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Best Snorkeling in Oahu
There are some really great spots for snorkeling in Oahu, but you'll have to venture beyond Waikiki Beach to be rewarded with amazing underwater sights.
By Diana Lambdin Meyer
There are some really great spots for snorkeling in Oahu, but you'll have to venture beyond the famed Waikiki Beach to find them. You'll be rewarded with amazing underwater sights, from a sea turtle "cleaning station" to playful spinner dolphins to colorful coral formations.
When planning for your Hawaii vacation, remember to pack sunscreen that will not harm the coral reefs or the magnificent sea creatures you interact with while you're snorkeling. Look for something without oxybenzone and octinoxate. Here are 15 reef-safe sunscreens to try.
Also, be aware that waves in Hawaii can get fairly big on the north shore in the winter months and in the south in the summer months. Be alert to conditions before going out in the ocean.
Hanauma Bay, a protected wildlife park, is one of the most popular snorkeling spots on Oahu.Shutterstock
Hands down the most popular spot for snorkeling in Oahu, Hanauma Bay State Park is a protected wildlife park. The area is also sheltered from ocean waves, which means it's teeming with marine life including porcupine fish, trumpet fish and damsel fish.
As a part of the education initiative at the park, first-time visitors are required to watch a nine-minute video that describes the fragile eco-system of the bay. Parking is limited so your best bet is a shuttle available from many Waikiki hotels. Also note the park is closed on Tuesdays.
Makaha Bay
On Oahu's west shore, there's an area off this beach where sea turtles come to take a bath. Algae-eating fish like tangs and wrasse hang out here, waiting to eat the barnacles off the shells. Turtles congregate and wait patiently during their cleaning, a necessary step to keep them swimming quickly and efficiently.
To ensure you get a front-row viewing of this amazing spectacle of nature, book a snorkeling tour with Sail Hawaii. Join their highly educated marine biologists on the Best of the West tour, and you may also pilot whales.
Kuilima Cove
Located near Turtle Bay Beach Resort on the north shore, this sheltered little cove is ideal for children and beginning snorkelers.
In addition to lots of colorful fish, you'll see some pristine coral in these clear waters. Keep an eye out for the humuhumunukunukuapuaa, the state fish of Hawaii.
The parking lot is on the grounds of Turtle Bay Beach Resort. Remember, all Hawaii beaches are open to the public, so enjoy.
At Shark's Cove, spot plenty of tropical fish amid the unique rock formations.Shutterstock
Located on the north shore, Shark's Cove is an interesting snorkeling spot not only for the tropical fish and marine life, but also for the fabulous underwater rock formations.
Despite what the name suggests, there's very little chance that you'll encounter a shark here. High surf season is October through April, so be alert for heavy waves in this rocky cove.
If you enjoy coral, you'll love this spot on the north shore, a part of the Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District. Right away, you'll see three large, flat coral formations in the water that look like three tables (hence the name).
The beach is sandy, but very quickly becomes covered in coral as you enter the water. Snorkel near the "tables" to see the best sights. Plan your visit during the summer months, when the swimming conditions are calmer. It's also important to be alert to waves and surges — this is not necessarily a good spot for inexperienced swimmers.
Waimea Bay might be better known as a top surfing destination in the winter months. But this spot on the north shore offers some of the best snorkeling in Oahu during the summer months because of the perfect turquoise waters.
You know who else likes Waimea Bay? Spinner dolphins. They feed at night and come here in the day to rest. Get here early for a good parking spot.
Lanikai Beach
Visit Lanikai Beach in the morning for the best snorkeling conditions.Shutterstock
You may not find the best snorkeling in Oahu on the east side of the island, thanks to trade winds and waves stirring up the sand and ruining the visibility.
But if you get to Lanikai Beach in the morning, you'll see lots of live coral and a variety of fish when snorkeling conditions are good. When not, just relax and enjoy a fabulous white-sand beach — Lanikai translates as "heavenly sea," and for good reason.
Kahe Point Beach Park
The locals call this Electric Beach because of the nearby energy plant. The outflow of warm water from the cooling mechanism of the plant attracts marine life to the area. Spinner dolphins love this area on Oahu's west side north of the Ko Olina resorts.
Kaena Point State Park
Get away from the crowds at this beach on Oahu's west side. The beach is so postcard perfect that you may forget about snorkeling, but don't.
Although you might not see as many fish here as in other Hawaii snorkeling spots, you won't find clearer water anywhere around the islands.
Queens Beach and San Souci Beach
While Waikiki Beach may not be known for the best snorkeling in Oahu, the two areas where you'll find plenty of fish are Queens Beach and San Souci Beach.
This is a marine life conservation area, so there are a lot of fish, although the visibility is not always great. The beaches are located across from the Honolulu Zoo, south of many of the hotels.
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When foreign policy wonks make money
The need for a new ethics in the ideas industry
President-elect Joe Biden, left, listens as his nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, speaks in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 24. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.
Dec. 1, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
As the sun sets on Donald Trump's presidency, an army of pundits is amassing, pondering how to avoid his administration's enormous ethical lapses going forward. My Post colleague Brian Klaas recently noted that "Trump's presidency has shown that many of the norms designed to bind presidents to proper and ethical conduct are about as robust as handcuffs made of spaghetti."
One of the ways that eroding norms can be reinforced is to codify them into law. Another way is to resuscitate their power in succeeding administrations.
This brings us to the Biden administration-to-be and how to interpret questions about possible ethical issues in new appointees. It did not take long for those questions to be raised. Over the Thanksgiving break, the New York Times reported on the links between Joe Biden's incoming foreign policy team and a consulting firm named WestExec Advisors.
The firm was founded by the nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and possible defense secretary nominee Michèle Flournoy, among others. The links between WestExec and previous government service are not subtle. WestExec is a shortening of the West Wing and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building that houses most of the White House staff. The first thing one sees on the WestExec Advisors website is the motto "Bringing the Situation Room to the Boardroom" overlaying pictures of Flournoy and Blinken.
The Times's Eric Lipton and Kenneth P. Vogel detail what they know about WestExec and their clients. According to Lipton and Vogel, the very existence of this firm raises questions: "They bring with them questions about whether they might favor or give special access to the companies they had worked with in the private sector. Those questions do not go away, ethics experts say, just because the officials cut their ties to their firms and clients, as the Biden transition team says its nominees will do."
To address these questions, three fundamental realities need to be stipulated. The first is that even though the Trump administration made a mockery of ethics in the executive branch, subsequent administrations should not get a pass. One could plausibly argue that Trump's success in 2016 rested on the widespread perception that the Beltway was an ethical quagmire that needed to be drained. Just because Trump did the opposite of that does not mean populists will not make a similar play in subsequent elections. Furthermore, there is the intrinsic value of having policymakers who appreciate the importance of ethics in dealing with, say, Saudi Arabia's role in Yemen or Nike and Coca-Cola's role in Xinjiang, China.
The second is that the career paths of foreign policy wonks have fundamentally shifted over the past two decades or so. It used to be the case that when national security officials left an administration, they would find a sinecure in a think tank or university center to bide their time. Before that, the Eastern establishment was sufficiently well off so that money was not a concern.
In the 21st-century ideas industry, there is simply more money to be made in strategic consultancies like WestExec. Blinken and Flournoy are merely following a trail blazed first by Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, Madeleine Albright, Sandy Berger, Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley and Robert Gates.
The third is that it is not clear whether any laws can prevent this sort of thing. As the Times story notes, these strategic consultancies are in themselves a reaction to ethics legislation designed to ban direct forms of lobbying. Eliminate this option and I guarantee you a new ecosystem of firms will emerge that is designed to do similar tasks without violating the law.
So, what is to be done? A Biden official told the Times that Blinken and any other appointees "would leave the firms if they had not already done so, sell their ownership stakes and make 'proper' client disclosures."
Divesting one's holdings would be the single-most important step to assure observers of a commitment to acting ethically.
There is no perfect solution to this problem. Hiring consultants raises legitimate conflict-of-interest concerns, but not hiring them cuts into the bench strength of both parties.
It would be nice to see both parties construct a set of norms regarding this kind of employment in between government service. With the GOP too busy with producing as much hypocrisy as humanly possible, however, it is hard to be optimistic about the development of any new norms in this area.

