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Coronavirus UK: Tracking app shows 75% fewer have symptoms
The number of people with coronavirus symptoms has plummeted by 75 per cent since the beginning of April, a data-tracking app shows.
Latest analysis from the King's College COVID Symptom Tracker app estimates that there are now around 462,700 people with symptoms of the killer infection.
It's a drop of more than three quarters since the 1.9million on April 1 and a staggering 93 per cent since March 23 – when app began to track Britain's outbreak.
While London appears to have overcome the worst of its outbreak, researchers have highlighted two new 'hotspots' – Blackpool and Barrow-in-Furness.
Health chiefs now believe cases are now plateauing – but there are still thousands of Britons infected with the deadly bug, scientists warn.
The Government has come under increasing pressure to release its lockdown exit plans because of claims the outbreak has peaked.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson today moved to snuff out Cabinet pressure for an early easing of lockdown, making clear that a second peak is the UK's biggest threat.
The number of people with coronavirus symptoms has plummeted by 75 per cent since the beginning of April, going from 1.9million to 462,700
The COVID Symptom Tracker works by taking people through a questionnaire about how they are feeling and whether they have the typical symptoms of coronavirus
Developed by researchers at King's College London and company, ZOE, the COVID Symptom Tracker is helping predict the scale of the coronavirus outbreak in the UK.
The public are encouraged to download the app and fill out forms which describe their health and ask about possible coronavirus symptoms.
Healthy people, those who think they might have COVID-19, and those who have been officially diagnosed are all able to take part.
The first set of data was released on March 26. It suggested around one in 10 people were ill with, or had already had, COVID-19.
When applied to the whole of the UK population, it meant an estimated 6.6million people had the virus in the third week of March.
Following that, the team have used data from people who have logged in for seven days in a row to extrapolate to the overall UK population.
Since March 23 people have been confined to their homes under lockdown, and the symptom tracker has shown cases falling as a result.
On April 1 there were 1.9million cases in the UK, mathematical modelling shows, and 1.4million on April 8.
Between April 8 and April 16 cases fell dramatically to 582,640 and even further still to a record low of 462,700 today.
The figures would not detect people who carry the virus but do not show symptoms – it can take up to a week for the tell-tale cough and fever to appear.
Scientists know a portion of those who have fought the disease never knew they had it – but it's not clear how many yet.
The app has also uncovered that there is now no clear difference between cities and the countryside when it comes to predicted COVID cases, as new hotspots appear
London is no longer a key hotspot for predicted cases, as all boroughs have less than two per cent of symptomatics in the population
AREAS OF ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE COVID-19 HOTSPOTS
Areas with large ethnic minority populations make up more than three quarters of England's coronavirus hotspots, a report has revealed.
But numbers coming from Muslim communities in areas which could be expected to be hard-hit are low, and cultural habits may be protecting England's Muslims from the fast-spreading disease.
That's according to a report by Professor Richard Webber, from Newcastle University, and writer and former Labour Party politician, Trevor Phillips.
The report points out that while areas with high proportions of non-white people make up most of the UK's coronavirus hotspots, Asian Muslim areas, largely, do not.
Blackburn, Bradford, Luton, Rochdale and Rotherham, Mr Philips said, are 'conspicuous by their absence' on the list of worst-hit places by the coronavirus as both non-white and poor areas.
He suggests that regular hand-washing before prayer, a young average age and fewer than one in three Muslim women being in work may offer the population ongoing protection from COVID-19.
The report comes as Public Health England launches an inquiry into why non-white people appear to be worse affected by the disease – intensive care reports show that 34.5 per cent of critically ill patients come from ethnic minority groups, despite only making up around 14 per cent of the population.
Scientists say black and Asian people may be at greater risk of catching the disease because they're more likely to live in densely-populated cities and work in people-facing jobs such as public transport or the NHS.
The app has also uncovered that there is now no clear difference between cities and the countryside when it comes to predicted COVID cases.
London is no longer a key hotspot for predicted cases, as all boroughs have less than two per cent of symptomatic people in the population.
Now, hotspots are spread out across England, Wales and Scotland, and they change daily.
The two current hotspots or areas that have not reduced as fast, as of today, are Blackpool, with an estimated 2.9 per cent of people with symptoms of COVID-19, and nearby Barrow-in-Furness with 2.8 per cent.
By region, the North West has the highest percentage of symptomatic people, at 1.61 per cent, followed by London with 1.58 per cent.
Lead researcher Professor Tim Spector said although the steady decline in cases is 'very reassuring', the deaths are still high.
'This is definitely not the time for complacency,' he said.
Professor Spector is against the lifting of lockdown restrictions in the immediate future, after ministers extended it for a further three weeks on Thursday, until May 7.
He said: 'What the data tell us is that there is still a large number of infectious people in the UK with mild symptoms, so to quickly lift the lockdown would not be appropriate.
'We are working closely with NHS Wales and NHS Scotland to explore how the app can be used to speed up and guide the lockdown lift.
'It can work as an early alert, before hospital testing, flagging up any particular spikes in new symptom cases.'
Some 2.3million people in the UK have used the app so far, but the data becomes more accurate the more people sign up.
It was the research team at King's College London that discovered loss of smell or taste is common and an even stronger predictor of being tested positive for COVID-19 than fever.
The figures come after a weekend of hopes the coronavirus crisis is easing, with the lowest number of deaths on Sunday for a fortnight.
The PM has told colleagues his 'overriding concern' about lifting draconian measures is to avoid a second peak.
In a round of interviews this morning, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: 'The PM is very concerned about a second peak if we lift the restrictions too soon.'
Government sources have also been frantically playing down the idea circulated by senior Tories over the weekend that schools could be reopened by mid-May, suggesting early June is more likely.
The timetable emerged amid signs of Cabinet splits over how quickly to ease the lockdown, with fears the economic damage will kill more people than the virus itself.
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OPINION: Rate the new Chelsea 3rd Kit!
Chelsea and Adidas released the new 3rd kit for this season and I would like to know your opinions of it. It's very different to what we have had previously and I personally believe that people will grow to like it. As for wearing it out and about? I'm not so sure.
Following on from the hugely successful Forever Blue campaign which launched the new 2014/15 home shirt in April and the new away shirt in June, adidas and Chelsea Football Club have today revealed the third kit for the forthcoming season.
The new shirt offers a fresh, youthful design that includes the first use of dark navy since 2009/10 when Chelsea won the Premier League and FA Cup double, the only other time the club have worn a dark blue strip.
The shirt features a sound wave graphic on the front, a design which symbolizes the volume of support from the fans at every away game.
The new shirt will be the lightest Chelsea third shirt ever produced, featuring the latest in adiZero lightweight technology and an electric blue, adidas Powerband across the upper back to aid stability.
The new kit will be available at www.chelseafc.com/foreverblue and in stores as of the 23rd of July 2014."
So Chelsea fans, rate the new 3rd kit. What do you think of it?


This exhibition was initiated by the Magnus-Hirschfeld-Society in Berlin and realized in the building of the Berlin Museum of Medical History, which is located on the campus of the Charité Hospital. The exhibition was structured by a 100-meter long and 2.15-meter high wall made of undulated cardboard, designed and built for this occasion. The curved wall served as an Ariadne's thread, guiding the visitors through the exhibition. It also contrasted the existing space and atmosphere, forming five enclosed spaces used to show videos and slide shows. The wall had openings of different size and form, which were treated as showcases for the objects to be exposed. It also served as a background on which images and texts were applied. The last section of the wall had shelves which allowed for the disposal of about 115 large-size postcards. The visitors were invited to choose their own exhibition souvenirs from these cards for free. The exhibition was on show form May 7th to September 14th 2008; the materials used were recycled later on.
Students: Ofri Lapid, Gunnar Voss, David Polzin, Tobias Becker, et al.
Research Question: How to use undulated cardboard at a large scale for exhibition architecture. This implied aesthetic, spacial and structural questions, and development of production methods as much as acoustical, olfactory and fire protection issues.


