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South Africa: Government revises phone tracking plans
The government has issued a substantial rewrite of a controversial proposal to track people using their phones and other devices in the bid to contain Covid-19. AmaBhungane, an investigative journalism newsroom, said the first "directions" – issued last week by the minister of communications – raised "serious concerns for their vagueness and lack of privacy protections". The new regulations provide more judicial oversight, restrict the purpose to contact tracing, and aim to ensure that…
South Africa: Data-sharing and misinformation emergency laws violate constitution
The regulations brought in to curb the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa included directions published by the minister of communications and digital technologies that critics claimed violated the country's constitution. On the plus side, the regulations ordered service providers to ensure continued provision of internet and telecommunications services, and enabled temporary licensing of spectrum bands, which could increase internet capacity. However, the regulations also make publishing a…
South Africa collates location data to track and trace
The South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research will partner with Telkom and Samsung to create a track and trace system specifically for the South African context, which includes high levels of economic inequality, poverty, and overcrowding. The system will collate data sources such as GIS in order to track those who may be infected and those whom they may expose to the virus. In some communities, the Department of Health…


Make straw rockets! This simple rocket activity kept my crew busy for a long time, and it's so simple to do! Blow into the straw and launch your rocket. Then do it again and again!
We put these rockets together in about 10 min. The longest part was waiting for the glue gun to heat up!
Straws – we used one regular sized straw and one large straw for each rocket. Many grocery stores carry milkshake straws that are great for the rocket part. Or you can just order large straws on Amazon.
Duct tape – we used the narrow 3/4 inch wide kind, but any kind is fine.
First, cut off a section of the milkshake straw. Cover one end with duct tape. Make sure that it's totally sealed with no openings for air to escape.
Then cut 3 small triangles out of craft foam. These will be the fins for the rocket.
Hot glue your fins to the base of the straw, and you're all set! Grab a regular straw for launching the rocket. Ours were bendy straws, which was fun because we could bend up one end to hold the rocket. It will work either way, though. You can either launch the rocket straight up, or blow it forward.
Then it's time to play! Load your rocket on the end of the straw.
Then give it a firm blow. That's all there is to it! It goes higher than this – I tried to catch it on the way up because otherwise I couldn't fit my son and the rocket in the same photo!
Janie is 3, and she was quite impressed with this activity.
For some reason she just had to fling the straw up as she blew, so the rocket ended up going over her head and behind her almost every time. Ha!
Putting the rocket back on the straw provides great fine motor practice for this age group!
Truly when someone doesn't know afterward its up to other viewers that they will assist, so here it happens.
Great idea! I'm a grandma who loves doing "boy things" with my granddaughters as well as "girlie things". I had two sons & one daughter. Now my six grandchildren (6 girls & 2 boys) all do everything with me – baking, drawing, acting, dancing,campfire cooking, sewing, carpentry etc. with me when we are together. It's always fun and their parents appreciate the break – and sometimes join it! I love the quick, fun for everybody craft like this for sitting around the table while dinner cooks and looking forward to a fun activity after cleaning up the kitchen together!
Ik heb dit gemaakt met een stukje opgerold karton, vermits ik geen twee maten rietjes had. Verder wat verpakkingsschuim in plaats van faam. Knutselen moet je kunnen doen met wat je thuis hebt. Prima gelukt, een super idee. Mijn kleinzoon vond het leuk.
Your right about the plastic part, but what a great idea. I have been teaching for many years and children should learn deep breathing techniques. Using a straw encourages deep breathing. Kodos to you!
I've tried it with my children and we've had a great time.
Visit MYOWNATELIER and discover a lot of original and easy DIY proposals to do with your kids … and have a good time!!!
I would love to share this on my blog. Would that be okay?
Hi Cindy! It would be fine to share one photo and a link back to my blog for the instructions. However, please do not share more than one photo or copy and paste the post onto your blog. The photos and text are copyrighted material.


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Philippines landslides toll may top 200
At least 200 people have been killed or are feared dead in the series of landslides that hit the central and southern Philippines over the weekend, civil defence officials have said.
Most people were asleep when landslides hit the towns in Leyte
They said on Sunday 77 people were confirmed to have died while another 123 were still missing and were feared dead after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in the central island of Leyte and the southern island of Mindanao since late on Friday.
Government officials said most of the people were asleep when the landslides hit the San Francisco and Liloan towns in Southern Leyte province late on Friday.
About 300 people were evacuated to safer areas after troops rushed to the disaster zone to rescue victims trapped under mud and debris dumped from the nearby hills, officials said.
"This is the worst experience we have had in years," said Rosette Lerias, governor of the province.
Officials earlier said at least 70 people were killed.
Lerias said bad weather, blocked roads and a power outage in the region were hampering rescue work.
Rescuers hampered
"We experienced unusually heavy rains during the last six days," she said. "The rains triggered the landslides."
The military was planning to send helicopters and rubber boats to speed up rescue operations, she said.
"Thank God, there was no typhoon," Lerias said, adding that a low pressure area northeast of the island was dumping rain in the region.
The country of 82 million people is hit by 17 to 20 typhoons a year.
The most destructive was Thelma, which struck in Leyte island in November 1991 and unleashed floods that killed about 5000 people.
Leyte province was the scene of the famous sea battle between US and Japanese forces during the second world war.

