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An NHS doctor had shared a breathing technique which may help manage coronavirus symptoms at home
By Sarah Wilson
Wednesday, 8th April 2020, 12:24 pm
Updated Wednesday, 8th April 2020, 12:24 pm
A doctor from Queen's Hospital in Romford has shared a breathing technique which may help people manage coronavirus symptoms.
What is the technique?
Dr Sarfaraz Munshi shared a video from the hospital, in which he demonstrates a technique used by his nurse colleague, Sue Elliot, in intensive care to manage the breathing of coronavirus patients.
In the video he said, "While you have an active infection you need to be getting a good amount of air into the bases of your lungs. The only way you are going to do that is by having a technique."
The technique involves taking five deep breaths in and holding each one for five seconds. You should then take a sixth breath in and do a big cough while covering your mouth.
This cycle of breathing with a cough on the sixth breath is then repeated once more. Dr Munshi then recommends lying on your front with a pillow in front of you and taking deeper than usual breaths for the next 10 minutes.
The reason you have to lie on your front, he says is because "the majority of your lung is on your back, not on the front. By lying on your back you're closing off more of the smaller airways, and this is not good during a period of infection.
"[It can] lead to atelectasis. This can then lead to a secondary pneumonia. It's very important that you guys understand this.
"The most important thing is laying in bed for prolonged periods, on your back, is going to close off the small airways. [This will] increase your risk of secondary pneumonia, that can make your condition deteriorate much further – bearing in mind the patients that are deteriorating are deteriorating because of respiratory problems."
Who is the technique for?
Dr Munshi recommends the technique to anyone at home self-isolating with the symptoms of coronavirus. However, he says that people without symptoms may even benefit by using the technique before they fall ill.
Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, tweeted out the video to her followers on Twitter, saying that she used it to help her recover from coronavirus.
She wrote, "Please watch this doc from Queens Hospital explain how to relieve respiratory symptoms. For last 2 weeks I've had all symptoms of C19 (tho haven't been tested) & did this on doc husband's advice. I'm fully recovered & technique helped a lot".
However, Brian Oliver, an expert who is a researcher in respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the University of Technology, Sydney, has warned that the technique could do more harm than good in terms of spreading the virus.
"The technique in the video could help spread the coronavirus to people close by," he wrote in The Conversation.
"By coughing, you could directly infect people with droplets, or these droplets on someone's hands can be transferred to a surface others can touch."
Though Oliver says the technique is not dangerous, he says that there are currently "no clinical trials or good evidence" to confirm or deny that controlled coughing can help people manage their coronavirus symptoms.
The technique is not currently officially recommended by any public health bodies, and is not a replacement for getting medical help if you should need it.
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that can affect lungs and airways. It is caused by a virus called coronavirus.
What caused coronavirus?
The outbreak started in Wuhan in China in December 2019 and it is thought that the virus, like others of its kind, has come from animals.
How is it spread?
As this is such a new illness, experts still aren't sure how it is spread. But, similar viruses are spread in cough droplets. Therefore, covering your nose and mouth when sneezing and coughing, and disposing of used tissues straight away is advised. Viruses like coronavirus cannot live outside the body for very long.
The NHS states that the symptoms are: a dry cough, high temperature and shortness of breath - but these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness. Look out for flu-like symptoms, such as aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose and a sore throat. It's important to remember that some people may become infected but won't develop any symptoms or feel unwell.
What precautions can be taken?
Washing your hands with soap and water thoroughly. The NHS also advises to cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze; put used tissues in the bin immediately and try to avoid close contact with people who are unwell. Also avoiding touching eyes, nose and mouth unless your hands are clean.
Government advice
As of Monday 23 March the prime minister has put the UK into lockdown and instructed all citizens to stay at home. People can only leave their homes to exercise once a day, go shopping for food and medication, travel for medical needs or to care for a vulnerable person, and travel to work only if essential. Police will be able to enforce these restrictions.
All non-essential shops will close with immediate effect, as will playgrounds, places of worship and libraries. Large events or gatherings of more than two people cannot go ahead, including weddings and celebrations. Funerals can only be attended by immediate family.
Children of separated parents can go between both parents' homes.
Anyone with a cough or cold symptoms needs to self-isolate with their entire household for 14 days.
The government has now instructed bars, restaurants, theatres and non-essential businesses to close and will review on a 'month to month' basis. Schools closed from Friday 20 March for the foreseeable future, and exams have been cancelled.
The over 70s or anyone who is vulnerable or living with an underlying illness are being asked to be extra careful and stay at home to self-isolate. People with serious underlying health conditions will be contacted and strongly advised to undertake "shielding" for 12 weeks.
For more information on government advice, please check their website.
Should I avoid public places?
You should now avoid public places and any non-essential travel. Travel abroad is also being advised against for the next 30 days at least, and many European countries have closed their borders.