Prior to the controversial change of the Bitcoin code in 2017, this issue was heavily debated for over two years with some of the community members blatantly refusing this code change. Although it has been done, many of the community members are still not in support of this advancement. Also, most people do not understand the technical workings of this change, thus why we would have to take a closer look at this Bitcoin protocol adaptation which led to the hard fork of the Bitcoin Cash.
The change of the Bitcoin code which is actually the biggest change the Bitcoin software has seen was proposed initially by Pieter Wuille, who was as of 2015 one of the Bitcoin Core facilitators. This proposed change was made as a compromise to the scaling issue that plagued the Bitcoin network. For a long time, the Bitcoin network has been faced with the scalability issue which made the verification of transactions on the network take longer periods of time than expected. Various proposals and solutions were presented to help solve this problem and the implementation of Segwit, as well as the lightning network was one of these solutions. Several Bitcoin community members like the top mining firm Bitmain was accused of refusing the Segwit proposal because it wanted to boost its revenue. Other miners and mining groups blocked the Segwit proposal as well.
The Segwit (Segregated Witness) was first launched to solve not the scalability issue of the Bitcoin network. It was developed to solve the "malleability" problem of the Bitcoin network. This little problem or flaw on the network allowed for users on the network to change the transaction details and are capable of modifying the transaction ID. Although this was not the main problem that faced the network, it prevented the development of certain complex features such as the second layer protocol as well as smart contracts. Segregated Witness solved this problem by removing the "signature" which was otherwise known as witness information, then storing it outside of the transaction block. This allowed blocks on the Bitcoin network to become smaller in size and thus fit more transactions into a single block.
To solve the Bitcoin scaling problem, the Segwit solution presented a concept called the "block weight". This was basically a combination of two functional systems. It is the combination of the block size without and with the data cap, while the Bitcoin transaction base size still remains 1 MB. This means that the Segwit is perfectly compatible with the previous protocol, thus there was no need for a hard fork. Basically, Segwit does not necessarily increase the Bitcoin network block size. Instead, what it does is enable a larger number of transactions within the 1MB block size.
Segwit solves the malleability issue which has hindered the development of projects to be built on top of the Bitcoin network.


The first I noticed was that it is written in ruby. Not that that Ruby is a bad thing but I would have prefeered a wiki system in PHP so I would understand the code myself. This I can live with.
I'm not able to upload files not even images and that is a thing I cannot live without.
When image (file) upload enters Instiki it will contain all I need for a great wiki. I trust they will implement it in a good way… all the other things they made is. It would be cool if I could use the syntax in my weblog… but that is only a matter of doing a little footwork.
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SEOUL — Beijing hopes that talks between the United States and North Korea will be "smooth and achieve substantial progress", China's foreign minister said on Wednesday during a rare visit to Pyongyang as the Asian superpower tries to mend ties with its nuclear-armed neighbour.
The two-day visit by Wang Yi — the highest-ranking Chinese official to travel to North Korea in years — follows a landmark inter-Korean summit and precedes a meeting between the North's leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in coming weeks.
Beijing "fully backs... [North Korea's] efforts to achieve the goal of denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula", Wang was quoted as saying by China's official Xinhua news agency.
He also said that China was "willing to strengthen communication... [with North Korea] and continue to play a positive role in seeking a political solution to the Korean peninsula issue", Xinhua reported.
Wang, who was expected to meet his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho during his stay, was greeted by Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil-song and other officials at Pyongyang airport on Wednesday.
The two top diplomats met in Beijing last month, days after Kim travelled to China for talks with President Xi Jinping.
It was Kim's first overseas trip since he took power in 2011 and came amid signs of a diplomatic thaw.
Wang is the first Chinese foreign minister to visit the North since 2007, a lapse that highlights the rough patch in relations between the allies in recent years.
China — North Korea's sole diplomatic and economic benefactor — has supported a series of United Nations sanctions against the North over its nuclear and missile programmes.
Last year, the North staged its most powerful nuclear test to date and launched missiles capable of reaching the US mainland as Kim and Trump traded threats of war and personal insults, sparking global security fears.
Experts say China is now most likely eager to avoid being marginalised in the wave of diplomacy that led to last Friday's historic summit between Kim and the South's President Moon Jae-in.
Kim is expected to meet Trump in the coming weeks at a time and place yet to be announced.
The North Korean leader has also invited Xi to visit Pyongyang but no date has been set.


