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Smoke from Siberian forest fires traveled across Bering Sea to US, Canada
An aerial view taken from onboard a helicopter shows smoke from forest fires filling the sky over the Boguchansky district of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai on August 4, 2019. (Photo by Ekaterina ANISIMOVA / AFP)EKATERINA ANISIMOVA/AFP/Getty Images
The smoke from over 400 forest fires in Siberia reached Alaska and portions of the west coast of Canada by July 31, according to NASA.
The Russian regions of Irkutsk, Buryatia, Sakha and Krasnoyarsk have declared states of emergency as the smoke chokes cities downwind, according to the Associated Press. All smoke can be hazardous, especially for the young or elderly.
Smoke from Siberian forest fires traveled across Bering Sea to US, Canada Back to video
However, NASA scientists don't believe the smoke will be traveling low enough in the U.S. to impact air quality.
AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Bob Smerbeck said that a storm tracking from Russia across the Bering Sea and into Alaska had steered the smoke into the area.
"Smoke can still be an issue this weekend," Smerbeck said.
Smoke from a multitude of wildfires in Siberia has swept across the Pacific and reached Alaska and northwestern Canada. (NOAA/NASA)
"The smoke travels at such high altitudes that it's unlikely to significantly impact air quality in the U.S., unless wind currents reach the surface," Atmospheric Scientist Colin Seftor said. Seftor works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and has been tracking the smoke through its journey, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
According to Russia's Federal Forestry Agency, more than 2.7 million hectares (6,671,845 acres) of Siberian forest is currently ablaze across six different Siberian and Far East regions. It all adds up to about the size of Massachusetts.
Russian officials have stated that although the fires have not encroached upon populated areas, about 800 cities are blanketed in heavy smoke, including larger cities such as Noosibirk, Krasnoyarsk and Chita, the AP reported. It is suspected that some of these fires were started by lightning strikes.


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'Godfather of Vaccines' Admits Using Orphans and Handicapped Children For Vaccine Experiments
Dr. Stanley Plotkin is a well known MD who has played a very significant role in manufacturing multiple vaccines. He's widely known as one of the 'godfathers' of vaccines, a 'medicine' that's claimed to have saved millions of lives, and is heavily marketed as one of the most successful medical developments in history. Anyone who questions this narrative and the safety of vaccines often faces harsh ridicule, despite the thousands of scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals that strongly oppose conventional vaccine knowledge published by government-run health regulatory agencies like the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) or the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Before we get to Plotkin's testimony, there are a few things I want to point out.
Something is wrong here. When information and evidence is presented showing that vaccines may not be as safe as we think, we tend to respond with ridicule or silence. Let's take aluminum, for example. It's been added to vaccines for approximately 100 years without any safety testing. There are no appropriate studies showing that aluminum is safe to inject into a child, yet there are multiple studies that show aluminum does not exit the body, but rather stays in the body, travelling to distant organs and eventually ending up in the brain. This is one of many examples that show vaccines are not as safe as they are marketed to be, but the response to these studies is often complete silence or ridicule.
After scientists discovered that aluminum from vaccines is transported to the brain via what are called macrophages (white blood cells), another study was published last year looking further into this subject by studying the brains of multiple autistic people. When they opened the brains up, they found the highest aluminum content in brain tissue ever measured, even more so than Alzheimer's patients.
The idea that vaccines aren't entirely safe gained a lot of attention when one of the lead authors of a 2004 study came forward. His name is Dr. William Thompson, a senior researcher at the CDC who co-authored one of the most widely cited studies to debunk any link between the MMR vaccine and autism. The study allegedly found:
"The evidence is now convincing that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine does not cause autism or any particular subtypes of autism spectrum disorder."(source)
10 years later, he countered the original study, arguing:
"The [CDC] co-authors scheduled a meeting to destroy documents related to the [MMR vaccine] study. The remaining four co-authors all met and brought a big garbage can into the meeting room and reviewed and went through all the hard copy documents that we had thought we should discard and put them in a huge garbage can." (source)
A known link between the MMR vaccine and autism exists, and the evidence was destroyed.
Two years later, dozens of CDC scientists came together to put a letter out to the public regarding their concerns about pharmaceutical companies and multiple corporations like Coca Cola and their connection to scientific findings being made and published by the CDC. (source)
This isn't the first time the CDC has been accused of this type of misconduct. It wasn't long ago when media outlets were announcing the abrupt resignation of Brenda Fitzgerald, the physician appointed in July 2017 to head the CDC. The resignation followed on the heels of an article published by Politico, which uncovered conflicts of interest pertaining to dubious investment decisions made by Fitzgerald after she became the nation's top public health official, including the purchase of thousands of dollars of tobacco, pharmaceutical and health care stocks.
Apart from the many examples of fraudulent activity related to vaccine science, there are multiple studies and scientific facts that clearly suggest vaccinations are not entirely safe. As previously discussed, numerous studies have proven that aluminum, a common vaccine ingredient, may not be safe. A study published in the journal EbioMedicine stated:
Over the past two decades several vaccine controversies have emerged in various countries, including France, inducing worries about severe adverse effects and eroding confidence in health authorities, experts, and science (Larson et al., 2011).
Vaccines also contain MSG, formaldehyde, aborted human fetal cells, and much more.
The fact that the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act has paid billions of dollars to families of vaccine injured children is a perfect example of that. This statistic only accounts for 1 percent of all vaccine injured children as well. Think about that!
There is something seriously wrong here, and parents should have the right to choose whether or not to vaccinate their children. The idea that unvaccinated children are a threat to vaccinated children and elderly people is completely false. For this to happen, vaccines would have to be 100 percent effective for life, giving us complete immunity, which is not the case. For example, there is a history of measles outbreaks in highly vaccinated populations. Herd immunity is a theory that can be mathematically modelled, but it's not scientifically proven, yet it's used to coerce and fool people into vaccinating their children. Furthermore, when there is a measles outbreak, we often blame it on unvaccinated children, without mentioning all of the adults who have not received booster shots.
The only thing pharmaceutical companies seemingly care about is profit, and there is often no penalty for them if they cause harm to the population, because the Vaccine Injury Act actually protects pharmaceutical companies from any wrong doing. This means that they can be completely careless with their product and not be held accountable for it.
"The medical profession is being bought by the pharmaceutical industry, not only in terms of the practice of medicine, but also in terms of teaching and research. The academic institutions of this country are allowing themselves to be the paid agents of the pharmaceutical industry. I think it's disgraceful."
– Arnold Seymour Relman (1923-2014), Harvard Professor of Medicine and Former Editor-in-Chief of the New England Medical Journal (source)(source)
The development of our vaccines is clearly under question, which is further described below. The following was taken from a video of Dr. Stanley Plotkin under oath. In it, he admits to using orphans, mentally handicapped kids, babies, children, and populations that have been subjected to colonial rule for vaccine testing. Based on my research, some examples could be the first nations populations in Canada, who were used in testing by pharmaceutical companies, as well as the US MK Ultra program. This is extremely unethical, and it's something that's still happening in places like Africa and India.
ATTY: Have you ever used orphans to study an experimental vaccine?
DR. PLOTKIN: Yes.
ATTY: Have you ever used the mentally handicapped to study an experimental vaccine?
DR. PLOTKIN: I don't recollect ever doing studies on mentally handicapped individuals. At the time, in the 1960s, it was not an uncommon practice.
ATTY: So you're saying — I'm not clear on your answer. I'm sorry. Have you ever used the mentally handicapped to study an experimental vaccine?
DR. PLOTKIN: What I'm saying is I don't recall specifically having done that, but that in the 1960s, it was not unusual to do that. And I wouldn't deny that I may have done so.
ATTY: Well, there's an article entitled "Attenuation of RA 27/3 Rubella Virus in WI38 Human Diploid Cells." Are you familiar with that article?
ATTY: In that article, one of the things it says is 13 seronegative mentally retarded children were given RA 27/3 vaccine?
DR. PLOTKIN: Okay. Well then, that's, in that case, that's what I did.
ATTY: Have you ever expressed that it's better to perform experiments on those less likely to be able to contribute to society, such as children with handicaps, than with children without or adults without handicaps?
DR. PLOTKIN: I don't remember specifically, but it's possible.
ATTY: Do you remember ever writing to the editor of "Ethics on Human Experimentation"?
DR. PLOTKIN: I don't remember specifically, but I may well have.
ATTY: I'm going to hand you what's been marked as Exhibit 43. Do you recognize this letter you wrote to the editor?
ATTY: Did you write this letter?
ATTY: Is one of the things you wrote: "The question is whether we are to have experiments performed on fully functioning adults and on children who are potentially contributors to society or to perform initial studies in children and adults who are human in form but not in social potential?"
ATTY: Have you ever used babies of mothers in prison to study an experimental vaccine?
ATTY: Have you ever used individuals under colonial rule to study an experimental vaccine?
It's okay to question vaccine safety. There are multiple plausible reasons to avoid vaccinations, but fear seems to be used to drive most people into vaccinating themselves and their children, along with the idea that vaccines are completely safe. Are we looking at another case of DDT? Or Tobacco? It's become quite obvious that anybody who thinks vaccines are 100 percent effective, safe and necessary has not done any independent research or looked into the matter themselves. How can we really rely on our healthcare professionals when they only learn how vaccinations work, and learn nothing else about the vaccine safety, the ingredients, the bioaccumulation of the ingredients as well as all of the fraud that's been exposed?
Written By: Arjun Walia

