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The purpose of the AHEC Program is to develop and enhance education and training networks within communities, academic institutions, and community-based organizations. In turn, these networks support BHW's strategic priorities to increase diversity among health professionals, broaden the distribution of the health workforce, enhance health care quality, and improve health care delivery to rural and underserved areas and populations.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) is accepting applications for Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program. The AHEC Program develops and enhances education and training networks within communities, academic institutions, and community-based organizations. In turn, these networks support BHW's strategic priorities to increase diversity and distribution among health professionals, enhance health care quality, and improve health care delivery to rural and underserved areas and populations. Awardees must establish and maintain community-based training programs with an emphasis on primary care in off-campus rural and underserved areas. The AHEC Program consists of two phases:
Infrastructure Development (ID); and
Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement (POSME).
The Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) improves the health of underserved and vulnerable populations by strengthening the health workforce and connecting skilled professionals to communities in need. The AHEC Program supports the following three (3) overarching goals:
Diversity: Preparing a diverse, culturally competent primary care workforce representative of the communities we serve;
Distribution: Improving workforce distribution throughout the nation, particularly among rural and underserved areas and populations; and
Practice Transformation: Developing and maintaining a health care workforce that is prepared to deliver high quality care in a transforming health care delivery system with an emphasis on rural and underserved areas and communities.
The AHEC Program contributes toward the HRSA mission to increase access to care for underserved individuals and communities through their academic and community partnerships that create training opportunities for health professions students and health care professionals. The AHEC Programs must carry out the following activities:
Develop and implement strategies to recruit individuals from underrepresented minority populations and from disadvantaged and rural backgrounds into health professions, and support such individuals in attaining such careers
Develop and implement strategies to foster and provide community-based training and education to individuals seeking careers in health professions within underserved areas for the purpose of developing and maintaining a diverse health care workforce that is prepared to deliver high-quality primary care in underserved areas or for health disparity populations, in collaboration with other Federal, State, and local health care workforce development agencies and programs in health care safety net sites
Conduct and participate in interdisciplinary training that involves physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, dentists, psychologists, pharmacists, optometrists, community health workers (CHW), public and allied health professionals, or other health professionals, as practicable
Facilitate continuing education and information dissemination for health care professionals, with an emphasis on providing care in underserved areas and for health disparity populations
Propose and implement effective program and outcomes measurement and evaluation strategies; and
Establish a youth public health program to expose and recruit high school students into health careers, with a focus on careers in public health.
Applicants are encouraged to select and address one of HHS's and HRSA's clinical priorities below.
Enhancing health equity and reducing health disparities
Diversifying the health workforce
Ending the crisis of opioid addiction and overdose in America
Improving behavioral/mental health access and care
Transforming the health care system through value-based care delivery and quality improvement initiatives
Transforming the workforce – by targeting the need • Strengthening health care access through telehealth
Preventing and reducing maternal mortality • Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
The AHEC Program exists in two phases: AHEC Infrastructure Development (ID) and AHEC Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement (POSME). These two phases collectively embrace the goal of increasing the number of students in the health professions who will pursue careers in primary care and are prepared to practice in rural and underserved areas and populations. Total award amounts depend upon the number of centers approved for the AHEC ID and POSME phases.
All AHEC Programs start in the ID phase, where the planning must reflect the projected growth of the project to include the resulting number of anticipated centers at the conclusion of the expansion period. The amount of time in the ID phase is limited to six (6) years for a center and a total of twelve (12) years for the AHEC Program (for complete statutory information regarding the establishment of an AHEC. HRSA expects that throughout the ID and POSME phases the programmatic approaches and activities detailed in this NOFO will be accomplished and outcomes will be documented.
History of Funding
Approximately $28,400,000.00 was available in total funding for 2017. 55 awards were made. Awards ranged from $103,000 per center in the POSME phase and $250,000 per center in the ID phase. Project period was 5 years beginning on September 1, 2017.
In the past, AHEC programs addressed the statutory requirements of the program through a broad array of activities. The AHEC Program awardees addressed the immediate needs of their service areas, which allowed for a high degree of individuality; however, the variation among programs made it challenging to measure the collective impact of the program nationally. HRSA has identified several evidence-based practices and promising approaches established through previous AHEC awards and is driving future investments to scale-up these approaches. This effort is aimed at helping HRSA and the AHEC community achieve a more sustainable, long-term impact.
Specifically, the AHEC Program will achieve the overarching Program Goals and the statutory requirements through the following required activities. Successful applicants must ensure that all activities conform to these requirements.
Educational and Training Activities—A critical component of the AHEC investment is the provision of educational and training activities. Applicants must propose educational and training activities that align with the below provisions. Competitive applicants will prioritize the following:
AHEC Scholars Program: Recipients must support the development and implementation of longitudinal, interdisciplinary program curricula that implements a defined set of clinical, didactic, and community-based training activities in rural and/or underserved areas for a cohort of health professions students. For additional requirements, please see AHEC Scholars Program at the end of this section.
Community-based Experiential Training: Recipients must support community based experiential training in rural and underserved areas through field placements and clinical rotations for health professions students outside of the AHEC Scholars Program. Each training experience must be team-based and include a formal, didactic component addressing one or more of the Core Topic Areas: Recipients must ensure all educational and training activities support the following six (6) Core Topic Areas (Youth Pipeline activities are exempt from these requirements.):
Core Topic Areas: Recipients must ensure all educational and training activities support the following six (6) Core Topic Areas (Youth Pipeline activities are exempt from these requirements.):
Inter-professional Education (also known as interdisciplinary training), which supports a coordinated, patient-centered model of health care that involves an understanding of the contributions of multiple health care professionals;
Behavioral Health Integration which promotes the development of integrated primary and behavioral health services to better address the needs of individuals with mental health and substance use conditions;
Social Determinants of Health includes five key areas (determinants) [Economic Stability, Education, Social and Community Context, Health and Health Care, and Neighborhood and Built Environment] and their impact on health
Cultural Competency which seeks to improve individual health and build healthy communities by training health care providers to recognize and address the unique culture, language and health literacy of diverse consumers and communities (e.g., National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care);
Virtual Learning and Telehealth, which seeks to improve virtual learning and telehealth curricula and community-based experiential training. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced all health care systems, hospitals, and clinics to rapidly implement telehealth services, simulation-based technology, and virtual trainings to continue delivering patient care.
Practice Transformation, which aims to fully support quality improvement and patient-centered care through goal-setting, leadership, practice facilitation, workflow changes, measuring outcomes, and adapting organizational tools and processes to support new team-based models of care delivery
Current and emerging health issues (e.g., COVID-19. Zika virus, pandemic influenza, opioid abuse, geographically relevant health issues, etc.) may be proposed, but will need prior approval from the HRSA program office before implementation.
Youth Pipeline Activities: Recipients must support recruitment, training, interactive, and/or didactic activities developed for high school students (grades 9-12), which must focus on exposing youth to health careers, including public health. HRSA strongly recommends recipients use no more than 10 percent of the total award for these activities.
Continuing Education: Recipients must support didactic and experiential training activities focused on the Core Topic Areas developed for currently practicing health professionals. HRSA strongly recommends recipients use no more than 10 percent of the total award for these activities.
Strategic Partnership Activities—Effective partnerships that engage key stakeholders (e.g., federal, state, local, and national organizations) are important to implementing, advancing, and sustaining the work of the AHEC Program. Partners help to ensure the relevancy, coordination and timeliness of the education and training provided. Highly competitive applicants will establish strategic partnerships with organizations that align with the AHEC Program goals to maximize the impact and outcomes. Such partnering organizations may include:
Existing AHEC program offices
Minority-serving institutions such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in the state and region to facilitate relationships with health professions schools and programs;
State-level entities such as State Workforce Agencies and State and Local entities, Primary Care Associations (PCAs) and Primary Care Organizations (PCOs), State Offices of Rural Health (SORH), State Minority Health Contacts, and State Education Agencies (SEAs);
Health Care Safety Net Sites (e.g., Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Look-Alikes, including school-based health centers, migrant health centers, health care for the homeless centers, and public housing primary care centers), Native Hawaiian Health Centers, outpatient health clinics associated with tribal or Urban Indian Health Organizations, Rural Health Clinics, Critical Access Hospitals, and Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSHs); and
Pipeline programs such as recruitment programs through health professions schools and other educational institutions, particularly those focused on recruiting underrepresented minority populations or individuals who come from disadvantaged or rural backgrounds.
Statewide Evaluation Activities—To quantify the impact of the award investment, recipients must implement a comprehensive outcome focused evaluation of all AHEC Program activities. The AHEC program office/award recipient must develop and implement a statewide evaluation in collaboration with the centers to ensure that consistent evaluation tools and protocols are used throughout the state. In states where multiple AHEC program offices may exist, the program offices must work collaboratively to develop a joint needs assessment and statewide evaluation of AHEC Program activities. Letters of Agreement are required for states anticipating multiple AHEC program offices/award recipients. Post award, recipients must submit evaluation plans and final partnership agreements as an attachment with the first non-competing continuation (NCC) progress report submission. In subsequent years, an evaluation report will be a required part of the NCC.
AHEC Scholars Program—Recipients must support the development of a longitudinal program with interdisciplinary curricula to implement a defined set of clinical, didactic, and community-based training activities. All experiential or clinical training must be conducted in rural and/or underserved settings for those students who are enrolled in the AHEC Scholars Program.
Christina Lottie
Name: Christina Lottie
Department: Bureau of Health Workforce
City/State/Zip: Washington, DC 20201
Email: ahecprogram@hrsa.gov
URL: https://www.hrsa.gov/grants/find-funding/hrsa-22-053
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Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants are:
public or nonprofit private accredited schools of allopathic medicine and osteopathic medicine
incorporated consortia made up of such schools or the parent institutions of such schools
In states and territories in which no AHEC Program is in operation, an accredited school of nursing is an eligible applicant.
Eligible applicants for POSME phase projects include entities that have previously received AHEC Program funding from HRSA for more than 12 years. Applicants seeking a waiver must submit their request with their grant application. Decisions regarding the waiver requests are contingent upon extension of the Secretary's waiver authority for FY 2022 and HRSA administrative review of each waiver request.
Deadline Details
Applications are to be submitted by April 6, 2022. Applications are on a 5-year cycle.
Approximately $43,250,000 to be available annually to fund up to 55 recipients. Current estimates of the funding level are $148,000 per center per year in the AHEC POSME phase. Applicants may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $250,000 per year per center for the AHEC ID phase (includes both direct and indirect, facilities and administrative costs).
The period of performance is September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2027 (5 years). Funding beyond the first year is subject to the availability of appropriated funds for AHEC Program in subsequent fiscal years, satisfactory progress, and a decision that continued funding is in the best interest of the Federal Government.
Matching is required for this program. The recipient shall provide documentation that it will make available (directly or through contributions from state, county, or municipal government, or the private sector) recurring non-Federal contributions in cash and in kind, equal to not less than 50 percent of the operating costs of the AHEC Program. Thus, the matching ratio for AHEC awards is one to one (1:1), federal funds to non-Federal contributions.
An entity may apply to the Secretary for a waiver of not more than 75 percent of the matching fund amount required by the entity for each of the first three (3) years (AHEC ID Phase) the entity is funded through an award.
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Smiley, S., Giesler, A., Chhita, N., & Glegg, S. (2022, May 17). Evaluation of a novel education and training pathway for registered nurse and registered psychiatric nurse prescribing of buprenorphine/naloxone in British Columbia, Canada. Poster presented at the 2022 BC Substance Use Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (online).
Smiley, S., & Devine, C. (2021, Sept 9). COVID-19 public health regulations and their impacts on migrant health. Abstract presented at the North American Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (via Zoom).
Tamariz, M., & Smiley, S. (2021, Sept 9). Planetary health concerns for migrants in Honduras and Central America. Abstract presented at the North American Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (via Zoom).
Devine, C., Smiley, S., Willett, B. et al. (2021, May 25). The Environmental Impact Toolkit: Futureproofing MSF through measurement & mitigation. Abstract presented at MSF Scientific Days International 2021, London, United Kingdom (via Zoom).
Devine, C., Smiley S., Willet, B. et al. (2021, April 28). Futureproofing humanitarian operations through environmental impact measurement and mitigation. Poster presented at the Humanitarian Leadership Conference 2021, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia (via Zoom).
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Smiley, S. (2020, Mar 31). Out of sight, out of mind? Transgender people in humanitarian emergencies. ICRC Law & Policy Blog.
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CROI 2013: HIV Treatment for Children Safe and Highly Effective without Laboratory Monitoring
Children did just as well on antiretroviral therapy (ART) without routine laboratory monitoring of CD4 cell counts or drug side effects as those who received regular monitoring during 4 years of follow-up, researchers from Uganda and Zimbabwe reported at March 6 the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2013) in Atlanta.
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The researchers say that money spent on routine laboratory monitoring would be better spent on expanding access to treatment for children, since only 28% of children with HIV who needed treatment were receiving it in 2011, according to UNAIDS statistics.
The findings come from the ARROW study, which recruited over 1200 children with HIV in Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Laboratory monitoring of ART in adults and children should ideally consist of regular checks on CD4 cell count, viral load, and blood and liver markers such as hemoglobin and liver enzymes, in order to monitor potential side effects and signs of treatment failure.
In settings where laboratory facilities and resources are limited, however, laboratory monitoring may not include viral load or CD4 counts.
Laboratory monitoring strategies for adults were investigated in the DART study, which found that patients who received regular CD4 cell monitoring while taking antiretroviral drugs in sub-Saharan Africa had only slightly better outcomes after five years when compared to those who received clinical monitoring alone. CD4 cell counts or clinical symptoms were used to determine when first-line treatment was failing, leading to a switch to second-line treatment.
Researchers from Uganda, Zimbabwe, and the U.K. found that the difference in outcomes only became apparent after the second year of treatment in the 5-year study, leading them to conclude that clinical monitoring alone is feasible during the first 2 years of treatment, and that CD4 counts should be reserved for monitoring treatment beyond this point.
The U.K.'s Medical Research Council and the U.K. Department for International Development funded a second study to examine whether laboratory monitoring is necessary for children, and whether starting treatment with a 4-drug regimen before stepping down to 3-drug treatment results in better long-term outcomes than 3-drug treatment alone.
The study was conducted in Zimbabwe and Uganda, and recruited 1206 children ranging in age from 4 months to 17 years (median age 6 years) with fairly advanced HIV disease (median CD4 cell percentage 12%, 14% with WHO stage 4 HIV disease, and 56% with stage 3 disease).
Participants were randomized to receive either:
Laboratory monitoring of biochemistry, full blood count, and CD4 count every 12 weeks, with a switch to second-line treatment in cases of a new or recurrent WHO stage 4 HIV-related illness, or a 30% decline in CD4 count from its on-treatment peak.
Clinical monitoring every 12 weeks, with laboratory monitoring only at specific request of the clinician, and switch to second-line treatment in the event of a new or recurrent WHO stage 4 HIV-related illness.
Participants received abacavir/lamivudine plus a NNRTI, with factorial randomizations to once-daily or twice-daily abacavir/lamivudine and to either an induction/maintenance regimen of 4 drugs stepping down to 3, or to a 3-drug regimen. Neither of these randomizations had any impact on the overall study results, and there was no significant difference in outcome between any of these arms, so these will not be discussed further in this report.
All participants received cotrimoxazole, and caregivers were also asked to consent to randomization to stopping or continuing cotrimoxazole prophylaxis. Results of the cotrimoxazole sub-study will be described in a separate report.
The primary endpoints of the study were new WHO stage 4 events or death (clinical efficacy) and stage 3 or 4 adverse events (safety).
After a median of 4 years of follow-up, there was no significant difference between arms in the proportion of children who remained on first-line treatment (94% in the laboratory arm vs 95% in the clinical monitoring arm), and no significant difference in clinical events or deaths (96% survival in the laboratory arm vs 95% survival in the clinical monitoring arm).
There was a small and non-significant elevated risk of WHO stage 4 events or death in the clinical arm (hazard ratio 1.13; 95% confidence interval 0.73-1.53), and a small but significant difference in survival after the first year of treatment (an excess of deaths of 0.6/100 child-years in the clinical arm; P=0.009). The researchers noted that 12 of the 14 excess deaths in the clinical monitoring arm occurred in children over the age of 8 years, in whom adherence difficulties had been documented.
No significant difference in CD4 cell count gains was observed, nor was there a significant difference in the proportion of children with a viral load suppressed below 400 copies/mL (78 vs 77%) or 80 copies/mL after 4 years on treatment.
Critics of clinical monitoring argue that viral load testing is essential in order to ensure that high-level resistance does not develop due to protracted periods of viral replication. No data were presented on responses to second-line treatment, because responses to second-line treatment were not an endpoint in this study.
There was no significant difference in grade 3 and 4 adverse events, and 70% of the grade 3 events were cases of asymptomatic neutropenia. Indeed, only 1.4% of all laboratory toxicity tests were carried out at the request of a doctor to assist in clinical management; the remainder (just over 125,000 tests) were carried out routinely.
The study also found that laboratory monitoring was not cost-effective. In an accompanying policy briefing, the trial investigators urged that laboratory resources should be focused on carrying out tests that are clinically indicated, rather than routinely monitoring all patients. They suggested that CD4 counts should be used to check whether it is necessary to switch to second-line treatment in children who appear to be clinically failing.
The researchers concluded that their findings demonstrate that antiretroviral treatment for children is safe and highly effective in the absence of laboratory monitoring.
Full results of the study were published in The Lancet on March 7, 2013.
AKekitiinwa, A Cook, K Nathoo, et al. Impact of Routine Laboratory Monitoring after ART Initiation in 1206 HIV+ African Children: The 5-Year AntiRetroviral Research for Watoto Trial.20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Atlanta, March 3-6, 2013. Abstract 85.
ARROW Trial Team. Routine versus clinically driven laboratory monitoring and first-line antiretroviral therapy strategies in African children with HIV (ARROW): a 5-year open-label randomised factorial trial. The Lancet. March 7, 2013 (Epub ahead of print).


