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Visions 2020 Part 1: Anything Can Be Predicted
Amsterdam-based futurist and anthropologist Timo Mashiyi-Veikkola doesn't need a crystal ball to predict the future. It can be done through analysis based on data and techniques involving careful observation, interpretation of signals and informed intuition.
Who are you? Tell us a little bit about yourself and your work as a futurist and anthropologist. How did you end up studying the future?
I am a futurist and anthropologist, and look at the future in the sense of socio-cultural trends that influence what we will be doing in 5-10 years. I look at certain variables and drivers in society that affect our behaviour and in turn affect our consumption and behaviour regarding technology and user experiences, what we are interested in and what we desire in our future life.
I studied anthropology at the University of Tampere, in the social sciences department, and did my master's degree there. I started to work for Nokia in 1999 as a Training Concept Designer in the Nokia Wireless Business Centre where we were developing new on-line training methods. Even then we were kind of looking at future behaviours and future technologies that would be embedded into people's lives. I was working for NWBC when I was contacted by a sociologist in the Socialware team of Nokia Corporation in Helsinki. They were doing a cultural study of Brazil and I had done my Master's thesis on Afro-Brazilian culture and the transfer of cultural memory, so they wanted to interview me. After the interview, I was very curious about the team -this was in 2001 and I didn't know sociologists existed in the corporate world and that Nokia had a team of Social scientists! I offered to help them in the future if needed, and not long after was called in for an interview and accepted a position in the Socialware team. That's how I became a futurist and that's where the future started!
Timo Mashiyi-Veikkola – Futurist and Strategist
How can future be studied or predicted? Do you need a crystal ball for that?
I actually have a crystal ball! It was given to me by my colleagues at Nokia when I left the company, and I use it now… But seriously, anything can be predicted, it's just a matter of accuracy. Very often the writing is on the wall before we have any kind of seismic change or seismic shifts in society. We simply need to be aware, keep our eyes open and understand where we are now, understand the past and observe the present to understand the future. We simply need methods that help turn signals into understandable and actionable forms. So, it's really about interpreting these signals, utilising models and tools that can help us to interpret information and phenomena into viable strategies and viable executions. When we look at the future, we gather data and insights that directs our rational knowledge -actually all the data exists and all the information is out there for many people to see as it's public. But when you do this for a living, as with any career, you build and develop certain skills on how to interpret those signs. Over the years, translation just becomes very natural and quick and when you observe or read something, you're already filtering through different models and different processes.
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So, it's really about having, in a way, heightened senses that enable you to notice things?
Exactly! And it's really what I call informed intuition -a term that I coined back when I was presenting for Nokia. We all have intuition, but for us to listen to it, we need it to be informed. In informed intuition, the informed part is based on your education, the cultural background you were born into and have lived in and travelled in, the people you discuss with, the people you engage with, media influences etc. And at a certain point, all of these come together to create a thought that is a sum of all those data points collating and that creates an idea. This is how informed intuition helps us to create new possible ideas. An idea is already a hypothesis and we can then study it and can either challenge or affirm it. This is really how the process works.
Also, the future is not quantifiable. We do, however, have some metrics that we can start looking at in the sense of the likelihood of something happening. If you look at natural disasters, you have seismic measurements you can use, with wars you have the game theory where you have two opposites and which has been used to predict, with quite accurate results, political movements, financial crashes, and war – even if these events seem to depend on unexpected variables. Unless there's a complete anomaly happening that really shakes things up, like the recent US presidential elections, things can be predicted. It's about anticipating likely outcomes, utilising an analytic framework to make the study feasible.
We really need to look at why we study the future. That's really to find a benefit and determine how things will best fit into people's lives, for organisations and people to see where they are at present and to envision a path to something they want to achieve.
Humans in a way are very simple and not as complex as we tend to imagine. When we strip everything away, we get basic behaviours, instincts, reaction and habits. Our basic needs described in Maslow's hierarchy don't really change and therefore can be studied and quite accurately predicted. What changes around us are the sociocultural drivers and influencers and thus these are what we need to understand.
What is the one single trait or ability that helps you the most in your work?
I would say observation. It's about your senses of listening, hearing, feeling, smelling and understanding. It's really about being attuned to what's happening around you and I think understanding that is the most important thing. Understanding when to put on a lens, as described by Mills, and when to look through it is important. It is, really, focused observation.
What general, overarching and overlapping trends do you see happening in the next 5 years or so? Global, societal, technological, behavioural?
As a futurist, and even more from an anthropological or socio-cultural point of view, I use PESTEL analysis, i.e. look at what's happening in a wide-ranging spectrum in the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal etc. fields. The word trend is very much misunderstood – we're looking at different shifts and different changes in a wide-ranging spectrum and the microtrends, which are faster moving phenomena. It's about seeing what is the change and what is the rate of that change. The way I look at trends is more like a pendulum – it always tends to swing. A trend is the movement of the pendulum, whether a small or a great one. The pendulum could move just a bit to the left and then swing back to the right, for example in politics, but the movement is constant and our lives and the times and the world are constantly changing with that swing back and forth. I think the pendulum is quite a good tool because we see shifts, back and forth and whether small or large, within a 3-5-year timespan. This is what we look at: The shifts caused by the swing of the pendulum, in all areas from politics to fashion.
One of the shifts we're seeing is hyper-urbanisation and thinking cities, which are really important trends as they affect and are affected by a lot of other things like politics, technology, social and economic developments. WHO predicts that 70% of people will be living in cities by 2050 and this leads to huge disparities that we are already seeing and there will be more tension and anxiety resulting from the urbanisation. As cities expand, we will see mass migration, congestion, pollution, crime and, in the future, also the lack of water and other resources, which is an important theme in the coming years.
In terms of work, this means even more remote work, a change in how people commute, new business models arising and new types of corporations who live in a different way. Commuting is such an important part of our daily lives – how it feels, how we commute, what we do during it. These important aspects connect hyper-urbanisation and the Thinking (or Smart) City. Already technology, such as navigation and the Internet of Things, helps people to live in a hyper-urbanised thinking city. As a result , people will not see the need to leave their local environment, and they spend more time in their areas. We saw signs of this about 10 years ago, and then the pendulum shifted away and the world became very global. But what I see for the future is very localised centres. We already have very localised services being used: If you don't have a drill but need one, you can go to one of the sharing platforms and can get a drill from a neighbour down the street in return for another thing. This is tied to the New Models, which is another shift we see happening.
We are living on the cusp of the fourth industrial revolution. The first was about water and steam, and that changed how we lived and how we worked. Then there was electricity and mass production, and that's when the factories came in. In many ways our lives are still tied to this revolution -we still tend to work 9-5 shifts, for example, even if we don't work in factories. Then we had the information technology revolution. The next revolution is going to be the digital revolution which we're now in the early stages of. It's in its infancy in a lot of ways, but we're really at the cusp of a whole new era and a huge change is going to come. Many areas from education to corporations will be shaken up. We've already seen the impacts on banking and how some banks aren't keeping up with the times and are very lost with what to do. The whole idea of finance is going to be changed and the examples of the sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb) that we see already are just the beginning. We will move from old ledger-based monetary systems towards a more decentralised form of wealth. I think this is part of a bigger trend towards more equality, which can be seen in the trend for equal wage, for example.
In the business world, we're going to see a move from centralised businesses to very decentralised businesses with groups of hyper-specialised people coming in. I see this as the evolution of a freelancer, which is still a relatively new trend. We will see swarming around a project, where all of these talents come in. This will require a totally new management system that will again dismantle the old organisational structures. We will have project-based initiatives instead of long-term employments, and freelancing and project-based employment will become much more acceptable. Already, your CV should be an array of different companies and occupations and show an entrepreneurial attitude.
Another trend worth mentioning is intelligent reduction: a lot of people getting rid of things. This trend is about moving to an ideology of "less but better". It's about moving towards an engagement and choice society where people carefully think about their choices and how they live. It's less about greed and more about quality, and this will affect all areas of life where simplicity will be seen as the ultimate sophistication. I think intelligent reduction will also be seen in education as we're seeing problems with the overload of information, affecting trust and what sources are legitimate. Artificial intelligence will help us to decipher and filter all the masses of knowledge to find exactly what you need. It is really a very transformational period of time we're looking at.
How will these trends affect human potential? Ways of working? Our learning capability and ways of working?
