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Ron Paul has a few things to say to Ben Bernanke. Too bad he forgot to ask hard questions.
Even Ron Paul is pulling his punches.
What we need is a politician who forcefully speaks the truth to power.
Forcefully.
Ron Paul should have eaten Bernanke for lunch. He didn't. He just whined, and whined, without asking hard-hitting questions.
Here's what I would have had to say, for starters:
"You, sir, have failed America. You have let inflation roar, you've bailed out your banker buddies at the expense of the taxpayer and the American worker, and you are corrupt. It is my goal to see you out of a job, and to disband your shadowy organization. My first question is, how laughable do you find the current government's inflation data, and are you also in favor of hiding the truth on the inflation data, because the truth would make the entitlement mess even worse?"
Here's RP. This could have been better. What would you have asked Bernanke if given the chance?
Seriously. Ron Paul needs to start blasting these criminals the way he started to fight back toward the end of his campaign. We don't have time for polite niceties and navel gazing and lectures on Mise's free market theory. Even if he is right.
It's time to take these muthaf*ckas down before they destroy the country!!!
How's that "contained" thing working out for you Ben?
Poor Ron,
I think the campaign pushed him over the edge into terminal old age.
He waited too long to present his knowledge and by doing so, missed his chance.
Trouble is, who's going to take up the torch?
so ben...boxers or briefs?
f250 said...
Ron Paul? What about Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning?
Leave it to us country bumpkins get to this $h!t straight!
He had Bernanke squirming like Clay Aiken waiting for his Prius to get out of the shop.
That was incredibly lame, Ron. Oh well, this country is toast, just one big fat grilled snapper turtle.
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Well, even though Mr. Paul's statements are addressing the problem where it needs to be addressed, he's speaking to the wrong audience really.
These people are so indifferent, just look at the "dead-pan" expressions on the guy behind and to the lower-left of him.
I'd like to see their faces when more of their "inner-circle" buddies start getting hit, and it will happen.
This financial problem we're in now doesn't descriminate based on education or living location, it's working it's way up the income ladder.
Too nice a guy to rub in the, "I told you sos"
RobertMc said...
Ron dropped the ball on this one. Here's a reasonable solution to this mess:
" Rather than bailing out bankrupt banks and sending them on their merry way, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) needs to take a close look at the banks' books and put any banks found to be insolvent into receivership. The FDIC (unlike the Federal Reserve) is actually a federal agency, and it has the option of taking a bank's stock in return for bailing it out, effectively nationalizing it. This is done in Europe with bankrupt banks, and it was done in the United States with Continental Illinois, the country's fourth largest bank, when it went bankrupt in the 1990s.
A system of truly "national" banks could issue "the full faith and credit of the United States" for public purposes, including funding infrastructure, sustainable energy development and health care.13 Publicly-issued credit could also be used to relieve the subprime crisis. Local governments could use it to buy up mortgages in default, compensating the MBS investors and freeing the real estate for public disposal. The properties could then be rented back to their occupants at reasonable rates, leaving people in their homes without the windfall of acquiring a house without paying for it. A program of lease-purchase might also be instituted. The proceeds would be applied toward repaying the credit advanced to buy the mortgages, balancing the money supply and preventing inflation.
Local and Private Solutions
While we are waiting for the federal government to act, there are also private and local possibilities for relieving the subprime crisis. Chris Cook is a British strategic market consultant and the former Compliance Director for the International Petroleum Exchange. He recommends getting all the parties to settle by forming a pool constituted as an LLC (limited liability company), in a partnership framework that brings together occupiers and financiers as co-owners under a neutral custodian. The original owners would pay an affordable rental, and the resulting pool of rentals would be "unitized" (divided into unit interests, similar to a REIT or real estate investment trust). Among other advantages over the usual mortgage-backed security, there would be no loans at interest, since the property would be owned outright by the LLC. Eliminating interest substantially reduces costs. The former owners would be able to occupy the property at an affordable rental, with the option to buy an equity stake in it. For the banks, the advantage would be that they would be able to find investors again, since the risk would have been taken out of the investment by insuring full occupancy at affordable rates; and for the investors, the advantage would be a secure investment with a dependable return".
Found it at- http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/bracing-storm.php
MrToad said...
I think he he did well, what the people need is information. He was putting out his case to the public, if he was asking questions that the general public couldn't understand nothing will change.
The Housing Bubble Ate My Balls said...
What would you have asked Bernanke if given the chance?
"Excuse me Mr. Bernanke, asphinctersayswhat?"
"Mr. Bernanke, when are you going to be completing the first EVER audit of the Federal Reserve?"
I would have just punched him in the face
hoho said...
I must admit that after listening to Lindsey Williams, I was especially impressed by his theory that the IMF and world bank siphoned off oil revenue to pay off third world debt. If Ron Paul knows about this, I haven't heard him talk about it but he has said that the government brings in enough money without income taxes.... and assume they have more ways to get money than we know.
where's dopes? said...
Funny how all you Ron Paul loving conspiracy theorists buy the line, "Americans have a no savings."
Yet every story about Indymac features people who had more than $100,000 in savings.
gwk said...
What this blogs hero letting you down after all the money you begged your readers to send to him because he was going to fix it all and now he is just another empty suit who was instructed to be very careful here with his questioning of Big Ben the markets are watching and if he was ever elected President the same would hold true because at the end of the day there is no difference as Obama is finding out and he to if elected will be put into a room and told what they can't tell him now about this nosense troop withdrawal he thinks will work, sorry but we will get fooled again (1976)
Ron Paul should have asked him: "Mr B., if we have to bail out your banker friends every 20 years, why shouldn't they be regulated like public utilities?"
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I hope some of you EN Casey haterz can make it to tonight's talkcast, boyeee (7:00 PM Eastern July 16)
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Westparker said...
He can't ask those questions, just think of the answers he'll get. "We beleive inflation is calculated correctly, our data is extreemly transparent, we publish the finding on a monthly basis"
That won't get Ron anywhere, Paulson, Bernake, they don't care. They hate answering those questions, it's a necessary evil for them so they can print more money.
Until the population wises up, nothing will change.
Aaron said...
What more do you want Ron Paul to say? At this point he must feel as though he's shouting in a windstorm. Throughout his campaign the American people and our government had plenty of chances to hear his message, and only a select few listened. At this point, why should he shout himself hoarse?
America, and bloated, ignorant, corrupt Americanos, are simply getting what they deserve. Nobody, not Ron Paul, nor Obama, can save America from itself. This nation does not deserve true leadership, and Ron Paul must be some kind of selfless masochist to stay in Washington laying the voice of reason on deaf ears.
A toast, to the collapse of an empire that deserves to fail.
RP has been a bit of a rambler for the past year.
Bunning did well yesterday - his statement was right up HP's alley, and Paulson almost died from a stutter attack when the questioning got heavy.
(Seriously, HTF did he become head of GS???)
But it still looks as if there's no American democrat who understands what's going on AND has the respect of elected reps.
Bernanke to Paul:
Congressman, I suggest that you the Secretary of Labor. The inflation data sets are a product of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Federal Reserve relies on the integrity of these numbers and of course we are interested in the best data which are available.
Savings rate is NET savings rate.
People who are saving are outweighted by people who take on more debt!
Debt is not wealth or savings.
"Does the hemp chafe your neck?"
Keith, he knows he can't blast him since 99.9% of the people in the room are from special interest groups that want to give more power to the Fed, not reduce it. I think he has reverted to a strategy of pinning the blame on Greenspan and the Federal Reserve System itself. He is playing the role of good cop trying to get Bernanke to admit that the system is flawed and its really not Bernanke's fault. Until significantly more Congressman stand behind Paul, we get more of the same or worse. You need 200 Jim Bunnings. I would say the odds of things changing with the Fed are about the same as Angelo Mozillo being arrested, no offense. The club is too exclusive and they make the rules. The only way things will change is with total economic collapse and angry violent mobs destroying the country. As things stand today, GWK's comments at 8:27 PM are a lot closer to the truth than we would like to admit.
zzzzzzzzzzz said...
conspiracy theorists buy the line, "Americans have a no savings."
yeah, progressives like to say that to push up wages. I talked to a teacher who thought she was poor and she'll collect $4000 a month during retirement. so that's one million over 21 years and she still works! on top of that she has oil rights and rents out farmland. it's amazing how financially unsecure folks are.
bearmaster said...
After I heard Jim Bunning's tongue-lashing of Bernanke, it occurred to me that Ron Paul is too polite in these hearings.
Not only is he too polite, sometimes he doesn't phrase things in ways most people understand. Like how many people understand "Austrian economics" ?
penguindev said...
That's why he's called Pass The Buck (From a Helicopter) Bernanke.
International value of the dollar? Treasury's problem.
Reliable price measures? Bureau of Labor. M3 Reporting? Do it yourself.
Hey Bernanke - This bar of gold is worth more than your entire lifetime contributions to this planet.
My question: "Will the IMF audit of our financial system reaffirm Cheney's statement that 'deficits don't matter' and, if not, will Third World status have an adverse effect on our nation's AAA credit rating?"
BigDaddy said...
Take it easy on Ron Paul. He was the lone voice in the wilderness for over a year on these issues. Maybe he doesn't have to prove his point anymore, now that other Senators have picked up the ball and are running with it.
If I were Ron Paul I would have looked Ben right in the eye and said, " TOLD YA SO!"
Directing problems with the system at Ron Paul is the most misguided thing I've seen you do.
The problem with Ron Paul is he goes into a lecture instead of asking
questions . Ron Paul band stands ,and some other Senators and Congresspeople also do that .
I would of said to Paulson when he asked for a "blank check ".
Mr. Paulson , I wouldn't give you 50 cents unless you prove to me that it's needed and its a benefit to innocent parties ,and not some special interest group . Your request for unlimited funds tells me that you really have no creative answers other than throwing taxpayers funds at the problem of faulty lending losses . Since we politicians have to answer to the public for what we spend ,I see no reason that you shouldn't answer to and justify what you spend.
I would of also said to Mr. Paulson .
It's rare that a person would come before Congress or the Senate and with a straight face ask for unlimited funds with the trust me I know what I'm doing attitude .This approach might of worked with Wall Street ,but it doesn't work when you are using public money .
"Even Ron Paul is pulling his punches."
Of course he is. What did you expect? He's just another lying two faced Republican, err, Libertarian.
Ron Paul was interviewed years ago and has said he has deliberately chosen not to attack anyone personally. He said it's because von Mises, who was ignored and dismissed throughout his career, also chose the route of not making his attacks personal, and he decided to model his hero. I'm sure RP has heard the criticism that he is not angry or slashing enough, but I'm telling you now, he's not going to change - someone else will have to pick the Peter Finch approach. Any volunteers?


Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Brussels, the capital of Belgium for the 21st China-European Union (EU) leaders' meeting. On the afternoon of April 8, local time, Premier Li attended the unveiling ceremony of the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) in Brussels, extending his wish that the chamber will build up a favorable image of China.
The CCCEU, the Premier said, should provide premium services for Chinese enterprises that invest in the EU, in a bid to efficiently propel China-EU cooperation in trade and investment. Apart from underpinning Chinese companies, the CCCEU should also take into account any suggestions and opinions from the EU Chamber of Commerce and European enterprises, which can help foster ties between the two sides. In the new round of international competition, the CCCEU should establish a good image for Chinese enterprises, Premier Li added.
As a representative of one of the three CCCEU initiators, Mr. Sun Yunfei, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of COSCO SHIPPING, attended the unveiling ceremony. Executives from COSCO SHIPPING Europe and the Finance and Accounting Division of COSCO SHIPPING accompanied Mr. Sun during the ceremony.
Registered in Brussels on August 31, 2018, the CCCEU was initiated by the Bank of China Limited Luxembourg Branch, China Three Gorges (Europe) S.A. and COSCO SHIPPING Europe. The CCCEU is aimed at, through research on EU-related policies and communication between its members and EU authorities, improving the policy conditions and investment environment for Chinese-funded enterprises within the EU and promoting China-EU economic and trade cooperation.


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Q: Multi-threaded merge sort for performance measurement I am trying to compare the performance difference in merge sort using a single threaded and multi-threaded program. The time taken to sort an array of size ~ 50000 using a single thread took 0.01x seconds, whereas for an array of same size, using 2/4/8 threads took 0.02-0.03 seconds. I know, the difference is not much, but I'm just curious to know what could be the reason for the slowdown in multi-threaded program?
Below is the code for single-threaded program (main function's code):
 srand(clock());            //to seed-random numbers
 readData(A,n);
 clock_t start=clock();
 mergeSort(A,0,n-1);
 clock_t end=clock();

And, for the multi-threaded program :
int n=50000;        //n is the size
int no_of_threads=4;
limit S;              //structure containing array,start and end index
srand(clock());         //to seed-random numbers
generateData(&S,n);
pthread_t id[no_of_threads];
int i=0,size=0,k=n/no_of_threads;
clock_t start=clock();
for(i=0; i<no_of_threads; i++)
{
        S.start=size,S.end=size+k-1;
        pthread_create(&id[i],NULL, sorter ,&S);
        size=size + k;
}
for(i=0; i<no_of_threads; i++)
        pthread_join(id[i],NULL);
mergeSort(S.A,0,n-1);
clock_t end=clock();

Sorter function:
void* sorter(void *s)
{
    limit *S=(limit*)s;
    int start=S->start,end=S->end;
    mergeSort(S->A,start,end);
}

A: Instead of dividing the work, you are doing extra work. In each thread, when the number of threads is x, you are sorting 1/x of the array.
After all the threads have completed, you are again calling merge sort on the whole array, which will recursively partition the array right till the bottom and merge, ignoring the fact that sub parts are already sorted.
One way you could use to overcome this is, instead of calling the mergeSort() function again, you simply merge the sorted subparts, which can be done in O(nx) time.

A: Looks like you're using a common structure for S, it is possible that S is getting updated in parallel with the thread creation? Perhaps make S an array of no_of_threads structs,  then use S[i] for each create thread.
#define no_of_threads 4
limit S[no_of_threads];
// ...
    for(i=0; i<no_of_threads; i++)
    {
        S[i].start=size,S[i].end=size+k-1;
        pthread_create(&id[i], NULL, sorter, &S[i]);
        size=size + k;
    }
// ...   after the joins, do a k-way merge (not a merge sort).

I did this a while back using a bottom up merge sort, and your example with top down merge sort uses the same idea. For k threads, split the array into k parts (in my simple example I assume array size is a multiple of k), then merge sort the k parts in parallel, so far this is the same as your code (except for the common S structure). My version then merges pairs of runs of size k using k/2 threads, each doing a 2 way merge, then merges pairs of runs of size 2k using k/4 threads, again each doing a 2 way merge, ... . Before I tested this, I expected little gain because I though the tight loop (compare two elements, move the smaller) in the merge part would be memory bandwidth limited, but it turns out that loop is cpu limited. On an Intel 3770k 3.5ghz with 4 cores, for k = 4, the merge sort was 3 times as fast as single threaded merge sort, and for k = 8, the merge sort was about 3.9 times as fast. Most of the speed up is due to the local L1 and L2 caches in each core. Link to my prior thread about this, and although it's a Windows example with separate main thread functions, consider it as a proof of concept that multi-threading merge sort is faster than single threaded merge sort.
https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/148025/multithreaded-bottom-up-merge-sort

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Automobile output in Guangzhou forecast to top 3 million units in 2022
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The automobile output in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is expected to exceed 3.1 million vehicles in 2022, amid impacts brought about by the sporadic COVID-19 resurgence, shortage of chip supplies and rise of raw materials, according to the local industry and information authority.
"The automobile industry in Guangzhou showed strong resilience, with production and sales of vehicles hitting a record high," said Chen Jianhua, chief economist of Guangzhou Industry and Information Bureau.
In the first 11 months of 2022, the automobile output in Guangzhou increased 12.5 percent year-on-year to reach 2.93 million vehicles, of which production of new energy vehicles grew by 120.8 percent year-on-year, according to the authority.
In a press conference on Monday, Chen said the automobile industry had become the largest industry in the city, with 12 complete automobile manufacturing enterprises and more than 1,200 automobile parts companies.
A number of new NEV projects including the second smart manufacturing center of GAC Aion, owned by GAC Group, were put into operation in Guangzhou in 2022, helping push the city's annual production capacity of NEVs to exceed one million vehicles.
According to Chen, the city will build four independent brand innovation bases in districts of Panyu, Huadu, Nansha and Huangpu, and promote establishment of an auto parts trading platform.

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Wade Phillips To Take Medical Leave From Houston Texans
Texans' defensive coordinator out indefinitely, linebackers coach Reggie Herring to assume D.C. responsibilities.
By Steven Godfrey Dec 14, 2011, 10:03am CST
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Houston Texans' defensive coordinator Wade Phillips is temporarily leaving the team for medical reasons, according to an official statement on the team's web site:
Wade Phillips will take a medical leave due to a scheduled surgical procedure later this week. He is expected to return later this season.
The statement's mention of a "scheduled procedure" indicates that team had prior knowledge of the absence, and states that both Phillips and head coach Gary Kubiak will speak with the media Wednesday afternoon.
Under Phillips, the Texans' defense has become one of the league's best in 2011, allowing only 274.9 yards of total offense per game (tops in the NFL), a decrease of over 100 yards and the biggest single season turnaround since the NFL/AFL merger in 1970. Phillips changed the Texans' defense to a 3-4 scheme this season, most notably moving former No. 1 overall draft pick Mario Williams to linebacker.
Texans' linebackers coach Reggie Herring will work as defensive coordinator in Phillips' absence, and coached on Phillips' staff in Dallas.
The 10-3 Texans have already clinched the AFC South, but are in contention for the No. 1 seed in the AFC Playoffs against New England and Baltimore. Houston hosts 4-9 Carolina on Sunday.
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When you're in the SEC, football in the fall becomes a huge priority. I'm not kidding when I say that people here actually plan their weddings around football games. It's a BIG deal.
An even bigger deal is that LSU is playing one of their biggest (if not THE biggest) rival this weekend, Alabama. And if one thing can be said about LSU fans, is that they are certainly passionate about their football team.
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On September 26, 2018, during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York City, heads of state will gather to endorse the anticipated Political Declaration on TB that will form the basis for future responses to the disease. The UN High-Level Meeting on TB is the first of its kind and the most significant political meeting ever held to make ending TB a priority.
On the margins of the High-Level Meeting, MSH and PATH will co-host a side event to raise awareness on the need for political and financial commitments to end TB. Hear from leading voices in TB, government, and the public sector on solution-oriented strategies to leverage political will, create effective partnerships, and secure financial commitments to end TB.


