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Q: Exclude a FULLTEXT field in a sphinx search This is partially to fully understand how sphinx works and partially to understand how to exclude a particular field.
If I have a sphinx query of
 SELECT ID, Title, Description, Type, Category, Price, Date, Sales FROM table;

Whereas Title, Description and Type are considered fulltext searches and ID, Category, Price, and Date are used for sorting.
I am assuming that Sphinx KNOWS to run it's keyword search based on the fact that Title, Description, etc. are all designated as FULLTEXT and therefore ignores Price, etc. since they are not FULLTEXT?
So, that said...  What if I want to exclude all of the FULLTEXT items and only search on one of them like Title?

A: By default MATCH('whatever text') matches any of the text fields in your index. You can limit it to only specific fields by include a field search operator @ such as MATCH('@title whatever text'). To ignore all fields, leave out MATCH() from the WHERE clause.

A: To answer your other question, of which fields are searchable....
The first column in the sql_query, is ALWAYS taken as the document-id, after than all columns are automatically assumed to be fields. Unless you specifically request them to be made attributes, with sql_attr_* definitions.
Sphinx completely ignores the type of the original database column. All values are transfered as strings anyway.

As a reminder...

*

*fields are full-text searchable. And can control which specific ones a specific query uses, using the field limit operator already mentioned.

*whereas attributes are stored as is in the index, and not full-text searchable. However they can be used in filters, or for sorting and grouping. Attributes can also be included in the resultset.
(note however you can make a column both a field and string attribute, to get best of both, via sql_field_string)

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Review: 'A Single Shot' – Sam Rockwell Hits the Mark in this Haunting Noir Thriller
Posted September 20, 2013 | Entertainment, Movie Reviews, Movies, News | by Amanda Nolan | Comment
Sam Rockwell may not be a household name yet, but he has consistently delivered superb performances that have steadily earned respect from a growing number of filmgoers. Hiding under a beard, hunting cap, and West Virginian accent, even his fans may not recognize him as the actor from Moon, Choke, Cowboys & Aliens, or Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Coming off the heels of the acclaimed summer sleeper, The Way Way Back, Rockwell has proven himself once again as a versatile and audacious actor who will hopefully continue to gain recognition.
Here, Rockwell plays John Moon, a lonely, unemployed outdoorsman living in the West Virginian backwoods. On a misty morning, we see John leaving his desolate trailer and preparing for a hunt. We can tell he is an experienced shooter in these ominous woods (although a sign indicates he is in a prohibited hunting zone). John soon finds his prey, and tracks down a deer. To his stunned horror, he finds he has accidently shot a young woman. While taking her away from the scene of the crime and returning her to her makeshift shelter in the woods, he discovers a box full of money.
For John, this could be just the thing to change his life around. He is estranged from his wife (Kelly Reilly, Flight, Sherlock Holmes), a waitress who is the primary caregiver of their baby. While she pushes for a divorce, John is still in love with her and wants to reunite the family. It is not that John is a total deadbeat, but he's not particularly ambitious either. A former farmer, he has been struggling since the family farm went into foreclosure and bought by a neighbor, played by the always-welcome Ted Levine (Monk, Silence of the Lambs). Despite the shock and sorrow from the fatal shot, John takes the money in desperation. However, the ways in which it changes his life are more than he bargained for.
A Single Shot is directed by David M. Rosenthal (Janie Jones) and written by Matthew F. Jones, who adapted it from his own 1996 novel. Although a bit slowly-paced, A Single Shot is a highly atmospheric and suspenseful movie, having more to offer than a simple action film. It simmers its tension like a horror film, and induces plenty of nail biting moments. The aesthetics draw the viewer in and have a nightmarish quality — somewhat beautiful but terrifying at the same time. Instead of a place of serenity, the woods are dark, wild, and haunting. John's isolation and increasing desperation are palpable.
The film also features a stable of terrific actors. William H. Macy (Fargo, Magnolia), wearing a crude hairpiece, a gimp, and a 1970's looking suit, plays the lawyer John hires to intercede in the divorce. Jason Isaacs (The Patriot and Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter series) is a mysterious stranger, and Jeffrey Wright (Casino Royale, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) plays John's stumbling-drunk friend. Usually seen in more elegant roles, it is fun watching these actors as backwoods' folk. However, along with the scuzzy Obadiah (Joe Anderson, Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2, The Grey) these aren't the chipper, lovable hicks you might see in an episode of Duck Dynasty. Almost everyone emanates a creepy menace.
Rockwell in particular saves this film and makes it worth a watch. He wisely avoids a hillbilly caricature and gives John Moon layers of complexity. Though not a flashy-splashy type role that gains instant Oscar notice, the quiet and intense performance is riveting nonetheless.
Recommended if you like: Sam Rockwell, Psycho, Fargo, Winter's Bone, or introverted thrillers like Black Swan.
People: David. M. Rosenthal, Jason Isaacs, Jeffrey Wright, Joe Anderson, Kelly Reilly, Matthew F. Jones, Sam Rockwell, Ted Levine, William H. Macy
Movies: A Single Shot, Choke, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Cowboys & Aliens, Moon, The Way Way Back
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WhatsApp feature update to let users mute, message anyone on group calls; admins to get more power
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WhatsApp has been adding new features and revamping its existing ones proactively. The Meta-backed instant messaging platform is now allowing users to mute or message specific people on group calls. Previously, this feature was only available to users who were part of a group. The company is also adding a new indicator that shows the number of people who joined a group call when more people joined. It's also possible to create groups with up to 512 participants.
Will Cathcart announcing the feature said, "Some new features for group calls on @WhatsApp: You can now mute or message specific people on a call (great if someone forgets to mute themselves!), and we've added a helpful indicator so you can more easily see when more people join large calls."
According to a report by WhatsApp update feature tracker website, WABetaInfo, the company is also working on a new feature that will allow group administrators to manage their groups more easily. This feature is reportedly in the works and will allow them to approve group membership requests.
The new feature will require group administrators to manually approve all users who want to join a group. This event will be shown in the group chat when the users click on the invite link and alert the other people on the call that there is a new participant.
The new feature will allow group administrators to manage all the incoming requests from users who want to join a group. They will also be required to enable this feature within their settings. The group membership approval system is under development for a future update.
These new features are designed to make WhatsApp an ideal alternative to other Workplace apps like Google Teams and Microsoft Teams. It can also be used for various forms of virtual meetings.
Over the past couple of weeks, WhatsApp has been adding new features to its platform. Some of these include the ability to transfer files between Android and iOS, audio notes, and chat reactions. It also introduced a new device feature that lets users use the same account on multiple devices.
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Sound Tulum Music Event, after a successful first edition is completely focused on the development of its successor, which will keep the same spirit and energy but will incorporate important novalties such as new locations and new involved brands. For the moment, apart from the dates, from 29th of December to 13th of January, the festival in Tulum has revealed only a few details, which hasn't been an obstacle to generate great expectation in the social media.
Now, Sound Tulum has decided to end its followers´agony by revealing the first confirmation of its line up, which is no other than one of the electronic music brands that's on everyone's lips recently. We´re talking, of course, about Afterlife, which will star the event on 9th of January in a location still to be revealed and that will have its creators Tale Of Us as the line-up´s headliners to whom it will add other outstanding faces of the brand, soon to be announced.
There is no doubt that Sound Tulum Music Events returns in its second edition in the best way possible.
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The cards must be placed into four stacks in ascending order, from Ace to King.
Multiple cards can be moved from one column to another to form a descending sequence of alternating colors.
A group of cards headed by a King can be moved to an empty column.
1. Groups of cards can be moved; the cards below the one to be moved do not need to be in any order, except that the starting and target cards must be built in sequence and in alternate color. For example, a group starting with a Red 3 can be moved on top a Black 4, and the cards below the Red 3 can differ.