Human potential has always been linked to our primitive and our innate ability to adapt. That's what we do when facing a change. Change for humans is gradual. We cannot take big, sudden change. Thus, it may take time, but finally we find a solution -but it takes some time for behaviour to change and for us to start recognising certain patterns that then turn into behaviour. By looking at change with this perspective makes it easier to predict the state of mind three years on. The same goes with technology. People are very picky creatures, and only adapt to behaviours and technology that fit in their lives. In that sense, we haven't really evolved as much as we think. Development still takes place in the same way as it did over centuries and millenniums, but the tools we use for those steps have changed with the onset and progression of technology and its accessibility, and this is changing how we work and how we will learn. We will go through quite a few of these cycles as it takes a while for humans to accept changes. It is the changing tools of change that make the development really interesting – the sharing economy, working together, the abundance of information and learning.
What kind of people will then be able to adapt to these changes in the best possible way?
It's about being agile and free-flowing, and not being too stuck to old systems and organisational structures. We will see a lot of people who will panic when things aren't like they used to be. This will happen with, for example, automation – it's really going to help people by freeing up their time, and we're already seeing successful cases in Scandinavia where the working week is getting shorter thanks to automation. But there will be a lot of people who will resist change, and it's these people who are not agile who will not actually be successful.
Another thing is empathy, understanding people. We are moving away from rigid structures, and will utilise more of our "emotional" side and we will become more right-brained, more emotional, more creative, and we will be using that creativity – creativity not in the sense of art but as a way of thinking, analysing, accepting, looking at situations. Remote work and decentralised work environments enable this. But they require diligence and the ability to work on your own, and that is quite difficult for many people. A lot of people need structure. I have done quite a lot of work on the future of work, and the interesting thing is that the social side of work is as important as the performance. When you look at people working remotely, they need that social side, and a lot of places demand that you're at the office for at least one day a week.
Future is about being very flexible, very fluid in both: Being able to work remotely and having those capabilities and also having that emotive connection through social interactions and social swarming. You only have to look at water coolers or fireplaces. They've changed in shape and in form, but we do conjugate around certain things as humans. That's possibly just a very biological, innate thing we need for ourselves to justify sharing and to get self-awareness.
What will future organisations look like and what kind of organisations will be successful? How will they change? And can we even talk about organisations anymore, or is it just swarms?
Because of the need for decentralisation and the commuting aspects, the physical structures of organisations, companies and even office buildings will change to adapt to a more fluid workforce. Organisations that are agile and capable of change through the organisation, meaning management style, financial control, education, communication etc. will be successful.
Old management styles, systems, hierarchies and ownership are rapidly crumbling to give way to a new way of running a business. This does not mean hyper-technological, but it does mean purpose-driven – having a purpose and driving that purpose throughout the organisation and its values and conduct. In a period of change, this can be difficult because of internal resistance and external market turbulence and competition. The organisations that stay lean and focused on their purpose will succeed.
With lower hierarchies, we will have a lot more freedom in organisations than before so that we can "swarm" and come together in groups of different disciplines to work on solutions and then dismantle the group. Ways of working will become agile and free flowing and it will become socially more acceptable to take the morning off, float into work, then go pick up the children and then do some work from home. As we no longer need the "factory styled" 9-5 structured workdays, we can dip in and out of work to do other things and do only work when we are in the most effective and productive state. This is behind the shorter working weeks trialled in the Nordic countries.
People are living longer and staying active longer, and the retirement age is increasing, meaning that people will stay in the workforce for longer. As the retirement age increases, there will be larger numbers of elderly still in the workplace as the new, young employees enter. This leads us to the 5G society or multi-G workplaces, where multiple generations work within the organisation. As the values and behaviours of different generations differ, matching values and behaviours will be a challenge in many workplaces, since as humans, we are resistant to change. Corporate responsibility and understanding the 5G will be very important.
The generation now entering the work force have been given a lot of freedom and they believe they can actualise without hard work. Their whole Maslow's hierarchy has in a way been tipped over. The early millennials who are in the workplace were told that they can actualise very fast, that they don't have to go through a cycle of development but that they can be who they are. This is different from the older generations who have a different view of things because they were told that things happen through hard work and that things must happen in a certain order, and that they can go forward only by going through the necessary steps – there are no shortcuts. Younger generations view this differently and have and see those shortcuts, partly thanks to the technology available to them. Younger generations also can pause the game and go back to the same point, whereas for older generations there was no pausing. This, of course, has an impact on how people value work and how the different generations perceive rewards and how the rewards system has changed.
The way I see new organisations handling this is through intermixed groups of work and the ideas of fluidity and flexibility. Also, the idea of life-long learning is incredibly crucial and will become even more crucial. Through fluidity, flexibility and learning we are moving away from rigid corporate structures to a grass root-level model where the thinking will happen bottom-up and where the different values will be formed. We are already seeing this in many companies and, in the next 5-10 years we will see a huge change in the approach and perception of work and its values.
Your social and empathetic skills will become extremely important. Over the past few years, many books have been written about emotional intelligence, and only now we're starting to see the practice and how they're going to impact the work space. I don't see companies having outcasts. I think more likely there will be more forums and tools that can be used to help in communication – these could be artificial intelligence or even artificial emotion. Through the democratisation of health products and services, we now have health monitoring based on data collection such as fitness gadgets. In the future, we could have emotive data collection or a system in a company where you could actually communicate your emotions in a group including those who are introverted or struggle verbalising. This would help groupwork and working in organisations.
Now a "devil's advocate" question: Will the ever-increasing availability of data and information suffocate us as learners or workers? How will we be able to handle it all?
Is there really more data and information or is it a perception? We should speak of knowledge instead, which is a much more stable variable. Gaining knowledge is the ability to wade through massive amounts of resources to pull the most relevant but not necessarily absolute piece of information. This is increasingly done by AI, which has made our lives much easier. We still need to filter what we absorb and what we believe, but AI allows for a large reach on a wider landscape of information.
Life-long learning has been a rising trend, especially during tumultuous times when people have lost their jobs and had to re-educate. Moreover, social acceptance of leaving one's employment to follow one's dreams is quite new and this phenomenon coupled with technological capabilities, which may be as simple as video instructions, has created a totally new way of life-long learning: Classes, groups, communities to share knowledge and learn new skills. Not to mention that we have a large baby-boom generation who will with retirement also have more time and access to technology to "better" themselves and to find new avenues.
If you had to coin one pivotal, core theme for the next 5 years or so, what would that be?
We talk a lot about purpose-driven leadership and I think "purpose-driven" will be a very important theme in the next few years. In the next 5 years or so people will put that into action and this will be seen in politics, economics, technology, sociology and the legal field. We have to have a purpose: why are we doing it? If we don't have a purpose, why would we do it? It's the Age of Purpose. Through the purpose, we will have positive transformation. But it's really just about understanding why something should exist. It really is about purpose.
It's possible to predict future trends through analysis based on data and techniques involving careful observation, interpretation of signals and informed intuition.
Megatrends such as hyperurbanisation, thinking cities, intelligent reduction and 5G workplaces will challenge the ways organisations operate and how they can be successful.
The way we work will change through more project-based employment, emphasis on social skills and emotional intelligence, fluidity and flexibility.
The author is Mira Isomäki.
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Refreshed and Renewed for a New Year.
Last Wednesday was our first day back here at Rahab. A new year is already underway. All of us here are very excited to see what God has in store for Rahab Ministries, Patpong and the nation of Thailand. This time of year many people reflect on the past year as well as plan or look ahead for what is to come. I know for me these past few months at Rahab have flown by and I have loved every minute of getting to be a part of this ministry. As with any ministry though you have ups and downs, high points and low points. Working in an area like Patpong can be very draining and at times a person can become discouraged if no progress or difference is being made. Last week at our church our Pastor talked about realizing that God has already won, in the end Patpong belongs to the Lord. This does not mean we are not a part of the work He is doing but so often we live as if God has not already overcome and taken back areas like Patpong. We are God's hands and feet to the world but the Victory is already His. We need to live out that message and that reality. We can get so caught up in statistics and numbers. Whether that may be how many people we have converted or how many girls we have gotten out of the bars. It is not all about numbers. It is about people, God's crowning glory of creation. God's name is already written on Patpong and has been since the beginning of time. Unfortunately this place has perverted God's will and desire for His creation, His people. Even though right now Patpong is a notorious red light district God will reclaim it for His glory and purpose. As we start out 2013 let us live in the knowledge of God having already restored and brought back to Him the most broken areas we see.. Let us acknowledge God's power and sovereignty and worship Him for it. He has already overcome all the injustice and brokenness we see in the world. Let us continue to be a part of the God's work in loving and seeking justice in areas like Patpong.


