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Pandora's Box: Brian Kapral's 1969 Plymouth GTX 440 4-Speed Convertible
| 9 January, 2020 at 00:01
After owning his beautiful red and white 1969 Dodge Charger for 17 years, Brian Kapral had gotten to the point with the car where he found there was nothing else he could really do with it. "I was kind of bored with the Charger after owning it for that long and it wasn't the type of car you could really modify or alter to change it up; so I decided to sell it and get something else. In early December 2017, I found a new home for it just down the road with a local guy in Wayne, New Jersey so off it went," recalls Brian.
On that following Christmas Day, Brian's father who happens to own a T3 Honey Bronze 1969 Plymouth GTX convertible sent him an email with a listing for a 1969 GTX convertible that was for sale in Louisville, KY. After opening the listing, Brian recognized the car as he has a 1969 GTX convertible registry and remembered the car being for sale back in 2016. This GTX was similarly optioned to his dad's but was B7 Jamaica Blue and had a 4-speed, making it one of 178 produced with a 440 4-speed. It also still had its numbers matching drive train and fender tag with the car.
Brian reached out to his friend Bill Allphin who lived in Kentucky and asked if he might be able to check out the car for him. After giving Bill some basic information on the car, Bill realized that he had owned this very car and had actually been the cars third owner. After hearing this, Brian and his family decided to book a flight and fly down and meet up with Bill to inspect the car after making arrangements with the current owner.
Brian shares, "The car was in decent shape but far from what my personal level of cars I like to have is. It was a nice ten footer as they say. The car seemed solid with only the quarter panels and trunk floor metal being previously replaced. Everything else sheet metal wise on the car was original. That being said, the car had a lot of stuff I wanted to fix to bring it back to that nice factory fresh look."
After having a bite to eat, Brian decided to make an offer on the car and after some negotiating, he and the owner agreed to a price and the deal was done. The next month, Passport Transport delivered the GTX to Brian's house in Northern New Jersey. Once he got the car home, Brian went to work on a list of items that were needed for the car such as the hard to find original blue interior pieces.
He tells us, "The upper dash pad was starting to crack on the outside edges by the A pillar trim. Knowing that my old '69 Charger had an original blue upper dash pad that had been dyed black, I contacted the current owner and arranged a trade for a new upper dash pad plus some cash or extra Charger parts that I had in order to secure an original blue crack free dash pad. Frank, the new owner of my old Charger agreed and I swapped out the dash pad for him in my old car. I was also lucky enough to have found another complete set of upper and lower dash pad pieces through Wildcat Auto Salvage to have just as a spare should something happen to mine as original blue interior parts are extremely hard to find!"
While he was locating parts for a restoration, Brian decided that he would enjoy the car and take it out to various shows and events throughout the 2018 year. During this time, he realized that the stitching for the rear glass window in the top had started to dry rot and come undone. This led to water leaking into the convertible top well liner while he was out driving the car. "It didn't concern me as I was going to be restoring it and it was stored every night in my climate controlled garage so it would dry out quickly but it was funny hearing water sloshing around when I drove it," he laughs.
In early October 2018, Brian along with his parents and their friend Greg started stripping the GTX down to the bare shell to begin the restoration. The group removed as many components and parts off the car as possible while still being able to move the car in and out of the garage under its own power for the time being. While pulling apart the car, Brian came across a lot of hardware missing. Screws that held the rear seat back in place were non-existent, the nut that holds the bolt for the brake pedal to brake pedal linkage for the brake booster was missing and a lot of other hidden stuff that should have been there wasn't.
It was around this point that Brian decided to nickname the car "Pandora's Box". Once he had the car mostly stripped down, he then got to work stripping the paint off with chemical stripper and a palm sander. He shares, "I knew that both quarters had been replaced with skins however, I did not know how bad the car was once we got to bare metal. The skins; after removing at least a 1/8" thick layer of bondo were only tack welded on and not welded that well at that."
Before sending the car over to his friend Tom Rightler, who owns Mid Atlantic Muscle Car in Bridgeton, NJ for body and paint, Brian pulled the engine and transmission out of the car. Brian shares, "Pandora's Box really started living up to its name. With every step of the restoration, we kept finding more and more problems." When Tom tapped on the sloppy quarter panel tack welds with a hammer, they immediately broke. To make things better, the tops of the quarter panels where they tried to attach the skins to, were badly warped.
After weighing his options, it was decided that new AMD full quarter panels would be installed. Since AMD does not make convertible quarter panels, regular hardtop panels were purchased and modified to fit the convertible body perfectly. With the metal work completed, the GTX was primed and then painted a fresh coat of B7 Jamaica Blue.
When it came time to have the engine rebuilt, "Pandora's Box" struck again. Brian shares, "The engine ran strong but was losing a quart of oil every hour with no evidence of it burning off out of the tail pipes or dripping onto the ground. When the engine was taken apart to rebuild it, we found that the factory 10:1 pistons were replaced with .40 over cast pistons that were from a pickup truck that had an 8:1 compression ratio. On top of that, two wrist pins were longer than they should have been, piston ring gaps lined up in one of the cylinders and it looked like someone tried reshaping the top of the valves where it made contact with the rocker arms as there was evidence of someone taking a belt grinder to the ends of the valves."
With all these issues being found, Tom Morris of Mancini Machine in Baltimore, MD determined that it would be best to punch the numbers matching block out to .60 over and put the correct forged 10:1 pistons back in the car with all new stainless steel valves. Correct wrist pins were obtained and then everything was balanced and blue printed.
The factory flywheel was machined to remove 3 burn spots in it and the pressure plate and clutch that were almost at the rivets were tossed and replaced with new, slightly better than stock parts. The numbers matching 18-spline A833 4-speed transmission was in great shape and inspected with surprisingly nothing other than normal wear to be found. The casing was cleaned up and inspection markings that were found were noted before everything was restored back to original.
With the drivetrain rebuilt and the freshly painted car back at home, Brian started tackling the interior. Back in the mid-to-late 1990s, the car appeared to have had its upholstery replaced with then new Legendary pieces. "When Legendary put their replacement door panels out back then, they were more of a flat, early style versus the correct puffy style like what would have been installed at the factory," shares Brian. He continues to say, "Since I'm a stickler for details, I wanted the correct door panels that Legendary now offers so I reached out to them."
After speaking to Legendary, samples of their reproduction dark blue material was sent out to Brian however to his displeasure, the material's color had what appeared to be a green iridescent sheen to it which was not close to factory at all. A call to them revealed that "that's what we currently offer" and Brian was left looking for other stuff. Brian mentioned his need for correct appearing material to his friend, the now-late Dave Walden over at ECS Automotive Concepts and he put Brian in contact with a friend of his who was one of the higher ups at Legendary.
After some conversations with that fellow, he told Brian that they had some NOS material in the color that he was looking for so they would get some stuff made up for him. Once the new seat covers and other interior parts came in, Brian got to work recovering and restoring the seats and frames. The frames were media blasted and repainted and the original seat foam was still in surprisingly excellent shape so it was reused. New burlap and felt was used as that had deteriorated over the years and then Brian installed the new covers.
New carpet was obtained from ECS and Brian says that it is probably the best and easiest carpet that he has ever installed. The center console is an original blue assembly that is surprisingly crack-free at the rear where they typically crack from people leaning on them. All of the pot-metal chrome pieces were re-installed and all of the interior lights were replaced with direct replacement LED bulbs so they are brighter at night. To save any hassles or any chance of a fire, Brian purchased brand new wiring harnesses for the entire car.
Throughout the whole restoration process, Brian shares that his parents were constantly there any time that he needed help with something or even to lend an extra set of hands to hold something in place. He says, "I was even able to solicit the help of my 8 year old daughter when I was recovering the bucket seats. I told her that her job was to "reload" the hog ring pliers for me as I had to use both hands to try and hold the cover in place and then use one hand to secure the cover with the hog ring pliers."
In the end, the restoration took 367 days to complete and Brian is proud to say that the GTX has been restored back to original specifications as closely as possible. He shares, "I paid strict attention to the details such as the head markings for the hardware, inspection marks, tags and the correct finishes on the original parts that were restored; even all the way down to replicating the green textured assembly line oil filter. I felt that a car this rare needed to be given the extra special attention to these details.
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'Like a Ferrari, you don't need it': Kiwis to turn in their guns
Guns are this New Zealander's livelihood, but he says the law is too lenient and is happy to give up one of his rifles
The pre-dawn quiet of New Zealand's South Island is shattered by the crack of a bullet from Noel Womersley's Finnish Tikka T3 rifle, followed by the shot thudding into the skull of a cow he is targeting, one of three.
For 14 years Womersley has worked at "home kill", shooting beasts for small farmers and cutting them up, but tough new gun laws to be adopted after the nation's worst mass murder by a lone gunman will require him to surrender another of his guns.
"Guns are a way of life for me, really," says Womersley, 48, who received his first firearm, a .22-calibre rifle, for his 12th birthday, and now hunts with his 15-year-old daughter.
"It's pretty much what I live and breathe. I [shoot] on the weekends for fun and then I do it during the week for a job."
As the first animal slumps, he rapidly draws back and pushes forward his rifle bolt, firing again and then a third time. In seconds, three cattle are dead on the damp ground. He gathers his knives and begins to cut them up.
"I shoot animals, I don't shoot targets. I shoot food," says Womersley.
Wearing black overalls and gumboots for protection against the gore, he pushes the cattle onto their sides, removes the heads and hides and uses a hoist to load the carcasses onto his refrigerated truck.
Womersley was on a similar job in the hinterland beyond Christchurch on March 15 when a man in combat gear entered the city's Al Noor mosque, and then another, and turned his high-powered military-style weapons on unarmed worshippers.
"I didn't really comprehend it was real. I thought it was like a movie, or something that's happened overseas," Womersley says, adding that he had been shocked to discover after work what had unfolded just a few kilometres away.
Fifty people were killed and scores wounded, prompting an outpouring of support for the nation's bereaved Muslim community, and a swift crackdown on guns.
The semi-automatics used in the attack will be banned, with exemptions for working hunters, and tougher licensing rules are on the drawing board.
A wide swathe of New Zealand's quarter-million gun owners, who account for about 1.5 million weapons, say they accept there must be change after the tragedy.
"I think the gun laws were too slack ... the laws gave this bad man a gun," says Womersley, who owns eight or nine guns, stored in a safe in the garage of a home decorated with game heads. "He ruined it for everyone. Not everyone is like that."
As part of a new national firearm buyback scheme, he expects to hand in one military-style AR-15 assault rifle, a type of weapon used in the Christchurch massacre.
"I don't think we need military-style weapons in our society. I definitely don't need them in my job," he says. "It's like driving around in a Ferrari, you don't need it."
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Q: Cufon Nested Hover Problem When using multiple lists and hover states the 'parent' Cufon style replaces the child. In the following example, when you hover the Second Level link it will be replaced by a different weight.
Is there an option I can set so that the nested style stays the same or is this a bug/limitation within Cufon?