2. There is no stock in Yukon. All cards are dealt at the beginning; however, some are face down.
I loved this game up until the recent update. Ever since, this app frequently crashes, either closing out before I can play a card, or freezing outright- often such that I am unable to exit the app because my entire phone becomes unresponsive. I literally have to restart my phone when this happens, and sure enough this app is still open after the forced restart. Sometimes it will still be frozen, causing a vicious cycle. This app also causes my phone to overheat at times while I am playing, which is outright dangerous. Please isolate and fix these issues!
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Smyth Tribeca appoints Brianna Birtles as Director of Sales and Marketing – Travel Daily News International
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With more than a decade of sales and marketing experience in the hospitality space, Brianna Birtles joins the Smyth Tribeca team from TOMS Hospitality Group where she was the Director of Events and Marketing.
NEW YORK, NY – Smyth Tribeca announced that Brianna Birtles has been appointed as the new Director of Sales and Marketing. Managed by Highgate, Smyth Tribeca is an independent neighborhood hotel in the heart of Tribeca and a stylish destination for business, leisure and family travelers. In her new role, Birtles will oversee the hotel's sales and marketing efforts and will work to drive new business opportunities and revenue growth.
With more than a decade of sales and marketing experience in the hospitality space, Birtles joins the Smyth Tribeca team from TOMS Hospitality Group where she was the Director of Events and Marketing. In this role, she developed and implemented sales and marketing campaigns, established new brand initiatives and drove overall revenue opportunities for multiple outlets within the portfolio. Previously, Birtles served as the Director of Sales & Marketing at Cheeca Lodge & Spa, Area Director of Sales with Gurney's Resorts, Director of Sales & Marketing for Oceans Edge Resort & Marina, as well as sales, marketing and operational roles at The Marker, Parrot Key and Tranquility Bay Resorts.
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Harry Potter play announces Third London Cast
New casting has been announced for hit West End play Harry Potter and The Cursed Child.
Suffragette actor Jamie Ballard will play Harry Potter alongside Susie Trayling as Ginny Potter and Joe Idris-Roberts as their son Albus Potter.
Jamie Ballard's extensive theatre credits include Scenes from an Execution , Antigone , Warhorse , Saint Joan , Emperor and Galilean and Some Trace of Her for the National Theatre and numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company. TV roles include Penny Dreadful , Ripper Street , The Holow Crown II and Sons of Liberty .
Susie Trayling's most recent credits include Iphigenia Quartet , Idomeneus and Vanya for the Gate Theatre and Joe Idris-Roberts is currently playing the title role in Pinochio at the National Theatre.
Also joining the cast will be Jonathan Case who makes his prefessional stage debut as Scorpius Malfoy.
Continuning in the cast are Thomas Aldridge as Ron Weasley, Rakie Ayola as Hermione Granger, Helen Aluko as Rose Granger-Weasley and James Howard as Draco Malfoy.
They are joined by cast members Rosemary Annabella, David Annen, Jordan Bamford, Emma Bown, Adrian Christopher, Craig Connolly, Danny Dalton, Leah Haile, April Hughes, Martin Johnston, Gareth Kennerley, Susan Lawson-Reynolds, Ryan J Mackay, David Mara, Dylan Mason, Barry McCarthy, Sandy McDade, James McGregor, Annette McLaughlin, Tom Peters, James Phoon, Eve Ponsonby, Kate Russell-Smith, Sinéad Sharkey, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Mark Theodore and Joshua Wyatt.
The new cast began rehearsals this week and their first performance will be on 23 May 2018.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, told in two parts.
The Olivier Award winning production has recently transferred to Broadway starring original cast members Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger), Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley), Sam Clemmett (Albus Potter), Poppy Miller (Ginny Potter), Alex Price (Draco Malfoy) and Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy).
The next booking phase is due to go on sale 5 April for performances from 16 January 2019 until 7 April 2019 at the Palace Theatre, London.
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The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church & The Theology of Marriage
This time next week, the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church will be considering what we as a part of the Body of Christ believe about marriage. The Doctrine Committee has produced a paper on the theology of marriage which is available here. The process for discussion and decision-making is outlined on pages 46-50 of the document available here.
If the process leads to a preference for canonical change, it is possible that the SEC will become the frontrunner in terms of churches which have reappraised their understanding of what God has said about human sexuality. This will sadden and confuse many, not least those in congregations who are gay but who have chosen to hold on to Biblical teaching.
What follows is a brief response, written by the Revd Dr Iain MacRobert, which details the many concerns with, and inadequacies of, the Doctrine Committee's paper.
A brief critical review of The Theology of Marriage
General Synod members have been sent a document produced by the Doctrine Committee entitled, The Theology of Marriage. This paper, according to the Faith and Order Board, is "thorough and coherent" and "should enable General Synod members to engage with the topic in some depth".
This document, however, is not a balanced presentation of the case for and against same-sex marriage to encourage well-informed and reasoned debate and decision-making. It does present some material which advocates orthodox marriage but the overall trend and argument is to promote same-sex marriage. While claiming to be a consideration of the issue using scripture, tradition and reason, its consideration of Biblical texts and the contexts in which they were written is extremely superficial and partial. Reason is often given short shrift and references to the findings of science ill informed. The paper is strong on assertion but weak on evidence, both Biblical and scientific.
While referring briefly to the creation narratives of Genesis, it does not consider the relationship between sexual differentiation and complementarity and the Imago Dei (Genesis 1:27). It does not consider the Fall (Genesis 3) but moves from creation to eschaton. The impact of the Fall: the human propensity to ignore God and usurp God's authority to define what is good and what is evil; and the subsequent brokenness of humanity is not addressed. This brokenness means alienation from God and others and death. It affects all of who and what we are individually and in relationship: spirituality, physicality, intellectually, ethically and sexuality.
Sections 86-96 advocate taking a broad view of marriage that includes polygynous marriages, marriages that are not life-long and same-sex relationships. However, God's ideal for marriage is unambiguously clear in the creation narratives of Genesis 1 - 3 and is affirmed by Jesus and Paul:
between a man and a woman;
sexually exclusive and faithful;
life-long; and
open to procreation and the nurturing of children.
That marriage and sexual relationships often deviate from this ideal in a fallen and sin-damaged world is not surprising. The Bible, which addresses both the way the world is and the way God wants things to be, includes such accounts of humanity's fallen and sin-damaged state. Accommodating people in preexisting polygynous, adulterous or homoerotic relationships within the church is an exercise of grace and pastoral care. The church is for broken, sin-damaged and sinning people. Jesus reminds us that he did not "come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance" (Luke 5:32). However, this inclusion needs to recognize that these relationships are departures from God's ideal for marriage. Whether or not they are defined as marriage within a particular culture or legal system, they are not marriage as God intended it to be.
Section 61 of the paper states that, "the prohibition against sex between two men at Leviticus 20:13 follows a list of forbidden incestuous heterosexual acts, and it is at least probable that it refers specifically to the homosexual equivalence... and is not a blanket prohibition". Such an interpretation is perhaps possible but certainly not probable. The surrounding context is not just about prohibiting incest but also adultery and bestiality. Similarly, the parallel passage in Leviticus 18: 20 to 23, places the prohibition of male homoerotic intercourse in the context of prohibiting adultery, infanticide and bestiality rather than incest. This probably is a "blanket prohibition" of male homoerotic acts and there is good evidence, in his letter to the Church in Corinth, that Paul understood it in this way (compare the Septuagint's arsenos koiten in Leviticus 18 and 20 with Paul's arsenokoites in 1 Corinthians 9:6).
Section 63 of the paper simply fails to deal with Jesus' teaching on 'eunuchs': those for whom "it is better not to marry" because of how they were born or made by others or because of their commitment to the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 19:10-11).