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            var globalRecord = new Route() { Distanse = int.MaxValue };
            // Первый глобальный поиск
            for (int i = 0; i < _parameters.ScoutBeesCount; i++)
            {
                var flowerFound = false;
                while (!flowerFound)
                {
                    var newFlower = CreateFlower(origin, destination, length);
                    if (!RouteExists(newFlower, allFlowers))
                    {
                        flowerFound = true;
                        newFlower.Distanse = (int)GetFlowerCost(newFlower, weights);
                        if (newFlower.Distanse <= globalRecord.Distanse)
                        {
                            globalRecord = newFlower;
                        }
                        allFlowers.Add(newFlower);
                        AddEliteFlower(eliteFlowers, newFlower);
                    }
                }
            }
            int recordTime = 0;
            while (recordTime < _parameters.RecordTTL)
            {
                var recordNotChanged = true;

                // Рекрутинг фуражиров
                var foragersOnFlowers = Recruite(eliteFlowers);

                // Локальный поиск
                for (int i = 0; i < _parameters.FlowerPatchCount; i++)
                {
                    var flower = eliteFlowers[i];
                    var localRecord = flower;
                    for (int j = 0; j < foragersOnFlowers[flower] && allFlowers.Count < _parameters.FlowersCount; j++)
                    {
                        var neighbor = CreateNeighbor(flower, allFlowers);
                        if (neighbor != null)
                        {
                            allFlowers.Add(neighbor);
                            if (neighbor.Distanse <= localRecord.Distanse)
                            {
                                localRecord = neighbor;
                                if (localRecord.Distanse <= globalRecord.Distanse)
                                {
                                    globalRecord = localRecord;
                                    recordNotChanged = false;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    eliteFlowers[i] = localRecord;
                }
                if (recordNotChanged)
                {
                    recordTime++;
                }
                else
                {
                    recordTime = 0;
                }
                if (recordTime < _parameters.RecordTTL)
                {
                    // Глобальный поиск
                    for (int i = _parameters.FlowerPatchCount; i < eliteFlowers.Count && allFlowers.Count < _parameters.FlowersCount; i++)
                    {
                        var flowerFound = false;
                        while (!flowerFound)
                        {
                            var flower = CreateFlower(origin, destination, length);
                            if (!RouteExists(flower, allFlowers))
                            {
                                flowerFound = true;
                                flower.Distanse = (int)GetFlowerCost(flower, weights);
                                if (flower.Distanse <= globalRecord.Distanse)
                                {
                                    globalRecord = flower;
                                    recordTime = 0;
                                }
                                allFlowers.Add(flower);
                                // Удаление предыдущего цветка, так как переехали на новый
                                eliteFlowers.RemoveAt(i);
                                AddEliteFlower(eliteFlowers, flower);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return globalRecord;
        }

        private void AddEliteFlower(List<Route> eliteFlowers, Route flower)
        {
            var index = eliteFlowers.FindIndex(route => route.Distanse >= flower.Distanse);
            if (index < 0)
            {
                index = 0;
            }
            eliteFlowers.Insert(index, flower);
        }

        private Dictionary<Route, int> Recruite(List<Route> eliteFlowers)
        {
            var recruiteList = new Dictionary<Route, int>();
            var sum = (double)eliteFlowers.Take(_parameters.FlowerPatchCount).Sum(i => i.Distanse);
            foreach (var flower in eliteFlowers)
            {
                var value = Math.Round(_parameters.ForagersCount / sum * flower.Distanse);
                recruiteList.Add(flower, (int)value);
            }
            return recruiteList;
        }

        private Route CreateNeighbor(Route currentFlower, List<Route> allFlowers)
        {
            if (currentFlower.Sequence.Count <= 2)
            {
                return null;
            }
            Route newFlower = null;
            var flowerCreated = false;
            var attemptNumber = 0;
            while (!flowerCreated && attemptNumber < _parameters.FlowersCount)
            {
                newFlower = new Route()
                {
                    Distanse = currentFlower.Distanse,
                    Sequence
                = new List<int>(currentFlower.Sequence)
                };
                var generator = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks);
                var index1 = generator.Next(1, currentFlower.Sequence.Count - 2);
                var index2 = generator.Next(1, currentFlower.Sequence.Count - 2);
                newFlower.Sequence[index1] = currentFlower.Sequence[index2];
                newFlower.Sequence[index2] = currentFlower.Sequence[index1];
                if (!RouteExists(newFlower, allFlowers))
                {
                    flowerCreated = true;
                }
                attemptNumber++;
            }
            if (flowerCreated)
            {
                return newFlower;
            }
            return null;
        }