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CSU predicts above average activity for 2020 hurricane season
Posted on April 3, 2020 April 3, 2020 by WeatherPreppers
Hurricane Florence flooding (Photo: WCTI)
(CBS News) — As the world battles the coronavirus crisis, researchers are warning of a potentially active Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, which kicks off June 1 through the end of November.
For the 37th year in a row, Colorado State University (CSU) issued its hurricane season forecast Thursday — and the numbers appear significantly above normal.
Specifically, the team forecasts 16 named tropical systems; 12 is the average. Eight of those named systems are forecast to reach hurricane status, with winds greater than 74 mph; Six is the usual amount per year. CSU is also forecasting more major hurricanes than is typical per year: four as opposed to the average of 2.7.
The forecast is also alarming in that it's calling for a nearly 70% chance a major hurricane — which is at least a Category 3 storm with sustained wind speeds of 111 to 129 mph — makes landfall somewhere along the U.S. coast. That's 130% of the long-term average.
The Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) — a collective measure of overall activity in terms of number, intensity and longevity of storms — is forecast to be 140% of the long-term average.
Along with these forecasts, research also shows tropical systems are intensifying more rapidly and likely slowing down their forward motion due — at least partially — to a warmer globe. This is leading to more damage due to stronger winds, heavier rain and flooding.
When multiple crises compound, like COVID-19 and a landfalling hurricane, climate scientists call this a threat multiplier.
"There are only so many resources that we can marshal to mitigate these crises as they become increasingly more frequent and widespread," Professor Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, told CBS News. "We'll be forced into a very troubling triage environment where all we can hope for is to limit the damage, death and destruction."
To construct the hurricane season forecast, the CSU team analyzes several parameters, weighed against past hurricane seasons, including sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic, the presence or lack thereof of El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean and the phase of a natural oscillation in the Atlantic Basin called the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation.
The most significant factor in determining how active a hurricane season may turn out to be is how warm the ocean is. Currently, sea surface temperatures are above normal across most of the tropical development regions in the Atlantic. This is especially true in the subtropical Atlantic close to the U.S. where the Gulf of Mexico, as a whole, is 5 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, with some pockets inflated by a striking 8 degrees.
Warmer sea surface temperatures provide more energy for developing systems. This does not always cause more storms to form, but that "higher-octane fuel" does power stronger systems.
That fact is significant because an increase in storm intensity does not just cause a modest increase in damage, the change can be exponential. For instance, a storm with winds of 150 mph can produce 250 times the damage compared to a storm with winds of 75 mph. So, if water temperatures remain far above normal for the season it is logical to assume, a landfalling storm will likely cause more damage.
Will El Niño play a role this year?
The CSU team also factors in the expected phase of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) – a natural cycle found in the Equatorial Pacific waters. Even though the phenomenon is found thousands of miles away, there is a strong connection between ENSO and the degree of tropical activity in the Atlantic basin.
When ENSO is in its warm El Niño phase, that powers stronger jet stream winds into the Atlantic, disrupting tropical systems, tearing them apart. However, this summer and fall an El Niño is not forecast.
Rather this season, either neutral conditions should dominate or even a cool La Niña may develop. That translates to weaker atmospheric winds and a more nurturing Atlantic environment for tropical systems to flourish.
Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this forecast is the likely presence of a negative Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), a naturally occurring cycle which swings from cool to warm phases every couple of decades. The negative phase corresponds to cooler than normal "North" Atlantic Ocean waters.
In periods where the AMO is in cool phase, Atlantic hurricane seasons tend to be less active, which is the opposite of what is expected this year.
A look at the Atlantic hurricane seasons since 1950. The chart measures the index of seasonal cyclone energy.NOAA
This upcoming season, however, other factors like the absence of El Niño in the Pacific and toasty Atlantic Ocean temperatures may outweigh the overall climate cycle.
While warmer than normal Tropical Atlantic waters do not occur in every region, every year, they are becoming increasingly prominent.
Professor Mann said year-to-year variability is now bolstered by warmer ocean waters due to global heating. Some 90% of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases is stored as energy in the oceans, yielding record setting ocean heat content, year after year.
"Bottom line," Mann said, "Human-caused warming is leading to increasingly intense tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and other basins."
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University of Maryland Convenes Bi-National Meetings on Sustainable Water Reuse Solutions
During a week that included the release of a startling Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report saying that the world has just over a decade to get climate change under control, University of Maryland School of Public Health Professor Amy Sapkota and colleagues convened two bi-national meetings that brought together world leaders who are developing innovative solutions to facilitate sustainable water reuse for food production in the face of climate change, population growth and dwindling freshwater supplies.
Global Water Reuse, Food and Health Workshop
The "Global Water Reuse, Food and Health Workshop", funded by a grant from the US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD), was focused on building an interdisciplinary scientific network to tackle the globally urgent need to enable safe water reuse for food crop irrigation.
The U.S. and Israeli organizers of this workshop, Dr. Amy R. Sapkota (University of Maryland; CONSERVE Center of Excellence; UMD Global STEWARDS), Dr. Yael Mishael (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Dr. Erick Bandala (Desert Research Institute, Nevada), and Dr. Clive Lipchin (Arava Institute for Environmental Studies,Israel), have recently initiated collaborations in agricultural water reuse, and sought to bring U.S. and Israeli colleagues together to define directions and opportunities for actionable water reuse research that can advance agriculture and protect public health.
More than 60 people came to College Park, Maryland for the two-day workshop that included sessions exploring what is known and being investigated about the impacts of recycled irrigation water on public health; food safety and quality; soil health, plant health and crop yields. There were also sessions about farmers' and consumers' perspectives on the use of recycled irrigation water on food crops, as well as regulatory approaches that would be necessary to support successful agricultural water reuse.
Notably, Dr. Mulunesh Abebe Alebachew, Vice President for Research and Community Service of Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia, addressed the attendees on the need for water reuse solutions for agriculture in Ethiopia, reinforcing the need for systems-based approaches that can ultimately support local-to-global solutions to address both water and food insecurity in multiple regions of the world.
Reflecting the broad and interdisciplinary nature of this work, the workshop was kicked off with welcomes from leaders including Dr. Boris Lushniak (Dean, UMD School of Public Health), Dr. Laurie Locascio (Vice President of Research, UMD), Dr. Craig Beyrouty (Dean, UMD College of Agriculture & Natural Resources) and Dr. Benny Chefetz, (Dean, Hebrew University, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment).
Trainees from all participating institutions presented research talks and posters on topics such as DNA-based techniques to characterize total bacterial communities in recycled irrigation water and strategies to remove contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from these alternative irrigation water sources.
Maryland-Israel Water Conference: Water Reuse and Security
The "MD-Israel Water Conference: Water Reuse and Security" followed the two-day BARD workshop. The conference was co-hosted by the Maryland Department of the Environment, the Maryland-Israel Sister State Committee and the University of Maryland-based CONSERVE Center of Excellence. The idea for this conference was spearheaded by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's office and the Maryland Secretary of State's Office after a Maryland-Israel Sister State agreement (MOU) between Maryland and the Negev region of Israel was signed in 2016 by Hogan and Israel's Deputy Minister Meshulam Nahari.
The goal of the Conference was to plant seeds for Maryland-Israel partnerships that could help ensure Maryland's water sustainability and security into the future. Looking to expand Maryland's leadership in technology innovation for water reuse, government and industry representatives, including Ben Grumbles, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Environment and Roy McGrath from the Maryland Environmental Service, spoke about efforts to identify and implement innovative solutions for the water management needs of the state of Maryland.
Israeli leaders, including Yifat Alon Perel, Minister of Economic and Trade Affairs, and executives from Israel-based water treatment and technology companies including the Fluence Corporation, Kando and AMIAD shared how they have developed sustainable water treatment and reuse systems in the context of the world's toughest climates and water conditions in the Middle East.
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The Dangers of Over-Work
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How many hours did you work last week? Was it more than 40? Please don't tell me it was more than 60! The number of hours you work each week has big implications for your health, a new study shows, and this is particularly true for women.
This new research was published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, and concludes that the average person should work no more than 39 hours a week to prevent a substantial decline in mental health. For women, the magic number is just 34 hours per week. Once those limits have been passed, mental health starts to suffer and people are less able to eat well, and take proper care of themselves and those they love.
A 40 hour work-week causes more distress to women than men because they perform more unpaid childcare and household chore responsibilities than men, which adds to their daily schedule. In addition, women tend to have lower paid jobs, with less autonomy over workplace decisions, which can also increase workplace stress.
The research was conducted in Australia, where data was collected from 8,000 adults between the ages of 24 to 64. Generally, it was found that once people began to work more than 45 hours per week, the risk of cardiovascular disease, angina, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and heart attack increased.
While it is true that some work is good for our physical and mental health, there is definitely a threshold whereby people begin to suffer, and that seems to occur when people regularly work more than 12 hours per day or 60 hours per week.
This new information should serve as a warning for people in North America, whose amount of leisure time has decreased from the mid-twentieth century until now. According to a 2014 Gallup poll, the average full-time worker in the US now puts in about 47 hours per week, and 40% of workers work at least 50 hours per week.
True health is more than the absence of illness. It also means having the space and time to enjoy what we have, rather than constantly reaching for more. For many, life is a daily struggle just to make ends meet. Somehow, we have to find a way to re-structure society so that we can all live comfortably, without stretching ourselves past our natural limits.
About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo, and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.
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Grant M. Hayden is Professor of Law at SMU Dedman School of Law, and a former Professor of Law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. He writes and teaches in the areas of voting rights, corporate governance, and labor and employment law. He is the co-author of American Law: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 3rd ed., 2016), with Lawrence M. Friedman.


