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With humble appreciation for those who attend our monthly "first Tuesday" event—featured poets, local poets, and audience members, here is our governing board:
Sam Love, President
Suzannah Lynn Cockerille, Vice-President
Margaret Tau, Treasurer
Jeanne Julian, Member At-Large
Melinda Thomsen, Secretary
Sam Love, President:
Sam is a former environmental activist, freelance writer, and documentary film maker turned poet.
His latest poetry book Awakening: Musings on Planetary Survival is available from Fly on the Wall Press or from your favorite online site. He is the author of the full-length poetry book, Cogitation from Unsolicited Press and the author of the illustrated children's book My Little Plastic Bag, which is available in English and Spanish with illustrations by Samrae Duke and has won numerous awards including a Nautilus Award.
Sam has had poems published in Kakalak, Slippery Elm, Voices on the Wind, The Lyricist, Flying South, Sleet, and other publications. Eno, published by Duke University, has published six of Sam's environmental poems, and four of his poems have been featured on Poetry in Plain Sight posters throughout North Carolina.
Sam can be found online at SamLove.net.
Suzannah Lynn Cockerille, Vice-President:
Suzannah (also known as "Coco") began writing poetry in college while earning a degree in architecture from Virginia Tech.
She is the winner of the North Carolina Writers Network's 2021 Randall Jarrell Poetry Contest for her poem "Aproned Literacy" and has poems published in various publications, including Kakalak, Shoal, and Pinesong. She was a finalist in the 2021 North Carolina Literary Review's James Applewhite Contest for her poem "Take Jesus, for Example" and received an honorable mention in the North Carolina Poetry Society's 2021 Joanna Catherine Scott Award for her poem "Near Sonnet for Full Revelry." She's been a finalist in the NCPS's Poet Laureate Contest for her poem "Right There is the Grassy Knoll," and has won first place in the NCPS's Thomas McDill Contest for her poem "And the Sky Began to Weep a Little."
Suzannah works as a freelance copywriter, website designer, and graphic designer. She designed this website in the summer of 2019. The Charlottesville, Virginia native is a thirty-two year resident of New Bern, NC.
Find Suzannah (Coco) at her blog, ShinyButter.com.
Margaret Tau, Treasurer:
Margaret Tau moved to North Carolina in 2014 after retiring as a medical editor at a pharmaceutical company in Delaware. She enjoys writing poetry with a focus on the Japanese short form such as haiku, senryu, haibun and tanka.
Her poetry has appeared in Frogpond, Under The Basho, Poetry Quarterly, Right Hand Pointing, and Drifting Sands Haibun Journal, among others. Margaret also placed third in the 2019 Bank of the Arts Ekphrastic poetry contest for her poem "Unalienable." She had a haiku published by Washington, D.C.'s Annual Golden Triangle Poetry Contest, which was displayed in the downtown business district during the Spring of 2021.
Margaret lives with her husband, Joel, and their two Chihuahuas in New Bern, NC.
Jeanne Julian, Member At-Large:
Jeanne is Nexus Poets' long-distance board member: after enjoying 10 years in New Bern's creative atmosphere, she moved to South Portland, Maine. Co-winner of Reed Magazine's Edwin Markham Prize (2019), Jeanne is the author of Like the O in Hope and two chapbooks. Her poems appear in many journals and have won awards from The Comstock Review, Naugatuck River Review, and the North Carolina Poetry Society. She regularly reviews poetry books for The Main Street Rag. She is retired from a career in higher education administration, and now practices yoga, photography, and making omelets.
Visit Jeanne online at JeanneJulian.com.
Melinda Thomsen, Secretary:
Melinda moved to Greenville, NC, from New York City, and loves her new commute to the New Bern poetry scene. She teaches at Pitt Community College in Greenville and lives with her husband, Hunt, two cats, and one chicken.
Her full-length poetry collection, Armature, an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Lena Shull Book Award from North Carolina Poetry Society, will be published in 2021 by Hermit Feathers Press. Finishing Line Press published her chapbooks, Naming Rights and Field Rations. Her poems have appeared in journals such as Rattle, New York Quarterly, Poetry East, Stone Coast Review,Tar River Poetry, The Comstock Review, and North Carolina Literary Review, among others. Other awards include 2019 Pushcart nomination from The Comstock Review, First place in 2019 Robert Golden Poetry Contest and semi-finalist in the 2004 "Discovery" / The Nation poetry contest.
Find Melinda online at MelindaThomsen.com or on Facebook and Twitter.

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Heroin and cocaine laced with fentanyl are killing drug users nationwide in staggering numbers, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said after joining Vice President Mike Pence at the White House to boost the L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) program.
"This was a great opportunity to let White House representatives know law enforcement is doing everything we can to enforce, reduce, prevent and educate our communities about drug abuse," said Kugler, who is L.E.A.D.'s national chairman.
Pence and Jim Carroll, the White House National Drug Control Policy director, spoke during a presentation in the Einsenhower Room on the grounds of the White House. at the formal podium in the Eisenhower room.
Thursday's gathering also included remarks from Special White House Advisor Kellyanne Conway.
Kugler and L.E.A.D. Executive Director Nicholas Demauro spoke at a breakout round table discussion with Carroll and his office representatives and other state drug control leaders.
The traditional war on drugs of strict enforcement and prosecution needs to be combined with early community and school-based education and prevention efforts – such as the L.E.A.D. program -- as well as rehabilitation services easily available and reachable by those in need, all agreed.
Kugler and Demauro led an 18-member contingent of board members, administrators and L.E.A.D. representatives from Florida, New Hampshire, Tennessee and New Jersey ( see photo below ).
Their primary concern was the rise in drug overdose deaths across the country.
National Drug Control Policy Office representatives pointed to the dangerous rise in both heroin and cocaine that is laced with fentanyl, which often produces fatal overdoses.
Vice President Mike Pence addresses the L.E.A.D. gathering in Washington, D.C.
ABOVE: Vice President Mike Pence (COURTESY: Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler).
L.E.A.D. is the most rapidly-growing drug prevention organization in the U.S., De Mauro noted.
Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler and L.E.A.D. Executive Director Nicholas Demauro led an 18-member contingent of board members, administrators and L.E.A.D. representatives from Florida, New Hampshire, Tennessee and New Jersey.


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Strasburg, Nationals aim to blank Reds again
Alan Robinson, The Sports Xchange
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws against the Chicago Cubs in Game 4 of the NLDS on October 11 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill. Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/UPI | License Photo
Max Scherzer won the last two National League Cy Young Awards and is exactly the kind of dominating pitcher opposing hitters absolutely hate to face. That does not necessarily mean he is the most intimidating starter on the Washington Nationals' staff.
That could very well be Stephen Strasburg, who is coming off a commanding 2017 postseason and an impressive spring training as makes his 2018 debut Saturday against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.
He can't wait to see what will happen. Neither can the Nationals, who no doubt read the multiple predictions from major media outlets predicting that this could be the season Strasburg wins the Cy Young himself.
"We've got to do a better job with Strasburg (than they did with Scherzer)," Reds manager Bryan Price said after Scherzer, striking out 10 over six innings, and three relievers combined to shut out Cincinnati 2-0 in a season opener Friday.
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Strasburg took numerous steps in recent seasons to make sure he stayed healthy -- shortening his windup, cutting down throwing between starts and adopting a more challenging offseason training routine. They paid off last season with a second successive 15-4 record, a 2.52 ERA and 28 starts last year, the most he's made in a season since starting 34 times in 2014.
"My arm felt really good all spring," the right-hander said after striking out 10 in his final spring outing, against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. "I think it's just about reps and just continuing the process. Everything seems to tighten up every time I go out there, and that's all I can ask for."
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Strasburg, beset by injuries early in his career, ended last season by not allowing an earned run in two National League Division Series starts against the Chicago Cubs, even though the Nationals lost the series in five games. That's the kind of dominance Strasburg displays repeatedly when he's healthy.
"He's impressive," new Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. "He's ready to go."
The Scherzer-Strasburg combination is one reason why the Nationals are heavily favored to win a third consecutive National League East title. The Reds, of course, are undertaking their latest rebuilding project following a third consecutive last-place season in the NL Central, and that's evident from their rotation.
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So, while the Nationals will roll out a second successive Cy Young-level starter during their opening weekend series in Cincinnati, the Reds will start right-hander Luis Castillo -- one of four unproven starters in their rotation.
The 25-year-old Castillo is 3-7 with a 3.12 ERA in 15 starts with the Reds last season but possesses a fastball that can touch 100 mph -- he averaged 97.5 mph in 2017 -- and a more-than-adequate changeup and breaking ball.
Castillo added a fourth pitch last season, a two-seam fastball that acts like a sinker, and he was confident enough in it that he broke it in during the season, rather than trying to perfect it during the offseason or spring training.
The Reds believe he can develop into a top-of-the-rotation starter, one reason they acquired him from the Miami Marlins in the Dan Straily trade.
"He has a special collection of talents that allow him to compete against the best in the league and he did a lot more (in 2017) than simply hold his own," Price told the team's website. "I thought he was better than the league for a good portion of the time he was on the mound for us."
Not many Reds starters could say that last season as the team lost 94 games for the second season in a row.
Nationals' hitters don't have much of a book on Castillo, who is 0-1 in two starts against them; Bryce Harper is 1-for-5 and Ryan Zimmerman is 1-for-6 against him, but Anthony Rendon does -- he was 2-for-2 with a pair of homers and three RBIs against him last season.
Strasburg is 3-1 with a 4.40 ERA in eight career starts against the Reds, but several of their batters have hit him well. Joey Votto is 5-for-16 with a pair of home runs and Scooter Gennett is 4-for-11 with three homers. Billy Hamilton is 2-for-10 (.200).
The Reds wasted four hits from Gennett and a strong start from Homer Bailey -- six innings, one run allowed -- against Scherzer, who was as good as expected Friday.
"At the end of the day, you can look at (it) that you threw well, but it's still an 'L,' " Bailey said following his first career Opening Day start.