        private Route CreateFlower(int origin, int destination, int length)
        {
            var flower = new Route() { Sequence = new List<int>() };
            flower.Sequence.Add(origin);
            var indexes = new List<int> { origin, destination };
            var generator = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks);
            for (var i = 1; i < length - 1; i++)
            {
                var findValue = false;
                while (!findValue)
                {
                    var value = generator.Next(0, length - 1);
                    if (!indexes.Exists(index => index == value))
                    {
                        indexes.Add(value);
                        flower.Sequence.Add(value);
                        findValue = true;
                    }
                }
            }
            flower.Sequence.Add(destination);
            return flower;
        }

        private double GetFlowerCost(Route flower, double[,] weight)
        {
            double result = 0;
            for (var i = 0; i < flower.Sequence.Count - 1; i++)
            {
                result += weight[flower.Sequence[i], flower.Sequence[i + 1]];
            }
            return result;
        }

        private bool RouteExists(Route route, List<Route> routes)
        {
            return routes.IndexOf(route) >= 0;
        }

        private void Initialize(int length)
        {
            var flowersCount = Factorial(length - 2);
            _parameters = new BeeSearchParameters()
            {
                ScoutBeesCount = Math.Min(10, flowersCount),
                FlowerPatchCount = Math.Min(5, flowersCount),
                ForagersCount = 12,
                RecordTTL = 10,
                FlowersCount = flowersCount
            };
        }

        private int Factorial(int value)
        {
            var result = 1;
            for (int i = 2; i <= value; i++)
            {
                result *= i;
            }
            return result;
        }

        private class BeeSearchParameters
        {
            public int ScoutBeesCount { get; set; }
            public int FlowerPatchCount { get; set; }
            public int ForagersCount { get; set; }
            // ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
            public int RecordTTL { get; set; }
            public int FlowersCount { get; set; }
        }
    }
}

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COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Donated by the U.S. Arrive in South Asia
Maryanne Buechner
A lifeline for a region ravaged by the global pandemic reaches Bangladesh and Pakistan — the first two countries in South Asia to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the U.S. government to the COVAX Facility, the global mechanism tasked with ensuring their equitable distribution.
The first of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the U.S. government to the COVAX Facility bound for South Asia — a region devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and where 1.5 billion people have yet to receive the vaccine — have arrived.
Bangladesh and Pakistan received 2.5 million doses each through the COVAX dose-sharing program, with the shipments landing in Dhaka and Islamabad on July 2. In both countries, only a tiny fraction of people have been fully vaccinated so far. Millions more doses donated by the U.S. to COVAX are expected to arrive in South Asia in the coming days and weeks.
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A shipment of 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses — supplied through the COVAX Facility's dose-sharing mechanism and donated by the U.S. government — arrives in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 2. © UNICEF/UN0484378/Malik
"These donations... are a lifeline for a region which has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed over 450,000 lives so far and left countless numbers of children without parents and sole carers," George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, said in a statement.
Cases of COVID-19 in South Asia increased by 9.5 million between late April and late May — a 30 percent spike
South Asia, home to roughly 2 billion people, accounts for half of all new, known infections globally. As of May 31, there were 30,785,067 confirmed cases in the region — a 9.5 million jump just since late April, according to the most recent situation report.
"These vaccines will provide much-needed relief to a region where COVID-19 vaccination rates remain unacceptably low due to a severe lack of supplies," Laryea-Adjei said. "While some regions are returning to normal, South Asia is still suffering."
Health worker Mohammad Mofiz, 30, one of the first to be vaccinated against coronavirus at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, said he was happy to receive the vaccine because now he can serve patients with less risk of getting infected. The country is focusing immunization efforts on health and other frontline workers, teachers, the elderly and other vulnerable populations. © UNICEF/UN0482635/Sujan
Over 7 million health workers in South Asia are still not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Many teachers are also still waiting, while the region faces new variants and braces for a possible third wave of infections following India's catastrophic coronavirus surge. Just weeks ago, doctors in Nepal were reporting "terrifying" conditions while battling a second wave there. The virus' impact on children is also a rising concern as the pandemic continues to disrupt essential services.
COVAX is the multi-agency global mechanism for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, a pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator initiative (ACT-A). UNICEF is a key partner in COVAX and ACT-A, leading on procurement and providing on-the-ground support to prepare for and facilitate vaccine rollouts around the world.
A shipment of 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses — supplied through the COVAX Facility's dose-sharing mechanism and donated by the U.S. government — arrives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 2. © UNICEF/UN0484223/Sujan
A global vaccine distribution mechanism that works
Between February and mid June, COVAX had delivered almost 93 million doses to 134 countries and economies around the world — from remote islands to conflict settings. While leading in vaccine procurement and supply of safe, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines in low- and middle-income countries on behalf of COVAX and supporting national vaccination campaigns, UNICEF is also providing countries with emergency oxygen, diagnostic tests, masks and medicines needed to treat coronavirus patients.
UNICEF has also been working with countries to strengthen cold chain systems to ensure safe vaccine storage and transport. Risk communication and community engagement activities, another focus of UNICEF's global response efforts, aim to help increase vaccine uptake, in part by dispelling myths and misinformation.
Learn more about UNICEF's role in COVAX and the global fight to end the pandemic.
Help UNICEF rush critical supplies, services and vaccines to those who need them the most in South Asia and around the world. Please donate today.
Top photo: A trained vaccinator at Kurmitola General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, flashes V for victory — also V for vaccine — as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up in the country, with support from UNICEF and the COVAX Facility. © UNICEF/UN0482594/Sujan
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New Fundings: PACE Financing Company Ygrene Energy Fund Raises $30M
by CleanTechIQ Staff
PACE financing company Ygrene Energy Fund Raises $30M – 8/13/14
Santa Rosa's Ygrene Energy Fund has received a $30 million investment from its first institutional investor, Virgo Investment Group, to expand its operations nationally and expand sales efforts. Ygrene provides "property assessed clean energy," or PACE financing to property owners for energy-efficient projects with repayments tied to their property tax bills.
Founders Fund invests $2 million in Transatomic Power – 8/4/14
The $2 million investment came from a recently created investment arm, FF Science, which focuses on highly advanced technologies such as aeronautics, advanced computing, and nanotechnology. Transatomic Power is developing a new type of nuclear reactor that safely turns nuclear waste into clean energy. Read more.
Cathay Pacific Airways invests in biofuel developer Fulcrum BioEnergy – 8/14/14
Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it is the first airline investor in Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., a U.S.-based sustainable biofuel developer, as part of the airline's biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon-neutral growth from 2020.
Suntech Invests $25M in Energy Storage Developer Powin Energy – 8/8/14
Oregon-based Powin Energy Corp. – which is developing scalable energy storage technologies for grid-level, commercial and transportation applications — has secured an investment of $25 million from SF Suntech Inc. $5.2 million will be used to pay off and the remainder will be used for working capital and other purposes. Suntech has has the option to purchase a further 30% stake in the company over the next two years for $37.5 million.
Obama Administration provides $55 million in funding for EV and fuel efficiency technology – 8/14/14
The $55 million investment will go to 31 projects dedicated to improving electric vehicle technology and increasing fuel efficiency for other vehicles. Nineteen of the projects are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Obama Administration's effort to reduce plug-in electric vehicle prices to the level of combustion vehicles by 2022. Read more.
DOE shows support for geothermal power – 8/12/14
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the addition of 32 new geothermal energy projects, worth $18 million, to its portfolio. This brings the agency's total geothermal portfolio to 150 projects.
And early this month, Enel Green Power signed a cooperative research agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to develop its Sillwater hybrid solar-geothermal site in Fallo, Nevada. It is a 2MW concentrated solar project under the oversight of the US Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO). The team will study the integration of geothermal and CSP in the coming year and model the combination of both the systems. Construction at the 21-acre Stillwater CSP plant started in April 2014 and is expected to be completed in the third quarter.
DOE invests $2 million in WireTough Cylinders for hydrogen storage technology – 8/12/14
The U.S. Department of Energy has committed $2 million to WireTough Cylinders of Bristol, Virginia to build low cost, high pressure hydrogen storage vessels using its patent pending steel wire over-wrap process.
Hawaii to Commit up to $50M to BioTork for Biofuel Technology – 8/7/14
The Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance has been authorized to provide revenue bonds of up to $50 million BioTork Hawaii LLC's commercial facilities. The company uses a "proprietary evolutionary optimization approach," and "enhances the performance of non-GMO microorganisms under real-world industrial conditions in an unrivaled cost efficient way". The conversion process takes a few days and doesn't require sunlight to create oil for biofuel and high-protein feed.
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Hathor Temple gets facelift
To the east of the famous Isis temple on the island of Philae in Upper Egypt, workers and archaeologists are busy at work. They are cleaning and restoring the massive stone blocks that once formed the temple of Hathor, which is being rebuilt and restored in order to be officially inaugurated next month.
Time has since taken its toll on the temple, which was built by King Ptolemy VI and extended during the reigns of Ptolemy VII and Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius. Many of the temple's stone blocks have deteriorated; its walls, meanwhile, are riddled with cracks.
According to antiquities ministry officials, the temple's deteriorated blocks have been replaced with new ones, while fallen blocks have been returned to their original positions. Poor restoration work undertaken previously, meanwhile, has been corrected.
The temple consists of a colonnaded kiosk bearing 14 Hathor-headed pillars, a pronaos (vestibule) and a cult terrace facing the Nile River. Among the temple's most impressive reliefs is one depicting a group of musicians performing before an assembly of ancient Egyptian deities.
Hatshepsut's Temple at Gebelein is getting rediscovered
Exhibition to mark the 2,000th anniversary of Augustus's death
New Kingdom Tombs Brought to Light at Elephantine
Public sculpture that illustrates a colonial regime
A proposal for the enhancement and ideal administration of monuments in the town of Trikala (Part II)
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but especially the piano. He loved to entertain and enjoyed ragtime and gospel and especially his beloved Steinway. He performed for his family and for senior citizens and friends at any opportunity. He also played a fine banjo and occasionally joined a pickup band for the fun of it. Bill also enjoyed fishing, camping and exploring the country with Irene in their RVs. He was a fine carpenter, an avid reader, a good golfer (with one hole-in-one) and a master crossword puzzler and was never happier than when visiting a hardware store. Bill's family and friends will miss his wonderful sense of humor, his bright blue eyes and wide smile.
He had a kind and mischievous nature that will be greatly missed. Memorials can be sent to Hospice of the Foothills, Grass Valley.