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Top 12 Fashion Forecasting Agencies for Trend Forecasting & Analytics
Fashion forecasting agencies have a major role to play in the Fashion industry. Trend forecasting services can get expensive at times, and with digitalization taking over any other industry, Fashion Forecasting blogs come in handy for small, business owners, and young designers.
These websites have appropriate data and adequate information for anyone who's starting designers, business owners, or anybody who desires to learn about fashion forecasting.
You can also check out Key Color Trends trends for Design and Forecasting, as we list down the ruling pieces for your ease.
What is Fashion Forecasting?
Fashion Forecasting is a Fashion job that involves researching and analyzing upcoming trends based on consumer data and buying trends.
A fashion forecaster in simpler terms, predicts colors, fabrics, textures, materials, prints, graphics, beauty/grooming, accessories, footwear, street style, and looks that are showcased on the runways.
Fashion and trends are a regular source of inspiration for millions of professionals and thousands of industries and forecasting what a customer will buy tomorrow holds to be in responsible and analytical hands.
They look for styles that are prophetic and relatable notions to capture a customer's mood.
Fashion trend forecasting is just not about choosing or predicting fashion trends, a lot of the research depends on physiological, cultural, and sociological shifts that play a major role in Forecasting fashion.
Top 12 Fashion Forecasting Agencies for Trend Forecasting
WGSN
THE DONEGER GROUP
FASHION SNOOPS
TRENDSTOP
Color Marketing
Design Seeds
1. WGSN
WGSN is the leading fashion forecasting agency so far. Established in 1998, WGSN was founded by brothers Julian and Marc Worth.
As it merged itself with Stylesight in 2013, WGSN became the World's largest network of fashion forecast resources that includes WGSN Insight, WGSN Fashion,
WGSN Lifestyle & Interiors, WGSN Barometer, WGSN Instock, and WGSN Styletrial with maximum subscriptions around the world becoming the only synonym of Fashion trends forecasting.
2. THE DONEGER GROUP
The Doneger Group is a global leader in merchandising and business strategies.
It provides services like Digital expression, insight applications, customer research, and social strategies with a free forecasting blog that provides every relevant information that you need.
Doneger weekly is one of the best features that you can get access to.
3. FASHION SNOOPS
Fashion Snoops is a leading Fashion forecasting agency that researches macro trends and sociocultural shifts.
It helps small designers and boutique owners to think widely and analyze cultural and market needs.
There's full transparency of shared data.
You get real recommendations of data, and analysis to evaluate with added personalized recommendations from the editors to get an open-minded opinion.
4. WE CONNECT FASHION
We connect Fashion helps fashion companies with business, networking, market research, and fashion industry insights that help them grow with add-on expert advice from editors.
Finding inspiration and trend intelligence needed for branding, fashion design, merchandising, and retail decision-making is now made easier with We Connect Fashion.
5. TRENDSTOP
Trendstop helps the fashion and lifestyle industry more sustainable, profitable future with industry reports and market analysis.
They have been in the game since 2002 and giving us insights on fashion market trends that we love.
They also run an additional blog that provides us with the latest trend forecasts and actionable future insights.
6. Pantone
Pioneer for setting the color trends, Pantone is one of the top companies that do fashion color forecasting and gives fashion professionals an insight into what the color trends will look like.
Read about what is Pantone and how it works in a detailed post that we did recently.
The Pantone Color Institute™ provides customized color standards, brand identity, product color consulting, Pantone Color of the Year, Fashion Runway Color Trend Reports, color psychology, etc.
7. Color Marketing
Color Marketing Group is an international, not-for-profit association that has provided color trend data past 50 years.
It involves forecast color directions across all industries that involve a variety of professionals who're in the industry.
Their members also conduct workshops like ChromaZone® Color Forecasting Workshops, Conferences as well as our annual International Summit.
8. Design Seeds
Design Seeds is a digital design blog launched in 2009, Design Seeds has flourished into an international creative community with design forecasts and business analysis.
You can check different summer, spring, autumn, and winter palettes where you can buy their color merchandise also.
9. Trend Council
Trend Council is a team of writers who bring stories about affordable design tools, design trends, and insights into what the future of design looks like.
They help young designers make sensible and affordable design decisions for their business growth.
10. Who What Wear
Who What Wear is an international fashion company known created by Katherine Power and Hillary Kerr founded Who What Wear in 2006, its content sites named WhoWhatWear.com and WhoWhatWear.co.uk, and its affordable, size-inclusive, and trend-forward line of clothing and accessories.
11. BoF (Business of Fashion)
BoF (Business of Fashion)
Business of Fashion hires a team of reporters, editors, analysts, engineers, designers, marketers, and brand strategists who come together to publish fashion and business news, revolutionary stories, and future trend forecasts to their audience.
BoF Professional (exclusive insight, analysis, and opinion), BoF Careers (connecting the best talent with the best job opportunities), BoF Education (fashion's platform for online learning),
have been a few transformational sub-platforms that have been the main source of future forecasting and business discussions.
12. Drapers
One of the leading trend publications in the UK since 6 August 1887. The industry professionals have come up to provide the best industry news, insightful analysis, commentary, and key data, as well as a growing portfolio of face-to-face networking opportunities.
What are the Types of Fashion Forecasting?
Initially, Fashion forecasting was conducted by Fashion Researchers who traveled to various fashion cities and surveyed the leading fashion professionals to give an insight into future prospects, the industry had to offer.
Updated in trade magazines and books, these sources became a holy grail for small-scale businesses and designers as they had the apt research that would help them flourish.
With social media touching heights, trend forecasting has become more accessible to the common mass. These are the two types of Fashion trend forecasting:
Short-term fashion forecasting
Long-term fashion forecasting
1. Short-term fashion forecasting
Short-term forecasting, as the name suggests, refers to a shorter period. Inspired by pop culture and hot trends these trends are often termed FADs.
They're trendy, an upgraded and eye-string of the classic version of classic styles. These fashion trends are targeted at a smaller group of audiences as compared to others.
2. Long-term fashion forecasting
Long-term trend forecasting is well-researched for a longer period, these are the styles that stay for longer and are for a broader audience.
Long-term trend forecasting lasts at least two years or more.
Demographics play an essential role in shaping long-term trend forecasting. There are marketing consultants who work with Fashion/trend forecasters for detailed research.
Short-Term Vs Long-Term Fashion Forecasting
Periodically, Short-Term fashion forecasting refers to research conducted for the coming 6 months to 2 years.
On the other hand, long-term fashion trend forecasting for at least is termed for 5 years.
Since short-term forecasting is meant for shorter periods, the research techniques are immediate, simpler research tools and online publications making it much easier than how it used to be earlier.
Long-Term fashion forecasting looks for more accurate and detailed reports of what's yet to come.
It involves a lot of data research, effective long-term forecasting requires not just a finger on the pulse of current events but also deep knowledge of the inner workings of the fashion industry.
How trends are implemented in Brands?
Brands follow a specific set of trends in their collection. Although infusing trends isn't an apt choice for a short-term basis but fast-fashion brands like Zara, and H&M involve heavily trendy collections to attract the younger market.
Social media platforms like Tiktok and Instagram also direct fashion trends and Fashion analysts are stepping into researching TikTok trends as a result, you'd see more brands introducing Tiktok-friendly fashion.
For Example, Tie and-dye sweatpants became really famous when the coronavirus hit due to major reasons. As the pandemic spread, more people stayed indoors due to the lockdown increasing the rising of sales of nightwear, loungewear, and sweats.
Since tie and dye sweatpants are not only colorful and vibrant, DIYing them is quite an easy deal increasing in people investing more in the tie and die sets making it a huge trend in a pandemic.
You'd see more of these collections in local designer shops to mass brands!
What are the Key Responsibilities that Fashion Trend Forecasting agencies hold?
Every retailer does a different set of techniques for the collections they want to offer to their audience depending on data research.
There are hundreds of designers who work on their collections every season that dictates the running and future trends.
The lifecycle of these trends depends on how fondly these designs have been accepted by the mass.
While trendy collections remain short-termed (6 months to a year) every brand releases a set of classic collections, key pieces that sell for years.
Merchandisers play a key role in understanding what consumers want. They coordinate with buyers to get the predicted best-selling products for the coming seasons.
With experience, the more productive and knowledgeable buyers and merchandisers bring a lot to the table, that retailers depend on.
What is the Future of Fashion Forecasting?
The key role of the fashion forecaster is to predict styles that would flourish in the future. While the duration of the predictions could be short or long-termed, Forecasters, researchers, buyers, and merchandisers play a key role in forming what the mass would prefer to choose, the running trends, and a lot more.
Finding out what will be "the next big thing" isn't easy!
Not only do retailers provide them with various data and feedback information, but a researcher must also dive deep into creative arts for finding stories that would reach and relate to their customers and of course, appropriate science and technology!
Combined with statistical market research and observation of socio-economic shifts, the data sources provide what the next emerging trend may be and show the direction and potential reaction of consumer culture.
Every product goes through its own fashion cycle that is traced from the moment it's been bought in the market to analyze the performances of articles and styles. With the increasing pace of fashion trends.
Observation is not the only key. A trend researcher must have enough references to a product cycle so as to predict what may come.
Fashion Forecasting agencies are also called the "archaeologists of the future" says Li Edelkoort, the owner of Trend Tablet (a Fashion Forecasting agency).
These agencies act as a medium that forecasts upcoming trends that helps designers and retailers predict upcoming trends that helps retailers sell more.


