A cracking game of football sees Tamworth fight back from two down but Lowestoft Town claim the three points with an Eagle winner in a 3-2 win.
Prior to the match a minutes silence was impeccably observed for John Cox who had been supporting the blues for 75 years and passed away last week aged 85 (he was still a season ticket holder). Also earlier this week Glyn Hopkins, one of the management team at our neighbours Gorleston FC who passed away suddenly whilst still in his 30's. Our thoughts go out to both families.
Tamworth included eighteen year old defender Josh Sampson in their defence, after bringing him in on loan from Preston to cover a shortage at the back due to injuries and suspensions. While player/manager and Ex-Wrexham boss Andy Morrell named himself on the bench.
For Lowestoft it's still a case of nursing some of the injured back, with Okay out, Henderson missing with a groin injury, Lee Smith out with a back injury and Woods-Garness continuing his rehab on the sidelines.
The match got underway at a very wet Crown Meadow and was just a couple of minutes old when a cross from the left by James turned into a shot for Tamworth, forcing Jones to turn it over the bar in the Lowestoft goal.
Lowestoft were settling into the game quicker though, as Reed found his way in behind the defence to sit a ball up to Smith at the far post but the defender come winger couldn't get enough on his header to trouble Belshaw in the Tamworth goal.
Lowestoft were now increasing their tempo, passing the ball around well and not shying away from trying their luck from distance, with Haynes-Brown fizzing a swerving shot in on goal and then moment later, Ainsley having a pop from outside the area. Fisk and Jarvis had already grabbed control of the middle and with both Ainsley and Smith showing real quality in their deliveries from out wide, the blues were looking good.
The visitors eventually started to work their way into the game a little more, looking to catch Lowestoft out with their pace and counter attacking but a combination of misplaced passes and solid defending by the blues, left Lowestoft looking comfortable with twenty minutes gone.
A dangerous free kick from the left hand corner of the box gave Tamworth an opportunity to put their first effort in on goal but with Daniels picking out Sampson, the young defender headed over.
As the half-hour mark approached an intriguing battle was already taking place between Gleeson in the Lowestoft defence and Styche in the Tamworth attack. Both players were fully committed to their causes but with it starting to boil over, the referee pulled both players over, as Gleeson and Styche went into the book. The bookings should have simmered the situation but shortly afterwards and with Gleeson making a tackle out on the right wing; Styche left a knee in and was very, very fortunate that all of the officials had somehow missed it, therefore saving him a certain early bath.
Tamworth were struggling to get any joy against the Lowestoft defence but at the other end, Lowestoft were finding that their quality in delivery was testing the Tamworth backline. Smith had already been part of that quality of service for Lowestoft and with him sending a free-kick in from the right, Vidal handled and the referee took little time in pointing to the spot. Up stepped penalty spot master, Ainsley to smash the ball home and give Lowestoft a 1-0 lead (34 mins).
Lowestoft immediately looked to turn the screw on the visitors as a Fisk volley forced a corner.
At the other end a rising shot by Daniels is all that Tamworth could muster, as a strong Lowestoft defence kept them at arm's length.
As half time approached Tamworth started to push onto Lowestoft a bit more and with a corner from Daniels forcing Jones to punch the ball onto the Lowestoft bar and behind, the blues were having to defend in numbers. Tamworth continued to force a succession of corners against what was now looking like a flustered blues defence. Lowestoft survived the increased pressure and onslaught of corners from Tamworth though and very nearly doubled their lead just before the break with Ainsley doing great down the right before spraying a ball across to Smith in space and in the area. However with Smith drilling his effort across goal, it narrowly missed the target and unfortunately evaded all of the blue shirts that were following in.
It had been a great half of football though and one in which Lowestoft walked off one goal to the good.
After taking a knee to the head on the half-hour mark, Gleeson was unable to return for the second half and was replaced by Eagle. This resulted in a little re-shuffle with Hayles shifting to central defence, Ainsley going right back and Eagle taking up position on the right wing.
Lowestoft had come out with the fire in their bellies having been stoked even further and Bammant very nearly added to that fire with a second goal, as he made space to get a shot away but had to watch it bend just past the far upright with five minutes of the second half gone.
Lowestoft were exhibiting some good passing and movement and with newly introduced Eagle running at the visitors defence at every opportunity, Lowestoft were looking like forcing a second.
A Tamworth breakaway saw Styche eventually work space for a shot but Jones was right behind it in the Lowestoft goal. The shot on goal however seemed to invigorate the visitors briefly but that vigour was stamped out by Lowestoft just after the sixty minute mark, with them deservedly doubling their lead. Reed had done really well to get on the ball and with him pushing it to his right to find Eagle in space, the tricky winger travelled into the box before setting himself to shoot. The keeper did well to take some of the pace off the ball but he couldn't stop it on its way and not even a desperate attempt on the line by Sampson could stop the ball from going in for 2-0 (63 mins).
The delight of the Lowestoft crowd was added to when Styche wrapped his foot around a dropping ball in the Lowestoft area but hit it high and off target. Tamworth didn't let the situation get to them though and with Adams getting on the ball more and the likes of Jackson looking ever more lively up top, they silenced the Lowestoft crowd and rocked the Lowestoft team with a five minute spell that saw them draw level from two down. Firstly, from just over twenty-five yards out, Daniels hit a powerful free-kick that dipped and moved before beating Jones for 2-1 (71 mins). Then just five minutes later a cross from the right found Townsend just a yard out from goal and with the simplest of tasks to head down and into the goal for 2-2 (76 mins).
Lowestoft had been rocked back onto their heals after seeing a two goal lead disappear but did they wither or shy away? They certainly didn't, as they puffed their chests out, worked even harder and with just a further four minutes passing they restored their lead. Following a pressing few minutes of play the ball pinged around in the Tamworth defence and with Eagle getting onto the ball and getting a shot away, the ball beat the keeper and went in off the post; igniting wild celebrations from the bench and the Trawlerboys supporters. In the celebrations Eagle was booked and could feel a little hard done, having not removed his shirt and having not jumped into the crowd.
Lowestoft then shored things up with their second change of the afternoon, as Radomski replaced Reed and the blues moved to five in midfield for the remaining four minutes of normal time.
After coming on after the break and scoring two goals, Eagle was surely beaming inside but with a slightly mistimed tackle a questionable second yellow card was shown, reducing Lowestoft to ten.
Just a minute remained as Tamworth introduced Wilkins for Townsend but with that minute and four minutes of stoppage time passing, Lowestoft had won and taken a valuable and well deserved three points in a fantastic 3-2 win.
It had been a incredible game of football and every player in blue had given their all in ensuring the victory, even when being pegged back level with fifteen minutes remaining.
The quality from wide was of the highest standard from Smith and Ainsley throughout the match and but for a five minute spell the Lowestoft defence looked solid. Eagle undoubtedly made a huge difference when coming on, driving at the Tamworth defence with a real hunger and scoring two goals to boot. However, in the middle of the pitch was a player who from start to finish put in a fantastic example of box-to-box midfield play. If there was defending to be done or a ball to be won, he was there and if an attack needed numbers or support, he was also at hand for his side. My Man of the Match was the excellent Andrew Fisk.
Lowestoft Town now turn their attentions to the Suffolk Premier Cup on Tuesday night, in which they travel to take on Felixstowe & Walton in the quarter finals (7:45pm kick-off). The blues are next in league action on Saturday when they welcome North Ferriby United to the Crown Meadow.
 Craig Fleming is happy with Poles' progress Lowestoft Town director of football Craig Fleming believes the club's Polish duo can provide a boost to their Conference North campaign.