Top Level

Top Level

Top Level

Second Level

Second Level

Second Level

Top Level

Top Level

A: Solution first: Use selectors which don't create matches where the set of elements overlap.
//selects only 1st level links
Cufon.replace('ul:has(ul) > li   a', { hover: true, fontWeight: 200});
//selects only 2nd level links
Cufon.replace('ul:not(:has(ul)) a', { hover: true, fontWeight: 700});

Explanation why your selectors + Cufon create problems
The problem seems to originate from you selectors.
ul li a --> selects all 8 occurrences of
ul li ul a --> selects only the 3 second-level occurrences of

This means you have actually specified the fontWeight twice for the second-level -tags. Sadly Cufon doesn't seem to apply only the expression which has the highest CSS specificity thus the behavior will depend on how Cufon internally stores multiple matches like this one.
After a few tests it seems that Cufon applies the styles in the reverse order you call the replace() statements in. e.g.
If you do
Cufon.replace('ul li a',{hover: true, fontWeight: 200});
Cufon.replace('ul li ul a',{hover: true, fontWeight: 700});

All links will appear blue and the 2nd-level-links have fontWeight 700 until hovered, then they get fontWeight 200 set.
If you switch the order
Cufon.replace('ul li ul a',{hover: true, fontWeight: 700});
Cufon.replace('ul li a',{hover: true, fontWeight: 200});

Initially all links will have fontWeight 200, the 2nd-level-links will get 700 set when hovered.
You notice the behavior changes depending on the order of your calls.

Uncertainty
I don't know Cufon and I don't really understand what you are trying to do. Especially I'm not sure if you mean to use the options passed in to Cufon as you do or if you actually mean to just set fontWeight when hovering.
There is a difference between
Cufon.replace('ul li a', { hover: true, fontWeight: 200 } );

and
Cufon.replace('ul li a', {
    hover: { fontWeight: 200 }
});

The first sets fontWeight to 200 and if the element is hovered also sets the fontWeight to 200, which would only be noticeable if the fontWeight changed in the meantime.
The latter only changes the style of the element to fontWeight 200 while hovered and removes the weight when the element is no longer hovered.
I'm not sure which one you intend to use.

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I loved the bright, perfectly preserved mosaics in Ravenna, and decided to research them a bit.
In Byzantine times, the greatest gift an emperor could bestow on a dependent town was a few tons of gold, glass and enamel–and an artist. From Justinian's time, the art became a trademark of Byzantine civilization. As part of diplomatic initiatives, Constantinople's emperors send their mosaicists abroad–their work can be seen in Egypt, Sicily and in The Great Mosque of Cordoba.
Mosaics were a favourite Roman medium before the advent of Christianity, but not always taken seriously, usually reserved for the decoration of villas.
However, early Christians with a desire to build for the ages, and a body of scriptures which could best be interpreted pictorially made mosaics the new medium of public art in the 6th century.
Ravenna's mosaics were probably created by Greek artists from the court of Constantinople. Early Christian art was born here.
The early mosaicists sought to serve both art and religion. Using a new vocabulary of images (The Good Shepherd, sacrifice) they sought to duplicate and surpass the sense of awe and mystery still half-remembered from the interiors of pagan temples.
In churches like San Vitale, with their glorious colours, we still see the same light that enchanted the Byzantine artists–the light of the Gospels, the light from beyond the stars.
The Mausoleum of Galla Placida was one of the most magical buildings I saw on this trip.
Unimpressive from the outside, but rich and ornate from the inside. The vault shows a deep blue firmament glowing with hundreds of dazzling gold stars set in concentric circles. In the centre, at the top of the vault, a cross represents the transcendent God above the heavens. At the corners, are the traditional iconographic symbols of the four evangelists, the lion, ox, angel and eagle.
All the Byzantine churches use a similar technique–the small glass tessera are laid in section, alternate rows set at slightly different angels to vary the reflection of light and give an impression of depth. Colour is emblematic, with gold denoting holiness–or high status!!
A close up. What bright colours for a 1500 year old mosaic!!
Hi Ray, Not familiar with Robert Adam or Osterley and Saltram. Obviously have some googling to do.
Perpetua, we spent 4 days in Ravenna and saw all the mosiacs. Ran out of posting steam. Might post some more images and histroy tomorrow.
Thanks for these and the previous pictures from Ravenna. Wonderful mosaics also in other buildings like the baptistry and the church of Sant Apollinare Nuovo. It's nearly 20 years since I was in Ravenna (help!) and it's lovely to be reminded how marvellous they are.
Stunning! I can only imagine how wonderful they were in person!
We really have nothing to compare in this part of the world.
Much as I love the work of Robert Adam at Osterley, Saltram and other places the brilliant intensity of colour and design in these mosaics bowles me over.


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Super Communication Expressway project in Mumbai.
– National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) in 250 districts.
Space Centre, Sriharikotta in Andhra Pradesh.
State's name be changed to 'Bangla' in Bengali or 'Bengal' in English.
POCSO e-box, in New Delhi.
ambassador and bestow the honorary rank of Commandant on the ace badminton player.
show at the Rio Olympics.
committee was constituted with an aim to discourage cash transactions.
through tax rebates/incentives, introduction of cash back/lottery.
system in the country and recommend measures for encouraging digital payments.
leverage the data to access instant, low cost micro-credit through digital means.
laws, relevant for the purpose of promotion of payments by digital modes.
Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway project in Mumbai.
developed land given back to them.
women self-help groups (SHGs) in rural areas at 7 percent per annum.
Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) in 250 districts.
outstanding will not be eligible for benefit under this scheme.
subject to the maximum limit of 5.5% for 2016-17.
Narendra Modi and visiting Myanmar President Htin Kyaw here.
connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand.
upgrading the Kalewa-Yargi section of the trilateral highway.
League for Democracy (NLD) came to power in March this year.
cooperative research and teaching projects in select fields.
scientific relationships, cooperative research and teaching projects.
and oxygen from the atmosphere air as the oxidiser.
rocket carrying Scramjet engines weighed 3277 kg at lift-off.
the ground stations at Sriharikota.
to 'Bangla' in Bengali or 'Bengal' in English.
the BJP, opposing the same.
State Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Partha Chatterjee.
came at the end of a list of 29 states.
Haji Ali Dargah set in the heart of Mumbai.
contravenes their fundamental rights and must be lifted.
of worship under the guise of 'managing the affairs of religion'.
Sexual Offenses, POCSO e-box, in New Delhi.
children and timely action against the offenders under the POCSO Act, 2012.
(describing the category of harassment).
(IBJA). He is also a Director on the Board of IBJA.
resigned in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of IBJA on 24 August 2016.
also served on various committee's in the last four years.
badges and camouflage combat fatigues of the CRPF at a ceremonial event.
been informed and her consent taken by the CRPF in this regard.
meeting of the Council of Ministers in New Delhi.
will be held in Tokyo.
facility, training, selection procedure and other related matters.
owing to the three girls' superlative show at the Rio Olympics.
Apurvi Chandela and wrestler Vinesh Phogat.
Dambulla on 28 August 2016 against Australia (third of the five-match series).
He will play his last T20 international in Colombo on 9 September 2016.
played 87 Tests and scored 5492 runs at 40.98, and also picked 39 Test wickets.
devastating effects on humankind, the environment and the planet.