"Birthday Party"… You know how much you are going to be excited when your birthday bells ring. Celebrating Birthday party with your loving buddies in a fitting place is a dream. Like you your doggie also has a birthday. You can celebrate his birthday to make him happy.
Birthday is a special day for him as you. This is the best way to signifying how much you love and take care of him. Below mentioned information can be useful for you to make his day special and make him think he is the special one at home.
It is the first thing you have to do after you choose the date and place of the party. It is the best way to invite others to visit on that day. You can select birthday invitation according to your wish. It can be simple and charming. Attraction is the main point of the card.
It is a major problem to solve. You should choose the best place that ever suited to your loving buddy and his colleagues. You have to touch up the place you may select must have safety and freedom.
Because he and his friends probably love to run and play freely. I think the beach is the best place to choose. They love the beach. But you may have to keep an eye on him.
This is the most entertaining part of the party. I know your doggie loves songs. You can select karokies to play on that day. You can list out as his favorite. Most singers are played for doggies. "Who let the dogs out," "Dogs days are over" are some hit songs, sung by famous singers. Doggie and music are matching pair.
Make the day Fun with Games.
Oops… Playing games is the favorite part of his party. You can also make the day fun. You can arrange a fancy dress competition and select who is the smartest one on that day. And you can also organize games with balls. The main thing is to make him happy on his day.
Are you willing to hold his birthday in summer…??? No worries, you can make them cool by making kiddies pools. You can buy plastic pools and fill them with water and put him on it. You also make him fun by giving tennis balls. They can enjoy with splashing out water like a baby.
On his Birthday, at his party, you should make him special. Put his head to Birthday hat, and you can make him decorate. The photo shoot is an important way to make his day as a memory for ever. You can take photos in every special moment of him on that day.
You know how much he loves to eat foods and how often he may get hungry. On his Birthday party, you can make special foods they love to eat like Puppermint Fresh Bites and Carob Banana "Brownies." Make sure those foods are tasty, safety attractive and edible.
As we all know we cannot live without water. To make him hydrated all day you should give him water. You should arrange a water bowl per doggie that attend his party and stay all day hardy.
Do you forget the main food for birthday party??? "Birthday cake"!!!! You should prepare a special, beautiful birthday cake like protein packed peanut butter cake. But you should not add chocolate, raisins, grapes, ice creams, macadamia nuts or sugar as ingredients that toxic to your Dog.
Gifts are the best things you can give them at the end of the party. You can make doggie bags filled with toys, bones and collars and anything that they loved. This treats also make them happy if the party may over.
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British Airways' frequent flyer program is a club for chosen. The program is called Executive Club and all members are given benefits and opportunity to earn rewards. Unlike other frequent flyer programs, you won't earn boring air miles but Avios (the club currency) and Tier Points.
The Avios are collected on British Airways flights and on flights with oneworld® partners. Hotel stays, car rentals, vocations and shopping will also put Avios on your Club account. The Avios can be spent on flights and cabin upgrades. Tier Points are also earned on flights, but you cannot spend them. They will help you to move through membership tiers unlocking the benefits of the Club.
Executive Club has four tires. Upon registration you are becoming a Blue Member then goes Bronze tier, Silver, and Gold. Each membership tier will give you access to basic benefits like member-only deals and offers, collection of Avios and Tier Points, and a quicker booking process. Reaching higher tier you will unlock such benefits like priority check-in, free seat selection, access to business lounges, additional baggage allowance, and additional reward flight.
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Home Business Aero Incentivises Voters with Promo
Aero Incentivises Voters with Promo
Nigeria's foremost commercial airline, Aero Contractors has introduced promo fares to help Nigerians who wish to travel to go and vote during the elections. The airline said the initiative was its contribution to support Nigeria conduct successful election and also to encourage the citizens to travel to where they can cast their votes. So it decided to cut its fares by about 50 per cent to support Nigerians to travel without spending so much, adding that this was an incentive to the citizens to carry out their civil responsibility during the elections
Aero in a statement said effective Monday, February 18, 2019, it would commence the sale of tickets from N16,000 for travels between the 21st and the 25th of February, 2019 on all her routes to encourage Nigerians to travel to their various destinations in order to cast their votes.
Aero Contractors flies to Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, Warri, Asaba, Uyo and Sokoto.
Sanwo-Olu Reiterates Commitment to Greater Lagos
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has once again affirm his commitment to birth a greater Lagos that would ensure the prosperity of the residents.
He disclosed this recently during an event tagged: 'A Passion to Serve.'
Sanwo-Olu, in the company of his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, used the event, which held in five locations across the state to assure residents of improved well-being and economic policies.
He also shared roses and other gifts with Lagosians to demonstrate his love for the people.
The campaign, which took place at Abule Egba, Festac, Ikeja, Surulere, and Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, featured music, dance competitions and pretty ladies in red, addressed as 'Sanwo Angels', handing out roses to Lagosians.
Addressing the people at Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu reiterated that health, cleaner and safer environment, traffic management and transportation, security as well as improved economy would be accorded priority amongst other laudable programmes his administration would offer the residents of the state.
"From the creative energies of our youths, the spirit of enterprise in our land, to the wisdom of our elders, I am persuaded a greater Lagos is possible. There could not have been a better day for me to tell you of my love to serve you than today," he said.
Speaking further, Sanwo-Olu said his administration would be committed to reducing travel time and increasing per capita productivity for Lagosians by improving infrastructures such as road, rail and water transportation.
"Our major healthcare plan is to improve access and affordability through comprehensive health insurance and improve primary and secondary health facilities.
"And for our environment, LAWMA's waste management system will be upgraded for better service delivery while we implement measures to turn waste to wealth and ensure a clean and healthy environment in Lagos," he added.
Babaeko, Others for Ad Festival Jury
The New York Ad Festival has chosen three of Nigeria's creative egg-heads led by Steve Babaeko, CEO, X3M Ideas and Vice President, Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN); Sola Kosoko-King, Creative Director, X3M Ideas and Chris Ogunlowo, Creative Director, SO&U as members of the grand jury for the 2019 New York International Advertising Awards.
While Babaeko is making his third appearance as a Grand Jury member having featured earlier in 2016 and 2018 editions, Ogunlowo, and Kosoki-King are making their debut on the respected jury panel.
The trio would join other international creatives to select the world's best advertising.
"The NYF's powerhouse 400+ Grand Jury represents the most diverse brain trust of global creative minds in the advertising industry from 65 countries," a statement explained.
Commenting on the selection, Babaeko said: It is actually humbling. NYAF is one of the oldest advertising awards in the world. They take special pride in selecting the best practitioners from across the globe to judge.
"Getting a 3rd invitation is quite special. I am not alone though, I have with me this year the Creative Directors of X3M Ideas and SO&U. So it's a good one for Nigeria
"Clearly it shows that Nigeria is beginning to get the recognition it deserves. As the Vice President of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria, it's part of our agenda to keep placing Nigeria's advertising on the global stage. This is one step in the right direction."
Speaking on the mode of the Jury assignment, Babaeko explained, "the first part is to vote remotely. We shortlist the entries that deserve to be considered for award. At this point, it's a simple in or out based on a few parameters.
"After this, the Executive Jury does an on-site judging and the last part is the gala in NewYork".
According to the organisers of the event, the peer-nominated panel provides a comprehensive view of the advertising world today.
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Sales organisation = the functional departments that directly interface with the customers, most notably the sales team, the customer service team, any team directly interfacing with individual customers in the name of sales or service support.
Sales team efficiency = The minimisation of activities (visit or non-visit) that relate to reactive fix-ups, product or service issues, or anything else that pulls the Sales exec off planned business development oriented visits. Has a direct input to sales team productivity. Office : territory time ratio is a useful barometer.
Sales team design = Another outcome of sales team optimisation, this element refers to the desired or modelled quantitatives – headcount; visit capacity, with the qualitatives – structure, deployment, role bandwidth, account management and prospecting pipeline skillset requirements.
Sales process = relates to the co-ordinated, sequenced activities executed by the Sales Execs, other internal stakeholder, externals (customers, prospects) in the execution of finding, maintaining, and growing needs-solutions based relationships. In reality, the sales process is a series of processes, most characteristically, the account management (farming) process and the prospecting (hunting) process.
Sales function = any person, team or department that bears the responsibility of sales accountability and sales task specification in job descriptions and team charters. Highly related to sales process, but not the same thing.
Sales system = quite literally, all of the above. Additionally, it will usually include the sales automation-customer database- CRM supporting software.
We turn our attention next month to the key levers for modelling and controlling Sales Team productivity and RoI.