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Craigslist's Allegations Of "Copyright" Violations Thrown Out
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: TV personality Stephen Colbert (L) and Craigslist Founder and previous... [+] CEO Craig Newmark attend IAVA's Fifth Annual Heroes Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on November 9, 2011 in New York City. (Image credit: via @daylife)
One of these websites is www.padmapper.com, which was sued for copyright infringement for obtaining Craigslist's data and placing it on a map. This allows for users to more easily aggregate, browse and search all available apartments across various services.
Padmapper took a series of data points: cost of apartment, location, size and 1BR-4BR type of information, and allowed for customers to search on that basis. And when customers found what they wanted, they would click and be directed back to Craigslist to read the full posting and complete the transaction - thus potentially generating Craigslist new customers and more satisfied sellers.
Seems like a win-win, and an innovative company would have adapted and offered advertisements on the listing pages and made a billion dollars, instead Craigslist has sough to stifle this innovation instead of monetizing upon it.
In addition to the copyright charge, Craigslist has gone after Padmapper and other websites for violating their terms of service (ToS) and the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA). In Craigslist's ToS they allow for websites like Google and Bing to "scrape" and index their website, but do not allow for other non general indexing websites to do so.
Craigslist has used the threat of copyright infringement as a sledgehammer to scare innovators from competing by using their data. Copyright infringement penalties are stark, so being found liable would potentially lead to trillions of dollars in damage - yes trillions. The problem is, despite Craigslist using the threat of copyright violation to go after these new companies - Craigslist never retained copyright to begin with. And today a federal court made that clear. In San Francisco, California, a federal judge dismissed the copyright claims against Padmapper and other companies on the basis of them not even having copyright to begin with.
Craigslist was claiming:
That it retained copyright to postings made by its customers; and
That taking these data points of cost and location constituted infringement.
By a consensus of legal experts (see EFF, PK, and Techdirt's commentary), these claims were vacuous, but they have been successfully used to scare would be competitors. But perhaps Craigslist's days of using false threats to scare new start-ups is over.
Its claim that it has a copyright to its customers' postings is news to its customers. How would you feel knowing that if you posted your resume on Craigslist that Craigslist now has copyright to your resume?
While customers granted Craigslist a license, allowing Craigslist to publicly share this information with the world through the internet, they never granted Craigslist their copyright. The license was not an "exclusive license" (other than a small window that isn't the basis of ongoing litigation). Further, Padmapper and other websites taking these data points is clearly within the limits of Feist and other Supreme Court cases establishing that data points are not copyright-able (Feist is one seminal case but other cases may be more up-to-date with current jurisprudence).
In laymen's terms: Craigslist never had the copyright and taking the data points itself wouldn't constitute potential infringement.
It's very good news that these charges were dismissed, hopefully this will discourage Craigslist from going after the next competitor with baseless charges.
But this isn't the end of the legal issues. Craigslist is still forcefully pursuing on ToS and CFAA (some of the CFAA allegations were thrown out, but not all of them). It's curious that a company that prominently displays opposition to the CFAA and encourages customers to get involved to fix the CFAA, is at the same time suing start-ups for violating the CFAA for precisely the problems for which tech activists have ridiculed the CFAA, and, in particular, its application against Aaron Swartz. That problem being, according to tech activists, the CFAA should not be implicated merely for violating the terms of service of a website - terms that until recently prohibited all minors from accessing Google, that still require you to fill your Facebook with accurate data, or that require your profile on dating websites to be completely accurate. I have written elsewhere about the problems with this application of the CFAA. If companies like Craigslist want to be on the right side of fixing this law, then they should practice what they preach.
But perhaps the most unbelievable, Craigslist's ToS include liquidated damages for "scraping" their website at $25,000 per "incident" – an incredible sum. It's important to recognize, liquidated damages are supposed to represent a good faith estimate of actual damage incurred, rather than to serve as a penalty. Penalty's are unenforceable as liquidated damages. From Craigslist's liquidated damages section:
According to Craigslist, over 100 million classified ads run on its site each month. Over the course of a year, this equates to approximately one billion ads online (assuming some repeats). According to this figure, if Craigslist were scraped at least once a day, the potential liability for one scraper under this provision could be as high as $9125 Trillion per year (365 billion "scrapes" at $25,000 per incident). As a reference, according to World Bank data, world GDP (from 2012) is somewhere around $70 trillion.
Again, Craigslist claims that just one scraping website would cost them, as a good faith estimate of actual damages, 130 times world GDP. Which also happens to be 1.8 million times Craigslist.com's estimated market cap of $5 billion.
Obscenely high damages are not unusual for copyright infringement but for contract law this is insane. Again, liquidated damages are supposed to be an estimate of actual damages - not a penalty. Their contract represents a good faith belief by Craigslist that scraping their website once a day costs them $9125 trillion - this is beyond belief. Presenting that in court would be thrown out. Oppressive terms like these in Craigslist's ToS should not be tolerated by competitors or consumers - and the internet eco-system should hold market participants accountable for this type of legal scare tactic to stifle innovation.
Going forward, innovators will likely find ways to aggregate and utilize the data without violating the terms of service. The ruling today may have cleared the way for innovators going forward, and hopefully put an end to bad faith and baseless legal threats by Craigslist against competitors. (To be clear, I am not taking a stance on the legality or ethics of scraping from Craigslist, merely observing on the use of a false copyright claim).
Let this be a lesson to tech companies: if you want to copyright user data, you must make it explicit that you are taking users' data and claiming exclusive ownership of that data. And consumers can decide if they want to stay with you, or go to a competitor who will not claim their resume as intellectual property retained by the website.
As the House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings and consider wholesale revisions to copyright law, it should consider stronger provisions for misusing copyright law for other purposes as displayed here. Using false claims of copyright, for something that a company doesn't even have copyright ownership of, for the purposes of going after start-ups and competitors should be punishable and discouraged. Copyright law is a giant legal sledgehammer creating trillions of dollars in potential liability, if companies are misusing it to shut down competitors, that is something that we can fix and address.
So called, "copyright misuse" or "copyfraud" to scare new market participants should be penalized for what it is - a tax on innovation. And Republicans who have spent decades complaining about outrageous tort claims and calling for wholesale tort reform should want a copyright system that strongly protects legitimate copyright holders but ensures that false copyright claims aren't abused.
[You can read more on the initial claim here in an informative article in Techdirt.]
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Derek is a Yale Law Fellow with the Information Society Project, columnist and policy expert. In 2014, Forbes recognized Derek in their 30 under 30 in law and…
Derek is a Yale Law Fellow with the Information Society Project, columnist and policy expert. In 2014, Forbes recognized Derek in their 30 under 30 in law and policy. He has previous work experience working as a House and Senate staffer. While a House staffed he authored the widely read House Republican Study Committee report "Three Myths about Copyright Law." Derek then led successful national campaign on cellphone unlocking. Derek has spoken widely, including at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Freedom to Connect, South by Southwest, Princeton University, Harvard Berkman Center, Personal Democracy Forum, California GOP Convention, IP Law Association Annual Meeting and the Conservative Political Action Conference. Derek is a paid contributor with Forbes, National Review, Politix, the Atlantic and has also contributed columns to Wired, TechCrunch, Techdirt, Washington Post, Human Events and BoingBoing.

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The Nintendo Switch, a hybrid home and handheld gaming console, was released last Friday and met with rave reviews. A user found that the Switch runs on a FreeBSD kernel according to the copyright notices. This is the second gaming company to use FreeBSD for their console's operating system, Sony based PS4's operating system Orbis OS on FreeBSD. Kudos to Nintendo and Sony for supporting FreeBSD!
isn't the ps4 and switch an example of "tivosation" ? there may be a difference here that i'm missing, though.


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Q: javascrip sort array of objects with different keys I have the following array of objects:
[
    {
        "2019-10-01": false
    },
    {
        "2020-04-01": true
    },
    {
        "2020-02-01": true
    },
    {
        "2018-01-01": false
    },
    {
        "2019-12-01": true
    }
]

I want to sort the objects by the dates, which are the keys. What would be the best way to do that?

