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49ers training camp 2018: Top 5 takeaways from Aug. 5 practice
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Aug 5, 2018 at 2:26 PM • 0
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The San Francisco 49ers wrapped up their ninth day of training camp practice Sunday and are now gearing up for their first preseason contest this week. Amid some notable injuries, here are some top takeaways from the day's session.
The injury bug has officially bit the San Francisco 49ers, and Sunday's training camp session further reinforced that problem.
Cornerback Richard Sherman, who exited practice early last Friday with a hamstring issue, was later diagnosed with a Grade 1 hamstring strain. Head coach Kyle Shanahan later indicated that the Niners will hold Sherman out for at least a week, meaning he'll miss the team's preseason opener this Thursday against the Dallas Cowboys.
The 49ers were easing Sherman back into practices anyway, following him being cleared from his 2017 Achilles injury. And while this is a setback, it doesn't appear as if the Niners are overly worried about his availability come Week 1.
Yet San Francisco also lost starting nickel cornerback K'Waun Williams, who appeared to roll his ankle during Sunday's practice and had to be helped off the field. In his place, the Niners gave rookie corner D.J. Reed some extra reps.
Meanwhile, offensive guard Joshua Garnett (knee) continued to be absent from practice. On the positive, Garnett's knee won't need surgery after he banged it against another teammate three days into training camp. But with Garnett locked into a key battle with Jonathan Cooper for the starting right guard spot, it's safe to say the third-year pro needs all the reps he can get between now and the regular season.
Here are the top five takeaways from 49ers training camp, Aug. 5.
Cornerback Depth Will Be a Major Test
Outside Sherman, Williams and Jimmie Ward, who is dealing with a minor hamstring issue, the Niners' depth at cornerback is pretty untested. Second-year cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon is poised to be the team's No. 2 corner opposite Sherman, which is fine. But behind this group, the 49ers primarily have a makeup of first-year defensive backs.
Reed getting some extra reps should help and increase the 2018 fifth-round NFL Draft pick's stock ahead of the regular season. And yet the injuries also mean a lot to other cornerbacks, such as Tarvarius Moore and Tarvarus McFadden.
McFadden, an undrafted rookie, experienced a number of one-on-one losses on Sunday but finished strong with a diving interception off a deflected pass from quarterback C.J. Beathard.
If both Sherman's and Williams' injuries and recovery drag on, the chances for players like Reed and McFadden to make the roster increase significantly.
Jonathan Cooper Is Winning the Battle for Right Guard
Speaking of that injury to Garnett, Cooper managed to see his first 11-on-11 drills during training camp today. Cooper, who was just cleared following an offseason MCL surgery, has done a lot of individual work throughout camp so far. But Sunday's session marked the first time he saw full-team drills.
While Cooper has dealt with serious injuries over his entire career, unlike Garnett, who was primarily a power blocker at Stanford, Cooper does possess the movement skills head coach Kyle Shanahan prizes for his outside-zone blocking scheme.
And as long as Garnett remains out, the chances of Cooper taking over starting duties increase dramatically.
Wide Receiver Trent Taylor Looks Fine
Second-year wideout Trent Taylor also saw his first 11-on-11 drills Sunday after a minor offseason back procedure and starting camp on the PUP list. While he had been working on a number of one-on-one drills earlier in camp after being cleared, the sight of him in full team sessions is a good one.
And it doesn't appear as if he's showing any signs of stiffness either (h/t Niners Wire's Rob Lowder):
#49ersCamp 1-on-1s: Trent Taylor with an impressive whip route against D.J. Reed. #49ers pic.twitter.com/82xFpEtVUe
— Rob Lowder (@Rob_Lowder) August 5, 2018
Taylor finished with 19 third-down receptions for a first-down last season -- tied for ninth most in the NFL and also tied for first among rookies (Cooper Kupp). He was also Pro Football Focus' top-rated receiver on slant routes his rookie season.
He had a nice individual drill in this category too.
Dante Pettis Continues to Shine... Again
It seems like a nearly daily training camp statement, but rookie wide receiver Dante Pettis remains arguably the team's best pass catcher.
Such was the case again during Sunday's session, as Pettis' exceptional route-running skills made him a nearly impossible cover for Niners defensive backs.
It looked like everybody had a tough time covering Dante Pettis today. He is legit. #49ersCamp
— Dylan DeSimone (@DylanADeSimone) August 5, 2018
The 49ers still aren't practicing a lot of press coverage, which could be the biggest weakness the relatively smallish Pettis will have to overcome this season. And it will be interesting to see how Pettis matches up against some of the bigger, more experienced corners he'll have to face on game day.
For now, however, Pettis' stock continues to soar.
George Kittle Is Primed for a Breakout Season
A year ago, then-rookie tight end George Kittle ended up setting records, and for all the right reasons. His 43 receptions for 515 yards were the most out of any tight end, drafted in Round 5 or later, during the modern football era. And considering a good chunk of those stats came with quarterbacks Beathard and Brian Hoyer, one can only think how those numbers could see a big spike with Jimmy Garoppolo under center.
Kittle has been putting in the extra work, too, staying after practice today to work with Garoppolo and the rest of San Francisco's tight ends.
But the biggest difference might be the level of maturation Kittle now has after his first year at the pro level.
"My head doesn't feel like it's going to explode every single play," Kittle told reporters after Sunday's practice. "It's more of a reaction, not thinking which, in football, is everything. If you have to think, you're already kind of losing. Once you already know, you hear it and it clicks. ... Now you can read the defense and say, 'hey, I can release like this' to help my guy get open."
Related side note, Sports Illustrated's Michael Beller called out Kittle as the tight end to watch in fantasy football this upcoming season.
That's important. And when looking back at how Garoppolo and Kittle connected five times on Aug. 3, including a 25-yard touchdown during the team's red-zone period, one can see how Kittle is primed to have a massive campaign in 2018.
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Tsunami Weblog: The World Seeks Meaning
Is God to blame for the tragedy? Plus: the recent tsunami updates, ministry amid the wreckage, and Christians give $millions in relief.
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Included in a mass burial in India, 8-year-old Anthony Praveen shocked hospital workers when he suddenly sat up and opened he eyes. Though saved from the tsunami when it hit the town of Vailankanni, India, and saved again from premature burial, Praveen's story is not seen as a glimmer of hope amid the tragedy. According to The Washington Times, "His father, a daily-wage laborer from Madras, had taken his wife and two children on a pilgrimage to the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Health in Vailankanni, a shrine famed for its healing powers, [Praveen's] grandmother explained." The only other survivor in the family, she said the family made an offering at the church, went to the sea to bathe, and were swept away by the tsunami.
"They went to offer their hair to [Mother] Vailankanni," said the grandmother. "In return, they lost their lives to the sea. I don't know why [Mother] gave this rude blow to us. How can I take care of this boy and his education now?"
Did God cause the tsunami?
Supernatural causation and divine culpability are the hottest debates coming out of the Indian Ocean devastation. Man-made destruction seems easier to understand and explain than indiscriminate natural havoc. That's why there is so much more discussion of theodicy in newspapers around the globe than after 9/11. We don't blame Abel's death on God; we blame it on Cain. But it's much easier for people, like Job's friends, to blame the death of Job's family on someone.
One commentator says it's God's fault, not that he exists. "God, if there is a God, should be ashamed of himself. The sheer enormity of the Asian tsunami disaster, the death, destruction, and havoc it has wreaked, the scale of the misery it has caused, must surely test the faith of ...
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The Loch Ness Monster
Truly, no body of water outside a Superfund site has been the subject of so much scientific observation, tourism, legend, quackery and plain all-around fraud as the Loch Ness in the hills of Northern Scotland. 23 miles long and an average of 600 feet in depth, it is one of the largest of its type and fed by six separate rivers, eventually becoming the River Ness.
This would all be well and good were it not for the persistent legend of a creature, the descriptions of which are almost too varied to recount, who supposedly lives in this body of water, a holdover from prehistoric times and whose visage is as unique as the number of theories as to why it exists.
Sightings have been reported since the 1800s, with a new sighting occuring every few years (and occasionally several times in the same year). With each sighting has come another rash of interest in Loch Ness, and "Nessie" (the nickname for the creature) enjoys more publicity.
Unlike Bigfoot or the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster's direct link to a specific place means that that place has been overrun with quacks, flakes, publicity hounds, tricksters, flim-flam men, and a whole host of pretenders to the throne of "providing proof of the monster". It also means the surrounding area has been trashed beyond belief; portrayals in cartoons of a beautiful, scenic Scottish countryside are a little distanced from the actual place. This isn't to say it's as bad as, say, Anaheim is to Disneyland, but the building of "Nessie Spotting Platforms" and other such structures aren't really helping anything except the personal economy of a few developers.
Tourism related to Nessie has been beyond belief, and many crowds show up to spend time around the Loch. Clothing, mementos and literature are presented from all manner of shops and all share one common hope: that the mystery will never be solved.
Not to say people haven't tried. As mentioned above, the loch has been hit with sonar, radar, scuba divers, and all manner of scientific equipment, and none have been, as we say, "conclusive". To be conclusive would close a lot of shops.


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Dressed To Thrill: Our Top Racing Liveries
Anyone who has ever ventured out onto a track in anger knows that it's not really the daring last-lap pass for a podium place, or the consistent wearing down of a gap, which gives you true satisfaction. It's actually the visceral pleasure of knowing that you and your pit crew just look so much better than everyone else - with your smart racewear, chic logo and, most importantly, a knockout livery which gets the crowd excited and draws envious glances from competitors.
The Alitalia Lancia Stratos fording its way through muddy water in Kenya during the 1976 Safari. Credit: Tamotsu Futamura
This week we've done a straw poll at the Apex to bring you our top racing liveries from across the decades, with only one requirement - that they look damn good on a racing car both at speed and ticking away in the paddock. It's an odd fact that many of the greatest racing liveries come courtesy of products which, if consumed to excess, are bad for your health: alcohol, tobacco, loud music, seafood... then again, motor racing arguably falls into the same category, doesn't it?
Written by Hector Kociak for The Apex by Custodian. Edited & produced by Charles Clegg and Guillaume Campos.
Competing in the M1 Procar series as well as Le Mans in 1981. Credit: LAT // Classic and Sports Car
A good livery captures the imagination, even if the company behind it is not particularly exciting. The BASF chemical company hit upon a genius piece of marketing in the early 1980s when its cassettes division sponsored a BMW M1, one of the most eye-catching racing cars ever made, in the Procar series as well as the Sauber entry at Le Mans in 1981. The instantly memorable design, with an engrossing white swirl on a red background, remains bedroom wall poster fodder to this day - even if cassettes are a bit old hat now...
Period BASF Cassette advertising. Credit: BASF
The iconic Castrol colours on the Toyota Celica rally cars. Source: Car Revs Daily // Credit: unknown
Sometimes simplicity is key to a good design. The Castrol liveries adorning the Toyota Motorsport rally cars of the mid-1990s are a case in point, featuring a swish of green, a swoosh of red, and the word 'Castrol' everywhere. A masterpiece in restraint, we think - although the seven podiums in seven WRC rallies for the high-tech and beautifully liveried ST205 Celica GT-Four may also have helped cement this as a classic design.
The legendary Castol-liveried Jaguar XJR-9 en route to 3rd place at the Daytona 24 Hours 1988 with Eddie Cheever, John Watson and Johnny Dumfries behind the wheel. Credit: Bob Harmeyer & Paul Woodbury
Gulf colours have adorned some of the ultimate racing machinery over the decades including the Ford GT40s in the 1960s, Porsche 917s in the early 1970s and the McLaren F1 in the 1990s. Credit: LAT // unknown
Look on a colour wheel and you'll see that duck egg blue and marigold orange are tonal opposites. This is the key to why almost every permutation of the Gulf Oils racing livery, from the John Wyer GT40s and Porsche 917s of the 1960s to the later Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren F1 GTR has proven popular. In fact, the formula is so effective that the McLaren F1 team, now sponsored by Gulf, recently commissioned a retro livery for the Monaco Grand Prix. Sadly if you didn't manage to get a hat or a t-shirt, you'll have to wait until next time, as it was a one-off whose popularity proved that this classic look has not waned in popularity.
Source: 72 STAGPOWER - The Spirit of Jägermeister Racing // Credit: Kräling and unknown
The famous orange Jägermeister livery first appeared after driver Eckhard Schimpf approached his cousin - conveniently, the CEO of the Jägermeister brand at the time - for 500 marks to compete in the Monte Carlo rally in 1971. The rest is history, with the livery adorning everything from Formula 1 cars of the 1970s to BMW M3s of the 1990s. Curiously, the meteoric rise of the brand in the public conscience has been partly due to the efforts of certain alcohol promoters, who (as many readers will be aware) have convinced legions of young people over the years that a digestif originally targeted at blue-collar German workers is the best party starter you can get.
Source: GTX Forums // Credit: unknown
The Alitalia livery which famously appeared on the Lancia Stratos HF rally car is a design from Walter Landor, the man responsible for such branding successes as Frito-Lay, Levi's and FedEx. In a way, the Gandini wedge of the Stratos and the triangular 'A' of the Alitalia design (in the colours of the Italian flag, of course) are a natural pairing - not least because the Lancia is as close to an aeronautical design as a rally car has ever come. It makes practical sense as well, easily observable from a television helicopter on even the dustiest rally stages. Paired with a set of canary yellow wheels, the Lancia Stratos in Alitalia guise became an instant design icon.
The Campion Collection of Martini liveried race and rally cars previously sold by Girardo & Co. Source: Girardo & Co. // Credit: Tom Gidden
Beginning in 1962 with two Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Troncas, Martini & Rossi's sponsorship of racing has become one of the most famous and long-lasting generators of spectacular racing liveries. Martini-branded Porsches won at Le Mans in 1971, 1976 and 1977, and the distinctive dark blue, light blue and red stripes on white were also seen on Porsche factory RSR Turbos, 935s and 936s. Most notably, in 1982 Martini Racing sponsored the works Lancia rally team, a partnership which would last until the early 1990s and bring home a clutch of WRC Drivers' titles. We think there is still something charming and old-school about the Martini colours to this day.
The Renown-sponsored Mazda 787B won Le Mans in 1991. Credit: unknown
Aside from its rotary-engined wail, reliability and sheer speed, the other element of the Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B from 1991 remembered by fans is its outrageous and beguiling orange and green livery. Instantly recognisable, the livery was in fact inspired by Mazda's sponsor Renown, a 120-year-old Japanese textile company known for its argyll socks. It proved extremely popular, resulting in various licensing agreements which saw it deployed on a number of other racing Mazdas over the years. Sadly, Renown had to file for bankruptcy last year as a result of decreased sales during the pandemic - however we think the livery design deserves to live on!
Source: Petrolicious & Autotrend // Credit: unknown
The Red Lobster livery by Stephen Bach appeared in the Camel GT Series, from July 1983 to March 1985, bestriding a 1983 March IMSA GTP 'Executone' 83 G1. Going up against Porsche 962s and powered by a Chevy V8, the car was immediately popular with fans and used by IMSA as a PR vehicle, despite advertising a chain of seafood restaurants. We can't recall any other high-speed crustaceans adorning racing cars (and no, Shell doesn't count) - all the more reason to celebrate this truly unique take on a racing livery.
Rothmans and Silk Cut
Derek Bell, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Al Holbert en route to victory at Le Mans 1987 in the Rothmans Porsche 962. Source: Sports Car Digest / EuroCar News // Credit: unknown
Tobacco advertising is a touchy subject in motor racing - but when it comes to aesthetics, the Group C Porsches and Jaguars wearing Rothmans and Silk Cut liveries are simply a cut above anything else. The blue, gold and red Rothmans liveries which first appeared on the Porsche 956 would also be used in later years (with variations) on the Dakar run of the Porsche 959 rally car as well as the Williams FW18 of Damon Hill. As for the Silk Cut livery, there's really only one car which has the right to wear that - the Le Mans winning Jaguar XJR-9/11.
Jaguar scores a superb victory with the #2 XJR-9, driven by Jan Lammers, Johnny Dumfries and Andy Wallace at 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans. Source: Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust
Credit: Lienhard Racing Photography // unknown
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Ring 2, også kaldet Ringvejen, er en ringvej i Aarhus. Ringvejen varierer i størrelse og udspringer fra Oddervej i syd, hvor den med navnet Ringvej Syd er ført syd om Holme. Gennem Viby følges den med indfaldsvejen Skanderborgvej i retning mod Aarhus centrum. Ved Viby Torv deles de to veje, og ringvejen skifter navn til Viby Ringvej, over den vestlige del af Aarhus. Efter passage af Silkeborgvej bliver navnet Åby Ringvej. Ringvejen hedder efter Viborgvej, Hasle Ringvej og efter Randersvej Vejlby Ringvej. Hastighedsgrænsen på vejen er 70 km/t.

I forbindelse med diskussionen om en miljøzone i Aarhus har det været oppe at vende, om man skulle afgrænse zonen med Ringvejen, hvilket dog er blevet afslået, eftersom det ikke ville have en signifikant større virkning.

Midttrafik har en bybusrute 6A, som kører langs det meste af Ringvejen, men drejer fra umiddelbart før Randersvej.

Ringvejen er den anden ringvej i Aarhus, hvor Ringgaden omkranser midtbyen. Djurslandmotorvejens forbindelse med Østjyske Motorvej/E45 i det nye Motorvejskryds Aarhus Nord udgør en tredje ring rundt om byen.

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Certificates of Confidentiality are issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to protect identifiable research information from forced disclosure. They allow the investigator and others who have access to research records to refuse to disclose identifying information on research participants in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding, whether at the federal, state, or local level. Certificates of Confidentiality may be granted for studies collecting information that if disclosed could have adverse consequences for subjects or damage their financial standing, employability, insurability, or reputation. By protecting researchers and institutions from being compelled to disclose information that would identify research subjects, Certificates of Confidentiality help achieve the research objectives and promote participation in studies by assuring confidentiality and privacy to participants.
Certificates constitute an important tool to protect the privacy of research study participants. Thus, NIH would like to encourage their appropriate use. NIH is making information widely available to investigators working on sensitive biomedical, behavioral, clinical or other types of research.
Information on Certificates of Confidentiality is now available on the NIH web site at the CoC Kiosk at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coc/index.htm. The Kiosk includes background information on Certificates, application instructions for extramural and intramural investigators, frequently asked questions, information on communicable disease reporting policy, and a list of contacts. For further information, please see the list of contacts at NIH Institutes and Centers at the CoC Kiosk.
To obtain more information, to submit a completed application, or to request an extension or amendment to an existing Certificate for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the PI should contact:
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Coat a medium frying pan with olive oil and place over medium heat. Add onion and potato. Sauté until lightly browned in spots, about 7 minutes. Remove from heat. Add garlic, capsicum black pepper. Fold in tofu mixture, cheddar, green olives, and parsley.
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'We had to do something' – Beginnings of the Access Campaign
Dr Bernard Pécoul was a leading founder and the first director of the then-called Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, launched by MSF in 1999. Prior to the Campaign, he was the Executive Director of MSF France. Currently, he is Executive Director of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi). Here he speaks about the beginnings of the Campaign.
What led MSF to start the Access Campaign?
Unaddressed medical needs from the field led to the start, and the need to understand how to overcome the problems that stood in the way of better treatment for patients.
One example – in the 1980s-90s, MSF was confronted with sleeping sickness in Uganda. We knew existing treatments were terribly toxic, based on arsenic, even killing 5% of people treated. But we had no choice as the disease is otherwise 100% fatal! A much better option existed, but the drug was no longer being produced so our field programmes couldn't access it.
For other diseases like kala azar, meningitis, shigella – we were confronted with a lack of products, or a lack of access to products, or both. After the 25th anniversary of MSF in 1996, we created a working group to understand the causes for this.
We knew we had to do something. But what? And how?
The first step was to understand exactly where the problems were, and gather the expertise so that the access and R&D [research and development] barriers could be confronted and overcome – that was the role for the Campaign.
What kind of shift did the creation of the Campaign mean for MSF?
As a medical organisation, MSF was not assessing the political and legal environment that governed access to medicine. We were logistically oriented and had made great progress in bringing medicines and vaccines to the field – we knew how to purchase and deliver. But we needed to address the situations when we had nothing to purchase, and nothing to deliver!
Take HIV – it was obvious that intellectual property [IP] was a major challenge, pricing treatments out of reach. Addressing IP barriers was a priority. But for sleeping sickness or leishmaniasis, the issue was a lack of R&D. You cannot address both IP and R&D with the same tools and response. The Campaign was the structure that developed a deep understanding of the problems, and then proposed solutions.
In this we are all indebted to Jacques Pinel. He was my mentor, he is why I was asking a lot of questions on this.
What were the first achievements of the Access Campaign?
Getting rid of toxic sleeping sickness treatment was a first success. On a trip to the US, I suddenly saw on TV an advertisement for a hair reduction cream containing eflornithine, the drug we had tried and failed to access for many years.
So this lifesaving drug wasn't available for people at risk of dying, but could be bought as a cosmetic product! We took the story to The New York Times, and to [US TV news programme] 60 Minutes. This was the beginning of a long process which led to massive improvement in sleeping sickness treatment.
The Campaign also led on malaria. In the 1990s, field programmes were starting to observe that chloroquine was not doing the job. But there was reluctance to change the status quo. MSF and Epicentre [research arm of MSF] conducted a series of studies to document resistance, and on that basis the Campaign came up with a strong message: "ACT NOW" to change treatment, make artemisinin-based combination therapy [ACT] available, and do it everywhere. This campaign put pressure on the World Health Organization and led to the adoption of ACTs.
For HIV, the Campaign also had a role in challenging the status quo. Externally, the drive to reduce the price from $12,000 for a year's treatment, down to $1 a day was driven by the Campaign. And internally, this contributed massively to unblock the hesitancy in MSF to treat HIV, as it was now seen as something feasible. And as convener of an expert group of idealists that thought we can do things better, the Campaign also led to the creation of DNDi. After investigating the problems on the R&D side, we realised that to develop solutions we needed to create a separate initiative, one that could demonstrate a different model, a different way of doing R&D, and that could deliver. DNDi's achievements are also the Campaign's!
Jacques Pinel, who passed away in 2015, was a pillar for MSF since 1979. Trained as a pharmacist, he was instrumental in the set-up of MSF's logistics, pharmacy, and medicines policies, including guidelines and emergency kits. In the 1990s, he played a leading role in the movement that would become the MSF Access Campaign.
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DNDi's 20th year of bringing the best science for the most neglected
2022: Six advances in neglected disease research to remember
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DNDi partners in a new NIHR-funded Global Health Research Group on HIV-associated Fungal Infections (IMPRINT)
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To date, we have delivered twelve new treatments, saving millions of lives.
Our goal is to deliver 25 new treatments in our first 25 years. You can help us get there.


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Conway Mill Drop In Centre
The 50+ Group was established several years ago by a group of Republican women in Tar Anall, a Drop In Centre for Republican prisoners and their families based in Conway Mill, west Belfast. "After the peace came, a...
Jim Deery
Community development in North Belfast
Jim's childhood was spent growing up on the Cregagh estate in east Belfast. His family moved to north Belfast when he was ten. "My fond memories of north Belfast are the Cavehill, I think it's an underused tourist ...
Ballymurphy – The People's Co-ops
The story of Ballymurphy Enterprises
Like many cities in Britain, Belfast suffered industrial decline in the 1960s. High unemployment rates were the norm for many of the housing estates in west Belfast. "Official statistics in Ballymurphy had 37% of ...
Michael Paterson
A path to clinical psychology
Marie Breen-Smyth, Associate Dean International, University of Surrey talks to Dr Michael Patterson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist about the injuries he received while on patrol with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. ...
Joanna McMinn
Advancing women's education
Joanna moved to Dublin from Cornwall, at the age of 17, to enrol at the National University of Ireland. "It was 1967 at the beginning of all the riots and student protests in Paris, it was a very exciting time. When I...
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Politics, community work and peace activism
Eileen has worked extensively in Northern Ireland politics, community work and peace activism. "I was brought up to believe that everybody was the same, that there were no differences…" Born in Dromara at the en...
Lives affected by the Troubles
Interviews from those whose lives were affected by the Troubles. Alan McBride Alan lost his wife and father-in-law in the Shankill bomb in October 1993, murdered by the IRA. "I've been hurt and damaged, I've...
Fergus O Hare
Talking to the civil rights campaigner
Part One of an extended interview. This personal story is subtitled. The movement for civil rights across the world in the late 1960s acted as a catalyst for Fergus whilst at University College Dublin to think more...
1981 Loyalist Recollections
Former prisons offer their views.
Former Loyalist prisoners David Ervine, Billy McQuiston, and Sam Courtney offer their views on the prison protests of 1976-1981 which led to the deaths of 10 men on hunger strike.
Animation inside prison.
A Made in Belfast production by Amanda Dunsmore and prisoners at Long Kesh/H.M.P. Maze, 1999. Amanda Dunsmore was invited to Long Kesh/HMP Maze as a visiting artist by the Prison Arts Foundation. Trained as a sc...


The Cleveland Film Company put on a roadshow promoting the Five Moons of Pluto short film in the last week of Term 3. The feature film will be produced in the Redlands by early 2019. Year 9 and 10 students were presented with opportunities to be a part of up and coming short courses in script-writing linked to production in the Redlands with the Cleveland Film Company.
Alumni Joshua Smith (Class of 2015) is contributing the music and sound design for Five Moons of Pluto. He performed some soundtrack themes which highlight some of his work.


To make marinade, place all ingredients in a large bowl and whisk to combine. add lamb and toss to coat. cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight to marinate.
To make béchamel sauce, melt butter in a medium saucepan. Add flour and cook, stirring, until mixture bubbles. Gradually whisk in strained milk until thickened. Cook, stirring, over low heat for 5 minutes. Stir in parmesan. Season.
Preheat oven to 180C. Spread a little béchamel over base of four ovenproof dishes. Top with a layer of sliced potato and a sprinkling of bacon. Season. Repeat layering, finishing with a layer of béchamel. Cover tightly with greased foil and bake for 55 minutes or until potatoes are very tender. Remove foil and sprinkle over mozzarella and parmesan. Bake for a further 10-15 minutes or until cheese is golden and melted.
Brush top side of mushrooms with oil. Sprinkle underside with butter and garlic. Season.
Preheat a barbecue over medium heat.
Add lamb to barbecue and cook, turning occasionally, for 15 minutes or until browned all over and cooked to your liking. Transfer to a warm plate, lightly covered with foil, for 5 minutes to rest. Thickly slice.
Add mushrooms, upside down, to barbecue and cook, with lid down, for 8 minutes or until tender. Top with bocconcini and cook for a further 2 minutes or until melted. Top with tomato, onion, basil and balsamic glaze.
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Dr. Bonzo Reddick makes history as first Black health director of the Coastal Health District
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Public health in Coastal Georgia has a new leader. Bonzo Reddick, MD. has been named health director of the 8-county Coastal Health District, becoming the first African American to fill the position.
"I'm really excited for the opportunity to join and lead the fantastic team of people who comprise the Coastal Health District," said Dr. Reddick. "There are so many programs and services within the district that are critical to maintaining the health of the people in our region. That includes our environmental health services, which strive to help our communities maintain a healthy infrastructure with safe food, clean well water, and so much more."
Dr. Reddick is no stranger to the community health needs of the coastal area. For the past 5
years, he led an outpatient practice at the J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center in
Savannah, served on the Health Equity Council for the Georgia Department of Public Health
and was on the medical advisory committees for the Savannah public school system and for the
Mayor's Office during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Southeast severe weather threat shifts to Coastal Empire and Lowcountry
Other merits include being named Top Family Physician in Savannah by South Magazine in 2016 and 2019, being named the Family Physician of the Year by the Georgia Academy of Family
Physicians for 2021, publishing numerous articles in scientific and medical journals and he recently finished authoring a book on achieving health equity.
"I think that the events of the last few years have led to a renewed focus on health equity in the public health community in the Coastal District and throughout the state of Georgia." said Dr. Reddick.
He continued, "To achieve and sustain Health Equity, we need to put aside the political differences that are so often highlighted in society, and instead focus on shared/common goals. I think that a goal everyone shares is to create opportunities for our community to attain optimal health, which is something we can achieve using a Health Equity lens. There are many proven, evidence-based approaches to improving the health of populations that the Department of Public Health, local healthcare providers, and community partners are implementing."
Dr. Reddick will lead the Coastal Health District from offices in Savannah and Brunswick,
overseeing all district and county public health programs in Bryan, Camden, Chatham,
Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh Counties.
Dr. Reddick says that his short-term goal is to travel around to the 8 counties in the Coastal District and get to know the team, stakeholders, residents, and members of the Boards of Health.
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"By doing so I can learn about the unique aspects and strengths of each community and also learn about opportunities to address the most pressing issues for those counties."
Dr. Reddick received his B.S. degree from Morehouse College and his medical degree from
Morehouse School of Medicine.
After graduating from medical school in 2002, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he completed a family medicine residency, two faculty development fellowships, and a master's degree in public health.
After graduating from residency in 2005, he practiced full-spectrum family medicine, including
delivering babies and inpatient medicine, for 17 years.


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Q: Joomla get Input from Form Field i have a problem with my joomla module i want to access the value of this field:
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from my php file.
I only saw on the internet big functions for that but does it goes simpler?

A: $params->get('email') in your module may be type="text" in your field

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One bedroom apartment for rent in Don Bosco street in Tirana.
The apartment si situated on the third floor of a new building.
The surface of the apartment is 73 m2 organized in living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, two balconies and hallway.
The apartment is offered furnished it is brand new and contemporary style.
Heating and cooling are provided by two air conditioners set in each room.
All the area of the apartment has parquet flooring.
The balconies have view inside of the complex and the bathroom is equipped with windows.
The area is developed, well known and ha easy access in Zogu i Zi area.


i taped it this morning!
i'm getting used to MOM so it doesn't annoy me much nowdays!
CS was a good story too.
Do you think us in the USA will ever get to see the shows? Maybe a letter campaign is needed to convince the powers that be to get it to us in the States.
geez...you sayin that the usa hasn't had the pleasure of CGI captain scarlet yet?............oh brother!
ohh and the release date is 17 OCTOBER....not 17 september!
hey, careful how much you bang your head on a wall...your not indestructable you know!
Hehe, can't help thinking the Mysterons have already visited some of the 'firms' in question....which is part of the problem with them So anyone know the number of my local branch of Spectrum ?


If you've only got a small space to play with, then make sure you're not overfilling the space with goods that just don't need to be there. The fewer items you have in your bathroom, the more space you'll have in which to move around. As such, consider adopting the minimalist approach to your bathroom (and, if you like it, your whole house). The sparse look won't just make your bathroom more functional; it'll make it more stylish, too, as this decor choice is in style at the moment.
When you only have a limited amount of space, you need to make sure you're not losing any inch of it to the darkness. Work hard to create as bright a space as possible. If you have a window, then set it up so that it's letting in as much natural light as it can. The room will feel much more expansive if you're able to look out over a nice view under a bright sky. Though, of course, remember to keep your privacy intact!
Everything is about perception. And perception can be changed. If you currently see your bathroom as small, then it might just be a matter of making a few small changes, which in turn will alter your perception of its size. For example, you can buy a wall mounted vanity unit from Drench; it'll keep the floor space free - a small but crucial difference. You can also make the most of the wall space by installing mirrors. A large mirror, too, will also give the appearance of a larger room, too.
There are some things that you need to have in your bathroom; a toilet, sink, feature radiator and shower for instance. Try not to block these all off from one another, and instead keep things open. A walk-in shower, is much better for size perception, as it only has a glass window separating it from the rest of the bathroom.
For your toiletries, towels, and so on, think carefully about the storage. Does everything need to be in the bathroom? Probably not. Keep what you use every day there, and the rest in another part of the house like your bedroom. Less clutter means more space, after all!
Have you got any space saving tips for a small bathroom?


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David Tennant says Don Juan play will stay topical
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Helen Maybanks
David Tennant plays the libertine DJ
David Tennant says his latest play is being constantly tweaked to feature topical jokes – because the news keeps producing such good material.
Broadchurch star Tennant plays the debauched lead character in Don Juan in Soho.
Patrick Marber's play – first seen in 2006 – has been updated and now includes references to US President Donald Trump and vlogging.
Speaking after Tuesday's opening night, Tennant revealed that Marber had written in a line about the Daily Mail's controversial "Legs-it" headline, but it didn't make the show.
"We chickened out at the last second!" he told the BBC.
"We are sprinkling occasional contemporary references as we go. We add them on the day. Prince George is in his third day now. George Osborne lasted for a weekend. Donald Trump is in there."
The play is written and directed by Patrick Marber
Tennant added: "Obviously it has to relate to Don Juan and his world view. He's got this fury about the hypocrisy of the world that he's in.
"The world keeps presenting itself with fresh material and we can't really resist."
Marber's play is a loose adaptation of Moliere's 17th Century tragi-comedy Don Juan that transports the legendary womaniser to contemporary London.
Adrian Scarborough and David Tennant in Don Juan in Soho
Tennant's character – known as DJ – describes himself in the play as the "Dalai Lama of debauchery".
At one point his servant Stan, played by Adrian Scarborough, urges the audience: "Please don't be charmed, he's not a lovable rogue…"
"It's a delicious role," Tennant said, adding that he hadn't done a play that wasn't Shakespeare in about 14 years.
"I adore Shakespeare – I feel like it's in my DNA – but I'm just loving doing something that is this contemporary and that has this bite and extraordinary language."
Don Juan in Soho is at Wyndham's Theatre until 10 June.
Celebrity Big Brother: Channel 5 boss was 'furious' with Stormy Daniels
Image copyright Getty Images Channel 5 controller Ben Frow has said he was "bloody furious" about Stormy Daniels pulling out of Celebrity Big Brother. The adult film star, who alleges she had an affair with US president Donald Trump, was expected to enter the house last week. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Frow revealed […]
BBC's Panorama broke Ofcom rules by naming 'anonymous' teenager
Image copyright PA The BBC's Panorama broke broadcasting rules by mistakenly revealing the first name of a teenager who was meant to be anonymous, TV watchdog Ofcom has said. The 2016 episode included undercover footage of alleged abuse at a secure training centre in Kent. The BBC said the "genuine error" was a result of […]
Bodyguard star Richard Madden criticises 'unrealistic' weight demands
Image caption Madden played a PPO (Principal Protection Officer) in the BBC One drama Bodyguard star Richard Madden has spoken out against the "unrealistic" demands he and his fellow actors face regarding their weight and body image. "I've done numerous jobs where you're told to lose weight and get to the gym," he told British […]
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Guillem August Tell i Lafont (* 16. Dezember 1861 in Barcelona; † 6. August 1929 ebenda) war ein katalanischer Rechtsanwalt, Notar und Schriftsteller.

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Guillem August Tell i Lafont promovierte 1881 in Barcelona im Fachbereich Jura. 1890 legte er die Notarprüfungen in der Stadt Gràcia (heute zu Barcelona) und 1895 die in Barcelona ab.

Guillem August Tell hatte eine Notarpraxis mit Niederlassungen in Gràcia und in Barcelona. Er war von 1912 bis 1914 Vorsitzender der Acadèmia de Jurisprudència i Legislació ("Akademie für Jurisprudenz und Gesetzgebung") und von 1917 bis 1919 "Dekan des Notarkollegiums" von Barcelona. Er veröffentlichte zahlreiche juristische Werke, darunter Notas sobre la teoría de los estatutos en la antigua jurisprudencia catalana (1887), Un siglo de escuela histórica (1914) und Comentarios al movimiento feminista (1915).

Er wirkte in folgenden Kulturvereinen, -gremien und -zeitschriften mit: La Campana de Gràcia (1875), Quatre Gats, Semanario de Mataró (1883) und Catalunya (1903). Als Dichter pflegte er eine intime Poesie, insbesondere Sonette, Madrigale und Oden. Er wurde bei mehreren Jocs Florals ausgezeichnet. 1900 wurde er zum Meister der Troubadour-Dichtkunst ernannt. Zahlreiche seiner Gedichte wurden 1971 postum veröffentlicht.

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Into The Pudding
thoughts on geospatial, augmenting capitalism, architectures of participation, and more
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Opening Esri
So I've been meaning to write a post on this ever since I had a great talk with Andrew Turner, who recently joined Esri. He was expressing a good bit of optimism over Esri's willingness to embrace 'open'. My worry is that they would embrace the language of open, but not actually do the key things that would make a real open ecosystem. It's easy to take enough action to convince more naive decision makers of their intentions, like esri.github.io, which looks like lots of open source projects, but is mostly code samples and api examples that are useless without pieces of closed software. So I wanted to give to Esri a measurable roadmap of actions to take that would signal to me a real commitment to 'open'.
That was a couple months ago, but then life got in the way, as tends to happen with lots of planned blog posts. But in the meantime there's been a fascinating flare-up around the GeoServices REST specification in the OGC (most conversation is behind OGC walls, but see open letters and lengthy discussion on OSGeo). And it similarly makes me want to address 'Esri' as an entity. The individuals matter less, I believe that most of them want to do the right thing. But the corporation as a whole takes action in the world, and that big picture matters more than what individuals within are trying to do. So here goes:
Dear Esri,
I imagine you've been pretty confused and flummoxed by all the push back to the GeoServices REST specification. It is a pretty solid piece of technology, and theoretically is a great step towards opening up Esri more – putting previously proprietary interfaces in to an open standard.
The key thing to understand though is that unfortunately very few people in this industry trust you. I am actually fairly unique in that I give you a whole lot more benefit of the doubt than most. In my life I try as hard as I can to only judge people based on their direct interactions with me, not on whatever people say about them. And though you aren't exactly a person I do still try to judge in the same way. And I personally have never had a truly bad interaction with you.
But amazingly just about everyone that I've encountered in the broader geospatial industry has. When I bring up that I've never been mistreated by you they have the utmost confidence that I inevitably will. I have always been fascinated by this, as I believe it goes far beyond 'typical competition', which is one thing people at Esri have told me – something like 'they're just jealous'. The amount of venom that otherwise totally decent people will throw out is incredible, and it makes it hard for me to not judge harshly, when so many people whose judgement I trust absolutely have felt really screwed in the past by you. Multiple times. In really unpleasant and unexpected ways. And it's not just competitors, but partners and clients.
So the fundamental point that needs making with regards to GeoServices REST was articulated well by one of my allies: 'everyone in the OGC membership is objecting to the REST API because they believe ESRI to be fundamentally conniving and untrustworthy.' He believes that if the REST interface had been proposed by anyone else then there wouldn't be a problem – it would likely be an approved OGC standard by now. But people believe it's a 'cynical business play by an untrustworthy, well resourced, and predatory business interest.'
I have overall had a relatively positive take on the GeoServices REST API, because I don't (yet?) believe you to be fundamentally conniving and untrustworthy. You've done an amazing amount good for this industry, but I do think you've just lost your way a bit. I imagine you think that putting this great interface in to OGC is a great step in the right direction, and it is, but unfortunately it's too much too fast. It's as if the schoolyard bully is suddenly super nice to you – you wonder what's up his sleeve, how he's going to screw you this time.
But I believe there's a path forward, to building up people's trust so that something like GeoServices REST could be accepted in OGC. It just has to be slower and more incremental. This list is just what I can think of right now. There is a fundamental principle at work though, which is moving towards an architecture that encourages people to mix and match Esri components with other technology. Not merely implementing open standards to check the box, but building for hybrid environments: QGIS exporting to or editing ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Desktop doing the same to GeoServer, TileMill styling a file geodatabase and publishing to ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Desktop styling and publishing to Google Maps Engine or CartoDB, etc, etc. Each piece of Esri technology ideally could be used stand alone with other pieces. Stated another way, there should be no lock-in of anything that users create – even their cartography rules. Anything that is created with Esri software should be able to be liberated without extreme pain, in line with the Data Liberation Front (though I think the google maps engine and earth enterprise teams also need som help from them, they too deserve a similar letter).
I realize this is a big leap, since it is not the absolutely most efficient way to solve the needs of most of your customers, since most of them use only your software. And it is a business risk, since it opens up more potential competition. But it's also a big business opportunity if done right. And reaches beyond mere business to being a real force for good in the world, becoming a truly loved company, with lots of friends. This list is roughly ordered by easier wins first, and so later ones should probably build on them. If these actions are taken I will start to defend you to my friends a lot more.
Enable W*S services by default in ArcGIS Server. You've done a pretty great job of doing CITE certified implementations. But as the docs show they are not enabled by default, though GeoServices REST and KML are.
Make GeoJSON an output option for the ArcGIS Server REST implementation (and get the clients all reading it). And then get it in the next GeoServices REST specification version.
Publish the file formats of file geodatabase. The open API was a really great step, and indeed goes 80% of the way. But many libraries would like to not have to depend on it. We all know the format itself is likely an embarrassing mess, but everyone will forgive, as we've all written embarrassing code and formats.
Help the coming GeoPackage be the next generation of file geodatabases. Help it evolve to be the main way Esri software moves data between one another. Your team has been great on it so far, but the key step is to make it a top level format not just in mobile but also on ArcGIS Desktop (reading and writing it, like a shapefile), Server and Online (as an output format and upload configuration format for both). And I'm hoping your team can join our plug-fest this week, to get to 3 real implementations before version 1.0 of the specification.
Stop the marketing posts about how open you are. Open is action and conversation, not a press release or a case study. No need to talk about how we'll be 'surprised' by what you open in the future. Just start opening a lot and let others do the posts for you, and count on that reaching your customers if you're doing it well.
Openly publish the .lyr file format (and any other formats that define cartography and internal data structures for maps). This is probably an internal format that isn't pretty, but opening it would enable a lot of cool hybrid architectures.
Support CartoCSS as an alternative to .lyr file, and collaborate around advancing it as an open standard to ideally make it the next generation .lyr file. This likely will include a number of vendor extensions as your rendering capabilities are beyond most everyone else. But we can all collaborate on a core. Supporting SLD in desktop would also be great, but we can also just look to the future.
Move WFS and GML support out of 'data interoperability' extension and in to core format support
Bring support for WFS-T to ArcGIS Desktop, so people can use their desktop to directly edit a WFS-T server. The server side support in ArcGIS Server is great, but the client software also needs to implement the open standards for real interoperability. I think a similar thing might be needed for Desktop to edit directly with GeoServices REST, though maybe that is there now.
Support WFS-T in Javascript API and iOS SDK (and I guess flex and silverlight, since you tend to try to have all toolkits the same).
Become a true open source citizen. This is another large topic, and as is my tendency I'm already going on too long. So perhaps I will detail it more in another post. I have limited the above to mostly standards, but embracing open source can take you even further. But it is much more about contributing to existing open source libraries and building a real community of outside contributors on your projects, not just releasing lots of code on github. Karl Fogel wrote an excellent book on the subject. You are making some progress on this, but it is just a smidgen if you are actually serious about opening up. I will give props for the flex api, though my cynical friends would say it's the easiest one to open source as it is dying. So please, do continue to surprise us on the open source front, you just don't need to talk about it a bunch.
So I believe that doing a majority of these will send a strong signal that Esri is truly changing to be more open and that the submission of the GSR spec and putting code on github is more than a marketing move.
My personal recommendation for you on the GeoServices REST specification is to back down from the OGC standardization for now. Instead work to evolve the spec in the open, and try again in a year or two. I don't think any argument is going to win over those against it, only real action will. And continuing to try to force it through will only hurt our global community. I do believe there has been really great progress made on the spec through the OGC process, and the resulting document has a much higher chance of being implemented by others. Perhaps we could make it an 'incubating' OGC standard, that evolves with OGC process, but does not yet get the marketing stamp. The key to me is to encourage real implementations of it, and continue to advance Esri's implementation as well, but in dialog with other implementers. Everyone can now start with the latest version, but without the backwards compatibility requirement. Call it GeoServices REST 1.0 – it can be a standard that improved from the OGC process though needs more 'incubation' before it deserves the full stamp of interoperability. And aim for 1.1 or 2.0 to happen outside the OGC, and once there are 3 solid implementations all influencing its future then resubmit to OGC.
One thing that I think could help a lot is to publish and work on the spec on github, where people can more easily contribute. Take a more agile process to improving it, that doesn't depend on a huge contentious vote and lots of OGC process. And when the trust has grown all around submit it to be an official OGC document. I believe this would also be one of the best signals to the wider world of Esri's commitment to open, to dialog publicly and then iteratively address the concerns of all objectors in a collaborative process. If done right it will fly through the OGC process the next time, or else by then we will all be working together towards the next generation APIs that combine the best of GeoServices REST and W*S, while cutting down complexity. It will be difficult, but will ensure that the geospatial industry remains relevant as the whole world becomes geospatial. So let's all be as open as we can to figure out how to get there together.
Chris Holmes
(Written as a private citizen, who cares about our collective future and believes geospatial has a higher role to play than just an 'industry'. Views expressed here do not reflect my employer or any other organizations I am associated with)


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Q: Trying to create a declaration file for an existing API I'm trying to create a definition file for an existing nmp module.
Basically, this module exports one main function:
module.exports = function ApiBuilder(options) {...}

In its simple form, it is used like this:
var ApiBuilder = require('claudia-api-builder'),
  api = new ApiBuilder();

module.exports = api;

api.get('/hello', function () {
  return 'hello world';
});

I've created a simple definition file like the following:
declare module "claudia-api-builder" {

    export class ApiBuilder {
        constructor(options?: any);

        get(uri: string, callback: Function): void;

    }
}

The following source .ts code:
import { ApiBuilder } from 'claudia-api-builder';

const api = new ApiBuilder();

api.get('/hello', function () {
    return 'hello world';
});

export default api;

Is transpiled to the following javascript (es2016):
"use strict";
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
const claudia_api_builder_1 = require("claudia-api-builder");
const api = new claudia_api_builder_1.ApiBuilder();
api.get('/hello', function () {
    return 'hello world';
});
exports.default = api;

The above code fails with the the following error:

claudia_api_builder_1.ApiBuilder is not a constructor

Of course, the transpiled code shoud have been:
const api = new claudia_api_builder_1();

Obviously, I'm missing the point here.
Any help appreciated.
EDIT 1: Solved the problem with the following index.d.ts file:
declare module "claudia-api-builder" {

    /*~ This declaration specifies that the class constructor function
     *~ is the exported object from the file
     */
    export = ApiBuilder;

    /*~ Write your module's methods and properties in this class */
    class ApiBuilder {
        constructor(options?: any);

        get(uri: string, callback: Function): void;
    }

}

Now the transpilation process gives me:
"use strict";
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
const ApiBuilder = require("claudia-api-builder");
const api = new ApiBuilder();
api.get('/hello', function () {
    return 'hello world';
});
exports.default = api;

The remaining problem here is that I need to replace:

export default api;

in the typescript code to have

module.exports = api;

generated by the transpilation process

A: All right, problem solved.
First, I've found what I needed in the Typescript documentation.
This helped me choose the template to start with:

Use module-class.d.ts if your module can be constructed using new:

The declaration file is now:
declare module "claudia-api-builder" {

    /*~ This declaration specifies that the class constructor function
     *~ is the exported object from the file
     */
    export = ApiBuilder;

    /*~ Write your module's methods and properties in this class */
    class ApiBuilder {
        constructor(options?: any);

        get(uri: string, callback: Function): void;
    }

}

And the ts source file has become :
import ApiBuilder = require('claudia-api-builder');

const api = new ApiBuilder();

api.get('/hello', function () {
    return 'hello world';
});

export = api;

Thanks to this response on SO.
For completeness, following is my tsconfig.json:
    {
      "compilerOptions": {
        /* Basic Options */
        "target": "es2016", /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017','ES2018' or 'ESNEXT'. */
        "module": "commonjs", /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', or 'ESNext'. */
    output to single file. */
        "outDir": "./dist/", /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
        "rootDir": "./src/", /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
/* Strict Type-Checking Options */
    "strict": true, /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
        /* Module Resolution Options */
        "moduleResolution": "node", /* Specify module resolution strategy: 'node' (Node.js) or 'classic' (TypeScript pre-1.6). */
        "esModuleInterop": true /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
      }
    }

And finally, the transpiled code:
"use strict";
const ApiBuilder = require("claudia-api-builder");
const api = new ApiBuilder();
api.get('/hello', function () {
    return 'hello world';
});
module.exports = api;


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using std::cout;
using std::cerr;
using std::endl;

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  if(argc != 1+2)
  {
    cerr << argv[0] << " <seed> <size_in_bytes>" << endl;
    return 2;
  }
  const auto seed = boost::lexical_cast<uint32_t>(argv[1]);
  const auto requestedBytes = boost::lexical_cast<uint64_t>(argv[2]);

  std::mt19937_64 gen{seed};
  std::uniform_int_distribution<uint8_t> dist(0, 255);

  constexpr auto blockSize = 1024u*1024u;
  char buf[blockSize];
  uint64_t written = 0;

  while(written < requestedBytes)
  {
    for(auto& b: buf)
      b = dist(gen);
    const auto bytesLeft = requestedBytes - written;
    const auto writeSize = std::min<uint64_t>(blockSize, bytesLeft);
    cout.write(buf, writeSize);
    cout.flush();
    written += writeSize;
  }
}

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