Section 76 makes the point that "we cannot be certain that there is any condemnation in the Bible of consenting, non-exploitative, homosexual relationships ..." However, the overwhelming weight of evidence in Scripture is opposed to homoerotic behaviour per se. Romans 1:26 strongly implies consent and mutual sexual gratification rather than coercion. In 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10, the behaviours of both active and passive participants in homoerotic intercourse are condemned.
The argument from nature in section 51 asserts that, "homosexual orientation among animals is natural, or to put it theologically, if homosexual orientation within creatures is part of God's creation, then we should find ways of being true to that". This is a very dubious argument in favour of same-sex marriage. It takes no account of God's good creation being damaged by the Fall. Many animals, such as bonobos, are bisexual and sexually promiscuous. Others, such as lions, kill their own young. Extrapolating this kind of argument from nature and applying animal behaviour to humans is both naive and dangerous. The same argument can be used to justify sexual promiscuity and infanticide as 'natural'. In fact some researchers, such as Ryan and Jetha (2010) claim that promiscuity is humanity's natural sex drive. Arguments from nature are not a good basis for social ethics including sexual ethics.
In section 52 the claim is made that, "it is now realised that sexual orientation is a natural 'given' and enduring disposition" and that "biological explanations have come to the fore". These are sweeping and unsubstantiated claims. For example, the 2011 Williams Institute survey of the US population found that 1.7% identify themselves as lesbian or gay, while 1.8% identify themselves as bisexual. Some people have a fluid sexual orientation that changes over time (see, for example Diamond, 2008, and Savin-Williams, 2005). The assertion that sexual orientation is an enduring disposition is far from proven and the evidence for fluid and changing orientations is strong. The evidence for a genetic basis for a homosexual orientation is also very thin and tentative. More recent and less-biased studies of monozygotic (identical) twins have found large proportions with different sexual orientations (e.g. Lamgstrom et al, 2010). Sanghir and Robins (1973) found that a much higher proportion of homosexual men (18%) and women (35%) had lost their father through death or divorce by age ten. For heterosexuals this was 9% and 4% respectively. Human behaviour is complex and biological causes rarely explain it adequately. Similarly, evidence for environmental causes is also inconclusive.
In section 53 of the paper the argument from nature continues. Here the claim is made that a homosexual orientation is, "a given or a natural aptitude". It seems to assume that strong feelings or emotional drives should determine human behaviour. There is certainly secular support for this view. Feelings of lust (Ryan and Jetah, 2010), anger, jealousy, greed and covetousness have all been identified as 'natural' and therefore justifications for human behaviour but few Christians would argue that they should be the basis for determining ethical behaviour. We don't claim that envy sanctions stealing or lust legitimises adultery.
In section 54 the assertion is made that, "same-sex marriage carries the potential to nurture children as equally as heterosexual marriage". This is another sweeping assertion. The research is currently inconclusive but Sullins (2015) study of a random sample of 512 children in the US raised by same-sex couples should give us cause for grave concern. Sullins found that about 17% of children raised by same-sex couples experienced serious emotional problems and about 19% developed problems like ADHD or learning disabilities compared with 7% and 10% respectively for children in opposite-sex households.
To keep this review brief, I have not commented on two millennia of Church tradition that has upheld the orthodox view of marriage, or on the historical liturgies of the Anglican Communion in which this same orthodox view is expressed. To follow the spirit of the age (in our secularised, post-modern, first world) by redefining Christian marriage is not just to overthrow two millennia of Christian tradition, it is to distance ourselves from the majority of the Church in the two-thirds world, from the teachings of Scripture and from the revealed will of God for marriage.
Diamond, Lisa M. (January 2008). Female bisexuality from adolescence to adulthood: Results from a 10-year longitudinal study. (PDF) 44 (1). Developmental Psychology. pp. 5–14. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.5. PMID 18194000. "Bisexual women – new research findings". Women's Health News. 17 January 2008.
Saghir, M and Robins E, Male and female homosexuality: a comprehensive investigation, Baltimore: Williams Wilkins, 1973
Sullins, Donald Paul, Emotional Problems among Children with Same-Sex Parents: Difference by Definition, in
British Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science 7(2):99-120, 2015
Ryan, Christopher and Jetha, Cacilda, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality, 2010. For a critique of Ryan and Jetha see Lynn Saxon, Sex at Dusk: Lifting the Shiny Wrapping from Sex at Dawn. Createspace: Lexington, KY, 2012.
Williams Institute survey: http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf
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Q: $K_0$ ring of del-pezzo surface Is there book or paper where described structure of $K_0$ ring of a del-pezzo surfaces? Especially in case of the blowup of projective line in three points.
I know method for computing $K_0$ ring of blowup but it's computationally heavy and i'm afraid of making a mistake.

A: Let $X$ be the blowup of a plane at points $P_1$, \dots, $P_n$ with the corresponding exceptional divisors $E_1$, \dots, $E_n$. Let $H$ be the pullback of the line class from the plane to $X$. Then
$$
O, O(H), O(2H), O_{E_1}, \dots, O_{E_n}
$$
is a full exceptional collection, hence the corresponding classes
$$
[O], [O(H)], [O(2H)], [O_{E_1}], \dots, [O_{E_n}]
$$
form a basis in $K_0$.
To understand the multiplication note that there are exact sequences
$$
0 \to O((t-3)H) \to O((t-2)H)^{\oplus 3} \to O((t-1)H)^{\oplus 3} \to O(tH) \to 0
$$
for each $t$ (this is a twist of the pullback of the Koszul complex),
that allows to express inductively all $[O(tH)]$ from $[O]$, $[O(H)]$, $[O(2H)]$,
and
$$
0 \to O \to O(H)^{\oplus 2} \to O(2H) \to O_P \to 0
$$
(again the pullback from the plane) that allows to express $[O_P]$.
After that you can write
$$
[O(aH)] \cdot [O(bH)] = [O((a+b)H)],\
[O(aH)] \cdot [O_{E_i}] = [O_{E_i}],\
[O_{E_i}] \cdot [O_{E_j}] = -\delta_{ij}[O_P].
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GoverMedia Plus Canada Corp., a Canadian holding company with a fully owned Russian internet and cryptocurrency subsidiary, is looking to acquire EXMO, one of Europe's largest cryptocurrency exchanges.
The Canada-based company announced on Tuesday that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the exchange, giving GoverMedia the chance to negotiate the transaction exclusively, without fear of outside interference.
Commenting on the announcement, Roland Bopp, CEO of GoverMedia, said: "I am very pleased to announce the intended business combination with EXMO one of the largest European cryptocurrency exchanges.
The negotiation period will last up to 180 days. Once, and if, the transaction is completed, GoverMedia will acquire EXMO, and the combined entity will continue to carry on the business of EXMO, the statement said.
Under the LOI, both companies have agreed to try their best to formulate a structure for the acquisition that will comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. As can be expected, the statement also highlights the parties will aim for the agreement to be as cost-effective as possible.
Once an agreement is reached, both EXMO and GoverMedia expect the final structure of the transaction to be set out in a definitive agreement between the two companies. This will include representations, warranties, and covenants that are typical of acquisitions.
"At EXMO, we see this combination as a perfect opportunity to strengthen our team and raise our influence on the universal cryptocurrency market," Sergey Zhdanov, the CEO of EXMO, added.