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Kimberly made a presentation at a Blackstone Launchpad event when I was Provost, before I returned to the faculty. I was so impressed with how she handled herself, like she was 35 years old & not a recent alum, that I asked her what was her secret. She said "art." That led to this blog as a way to explore how some training in the arts could produce a professional maturity in students as it did when this Marketing and Management major took an Art minor.
My first question is to tell us why you took an art minor. Did you always have an interest in art?
My first memory of art and being artistic was when I was three years old, sitting on the floor in front of the couch in the living room. In front of me I had a little mermaid coloring book, a box of crayons and my mother. She taught me to love and appreciate art. She taught me how to color within the lines and how to take my coloring to the next step. She taught me to draw a dark border then shade in the interior lightly and evenly. I remember taking so much pride in this. Ever since, art has played a major role in my life. From drawing still-lifes, and painting silly faces on pumpkins, to making kites out of printer paper that never made it off the ground. It's something that's woven within fibers of my very being. Throughout grade school, I've always opted towards the art classes. Jewelry making, a class I was very skeptical about taking initially, was one that impacted me greatly. In fact, I now own a store on Etsy making and selling jewelry.
Fast forwarding a bit, I started my first semester at the University at Albany and was a little lost. I had no idea what I wanted to pursue as a career in the future let alone what I wanted to major in. I was told by some people very close with me that I should go for a degree in art. The life of an artist didn't appeal to me. I was looking for a more stable source of income. With that being said, I couldn't abandon art totally. Being creative is like an itch that I have to scratch. It was then that I decided to take on art as my minor and business admin as my major. I took many art classes but finally found my passion my sophomore year when I took my first sculpture class.
Very interesting. You had a natural background. Now you ended the description above with your most recent interest in sculpture. Can you say what attracted you and how you see it as related to the structure of entrepreneurship that the Blackstone Launchpad is supposed to produce.
I was drawn to sculpture because of its hands-on nature and the versatility of it. You can take something completely mundane and turn it into something amazing or beautiful or weird and crazy. You can take nothing and turn it into something. You are the creator, the mastermind behind it. My best works always happen when an image pops into my head, an idea of something to create. Entrepreneurship is the same way. An idea pops into your head, or you have a dream and wake up with an idea. Then out of an idea from a dream, something others would see as nothing, you can start to build or sculpt that idea into reality. Over time you keep manipulating that idea into a more viable business. It's a lot like working with clay. If something doesn't quite go as planned, you can keep manipulating it and working it. As an entrepreneur with a start-up, a business plan is ever changing. In both cases, it is up to the creator to work and sculpt the idea into something.
I like this "an idea pops into your head" parallel between entrepreneurship and art. Where do you think that comes from? Is it the same place as "the itch I have to scratch" as you said earlier?
"Before a child talks they sing. Before they write they draw. As soon as they stand they dance. Art is fundamental to human expression."- Phylicia Rashad, 2/4/19. It is woven into who we are as humans to be expressive in various ways. That is where that "itch" comes from and the ideas that pop into your head. It is very much the same place. These moments frequently happen when you least expect it, when you aren't in deep thought. I believe that all great ideas and masterpieces come from spontaneous thought.
There is much to write about creativity and insight into how it combines with other fields such as business and how that same process can reach people in a business presentation, which goes to how this blog got started. But we decided to stop here and let you, the reader contact us to carry on the conversation in the comment section.
This is a topic to which we will want to return here as we have already written about wisdom here, and in other blog posts that you can find with the search box. Somehow it seems to overlap with what students take out of an internship when they start to apply the knowledge gained in the classroom.


This week we welcome the work of Green Dog Studio – Candice Granger and Jim Bob Salazar – to the art wall at Redbud Cafe. Come in to see these amazingly innovative works in clay beginning October 2nd and showing through the end of December. In addition to their tiles and platters on the wall, their functional ceramics are also featured regularly at Brieger Pottery, next door to the cafe.
Temperatures are climbing to record highs this week in central Texas. Stay hydrated with Redbud Cafe's fresh-made lemonade or a tall glass of iced tea, brewed fresh daily.
Spring is almost here…Watch for the first buds on Texas redbud trees!
Please join us at Redbud Cafe on Saturday, December 2nd from 5:00pm – 6:30 to meet the artists – photographer Jacob Botter, and the author, Wes Ferguson. They will be signing books during this Meet-the-Artist opening at Redbud Cafe to kick off the opening of the show.
We're looking forward to showing these beautiful photos of our local river at Redbud Cafe. Jacob Botter's photographs of the Blanco River are also featured in a book by the same name which will also be available.
Their book, The Blanco River, is currently available for purchase at Brieger Pottery. Botter's photographs will also be available through Brieger Pottery for the duration of the show: December 2, 2017 through February, 2018.
Cyper Monday Special – drop by Redbud Cafe and enjoy the special on our sunny porch!
Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Redbud Cafe!
Redbud Cafe will be closed for Thanksgiving Day- Thursday, November 23rd; open again on Friday, regular hours.
Start your holidays this weekend with the lighting of the Old Blanco Courthouse on Friday evening – It's right across the street from Redbud Cafe! Then, enjoy dinner and live music by Homer Whisenant on Friday evening. Choose from our wine menu, or the extensive array of local Real Ale Brews on tap.