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Q: How do I pass string from url and use it to query the list? class PatientDetailView(TemplateView):
    template_name = 'detail_view.html'

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        vitals_list = DailyVitals.objects.get(patient = )
        context['vitals_list'] = vitals_list
        return context

What query should I pass to filter queryset with the patient's username?
urls.py:
urlpatterns = [
    path('home/', HomeView.as_view(), name='home'),
    path('', HomeView.as_view(), name='home'),
    path('addRecord/', VitalCreateView.as_view(), name='create_record'),
    path('detail/<str:username>', PatientDetailView.as_view(), name='detail'),
    path('doctor', DoctorView.as_view(), name='doctor'),
    path('patient', PatientView.as_view(), name='patient'),
]

models.py
class User(AbstractUser):
    is_doctor = models.BooleanField('doctor status', default=False)
    is_patient = models.BooleanField('patient status', default=False)

class Doctor(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, primary_key=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.user.username

class Patient(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, primary_key=True)
    doctor = models.ForeignKey(Doctor, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.user.username

class DailyVitals(models.Model):
    patient = models.ForeignKey(Patient, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)
    date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)
    blood_pressure = models.IntegerField()
    sugar_level = models.IntegerField()
    temperature = models.IntegerField()
    weight = models.IntegerField()

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.date)

    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse("patient")

I tried to pass
<a href= {% url 'detail' i.patient.user.username %}>
from the template but I get this error "
Reverse for 'detail' with arguments '('',)' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['detail/(?P[^/]+)\Z']:
Thanks

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A Republican Senator Just Announced She Won't Endorse Donald Trump. Here's Why.
Ben Dreyfuss
On Monday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced in a Washington Post op-ed that she would not be voting for her party's nominee, Donald Trump.
I will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican. But Donald Trump does not reflect historical Republican values nor the inclusive approach to governing that is critical to healing the divisions in our country.
Some will say that as a Republican I have an obligation to support my party's nominee. I have thought long and hard about that, for being a Republican is part of what defines me as a person. I revere the history of my party, most particularly the value it has always placed on the worth and dignity of the individual, and I will continue to work across the country for Republican candidates. It is because of Mr. Trump's inability and unwillingness to honor that legacy that I am unable to support his candidacy.
Collins is one of the famed yet elusive GOP "moderates," so it's not like this will change the minds of a lot of Trump die-hards, but it's still a big deal if only because Trump is making a play to win her state.
Collins will not, however, be going the next logical step and endorsing Clinton. She says in the piece that she doesn't support either of the parties' nominees.


David Duchovny, Demi Moore, Gary Cole and Amber Heard are teaming for the dramedy "The Joneses" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story is a social commentary, and centers on a picture-perfect family that moves into a suburban neighborhood and immediately becomes the toast of the town, loved and envied by all.
But the reality is they are a commissioned fake family put together by a marketing company as a way to introduce new luxury-level products to neighborhoods around the world.
Duchovny plays the fake father, a man undergoing a crisis of confidence because he is living a lie.
Moore is the mother, a career-driven woman who struggles with her growing feelings toward her fake husband.
Heard plays the fake daughter who is trying to seduce her fake dad while looking for a rich man. Cole plays a neighbor.
Derrick Borte penned and will direct the film. Shooting is scheduled to begin mid-October in Atlanta.