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Back-to-School Fashion: How Creators are Influencing What Students Will Wear This School Year
May 20, 2022 - Published by: Andrew Chen
Although the school year is only just coming to a close, believe it or not, it's already time to start planning for the new school year. With both competition and demand for back-to-school goods at all-time highs, it's never been more crucial to cut through the clutter and reach your audience. Find out how brands will influence back-to-school fashion this year by tapping into strategic creator partnerships!
When to Start Thinking About Back-to-School Shopping
When we hear the term back-to-school, most think of the Fall as students physically return to class. However, with regards to back-to-school shopping, the bulk of it begins right after the Fourth of July with sales ramping up through the month of July, peaking in August, and tapering off around mid-September.
Back-to-School Demographics to Focus on
The back-to-school shopping market includes students of all ages. However, most of a family's spend is on older teens and college-aged students as more supplies, clothes, and electronics are required. This is an important distinction for marketers because students between the ages of 13-24 (Gen Z) also spend a significant amount of time on social media.
As a result, marketers must understand the role social media creators play in shaping students' shopping behaviors as they prepare to go back to school. Although many students won't be spending their own money, 93% of parents say their Gen Z children influence their household purchases. That means back-to-school influencer marketing campaigns can effectively and significantly impact household purchasing decisions. Through strategic creator marketing campaigns, brands will influence what students wear across the world this back-to-school season.
Starting now, marketers need to identify influencers who:
Reach their target audience demographics whether it be based on location, age, or gender.
Create authentic content that consumers can trust.
Share values that align with theirs, their audience, and the brand.
Finding the right influencer who checks off all these boxes can be like finding a needle in a haystack. That's why Captiv8 is here to help marketers find the back-to-school influencer marketing partnership that yields the best results.
Don't Forget About the Parent and Family Creators
Although people are widely aware of the large amount of time many teens spend on social media, it's important not to forget about the adults in the household. In 2021, 92% of moms used social media, resulting in a growth rate of 5% from 2020! Even more important, 80% of moms say they use social media for product recommendations. Therefore, leveraging strategic partnerships for product recommendations and testimonials can really pay off for brands that want to sell products targeted at younger audiences!
In conclusion, brands will attempt to influence back-to-school fashion this year through strategic creator partnerships. By leveraging creators adept at reaching their target audience, they will cut through the clutter and competition to reach their target audience on social media. Interested in learning how to be the brand that's in style this back-to-school season? Schedule a planning session with our experts today!
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Marisol and Christian had the most fun/crunk/lit wedding at Buffet Roma (lol, aight imma stop before I get all Miami on everyone) . This wedding was about two things- love and good times.
I mean, all weddings are fun, but I think what made this one different was that the playlist brought me back to my youth, (think 90s rap and rnb) , all the good oldies, and just the right mix of new hits. Not only that, but the crowd just didn't stop. They reminded me of all my friends and family so I felt very much at home.
Everyone was so happy to see these two get married and they definitely expressed it, which is always fun.
There was also a buffet at the beginning of the reception with so much good food. This definitely helped make it one of my favorites, lol.
Marisol and Christian have this kind of love that makes you smile when you look at them. I remember smiling the entire time I was photograhing them. I love the way they look at each other. I also love that there are only about 3 people that seem to make Christian smile and Mari is the first of them.
I've spoken many times before about couples that mark my heart. This is one of these couples. Christian and Mari, thank you so much for choosing me to document this day.


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When the test program below is compiled with /64 /checkmate and run in SDBG64 and run until Line-16, the first executable statement in the subroutine, the variables pane shows n = 4214920, and indi = [37813896, 0, 4214920, 0, 37813916]. Note that the third element has the same value shown as for n. Hovering the mouse pointer over 'n' in the source line also displays the incorrect value 4214920.
If the EXE is run from the command line, the output results are correct, so I suspect that it is just the variable display in the debugger that is a bit mixed up.
The entire problem disappears if the subroutine is CONTAINed in the program.
Small overall view problems: Why two lines are in red by the way? And what the red lines are showing after the program ended? What purpose is for wide gray border on the top, this has to be eliminated and the window moved up to see its bottom line which are jammed (not shown here). Shown here is only 1/3 of the window (monitor width is 3840) i can not decrease in size.
SDBG64 does have odd UI behavior in some respects. As Robert wrote, don't use /undef (or /checkmate) in combination with /debug (until the bug is fixed).
The gray "border" that you wrote about is really a portion of the "canvas", i.e., background on which the source, stack and variable "panes" are placed. If you move the source pane down, you will see more gray space.
Program execution stops after the END statement is "executed". Unfortunately, if you don't have a blank line between the END of the main program and the SUBROUTINE line, the red bar will be on the SUBROUTINE line when execution is complete, which is confusing.
Choosing "Find Routine" pops up a small window with source file name and line number, but clicking on that line crashes SDBG64.
If you resize a source code pane, reducing the width causes strange behavior: characters beyond the right edge of the narrowed pane are wrapped over to the next line, but the first few wrapped characters remain hidden. You may also see the wrapped characters mixed up with the pre-existing characters on that next line.
My wish list: 1. Being able to restart and continue.
2. File->Open should do something.
3. Show X87 and SSE registers in Registers, by default or if requested.
Do you see double red line ? May be this is the issue with my wide 4k monitor only, SDBG does not calculate line length correctly. When I resize the main source window just little bit the double red line immediately disappear.
so I did not use /undef and /debug simultaneously, and these bugs are still there. Do you see and confirm these bugs ?