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Endocrinology metabolism and nutrition
Summary of guidelines for nutritional support in ICU
Created on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 17:31
Last updated Sat, 02/27/2016 - 18:30
Previous chapter: Physiological adaptation to prolonged starvation
Next chapter: Enteral nutrition vs parenteral nutrition in the critically ill
Among the college questions, there is an entire range which all vaguely follow the pattern of "how would you feed this patient?" For example, Question 9 from the second paper of 2001 has specifically asked for strategies to manage the inadequate delivery of nutritional support in a trauma patient (who for some unspecified reason is only receiving 25% of their goal calories). In the process of constructing this summary, my main sources were the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines, ESPEN Guidelines (2009) and the ASPEN Guidelines (2015). These are large documents, and written in an almost intentionally inaccessible manner. The time-poor candidate may be better served by the more recent summary review articles, such as the 2015 paper by Ridley Gantner and Pellegrino.
In short, the guidelines for ICU nutrition can be summarised as strongly favouring enteral nutrition, with an emphasis on earlier delivery of more calories. Protein seems to be the most important macronutrient (1.2-2.0g/kg/day). Strategies to achieve nutritional goals include protocolised feeding, minimisation of interruptions to feeding, use of prokinetics and upright posture, returning gastric residuals under 250ml, use of post-pyloric feeding, and the supplementation of inadequate or poorly tolerated enteric nutrition with some TPN.
The most important literature on this topic has been summarised by Chris Nickson from LITFL in this excellent CCC entry. Briefly, exam candidates need to be familiar with the following landmark papers.
REGANE (2010): 500ml residual volumes can be tolerated without increased risk
EDEN (2011): 6 days of "trophic" feeding is not dangerous (no worse than full feeds)
TICACOS (2011): indirect calorimetry use results in better nutrition, but poorly designed.
EPaNIC (2011): no change in mortality (early vs late PN), but poorly designed study.
SIGNET (2011): glutamine is pointless, selenium may be anti-infective.
EPN (2013): no survival benefit from early TPN when EN is not an option for 3 days
SPN (2013): better nutrition (and shorter ventilation) with PN-supplemented EN
ENTERIC (2013): nasojejunal feeding is no better than nasogastric
REDOXS (2013): glutamine and antioxidants are pointless or even harmful
METAPLUS (2014): glutamine and antioxidants are pointless but probably not harmful
CALORIES (2014): no difference in mortality between early EN and early TPN
INTACT (2015): higher mortality in ALI with aggressive full EN (but small trial)
Links to chapters relevant to each question are offered.
How much to feed?
Set up nutrional goals
Use indirect calorimetry if available; or estimate using 25kcal/kg/day
No single predictive equation has much of an advantage over any others
Which route to use?
EN is preferred to start with (safety, price, etc) unless contraindicated
No mortality benefit, whether you use EN or PN
No major advantage to using nasojejunal feeding
When and how to start EN?
Start within 48 hours
Start at 30ml/hr and escalate (no strong evidence for this incremental approach)
Minimal "gut-protective dose" is not well established
10ml/hr is safe in well-nourished patients
To be sure, 50-65% of goal rate is probably required
No strong evidence that meeting 100% energy goals improves mortality
Weak evidence that this may be actually harmful in well-nourished patients
More likely, 100% goal rate is more appropriate in the recovery stages of critical illness
Earlier in the acute illness 33-66% of goal rate may be appropriate for the premorbidly well-nourished patient
Management of feed intolerance
Minimise interuptions to enteral nutrition, and use higher make-up rates
Return higher gastric aspirates than you'd normally be comfortable with
Sit the patient up to 45º
Start some pro-kinetic agents (metoclopramide and erythromycin)
Advance the NGT into the jejunum (may not help)
If goals remain unmet after ~48 hours, add PN as a supplement
When and how to start TPN?
A well-nourished patient can wait 7 days without EN or TPN
A malnourished patient can't wait (immedaitely begin)
Start at 80% rate
Start pre-operatively for the malnourished surgical candidates
Add PN to inadequate EN to make up the lost nutrition
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Heighes, Philippa T., Gordon S. Doig, and Fiona Simpson. "Timing and Indications for Enteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill." Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill. Springer International Publishing, 2016. 55-62.
McClave, Stephen A., et al. "Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)." Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 40.2 (2016): 159-211.
Mentec, Hervé, et al. "Upper digestive intolerance during enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: frequency, risk factors, and complications." Critical care medicine 29.10 (2001): 1955-1961.
Heyland, Daren K., et al. "Canadian clinical practice guidelines for nutrition support in mechanically ventilated, critically ill adult patients." Journal of Parenteral and Enteral nutrition 27.5 (2003): 355-373.
Montejo, J. C., et al. "Gastric residual volume during enteral nutrition in ICU patients: the REGANE study." Intensive care medicine 36.8 (2010): 1386-1393.
Poulard, Fanny, et al. "Impact of Not Measuring Residual Gastric Volume in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Receiving Early Enteral Feeding A Prospective Before–After Study." Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 34.2 (2010): 125-130.
Desachy, Arnaud, et al. "Initial efficacy and tolerability of early enteral nutrition with immediate or gradual introduction in intubated patients." Intensive care medicine 34.6 (2008): 1054-1059.
Juvé-Udina, Maria-Eulàlia, et al. "To return or to discard? Randomised trial on gastric residual volume management." Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 25.5 (2009): 258-267.