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The city of A Coruña lies on the Atlantic coast in the north west corner of Spain. The city is situated on a small peninsula at the mouth of the A Coruña estuary. Over the years the city has expanded to fit an ever-increasing population and there are now three distinct parts of the city: La Ciudad Vieja, the Old City, which is also the highest part of the peninsula, originally surrounded by city walls. Here you will find narrow streets of flagstones, hidden plazas, churches, "casonas", houses typical of the area, and gardens; El Istmo, the Isthmus, this area was built in the 19th century and is the commercial part of the city, here you will find the fish market of the same name; El Ensanche, the Extension, this is the newest part and it occupies the mainland part of the city. A Coruña has its own beaches, the Riazor and the Orzán.


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Hello. It seems there was once a restaurant and bar at this hotel but there is not anymore? If so, is there a restaurant and bar within walking distance?
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Rare book that could have served as Hitler's 'blueprint' for North American Holocaust bought by Canadian archives
The book listing the number of Jews in Canadian cities from Vancouver to Glace Bay, N.S. hints at what might have happened had the Allies lost the war
This rare 1944 book previously owned by Adolf Hitler is now owned by Library and Archives Canada.Handout/Library and Archives Canada via AFP/Getty Images
Jim Bronskill
OTTAWA — Canada's national archive has acquired a rare book it believes could have served as a blueprint for a Nazi purge of Jews in North America.
Once part of Adolf Hitler's personal library, the 1944 volume reports on the Jewish population of various cities as well as key organizations and newspapers serving Canadian and American Jewish communities.
The 137-page German-language book, Statistics, Media, and Organizations of Jewry in the United States and Canada, was compiled by researcher Heinz Kloss, who did field work in the U.S. in the late 1930s.
The research was carried out for the Nazi regime and hints at what might have happened in North America if the Allies had lost the Second World War, Library and Archives Canada says.
The book lists general population figures, as well as the number of Jews, in dozens of Canadian cities large and small, from Vancouver to Glace Bay, N.S. It also details ethnic backgrounds and the languages people spoke.
"This information would have been the building blocks to rolling out the Final Solution in Canada, allowing perpetrators of the Holocaust to know what cities to go to to find Jewish people and how many Jews to round up," said Michael Kent, a curator at Library and Archives Canada.
How Ottawa built a Holocaust memorial with one major glitch — no mention of Jewish people
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Given the horrors that transpired in Europe, targets would also likely have included any racial minority, gays and lesbians, Indigenous Peoples and others considered problematic in Nazi eyes, Kent told a news conference Wednesday.
Library and Archives hopes the book becomes a tool for fighting Holocaust denial and a means of remembering the slaughter of innocent millions in Europe.
The bookplate features a stylized eagle, swastika and the words Ex Libris Adolf Hitler, indicating it came from the Nazi leader's collection.
An American soldier likely plucked the volume from Hitler's library at his alpine retreat near Berchtesgaden, as thousands of books were taken as war souvenirs in 1945, Library and Archives says.
The Canadian institution bought the book for about $6,000 from a reputable dealer who obtained it as part of a collection owned by a Holocaust survivor, Kent said. The dealer, who trades exclusively in Judaica, was keen to see the volume go to a Jewish institution or another appropriate memory institution.
We don't, and we shouldn't, choose only those records that portray past events in a positive light
While the book is "certainly a creepy item," the decision to buy it was a simple one, Kent said. Preserving the memory of the Holocaust was more of a concern than "the possibility that someone might think we're glorifying Hitler through this acquisition."
It is important to assemble the most complete historical record possible, no matter how contentious or controversial, said Guy Berthiaume, Librarian and Archivist of Canada.
"We don't, and we shouldn't, choose only those records that portray past events in a positive light," he said.
Kent said there is no evidence Kloss visited Canada, but he developed strong ties with American Nazi sympathizers and clearly accessed secondary sources in his research. The book includes the 1931 Census of Canada and the 1937 Report of the Immigration Branch among its Canadian references.
The fragile volume, printed on wartime paper, required extensive restoration work before it could be handled and displayed, Kent said.
Members of the public who register will have a chance to see the book Sunday as part of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration at Library and Archives in Ottawa.
The pages will then be digitized and included on the institution's website, Kent said.
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Insects, which are a type of arthropod, are easily the most numerous group of organisms on the planet, with about a million species identified so far.
The title of heaviest insect in the world has many rivals, the most frequently-crowned of which is the larval stage of the goliath beetle (Goliathus goliatus), the top size of which is at least 115 g (4.1 oz) and 11.5 cm (4.5 in).
The largest confirmed weight of an adult insect is 71 grams for a giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha), although it is likely one of the elephant beetles (Megasoma elephas & Megasoma actaeon) or goliath beetles, both of which can commonly exceed 50 g (3 oz) and 10 cm (4 in), can reach a higher weight.
The longest insects are the stick insects, see below.
Representatives of the extinct dragonfly-like order Protodonata such as the Carboniferous Meganeura monyi and the Permian Meganeuropsis permiana are the largest insect species ever known. These creatures had a wingspan of some 70 cm (28 in) and a body weight of over 452 g (1 lb), making them about the size of a crow.
Cockroaches (Blattodea). The largest cockroach is the giant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros). This species can attain a length of 8.3 cm (3.3 in) and a weight of 36 g (1.3 oz).
Beetles (Coleoptera). The beetles are the largest order of organisms on earth, with about 350,000 species so far identified. The true largest species are the Goliathus, Megasoma and Titanus beetles already mentioned. However, the longest-bodied species is the Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules), reaching a maximum size of at least 19 cm (7.5 in). Much of the length is comprised of the antennae, and the top weight is 85 g (3 oz), about an ounce less than the bulkier beetles.
Earwigs (Dermaptera). The largest of the earwigs is the St. Helena earwig (Labidura herculeana), which is up to 8.4 cm (3.3 in) in length.
True flies (Diptera). The largest species of this huge order is the species Mydas heroes, which can reach a length of 6 cm (2.4 in) and a wingspan of 10 cm (4 in). Species of crane fly, the largest of which is Holorusia brobdignagius, can attain a length of 23 cm (9 in), but are extremely slender and are handily outweighed by Mydas.
Mayflies (Ephemeroptera). The largest mayflies are members of the Proboscidoplocia genus from Madagascar. These insects can reach a length of 5 cm (2 in).
True bugs (Hemiptera). The largest species of this diverse, huge order is the giant water bug (Lethocerus maximus). This species can attain a size of 11.6 cm (4.6 in), although it is more slender and thus less heavy than most other insects who reach such a size (principally the huge beetles).
Ants & allies (Hymenoptera). The absolute largest of the ants, and the heaviest species of the order, is the females of Dorylus helvolus, reaching a size of 5 cm (2 in). The ant that averages the largest for the mean size of the whole colony is Dinoponera gigantea, averaging up to 3.3 cm (1.3 in). The largest of the bee species, also in the Hymenoptera order, is Megachile pluto, the females of which can be 3.8 cm (1.5 in) long, with a 6.3 cm (2.5 in) wingspan. Meanwhile, the largest of the wasp is probably the so-called tarantula hawk species Pepsis pulszkyi, at up to 6.8 cm (2.8 in) long and an 11.6 cm (4.6 in) wingspan, although many other Pepsis approach a similar size.
Termites (Isoptera). The largest of the termites is the African species Macrotermes bellicosus. The huge larvae of this species can attain a size of 10.6 cm (4.2 in) and 5.5 cm (2.2 in) wide; the adults, on the other hand, don't exceed about a third of the size of the larvae.
Moths & allies (Lepidoptera). The largest species is probably either the Queen Alexandra's birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae), a butterfly, or the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas), a moth. Both of these species can exceed a length of 8 cm (3.2 in), a wingspan of 28 cm (11 in) and a weight of 12 g. Their larvae can weigh up to 58 g (1.9 oz). However, the White Witch (Thysania agrippina) has the longest recorded wingspan of the order, and indeed of any living insect, at up to at least 30 cm (12 in). The white witch is exceeded in surface area and mass by both Ornithoptera and Attacus.
Praying mantises (Mantodea). The largest species of this order is the Chinese mantis (Tenodera aridifolia). The females of this species can attain a length of up to 10.6 cm (4.2 in).
Dragonflies (Odonata). The largest living species of dragonfly is Megaloprepus caeruleata, attaining a size of as much as 19 cm (7.5 in) across the wings and a body length of over 12 cm (4.7 in).
Grasshoppers & allies (Orthoptera). The largest of this widespread, varied complex of insects is the giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) of New Zealand. This formidable insect can weigh over 75 g (2.6 oz) and measure up to nearly 10 cm (4 in), rivaling the huge beetles in size.
Stick insects (Phasmatodea). The largest stick insect and the longest-bodied insect in the world is the giant stick insect (Phobaeticus kirbyi). The body alone measures up to 30 cm (12 in), while the overall length (from the hind to the front legs) is up to 51 cm (20 in), and the body weight is up to 72 g (2.5 oz).
Stoneflies (Plecoptera). The largest species of stonefly is Pteronarcys californica, a species favored by fishermen for use. This species can attain a length of 5 cm (2 in) and a wingspan of nearly 7.5 cm (3 in).
Booklice (Psocoptera). The largest of this order of very small insects are the barklouse of the genus Psocus, the top size of which is about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Fleas (Siphonaptera). The largest species of flea is Hystrichopsylla schefferi. This parasite is known exclusively from the fur of the Mountain Beaver and can reach a length of 1.2 cm (0.5 in).
Thrips (Thysanoptera). Members of the genus Phasmothrips are the largest kinds of thrips. The maximum size of these species is approximately 1.3 cm (0.5 in).