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Q: Python module 'scm' has no attribute 'Open' I have a third party pyd file called "scm.pyd". I have added this file and DLL file into PYTHONPATH.
import scm -> works
scm.Open() -> prints " module 'scm' has no attribute 'Open' " error.
I'm sure there's a function called Open(). When I use DLL version of scm with ctypes the Open() function works.
I want to use pyd file since function prototypes are ready to use and they have python syntax.
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Meeting Coverage > ASH: Hematology
Sickle Cell Disease: Ex Vivo Cell Therapy Shines in Early Study
— Normalizes hemoglobin in five patients, no vaso-occlusive episodes with up to 18 months of follow-up
by John Gever, Managing Editor, MedPage Today December 10, 2019
ORLANDO -- Transforming sickle cell disease patients' marrow cells ex vivo to promote production of fetal hemoglobin in place of defective forms of the oxygen-carrying protein was safe and showed strong signs of durable efficacy in a phase I study reported here.
The treatment targets a transcription factor called BCL11A, a repressor of so-called gamma-globin that plays a key role in infants' transition from fetal to adult hemoglobin, explained Erica Esrick, MD, of Children's Hospital Boston, during a late-breaker presentation at the American Society of Hematology's annual meeting.
By knocking down BCL11A, marrow cells can resume producing fetal hemoglobin, which functions like normal hemoglobin in blood cells, she told attendees. The treatment is effectively an autologous bone marrow transplant, with peripheral stem cell mobilization and harvest, a myeloablative conditioning regimen, and then reinfusion of the transformed cells.
Esrick and colleagues used a so-called shmiR-lentiviral vector to deliver the anti-BCL11A payload to the extracted CD34+ marrow cells.
In the ongoing phase I study that has treated five patients thus far (out of a planned 15), the agent successfully increased fetal hemoglobin levels in blood, Esrick said. From a baseline of about 0%-10% of cells carrying fetal hemoglobin to some degree, the level increased to 75% within 6 months after the transformed marrow cells were transplanted. The mean ratio of fetal to total hemoglobin in these cells ranged from about 0.4 to 0.6.
The study did not have formal clinical efficacy endpoints, but no patient has experienced pain from vaso-occlusive events after treatment, with up to 18 months of follow-up. No patients have experienced respiratory or neurological events.
One patient who came into the study with priapism as his chief clinical complaint from sickle disease did experience recurrences after treatment, Esrick said. She noted that the treatment does not entirely eliminate production of sickled cells, and consequently some disease manifestations can continue to occur.
She also reported that no transfusions have been given to treated patients except for one whose condition at enrollment suggested that transfusions should continue. That patient came into the study with "terrible vascular damage," said senior investigator David Williams, MD, also of Boston Children's Hospital, during a press briefing on the study.
In that patient, the treatment allowed transfusions to be given every other month, instead of monthly as before enrollment, Esrick said.
There were no safety issues with treatment other than those associated with the conditioning regimen. These were similar to those seen with other hematopoietic stem cell transplants: primarily mucositis, nausea, and febrile neutropenia.
Esrick in her talk, and Williams at the press briefing, said that the anti-BCL11A vector was designed such that the target would be suppressed only in erythroid cells. BCL11A is also important for normal hematopoietic stem cell and B lymphoid cell function, so the design team at developer bluebird bio created a structure for the shmiR-lentiviral vector to prevent such off-target effects.
Esrick said the phase I patients were monitored for such effects and none have been seen so far.
Another possible issue is that BCL11A is not the only element that causes infants to switch hemoglobin production from fetal to adult-type; with BCL11A suppressed, others could upregulate to compensate. But Williams said there has been no sign of this occurring.
Press briefing moderator Richard Brodsky, MD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, noted that this is just one of a number of potential cures for sickle disease with different targets. (At another press briefing, ASH meeting organizers highlighted a study suggesting that inhibiting a different transcription factor called nuclear factor I X may also promote fetal hemoglobin production; and other ways to suppress BCL11A are under study, as another clinical study presented at ASH demonstrated.)
"Which one is going to be the best? I imagine probably several of them are going to fit into the paradigm," he said. Ultimately, he added, the answer will depend on issues including late effects, long-term efficacy, and cost for which no data yet exist.
"The exciting thing is, there are now multiple ways of going at this previously incurable disease."
In response to a question at the briefing, Williams expanded on the question of cost. He acknowledged that, like other gene therapies that have reached the market, this one is likely to be very expensive. But, he said, "you have to look at the cost of taking care of the complications" that come with active sickle cell disease. He estimated that the condition is severe enough in 10%-20% of sickle cell patients to require frequent hospitalizations, costs for which can be massive when summed over a lifetime.
He also noted that a current quasi-curative treatment for sickle cell disease is allogeneic stem cell transplant, which typically costs $500,000 -- "and that's with no complications," Williams said. Costs for patients whose transplants result in complications typically surpass $1 million and can reach $2 million, he said.
In that context, he suggested, a gene therapy could very easily cut overall patient and societal costs for sickle cell disease.
The study was funded by NIH grants. Esrick reported no relevant financial interests. Williams reported relationships including patent rights connected to bluebird bio, which is developing the product commercially. One co-author was a bluebird bio employee.
Source Reference: Esrick E, et al "Validation of BCL11A As Therapeutic Target in Sickle Cell Disease: Results from the Adult Cohort of a Pilot/Feasibility Gene Therapy Trial Inducing Sustained Expression of Fetal Hemoglobin Using Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing" ASH 2019; Abstract LBA-5.


