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REVIEW: Noon by Aatish Taseer
Aatish Taseer
Faber & Faber
300 pp / $25
In January 2011, Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, was assassinated in Islamabad by his own bodyguard. As the world took stock of this brutal killing, passed off as an act of patriotism, so too did Salman's estranged half-Indian son Aatish.
Aatish Taseer is the author of two already notable works. The Temple-Goers is his debut novel, a tense political thriller full of bribery, betrayal, and murder. His sophomore effort, Stranger to History, is a memoir analyzing the Muslim world, and its scathing critiques strained his already distant relationship with his father. Taseer was all set to climb out of polemics and delve back into the world of fiction when his father was surprisingly murdered. This tragedy adds palpable urgency to Noon, a sprawling account of moral degradation in late 20th/early 21st century India and Pakistan.
Noon is Rehan Tabassum's coming of age story. Like Taseer himself, Rehan's heritage is split. He lives in Delhi with his mother, a successful lawyer now married to a wealthy industrialist, but his biological father, a telecommunications mogul, is a Pakistani Muslim living in Port bin Qasim. Curiosity for this buried root of his family tree draws Rehan out of the opulent comfort of his mother's Indian home down into the seedy underbelly of Pakistan.
Noon reflects many of the experiences of its author. In his early 20s, Taseer visited several Islamic countries, including Iran, Turkey, and Saudia Arabia, in order to gather material for Stranger to History. He capped it off with a visit to Pakistan, where he finally met his real father. Rehan attempts to forge a similar relationship by navigating his real father's corrupt world. Noon's careful yet nimble prose captures the visceral quality of this world in decline through a keenly critical and coldly detached lens.
The non-linear narrative begins in 2006, jumps back to 1989, and then jumps back further to 1986 before plowing through two decades. By the time we reach 2011, an apropos summary of the journey thus far is offered. "If everyone has a book in them," Rehan says, his own cannot be one with "a beginning, a middle and an end." It is a mistake, he concludes, to "string life together" in an attempt to "appear as whole before the world." Speaking as a surrogate for Taseer, Rehan is one-hundred percent correct: Noon does not appear as whole before the world. By Part 3, one wonders what the big picture is. The truth, if we take Rehan/Taseer at their word, is that there is no big picture. This isn't a problem per se, but there will be many readers looking for one and coming up empty-handed.
Those not in need of such grandiosity will enjoy the narrative circularity. Moral corruption, greed, and violence are not glamorized or sensationalized; they are recursive facts of life, eternally returning as Nietzsche would've guessed, and modern day Pakistan is not immune. As we jump from decade to decade, from protagonist to protagonist, we finally settle on Rehan's quest. But at this point, we wonder if Noon is, in fact, Rehan's story, and not India and Pakistan's story?
Noon's non-linearity invites one minor pitfall: internal comparison. It's hard not to choose which of the five sections is best (six if you count the litany of blog posts at the end, which is a clever way to conclude this kind of novel). For my money, it's Part 3, "Notes from a Burglary (2006)." It pops with the verve of a great detective story, filled with suspense and scandal, but also empathy and even meta-fiction. Without giving anything away, it is a marvelously constructed mystery with a pulpy yet mildly ridiculous scenario, witty without being laborious. Best of all, it finally threads the main narrative yarn. In the prologue, we know that Rehan is venturing to Port bin Qasim in search of his real father. By the end of Part 3, we are convinced (without being told!) as to why.
Ultimately, Noon feels like a collection of short vignettes. Flannery O'Connor proved that it's possible to compile short stories into one master narrative (see Wise Blood), but she never played with narrative time like Taseer does. Noon attempts to be big, and it is quite literally big, spanning two decades and all. But it doesn't feel big. It also doesn't feel small. It will feel different to different readers. Much as it willfully rejects appearing as whole before the world, Noon doesn't feel whole inside the reader. That appears to be the point — feeling "unwhole" is more akin to our actual human experience.
— Stephen Spencer lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He has an M.A. in English Literature from Brooklyn College and is currently teaching composition there. He writes creatively in his spare time.
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Legality of Stun Gun or Pepper Spray in Jamaica
by Adaphadell
(Atlanta, USA)
QUESTION: Is it legal to shipped a stun Gun or pepper spray to Jamaica from the United States, and are they Legal to carry on your person in Jamaica, or do I need a permit? If I do where do I apply for a permit.
ANSWER: by Devin, December 24, 2012
Stun guns and pepper sprays are both prohibited items on the list of items permitted to enter the island, whether shipped or carried on the person.
Over the years there has been discussions regarding both, but to date there is no documented evidence that permission has been granted to any person or organization to undertake the importation of these weapons.
As it relates to the stun guns, discussions have been put forward by not only human rights defenders but also the public why they should remain banned items.
Recent talks have been surfacing regarding the escalation in police shootings and excessive force used by them to equip them with non-lethal weapons such as the stun guns, as a strategic means to help reduce these shootings. Despite all that, there is no finality as to the decisions taken.