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Oh no, who would swap sitting in a steaming hot tub or sauna with a clear view of the forests beyond for anything that even involved getting dressed.....guests have been known to stay in their bathrobes all weekend....If you are in need of some serious downtime look no further, they have great spa packages and deals midweek and at the weekends, so being treated like a high king wont cost you the equivalent ransom, now where did I leave my book?
1 Tara ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland similar to but reputedly bigger then Stonehenge?
2 Newgrange predating the pyramids this 5000 year old megalithic structure is precisely aligned to the winter soltice.
3 Battle of the Boyne interpretative centre at Oldbridge on the actual battlesite where 35,000 soldiers were killed in 1610.
4 Slane village check out the four large houses opposite each other at the crossroads, originally belonged to four sisters, or peep over the green gates at Slane Castle site of the legendry open air rock concerts run by Lord Henry Mountcharles.
5 Trim Castle huge Norman Castle you can scramble all over on seriously high ramparts, film set of the movie Braveheart.
6 Tullynally Castle fairytale castle with romantic gardens and a spitting llama!
7 Causey Farm Fordstown, Navan, fun model farm for the kids with loads of different events including giant bubble blowing and bog hopping?
8 Monasterboice see the 17ft tall high cross of Muirdeach with its intricate carvings.
9 Mellifont Abbey 12th century Cistercian abbey with octagonal lavabo, retrace the footsteps of 800 years as you cross the threshold.
10 Beaulieu House a very fine and unusual country house, stuffed with treasures and steeped in history, on the banks of the river Boyne.


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Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (1914-2010) hardly needs any introduction in a review intended for mathematicians. His popularity, even among a broader public, has grown to a legendary level. His interests, reflected in his numerous publications, have created a loyal circle of followers among the species of homo ludens collecting geeks that love recreational mathematics, card tricks, and other magic hocus-pocus. Some may know about his admiration for Lewis Caroll via his edition of The Annotated Alice (1960) and for L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz via his book Visitors From Oz (1998). These were inspirational for many other of his writings as well. Perhaps a bit less known is that he was also a big fan of G. K. Chesterton (the author of the Father Brown detective stories).
If this is about as far as your familiarity with Martin Gardner's work goes, then this autobiography will bring some surprises. It is not revealing unexpected issues about his private life, but it will be an eye-opener knowing that he was active on so many diverse fields outside the ones listed above. Clearly he has been interested in magic, chess, card games, and recreational mathematical issues since he was a young boy. But the opening chapter is about colours, and Gardner immediately connects this with colours in The Wizard of Oz and in Chesterton's novels. This is very typical. Whatever topic or period in his live is covered in the different chapters, there are always numerous references to and citations from books by others and of course also by himself. His opinion about some poetry and more in general about other art forms is outspoken and clearly put on display.
Another issue that mattered a lot to him was religion. After going through several stages in his life, he finally became a believer in God and in an afterlife, although not on a rational basis. This is the subject of the preface, but is recurrent throughout the book. It flares when he is discussing the views of his philosophy professors M.J. Adler and R. McKeon at the University of Chicago, and when he has a chapter on loosing his faith, and it is very explicitly in his penultimate chapter entitled `God' and in the last one where he summarizes his philosophy as a kind of testament for posterity.
Another of his pet subjects is his aversion for pseudoscience. There is a separate chapter on his rejection of what he calls `bad science'. There is no mercy for Dianetics and Scientology, orgonomy, UFOs, homeopathy, chiropractors, phrenology, palmistry etc. or for frauds like Uri Geller. On this topic, his book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (1958) originally published in 1952 with a different title has become a classic.
Almost `between the lines' we learn about his life: his schools, the University of Chicago, his service in the Navy during WW II and later his career as a contributor to Esquire, editor of Humpy Dumpty and how it really was taking off when he published his first contribution to Scientific American on flexagons. Obviously there is also a chapter about his parents, one about his wife and family, and one about good friends. However, these are not digging very deeply into the lives of these people. Even in these chapters, he finds hooks to his views and convictions and to his or somebody else's publications. The chapter on his math and magic friends has a lot of anecdotes, but there is a constant stream throughout the chapters with amazing details and funny stories about an endless number of people he has known or worked with and who often became friends. The list of names and the list of works compiled in the index at the end of the book is 19 pages long. That is a lot of people on only 200 pages. That Salvador Dali was one of his fans will be a surprise for many. A `photo essay' has 24 pages of photographs and illustrations including some of the caricatures he made, showing another of his skills as yet undiscussed.
So lovers of mathematical games and recreations should not look for more of this stuff here. Nevertheless, with the many references and citations, they can consider it as an annotated (although incomplete) guide to the work of Gardner. Moreover they will be surprised that there are so many probably unexpected facets to this man. Martin Gardner will live on in the biannual G4G (Gatherings for Gardner) that started in 1993. His broad mathematical impact may be explained just because he never got a formal degree in mathematics. As he confesses that he sometimes had to work hard to understand the subject himself before he could write about it, implying that if he understood, also interested but non-mathematical readers would understand what he wanted to communicate.
A. Bultheel
Martin Gardner's boost in popularity for the broad public came about when he started in 1956 his Mathematical Games column in Scientific American that he continued for the next 25 years. This book is an autobiography that he wrote shortly before he passed away in 2010 at the age of 95. It reveals his prolific and diverse career and his strong opinions on things that matter to him such as art, poetry, philosophy, religion, pseudoscience, etc. and it has many anecdotes about people from his broad circle of acquaintances and friends.
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Hey Lovelies! I know I haven't updated this blog in a while as I've been so busy – so many things are happening recently. This is just a little update on what is happening and going on!
ThatSoBekaah Blog // So with this blog I have decided to post 2 times a week with possibly more as I don't really have any new products as such so I'll be doing two posts every week from next week. I haven't decided on the days yet but it will be a week day and then a weekend day!
The Cliques Blog // This is the blog that I'm going to be concentrating on from now on. I've just found that it is way easier to do posts for that blog as its everything but beauty and fashion. I will be updating that blog nearly every day! You can follow it on The Cliques Blog !
ThatSoBekaah Youtube Channel // I got some big news on this the other day. I have partnered with AwesomenessTV which is one of the best Youtube channels for people around my age and theirs so many opportunities that I can get from working with them. With that I am uploading every Wednesday and Saturday on ThatSoBekaah so Keep an eye out for them videos!
Nominations // I was nominated for two categories for the Irish Beauty Blog awards which is happening on the 21st of May! I will be attending these awards so I can't wait to meet everyone there!
Hey lovelies! It was my brothers conformation yesterday so I thought I would do my first Outfit of The Day & my Face of The Day too! All the information on each will be beneath the pictures! I'll be doing more of these!
Foundation – MAC Studio Fix Fluid.
Eye Shadow – Naked Basics Palette.
Eye Liner – Inglot Gel Liner.
Blush & Bronzer – Naked Flushed Palette.
Dress – Penny's / Primark €20.
I'm so sorry about the lack of posts on this page but I have a number of exciting posts coming up!
Hey lovelies! As some of you may know that I went to the Inglot event for the release of they're new make up bags for MUAs and others!
The event was based in the South Anne Street Store in Dublin, Ireland and began at 6pm and ended at 8pm on Wednesday. As I have three emails I forget to log into my other one and only found the email two hours before the event so I was rushed.
I arrived to the event at 5:58 so I was just on time and I was excited. We went up to the studio first and had a glass of white wine and talked to the Make Up Artists that worked there about the bags. There was so amazing bags that I want but can't afford at the moment. The new range is probably one of the best that I've seen out!
Then we had an amazing contouring demo with the lovely Sarah (I think) and she showed us how to contour really easily & it's actually helped me so much.
After the demo we got our goodie bags – post up about that soon & I purchased the YSM Foundation and the Gel Eyeliner in Black! I will have a video and posts up about it all!
My Vlog from the event is available here – Inglot Event Vlog and Haul Video is available there. Check them both out as I'll be doing more videos!
Hey lovelies! As some of you may know we are currently planning and booking a #bloggerLATrip for Spring Break 2016.
The trip will be a mixture of relaxing and sight seeing. We are also hoping to get some master classes in with some companies including benefit and Mac over there.
Price of Hotel – €392 per person for two weeks.
The hotel is 15 minutes away from Universal, 45 minutes away from the beach and is beside Sunset Blvd.
A number of us have decided to go to Los Angeles to experience Spring Break next year – as it's the cheaper flight prices and it's still really hot out in Los Angeles this time of the year! It would be classed as a holiday but people can use the experience to build up contacts and whatever else (I know I will)!
We are hoping to get either a group of 10 or 14 to go to Los Angeles. You need to be 17+ as we don't want to end up baby sitting anyone as we want to have fun too! We are planning on going this time next year or in April (spring break dates won't be out until September) but it gives us enough time to book flights and a hotel/house!
This will be an amazing experience for anyone that hasn't been to Los Angeles and even for their blog as its a great place for contacts & what not!
We will give you the people's details that are near you and you can book your flights together so you don't have to do the 20 hour flight alone!
Have you been abroad before?
Whatever else you think we need to know.
This trip will be one of the best if you make the most out of it!
Hey lovelies! As most of you might know on Tuesday its St.Patricks Day which is an Irish Holiday but is celebrated all around the world! I thought I would do a post for my Irish readers on things to do in Dublin for it!
The theme for this years parade is Celebrate Now! This parade runs every year in the city centre and it always brings an amazing feeling to Dublin. The parade begins on Parnell Square, then continues into O'Connell Street, O'Connell Bridge, Westmoreland Street and then winds down onto Dame Street, Lord Edward Street and finishes along Patricks Street. This is a free event but grandstand tickets are €60 each! Everything kicks off at 12:00pm but if you are going to see everything we would advise you to go early!
All of the information can be found on St.Patricks Festival about the event!
These fun fairs is a happen every single year in a number of different places around the city and are perfect for the teens and adults going to the festivals! All the prices vary per ride as normal fun fairs do!
Merrion Square – Saturday 14th March to Tuesday 17th March at 11am to 9pm.
Custom House – Saturday 14th March at 11am to 10pm. Sunday 15th March to Tuesday 17th Match at 11am to 8pm.
This is the fourth year that this event has been happening so it's been quiet popular over here! This is a true celebration of the Irish ~ there will be beer, cider, whiskey, food and entertainment! This festival is indoors so the weather won't be affecting it at all. This is €10 entry per person but you get entry, a souvenir glass and a free half pint!
Dates – Friday 13th March at 5pm to 12:30am. 14th March to 17th March at 12.30pm to 12:30am.
All of the information for these events are available on St Patricks with so many other events over the festival!
Let me know in the comments below what you are doing for Patricks Day!
As some of you might know that the Irish Beauty Show is on this coming Sunday and Monday in the RDS in Dublin, Ireland. I will be attending on the Sunday and I cannot wait. This post is just to show you who would be my top brands at this event to visit!
AYU Make Up is a company run by Suzie O'Neil and her sister Laura Maher. They sell top make up brushes and palettes for everyone. All of their brushes have amazing quality with a non expensive price! You should definitely check this brand out at the show!
This is a brand that I've only found recently myself. They do Tan, EyeLashes and Fake Nails. I am currently using their tan on myself and it's amazing! I would recommend it to anyone! This brand would be another brand that you have to go and check out. They are one of the cheaper tans but are amazing – couldn't fault them in any way at all.
This company has to be a big company that I have to go and see myself. Blank Canvas has been a company that I've been looking to check out for the past month. This company also do brushes and palettes for an affordable price!
Fuschia is a big Irish brand that I would love to check out and everyone should to support the Irish companies! There's no where near me that stocks Fuschia so I cannot wait to see what they have to offer completely!
Nima Brushes is another brush brand that you have to check out because they are amazing and I absolutely love this brand without a doubt!
Benefit Cosmetics are obviously a big known brand in the cosmetics world so they have to be checked out no matter what. They will have plenty of offers and discounted prices so don't forget to go and check their stand.
Let me know if you are going to the Beauty Show on Sunday and who you can't wait to see!