Skinny Budget: Week 19 Pregnancy Update & Gender Reveal!
Bump: I feel that this week has definitely been the best week so far! My bump seems so much bigger now, even compared to when I was pregnant with Lily I wasn't this big just yet.
Weight Gain: My weight at the moment is 56 Kilos which averages my total weight gain to be 5.5-6 kilos in the last 5 months. I have 'given in' more than ever this last week to my savory cravings (think chicken burgers or burritos) but I'm still finding that I am more snacking and eating smaller meals than having 3 large meals a day.
Maternity Clothes: Nope. Still no new maternity clothes but I think next week is the week when I will invest in some new bra's!
Exercise: I am happy to report Luke, Lily, Shen (our Mini-Foxie x) and I went for a 20-30 minute walk yesterday and although the air was quite chilly we all enjoyed it (maybe just Shen and I) I want to continue my walks as Lily, Shen and I pre-pregnancy went on daily jogs before it suddenly turned super cool. I loved the walk as I wasn't left feeling over exerted and felt really refreshed and happy.
Stretch Marks: Still no new stretch marks and still using my same concoction.
Sleep Status: I am starting to feel a lot more in the mood for naps (apparently I get moody when I'm tired) I am just really enjoying my daytime naps at the moment and although I am not oversleeping from them, I am still not having the greatest luck with sleeping at night. Either my pillow for my bump isn't high enough or it's too high.
Mood: I feel SO happy right now. Not only did we find out the gender of our baby, we also got to see baby two times during this week (both times we were able to see in 4D) I'm so excited now to start planning the nursery!!!
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Arizona Gas Station Worker Shoots Failed Robber Who Was Pointing Gun At Customer
| By Cassandra MacDonald
An armed gas station worker in Arizona shot a would-be robber pointing a gun at a customer on Wednesday morning.
Shortly after 5 a.m. local time, a masked man stormed into a Chevron gas station in Avondale.
The clerk, who has only been identified by his first name Brian, told FOX 10 that he was working the graveyard shift when the attempted robber came in and mumbled something about "rob" and "money."
The suspect then pointed his weapon at Brian and another customer in the store.
Brian told the news station that he knew he needed to act to protect himself and the customer.
"In all reality, he didn't need to say anything," he said. "The moment he pointed the gun at me, it was pretty obvious what he was there for."
As soon as the suspect was distracted, Brian sprung into action and shot him.
"The suspect became distracted by another person in the store and the store employee took the opportunity to pull out and use his own firearm, shooting and injuring the suspect," the Avondale Police said in a statement.
No one besides the suspect was injured during the incident.
"I had the opening to pull my gun and shoot," the clerk said. "That's pretty much the whole thing."
"I'm not happy I had to shoot him, but I'm not stressing. The moment he pulled the gun on me he set the situation and I just followed it. He made the situation what it was," the clerk told 12 News.
According to a report from Arizona's Family, investigators have said that the clerk will not be charged for the shooting.
Police are now reviewing the surveillance footage of the incident.
The suspect remains in critical condition. His identity has not been made public at this time.
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In a previous post, we discussed the at-will employment doctrine--which allows most Texas employers to fire their employees for almost any reason. We also outlined the core federal exemptions to this doctrine.
On behalf of Alfonso Kennard of Kennard Law, P.C. posted in Wrongful Termination on Wednesday, January 9, 2019.
"At-will employment" means that an employer may fire an employee at their own discretion and for virtually any reason. The termination can be without warning, and the employer is not required by law to pay severance to the employee.
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On behalf of Alfonso Kennard of Kennard Law, P.C. posted in Wrongful Termination on Monday, February 5, 2018.
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Rolling back the surge: New Cotiviti map helps forecast COVID-19 health risk severity
By Joshua Uda, Director of Platform Strategy and Innovation, Cotiviti | August 14, 2020
As COVID-19 cases and deaths surge in several hot spots across the United States, many individuals and organizations continue to ask, "What else can we do to help protect ourselves, our families, our communities, and our nation?"
Cotiviti's efforts to aid in the pandemic response have confirmed three critical focus areas for policy makers and health care professionals:
Improve testing capacity and processing time
Inform the public on the risks of COVID-19 and the benefits of mitigation efforts
Close care gaps for those with chronic comorbid conditions
Continued insight from Cotiviti's first response
When Cotiviti first launched the COVID-19 Outbreak Tracker in April, our goal was to help uncover areas of potentially hidden outbreak where community spread could be accelerating undetected due to severely limited COVID-19 testing capacity. In the early days of the pandemic, many symptomatic patients were being triaged and directed away from scarce testing resources, compromising the efficacy of available data. We observed that these triage procedures–which included telehealth visits, flu tests, and chest x-rays–were significantly delaying or preventing access to COVID-19 tests for many infected patients. We also recognized that Cotiviti had a unique view into these screening procedures through the millions of medical claims we process for more than 60 percent of all U.S. health care transactions.
With this understanding, our data scientists analyzed, where permitted, relevant CPT and ICD-10 codes submitted from counties across the nation and searched for anomalies in influenza testing and diagnosis trends. From this analysis, we were able to accurately identify numerous hidden coronavirus outbreaks one to two weeks before they could be detected through limited COVID-19 testing. This early warning capability allowed us to inform policy makers, health care professionals, and individuals as they responded to the pandemic.
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Our analytics team always expected and hoped this forecasting method would lose accuracy, which should happen once COVID-19 testing becomes accessible enough to replace screening procedures as the first step in evaluating symptomatic patients. However, despite a dramatic increase in testing capacity across the United States, our hidden outbreak tracker continues to yield greater than 80 percent accuracy and recently predicted major surges that have occurred in states such as Florida, California, and Texas.
This continued forecast accuracy is due primarily to two factors:
First, most states still lack sufficient testing resources and capacity, and many providers, especially those in rural areas, continue to administer rapid flu tests as a triage procedure before sending symptomatic patients to distant testing centers.
Second, the level of public adherence to social distancing guidelines and other protective measures like masks directly affects the spread of all infectious respiratory diseases. Any resulting changes in transmissibility can impact influenza and COVID-19 at the same time, but these changes can be observed in influenza trends weeks before they are observed in COVID-19 trends. This is due to a longer incubation period for COVID-19 and much longer delays in COVID-19 testing and recording of test results.
We continue to hope our accuracy will decline as this will be a clear indication that COVID-19 testing delays have been eliminated, and testing capacity is able to meet demand. We are encouraged by the steadily growing number of states with sufficient testing to suppress the virus and by the increasing availability of rapid COVID-19 tests that can return results in minutes. These testing resources and capabilities, combined with effective programs for contact tracing and quarantine, give us a proven path to end the spread of COVID-19 and prevent future outbreaks.
Carefully navigating the path ahead
As we have monitored and updated our hidden outbreak tracker over the last few months, we also continued to research COVID-19. We have analyzed millions of longitudinal patient records to detect population health trends, including anomalies in the onset of acute and chronic conditions, the efficacy of treatments and interventions, and the impact of care quality, network performance, and social determinants of health on patient outcomes.
Through this research, we made many discoveries which have been further validated by other studies. We now know many critical details about COVID-19 clinical presentation, clinical course, clinical progression, and risk factors that we did not fully understand at the beginning of the pandemic. The following findings can be especially helpful to inform individual decisions about health and safety.
Virus transmission is airborne and can occur indirectly. An infected person can spread the virus in aerosol by simply talking. Viable coronavirus can be rapidly dispersed through confined spaces and can linger in the air for minutes or even hours.
The virus is a multi-system disease that can attack all vital organs causing brain damage, stroke, heart attack, and acute failure of lungs, liver, kidneys, and pancreas.
Survivors may suffer permanent disability, chronic disease, and shortened life expectancy.
Older populations are more likely to experience flu-like symptoms and viral pneumonia leading to acute respiratory distress and failure.
Younger populations are presenting with symptoms of organ failure, stroke, and heart attack.
Children are presenting with symptoms of severe autoimmune disease.
These findings are concerning, but social distancing and wearing a mask can greatly reduce the risk of spreading the virus. The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently stated that the pandemic could be brought under control nationwide within as little as four to eight weeks if all Americans wear a mask.
States like Hawaii that have taken aggressive measures to implement these guidelines have seen substantially lower infection, hospitalization, and mortality rates than those that have not. Other nations that have implemented these guidelines have eliminated major outbreak. Better public understanding of the full risks of infection and the benefits of mitigation efforts can give us a way to move forward and end the pandemic.
Tracking COVID-19 health risk severity
Tracking and predicting the severity of COVID-19 cases is essential as we work to save lives and reduce the burden on health care systems. Much of the attention is focused on the daily number of new cases. Most reported cases are mild and do not require medical attention, but cases that are not mild present a much greater risk of long-lasting health problems or even death. Once patients start needing medical attention, they enter a funnel of clinical progression that can lead from primary care, to emergency care, to hospitalization, to intubation, and ultimately to death.
To avoid fatalities, we must look upstream in this clinical progression. While mortality and case fatality rates are important, they are lagging indicators and do not provide the predictive power or actionable insights of leading indicators. Leading indicators like quality of care for comorbid conditions are directly related to downstream deaths and provide a better window to inform decisions.
The United States currently has a relatively low case fatality rate of 3.5 percent compared to the 50 nations with the highest rates, which range from 3 to 15 percent and even as high as 28 percent in Yemen. This high variability in case fatality is due largely to accessibility and quality of care, which is an actionable insight into opportunities for preemptive interventions.
Figure 1. Cumulative COVID-19 case fatality rate. (Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering)
Despite being a recognized leader in biomedical research, medical technology, and hospital care, the United States is ranked 37th out of 191 countries for overall health care efficiency by the World Health Organization, which measures the relationship between responsiveness, outcomes, and cost. This 80th percentile ranking highlights the challenges we face with exorbitant health care costs and wide disparity in social determinants of health. It also underscores the problem with pooling all state data for a nation that has the world's third largest population and land mass, diverse commercial health care, and a unique system of government that decentralizes many health care policies and regulations to individual states.
Pooling all state data can lead to sampling errors that blind us to the unique epidemiological trends and statistics in each state. These differences can produce outliers to nationwide trends as we saw early in the pandemic in New York, Washington, and California, and more recently in Florida, Texas, and Arizona. We even see extreme variability within states like New York, where inconsistency in quality of care between public and private hospitals has now been reported as a potential driver of mortality.
The United States cannot be viewed through a single lens. Public health policy, pandemic response, quality of care, and social determinants of health can be drastically different across states. These differences directly impact outcomes as we have seen in Utah, which has the lowest case fatality rate in the United States and is also home to many of the nation's top-ranked hospitals and health systems; these include Intermountain Healthcare, an integrated managed care system, widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient health care delivery.
Figure 2. Cumulative COVID-19 case fatality: select states and countries. (Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering)
To truly understand and predict the impact of COVID-19 on different populations, we must look beyond clinical risk factors and carefully analyze the ways in which chronic comorbid conditions are managed. Cotiviti is a leading provider of network performance, population health, and quality measures, which gives us unique insight into the impact of these factors on the risk of clinical progression and hospitalization for COVID-19.
To further aid decision-makers in pandemic response, we have recently published a new health risk severity tracker to share our insights. Darker states on this map indicate areas where populations are at greater risk of requiring hospitalization for COVID-19 due to the prevalence and management of comorbid conditions. These comorbidities include chronic conditions such as respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes. These are conditions that require coordination between payers and providers to close care gaps and ensure patient adherence to care management plans.
Figure 3. Cotiviti's COVID-19 health risk severity tracker
There are several key takeaways from this map for all health care stakeholders:
Higher-risk states may see greater mortality and increased strain on health care resource capacity.
Governors in states with higher risk should anticipate and plan for a greater demand on health care resources and services.
Payers and providers in higher risk states should focus on closing care gaps for patients with comorbid conditions and ensuring elective procedures for screening and care are not missed during the pandemic.
Patients with comorbid conditions in higher risk states should understand their increased risk and take additional steps to social distance, wear a mask, and adhere to interventions and care management plans.
One of the most important findings from the health risk severity tracker is the connection between care gaps for chronic conditions and greater relative risk of severe infection. Patients are at much lower risk of requiring medical attention or hospitalization for COVID-19 in areas where these conditions are being managed through case managers to resolve care gaps or adherence issues. Unfortunately, we have observed in our data significant drops in the normal rates of screening procedures, preventive care, and maintenance care for those chronic conditions that greatly increase the risk of death from COVID-19.
Many patients and providers have canceled or delayed screenings and wellness checks during the pandemic to lower the risk of infection. Despite the perceived risk of exposure to infection in a hospital or clinic, care facilities have strong protection in place to prevent infection. Community spread through social interaction without protective measures presents a higher risk of infection, and the risk of severe illness or death is much greater for those who skip the elective care visits and procedures required to properly manage chronic conditions. Payers, providers, and patients must work together–with informed guidelines and support from policymakers–to ensure we strike the right balance between social distancing and uninterrupted care for those most at risk.
Until a vaccine is available to all Americans, COVID-19 will remain with us and continue to threaten public health, strain our medical system, and take lives. As we promote and work toward on-demand testing capabilities, public adherence to preventive measures, and high-quality managed care, we can better protect ourselves, our families, our communities, and our nation.
For more resources, visit Cotiviti's COVID-19 Resource Center to keep up with the latest pandemic news and its impact.
As director of platform strategy and innovation at Cotiviti, Joshua Uda is responsible for thought leadership and "intrapreneurship."
Cotiviti frequently turns to Josh as a resident entrepreneur to launch new initiatives with the agility of a startup and the scale of a global enterprise. With five years in health care, 10 years in technology, and 20 years of experience in operations and marketing strategy, Josh leverages a strong multidisciplinary background bringing competitive products and solutions to market.
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In the UK, mindfulness is a political concern. An awareness practice originating in Buddhism, mindfulness is being interpreted as a positive intervention for societal problems as wide ranging as depressive relapse, criminal recidivism, children's academic performance and worker burn out. Given the diversity of these challenges, it is striking that their solution is presented as unitary. In this presentation, I consider changing understandings of mental health and human flourishing. Taking political interest in mindfulness as my ethnographic focus I examine the broader cultural value of 'metacognition'. I argue that cultivating a relationship with one's own mind, learning to think about thinking in a peculiarly committed way, is increasingly being incorporated into understandings of the good life, mental health and governance.
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A coroner says preliminary findings show the man killed after a ride fell apart at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus died of blunt force trauma
A coroner says preliminary findings show the man killed after a ride fell apart at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus died of blunt force trauma.Franklin County Coroner Anahi Ortiz said Friday that 18-year-old Tyler Jerrell suffered head, trunk and lower extremity injuries when he was thrown into the air after a ride called the Fire Ball ride malfunctioned Wednesday. Seven people were injured, several critically.Jerrell's family has hired an attorney to possibly pursue a wrongful death lawsuit.The ride's Dutch manufacturer ordered Fire Ball rides shut down worldwide after the accident.Jerrell would have been a high school senior. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps a week before the accident.Some rides on the state fair midway have reopened after being inspected by state officials.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —
A coroner says preliminary findings show the man killed after a ride fell apart at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus died of blunt force trauma.
Franklin County Coroner Anahi Ortiz said Friday that 18-year-old Tyler Jerrell suffered head, trunk and lower extremity injuries when he was thrown into the air after a ride called the Fire Ball ride malfunctioned Wednesday. Seven people were injured, several critically.
Jerrell's family has hired an attorney to possibly pursue a wrongful death lawsuit.
The ride's Dutch manufacturer ordered Fire Ball rides shut down worldwide after the accident.
Jerrell would have been a high school senior. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps a week before the accident.
Some rides on the state fair midway have reopened after being inspected by state officials.