Regarding pepper sprays, arguments are more lenient but they still remain a prohibited item. One line of argument put forward brought it down to the prohibition of importing the sprays unless given permission by the relevant governing bodies, but no permission is needed for their possession by individuals on their person.
Unlawful use of these sprays could, however, see persons answerable to the laws of the land related to weapons and their uses.
Further information can be had from the following links/offices listed below.
www.jamaicaobserver.com/.../Tasers-can-be-vey-harmful_10740901
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Objective: The effect of Lactobacillus casei CRL 431 immunomodulatory activity on inflammation and coagulation during pneumococcal pneumonia was investigated in malnourished mice. Methods: Weaned mice were malnourished after they consumed a protein-free diet for 21 d. Malnourished mice were treated for 7 d with a balanced conventional diet (BCD) with L. casei supplementation (BCD+Lc) or without it. The malnourished control group received only a protein-free diet whereas well-nourished control (WNC) mice consumed BCD ad libitum. Mice were challenged by the intranasal route with pneumococci at the end of each dietary treatment. Lung injury, leukocyte recruitment, cytokine production, coagulation tests, and fibrin(ogen) deposition in lungs were evaluated. Results: Malnourished control mice showed impaired leukocyte recruitment and cytokine production, and more severe lung injuries when compared with WNC mice. Coagulation tests were significantly impaired in malnourished control group versus WNC group. Repletion with BCD or BCD+Lc improved these parameters, but only BCD+Lc mice achieved the values of WNC mice. In addition, the interleukin-10 level was higher in the BCD+Lc group than in the WNC group. Conclusion: Repletion with supplemental L. casei accelerated recovery of the defense mechanisms against pneumococci by inducing different cytokine profiles. These cytokines would be involved in the improvement of the immune response and in the induction of a more efficient regulation of the inflammatory process, limiting the injury caused by infection. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: COAGULATION SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALNOURISHED MICE; PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; Otras Ciencias Biológicas; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS.
Estudios comparativos entre leche humana y leche de vaca para evaluar su impacto en la recuperación de las células de sangre y de médula ósea afectadas en ratones desnutridos.
Comparative studies between human and cow milks in order to evaluate the impact of both milks on the recovery of blood and bone marrow cells affected in malnourished mice.
Keywords: Malnourished mice; Human milk; Cows milk; Blood cells; Bone marrow cells; Nutrición, Dietética; Ciencias de la Salud; CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD.
We studied the effect of Lactobacillus casei CRL 431 used as a supplement in a repletion diet on the resistance to Streptococcus pneumoniae respiratory infection in malnourished mice. Weaned mice were malnourished after they consumed a protein-free diet (PFD) for 21 d. Malnourished mice were fed a balanced conventional diet (BCD) with or without supplemental L. casei for 7, 14, or 21 consecutive days, or BCD for 7 d with L. casei supplementation on d 6 and 7 (7dBCD2dLc). The malnourished control (MNC) group was fed only the PFD, whereas well-nourished control (WNC) mice consumed the BCD ad libitum. Mice were challenged with S. pneumoniae at the end of each dietary treatment. Lung colonization and bacteremia were significantly greater in MNC than in WNC. Normalization of the immune response occurred in malnourished mice fed the BCD for 21d. L. casei supplementation reduced the time required for a normal response from 21 to 7 d. Mice administered the 7dBCD2dLc repletion treatment had a more effective pathogen clearance from blood and significantly lower lung damage than MNC. This treatment improved both the number of leukocytes and neutrophils in blood and bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) and the bactericidal function of phagocytic cells to levels that did not differ from those of WNC. In the 7dBCD2dLc mice, antipneumococcal IgA in BAL was higher than in WNC, whereas antipneumococcal IgG in serum and BAL did not differ. This study suggests that the addition of L. casei to the repletion diet has a beneficial effect because it accelerates the recovery of the innate immune response and improves the specific immune mechanisms against an S. pneumoniae respiratory infection in malnourished mice.
Keywords: LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; MALNUTRITION MICE; LUNG INFECTION; Otras Ciencias Biológicas; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS.
This work studied the influence of Lactobacillus casei on cytokine production during repletion of malnourished mice in the face of an infectious challenge. In addition, the number and function of cells involved in the immune response against a respiratory infection was evaluated. Weaned mice were malnourished after consuming a protein-free diet (PFD) for 21 days. Malnourished mice were fed a balanced conventional diet (BCD) for 7 days or BCD for 7 days with L. casei supplementation on day 6 and day 7 (BCD+Lc). The malnourished control group (MNC) received PFD while the well-nourished control (WNC) mice consumed BCD. Mice were challenged intranasally with Streptococcus pneumoniae at the end of each dietary treatment. Malnutrition impaired the levels of serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10. In addition, neutrophil number and activity, lymphocyte maturation and bone marrow CD4+, CD8+ and CD19+ cells number, were also impaired in the MNC group. Repletion with BCD induced a slight improvement in some of the parameters studied. However, when L. casei was added to the BCD, a normalisation of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 values after infection and an increase in the levels of IL-10 and IL-4 compared to the WNC group was observed. Moreover, BCD+Lc induced a significant improvement in blood and bone marrow cells. Consequently, the use of L. casei as a supplement in a repletion diet was associated with a pattern of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines that led to an increased number and functionality of the cells that participate in the immune response against a pneumococcal infection.