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day by Day Itinerary
NOTE: this itinerary for the August 16 departure. Events listed are based upon availability and upon local variations of closing times.
For the August 25 departure, the cruise is in reverse and pula is substituted for zagreb.
DAY 1 (Tuesday, August 16) Depart USA to fly to Zagreb
Relax and enjoy the ride with melatonin to keep your internal clock on schedule. Get as much sleep on the plane as you can so you stay awake when you get to Zagreb, Croatia. Rest assured you'll be met in this capital city with a deluxe coach that will take you west through amazing country vistas and mountains to a panoramic view of the Adriatic.
Breakfast and dinners are included throughout the trip, and many lunches unless it is a stop where you'd be more pleased getting out and enjoying an old town. All three meals are included aboard the yacht. Our hotels are well situated and at least 4 stars.
DAY 2 (Wednesday August 17) Arrival in Zagreb, city tour and a good night's sleep!
After we greet you and take you to our deluxe coach, we'll have a driving city tour and dinner. Our hotel is near the old city of Zagreb and you are welcome to explore this area in the evening to see what treasures are available. We advise you to sip some caffeine and plan to stay awake at least until 8:00 - 10:00 PM. in order to sleep through the first night. The first few nights your body will try to revert back to home base, so melatonin and over-the-counter sleep aids for a while will help avoid waking at 3:00 AM ready to hit the road.
DAY 3 (Thursday, August 18) Rijeka tour. Tour the spectacular coast to Zadar
After breakfast away we go through the beautiful countryside to the Dalmatian Coast port city of Rijeka. Croatia is a small country -- one can drive from east to west in a few hours, and north to south a bit more than a half day.
 Rijeka means river. The Korzo, the main drag, running parallel to the Riva embankment is a pleasant, pedestrian stretch lined with café terraces and shops and always busy. It is best known for the classic façades of the Radio Rijeka building and City Clock Tower.
Trsat Castle sits strategically on a hill 138 meters above sea level and dominates Rijeka. As a parochial centre it was mentioned for the first time in 1288. Trsat Castle is one of the oldest fortifications on the Croatian Coast, where the characteristics of the early medieval town construction have been preserved. Today Trsat Castle, beside the souvenir shop and the coffee shop, is enriched with new facilities – gallery space where art exhibitions are held as well as open-air summer concerts and theatre performances, fashion shows and literary evenings.
After touring Rijeka and lunch, we head a short distance to the ancient city of Zadar for a couple of nights.
DAY 4 (Friday, August 19) Zadar tour and church social
Not only is Zadar the home town of Kresimir Cosic, the first Elder in Yugoslavia of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and BYU basketball star, but it is the oldest Croatian city. It has a Latter-day Saint congregation that we'll meet for an ice cream social.
Zadar is Stone Age OLD! In 59 BC the Roman's set up their spas and vacation spots for their rich and famous; towering coastal mountains, great beaches and idyllic temperatures. Byzantines, Venetians, Hungarians and others conquered it and made it their vacation spot. The apostle Paul sent Titus here to establish Christianity.
Today, Zadar's intact old town is delightful to explore. Its stellar view of the Adriatic and majestic mountains rising above its national parks, makes Zadar one of the most popular Croatian tourist destinations.
. Day 5 (Saturday, August 20) Krka National Park, Sebinik, Split and board yacht
To the east of Zadar is Krka National Park, a true ecological treasure of forests, lakes and amazingly different waterfalls.
Then on to Sibenik on the Adriatic. Its old town is the oldest city town in Croatia with a scenic medieval town surrounded by 4 fortresses. Behind the wall you'll discover many very old churches and charming narrow stone streets.
Only 5 cities in the world have two UNESCO monuments. Sibenik is one of them. Emperor Diocletian built his summer palace nearby. 16th century Cathedral St. Jacob is a true architectural masterpiece that took 100+ years to build. Its Gothic-Renaissance beauty is under UNESCO protection, with a dome 900 feet high. It's the largest church in the world to be made entirely of stone - without any binders and wood. Very few fortresses are as picturesque and elegant as the Renaissance Fortress of St. Nicholas, located at the entrance to the wonderful St. Anthony channel, which serves as the door of Sibenik to the open sea. Built in the 16th century as a defense from Turkish attacks from the sea, it is one of the most attractive fortifications on the Adriatic Coast.
Before boarding our Lupus Mare (Sea Wolf) yacht, we'll enjoy what Emperor Diocletian enjoyed when he built his grand estates between Split and Sibenik. Split is the second largest city in Croatia, and is a bustling port for tourists anxious to visit the many Dalmatian Islands.
While in Split, roam its old town with famous Pjaca Square, home to the city's town hall. Admire the stunning architecture from the Venetian era. The Old Town also has many unique restaurants and cafes where you can unwind and enjoy a cool drink. If you want to mingle with the locals, head for the Fish Market – it occupies a Secession-style building, which makes for impressive photos.
Day 6 (Sunday, August 21) Brac Island Enjoy reading why famous trekkers love Brac Island with the highest peak of any Dalmatian island. https://www.earthtrekkers.com/love-brac-island-croatia-zlatni-rat-beach/
We love Brac as well. We've driven all around the island and still barely caught the wonders. Olive groves, olive press factory, great beaches, charming towns, and friendly people. The only regret is not spending a week there.
To help you see the island properly, we've created a Brac Scavenger Hunt so couples or small groups can capture pictures of the best beach, olive groves, highest peak, an interview with a local on their history, and more. A special prize on the yacht as we share with each other what we found on Brac.
Day 7 (Monday, August 22) Hvar Island Named the 4th most beautiful island in the world by a leading travel guide, we're preparing an agenda to help you declare the same conclusion. Hvar town is a Mediterranean dream, full of rustic cobblestoned streets, stunning beaches, and ancient history.
Fortica - Looming high above the town and lit with a golden glow at night, this medieval castle occupies the site of an ancient Illyrian settlement dating from before 500 BC. The views looking down over Hvar and the Pakleni Islands are magnificent, and well worth the trudge up through the old-town streets. Once you clear the town walls it's a gently sloping meander up the tree-shaded hillside to the fortress – or you can drive to the very top (100KN in a taxi). Inside there's a collection of ancient amphorae recovered from the seabed, and a terrace cafe.
The Arsenal - Mentioned in Venetian documents as 'the most beautiful and the most useful building in the whole of Dalmatia', once served as a repair and refitting station for war galleons. Its present incarnation was built in 1611 to replace a building destroyed by the Ottomans. Upstairs is an atmospheric theatre decorated with frescos and baroque loggias. Opened in 1612, it's said to be the first theatre in Europe to have admitted plebeians and aristocrats alike. In 2016, the remains of a 1st-century Roman building were discovered beneath the floor.
And this is the just the beginning of what there is to explore in Hvar, the island and Hvar, the town. Read more at: www.lonelyplanet.com/croatia/dalmatia/hvar-island
Day 8 (Tuesday, August 23) Vis Island The 35-square-mile island welcomes visitors with 17th-century Venetian architecture, azure rocky beaches, and laid-back vibes.
In Vis town, parts of the ancient city walls remain, along with a thermae (public bath). Levaman Fortress houses the Archaeological Museum, with exhibits including a 4th-century-B.C. bronze head of the goddess Artemis and amphorae recovered offshore. On a small peninsula, St. Jerome's Church and Monastery is built over an ancient Roman theater.
The World Wildlife Fund declared Vis is one of the ten best-preserved islands in the Mediterranean. Apparently it is one of the few Croatian isles where you can still spot a hedgehog or two! (Maybe we'll include one on our Vis scavenger hunt.)
Also, you may be interested to know that Momma Mia: Here We Go Again was filmed on Vis island, mostly in Komiza. The featured beach scenes took place in Stiniva. The pebbled beach was named the most beautiful in Europe in 2016.There are a variety of beaches with some beautiful possibilities. Just remember the local saying, "pomalo, pomalo" (slowly, slowly) and you'll be fine. Looking forward to a laid back day of exploring this unique island.
Perhaps our captain will be able to take us to visit the famous Blue Grotto on the island of Biševo, just off Vis. Only reachable by boat, it glows an incredible blue each day around noon. Keep an eye out for seals that often play near the entrance.
Day 9 (Wednesday, August 24) Korkula with peaks at 1,864 and 1657 ft.
According to legend, Trojan hero Aeneas arrived in the 12th century BC. Explore the many caves around the island to find evidences of Meso and Neolithic peoples. Others came in 1000 BC. Check out the numerous old stone buildings and fortresses they left behind. Greeks followed. Its ideal climate was perfect for agriculture and the sea teemed with fish. They called it "Black Corfu" after their homeland and the dense pinewoods. Greek artifacts, including carved marble tombstones are in the town museum. When it became part of the Roman province of Dalmatia, Roman migration followed. Roman villas appear through the territory of Korčula and its ideal setting brought new conquerors: the usual suspects of the Byzantines, Slavs, and Venetians. For years Korčula supplied timber Venetian fleets. Even Great Britain ruled for a bit, building a West stone quay, a semi-circular paved terrace with stone benches on their newly built road towards Lumbarda, plus a circular Martello tower "forteca." Korcula became part of Yugoslavia in 1945. After 1991, the island became a part of the independent Republic of Croatia.
The island is largely covered with Mediterranean flora including extensive pine forests. The Moreška sword dance, stonemasonry, painting and sculpture arts are strong traditions.
Day 10 (Thursday, August 25) Mljet When the apostle Paul shipwrecked on an island, this became the place. Scenic, quiet with a small town where villagers anxiously meet the yachts. You are welcome here, just like Paul was. Mljet's population of 1,088 id spread between 13 villages with the smallest being 13 and the largest 120 people. Discovered by ancient Greco-Roman geographers in the 6th century BC it was noted as an ideal spot by Pliny the Elder who called it Melita.
Thanks to someone taking on the task that St. Patrick did in Ireland, the snake population was all be eliminated by the introduction of the small Indian mongoose. The mongooses did completed their task, but they did damage to hedgerow birds, such as sparrows.
The climate is Mediterranean with an average temperature in August of 75 °F. Rain falls mainly between October and April, between 35 and 45 inches. With no airport, only occasional ferries, and charming villages all around, it's a tranquil delight. A two-lane paved road runs throughout the island.
Day 11 (Friday, August 26) Dubrovnik Dubrovnik: Long regarded as the crown jewel of the Adriatic Sea, UNESCO listed Dubrovnik in its World Heritage Sites in recognition of its outstanding medieval architecture and fortified old town. No wonder HBO set Game of Thrones here. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Robin Hood and even a Bollywood movie, Fan, were filmed here.
After disembarking our yacht in Dubrovnik's quaint and personal harbor, you step immediately into the old city and are whisked back in time to the 15th century under the Venetian rule. Yes, its prime location made it a trade center worth fighting over by the Byzantines, Italians, French, and Austrians. After WW2, it became part of Yugoslavia.
Founded in the 7th century, it survived these hostilities, but it was nearly destroyed by earthquakes in 1667. Dubrovnikites loved the prosperity of its maritime trade as well as becoming renown for its wealth, skilled diplomacy and the cradle of Croatian literature. Today they gladly show guest around their beautiful old city.
In 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, the Yugoslav People's Army besieged Dubrovnik for seven months and suffered significant damage from shelling. After undergoing repair and restoration works in the 1990s, it re-emerged as one of the Mediterranean's top tourist destinations, as well as a popular filming location.
Day 12 & 13 (Saturday, Sunday, August 27 & 28) Kotor, Monte Negro
After breakfast, we say goodbye to the crew of the Lupus Mare and board our coach for the hour or so drive down the coastal highway to the amazing fjord of Kotor, Monte Negro. The staggering beauty overwhelms. At the entrance of old town Kotor, a post-World War II sign "What belongs to others we don't want, ours we don't give." Kotor has history, lots of it.
In 168 BC, Kotor area became part of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Over the next 1,600 years it was so strongly coveted by outsiders that it was plundered by the Saracens, then by Bulgarians, Serbians, Hungarians and Bosnians.
Venetian domination for four hundred years gave the city the Venetian architecture that contributed to making Kotor a UNESCO world heritage site.
It endured the plague in 1572, and was nearly destroyed by earthquakes.
Again, outsiders tried to rule them including the French, Russians, Italians, Germans and the British.
Besides the 360 degree grandeur of the dark mountains (hence Monte Negro), Kotor "must see" sites include:
1. The best preserved medieval old town in the Adriatic
2. UNESCO World Heritage Sites
3. Venetian Works of Defense from the 16th and 17th centuries.
4. Cathedral of Saint Tryphon in the old town (built in 1166).
5. Ancient walls which stretch for 4.5 km (3 mi) directly above the city.
6. Welcome to Cat City – its official animal along with many cat stores, a cat museum, and Cats' Square.
7. Our Lady of the Rocks, sitting on a small island easily reached by water taxi.
Our bus takes around. You can also sail the fjord so experience 360 degrees of wonder. You have free time in Kotor to explore so many choices that we'll lay out for you. Special evening dinner with local entertainment.
On Sunday we'll hold a special devotional.
Day 14 (Monday, August 29) Flight to USA or optional extension in Athens or Venice
As we say goodbye to Kotor, observe the many natural wonders as we wind our way up the mountain and then into the valley for Podgorica airport.
If you wish to extend in Athens or Venice, it's only a short flight directly to Athens and a couple hours to Venice. You can select tours of two of the most famous cities in the world. In Athens, see the Acropolis, Temple of Athene Nike, Mars Hill and more. In Venice your hotel is in a blissful nearby village with easy access to the gondolas of Venice, St. Marks and so much more. Plenty of time to get acquainted with either city.
Day 15 (Tuesday, August 30) Optional tours of Athens or Venice
With so many things to see, the tours are varied and optional, but reasonably priced (not typical ship prices!). A hop-on, hop-off bus is one of the best. Breakfast is included but lunch and dinner are at your discretion and adventure. Our guide will make recommendations. Call for options and pricing.
Day 16 (Wednesday, August 31) Fly home or continue with an extension on your own.
Expedia Travel will help you arrange this, or you can book it on your own.