A consortium comprised of the racing industries most influential people has secured a deal to buy a stake in Tote.
The deal could help pave the way for a full takeover bid within the next five years.
Alizeti Capital handed over roughly £20m to Betfred, the gambling group run by Fred Done, as an up-front payment on Monday in return for a minority stake in the Tote.
Alizeti is headed by former Merril Lynch trader Alex Frost, and this payment is the first stage of an ambitious plan to transform Tote's profile and financial performance.
Sources said that part of Frost's plan for the business included the £20m acquisition of Rewards for Racing (R4R), a loyalty programme for the horseracing industry which partners with Bet365, Betfred, Coral and Betfair.
"At the end of the partnership Alizeti Capital will buy out Betfred's remaining equity stakes according to a clearly defined formula," a racing industry figure who has agreed to back the deal said.
While Tote is currently in the process of relinquishing its on-course pool-betting monopoly, this new deal aims to give Tote access to a membership scheme with around 900,000 members.
Talks between Alizeti and Betfred about an agreement valuing the Tote at just over £130m have been taking place for several months.
Sources have said Alizeti had been aiming to raise £65m in return for a 65% stake in itself, from a group of investors which include some of the industry's biggest heavyweights.
Frost's investment underlines his confidence in the future of Tote and the £20m had been earmarked by his consortium to invest in new technology and marketing of the brand.