Keywords: CYTOKINE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALNOURISHED MICE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE.
The effect of the oral administration of Lactobacillus casei on the prevention of a Streptococcus pneumoniae lung infection in a mouse experimental model was studied, analyzing the innate and specific immune response. Adult Swiss albino mice were treated with L. casei (109 CFU/day) for 2, 5 and 7 d. Mice were infected intranasally with S. pneumoniae (106 CFU/mouse) after each treatment and the microbiological, histopathological and host responses were determined for 15 d after infection. Feeding L. casei for 2 d induced a faster clearance of S. pneumoniae, with a lower number of pneumococci in lung and a shorter period of septicemia than in the control group. L. casei administration induced activation of phagocytes as evidenced by the strong myeloperoxidase activity and the nitro blue tetrazolium assay in lung. Mice given L. casei for 2 d showed higher levels of anti-pneumococcal serum IgG and bronchoalveolar lavage IgA than the control mice. The group fed L. casei for 2 d could beneficially regulate the balance between tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 10, allowing a more effective immune response against infection and modulating the inflammatory response, with less damage to the lung. © 2006 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
Keywords: LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LUNG INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; Otras Ciencias Biológicas; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS.
Lactobacilllus casei CRL 431 has the ability to modulate the local and systemic immune responses, which are significantly involved in liver injury caused by hepatotoxins. This work was conducted to determine whether L. casei has a preventive effect on the hepatic damage undergone during an acute liver injury (ALI). Methods: ALI was induced by an intraperitoneal injection of D-galactosamine (D-Gal). Different groups of mice received 1× 10 9 L. casei cells/day/mouse for 2 days before D-Gal injection. Blood and liver samples were obtained 0, 6, 12, and 24 h after D-Gal administration. Results: D-Gal induced increases in serum aminotransferases, reduced the number of blood leukocytes, enhanced neutrophil myeloperoxidase activity, increased dead cells, and altered prothrombin time and plasma fibrinogen levels. The preventive treatment with L. casei for 2 days modulated the innate immune response. This effect was shown by the earlier normalization of white blood cell counts, myeloperoxidase activity and aminotransferases levels. However, the haemostatic parameters were only partially recovered. The favourable effects obtained could be due to the capacity of L. casei to moderate the inflammatory response at the site of the injury with less damage to liver tissue.
Lactobacillus casei CRL 431 a la capacité de moduler les réponses immunes locale et systémique, lesquelles sont significativement impliquées dans le dommage au foie causé par les hépatotoxines. Ce travail a été réalisé pour déterminer si L. casei pouvait prévenir des dommages hépatiques subits lors d'une atteinteé hépatique aigue¨ (AHA). Méthode : l'AHA a été induite par une injection intrapéritonéale de D-galactosamine (D-Gal). Différents groupes d'animaux ont rec¸u 1 109 cellules/jour/souris (L. casei) pendant 2 jours avant l'injection de D-Gal. Des échantillons de sang et de foie ont été prélevés 0, 6, 12 et 24 h aprés l'administration de D-Gal. Résultats : La D-Gal a induit une augmentation de l'activité des aminotransférases sériques, une réduction du nombre de leucocytes sanguins et une augmentation de l'activité de la myéloperoxydase des neutrophiles. Un traitement préventif a` L. casei pendant 2 jours a contribé a` moduler la réponse immune innée. Cet effet a été mis en évidence par la normalisation précoce de globules blancs sanguins, de l'activité de la MPO ainsi que des niveaux d'aminotransférases. Cependant, les paramétres hémostatiques n'étaient que partiellement recouvrés. Les effets favorables obtenus pourraient ^etre dus a` la capacité de L. casei a` moduler la réponse inflammatoire au site atteint, résultant en un dommage moindre du tissu hépatique.
Keywords: ACUTE LIVER INJURY; BLOOD COAGULATION; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; Otras Ciencias Biológicas; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS.
This work evaluated the effect of orally or nasally administered Lactobacillus rhamnosus CRL1505 on the resistance of immunocompromised protein-malnourished mice to pneumococcal infection. In particular, we aimed to gain knowledge of the mechanism involved in the immunomodulatory effect of L. rhamnosus CRL1505 in malnourished hosts by evaluating its impact on the immuno-coagulative response. Malnutrition significantly increased lung tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Lung damage was associated with a deregulated activation of coagulation and an altered inflammatory response. Pneumococcal colonization of lung and bacteremia were significantly reduced (p < 0.05) in malnourished mice receiving the CRL1505 strain. Moreover, mice repleted with supplemental L. rhamnosus CRL1505 showed the least alteration of the alveolar–capillary barrier and cell damage in lungs after the infectious challenge, especially when the CRL1505 strain was administered by nasal route. Besides, mice treated with L. rhamnosus CRL1505 showed an improved respiratory innate immune response and a lower activation of coagulation. The results of this work indicate that L. rhamnosus CRL1505 is able to beneficially modulate the inflammation–coagulation interaction after respiratory infections in malnourished hosts.