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Home/Technology/Facebook, others block requests on Hong Kong user data
Facebook, others block requests on Hong Kong user data
By Minhaj Adnan| Published: 7th July 2020 1:41 pm IST
Hong Kong: Social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter say they will deny law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong while studying ramifications of a national security law enacted last week.
Facebook and its messaging app WhatsApp said in separate statements Monday that they would freeze the review of government requests for user data in Hong Kong, pending further assessment of the National Security Law, including formal human rights due diligence and consultations with international human rights experts.
The policy changes follow the rollout last week of laws prohibiting what Beijing views as secessionist, subversive or terrorist activities, or as foreign intervention in the territory's internal affairs.
The legislation criminalizes some pro-democracy slogans like the widely used Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time, which the Hong Kong government says has separatist connotations.
The fear is that the new law erodes the freedoms of the semi-autonomous city, which has operated under a one country, two systems" framework after Britain handed the colony to China in 1997.
That framework has allowed Hong Kong and its people freedoms not found in mainland China, such as unrestricted internet access.
Spokesman Mike Ravdonikas said Monday that Telegram understands the importance of protecting the right to privacy of our Hong Kong users.
READ: Google introduces 'Guest Mode' on smart speakers
Telegram has been used broadly to spread pro-democracy messages and information about the protests in Hong Kong.
Telegram has never shared any data with the Hong Kong authorities in the past and does not intend to process any data requests related to its Hong Kong users until an international consensus is reached in relation to the ongoing political changes in the city, he said.
Twitter also paused all data and information requests from Hong Kong authorities after the law went into effect last week, the company said. It is studying the implications of the security law.
Like many public interest organisations, civil society leaders and entities, and industry peers, we have grave concerns regarding both the developing process and the full intention of this law, the company said in a statement.
Twitter emphasized that it was committed to protecting the people using our service and their freedom of expression.
Likewise, Google said in a statement that it too had paused production on any new data requests from Hong Kong authorities and will continue reviewing details of the new law.
Social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp have operated freely in Hong Kong, while they are blocked in the mainland by China's Great Firewall.
Though social platforms have yet to be blocked in Hong Kong, users have begun scrubbing their accounts and deleting pro-democracy posts out of fear of retribution. That retreat has extended to the streets of Hong Kong as well.
READ: Forget Telegram, Signal: IS terrorists in India, abroad using much more secure Threema
Many of the shops and stores that publicly stood in solidarity with protesters have removed the pro-democracy sticky notes and artwork that adorned their walls.
Hong Kong's government late Monday issued implementation rules of Article 43 of the national security law, which give the city's police force sweeping powers in enforcing the legislation and come into effect Tuesday.
Under the rules, platforms, publishers and internet service providers may be ordered to take down any electronic message published that is likely to constitute an offence endangering national security or is likely to cause the occurrence of an offence endangering national security.
Service providers who do not comply with such requests could face fines of up to 100,000 Hong Kong dollars ( 12,903) and receive jail terms of up to six months.
Individuals who post such messages may also be asked to remove the message, or face similar fines and a jail term of one year.
Critics see the security law as Beijing's boldest step yet to erase the legal firewall between the former British colony and the mainland's authoritarian Communist Party system.
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Oxfam is on the ground in Nepal, providing food, clean drinking water and shelter to thousands. A team of Oxfam from India has set up base in Gorkha district, one of the worst affected regions after the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
A: Currently we are providing shelters and tarpaulin sheets. But within a month from now monsoons are arriving and then the tarpaulin sheets are not going to be enough. So what the people are asking right now – the most burning need right now – is to get corrugated metal roofing sheets, so that they can have some housing during June-July, when there will be terrible rains. Once they get shelter, then making sure toilets are there, water is there so that disease does not spread. That I think is the secondary demand. But first they need more than tarpaulin sheets right now before the monsoons come.
Q: What support does Oxfam need? And how can they contribute to help people in Nepal?
People in Nepal really need our support and I hope Indian people and Indian government and everybody will continue to support the people in Nepal. DONATE NOW.
Written by Sahil Sharma, Oxfam India.


OTCXN, a blockchain-powered capital markets infrastructure company announced that it went live last week with its proprietary LiquiMatch FX trading venue.
OTCXN's unique ECN, LiquiMatch FX, is an institutional-only foreign exchange dark pool embedded in a lit pool, providing users with multiple trading options simultaneously.
With no visible book or ticker, dark pool users will be able to trade without broadcasting their activity to the visible markets. Users greatly minimize their impact on the market while reducing slippage. When users wish to show their liquidity, they can do so by sending lit orders to the combined book.
Already on board are major liquidity providers as well as multiple Tier-1 Banks serving as Prime Broker to support their clients' buy-side trading activity along with their bank's treasury operations.
"We are extremely pleased to announce the launch of LiquiMatch FX ECN for credit-based Spot FX trading and first live trading with major market participants. Initially, all trading is based on Prime Broker provided credit and limited to other prime-broked counterparties, but we are confident that OTCXN will, in the future, deliver much greater reach to new trading counterparties using its blockchain-powered infrastructure for the benefit of our supporting Prime Brokers and our mutual trading clients," said Rosario Ingargiola, CEO and Founder of OTCXN.
"We have signed up a large group of institutional market participants and are excited to have such prestigious clients join our trading venue," said David Ogg, Head of FX and Trading Venues.
LiquiMatch FX is hosted in Equinix NY4 with FIX API and user-interface access. Clients can co-locate and physically cross-connect in NY4 via Lucera. OTCXN will soon roll out its blockchain-powered infrastructure to allow institutional clients with a Prime Broker to trade FX with counterparties who are not prime-broked, but without trading counterparty or settlement risk. OTCXN already enables this risk mitigation in the clearing and settlement of crypto currency and other digital asset trading.


Wild mushrooms are most plentiful in fall.
2 Where Do Morel Mushrooms Grow?
Mushrooms grow throughout the year but are most plentiful in fall. While cultivated mushrooms may be available anytime, most wild mushrooms only appear in autumn. One exception is the morel, which only grows in spring. There are many types of mushrooms, and some can be fatal if eaten, so it is a good idea to learn as much as you can before picking and consuming any fungi. Kits let you grow some varieties at home.
Mushrooms are fruiting bodies used to distribute spores. There are four classes of mushrooms: parasitic, endophytic, mycorrhizal and saprophytic. Parasitic mushrooms grow on a live host and often kill the tree or plant. Endophytic fungi live within the host plant without injuring it, while mycorrhizal mushrooms have a mutually beneficial bond with their host. Saprophytic mushrooms decompose dead trees and plants and help build humus in the soil.
Fungi serve several functions. Some can be eaten, but some are poisonous. Some types are useful as medicines. Mushrooms are important in the process of decomposition, and some types are proving useful as bioremediators in cleaning up polluted areas.
Edible mushrooms are most often found in forests in fall and spring. Some are found at the base of trees, while others grow on decomposing wood. Some of the most popular wild mushrooms among harvesters in fall are matsutakes (Tricholoma magnivelare), king boletes (Boletus edulis) and golden chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius). Morels (Morchella esculenta) are highly sought in spring.
Before heading to the forest, find out what you are looking for, because some mushrooms are poisonous. Many mycological societies have mushroom walks in fall and spring, and some offer identification classes. Purchasing a good mushroom identification book is a must as well. Permits are sometimes required for picking certain mushroom species on public land.
If you don't want to wait for a particular season, or don't want to take a chance on harvesting mushrooms in the wild, kits are available that allow you to grow your own mushrooms. Some kits come preinoculated with spawn, or you can drill holes in logs and inoculate the wood yourself.
Although most mushrooms are more plentiful in fall, morels are one of the few fungi that can be found in spring. Morels often grow under dead elm trees and have a spongy cap, pitted and ribbed, that attaches directly to the stem with no overhang. Morels are considered to be a delicacy. But they must be identified correctly; the similar false morel (Gyromitra spp.) can cause stomach pains or illness.
Fry, Maggie. "At What Time of the Year Do Mushrooms Grow?" Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/time-year-mushrooms-grow-68769.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.