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A Florida commissioner who opposed gun control protests spurred on by the school shooting in Parkland was caught on video shooting and killing a suspected shoplifter at his military surplus store.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that on October 3, Lakeland Commissioner Michael Dunn shot 50-year-old Cristobal Lopez after the man allegedly stole a hatchet from Dunn's Vets Army Navy Surplus shop in the Tampa suburb.
Police released the security footage of the incident after questions arose whether the commissioner was justified in shooting Lopez.
Dunn reportedly confronted the alleged shoplifter and asked if he was going to pay for the hatchet he tried to pocket. In the surveillance video, the commissioner is seen grabbing Lopez's shirt and fires at least once before the man falls to the pavement just outside the store's door, shakes for a moment, then falls limp.
In the last three minutes of the video, Dunn is seen pacing in and out of the camera's range and does not attempt to resuscitate him. By the time police arrived, Lopez was dead.
The Tampa Bay Times noted that in July, the commissioner hosted a counter-rally to a March for Our Lives gun control protest at his store. The report also noted that this was the second time Dunn had shot someone, the first being an accidental and non-fatal incident when he was 19.
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Sportsman comeback falls short
By Kevin TaylorTimes Recordktaylor@swtimes.com
WARNER, Okla. — Forsgren manager Shea Hamilton wasn't completely overcome with frustration following Friday's 7-6 loss to the Russellville Pirates.
Not that he was OK with a bitter 7-6 loss to the Russellville Pirates.
Hamilton stands firm in his belief that a hard schedule will have his team ready for the upcoming state tournament.
The Sportsman (11-11) split two games at the Rusty Fulps Memorial Classic at Perry Keith Field at Connors State — coming from behind to beat EAP (Little Rock) before succumbing to the Pirates.
"I was proud of the way we fought back," Hamilton said following the team's loss to Russellville. "Their pitcher (Cade Shrum) did a really good job after giving up three unearned runs in the first inning, just coming out and throwing strikes and keeping us off balance. (But) despite that, we came back and gave ourselves a chance to come back there at the end."
Fosrgren's Cole Davis, whose two-out RBI single led to three eighth-inning runs and a 7-4 victory against a good EAP squad, took a 3-2 lead into the fifth inning of Friday's game before the Pirates rallied with four runs. They added an insurance run in the sixth that proved to be the difference.
Forsgren, which faces OBA Elite today at 1:30 p.m. at Warner High School, rallied for three two-out runs in the seventh before a pickoff play sealed their fate.
Shrum, who frustrated Forsgren with a dose of off-speed pitches for much of the game, was a strike away before having to hold his breath. The Greenwood senior, who figures to challenge for pitching time on a Bulldogs' roster already loaded with star arms next season, struck out three and walked one.
After hitting pinch-hitter Sam Byers, which turned the lineup over, Kadin Hyatt singled to right to load the bases for Joe Huck, who lined an RBI single to right to cut the lead to 7-4.
Tatum Loman's third hit of the game, a hard single to center, drove in two more runs to chase Shrum.
Now, down just a run, the Sportsman were on the cusp of a dramatic comeback before Huck strayed too far from second and was caught in a run-down that ended the game.
"We've played a really hard schedule; we've not play many double-A teams this year, and when we have we've got a really good record against them," Hamilton said. "We've put a really difficult schedule in front of them. They've gone out and competed really well. We've got some really good things with this team, we just need to make sure we put it all together."


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Q: Finding each 3 subset of closest coordinate in python I have data set of bike sharing. The data has lan and long for each station. A sample of data is like below. I want to find each 3 station that are close to each other in term of coordinate and sum up the count for each of subcategory (3 closest points).
I know how we can calculate the distance between two point. but I don't know how to program this, in term of finding each 3 subset of closest coordinates.
The code for calculating distance between 2 point:
from math import cos, asin, sqrt, pi

def distance(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2):
    p = pi/180
    a = 0.5 - cos((lat2-lat1)*p)/2 + cos(lat1*p) * cos(lat2*p) * (1-cos((lon2-lon1)*p))/2
    return 12742 * asin(sqrt(a))

The code is for calculating each subset, but it gives me error
from itertools import combinations

best = (float('inf'), None)

for combination in combinations(range(len(data)), 3):
    total_distance = 0
    for idx_1, idx_2 in [(0, 1), (1, 2), (0, 2)]:
        total_distance += distance(
            combination[idx_1]['start_station_latitude'],
            combination[idx_1]['start_station_longitude'],
            combination[idx_2]['start_station_latitude'],
            combination[idx_2]['start_station_longitude'],
        )

    if total_distance < best[0]:
        best = (total_distance, combination)

print(f'Best combination is {best[1]}, total distance: {best[0]}')

The data :

    start_station_name  start_station_latitude  start_station_longitude. count
0   Schous plass                59.920259       10.760629.                 2
1   Pilestredet                 59.926224       10.729625.                 4
2   Kirkeveien                  59.933558       10.726426.                 8
3   Hans Nielsen Hauges plass   59.939244       10.774319.                 0
4   Fredensborg                 59.920995       10.750358.                 8
5   Marienlyst                  59.932454       10.721769.                 9
6   Sofienbergparken nord       59.923229       10.766171.                 3
7   Stensparken                 59.927140       10.730981.                 4
8   Vålerenga                   59.908576       10.786856.                 6
9   Schous plass trikkestopp    59.920728       10.759486.                 5
10  Griffenfeldts gate          59.933703       10.751930.                 4
11  Hallénparken                59.931530       10.762169.                 8
12  Alexander Kiellands Plass   59.928058       10.751397.                 3
13  Uranienborgparken           59.922485       10.720896.                 2
14  Sommerfrydhagen             59.911453       10.776072                  1
15  Vestkanttorvet              59.924403       10.713069.                 8
16  Bislettgata                 59.923834       10.734638                  9
17  Biskop Gunnerus' gate       59.912334       10.752292                  1
18  Botanisk Hage sør           59.915282       10.769620                  1
19  Hydroparken.                59.914145       10.715505                  1
20  Bøkkerveien                 59.927375       10.796015                  1

what I want is :

closest                                   count_sum

Schous plass, Pilestredet, Kirkeveien.      14
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.
.