Cet ouvrage a évalué l'impact d'une administration par voie orale ou nasale de Lactobacillus rhamnosus sur la résistance a` l'infection aux pneumocoques chez des souris immunocompromises carencées en protéines. Nous nous sommes surtout employés a` mieux comprendre le mécanisme qui opère lorsque L. rhamnosus module a` la hausse le système immunitaire d'hôtes mal alimentés, en mesurant son incidence sur la réponse immuno-coagulante. La malnutrition a augmenté dans une proportion significative les dommages aux tissus pulmonaires provoqués par l'infection a` Streptococcus pneumoniae. Les dommages pulmonaires étaient associés a` une activation incontrôlée de la coagulation et a` une réponse inflammatoire modifiée. La colonisation pulmonaire par les pneumocoques et la bactériémie étaient significativement inférieures (p < 0,05) chez les souris a` qui on avait donné la souche CRL1505. Par ailleurs, les souris ayant reçu un supplément de L. rhamnosus CRL1505 étaient celles où l'on observait le moins de changements dans la barrière alvéolaire–capillaire, et de dommages cellulaires au niveau des poumons a` la suite de l'infection expérimentale, surtout lorsque la souche CRL1505 était administrée par voie nasale. En outre, les souris traitées avec L. rhamnosus CRL1505 ont fait preuve d'une meilleure réponse immunitaire innée au niveau des voies respiratoires et d'une plus faible activation de la coagulation. Les résultats de ces travaux tendent a` démontrer que L. rhamnosus CRL1505 est capable de moduler avantageusement l'interaction de inflammation avec la coagulation a` la suite d'infections respiratoires chez des hôtes souffrant de malnutrition.
Keywords: LUNG DAMAGE; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; HEMOSTASIS; MALNOURISHED MICE; INFLAMMATION; HÉMOSTASIE; DOMMAGES PULMONAIRES souris mal nourries; SOURIS MAL NOURRIES; Otras Ciencias Médicas; Otras Ciencias Médicas; CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD; Inmunología; Medicina Básica; CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD.
We studied the systemic effects of the intranasal administration of Lactobacillus casei on the immuno-coagulative response in pneumoccocal infection in immunocompromised mice. Weaned mice consumed a protein-free diet (PFD) for 21 days and were therefore malnourished. Malnourished mice were fed a balanced conventional diet (BCD) for 7 days (BCD group) or a BCD for 7 days with nasal administration of viable L. casei on days 6 and 7 (BCD+LcN group). The malnourished control mice (MNC) received a PFD, whereas the well-nourished control mice (WNC) continually consumed a BCD. At the end of the treatment period, the mice were infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae. At different times after infection, we analysed the following parameters: global coagulation system, activation of coagulation, coagulation inhibitors, platelet count, leukocyte count and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, total proteins, albumin and acute phase proteins (APPs). The MNC group showed greater impairment in the coagulation tests and an increase in the positive APPs. These parameters were normalized by the L. casei treatment. However, the number of leukocytes, decreased by malnutrition, was improved only by the administration of L. casei. After infection, the BCD+LcN group showed similar results to those of the WNC group for most of the haemostatic parameters. The BCD+LcN group did not show significant variations in the prothrombin time or in the level of anticoagulant protein C, but showed higher levels of fibrinogen, platelets, albumin, leukocytes and MPO activity compared with the different experimental groups. The intranasal administration of L. casei was effective in modulating the pro-inflammatory aspects of coagulation without affecting coagulation itself.
Keywords: MALNOURISHED MICE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; HEMOSTASIS; INFLAMMATION; ACUTE PHASE PROTEINS; Otras Medicina Básica; Medicina Básica; CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD.
This study evaluated the effect of nasally administered Lactobacillus rhamnosus CRL1505 on the immuno-coagulative response during pneumococcal infection in immunocompetent mice. In addition, we aimed to gain insight in the knowledge of the mechanism involved in the immunomodulatory effect of the L. rhamnosus CRL1505 strain by evaluating the role of Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2. Results showed that nasally administered L. rhamnosus CRL1505 effectively regulate inflammation and hemostatic alterations during the pneumococcal infection. Immunobiotic treatment significantly reduced permeability of the bronchoalveolar?capillarity barrier, and general cytotoxicity, decreasing lung tissue damage. The CRL1505 strain improved the production of TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-10 after pneumococcal challenge. In addition, increased thrombomodulin (TM) and reduced tissue factor (TF) expressions were found in lungs of L. rhamnosus CRL1505-treated mice. Moreover, we demonstrated for the first time that TLR2 signaling pathway has a role in the induction of IFN-γ and IL-10 and the reduction of TF. Results also allow us to speculate that a pattern recognition receptor (PRR), other than TLR2, may mediate the immunobiotic activity of L. rhamnosus CRL1505 and could explain changes in TNF-α and TM.