Bing, Guo. "Gastric residual volume management in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients: A literature review." Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare (2015): 2010105815598451.
Nguyen, Nam Q. "Pharmacological therapy of feed intolerance in the critically ills." World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics 5.3 (2014): 148.
Marino, L. V., et al. "To determine the effect of metoclopramide on gastric emptying in severe head injuries: a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial." British journal of neurosurgery 17.1 (2003): 24-28.
Nguyen, Nam Q., et al. "Erythromycin is more effective than metoclopramide in the treatment of feed intolerance in critical illness*." Critical care medicine 35.2 (2007): 483-489.
Fraser, R. J., A. M. Deane, and Marianne J. Chapman. "Prokinetic drugs for feed intolerance in critical illness: current and potential therapies." Critical Care and Resuscitation 11.2 (2009): 132.
Singer, Pierre, et al. "ESPEN guidelines on parenteral nutrition: intensive care." Clinical nutrition 28.4 (2009): 387-400.
van Zanten, Arthur RH, et al. "Enteral glutamine supplementation in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Critical Care 19.1 (2015): 1-16.
Oldani, Massimo, et al. "Glutamine Supplementation in Intensive Care Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials." Medicine 94.31 (2015).
Wernerman, Jan. "How to understand the results of studies of glutamine supplementation." Critical Care 19.1 (2015): 1-3.
van Zanten, Arthur RH, Zandrie Hofman, and Daren K. Heyland. "Consequences of the REDOXS and METAPLUS Trials The End of an Era of Glutamine and Antioxidant Supplementation for Critically Ill Patients?." Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2015): 0148607114567201.
Heyland, Daren, et al. "A randomized trial of glutamine and antioxidants in critically ill patients." New England Journal of Medicine 368.16 (2013): 1489-1497.
Van Zanten, Arthur RH, et al. "High-protein enteral nutrition enriched with immune-modulating nutrients vs standard high-protein enteral nutrition and nosocomial infections in the ICU: a randomized clinical trial." Jama 312.5 (2014): 514-524.
Ridley, Emma, Dashiell Gantner, and Vincent Pellegrino. "Nutrition therapy in critically ill patients-a review of current evidence for clinicians." Clinical Nutrition 34.4 (2015): 565-571.
Singer, Pierre, et al. "The tight calorie control study (TICACOS): a prospective, randomized, controlled pilot study of nutritional support in critically ill patients." Intensive care medicine 37.4 (2011): 601-609.
Casaer, Michael P., et al. "Early versus late parenteral nutrition in critically ill adults." N Engl J Med 365.6 (2011): 506-517.
Heidegger, Claudia Paula, et al. "Optimisation of energy provision with supplemental parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients: a randomised controlled clinical trial." The Lancet 381.9864 (2013): 385-393.
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Martial Arts is more than just an engaging way for your child to be physically active.
Research has shown that martial arts improves executive functioning, focus and life skill development. Now with our after school pick – up from Lord Lansdowne, getting your child into BJJ is even easier!
Your child can come in and try out one of our classes. Its a great way for you to check out the facilities and meet the instructors to make sure they are a good fit for you before enrolling!
Why Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
Known as the 'gentle art', Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a non– aggressive martial arts that teaches students more than just physical activity. Our programs intentionally focus on living skills such as confidence and focus.
Our Programs offer a high instructor to child ratio, meaning that your student will get more one-on-one time with the instructors.
For more information on the classes, click here to check out our kids page!
* Students in the LLPS After School Program will have the option of adding classes on other days of the week as well.
Logan has started Jiu-jitsu six months ago and initially, we were not sure if he'd enjoy these close physical contact activities. As it turns out, he loves it and now regularly wants to go to class five times a week. Our experience at OpenMat has been amazing. All the teachers are very well-natured, patient and encouraging. They teach listening skills, discipline and respect by leading by example, meaning they treat all the kids equally and respectfully all the while teaching Jiu-jitsu in a fun and engaging way. Regularly, ways to defuse potentially aggressive situations are taught. I love how confident Jiu-jitsu has made Logan and the general anti-violence philosophy this martial art endorses.
When my daughter Winnie started practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Open Mat when she was six, we were concerned about her being able to keep her focus in a challenging group activity. Part of our impetus for enrolling her in a martial art was to hone her listening skills and improve her self control and, a year later, her progress has exceeded all of our expectations. Not only has she learned many physical skills, but her enhanced concentration and self awareness is a real asset to other activities and the classroom. She continues to improve weekly and we are always pleased to take her to Open Mat.
Our two children, a 7 year old girl & a 9 year old boy, have been attending classes at Openmat since each of them were 5. They look forward to each class with great anticipation and relish in facing the physical and mental challenges they are presented with. They also seem to take great pleasure in the friendships they've made with both the other students, as well as the instructors.
I can't say enough about the quality of the Kids Class instructors; they are very good at simplifying for their young audience a subject matter that can be very complex. Most importantly they strive to make the kids feel very welcomed, ensuring that they have fun even while challenged.
Having recently finished her Masters of Child Study and Education, Taisley is in the final stages of being accepted into the TDSB and Ontario College of Teachers as an Occasional Teacher.
Taisley has over 10 years of experience working with children in various settings such as summer camps, tutoring, volunteer experiences and most recently the TDSB.