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What Happened in Bolivia Was a Coup, and the OAS Played a Key Role in It.
Al Jazeera, November 16, 2019
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The results of Bolivia's October 20 elections were hardly a surprise. Thirteen years of social and economic successes in one of Latin America's poorest countries — including reducing extreme poverty by 60 percent and sustaining real per capita GDP growth at double the rate of the rest of Latin America — made the incumbent president Evo Morales the clear front-runner.
The polls certainly foresaw a Morales win and most of them predicted a Morales victory without the need for runoff.[1] For that to happen, Morales needed 40 percent of the votes with at least a 10-point lead ahead of his closest rival.
The official results confirmed those predictions. Morales secured 47.06 percent of the vote, compared to 36.51 percent for his contender, Carlos Mesa, himself a former caretaker president after the ouster of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Significantly, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), Morales's political party, also won a majority in the legislative assembly: 68 seats out of 130 in the lower house, and 21 out of 36 in the senate.
The OAS mission of Electoral Observers, however, immediately cast doubt on the integrity of the electoral process and then called on Bolivia's electoral authorities to "convene a second round" of the presidential elections. The mission's main complaint was what it called the "change of trend" in the vote count in the first 24 hours after the elections.[2] In fact, as a report I coauthored on the elections has clearly demonstrated, Morales's increase in his margin of victory as more votes were counted was entirely consistent with the prior trend. As in prior elections, areas that overwhelmingly favored Morales were simply counted later than those favoring his opponents. After accounting for geography, there simply was no "change of trend."[3]
But the doubts cast by the OAS mission on the election results emboldened Mesa and a growing and diverse protest movement. Roadblocks and barricades appeared. There were calls for strikes. Soon large sectors of the opposition demanded that the elections be annulled, and some called for Morales's resignation.
As tensions mounted, Mesa, who had sought to bring together the disparate groups opposed to Morales, was outflanked on his right by Fernando "El Macho" Camacho, who had not run in the elections, but had quickly emerged as the flag bearer of the rebellion. With links to evangelist and paramilitary groups, his own special place in the Panama Papers, and a history of racist and misogynist abuse, Camacho has been described as Bolivia's Bolsonaro, the current far-right president of Brazil.[4] As during the eastern lowland elites' failed 2008 coup against Morales, Camacho and his Civic Committee of Santa Cruz conjured up strong regionalist and racist, anti-indigenous sentiments.
Some of the protests were violent. Some polling stations and electoral tribunals were attacked and burned down.[5] Protesters harassed and humiliated MAS supporters, including a MAS mayor whose hair they forcefully cut off, covered her body in red paint, and marched through the streets on public display.[6] In the two weeks following the elections, several deaths, on both sides of the political divide, were lamented.[7]
In the midst of this dangerous polarization, Morales opted for appeasement and compromise. On October 25, he called for an OAS audit of the electoral process and promised to abide by its findings. When the preliminary report of the audit called for new elections, Morales agreed and announced the designation of new electoral authorities.
But it was already too late. Members of Morales's cabinet, legislators, local authorities, and their families were threatened. Opposition supporters looted their houses, burning down some, and several senior Morales allies sought asylum in the Mexican embassy. A police mutiny made matters worse. Then the high command of the military called for the president's resignation.
Morales resigned and then went into hiding, fearing for his life. He eventually sought asylum in Mexico and left Bolivia. But he might not have managed to do so were it not for the active diplomatic protection of the Mexican government and the involvement of the president-elect of Argentina.[8] In a November 12 press conference, the Mexican foreign minister provided a unique account of how Bolivia's neighbors, having initially granted authorization for the use of their airspace, started to renege, one after the other, on their promise to allow the passage of the Mexican plane taking Morales to the safety of his exile. These sudden changes of position, in some instances once the aircraft was already — and perilously — airborne, raise troubling questions as to whether strong pressures were exerted to try and prevent Morales's escape and survival.
Unsurprisingly, the Trump administration celebrated the coup by "applaud[ing] the Bolivian people for demanding freedom and the Bolivian military for abiding by its oath to protect (…) Bolivia's constitution." Trump, who became president despite receiving almost three million fewer votes than his opponent, proclaimed: "We are now one step closer to a completely democratic, prosperous, and free Western Hemisphere" ― an unnerving reminder of the government doublespeak employed to support policies of regime change in Latin America and around the world.[9]
In Bolivia, the political vacuum lasted several days. Then, on November 12, Senator Jeanine Añez was ushered into the senate. She proclaimed herself president in an almost empty chamber and in the absence of the minimal legal quorum for the senate to convene. Añez is a far-right evangelical Christian better known for her repetitive racist remarks, including describing indigenous customs as "satanic rituals."[10] She entered the presidential palace brandishing a huge Bible and proclaimed that "the Bible is back in the Palace" while a group of supporters accompanied her, chanting "Praise the Lord." Camacho, the Bolivian Bolsonaro, was at her side. If there was ever a symbolic moment for the trouncing of Latin America's strong political culture of laicismo, the separation of church and state, this was it.
The presidential sash was finally bestowed on Añez by a military officer. Whereas Añez pledged to act as an interim president and promptly call new elections, she swiftly sent signals that she intended to rule. She named a radical right-wing cabinet, ordered the army onto the streets to suppress pro-Morales protests, and quickly recognized opposition figure Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's interim president.
The coup that has taken place is unlikely to lead to the pacification of the country or generate political stability in Bolivia. Morales's remarkable social and economic legacy won't be quickly forgotten by Bolivia's popular classes. And, with nearly half of the electorate having voted for the MAS and indigenous protests spontaneously erupting all over the country, the future remains uncertain.
Any potential attempt to prevent the MAS and its most representative candidates from taking part in future elections, by mimicking other efforts in the region to outlaw the Left and its political leaders, will send the country further into a spiral of unrest and instability. Bolivia may yet experience much turmoil, repression, violence, and anguish before it sees the restoration of democracy and the rule of law.[11]
Guillaume Long is a senior policy analyst at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (www.cepr.net) and previously held several cabinet positions in the government of Ecuador, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Culture, and Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent.
[1] https://www.as-coa.org/articles/poll-tracker-bolivias-2019-presidential-race
[2] http://www.oas.org/documents/eng/press/Preliminary-Report-EOM-Bolivia-23-10-19.pdf
[3] http://cepr.net/images/stories/reports/bolivia-elections-2019-11.pdf?v=2
[4] https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-50375624?fbclid=IwAR0GbDCzoX-ihQ-BhR2A3DNCd8XYF6DkmxFjImQ-1AAs9Hc4ovBVyJ80e8s; https://www.rosario3.com/politica/Entre-la-Biblia-y-los-Panama-Papers-quien-es-Luis-Fernando-Camacho-un-Bolsonaro-para-Bolivia-20191111-0014.html
[5] https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2019/10/22/alerta-bolivia-queman-edificio-del-tribunal-electoral-departamental-de-chuquisaca-hay-3-heridos-abi/
[6] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bolivia-protests-cut-hair-mayor-patricia-arce-mas-party-red-paint-a9193816.html
[7] https://eldeber.com.bo/156409_la-fiscalia-informa-que-se-registraron-siete-muertos-durante-los-conflictos-en-el-pais
[8] https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-50399657
[9] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-donald-j-trump-regarding-resignation-bolivian-president-evo-morales/
[10] http://web.archive.org/web/20191113002729/https:/twitter.com/JeanineAnez/status/347734496273113088
[11] On the already important affectations to Human Rights in Bolivia see:
https://www.defensoria.gob.bo/contenido/afectacion-a-derechos-en-conflicto-elecciones-2019.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has released the results of its Nationwide Access Audit, which was undertaken in mid-April to address excessive wait times and inefficient scheduling within the Veterans Health Administration, the organization announced in a press release.
The audit was conducted at the request of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), and was intended to identify improper scheduling methods and evaluate waiting list management.
The report also collected individual facility data for all Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities, including patient access data, medical center quality and efficiency and mental health provider survey information.
The VA has begun to address the issues identified by the phase 1 findings of the audit. According to the audit report, the VA has opted to limit phase 2 data collection, as many of the early findings from phase 2 were highly consistent with those of phase 1.
Findings from phase 1 of the audit are as follows:
In its efforts to meet the needs of veterans and physicians, the VA adopted an overly complex scheduling system, resulting in increased likelihood of confusion among scheduling clerks and front-line supervisors.
Setting a performance target of a 14-day wait time for new appointments was not realistic or achievable in light of limited provider slots and an increased demand for patient services. Implementing such an expectation before ascertaining its viability constituted a failure in organizational leadership.
Utilizing a "desired date" for scheduling, a method unique to VA, may not be as effective as more accepted methods, such as negotiating a date based on provider availability.
Of the scheduling staff interviewed as part of the audit, 13% reported receiving instruction, either from supervisors or others, to fill in the "desired date" field with a date different from the one requested by the veteran. There was at least one instance of this practice identified in 76% of all VA facilities, according to the audit. While this may be appropriate in some cases, such as an override based on provider availability, the motives for doing so were not made clear through the survey responses.
The audit found that 8% of scheduling staff reported using resources other than the appropriate Electronic Wait List (EWL) or Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) package. As was the case with the application of "desired date" scheduling methods, the VA questionnaire did not distinguish the reasons for this behavior, or ascertain whether it might have been an appropriate use of external lists.
Based on the findings, schedulers were, in some cases, pressured to employ improper practices in order to misrepresent wait times so they would appear more favorable. "Such practices are sufficiently pervasive to require VA to re-examine its entire performance management system and, in particular, whether current measures and targets for access are realistic or sufficient," the VHA wrote in the audit.
Staffing challenges were noted in small, community-based outpatient clinics. This was particularly true among facilities with small numbers of providers or insufficient administrative support.
According to Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson, the VA's disclosure of these findings is the first step in a commitment to improved care and communication with the public.
"Today, we're providing the details to offer transparency into the scale of our challenges, and of our system itself. I'll repeat – this data shows the extent of the systemic problems we face, problems that demand immediate actions," Sloan said in the press release, issued June 9. "As of today, VA has contacted 50,000 veterans across the country to get them off of wait lists and into clinics. Veterans deserve to have full faith in their VA, and they will keep hearing from us until all our veterans receive the care they've earned."
To remedy these issues, Gibson recommended the following measures:
Development of a new patient satisfaction measurement program, which will provide "robust, real-time" information on patient satisfaction.
Holding senior leaders accountable in audited facilities where specific leadership failures were identified.
Ordering an immediate VHS Central Office and Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Office hiring freeze, to eliminate bureaucratic obstacles to responsive leadership.
Eliminating the 14-day scheduling goal from employee performance contracts.
Increasing transparency through twice-monthly data posting at VA.gov.
Launching an independent, external audit of scheduling methods.
Sending an additional frontline team to the VA Medical Center in Phoenix, based on Acting Secretary Gibson's assessment during a recent trip to this facility.
Utilizing high-performing facilities to assist those in need of improvement.
Hiring additional clinical and patient support staff.
Utilizing new staffing measures.
Using mobile VA medical units.
Modifying local contract operations in order to provide more community-based care to veterans.
Removing senior leadership where appropriate.
Additionally, Acting Secretary Gibson will travel to various VA facilities throughout the country to talk to veterans and employees about obstacles to offering timely, quality VA care.
"It is our duty and our privilege to provide veterans the care they have earned through their service and sacrifice," Gibson said in the press release. "As the President has said, as Secretary Shinseki said, and as I stated plainly last week, we must work together to fix the unacceptable, systemic problems in accessing VA healthcare."