Keywords: HEMOSTASIS-INFLAMMATION; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS CRL1505; LUNG INJURY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; Inmunología; Medicina Básica; CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD.


New Delhi: In a move which could unsettle the Prime Minister's plan to convene the second conference on Kashmir in Srinagar, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq today said the Hurriyat would soon organise a parallel roundtable of the 'five regions of J-K'. In an exclusive interview to The Indian Express after his return from Pakistan-he attended the Karachi Conference of the World Social Forum-the Hurriyat chairman also called upon the leadership of India and Pakistan to join in the 'creation of a broader consensus for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute'. He said the five J-K regions were Kashmir, Jammu, Ladakh, Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and Gilgit. 'It is our desire that the leadership of India and Pakistan also participate in the conference. This will make the exercise productive'. The dates for the roundtable will be finalised at the next executive committee meeting of the Hurriyat. Though the roundtable is seen as a move to pre-empt the Prime Minister's Srinagar Conference, Mirwaiz refused to relate the two. 'There is no connection between the two. We are trying for a broader Kashmir consensus. It is a kind of intra-Kashmir dialogue and an attempt to get everybody on board,' he said. Describing his visit to Pakistan as 'a great success', he said for the first time in four visits in the last 10 months, he had a meeting with the senior leadership of Pak Jamaat-I-Islami, a support base of Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani. 'I had a detailed interaction with the Jamaat leadership at the party's Lahore headquarters. I discussed the ideas of demilitarisation and self-governance for Kashmir and tried to clear their doubts,' he said, adding he was assured of a constructive response. 'I told them we should rise above party politics, and discuss an acceptable way out for Kashmir'. Among the JI leaders he met was the daughter of the Pak Jamaat chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad. She is an MP of the Muttahida Majlis Ammal, a group of Pakistan's hardline religious organisations. The Hurriyat, Mirwaiz said, would launch a fresh public mobilisation drive in Jammu, as part of its efforts to rally the pre-dominantly Hindu population of the province around the peace process. 'Last time, we held a public rally in Jammu city. This time we will move to the hinterland,' he said. There will be Hurriyat public rallies in Rajouri and Poonch, two border districts hit by militancy.


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AccueilInfoguerreThe EU Response to Russian Disinformation
The EU Response to Russian Disinformation
20 janvier 2023 Infoguerre
Source — EUvsDiSiNFO gsclibrary — 20 January 2023
Countering disinformation
The EU response to disinformation
Learn more about pro-Kremlin disinformation
Tackling Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference
The fight against disinformation is a long-term challenge for European democracies and societies. Disinformation undermines the trust of citizens in democracy and democratic institutions. It also contributes to the polarisation of public views and interferes in democratic decision-making processes.
Countering disinformation has become particularly urgent in the context of the Russian war in Ukraine. A disinformation campaign of an unparalleled magnitude has been carried out by Russia since the eve of and during its war of aggression against Ukraine began on 24 February 2022. As part of the Kremlin's hybrid warfare, Ukraine is a target of propaganda and disinformation spread by the Kremlin and other pro-Russian groups.
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Following the call of the European Council in March 2015 for actions to challenge Russia's ongoing disinformation campaigns, the EU has strengthened its capabilities to identify and counter disinformation and deal with hybrid threats. Among these initiatives, the European External Action Service (EEAS) East StratCom Task Force established the EUvsDisinfo platform. Its mandate is to forecast, address, and respond to Russia's disinformation campaigns affecting the European Union, its Member States, and countries in the region.
Since February 2022, EU vs Disinformation has tracked more than 237 disinformation cases relating to Ukraine, and more than 5,500 total disinformation cases about Ukraine since its establishment in 2015 (out of more than 13,000 total examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation).
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Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) – also often labelled as "disinformation" – is a growing political and security challenge for the European Union. The capacity of the EEAS to address the FIMI challenge has grown significantly since 2015, when the problem first appeared on the EU's political agenda. In addition to a more precise understanding and diagnosis of the problem – from 'fake news', to 'disinformation', to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference – the EEAS has been developing and improving the means to prevent, deter and respond to FIMI. It has done so in close contact and collaboration with other EU institutions, Member States, international partners such as the G7 and NATO, civil society organizations, academia, journalists, media and private industry. In addition, the three Strategic Communications Task Forces cover and help respond to FIMI activity in the Eastern Partnership, the Southern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans. The EEAS is also working to protect its CSDP missions abroad and build capacities of EU Delegations to address FIMI.
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Lung Cancer Screening Should Consider Patients' Occupations
Society | Queens College, The Graduate Center
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that adults of a certain age range and smoking history receive lung cancer screenings once a year. However, research by Professor Steven Markowitz (Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY) supports the idea that other high-risk groups should receive routine scans, too.
In a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, Markowitz and colleagues demonstrate that health professionals should also consider a patient's occupation when deciding whether to screen for lung cancer. "No screening is harmless, and it also costs money," Markowitz said. "We work to target those who can best benefit. How do we identify the mix of risk factors and level of risk where benefits clearly outweigh the harms?"