The Nigerian Army has confirmed the recent Boko Haram attack on Rann, a border town in Borno State, North-east Nigeria.
A senior Army officer, who refused to state if there were casualties, confirmed the incident on Friday.
Concise News had reported that Amnesty International said at least 60 people were killed when Boko Haram insurgents attacked Rann on Monday.
According to it, many of the destroyed structures only date back to 2017, suggesting they were shelters for IDPs who came to Rann seeking protection.
The group said trouble started when the partner countries of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) unceremoniously withdrew from their position in the town, although no reason was given for their action.
It said the movement of the soldiers with their equipment caused panic among the civilians, mostly who were Internally Displaced People (IDP), leading to a mass exit to neighbouring Cameroon Republic.
The organisation, therefore, called on the Federal Government to investigate the withdrawal of security forces of the MNJTF from Rann, a development it said may have left tens of thousands of civilians exposed to the attack.
But speaking about the incident, the Army officer told Channels Television that the attack did occur, but the troops have since restored calm in the area.
According to him, the troops repelled the attack with the support of soldiers attached to the MNJTF Cameroon Defence Force.
The Army officer said as things were being stabilised, the MNJTF withdrew while Nigerians troops were holding on firmly on the ground and civilians who left were already returning.


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More cases of Salmonella infections from contact with hedgehogs
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - Six more people are ill from Salmonella after contact with pet hedgehogs in a multi-state outbreak of the bacteria, the CDC reported on Friday.
Three states have been added to the list including Iowa, Virginia, and Washington. Two people were hospitalized and no deaths were reported.
The cases orginally reported earlier this year were in eight states including Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Maine, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Texas.
The outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium was identified in samples collected from three hedgehogs in two ill patients' homes in Minnesota. The patients were all interviewed and 91% reported that they had been in contact with a hedgehog.
Hedgehogs can carry salmonella even if they appear healthy. The CDC says you should never kiss or snuggle hedgehogs.
A common supplier of hedgehogs was not identified. Ill people reported buying hedgehogs from various sources, including pet stores, breeders, or online, said the CDC.
People infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps 12-72 hours after being exposed to the bacteria. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, and most people recover without treatment.
If you have a pet hedgehog, the CDC recommends you not kiss or snuggle it.
Hedgehogs can carry Salmonella in their droppings and can easily spread the bacteria to their bodies and the areas where they live.
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The big breaking news is in: The Hart Bridge Ramps to downtown are coming down and our taxpayer dollars will pay for it. Pay for Mr. Shad Khan — a billionaire — to see his dream become a reality.
Forty-five years ago, the citizens of Duval County paid to build the Hart Bridge and its elevated roadway to facilitate travel to downtown Jacksonville. Now, the city has twice the population and Shad Khan demands that the ramp be removed before he will proceed with the Shipyard project. This will coerce everyone to drive through his planned development to reach downtown. As someone who uses the Hart Bridge to reach downtown several times a week, I resent traffic being slowed for Mr. Kahn's benefit.
Before we begin the work to intentionally worsen traffic going downtown, we should demand to know the full price that taxpayers will pay to enable Mr. Kahn to build his riverfront development. I've had multiple politicians tell me that we will find out the citizens cost to develop the Shipyards only after the Mayor's race is decided.
I am reminded that not a single dollar of city, county or state money went into the TownCenter development. It was well planned and entirely financed privately. I guess building in a cow pasture is not as risky as building on prime riverfront land.
Rick Hartley is a native of Jacksonville. He attended local schools and graduated from Jones College. He enlisted in the Navy following high school in 1969. Following his active duty enlistment he remained in the Naval Reserve, retiring after 30 years as a Master Chief. He loved the Navy and going to sea! He has been involved in sales his entire life. He also has been involved as a volunteer in every election cycle since 1972 when he worked on Ander Crenshaw's first run for the State Legislature. He served as Chairman of the Duval County Republican Party between 2012 – 2014. Rick has always had a strong interest in local government. He served as a Waterways Commissioner for 2 years.