The population aged at 65+ is expected to increase by more than 35% by 2025, constituting 10% of the total world population, up from 9% in 2016. China and India will have the largest number of seniors; however, the growth of ageing populations will be the highest in the Middle Eastern countries, including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Ageing populations create opportunities for continuous education. One of the most noticeable trends is the growing brain fitness market, aiming to improve mental agility and slowing or reversing age-related memory decline. Tech related trends like gamification, micro-learning, high-velocity training area also highly relevant trends to adult and professional education where companies try to make learning more efficient and involving.
Ageing populations in developed countries result in the growing popularity of more flexible education solutions, which cater for working and senior audience. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like Coursera or edX have already become a permanent part of the educational landscape as they are effective and easily accessible through smartphones.


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Star light, star bright: Light pollution prevents 1/3 of world from seeing Milky Way
11 Jun, 2016 02:45
© Amr Dalsh © Reuters
Man once looked to the stars for direction, answers and amusement. Today, most major city dwellers just see satellites in a night sky heavy in light pollution, a new study says. Vivid mapping of the world's artificial light sources shows how big the problem is.
A study published in the journal Science Advances found that the bright lights of the big city may be affecting more of the world than previously thought.
A new atlas of artificial night sky brightness was released on Friday and found that the Milky Way – the galaxy in which we live – is invisible to 80 percent of North Americans.
While that may not sound great, it could be worse. The study found that Singapore has the worst light pollution. In fact, "the entire population lives under skies so bright that the eye cannot fully dark-adapt to night vision," meaning the 5.5 million people living in Singapore never actually experience a natural night sky.
'Sudden feedings': Young stars undergo turbulent, violent phaseshttps://t.co/IVN7n9Xo3Vpic.twitter.com/jmIgscPCJk
— RT America (@RT_America) February 6, 2016
"The fact that we're bathing our planet in artificial light at night is a relatively new phenomenon, and it's essentially akin to a human experiment that we're only just beginning to understand the ramifications of," Cheryl Ann Bishop, communications director for the International Dark-Sky Association, told NPR.
The researchers involved in the study explained the extent of the problem, saying, "Most of the world is affected by this problem, and humanity has enveloped our planet in a luminous fog that prevents most of Earth's population from having the opportunity to view our galaxy."
Light pollution is caused by light hitting molecules and particles in the atmosphere and scattering, particularly when light is directed upward like many older streetlamps, according to the National Park Service. In addition, the haze caused by exhaust and pollution that many city inhabitants see during the day also affects the night sky.
The light pollution affects areas with more industry, such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Israel and Argentina. All of these countries have almost entirely obstructed views of the night sky. Meanwhile, three-quarters of residents in Madagascar, Chad and Central African Republic go to sleep under skies unimpeded by artificial night light.
Light pollution has been on the fringes of what people consider pollution, Bishop told NPR. However, some research shows that artificial light can disrupt the world's ecosystems.
Hubble Telescope's 'eagle eye' camera finds new moon orbiting Pluto-like dwarf planethttps://t.co/LhYJOhGVd5pic.twitter.com/urpKWsVLyK
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For what some may consider a small problem, Chris Elvidge, a co-author of the study and a physical scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told the Washington Post that it is affecting millions.
"By now, we've had a couple generations of people in urban areas who have been cut off from seeing features like the Milky Way," Elvidge said.
For example, baby turtles are born on the beach and move to the sea when they see the horizon over the ocean. But not knowing the difference between the sun and a lamp, the artificial light can confuse hatchlings and lead them astray.
Elvidge explained the potential emotional loss at stake for the generations of people who will never see the stars, stating, "…our ancestors and our civilization grew up with people literally studying the skies. At least when I've been out in places with a very clear sky, a dark sky, and you look up and see the number of stars out there, it's awe-inspiring. I feel some enhanced connection to the cosmos."


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Cuts Are Too Much Too Soon, Ideologically Based and Must be Resisted
While the Green New Deal remains central to our policy and the recent multimillion contract won by H&W shows the potential to develop the green economy our priority over the next year must be to oppose and expose the Tory cuts and highlight the disastrous impact they will have on the Northern Ireland economy.
While we accept there is a need to reduce government borrowing the governments proposals are reckless, vindictive and ideologically motivated. The Tory press keep insisting there is no alternative. There are of course many alternatives including the proposals set out by Alistair Darling which has seen reduced unemployment and encouraging economic growth in the first half of the year. Many economists including a number of the Tories argue that the proposed cuts are in danger of driving us back into recession.
The Tories claim that they are fair and everyone must share the pain. This is clearly not the case as the recent report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies pointed out that the budget was regressive and will hit the poorest hardest particularly those with children.
It is like many previous Tory budgets focused on cutting services for the poor, the elderly and the vulnerable and instead of imposing taxes on the banks and financial institutions which caused the financial crisis, the Tories increase VAT the burden of which falls heaviest on those of low income. Similarly the cuts in welfare, housing benefit, disability allowances and tax credit will have the greatest impact on the most vulnerable. According to the IFS this is the most regressive budget in generations.
George Osbourne has claimed that his budget has protected poor families from cuts. The IFS disagrees pointing out the welfare cuts meant working families on low incomes particularly those with children were the biggest losers. It will also have a dramatic impact on the regions in the UK such as Northern Ireland which are more dependent on public services.
These policies have little to do with the economic situation but are based on ideology and hostility to public services.
The budget deficit has provided the Tories with an opportunity to attack the public sector. They are committed to reduce public sector services and Osborne has admitted as much. The public sector is not an awful waste of tax payers' money as some Tories seem to believe but it is there to provide a safety net and essential services for the young, elderly, disabled, poor and most vulnerable members of our community.
Unfortunately we in Northern Ireland have a high proportion of people relying on public services and we will be worse hit than other areas of the UK.
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There are a number of glitches and exploits that you can trigger in Black Ops 3 'Zombies Mode' map, Shadows of Evil. These glitches and exploits cause you to become invincible, jump to round-15 without doing anything, and Pack-a-Punch weapons which are otherwise un-Pack-a-Punch-able.
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There are a couple of positions which can be accessed by a simple jump. By performing these jumps, you'll land on an invisible ledge which will allow you to shoot enemies without receiving any damage.
In order to upgrade Wonder Weapons to Lor-Zarozzor Abrgwaoth, you need to head over to the Pack-a-Punch location and have another weapon on your in addition to Mar-Astagua. It doesn't matter whether the weapon has already been Packed-a-Punched or not, the technique will work.
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After firing up the game, you'll find yourself in a narrow alleyway. From your initial position, if you face the Junction and check the walkway above, you'll notice the Shadow Man there.
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Finally, if you wish to jump to round-15, you'll have to shoot him again until he disappears which will send you to round-15 with about 16,000 points in hand.
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St Michael's FC was originally formed as a Junior Club in 1973 by the Primary School of the same name in Lane Cove. In 1999, the adult club was created by a number of Dads at the school and after forming one Men's O35 team that played in the NSFA (formerly KDSA) competition in 2000, we now have ten adult teams in both the Men's and Women's competitions. The club's teams include the current O45 men's NSFA Champions and our newly-formed Women's All Age side as well as Mens and Womens over 35/45 teams


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Q: Python install issue on Mac OS X I have been using the standard python that comes with OS X Lion (2.7.2) but I wanted to build a UCS-4 version to handle 4-byte unicode characters better.
I had already installed pip and packages like pytz, virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper, etc., and these are installed in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages. My $PATH is /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin.
To build a new version of python on the machine (outside of any project specific virtual environments, that will come later), I followed the instructions on this article and managed to build it in /usr/local/bin. The problem is that when I launched a new bash window, I got the following virtualenvwrapper error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader virtualenvwrapper.sh: There was a problem running the initialization hooks.