The Error:

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TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-49-1a4d3a72c23d> in <module>
      7     for idx_1, idx_2 in [(0, 1), (1, 2), (0, 2)]:
      8         total_distance += distance(
----> 9             combination[idx_1]['start_station_latitude'],
     10             combination[idx_1]['start_station_longitude'],
     11             combination[idx_2]['start_station_latitude'],

TypeError: 'int' object is not subscriptable

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Seismic Strengthening Of Churches As A Part Of Earthquake Renewal In The Posočje Region, Slovenia
M. Uranjek, B. Dolinšek & S. Gostič
Seismic activity of the Posočje region, located in the north-east of Slovenia is considerably high. Four major earthquakes have hit this area in the last three decades. Among buildings to be repaired and/or strengthened, churches represent a significant share of the building fund. Churches which are often classified as cultural heritage are usually an indispensable part of settlements and their identity. In order to preserve these prominent buildings for future generations, there is a need for attentive and consistent planning of preliminary research, strengthening procedures and their execution. If compared to ordinary buildings in the Posočje region, which are typically characterized by inadequate building quality, churches in this region are of better quality. Nevertheless, on account of their typical design, strengthening procedures are more complex and demanding, and therefore, adequate seismic resistance is harder to achieve compared to ordinary buildings. In the paper, some of the basic strengthening procedures applied on churches in the Posočje region are presented. Keywords: church, strengthening, earthquake renewal, seismic resistance. 1 Introduction Seismic activity of the Posočje region, located in the north-east of Slovenia is considerably high, namely four major earthquakes hit this area in last three decades. First earthquake in May 1976 reached the grade IX.-X. and the second one in September 1976 the grade of IX. according to EMS scale. Earthquakes in 1976 caused damage to around 12.000 buildings, of which 4.200 were completely destroyed. Consequently people in this area became aware of the danger and begun to construct buildings which were safer and more resistant to
church, strengthening, earthquake renewal, seismic resistance