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This is a simple tasting but wonderful side salad. The ingredients listed are not that easy to find, but you should feel free to substitute other lettuces and herbs that are available. The green beans are important though...so include them if you can. And the dressing is a must. Mix and enjoy!
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Liz Nelson ■ Taxing for 'true equality': EU adopts tax and gender proposals
Taxing for 'true equality': EU adopts tax and gender proposals
Liz Nelson
Inequality and human rights ↘ Gender ↘
tax justice and human rights
"Gender equality can and should be promoted at all levels, including fiscal policy. This report is an important step towards the promotion of a more equitable distribution of income, wealth, opportunities, productive assets and services. That is, true equality". So said MEP Marisa Matias at Monday's debate in the EU Parliament and presentation of the report on Gender equality and taxation policies in the EU (final report available shortly). The report was adopted on Tuesday 15 January by the plenary of the European Parliament with 313 votes in favour.
There is much to recommend the report and we are pleased to have contributed to its development alongside many other advocates and researchers.
The steady guidance from rapporteurs MEPs Marisa Matias and Ernest Urtasun has led to this critical milestone for gender equality. Not least because the report proposes that member states shift from joint taxation to individual taxation. This recognition rightly addresses a flawed assumption operating in most taxation regimes that households pool and share their funds equally. This is not always the case. There is much evidence that the joint taxation of adult couples and of families means that women can end up paying higher tax on their, often, lower income than their male partner. It also establishes important social and economic principles that women, as individuals, must be recognised as having property rights and legal responsibility for managing their own income and taxes and not economically subsumed into the 'household' .
Critically for women and girls, the report adds weight and a much needed gendered critique, which requires member states to re-examine corporate taxation policy and legislation including the importance of maximising all available resources for essential "well functioning welfare provisions"; provisions which are so necessary to support gender equality.
Essential next steps will be to enlist the strength and support of multidisciplinary and progressive advocates to integrate a tax and gender justice set of principles and norms in their agendas, and to hold Members States and the EU to account.
Liz Nelson is a director at TJN and heads our programme of work on tax justice and human rights. Before joining TJN, Liz worked as Development Manager at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in the University of Oxford's Said Business School. Previously she managed and developed housing services for vulnerable and 'at risk' adults and families for twenty years. Liz studied Human Rights and Development Management from the Open University's Global Programme in Development Management and Women's Human Rights at the London School of Economics (LSE). Liz can be contacted on +44 (0) 7887 740798.
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The technology vendor landscape continues to grow, and as it does, there is an evolving shift in how vendors partner, consolidate, and merge. Consolidation in the channel, including the acquisition of Westcon-Comstor by SYNNEX Corporation, has been an ongoing trend. However, there is another side of consolidation to be considered; it opens the door for VARs to build a stronger partner ecosystem.
We recently spoke with Dan Forbes, Senior Director of Field Sales for Comstor, a SYNNEX Corporation Company about the impact of consolidation on the VAR community and IT channel.
According to Forbes, consolidation has been a big factor in the marketplace. For VARs and IT resellers to stay competitive, Forbes suggests that building a stronger partner ecosystem is critical.
"You can't do everything. The end user will inevitably ask you to do something that you may not be able to handle on your own," said Forbes. By reaching out to your supplier network of distributors and partners, VARs can address their customer needs while expanding offerings.
First, VARs must start the dialog with potential partners. Once that dialog occurs, there is a better understanding of what a distributor or technology partner can offer to the VAR and, ultimately, the end user. Partnering also often offers a significant savings from going out to the marketplace and considering buying or merging.