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Quantum House – an office building in a prominent location on Basing View, Basingstoke –has been sold to Arena Business Centres, an established serviced office provider with a portfolio of nine other centres across Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey.
Arena already has a presence in the Basing View area, with sister centre The Square just a short walk from the newly acquired Quantum House.
Arena intends to invest in the 37,580 sq ft building with an extensive programme of refurbishment, including the construction of a new reception and business lounge area. Premium office suites will also be created as part of the refurbishment scheme, with each of the five floors providing approximately 7,500 sq ft of office space.
A range of office suites will be available on each floor, enabling Arena to effectively cater for start-ups, entrepreneurs, SME's and larger corporations.
The property is held on a long leasehold interest from Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, expiring in December 2101 and subject to a fixed peppercorn rent. The price paid by Arena was just in excess of £1.5 million.
Agents BDT (Basingstoke) and DMA (London) acted jointly for the unnamed long leasehold vendor, while Vail Williams (Southampton) represented the purchaser.
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Pansy Twist: An Incomplete Survey/Mixtape of American Riot Boi Art is a decidedly un-essential collective convo instigated by Seth Bogart, Jeffrey Cheung, and Brontez Purnell; all three art makers representing both successive and simultaneous waves of Post-Punk, Post Riot Grrrl, Post-Queercore, Post-Pop, and Post Post Post Post Post Post Post Modern Art movements.
All starting as musicians in the fertile and majestic Bay Area queer scene – this art show positions itself as an unwilling movement that is set to explore questions of (but not limited to): the impact of the feminist gaze in queer male art, the inextricable link between music and visual art, the recalibration and transmogrification of d.i.y. (do it yourself) reality into d.i.t. (DO IT TOGETHER) reality, the simultaneous exalting, examination, and (hopeful) annihilation of what constitutes the "boy genius", scene pageantry, and the inherent superiority of queer alternative art. The night will include ceramics, paintings, film install, a filmed happening, convo, and marijuana smoking outside.
Artist Name: Seth Bogart, Jeffrey Cheung, Brontez Purnell
About Artist: Seth Bogart is an artist and musician living in Los Angeles, CA. He works in painting, video, sculpture and performance and makes music under his own name or Hunx and His Punx. He has exhibited work and performed at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Participant INC, Artist Curated Projects, One Archives, MoCA, Nino Mier Gallery, 356 S Mission, Fierman, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, and others. Jeffrey Cheung is a Bay Area based artist, who is the co-founder of Unity Press and Unity Skateboarding. Cheung's bright figurative work celebrates queerness within his personal life and within skate culture. He is a prolific maker, whose vivacious art examines freedom, identity, and intersectionality, through bold color and intertwined characters. Cheung's figures stem from his queer zine making practice and have grown into larger than life paintings. His genderless body positive world questions the boundaries of sexuality, body, gender, and race. Cheung's simplistic line-work of gender nonspecific bodies offers a clever yet loving response to the heteronormative gaze creating a more inclusive and accessible entry point. Brontez Purnell, whose "explorations of blackness, queerness, maleness, and Southernness take sharp, confident turns between raunch and rhapsody," has been publishing, performing, and curating in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than ten years. He is the author of the cult zine Fag School, frontman for the band the Younger Lovers, and the founder and choreographer of the Brontez Purnell Dance Company. He is the author of "The Cruising Diaries", "Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger", and "Since I Laid My Burden Down" and a children's book "The Night Life of Jacuzzi Gaskett". This is his first visual art show.
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Industrial Design faculty member Ann-Marie Conrado published the article 'Crafting Economic Opportunity: Design for Fair Trade Artisans' in Innovation, the quarterly journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America. The article describes the involvement of Notre Dame studio art and design undergraduates who travel to Nepal each summer to work for ten weeks with disadvantaged fair trade artisans to design and develop new handcrafted home and lifestyle products that are more appealing to a global market. By reflecting global and consumer trends, the project has increased sales, attracted new buyers and opened up new retail channels.
The article showcases some of the student designs that have emerged from the project. With support from Notre Dame's Center for Social Concern's International Summer Service Learning Project, selected Notre Dame art and design students for the summer 2012 session are already preparing for their project and looking forward to continuing the successive collaboration.