The investigators used low-dose CT scans to conduct initial screenings and one-year follow-ups for over 7,000 nuclear weapons workers across the U.S. These workers can experience exposure to carcinogens such as asbestos, beryllium, and radiation.
"Using occupational exposure as a risk factor in combination with age and smoking history, we found a sizable number of lung cancers," Markowitz said. "Two-thirds of the cases were at an early stage, when surgery should be able to cure the disease."
Markowitz also directs the Worker Health Protection Program, which brings free medical screening to workers at Department of Energy sites, to help catch work-related problems in their early stages.
Co-authors also include Amy Manowitz, Amaka Onyekelu-Eze, Albert Miller, and Lewis Pepper (retired) of the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College. Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs in the New Jersey Health Care System, United Steelworkers, and Duke University also collaborated on the study.
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Q: Stationary Phase approximtion for this type of integral I would like to approximate the following integral for large $t$ :
$I(t)=\int_0^{\pi}dx f(x)e^{iS(x)t}$
$S$ is real and $S'(0)=S'(\pi)=0$.
$f$ is real and $f(0)=f(\pi)=0$ and $f'(0)=f'(\pi)=0$.
Can one do this for this type of integral?
Thank you.

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Lyric Notes
October 2015 Lyric Notes
Susan Stroman on The Merry Widow
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Inside the Opera with Susan Stroman: The cast of THE MERRY WIDOW
All of us at Lyric have been delighted to catch a glimpse of director-choreographer Susan Stroman in the opera house. Given her phenomenal background in the arts, first as a dancer, and then as a choreographer and director for some of Broadway's top shows including The Producers, it's easy to assume that this winner of multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards is not too impressed by working in yet another venue. In fact, she is. Susan recently spoke about her experience directing The Merry Widow, working with artists like Renee Fleming and how the work finds a very special home here at Lyric.
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Greece Dodges New Crisis, but Austerity Remains Part of Life
Greek stocks rallied to two-year highs Friday after the government struck a deal with European creditors that means the country won't face another brush with bankruptcy anytime soon.
However, for austerity-weary Greeks, the deal does little to lift the pall from years of belt-tightening.
After months of haggling that raised fears of another escalation in Greece's nearly eight-year debt crisis, the 19-country eurozone agreed late Thursday to release a further 8.5 billion euros ($9.5 billion) from its current, third bailout after the Greek government delivered on an array of reforms. Getting the money was becoming increasingly urgent because Greece has a big debt repayment hump next month.
Extending repayments
With an eye to the longer term, the eurozone creditors also made clear they are ready to ease the burden of Greece's debt repayments when its bailout program ends next year, possibly by extending repayments by up to 15 years. The International Monetary Fund may also get involved financially, with up to $2 billion, but only if and when it sees the specifics of the debt relief and agrees it can make Greece's debt bearable.
"I think that's really the best agreement we've had for quite a while," said Pierre Moscovici, the top economy official for the European Union, the 28-country bloc that includes the 19 states using the euro.
Even though some details remain sketchy, investors breathed a sigh of relief if just on the mere fact that a deal wasn't postponed, as has occurred so many times previously. The main Athens stock index hit a two-year high, later closing up 0.8 percent on the day. The yields on both the two-year and 10-year Greek bonds fell, reflecting diminished investor fears of the chances of bankruptcy.
"While the deal might have proved the usual exercise in issue avoidance, the fact is that it's now unlikely that a fresh crisis will emerge in Greece in July," said Simon Derrick, chief markets strategist at BNY Mellon.
Greece's left-led coalition government sought to present the deal as favorably as possible, even though the precise nature of the debt relief has to still be ironed out.
"We had a decisive step yesterday," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the country's president. "A decisive step for the country's exit from the long-running crisis."
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said Greece's European creditors had accepted "nearly all the points that the Greek side was asking for."
The spokesman highlighted the creditors' acceptance of a long-standing Greek demand that debt repayments be linked to economic growth, meaning that repayments could be postponed if the economy entered recession.
Less optimism
Outside the government, the view was less rosy.
Dozens of protesting hospital workers held a rally outside the finance ministry building in central Athens, building a fake wall outside the entrance topped with a banner reading "They have made us drown in debt."
Pictures pinned to the fake wall depicted Tsipras, with a tie pinned to his neck. Tsipras doesn't wear a tie, and had once joked that the only time he would do so would be on the day Greece won debt relief.
Tsipras, elected in 2015 on promises to repeal bailout-related budget cuts, has lost popularity after implementing further austerity measures in return for the bailout money and a promise on debt relief.
As part of Thursday's deal, the government committed to deliver primary budget surpluses — that is, a surplus excluding the cost of servicing debt — worth 3.5 percent of Greece's annual gross domestic product until 2022, and 2 percent thereafter each year until 2060. That is a big commitment for Greece, but seems to have been agreed on in principle to show Greece's debt can be sustained with help from creditors.