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Paul Simon announces retirement from touring: 'I'd like to leave with a big Thank You'
He's been performing for over 50 years, and wants to spend time with his family.
After more than five decades of making music, Paul Simon announced on Monday he planned to retire from touring later this year.
The 76-year-old singer behind hits like "Graceland" and "Kodachrome" posted a message to fans on Twitter, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family.
Paul Simon performing at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016 in Philadelphia. Getty Images
Simon has been married to singer Edie Brickell since 1992, and they have three children together.
He got his start as a teenager in the 1950s with pal and fellow singer Art Garfunkel. After recording as Tom and Jerry, they became the iconic folk-pop duo Simon and Garfunkel, who created classics like "The Sound of Silence" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" in the 1960s and early '70s.
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Simon went solo in the 1970s and had hits including "Kodachrome," "Graceland" and "You Can Call Me Al."
He's not the first legendary performer and musician to quit the road in recent weeks; in January Elton John announced his farewell for similar reasons, and Neil Diamond said he would retire after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
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Still, this may not be the end. After his farewell tour wraps in London in July, Simon said he'd remain open to the "occasional performance in a (hopefully) acoustically pristine hall."
"It's an act of courage to let go," he told The New York Times in 2016. "I am going to see what happens if I let go. Then I'm going to see, who am I? Or am I just this person that was defined by what I did? And if that's gone, if you have to make up yourself, who are you?"