The exact cause of the auto accident is unknown due to a pending investigation. However, the CHP reported that the car wreck was believed to have been caused by DUI. One driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. It is unknown whether the motorist will be facing other charges for the incident.
Defective Vehicle Parts and Equipment: If a manufacturer sells a car or vehicle part that is faulty, the manufacturer may be to blame for a car wreck caused by a vehicle defect. Some commonly defective vehicle components include airbags, tires, and brakes. Moreover, a manufacturer can also be held liable for poor roof crush resistance in a rollover accident.
Distracted Driving: This is considered any task that diverts a driver's attention from the road. Some common forms of distracted driving include personal grooming, texting or calling on a cell phone, eating or drinking, and more.
Drunk Driving: The effects of alcohol vary upon the amount of alcohol a person consumes. It also depends on whether the motorist is impaired by a combination of alcoholic beverages and drugs. Some of these effects include limited coordination, impaired vision, delayed reaction times, and reduced ability to control a vehicle.
Reckless Driving: Traffic in California can be frustrating and even push some drivers to the extreme. This includes dangerous driving behaviors like weaving in and out of traffic, excessive speeding, and tailgating.
Road Defects: A government entity has the duty to keep the roadway safe for drivers through regular inspection, maintenance, and repair. If a pothole or other dangerous hazard on the road contributes to a collision, the government could be held financially responsible due to its negligence.
Traffic Law Violations: These often lead to accidents on the road. Common traffic violations include failure to yield, running stop signs or traffic lights, and speeding.
A person who suffers serious injuries in a car accident through the negligence of another should not be left with the expenses associated with that trauma. When a collision was caused by a motorist with a lack of care for others or the negligent actions of an impaired driver, the injured party may be able to seek compensation for their damages. An attorney with experience in handling these types of cases can help communicate effectively with insurance companies for you to reach a favorable negotiation. If all attempts fail at a fair settlement, the matter can be taken to civil court.
I'm Ed Smith, a Modesto personal injury lawyer. Drunk driving crashes can result in devastating consequences for those involved. If you or a loved one have been harmed in an accident caused by a drunk driver, you have the right to seek compensation for your damages. If you need free and friendly advice about what steps to take in this situation, please call me at (209) 227-1931 in the Modesto area or toll-free at (800) 404-5400.
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It was great to be on 'Out in South London' again – this time being interviewed by Matt Williams about Pharmakeia. I was joined by Tommy James, The Queer Historian, who discusses his one man show Homophobe. Last time I was on the show was back in 2010 when I was interviewed by Rosie Wilby about my debut novel, Homo Jihad.
In this interview with Matt Williams, I talk about the themes and storyline of Pharmakeia. I also talk about the writing process, conceptual art and magical realism.
On 29th January, a week after the book launch at Gay's The Word, I was invited to read an excerpt from Pharmakeia at Polari, Paul Burston's literary salon held at The Southbank Centre. It was the first Polari of 2016 and a great line-up, including esteemed authors Alex Marwood, Stevie Henden, Anya Nyx and Adam Mars-Jones. It was great to see Paul Burston, Alex Hopkins and Kath Gifford and to be accompanied by Nikki Kelly (better known as Yellowcoat Sylivia from Hi-di-Hi) Many thanks to Penelope Maynard for stepping in, yet again, as the indomitable Crystal.
From left to right: Adam Mars-Jones, Any Nyx, Timothy Graves, Paul Burston, Stevie Henden and Alex Marwood.
At Polari Literary Salon reading an excerpt from Forked Tongue, the first chapter of my new novel, Pharmakeia.
Thank you to everyone who made it to the book launch of Pharmakeia at Gay's the Word bookshop on Friday 22nd January. There may have not been much standing room but I hope you enjoyed the readings, performances and copious amounts of wine. And a big thanks to all those die-hards who made it to The New Bloomsbury Set bar just up the road for even more booze! If you purchased a book, feel free to post a review on Amazon or leave a comment on this website. If you didn't purchase the book, they are currently stocked at branches of Foyles bookshops, Gay's the Word, Prowler Soho and other good independent bookshops as well as Amazon. You can also order the book direct from the publisher, Paradise Press.
The author reading from the opening chapter, Forked Tongue.
Penelope Maynard reading the part of Candy Darling & Karim Jabri reading for Mahvand Amirzadeh.
Penelope Maynard as Bogdana Bogdnovitch, having fainted at the end of the opening chapter.