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Q: Нужно получить данные с cbr.ru по курсам за определенный период Я совсем новичок, хотела бы разобрать как же получить данные с сайта cbr.ru по курсам доллара и евро за 05.10.2018 - 10.10.2018.
Смотрела здесь, но для себя нужного не нашла(
Хотелось бы путем через pandas python
Подскажите, пожалуйста, в каком направлении двигаться

A: Функция чтения XML работает начиная с версии Pandas 1.3.0. По примеру из вашей ссылки читаем курс доллара за последние 10 дней:
#!pip install pandas==1.3.5
import pandas as pd

url = 'https://www.cbr.ru/scripts/XML_dynamic.asp?date_req1=10/01/2022&date_req2=20/01/2022&VAL_NM_RQ=R01235'
pd.read_xml(url)

Вывод:
    Date        Id      Nominal Value
0   11.01.2022  R01235  1       75,1315
1   12.01.2022  R01235  1       74,8355
2   13.01.2022  R01235  1       74,5277
3   14.01.2022  R01235  1       74,5686
4   15.01.2022  R01235  1       75,7668
5   18.01.2022  R01235  1       76,0404
6   19.01.2022  R01235  1       76,3347
7   20.01.2022  R01235  1       76,8697

А также получаем все коды валют и котировки на сегодня:
url1 = 'http://www.cbr.ru/scripts/XML_daily.asp?date_req=20/01/2022'
pd.read_xml(url1, encoding='cp1251')

Вывод (выравнивать не буду):
    ID  NumCode CharCode    Nominal Name    Value
0   R01010  36  AUD 1   Австралийский доллар    55,2078
1   R01020A 944 AZN 1   Азербайджанский манат   45,2441
2   R01035  826 GBP 1   Фунт стерлингов Соединенного королевства    104,4813
3   R01060  51  AMD 100 Армянских драмов    15,9912
4   R01090B 933 BYN 1   Белорусский рубль   29,5823
5   R01100  975 BGN 1   Болгарский лев  44,5363
6   R01115  986 BRL 1   Бразильский реал    13,8079
7   R01135  348 HUF 100 Венгерских форинтов 24,3382
8   R01200  344 HKD 10  Гонконгских долларов    98,6521
9   R01215  208 DKK 1   Датская крона   11,7042
10  R01235  840 USD 1   Доллар США  76,8697
11  R01239  978 EUR 1   Евро    87,1318
12  R01270  356 INR 10  Индийских рупий 10,3020
13  R01335  398 KZT 100 Казахстанских тенге 17,5964
14  R01350  124 CAD 1   Канадский доллар    61,4564
15  R01370  417 KGS 100 Киргизских сомов    90,6315
16  R01375  156 CNY 1   Китайский юань  12,1011
17  R01500  498 MDL 10  Молдавских леев 42,5871
18  R01535  578 NOK 10  Норвежских крон 87,3887
19  R01565  985 PLN 1   Польский злотый 19,1848
20  R01585F 946 RON 1   Румынский лей   17,6173
21  R01589  960 XDR 1   СДР (специальные права заимствования)   107,8943
22  R01625  702 SGD 1   Сингапурский доллар 56,9237
23  R01670  972 TJS 10  Таджикских сомони   68,0564
24  R01700J 949 TRY 10  Турецких лир    56,4318
25  R01710A 934 TMT 1   Новый туркменский манат 21,9942
26  R01717  860 UZS 10000   Узбекских сумов 71,0569
27  R01720  980 UAH 10  Украинских гривен   27,0835
28  R01760  203 CZK 10  Чешских крон    35,7251
29  R01770  752 SEK 10  Шведских крон   84,0942
30  R01775  756 CHF 1   Швейцарский франк   83,9280
31  R01810  710 ZAR 10  Южноафриканских рэндов  49,7185
32  R01815  410 KRW 1000    Вон Республики Корея    64,4672
33  R01820  392 JPY 100 Японских иен    67,1967


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Member Research and Reports May 4, 2016
Columbia Researchers Study Bacterial Infections among New York City-born Infants
Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene studied the reported cases of bacterial infections among infants in New York City to identify the populations at risk for this preventable cause of morbidity. Findings indicated there were distinct patterns of risk factors among infants born to mothers of Asian/Pacific Islander descent and, of Chinese background in particular, who resided in Brooklyn, New York, for example. The study is published online in the Journal of Pediatrics. For the first author, Ms. Beth Isaac (MPH '14, now at NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene), this began as her Epidemiology practicum and MPH thesis at Mailman.
[Photo: Dr. Stephen S. Morse]
Live births in New York City from 2001-2009 were matched to reported cases of bacterial infections among infants less than one year of age. Characteristics recorded on birth certificates were compared between infants with bacterial enteric infections (usually foodborne), bacterial nonenteric infections (such as strep, or pertussis — whooping cough), and no reported bacterial infection.
A bacterial infection was reported in 4.6 cases per 1000 live births. Enteric infections were generally the most common. Of 4524 infants with a reportable infection, 63 percent had an enteric infection. Asian/Pacific Islanders in Brooklyn had the highest enteric infection rate (8.5 per 1000 live births). In contrast, infants with nonenteric infections were more likely to have low birthweight, mothers characterized as U.S.-born and be of African-American or white Hispanic race ethnicity. "This study shows clear differences in patterns of disease and risk factors in different populations in the city," said Dr. Stephen S. Morse, professor of epidemiology at the Mailman School. "This can help to target interventions where they'll do the most good."
Salmonellosis was the most frequent infection, at 39 percent of all infections reported, both across the entire study period and for every year of birth. The five infections with the highest incidence (salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, Group B Strep, pertussis, and chlamydia) comprised 85 percent of all reported infant bacterial infections, with salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis constituting nearly 61 percent. Of all infants reported with bacterial infection, 63 percent met the definition for enteric infection. Thirteen infants were reported with both enteric and nonenteric bacterial infections.
Citywide, infants with enteric infections were disproportionately male, from higher poverty neighborhoods, born to foreign-born mothers, and enrolled in Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or Medicaid.
Studies typically focus on identifying risk factors for individual diseases, according to the researchers. "This study demonstrates how linking different data sources – in this case, public health surveillance data and birth records – can provide new insights," noted Dr. Morse.
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Nationalparken Mljet (Nacionalni park Mljet) är en nationalpark i södra Kroatien som omfattar den västligaste delen av ön Mljet. Nationalparken har en yta på 5 378 ha och bildades den 11 november 1960.