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Dr Donna Cosgrove PhD MPSI provides a clinical overview of the complexities of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) describes disease of the heart and blood vessels caused by the process of atherosclerosis, and includes coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and other circulatory diseases.1 CVD is the most common cause of death in Ireland, accounting for 36 per cent of all deaths.2 According to the WHO, more than 17 million people worldwide died from CVD in 2008. The largest number of deaths relate to CHD and are mainly due to myocardial infarction (7.3 million).2 Strokes were responsible for 6.2 million.3 Of these deaths, more than three million occurred before the age of 60 and could have largely been prevented. CVD also has significant cost implications: The cost to the NHS in England was estimated at £7,880 million in 2010.1
Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease
Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process that affects the cardiovascular system.3 CHD occurs when the coronary blood vessels are blocked by a build-up of cholesterol: This causes narrowing of the lumen and makes the inner surfaces of the blood vessels irregular and less pliable, which is detrimental to regular blood flow.2,3
When the blood vessel endothelium is exposed to raised levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), cholesterol and additional substances like free radicals, the endothelium becomes permeable to lymphocytes and monocytes. These cells migrate into the wall of the blood vessel, resulting in a series of reactions and attracting LDL cholesterol to the site. This cholesterol is engulfed by monocytes, which are then transformed into macrophages. Smooth muscle cells migrate to the site from deeper layers of the vessel wall (the media). Then, a fibrous cap, consisting of smooth muscle and collagen, is formed.3 At the same time, the macrophages involved in the original reaction begin to die, forming a necrotic core. These lesions (atheromatous plaques) grow bigger as cells and lipids accumulate in them and begin to bulge into the vessel lumen. As the process continues, thinning of the fibrous cap and a fissuring of the endothelial surface of the plaque occur, which may cause rupture. With rupture, lipid fragments and cellular debris are released into the vessel lumen and exposed to thrombogenic agents on the endothelial surface, resulting in the formation of a thrombus.
If the thrombus is big enough, and a coronary blood vessel or a cerebral blood vessel is blocked, the blood flow to the heart is cut off. The decrease in the supply of oxygen and nutrients causes chest pain (angina) due to ischaemia3 and can damage the heart muscle, resulting in a heart attack (MI). Symptoms of MI include sweating; light-headedness; nausea; and breathlessness, like angina, although not relieved by a nitrate spray.
Although LDL cholesterol tends to build up on the walls of the coronary arteries, increasing risk of heart disease, HDL cholesterol carries cholesterol away from the cells and back to the liver, where it is broken down or excreted. The current recommendation for healthy cholesterol levels is a total blood cholesterol level of less than 5mmol/litre, a HDL level of >1mmol/litre, and an LDL level of under 3mmol/litre.2
The atherosclerotic process can start to develop before adulthood. There is strong evidence that tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, excessive alcohol intake, hypertension, diabetes, raised blood lipids, obesity, poverty, low educational status, advancing age, male gender, genetic disposition and psychological factors all contribute to this process.1,3 Behavioural risk factors for atherosclerosis such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, an unhealthy diet, and harmful use of alcohol are risk factors for many non-communicable diseases (NCDs), not just atherosclerosis, thus a large percentage of NCDs are preventable through the reduction of these risk factors.
Hypertension affects more than one billion individuals worldwide. It puts a strain on the heart, contributing to CHD and causing an estimated 9.4 million deaths every year.2,5 The benefits of decreasing blood pressure are long established based on observational studies and trials of hyper- and normotensive patients. A review of studies concluded that a 10mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure has been shown to reduce the risk of major CVD events by 20 per cent, CHD by 17 per cent, stroke by 27 per cent, heart failure by 28 per cent, and all-cause mortality by 13 per cent.5 This was evident across multiple groups of patients, which suggests that blood pressure-lowering provides benefits that are somewhat generalisable. Even patients with lower blood pressure at baseline benefitted from these notable effects. The authors of this review5 suggest a case-by-case assessment by clinicians of each patient's risk factors to decide on the blood pressure level at which to start antihypertensive medication, rather than a decision based on an arguably arbitrary fixed threshold for blood pressure, which is just a single risk factor for CVD.
The best approach to reduce blood pressure, however, is still unclear: Generally, the commonly-prescribed antihypertensives are effective overall in contributing to preventing cardiovascular disease, but there are some modest but significant differences between treatments in terms of specific clinical outcomes: Calcium channel blockers appear to be more effective than other classes of drugs for stroke prevention, whereas diuretics work better for prevention of heart failure. Beta blockers appeared to be inferior to other classes of antihypertensives for the prevention of major cardiovascular disease events, stroke, renal failure, and all-cause mortality.
Tobacco use is a huge contributor to the development of health problems, including heart attacks, strokes, sudden death, heart failure, aortic aneurysm and peripheral vascular disease.3 Smoking increases the risk of heart disease by 24 per cent. Carbon monoxide and nicotine present in cigarette smoke place a strain on the heart by increasing heart rate and risk of blood clots, and additional chemicals also damage the lumen of the coronary arteries.2
Regular physical activity can prevent obesity. Insufficient physical activity not only contributes to heart disease, but is the fourth-leading risk factor for mortality. According to the WHO Global Atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control, 31.3 per cent of adults aged 15 or older are not sufficiently active, a figure that may have increased since its publication in 2011. People who do not engage in enough physical activity have a 20-to-30 per cent increased risk of all-cause mortality compared to those who engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity most days of the week.3 Participating in 150 minutes of moderate physical activity each week (or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity aerobic activity, or a mix of both) can reduce the risk of ischaemic heart disease by approximately 30 per cent and the risk of diabetes by 27 per cent.3
There is a complex relationship between alcohol consumption and CHD/cerebrovascular disease. There is a direct relationship between higher levels of alcohol consumption and binge-drinking (60 or more grams alcohol per day) with risk of CVD. Low levels of drinking alcohol, conversely, may be associated with a reduced risk of negative cardiovascular outcomes. Various mechanisms have been suggested for the protective effect, ie, beneficial effects of alcohol on the HDL cholesterol level, thrombolytic profile and platelet aggregation.3 If alcohol is consumed, the recommended weekly limit of 14 standard drinks should be adhered to, with these units spread out over at least three days. Binge drinking should always be avoided.2
People at high risk of or with CVD should be advised to reduce their saturated fat intake and increase their mono-unsaturated fat intake. Unsaturated fat will help reduce cholesterol levels.
Foods high in unsaturated fat include oily fish, avocados, nuts and seeds, sunflower, rapeseed, olive and vegetable oils.2 Wholegrain varieties of starchy food are preferred, and daily intake of sugar and food products containing refined sugars should be reduced. At least five portions of fruit and vegetables should be consumed per day, and two portions of fish per week, including a portion of oily fish, and at least four-to-five portions of unsalted nuts, seeds and legumes.1 Dietary salt consumption is an important contributor to hypertension and cardiovascular risk, and daily intake should not exceed 6g.3
Maintaining Cardiac Health
Several prospective human studies have demonstrated the cardioprotective effect of fish, ie, the Physicians' Health Study, which followed 20,551 male physicians for up to 11 years.6 A 52 per cent reduction of sudden cardiac death in males who consumed fish once a week was reported compared to those who ate fish less than once a month. This cardioprotective effect has been attributed to its content of the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
One meta-analysis of clinical trials investigating the cardioprotective effect of omega-3 supplements showed significant effects on triglycerides, blood pressure, heart rate and CRP, with small, significant increases in both LDL-C and HDLC, although the authors say that the quantity of EPA and DHA required for these effects is still unknown.6
Conversely, a Cochrane review7 of the use of long-chain omega-3 fats (79 trials involving over 112,000 people) found no evidence to suggest that they have any important positive or negative effects on mortality, CVD events or other measures of cardiovascular health. There was evidence that increasing ALA (in, ie, walnuts or enriched margarine) probably slightly reduces CVD risk, but effects were very small.
The review concludes that supplemental long‐chain omega‐3 fats are probably not useful for preventing or treating cardiovascular disease, although long‐chain omega‐3 fats can help to reduce serum triglycerides and raise HDL a little.
Regardless of the reported lack of association of omega-3 with heart health, fish and seafood are nutrient‐dense and rich in a variety of other nutrients (such as vitamin D, calcium, iodine, selenium), so are useful foods, even without the potential cardiovascular benefits. NICE guidelines advise against recommending omega 3 oils for CVD prevention, and likewise for plant stanols or sterols.1
Treatment of Cardiac Disease
In severe cases of CHD, surgical procedures to treat blocked arteries are sometimes required, such as coronary angioplasty or a coronary artery bypass. In a small number of people, a heart transplant may be performed. However, in most cases, patients can successfully manage CHD with medicines, ie, ACE inhibitors, channel blockers, beta blockers, low-dose aspirin, nitrates and statins.2 The NICE guideline groups statins into three different intensity categories according to the percentage reduction in LDL cholesterol they produce: Low intensity if the reduction is 20-to-30 per cent; medium intensity is 31-to-40 per cent; and high intensity is above 40 per cent.
In addition to adherence to prescribed regimens, it is important for individuals being treated for, or at risk of, CVD to keep the behavioural risk factors in mind and reconsider their lifestyle in light of these.
Self-care is an integral part of daily life and is all about the individual taking responsibility for their own health and wellbeing with support from the people involved in their care.
Self-care includes the daily actions undertaken in order to stay fit and maintain good physical and mental health, prevent illness or accidents, and care more effectively for minor ailments and long-term conditions.2
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The group will be chaired by Jürgen Rüttgers, former German Federal Minister for Education, Science, Research and Technology (1994 to 1998). The Group is expected to deliver its report in spring 2018. The report will feed into preparations of the successor programme to Horizon 2020.


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Twitter and sober second thoughts
August 16, 2018	· 0 Comments
by BRIAN LOCKHART
The first time I heard the word "Twitter," and realized it was a messaging thing, I thought it was some new system that nine- or 10-year-olds were using to contact each other.
Seriously, how could a grown adult take something seriously with a name like that?
On top of that, with messages called 'tweets', there was no way I was going to sign on. I figured that there was absolutely no way I could work the phrase 'I was TWEETING today' into a conversation.
However, in the 12 years it has been on-line, the Twitter universe has grown to include hundreds of millions of users tweeting about everything from world affairs and sports to what they had for breakfast and the results of their morning toenail clipping routine.
Everyone from homeless people to world leaders tweet away about a myriad of subjects. I guess in one respect that is a good thing in that rich and poor alike can express an opinion. In previous decades public opinions were largely in the domain of those who controlled the press and in most cases the press wasn't run by a group sleeping over at the local YMCA.
I have used Twitter during hockey games when the Junior team I was covering was on the road during playoffs. One of the Club members would tweet out the goals, powerplays, and time remaining and I could follow along as the game progressed. For that reason, it was indeed useful.
If you want to express an opinion or share a two-ingredient recipe for lemon squares with your friends, go ahead.
With Twitter you are limited in how many words you can actually use in a post.
You must be concise and get all you want to say in a limited number of words. That can pose a real problem for a lot of people.
What may seem to be an innocent few words to you, may come off as something very negative to someone else.
I always thought of it sort of like when a person comes to work with a new haircut or style, and someone says "Hey, you got your hair cut / styled," but doesn't follow up with the obligatory "looks good!"
It may have been meant it as a compliment, but without the 'looks good!' addition, that person will spend the rest of the day checking the mirror to see what doesn't look right about their new style.
The other problem with Twitter is that it's permanent. I'm pretty sure there have been more that a few tweets sent out by people after imbibing a few who realized the next morning that they had made big mistake.
When I think of effective communication, I am always drawn to a story from the U.S. Civil War.
President Abraham Lincoln was upset over the failure of one his his generals, George Meade, for allowing the Confederate forces an escape route by not pursuing them after a battle.
Lincoln blasted Meade in a letter for his actions, stating that if he had used the 20,000 veteran troops at his disposal, backed up by several thousand more new recruits, he could have surrounded the Confederate army who had an impassable river at their back and were in the disarray of a retreat.
The Federal forces, Lincoln concluded, could have ended the war in a single day by annihilating the Confederate forces.
Lincoln, however, did not send the letter. He placed it aside for a couple of days, then re-read his words.
It dawned on him that Meade, as commander, had just been through the bloodiest battle of the war at Gettysburg. He had witnessed death by the thousands over three days of heavy and bloody fighting.
It was no wonder that the general did not have the stomach to order his troops to again attack and continue with what most likely have been a slaughter.
Lincoln mulled this over the then wrote a second letter – the one that was then sent to the general.
In this second letter, Lincoln congratulated Mead for his leadership and success at the Battle of Gettysburg and refrained from negative content. That sober second thought most likely made a huge impact on his general and the future campaigns of an entire army.
Maybe when it comes to Twitter, especially when messages are sent out as a means of international diplomacy by high-ranking officials, there should be an automatic delay to provide a buffer zone for that sober second thought.