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La Capella de la Resurrecció (en francès Chapelle de la Résurrection, en neerlandès Verrijzeniskapel) és una església catòlica amb clara vocació ecumènica, situada al cor del barri de les institucions europees de Brussel·les. L'edifici és del , i es trobava originàriament al centre de la ciutat. Per causa d'un desenvolupament urbanístic, el 1907 es va traslladar al seu emplaçament actual. L'any 2001, després d'una renovació molt important, l'església va rebre el seu nom actual i la seva orientació ecumènica. La responsabilitat pastoral de la capella es va encomanar a la Companyia de Jesús.

Història

L'edifici actual, que té un origen molt antic i va ser totalment renovat al , es trobava originàriament on avui hi ha l'Estació Central de Brussel·les. Durant una reforma del centre de la ciutat, la capella fou traslladada al seu emplaçament actual en Vanmaerlanststraat, Etterbeek. En aquest lloc, l'edifici formava part d'un convent femení (Dames de l'Adoració Perpètua). El 1989 les germanes van decidir vendre el convent: l'edifici principal és avui la biblioteca i un centre de visites de la Comissió Europea; la capella es va vendre a una associació internacional sense ànim de lucre, que var ser fundada per funcionaris de les institucions europees per convertir-la en un lloc d'oració i celebració litúrgica. Per mitjà de donacions i ajudes de les Conferències Episcopals Catòliques d'Europa (COMECE), la Conferència Europea de les Esglésies (CEC), la Companyia de Jesús, Fundació Rei Balduino i altres nombroses institucions, la Capella fou completament renovada i reformada entre 1999-2000. El 25 de setembre de 2001, l'arquebisbe Godfried Cardenal Daneels va inaugurar oficialment la nova església.

Arquitectura

La façana neorenaixentista i l'exterior de la capella es van conservar íntegrament, però l'interior fou completament reestructurat i redissenyat pels arquitectes Marionex de Brussel·les. Avui és un edifici de quatre plantes: el visitant accedeix a la capella per una recepció (planta baixa), que també es fa servir com espai per a reunions i exposicions. Al soterrani hi ha una cripta, reservada pel silenci i l'oració. La creu platejada és obra de l'escultor belga Philippe Denis. La principal sala litúrgica es troba ara a la primera planta, i és accessible per una escalera interior i un ascensor. Ja que l'església havia perdut la seva alçada original, es van incorporar nous vitralls, obra de l'artista vienès Thomas Reinhold. Els vitralls laterals mostren escenes de la Creació, Encarnació, l'esbarzer o bardissa Ardent i Pentecosta, i el de la façana principal està dedicat a la Resurrecció. En un passadís lateral, la capella té un orgue del taller d'Etienne Debaisieux; l'instrument va ser donat per l'Església Evangèlica Alemanya (EKD). Al pis superior hi ha un saló de reunions i uns despatxos (que no es veuen des de l'exterior).

Dimensió pastoral

La Capella de la Resurrecció no és una parròquia. Per la seva situació pròxima al barri de negocis i les institucions europees (Consell de la Unió Europea, Parlament Europeu, Comissió Europea, etc.), es fa servir com lloc de debat, per trobades i oracions vinculades a les institucions. Amb l'excepció d'una eucaristia dos diumenges al mes a la tarda, la capella només resta oberta els dies de diari, i ofereix una àmplia varietat de celebracions litúrgiques, que es corresponen amb la diversitat de confessions, idiomes i nacionalitats de la majoria del seu públic "europeu". Un equip pastoral format per religiosos i laics voluntaris dirigeixen l'activitat de la capella. Cada matí dels dies de diari hi ha una oració; a més hi ha celebracions catòliques, luteranes i ortodoxes, generalment al migdia, en diferents llengües, tot i que principalment en anglès i francès.

Enllaços externs

 Chapelle de la Résurrection

Edificis de Brussel·les
Esglésies gòtiques
Companyia de Jesús
Esglésies de Bèlgica
Edificis traslladats

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Angel in Disguise é uma canção da banda Musiqq. Eles representaram a Letónia no Festival Eurovisão da Canção 2011 na segunda semi-final, terminando em 17º lugar com 25 pontos, não conseguindo passar à final.

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Canções do Festival Eurovisão da Canção


The NFL on Tuesday cleared the Washington Redskins of tampering with defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth before the official start of free agency.
Teams were prohibited from speaking to other teams' potential free agents until 12:01 a.m. Feb. 27. The Redskins and Haynesworth reached a contract agreement five hours later.
The Tennessee Titans reportedly claimed the Redskins had negotiated with Haynesworth's agent, Chad Speck, before that date.
The NFL notified the Washington Redskins today that following an extensive review it cannot conclude that a tampering violation occurred in the team's signing of free agent Albert Haynesworth last February, the league said in a statement. The Redskins assured the league that they will re-emphasize with club executives the importance of abiding by the anti-tampering policy and ensure compliance with those rules.
Had they been penalized, the Redskins would have had to forfeit a draft choice or pay a fine. Although tampering claims are often difficult to prove, San Francisco was docked a fifth-round pick last year when the league ruled it had communication with Drew Rosenhaus, the agent for Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs.
Haynesworth signed a seven-year contract worth a guaranteed $41 million and has played 10 of the Redskins' 13 games. He missed Sunday's victory at Oakland with an ankle injury but is expected to return to practice Wednesday.
Running back Clinton Portis, who was placed on the season-ending injured reserve list Dec. 8, said he won't pick up his physical activity until February.
I really haven't tried to lift [weights], he said on ESPN 980's The John Thompson Show. I'm still doing the treadmill. I tried to run outside, and it seemed like everything around me was bouncing. Once they put me on IR, there was no rush to go out and try to run again.
Portis hasn't visited with doctors since his exams last week in Pittsburgh.
The Redskins released D'Anthony Batiste and signed linebacker Curtis Gatewood from Pittsburgh's practice squad.
Batiste played in eight games this year but saw extensive left tackle time in one game (at Carolina) when he replaced Chris Samuels.
Gatewood was on the Redskins' practice squad two times last year before playing six games with Kansas City. He has been with the Chiefs, Detroit, Philadelphia and the Steelers since last season.


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World Champions Secure Continental Titles On Final Day Of Asian-Pacific Championships
2021 GAMMA World Champions Sandra Succar from Lebanon and Eljan Gassanov from Kazakhstan underlined their class as they added the Asian-Pacific titles to their list of achievements on a highly competitive final day of action at the 2022 GAMMA Asian-Pacific Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
Kazakhstan lived up to its pre-event billing as favourites to finish top of the medals table by winning ten golds as part of their overall haul of 25 medals, finishing well clear of second placed Kyrgyzstan who won 6 gold medals and a total of 11.
With the final day of competition split into two sessions, the day started well for Kazakhstan as they won 6 of the 10 titles available in the first session. The opening victory went to Syrym Satyy in the 52.2kg category bout against Laki Weshi from India. It was a reverse of fortunes in the second match as India won their first title in the 70.3kg category contest when popular athlete Sumit Bhyan beat Kazakhstan's Bakhtiyar Kassymov, and in doing so retained the Asian title that he won in 2021.
Kazakhstan won their second title during the third bout of the day via Manarbek Shaikhenov, before the 2021 World Champion Eljan Gassanov took on his countryman Nurkhan Zhumagazy in the first of four all-Kazakhstan contests. The world champion, who was the heavy favourite for the 77.1kg title, duly delivered and remains the outright global star of the 77.1kg weight category.
Kyrgyzstan's Adis Uulu Taalaibiek beat Kazakhstan's Islam Davranov in the 83.9kg contest to win their first title of the day, before teammate Farida Abdueva won the first of two titles when she emerged victorious in the 52.2kg striking contest against Polina Tumayeva before returning to the ring in the second session and defeating Madina Katyzina and securing the two gold medals.
All eyes were on the two world champions coming into the event, and with Gassanov earlier winning his match, the pressure was on Succar to try and do the same. She had to wait until the third bout in the second session before she had her chance in the ring, but the wait didn't faze her, and she secured the title by beating Kazakhstan's Meruyert Ibrayeva in their 65.8kg contest. Her performance clearly inspired her teammate, as two bouts later, compatriot Aurore Sahyoun secured the second gold medal for Lebanon when she defeated Desi Rahayu from Indonesia in the 72.6kg category.
With an expectant crowd waiting patiently to see their home stars in the final contests of the day, there was still time for other nations to attempt to secure their first titles. In the 56.7kg striking category, Aprilia Lumbantungkup from Indonesia silenced the crowds when she defeated Thai woman, Khemika Suwanchot and won Indonesia's only title.
The final contest of the championships saw home favourite Suttharang Norachart take on Tath Lomdik from India in the 52.2kg striking category. This time the vocal crowds were brought to its feet as they celebrated wildly as Norachart secured the only gold medal of the championships for the host nation when beating That Lomdik in the first round, a fitting end to a great event.
With 10 nations returning home with at least one medal, including Australia, Japan, and Timor Leste, it was a great advert for MMA talent in the two regions.
During his closing speech, GAMMA President Alexander Engelhardt had one final duty, to announce the best athletes of the championships who would be rewarded with a ONE Lumpinee contract. Announcing the winners, Engelhardt said, "As the International Federation, it is our duty to give athletes opportunities to move to the next level. This has been a great event, thanks to everyone that has made it possible and the best wishes to all of you in your future careers."
The best athletes of the event were awarded to:
Sandra Succar (Lebanon) 65.8kg category
Sumit Bhyan (India) 70.3kg category
Farida Abdueva (Kyrgyzstan) 52.2kg striking MMA category
Almaz Sarsembekov (Kazakhstan) 61.2kg striking MMA category
For the full results of the Asian-Pacific Championships, click here. For highlights of the event, visit GAMMA's Facebook and YouTube channels.