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Miriam L. Shiferaw , Jeffrey B. Doty, Giorgi Maghlakelidze, Juliette Morgan, Ekaterine Khmaladze, Otar Parkadze, Marina Donduashvili, Emile Okitolonda Wemakoy, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Leopold Mulumba, Jean Malekani, Joelle Kabamba, Theresa Kanter, Linda Lucy Boulanger, Abraham Haile, Abyot Bekele, Meseret Bekele, Kasahun Tafese, Andrea A. McCollum, and Mary G. Reynolds
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.L. Shiferaw, J.B. Doty, J. Morgan, T. Kanter, L.L. Boulanger, A.A. McCollum, M.G. Reynolds); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tbilisi, Georgia (G. Maghlakelidze, J. Morgan); National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi (E. Khmaladze); National Food Agency, Tbilisi (O. Parkadze); Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Tbilisi (M. Donduashvili); Ecole de Santé Publique de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (E.O. Wemakoy); Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa (J.-J. Muyembe); Laboratoire Veterinaire de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (L. Mulumba); Universite de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (J. Malekani); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kinshasa (J. Kabamba); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (T. Kanter, L.L. Boulanger); Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa (A. Haile, A. Bekele); Ethiopian Ministry of Livestock and Fishery Resources, Addis Ababa (M. Bekele); Addis Ababa Urban Agriculture Bureau, Addis Ababa (K. Tafese)
Preventing zoonotic diseases requires coordinated actions by government authorities responsible for human and animal health. Constructing the frameworks needed to foster intersectoral collaboration can be approached in many ways. We highlight 3 examples of approaches to implement zoonotic disease prevention and control programs. The first, rabies control in Ethiopia, was implemented using an umbrella approach: a comprehensive program designed for accelerated impact. The second, a monkeypox program in Democratic Republic of the Congo, was implemented in a stepwise manner, whereby incremental improvements and activities were incorporated into the program. The third approach, a pathogen discovery program, applied in the country of Georgia, was designed to characterize and understand the ecology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of a new zoonotic pathogen. No one approach is superior, but various factors should be taken into account during design, planning, and implementation.
Rapid detection, response, and control of public health emergencies, including outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, can prevent the international spread of diseases and ensure global health security. In 2014, the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA; http://www.ghsa.org) was launched to help countries achieve their World Health Organization International Health Regulations (2005) (1) obligations of establishing a framework for rapidly detecting, responding to, and controlling infectious disease threats. As of June 2017, a total of 59 countries agreed to contribute to the public health capacity-building efforts of the GHSA. These efforts focus primarily on 11 action packages; specific goals and objectives include preventing zoonotic diseases.
The prevention and control of zoonotic diseases impose a unique, often heavy burden on public health services, particularly in resource-limited settings. Because zoonotic diseases can deeply affect animals and humans, for many zoonotic infections, medical and veterinary health agencies have a large stake in disease surveillance and control activities. Collaboration between agencies is pivotal but takes time, requiring dedicated planning and well-exercised coordination of activities. Achieving this level of collaboration can be daunting in many real-world situations where resource disparities, differences in institutional culture and priorities, disparate legal authorizations, and many other factors can impede development of the formal structures needed to ensure effective implementation of disease prevention and control programs. Field observations and anecdotal reports suggest ongoing risks to human health, to the preservation of wildlife, and, in many cases, to livestock production—the last of which can compound human hardships by negatively affecting livelihoods—in the absence of formal structures that enable intersectoral collaboration.
One-sided disease prevention (enacted either by the human or animal health sector), although well-intentioned, often is inefficient at curtailing the spread of zoonotic infections. For example, in developing countries where canine rabies is still endemic, a rabies prevention program focused primarily on preventing human deaths by increasing access to vaccines for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), with little or no simultaneous investment in vaccination of dogs, will undoubtedly save lives but is not as cost-effective as investing in mass canine vaccination aimed at eliminating disease from the primary reservoir (2). In the absence of efforts to eliminate the source of the virus in dogs, the high costs associated with procurement, distribution, and administration of PEP will persist. Engaging animal and human public health sectors in the implementation of a comprehensive, multisectoral, rabies prevention and control program has a greater and more rapid impact on humans than does using a stand-alone PEP program (2). A comprehensive rabies prevention and control program should focus not only on the stockpiling of human rabies vaccine for PEP but also on dog population control, mass canine rabies vaccination, community education, laboratory diagnostic testing, and establishment of joint animal–human rabies surveillance and response systems (3,4).
Successfully enacting simple measures to promote coordination and multisectoral reporting of suspected disease outbreaks can significantly increase the likelihood of successful disease prevention and control program implementation in resource-limited settings. Jointly training community health workers to build local networks between and among animal and human health providers can empower and enable them to investigate and enact control measures in the context of suspected zoonotic disease outbreaks. A veterinary worker trained to recognize syndromes suggestive of zoonotic disease in humans and given the necessary skills and tools to alert public and animal health authorities on suspected cases can be integral to outbreak detection.
In many circumstances, a precondition for the successful integrated control of zoonotic diseases is the generation of a list of joint zoonotic disease priorities (5). Joint multisectoral disease prioritization is important for several reasons. First, a zoonosis of paramount concern to the agricultural or wildlife sector might be of lesser concern to practitioners of human health and vice versa. This lack of awareness between different sectors on how differing disease prevention and control activity affects one another and the overall disease burden reduces buy-in and motivation for allocating resources toward disease prevention and control by the lesser-affected sector. As an example, parapoxvirus infections can confer substantial rates of illness and death on juvenile goats, sheep, and cattle, but human infections are generally mild and self-limited (6). In the absence of a specific or new threat, public health authorities might be reluctant to contribute scarce surveillance and laboratory diagnostic resources to building coordinated detection and response capabilities around this infection. The discussion and deliberation of a One Health prioritization process can build consensus and commitment among diverse stakeholders for subsequent implementation activities. On the other hand, decision-makers in animal and human health sectors generally agree on rabies—which exacts a serious toll on humans, companion animals, and livestock alike—as a joint priority. The process of formal prioritization has the additional benefit of encouraging joint review of surveillance systems and data and other health-associated statistics in a deliberative process across ministries. Strengthening surveillance systems, laboratory diagnostic techniques, and response procedures can be applied to other zoonotic diseases with minimal additional investment.
Figure 1. Three program approaches for implementing integrated zoonotic disease detection, prevention, and control programs. A) Comprehensive (umbrella) approach, designed to accelerate collaboration and impact. B) Phased (stepwise) approach in which each step...
Many possible models of joint program implementation strategies can be aimed at preventing and controlling zoonotic diseases. We highlight 3 distinct approaches that can be considered not only on the basis of resource availability (e.g., human and financial resources) but also on the nature of the disease (Figure 1). The first, rabies in Ethiopia (a Phase 1 GHSA country), illustrates the institution of a comprehensive or "umbrella" approach program for rabies prevention and control, which, although resource intensive, may have a more rapid and transformative effect on disease incidence. The second, monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC; a Phase 2 GHSA country), highlights a phased program or stepwise approach to building disease prevention and control capacity based on establishment of a robust foundation of surveillance, followed by augmentation of technical capacities during research activities. The final example is Akhmeta virus in the country of Georgia (a Phase 2 GHSA country). Akhmeta virus, first identified in 2013, causes a zoonosis thought to be derived from wildlife (7). The disease first came to light during a cattle-associated outbreak of cutaneous lesions among herders in Georgia. This example demonstrates a pathogen discovery approach that focuses on how discovery of a new zoonosis can stimulate innovation and the motivation for capacity development at the intersection of human, domestic animal, livestock, and wildlife health.
Ethiopia—A Comprehensive (Umbrella) Approach
An example of the use of a comprehensive (umbrella) approach to program implementation is the Rabies Prevention and Control Program implemented in 2015 in Ethiopia. The program involves collaboration and partnership between the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Addis Ababa Urban Agriculture Bureau, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) directed toward priority zoonotic diseases identified by the Ethiopian government in September 2015. At the conclusion of the Ethiopia joint zoonotic diseases prioritization workshop, rabies was identified as the priority disease (8).