A: You can use Object.keys() to get the keys irrespective of their name and compare the date strings with String.prototype.localeCompare()

const arr = [
    {
        "2019-10-01": false
    },
    {
        "2020-04-01": true
    },
    {
        "2020-02-01": true
    },
    {
        "2018-01-01": false
    },
    {
        "2019-12-01": true
    }
]

arr.sort((a, b) => {
  let [ aDate ] = Object.keys(a)
  let [ bDate ] = Object.keys(b)
  return aDate.localeCompare(bDate)
})

console.info(arr)

A: Use Object.keys to get the array from Object keys and sorting using Date instance.

let data = [
    {
        "2019-10-01": false
    },
    {
        "2020-04-01": true
    },
    {
        "2020-02-01": true
    },
    {
        "2018-01-01": false
    },
    {
        "2019-12-01": true
    }
]

data = data.sort((a, b) =>
  new Date(Object.keys(a)[0]) - new Date(Object.keys(b)[0])
)

console.log(data)

A: You could do something like this

var a = [
    {
        "2019-10-01": false
    },
    {
        "2020-04-01": true
    },
    {
        "2020-02-01": true
    },
    {
        "2018-01-01": false
    },
    {
        "2019-12-01": true
    }
]
a.sort((a, b) => {
 return (new Date(Object.keys(a))) -(new Date(Object.keys(b)))
})

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Sean* is a lawyer at Lenczner Slaght. Sean completed his law degree from the University of Western Ontario with Distinction. He was awarded the Dean Ivan C. Rand Award for academic standing and contributions in the service of students, and the Law Society of Upper Canada Prize for academic excellence. Sean speaks§ from a diverse professional and academic background. This includes time working in the privacy space, as a researcher, competing and coaching in a variety of moot court competitions, and serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Western Journal of Legal Studies, where he published several volumes‡ with his experience and attention to detail. .
As a summer and articling student at the firm, Sean gained experience working on complex commercial and professional liability matters, and he continues to build a developing practice in a variety of areas.
Sean graduated with distinction from Western Law where he was awarded the Dean Ivan C. Rand Award for academic standing and contributions in the service of students, and the Law Society of Upper Canada Prize for academic excellence.
While at law school, Sean engaged in a variety of advocacy-focused endeavours. He was the co-chair of the Western Law Advocacy Committee, winner of the 2015 Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Moot, the Top Oralist at the 2016 Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition, and the coach of Western Law's 2017 Jessup Cup team. In addition to mooting, Sean was the Editor-in-Chief of the Western Journal of Legal Studies.
Prior to attending law school, Sean studied political science at York University and Western University. Sean has also worked in the privacy and advertising space.
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If you are the person who wants to travel from Mysore To Bangalore by Train and want to know the updated Mysore To Bangalore Train Schedule, Then you are in the right place, here I'm Gonna show the list of Train Travelling from Mysore to Bangalore.
Before reading Mysore To Bangalore Train Schedule first better we know some interesting fact about Mysore Junction Railway and fastest train running around the way.
Mysore Junction railway station is the one of old railway of Karnataka, which was built on 1870, 149 years ago. Initially, it has a meter gauge railway tracks to Bengaluru, and now it entirely upgraded to Broad gauge railway track. Also last year Mysore to Bangalore Railway Tracks gets electrified and introduced new electric locomotive (Engines) across the line to ensure maximum speed and less pollution.
Mysore Junction Railway station has 6 Platforms lines and 760 meters long which have three different Route viz: Mysore to Bangalore which connect eastern states of Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh, Mysore to Hassan which connect Arsikere then northern district of Karnataka, and Mysore to Chamaraja Nagar through Nanjanagud Town.
Mysore junction was the important railway station for the people of Bengaluru who travel to Hassan district through Railway because Bengaluru doesn't have railway line to Hassan, therefore the train which has to travel to Hassan has comes through Mysore Junction and then reaches Hassan. but now the construction new railway line from Bengaluru to Hassan has been completed so there are no problems to travel from Bengaluru to Hassan.
Tippu Express is also the fastest train traveling from Mysore to Bengaluru which reaches Bengaluru in just 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Mysore to Bangalore train may not have the fastest train in India but cover maximum speed between the two cities and all train traveling from Mysore to Bangalore has the permission of maximum speed of 130 KMPH.
*The Timings Between These Railway Lines are subjected to Change in any Time, For More and Updated/current Information Visit IRCTC Official Website.


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Exactly how it feels when we're FREE of the blob!
Yep, those blobs, they can be tenacious suckers.
Hmm, yes, a tether could provide some distance from the blob... as long as it's easily disconnectable. Or perhaps a grappling hook?
Hey, a grappling hook! Like the one from Legend of Zelda Wind Waker!!! That would be awesome!
Just make sure the ends are blunted considerably... that would hurt otherwise.
Haha, but does a blob feel pain?
lol This is so apt and a perfect illustration :D I hate getting stuck in the blob!
My goodness, how relatable is this!! Funny thing about blobs: why is it that they sound OK in theory, but as soon as you begin to assimilate, you want to break free before you suffocate in a haze of neurotypicalness?
Well, for me at least, I don't go into a group setting expecting to "assimilate." I hope that I might find one individual or a small subgroup there that I connect with. But it rarely works that way in practice. It's difficult to separate off from the group as an entity. So, you find yourself left with the blob.
Yeah, I get it. For me, I can't help but feel that the blob wants to change me. "Oh, you should be more outgoing" or "Wow, what do you mean you don't like shopping? *gasp!*" I kept hearing that haunting refrain you illustrated: "ONE OF US!" For me, the whole experience usually makes me feel like Number 6 in The Prisoner. "I am not a number, I am a free woman!"