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June 2019, Page 1-135
Seraji, M., khaleghi, H. (2019). A Numerical Study of the Effect of Aspect Ratio on Heat Transfer in an Annular Flow Through a 270-Degree Curved Pipe.. Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 53(1), 101-110. doi: 10.22059/jchpe.2019.275316.1268
Mohammad Hossein Seraji; Hasan khaleghi. "A Numerical Study of the Effect of Aspect Ratio on Heat Transfer in an Annular Flow Through a 270-Degree Curved Pipe.". Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 53, 1, 2019, 101-110. doi: 10.22059/jchpe.2019.275316.1268
Seraji, M., khaleghi, H. (2019). 'A Numerical Study of the Effect of Aspect Ratio on Heat Transfer in an Annular Flow Through a 270-Degree Curved Pipe.', Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 53(1), pp. 101-110. doi: 10.22059/jchpe.2019.275316.1268
Seraji, M., khaleghi, H. A Numerical Study of the Effect of Aspect Ratio on Heat Transfer in an Annular Flow Through a 270-Degree Curved Pipe.. Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 2019; 53(1): 101-110. doi: 10.22059/jchpe.2019.275316.1268
A Numerical Study of the Effect of Aspect Ratio on Heat Transfer in an Annular Flow Through a 270-Degree Curved Pipe.
Article 9, Volume 53, Issue 1, June 2019, Page 101-110	 PDF (696.29 K)
DOI: 10.22059/jchpe.2019.275316.1268
Mohammad Hossein Seraji; Hasan khaleghi
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
In the present paper, a three dimensional annular developing incompressible laminar flow through 270- degree curved pipe is numerically simulated. The dimensionless governing equations of continuity, momentums and energy are driven in toroidal coordinates. The governing equations are discretized by projection algorithm using forward difference in time and central difference in space. A three-dimensional computer code together with a grid generation program are developed in toroidal coordinates by which the present results were obtained.There is a non-uniform heat source q˝=Be^Aθ in the solid core and the outer wall is assumed to be adiabatic. Considering the effect of Reynolds number on thermo-hydraulic properties such as formation of secondary flow and axial velocity, it is possible to increase heat transfer using a non-uniform heat flux instead of the uniform one. The numerical results indicated that the average Nusselt number is increased by non- uniform heat flux compared with the uniform one assuming that both have the same average flux values. Also, the results indicate heat transfer increases as the aspect ratio is reduced.
Curved pipe; non-uniform heat source; Projection algorithm; Toroidal coordinates; Annular flow
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Re #TimesUp let's start with the basics Why does the #Oscar statue still look like a mandroid? Has anyone thought of renaming him ?? Something less obviously blokey perhaps. And maybe redesign the statue? Again, something less blokey perhaps??? Less, dare I say, binary?? ?
Really, Magda? Aside from the fact that "gender" is only relevant when it's convenient to your argument, are you really suggesting the basics of the #MeToo movement is the removal of icons that may appear a little too masculine for your taste? I mean, the statue doesn't even have genitalia! It all comes back to a "Politically Incorrect" assumption that women don't have broad shoulders. Isn't that insinuation a little hypocritical and rather bigoted, considering the "community" you claim to represent, Magda?
Furthermore, what we see here is that it no longer matters if you're a sexual offender or not. If you're a male, you're part of the problem. And an image of a male inherently represents inequality, injustice, and apparently the basics of the #MeToo revolt. All that said, however, Magda can rest assured, she'll most likely never have to bring one of those icons of oppression into her home.