Canine rabies is endemic to Ethiopia; an estimated 105 dog bites/100,000 humans occur per year, and >1.7 deaths/100,000 persons are reported every year (9). A prominent element of the GHSA Zoonotic Diseases Prevention and Control Program is a pilot rabies prevention and control program in selected zones in 3 regions and the capital city, Addis Ababa. The rabies program, designed using an umbrella approach, has the potential to impact ≈10.6 million persons. The program was designed to ensure that the basic principles necessary to successfully control canine rabies could be enacted simultaneously in a coordinated manner.
In Ethiopia, the rabies prevention and control program incorporates laboratory-based surveillance; sustained canine mass vaccination programs; increased access to modern cell culture–based human rabies vaccines for PEP; and efforts around education, legislation, and government support. Simultaneous launch of a comprehensive suite of program components is challenging in resource-limited settings. Often for rabies, when resources are limited, vaccines for humans and animal-bite surveillance programs receive the highest priority for funding. Evidence-based program implementation has repeatedly demonstrated that eliminating rabies in dogs is the most cost-effective method to prevent and control the disease (4). Although several effective strategies exist for eliminating canine rabies, many countries lack the resources to implement such strategies effectively. The Ethiopia GHSA rabies program benefits from strategic investment of government engagement and intensive technical consultation and assistance, mainly possible because of the large amount of financial resources earmarked toward these efforts. Without such resources, an umbrella approach to program implementation might not have been feasible. International partner resources have supported supplemental staffing of surveillance officers, underwriting training and technical workshops, and procurement of laboratory equipment and consumable supplies. The cross-cutting, comprehensive nature of this program, incorporating elements from 9 of the 11 GHSA action packages (Table), is anticipated not only to save lives with long-term, cost-saving implications but also to serve as a platform for prevention and control of other zoonoses.
DRC—A Stepwise Approach
An example of the use of a stepwise approach for zoonotic disease program implementation is the monkeypox detection and prevention program in the Tshuapa Province of DRC, where human disease is endemic. The program began by establishing a strong public health laboratory–based surveillance system, which was used to then gradually introduce additional activities, such as research and applied public health (veterinary and human). Many questions remain about monkeypox virus, including the extent and nature of human-to-human transmission (e.g., whether specific high-risk behaviors are linked to transmission), the precise zoonotic reservoir(s) of the virus, and ecologic determinants of disease incidence (10). Evidence suggests that waning vaccine-based immunity conferred by smallpox vaccination might contribute to the increased disease incidence in rural DRC (11).
In 2010, CDC partnered with the Kinshasa School of Public Health and the DRC Ministry of Health to strengthen laboratory-based surveillance for monkeypox in the Tshuapa Province. The program provided appropriate specimen collection kits and monkeypox-specific data collection tools; 2 training sessions for ≈60 local animal and human health workers, which emphasized a One Health approach to disease detection and response; the hiring of local staff to periodically reinforce surveillance principles at local public health offices at regular intervals; and diagnostic testing support at the national laboratory (12). These efforts increased the number and type of appropriate diagnostic specimens for monkeypox diagnosis submitted to the laboratory for testing (16-fold), the number of cases that were formally investigated (30-fold), and the proportion of laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases (2.5-fold).
Ministry of Health officials attributed a more rapid recognition and response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Lokolia, Tshuapa, in 2014 to the cross-cutting nature and application of the training and surveillance activities provided by the monkeypox program, including reinforcement of key surveillance principles. Persons who had received training under this program ultimately held key leadership roles in the Ebola outbreak response. In addition, because of the multisectoral relationships established through the monkeypox program, Ministry of Agriculture authorities together with the Ministry of Health co-instituted and supported a temporary ban on the sale of animal carcasses suspected to be integral to the transmission of disease until bushmeat consumption could be ruled out as a vehicle for ongoing virus transmission.
The enhancement and reinforcement of a strong surveillance system for monkeypox has resulted in establishment of a foundation on which additional research activities can be added in a stepwise manner. The outcomes and effects have included development of a mechanism to identify geographic locations for longitudinal biologic sampling of wildlife to investigate suspected sylvatic animal species that could be reservoirs for monkeypox virus. Partners from the University of Kinshasa continue to be instrumental in helping design studies, conduct field work, and train young and motivated scientists in DRC. Together with ecologic research activities, epidemiologic research and response activities have been conducted to assess the extent and nature of human-to-human transmission, risk factors for zoonotic introduction of disease in communities, and the extent to which smallpox vaccination might or might not provide long-term protection against disease acquisition >30 years after routine childhood vaccination (13,14). A partnership with a Congolese educational entity (International Conservation and Education Fund) has proved particularly fruitful by providing evidence-based, locally vetted recommendations for disease prevention, including risks from exposure to wildlife, for tens of thousands of community members.
Overall, these and additional program and research efforts among multiple intersectoral partners greatly increased the capacity to detect and respond to monkeypox disease. Simultaneously, these efforts enabled the gain of critical pieces of scientific knowledge that can be used to protect human lives and develop more efficient evidence-based program implementation options.
Georgia—An Approach for New Disease Detection Programs
When an emerging zoonotic pathogen is detected, scientists can begin to study its epidemiology, ecology, and pathology using knowledge about closely related organisms as a starting point. Research and surveillance can be initiated simultaneously while in-country partners begin to learn and identify techniques related to sample collection, processing, and diagnostics and build information exchange systems among ministries to facilitate surveillance and response. As part of a joint research and capacity-building program, a coalition of intragovernment partners designed and implemented a research and surveillance program in Georgia using a One Health approach that focused on the new orthopoxvirus, Akhmeta virus, discovered in 2013 (7). After this discovery, CDC collaborated with partners at the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) and the National Food Agency in Georgia to initiate a response that focused on examining and collecting data on the epidemiology and characteristics of this virus while simultaneously building laboratory capacity to detect infections in humans and animals through ELISA, PCR, and sequencing diagnostic methods. Coordinated between CDC and the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, the work seeks to expand surveillance for orthopoxviruses while building a knowledge base through epidemiologic, ecologic, molecular, and immunologic research. Partners at NCDC, National Food Agency, and the Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and CDC lead these efforts.
A major ecologic research effort also was initiated through this program to investigate the geographic distribution and seasonal dynamics of Akhmeta virus in potential small mammal reservoirs. At least 700 samples from small mammals have been collected from multiple locations. In addition, studies are under way to establish the burden of disease and identify possible risk factors for human and livestock infections. Samples from humans suspected to have orthopoxvirus infection are sent to NCDC for diagnostic evaluation and positive samples are characterized locally by nucleic acid sequencing and viral isolation.
Although still in its early phases, this collaboration, centered around detecting and investigating a newly identified zoonosis, already has resulted in the discovery of additional instances of human orthopoxvirus infection in Georgia, a greater understanding of other prominent etiologies for cutaneous lesions, isolation of orthopoxvirus from terrestrial rodents, and enhanced collaboration around surveillance and response between the human and veterinary public health sectors. Each innovation has fostered intersectoral collaboration and capacity building across multiple technical areas.