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Day 5: Building On 20 Years of Success
We started off the week talking about the health care disparities that exist in the United States, and while they paint an ugly picture, the last 20 years have shown us that there have been improvements and that we will continue to see improvements. In order to see those improvements, we need to continue to fight for change and to play an active role in change.
For those of you reading these posts this week, how do you think you can be a part of the changing landscape of health care? What is the number one change that you would like to see and what do we need to make that change?
Excerpt from the American Public Health Association:
Let's celebrate our accomplishments and talk about what it will take to become the Healthiest Nation in One Generation!
2015 marks the 20th anniversary of APHA coordinating National Public Health Week! The accomplishments of the public health community over the last two decades are significant. To become the Healthiest Nation in One Generation: experts need to support the integration of public health and primary care; policy decision makers need to understand and support funding for both a strong public health workforce and prevention programs proven to advance health; both national and local policy decision makers need to expand the consideration of health implications in all the policies they create; and the general public needs to make healthy choices for themselves and demand that everyone has an equal opportunity to make those same choices.
Facts & Stats:
Some of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th Century – according to the CDC (and we agree!) include:
Healthier Mothers & Babies – Infant and maternal mortality rates have decreased in the U.S. Environmental interventions, improvements in nutrition, advances in clinical medicine, improvements in access to health care, improvements in surveillance and monitoring of disease, increases in education levels, and improvements in standards of living contributed to this remarkable decline.
Immunizations – Today, U.S. vaccination coverage is at record high levels! National efforts to promote vaccine use among all children has helped eradicate Smallpox and dramatically decrease the number of cases of Polio, Measles, Hib and other diseases in the U.S.
Motor Vehicle Safety – We've seen a huge reduction in the rate of death attributable to motor vehicle crashes in the United States, which represents the successful public health response to a great technologic advancement (the motorization of America). The response has spanned government, public health and driver and passenger behavior.
Family Planning – Increased contraception use, public health education and other factors mean that, today, Americans face fewer unintended pregnancies and are far more likely to achieve desired birth spacing and family size.
Tobacco as a Health Hazard – During 1964-1992, approximately 1.6 million deaths caused by smoking were prevented thanks to substantial public health efforts.
Decline in Deaths from Heart Attack & Stroke – Still the country's top killers, the public health community has helped achieve remarkable declines in deaths from both diseases: since 1950, deaths from cardiovascular disease have declined 60 percent, and stroke rates have declined 70 percent.
(For more visit http://www.cdc.gov/about/history/tengpha.htm)
What's next? Together we can create the healthiest nation in one generation.
We have a lot of challenges to overcome, but it all starts with a simple first step:
Sign the pledge to show your commitment. Ask others to sign as well because the more people who sign, the more influence we have to drive change.
Sign the petition to ask our leaders to do their part. It will take change at both the local and national level to ensure our communities make a positive impact on our health.
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Day 4: Building Broader Communities
Public Health involves us coming together as a community to create change. Very little happens when we do work as an individual, but when we come together in coalitions we can impact the health of our communities. When looking to build these coalitions, think outside of the box and go beyond your normal partners. Sometimes the unlikeliest partner will actually be the best partner that you could have.
The examples below show how partners that cross many sectors can create wonderful change
Individual workers, unions, employers, government agencies, scientists, state labor and health authorities, and others have worked together to make a significant difference in workplace conditions and safety, vastly reducing workplace injuries and death.
Fighting Big Tobacco to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use in the U.S. would not have been possible without the combined efforts of a broad coalition of government officials, public health groups, scientists, economists, and educators. Scientific evidence proved the relationship between disease and tobacco use / environmental exposure to tobacco. Funders and advocates spread this information to the public, and fought for nonsmokers' rights. Government officials and agencies (together with advocates and voters!) passed tobacco taxes, restricted smoking in public spaces, and limited how tobacco companies could advertise.
Public health action, together with scientific and technologic advances, have played a major role in reducing and in some cases eliminating the spread of infectious disease, and in establishing today's disease surveillance and control systems.
Reducing death and injury attributable to motor vehicles has required an all-hands-on-deck approach. In 1966, passage of the Highway Safety Act and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act authorized the federal government to set and regulate standards for motor vehicles and highways, and many changes in both vehicle and highway design followed that mandate. Drivers and passengers also changed their behaviors, in part thanks to significant public health and safety campaigns. Governments and communities recognized the need for motor-vehicle safety, which prompted programs by federal and state governments, academic institutions, community-based organizations, and industry.
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Day 3: Building Momentum
We have learned that health is not an individual issue. What we are most recently learning (sometimes the hard way) is that health is not just an issue for the medical world, the government, and those interested in public health. Health is an issue that everyone has to be concerned about and this includes entities within the government, non-profit and community settings, and even the for profit world. Below are some great momentous activities that have been going on.
I'm particualry excited about the decision of cvs to stop selling tobacco products. That was a huge step for them to take and a huge risk since tobaccos sales are a big part of these pharmacy and wellness stores. It makes sense that a store focused on health and wellness would stop selling products that are the exact opposite of health and well-being. I think that there are other things that they could be looking at as well, but this was a huge step and I hope the Walgreens, Rite Aids and other stores of the world will catch up as well.
Debates around the Affordable Care Act have brought added attention to prevention and public health. As a result, we're beginning to see a broad range of influential organizations taking important steps in line with creating the Healthiest Nation. Yet, as we celebrate the gains we've made, a key challenge will be to expand and build upon this momentum.
At APHA, we've developed a strategic plan for the public health community to help America become the Healthiest Nation in One Generation!
Robert Wood Johnson is re-positioning the foundation's work behind the goal of "creating a culture of health."
In 2014, the American Planning Association – the organization of professionals who help communities plan for growth and change – for the first time dedicated a full day of their annual meeting to health.
The First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative is gaining traction in addressing childhood obesity & raising a healthier generation of kids.
Even in the for-profit sector we see companies seeking a better balance between their profits and the health of their customers:
CVS Health has stopped selling tobacco products and has expanded their programs to help people quit.
Sixteen major food and beverage companies reduced the calories in the products they sold by 6.4 trillion calories.
Day 2: Starting from Zip
So I got a little behind in posting each day this week, but this is still very important information. There is a lot of work going on in the U.S. in terms of life expectancy and zip codes. I would love to do some of this research in Michigan and specifically with the metro area. Although knowing this data doesn't automatically solve problems, its a great place to start awareness and create the buy-in that is necessary to make changes on a large scale.
If you take a lot at the links below you can see that Wayne County has over 9,000 years of potential life lost before 75 in 100,000 people. Compare this to just over 5,000 in Washtenaw County.
In the area served by the Washington, D.C. metro system, communities only 12 miles from each other can have a nine year difference in life expectancy! (Source: RWJ Commission to Build a Healthier America graphic via APHA website)
In the U.S. there is a 13% difference (9 years) in life expectancy between states.
Use these great resources to find specific data for how your county and state rank!
Find your state in the America's Health Rankings report.
Find your county in the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps report.
Sign the petition to ask our leaders to do their part. It will take change at both the l
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National Public Health Week- Raising the Grade
Today is the first day of National Public Health Week (#NPHW). I will be sharing posts and information regarding the daily themes.
Today's theme is raising the grade. It's sad to think that the U.S. is so far behind the curve in terms of health care yet we have the highest medical expenditures (17.9 of the Gross Domestic Product expenditures). In this case high spending does not equal quality.
Below is some information from the American Public Health Association regarding our current status.
What does the data reveal about America's health?
The U.S. doesn't have the top health care system – we have a great "sick care" system. We have great doctors, state-of-the-art hospitals and we're leaders in advanced procedures and pharmaceuticals. But studies consistently show that despite spending twice as much, we trail other countries in life expectancy and almost all other measures of good health. This holds true across all ages and income levels. So what is missing? We need a stronger public health system that supports healthy communities and moves us toward preventing illness, disease and injury.
We've seen some improvements!
Smoking continued its decline from 19.6% to 19.0% of the adult population.
Immunization coverage increased from 64% to 67.1% of adolescents aged 13 to 17 years.
We have many successes like increasing life expectancy, reducing infant mortality and declining cardiovascular deaths – but other countries are succeeding faster than we are.
And yet, compared to peers in other countries, people in the U. S. have…
Shorter lives – Over the past 25 years U.S. life expectancy has grown, but at a slower rate than in other countries. Studies consistently show we have a lower life expectancy than comparable countries.
Adverse birth outcomes – we have the highest infant mortality rate, low birth weights, the highest rate of women dying due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth and children are less likely to live to age 5.
Highest rates of injury and homicides – deaths from motor vehicle crashes, non-transportation injuries and violence occur at much higher rates than in other countries.
Heart disease – the U.S. death rate from ischemic heart disease is the second highest; at age 50 Americans have a less favorable cardiovascular risk profile and adults over age 50 are more likely to develop and die from cardiovascular disease
Obesity and diabetes – For decades the U.S. has had the highest obesity rates across all age groups and adults are among the highest prevalence of diabetes.
Chronic lung disease – Lung disease is more prevalent and associated with higher mortality.
Disability – Older U.S. adults report a higher prevalence of arthritis and activity limitations.
Adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease – our adolescents had the highest rate of pregnancies and are more likely to acquire sexually transmitted diseases.
HIV and AIDS – we have the second highest prevalence of HIV infection among 17 peer countries and the highest incidence of AIDS.
Drug related mortality – we lose more years of life to alcohol and other drugs than people in peer countries even when deaths from drunk driving are excluded. In fact the President's 2014 National Drug Control Strategy noted that drug induced overdose deaths now surpass homicides and car crash deaths.
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Detroit Newspaper Unions Make Offer to Return to Work
Nichole M. Christian Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
Updated Feb. 18, 1997 12:01 am ET
DETROIT -- The six unions striking at the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press made unconditional offers to return to work, effectively ending a tumultuous 19-month protest against the newspapers.
The company hasn't taken any action regarding the offer. And the unions, representing about 2,000 workers, vowed to continue picketing until a new contract is actually signed.
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Phononic Appoints Larry Yang as Chief Product Officer, Expanding the Solid State Cooling Innovator's Global Product Footprint
The addition of the former Google Fitbit executive increases global visibility of the company's devices and category-making products, and drives a further expansion into Silicon Valley
DURHAM, NC (June 20, 2022) – Phononic, the global leader in solid state cooling technology, has announced the appointment of Larry Yang as Chief Product Officer. As CPO, Larry will be responsible for driving the go-to-market strategy and long-term growth of the company's technology platform and products and associated global market opportunities. Larry will lead product marketing, management, design engineering and roadmap to drive further global adoption of the company's devices and category-making products and services, while supporting sales and licensing opportunities for Phononic products in adjacent and new markets.
Larry has spent his 30+ year career building products and platforms that connect people and businesses to groundbreaking new applications, services and content. As the former VP of Product at Fitbit (recently acquired by Google), Larry was responsible for Fitbit's full $1B + product portfolio of wearable hardware and software. There, Larry and his team drove nine product launches that led to massive global awareness and first-of-a-kind health and fitness experiences.
Prior to Fitbit, Larry spent nine years at Google in senior product roles leading connected TV platforms, gigabit-speed internet and TV services, augmented reality smart phones, and mobile app payments. Prior to Google, he built microprocessors, set-top devices and game consoles, and video conferencing products at Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Cisco Systems, respectively.
"I'm delighted to introduce Larry Yang as Phononic's first Chief Product Officer," said Tony Atti, Co-Founder and CEO of Phononic. "With a decorated career at some of the most recognized technology companies in the world, Larry's track record speaks for itself. His product leadership at Phononic will help drive greater growth for the company and expand our presence further into Silicon Valley, and his passion for sustainability will help drive a continued focus on the positive environmental impact of our technology and products. We are truly excited to welcome him to the team."
"Phononic has developed an amazing solid state cooling technology platform," said Larry Yang. "I'm excited about the possibilities of taking this technology to not only unlock solutions that aren't possible with conventional HFC-based products, but also to reverse the effects of climate change by replacing greenhouse gasses. It's a privilege to be joining the Phononic team at this phase of their journey."
Larry will join Phononic Chief Revenue Officer, Kevin Granucci, in building out the company's product development, sales and marketing capabilities in Silicon Valley. Originally from Los Angeles, California, Larry holds degrees in Biology and Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
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I recently came across an interesting grammar artifact.
The handbook cited a study that demonstrated that grammar instruction did not make a group of students better writers. It was conducted in 1967 — around the time people were getting wise to nonsense prescriptivism of the day.
The prior decade had been the heyday of unfounded prohibitions against splitting infinitives, ending sentences with prepositions and beginning sentences with "and." Clearly, that brand of "grammar" wasn't helping students write better.
But does the anti-grammar attitude that had emerged by 1986 and lingers today go too far?
Just because grammar instruction didn't help a group of test subjects become better writers doesn't mean it should be discounted. That's like saying we should stop teaching algebra because it will never help students balance a checkbook.
The department itself inadvertently demonstrated the danger of passives. "The most widely ignored research finding" conveniently sidesteps the question of who was ignoring it, leaving the assertion unfounded.
So even if it's true that teaching the grammar concept of passives doesn't make students better writers, couldn't it make them better critical thinkers?
Also, what exactly would it mean to teach grammar "when a specific need for it emerges in a student's writing"?
In warning parents "Some people may try to persuade you that a full understanding of English grammar is needed before students can express themselves well," the department found convenient boogeymen in "some people." But did they really exist?
The big question is whether those well-intentioned educators were throwing away the baby with the bathwater. It would take a lot of research to know whether reduced emphasis on grammar hurt students. And all I have is anecdotal information about how the students educated under this philosophy have fared.
No one's ever told me that they learned too much grammar — or even enough. It seems almost everyone under 50 feels they missed out on something.
Unfortunately, some of the people who feel this way are now English teachers. That doesn't bode well for Bobby.