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Fri. Nov. 18, 2005: Lecturing at the Polytechnic
November 18, 2005 daviding
Instead of the usual "English class" lecture, David speaks on "social software".
(by David): Minna had asked if I could talk with her friend, Taina, who had opted out of Nokia in favour of teaching at Stadia, which is the Helsinki Polytechnic. Taina finished her Ph.D. at HUT, probably a year or two ago. Minna told me that the Stadia building was actually the original home of HUT. It's on the Bulevardi, beside the shipyards and waterfront in central Helsinki. The institution started as a Polytechnic, became a Technical University, and then grew out of those buildings for new labs to be built in Otaniemi, which must have been a forest west of the city back then. (They must have put those bridges in, because there are two choices to cross that expanse of water).
As it happens, one of the few times that our schedules lined up was during a class, so Minna and I went over to speak to the class. When I walked in the classroom, this seemed like an IBM meeting — every student had a laptop, and their screens were up. (There was a uniformity to the HP machines which makes me think there's sponsorship going on). Taina introduced us, Minna talked about knowledge management, and I talked about my experiences with Instant Messaging, wikis and blogs.
When Minna introduced herself, she said that she was a mechanical engineer, but she actually gave quite a managerial talk. I remarked that my degrees are in business, but I was going to be giving the technical talk!
The director of IBM Almaden Services Research, Jim Spohrer, was here about 3 weeks ago, giving talks on how IBM thinks that universities should be reoriented to teach classes in "Services Science, Management and Engineering". Minna actually was leading a research project at HUT before she went to the New Jersey, and had thought that her research was 20 years behind. In fact, it's proven to be six years ahead, as her content is much the same as the IBM message now.
The Finns have a knack for industry and universities to be working together in a way that we find foreign in North America. Minna and Taina are cooking up plans to have a services course in early short order — by the spring — and are working a plot that I might get involved. There's a possibility that we might get the Finnish managers to request that I be involved somehow related to my day job, rather than the vacation time I'm currently on. This would be welcomed….
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On land @JanesWalkTO led by @JohnLorinc "A Meandering History of the Lower Don" that was Ashbridges Bay Marsh before landfill. Cherry Street would have been part of the Don River delta, before the waterway was channelled further east, with an unnatural 90-degree turn as the Keating Channel in the late 1890s. The combination of industrial waste and human excrement combined into public health hazard, corrected with conversion into a massive industrial district from 1912-1922. Today, the Gooderham and Worts site has been redeveloped into the Distillery District. (Distillery Lane, Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario) 20190504
Reminiscing amongst Karen, Kent and Allan, working together from the 1960s through the 1990s, from the days of Queens Cafe, then at Kent Tv. Those were days when electronics could be repaired by field service technicians, rather than throwing things away. Caught up on kids, grandkids, great-grandkids. (315 Muskoka Road South, Gravenhurst, Ontario) 20191027
Post-show hilmaafklint_thefilm Q-A with HalinaDyrschka, Viewed film as guest of @KellyOkamura, arriving on bike just before lights went down. Story of legitimation of Swedish abstract artist from 1906, predating Kandinski. Works were willed to her family after her passing, with conditions to keep secret for 20 years, and not sell. (Bell Lightbox, King Street West, Toronto, Ontario) 20190503
Imaging of gas-permeable contact lens fitting explains why my vision is foggy in the left eye. Incomplete wetting means that there are dry spots behind the lens. Remedy is to take a few more minutes to more diligently rub wetting solution into lens, or else switch to an alternative hydrogen peroxide formulation that coats the surface with a moisturizer. (Chow Optometrist, Ferrier Street, Markham, Ontario) 20190712