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Big Pharma Refuses To Release Data On Their Killer Vax
NER: Big Pharma has a long history of law-breaking & has paid $billions in fines for crooked dealing. This is no deterrent to them as they make multiple $billions in profits every year. If you are planning to take a vax, just consider that there are now several million casualties & thousands of deaths worldwide. Add to this the fact that the suppliers are hiding all data from their research. If they were safe & effective they would be showing you the proof. If they are dangerous they would hide the facts, & that is exactly what they have done for two years.
BMJ Demands Immediate Vaccine Data
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked
Race Is On for an Omicron Jab
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
BMJ editor Peter Doshi has publicly called for release of raw data from the clinical trials that led to the emergency use authorization of the COVID-19 shots. The FDA has a statutory obligation to publish the Pfizer data after drug approval, leaving Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca to provide the raw data
The delay in releasing raw data is reminiscent of Roche's handling of Tamiflu and Gilead's determination to get authorization for remdesivir to treat COVID-19, despite clinical data demonstrating the drug showed little or no positive effect
At least one Pfizer testing facility had poor practices, including data that were falsified, patients who were unblinded and poorly trained people hired to administer the injections
In an opinion piece published coincidentally on the day the FDA announced full approval of the Pfizer injection, Doshi noted Pfizer's August 2021 preprint paper held no new information since April 2021, and the shot demonstrated waning immunity in Israel, where it was used exclusively
While other Big Pharma manufacturers have developed and released a COVID-19 genetic therapy injection, only shots from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson have been approved in the U.S.1
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) editor Peter Doshi, an associate professor of pharmaceutical health services research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, has called for the release of the clinical trial raw data on which the emergency use authorizations were based.2
As of December 2021, there were 12 countries with the capacity to produce the shots being distributed throughout the world, with approximately 200 vaccine candidates that are in preclinical development.3 According to OpenVAERS,4 there have been 1,053,828 adverse events reported as of January 14, 2022, and of those 593,078 (56.2%) are attributed to the Pfizer/BioNTech shot.
Of the three emergency use authorization approved shots in the U.S., Pfizer's Comirnaty was the only one approved for full use by the FDA in August 2021.5 The thing is, Comirnaty is not available in the U.S., and won't be made available as long as doses of the Emergency Use Authorized Pfizer shot, BNT162b2, remain.6
In other words, the shot that has triggered more than half of all adverse events is the one that is being touted as approved by the FDA — when in reality the shot that was actually approved isn't even available yet. Dr. Peter Marks, FDA's director of the Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research wrote this as justification for the approval to do this in the FDA press release:7
"Our scientific and medical experts conducted an incredibly thorough and thoughtful evaluation of this vaccine. We evaluated scientific data and information included in hundreds of thousands of pages, conducted our own analyses of Comirnaty's safety and effectiveness, and performed a detailed assessment of the manufacturing processes, including inspections of the manufacturing facilities."
It is the FDA's statutory obligation8 to publish this "incredibly thorough" evaluation of the data and their own analysis within 30 days of a drug approval. Yet, after a Freedom of Information Act request and subsequent lawsuit by a nonprofit group to release the data,9 the FDA proposed to release documentation over many decades.
Ultimately, they asked a federal judge to give them 75 years to complete the process,10 but in January 2022 a federal judge ordered the FDA to accelerate this schedule to eight months.11
Pfizer Won't Accept Requests for Trial Data Until 2025
According to Doshi,12 it will take Pfizer at least 24 months after the study completion date listed on ClinicalTrials.gov13 to even consider a request to release the primary data. Doshi calls this an "unacceptable delay," and yet the lack of access to data is not unique to Pfizer.
Moderna and AstraZeneca14 have both indicated they will have similar delays in releasing their data.15 Since only the data from Pfizer can be released by the FDA, it falls to Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca to provide the raw data. Doshi points out that raw data for other therapeutics tied to COVID-19 are also difficult to uncover.
For example, the published reports of the monoclonal antibody therapy produced by Regeneron state that any raw data will not be released to others.16 Only the methods and findings will be released, and the raw data will only be considered once the drug has been approved and if there's legal authority to share it.
Likewise, Doshi notes the raw data from the National Institutes of Health for the drug promoted to treat COVID-19 — remdesivir — is limited, with the accompanying explanation: "The longitudinal data set only contains a small subset of the protocol and statistical analysis plan objectives."17 Doshi argues the point, writing:
"We are left with publications but no access to the underlying data on reasonable request. This is worrying for trial participants, researchers, clinicians, journal editors, policy makers, and the public. The journals that have published these primary studies may argue that they faced an awkward dilemma, caught between making the summary findings available quickly and upholding the best ethical values that support timely access to underlying data.
In our view, there is no dilemma; the anonymized individual participant data from clinical trials must be made available for independent scrutiny."
Access to the underlying data is necessary for transparent decision-making. Each of these are essential steps for public health safety. Doshi notes18 that had information been revealed as to why the vaccine trials were not used to test efficacy against the infection, countries would have learned earlier about how the vaccine allowed transmission in the pandemic and would have been able to plan public health strategies accordingly.
Pfizer has been a habitual offender in shady dealings, having been sued in multiple venues over unethical drug testing, illegal marketing practices,19 bribery in multiple countries,20 environmental violations,21 labor and worker safety violations and more.22,23
Doshi cites documentation24 that three of the companies have had past criminal and civil settlements costing them billions of dollars, one pleaded guilty to fraud and other drug companies have jumped into developing a genetic injection with no track record before the pandemic. These actions create doubt that the raw data will adequately support the manufacturers claims.
Lack of Raw Data After Drug Release Reminiscent of Tamiflu
Doshi recalls that 12 years ago the scientific community called for the release of raw data from clinical trials from another drug that was stockpiled by governments around the world in the middle of a different pandemic.25
In this case, most of the trials that formed the foundation of the government approval and stockpiling of Tamiflu were sponsored by the manufacturer and ghost written by writers paid by the manufacturer. Ironically, those who were listed as principal authors did not have access to the raw data.
The history of Tamiflu also parallels remdesivir, a drug that has little or no positive effect on treatment of COVID.26 Dr. Tom Jefferson is an epidemiologist who works for the Cochrane Collaboration, an organization that collects and reviews medical research findings.
In his presentation at the Symposium about Scientific Freedom in Copenhagen,27 Jefferson described the intricate and complex journey he and his team took to publish the only Cochrane review that was based solely on raw unpublished regulatory data for Tamiflu.
Ultimately, his review demonstrated that the drug shortened the duration of symptoms from flu by less than one day. However, the struggle to obtain the data was nearly as eye-opening as the results.
It took four years for Roche to deliver 150,000 pages of clinical data to Jefferson's team.28 After getting the data, Jefferson found that although the drug was used worldwide, the WHO had never vetted the raw data, nor had the European Medicines Agency, nor had the CDC.
The FDA had seen the data, however, which prompted them to request a published statement on the label "saying serious bacterial infections may begin with influenza-like symptoms or may coexist with or without complications … but Tamiflu has not been shown to prevent such complications."29 Jefferson commented: "The FDA was saying, this business about complications, no evidence of that."
Jefferson also notes that even a decade after the Tamiflu Phase 3 trials were completed, they remained unpublished. From an analysis the team determined "there was no convincing trial evidence that Tamiflu affected influenza complications and treatment or influenza infections in prophylaxis."30
At Least One Pfizer Shot Testing Facility Had Poor Practices
Paul Thacker, investigative journalist from the BMJ, reported on evidence presented by researchers in a Texas privately-owned clinical research lab that the data integrity in Pfizer's vaccine trial was suspect.31 While this should have been front-page news in 2021, the mainstream media completely ignored it.
According to Brook Jackson, a veteran clinical research coordinator with 20 years of experience, the Pfizer Phase 3 COVID jab trial included data that were falsified, patients who were unblinded and poorly trained people hired to administer the injections. Additionally, follow up on any adverse side effects reported by the participants lagged significantly.
Thacker led the article with the statement: "Revelations of poor practices at a contract research company helping to carry out Pfizer's pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial raise questions about data integrity and regulatory oversight."32
Jackson attempted to inform her superiors multiple times. When her concerns were ignored, she called the FDA and filed an email complaint. Hours later she was fired after working just two weeks. According to her separation letter the management had decided she was "not a good fit" for the company. According to Jackson, this was the first time she'd ever been fired in her 20-year career as a clinical research coordinator.
While the briefing document that Pfizer submitted to the FDA in the application for an emergency use authorization contained no indication of any problems at the lab, Jackson has since provided The BMJ with "dozens of internal company documents, photos, audio recordings and emails"33 proving her concerns were valid.
The BMJ also learned that Jackson's allegations were supported by others. Months later, Jackson reconnected with employees who were either fired from the lab or who left. One official sent a text message to Jackson saying, "everything that you complained about was spot on."34
Two other former employees spoke to The BMJ anonymously confirming the broad allegations made in Jackson's complaint, with one person saying she had worked on more than four dozen trials during her career, but had never experienced the type of work environment at Ventavia on the Pfizer trial.
For example, in several cases there weren't enough employees to swab the trial participants who were reporting symptom, even though the trial required lab confirmation of symptomatic COVID-19 as a primary endpoint. The employee called the data produced by the Ventavia lab for the Pfizer trial "a crazy mess."35
Preprint Data Demonstrate Waning Immunity by March 2021
Doshi also addressed the need for adequate and controlled studies with long-term follow-up before granting approval for vaccinations, most notably the COVID-19 genetic therapy injection.36 In an opinion piece published August 23, 2021, he discussed the updated results that Pfizer had posted for their ongoing Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial.37
Months before, the company had announced the vaccine efficacy was estimated to be "up to six months" after injection.38 While updated results were published one year after the trial began,39 there were not 10 months of data in the follow-up. The paper appeared to be based on the same data included in the April 1, 2021, news release from Pfizer.40
The efficacy results were identical, claiming 91.3% efficacy against symptomatic disease "up to six months of follow-up." Doshi points out that this matters because it is thus far the most information Pfizer had offered to the public as they were pursuing full approval from the FDA. Both Pfizer41 and the CDC42 have claimed the shot is 95% effective.
Without addressing whether that 95% is absolute or relative risk reduction, or how Pfizer arrived at those claims, it's also important to note that little can be said about how long vaccine-induced immunity could last when researchers had only measured two months of data.
"Waning immunity" is a known issue for some vaccines, such as the influenza shot.43 Doshi notes44 there have been some studies that found near zero effectiveness only three months after the flu vaccine was administered. The crucial question is the level of effectiveness of the vaccine after an individual is exposed to the virus.
In early July 2021, Israel's Ministry of Health reported that efficacy against asymptomatic disease fell dramatically in the months following vaccinations. Israel exclusively uses the Pfizer vaccine, which Pfizer's chief scientific officer, Philip Dormitzer, told a Zoom meeting:45
"Early in the pandemic we established a relationship with the Israeli Ministry of Health where they used exclusively the Pfizer vaccine and then monitored it very closely, so we had a sort of laboratory where we could see the effect."
Only 7% of Trial Participants Reached 6 Months of Data
Data released from Israel show the efficacy fell to 64% over one month from June 6, 2021, to July 5, 2021.46 By late July, the efficacy had dropped dramatically again to 39%.47 While these numbers are low, the FDA's expectation is that any approved vaccine should be at least 50% effective.48
Starting in December 2020, Pfizer unblinded the majority of the participants in the trial and allowed the placebo group to get vaccinated. By March 13, 2021, 93% of those participating in the Pfizer trial had been unblinded. This means the reference to six months of safety and efficacy in the preprint paper reports on only the 7% of trial participants that reached six months of the blinded follow up.
While the paper was published one year after the trial began, the data reported do not go past the first six months, which is the time period in which Israel reports efficacy dropped to 39%. Doshi goes on to say:49
"It is hard to imagine that the <10% of trial participants who remained blinded at six months (which presumably further dwindled after 13 March 2021) could constitute a reliable or valid sample to produce further findings. And the preprint does not report any demographic comparisons to justify future analyses."
Although claims have been made that the vaccine prevents severe disease, the trials were not designed to study severe disease, which Doshi details in another paper published in The BMJ.50 In the opinion piece published in The BMJ, Doshi writes:51
"But here we are, with FDA reportedly on the verge of granting a marketing license 13 months into the still ongoing, two-year pivotal trial, with no reported data past 13 March 2021, unclear efficacy after six months due to unblinding, evidence of waning protection irrespective of the Delta variant, and limited reporting of safety data."
Coincidentally, the very day Doshi's paper was published in The BMJ, the FDA announced approval for the Pfizer COVID-19 shot being marketed as Comirnaty.52
Yet, without adequate data analysis, and with mounting numbers of adverse events reported to VAERS,53 the FDA still expanded eligibility for the jab to include children 12 years and older to receive a single booster dose and approved emergency use authorization for children 5 years old and older.54 Doshi ends with a reasoned and logical call to action to the FDA:55
"FDA should be demanding that the companies complete the two-year follow-up, as originally planned (even without a placebo group, much can still be learned about safety). They should demand adequate, controlled studies using patient outcomes in the now substantial population of people who have recovered from covid. And regulators should bolster public trust by helping ensure that everyone can access the underlying data."