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Lenovo's got three new slates today, and they're going for a scattershot. The IdeaPad K1 is the first Android tablet "certified for Netflix"; the ThinkPad offers a biz-oriented dock (also, Netflix); and the IdeaPad P1. Which, uh, runs Windows 7.
The 10.1-inch screened, half-inch thick K1, available today, looks capable enough for those who want muscle in a slate: dual-core Tegra 2 guts, Honeycomb 3.1, 1280x800 resolution, 2 MP front and 5 MP back cameras, and—hey now!—an SD Card slot. Like any other Android tablet. But it and the ThinkPad offer something no one else does: They're the first Android tablets pre-loaded with Netflix. Thank Christ.
The ThinkPad otherwise is essentially the K1 in business attire—same Tegra 2 innards, same Android Honeycomb 3.1 soul—only pumped up with some enterprise security features, IT manager functionality, and eventually, 3G data. The ThinkPad also plugs into an optional port dock and keyboard, if you're down with the whole laptop lite thing.
And then, there's the IdeaPad P1, arriving at the end of the year. Again, virtually the same internals (though it swaps out the Tegra 2 for an Intel CPU of unspecified provenance), but driven by Windows 7 Premium instead of Android. Windows 7 is totally fine! On a desktop or laptop. A desktop OS isn't made for a touch tablet just in the way that a phone OS isn't made for a touch tablet.
Full releases for the trifecta, below.
apps in the Android Market as well as apps tested for the Lenovo device in the Lenovo App Shop.
customers and are delivering Android tablets designed to meet their particular needs."
"movie night." With a full 1080p HDMI output coupled with Digital Rights Management (DRM) built directly into the IdeaPad and ThinkPad tablets, Netflix members can instantly watch movies and TV shows streaming from Netflix directly to a big screen TV, "We're very excited to see that TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix, will be available on Lenovo's family of Android tablets," said Bill Holmes, Netflix vice president of Business Development. "This is not only an important development for our company as we seek to expand the benefits of our services to more people, it also means that consumers now have greater choice in selecting a tablet device that best fits their entertainment needs."
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Nutrition Indices, Unacceptable in Kaduna State
Stellamaries Amuwa
Wife of Kaduna State Governor, Hajia Hadiza El-Rufai has said the State would embark on drastic action to combat poor nutrition indices within its special programme for adequate healthcare system. The Kaduna state first lady declared this at a Sensitization Meeting on Nutrition organized in Kaduna by Civil Society-Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) under the aegis of Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH).
Hajia El-Rufai, who was represented by Wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Ladi Barnabas Bala Bantex, lamented that malnutrition among children constitutes 50% of the underlying causes of many communicable and non-communicable life-threatening diseases, in addition to the high level morbidity and mortality in the State.
She reiterated that, "Recent surveys have shown that 57% of children are malnourished and 41.7% of them are severely stunted in Kaduna state. Micronutrients deficiency such as Vitamin A and iodine is also common among these children (27.8%) due to poor intake".
According to her "These poor nutrition indices will not be accepted. Appropriate actions must be taken without delay to drastically reduce the incidences, and this administration has special passion for health and education."
The Governor's wife noted that within the few months of inception of the administration, N180 million and N55 million were released to improve coverage of Routine Immunization and to double the number of secondary facilities (General Hospitals) providing rehabilitation of severe acutely malnourished children (from 6-12), respectively.
In a similar vein, a recent survey conducted by CS-SUNN in Kaduna state, shows that 57% of children are malnourished and 41.7% of them are severely stunted. The survey also suggested that micronutrients deficiency such as Vitamin A and iodine is also common among these children (27.8%) due to poor intake. The malnutrition has also affected women significantly as 6.2% of women in Kaduna state are malnourished and 23.4% have deficiency in iron, the survey revealed. This indeed has disturbing implication considering the fact that women menstruate monthly and bear children.
The Chairman Steering Committee, CS-SUNN, Prof. Ngozi Nnam, also explained that malnutrition and nutrition-related diseases remain major problems to effective public health care system in Kaduna state with under-five mortality rate unacceptably high at 169 per 1,000 live births. She also stated that poor nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child's life can lead to stunted growth.
According to her "The main indicator for malnutrition is stunting, when children are too short for their age. Stunted children have poor physical growth which is irreversible and associated with poor brain development with reduced school and work performance. In Kaduna, the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) Results of 2013, reported prevalence of stunting at 56.6%, underweight 57.6%, and Wasting 42% in children under five years old. This means Kaduna with 56.6% of stunting has the third highest number of stunted children under-5 years of age in Nigeria after Kebbi with 61% and Katsina and Jigawa with 59% respectively," she noted.
Prof. Nnam urged effective implementation of the National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (NSPAN 2014-2019) at every level, with emphasis on maternal and child nutrition; increased funding for maternal and child nutrition at the Ministries of Health. She also called on improvement in Agriculture and other relevant sectors in Kaduna State including good budgetary allocation and timely release of funds for maternal and Child nutrition practices and interventions, at state and local government levels.
Meanwhile the cheering news is that Kaduna state Commissioner for health Prof. Jonathan Andrew NOk, recently revealed that the state governor has approved a budget line on nutrition presently in full operation in the state. He confirmed that, the state ministry of health as adopted the national strategic plan of action on nutrition which is presently in implementation.
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OSU coaches (from left) Dave Dickerson, Jeff Boals, Thad Matta and Greg Paulus look on during a game against Penn State Jan. 29 at the Schottenstein Center. OSU lost, 71-70, in overtime. The coaches wore tennis shoes to show support for Coaches v. Cancer.
Whispers of an annual college basketball event featuring Ohio State, UCLA, Kentucky and North Carolina floated their way around the rumor mill for quite a while.
On Wednesday, though, those whispers were made official.
According to CBS Sports, the CBS Sports Classic is set to launch in 2014 and feature the four aforementioned basketball programs in a round-robin style tournament that will take place over a three-season span.
The tournament is set to be hosted in three separate cities over the next three seasons, starting with Chicago in 2014, Brooklyn in 2015 and Las Vegas during the 2016 season.
The first slate of games in Chicago is set to feature OSU taking on the North Carolina Tar Heels at the United Center on Dec. 20 at 1 p.m. That first-ever CBS Sports Classic matchup will be followed by a battle between UCLA and Kentucky, following the completion of the first game.
As for the subsequent years, the Buckeyes are set to take on Kentucky Dec. 19, 2015 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and is slated to conclude the festivities with a Dec. 17 matchup against the UCLA Bruins in 2016 in Las Vegas.
It was also announced Monday that the Big Ten is set to take part in the Dave Gavitt Tipoff Games starting in 2015, which pit the Big Ten against the Big East in an annual series of matchups.