For the past 10 days, all your cool arty friends have been getting down with digital art, lectures and experimental music at HKW and various venues. Join the fray as proto-techno punks DAF close out the fest at Festsaal Kreuzberg. Afterwards, head to Schwuz for the final-final throwdown.


In this Sept. 8, 2016, file photo, then=Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reaches to shake hands with Egunjobi Songofunmi during a meeting with students and educators before a speech on school choice at Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy in Cleveland.
One of the president's most important responsibilities is fostering science, technology and innovation in the U.S. economy.
The relationship between science and policy runs in two directions: Scientific knowledge can inform policy decisions, and conversely, policies affect the course of science, technology and innovation.
Historically, government spending on science has been good for the economy. Innovation is estimated to drive approximately 85 percent of economic growth.
Not only does it provide a means for "creative destruction" within the economy, it also results in reduced costs for products and services that consumers demand. The United States prides itself as the most innovative country in the world, but how did it get that way?
Many famously disruptive technologies were invented in the United States - the internet, shale gas fracking and solar photovoltaics are three examples - and subsequently led to the growth of major American industries and associated jobs. Such inventions are the fruits of investments and effort made both by the private sector and the U.S. government (usually at different points in time).
President-elect Trump has made clear he intends to boost the economy's growth rate and supporting science and technology should be a vital part of his plan. So how does an American president settle on research priorities for the country? And once he has a science and innovation agenda, how does he move it forward to eventually seed new industries that have the potential to generate jobs and improve the country's competitiveness?
The very first science advisor, Vannevar Bush, demonstrated his value during World War II as head of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). OSRD's mission was to marshal and coordinate civilian and military scientists to develop and deploy new technology in wartime. OSRD helped to establish the Manhattan Project and was the origin of the military-industrial complex. (Perhaps unsurprisingly, Bush later founded the Raytheon Corporation.) Bush also pushed for the creation of the National Science Foundation.
Congress established the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in 1976 to provide the president and others with scientific and technological expertise related to domestic and international affairs. It's part of the Executive Office of the President, and its director (and associate directors) must be confirmed by the Senate.
Many people in Washington seek the president's ear, ranging from cabinet secretaries, senators and congressional representatives to lobbyists. But the president usually relies most heavily on his own personal staff within the Executive Office of the President. The Office of Science and Technology Policy thus is enormously influential in clarifying and implementing the president's science, technology and innovation priorities.
Once a president determines his science and innovation priorities, his main tool to influence the country's research agenda is the federal budget. His priorities may spring from concern about U.S. competitiveness in certain industries or sectors, or from a sense of opportunity about where new science or innovation could contribute to the public interest or national good. Of course, the president's budget request must be approved by Congress in order for the spending priorities to be fulfilled.
Innovation research is an uncertain and risky investment, which is why the government has traditionally shouldered the burden for pre- or noncommercial science and technology research and why universities do most of this type of research. Federal funding for basic research is a crucial long-term investment in the nation's future, and has traditionally garnered bipartisan support since businesses tend to focus on already proven technologies that are close to commercialization.
Brookhaven National Laboratory's Accelerator Test Facility provides researchers with high-brightness electron and laser beams.
President Obama's science advisor, John P. Holdren, has provided advice on advanced manufacturing, national security, STEM education, space policy, climate change, energy policy, cybersecurity and more. So during the Obama administration, the Office of Science and Technology Policy indeed worked with agencies to clarify science and technology priorities consistent with the president's wishes, but it accomplished much more than that.
The OSTP worked to make more than 180,000 federal datasets and collections available to students, entrepreneurs and the public. It produced the first-ever U.S. innovation strategy, launched the Precision Medicine Initiative (providing more than $200 million to accelerate a new era of personalized medicine), embarked on a Cancer Moonshot initiative and launched the BRAIN initiative that resulted in a doubling of research funding for Alzheimer's research at NIH between 2012 and 2017.
A solar mirror faces the New Mexico sunset at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) at Sandia Labs.
Initiatives like these are a hopeful down payment on results that usually bear fruit years later. Through the efforts of the SunShot and wind R&D programs at DOE and private firms, for example, the United States now generates more than three times as much electricity from wind and four times as much from solar as it did in 2008. That's because the cost for renewables has come down rapidly - solar costs 1/150th what it did in the 1970s.
Scientific advice could also provide President-elect Trump with some good ideas for revitalizing manufacturing in the United States, which he's pledged to do. Indeed, the current President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) produced an excellent report on accelerating U.S. advanced manufacturing in 2014.
President Trump can use science and innovation to achieve his goal to restore American greatness, whether it is through launching a new "moonshot"-type initiative or creating advanced manufacturing jobs. With history as a guide, appointing a respected science advisor and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy will help him accomplish his goals.