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Ex-Girlfriend of NBA Star Chris Bosh Files Bankruptcy
Allison Mathis, the ex-girlfriend of Miami Heat star Chris Bosh files bankruptcy protection. She is the mother of a 5-year old child fathered by Bosh. She reportedly receives child support payments from Bosh for their child in the amount of $3,000 a month, but many may see this as mere pennies since the NBA star signed a contract worth $109 million.
Mathis filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in Florida with documents related to her filing detailing poverty pleadings. In the last few years the couple has been in a bitter legal battle over custody of their child including child support payments. Mathis is employed as a part-time research assistant while owing creditors close to $290,000. She claims to have assets valued at roughly $320,000.
Her monthly income is close to $4,000 with monthly expenses just over $1,600. Her assets include a checking account with $1,250 and a savings account with $18,000. Jewelry and furniture are valued at $3,700 and owes $15,000 on a 2007 BMW. Her home located in Windermere, Florida is owed $284,000.
Mathis monthly income breaks down to $3,000 in child support while making $800 per month at her part-time job. She stated she receives $500 a month from family members to supplement her earnings. Recently, a lawsuit was filed against her by Bosh when she claimed she wanted to appear on the reality show "Basketball Wives" but it was tossed out by the judge. Mathis claims legal drama surrounding her situation caused her to be dropped from the show.
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Healthcare expenditure is continuing to rise as more treatment options become available. Decision-makers must therefore be able to determine the suitability of new technologies. Thomas C Novelli of the MDMA examines how comparative effectiveness will continue to have an impact on healthcare choices.
The prevailing sentiment among most healthcare and budget experts in Washington is that demands on federal resources have reached a critical point. The growth of entitlement spending has risen to a level where difficult decisions will have to be made about the future of several critical programmes.
At the forefront of the debate are the two largest areas of entitlement spending: Medicare and Social Security. Both programmes constitute a significant portion of the budget and require functioning as efficiently as possible.
"Medicare expenditures were $432bn in 2007, or 3.2% of GDP, and are projected to increase to nearly 11% of GDP in 75 years."
While Social Security is expected to reach insolvency in the next few decades, Medicare is at the epicentre of the budget debate. Medicare is the Federal health insurance programme for citizens over the age of 65.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency responsible for administering the Medicare and Medicaid programme, recently released the Medicare Trustee Report regarding the current state of the programme. According to the report, Medicare expenditures were $432bn in 2007, or 3.2% of GDP, and are projected to increase to nearly 11% of GDP in 75 years.
The trustees also reported that Medicare's Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund would become insolvent earlier in 2019 than previously expected. HI expenditure growth is estimated to average 7.4% each year during the next ten years – a higher rate than either GDP or CPI growth.
During 2008 the HI Trust Fund will spend more than its income, and from 2009 until 2019, about $443bn will need to be transferred from the federal treasury to cover beneficiaries' hospital insurance costs. These statistics are alarming for lawmakers and stakeholders. While many agree that extensive problems exist, it appears a more daunting challenge is to find agreement on both causes and solutions.
A more pertinent dialogue involving the medtech industry has unfolded over the past few years. At the core of this debate is determining which factors are responsible for the sustained increases in expenditures in the Medicare programme and how to address those factors to control costs. Some argue the induction of new technologies into the market is the primary cause for increased spending. However, on closer examination of the data, the salary, benefits and overhead costs for staff represent nearly 70% of a hospital's expenditures. Other factors, such as liability insurance, also drive up the cost of healthcare.
While this debate continues, lawmakers and regulators appear to move forward with policies that may affect coverage. In recent years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released specific reports addressing the increased spending in federal healthcare programmes. Although facts demonstrate otherwise, the CBO also points to technology as a driving factor of increased healthcare costs. However, it fails to capture the value of technologies that result in better outcomes or shorter hospital stays.
"Patients have received imaging and other diagnostic tests more in the past decade than ever before."
In an effort to address the perceived impact of new technologies, some in Washington have begun to explore various ways to control cost.
THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS DEBATE
There has been a significant growth in the development of medical technologies over the past 20 years. More importantly, clinical benefits have increased because of these developments. Patients are now living longer, healthier lives. However, the influx of developments has resulted in more patients being treated, ultimately increasing costs. For example, patients have received imaging and other diagnostic tests more in the past decade than ever before.
While there is no doubt that these tests are revealing patient ailments, payers are looking more closely at the utilisation rates to determine if therapies or tests are reasonable and necessary. Insurers, including Medicare, want to see a greater correlation between the increased allocation of resources and benefits in the beneficiary pool. For Medicare, comparative effectiveness is seen as a viable solution to address this issue.
Comparative clinical effectiveness research has been discussed as an avenue for producing information to help healthcare decision-makers reach informed, evidence-based decisions. Most people agree that the research compares the "effectiveness" of two or more healthcare services or treatments. It evaluates outcomes resulting from different treatments or services and provides information about the relative effectiveness of treatments.
Specifics about the research and the definition, however, seem to be sources of contention. In particular, two areas that are the source of the most contention are the definition of 'effectiveness' and whether costs should be included in comparative effectiveness research.
"Measuring the benefits and effectiveness of a treatment often requires making assumptions about the population benefiting from it."
Determining clinical benefit or effectiveness is not easy to quantify. The factors included in the research and how they are measured can greatly influence the results of a study. Measuring the benefits and effectiveness of a treatment often requires making assumptions about the population benefiting from it.
To what extent will the benefits from the treatment vary across the country and in different settings? How should the benefits observed in a clinical trial be extrapolated to the rest of the population?
It also is important to note that effectiveness is different from efficacy. Efficacy and effectiveness research results may differ because often in clinical practice patients may have more than one illness, doses may vary, methods of administering the treatment may vary and patients simultaneously may take treatments for multiple illnesses. Moreover, large segments of the potential patient population are often excluded from efficacy trials to achieve a more uniform study population.
Another point of issue is whether to include costs. The issue is most controversial if results that include costs are used to make insurance reimbursement, pricing or coverage decisions. The inclusion of costs in research tends to not be as controversial when the results are not directly linked to medical and health policy decision-making.
The UK operates under a paradigm of comparative effectiveness. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is an independent organisation that provides guidance on technology assessments and other recommendations to the NHS. NICE expansively employs methods of comparative and cost effectiveness in recommending to the NHS what services and technologies to cover under the programmes. One prevailing concern among spectators in the US is that a comparative effectiveness agency could become analogous to NICE and employ similar coverage methodologies.
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"By the time a comparative effectiveness study is complete, it is possible that a device may be on the second or even third generation."
Most comparative effectiveness studies tend to last well beyond the device lifecycle. If a research study to determine effectiveness lasts a minimum of three years, it is difficult to ignore the reality that medical devices are products of improving innovation and technology. Most devices have a market lifespan of about 18 months before the next-generation model is available.
In many cases, the newer generations will bring greater clinical benefit to a patient. Thus, by the time a comparative effectiveness study is complete, it is possible that a device may be on the second or even third generation, which may be substantially different and provide significantly more clinical benefit than the previous device. Therefore, it becomes much more difficult to make a coverage decision based on this incomplete information.
It appears that Congress has an appetite to move forward on legislation on comparative effectiveness.
Most recently, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the US Senate Committee on Finance, announced legislation to create a private-public entity that would work with federal health agencies to establish comparative effectiveness methodologies. Although the legislation mentioned that costs initially would not be included in research studies, it left open the possibility that they could be included down the road.
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Kolkata, November 13, 2021: Nestle Special.T has joined hands with Smile Foundation to support the NGO's Child For Child program in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal. Through this partnership the program will reach out to underprivileged children in the two districts, get them back into school and ensure they remain in school.
Launched in 2006 by Smile Foundation, The Child for Child Program connects underprivileged children with their privileged counterparts who study in prestigious schools, sensitizing privileged children and their parents to the inequality around them.
Under Child For Child programme, Smile Foundation visits various schools and conducts engaging sessions for the young minds. It sensitizes children towards various causes and let them realize their privileged status.
Last year, the Child for Child program reached out to over 1.7 million privileged children from 4,400 schools spread across 417 districts of India. The program has been rolled out in every part of the country except Lakshadweep.
More than 27,000 events and activities were conducted in schools last year under the Child for Child Program to sensitize students, their parents, and teachers to help students from marginalized backgrounds.
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On traditional remotes that is certainly the case. Traditional EEPROM remotes have very small area, and while the learning section is big, its much better used to house an extender, or to host upgrade overflow.
I've found that I am using learns a lot more on the NEVO because they behave better than the "keymove-ish" things that I was trying to use on my devices. I need several soft keys from my TV on all viewing devices, (roku, dvd, blu-ray, ...) So I've been translating device keys into learns and sometimes manipulating them by hand in order to make the remote respond the way I want.
But you can still keymove them onto each device's button tab without resorting to learns or just assign all softkeys to the TV device in your activities and put the few roku/dvd/bd soft keys you need on the TV device. Or make a TV/Roku combo device, a TV/DVD combo device, etc. with the appropriate mix of devices and buttons from other devices.
Yes BUT the repeat characteristics dont hold true the way a traditional keymove would be. Instead they behave like they are in a macro and send 3 repeats for the majority of protocols. Holding the button or soft button does not give you more repeats. But when you make your frankenstein device with learns the repeats work flawlessly. So if I need repeats like when held on the helper device. I use learns. When i need a button to not repeat i make a learn with barf's irscrutinizer and then edit it by hand to remove the repeating portion.
Vicky, have you tried enabling the dreaded Assist buttons to see if they behave like macros too? That might just work if you only need a few TV commands in every activity.
No, for the most part I use Frankenstein devices because there just are not enough activities to handle my system. I use activites for my Music devices, but viewing devices are all cobbled.
As usual, I'm a year late to this party but I think you are describing an issue similar to the one I'm having. I wanted to assign soft keys to the TV to allow me to increase and decrease the volume on the receiver without changing the TV volume device. What I'm looking for is effectively the ability to change the volume device on the fly (and back) using a soft key. Is using an activity with volume key assignments my only option (i.e., Watch TV with Receiver Volume and Watch TV with TV Volume)? I tried to create a macro with vol+ and vol- hold and assign that to TV, but the soft key only sends 1 vol+ or vol- command per key press no matter how I vary the hold.
I don't know if it was RM 2.07, the Xsight firmware update it suggested I download, or something in the way I created the macro, but assigning volume keys to softkeys with durations is working for me now. Thanks for continuing to maintain the tools and this great JP1 resource!