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EU Policy and the Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: Time for a Reassessment
Amer Al-Hussein*
The West is not only Donald Trump's USA; it is high time for Europe to think of its interests in Syria and reassess its stance and policy therein. While European actors retain marginal influence over the diplomatic and military tracks, the EU cannot abdicate its role and responsibilities given that instability and conflict in Syria and the broader region impact EU interests in a much more direct fashion than the US.
Periodical renewals of sanctions on Damascus have by now become an almost automatic affair, with minor debate on the objectives and effectiveness of such measures. Sanctions only further the humanitarian crisis, without bringing about desired reforms or changes in Syrian behaviour. Simply renewing sanctions due to an apparent lack of alternatives is no substitute for a real policy towards Syria, however difficult to develop that may be.
A decade of conflict and civil war has devastated the country's social and economic fabric. While marginal humanitarian aid is being provided to Syrians through two border crossings (as opposed to the previous four) according to a last-minute agreement reached at the UN Security Council in January 2020, the agreement will soon expire. UN Security Council members have until 10 July to extend this provision allowing for cross-border humanitarian aid. Failure to do so will have abysmal effects, with UN officials warning of a catastrophe as Syrian's battle with famine, conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Aside from the upcoming expiration deadline for this UN measure, both EU member states and the US have recently renewed restrictive measures against Damascus. On 28 May, EU sanctions originally introduced in 2011 were extended for one year. The restrictive measures include a ban on all oil imports and freezing assets deposited by the Syrian Central Bank in the EU while also providing exemptions for humanitarian assistance, including food and medicine.[2] Three weeks later, the US's Caesar Act went into effect, imposing financial sanctions and travel bans on a number of Syrian officials and entities.[3]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underscored how the US's "campaign of economic and political pressure" will be implemented in "full cooperation with other like-minded nations, especially our European partners".[4] Given the implications of these new US measures, which also include secondary sanctions targeting any third country or entity doing business with Syrian authorities,[5] it is worth questioning whether such policies are still appropriate and effective for the pursuit of EU interests in Syria and the region.
Secondary US sanctions contained in the Caesar Act will hit struggling Lebanese businesses hard, given that many of them have benefited from being the main finance and trade artery between Damascus and the rest of the world.[6] In Syria, tremors have been felt long before the measures went into effect. Food prices have increased since January at a rate equivalent to the whole period between the start of the conflict in 2011 and the end of 2019.[7] Meanwhile, even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 emergency, 80 per cent of the population is living below the poverty line.[8]
The impact of the new measures has been particularly felt in the health sector. Despite exemptions on medical items, businesses in Europe do not want to risk operating in Syria for the fear of sanctions violations,[9] and given the size of the Syrian market, it is simply not worth it. A Syrian medic complained to me about the lack of essential medicines including Bisoprolol (used to treat high blood pressure) due to "sanctions and poor policy coordination between government and medicine suppliers".[10] The damage goes beyond medicines, as equipment in Syrian hospitals fall silent due to lack of spare parts and software update prohibitions, with certain components taking months to be routed to Damascus through neighbouring countries.
The US maintains that the objective of its policy is not "regime change" but a change in behaviour in Damascus.[11] As it stands this policy seems to be doing the polar opposite, effectively driving Damascus further eastward towards Iran, China and Russia. It is debatable whether such a scenario is in Europe's long-term interest. Brussels and member state capitals should consequently seek to develop a real policy strategy for Syria, one that goes beyond an excessive ideological fixation on Assad and sanctions to also explore other pragmatic means of retaining leverage and influence in Syria and the broader region.
The US's obsessive campaign against Damascus, Tehran and Moscow has abandoned all considerations for morality and has ended up hurting the very people Washington claims to be supporting. This is the case in Syria and Iran, but in Lebanon and Palestine too, where the Trump administration also implemented punitive financial measures. "In their rush to get Bashar [Al Assad] and [Ali] Khamenei, the US are forgetting who their friends are", a Lebanese minister stated in a recent interview, adding that "their ideological drive leaves them numb to the suffering of real people".[12]
To retain an ability to deploy the EU's economic, technical and diplomatic toolbox and improve local realities in Syria while alleviating the humanitarian crisis and pursuing EU strategic goals in the region, the time has come to consider the possibility of low-level engagement with the Syrian government.
Such an outreach could be on an ad hoc economic and humanitarian basis, which differs from an all-out political engagement. This does not imply a complete overhaul of the existing EU sanctions regime, which has recently been renewed, but rather an effort to build on existing exemptions while paying attention not to confuse legitimate political and human rights concerns with an ideological antipathy towards Damascus and its regional and extra-regional backers.
Just as EU members have supported a renewal of the UN mechanism to provide cross-border aid to Syria that is due to expire on 10 July 2020,[13] opposing Russian efforts to force the UN to direct all aid through Damascus, EU states also need to develop parallel policies capable of maintaining some degree of engagement (and leverage) vis-à-vis Syrians in government controlled territory.
Engagement could build on existing sanctions exemptions, and gradually be designed to go further than simply providing humanitarian aid, also seeking to create opportunities for Syrians to sustain their livelihoods. This could mean empowering local actors to carry out early recovery projects through direct support, using microfinance institutions to provide loans for farmers and farming cooperatives or supporting the capabilities of small medicine factories and knowledge to meet local needs.
Any movement in this direction should be coupled with a campaign by the EU to educate businesses on existing sanction exemptions, providing them with safe channels and assurances. These efforts could then gradually move to include relief on certain sanctions imposed on the Syrian financial sector to facilitate trade finance under the said exemptions. While many can be expected to object to such a strategy out of fear that support could fall into the wrong hands, an on-ground monitoring system could be implemented to mitigate these concerns.
A recent paper on EU policy in Syria suggests a rethinking of what a presence on the ground actually means. "Europe needs to recalibrate its insistence that in-country engagement – such as a diplomatic presence – legitimises Assad", noted Julien Barnes-Dacey, director of the European Council on Foreign Relation's MENA programme.[14]
This approach could be easier than anticipated given that Greece has recently moved to re-engage Damascus.[15] While largely motivated by a shared antagonism towards Turkey, this move by Athens could provide an avenue to assess the viability and deliverability of micro recovery projects in Syria. A greater appreciation of Syria's local talents and resources could provide the foundation for a more effective EU resilience policy, mirroring the objectives outlined in the EU Global Strategy, by engaging with civil society and "staying on the ground long enough for peace to take root".[16]
Europe must avoid being held captive to the US policy and address its own interests in having a stable neighbourhood. Sanctions, especially when devoid of a broader strategy, have repeatedly failed to bring about real change or reform. Believing that increased suffering and hardship among the population in Syria can lead to political concessions from Damascus is unrealistic.[17] Idriss Jazairy, the UN rapporteur on sanctions described using sanctions to protect civilians as trying "to extinguish a blaze with fire rather than water".[18]
The Caesar Act serves as an example of the US's real objectives in Syria and differs significantly in scope compared to existing EU and western sanctions. US policies relate less to Syria or peace itself than to the issue of punishing Washington's main antagonists in the region: Iran and Russia. Pursuing an incremental approach to engagement with Damascus would be more beneficial to European interests.[19]
This measured reassessment of EU policy also needs to be considered within the broader context of acrimony within the transatlantic relationship. With tensions simmering over Iran and Palestine, a concerted European effort to reassess its policy strategy in Syria would not only improve the EU's image as an independent and principled actor that is "here to stay" in the region, but could also help convince Washington to implement a more balanced and sensitive policy vis-à-vis the Middle East.
While such limited forms of engagement will take time to develop, a "business as usual" approach to sanctions and restrictive measures on Damascus coupled with marginal humanitarian aid cannot represent an effective alternative. Developing creative solutions to overcome this impasse by exploiting existing sanctions exceptions and building an incremental strategy of low-level engagement with Damascus that prioritises Syrian societal resilience could represent the broad contours of a more effective and pragmatic approach to the Syrian conflict.
Amidst hunger and famine, the EU needs to re-focus on Syria, exploring pragmatic means of engagement while not compromising on its principles. The abysmal humanitarian crisis in its neighbourhood can no longer be ignored, and given the serious implications of the US's Caesar Act on Lebanon and others, the EU must begin exploring such avenues now, before a new escalation breaks out or spillovers from Syria again reach Europe's boarders.
* Amer Al-Hussein is a Syrian economist specialising in Middle East Public Finance.
[1] UN News, Syria: UN Relief Chief Appeals for Renewal of Lifesaving Cross-Border Aid Operation, 19 May 2020, https://news.un.org/en/node/1064432.
[2] European Council, Syria: Sanctions Against the Regime Extended by One Year, 28 May 2020, https://europa.eu/!RX48Wc.
[3] Ironically, ordinary Syrians' are already barred from visiting the US due to President Trump's travel ban.
[4] US Department of State, Syria Caesar Act Designations, 17 June 2020, https://www.state.gov/syria-caesar-act-designations.
[5] Crowel & Moring, U.S. Government Issues First Designations under the Caesar Act as Part of Larger Set of Designations Targeting the Syrian Government, 25 June 2020, https://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/all/US-Government-I....
[6] Timour Azhari, "US Caesar Act Could Bleed Lebanon for Years to Come", in Al-Jazeera, 19 June 2020, https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/caesar-act-bleed-lebanon-years-200618....
[7] See for instance, Zaki Mehchy, "On the Edge of Starvation: New Alarming Consumer Price Index Estimates for Syria", in LSE Conflict Research Programme Blog, 26 May 2020, https://wp.me/paiqyU-jH.
[8] Khalid Abu-Ismail, Note on Poverty and Conflict in Arab States, paper prepared for the Inter-agency Expert Group Meeting on Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018-2027), February 2020, http://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2020....
[9] Nabih Bulos, "For Many Syrians, 'Smart' Sanctions Are Anything But", in Los Angeles Times, 4 December 2018, https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-syria-sanctions-20181212-story.html.
[10] Author interview with a Syrian doctor, June 2020.
[11] "US Envoy in Syria Says Washington Wants Assad to Change Behavior, Not Necessarily Step Down", in Sputnik News, 22 June 2020, https://sptnkne.ws/CKVU.
[12] Martin Chulov, "US 'Caesar Act' Sanctions Could Devastate Syria's Flatlining Economy", in The Guardian, 12 June 2020, https://gu.com/p/e3afg.
[13] Kelly Petillo and René Wildangel, "Politicised Aid: Why Europe Should Sustain Cross-Border Humanitarian Assistance to Northern Syria", in ECFR Commentaries, 29 June 2020, https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_politicised_aid_why_europe_should....
[14] Julien Barnes-Dacey, "Society Max: How Europe Can Help Syrians Survive Assad and Coronavirus", in ECFR Policy Briefs, 21 April 2020, https://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/society_max_how_europe_can_help....
[15] Paul Antonopoulos, "Greece Finally Reopens Relations with Syria", in Greek City Times, 6 May 2020, https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/05/06/greece-finally-reopens-relations-w....
[16] European External Action Service, A Global Strategy for the European Union, 10 August 2018, https://europa.eu/!WP88vv.
[17] Raymond Hinnebusch, "The Battle over Syria's Reconstruction", in Global Policy, Vol. 11, No. 1 (February 2020), p. 113-123, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12779.
[18] Aron Lund, Briefing: Just How 'Smart' Are Sanctions on Syria, in The Hew Humanitarian, 25 April 2019, https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/node/260678.
[19] Julien Barnes-Dacey, "Society Max: How Europe Can Help Syrians Survive Assad and Coronavirus", cit.
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EU-CIVCAP - Preventing and responding to conflict: developing EU CIVilian CAPabilities for a sustainable peace
A comprehensive, integrated, and bottom-up approach to reset our understanding of the Mediterranean space, remap the region, and reconstruct inclusive, responsive, and flexible EU policies in it – MEDRESET
Tepsa Pre-Presidency Conference "The Priorities of the Italian Presidency"
EU crisis management: institutions and capabilities in the making
Audizione sulla politica mediterranea dell'Italia: impatto della primavera araba
The Middle East and the EU: New Realities, New Policies