GHSA is a global initiative that aims to accelerate the progress of participating countries toward achieving their International Health Regulations (2005) obligations of rapidly detecting, responding to, and controlling public health emergencies to enhance global health security. Minimizing the threat posed by zoonotic diseases is one goal of GHSA. The conceptual framework of One Health provides a model on which to build programs to successfully detect, prevent, and control zoonotic diseases (15). All 3 suggested approaches for zoonotic disease prevention and control program implementation underscore the importance of strong multisectoral collaboration, engagement, and commitment, essential principles of the One Health framework. Success can be achieved in many ways with any these approaches. A successful program can be designed to be overarching, involving the redesign of entire surveillance and/or laboratory systems to maximize interconnectedness, or it can be constructed to suit a specific context. Programs can focus on known gaps in prevention and control of a particular disease or consider the availability of resources to dictate selection of a specific approach. Optimal approaches will share a foundation of mutual interest across sectors and support a platform for coordinated actions. In the most streamlined form, basic program requirements should comprise surveillance and response activities (human and animal); laboratory diagnostic capacity; data analysis; reporting structures; and the determination of thresholds, triggers, or both that can signal the need for additional action. Recognition of disease in animals may signal the start of an outbreak in humans. Early detection of illness in livestock, companion animals, or wildlife (as was seen in the examples described in Ethiopia, DRC, and Georgia) can alert public health authorities that actions are needed to stem burgeoning risks to humans. Early detection is particularly important where humans heavily depend on livestock production or bushmeat and where peridomestic or domestic animals are prominent.
Establishing systems at the national level with subsequent replication and tiered proliferation to regional and subregional levels (i.e., decentralization) requires constant refinement and modification consistent with local capacities and needs. For a comprehensive program implementation, as described for rabies in Ethiopia, piloting the broad-based integrated system at several distinct locations was determined to be the key first step so that system gaps or inconsistencies could be addressed and costs estimated before nationwide implementation. In DRC, the program for monkeypox detection and control was built step-by-step on a platform of surveillance, with next steps determined by needs and gaps identified through evaluation of data and surveillance performance. Technical capacities were augmented through ongoing program enhancements and research activities. In Georgia, gaps in scientific knowledge about an emerging pathogen drove the initiation of integrated human, livestock, and wildlife disease surveillance and enhancement of laboratory and research capacity.
Figure 2. Three program approaches for implementing integrated zoonotic disease detection, prevention, and control programs. A) Comprehensive (umbrella) approach, Ethiopia. Photo credit: Ohio State University. B) Phased (stepwise) approach, Democratic Republic of the...
The lessons learned through the design and implementation of these programs are continuously derived from persons working at different levels of all contributing institutions. Most significantly, the work should focus on eliminating solely vertical program elements (i.e., those with few or no points of intersection across partner agencies) (Figure 2). Programs should instead work toward integration with existing programs and health systems (both human and animal) when feasible, with points of intersection at all operational levels. Second, continued reinforcement of the key principles and expected effect of the program from the highest levels of participating entities to the lowest is not only conducive to program success but also vital for ongoing material (e.g., financial) and personnel support.
Finally, an indispensable element of GHSA zoonotic disease prevention programs is training of the future workforce. Not just in the animal health sector, where sizable gaps are evident, but also training must be performed to ensure that human public health workers appreciate and know about the importance of veterinary medicine and animal health in controlling zoonotic diseases and that young, university-based scientists have the training and experience necessary to address questions and problems posed by endemic and emerging zoonotic diseases. The training of future public and animal health professionals is a huge component of all 3 programs described in this report.
Achieving the end goal of an effective, fully integrated program for preventing and controlling zoonotic diseases has many possible approaches. The 3 described here differ in their disease-specific context, but all were equally affected by the situation, the resource base, and the initial technical capabilities of the GHSA partner country in which the program was created. The suggested approaches for zoonotic disease program implementation have limitations. Scientific evidence is scant to support 1 approach over another. There is a need for increased zoonotic disease program evaluation and subsequent publication of empirically based recommendations for program design and implementation based on the identified strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. In the interim, national governments and partners can use the approaches we suggest as a guide during the program design phase when they consider suitable approaches for their specific context and settings.
Dr. Shiferaw is a medical officer and lieutenant commander in the US Public Health Service serving as an epidemiologist in CDC's Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and leads the implementation of the GHSA Rabies Prevention and Control Program in Addis Ababa. Her primary research interests include design and implementation of international public health programs, community-based surveillance and response systems, and reducing vaccine-preventable disease burden in resource-limited settings.
We acknowledge the many colleagues in Ethiopia, DRC, Georgia, and the United States who are performing the work described in this study. Implementation of these programs was made possible by the help and support of many staff in CDC's Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
This work received financial support from CDC's Center for Global Health, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, and National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and from the US Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
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Figure 1. Three program approaches for implementing integrated zoonotic disease detection, prevention, and control programs. A) Comprehensive (umbrella) approach, designed to accelerate collaboration and impact. B) Phased (stepwise) approach in which...
Figure 2. Three program approaches for implementing integrated zoonotic disease detection, prevention, and control programs. A) Comprehensive (umbrella) approach, Ethiopia. Photo credit: Ohio State University. B) Phased (stepwise) approach, Democratic Republic...
Table. Capacity-building program areas included in zoonotic disease programs in 3 countries
Suggested citation for this article: Shiferaw ML, Doty JB, Maghlakelidze G, Morgan J, Khmaladze E, Parkadze O, et al. Frameworks for preventing, detecting, and controlling zoonotic diseases. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Suppl [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2313.170601


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Peretz orders stricter air quality standards
Peretz instructed his office to complete the proceedings involved with making air quality standards.
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Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz has urgently ordered the promotion of stricter air quality standards that would be capable of preventing 700 deaths each year, the ministry announced on Saturday evening.
Peretz instructed his office to complete the proceedings involved with making air quality standards that determine acceptable pollution levels in the atmosphere more stringent, the ministry said. These new standards will be submitted to the Knesset's Internal Affairs and Environment Committee on Earth Day – Monday, April 22 – the office added.
In addition, Peretz ordered that the tightening of standards occur hand-in-hand with the resumption of promoting a national program to prevent air pollution, which was halted for the election period. According to Israel's Clean Air Law, such a program was required to go into effect by January 1, 2012, and environmental groups have been up in arms over its failure to do so.
"In order to ensure that the air here is cleaner, we must take a hard line," Peretz said, stressing that air pollution regulations in Israel should go beyond even European standards.
"I have urgently ordered a renewal of the advancement of the national program for the prevention of air pollution."
Full compliance with the ministry's new standards would be able to prevent the deaths of 700 Israelis each year, also saving hundreds from hospitalization and significantly reducing the incidence of heart and lung diseases, the ministry noted. In light of the reduced health issues, the country would save an estimated NIS 8 billion each year, the office added.
For the first time ever, Israel will be establishing a standard for concentrations of tiny respirable PM 2.5 particles, known globally as one of the most influential air pollutants on public health, the ministry explained. The new standard for Israel, which experiences heavy dust storms from North Africa and high pollution levels from traffic congestion, will be 25 micrograms per cubic meter – the average level for the country.
While 25 micrograms per cubic meter annually is equivalent to the European standard for PM 2.5 presence, the United States has much stricter regulations, with the US Environmental Protection Agency bringing its standard down in January from 15 to 12 micrograms per cubic meter annually.
In response to a query from The Jerusalem Post, the ministry explained that the US is able to maintain a much lower standard than Israel since they don't experience the dust storms that dominate the region here.
In addition to increasing stringency on PM 2.5 presence, the ministry will also be adjusting standards for nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide to be even stricter than those in Europe. Meanwhile, following a decision on the part of the US EPA to increase the permissible concentration of methylene chloride in the air, the Environmental Protection Ministry, in conjunction with the Health Ministry, chose to adopt this standard as well.
All new standards will take effect in two years, enabling factories and other facilities to adjust their operations in order to meet the new standards, the ministry said. In addition, no new factories, roads, quarries or other sites that are not able to meet the strictest air quality standards will be approved in the future, the office added.
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The Roads We Shoot On: All Roads Lead To Roam
This time, the machinery isn't important. Enjoy our tribute to some of our favourite shoot locations
By Aditya Upadhyaula
Photos Kaizad Adil Darukhanawala
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Life's A Beach
Soft sand, cold sea water and a crisp breeze sounds like the perfect beach vacation, no? Don't go grabbing your towels and umbrellas just yet, though, because there's so much more to do on a beach than just laze around and read a book.