If Python could not import the module virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader, check that virtualenv has been installed for VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python and that PATH is set properly.

The instructions said to move /usr/local/bin to the top of the /etc/paths file, and since then I've noticed some strange issues. I installed pip into /usr/local/bin and now I have assumed that since I'm working in /usr/local/bin, and the newly installed python's site packages is now located in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages, when I do pip freeze, it should be empty as nothing is installed there yet. However, pip freeze still reports things installed in the old (OS X) site-packages folder. Here's some info after the build:
$ which python
/usr/local/bin/python
$ which pip
/usr/local/bin/pip
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

When I uninstall a python package with pip, it removes it from the old site-packages folder as expected. When I install it again, instead of installing it in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages, it installs it in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (verified by attempting to install it again and receiving Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pytz in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
). How is it getting that path for the old site-packages folder? Why won't it install it in the correct location for the python install it's using?
I'm getting several other issues since promoting /usr/local/bin but I think if I understand this I'll be able to get somewhere.
Can anyone see what's happening? If you need any more info I'll be happy to provide it.

A: Since you will be using the custom python installation as your main one, I suggest you uninstall all non-standard packages from the system python and make sure that the existing easy_install.py is gone (possibly by manually removing it). Then download distribute's distribute_setup.py and run it with the new interpreter. From then on everything should work as expected.

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Q: how to fix error: input item in dynamodb with lambda python I have some problem with using lambda and dynamodb.
this is my python code:
import json
import boto3

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    client = boto3.client('dynamodb', region_name='ap-northeast-2')
    dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name='ap-northeast-2')

    response = client.put_item(
        TableName='tablename',
        Item = {
            'key1': 'value1',
            'key2': 'value2',
            'key3': 'value3',
            'key4': 'value4'
                }
        )

and this is the error log:
{
  "errorMessage": "Parameter validation failed:\nInvalid type for parameter Item.key1, value: value1, type: <class 'int'>, valid types: <class 'dict'>\nInvalid type for parameter Item.key2, value: value2, type: <class 'str'>, valid types: <class 'dict'>\nInvalid type for parameter Item.key3, value: value3, type: <class 'str'>, valid types: <class 'dict'>\nInvalid type for parameter Item.key4, value: value4, type: <class 'int'>, valid types: <class 'dict'>",
  "errorType": "ParamValidationError",
  "stackTrace": [
    "  File \"/var/task/lambda_function.py\", line 8, in lambda_handler\n    response = client.put_item(\n",
    "  File \"/var/runtime/botocore/client.py\", line 316, in _api_call\n    return self._make_api_call(operation_name, kwargs)\n",
    "  File \"/var/runtime/botocore/client.py\", line 598, in _make_api_call\n    request_dict = self._convert_to_request_dict(\n",
    "  File \"/var/runtime/botocore/client.py\", line 646, in _convert_to_request_dict\n    request_dict = self._serializer.serialize_to_request(\n",
    "  File \"/var/runtime/botocore/validate.py\", line 297, in serialize_to_request\n    raise ParamValidationError(report=report.generate_report())\n"
  ]
}

I had searched about parameter validation failed error, and aws said i have to download or upgrade pip3 and AWS CLI so i did. but it still makes error.

A: The boto3 SDK offers two put_item() methods, one is client-level and one is resource-level. They are different, in particular the way that you provide the item attributes is different. You are using the client-level API but passing attributes as if you were using the resource-level API.
Here is how you use the resource level API:
import boto3

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name='ap-northeast-2')
    table = dynamodb.table('tablename')

    response = table.put_item(
        Item = {
            'key1': 'value1',
            'key2': 'value2',
            'key3': 'value3',
            'key4': 'value4'
        }
    )

A: Your syntax doesn't seem to be correct. See example from https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/dynamodb.html#DynamoDB.Client.put_item
response = client.put_item(
    Item={
        'AlbumTitle': {
            'S': 'Somewhat Famous',
        },
        'Artist': {
            'S': 'No One You Know',
        },
        'SongTitle': {
            'S': 'Call Me Today',
        },
    },
    ReturnConsumedCapacity='TOTAL',
    TableName='Music',
)