It's Old Skool Kombatants Vs. New Skool Kombatants!
Sony Interactive Entertainment hosted their first episode of their "PlayStation State of Play" stream yesterday — which they'll be doing periodically throughout the year to showcase updates on various new titles coming to the platform, in a similar vein to Nintendo's Directs. Though there wasn't much of anything to report on the fighting game front for this maiden broadcast, the initial episode did end with a new "Old Skool Vs. New Skool" story trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat 11, which also confirmed that franchise veterans Jax, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao would officially be returning to the roster — joining the already-confirmed Scorpion, Raiden, Sub-Zero, Baraka, Skarlet, Sonya Blade, Kano, Kabal, Jade, Johnny Cage, Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs, D'Vorah, Kotal Khan, Erron Black, Noob Saibot, and newcomer Geras — bringing the current roster total up to 20. Shao Khan will serve as the game's pre-order bonus, while the nefarious soul-stealing sorcerer Shang Tsung will be the first of six post-launch DLC characters contained in the Kombat Pack, which is included with the game's Deluxe Edition. In addition, we can see the past version of Kitana joining the fray with the other younger versions of the warriors, but she was not explicitly confirmed to be playable during the broadcast. You can see the full trailer below, but be warned, as with anything Mortal Kombat-related, it is NSFW.
Mortal Kombat 11 will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam on Tuesday, April 23rd. A Closed Beta, available for all players that pre-ordered the game, will begin this Wednesday, March 27th, at 8:00 AM PDT, and will run until Sunday, March 31st, at 11:59 PM PDT, and will feature five playable characters: Scorpion, Baraka, Skarlet, Kabal, and Jade. A Kombat Kast will also be taking place later this week, to provide an overview of at least two kombatants that have been previously revealed without gameplay — which likely means some combination of Erron, Noob, Liu, Jax, D'Vorah, or Lao.