The low-grip surface of the beach makes even novice drivers look like Ken Block, which is why we love coming here very often. The real kicker is that the beach is a very forgiving place to practice these shenanigans on. And with a coastline as long as ours, it's not difficult to find a deserted beach. There's also the added bonus of having no witnesses around when we get things wrong. After a day of hard work at the beach, we get to leave with a camera full of slides and rooster-tails made of sand, you know, for the 'gram.
To The Hills
There are plenty of hill stations around Mumbai, but we keep coming back to Lonavala for the road that leads to Amby Valley. This 24-km stretch of tarmac offers everything you could want in a good driving road. There are low-speed hairpins, sweeping high-speed corners, switchbacks and even a couple of long straights thrown in. Acute elevation changes and some rough patches in between keep you on your toes, so you better pay attention when you're driving here.
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If you need a break from this fast-paced road, you can also pull into one of the many scenic overlooks scattered along the road. Breathtaking vistas of the nearby valleys and mountain ranges await you here. We'll do that driving thing up and down the road, but you're welcome to stop and smell the roses.
It doesn't matter what the subject is, the art deco buildings and historic monuments of Mumbai always offer the perfect background for you. As you'll see elsewhere in January 2020 issue, even off-roaders designed to conquer the wilderness are very much at home parked in the narrow bylanes of the city.
The city welcomes you with open arms whether you want to shoot early in the morning, late at night or, if you're willing to take on the traffic, even in the middle of the day. Dramatic shots are guaranteed here, as is some brilliant post-shoot nosh. Even after all of these years, the city never ceases to amaze us with its charm and I can guarantee you, we'll be shooting here for many years to come.
Cone And Able
This empty field and the patch of tarmac adjacent to it have featured on our pages since the inception of Motoring. Before it was opened to the public, this road in the distant realm of Navi Mumbai served as our very own proving grounds. With the help of a few cones, it could be transformed into a drag strip, skid pad or even our very own autocross circuit.
Unfortunately, it's a fully functioning road now and for some reason, people don't appreciate it when you close down roads they use to get home to create a makeshift circuit. Go figure! We have to take to the empty field next to it for some fun these days, but it's not all bad. I'm sure we'll keep coming back here for a long time, or until we show up one day to find an apartment building where our empty field once used to be.
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Civilization: The Way We Live Now
Olaf Otto Becker, Point 660, 2, 08/2008 67°09'04''N, 50°01'58''W, Altitude 360M, from the series Above Zero, 2008
Civilization: The Way We Live Now is an international photography exhibition of monumental scale, featuring over 200 original photographs by over 100 contemporary photographers from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Presented in collaboration with the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis/New York/Paris/Lausanne and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, the exhibition explores photographic representations of life in cities and journeys through the shared experiences of life in the urban environment.
Michael Wolf, Architecture of Density #91, 2006, from Architecture of Density series, Courtesy of M97 Shanghai © Michael Wolf
Sato Shintaro, Kabukicho, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo / Kabukicho, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, 1997−99, from Night Lights series, Courtesy of PGI, Tokyo, © Sato Shintaro
Looking at the phenomenal complexity of urban life in the twenty first century, Civilization: The Way We Live Now reflects on the ways in which photographers have documented, and held a mirror up to, the increasingly globalized world around us. The selected works create a picture of collective life around the world and document patterns of mass behavior.
Hive, featuring the work of photographers such as Robert Polidori and Michael Wolf, explores how civilizations press their citizens into cities and the pictorial possibilities offered by the unceasing ebb and flow of crowds, the often precarious plight of the individual, and the spectacular, ever-changing backdrop of the built environment.
Lauren Greenfield, High school seniors (from left) Lili, 17, Nicole, 18, Lauren, 18, Luna, 18, and Sam, 17, put on their makeup in front of a two-way mirror for Lauren Greenfield's Beauty CULTure documentary, Los Angeles, 2011
Francesco Zizola, In the same boat, 2015 © Francesco Zizola / NOOR / Ahmad Zamroni, Muslims at prayer, Jakarta. More than 90 percent of Indonesia's some 220 million people follow Islam, making it the world's biggest Muslim nation, 2007
Alonetogether, featuring the work of photographers such as Lauren Greenfield, Pieter Hugo and Australians including Trent Parke and Anne Zahalka, considers how, despite living in such close proximity to our neighbors, an increasingly digitized world is leading to decreasing social interaction, causing an increase in people's isolation.
Flow, featuring the work of photographers such as Lee Friedlander and Edward Burtynsky, tracks the visible and invisible movement of people, materials, money and ideas around the world and the impact these systems have on our depersonalized relationship with food, material goods and nature.
Priscilla Briggs, Happy (Golden Resources Mall, Beijing), 2008
Eric Thayer, A test card pattern on a Jumbotron above the Quicken Loans Arena as preparations were underway for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, 2016
Mark Power, The funeral of Pope John Paul II broadcast live from the Vatican. Warsaw, Poland, from the series The Sound of Two Songs, 2005
Persuasion, featuring the work of photographers such as Andreia Alves de Oliveira, Sato Shintaro, Mark Power, Amalia Ulman and Alec Soth, looks at the influence of advertising, religion, business and politics.
Ashley Gilbertson, 1,215 American soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors pray before a pledge of enlistment on July 4, 2008, at a massive re-enlistment ceremony at one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Baghdad, Iraq, From the series Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2008
Luca Zanier, FIFA I Executive Committee Zurich, from the series Corridors of Power, 2013
Control, featuring the work of photographers such as Ashley Gilbertson, NOH Suntag and Luca Zanier, highlights the reach of governing bodies around the world and our desire to impose increasing structure on how our civilization develops through governments and their armies, surveillance, architecture, education and business.
Sergey Ponomarev, Migrants walk past the temple as they are escorted by Slovenian riot police to the registration camp outside Dobova, Slovenia, Thursday October, 22, 2015, from the series Europe's Refugee Crisis © Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
Gjorgji Lichovski, Macedonian police clash with refugees at blocked border, 2015 © epa european pressphoto agency / Georgi Licovski
Sean Hemmerle, Brooks Brothers, WTC, New York, 12 Sep 2001 © Sean Hemmerle
Rupture, featuring the work of photographers including Taryn Simon, Richard Mosse, Pablo López Luz, Taloi Havini and Stuart Millar, forces us to confront civilizations failures and blind spots through images of detention centers, the flow of refugees, border crossings and environmental degradation.
Reiner Riedler, Wild River, Florida, from the series Fake Holidays, 2005
Sheng-Wen Lo, Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterdam, The Netherlands from the series White Bear, 2015
Massimo Vitali, Piscinao de Ramos, 2012, © Massimo Vitali
Escape, featuring the work of photographers such as An-My Lê and Olaf Otto Becker questions the sometimes dark side of the pleasure industry for all ages ranging from dance floors, cruise ships and amusement parks to communal sport, outdoor pursuits and the joys of solitude.
Olaf Otto Becker, Supertree Grove, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore from the series Reading the Landscape © Olaf Otto Becker / Irene Kung, Torre Velasca [Milan], from the series The Invisible City, 2010
Next, featuring the work of photographers such as Valérie Belin, Michael Najjar and Robert Zhao Renhui, looks to the future but more importantly to the present, where newness and technological advancement have become the norm, investigates the dangers of the speed at which civilization is developing.
Tony Ellwood AM, Director, National Gallery of Victoria said, "Civilization: The Way We Live Now is a rich and varied portrait of our times. The exceptional quality of the work included is testament to the talent and vibrancy present in contemporary photography today."
Civilization: The Way We Live Now has been produced by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis/New York/Paris/Lausanne and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, in consultation with the National Gallery of Victoria.