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Lance Armstrong implosion vindicates all the whistleblowers who tried to raise the doping alarm over the past decades
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 by: J. D. Heyes
Tags: Lance Armstrong, whistleblowers, vindication
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(NaturalNews) For years, professional cycling experts and insiders said Lance Armstrong was cheating. They said he was doping. They said he was guilty.
No one believed them. They were shunned by an adoring public, written off as crackpots or even worse.
Now, all of those voices who pointed an accusing finger at the sport's once most famous, now most infamous competitor have been vindicated.
"Eleven years of bullying and threats," Kathy LeMond, the wife of cyclist Greg LeMond, one of Armstrong's earliest targets, wrote on Twitter. "LA is now the Greatest Fraud in the History of Sports."
Such vindication may also have grave financial implications for Armstrong, CNN reported.
For example, a Texas insurance company that refused to pay Armstrong a $5 million bonus for winning a Tour de France once, because of reports that he had doped, wound up having to pay not only the bonus but Armstrong's legal costs.
Once trashed, now the whistleblowers find peace in the truth
When all was said and done, SCA Promotions paid out $12 million over the years. Now, the firm is "considering all legal options" to recoup its money.
Even the media is looking for a piece of Armstrong. London's Sunday Times is considering a suit against the disgraced cyclist over a libel case he brought against the paper that resulted in a costly award.
The trouble brewing for Armstrong comes after the International Cycling Union, the sport's international governing body, agreed with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's decision to take away Armstrong's seven Tour de France titles.
The stripping of his titles was the climax of a tumultuous few weeks for Armstrong, whose free fall from grace began with the release of hundreds of pages of testimony and other evidence detailing Armstrong's involvement in what the anti-doping agency called the most sophisticated doping program in the history of the sport.
The report included a number of damaging elements, including affidavits from notable critics of Armstrong including critics Frankie and Betsy Andreu, Tyler Hamilton, Emma O'Reilly and Floyd Landis, all of whom spoke out against Armstrong at one time or another and, in a variety of ways, paid the price for doing so.
Fellow cyclist Frankie Andreu was once a close friend of Armstrong, but he had a falling out with him after his wife, Betsy, began to cooperate with a reporter writing a book about doping allegations against the serial Tour winner.
According to the Andreus, they were present in a hospital room in Indianapolis when Armstrong admitted to a physician treating him for cancer in 1996 that he had taken performance-enhancing drugs.
Later, both of them testified about what they had seen and heard during the arbitration case against Armstrong filed by a company that sought to avoid paying out bonuses to him for victories during which he had been accused of doping.
They would pay for that decision, Frankie Andreu said.
"I have been told that my public disputes with Lance Armstrong have made it more difficult for others in the cycling industry to work with me because they fear reprisal from Lance and his associates," he said in his USADA affidavit.
He went on to say that his wife was, at one point, pressured heavily into signing a statement recanting the story. When she refused to do so, she was "vilified."
"I became, in Lance's words, 'bitter' and 'vindictive' and 'jealous,'" she said in her affidavit.
O'Reilly, once Armstrong's personal assistant, said things began to finally get easier for her once the USADA's report came out.
'Now, Emma, you know enough to bring me down'
Like fellow whistleblower Betsy Andreu, O'Reilly first told her story in the French book "L.A. Confidentiel," which was co-written by sports reporter David Walsh of London's Sunday Times.
She told the anti-doping agency she went on a secret trip to pick up and drop off what she believed were doping products for Armstrong. Continuing, she said she was in the room when Armstrong and two other team officials developed a plan "to backdate a prescription for corticosteroids for a saddle sore to explain a positive steroid test result during the 1999 Tour de France," CNN reported.
"Now, Emma, you know enough to bring me down," Armstrong told her after the meeting, she says.
Speaking after the release of the report, O'Reilly said she endured "two-and-a-half to three years of hell" for speaking out.
"I got subpoenaed, I got ... kind of ostracized and just the stress levels ... and all for telling the truth. As well as feeling feelings of guilt because I knew then that there were certain people now who would not speak to me again, and have never spoken to me again, and it's a shame because I lost those friendships," she says.
Walsh said he took his share of abuse too but it was worth it to expose Armstrong in the end.
"It's been a good journey because the truth was never hard to find in this story. You only had to be interested in looking. What made it interesting was how many people Armstrong had watching his back," he wrote.
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Alicia Keys, Jay-Z and Nas perform at Carnegie Hall to Benefit the United Way of New York City.
"I always wanted to say this in Carnegie Hall," Jay-Z said last night, midway through the second of his two charity shows this week at the hallowed New York institution. "Is Brooklyn in the house?"
The roar he received in response suggested that his home borough was well-represented among the finely attired patrons of the arts who had handed over as much as $15,000 to be there. All proceeds went to fight poverty via United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation, organizations that help secure good educations for low-income students – kids like Shawn Carter once was back in Brooklyn.
But that was ages ago. More than any rapper before him, Jay-Z has become part of America's cultural royalty in the past decade – hobnobbing with Oprah and Obama, publishing a book exploring his lyrics' intricacies, and, oh yeah, selling out arenas whenever he feels like it. Headlining Carnegie Hall was just one more coronation moment in a career full of them.
Dressed to the nines in a tux and dark shades, he brought a thoroughly satisfying selection of old and new classics to life – nothing from his 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt, or last year's Kanye West collab, Watch the Throne, but the best of everything in between – with help from a 40-piece orchestra and the Illadelphonics, led by the Roots' Questlove on drums. The set list was more or less the same carefully honed hit parade he's delivered at Coachella, Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium and countless other venues in recent years. As always, he defined effortless charisma as he recited the well-known lyrics with a little extra energy on this special night. The audience, which included Chris Rock, Jay-Z's mother Gloria Carter and other luminaries, was in the palm of his hand the entire time.
Alicia Keys came out early on, as she had the previous night, to assist Jay on a thrilling rendition of "Empire State of Mind." It sounded better than ever in that room – one of the world's sweetest acoustic spaces – and Jay's pride in the moment was clear. Next up was a mini-set by Nas, who tore though "N.Y. State of Mind" and "If I Ruled the World" with Keys on piano and vocals. On the former song, Jay actually served as hypeman to his onetime archrival, a remarkable sight for anyone who was paying attention to rap in 2001.
"I'm supposed to talk at this part," Jay-Z said a few songs later, during the elegant orchestral interlude that followed "Run This Town." "But I just want to take it in for a second. I can't believe we're in this building tonight." With that, he launched into 2007's triumphant "Roc Boys," given extra heft by the orchestra's brass section. The hits kept coming: "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," "I Just Wanna Love U," "Hard Knock Life," "Izzo." After a titanic "99 Problems" and an insouciant "Girls, Girls, Girls," he reached the evening's most emotional stretch, with the regretful 2001 cut "Song Cry" followed by "Glory," his heartfelt tribute to newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter. When the song was over, he let the orchestra ride its mellow beat for a while longer, soaking it in. "Thank you, New York City, for letting me share that moment with you," he said.
Following a brief encore, he returned to the stage once again – finally ascending to an upper balcony, where he stood among the faithful and teased them with quick bits of a few more favorites, plus a reverent a cappella tribute to a fellow Brooklyn poet who didn't make it this far. "My homeboy ain't here to rock these halls the way he would have," he said before rapping a verse each from the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy" and "Mo Money Mo Problems." "We gotta sing so loud for B.I.G."
String overture
"Most Kings"
"U Don't Know"
Band medley: "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel cover)/"New York, New York" (Frank Sinatra cover)/"New York Is Killing Me" (Gil Scott-Heron cover)
"Empire State of Mind" (with Alicia Keys)
Nas mini-set: "N.Y. State of Mind," "If I Ruled the World"
"Roc Boys"
"Dirt Off Your Shoulder"
"I Just Wanna Love U"
"Hard Knock Life"
"Song Cry"
(short break)
"Jigga My Nigga"
"Jigga What, Jigga Who"
"Big Pimpin'"
"Young Forever"
In This Article: Alicia Keys,	Carnegie Hall,	Charity,	Jay-Z,	Nas