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Q: Publishing a C# console application as an Azure web job I've got a console application, with logging, scheduling, etc., running on a VM. It works with Entity Framework, Azure SQL Server, Azure blob storage and a bunch of external APIs.
I'd like to turn it into a service.
I understand that this can be done with worker roles, but looking at various tutorials for worker roles, it seems like it would be a ton of work to rewrite the whole thing.
If I just publish it as a web job, will this be secure, assuming I don't have any exposed endpoints? I need to make sure that nobody outside our active directory can access it.
Is there a way that I can create a dummy app service which will have no endpoints and publish it there?

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If I just publish it as a web job, will this be secure, assuming I don't have any exposed endpoints? I need to make sure that nobody outside our active directory can access it.

As Peter Bons said, if it does not expose an API or endpoint, nobody can access it.

Is there a way that I can create a dummy app service which will have no endpoints and publish it there?

Normally we run WebJobs in a Azure App Service web app, and that Azure App Service web app can be accessed/browsed via URL. If you want to prevent users from browsing to that Azure App Service web app, you can add a rewrite rule to site's web.config to block web access.
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A: what exactly your exe is? will someone invoke it and scheduled to run on a regular intervals?
we have couple of options here, if the processing logic is not a complex one you can go for Azure functions which uses WebJobs SDK itself but doesn't require an App Service to be configured for it.
or you can go for Azure Scheduler which can take your executable and run at a scheduled intervals.

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ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique
A class of time discrete schemes for a phase-field system of Penrose-Fife type
Klein, Olaf
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Volume 33 (1999) no. 6, p. 1261-1292
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Klein, Olaf. A class of time discrete schemes for a phase-field system of Penrose-Fife type. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Volume 33 (1999) no. 6, pp. 1261-1292. http://www.numdam.org/item/M2AN_1999__33_6_1261_0/
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It's fair to say attending and organising events has become a bit of a hobby of mine over the years, maybe bordering on obsession. There's something I find extremely fulfilling about helping to enable an environment to be shared and enjoyed by a group of enthusiasts who perhaps wouldn't normally get the opportunity to share their interest in an offline setting.
I've been involved in a variety of events from localised hack days such as HackSoton, technology focused events like Windows Phone Dev Day or Kinecthack, more generic knowledge sharing like Barcamp Southampton or just plain old nerdy pop culture events like the recent Hack to the Future in Bournemouth. They have all provided me and my peers with environments to chat with like-minded people, a safe environment to work on whatever we like, to experiment and play with ideas I might not normally get the opportunity to and to learn.
So I'm in my mid-thirties and I still have an obsession with video games. I think at this point it's fair to say I'm not going to "grow out of it" and nor do I wish to. I get a huge nostalgia buzz revisiting games from my childhood (predominantly Spectrum games) and am consistently blown away by the latest generation of console and PC games. I feel like I'm in a privileged position to have witnessed almost the entire history of an entertainment industry during my lifetime. One that has evolved from a relatively niche pastime into a steady part of modern day mainstream entertainment culture for multiple generations. Not dissimilar to the prolificness of the web, another passion of mine. Two phenomena that have converged and accelerated the evolution, capabilities and popularity of each other. Amazing.
At Moov2, we've had the fortune over the past year or so to do some work within the video game industry and it's been highly rewarding to do so. Something that really stood out to me in this industry is that in the main, the objective and focus is on fun and recognition. And by that I mean that money is not the sole measure of success. This is extremely refreshing and has been a real eye-opener. Certainly profit is an essential part of the industry and if the headlines are to be believed it's in no short supply with many media outlets stating big game launches are outstripping other entertainment industries such as music and movies. But on the whole, in my experience with people working in video games, money isn't the determining factor of success. "Is it fun?" and "Do people like it?" are what really matter. If the money happens to be enough to carry on and have another go at creating fun and enjoyment then all the better!
What's also fascinating is how vast the industry is and how completely new niches and sub-industries are rapidly coming into existence and blowing up in a big way such as Virtual Reality and E-Sports. These are sectors growing so fast and unpredictably it's thrilling to see new announcements, records being broken and new technologies being revealed on a near weekly basis.
I fully subscribe to the notion of "do what you love". Right now that for me is events, video games and the video games industry. So it's a pretty simple realisation that having a go at organising events for the video games industry would be a fun challenge to embrace. If in the process of doing so, some game studios like what we're about and want to work with us on some awesome apps or web experiences to enhance their offering then great. But regardless, first and foremost and most importantly I hope everyone who attends has fun.
If you're in the games industry and want to come along, the first event is in Brighton on 24th November. Check out the website for more details, follow @rocketjumpevent on Twitter and get in touch for a code for a free ticket.
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Q: Export test cases to Excel using QTest API I found an API through the QTest backend call for exporting the test cases to Excel.
Ex: https://qtestnet.com/p/11111/portal/testdesign/export/testcase.
But this is not working either through postman or Java. I feel like this is an internal API, not being exposed to the public.
Kindly let me know if there is another API for exporting test cases from QTest.

A: you can try using the qTest api to get data and write to excel.
https://github.com/ryan-rs/qtest-swagger-client
It's in python so I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for but I have been able to get data from qtest and export to qtest via this api.