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4.5 The Saudis and the Hashemites in the Arabian Peninsula
现代中东的兴起 - 第 I 部分
特拉维夫大学
This course will review the emergence of the modern Middle East from the fall of the Ottoman Empire, at the end of the First World War to the present. We will discuss the Ottoman legacy in the region and the Western imperial impact on the creation of the Arab state system. The course will review the rise and retreat of Arab nationalism, the problems of internal cohesion of the Arab states, issues of religion and state, and the evolution of Islamist politics. We will also focus on the evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its impact on the region and will conclude with an in depth analysis of the "Arab Spring" by placing these contemporary revolutionary events in their historical context. Please note that there is a second part to this course which is a direct extension of this part. We highly recommend to continue to the second part after you finish this one (https://www.coursera.org/learn/modern-middle-east-2/home/info).
An excellent introduction to the formation of what we know as the Middle East. This course offers great insight and context into this area, its peoples, cultures, economy, and politics.
A very clear, rigorous and ENJOYABLE presentation of a very complex subject. Definitely everyone interested in the roots of the modern Middle East troubles should take this primer.
The Creation of the Middle East State System
In our fourth lesson, we will be speaking about the creation of the Middle East state system in accordance with British and French designs after the First World War. First, we will discuss Egypt and how its distinct historical development gave way to a unique liberal experiment in Egypt during the 1920s and 1930s and consequently to a steady shift toward Islam and Arab nationalism. Second, we will discuss the area of the Fertile Crescent in comparison to Egypt and the creation of British (Palestine, Trans-Jordan, Iraq) and French mandates (Syria, Greater Lebanon) in this region. Our attention will then shift to the non-Arab states. We will learn about the creation of the Republic of Turkey on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire and the sweeping process of modernising reform under Mustafa Kemal. Lastly, we will take a look at Iran, which was, like Turkey, not a new state created by the Great Powers but a country with a long history and cultural tradition. Our discussion on Iran will include an overview of its history from early 16th century onwards as well as the basic principles of the Shi'a which shaped greatly the political culture in Iran.
IV. The Creation of the Middle East State System4:57
4.1 Egypt12:07
4.2 The Fertile Crescent1:07
4.3.1 The French Mandates: The Establishment of Greater Lebanon6:08
4.3.2 The French Mandates: The Establishment of Syria6:25
4.4 The British Mandates0:45
4.4.1 The British Mandates: The Palestine Question2:25
4.4.2 The British Mandates: Trans-Jordan7:38
4.4.3.1 The British Mandates: The Kingdom of Iraq - Part 15:55
4.5 The Saudis and the Hashemites in the Arabian Peninsula4:56
4.6.1.1 The Non-Arab States: The Republic of Turkey (part 1)3:58
4.6.2.1 The Non-Arab States: Iran (part 1)7:02
Professor Asher Susser
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And now we move to the Arabian Peninsula. And there to the relationship that developed between the Saudis and the Hashimites, leading eventually to the creation of the Independent Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as we know it today In Arabia, there was for centuries a very powerful alliance between a radical school of Islamic puritanical fundamentalism called the Wahhabis. In a political alliance with the Saudi family and it is this Saudi-Wahhabi alliance which eventually produced the Saudi Arabian kingdom. So who were these Wahhabis? They were a movement that appeared in the eighteenth century. Radical, puritanical against any form of modernization and change in Islam. And they, together with the family of Saud, controlled much of the Arabian Peninsula. The Ottomans, as we have already seen, used Mohammed Ali from Egypt, every now and then, to try and put them down but with no lasting success. And it was they, the [UNKNOWN] in alliance with the Saudis, who were the masters of most of Arabia. In the early twentieth century. The Hashemites controlled the Hejaz. That is, that coastal area of western Arabia, which included the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. As of the beginning of the twentieth century, there is little we know about the Arabian Peninsula. The population was perhaps somewhere around seven million, maybe even a lot less than that. There is no knowing what the largest city of the region, whether it was Mecca, Jeddah, Adna, Osana. None had a population of more than a 100000 inhabitants and this was an area that was hardly effected by the reforms of the nineteenth century, that had such a far-reaching effect in other parts of the region. Though the Ottomans, towards the very end of their rule, did manage to extend a more effective presence. At least to the Hijaz thanks to the building of the railway. They'd reached as farth off as Medina by 1908. Following the Ottoman collapse in the First World War, Britain had the upper hand in the region. Britain had already formed alliances with local tribal centers of power long before. One of these was the House of Saud. Which was the strongest in the Arabian Peninsula in the aftermath of the war and it was in the rivalry with Britain's other tribal allies, the Hashemites, who as we have seen cooperated with the British in the Arab revolt against the Ottomans during the war. The Hashemites under Hussein Ibn Ali had great ambitions more than their real power could sustain. And it is these great ambitions that brought them into a huge collision with the Saudi family, that proved to be a lot stronger than they. In 1917, Hussein Ibn Ali the leader of the Hashemite family, declared himself as the King of the Arabs. But he was recognized as such by no one, including the British; who would only accept him as the King of the Hajas. With it's Wahhabi forces, the Saudis defeated the Hashemites in a number of battles in the years after the war. And in the meantime, Hussein did not accept Britain's precondition for cooperation, that is, accepting the terms of the mandate order, especially in Palestine. And as a result of his unwillingness to cooperate with the British, the British eventually lost their patience with Hussein, abandoned him to his fate, and left him. To be defeated by the Saudis without much difficulty. Hussein made the ultimate provocation by declaring himself Khalif in 1924 immediately after the Turks had abolished the Khalifa. The Saudis made their final offensive, defeated the Hashemites. And the Saudis annexed the Hijaz in 1925, sending the Hashemites into exile. A few years later, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in it's present borders, was established under the leadership of Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud, and became a state independent in 1932. As for the Persian Gulf principalities, they were under British influence through long standing alliances with local sheiks that had begun in the late nineteenth century in places like Kuwait, Qatar, Trucial Oman, which is now the United Arab Emirates and the island of Bahrain.


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In Love with Forever Friday
Forever Friday: A Novel by Timothy Lewis Published September 3rd 2013 by WaterBrook Press
In a gripping love story that transcends time, author Timothy Lewis new title, Forever Fridays, is the narrative of the intense fire between a man and wife, and the fervent devotion crucial to fanning its flames.
Set within duel timelines, smooth transitions take us from present day Texas, where estate-sale specialist, Adam Coby, unearths a collection of sixty years of postcards hidden inside several photo albums. Not having recovered from the devastating heartbreak of a divorce two years ago, his brokenness stems not only from the loss of his future with his wife, but in what he sees as the staggering futility of love. As he casually reads through them, he experiences a flicker of hope that hidden in these postcards is the secret to maintaining a rich and long lasting love.
Falling into easy nostalgia with imperceptible seams and a graceful entry into a bygone era we learn the story of Gabe and Pearl Alexander beginning at the genesis and the birthplace of their love, 1920's Texas Coastal Bend. Tenderly chronicled within each missive is the story of a lifetime of a love not taken for granted, but nurtured and cultivated with the meticulousness that can only come from mutual devotion, unchanging and reaffirmed throughout the decades. Forever Friday is truly a beautiful and inspiring read, and resplendent in its telling, making this title one you'll want to read and re-read as you invest in your own love story.
A physical copy of this book was provided by the publisher or author for purposes of review.
The Temptation of Lila and Ethan
The Temptation of Lila and Ethan by Jessica Sorensen
Pub. date: May 6, 2014
Can true love ever survive in the brackish absence of light?
While superficially, The Temptation of Lila and Ethan is set in the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas, its true landscape lays within the treacherous darkness secreted within the title characters' separate pasts.
In the same meaningless way describing an ocean as being deep is factually correct, yet misses the point entirely, it would be simplistic and lacking to the point of irrelevance to limit Jessica Sorenson's work of fiction by depicting it as merely a romance novel.


Apartamentos Isla de Lobos, are for adults only and are located in the heart of Puerto del Carmen, 5 minutes walk from the main beach Playa Grande, and promendade connecting all the small coves and beaches in the area. There you will find banks, jewellery shops, chemists. clothing and electronics bazaars, perfume shops and numerous restaurants. The harbour and the old town are a 10 minute walk away as well as the Biosphere shopping center, post office, police etc.All apartments sleep from 4 -6 people and are equipped with satellite TV, radio music, safe (for rent), refrigerator, kitchen vitro, grill-microwave, coffee maker, kettle, toaster, hair dryer, iron etc. Separate bedrom with 2 beds (the quadruple double), wardrobes with mirrored doors, balcony or terrace, solarium with hammocks, mattresses and parasols, adult pool (heated in winter), Wi-Fi, pool bar. 5 days weekly cleaning, linen changed once and towels 3 times a week.The 26 apartments have been completely renovated and emphasize the high degree of comfort offered with its furnishings and equipment. It has a quiet and relaxing atmosphere , despite being close to shopping areas and entertainment, day or night, making them ideal to enjoy a short break, alone, in groups or in couples. Hotel Adults Only Please note that some facilities may have a local charge.


It's two weeks to Christmas! I'm trying my hardest to get into the festive spirit, but it's taking time this year – I wish I had time to make more presents and sing carols and eat mince pies, but it's all being crammed into evenings at the moment, when I actually just want to flop on the sofa… This weekend we are buying a real Christmas tree which I think will help me get into the festive mood – I've always had an artificial tree, and been fine with it, but this year I want the scent of pine to lift my mood and make me feel Christmassy!
One Christmas gift I've squeezed into an evening or two this year, is some Liqueurs – Limoncello and Arancello. Limoncello is an Italian sweet lemon liqueur, and Arancello is the orange version. The Arancello has the added flavours of cinnamon, vanilla and cardamom to give it a spicy, almost mulled, flavour. I've made the Limoncello before and it was a success, but the Arancello is new to me so I'll be interested to see how it tastes.
They're both made with vodka (again), as it's the spirit with the least flavour, lemon or orange peel, and sugar syrup.
I bought one litre bottle of vodka and made half-and-half of these, but I will put the amounts for each recipe down as though you're just making one or the other, then you can choose what you do!
Recipes taken from BBC Good Food here and here.
Both make approx. 2 litres of liqueur.
Remove the zest from the oranges or lemons using a peeler, try to make sure none of the white pith is left on the peel as it will make the drink taste bitter. You might need to scrape this off with a sharp knife.
Put the zest into one big jar, or several smaller ones if giving to multiple people. If making Arancello, add the cinnamon, cardamom and vanilla pod also. Add the vodka to the jars/bottles and leave for a week, shaking the jar each day.
After a week, you can add the sugar syrup. Put the sugar in a heatproof jug, then pour over the required amount of boiling water, and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Pour the syrup into the vodka mixture and leave for another week, shaking the jar regularly.
When the two weeks is up, strain the liqueur into your bottles, and throw away the peel (and spices). These drinks will keep bottled for 6 months, but I doubt they'll last that long!


