, unfortunately."
Yes, that one. The nightmare that saw David Seaman lobbed by the Brazilian from 35 yards. The goal which ended England's campaign.
Yet Pickford is poised to pick up the slack 16 years on with Gareth Southgate set to make him his No.1 in Russia.
Stoke's Jack Butland might get a run-out at Elland Road against Costa Rica on Thursday but Pickford's performance in Saturday's 2-1 win over Nigeria did nothing to suggest he will not get the nod on June 18 against Tunisia.
Pickford is set to start for England in Russia (Image: REUTERS)
Ronaldinho lobbed Seaman in 2002 (Image: Reuters)
Of course, it is never straightforward with the Three Lions and Pickford revealed Southgate has yet to tell his keepers which of them goes to Russia as his first choice.
"Nothing's been confirmed yet," said the 24-year-old former Sunderland keeper, with only three senior appearances.
"I just have to keep putting in performances like I did against Nigeria and keep working hard in training.
"That's all I've done throughout my career. Getting the nod on Saturday was brilliant – there's another cap ticked off and another solid performance. That's three good performances for the team.
"Nothing's been said. We've three days of training before the game so I just have to train hard and work hard off the pitch and hopefully I'll get the nod again.
Pickford tussles with Alex Iwobi after Nigeria's goal at Wembley (Image: REUTERS)
"This is my first World Cup. But I've worked with the manager before at under-21 level so maybe he will tell us in advance. But when that will be I don't know."
Pickford's rise to the top has seen him play for England at every level from under-16. Last year he earned a £30million move to Everton.
This year he is on course for the greatest footballing show on earth. "I always take my opportunities," he added. "In football you only get one shot and you have to take it, and I've always taken it.
"I don't show any pressure on the pitch, I show I can play out from the back, I don't feel nervous. I'm embracing the environment of it all."
Butland could start in goal against Costa Rica (Image: Getty)
Trent Alexander-Arnold to be given chance to win World Cup starting berth in Costa Rica friendly
He is well aware of the concern that, with Joe Hart axed, England's three keepers for Russia have just 10 caps between them.
He said: "The only way you're going to get caps is by playing. I've played all the way through the age groups and that was my experience. Now I'm on the main stage and have to play to my strengths.
"It's great for me and the other keepers to have competition. We're training hard and it's not just about meeting up.
"You've got to get in the squad first because there's so many good English goalkeepers out there, all stepping up to the plate, so to get in the squad is hard enough. When you get into the squad you have to train even harder."
World Cup Group G


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May Day 2021
By Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group (MACG)
Revolt Library Anarchism May Day 2021
Author : Melbourne Anarchist Communist ...
(2013 - )
The MACG is an organization of class struggle revolutionary anarchists who share political positions, articulated in theory, strategy and tactics. We aim to encourage struggle by the working class for its own interests and, within that struggle, we aim to advance Anarchist ideas as its necessary philosophical basis.
Anarchist-led trade unions started a campaign for the eight hour day in Chicago in 1886, using direct action as their strategy. The bosses opposed it as both economically ruinous and politically seditious. The campaign started with a strike wave on 1 May, but a worker was shot by a cop, so a protest rally was held on 4 May. At that rally, someone threw a bomb, a handful of coppers died and the police opened fire into the crowd with their guns. Eight Anarchists were arrested and falsely convicted over the bombing. Four were executed, one committed suicide and three were imprisoned. Years later, after a long campaign, the Haymarket Martyrs were exonerated.
International Workers Day
May Day, which grew out of the international campaign for the Haymarket Martyrs, is International Workers Day. It is the day when workers mobilize to demonstrate their strength and celebrate their cause. It is the day when workers show both their international unity and their separation from the capitalists. In Australia, most governments have been keen to erase May Day from public consciousness by establishing Labor Day on a different date in various States. Even where there is no separate Labor Day and May Day is technically commemorated, the holiday is on the first Monday in May.
The Working Class
After a long period of decline, the radical wing of the labor movement is gaining strength. This strength comes from the changing composition of the working class in advanced countries. Independent unions are springing up, while some established unions are tuning in to the demographic changes in their membership. The old days of unions being the preserve of white men in heavy industry are gone. Increasingly, blue collar jobs are more likely to be held by immigrant workers from the Third World, while women are becoming a majority of the union movement in many countries. For these workers, unions aren't vehicles for defending racial and gender hierarchies, but for challenging them. The MUA's motto of 'Touch One, Touch All' is as good a summary of intersectional class struggle as you're likely to find.
Capitalism in 2021 still hasn't defeated the coronavirus pandemic and the downward trend in wage rises in advanced countries hasn't changed. Social inequality continues to increase, while racism and misogyny are entrenched state policy. In many countries, capitalist democracy is crumbling. The radical workers' movement which is being born is still young and weak, but the material conditions are helping it develop. This workers' movement needs to unite internationally in order to overthrow capitalism and end all oppression worldwide. Anarchists need to be part of this movement, for it is our home.
WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!
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It is amazing to see one person (or more accurately a small group of people, led by a single person) turn up the fortunes of a company. This is what I think Jonathan Swartz has accomplished. And quite spectacularly so!
And now, Java released under the GPL license. Nothing short of stunning!
Sun is a company to watch!


In those words are all of the meaning and affirmation from the three Creeds, from the Confession and Absolution, from the preaching of the pastor in the pulpit, from the waters of Baptism, and from the Lord's Supper. Because in all of those things we see and receive the Christ, our Lord Jesus, who in the Son of the Living God. Not the god of stone in a temple, or the god of gold in the idol, or the god of images in a book. He is the Living God, who created all things, who walked among us and lived with us 2,000 years ago, who lives today in our hearts working through the Word and Sacraments. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Living Trinity.
Jesus confirms this confession. He calls it, this confession of the Christ, the Rock of the Church. And He builds the Christian Church upon that confession. For without Christ, there is no Christian Church. The gates of hell, the evil one, and even death will not overcome this confession. For anyone who hears this Word and confesses it in faith by the power of the Holy Spirit will not have hell prevail against them. May it be our confession!
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