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September 13, 2019 – February 2, 2020 / National Gallery Victoria
The Ian Potter Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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Flavio-Shiró
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Margaux Fitoussi & Adam Tanaka
Flavio-Shiró is a cult artist, a painter's painter. His work defies categorization or association with any artistic group or movement. For more than six decades, his work has simply been modern.
Soun-Gui Kim: Lazy Clouds
Sep 10, 2022 – Feb 05, 2023
ZKM | Karlsruhe
The exhibition Soun-Gui Kim: Lazy Clouds at ZKM | Karlsruhe is the first solo exhibition in Germany of Korean-French artist Soun-Gui Kim.
Starting with works from the 1970s, the presentation will give a comprehensive overview of the artist's work (more…)
Diary of a Pandemic
Magnum photographers
Ongoing / International
The COVID-19 outbreak has imposed restrictions in movement. As part of an ongoing initiative, photographers of Magnum Photo are sharing information and new work made in these strange and difficult times.
World Press Photo 2022
Award & Exhibition Schedule
Providing a variety of perspectives from all corners of the globe, the 2022 World Press Photo Contest awarded works present courageous stories, invaluable insights and a diversity of interpretations (more…)
e-flux Criticism / e-flux Agenda
e-flux
Online / International
With the new year, e-flux welcomes e-flux Criticism and e-flux Agenda into the fold and onto its homepage. The transformation of these two branches of our growing family, previously known collectively as art-agenda, reflects a desire to integrate the manifold activities (more…)
The Post-War Dream
Journey into the Anthropocene
In the late summer of 2016, I spent six weeks in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region where I documented the transformation of some of the most influential cities in the region: Ordos, Hohhot, and Baotou. While looking back on the images I had taken, I was unexpectedly reminded of post-war Italian cinema (more…)
In Memoriam / 1987–2022
César Cuspoca (1987–2022) is a Colombian artist whose artistic practice principally nourishes questions of perception, the duality between appearance and disappearance, and materialism and immaterialism. (more…)
Rencontres d'Arles
Photography Festival
Arles, France
Every summer since 1970, over the course of more than forty exhibitions at various of the city's exceptional heritage sites, the Rencontres d'Arles has been a major influence in disseminating the best of world photography (more…)
Silver Bait
It Feels Like I've Been Here Before
Benedetta Ristori
Autodrome 3 / Linas-Montlhéry


The Access to Veterinary Care Coalition (AVCC) has released their report, Access to Veterinary Care: Barriers, Current Practices, and Public Policy (available at http://avcc.utk.edu/avcc-report.pdf). Michael J. Blackwell, DVM, MPH, FNAP, chairs the AVCC and provided the following comments about the issue and the report.
"Through a generous grant from Maddie's Fund®, the AVCC commissioned a national population study to better understand the barriers to veterinary care experienced by pet owners across the socioeconomic spectrum. The study also sought to understand the knowledge, attitudes, and practices veterinarians have regarding access to veterinary care.
"In addition to the results of the national population study, the report includes results from research targeting pet owners experiencing housing insecurity; technical reports from experts discussing pets as family, evolving animal laws, public health implications, and an economic comparison of for-profit and nonprofit veterinary practices; and a discussion covering a broad range of issues and attitudes that are relevant to access to care in veterinary practice.
Dr. Blackwell can be reached at mblackw1@utk.edu or 865-414-6044.


In this video we take a look at shift registers, how they work, and we build up a few circuits.
The chips used are 74HC595 and 74HC164 (I compare it to the 4015 CMOS Shift Register), but it should give a general idea of how to use them. !
You can find the Arduino sketches that I used below.


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Brits are ditching lazy days to unwind and turn to outdoor thrills instead
A poll of 2,000 adults found one in five people now turn to active outdoor pursuits to relieve stress
Half reckon that playing a sport or being active is a 'real release' from the pressures of everyday life (Image: Getty)
Millions of Brits are ditching a bath and slippers in favour of high-octane activities to unwind, according to a study.
A poll of 2,000 adults found one in five people now turn to active outdoor pursuits to relieve stress.
Half reckon that playing a sport or being active is a 'real release' from the pressures of everyday life.
Among the thrilling ways Brits release the pressure valve of their life are skiing, mountain biking or throwing punches in a boxing ring.
The study, by Heathrow Airport, also found one in four adults have had times when they've been so stressed they have booked a holiday to have something to look forward to, with 14 per cent planning a trip designed to get their adrenaline racing.
The study, by Heathrow Airport, also found one in four adults have had times when they've been so stressed they have booked a holiday to have something to look forward to (Image: AFP/Getty Images)
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One in 10 have booked a skiing trip, while others have taken holidays to locations where they are able to try hang gliding, water skiing or surfing.
A spokesperson for Heathrow, which commissioned the research to mark the launch of a new ski route, said: "We could all do with making sure we deal with our stress - and doing something exciting can help.
"An activity or trip that takes you out of your comfort zone can help to focus the mind on the task at hand, rather than dwelling on potentially stressful thoughts or anxieties.
"And of course, often these more extreme activities are sports or exercise-based, which has also been shown to help improve mental health.
One in 10 have booked a skiing trip, while others have taken holidays to locations where they are able to try hang gliding, water skiing or surfing
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"Ski season provides a great opportunity for an adrenaline-fuelled trip, especially now that Scandinavian Airlines has today launched its route from Heathrow to the brand new Scandinavian Mountains Airport in Slen."
The study also found three quarters of Brits describe their lives as generally stressful, and 76 per cent believe they've also got more susceptible to stress as they've aged.
But more than a fifth feel 'completely free' when they're doing something that gets their blood pumping.
And a third say it makes them feel 'alive'.
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"An activity or trip that takes you out of your comfort zone can help to focus the mind on the task at hand, rather than dwelling on potentially stressful thoughts or anxieties" (Image: Alamy Stock Photo)
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Just over 15 per cent think an adrenaline spike helps them 'get out of their own head' and the same amount say it makes them feel free of stress.
Despite the benefits, on average Brits only do something truly active around eight times a year.
And even though millions love nothing more than pushing past their own limitations and getting out of their comfort zone, 42 per cent still prefer a beach holiday with minimal activity.
But four in 10 believe if they go on holiday and there's nothing much to do, their mind wanders too much, making it hard to relax.
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It also emerged 23 per cent have been on a skiing holiday, and 26 per cent haven't but would like to.
Three quarters of those who have been skiing say they feel they get to really unwind from the stress and strains of everyday life when they are on the ski slopes.
But while 31 per cent head to the same skiing destination, an adventurous 29 per cent try a different slope every time they go away, and are willing to travel for around three-and-a-half hours to experience something completely new.
When choosing where to go, location and cost is the most important factor, followed by good value, travelling time and challenging slopes, according to the survey carried out via OnePoll.


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Growing Central Europe
Tomasz Hajduk
Tomasz joined Abris in 2020 and focuses on transactions in the telecommunication, media, and technology (TMT) space alongside technology-driven opportunities in other sectors.
Prior to joining Abris, Tomasz worked as a principal at Altman Solon for over six years, consulting for leading TMT companies and financial investors in Europe across a wide range of strategic, transactional and operational issues. Before Altman Solon, Tomasz was an M&A Analyst at Deutsche Bank in London and at Bastion Group in Warsaw, where he gained experience in M&A and capital markets transactions, focusing on multiple sectors including financial services, industrials, utilities, hospitality and TMT.
In his personal life, Tomasz is an avoid mountaineer and climber. He also follows the NBA basketball league.
Tomasz holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD. He also has a Master's degree in Finance and Accounting and a Bachelor's degree in Corporate Finance from Warsaw School of Economics. Tomasz is fluent in English and Polish.
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