Values are not strings, but rather instances of AttributeValue type


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Kike Sarasola he will continue to be Executive Chairman of Room Mate. But now under the guidelines of the new partners Angelo Gordon and Westmont Hospitality Group, to whom the hotel company is 100% owned, after they acquired it last summer.
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Sarasola, founder and president of Room Mate, explains to this medium: "As a result of this transaction we have been able to maintain the business continuity and to preserve both our staff -made up of 700 employees- and our commitments with suppliers and customers".
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Angelo Gordon and Westmont, along with the Room Mate management team, have already launched a number of initiatives aimed at improving the overall business profitability and its growth in the future. To date, this has resulted in improved capital structure of the chain, the end of agreements with low-performing hotels and the extension of the lease contracts of certain properties. In this new stage, Room Mate expects to continue executing its strategic plan in the coming months in close collaboration with the landlords.
"Looking forward, we are very committed to continuing to lead in our current markets and are excited to bring the Room Mate brand to new markets. Within our strategic and structured expansion plan, we are open to considering the purchase, leasing or management of hotels, hotel chains, apartment buildings and hostels throughout Europe," he said. Victor FernandezCEO of Room Mate.
Currently, the chain has 22 hotels and 11 apartment buildings in six countries, mainly in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
Departure of Sandra Ortega
rosp corunnaSandra Ortega's investment company, stopped providing financial support to room mate at the beginning of 2021, after during the first half of the previous year it guaranteed bank loans to the hotel chain for an amount of 89 million of euros. The loss of confidence of the daughter of Amancio Ortega in the business of the company founded by Kike Sarasolaand the fact that it stopped providing financial support to the chain, is one of the causes that led to the entry into bankruptcy by Room Mate.
PwC, Room Mate's bankruptcy administrator, pointed out at the time that among the "circumstances" that could have caused the company's insolvency situation are: the impact of Covid on its business; the execution of a loan granted to the hotel chain by the fund atitlan, from ex-Goldman Sachs Roberto Centeno and Aritza Rodero, who had the accounts in four group hotels as collateral; and the loss of financial support from Rosp Corunna.
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Hyundai Ioniq 6: the prophecy is electrified
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Gordon Murray Group opens to develop electric vehicles for other manufacturers
One in four companies has raised prices "intensely"
Tubos Reunidos is confident of returning to profit throughout 2023 with the recovery of the market


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Q: Process locks up a SQL Server when threading I have a Windows Form project that uses a Windows.Forms.Timer set at 1 minute increments to do different jobs at different times throughout the day.
Some of these processes can take over a minute, then the timer misses the next value. I first thought this was due to threading, so I added a thread for a specific process which queries a remote database. This process locked the database even though the connection via ODBC was in a Using block.
What kind of async/threading can I use that does not lock a server?
I thought about calling Abort on the thread, but how would I know when to call that?
Code:
Dim thrd As New Thread(AddressOf SomeServerMethod)
thrd.Start()

Private Sub SomeServerEvent()
  Using myODBC As New ODBCEntity()
    'make query
  End Using
End Sub


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Ontario is a city located in the southwestern San Bernardino County. About 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Ontario has a population of approximately 170,000 people. The city has a total area of 50.0 square miles. The climate of Ontario has very hot summers and warm winters. The city is home to the Ontario International Airport, which is the 15th busiest airport in the United States. Ontario Airport provides domestic and international air travel. The city maintains an Amtrak station and a Metrolink station. Because Ontario is a major hub for passengers and freight, the city has easy access to several major freeways, such as Interstate 10, 15 and 60. It is also home to the Ontario Mills, the largest shopping and outlet mall in San Bernardino county, opened in 1996 with more than 200 stores. Like other premium outlet malls, Ontario Mills was built in an area that had ample land available. Ontario is also home to Citizens Bank Arena, which is owned by Ontario, an 11,000-seat multi-purpose arena. Ontario has 25 public elementary schools, 6 middle schools and 5 public high schools. There is also several private schools and 2 military schools. Ontario is a down to earth city with a good sense of community and it has a rich, historical heritage with many historic homes.


Syndicate Bank has set up its branch and an ATM inside the campus. This ATM is captive in nature and is prohibited to outsiders. In this way, the Institute maintains its exclusivity in the provision of services to students, faculty and staff.


I needed to extend my power lead for my eqipment and how I don't know, I wired Live to Earth. SHHHH*T, I've done this so many times, and its so easy, I was concentrating on somthing else. Anyway, I plugged in switched on and turned on my LCD TV. It wouldn't come on, I also tripped the trip switch. Thinking I had a short I checked my wiring for tidyness and found what I'd done.
F**K I thought, fixed it and switched on. Phew telly works, her indoors won't be chewing a wasp. Great, booted up PC. Our LCD TV is connected as a second monitor on my nVidia fx5200 card. No Picture, I checked monitor leads, they're fine. Didn't think about turning main monitor on, that had gone off with the trip switch, (circuit breaker), so I switched on, nothing. Even XP had reached desktop, I heard the little tune, there was no picture. I unplugged the monitor and connected it straight into the onboard card, and got my picture. I plugged the LCDTV in and oops, no picture.
Tv's getting replaced soon, but what about my graphics card? This incident happened last year, and I still got the card. It hasn't any visible damage. And because BIOS didn't beep, AGP side must be fine.
I must have sent the National Grid to the DVI port, what would have got fried?
Wrap it in foil, and plug it in.