Buzz Lightyear, the plastic spaceman who helped conquer the toy box in the wildly popular Toy Story films, returns in this animated adventure. Buzz (voice of Tim Allen) and his partner Agent Z (voice of Diedrich Bader) have devoted themselves to keeping Gamma Quadrant in Deep Space free of evildoers, but when Agent Z is lost in battle, Buzz is determined that from now on, he has to go it alone. However, after the evil Emperor Zurg (voice of Wayne Knight) kidnaps Buzz's allies, the LGM -- aka Little Green Men (voice of Patrick Warburton) -- Commander Nebula (voice of Adam Carolla) orders Buzz to bring along reinforcements as he flies into battle. With the help of female Space Ranger Mira Nova (voice of Nicole Sullivan), LGM-designed android XR (voice of Larry Miller), and janitor/aspiring Space Ranger Booster (voice of Stephen Furst), Buzz sets out to defeat Zurg's minions and bring back the LGM safe and sound. Unlike the first two Toy Story features, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins was created using traditional cel animation rather than digital computer animation techniques, though computer animation was used for the film's prologue. The film's theme song is sung by another noted space voyager, William Shatner.
Whipping up the energy to dislike it seems entirely disproportionate to how trivial and disposable the product is.
It's very rare for Disney to cash in on anything so I was surprised at how enjoyable this was. It still follows basic Disney characterisation: Team Lightyear consists of heroic and brave Buzz, spunky red-headed female, big, clumsy and lovable red guy and a comedic robot. And Agent Z's true identity will shock nobody. And yet for all of this it does have a charm and I did find myself smiling. It cannot touch the Toy Story films but it's still an above-par Disney STV.
A nice way to keep the character going without the rest of the cast from the movies.
XR: You know, the guy's supposed to be some kind of evil genius, and best he can come up with is a ventriloquist act! What's next, evil juggling?
Buzz Lightyear: He is good. I am better.
Booster: So that's why Buzz wants to ditch us!
Buzz Lightyear: (Annoyed)I am NOT getting a nose ring. Nobody is getting a nose ring, (Tone shifts to angry) it's against the rules!
Buzz Lightyear: [annoyed] I am NOT getting a nose ring. Nobody is getting a nose ring, [tone shifts to angry] it's against the rules!


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BICYCLES AND HELMET REQUIREMENTS FOR BICYCLES AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES1
10.32.010 Definitions.
10.32.020 Repealed.
10.32.030 License – Issuance – Fee – Term.
10.32.040 License – Transfer.
10.32.050 State statutes adopted.
10.32.060 Operation on certain sidewalks prohibited.
10.32.070 Abetting violations prohibited.
10.32.080 License – Alteration or destruction prohibited.
10.32.090 Impoundment of abandoned or violating bicycles.
10.32.100 Possession by other than licensed possessor.
10.32.110 Police department duties.
10.32.120 Collected moneys disposition.
10.32.140 Penalty and enforcement.
10.32.150 Purpose and policy.
A "bicycle" is defined as any two-wheeled vehicle, or any unicycle or tricycle, propelled by pedals and not required to be licensed as a motor vehicle under the laws of the state. (Ord. 2948 § 2, 2007; Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1784 § 1, 1977; Ord. 1731 § 1, 1975).
10.32.020 License – Required – Tag.
Repealed by Ord. 2906. (Ord. 1731 § 2, 1975).
The chief of police is authorized and directed to issue, upon written application, bicycle licenses which shall be effective when issued and remain good until further amendment or repeal of the ordinance codified in this chapter. The fee for such license shall be the sum of $5.00, which shall be paid at the time of the issuance of the license. A license may be issued for an individual or the individual's family. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1784 § 2, 1977; Ord. 1731 § 3, 1975).
Bicycle licenses shall be transferable upon application made to the chief of police, and upon payment of a transfer fee of $2.50. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1731 § 4, 1975).
Bicycles shall be operated on public rights-of-way in compliance with the rules of the road as set forth in RCW 46.61.750 through 46.61.780, which state statutes are by this reference incorporated in this section and made a part of this section, the same as though fully set out in this section. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1731 § 5, 1975).
It is unlawful, except as provided in this section, to ride any bicycle upon sidewalks along Water Street extending from Monroe Street to Harrison Street; on Washington Street extending from Monroe Street to Taylor Street; on Taylor Street extending from Washington Street to Front Street; on Taylor Street extending from Jefferson Street to Washington Street, including the stairs and the grassy area within the right-of-way; on Adams Street extending from Washington Street to Water Street; on Quincy Street extending from Water Street to Washington Street; on Lawrence Street extending from Taylor Street to Harrison Street; on 12th Street extending from Landes Street to Haines Street, including the transit passenger waiting area; on Madison Street from Washington Street to the City Dock; and on Sheridan Street between 7th Street and 11th Street. Uniformed and plainclothes bicycle patrol officers, while conducting official police business, are exempted from the provisions of this section. (Ord. 3127 § 1, 2015; Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2614 § 1, 1997; Ord. 2361 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1731 § 6, 1975).
It is unlawful for any parent or guardian to authorize or abet the violation of this chapter or for any adult to counsel, advise or direct a minor child to violate this chapter. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1731 § 7, 1975).
It is unlawful to remove, deface, alter, mutilate or destroy any bicycle license attached to a bicycle, or which has been attached to a bicycle. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1731 § 8, 1975).
Any bicycle found abandoned, or operated in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of state laws may be impounded by the police department, if the officer determines there is a threat to public safety, and there are no reasonable alternatives to impoundment. The bicyclist will be given written notice of when and where the impounded bicycle may be reclaimed. The bicycle shall be released to an individual who can establish ownership of the bicycle. No fee shall be charged. If the bicycle is not reclaimed within 30 days, it will be subject to sale or disposal consistent with city procedures. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1731 § 9, 1975).
Possession of a bicycle not licensed to the possessor thereof shall constitute prima facie evidence of wrongful possession of the bicycle. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1731 § 10, 1975).
The police department shall provide forms for applications, transfers and other transactions under the terms of this chapter and shall keep a record of licenses issued, to whom issued, description of bicycle, license numbers, identifying numbers, and such other records as may be useful in the enforcement of this chapter. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1731 § 11, 1975).
All funds collected under this chapter shall be remitted to the current expense fund. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1731 § 12, 1975).
10.32.130 Helmet required.
A. A violation of this chapter is a traffic infraction and shall be processed and administered according to the procedures set forth in Chapter 46.64 RCW, and applicable court rules. The penalty for any infraction established under this chapter shall be as follows:
1. The penalty as provided in the monetary penalty schedule for infractions adopted by the Supreme Court, as amended, which is adopted by reference as if fully set forth herein.
2. For any unscheduled infraction, the penalty is $10.00 for the first violation. The penalty for a second violation of this chapter within a one-year period shall be $25.00. The penalty for a third violation of this chapter within a one-year period shall be $50.00.
The penalties may be reduced, suspended or deferred in the discretion of the court.
A separate violation exists if, after a person is issued a citation, a person continues, renews, resumes, or commits a violation of this chapter, notwithstanding the second violation is within the same day.
Any person charged with a violation under the provisions of this chapter shall respond to the traffic citation in the manner set forth in Chapter 46.64 RCW, which is adopted by reference for the city. A notice of infraction may be issued by the chief of police or the chief's appointed officers or by a specially commissioned police officer. "Law enforcement officer" in this chapter includes any specially commissioned police officer.
The court shall send written notice to the parent or guardian of any person under the age of 18 involved in a traffic infraction under this chapter. (Ord. 2948 § 3, 2007; Ord. 2922 § 1, 2006; Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005).
A. It is the express purpose of this chapter to provide for and to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this chapter.
B. Nothing contained in this chapter is intended to be, or shall be, construed to create a duty to enforce this chapter or to form the basis for liability on the part of the city of Port Townsend or its officers, employees, or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of any person to comply with this chapter. No provision of this chapter is intended to impose any duty upon the city or any of its officers or employees, which would subject them to damage in a civil action. (Ord. 2906 § 1, 2005).
For provisions on bicycle paths, see Chapter 10.20 PTMC.