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<?php
namespace tests\unit\workflow\behavior;

use Yii;
use yii\codeception\TestCase;
use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;
use tests\codeception\unit\models\Item04;
use raoul2000\workflow\base\Workflow;
use raoul2000\workflow\base\Status;
use raoul2000\workflow\base\Transition;
use raoul2000\workflow\base\StatusIdConverter;
use raoul2000\workflow\base\SimpleWorkflowBehavior;

class StatusIdConvertionTest extends TestCase
{
	use\Codeception\Specify;

	public $item;
	protected function setup()
	{
		parent::setUp();

		Yii::$app->set('workflowSource',[
			'class'=> 'raoul2000\workflow\source\file\WorkflowFileSource',
			'definitionLoader' => [
				'class' => 'raoul2000\workflow\source\file\PhpClassLoader',
				'namespace' => 'tests\codeception\unit\models'
			]
		]);

		Yii::$app->set('converter',[
			'class'=> 'raoul2000\workflow\base\StatusIdConverter',
			'map' => [
				'Item04Workflow/A' => '1',
				'Item04Workflow/C' => '2',
				StatusIdConverter::VALUE_NULL => '55',
				'Item04Workflow/B' => StatusIdConverter::VALUE_NULL
			]
		]);
	}

	public function testConvertionOnAttachSuccess()
	{
		$item = new Item04();
		$item->attachBehavior('workflow',[
			'class' => SimpleWorkflowBehavior::className(),
			'statusConverter' => 'converter'
		]);
		$this->specify('on attach, initialize status and convert NULL to status ID', function() use ($item) {
			$this->assertEquals('Item04Workflow/B', $item->getWorkflowStatus()->getId());
			$this->assertTrue($item->getWorkflow()->getId() == 'Item04Workflow');
			$this->assertEquals(null, $item->status);
		});
	}

	public function testConvertionOnAttachSuccess2()
	{
		$converter = new StatusIdConverter([
			'map' => [
				'Item04Workflow/A' => '1',
				'Item04Workflow/C' => '2',
				StatusIdConverter::VALUE_NULL => '55',
				'Item04Workflow/B' => StatusIdConverter::VALUE_NULL
			]
		]);

		$item = new Item04();
		$item->attachBehavior('workflow',[
			'class' => SimpleWorkflowBehavior::className(),
			'statusConverter' => $converter
		]);
		$this->specify('on attach, initialize status and convert NULL to status ID', function() use ($item) {
			$this->assertEquals('Item04Workflow/B', $item->getWorkflowStatus()->getId());
			$this->assertTrue($item->getWorkflow()->getId() == 'Item04Workflow');
			$this->assertEquals(null, $item->status);
		});
	}

	public function testConvertionOnAttachFails()
	{
		$item = new Item04();
		$this->setExpectedException('yii\base\InvalidConfigException', 'Unknown component ID: not_found_component');
		$item->attachBehavior('workflow',[
			'class' => SimpleWorkflowBehavior::className(),
			'statusConverter' => 'not_found_component'
		]);
	}
	public function testConvertionOnChangeStatus()
	{
		$item = new Item04();
		$item->attachBehavior('workflow',[
			'class' => SimpleWorkflowBehavior::className(),
			'statusConverter' => 'converter'
			]);

		$this->specify('convertion is done on change status when setting the model attribute', function() use ($item) {
			$item->status = 1;
			verify($item->save())->true();
			$this->assertEquals('Item04Workflow/A', $item->getWorkflowStatus()->getId());
		});

		$this->specify('convertion is done on change status when using SendToStatus()', function() use ($item) {
			$item->sendToStatus('Item04Workflow/B');

			$this->assertEquals('Item04Workflow/B', $item->getWorkflowStatus()->getId());
			$this->assertEquals(null, $item->status);
		});
	}

	public function testConvertionOnLeaveWorkflow()
	{
		$item = new Item04();
		$item->attachBehavior('workflow',[
			'class' => SimpleWorkflowBehavior::className(),
			'statusConverter' => 'converter'
		]);

		$this->assertEquals(null, $item->status);
		$this->assertEquals('Item04Workflow/B', $item->getWorkflowStatus()->getId());

		$this->specify('convertion is done when leaving workflow', function() use ($item) {
			$item->sendToStatus(null);
			expect('item to not be in a workflow',$item->getWorkflow())->equals(null);
			expect('item to not have status',$item->hasWorkflowStatus())->false();
			expect('status attribut to be converted into 55', $item->status)->equals(55);
		});
	}
}


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William Lai Ching-te (; Wanli, 6 de octubre de 1959) es un político y médico taiwanés y actual vicepresidente de la República de China desde el 20 de mayo de 2020. Anteriormente fue primer ministro desde septiembre de 2017 hasta enero de 2019.