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Objectivity is generally governed by the research topic although obviously it is individuals who actually have to select, arrange and present their findings. Thus it is your task, as the writer, to deal with your topic in a fair, objective and responsible manner, keeping your personal feelings out of your writing.
From a language point of view, objectivity and a neutral approach (impersonal style) may be achieved by using the passive voice and by avoiding ambiguous statements. Avoidance of confusing metaphoric elements, use of precise and well-established technical terms may add to effective writing and help to produce explicitness of standard academic description.
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Group Captain Randolph Stuart Mills DFC, RAF no. 36067
Stuart Mills was born on 20 October 1909.
He went to Imperial Service College and joined the RAF in January 1927 as an Aircraft Apprentice (561203). He passed out in December 1929 as a Fitter, Aero Engines.
He later applied for pilot training and was selected.
Mills was a Sergeant-pilot when he was granted a Permanent Commission on 21 May 1936 and promoted to Pilot Officer.
He joined 17 Squadron at Kenley on 3 June 1936 and moved to the Station Flight at Northolt on 1 February 1937.
He was promoted to Flying Officer on 21 November 1937
He joined 263 Squadron at its formation at Filton on 20 October 1939 as a Flight Commander.
On 21 November 1939 he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant.
He served with 263 Squadron during both Norwegian expeditions.
On 19 April, the Gladiators of 263 Squadron were ordered to Scapa Flow, there to embark aboard the carrier HMS Glorious which just had arrived from Gibraltar. HMS Ark Royal followed on her tail. The Gladiators were flown aboard by FAA pilots from 802 and 804 Squadrons, much to the chagrin of the RAF pilots, of which Flight Lieutenant Mills recalled:
"We were warned at short notice to move to Prestwick from where we should be embarking on an aircraft carrier. We guessed this meant Norway. Only minimum kit and equipment could be taken. Ground personnel, under Flight Lieutenant Tom Rowlands, the squadron's other flight commander, departed for Rosyth, while we flew up to Prestwick. There I was able to buy one Daily Telegraph war map, which included part of Norway. We had no other maps of the country. We boarded Glorious off Prestwick on 22nd April. Much to our annoyance, Fleet Air Arm pilots, some of whom had had only limited experience of Gladiators, were detailed to fly our aircraft onto the carrier. One landed in the sea and was lost."
He continued:
"The crew of Glorious, which had been hurriedly recalled from a long spell in the Mediterranean, was in poor, even mutinous mood. They had had no shore leave with their families after a protracted absence abroad. D'Oyly-Hughes, the ship's captain, wanted the squadron to take off on 24th April at a point about 300-350 miles of the Norwegian coast and fly in from there to Lake Lesjaskog. He knew we had no maps of the landing area. We felt this to be quite unreasonable. Baldy therefore asked the captain if we could be put off much closer in – 150 miles off Norway. Because we had no maps, he also asked that two Navy Skua aircraft be put up to lead us to the frozen lake."
At 09:00 on 25 April Mills took off and patrolled over Lake Lesjaskog for 30 minutes, allowing six more Gladiators to get off undisturbed. These then provided cover for the army at the front while their fuel lasted, and also spotted for the artillery.
During this patrol Mills engaged six II./LG 1 He 111s near a lake and was credited with shooting one down. This aircraft, a He 111 H of 4 Staffel, actually limped back to Stavanger/Sola, but as it approached to land, both engines failed, and it crashed into the sea. The crew was however rescued.
At Lesjaskog four more frozen-up Gladiators were destroyed by air attack at 13:05, but two others then got off, flown by Squadron Leader Donaldson (in N5633) and Flight Lieutenant Mills. Over the next two and a half hours these two would engage in six major combats over the lake.
Firstly at 14:00 both pilots attacked a Heinkel of Stab/LG 1 and brought it down to crash-land south of Vinstra, near Dombås.
Feldwebel Hans Gutt's crew set fire to the aircraft, in which the badly injured wireless operator had shot himself. The survivors were subsequently captured, and the wreckage of this bomber was later inspected by British troops.
Both pilots then attacked another Heinkel from 6./LG 1, which was damaged, but made it back to Fornebu with two wounded aboard.
Donaldson and Mills were both airborne again during the evening, as the last five serviceable Gladiators were withdrawn from Lesjaskog north to a temporary landing ground, which had been prepared at Setnesmoen, just outside Aandalsnes. Donaldson was scrambled, and near the new base found a He 111 of II./LG 1, which had been attacking a steamer near Aandalsnes. This was believed to have been shot down into a ravine, but actually the very badly damaged bomber was almost able to reach Oslo/Fornebu before the engines failed and the crew baled out.
Mills was up for a third time before twilight, having a running fight with a Ju 88, but he had to make a force-landing having used up all his fuel and ammunition. As he was examining the fighter for damage, bombers appeared and destroyed it.
263 Squadron suffered heavily losses and was soon withdrawn back to Great Britain to be re-equipped.
On 10 May Mills was decorated with the DFC.
On 14 May the Squadron again sailed for Norway aboard the carrier HMS Furious.
On 21 May two sections of the squadron managed to take off from the carrier, each led by a Swordfish, to fly to their new base at Bardufoss in northern Norway. At this stage driving sleet prevented the take off of any further aircraft, and indeed one section successfully landed back on board again. The other pair set off behind their guiding Swordfish, but overcast and mist now extended down to the water in Torskenfjord, and all three aircraft flew into the mountain at Torsken. Mills was injured, but 24-year-old Pilot Officer Walter Philip Richards (RAF no. 77340) in N5693 was killed when he crashed into a mountainside at Osterfjord, Senja Island. The wreckage of N5693 has been recovered and identified.
It is possible that Mills flew N5907 since according to unconfirmed sources a serial plate with N5907 has been found on the wreckage. However according to other sources N5907 was lost with HMS Glorious on 8 June 1940.
Mills was one of the pilots who traveled back to England with the MV Arandora Star, thus avoiding the loss of HMS Glorious.
The squadron reformed at Drem but Mills was promoted on 24 August and took command of 87 Squadron at Church Fenton.
On 1 December he was promoted to Squadron Leader.
He was posted away in December to the USA, as Assistant Air Attaché, to develop British training facilities. The RAF eventually had six schools there. Mills also personally briefed MR. Roosevelt at the White House on European operations.
On 1 June 1942 he was promoted to Wing Commander.
He did not return to the UK until 1945.
Mills ended the war with 1 biplane victory.
On 1 October 1946 he was promoted to Wing Commander.
He retired from the RAF on 20 October 1956 as a Wing Commander, retaining the rank of Group Captain.
Mills died in 1996.
1 25/04/40 09:45 ca 1 He 111 (a) Destroyed Gladiator II Lake Lesjaskog 263 Squadron
25/04/40 14:00 1/2 He 111 (b) Shared destroyed Gladiator II S Vinstra 263 Squadron
25/04/40 14:00 1/2 He 111 (c) Shared damaged Gladiator II Lake Lesjaskog 263 Squadron
Biplane victories: 1 and 1 shared destroyed, 1 damaged.
TOTAL: 1 and 1 shared destroyed, 1 damaged.
(a) He 111 H of 4./LG 1 shot down. The crew was rescued.
(b) He 111 of Stab/LG 1 shot down to crash-land south of Vinstra, near Dombås at 14:00. The badly injured wireless operator shot himself. Feldwebel Hans Gutt and the rest of his crew were taken prisoners after setting the aircraft on fire.
(c) He 111 of 6./LG 1 damaged shortly after 14:00 with two of the crew wounded.
Flying Sailors at War: Volume 1 – Brian Cull with Bruce Lander and Mark Horan, 2011 Dalrymple & Verdun Publishing, Stamford, ISBN 978-1-905414-14-7
Gloster Gladiator Home Page - Alexander Crawford
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Additional information kindly provided by Birger Larsen.
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Lady Gaga Releases Additional Joanne World Tour Tickets for North American Dates
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Fresh from her blockbuster headlining performance at Coachella, Lady Gaga, along with Live Nation, announced Tuesday the release of additional tickets to the Joanne World Tour. "Thanks to an innovative stage design featuring multi-levels, multi-stages and clear sight lines on all sides, more fans will now have the opportunity to catch these previously sold-out dates," the statement read.
While quantities last, reserved seating adjacent to the stage and general admission floor tickets have been released for all North American arena tour dates beginning August 1 in Vancouver, BC. All arena performances in North America and Europe will feature general admission on the floor with reserved seating in the stands. For complete VIP, tour and ticket information, visit: ladygaga.com and livenation.com.
Tickets for North American and European legs of the Joanne World Tour went on sale in early February and all dates promptly sold out, resulting in the announcement of second shows in multiple markets. Lady Gaga's current album, Joanne, is the six-time Grammy winner's fourth album to reach Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, driving two Top 10 singles, "Perfect Illusion" and "Million Reasons." Lady Gaga debuted her latest song, "The Cure," during her Coachella performance this past weekend.
For all Tour shows in the US, $1.00 from each ticket sold shall be donated to the Born This Way Foundation. Led by Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta, Born This Way Foundation was founded in 2012 to support the wellness of young people and empower them to create a kinder and braver world. To achieve these goals, Born This Way Foundation leverages rigorous academic research and authentic partnerships in order to provide young people with improved mental health resources, more positive climates, and kinder communities – online and offline. Working with more than 50 non-profit organizations, Born This Way Foundation has connected more than 150,000 young people with services and programming in their communities. The Foundation is also working to improve understanding of the factors that affect youth wellness and empowerment, collecting data from more than 15,000 young people as part of its Born Brave Experience Survey, currently in its third phase. Lady Gaga's Joanne World Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: ladygaga.com and livenation.com.
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I read about this game, and it seems great, wonderful, superb. I can't wait for it to come out. So when is it coming out??
I searched for system requierments, I didn't find anything...not even on the official page...Did you have better luck?
By the amount of units at one time and graphic engine...it will take one great machine to play.
I've got more than enough then.