Increasing importance of manual therapies… Manual therapy supports the medicine manual therapy in the treatment of functional disorders of the locomotor system. Manual therapy is applied accordingly especially in joints, muscles, and nerves. Only specially trained physiotherapists and masseurs may perform manual therapy as a treatment method. A manual therapy is prescribed by the respective doctor after previous diagnosis. This is the amount of prescribed therapies aimed after the diagnosis.
To get the training certificate to the manual therapist, you need at least 260stundige training, which however exceeds the 400 hours in the most approved continuing education provider. Physiotherapeutsiche healing practices physical therapy is a form of external application of healing practices and focuses on the activity restrictions and complaints of the patients, which are made visible in the form of a medical diagnosis treatment. Physiotherapy treatments use primarily the manual Skills of the therapist, in some cases supplemented by natural physical stimuli (such as heat, cold, radiation, pressure) and promote the awareness and the own activity of each patient. Applications of Physiotherapeutic treatments physiotherapeutic treatment methods are used in almost all medical areas: Neurology, psychiatry, orthopaedics, but also in Pediatrics and internal medicine. In addition, professional athletes can be and in increasing number of amateur athletes, treat with physiotherapeutic methods. Even in the intensive care unit of a hospital physical therapists help support the vital functions and the health of patients. 'S core competencies of of practice Bernhardi from Hanover include professional manual therapy, manual therapy, physiotherapy, physiotherapy.


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Basketball club UNICS
UNICS
UNICS-2
United League VTB
Russian Cup
United Youth League VTB
Basket-Hall
Entertainment during the game
Hotel and sports complex in Vasilyevo
Contacts / Press
tickets / season pass
Main ⁄ News ⁄ Main news ⁄ UNICS smashed Loko
UNICS smashed Loko
It took a little more than 6 minutes for UNICS to remove all questions about the result of the match. 23:2 – it was with this score that Kazan started the match with Lokomotiv-Kuban in Krasnodar, and by the half time they had achieved an impressive handicap "+29" (50:21). In the middle of the 3rd quarter, the lead of the guests for the first time exceeded the 30-point mark (64:33). In the final ten minutes, our guys understandably slowed down and allowed Loko to reduce the final difference – 82:70. UNICS wins its 11th victory of the season and continues chasing the leading CSKA.
VTB United League. Regular season. Round 12.
Lokomotiv-Kuban (Krasnodar) – UNICS (Kazan) – 70:82 (9:29, 12:21, 18:18, 31:14)
UNICS: Macon (20+6 assists), Reynolds (13+5 rebounds), Labeyrie (13+7 rebounds), Ilnitsky (11+4 rebounds), Zhbanov (6+ 5 rebounds+2 assists)
Lokomotiv-Kuban: Willis (15 + 5 rebounds), Barford (15), Kvitkovskikh (13).
POSTGAME COMMENTS:
Velimir PERASOVIC, BC UNICS head coach:
«We played well for 30 minutes. The first half is probably our best segment this season. But I'm not at all happy with what I saw in the final quarter. We stopped scoring, relaxed in defense. It is clear that the players involuntarily lose concentration when there is such a gap, but this should not be allowed. VTB United League is a good level tournament. I think we can improve the team chemistry even more. But I am pleased that even in matches when things don't work out for us, like, for example, in the previous round with Samara, we manage to achieve victories».
Daryl MACON, BC UNICS guard:
«The game was great. I think it was one of our best games defensively for 3 quarters. We could've did better in the 4th but we stayed together. We played together. Trusted each other and came out on top. It was big road win that we needed».
Stanislav ILNITSKY, BC UNICS forward:
«It was a pleasure for me to return to Krasnodar and play in the Basket Hall, I thank the local fans for warmly welcoming me. We actively started the match and already in the first quarter we made a serious start. Everything worked out for us on offense, we ran into fast breaks and did not give any slack in defense. We managed to get a big advantage in the score due to aggression and pressure on the ball. I think that for 30 minutes we looked confident both in defense and in offense».
Alexander SEKULIC, BC Lokomotiv-Kuban head coach:
«Congratulations to UNICS – they prepared very well for the match. In the first quarter, we simply did not exist – neither in defense nor in offense. It looked as if the opponent had stunned us with his aggressiveness. UNICS have very skilled players who play very aggressive defense and fight back without fouls. We prepared the team for such intensity, but in the end it turned out that the team looked passive, especially in the first half of the match. It is very difficult to win a match after such a start, but we set ourselves the goal of reducing the gap as much as possible – and we can find some positive in the fact that we did at least that».
2022-11-25 «Локомотив-Кубань» – УНИКС
We continue the fight in Kazan
Daryl Macon and Louis Labeyrie will play for the Russian Cup
UNICS took part in the meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan
Daryl Macon was included in the All-VTB United League Team of the week!
We beat Avtodor and win the anniversary victory!
United League VTB Russian Cup United Youth League VTB Euroleague Eurocup
Photos Video
Administration History Basket-Hall Entertainment during the game Hotel and sports complex in Vasilyevo Dance Team Contacts / Press Our sponsors and partners
UNICS UNICS-2


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To become successful as a chemist, one must not only be broadly based in the fundamental facts, theories and techniques of chemistry but also be able to apply these capabilities imaginatively to new chemical problems.
The graduate program in chemistry at The University of Montana is built on the philosophy that students can best achieve these important goals by interacting closely with faculty who are practicing chemists as well as good teachers. For a typical student, this interaction begins in the classroom. Class sizes are generally small (3-8 students) allowing for lively discussion. Faculty are accessible to students for consultation. The range of course offerings in chemistry educates students well in the fundamentals of all major areas of chemistry as well as in highly specialized research areas close to the frontiers of knowledge.
The crux of graduate education, however, is participation in research, where a student further develops fundamental skills while learning to apply them to solving chemical problems. The close interaction between faculty and students begun during course work continues in research groups. Faculty and students often work side by side in the laboratory. Formal and informal group meetings are frequent. However, students are expected to become increasingly independent in their research as their skills and confidence develop.