Despite years of spending cuts and tax increases since Greece was first bailed out in 2010, the public sector debt burden stands at about 320 billion euros, or 180 percent of GDP. That's largely because the economy has contracted by around a quarter, meaning a worsening in the relative debt load even though the budget has improved.
An outright cut in Greece's debt is not allowed under euro rules, but the length of time the country has in paying back its debts can be extended, and the interest rates can be cut. More comprehensive details should emerge in the coming months.
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Cypress Energy Partners Announces Third Quarter Cash Distribution
October 27, 2015 2:05 PM Business Wire
TULSA, Okla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CELP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner declared a cash distribution for the third quarter of 2015. The cash distribution is $0.406413 per limited partner unit. This amount remains unchanged from the second quarter of 2015 and reflects a 4.88% increase over the target minimum quarterly cash distribution of $0.3875 for the Partnership's third quarter ending September 30, 2015. The distribution will be payable on November 13, 2015 to all unitholders of record on November 6, 2015.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements." All statements other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated herein may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary significantly from those expressed or implied in such statements and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. While CELP believes its expectations as reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, CELP can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that affect operations, financial performance, and other factors as discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other factors that could impact any forward-looking statements are those risks described in CELP's annual report on Form 10-K and other public filings. You are urged to carefully review and consider the cautionary statements and other disclosures made in those filings, specifically those under the heading "Risk Factors." CELP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by law. For more information please visit www.cypressenergy.com.
About Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.
Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. is a growth-oriented master limited partnership that provides midstream services including pipeline inspection, integrity and hydrostatic testing services to energy, E&P and midstream companies and their vendors throughout the U.S. and Canada. Cypress also provides saltwater disposal and other water and environmental services to U.S. energy E&P companies and their vendors in North Dakota in the Williston Basin, and West Texas in the Permian Basin. In all three of these business segments, Cypress works closely with its customers to help them comply with increasingly complex and strict environmental and safety rules and regulations and reduce their operating costs. Cypress is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
This release is a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat 100% of Cypress Energy Partner LP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Therefore, distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
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I-95 LANE CLOSURES THIS
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I-95 LANE CLOSURES THIS WEEK NEAR FREDERICKSBURG
Expect double and single lane closures on I-95 northbound and southbound for Improve95 projects on Monday, April 8 through early Saturday, April 13
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Interstate 95 travelers should anticipate daytime and overnight work zones on I-95 northbound and southbound this week in the Fredericksburg area for construction activities underway for Improve95 projects.
I-95 at Exit 140 (Courthouse Road) Reconstruction and Widening Project
I-95 Southbound Rappahannock River Crossing
I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension, also known as "Fred Ex"
Weather permitting, the following lane closures are scheduled starting today, Monday April 8, through early Saturday, April 13. This week's lane closures include an I-95 northbound work zone with overnight double lane closures on Monday through Friday evening at Exit 140 (Courthouse Road) in Stafford County:
I-95 Southbound
Exit 143 (Route 610/Garrisonville Road to near Exit 140 (Route 630/Courthouse Road)
Thursday – Friday, 9 p.m. – 6 a.m.
Friday – Saturday, 10 p.m. – 7 a.m.
Expect a single lane closure on I-95 southbound near Exit 143 (Route 610/Garrisonville Road) and at mile marker 141, which is located just before Exit 140 (Route 630/Courthouse Road) in Stafford County, for geotechnical boring work for the future I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.
Near Exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) to Exit 130 (Route 3/Fredericksburg)
Monday– Thursday, 9m. – 10 a.m.
Expect alternating single lane closures on I-95 southbound from mile marker 135, just south of Exit 136/Centreport Parkway in Stafford County, to Exit 130 (Route 3) in Fredericksburg for construction activities for the I-95 Southbound Rappahannock River Crossing and for geotechnical boring work for the future Interstate 95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.
Exit 118 (Route 606/Thornburg) in Spotsylvania County
Tuesday, 9m. – 3 p.m.
Expect a single lane closure on I-95 southbound at Exit 118 (Route 606/Thornburg) for construction activities for the Mudd Tavern Road overpass replacement and interchange improvement project.
I-95 Northbound
Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Expect a single lane closure on I-95 northbound at Exit 118 (Route 606/Thornburg) for construction activities for the Mudd Tavern Road overpass replacement and interchange improvement project.
Exit 133 (Route 17/Falmouth) in Stafford County
Monday – Thursday, 9:30m. – 3:30 p.m.
Expect a single lane closure on I-95 northbound near Exit 133, just north of the Rappahannock River bridge in Stafford. Expect heavy truck traffic between mile marker 132 and mile marker 134. Be alert to trucks slowing down to enter or exit the median at various construction entrances throughout the work zone. The work zone is needed for construction activities for the I-95 Southbound Rappahannock River Crossing.
Exit 140 (Route 630/Courthouse Road)
Monday – Friday, 9 p.m. – 4:30 a.m.
A single lane on I-95 northbound will be closed at 9 p.m. followed by double lane closures at 10 p.m. All lanes will reopen by 4:30 a.m. The double lane closures are needed to allow crews to safely remove overhead work platforms used to build the new I-95 overpasses.