@gogeta4 - Wasn't this the kid that they showed in like 7th/8th grade before going into high school on that vice world of sports on liberty city football etc? Didn't he play for one of the 2 main pop warner park teams out there? I am probably wrong but name rings a bell.
Is it just me or does this kid run like a young duke Johnson?????
Why do you recruit nerds continue to go 2-4 years down the road when we can't even recruit the current year?
Because I have a special interest in this kid, dickhead.
Yep, was a problem for Sean Taylor, Joe Jackson, Burns, Patrick Robinson, etc....I'm only thinking of Gulliver kids. School size doesn't mean anything these days. If you go to camps, etc, and are good, teams will find you.
Levy was a legend too..played at FAMU if i could remember.
Tim played in the 2000s, but yea he was a beast. Schiano used him right at Rutgers too!
Saw him this weekend at a 7on7 tourney....he is without a doubt a MF BEAST! OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gulliver alumni here as well.
Great to hear man Raider pride! What year did u graduate?
My son is the starting RG at Gulliver. He started every game this season as a true freshmen. Being a Westminster alum it was a difficult choice, but the right choice. Gulliver has made some big hires this off season on the staff and is preparing to build a monster to battle in what now is considered the strongest classification in Football.


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Your mouse movements could save you from identity thieves
Researchers in Italy say they've developed a machine learning algorithm that knows when people are lying online.
Alfred Ng
June 12, 2017 9:48 a.m. PT
Liars apparently move a mouse in a certain way.
Sarah Tew/CNET
It's like a lie detector for your mouse.
Mouse movements have already been catching lies for a while now -- but mostly machine-generated falsehoods. Years back, researchers discovered ways to detect robots online based on how quickly they click. In 2014, Google started using a similar feature for the "I Am Not a Robot" test. If a mouse moves too quickly and unnaturally when clicking on the box, the clicker is apparently not human.
Now researchers are learning how to use mouse movements to catch humans who are lying. In a study published in the journal PLOS One last month, Italian researchers looked at how people move their cursors when they are telling the truth and when they are lying.
This could be helpful considering that identity thieves are always lying when they answer security questions like "what's your favorite band?" or "what city you were born in?" -- details that can easily be gathered in social engineering attacks.
The study gave 32 questions to 40 people, about half of whom were asked to lie with fake information they memorized. Some of the questions were obvious like birth dates, but others needed a bit of thinking to keep the lies going, such as naming their zodiac sign.
Curveball questions had an effect on how liars moved their cursors. They would start moving their mouse all over the place, the researchers found. For people answering truthfully, mouse movements did not change and followed a straight trajectory.
Here's how the trajectory broke down for mouse movements of liars and truth-tellers. The red line is for normal questions and the green line is for unexpected questions.
PLOS One/CNET
"Truth-tellers are supposed to be able to retrieve the responses about their true zodiac more automatically than liars, therefore, their response is expected to be more rapid, with less errors and characterized by a more direct mouse trajectory," the study said.
Using that data, researchers built a machine learning algorithm that could accurately detect 95 percent of the time when people were lying online based solely on their mouse movements.
But mouse lie detection can't sniff out identity thieves on its own. The unexpected questions apparently play a big role in outing liars with their cursor movements, which could end up as a new verification method.
"Unexpected questions require answers to be carefully crafted and this may be a limitation of online automatic usage of the technique," the researchers said.
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I used to be actually excited after I found out that were going to be uncovered to the work of a bodily therapist in the industrial setting, in Amkor which was situated in Paranaque and Laguna. You will have prime undergraduate grades to get accepted right into a sports activities remedy doctorate program. You possibly can see him targeted and not forgetting his purpose for the staff and for the players while enjoying the sport.


An all-around fantastic experience is just waiting to be had at Baskin Robbins, where Lorton diners can eat and drink like never before.
Very friendly staff. Great service.
Owner refuse to honor the coupon we have to come four time to use the whole $20 voucher.
went to two different locations to redeem this coupon and received issues because they couldn't scan the coupon. The second location did't accepted it I still had many issues.
Would not let us use more than 1 voucher.
Remember they split your one groupon order into 4 groupon coupins and u can use only one in a trip. What a trick. Good business tatic to learn. 4 people 4 ice creams anf spend $ 22 - $5 coupon only = $17. What a waste.
They wouldn't accept the Groupon.
Find the flavor that satisfies your sweet tooth at Baskin-Robbins, a lovely ice cream shop in the Lorton region of Lorton. Access the Internet free of charge via Baskin-Robbins' complimentary wifi.
With prices so reasonable, our menu will seem like a full buffet. Eat like a king at Baskin-Robbins. Come visit Baskin-Robbins today and browse the selection of tasty ice cream.
Groupon has verified that the customer actually visited Baskin Robbins.


Our pitches range from 50 to 70m2. There are a number of columns for electrical connections. These stand at most 25m away from your pitch. It is therefore advisable to equip yourself with an electric cable of 25 metres with an industrial socket according to CEE regulations, in order to avoid any difficulties with your electrical connection.
It is not possible to book pitches, however we are able to offer a new type of package for the month of August.