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BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19
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Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19
From: punkfolkrocker
"We are talking about sticking needles into people, lest we forget"
But it's just a tiny prick.
So small and inconsequential most folks probably wouldn't even feel it going in, or being pulled back out.
It's not like you'd be having a giant dildo rammed up your arse without lubrication.
which is more like the scale of discomfort all this pathetic hysterical anti-needle whining conjurs up...
F@cking snowflakes...!!! [yes, us lefties can use that insulting word as well...]
.. and anyway, there are effective alternative injections in development and practice,
which don't use needles.
Ok, I'm a a bit squeamish about having blood samples taken.
But am never at all bothered by injections..
I'm a big brave boy...
While nearly all things are possible, a novelist would have to consider that in the unvaccinated ignorant population there is a possibility that they are more prone to evolutionary DNA responses to pandemic by factors previously mentioned. Yes instead of a curse there could be a blessing in refusing vaccine. No this is not ammunition for conspiracy theorists but is just a very remote possibility that an open mind could consider. Of course the cost is millions of needless deaths in the short run. Bottom line, it was just an interesting thought I hold in personal distain.
I'll get me 'over thinking it' hat.
A passing thought...
We as homo sapiens differ by a tenth to a hundredth of one degree and compared to Chimps differ by 1 full percent.
This not a scientific observation but I have a question that a diversty of 24% of us refusing vaccination has an effect on the species at large. Pandemics have changed us before in terms of those more suited for survival. 24% of us are not dying off but perhaps in a smaller way our DNA will have changes that would not appear without pandemic. Exogenetic factors could in be in play as well as ancient genes turning on or off. We are not seeing a subspecies going extinct but we may be changed in ways as a species we may not know.
26 million kids 5-11 in the US are to be vaccinated. A quarter of them will not get the shot as a result of parental opinion.
Republicans REJOICE ! Future cures and profits lift hearts.
A Florida man discovers that smoking crack cocaine cures Covid 19. He said "Its way better than Ivermectin". Miami Circuit Court Judge Yahwright did not order the man's Doctor to prescribe huge doses of Cocaine, unlike the Jacksonville judge who ordered Physicians to prescribe Ivermectin. I guess a JD outranks an MD. :^/
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034947315/ivermectin-ohio-hospital-order-judge
From: gillymor
The Washington State U. football coach along with 4 of his assistants was fired the other day for refusing to be vaccinated. He had a couple of months to do his research and, after dithering a bit, went for a religious exemption that was denied.
from the BBC
Pat Chun, the AD said "Our priority has been and will continue to be the health and well being of the young men in our team." It was obviously not the priority of their former coach. Let's hope this resonates with other non-vaxxers.
With my face it may not be a bad thing...
From: Steve Shaw
I have absolutely no problem with people being *encouraged* to do anything, including wearing a mask. As I said, this thing is with us for the rest of our lives, and hands up all those who want to be hiding half their faces for the rest of their lives...
From: Senoufou
Husband has just done his lateral flow test (every Sunday and Wednesday) and thank God it's negative again. He has to do nine hours of heavy cleaning work during lesson-times and evenings at the high school, where all the pupils & teachers wear a mask. He's given a mask and a visor plus disposable rubber gloves to perform his work. Being BAME he is more vulnerable to Covid.
When he gets home, he showers and cleans himself, plus changes all his clothes.
I can't imagine how I'd feel if the poor chap had refused any vaccinations. But (thank God again!) he has had two AZ ones and awaits the booster shortly, as do I. Also, he's very determined to wear a disposable mask (as am I) when we go to the supermarket.
Now imagine if he was a refusenik anti-vaxxer, contracted the virus and generously passed it to me. I have a heart condition, am elderly and he could be the cause of my demise.
We both take this very seriously, and feel that everyone should be encouraged to accept the vaccine. And wear a mask. Or risk death after infecting other people.
I quite enjoy the background stuff but then again, I'm a lightweight :-D
Maybe you can find the nitty-gritty by following a Google trail from her Wiki entry?
No good me looking. I'd fall off my chair after the first page!
It's a good yarn, Dave, but it doesn't exactly tell us how our behaviour should be informed by the findings. We get a lot about stuff like her daughter at the gym, her floods of tears, dramatic wakenings, etc., instead. I was kind of waiting for the big denouement, i.e., WEAR A BLOODY MASK! ....but it never came...
Popular science often seems to talk down to people, thinking that they'll only pay attention if mucho colour is added. It's a shame, because it often means that the baby is thrown down the plug'ole with the bathwater...
Absolutely fascinating article on how the WHO and some scientists got how the virus spread wrong.
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
We know that scientists do get it wrong sometimes and the article shows that once it is wrong, it can be difficult to put right.
What must have happened, she thought, was that after Wells died, scientists inside the CDC conflated his observations. They plucked the size of the particle that transmits tuberculosis out of context, making 5 microns stand in for a general definition of airborne spread. Wells' 100-micron threshold got left behind. "You can see that the idea of what is respirable, what stays airborne, and what is infectious are all being flattened into this 5-micron phenomenon," Randall says. Over time, through blind repetition, the error sank deeper into the medical canon.
Once people admit they were wrong through things can be fixed.
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 30, the WHO quietly updated a page on its website. In a section on how the coronavirus gets transmitted, the text now states that the virus can spread via aerosols as well as larger droplets.
I am not qualified to assess the impact of this but I still find the study very interesting.
Its simple.
I have an old small pox scar so most of you don't have to have one.
We are in the same pickle here in Blighty as we were a year ago. Case numbers are going through the roof and hospitals are coming under pressure. It seems that as yet unvaccinated schoolchildren are the main drivers of this spike. The death rate is rising but, because of the vaccines, is only a small fraction of what it was last autumn. Like last year, voices abound, including many from in the NHS, which are trying to get the government to act immediately. Like last year, that isn't happening.
Well Johnson told us in July that there was no going back to the restrictions we endured last winter and spring. The big difference from last year is that we have most of the country vaccinated. I think we should push hard to get children vaccinated (via information and persuasion). I don't think we should reimpose *mandatory* bubbles, social distancing and masks. I think we should be organising a massive public campaign which tells people to get vaccinated and how to be careful in public places, and give us the full information about how the virus spreads, what the risks are, how we can protect the vulnerable and what we should do if we feel unwell. The lateral flow test kits are free, easy to get hold of and have been shown to be reliable. I've yet to see a public service ad on TV showing people how to use the kits. All that sort of thing. Ordering people to wear masks, to stay away from their loved ones' homes and cancelling Christmas simply won't wash again with the public. Compliance with the rules erodes away every time restrictions are imposed. They are no longer the way to get people onboard. Just for once I agree with the governments reluctance, but I have yet to see that huge public campaign that I believe would be by far the best way forward. We have to live with this virus for the rest of our lives and we do have to live those lives.
Yes, I know what you were saying, but you do at least know that the contaminated clothing and bedding came from a smallpox victim, so not hidden in the same sense as COVID-19 being hidden by the fact that it can transmit under cover from asymptomatic people, which could be around one infected person in three. As for needing to be more careful with covid-19, well we can hardly say for ANY potentially fatal infection that we should be more careful or less careful (or more careless) with one than with the other. Ethics, and all that. It's worth contemplating that the mortality rate (a term fraught with difficulty, though probably easier for smallpox as it is such an obvious and prominent infection when someone has it) for smallpox was around 30%, whereas for Covid-19 the mortality rate is in single numbers or less (fraught because we can't simply divide the number of confirmed cases by number of deaths, as many cases go unreported - mild symptoms or symptoms not recognised - or are asymptomatic). That is not in any way an argument for being either more careful or less careful. We must be as careful as it is humanly and practically possible to be. What we are arguing about here is the degree to which each step we take is either not enough, too much, or not required. As there's some evidence that transmission from hands or surfaces is possible (live virus has been harvested from those surfaces), sanitation is a no-brainer. Making every effort to keep your distance and to avoid crowded confined spaces, as we know that airborne is the main means of transmission, no-brainer. Taking the vaccine, far and away the best thing that everyone can do. Walking around with a damp rag on your face, that is infected if you're infected and doing very little if you're not, well I'm not sure about that. We'll never get rid of this virus so we have to decide how we are going to live with it for the rest of our lives. For the rest of our lives, right?
From: Charmion
Steve, my point is that smallpox doesn't have to be seen to be a threat.
Indeed, COVID is more contagious. That should make us more cautious, not less.
The word "foolhardy" was intended after "right or wrong."
Well I have no idea what you mean by public activities. I can only guess at the intended scope. Perhaps, instead of calling people with carefully measured and carefully considered opinions, right or wrong, you could stop the kind of misinformation which is constantly peddled here. There is a large error in the post of 04.25pm for example, that can be checked in ten seconds, from a person I never see you criticising. I submit to you that a closely-argued opinion, capable of being civilly disagreed with, is far less damaging than blatant misinformation.
Foolhardy devil's advocate posts abound here lately, supporting the rights of the ignorant to continue being able to infect others.
Vaccines should be compulsory for most public activities, with the occasional MEDICAL excuse. Never a religious excuse.
I mentioned tons of small pox virus had been stockpiled. that is litterally TONS! When you consider how 'light' virus are and that small pox is 50 to 80% fatal it is alot of small pox.
We hear how airplane crashes are miniscule compared to the number of flights ,it doesn't feel that way when I watch Air Disasters tv shows with hundreds of crash investigations. Like Stilly says its 3 giant air buses crashing everyday with no survivors when it comes to Covid in this country alone.
Fairy Nuff. I didn't spot the compulsory bit. I do disagree about it being compulsory for all. However, to do certain things there have always been rules. To ride a motorbike, you must wear a helmet. To care for vulnerable people, you must have the vaccine. Overly simple maybe but provides clarity at least.
Eliza appeared to be advocating compulsory universal vaccination, Dave. You may be talking about coercion with regard to employment, not compulsion, but when your livelihood is at stake the line between them is as fine as can be. I also see a possible legal and moral argument that employers should not be able to alter contracts on this particular issue in a one-sided way. We are talking about sticking needles into people, lest we forget... We can't stop employers declining to take on vaccination refuseniks, but I'm very troubled about the potential ability to sack them.
Yes, Charmion, I know that, but it shouldn't divert from my overall point that the campaigns against smallpox and COVID-19 are not comparable, because smallpox is far less catching and COVID-19 can transmit under cover, which smallpox can't. Different strategies are needed, and smallpox was abolished without compulsion and without universal vaccination. The one doesn't inform the other very well.
I may sound angry at times but through it all is the foundation of the preciousness of humanity. I know some people do not have any empathy like some are bald and some aren't. Most of us have to care for the empathy free folks despite their unrequited empathy. We can 'knit them a hat' and wish for the best.
I don't think anyone is advocating holding people down and forcing them, Steve. Bit of a straw man then. And surely, your point about not having to travel apples equally to a chosen profession. People in health care can choose another occupation if they don't want to be vaccinated. Yes, yes, I know there is a shortage and that is likely to make matters worse. I am just pointing out that they are not being forced to have the vaccine, just like international travellers can choose not to.
Among the irrational macho anti mandate and vaccine personalities are the Police. It is the leading cause of death for police officers in the last 2 years. In Chicago many cops are willing to go on unpaid leave for their delusion.
They were willing to lie and claim a religious or libertaian objection exception. Could it be that police have a relationship with death that is quite different from you or me? Probably.
Death Wish 19 might be a psyche disease like a cancer that intertwines between duty, honor, devotion and strength. But not likely in my way of wondering.
Canadian public schools also require pupils to be vaccinated, and tested for contact with tuberculosis, too. The death toll from polio in particular is still fresh enough in memory to keep that regulation in place, reinforced by the damage done by occasional outbreaks of red measles. People who object to that mandate have to find private schools where the administration shares their opinions -- an expensive proposition -- or home-school their children.
Likewise, if you want to work in a Canadian restaurant, TB testing is mandatory. If you don't like it, tough.
The threat of smallpox is not limited to close contact with the sick in the acute stage of infection; the virus survives in dried exudate on their clothes and bedding. (In quarantine hospitals, all such contaminated materials were burned.) Surely you've heard of the accusations of "germ warfare" levelled against the early British military government in Canada, based on the distribution of contaminated blankets to the neighbouring First Nations. That was in the 1760s, and I don't think that virus has changed its habits.
You made that decision for your children who were too young to decide for themselves. I made that decision for mine, too. I'm amazed that your schools can insist on a child's vaccination. Quite rightly ,the advocacy by schools here is strong, but enforcement is considered to be a step too far. As for travel, there are countries I can't go to unless I'm vaccinated against this, that or the other. Two things: first, you don't have to travel. If you don't, you don't have to get the vaccine. You still have that choice. Telling someone they'll lose their livelihood is somewhat less of a choice, to say the least. Second, it could be the country you're going to that does the insisting.
Incidentally, smallpox was eradicated by consent, and by no means everyone was vaccinated against it. I wasn't, and I don't know anyone at all who was (I'm 70, so was definitely of the time when smallpox was widespread). I should also like to point out several crucial differences between smallpox and the current coronavirus. Smallpox is not transmitted from person to person until the blisters appear. Every time, you can see the risk because you can see the blisters. With COVID-19, transmission is possible from people with no symptoms, which could be a third of all infected people. Smallpox is rarely transmitted through the air, unlike COVID-19, with which the air is its main means of transmission. Prolonged close contact in enclosed spaces is usually required for the transmission of smallpox, whereas such close contact and lengthy time periods are not required for COVID-19 to pass from person to person.