Near Exit 140 (Route 630/Courthouse Road) to Exit 148 (Quantico)
Expect alternating single lane closures at various locations on I-95 northbound starting at mile marker 141, north of Exit 140 (Route 630/Courthouse Road) to mile marker 149, which is north of Exit 148 (Quantico) in Prince William County for geotechnical boring work for the future I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.
Message boards will warn drivers to stay alert for the work zones ahead and possible delays.
For more information about Interstate 95 projects in the Fredericksburg area, please visit the Improve95 website at www.Improve95.org.
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Simon Rich, creator and showrunner of FXX comedy "Man Seeking Woman," has closed a two-year overall deal with FX Productions, the company announced on Wednesday.
Before FX, Rich had a varied writing career including bylines at the New Yorker and credits for Pixar and "Saturday Night Live," where he earned four Emmy nominations and two WGA Awards.
"Man Seeking Woman" was the first original series on the comedy-oriented FXX.


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Senators to Vote on Abortion Amendment this Week
by Emily P. Walker Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today December 07, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Setting the stage for a contentious vote, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) introduced an amendment to the healthcare bill Monday that would expand current language prohibiting federal funding of abortion.
The amendment, co-sponsored by nine anti-abortion senators, mirrors an amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) approved by the House in November.
Nelson has said he won't support the Democrats' healthcare reform bill unless it takes a stricter stance on preventing federal funds from being used for abortion than current law.
That 1977 legislation, known as the Hyde Amendment, already prevents use of federal money to fund abortions.
Authors of the Senate healthcare reform legislation say the Hyde amendment is built into their bill, because it would require abortions to be paid for using money from insurance customer's premiums, not from federal funding or federal subsidies.
Under the bill, insurance plans could choose whether to cover abortion, but every state would have to offer at least one plan that covers abortion and one that does not. The public insurance option could provide abortion, but would have to pay for the procedure using premiums and copayments, not government money.
Low-and middle-income people who receive federal subsidies to help pay for insurance would not be allowed to purchase an insurance plan that provides coverage for abortion services.
Women who do not receive any government assistance for healthcare could still have abortions covered by insurance.
Anti-abortion lawmakers and activists say that's not enough. Nelson charged that the current bill would weaken the Hyde amendment by opening a "new avenue of public funding for abortion."
"As written, the Senate healthcare bill allows taxpayer dollars, directly and indirectly, to pay for insurance plans that cover abortion," Nelson said in a press release.
Nelson's amendment, like Stupak's, would ban the public insurance plan from covering abortions and forbid any person receiving a federal subsidy for an insurance plan from participating in any plan that does cover abortion.
Nelson said he worked "very closely" with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to come up with language, as did Stupak. The bishops have endorsed both amendments.
The Nelson amendment, which will be voted on later this week, is considered unlikely to garner the necessary 60 votes to pass, although the sponsor wouldn't predict defeat.
"It has a lot of support from my colleagues," he said.
Abortion-rights supporters strongly oppose the amendment.
"Planned Parenthood strongly opposes the Nelson/Hatch amendment, which goes far beyond the Hyde amendment and current law to restrict private health insurance coverage of abortion in the US," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a release.


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CAMERONS & TOAST LAUNCH COLLABORATION BEER
Camerons Brewery are delighted to announce that their collaboration beer with Toast Ale will be launched next month.
Stottie, which is a 5% Dunkel Hefeweizen beer, will be served on tap across the pubs' managed group from the 16th November.
Camerons have replaced 1/3rd of the beer's normal malt bill with surplus bread which would have otherwise been destroyed. This has been supplied via Adelie Foods. Stottie is a classic German style Dunkel Hefeweizen with a lovely banana and clove aroma ending with a rich malty and toffee taste.
The brewer will also hold an event at their The Head of Steam venue in Leeds to celebrate the launch of this limited-edition beer. Camerons and Toast will donate 100% of the profits made from this beer to the charity Feedback which campaigns for a better, fairer food system.
Toast, who work with a number of brewers across the UK to highlight food waste, have so far raised over £12,000 for its nominated charity Feedback since it launched. In addition, almost 1 million slices of unused bread have been used in beers they have developed.
Yousef Doubooni, head of marketing at Camerons said "We started working with the team from Toast earlier this year by introducing their bottled beers into our managed pub estate. We really liked their beer concept and we felt it fit perfectly with the ethos in our The Head of Steam pubs. During this time we have been working on a collaboration brew with them and it is great to see our Stottie beer come to fruition from this".
"The team at the brewery have created a fantastic beer and it has been a great experience brewing with bread as a substitute for part of the malt we would normally use. We can't wait for this limited-edition beer to go on sale soon" Yousef added.
Chris Head, Head of Partnerships at Toast Ale said "We're very excited about collaborating with Camerons on our first ever Weizenbier. It's great to see our beers in some of the best craft beer venues in northern England and we're looking forward to the tap takeover with this new beer in Leeds in November."
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