Summer's coming to an end, so how about we end it with a bang?[firstpara] Here are five of the best things to check out or do this weekend.
Converse throws a grand party to end the summer at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall on May 28.
Happening from 10 AM to 10 PM, it's an all day party bonanza that's filled with music, dancing, art and fun.
Witness some of the best skateboarders show off their niftiest tricks, check out the Philippine All Stars showcase their moves, and jam with Gloc9.
College basketball players will be playing in exhibition games to light up the event some more. You can even win some very special prizes if you come wearing Converse gear.
So mark the date, everyone and for more info, look up Converse Philippines on Facebook.
Looking for talented artists to get a tattoo from? Check out P&P Tattoo over at Eastwood City in Libis on May 27 as the shop commences with its grand launch.
The launch starts at 6PM, and will be greeted by performances from Franco, Razorback, Picoy and more! The shop will also be setting up some beerpong tables for those who want to play and get tipsy. Last but not the least, the launch adds another shot of testosterone in the arm with a pitbull show!
Chances are some of you have gotten their salaries already, and are itching to buy somethin' Head on over to TriNoma this weekend then as the Green Light Sale happens. Great deals and exciting perks, with discounts up to 70% await those who'll be shopping.
Wear green while shopping to get a chance to create green light graffitti at the photo booth.
Shop in green and get a free Cadburry chocolate bar with a single purchase receipt of at least P1500. Use your BPI card and get a free item from Body Shop.
Buy 3 tickets and get one free during the first screening in all 2D movies.
The sequel to one of the most entertaining animated features is now showing. Po, that kung-fu fighting Panda, together with the Furious Five, will have his skills, resolve and courage put to the ultimate test once again as the evil emperor Lord Shen unleashes a weapon that could spell the end of kung fu in China. Fantastic stuff!


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Bob Katter to spearhead attempt to overturn ban on rapid-action shotgun
Independent MP, whose son-in-law is the main importer of the Adler 110 that has been banned for a year, says he has always been 'philosophically pro-gun'
Lenore Taylor Political editor
@lenoretaylor
Mon 12 Oct 2015 05.02 EDT Last modified on Tue 13 Mar 2018 13.13 EDT
The member for Kennedy Bob Katter: 'I am not going to be intimidated out of doing something just because [Noia] and I are related. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
Queensland independent MP Bob Katter is seeking to overturn a temporary federal government ban on the import of a new rapid-action shotgun and says he is so worried about the erosion of Australians' ability to own firearms he bought a bow and arrow.
But Labor is demanding the Coalition broaden the ban, put in place while federal and state governments review Australia's post-Port Arthur gun laws.
The main importer of the Adler 110, which the Coalition has banned for one year, was Katter's son-in-law Robert Noia.
Katter said he had always been "philosophically pro-gun" and was "not going to be intimidated out of doing something just because [Noia] and I are related."
Katter's disallowance motion, which was to be moved Monday night and seconded by Victorian independent Cathy McGowan, has no chance of success, but is also aimed at politically embarrassing the National party.
National MPs and senators were angered by the original ban, announced by former prime minister Tony Abbott, but Katter says they will always be forced to "do whatever the Liberal party tells them to on the issue."
Abbott announced a ban on Adler A110 shotguns, a Turkish-made weapon capable of firing seven shots in rapid succession, after the gun control lobby began raising concerns earlier this year. The ban applied to lever action shotguns with a magazine capacity of five rounds or more.
Noia, a Brisbane-based gun importer, said he had taken more than 7,000 customers' orders for the $800 weapon.
But shooters' organisations, the National party and Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm were outraged, and one month later, after Leyonhjelm said he had "blackmailed" the government with his Senate vote on an unrelated issue, the government staged a partial reversal, and promised the ban would definitely be lifted in 12 months.
Gun Control Australia says the Adler would "completely undermine" the National Firearms Agreement, struck after Port Arthur in 1996 and put under review after last year's Lindt Cafe siege.
Katter says he sees gun ownership as a simple question, "should the individual have the power to protect himself or should the crown have that power?"
"We are emasculating the individual because some city people are scared of firearms. I've bought a bow and arrow now because I think one day they'll ban all guns."
A spokesman for McGowan said she intended to second the disallowance motion because "many constituents have called her and asked her to support it."
But Labor's shadow justice minister David Feeney says the existing ban should stay for the duration of the review, and has called on Malcolm Turnbull to extend it to all lever action shotguns, including a modified five cartridge version now being imported by Noia and others.
"Given the events of the past week, domestically and abroad, now is not the time to erode or undermine John Howard's tough gun laws, which are respected around the world," Feeney said.
He said a broader ban would ensure fewer people would have the guns if the current review decided to change the laws when it is finalised in early 2016.
"Labor believes that the Government must also act to prevent other powerful weapons entering the Australian market while the review of the NFA is completed. We are extremely concerned by reports that a modified version of the Adler 110 lever-action shotgun is now being imported into Australia.
"Under the current National Firearms Agreement, lever action shotguns with a magazine capacity of five rounds or less are a category A, which means they are available to Australia's 700,000 licensed recreational shooters.
"Gun critics have said the Adler 110, which can shoot multiple rounds in rapid succession, is faster and more powerful than other models of firearms. Given that the appropriate classification of lever action shotguns is currently under review, we shouldn't be seeing more of these weapons enter Australia," Feeney said.
Victorian police minister Wade Noonan has called for the weapon to have the same restriction as a semiautomatic firearm and says it is no longer appropriate for category A.


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For a limited time, get all of the Wild Ridge Bears' swoon-worthy, hot as sin, Alpha bears in one giant box set. Inside, you'll get five full length novels including...
This virile bear shifter thought fated mates were just a fairytale…until he found his. Destiny made Jaxson Lord the new head of one of the most powerful bear clans on Wild Ridge. To stay on top, it'll take all the strength and cunning he has to prove to the other mining crews he's worthy. He's got no time for distractions and thinks fated mates are just a fairytale. Until he meets curvy Nora Gentry and she sets his virile, protective, inner bear on fire. The trouble is, she's caught the eye of the rest of the clans and now Jax has more than just his own crew to fight for.
Banished from his clan lands for the sins of his father, this Alpha bear has nowhere left to run and no right to claim the fated mate his heart calls out for. Try telling that to his inner bear.
When he meets curvy, beautiful, Anya Parker, Cullen's heart knows that she's meant for him even though he lost his right to claim her the second he got thrown out of Wild Ridge. The last thing he needs is to tangle with a rival band of Russian polar bear shifters with no backup. But when they set their sights on Anya, Cullen has to decide which rules are worth breaking no matter what the cost.
Can the love of a good woman turn this bear shifter bad boy into the hero she needs? Bear shifter Simon Marshall is the ultimate bad boy. Alpha to one of the most powerful clans in Wild Ridge, he's had to be ruthless, bold, and cunning. When his son disappears, claiming a mate was the last thing on his mind. But when he crosses paths with a stunning beauty who may hold the key to finding his missing son, Simon finds out fate has other plans.
Shifters and witches don't mix. But, clan chief, Rafe McCormack needs answers. Fast. When the bears of Wild Ridge start suffering from a deadly illness, Rafe suspects witchcraft. Time is running out and he's got none to spare messing with the likes of Talia Lear. But, this beautiful young witch has long legs and a smart mouth Rafe just wants to kiss. With his clan's survival on the line, it'll take every ounce of self-control and cunning Rafe has to come out on top.
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Q: I cannot seem to receive images from my express API So I am trying to retrieve images from my expressjs API and I cannot seem to actually retrieve anything, not locally or even remotely.
Here is the written code below :)
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname,'/public/')));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());

app.get('/getImage/:folder/:imageName', function (req, res) {
  console.log(path.join(__dirname,'/',req.params.folder,'/',req.params.imageName));
  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname,'/',req.params.folder,'/',req.params.imageName));
  res.end();
});

Have I written something wrong? Is there something I am missing?
here is the request http://localhost:3000/getImage/public/da4b9237bacccdf19c0760cab7aec4a8359010b0678f63452c5c1d428cd376dd82c55aa33a34e600.jpg

A: UPDATE
So it works when I remove res.end(), I'm assuming this is being executed before the image has fully been received?