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Cjay
Post by Cjay » Thu Oct 21, 2021 1:31 pm
Bielsa's here - managers given enough respect?
English football is normally characterised by accepting or waiting with the long processes. Since I have been here there have been solid cases, for example, the one at Norwich. That characteristic is perhaps not as stable as it used to be. With respect to the psychological health, whenever that type of health is needed it's natural to look for the specialists. There are those who need it or think they need it. And some who need it, but don't think they do. That resource can never be forced on anyone. It depends on each person.
Phillips? Boost?
Kalvin is healthy, but he has not competed for three weeks. If he played on Saturday it would be far too quick. After three weeks out it's necessary for more training. At this stage he has done sessions for recovery and physical prep and progressive work with the ball. To think of him for Saturday would be too soon before his best.
Ayling and Bamford are not going to be here for the next two games. Raphinha is back and acclimatised. Koch still has at least one month to go.
Enough strength in depth in the squad?
I think about it, but you are in condition to verify it without needing my opinion. Last season, Leeds used the fewest players. They were the team who changed the fewest players for their starting XI. They were the team who ran the most in all the values. We suffered a lot of injuries and sometimes simultaneously and in the same position. It does not matter, my opinion, because my opinion can be mistaken. There is evidence that allows you to not make a wrong conclusion.
Why second season not as good as the first?
There are a lot of arguments. The arguments have been talking about them in the measure the problems have been occurring. I always try to listen to the principal reasons for why this is happening. I have the desire to be proved wrong or to be wrong in my diagnostic because if I find I am wrong I have the option to correct and to learn from the error. The principal arguments are: the squad is too small, I already gave that response; also there are no alternative plans in the way of playing, the way of playing is generic and it's very difficult to imagine the game in a different way.
We try to have the ball more than the opponent. We try to take the ball from our half to theirs without putting the ball too much at risk and try the possession in their half creates danger. That's part of all models. What can change is whether you are the protagonist or you speculate. I always choose to be the protagonist and not to speculate.
I don't know if it makes sense to continue answering because I can continue giving you arguments for 10 minutes more and I would be repeating things I have already said, but you ask me a question I have answered before. I can't invent different answers. I feel bad saying what you have heard previously.
Of course, I acknowledge the last game was not just another game. Very far from playing how we try to play. The goals produced for a counter-attack, which is also a criticism the team receives. We evaluated this last goal, I am in total agreement this action unbalanced the game we had equal numerity (sic) defensively and that's to take advantage of a counter-attack.
As I am the main person who wants to know what our errors are, every chance we suffered, every goal we suffer, I classify it, position it with regards the different ways of perceiving danger. Long-distance shots, set-pieces, chances from throws in our own half, chances where play is built and also counter-attacks. Of all the chances we concede, the lowest is through counters. Of course it does not make sense for me to argue it, but I don't find another way of answering your question without going deep into these subjects of football.
Firpo
Firpo is evolving quickly and well. I could not tell you how long he has left, but the next two games no. From Norwich he has chances of being back in the team.
Most difficult weeks for you at Leeds?
Yes, one of the most difficult. Perhaps there's been five or six, but this was among the most difficult. The complexity of the week prior to a game is evaluated depending on how far away we were in the last game. To play to our capabilities and how far away we were. At Southampton, the distance between what we were looking for and what we got was very far and that was deserved. For me, it was a very sad week, but in a parallel way when errors are made and I know the errors we made, I know they could have been avoided if I had managed more efficiently, so I have a lot of strength, energy and willingness to avoid what happened there again.
To come back from the situation, the process of lowering in the production is common to many activities. The first thing you do is to know why the thing you did not want to happen, happened. Discover and focus on the errors it's the first step to correction. If you don't recognise the errors, it's very difficult to correct. After taking on board these errors, to see if you have the resources not to commit them again, put it to the test during the week, the fortitude to avoid repeating. On this subject, the first step to take after playing badly is to avoid playing worse. When you play badly, there's always consequences within the game produced because you are playing badly. The first thing in a negative moment is to avoid the mistakes you make to play worse.
The second thing, that is very important, is every player feels any error he makes and produces negative consequences, knows it's not going to be singled out or made responsible for that error. The group will find a solution for that error. Playing badly makes you play worse and you avoid that. That is the first step to come back to equilibrium a team like Leeds has.
The function of a coach is what he proposes is carried out. As a result, the authority, the management, is essential. After you can impose these orders or convince. Any order within a team will last if it's done via convincing. The other reason important for being a coach is to discard defeat as an option. That's absurd. In football, you win, lose or draw. If you transmit defeat is painful it increases the fortitude to avoid it. Defeat is very difficult to tolerate. I try [to make the] the players feel the same way. I hope that gives us the energy to avoid it.
I want to remember this which has a lot of value, I told you how I manage, how I deal with bad form, but look at the resources at the opposite of this, but very efficient. I had to manage America (MEX) and I managed them after an extraordinary coach, Leo Beenhakker, a Dutch coach. To tell you what he achieved. They would win 7-0, 8-0, 9-0. I came after and always when I come after a great manager I ask how it was. What makes a manager big is how they manage the bad moments, not how they get to the good moments.
The great moments the players are exclusively responsible for. Bad moments demand management. I ask what he would do after a bad defeat. Immediately after he would tell everyone this game was very bad. From tomorrow we don't talk about this again. It's a process you can use to administer the adversity, through forgetting, but my idea is the opposite. Mine is the opposite. You have to look over the errors. Neither is the right way. Admitting you should bear in mind more what he says than me.
What is very clear is I can't do what he proposes because I feel it in a different way. It's not I think, it's I feel. My way of thinking and his are both valid. What you think when you have to transmit it becomes a feeling. Nobody convinces if they make up how they feel.
How all-consuming is this for you now?
There are people who need to do other things for clarity. I, in the adversity, don't have the capacity to do anything which generates pleasure for me. I dedicate myself in a balanced way to look over what [...]. Sadness and pleasure do not work in common for me. That's just the way I am and impossible to ask a player to be the same because you play 15 years, one time a week [...].
How different Wolves now to a few weeks ago in poor form?
There's a phrase I read not too long ago that says teams are made out of crystal. That it's difficult to make them solid, but they break from one day to another. Played our best game against Watford and the worst Southampton. More than whether the opponents were better or worse, teams change frequently. What is it that allows a loss of form for a team to recover quickly. The amount of work accumulated and fortitude spiritually from the group to accept the difficulties. There are groups, in the face of difficulties, they move away. They don't want to belong to something not in an attractive moment and others who come together to the place where they belong to. They make the max effort to modify the realities that affect their people, club and fans. The challenge for a coach in the adversity is to find this type of feeling.
What feeling did you transmit to your players this week?
It's what I have been explaining in these last 45 minutes. Commitment and not indifference. Responsibility and not passing over your responsibilities. Hope and faith before disappointment. I would have to repeat everything I have said up until now. I can't summarise my words in three lines. That's why I resist speaking in English. It's difficult to say what I think in Spanish and I would say a lot less in English.
Ability of this squad to take on what you try to transmit?
It does not matter too much what I think, but what you have been able to observe. I don't tell them to play well, bad or regular. For 50 games now, the team, that makes the most effort in the best league in the world, their commitment, their physical effort is linked to the willingness, so it's one of the few things you can demand. Origin comes from the mind. Efforts are not positioned to muscular energy, but in the mental capacity to activate. In the high competition, everyone has accumulated enough energy. What allows you to overcome limits is the mental strength to put in play what you possess. Nobody manages maximum expression they're not convinced with what they're doing. I always say it, that has nothing to do with any virtue I may have, but due to the essence of the British player. The British player has the capacity to maximise resources very, very high. Basque football, very similar. Basque football is very similar to English football.
Southampton first to outrun Leeds - sadden you?
It's one of the things I observed with worry.
What did you see of the body language of the players on the training fields, especially in the leaders?
After a defeat, dependent on the dimension of the defeat there's a process of pain and the immediate search for revenge to come back. Also think sometimes of those who are listening to us, there are expressions like we've said in this talk, there are a lot of fans who are connected with Leeds - they may find that acceptable what we are saying, in some way we feel the same as they do. But in another way I imagine so many people that live in the real world to talk about a defeat in the way that for example I am talking about it. It can be thought of as a scale of values and that is very big. There are people who ask you for a ticket to watch Leeds United because they have few days to live, imagine if you compare that loss to what we have been describing, it is proportionate in the evaluation.
What benefit do you see in Raphinha's Brazil performances for Leeds?
I think it's a logical process, it's inevitable that the steps Raphinha has been taking, they wouldn't take him to the place where he is now.
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Post by Scoobychief » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:23 pm
Bloody Koch and his Pubis
mentalcase
Post by mentalcase » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:49 pm
I want change Bielsa, some of the players simply aren't good enough, maybe you want players to "evolve" how long does it take like ?
If they haven't "evolved" after 2 seasons when will they ?
Set pieces !! F@cking set pieces, how often do we score from one and more importantly, how often do we concede from one.
You got one thing right, "your opinion can be mistaken"
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LogicWave recently helped AVI-SPL with an audio visual system for Ellsworth Air Force Base.
Audio Visual System Implemented
The Ellsworth Air Force Base system is operated by a TSW-1060 touch panel at its center. The system allows the user to choose between dual classification modes for security of the information being transmitted. A colored border on the touch panel also indicates which mode the system is currently operating in. A DM8x8 matrix switch allows for multiple sources to be routed to several different displays, as well as a room audio output. Video conferencing is handled with a single dual-classification camera with full pan, tilt, and zoom controls. Camera presets allows the user to quickly recall a saved configuration. Room audio can be adjusted and muted directly from the sidebar on the touch panel. The lectern microphone also has easily accessible controls directly from the footer of the touch panel. Room microphones provide sound reinforcement for added clarity with the audio system.
As always, LogicWave is glad to help another military installation with their audio visual needs.
By Logic Wave|2018-11-20T14:00:14-05:00November 26th, 2018|Military|Comments Off on Ellsworth Air Force Base
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Q: jquery(selector).each function I am using Gridster for webpage.The gridster widgets are
 elements placed in
.I generating these widgets with the help of json.
I am passing the values of json to add_widget function of gridster which dynamically generates the widgets(li elements) for me.
The gridster has a builtin function serialize which generates a json encoding the widgets present.
I have modified the seriazlize function to return an extra
key value pair which can capture the content of textarea on the widgets.
Following is the function which helps in getting the extra key value pair
function serialize() {
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        s[idx].images= $('.imagenames', el).val(); // extract content from textarea with class:imagenames
        s[idx].title = $('.hoverinformation', el).val();  // extract content from textarea with class:hoverinformation

              json_variable = JSON.stringify(s)
    });
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}

In the above function I am getting that element with class gridster is selected inside that
 is selected and in that each
 is selected.
But I was not understanding what is .each((idx, el) => {  this part
Also what is idx and el and this line entirely s[idx].images= $('.imagenames', el).val();.
HTML:

     <button class="js-seralize btn btn-success mr-2"> Serialize </button>
     <textarea class="textarea form-control" id="log"></textarea>

Fiddle representing the same

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But I was not understanding what is .each((idx, el) => { this part

$('.gridster ul li').each((idx, el) => { is an arrow function. idx and el are the arguments that the handler function receives (see the jQuery docs for more information on that).
The arrow function is equivalent to this:
$('.gridster ul li').each(function(idx, el) { ...