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Ayushmann Khurrana Promises Entertainment With His Over-The-Top Filmy Actioner
An Motion Hero starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Jaideep Ahlawat within the leads launched in cinemas immediately. The movie breaks away from his 'unconventional hero' picture to tackle the 'motion hero' avatar and aces the high-octane sequences like no different. Whether or not to observe it or skip it 'An Motion Hero' this weekend, learn An Motion Hero evaluate:
Solid: Ayushmann Khurrana, Jaideep Ahlawat
Director: Anirudh Iyer
'An Motion Hero' story revolves round Maanav, a Bollywood celebrity who has established himself as one of the in style stars within the nation, because of his stunt-based performances. Whereas taking pictures for a movie in Haryana, the celebrity will get caught in an accident that makes him run for his innocence. How the occasions unfold as Maanav tries to show he isn't at fault by navigating by cops and gangsters kinds the remainder of the narrative.
The primary half of 'An Motion Hero' exhibits Ayushmann Khurrana in a never-seen-before avatar. With a chiseled physique and youth icon picture, the actor seems convincing. With a lot of comedy infused within the first half of the movie, 'An Motion Hero' is entertaining with a great deal of high-octane motion sequences to maintain you hooked.
'An Motion Hero' second half does lose its grip, however switches to high gear throughout the climax of the movie. The dialogues are well-written and simply handle to tickle you once in a while.
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Ayushmann Khuranna in a high-octane motion movie isn't one thing you'll have considered, however then that's what makes him the poster boy of selecting unconventional roles. The actor seems gorgeous with a chiseled physique and aces his stunts with perfection.
Ayushmann Khurrana effortlessly carries the 'celebrity Maanav' function on his shoulders and is definitely the soul of the movie.
Jaideep Ahlawat stars as politician Bhoora Singh within the movie. The actor at some factors overshadows Ayushmann Khuranna together with his display screen presence and delivers a strong efficiency.
'An Motion Hero' has been written and directed by Anirudh Iyer. The director, who labored as an assistant director on Aanand L Rai's 'Zero' manages to make this over-the-top filmy film a whole masala entertainer.
The director additionally manages to tackle information channels and media with a twisted comedy and satire and makes you snigger with the hilarious real-life impressed journalists and spoofs on the present information channels.
The background music is undoubtedly the spotlight of the movie. The music retains the momentum of the movie going and retains you engaged. There are two most important songs within the movie as properly, each particular songs that includes Nora Fatehi in a single and Malaika Arora within the different.
The songs being remakes of basic hits aren't a superb match within the movie and aren't ones to depart an impression on you.
Malaika Arora seems scorching in her music 'Aap Jaisa Koi', however the music seems pressured into the script. Nora Fatehi's 'Jedha Nasha' comes in direction of the tip credit of the movie and fails to create the magic that the diva normally performs.
'An Motion Hero' is total a whole masala entertainer. The two hours and 9 minutes runtime of the movie works fully in its favor and manages to maintain the audiences engaged. The film may come throughout as over-the-top filmy and non-sensical at instances, however is unquestionably worthy of a one-time-watch in case you love watching Ayushmann Khuranna experiment together with his character decisions but once more.
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conducted by All Saints' High School on 20-9-2015, Around 800 students from different schools participated, and showed their talent.
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How to obtain work permits for labor migrants in 2016
How to renew a patent
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How much to pay workers
How to register a patent
How to recruit citizen of Ukraine
19 messages.month.January 2015
By Swetalana
Under the new legislation, foreign citizens who arrive to Russia from countries with visa-free regime has to apply for patents. In 2015 they have replaced work permits.
How to get a work permit to the citizen of Ukraine
How to get a patent on the work
How to check the patent of a foreigner
- application for grant of a patent;
- passport (with notarized translation into Russian language);
- migration card with a mark about the purpose of arrival;
- certificate of Russian language proficiency, knowledge of history of Russia and fundamentals of legislation;
- voluntary health insurance policy issued in the territory of the Russian Federation;
- certificate of absence of drug addiction and dangerous infectious diseases;
- certificate of absence of HIV infection;
- a document confirming the advance payment of personal income tax in a fixed amount;
- documents on registration at the place of stay.
Earlier patents entitled for work only individuals. Now they distribute the action and work of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. It is necessary to obtain separate patents for work in the legal or physical entities. it Should also be noted that a patent is valid only within one region.
To obtain a patent a foreign citizen must apply personally to the regional Department of the FMS. He needs to write an application for a patent and to make an impressive package of documents. All of these documents are mandatory and the absence of any of them, may be grounds for denial.
In the case of a positive decision, the foreign citizen will issue a patent within 10 working days after submission of the application. The patent is issued at personal visit to the passport.
The patent period of validity - from one month to one year. The patent term is set to the period for which paid income tax. Payment is due in advance and paid for the patent shall be extended automatically without the need for a visit to FMS. In the case of non-patent terminates the term of its action the next day.
The value of patents varies depending on the subject of the Russian Federation. For example, for Moscow and region monthly personal income tax in 2016 is set at 4200 R. for the Tomsk region - 2500 R. One of the most valuable patents in Yakutia and Chukotka - 7000 and 8000 R.
Within two months from the date of issuance of a patent a foreign citizen who has concluded labour or civil contract, shall provide FMS with a copy. This can be done in person or by registered mail.
The patent covers the representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine. Citizens of Belarus and Kazakhstan to patents is required. Other foreigners would still have to issue a work permit.
The application for a patent must be filed within 30 days from the date of entry to Russia. The penalty for late registration ranges from 10 to 15 thousand rubles must be paid before the time of applying for a patent.
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Published April 23
Denver Broncos' Von Miller not charged in shark incident
By Ryan Gaydos, Alexandra Deabler | Fox News
Broncos star Von Miller was not charged after being investigated for his handling of a hammerhead shark. (USA Today Sports via Reuters)
Denver Broncos' linebacker Von Miller won't be fined for holding…a bloody hammerhead shark.
Miller will not be facing any legal repercussions after a photo of him posing with a hammerhead shark during a fishing trip went viral in April last year.
757-POUND SWORDFISH CAUGHT NEAR FLORIDA KEYS
The NFL player avoided charges in the incident, though the owner and operator of the boat, Spellbound, were each charged with fishing for sharks without the proper permit and failing to release the shark in a way that would allow for the maximum possibility of survival, records issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated, USA Today reported.
The owner and operator will face charges under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller was originally investigated by Florida wildlife officials after he posted a photo of himself on social media holding a large hammerhead shark with blood on it.
The 2015 Super Bowl MVP caught the 9 1/2-foot shark off the coast of Miami over the weekend and posted a picture and video of it on his Instagram story, TMZ Sports reported last year.
The photo prompted immediate backlash from those online.
PETA spokeswoman Ashley Byrne told CBS Denver there was "no excuse" for what Miller did.
"Catching and injuring and possibly killing a hammerhead shark and then prolonging the animal's suffering and then gloating to take photos is cruel to animals, plain and simple, there is no excuse for that," she said.
Great hammerhead sharks are prohibited from being caught in state waters, according to the Florida Wildlife Commission's website.
Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @Gaydos_.


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Check if a moment is after another moment.

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If you want to limit the granularity to a unit other than milliseconds, pass the units as the second parameter.

As the second parameter determines the precision, and not just a single value to check, using day will check for year, month and day.

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Like `moment#isSame` and `moment#isBefore`, any of the units of time that are supported for `moment#startOf` are supported for `moment#isAfter`. Year, month, week, day, hour, minute, and second.

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Thursday, June 9, 1864.Washington, DC.
President grants audience to Elisha H. Allen, envoy and minister from Hawaii, and exchanges short speeches with him. Reply to Elisha H. Allen, 9 June 1864, CW, 7:383; Seward to Lincoln, 6 June 1864, 7 June 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Confers with A. H. Markland, post office official with army, regarding postal service orders which Sec. Stanton refuses to issue. Rice, 227.
Replies to notification committee headed by former Governor William Dennison (Ohio): "I will neither conceal my gratification, nor restrain the expression of my gratitude, that the Union people, through their convention, in their continued effort to save, and advance the nation, have deemed me not unworthy to remain in my present position." Reply to Committee Notifying Lincoln of His Renomination, 9 June 1864, CW, 7:380-83; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 9 June 1864, 2d ed., 2:4.
A day after the Republican Convention concluded in Baltimore, where the delegates re-nominated Lincoln for president, a committee delivers the news to President Lincoln. Lincoln also accepts the congratulations of the National Union League, and he remarks, "I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that 'it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams.'" Reply to Delegation from the National Union League, 9 June 1864, CW, 7:383-84; Evening Star (Washington, D. C.), 9 June 1864, 2:4, The New York Times (NY), 10 June 1864, 1:6.
Receives congratulations of Philadelphia delegation to recent convention in Baltimore. Lamon, Recollections, 160.
Responds to serenade by Ohio delegation and Prof. Mentor's brass band. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 10 June 1864, 2d ed., Extra, 3:1.
Consults with John Hay just before bedtime about message from General Rosecrans concerning conspiracy to overthrow government. Hay, Letters and Diary.


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The largest country in South America, and the fifth largest in the world, Portuguese-speaking Brazil is not the most cycling friendly place. However there are great tour operators who will show you some of the most amazing and under-appreciated riding you can find anywhere. Stretching from the Amazon Basin in the north, awesome Iguazu Falls in the south to the Peruvian border in the west, perhaps the jewel in the crown is Rio de Janeiro with it's world famous beached and annual Carnaval festival. Truly a unique experience.
This is a medium level mountain bike tour through the Atlantic rainforest reserves of the Discovery Coast World Heritage Site in southern Bahia (see tour itinerary and map).