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Outstanding Students
Home / News / Clongowes Stories / Outstanding Students
Posted: 5th November 2014
Outstanding Musicians
Congratulations to orchestral musicians Jack Savage (viola) in Poetry and Colin Bourke (trumpet) in Syntax. Both received High Achiever Awards from the Royal Irish Academy of Music because of their outstanding results in their grade exams last May.
Congratulations also to David Dudeney (percussion) in Rhetoric, who successfully auditioned for the Dublin Symphony Youth Orchestra and to Mark Thomas (violin), also in Rhetoric, who successfully auditioned for Leader of the Dublin Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Model Mathematicians
Were that not enough Marc Bollee, Conor Galvin, Billy Minch and new arrival Shane Hogan (all Syntax) have been identified by the State Examinations Commission as high achievers in Mathematics in the 2014 Junior Certificate examination.
Successful Scientists
Conor Galvin has also been invited to compete in the Junior Irish Science Olympiad along with Donnchadh Walsh (Poetry). The purpose of this competition is to select a team to represent Ireland in each of the sciences in the Junior European Union Science Olympiad (EUSO) and selection is based on outstanding performance in Science and Maths in the Junior Certificate exam.
The boys will sit a series of exams to be held in DCU in November, where they will be presented with material that they may not have met in school. They will be required to use their scientific reasoning skills, problem-solving abilities and knowledge to solve the problems. The top three students are awarded gold medals, the next three silver and the next six bronze. All medal winners will be invited to participate in Practical Training in DCU in January and after a further assessment, the top six students will be selected to represent Ireland at the EUSO.
In all cases may we also congratulate their teachers for fostering and nurturing their talents and abilities and wish the boys the best in their future tests and further careers.
Declan O'Keeffe, Head of Communications
Categories: Clongowes Stories


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Q: How to submit multiple Flink Jobs using Single Flink Application Say I have a Flink application to filter, transform, and process stream.
How to break this application into two jobs and communicate b/w them without using the intermittent store.
Refer to the below image for dataflow.
Reason for the use case :
Event size : 2KB,
Event lite : 200B,
TPS: 1M
For effective usage of Java Heap to store more events at any given time transformation is required.
Doing all three on single TaskManager has a disadvantage of storing the ingested events as well, where nearly 80% of events are not required.
Running these jobs on different task managers will give great flexibility in scaling the processing function.
Need help in achieving this, any suggestion is welcome. Also trying to understand how multiple jobs can be submitted via a single Flink Application.