In a nutshell, smallpox was never as catching as COVID-19 is. That makes it a far easier (though still not too easy) disease to eradicate. It isn't especially instructive to compare the campaigns against these two diseases.
From: Mrrzy
Democracies don't force people to have needles stuck in them.
Bull. My kids had to be vaxxed to go to public achool. I have to get vaxxed to travel. Loads of vaxxes are compulsory.
And should be.
If people won't do it voluntarily yes democracies can make them.
And should.
So Eliza, you're in favour of pinning every refuser down so that they can be forcefully injected. I'm afraid I'm not with you.
I've responded to your rather silly and over-the-top similar post on the other thread, Donuel. Let's just say here that thank goodness I don't know any anti-maskers. I know a couple of anti-vaxxers round here who are weird in at least several other ways as well. They are impenetrable. Vaccine refuseniks are often just vaccine-unsure, vaccine-hesitant or vaccine-scared, or the victims of rumours and scare-stories. Those are the people we need to work on via education, reassurance and persuasion. Sticking needles into them while they kick and scream is simply not permissible. The state does not own people and we must preserve democracy. Those of you who support Facebook via your membership should consider that huge numbers of the refuseniks you are excoriating are refuseniks because of the sheer irresponsibility of the organisation which couldn't exist without you. Perhaps you could reflect on that before offering condemnatory opinions about people who just might be harbouring reasonable points of view that don't happen to concur with yours.
Subject: RE: BS: Whats your shortage- is it hype? Supply chain
"Anti mandate, mask & vax folks do not have a valid point in this time of a global health emergency.
You see anti mask folks rant against the obvious truth but they never see their own ravings as insane or contradictory. Sometimes the crazy don't know they are."
This is intemperate. Anti-mandate (a respectable viewpoint, right or wrong) and anti-vax folks (an utter disgrace) are completely different species. I don't know any anti-mask people personally. I know plenty of people who are against the compulsory wearing of masks but who respect the choice of others to wear masks. That's the camp I'm in. You are calling us insane, contradictory and crazy. You claim to know the obvious "truth." Well you don't, and neither do I. You can be a good lad and promote the precautionary principle and be respected for that, or you can insult people who happen not to agree with you.
Anti mandate, mask & vax folks do not have a valid point in this time of a global health emergency.
You see anti mask folks rant against the obvious truth but they never see their own ravings as insane or contradictory. Sometimes the crazy don't know they are.
Anti mask & vax folks do not have a valid point in this time of a global health emergency. Its like suicide and euthanasia are being practiced legally because unstable people are killing themselves and others with Covid. Killing without the permission of the uninfected should be punished as a special form of manslaughter. I approve of euthanasia only with the permission of the hopeless and suffering.
You hear anti mask folks rant against the obvious but they never see their own ravings as insane and/or contradictory.
First came inoculation developed in England for small pox then several lifetimes later Jenner made a small pox vaccine from a variant.
During the cold war the Soviet Union stockpiled TONS of small pox virus as a one two punch for nuclear annihilation strategy.
Eliza you have your finger on the pulse of certain men's insanity.
Lets hope you don't lose your touch.
I've just been reading up about the eradication of smallpox. Vaccination was worldwide, and in many places compulsory.
I was vaccinated as a child, and so was my husband in Cote d'Ivoire. We both have the small scars on our arms to prove it.
By concerted efforts around the world, smallpox was more-or-less eradicated, although there are from time to time very tiny outbreaks. I understand there is a large stockpile of vaccine, ready to tackle any future smallpox.
I realise the two diseases are not identical, but surely the history of smallpox eradication by dedicated vaccination should be an encouragement to introduce compulsory Covid jabs for all? It's such a tiny procedure, not painful, not dangerous. But Covid is bloomin' 'orrible and deadly. Seems obvious to me, but then I'm not a needlephobe or a refusnik.
From: Sandra in Sydney
Meanwhile in the state of Victoria in the land of Oz - https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/anti-lockdown-protester-accused-of-5g-tower-fire-plot-to-capture-premier-20211014-p5905y.html - An anti-lockdown protester accused of lighting a phone tower on fire because it carried 5G allegedly told police he dug a large hole in his backyard to imprison Premier Daniel Andrews ... A police prosecutor told the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Thursday evening that Mr Glover answered a September call-out in a chat group on encrypted messaging app Telegram called "Hoodlums of Melbourne Special Ops" ... "I'm down for special ops only if I get to burn something down." The chat group's administrator responded: "Those 5G towers would make a nice fire", to which Mr Glover allegedly replied, "my thinking exactly, I've made preparations already" ... (suspend disbelief & read on)
I can't do a blicky as there seems to be a problem on the paper's website - creating the blicky in both firefox & chrome leads to a 14 year old unrelated article on the site, very weird. Both URLS start with www.theage.com.au/national/ & then go off in very different directions.
One Of Life's Little Mysteries.
Dave, seat belts and crash helmets are not intrusive into the body (interesting that we never made cycle helmets compulsory...the winning arguments against compulsion were quite intriguing...). An injection forced on you is tantamount to assault. The sacked unvaccinated person is still free to circulate among the public to their heart's content. The risk is merely spread around, not eliminated. Far better to use reassurance, persuasion and countering information to the scaremongering stuff that made them refusers in the first place. We are well behind the curve on that and it's lamentable. I actually regard that as yet another government failure. What we agree on is that we would far rather see the carer get the vaccine. Democracies don't force people to have needles stuck in them.
I said I'd tell you when I disagreed, Steve. Seat belts are compulsory. Crash helmets are compulsory. Walking round town with your tackle out is banned. I cannot see a reason not to make Covid jabs compulsory unless there is a medical exemption.
Now this discussion should probably be taken to another thread. Although that is not compulsory
The caretaker should get the shot anyway. The COVID vaccine is not in any way related to a flu shot. Her bad, but it's a double-whammy, really too bad for the woman she works for who is dependent on the care she provides. I have no sympathy for that home health care worker, and the vaccine should be mandatory. She's risking several lives by not being vaccinated - she could infect her employer who sounds even less likely to survive COVID. Reckless endangerment in the workplace.
This is from today's Guardian. It's about how our crisis-ridden care sector is about to be struck by another lethal blow once the compulsory vaccine rule comes in next month:
Carol Thomas, a retired health academic who lives with multiple sclerosis, is about to lose not just a carer but a companion because of the government's "no jab, no job" policy.
Unless the policy is changed, which looks unlikely after the health secretary, Sajid Javid, this month told unjabbed care workers to "get out and get another job", the 62-year-old's days of being cared for by Debbie Vickers are numbered.
Vickers, who has more than a dozen years' experience in social care and the NHS, has become a friend as well as someone who hoists Thomas in and out of bed and undertakes the most personal of care for the former professor at Lancaster University's faculty of health and medicine.
But she is among tens of thousands of care home staff in England declining the vaccine who now face redundancy. Guardian analysis of the latest NHS data reveals the decision to make full Covid-19 vaccination a "condition of deployment" from 11 November is on course to force up to 38,000 staff out of care homes for older people, deepening a staffing crisis which is already causing care home closures and discharge backlogs in hospitals.
As of 10 October 12% of staff in older adult care homes were still not fully vaccinated, rising to more than one in five in areas including Birmingham, Manchester, Stoke and Hackney in London. A small number of these may be able to apply for medical exemptions.
Vickers said she was "no anti-vaxxer". Her decision comes because of an earlier adverse reaction to a flu jab. She may get a few weeks' grace, but she still faces redundancy from what Thomas believes is an ethically wrong and practically illogical "insulting, discriminatory blanket ban".
Many see the value in care workers being vaccinated, given Covid was involved in the deaths of 42,732 care home residents in England and Wales to the start of October. But with 105,000 care staff vacancies in England exacerbated by a slump in foreign workers arriving to fill the low-wage roles, operators are calling for a pause on the strict policy, which not does not apply to NHS staff.
Now tell me who you think is being irrational here...
Any evidence comparing schools, by the way, would be observational only (in other words, not based on controlled experimental investigation). Schools are diverse places in every way, and confounding factors would abound. It's no good turning a blind eye to this: every observational study I've seen with regard to masks has been confronted by this issue, and only the best of them even bother to admit to it. Another obstacle to credibility is small sample numbers. Observational studies on human behaviour can do little more than suggest further investigation. They can rarely lead us to rock-solid conclusions informing future action. I'm not saying that observation is useless. It's a valuable scientific tool, and for millennia it was the only tool we had. The potential pitfalls are huge. Observational science told us that the sun goes round the earth.
Such a helpful remark, Donuel.
Jeri at least you tried to provide evidence. There are cretins who never provide any for their stated opinion.
The thing about beliefs, Jeri, is that they don't have to be predicated on evidence. Science and belief are generally at odds should any conflict surface. I can be persuaded by evidence. Beliefs can be interesting...
I wish I could find data on the difference in the rate of covid infection between schools that mandate masks and those that don't. It's out there, I've heard it, but I don't know where to find it. There IS a big difference that indicates masks are effective.
Otherwise, when it comes to beliefs, It doesn't do any good to try to convince other people they're wrong.
" I think, but I don't know, that you're wrong about masks."
Gets the response:
"I have to say I don't admire your conviction that masks don't work, the "science" behind that belief is squishy, and I find your dismissal of them problematic. This opinion plays into the hands of the anti-vaxxers. I think it's (literally) a dead wrong belief."
So you think that when I say "I think, but I don't know..." it expresses a conviction, do you? Well I'm amazed at this apparent lack of understanding of plain English. You also misuse the word "belief" and I think you know it. One more time: mask-wearing (which I think should be voluntary in almost every circumstance beyond hospitals and care homes: in no way do I oppose or dismiss that) and vaccination are separate issues. At best I'm lukewarm about the one and a hearty supporter of the other. if you see any anti-vaxxer using my opinion about masks to support their case (you never will, but hey ho), well you know what to say to them.
So tell me how sacking people who still won't get the vaccine after they've been sacked and who then keep on going out into the big wide world is going to make that big wide world safer. It might make your workplace safer (or it might not) but you will have solved nothing in the wider scheme of things. I can see a case for being stricter with people who work with the vulnerable. Otherwise, try to remember that we live in a democracy, and, generally speaking, democracies don't try to force people to have needles stuck in them. Always persuasion, never compulsion. Information and education are the way to get doubters to agree to be vaccinated. We don't do very well with that, do we, preferring to let Facebook make gazillions and completely neglect their social responsibilities via the peddling of conspiracy theories and downright lies by its members.
My successor, a former employee of mine, told his people last spring that they could not come back to work without proof of vaccination or, failing that, until the pandemic subsided. His company does finish carpentry in the interiors of large homes, high rises, club houses and cruise ships in the presence of many other tradesmen so it was made clear that opting out of the vaccination was not negotiable if they wanted to keep working. He's a one man operation with no HR dept. and doesn't have time to be a nurse maid though he gets along very well with his people. His crew of about 15 or 16 all got vaxxed as soon as they could. Libertarian ideology might be appealing to armchair philosophers but in the real world it doesn't keep you, your workmates and your family safe. Now if you want to continue this you should take it to the COVID thread. I'm done.
From: steve_harris
"This should be a heads-up to those who think vaccine is enough - it isn't. We still need the whole protocol of continuing to social distance and #WearTheDamnMask!"
An argument I've heard (in UK) goes like this:
1. Now we have Delta, everyone is going to encounter the virus real soon now.
2. So, getting vaxed is a great idea as it reduces death/hospitalization as well as some infection and transmission.
3. Other mitigations slow the spread and might delay encountering the virus. But it will knock on your door eventually
4. One possible argument for other mitigations is that they help to "flatten the curve" and reduce peak demand for healthcare. But a flatter curve still has the same number of people under it - the whole thing just takes longer
5. Your best time for your inevitable first encounter with the virus is when your immunity is highest. For many people, that's a few weeks after their 2nd vax. I know someone cautious who is waiting for their third "booster" dose before going to Folk Club
I have to say I don't admire your conviction that masks don't work, the "science" behind that belief is squishy, and I find your dismissal of them problematic. This opinion plays into the hands of the anti-vaxxers. I think it's (literally) a dead wrong belief.
Masks not only help avoid contamination to others if we have the virus, and help prevent breathing in the virus from others, they serve as a reminder that we need to keep our distance and watch where we go indoors and what we touch.
I haven't heard anyone saying the vaccine is enough, but I have heard people saying, with complete justification, that the vaccine is by far the most important weapon. At the worst time in the pandemic, before vaccines (and before the delta variant) the UK was averaging well over a thousand deaths per day. We currently have extremely high infection rates, worryingly high, but the daily death toll hovers around 100, often fewer, in spite of social distancing and mask rules having been lifted three months ago, and hospital admissions are also well down. That's the vaccine, rock-solid and unarguable and pretty well quantifiable too. Social distancing, or keeping your distance, is a no-brainer for any transmissible infection and I'm sure that sanitisation plays a part when it can be shown that viruses can be transmitted on hands and surfaces (though it's amazing how many people don't bother any more). I think, but I don't know, that you're wrong about masks. I do admire your certainty.
What is definitely not enough is the obsession with getting all of us in our rich nations vaccinated and boostered whilst virtually ignoring the rest of the world. That won't work, and in the end, will work against us.