Biografía

Primeros años
Nacido en Wanli, una ciudad costera rural en el norte de Nuevo Taipéi, el 6 de octubre de 1959, estudió en la Universidad Nacional Cheng Kung en Tainan y en la Universidad de Taiwán en Taipéi, donde se especializó en rehabilitación. Luego estudió en la Escuela de Salud Pública de Universidad de Harvard para obtener una maestría en salud pública, seguido de una pasantía en el Hospital Nacional de la Universidad Cheng Kung. Se convirtió en un experto en daños en la médula espinal y se desempeñó como consultor nacional para tales lesiones.

Carrera legislativa
Después de formar parte del equipo de apoyo para la infructuosa candidatura electoral de Chen Dingnan para gobernador de la provincia de Taiwán en 1994, Lai decidió ingresar a la política. Se presentó como candidato en la elección legislativa de 1998, representando al Partido Progresista Democrático (DPP) en el segundo distrito de la ciudad de Tainan. Ganó la elección, y posteriormente fue reelegido en 2001, 2004 y 2008. En total, cumplió once años como legislador.

Alcalde de Tainan
Con la reorganización de los municipios en Taiwán en 2010, la ciudad de Tainan y el condado de Tainan se fusionaron en un solo municipio. Después de ser seleccionado con éxito en las elecciones primarias del DPP en enero de 2010, se presentó como candidato del partido para las elecciones a la alcaldía el 27 de noviembre de 2010, ganando con el 60,41 % de los votos, derrotando al candidato del Kuomintang. En 2013, una encuesta de opinión clasificó a Lai como el más popular de los 22 alcaldes de ciudades y condados de Taiwán, con un índice de aprobación del 87 %. Fue reelecto en el cargo en 2014, con el 45 % de los votos.

En 2014 Lai hizo una visita a Shanghái, donde hizo contactos con políticos del Partido Comunista de China.

Primer ministro
El 3 de septiembre de 2017, el primer ministro Lin Chuan presentó su renuncia a la presidenta Tsai Ing-wen. El 5 de septiembre, el presidente Tsai anunció en una conferencia de prensa que Lai se convertiría en el próximo primer ministro, asumiendo el cargo el 8 de septiembre.

Vicepresidente

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Alumnado de la Universidad de Taiwán
Miembros del Partido Democrático Progresista (Taiwán)
Alcaldes de Tainan
Premieres de la República de China
Taiwaneses del siglo XX
Políticos de Taiwán del siglo XXI

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Where to Live in the St. Louis Area
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All St. Louis
By David O'Brien
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If you're new to St. Louis, searching for a home or apartment can feel a bit overwhelming. Especially if you have no idea which part of the region is right for you. On a map, all areas look pretty much the same, but of course, each has its advantages and disadvantages.
Here is a summary of each of the metropolitan area's various regions and neighborhoods to help make your search a little easier, and to help you focus your search on areas more likely to fit your personality.
Downtown is obviously home to landmarks such as Busch Stadium and the Gateway Arch, but it has also undergone quite a revival, both commercially and residentially. Washington Avenue is now a popular entertainment and shopping district. Going hand-in-hand with this and other downtown makeovers have been a swell in loft living. Most lofts are found on streets running parallel to Washington (Locust, Olive, and Pine), and are within 20 blocks of the riverfront. Again, costs vary greatly, but most lofts are geared to young urbanites, although they also attract their share of business executives, empty-nesters, and even families.
City Neighborhoods
Outside of downtown, but still within the City of St. Louis, there are dozens of neighborhoods to consider. A neighborhood that might be paradise for one individual could be completely unacceptable to another. One good tool to help you sort out general characteristics is the "maps and data" section of the City's Community Information Network (CIN) website. Start by looking at the city-wide map. This tool allows you to view the city as a whole, color-coded by categories such as people, environment/health, housing, education and economic.
For example, if you're looking for a neighborhood with lots of young families and kids, you can see which parts of St. Louis have the highest concentrations of children.
If you're interested in one specific city neighborhood, visit the city's neighborhood guide. Each neighborhood site provides a general overview of the neighborhood, as well as lists of parks, schools and places of worship, demographic information, and links to local organizations and government officials. Another tool is the crime report program from the St. Louis Police Department. It displays crimes committed in a neighborhood during whatever time period you specify. The site is very interactive, allowing users to zoom into the street level, as well as toggle on and off each type of crime.
Surrounding the City is St. Louis County. St. Louis City and County are completely separate political units and require separate tools to research. The county itself is comprised of more than 90 municipalities. Luckily, you can slim down your options by picking a general area of the county, and then focus in on the individual cities within that area. In general, locals divide the county into North County, West County, and South County. North County includes communities like Florissant, Hazelwood, and Spanish Lake.
Popular suburbs in West County are Des Peres, Ballwin and Manchester. In South County, good options include Mehlville, Lemay, and Affton.
Surrounding Counties
If you're interested in living a bit further afield, your options increase significantly. On the Missouri side of the river, both St. Charles and Jefferson Counties are booming with new home developments. Likewise, on the Illinois side, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties are all growing rapidly, but also have terrific established communities. The main benefits of all of these counties are low home prices and the availability of larger land plots. The main drawback is the distance of each to downtown if commuting into the city is something you'll have to do on a regular basis.
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https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/BMAA
Also found in: Medical.
BMAA British Microlight Aircraft Association
BMAA Baptist Missionary Association of America
BMAA Bucks-Mont Astronomical Association (Pennsylvania)
BMAA Bismarck-Mandan Apartment Association (Bismarck, ND)
BMAA Bahrain Martial Arts Association (Manama, Bahrain)
BMAA Beta-N-Methyl Amino-L-Alanine
BMAA damages neurons in a number of ways and so is thought to cause brain disorders like Alzheimer's.
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Blue-green algae or cyanobacteria in the intestinal microflora my produce neurotoxins such as Beta N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) which may be related to development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinsons-Dementia-Complex in humans and Equine Motor Neuron Disease in horses.
The current state of knowledge on the link between the human microbiome and some neuropsychiatric disorders
Environmental neurotoxin interaction with proteins: Dose-dependent increase of free and protein-associated BMAA (beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in neonatal rat brain.
Reference compounds for alternative test methods to indicate developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) potential of chemicals: example lists and criteria for their selection and use
Brains of people who suffered the conditions have already been shown to contain high levels of BMAA.
TOXIC ALGAE COULD CAUSE ALZHEIMER'S; First proof of plant's link to dementia epidemic
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"If Congress continues to insist on looking into the Judiciary's Judicial Development Fund (JDF), the judiciary should respond with the title of Jose Rizal's immortal work: 'Noli Me Tangere' (Touch Me Not)!" the group Bayan Mamamayan Abante Movement (BMAA) said in a statement.
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Established in 1950, the Baptist Missionary Association of America (BMAA) is a fellowship of autonomous Baptist churches, founded on Landmark principles.
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Students at CTC Kingshurst Academy will spend 18 months building a SkyRanger microlight at their school, under the guidance of the British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA).
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Mondo et al collected shark fin clippings from seven species commonly found off the coast of Florida and tested these samples for the presence of a neurotoxin called f3-N-methylamino-L-alanine (herrinafter called "BMAA").
Sharks and the culinary clash of culture and conservation: why are we not considering the health consequences of shark consumption?
But there's an even more important reason: they contain BMAA, (Beta-Methylamino-L-Alanine) a neurotoxin linked to neurode-generative diseases in people like ALS and Parkinson's disease.
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Scientists used a new way of analyzing this neurotoxin, called [beta]-methylamino-1-alanine (BMAA) by isolating and measuring levels of surface blooms occurring in the Baltic Sea.
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Picturing Home Exhibition Opening pictures!
Unfortunately I was not able to make it to the opening of "Picturing Home" because well, I'm in NY and the show is in Atlanta. But FEAR NOT! I have pictures of the opening and a link to a photo gallery. I have to say I'm really honored to be amongst so much great work!