However there are a couple of caveats. Firstly the function handler retains the outer scope when using an arrow function definition, so this would refer to the serialize() function itself, not the li being iterated over. Secondly, it's completely unsupported in IE.

Also what this line entirely s[idx].images = $('.imagenames', el).val();

That line is setting the value of the images property of the object at index idx within the s array to the value of the .imagenames input within the el element.

A: .each((idx, el) => { is a forEach loop over every element of the array coming from $('.gridster ul li'). el represents the object and idx is the index of the element in that array.

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But I was not understanding what is .each((idx, el) => { this part

That's passing an arrow function into jQuery's each. each will call the function for each entry in the jQuery set it's called on (in that case, the one created by $('.gridster ul li')).

Also what is idx and el

When each calls the function, it passes the index of the element in the set as the first argument, and the element itself as the second argument. So idx is the index in the set, and el is the element.

and this line entirely s[idx].images= $('.imagenames', el).val();.

That's looking up the object in s for index idx and creating/updating an images property on the object, assigning it the value of the first descendant element within el that has the class imagenames. See here and here in the jQuery documentation.

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Q: How can I activate/configure a screensaver in Wayland/GNOME? I am using Fedora 25 with Wayland and GNOME. How can I configure a screensaver?
I assume xscreensaver does not work and I could install gnome-screensaver, but there is no configuration interface - or have I missed something there…?
Edit: To clarify, I am not looking for a simple black screen or a "fade out" effect, but for a "real" screensaver showing some animation or a slideshow of your photos/images or so…

Question cross-posted from Ask Fedora.

A: So basically I could not find any real wayland-screensaver solution. There was some development and even a small demo of a Wayland screensaver (wscreensaver), but there is not a final program or maybe not even the inital implementation made it into Wayland.
In any case I did not expect that I can (of course) run X.org apps under Wayland using XWayland. Naturally this may not last long into the future, but currently it works. I can run xscreensaver as it is expected.

A: From the Gnome GUI desktop, try going to Settings -> Privacy -> Screen Lock

A: You could try i3lock, i3lock-blur or i3lock-fancy , it's really tweakable, you can have it to blur your desktop or show an image, you can script it however you like to change the background and it shows by default date and time.
I don't know how to launch a screen saver on Wayland, but It could just be done with a script reading libinput-debug-events, launching the screensaver when there is no events for 15 minutes for instance.
You could also use a full screen terminal / full screen feh to display an animation or an image as explained here : Full screen terminal with script as screen saver under archLinux


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COVID-19 Pandemic Restructures Care in CLL
Christina T. Loguidice
As the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic continues to pose challenges, health care providers struggle with decisions on how to balance the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission with the need to treat patients' underlying conditions.
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to pose challenges, health care providers struggle with decisions on how to balance the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission with the need to treat patients' underlying conditions. Because patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have many risk factors that predispose them to a more severe course of COVID-19– related illness, including older age, higher prevalence of comorbidities, immunodeficiency from leukemia, and, possibly, immunosuppression from CLL treatments, this patient population is of particular concern.1 As part of a segment during an OncLive Peer Exchange®, a panel of hematologic cancer experts discussed how they are caring for their patients with CLL during the pandemic. They also discussed how treatment advances, many of which have the potential to transform the CLL landscape, may set standards should other pandemics emerge, a concern that has become particularly important as infectious disease experts warn that we may have entered an "era of pandemics."2
"We know there are emerging data that show that patients receiving chemotherapy and patients with cancer on therapy in general are at a higher risk for poor outcomes [related to COVID-19]," said John N. Allan, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, New York.
Although the mortality data for patients with CLL who develop COVID-19 are alarming, Allan provided some reassurance. "I want to reiterate to patients and other physicians out there that just because a patient with CLL may get sick does not mean he or she is going to have horrible outcomes, though they are at risk for those things," he said. He noted that many factors beyond CLL come into play and must be considered. "I think what we've shown time and time again with patients with COVID-19 is that age, hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, obesity, and pulmonary disease are the things that really come together in a perfect storm. Patients are dying from overwhelming inflammatory conditions that occur with the virus that we are trying to grapple with and understand," he said.
Protective measures must be taken and relayed to patients to help reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. "One way to mitigate risk is to encourage social distancing, use of masks, and hand hygiene, and really reiterate that," Allen said. Using telemedicine when possible is also an option to minimize office visits. "There are a proportion of our patients who are on active observation, for example, who certainly can use telemedicine," Nicole Lamanna, MD, said. "Patients can have local laboratory tests; there are services that some patients use that can have labs drawn at home, depending upon their insurance or capabilities, or they can go to a local lab and then have a telemedicine visit because they've been stable for years and they're doing well otherwise." Lamanna is an associate clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York, New York.
Additionally, outside influences, such as regional status concerning the number of cases as well as the potential therapeutic benefit of initiating treatments, are other case-by-case considerations. In the absence of symptoms, delaying intervention for patients who receive a diagnosis of CLL is common.3 "For patients with CLL I have found when we are in an exponential phase [of the pandemic], it is not a time when you want to be initiating treatment," Allan said. "Instead, you want to minimize interaction and the immunosuppressive effects of some of these treatments and, essentially, if you do have a watch-and-wait patient, that's when you push them out to telemedicine and using local labs."
In a guideline article for treating patients with CLL during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Rossi et al estimate that the risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 and developing COVID-19 outweighs the risk associated with delaying treatment until a time when the epidemic trajectory descreases.4
In contrast, if someone is sick and meets the standard treatment indications, Lamanna said the patient should be brought in to ensure they receive adequate treatment and avoid complications down the road. Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, agreed, saying, "Unfortunately, we have had a few patients who were not referred in a timely manner or decided to wait until the end of the pandemic. As a result, we had a more complicated situation in terms of starting treatment." Shadman is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and an associate professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center both in Seattle, Washington.
When treatment cannot be further delayed, guidelines recommend using systemic therapies that are less immunosuppressive and require fewer in-person visits (Table).4 During such times, the panelists agreed that Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKis) may be a particularly appealing option for patients requiring treatment because they are well tolerated, require minimal monitoring, and are taken orally. Options include ibrutinib (Imbruvica) and acalabrutinib (Calquence), which prolong progression-free and overall survival and have a lower risk of infection for patients compared with chemoimmunotherapy. Of note, ibrutinib does not allow for treatment holidays. For patients who are not candidates for BTKis, venetoclax (Venclexta) has a similar incidence of adverse effects, including rates for opportunistic infections; however, patients treated with the agent may require access to a hospital for the treatment of tumor lysis syndrome during the initial stages of therapy.4
Table. Recommendations for Patients With CLL Who Require Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic4
Allan, Lamanna, and Shadman coauthored a study across 43 international centers that examined the outcomes of 198 patients with CLL who developed symptomatic COVID-19. The median age of the patients was 70.5 years. Of these patients, 90% required hospitalization. At a median follow-up of 16 days, the overall case fatality rate was 33%, and 25% remained admitted.1 The rates of hospital admission were similar between the treatment-naïve and treated patients, most of whom were treated with BTKis (76%). Although mortality rates for all patients with CLL was high following hospital admission for COVID-19, CLL-directed treatment with BTKis did not negatively impact survival, with a case fatality rate of 34% versus 35% for those not on BTKis.1
In most of these patients, BTKi therapy was held at the time they received a diagnosis of COVID-19; however, a small subset of patients (n = 14) continued to receive BTKis and they had a lower case fatality rate (21%). These patients also appeared to require less frequent supplemental oxygen and mechanical ventilation, providing reassurance that continued BTKi use during the COVID-19 pandemic is unlikely to cause harm and may have benefit. However, data from larger studies will be needed for confirmation.1
In contrast, when COVID-19 cases are low, Allan said he may be more comfortable going back to more intensive approaches. "If I thought a patient would benefit from a VenG [venetoclax plus obinutuzumab (Gazyva)]-based approach pre–COVID-19, I'm comfortable doing this [when cases are low]. I feel like there's a window of opportunity, though that could change if we start to see a [new] wave. You just have to pay attention to your caseload and what the virus rates are specific to your region," Allan said.
Although the CLL COVID-19 study provided reassurance that BTKis do not negatively impact mortality, it is still unclear what effects other treatments alone or in combination have overall, especially more intensive regimens. Allan shared his experience in the clinic and noted that he has seen people on anti-CD20 treatment do well after developing COVID-19. "I've had patients get sick who have had anti-CD20. They have recovered, though it took a little time to clear, but then they finally developed antibodies while being on a BTK inhibitor plus an anti-CD20 [therapy]," he said.
Lessons learned from the pandemic are likely to remain at the forefront, especially if SARS-CoV-2 transitions from an epidemic state to an endemic state with recurrent seasonal outbreaks. As such, Rossi et al caution that patients and doctors be prepared for surges and outbreaks to adapt care for those with CLL when stay-at-home orders are in place.4 Although recent data on the continued use of BTKis is encouraging, more data will modify approaches to care in the coming months and years.
Mato AR, Roeker LE, Lamanna N, et al. Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with CLL: a multicenter international experience. Blood. 2020;136(10):1134-1143. doi:10.1182/blood.2020006965
Morens DM, Fauci AS. Emerging pandemic diseases: how we got to COVID-19. Cell. 2020;183(3):837. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.022
NCCN. Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic leukemia, version 1.2021. Accessed November 18, 2020. https://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/cll.pdf
Rossi D, Shadman M, Condoluci A, et al. How we manage patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Hemasphere. 2020;4(4):e432. doi:10.1097/HS9.0000000000000432
COVID-19 | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Remaining ECHELON-2 Questions Spark Novel Research Efforts in PTCL
Pandemic Inspires New Outreach Program
Pharma Innovation Is Saving the World