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A Banking Revolution For Small Business – UK's Nesta Challenges Fin Tech To Step Up To The Plate
By Forbes
Small business banking in the United Kingdom is about to undergo a radical shake-up, driven in part by pressure from the competition regulator.
In August last year, the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA)-announced a package of measures aimed at forcing banks to work harder for their customers. High on the list of reforms was a requirement for banks to adopt "open banking standards."
In practice this will mean that customer bank account information can be shared under a set of common standards, allowing third parties to offer data-driven services. Effectively, this make it much easier for financial technology companies to provide bank customers with innovative tools to help them manage their accounts, spending and investment. And as the markets regulator made clear in its report, small businesses in particular, stand to benefit from a move to open banking.
A Focus On SMEs
That's assuming, of course, that the move to open banking is matched by innovation on the part of the fin tech industry. In theory at least, that shouldn't be a problem. When faced with a big fat opportunity, the likelihood is that financial technology companies will jump at the chances to make use the rich well of data generated by bank account activity. But there is perhaps a question over the benefits to small business. Fin tech players might choose to focus their efforts on consumer services rather than SMES.
Throwing Down A Challenge
In a bid to encourage solutions that will benefit small firms, the UK's innovation agency NESTA has stepped in to offer £5m in prize money to encourage technology teamsto develop "open banking" products that will be of direct benefit to SMEs.
Dubbed the "Open Up" Challenge, the initiative will unfold over two stages. In March this year, NESTA will invite entries (through to May) and in July a shortlisted group of twenty teams will be given £50,000 each to develop products based on their proposals. At the end of the year, 10 winners will share a £1m pot of money. Stage two begins in 2018, with a further prize of £2m open to five teams.
Defined Goals
The "challenge" model – setting a task and providing money to help innovators come up with solutions – certainly isn't new, but what it does do is provide technology teams with a mix of cash and focus to encourage them to work towards a goal defined by the sponsor.
But is it necessary to do this in the fin tech arena? After all, the UK and London in particular is an acknowledged center of financial innovation. Established by an Act of Parliament, NESTA is a charitable body charged with encouraging innovation through investment, and policy research. Why should the organisation deploy money to fund research that could equally well be supported by angels or VCs?
SME Requirements
As Open Up Challenge Prize Lead, Chris Gorst explains, the initiative was set up to focus fin tech teams on the particular requirements of SMEs. "Small and medium sized businesses face problems in three areas," he says. "Namely: time, money and capital."
Thus, NESTA is looking for proposals that will help managers and business owners address these issues. For instance, apps or services that analyse account activity and apply predictive algorithms to help business owners see possible cash flow pain points well in advance and take action accordingly. Equally, the product might help SMEs to identify and access sources of finance more easily, using bank account data to match the business with appropriate lenders or investors.
Equally important, Gorst believes the prize will put SME requirements on the radar screens of fin tech companies. "Open Up may help to push them towards an area that they might not previously have been interested in," he says.
Gorst stresses that the challenge is open to fin tech companies from around the world and not just in the UK. Startups are welcome to apply but unlike some challenges Open Up is not exclusively focused on companies at the start of their journey. Indeed, fin tech teams with a track record may well provide the best fit with the criteria set out by NESTA.
In particular, NESTA/Open Up will be looking for proposals that offer genuine user benefits to SMEs when open banking arrives in 2018. Applicants and entrants will be assessed by a panel of judges, which will include fin tech experts and also a business owner with no direct connection with financial services.
Let's fast forward a couple of years. Both phases have run their course and the prizewinners of the second stage are banking their money. From the point of view of an innovation agency, what does success look like?
"We would hope that when the second phase is over, the winners will have products that are ready for the market," says Gorst. "Indeed, we envisage that the prize money might be used to market the product. We would like to see products having a real foothold in the market and delivering real benefits."
First appeared at Forbes
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