A: Several points:
Application mode, introduced in Flink 1.11, allows a single main() method to submit multiple jobs, but there's no mechanism for direct communication between these jobs. Flink's approach to fault tolerance via snapshotting doesn't extend to managing state in more than one job.
You could, hypothetically, connect the jobs with a socket sink and socket source. But you'll give up fault tolerance if you do this.
You can achieve something similar to what you've asked for by configuring a slot sharing group that forces the final stage(s) of the pipeline into their own slot(s). However, this is almost certainly a bad idea, as it will force ser/de that might otherwise be unnecessary, and also result in poorer resource utilization. But it will separate those pipeline stages into another JVM.
If the goal is to have separately deployable and independently scalable components, you can get that by using remote functions with the Stateful Functions API.
To maximize performance (and minimize garbage collection) with the sort of ETL job you've shown, you're probably better off if you take advantage of operator chaining and object reuse, and keep everything in a single job.


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Can Transit Reverse Indianapolis' Center-City Slide?
Despite Indianapolis' reputation as a flourishing Midwestern city, many of the demographic and economic trends spell bad news for the downtown core. This chart shows downtown residential growth compared to similar cities. Image: ##http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/01/20/the-strategic-case-for-mass-transit-in-indianapolis/## Urbanophile##
At the Indiana statehouse today, a committee is discussing a transit plan that could revolutionize Indianapolis. The proposal would drastically expand transit investment, and add a rapid transit element, in an attempt to make this relatively auto-centric city a more authentically urban place.
But changing the transportation culture of a city is hard. And some of the state's top opinionators have dismissed the whole idea, most recently Andrea Neal, a columnist at the Indianapolis Star. Since Indianapolis is so low-density and oriented around the car, according to Neal, it's foolish to devote more resources to transit.
Aaron Renn of Network blog the Urbanophile says Neal may be right about the current transportation dynamic, but argues there are important reasons to support transit anyway. Like the future of the region's economy:
Let's take a look at the stark reality. Indianapolis has long boasted of having one of the best downtowns for a city its size in America — and with justification. From nothing, Downtown Indy has been successfully revitalized as a world class events and entertainment center, something all Hoosiers can be immensely proud of.
But the successful side of revitalization has hidden the less pleasant truth that downtown Indianapolis has been losing large numbers of private sector jobs and has been a national laggard when it comes to attracting residents. More troublingly, the larger urban core is in an advanced state of collapse.
Renn points out that Center Township — the centermost portion of Indianpolis' Marion County — experienced pretty significant population loss over the last decade: 14.5 percent, a statistic that puts it in league with cities like Buffalo and Cleveland. Meanwhile, as shown in the above chart, residential growth in the city's downtown areas has been anemic and the city has been hemorrhaging jobs to suburban locations.
It is difficult to look at these numbers after the extensive efforts — including large amount of public investment — put into the downtown and urban core and conclude otherwise but that these have not yet delivered on their goal of reversing population and job declines, except for population in the core of downtown — and even that has failed on a competitive basis.
I certainly wouldn't rate a major investment in transit as the most pressing need. But it is something that is a key facilitator of things that need to happen in order to differentiate the urban core residential and commercial product so that it is not just in direct competition with the auto-oriented suburbs. That direct competition, as I noted, is doomed to fail. Only producing a distinctive product that you can't get in the suburbs and that people are willing to buy on its own merits, will change these numbers.
Neal's point of view is that the battle's over and the suburbs won. But just ask places like Cleveland and Detroit if you can have a thriving metro area once your core goes down the tubes.
Elsewhere on the Network today: Second Avenue Sagas say the many recent news reports about NYC subway deaths don't reflect a new safety problem, but a heightened level of scrutiny. Twin City Sidewalks says residents of greater Minneapolis need to shake off cabin fever and get out on the sidewalks. And The Greater Marin reports that officials in San Fafael, California have a plan to pay people to give up solo commuting.
Can Transit Work Well in a Sprawling City Like Indianapolis?
By Yonah Freemark	| Jun 22, 2017
Transit service in Indianapolis is scarce and very few people use the existing system. A key reason for these lackluster outcomes is the city's sprawling pattern of development.
The Bus Network Redesign in Indianapolis Will Be Like Launching a Brand New Transit System
By Yonah Freemark	| Jul 11, 2017
What Indianapolis is doing deserves attention, especially from other spread-out American cities looking to spend their transit dollars as efficiently as possible. The big change is a complete reshaping of bus service, which will be like setting up a brand new transit network.
Indianapolis Has a Long Way to Go to Get Transit Right
By Yonah Freemark	| Jun 9, 2017
Suffice it to say that it's simply not convenient for most people to use the Indianapolis transit system. Things are looking up, though: Last fall, Indianapolis residents voted massively in favor of a funding package that should significantly improve service in the coming years.
Transit Vote 2016: Indianapolis's Chance to Get a Real Transit System
By Angie Schmitt	| Oct 13, 2016
The presidency and Congress aren't the only things at stake when voters go to the polls next month. In several cities, people will also be deciding the future of their transit and transportation systems. With the odds of increasing federal transit funding looking remote in gridlocked Washington, these local ballot measures take on even more importance. Before […]
By Katie Pearce	| Jan 17, 2013
Rep. Denham Vows to Keep Blocking California Bullet Train (The Hill) LaHood Heading to Detroit for Light-Rail Announcement (Detroit Free Press, AP) In D.C., LaHood Says "Things Look Good" for Silver Line Loan (Transpo Nation) More Gas Tax Talk As States Grapple With Budget Woes: PA, MI, NH, WY… Kansas City to Vote Today on Moving Funds to Multi-Modal […]
By Katie Pearce	| Jun 21, 2016
Chris Mims: Driverless Cars Will Fuel Suburban Sprawl (WSJ) LA Times: Is Permanent Sales Tax the Answer for Great Transit in LA? Massachusetts' $14.8B Transit Budget Focuses on Reliability (Globe) Ahead of Fall Vote, Foxx Urges Raleigh to Expand Commuting Options (News Observer) A New Approach to Florida's Planned Communities (Urban Land) El Paso Thinking Big About Transit (Gov Tech) Detroit's Bike Projects, Past […]