Very Nice Condition Spider-Man, Plays Great, No known issues. The cabinet and playfield are in very good condition, the translite is very nice and has been signed by Steve Richie. Pinbits plastic protectors with webs by the slings, red spiders on the speakers, upgraded 10" cabinet speaker, custom shooter rod, red DMD filter, LED bulbs in all inserts and GI, hidden leg protectors, Cliffy shooter lane protector, I also have a wide Cliffy magnet protector not yet installed. The center ramp was cracked and repaired and does not show, but I have all 3 ramps new in the package for the machine with the upgraded protector and new ramp decals. I will be glad to install these if requested. The Sandman vs. Spider-Man plastic back by the pops is chipped which is very common on this game. SM has been in my lineup longer than any of my other games and I am at the point I have to sell a game to get something different. This is a very nice Spider-Man its just time to change up my lineup.
I would consider trades if it was the right deal.
This is a very nice Spider-Man its just time to change up my lineup.
IE dumping it now before the bottom drops out.
No reason to be like that. Fwiw he has been considering selling it for months now.
?? Timing is perfect. Newer SM is an ugly overpriced design. And no jiggly Green Goblin.
I don't really see these dropping in price either. There are people like me who prefer the movie theme but the market will decide.
Why anyone would want to trade down to the newer Ultimate SM is beyond me.
Worst of all- no J.Jonah Jameson callouts!! That made the game right there!!
The bottom doesn't drop out on good games that are well respected.
The timing is great. Someone considering the VE can save $1300 and get a pile of extras and mods for free.
I'm definitely in the market for one and would totally make a deal happen if one of us was closer. Your's looks in great condition, good luck with the sale!
Totally Agree. They didnt give people the comic book art most were expecting and the VE is crazy expensive. Ive played the OP's game many many times and it plays flawlessly and is really pretty. The buyer wont be disappointed.
You should get $6,000 for yours.
Its a good game and I want one, but supply and demand plays a big part. Right now stern is going to increase the supply, yes at 6500 a pop, but its still more supply. The demand for the current is also down because some will want the newer version. So yeah, expect the value of the current one to drop in the near term. Depending on how many stern makes of the new one and if people find a preference for one over the other will determine how the value of the originals do in the long run.
If anything, I would say the VE would bring UP the price of the originals.
Dung, your screen name is fitting. If you aren't interested then move on. Out of the 8 Spider-Man's listed on PS I have the second lowest price, so why aren't you dumping on the six others that are priced higher than mine?
Not that I need to defend myself for listing a table for sale, but I have been considering selling my SM for several months now. I only have a limited amount of money for this hobby and limited space for games and I am tapped out. In order for me to get a different game I have to sell something, SM has been in my collection longer than all my other games so I decided to let it go. It just happens that Stern decided to release the VE at the same time I finally got around to listing mine. I personally think this is a much better value and a better looking table for those interested in purchasing a SM. I personally don't care for the art package on the VE. My SM is a very nice table and if it doesn't sell I'm fine with that.
Personal opinion, I think your pin looks way better than the VE.
GLWS, someone is going to get a heck of a nice Spidey from you at a fair price!
Just jabbing at the hyperbole you decide to use when trying to sell hence my original use of quoting you. As for "waiting for months" seems rather odd you decide to put it up the day after the ve announcement is made.
Now excuse me while I go cry in the corner. It hurts when people call out a screen name I picked. Sensitive like that.
Dung is a troll. Ignore him.
And lose my call original call outs for "I'll never look at a sand castle the same way again"? No thanks.
There is a padlock on the coin box. Guessing this one was routed previously?
In pretty good condition for a routed pin.
Looks nice . Plastic or metal apron ?
My personal price point for an older Spidey is $5k. One for sale around here at $5500 that I'm not interested in paying, but would probably bite at $5k. I've been very curious to see what would happen after the vault was opened. Too early to say, but I guess there isn't a rush for the old game.
Not saying this one is overpriced, just interesting to see that it didn't get snapped up.
Must be nice to have the right to be fussy over a $200 difference.
Up here, it's relatively rare to see Stern pins for sale, and when they are, they don't usually last very long.
Well I'm being fussy over $500, not $200. If this pin was local to me maybe I'd just buy it. Or maybe we'd split the difference at $5100.
But for me at least $500 is enough to be fussy over.
The condition of this machine speaks for itself, it is a very nice example and plays great. Like my brother stated we use our personal games at a local boardgame store for our pinball league. The games don't get played much other than league nights and they are meticulously cared for.


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COLUMBUS – Triad sophomore Madison Dolby and Graham sophomore Mackenzie Smith qualified for the Southwest District All-Star softball team after trying out for the underclassman squad.
Dolby was selected as a shortstop and Smith as a catcher.
The team will compete alongside other districts on June 22-23 in Columbus.
Nearly 100 girls tried out for the team, but only a fraction of those were selected.
"She's just proof that hard work pays off," Graham Coach Ralph Foster said of Smith.
The All-Star games will be attended by college coaches and scouts and will feature five games for the team played across the two days.
In 14U baseball, Urbana Kokosing beat Graham Champaign Garage Doors, 14-4.
Standouts for Kokosing were Jaison Counsil, Payton Oyer and Brandon Ebert.


Ellotte Mary Shanahan (nee Daniel), 94, passed away on Aug. 20, 2018.
She was born in Mt. Pleasant, Ala., and lived there for 23 years before moving to Brooklyn in 1947 and then to Staten Island in 1968, living in Pleasant Plains, Huguenot and finally Tottenville.
She worked for eight years for the Mission of Immaculate Virgin at Hylan Boulevard and eight years at New York Foundling, New York Archdiocese, retiring in 1986.
She enjoyed family activities, music, quilting, gardening and writing. She was a member of Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church.
She was predeceased by her husband, James, in 1999, her parents, James and Lunnie Mae Daniel (nee MacDonald); her brothers, David, Henry, James, and Clifton Daniel, and sisters, Edna Metts, Shirley Green, and Nina Mooney. She is survived by her children, James F. Jr., Michael, Robert, Mary Rumore and Eileen Kassab; sisters, Sally Kilcrease, Doris Peterson, Dorothy Lamberth, Myrtle Waters, and Lois Jordan; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral from Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home on Friday at 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial is at Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church at 11:15 a.m. Interment is in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may visit on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using PCBI.Plugin;
using PCBI.Plugin.Interfaces;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;
using PCBI.Automation;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using PCBI.MathUtils;

namespace PCBIScript
{
	public class PScript : IPCBIScript
	{
		public PScript()
		{
		}

		public void Execute(IPCBIWindow parent)
		{
			IStep step = parent.GetCurrentStep();
			IFilter filter = new IFilter(parent);
			foreach (ICMPObject cmp in step.GetAllCMPObjects())
			{
				List<IPin> plist = cmp.GetPinList();
				foreach (IPin pin in plist)
				{
					if (pin.GetNetNameOnIPin(cmp).ToLower().Contains("gnd"))
					{
						pin.SetPinColor(Color.Blue, cmp);
					}
				}
			}
            ICMPLayer layer = step.GetCMPLayer(true);
            if (layer != null) layer.EnableLayer(true);
            parent.UpdateView();
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub