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California And Texas Health Officials: Mistrust A Major Hurdle For Contact Tracers
By Ari Shapiro & Maureen Pao • Aug 10, 2020
Harris County Public Health contact tracers are seen at work as they try to help stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Houston, Texas, on July 22.
Originally published on August 11, 2020 9:31 am
Contact tracing has been one of the key tools in the fight against the coronavirus. Now, as the virus has infected more than 5 million Americans, the U.S. has at least 41,122 contact tracers — but that's not even half what public health experts said would be needed to help contain the spread.
Contact tracers call each person who has tested positive and track down their contacts to inform them of their risk so they can quarantine. They also often connect people with services so they can safely isolate.
In addition to staffing shortages and testing bottlenecks, those who are on the job are running into other big challenges, including the difficulty of getting people to cooperate, health officials say.
Elya Franciscus, an epidemiologist with Harris County Public Health in Houston, estimates that about half of those contacted by her department's contact tracers are not fully cooperative.
In the Los Angeles area, a few businesses have proven problematic — with outsize effects, says Michael Osur, assistant director and chief health strategist of the Riverside County Department of Public Health.
Some businesses have even told staff that if they cooperate with health officials, they'll be terminated, Osur says.
In these excerpts from their interview on NPR's All Things Considered, Franciscus and Osur describe the misinformation that's fueled the lack of cooperation and what can be done.
Let's talk about the issue of trust. When you call people and say, tell me everybody you've had close contact with in the last few days, are they willing to share that information?
Michael Osur: They're willing to tell us about their family contacts, who lives in the house. But they're not willing to share their friends, who they saw, the stores they went to. And that's been a huge problem because much of our spread has been through those informal barbecues, get-togethers and other places these people have been that we are having a hard time tracking down.
Elya Franciscus: It's the same thing in Harris County. ... They'll say, oh, "I went to a party and there were 30 people, but I'm not going to give you their names." When we try to get into the nitty-gritty ... "what bar did you go to?" they won't tell us because then they're afraid we're going to shut that bar down.
Do you run into that sort of thing, one in 10 calls, half the calls? Can you quantify it?
Franciscus: I would say for Harris County is upwards of 50%. I would say half are very cooperative. Another 25% are semi-cooperative and the other 25% are absolutely unwilling to share anything. There's so much misinformation being put out right now. Our contact tracers are being called names; they're being cursed at, derogatory language is being used, because there [have] been seeds of mistrust thrown into the community. ... They think that the numbers are inflated. We've heard multiple people say that we're getting paid to make up results. So it's so difficult to combat all of this.
Osur: Most of the businesses will be very cooperative. But some of the businesses that hire the food processors or the farm workers, they are completely uncooperative and have told their staff who are positive if they cooperate with us, they'll be terminated. So we have two or three businesses that have had major outbreaks that we can't get into at all. And that's been a huge problem.
Do you think there's anything you can do to build more trust and make contact tracing more effective and make people more responsive?
Osur: We are hiring appropriate people to do the contact tracing — race, ethnicity, language. ... They're part of our community. And I think we've not done a good job saying that, "The tracers are you. They can help you be healthy and be safe."
Listen to the full interview at the audio link above.
We've known for months that contact tracing is a key part of getting the coronavirus under control. Contact tracing is a two-step process - first, investigating people who've tested positive to find out who they've been around and then calling all their contacts to make sure they can safely isolate. CDC Director Robert Redfield stressed how important that process is back in April.
ROBERT REDFIELD: The major thrust of how we're going to control and make sure that we continue to keep this nation open is early case recognition, isolation and contact tracing. That's the fundamentals of public health. That's what we're going to do.
SHAPIRO: Well, now as the virus has infected more than 5 million Americans, the U.S. only has about 41,000 contact tracers, not even half what public health experts said would be needed to help contain the spread of the virus. Those who are on the job are running into some big challenges, and we've invited two local health officials to talk about those challenges with us.
Elya Franciscus of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas, and Michael Osur of the Riverside County Department of Public Health in the Los Angeles area, thank you both for joining us.
ELYA FRANCISCUS: Thank you for having me, Ari.
MICHAEL OSUR: Thank you, Ari.
SHAPIRO: Both of your states had a steep increase in COVID-19 cases from June into July. The numbers are now going down a bit. How does the number of contact tracers that you have where you are compare to the number you need?
FRANCISCUS: So I can field this one first. We hired the correct number that we anticipated needing at the beginning of the incline. We did not anticipate it climbing so quickly and so steeply, and then we were not able to get as many as we needed to kind of overcome that hurdle.
SHAPIRO: So that's the outlook in Houston. What about in Southern California?
OSUR: In Riverside, Calif., in the county, we had 120 through May. And then when the numbers went - increased, we did a whole big influx of new hiring of temporary workers. And we've now, in the seven weeks, hired 360 contact tracers. The issue is case investigators because there are so many cases we need to interview first so the contact tracers can call people.
FRANCISCUS: And I'll echo that. That's an issue that we're having as well because there's a different level of skill sets needed to be an investigator. You're that initial point of contact for these confirmed cases. And there's just not enough. So then you bottleneck before you can get to...
SHAPIRO: Yeah.
FRANCISCUS: ...Even, the contact tracing piece.
SHAPIRO: For contact tracing to work, people need quick test results. It doesn't do much good to get in touch with close contacts if it takes a week or more for people to find out they have the disease. We should note that California's public health director has just resigned as the state works through a huge backlog of unprocessed tests. Are test results where you are coming in fast enough for contact tracing to work?
FRANCISCUS: So that was a huge issue for us in Harris County for a long time. And we were using commercial labs. But everyone is using commercial labs, so they were quickly becoming overwhelmed. And it was taking up to three weeks for us to get a result, which...
SHAPIRO: Three weeks.
FRANCISCUS: Three weeks - so by the time we were calling people, not only was it no longer helpful in terms of public health infection control, they were upset with us for it taking so long and even less likely to cooperate.
SHAPIRO: Of course.
FRANCISCUS: So we actually now - we've partnered with a local research university. And they're giving us a turnaround time of 48 hours for our test results.
SHAPIRO: Michael, what are things like in Riverside County?
OSUR: Yeah. So originally, we had two- to three-day turnaround with the commercial labs. That expanded to seven to nine days. It's now five to seven for the negatives, but we are seeing two to three days on the positives. But there's still another day delay while it goes through the state system, so I would say we're reaching people about Day 7, which for contacts, that may not be so bad. But yes, when it was nine days, it was not helpful at all.
SHAPIRO: Yeah. Let's talk about the issue of trust. When you call people and say, tell me everybody you've had close contact with in the last few days, are they willing to share that information?
OSUR: They're willing to tell us about their family contacts, who lives in the house, but they're not willing to share their friends, who they saw, the stores they went to. And that's been a huge problem because much of our spread has been through those informal barbecues, get-togethers and other places that these people have been that we are having a hard time tracking down.
FRANCISCUS: Yeah. It's the same thing in Harris County. We actually had to - and we created a software system because our regular system could not handle the number of COVID-19 cases that we were getting. And we actually had to add a button that said, unwilling to share contacts, or, unknown batch of contacts.
SHAPIRO: Wow.
FRANCISCUS: Like, they'll say, oh, I went to a party, and there were 30 people. But I'm not going to give you their names. When we try to get into the nitty-gritty, like, you know, oh, you went to a bar; what bar did you go to? They won't tell us because then they're afraid we're going to shut that bar down.
SHAPIRO: Do you run into that sort of thing, like, with 1 in 10 calls, half the calls? I mean, can you quantify it?
FRANCISCUS: I would say for Harris County, it's upwards of 50%. I would say half are very cooperative.
FRANCISCUS: Another 25% are semi-cooperative, and the other 25 are absolutely unwilling to share anything. There's so much misinformation being put out right now. So our contact tracers are being - they're being called names. They're being cursed at. Derogatory language is being used because there's been these seeds of mistrust thrown into the community. So when we call, nothing we say can establish that trust where they'll be willing to share information with us.
FRANCISCUS: They think that the numbers are inflated. We've heard multiple people say that we're getting paid to make up results. So it's so difficult to combat all of this information, this mistrust that's being put out there.
OSUR: So we're finding - looking at businesses, most of the businesses will be very cooperative. But some of the businesses that hire the food processors or the farm workers - they are completely uncooperative and have told their staff who are positive, if they cooperate with us, they'll be terminated. So we have two or three businesses that have had major outbreaks that we can't get into at all, and that's been a huge problem.
SHAPIRO: Do you think there is anything you can do to build more trust and make contact tracing more effective and make people more responsive?
OSUR: We are hiring appropriate people to do the contact tracing, both race, ethnicity, language. And we have not done a great job of saying, hey, our contact tracers come from the community. The 360 new tracers we've hired were people that didn't have jobs before. They're part of our community. And I think we've not done a good job saying that the tracers are you. They can help you be healthy and be safe. And I - we've not done a great job getting that message out.
SHAPIRO: You know, back in the spring, when everyone was talking about how important contact tracing would be to solving this problem, did either of you expect that it would be this tough?
OSUR: We always said that this was the first wave, and the first wave never ended. And when mid-May came along with Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, we tried to get the word out that this has not gone away, that we still needed to wear masks and keep distancing. But things opened up. People didn't listen. And now it's - we've lost all control that was possible in April and early May. Now we have to put that genie back in the bottle.
FRANCISCUS: Yeah - similar to Harris County. I mean, we do use contact tracing, but it's one tool among many that public health workers utilize. So when so much onus was being placed on the importance of contact tracing, we did agree, but we knew that it was going to have to be a multifaceted approach. It was going to have to be used in conjunction with, you know, shutting down businesses, shutting down restaurants, social distancing, mask-wearing. So whenever those measures only lasted a month and they expected contact tracing to basically fill in all those gaps, that was never going to be successful.
SHAPIRO: That's Elya Franciscus, an epidemiologist with Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas, and Michael Osur, assistant director and chief health strategist at the Riverside County Department of Public Health in California.
FRANCISCUS: Thank you, Ari.
OSUR: Thank you, Ari.
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Conspiracy Theories Aside, Here's What Contact Tracers Really Do
By editor • Jul 14, 2020
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing is downright buzzy, and not always in a good way.
Contact tracing is the public health practice of informing people when they've been exposed to a contagious disease. As it has become more widely employed across the U.S., it has also become mired in modern political polarization and conspiracy theories.
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not
By Selena Simmons-Duffin • Aug 7, 2020
The United States needs as many as 100,000 contact tracers to fight the pandemic, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Congress in June. We need billions of dollars to fund them, public health leaders pleaded in April.
As States Reopen, Do They Have The Workforce They Need To Stop Coronavirus Outbreaks?
By Selena Simmons-Duffin • Jun 18, 2020
An NPR survey of state health departments shows that the national coronavirus contact tracing workforce has tripled in the past six weeks, from 11,142 workers to 37,110. Yet given their current case counts, only seven states and the District of Columbia are staffed to the level that public health researchers say is needed to contain outbreaks.
Ohio Senate Rejects Measure Requiring Written Permission For Contact Tracing
By Ohio Public Radio • Jun 4, 2020
The Ohio Senate has rejected an Ohio House bill requiring people with COVID-19 give consent to contact tracing in writing.
Local Public Health Workers Report Hostile Threats And Fears About Contact Tracing
By editor • Jun 3, 2020
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"Usually, we kind of sit here under the radar," says Jones, whose department before the pandemic was mostly known for mundane duties such as recording births, issuing permits for septic tanks, and investigating reports of food poisoning.
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On the eve of Security Council deliberations on Iraq, I would like to draw your esteemed attention to the perilous and vulnerable plight of Camp Liberty residents near Baghdad International Airport where 2000 members of the opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) reside and to request binding decisions by the Security Council on this matter.
While a UNHCR report indicates that just one-third of the residents has been resettled and around 2000 are still living in Camp Liberty, the minimum security provisions for the residents have not been provided following the October 29, 2015 massacre in this camp. In that attack, twenty-four residents were killed and a significant section of Camp Liberty was destroyed.
During this period, endeavours by the residents and their representatives for the return of the protective concrete T-walls for the containers only led to the return of 1000 T-walls (a mere 6% of the T-walls available) with the transfer of the remaining T-walls halted by orders from Faleh al-Fayyadh, the National Security Advisor who is a left-over from the Nuri al-Maliki's government. During the stationing of Americans in this camp, the containers which currently house the residents were protected by no less than 17,500 T-walls.
Iraqi forces also obstructed the transfer of residents' protective gear such as helmets and protective vests from Ashraf to Camp Liberty. Moreover, relocating of small 2×2m concrete bunkers from destroyed sections of the camp to other sections where people have been cramped has also been prevented.
On 25 January 2016, in a collective letter to the Special Representative of Secretary-General for Iraq Mr. Ján Kubiš, the residents wrote, "Earlier, on 11 January 2016, the crackdown committee stopped the process of installing protective blast walls and relocating concrete bunkers from the camp's destroyed areas to new locations where the residents have no shelters. All these developments, especially the transfer of Iranian regime agents to Liberty's gate, leave us in no doubt that Faleh al-Fayyadh is continuously pursuing the demands of the Iranian regime in imposing psychological torture, crackdown and killings against us".
"We are the residents of Section 5 in Camp Liberty. We are writing to you to express our concern regarding the halt of the process of installing T-walls in the camp. The dining room in Section 5 was on the list to receive T-walls on its perimeters. But, due to the rain and the soft ground around the dining room, the machinery postponed their work until the ground was dry.
"Today, without prior notice, we realized that the management committee of the camp had ordered the contractors to stop their work and move their machinery outside the camp. It is quite clear for you that the purpose of halting the process of installing the T-walls is nothing but to leave us absolutely defenseless in future missile attacks. Needless to say that in previous missile attacks, we lost a number of our friends and some were injured.
"Today, for the third consecutive day, the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Quds Force who function under the guise of families of the residents have been transferred to Camp Liberty. They have been placed in a location closer to the place of the residents where they have an overview on the camp. Their objective is to collect more accurate information for future attacks on the one hand, instigating and creating commotion and bloodletting to set the stage for further attacks on the other.
By the end of 2015, more than 1,100 residents will have been relocated to a situation of safety in third countries. This represents more than a third of the residents registered by UNHCR. By the beginning of 2016, it is expected that fewer than 1,970 residents will remain in the TTL.
The situation with relocations is at its most buoyant since efforts began. Almost half of all relocations have taken place in the latter half of 2015. These outcomes have been achieved with the cooperation and flexibility of the residents who have proceeded with the relocation process despite difficult circumstances, including rocket attacks on 29 October 2015 which resulted in the deaths of 24 residents and injuries to dozens of others.
UNHCR strongly condemned the rocket attacks; the High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, stating: "This is a most deplorable act, and I am greatly concerned at the harm that has been inflicted on those living at Camp Liberty. Every effort must continue to be made for the injured and to identify and bring to account those responsible.
Central to the recent success is the residents' commitment to meeting the bulk of costs associated with relocations to Albania. This commitment to meet travel costs and living expenses is crucial to the ongoing implementation of solutions for the group.
In 2016, so far (February 15), 42 residents have been transferred to Albania. Endeavours to expedite this process are under way and we hope with the support of the Security Council this process would be ensured.
A fundamental problem in the process of resettlement is the financial aspect. As stated in the UNHCR report, PMOI and the residents have paid all resettlement expenses, including transfer, residence and living expenses in Albania, for the entirety of 2015. UNHCR has only shouldered the cost of transfer of around 20% of the residents in 2015. Had the Iraqi government allowed the PMOI and the residents to sell their property in Ashraf that amounts to $550 million or had they been reimbursed for it, they could have easily shouldered the resettlement expenses for all residents and could have even expedited the resettlement. Regrettably, however, the Iraqi government refrains from doing so. The Security Council can help by calling on the Iraqi government to recognize the sale of this property as a basic right of the residents.
The agents of the governmental committee tasked to suppress Camp Liberty residents continue with their restrictive and suppressive measures targeting residents. Camp Liberty file is overseen by Faleh al-Fayyadh, Iraq's National Security Advisor, and the Camp's affairs are managed by Sadeq Mohammed Kadhim; both directly involved in the massacre of the residents in Ashraf.
NCRI Statement of November 11, 2015 states: "The Governmental Committee tasked to suppress Camp Liberty residents prevented entry of fuel, generator engine oil, and material needed to waterproof damaged trailers' roofs on Tuesday, November 10. Similarly, yesterday, vehicles rented by residents to discharge black water tanks were not allowed into the camp. These antihuman measures are being implemented by the suppression committee under Faleh Fayyad, Iraq's national security advisor, to intensify Liberty's blockade that initiated on October 29 in tandem with the missile attack.
(7) assist the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in expediting the ongoing resettlement of all residents of Camp Liberty to safe locations outside Iraq.
By convening an impartial international delegation, the seven massacres of residents in Ashraf and Liberty, especially the September 1, 2013 massacre in Ashraf and the October 29, 2015 slaughter in Camp Liberty, and the 7-year siege of Ashraf and Liberty, should be investigated and the perpetrators of these atrocities should be identified and brought to justice.


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A primeira temporada de The Crown segue a vida da Rainha Elizabeth II, mas precisamente no inicio de seu reinado e casamento com o Philip, Duque de Edimburgo. Consiste em dez episódios e foi lançada na Netflix em 4 de novembro de 2016.

Claire Foy estrela como Elizabeth, junto com os membros do elenco principal Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Northam, Victoria Hamilton, Ben Miles, Greg Wise, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Alex Jennings e Lia Williams .

Sinopse
The Crown traça a vida da Rainha Elizabeth II desde seu casamento em 1947 até os dias atuais. A primeira temporada, em que Claire Foy interpreta a rainha no início de seu reinado, retrata eventos até 1955, com Winston Churchill renunciando ao cargo de primeiro-ministro e a irmã da rainha, a princesa Margaret, decidindo não se casar com Peter Townsend .

Elenco

Principal

 Claire Foy como Princesa Elizabeth e mais tarde Rainha Elizabeth II
 Matt Smith como Philip, Duque de Edimburgo, marido de Elizabeth II
 Vanessa Kirby como Princesa Margaret, a irmã mais nova da rainha.
 Eileen Atkins como a Rainha Mary, a avó da Rainha Elizabeth II.
 Jeremy Northam como Anthony Eden, político conservador que almeja um dia ser primeiro ministro
 Victoria Hamilton como Rainha Elizabeth, A Rainha-Mãe, a mãe da rainha
 Ben Miles como capitão do grupo Peter Townsend, namorado e depois noivo da Princesa Margareth
 Greg Wise como Louis Mountbatten, 1º Conde Mountbatten da Birmânia, tio de Philip, Duque de Edimburgo
 Jared Harris como o Rei George VI, o pai de Elizabeth II
 John Lithgow como Winston Churchill, o primeiro ministro
 Alex Jennings como o Duque de Windsor, ex-rei Edward VIII, tio de Elizabeth II
 Lia Williams como Wallis, Duquesa de Windsor, esposa do Duque de Windsor, tia da rainha

Participação especial
Os atores abaixo são creditados nos títulos de abertura de um único episódio no qual eles desempenham um papel significativo.
 Stephen Dillane como Graham Sutherland, pintor inglês

Recorrente

 Billy Jenkins como Príncipe Charles criança (6 episódios)
 Grace e Amelia Gilmour como Princesa Anne criança (não creditada)
 Clive Francis como Lorde Salisbury, político inglês (7 episódios)
 Pip Torrens como Tommy Lascelles (9 episódios)
 Harry Hadden-Paton como Martin Charteris (6 episódios)
 Daniel Ings como Michael Parker (6 episódios)
 Lizzy McInnerny como Margaret "Bobo" MacDonald (8 episódios)
 Patrick Ryecart como o Duque de Norfolk (3 episódios)
 Will Keen como Michael Adeane (6 episódios)
 James Laurenson como Doutor Weir (3 episódios)
 Mark Tandy como Cecil Beaton, fotografo e figurinista britânico(2 episódios)
 Harriet Walter como Clementine Churchill, esposa do primeiro-ministro (6 episódios)
 Nicholas Rowe como Jock Colville (9 episódios)
 Simon Chandler como Clement Attlee, ex-primeiro ministro, político de oposição a Churchil (5 episódios)
 Kate Phillips como Venetia Scott (3 episódios)
 Ronald Pickup como Geoffrey Fisher, Arcebispo da Cantuária (4 episódios)
 Nigel Cooke como Harry Crookshank (4 episódios)
 Patrick Drury como the Lorde Chamberlain (5 episódios)
 John Woodvine como o Cyril Garbett, Arcebispo de York (4 episódios)
 Rosalind Knight como Princesa Alice de Battenberg, mãe de Philip, Duque de Edimburgo (2 episódios)
 Andy Sanderson como Príncipe Henry, Duque de Gloucester (6 episódios)
 Michael Culkin como Rab Butler (3 episódios)
 George Asprey como Walter Monckton (3 episódios)
 Verity Russell como Princesa Elizabeth criança (4 episódios)
 Beau Gadsdon como Princesa Margaret criança (3 episódios)
 James Hillier como Equerry (6 episódios)
 Jo Stone-Fewings como Collins (2 episódios)
 Anna Madeley como Clarissa Eden (3 episódios)
 Tony Guilfoyle como Michael Ramsey, Bispo de Durham (2 episódios)
 Nick Hendrix como Billy Wallace (2 episódios)
 Josh Taylor como Johnny Dalkeith (2 episódios)
 David Shields como Colin Tennant (2 episódios)
 Paul Thornley como Bill Mattheson (2 episódios)

Convidado
Os atores listados aparecem em apenas um episódio na temporada.

 Michael Bertenshaw como Piers Legh, Mestre de Household
 Julius D'Silva como Baron Nahum
 Jo Herbert como Mary Charteris
 Richard Clifford como Norman Hartnell
 Joseph Kloska como Porchey
 Amir Boutrous como Gamal Abdel Nasser
 Abigail Parmenter como Judy Montagu

Episódios

Lançamento
Os dois primeiros episódios da série foram lançados nos cinemas no Reino Unido em 1 de novembro de 2016. A primeira temporada foi lançada na Netflix em todo o mundo em sua totalidade em 4 de novembro de 2016. A 1ª temporada foi lançada em DVD e Blu-ray no Reino Unido em 16 de outubro de 2017 e mundialmente em 7 de novembro de 2017.

Representações culturais de Louis Mountbatten, 1.º Conde Mountbatten da Birmânia
Representações culturais de Carlos III do Reino Unido
Representações culturais de Winston Churchill
Representações culturais de Isabel II do Reino Unido

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Board members and the owners are Stjepan and Libuška Berger, Zagreb – Ivanja Reka, Štefa Kuzmića 15.
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The basic capital of 19, 000kn was paid in completely.
The act of foundation from 24. 10. 1994. was adjusted to ZTD on 02. 12. 1995.
Our firm is a family business in which all family members are employed along with outside employees.
The company has been dealing with production (sewing) of work clothes and wholesaling protection clothes and footwear.
Our wholesale offers various capes, polo piqes, t-shirts, various jackets, vests, waterproof overalls at prices of the importers – STUDIO PROPAGANDA, KREDIGS, TOVEDO.
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Stuart Leslie Devlin nacque a Geelong, Victoria, il 9 ottobre 1931 e divenne un insegnante d'arte, specializzato in oreficeria. Nel 1957 ottenne un incarico al Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology e studiò per un Diploma of Art di orefice e argentiere. Nel 1958 ricevette borse di studio per formarsi al Royal College of Art di Londra e una borsa di studio Harkness dal Commonwealth Fund. Trascorse due anni alla Columbia University di New York dove nel 1962 incontrò e sposò la sua prima moglie, Kim Hose.

Tornò a insegnare a Melbourne e in seguito divenne un ispettore delle scuole d'arte. Divenne famoso quando, nel 1964, vinse un concorso per disegnare la prima moneta decimale australiana.

Nel 1965 si trasferì a Londra e aprì un piccolo laboratorio. Questo segnò l'inizio del proprio stile, che spesso prese la forma di edizioni limitate. Le più popolari sono le uova di Pasqua e le scatole di Natale, ora oggetti da collezione. Adottò e ideò nuove tecniche per produrre un'ampia varietà di trame e forme filigranate e divenne famoso nel West End di Londra producendo una nuova collezione ogni anno. Ebbe un prestigioso showroom in Conduit Street dal 1979 al 1985.

Nel 1966 gli fu commissionata dalla Ford of Britain una scultura d'argento fino per celebrare l'uscita della nuova gamma di veicoli a motore Mk IV Ford Zephyr e Zodiac.

Progettò mobili, interni, gioielli e pezzi commissionati di tutti i tipi, tra cui trofei, orologi, centrotavola, calici, candelabri, ciotole e insegne. Tra le sue commesse più popolari, vi sono monete e medaglie per 36 paesi in tutto il mondo, tra cui le monete preziose per i Giochi olimpici di Sydney 2000 e le insegne delle onorificenze australiane: l'Ordine dell'Australia, le Australian Bravery Decorations e la National Medal.

Nel 1982 ottenne il Royal Warrant of Appointment come Goldsmith and Jeweler di Sua Maestà la Regina. Nel 1986 sposò la sua seconda moglie, Carole Hedley-Saunders. Fu primo guardiano della Goldsmith's Company dal 1996 all'anno successivo. Dopo aver lasciato quel ruolo, continuò a lavorare con i Goldsmiths, in particolare nello sviluppo di un nuovo istituto per i futuri membri, e anche con vari altri aspetti che comportano opportunità per gioiellieri e orafi emergenti, tra cui una scuola estiva e un corso per iniziare.

Dopo aver chiuso il suo seminario a Londra, si ritirò a Littlehampton, nel West Sussex. Smise di disegnare dopo aver subito un ictus nel 2014.

Morì a Chichester il 12 aprile 2018 all'età di 86 anni.

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Today, we're looking at Mega Charizard Y (XY FlashFire 13/106 107/106, XY Evolutions 13/101 101/108). Why though? Seems like Mega Evolutions have been retired since Sun & Moon Base Set was released. While that may be true, we got until September 1st until the last remaining XY expansions are being rotated from Standard for good. Might as well knock out some of the few XY related cards that I enjoy looking at while I got the chance. And this card has not been reviewed by the Pojo review crew.
Being a Mega Evolution means you've got no choice but to end your turn the moment you Mega Evolve one of your Pokemon. However, with Charizard Spirit Link, you avoid ending your turn and continue your usual business until you declare your attack. 220 HP for a Mega Evolution seems to be in the middle; the highest was 240 (see variety) while the lowest is 190 (see Mega Diancie EX). Being a Fire type means some support and exploiting weaknesses, though that won't matter to this card, as we shall see. Probably the true counter as a anti-Fire Pokemon is Araquanid, whose a Water Bubble prevents all damage done to this Pokémon by Fire Pokemon. Water weakness is expected, and that means an auto loss to Greninja BREAK variants and other Water decks. And a retreat cost of one is somewhat easy to pay, and can be shaved off by Escape Board.
All Mega Evolutions carries only one attack, and this card is no exception. Crimson Dive costs RRCCC, which is a lot of investment, although supported by Double Colorless Energy and BlackSmith. But that still leaves it short by one Energy. Another trick is Kiawe, which can search your deck for FOUR Fire energies and attach it to one of your Pokemon. With the manual attachment, that finally meets the attack cost. You've got to deal with losing an attack due to abruptly ending your turn after using Kiawe, and loading energies in one basket means Gardevoir-GX and Frost Rotom can punish you for having too many energies. Gardevoir-GX will need just one Energy and Choice Band while Frost Rotom's Frost Crush OHKOs Charizard-EX. Depending on the situation, it can or not be a good idea.
This steep energy cost means that Mega Charizard has to do something amazing, and it actually does to some extent. Crimson Dive does 300 damage! That's enough to OHKO 99.9% of the Pokemon in the TCG before factoring alternating HP scores and damage reduction. Wailord-EX backed with Fighting Fury Belt and Parallel City will actually survive with 10 HP remaining! Such a thing can be countered by Field Blower, though. The drawback is that this Pokémon does 50 damage to itself. The self damage isn't good. From 220 to 170, your opponent has an easier time to finish you off, and even more so at 120, 70, etc. Which is why this set also released Protection Cube, which is a Pokémon Tool that prevents self damage, which is perfect for this Pokémon. With the ability to almost OHKO anything, you don't need Choice Band or other damage boosting item; you can run a bit defensive. Oftentimes, however, that sort of damage is overkill and Charizard doesn't trade prizes well. Sure, you can OHKO EX/GX for easy prizes, but against single prize attackers, it'll take some work to grab prizes one by one.
To get to M Charizard EX, you have to evolve from Charizard EX. There are four versions of those cards, all of which are Fire types with 180 HP and weak to water. Charizard-EX (XY FlashFire 11/106, 100/106, XY Black Star Promo 29) has a retreat cost of two and has two attacks. Stoke requires a coin flip and if heads, you search your deck for three basic energy cards and attach it to this Pokémon. Fire Blast does 120 for RCCC and a single energy discard from itself. Stoke could be a good lead to Crimson Dive but still suffers the same problems Kiawe had. Charizard-EX (XY FlashFire 12/106, XY Black Star Promos 121, XY Evolutions 12/108) has a retreat cost of two with two attacks. Wing Attack does 60 for CCC while Combustion Blast does 150 for RRCC and you can't use that attack on your next turn. Probably the reason why it took 10th place is that it can function itself as a good EX that doesn't need to Mega Evolve, and is paired with Fiery Torch and Blacksmith.
Charizard-EX (XY Black Star Promo 17) has a retreat cost of three with two attacks. Mega Ascension costs RC searches your deck for M Charizard EX and put it onto your hand. Brave Fire costs RCCC for 120 damage while doing 30 to itself. The search can be better left with items to do their job. Charizard-EX (XY Generations 11/83) has a retreat cost of two with two attacks. Flame Cloak costs RC for 30 damage and puts a fire energy from the discard into this Pokémon. Burning Breath costs RRCC for 80 damage, plus 40 more for each heads. By flipping two coins, you could be doing the flat 80, 120, or 160 damage.
There are two other Mega Charizard cards. M Charizard-EX (XY FlashFire 69/106, 108/106) is a Dragon type with 230 HP, weak to Fairy, and a retreat cost of three. Wild Blaze costs RRDCC for 300 damage while discarding the top 5 cards from your deck. While OHKOing almost anything and avoiding self damage, losing cards from your deck is never a good thing. You will miss out of cards that you could've use it later on. M Charizard-EX (XY Generations 12/83) is a Fire type with 220 HP, weak to water, and a retreat cost of three. Heat Typhoon costs RCCC for 100 damage. For each Fire energy attached to this Pokémon, you flip a coin. It does 50 more damage for each heads. With a minimum of RCCC, you can do either 100 or 150 damage, but with RRRR, it could be between 100 to 300 damage. Even with Victini's Victory Star improving your odds, it doesn't guarantee you the desired result.
When looking at other options relating to this card, this card is better than both of it's X counterparts. Still, that doesn't mean much in the current metagame, where it revolves with very few basic GX beatsticks that can deal damage much efficiently than Charizard (looking at you Buzzwole and Lucario). Which sadly makes this card see little to no play, not even Charizard Spirit Link to help avoid losing a turn. In Limited, this could be a must run depending on multiple expansion that were released regarding this card. For XY FlashFire, losing a turn hurts, but you probably didn't have enough energy to meet that attack cost anyway, making the clause inconsequential. Protection Cube is in the set, so you can enjoy avoiding self damage while slowly fueling up the attack via Blacksmith and Fiery Torch. Good luck getting all the moving pieces within six booster packs. But for XY Evolutions? Although you've got Charizard Spirit Link, there's no Protection Cube, so it's staying power is limited. This makes Limited hard to score if I don't separate it.
Conclusion: One thing I've learned about Charizard cards in the Pokémon TCG is that it does a ton of damage for a much steeper cost. And while taking OHKOes are nice, being a two-prize Pokemon that costs five energies to use on top of self damage is asking for too much. If you're able to accommodate this massive attack, then give this a try. Otherwise, skip it.
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  23 Jul 2014

Many startups struggle to find the proper funding even if they create a great product. These startups range across all industries and can be B2B (business to business) or B2C (business to consumer). I believe that factors such as timing and location can increase the possibility of getting funding as a startup. Timing and location are extremely important to both investors and founders. Timing, for the sake of this article is, referring to which quarter the startup is raising capital. Location, means the actual geographical region that the startup is based out of.

Yo!, the messaging app which allows users to send the word "Yo" to other user, has riled up a ton of people because of its simplicity and "uselessness". Just recently they raised $1.2 million in seed funding, at a time when many great startups are overlooked and find difficutly in raising funding. When the news broke, many of my coworkers laughed. Some thought they could have come up with the app idea themselves. Startups and funding can be a touchy subject. I thought it would be interesting to analyze funding trends and see if any correlations existed. I decided to use a tool called datapad and the crunchbase data set (last updated April 2014)

Crunchbase is a database used to aggregate startup activity. It contains information about founders, investors, funding rounds, location, news, and even more. I use crunchbase pretty often to keep track of new startups being funded and which startups are trending across the web. Using the data set they release publically and datapad.io I drilled down into one of the most important funding rounds, the Series A.

Series A

Given that a Series A round of funding is usually the most important/significant round for a startup, I decided to start my analysis there. Over the past few years many comapnies have raised a Series A round of funding which is usually between $1 to $5 million dollars, but can be upwards of $70 million. (outliers) The Series A round helps companies kickstart growth by hiring more employees and using some of that capital towards marketing needs. Of all company categories; software, web, and biotech companies ruled on top. Of the software companies, SF and NYC were the top cities.

In the past 5 years SF has outnumbered NYC in the number of companies with a Series A round by 34%. To place that into actual numbers, that is almost 200 more companies that have been invested in. That is a whole lot more money flowing into SF's ecosystem and only increasing the chances of acquisitions and IPOs for those investors. SF doubled the number of companies in the top categories as well. But if we take a closer look each year NYC has grown in the number of Series A companies. If NYC can continue this upward trend, which I don't see slowing down any time soon because of the abundant incubators/accelerators/VCs, it can definitely catch up to SF.

Other factors which stood out to me were the quarter in which most of these companies were invested in. I found that Pre - 2012 there was a large number of companies being funded in Q1 versus any other quarter. Post 2012 however, Q3 and Q4 saw increases in amount of companies funded. The funding quarter could be related to companies launching from beta to full product at the start of the year or VCs filling their fund with later investments. I think the influx of capital at the start of the fiscal year for a startup can really help it become more aligned with other companies time schedules. For SaaS(software as a service) companies specifically, working with potential customers at the start of the fiscal year can be more benefical as they can find the budget for your service.

Going back to the Yo! example, we can see that they checked off two categories. One being they are based out of SF and two being they raised their funding in Q3. Both of these factors seem to helped them secure seed funding. Of course, the team behind Yo! play a role in gaining the trust of investors and the market that they place themselves in.

In another blog post I will analyze later stage funding rounds and what trends exist currently and what we might expect to see in the future.

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Gambling in Suburban Australia
This study explores how the characteristics of local neighbourhoods and gambling activity interrelate. Its particular focus is on electronic gambling machines (EGMs, or 'pokies') and the venues that host them.
The report presents a novel mixed-methods study of a social phenomenon that has not yet been well explored: the relationships between place, social circumstances, gambling and harm. It compares two socially distinct areas of a major city (Melbourne, Victoria) to identify a range of issues that warrant further exploration for policy purposes. It considers:
how socio-environmental factors may influence local gambling consumption
how the characteristics of local communities may interact with local gambling opportunities to influence gambling consumption
the localised effects of gambling on people who gamble and their 'significant others'.
The study found that high-intensity EGM gambling was easily accessible, especially in the site of higher disadvantage. It found that while gambling consumption is affected by a range of factors, the availability and nature of high-intensity EGM gambling influenced gambling uptake and participation by those who participated in this research, and contributed to a range of health, financial, relationship and emotional harms. These findings have led the authors to propose a range of harm-prevention and reduction measures that may improve public health and protect consumers from gambling-related harms (see section 10.4).
Like other research, our study found that high EGM availability or saturation coincided with social stress and disadvantage. This poses a risk of higher and more severe levels of gambling‑related harm.
Community members and families are attracted to gambling venues by a range of heavily promoted, loss-leading, non-gambling activities and facilities including free or subsidised meals and drinks. The use of these promotions may lead to outcomes that are contrary to venues' Responsible Gambling Codes of Conducts.
Even in the less disadvantaged site, with relatively fewer opportunities to gamble, the nature of high-intensity gambling products in local venues may lead people who gamble there, and their significant others, to experience harm from gambling.
Local residents in both sites reported modest benefits and significant harms from the presence of gambling venues in their neighbourhoods. Analysis of clubs' community benefit statements found that benefits claimed by operators can be overstated.
Policies aimed at reducing harm from EGMs should consider the distribution and availability of EGMs in local communities, and the introduction of harm-reduction measures such as universal pre-commitment systems and the restriction of indirect venue promotions.
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The authors are grateful to all participants for sharing their experiences and time with us. This study was made possible through the support of a range of organisations including Brimbank, Maribyrnong and Whitehorse City Councils, Health West Partnership, Disability Network Group MRC North-West Region Inc., Visy Cares Hub, Chrysalis Insight Inc., Sunshine Friday Traders Market, IPC Health (formerly known as ISIS Primary Care), Co-Health, Gambler's Help Eastern, EACH, Dr Charles Livingstone at Monash University and Professor Rebecca Cassidy at Goldsmiths University of London.
The authors are grateful to the following colleagues for their support and assistance during the conduct of this study: Rebecca Jenkinson, Stewart Muir, Marissa Dickins, Anna Thomas, Thai Ohtsuka, Thanh Lee, Andrew Armstrong, Jennifer Baxter, Kelly Hand and Anne Hollonds.
Angela Rintoul and Julie Deblaquiere are employed by the Australian Gambling Research Centre (AGRC) at the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS). This study was funded through Commonwealth appropriations provided to the AGRC. The AGRC is funded by consolidated revenue from the Commonwealth Government.
The authors do not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this study. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of AIFS or the Australian Government.
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After a brutal December, the U.S. stock market bounced back with the best January it has seen since the 1980s.
The S&P 500 closed the month up 7.9 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.2 percent, marking their biggest gains for the month since January 1987 and January 1989, respectively. Twice during the month, Fed Chair Jerome Powell eased some of Wall Street's uncertainty around interest rates, saying the central bank would be "patient" about raising rates.
While much of the growth was driven by the financial, industrial and energy sectors (all of which were battered in the fourth quarter of last year), there were a few bright spots in retail and footwear. Nike, for one, started the year off at a sprint after its December earnings report assured investors of improving profit margins and accelerating sales at home and abroad, despite macroeconomic headwinds in both China and Europe. The sportswear giant's stock jumped nearly 10 percent in the first month of the year to $81.88 per share, and many analysts expect the winning streak to continue.
Competitor Under Armour also posted a solid month, seeing gains of over 14 percent as it rallied from a steep December drop, which was precipitated by the announcement of underwhelming financial targets. As of January 31, the stock sat at $20.74, still far below its 2015 highs, but in a much healthier position than the year prior.
Vans parent company VF Corp. capped off the month up more than 15 percent after reporting fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat expectations across the board. The company is currently in the process of spinning off its denim holdings, Wrangler and Lee, into a separate corporate entity called Kontoor Brands Inc., while moving the headquarters for its remaining brands — including Vans, Timberland and The North Face — to Denver.
PVH Corp.'s stock rallied 14 percent, ending the month at $109.11 after dipping into the double digits in December. The month prior, the company raised its fourth-quarter and full-year guidance and announced that it would restructure parts of its Calvin Klein business following the departure of creative director Raf Simons.


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Henry Gold Danforth (June 14, 1854 – April 8, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in the town of Gates, New York (now part of Rochester), Danforth attended private schools in Rochester, New York, and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.
He graduated from the collegiate department of Harvard University in 1877 and from the law department in 1880.
He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Rochester.
He served as director of the Rochester General Hospital 1889-1918.
He served as member of the board of managers of the New York State Reformatory, Elmira, New York from 1900 to 1902.
Trustee of the Reynolds Library 1906–1918.

Danforth was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Rochester, New York, April 8, 1918.
He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

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If you want to type special characters using your keyboard but do not want to install software to assist you in that, you can use ASCII code for that.
The issue here is that you do need to know the code to make use of it, for instance that Alt+1254 will return this character> µ.
That may not be an issue if you only need to access to one or two characters but if you need access to more than that, you would probably like an easier option in regards to that.
That's where KbdKaz 500 comes into play. It adds special keyboard layouts to your system for various languages including US English, German, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
Please note that you need to run the installer with elevated privileges and reboot the system afterwards. If things went well, the new keyboard layout should have been automatically selected by Windows so that it is ready for use.
Now, the documentation is extensive but it does not offer an easy to understand guide that explains to you in a paragraph or two how to use the new keyboard layout.
The program uses special keys, like AltGR or ` for example to give you access to the special characters. The basic idea here is to press the special key and the regular key on the keyboard at the same time to post a custom character.
Examples are probably helpful here. If you press AltGr-5 you get this character ‰, while AltGr+= gets you this one instead ≈.
A basic rule of thumb here is that the developer has tried to match similar looking characters together. You find variants of a mapped to the key, for instance áäα.
The main issue here is to remember the activation keys that you need to press to display those special characters on the screen.
The manual helps you with that. Here is one example:
You can enter any green key using AltGr with the top keys displayed when you hold Shift down in addition. The dead key in the upper left corner ` triggers additional characters as well that you can create using it. `+R for instance display ®.
The documentation displays several of these layouts and you can use those to learn how to use the program.
While that means a learning curve, it is actually pretty easy to start using the program right away even if you need access to more than a handful of different characters.
It is highly recommended that you read the manual first, or at least the first pages of it so that you understand the core mechanics of the extension.
If you need access to special characters and want something that feels more natural than memorizing ASCII numbers, then you will like this program as it does so. You can even install different language layouts and switch between them if you like, provided that those layouts are provided by the author of the application.
All in all a handy tool with a learning curve.
KbdKaz 500
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David said on April 18, 2014 at 9:30 am
Yeah typing the ASCII codes works (if you can remember them). This app requires memorization too. I just use the Character Map utility that has been part of Windows for ages. It lets you see what the special character will look like in the font you want to use.
Jon Meccarello said on April 18, 2014 at 2:26 pm
I agree with David. Put
C:\Windows\System32\charmap.exe
(Win 7) on your desktop. It's pretty easily to figure out.
Patrick said on April 18, 2014 at 4:09 pm
OK, I put it on my desktop and clicked on it, nothing happened.
I opened Word and typed the letter N, how do I get the hyphen above
the N to use in a Spanish word?
Dwight Stegall said on April 18, 2014 at 4:58 pm
I made this for my own use and later uploaded for everyone else.
http://dwightstegall.com/special-characters.shtml
jasray said on April 18, 2014 at 5:42 pm
The syntax for doing this in Word is:
1. hold down the Ctrl key
2. type the key for accent you want, which MAY include the Shift Key (you will not see anything yet)
3. release all keys
4. type the letter you want the accent on.
It should appear correctly.
Example: for the à:
Hold Ctrl and tap the key with the accent (key above Tab on my keyboard).
Release the Ctrl key, then type the 'a'. Result should be à
Another example: the ñ
Hold Ctrl, then hold Shift and tap the key with ~ on it (Shift because ~ is the uppercase character)
Release all keys, then type the "n" key. Result should be ñ.
This should work in any Windows word processor, text editor, browser or email client.
1. Make sure your keyboard is in NumLock mode.
2. Hold down the ALT key and enter the number on the numeric keypad. (Note that many laptops have a blue FN key that changes a set of keys, also with blue numbers on them, into a numeric keypad.)
for é 130
for á 160
for í 161
for ó 162
for ú 163
for ñ 164 ←
for ¿ 168
for ¡ 173
Many other special characters can be found using Insert/Symbol.
Credit goes to Yahoo Answers.
Peter said on April 18, 2014 at 7:07 pm
As a native US English typist, I use Windows' built-in US-International keyboard layout, which gives me quick access to the characters I need for typing in French without having to switch to a substantially different (non-QWERTY) keyboard layout. It works for most other Western European languages, too.
The advantage is that it comes with every Windows system since Windows 95, so if you're working on someone else's computer temporarily and have adequate user privileges, you only have to go into the Control Panel (in Windows 7, Region and Language control panel > Keyboards and Languages tab > Change keyboards button). There's no need to install a third-party program.
The drawback is that it uses dead keys to generate accented characters — for example you type 'e to get é, 'c to get ç, `a to get à, "e to get ë, ~n to get ñ, and so forth — and if you want to type the dead key's character alone rather than risk getting an accented character, you need to get into the habit of typing the dead key followed by a space. This comes up most frequently with apostrophes / single quotation marks (') and double quotation marks ("), but also with tildes (~), if you use them as shorthand for "approximately." Typing the extra space is an easy habit to develop, and the only time it gets in the way is when you're using another computer *very* temporarily and it isn't worth the trouble (or you don't have adequate user privileges) to activate the US-International keyboard. Then you end up having to constantly backspace over the extra spaces you type after the "not-currently-dead" keys.
The US-International keyboard also uses the right alt key (AltGr) as a separate shifting key — for example, AltGr+5 yields €, AltGr+shift+: yields °, AltGr+shift+s yields §, and so on.
You can find a handy cheat sheet for the US-International keyboard here:
http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/help/keyboards1.asp
For characters that aren't on the US-International keyboard, I either copy them from Windows' Character Map app (which in Windows 7 has a modestly useful search function), or insert them from LibreOffice's Insert > Special Characters menu, or Google them (e.g., unicode greater than or equal to). If you need to get *exactly* the right character (e.g., the right type of em dash or thin space), Googling is the way to go.
KbdKaz 500 looks like to be more powerful and versatile (and in some respects more intuitive) than the US-International keyboard, but I have to work on other people's computers fairly often. And, besides — after switching from QWERTY TO AZERTY and back to QWERTY, and then learning character substitutions to use a French daisy-wheel printhead on a US DOS system, and then learning extended ASCII codes by heart for manual inputting, and then writing Word for DOS macros to enter them more quickly, and then finally learning the US-International keyboard, I'm tired of learning curves and unusual customizations for something as basic as data input. I'm sure KbdKaz 500 is great for someone who needs ready access to more unusual special characters than I do and who only works on his own computers, but I'm giving it a pass…
Still, a very helpful post, as usual.
tPenguinLTG said on April 18, 2014 at 8:38 pm
I like to use the US-International keyboard layout, which is exactly like the QWERTY layout with additional characters accessible using AltGr. There are dead keys, and on Linux, there's a variant where the dead keys are hidden behind AltGr, so you can use it as a normal QWERTY keyboard; plus, the Linux version comes with more characters. Windows comes with it, but dead keys not hidden behind AltGr. I've been trying to recreate the Linux version on Windows using The Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, but I haven't had time to develop it properly.
The Keyboard Layout Creator is easy to use and requires no installation (if I recall correctly).
Yann said on April 21, 2014 at 6:18 am
I'll second tPenguinLTG to use MS Keyboard Layout Creator to define your own keyboard character mapping if you really want to use a range of chars not readily avaialble from your current layout, RATHER THAN downloading the application suggested in the article, unless one is certain that all or a majority of characters featured in that tool are commonly used in daily work, and that memorizing a set of formal "rules" governing which key and which combination stands for what would be something quite easy.
A quick alternative, though, without installing any kind of software, is to use the Canadian Multilingual Standard layout, which fills almost all my need for special non-ASCII characters, except for vowel characters with brèves.


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Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 2010. West Nile Virus in Maricopa County: January 1, 2010–December 31, 2010. Available at: http://www.maricopa.gov/publichealth/Services/EPI/pdf/wnv/10/WNVEOY2010.pdf. Accessed November 10, 2011.
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Rite Aid Chairman Right-Sizes Stake
Catherine Shu
Updated Jan. 4, 2007 11:59 pm ET / Original July 17, 2019 8:55 am ET
Tables: Buyers | Sellers
THE CHAIRMAN OF RITE AID headed to the checkout line as shares of the drugstore chain hit a 52-week high.
Robert Miller, chairman of Rite Aid 's board since 1999, sold 300,000 shares for $5.52 each, or a total of $1.7 million, on Dec. 27. Shares of Rite Aid hit a 52-week high of $5.67 on Dec. 26, 2006, despite missing consensus estimates for same-store sales earlier that month. The stock closed at $5.49 on Thursday. Miller now owns 12,779 Rite Aid common shares and options to purchase 9.55 million shares, or 1.8% of Rite Aid's 528.9 million shares.
Miller's past sales of Rite Aid shares have either happened near or coincided with temporary highs in the stock's price. In April and July of 2004, Miller sold a total of 500,000 shares for prices ranging from $5.12 to $5.60, before the stock slid to about $3.50 in September of that year. Then in April and June of 2005, Miller sold 500,000 shares at prices ranging from $4.16 to $4.22, reaping $2 million before the stock fell again to the $3.50 range, where it traded until February 2006.
A spokeswoman for Rite Aid says Miller's reasons for selling the shares were related to end-of-the-year tax planning.
Ben Silverman, director of research at InsiderScore.com, says that the timing of Miller's latest sale is interesting because Rite Aid shareholders are set to vote on the company's proposed acquisition of rival drugstore chains Brooks and Eckerd, which are owned by Jean Coutu Group, a Canadian company. If the acquisition goes through, Miller will remain a Rite Aid director, but step down as chairman in favor of Mary F. Sammons, Rite Aid's current chief executive officer and president.
Silverman, however, does not believe that Miller's sale sends out a bearish signal. He notes that Rite Aid shares continued to climb for several weeks after Miller's June 2005 sale, finally peaking at around $4.80 in the middle of August 2005. Likewise, his latest sale may not signify a ceiling for the stock, Silverman says, noting that all of Miller's past sales have, like the most recent one, been in blocks of 200,000 or 300,000 shares.
"I think Miller's sale now fits his own profile of garnering some compensation through the sale of stock," Silverman says.
Trades by Rite Aid's institutional investors have also run counter to Miller's sale. FMR Corp., for instance, disclosed on Nov. 13 that it now owns 57.5 million Rite Aid shares, or a 10.8% stake, up from the 34.7 million shares, or 6.6% stake, it held at the end of the third quarter.
The total amount of Rite Aid shares held by institutional owners has also increased steadily throughout the year, rising to 308.5 million shares at the end of the third quarter of 2006 from 239.25 million shares at the end of the fourth quarter of 2005.
But some analysts are skeptical about the remaining upside in the stock, which has climbed 58% year over year. Raymond James analyst John W. Ransom maintained an Underperform rating on Dec. 22, the day after the company's third-quarter earnings release, citing the stock's "rich valuation." Ransom also wrote that "despite management's optimism about near-term profitability, we believe that over the next year, tight pharmacy reimbursement changes could cause modest pressure on Rite Aid's profitability."
Credit Suisse analyst Neil Currie maintained a Reduce rating on Dec. 21, writing that while the company's sales and profitability are improving, it continues to "tail its peers by a substantial margin" in both areas.
Recent Insider Activity
BUYERS:
COMPANY NAME INSIDERS NAME TITLE $ VALUE NO. OF SHARES IN TRANS. RANGE OF VALUES TRANSACTIONS DATES
Emeritus D. Baty CEO $226,106 9,000 25.01-25.25 December 29, 2006
Sulphco R. Gunnerman CEO 161,800 35,000 4.56-4.66 December 26-28, 2006
Favrille I. Royston D 105,200 40,000 2.63 December 29, 2006
Cash Technologies R. Fagenson D 100,000 100,000 1.00 December 28, 2006
Gladstone Investment G. Stelljes CI 76,550 5,000 15.31 December 29, 2006
Abraxas Petroleum F. Burke D 62,800 20,000 3.14 December 29, 2006
Hill International I. Richter CEO 54,244 7,576 7.16 December 29, 2006
MTM Technologies G. Poch D 37,695 25,000 1.50-1.54 December 28, 2006
Atlantic American H. Robinson DO 24,624 8,315 2.96-2.97 December 28-29, 2006
Atlantic American J. Robinson CB 24,624 8,315 2.96-2.97 December 28-29, 2006
(Source: Thomson Financial/Baseline)
SELLERS:
Nike P. Knight DO $4,297,628 43,300 99.15-99.44 December 29, 2006
Cisco Systems M. Chandler GC 3,801,030 140,000 27.15-27.17 December 6, 2006
Public Service Enterprise Group E. Ferland CEO 3,336,480 50,000 66.73 January 3, 2007
Nike P. Knight DO 2,680,830 27,072 98.8-99.14 December 29, 2006
Savvis T. McInerney DO 1,735,516 48,874 35.51 December 29, 2006
Savvis P. Welsh DO 1,580,799 44,517 35.51 December 29, 2006
Adesa C. Hitchcock O 1,387,520 50,000 27.75 December 29, 2006
Sky Financial Group F. Koch O 1,384,790 48,520 28.54 December 29, 2006
DRS Technologies M. Newman CEO 1,311,135 25,000 52.31-52.52 December 29, 2006
Washington Group International S. Hanks CEO 902,333 15,000 60-60.5 January 3, 2007
Here's a rundown of insider trading activity reported on January 3, 2007. An insider is any officer, director or owner of 10% or more of a class of the company's securities. The table shows purchases and sales which must be reported to the SEC and other regulators by the 10th of the month following the month of the trade, includes both open-market and private transactions involving direct and indirect holdings. Excludes stock valued at less that $2 per share, acquisitions through options and companies being acquired. Included are purchases, sales and stock registered for sale for individual officers, companies, and sectors.
AC-member of the advisory committee. AF-affiliated person. AI-affiliate of investment advisor. AV-assistant vice president. B-beneficial owner of more than 10% of a security class. BC-beneficial owner as custodian. BT-beneficial owner as trustee. C-controller. CB-chairman. CC-member of the compensation committee. CEO-chief executive officer. CFO-chief financial officer. CI-chief investment officer. CO-chief operating officer. CP-controlling person. CT-chief technology officer. D-director. DO-director and beneficial owner. DS-indirect shareholder. EC-member of the executive committee. EVP-executive vice president. F-founder. FC-member of the finance committee. FO-former. GC-general counsel. GM-general manager. GP-general partner. H-officer, director and beneficial owner. I-indirect transaction filed through a trust, insider spouse, minor child or other. IA-investment advisor. LP-limited partner. M-managing partner. MC-member of committee or advisory board. MD-managing director. O-officer. OB-officer and beneficial owner. OD-officer and director. OE-other executive. OP-officer of parent company. OS-officer of subsidiary company. OT-officer and treasurer. OX-divisional officer. P-president. R-retired. S-secretary. SC-member of the science/technology committee. SH-shareholder. SVP-senior vice president. T-trustee. TR-treasurer. UT-unknown. VC-vice chairman. VP-vice president. VT-voting trustee. X-deceased.
*-Half of the transactions were indirect.
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Fashola's Permanent Secretary In NYSC Scandal, Asked To Resign.
by Aruwa_Ab 9ja Blog Sunday, November 25, 2018 Post a Comment
The Incorporated Trustees of Center for Pursuit of Legal and Constitutional Rights has asked the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Louis N. O Edozien, to resign his appointment or be dragged to court.
The NGO's demand followed its claim that Edozien failed to undergo the one-year compulsory national service after graduation.
In a letter dated November 19, 2018, and made available to newsmen, Sunday, the group asked Edozien to resign his position in the ministry for allegedly breaching Section 2(1) and 12(a) and (b) of the National Youth Service Corps Act by refusing to make himself available for national service for a continuous period of one year after his graduation from the university.
The letter was written to the Perm-Sec by the group's lawyer, Samuel Akpenpuun, and copied the office of the Head of Service of the Federation.
Akpenpuun stated in the letter that section 2(1) of the NYSC Act provides that every Nigerian is under obligation, unless exempted under sub section 2 of the Section or Section 17 of the Act, to make him self available for service for a continuous period of one year from the date specified in the call up.
"Take notice that if after the expiration of the seven days graciously given to you by our client, you fail to resign as demanded, you would have left us with no other option than to formerly demand for your sack from the court of law as your appointment is in clear breach of relevant laws of Nigeria", the lawyer stated.
According to the NGO, an inquiry at the NYSC secretariat showed that the Perm Sec purportedly claimed he served at the Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic Research in Oyo state, but his personal NYSC file, his call up letter mobilising him to Oyo, his letter of posting to the Institute are not sighted to confirm that he ever served in the state.
The group also stated that the name and particulars of the Perm Sec are not in the certificate/book of life for 1981/82 service year.
It was the contention of the group that because Edozien never served the nation as a corps member, "he doesn't deserve a discharge certificate to make him eligible for any employment in the country by virtue of Section 12(1)(a)of the NYSC Act.
Consequently, the organisation has given Edozien one week, from the receipt of the letter to resign his appointment or face litigation.
Also, the NGO demanded that Edozien refunds all salaries, allowances and other emoluments paid to him as Permanent Secretary to the federation account.
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