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Home Insights More musings on patentability in the United States McRo v Bandai
More musings on patentability in the United States McRo v Bandai
We have been reporting on the gradual trickle of cases confirming the patent-eligibility of software related inventions from the US Courts. In September 2016 the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed the lower court's decision and found that the claims of US 6,307,576, (McRo) related to patent-eligible subject matter.
The patent was concerned with the automation of lip synchronisation in animated characters.
There is presently a two-part test for determining patent-eligibility (known as patentability on this side of the Pond). First it must be considered whether the claim is directed to an abstract idea. If it is not, the claim is patent-eligible. If it is so directed, it is only patent-eligible if the claim as a whole amounts to something 'significantly more' than an abstract idea.
The lower court had held that the claimed invention was no more than an abstract idea but this finding was reversed on appeal.
In considering the first part of the test, the CAFC considered what was meant by the invention being directed to an abstract idea. Briefly, they found that the exclusion of abstract ideas was intended to exclude claims directed to results rather than processes that produce results. They cautioned against an over simplification of the claims when applying the abstract idea test, stating that courts "must be careful to avoid over simplifying the claims by looking at them generally and failing to account for the specific requirements of the claims". They re-stated the view expressed in Enfish v Microsoft that the court should "look to whether the claims in these patents focus on a specific means or method that improves the relevant technology or are instead directed to a result or effect that itself is the abstract idea and merely invoke generic processes and machinery".
In this case, the claims were directed to a rules-based lip synchronisation process and the rules were incorporated into the claims. The court found that the structure of the limited rules reflected a specific implementation. It was not shown to be one which any animator engaged in the search for an automation process would likely have utilised. As such, the claim was directed to a specific process for automatically animating characters and so did not pre-empt approaches that use rules of a different structure or different techniques. The claim was therefore not directed to an abstract idea and it was not necessary to consider the second part of the test.
The case is helpful in that it puts a little more flesh on the bones of the two-step patent-eligibility test. In prosecution of applications before the United States Patent Office (USPTO) we have been experiencing rejections of claims as being directed to abstract subject matter with little or no attempt to analyse the detail of the claim. This case helps to clarify that the USPTO and courts must look at the specifics of the claim language rather than the generality of the claim. The approach taken gives encouragement to applicants and also useful pointers to how best to draft claims to avoid or overcome patent-eligibility rejections. From our European standpoint we continue to observe that US originating cases which are drafted with the two step patent-eligibility test in mind are less likely to have problems with the EPO's 'Technical Solution to a Technical Problem' test that has often been the case in the past. It is interesting, at least to us, to consider whether the USPTO and EPO are converging. While the answer is not yet clear, the two practices are clearly closer than they used to be.
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Ok. I. Love. This. Show.
Ok, I have been watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for quite some time. I seriously recored every episode. The rap session with Daniel Radcliffe was pretty amazing. I usually dislike rap, but seeing Harry Potter throw down was pretty impressive.
If you haven't seen it yet, then you can view it below. And if you don't watch Jimmy Fallon, then start.
What is your favorite Jimmy Fallon skit?
Amazing! My favorite skits are usually with Justin Timberlake. Or the lip sync battle he had with Emma Stone. Hilarious!
Justin and Jimmy are great together! And I really like the box of lies!


… assistance for seniors age 60+ to get to their medical appointments outside of the senior's county. This is run through the Upper Arkansas Area Agency on Aging.
… provide assistance with utility bills and shut off notices, medications , eviction prevention, mortgage payments, food, auto repairs (if employed), tools, & clothing for employment, home appliance repair/replacement, dental, vision and more.
… in Salida and Buena Vista. Transportation is provided for medical appointments, work, shopping, and social activities throughout Chaffee county.


This project was an exploration of time and memory of the internet; I believe, even within the digital(ized) relm, there is a process of remembering and transformation. Each time we visit a space on the internet we are making a temporary place for our-self: creating a moment of attachment to what we are viewing or interacting with, but each time we return we are a different person. We can continually return to the same space on the internet, but the place is in ever flux.


Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murder of her father and step mother in 1893, although there has since been speculation that she did indeed commit the crime. Andrew and Abby Borden were hacked to death with an axe sometime during the night of August 3, 1892.
Lizzie, who claimed to have discovered the bodies, was indicted four months later. She did not take the stand at her trial, and the judge determined there was not enough evidence for a guilty verdict. Nobody else was ever charged for this crime, and Lizzie lived out the rest of life in the home where the gruesome double murder occurred.
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The Shabra Charity Foundation & The London Monaghan Association's fundraising dinner dance in aid of the people of Ireland at the Clayton Chiswick Hotel, West London on Saturday 5th November 2016.
The Shabra foundation (CHY 19130) was founded by the late Oliver Brady and business partner Rita Shah in 2010. Since then, the foundation has raised over €600,000 for causes including hospitals across Ireland specialising in Cancer and Cardiac treatment, schools in Nigeria and Kenya, medical eye equipment for the Mater Hospital and Shabra Charity Foundation and the Monaghan Association presents a fundraising dinner dance in aid of the people of Ireland to purchase medical equipment for the Mater Hospital, Dublin.
In memory and fulfilment of Oliver Brady's promise.
Oliver Brady was a well known horse racing figure and philanthropist who sadly passed away in September 2014. His dying wish was for his charity, the Shabra Charity Foundation to provide the Mater (public) hospital with funding (£1.2 million) to develop their clinical gene sequencing machine.
On the 5th November 2016, the dinner dance held at the Clayton Hotel, Chiswick will be in aid of funding the provision of Genomic Sequencing Equipment to the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.
Tickets will cost £100 and will include a top quality meal, wine and a night of entertainment and dancing with options to purchase individual tickets or tables seating up to 10 people for £1,000. The event will also include an auction, raffle and a chance to watch the Breeder's Cup.
Location: Clayton Hotel Chiswick, 626 Chiswick high Road, London.
Hotel Rates: Special accommodation rates are available at the hotel for the weekend of the event, please use the contact details to obtain booking code.


A Travis County grand jury on Thursday declined to indict an Austin father whose 1-year-old daughter died after he left the baby inside his pickup on a hot day in May.
Brett Cavaliero, 42, was investigated by the grand jury for the state jail felony crime of abandoning/endangering a child, according to court documents.
"This was a horrible, horrible accident, and I can't think of anyone who's hurting any worse than my husband," said Cavaliero's wife, Kristie Reeves-Cavaliero, who has been working with him to share the story of their daughter's death in the hopes of preventing similar deaths. "He was a great father. He will never be the same after this."
Cavaliero forgot to take his daughter, Sophia Cavaliero, to day care on May 25 and left her inside his pickup at his workplace on Spicewood Springs Road in Northwest Austin, according to police and Assistant District Attorney Dayna Blazey.
While Cavaliero was at lunch, he remembered that the girl was in the truck and rushed back to work while calling a co-worker, who reached the truck first, Blazey said.
Emergency officials were called at 1:30 p.m., and the infant was taken to Dell Children's Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 2:49 p.m., officials have said.
Sophia was one of 22 children nationwide and five in Texas to die after being left in hot vehicles this year, according to a tally kept by Jan Null, an adjunct professor of meteorology at San Francisco State University who studies such deaths. About half of them happened after a caregiver forgot about the child, according to Null's research.
Last year, a Williamson County grand jury indicted Kesen Hu, the father of an 18-month-old boy who died when he was left in a car, on two felony accounts of criminally negligent homicide and endangering a child. Hu pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of endangering a child and was sentenced to two years of probation.
Authorities suggest caregivers put an important item, such as a cellphone, purse or laptop, in the back seat with a child so they would be reminded of the infant's presence while retrieving the item.
Reeves-Cavaliero spoke at a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration roundtable on child deaths in hot cars in July and with her husband has embarked on a project to foster better communication between parents and day care providers.
The project involves having parents pledge to call day care providers when their child is going to be late or absent from day care. It also calls for day care providers to call parents if children don't show up on time. The hope is that children forgotten in cars would be quickly discovered.
The project is called Ray Ray's Pledge. Ray Ray was Sophia Cavaliero's nickname.
Reeves-Cavaliero said inspiration for the nickname came when she was still pregnant and she and her husband were considering giving the baby the middle name Rayne. Brett Cavaliero jokingly said he was going to call her Ray Ray, something Reeves-Cavaliero initially did not like.
"One evening he tapped on my stomach and he put his ear to my stomach and said, 'Can I call you Ray Ray?'" Reeves-Cavaliero said. "And she kicked him in the face, and (the name) stuck. It was totally her."


Dr. Sarah Galletly is the Margaret and Colin Roderick Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative Literature. She is collaborating with Dr. Victoria Kuttainen (JCU) and Dr. Susann Liebich (Heidelberg University) on a 3-year funded investigation of travel, the Pacific and interwar periodicals titled The Transported Imagination: Magazines, the Pacific, and the Interwar Imagination . As part of this project, she is undertaking a comparative analysis of the representation of women as travellers in Canadian and Australian mass-market magazines of the inter-war period, with a particular focus on questions of mobility and modernity.
Sarah is a former Research Associate of the University of Strathclyde, where she successfully defended her PhD in English Studies in November 2012. Her thesis was titled 'Work, Class and Gender in Canadian Fiction, 1890s-1920s,' and focused on representations of women's work in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Canadian fiction.
Her current research focuses on L.M. Montgomery's short fiction and Montgomery's place in middlebrow magazine cultures of the early twentieth century. She is also increasingly interested in the use of digital tools to help visualise and edit scholarly research. She has already created a digital showcase using Neatline mapping software and has more recently presented early prototype maps for the Transported Imagination project at DH2015.
Galletly S (2016) "Like iron and whisky": nursing and marriage in Fin de Siècle English Canadian fiction. The Latchkey, 7.


A couple of months ago, I started doing some layout at the newspaper. Often it's just one page a day, but sometimes it's as much as 8 pages in a day. I enjoy it – it activates that part of my brain that really loves two-dimensional puzzles.
Tonight's post is a bit early because we have big thunderstorms rolling through and I want to turn my computer back off in a few minutes.
When I do Miracle Journal interviews, I often talk about how I now go through my days wondering, "Is this experience or conversation or person my miracle for the day?" Despite the anticipation of the question, the answer is often not so clear cut. Except today.
Recently I had a conversation with a friend about the idea of gurus and she said, "You have to write this on The Journal!" It has been on my mind ever since, but I've never had quite the right provocation.
Then comes Brené Brown and gives me exactly what I need.