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Het dier komt uit het geslacht Bailya en behoort tot de familie Buccinidae. Bailya morgani werd in 2009 beschreven door Watters.

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Breaking :Chief Of Air Staff Sadique Marries Humanitarian Affairs Minister Sadiya Farouk
CKN NIGERIA Published: September 24, 2020
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has married the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq.
Multiple sources confirmed to Daily Trust last night that the wedding Fatiha took place on Friday, September 18, 2020, at the Maitama Juma'a Mosque in Abuja.
"It is true that the chief of air staff and the humanitarian affairs minister have gotten married," one of the sources said.
"Very few people were invited to attend the wedding fatiha because the couple and those close to them didn't want to publicize the issue," he said.
Another source said the two have been in love for some time.
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Minister of Media and Information and Cabinet Spokesman, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa described today the Honoris Causa Doctorate presented to President Mahinda Rajapaksa from the People's Friendship University of Russia (former Lumumba University) as a rare feature as only few such doctorates have been presented in its history of fifty years.
Minister Yapa addressing the media at the weekly cabinet press briefing held today at the Government Information Department said this accomplishment brought glory to the country. "Only high level personalities are awarded such prestigious doctorates" he added.
He pointed out that the international relations initiated by the President have been very successful with countries coming forward to assist Sri Lanka in its economic development drive.
The Minister was confident of the UPFA gaining a two thirds majority at the forthcoming general election and rejected rumours that were being spread by the opposition to discredit the government. "Those who boast of democracy are the people who protest opposite courts of law",he noted.