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721.2.1 Use and Application [HCD 1 & HCD 2 ]
California Building Code 2016 (Vol 1 & 2) > 7 Fire and Smoke Protection Features > 721 Prescriptive Fire Resistance > 721.2 Cellular Concrete. [HCD 1 & HCD 2 ] > 721.2.1 Use and Application [HCD 1 & HCD 2 ]
Controlled-density cellular concrete, when used or applied, shall be in accordance with the use of materials in Bulletin No. 65 of the Federal Housing Administration, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Regardless of the provisions of Subsections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.6 in Section 3, Bulletin No. 65 provisions relating to proportioning, mixing and testing, in the following shall apply to this chapter.
1.1. Field-control weighings for control of the wet-unit weight shall be made. The design wet-unit weight for field control of the concrete shall be based on previously established data for the relation between the wet-unit weight and the air-dry-unit weight at 28 days for the mix being placed. Field-control weighings for determining the wet-unit weight shall be made at the mixer discharge and at the point of deposit. There should be one pair of weighings per batch for batch-type mixers unless equipment is provided with scales allowing the operator to adequately weigh materials.
For continuous weight-instrumented batch mixers, there should be one pair of weighings per 10 cubic yards (7.65 m3). The gain in unit weight between the mixer discharge and point of deposit shall not exceed 5 percent. The wet-unit weight at the point of deposit of the concrete shall not exceed plus 5 percent of the design wet-unit weight. A variation exceeding plus 5 percent of the design wet-unit weight shall require a modification of the mix proportions, a change of materials or a change in the mixing procedure.
1.2. When tests are required by the enforcing agency, they shall be performed in the following manner:
Two test cylinders, for compressive strength tests, shall be made for each 8,000 square feet (743 m2) of surface area placed. A minimum of two test cylinders shall be made each day. Each strength test result shall be the average of two cylinders from the same sample tested at 28 days or at a specified earlier date.
1.3. The minimum air-dry density shall be 90 pounds per cubic foot (1,440 kg/m3). The minimum design compressive strength shall be 1,000 psi (6,890 kPa) when the curing procedure specified herein is applied. The minimum design compressive strength shall be 1,250 psi (8,619 kPa) if the slab is placed in a covered area of a building and a specified curing medium is not applied. The specified design compressive strength shall be increased 20 percent when the specified strength is greater than 1,000 psi (6,890 kPa) and the slab is placed in a covered area of a building and a specified curing medium is not applied.
1.4. The cellular concrete shall be sampled at the point of deposit in accordance with the applicable procedures of ASTM C172, Sampling Fresh Concrete. Cylinder molds shall be either 3 inches by 6 inches (76 mm by 152 mm) or 6 inches by 12 inches (152 mm by 305 mm). Lightly tap the sides of the mold with a rubber hammer while filling the mold instead of rodding the mix. Moist cure the specimens for seven days at 73.4°F (40.8°C) plus or minus 3°F (1.7°C). At the age of seven days, remove the specimens from the moist condition and store in a temperature of 73.4°F (40.8°C) plus or minus 3°F (1.7°C) and a relative humidity of 50 plus or minus 10 percent for 21 days; remove and air dry until the time of test at 28 days. The compressive strength test shall be in accordance with ASTM C39, Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens. Determine the air-dry-unit weight at 28 days.
Regardless of the provisions of Subsections 4.1 and 4.2 in Section 4 of Bulletin No. 65, relating to placing, finishing and curing, the following shall apply to these regulations.
2.1. The concrete shall be placed, finished and cured to produce a level, smooth surface. The concrete shall be placed in a single layer to a minimum thickness of 11/2 inches (38 mm). The deviation from a plan shall not exceed 1/4 inch (6 mm) in any 10 feet (3048 mm). The final finish of the concrete shall be suitable for the application of the specified wear- resistant covering. Cracks wider than 1/8 inch (3 mm) shall be repaired.
2.2. Install a water-resistant membrane between wood or plywood subfloors and the cellular concrete to prevent leakage of the concrete and wetting of the subfloor. The membrane shall consist of waterproof paper or plastic sheets conforming to ASTM C171, Sheet Materials for Curing Concrete, or Type 15 roofing felt conforming to ASTM D226, D250 or D227, or Federal Specification UUB790, Building Paper Vegetable Fiber: (Kraft, Waterproofed, Water Repellent and Fire-resistant) Type 1, Grade B. The sheets shall be securely fastened to the subfloor.
Regardless of the provisions of Subsections 6.1 and 6.2 in Section 6, of Bulletin No. 65, relating to applicator qualifications and warranty, these subsections are omitted from this chapter.
721.2.1 Fire and Smoke Protection Features, Use and Application [HCD 1 & HCD 2 ]
to produce a level, smooth surface. The concrete shall be placed in a single layer to a minimum thickness of 1 1 / 2 inches (38 mm). The deviation from ...
1101.4.2.1 Storm Drainage, [HCD 1]
ABS or PVC installations are limited to not more than two stories of areas of residential accommodation ...
California Plumbing Code 2016 > 11 Storm Drainage > 1101.0 General > 1101.4 Material Uses > 1101.4.2 Conductors > 1101.4.2.1 [HCD 1]
408.1 Repairs, Materials
Plumbing materials and supplies shall not be used for repairs that are prohibited in the California Plumbing Code . [HCD 1 & HCD 2] Existing ...
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1501.10 Alternate Water Sources for Nonpotable Applications, Signage [BSC-CG, HCD 1, HCD 2, HCD 1-AC]
shall be installed in restrooms in commercial, industrial, and institutional occupancies, and in residential common use areas using on-site treated ...
California Plumbing Code 2016 > 15 Alternate Water Sources for Nonpotable Applications > 1501.0 General > 1501.10 Signage [BSC-CG, HCD 1, HCD 2, HCD 1-AC]
1501.9 Alternate Water Sources for Nonpotable Applications, Signage [BSC-CG, HCD 1, HCD 2, HCD 1-AC]
of the California Building Code. Each sign shall contain 1 / 2 of an inch (12.7 mm) letters of a highly visible color on a contrasting background. The location ...
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