Preheat the oven to broil with the rack near the top.
Clean the mussels, discarding any that are open. Bring the liqueur to a boil in a large pot, and add the mussels, cover, and cook 3 minutes, or until opened. Drain and discard any mussels that have remained closed.
Mash the butter with the chives and tarragon in a bowl. Put a pinch of the herbed butter on each mussel. Sprinkle over the breadcrumbs. Grind over some pepper. Broil until the crumbs are golden, about 2 minutes. Serve the mussels with lemon wedges for squeezing.


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Watch Nas, Dave East & T.I. in the New Netflix Documentary "RAPTURE"
03/17/2018 03/25/2018 by Staff Writer
Launching worldwide on March 30th.
"Way back, when hip hop culture was in its gestational phase, the powerful message therein didn't go much further than the five boroughs of New York City. Today, rap music is the heartbeat of Mother Earth, and Netflix is the embodiment of the eyes from which she sees," said Sacha Jenkins of Mass Appeal. "It is a great honor for Mass Appeal to work with Netflix to produce our new series Rapture. We've been telling hip hop stories since '96, and as natives we feel it is our duty to do the movement justice. Rapture is bangin'. Straight up."
At this point, Netflix just needs to add a whole new playlist on their streaming app and call it "Hip-Hop." You may have already watched a dozen documentaries, series, and movies that are some shape or form related to hip-hop and rap culture. And now we have another one to add to your list: RAPTURE. Today the series will make its debut at the SXSW 2018 Film Festival with the first episode starring T.I. Catch it at the Paramount Theater if you're one of the lucky ones at the festival. There will also be a Q&A with RAPTURE's executive director Sacha Jenkins, along with T.I. and Dave East. Watch the trailers below and put a reminder on your calendar for 3/30/18 when the episodes drop on Netflix.
"From Mass Appeal, Rapture stares directly into the bright light that hip hop culture shines on the world and doesn't blink. Throughout 8 episodes and featuring a diverse swath of artists — Nas and Dave East, T.I., Rapsody, Logic, G-Eazy, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, 2 Chainz andJust Blaze – Rapture dives into the artists' lives with their families and friends, to sitting front row in the studio and grinding on tour, to experiencing the ecstatic power of moving the crowd."
Directors: Sacha Jenkins, Ben Selkow, Geeta Gandbhir, Steven Caple Jr., Marcus A. Clarke, Gabriel Noble
Executive Producers: Peter Bittenbender, Sacha Jenkins, Ben Selkow, Ben Cotner, Zana Lawrence and Lisa Nishimura
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— Rapture (@rapturenetflix) January 28, 2018
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Council's Access Advisory Committee commenced in 2015, following the NSW Government adopting the Disability Inclusion Act (2014) and bringing changes in responsibility for Local Government.
Under this Act, Local Government is required to produce a Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) setting out measures on how people with a disability can access general support services and fully participate in the community.
One of the key tasks of the Access Advisory Committee is to advise on the expenditure of funding to upgrade access in existing Council building facilities.
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We strive to address the barriers that prevent people with a disability from fully participating in the Blue Mountains community.
Council has an adult lift and change facility for people with a disability at its Echo Point Visitor Information Centre.


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Q: Android AVD freezes after launch from snapshot I've been using AVD with snapshot for more than a year on Windows Vista. Recently my laptop stopped functioning, then I switched to Macbook Pro and installed the latest ADT (act-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140321, SDK Tools 22.6.2, SDK Platform-tools 19.0.1) on Mac OS X 10.9.2. Now I run into below problem with AVD snapshot feature:

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*Created first AVD with snapshot enabled, chose to launch from and save to snapshot. It worked fine.

*Closed the AVD, then launched it again from snapshot (unchecked save to snapshot) to verify if the snapshot is proper. I was able to resume AVD from snapshot and perform normal task, then I closed it.

*Repeated step #1 to create second AVD of different API level and configuration.

*Relaunched second AVD to verify its snapshot, I was able to see the resumed screen of Android home screen, but the AVD is not responding - interacting with soft/physical buttons and on-screen icons gave no response, even waited after 30 minutes. LogCat didn't show any log. I closed this AVD and relaunched again, it didn't help.

*Deleted the AVD, created a new one from fresh by repeating step #3 and #4. Ran into the same problem.

*Performed step #2 to launch first AVD from snapshot again, oh no! the same problem seen at step #4 now happens to first AVD as well. Repeated step #5 for first AVD but problem persists.

Those AVDs work fine if I choose to use host GPU. Any clue?
Thanks for any input.


Question 1: If two isosceles triangles have a common base, prove that the line joining their vertices bisects them at right angles.
Hence, bisects at right angles.
Question 3: A point is taken inside an equilateral four sides figure such that its distances from the angular points and are equal. Show that and are in one and in the same straight line.
Question 4: In the adjoining figure, it is given that and . Prove that .
Question 6: In the adjoining figure, it is given that and and . Prove that . Hence prove that the triangles is isosceles.
Question 8: In the adjoining figure, . and are the bisectors of and respectively. Prove that latex > DC $.
Question 9: In the adjoining figure, side and of are extended to and respectively. If , show that .
Question 10: If is any point on the base produced, of an isosceles triangle , prove that .
Similarly, we can prove .
Question 12: In the adjoining figure, and is the bisector of . Show that .
Question 13: Show that the sum of three altitudes of a triangle is less than the sum of the three sides of the triangle.
Question 14: Prove that the perimeter of a triangle is greater than the sum of its three medians.
Proof: We know that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater then the twice of the median bisecting the third side.
Question 16: In the adjoining figure, and . Show that .