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Puerto Rico's Statehood Movement is on the Verge of Collapsing
Pedro Caban, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow
Puerto Ricans went to the polls on November 3 to elect a new governor and hundreds of other officials, and yes, to vote on whether their colonized archipelago should become the 51st American state. The results signaled a resounding rejection of both major political parties. They also revealed a far more ambivalent attitude towards the territorial status question than pro-statehood proponents will admit.
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MARRY ON DOCTOR I
The gutter press has been rife with speculation about the marital outlook for Mrs Familiar Parker-Knoll, consort extraordinary to the Supreme Governor in waiting. More than anything they have been exercised by her clandestine meetings with Uncle George.
30 days can reveal that, so riveted was Her Organic Majesty by the religious and constitutional niceties of her instruction that the owner of the safe house where the secret talks took place, may be able to enhance the value by installing a blue plaque proclaiming "Queen Camilla slept here"
MARRY ON DOCTOR II
St James Palace spin doctors took Lambeth by surprise by leaking the news of Camilla's close encounters of an Archiepiscopal kind. The good doctor, of course, is perturbed at the apparent lack of urgency for the kilted kinglet to make an honest woman of his long term paramour – but conscious also of the constitutional crisis looming if he does.
Our Camilla was reported to be baffled by the conversations. What can have baffled her?
Uncle George's interest in her (virtually non-existent) religious views is not without purpose. As one of the few divorced women in the kingdom not seeking ordination Camilla is missing the obvious solution. The C. of E. could not envisage a straight forward rematch but …. as a fully fledged priestess she would be simply following a well – trodden and synodically approved path.
FOLLOW THAT CAR.
Following on the recent number plate sighting of V1CAR, 30 Days has been apprised of several others. Most notable, in this time of austerity, is the employee at Church House with a Porsche bearing the plate SINOD, and a stonking red Ferrari at St Albans Diocesan House bearing the number of the beast, 666.
Beating both of these into a cocked hat (and incidentally revealing the more modest nature of the Asian Almighty) was a sighting of the Khan family's modest green BMW at Brent Cross proclaiming A11AH K.
Prayer Book devotees should remain secure in the knowledge that God is still an Englishman and drives a Bentley.
VEN.MEN (AND WOMEN).
News that 684 clergy persons applied for the vacant Archdeacon job in Salisbury diocese is startlingly good news for Carey's Cabinet.
Given that, excluding curates, those nearing retirement, the blacklisted and the lunatics, this is approximately 10 per cent of the workforce ,this shows not only laudable ambition but a realistic assessment of the future of parishes under the Turnbull plan. If another 10 per cent could be persuaded to be as forward thinking and managerial each diocese could have 30 Archdeacons running locality worship centres with a couple of priests and the rest down to non–stipendiaries and the retired. The upwardly mobile get the status they desire, the dioceses get the clergy cost cuts they require.
Who will be the first brave diocesan to advertise for a suffragan ?
A NEW ENCUMBRIANCE.
Rose Castle, the stately seat of Bishops of Carlisle, is preparing to meet its new occupant, Graham Dow, Bishop of Willesden. One of David Hope's finest appointments in London has now been poached to join the glittering array of episcopal talent in the northern province.
Dow, or the "demon king" as he is affectionately known to charismatic cognoscenti, is just the man to exorcise the masonic stronghold of Penrith and finally lay to rest the Croglin Hall Vampire.
Carlisle is about to learn the meaning of a "hands-on" bishop.
CAROLINE DIVINE
Congratulations to Barry Bristol. First to ordain women to the priesthood and now first to confirm a male priest into womanhood.
Eschewing those uncompassionate reactionaries who raise doubts about the wisdom of transgendering, our Bazza has swung his support behind the Revd. Peter Stone's desire to become "Carol". There are, he claims, "no legal, ethical or moral objections" to Mr Stone having the operation and continuing as vicar of Upper Stratton near Swindon. He cites, in support, the full backing of Uncle George. Both men realise that this event will add a whole new dimension to the debate about gender and trump the traditionalists arguments completely. If a priest can become a woman, how can you argue that a woman can't become a priest? And when Peter becomes Carol – something he has apparently dreamed of since he was five years old and throughout his two previous marriages – he has no immediate plans to remarry.
Judgmental Catholics should recall that the present Pope started life as plain "Karol" .
SMEAR CHRISTIANITY
Worshippers at St Luke's, Holloway enjoyed a rare treat recently. As part of the "Art in Sacred Spaces" exhibition, performance artist Bobby Baker danced up and down the aisle representing sin by smearing herself with ketchup, wine, mustard, salad dressing and mint sauce.
Particularly appropriate the last item as the vicar is the Reverend Scott LAMB.
WALLIS AND GRANDAD.
The Church of England Newspaper is advertising for a new sub – editor who must be "a stickler for accuracy". Not a moment too soon! In the self-same issue the editorial reminds us that the monarchy nearly came to grief over the relationship between Wallis Simpson and Edward the Seventh.
Unless this is one of those rare cases of posthumous adultery, for which even the Board of Social Responsibility doesn't have a working party, then the famous exponent of "Legover Langtrey" must have been an intercontinental child molester.
Those who miss Bishop David Jenkins' regular festival undermining of key parts of the Christian faith have found a worthy successor. Good old John Spong may have retired, but retiring he is not.
He has become the theological contributor to the new Internet sex magazine, The Position, started by a former editor of Penthouse ( not an architectural periodical). There, alongside colleagues like Candida Royale, a former porn star, and Annie Sprinkle, who reviews the most gut wrenching film perversions, Spongiform treats us to his deep wisdom about the sexual bias of the Ten Commandments, the delights of the goddess and the evils of patriarchy.
Like most parish magazines it has regular columns but with up to date titles. For "Strange But True" read "Queer and Now", the cookery page is under "Thandie's Cake Fetishism" and the traditional charity appeal = "Nighties For The Needy".
Presumably "Four Breasts Are Better Than Two" is a meditation on Diana of the Ephesians.
I'LL GET YOU, BUTLER
Fans of the old sitcom, "On the Buses", will remember the above phrase all too well as the crafty Reg Varney (Butler) tried to escape the wrath of petty minded Inspector "Blakey"??.
A conversation at a recent Southwark meeting gave the phrase a whole new meaning. The Bishop, also a Butler, turned in exasperation to an unsympathetic member of the Vacancy in See Committee and said, " Well you voted for me."
"Actually", came the amused reply, "yours was not one of the names on our list."
This only adds fuel to the rumour that "Sir" John Holroyd got the Crown Appointments list mixed up with his old friend the Provost's request for senior domestic staff.
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Countdown to the World Premiere of For Sama
By Ed WattsMarch 7, 2019Documentaries, Film, For Sama, Syria
Truly excited that my first ever feature documentary, that I have been working on with and about the incredible Waad Al Kateab for a year and a half, will premiere at SXSW festival in less than a week on Monday 11th March.
It tells the story of Waad's journey through love, marriage and motherhood across five years of the revolution in Aleppo, Syria. Waad shot it all herself, giving a unique female perspective on the struggle that has not been seen before.
She, her husband Hamza and their baby daughter Sama are some of the most incredible people I have ever met. They faced the darkest horrors – shelling, airstrikes, attacks by chemical weapons – with courage, honesty and humour throughout.
In many ways, this is the film I have always wanted to make. It tells the truth about the Syrian uprising from its beginning to its end.
At last people will experience the uprising through the eyes of real Syrian people, undistorted by lies or propaganda – and gain a deeper understanding of this tragedy we have allowed to unfold before our eyes.
Even more importantly, it shows how the human spirit is stronger than the weapons of tyrants. An inspiring message for us all in these troubled times.
If you're in Austin for the fest, hope to see you at one of our three screenings.
Want to work together? Get in touch
Edward Watts Films Ltd.
To get in touch please email me on: ed@edwardwattsfilms.com
For Sama selected for Cannes Film Festival 2019
For Sama coming to Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Canada
For Sama wins Audience Award at SXSW
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In sea of uncertainty, how should retailers plan for 2022?
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Retail Viewpoint: how should retailers plan for 2022?
Even before the world first heard of COVID-19, retailers had been rightly questioning if their traditional planning process was broken. Consumers' behavior has become much more fickle, while their expectations from retailers have shot up over the last few years. Simply plugging in the prior year's numbers, then, was already beginning to feel unreliable and incomplete. But the onset of the pandemic has completely upended planning.
Considering how much the world and consumer behavior has changed over the last 18 months, trends and numbers from 2019 are almost certainly dated and stale, while 2020 was just a fundamentally unusual year. And although 2021 has offered some indications of what our post-pandemic future holds, there are still too many unknowns. In addition, data from this year will be skewed by macro factors such as pent-up consumer demand, the federal stimulus feeding a shopping frenzy, supply chain stresses, among others.
All this means that many retailers are scratching their heads about how to plan for 2022. So, what is the answer? For years now, retailers have been talking about balancing the art and science of retail, but now is the time to really embrace the science part of it. Retailers must take a mathematical approach to planning and build a model that incorporates multiple drivers and variables, is updated much more frequently, and gets smarter over time by constantly learning and applying insights to future analyses (Figure 1).
While there is no recommended single model, predictive analytics can help clearly identify drivers and adjust how each factor is weighted to make an informed and defensible forecast. The main goal of the model is to understand how each variable impacts the output, which can help you stay nimble and adapt quickly. There are three main steps to building a model:
Determine your baseline: This can be achieved by identifying key demand-supply inputs during other instances where stores were closed, there were severe supply dislocations, or situations where business had to be restarted. Examples of such instances could be during prior extreme weather events such as hurricanes or trade or port strikes.
Identify data sources that will predict outcomes: This would not only include your internal numbers, but also factors such as government data to model where new COVID-19 outbreaks may occur and external foot traffic data to estimate the probability of store visits.
Iterate and learn continuously: Be prepared to continuously forecast. As new data becomes available and inputs change, predictive models will update, and a strategic response will be required.
There are both demand and supply considerations when building a model, and each input demands thoughtfully answering several questions around it. Demand considerations include channel shifts, category shifts, traffic fluctuations, and pricing and promotions strategy, while supply considerations include labor, materials, and transportation.
Demand considerations
Channel shifts: Determine how your channel mix has shifted and if consumer behavior by channel has changed. Are customers who made the move over likely to stick to digital channels only going forward? Honestly assess if your inventory is truly flexible in an omnichannel world. How are your main competitors investing in channel capabilities and which way is the broader market trending?
Category spending shifts: What categories gained during the pandemic, and are these trends expected to hold or reverse? Assess if customer priority changes impacted demand in certain categories and how any upcoming macro trends, such as back in the office or back to school, may affect sales. What category bets are your competitors making, and has the category competitive landscape changed due to the recent shifts?
Traffic fluctuations: How was your traffic impacted by COVID-19 and are these changes likely to be permanent? This may vary by location and geography and by overall population fluctuations in certain areas. Ask how your customer loyalty mix and share of wallet may have changed. Then determine if your competitors are seeing similar shifts.
Pricing and promotions: Determine if your customers became less or more value-oriented during the pandemic. What impact could changes in discretional spending have on your pricing decisions, and what will the future of stimulus payments -- or lack thereof -- have on purchasing power? Relatedly, are you planning to be more or less promotional than the year before?
Supply considerations
Labor supply: Determine how labor availability has been affected for manufacturing units and factories, as well as for various store locations and distribution and fulfilment centers. How are prevailing economic and social conditions affecting labor cost and supply?
Availability of materials: Assess if and how labor constraints may, in turn, affect the supply of raw materials. In addition, account for any shortages in availability of materials, such as chips, that are predicted to last in the short and medium term. Account for suppliers that have either faced or caused issues during the lockdown and beyond, including making down payment demands, showing unwillingness to store goods, and not receiving credit.
Transportation issues: The current customs and shipping backlogs must be accounted for in any planning exercise. In addition, the cost of both shipping and trucking has gone up significantly, which must be factored in.
Inflation and cost increases: Identify changes to raw material cost and any impact of inflation on supply. Are necessary materials too expensive to meet margin targets? Monitor costs to maintain visibility to potential shifts in cost of goods.
The number and variability of these factors suggests that meaningful and accurate planning for the coming year will be among the harder challenges a retailer would have faced. However, this is an opportunity to swiftly make lasting improvements that were making their way to the industry at a much slower pace. The pandemic and its fallout have prompted businesses to take a closer, more critical look at the way things were always done and, in many cases, the resulting change has led to better workflows and increased efficiency. For retail, this forcing mechanism holds the promise of bringing in a much-needed sea change in accuracy and speed of decision-making.
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