Don't go to your GP but instead look online at the coronavirus service that can tell you if you need medical help and what to do next.
Only call 111 if you cannot get help online.
When to call NHS 111
Only call NHS 111 if you can't get help online and feel very unwell. This should be used if you feel extremely ill with coronavirus symptoms. If you have been in a country with a high risk of coronavirus in the last 14 days or if you have been in close contact with someone with the virus please use the online service.
Sources: World Health Organisation and NHS
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One of our first family trips this summer was to find Fun Things to do while Driving the Florida Keys. We packed our bags, loaded up our vehicle, and set out to find food and adventures along the islands.
Earlier this summer we decided to take a big week long family vacation. Our kids love cruising, so we booked one that had four stops in the Western Caribbean. Four days before the boat was to set sail, we found out that the boat had to have maintenance, and the itinerary had changed to two ports.
When we are paying that much money for a 7 day cruise, we were not ok with spending 3 days in Tampa. Especially since we live close to there and can go any time we like.
Since driving the Florida Keys has been on my husband's bucket list for quite some time, we scrambled to cancel that particular cruise and planned a quick road trip through the Florida Keys and a short three day cruise from Tampa.
It wasn't what we were planning, but hey, we are learning to roll with the punches and not get bent out of shape when things don't go the way we plan.
The trip from Miami to Key West will take you along 159 miles on the Overseas Highway. This two lane road crosses 42 bridges before you reach mile marker 0.
I wish I could tell you our drive was magical, and that we saw crystal clear aqua blue water and pretty palm trees along the way.
It was actually stormy and rainy most of the time we were driving through each island, so we didn't see as much as we thought we would. I guess that means another trip will need to happen again.
Not a bad thing at all, right? After all, I'm all about finding the best key lime pie, so I think we should go again and hit some more places to eat.
The first day we drove from our house down to Key Largo Bay where we stopped for the night at the Marriott Beach Resort located at mile marker 103.8.
This pretty beach resort has lots of food and activities for everyone on the 17 acre waterfront property.
After dinner we walked around the resort enjoying the views, played a few games of corn hole, then ended the night with drinks while watching the sun set over the water.
Dinner that night was from Mrs. Mac's Kitchen. This fun little eatery is the longest running restaurant in Key Largo, so of course we had to check it out.
This pretty pink and teal restaurant is just off the highway at mile marker 99 in Key Largo. They serve fresh seafood in a very typical and relaxed Florida setting.
The walls of the restaurant are covered in license plates from all over the country and there are dollar bills stuffed in the ceiling. Not only are the walls covered in plates, so are the lights and napkin holders.
We enjoyed coconut shrimp, blackened shrimp, and of course, a slice of key lime pie. The prices are quite affordable and the food was delicious!
The next morning we packed up and headed to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park at mile marker 102.5 for some snorkeling before we headed further down the Keys.
It was still slightly cloudy and rainy but it didn't stop my husband and oldest son from dropping our paddle boards in the water and heading out into the mangroves where they found a large manatee that was swimming under them.
The younger two pulled out the snorkel gear and got in the water to see what they could find while I enjoyed some time on a chair with a book.
With the weather not cooperating, the water was murky and dark, so they couldn't see much out there, but they had fun swimming around.
After a while, I put on my snorkel set and went in to find the sunken cannons that were said to be out 100 feet off shore. We found them, but it was hard to see much.
After a morning in the water, we were all starving and ready for a good lunch. So we headed down the road to the island of Islamadora where we heard that the Hungry Tarpon Restaurant at mile marker 77.5 was the place to stop.
Robbie's Marina offers a very casual but tropical setting where you can enjoy a delicious dinner, shop some arts and crafts, and feed the ginormous tarpon that swarm along the dock.
We enjoyed some the fish basket, some shrimp, a burger, and some cheesy chicken quesadillas. The food was delicious, and I would definitely stop here again if we drive through the Keys again.
Of course, after a big meal I wasn't feeling like eating dessert. Not just yet anyway. I had my eye on a little bakery.
Twenty miles down the road we stopped in Marathon at Sweet Savannah's located at mile marker 51.8. This cute blue bake shop features pie, ice cream, and lots of different baked goods.
I stood and stared at all the delicious cupcakes, cookies, and ice cream for what seemed like forever. How in the world can you decide when everything sounds amazing?!?!?!
The kids decided to get milkshakes, and I finally settled on an ice cream cookie sandwich. They offer a variety of cookie flavors that you can choose from for your cookie creation.
I went with raspberry chocolate chip ice cream between two double chocolate chip cookies. Yup, that is definitely going to be recreated in our kitchen some time soon.
Since the weather still wasn't cooperating, we didn't stop anywhere else along the way to Key West. I was really looking forward to seeing the 7 mile bridge but it wasn't in the cards for this trip. Maybe next time.
We got to Key West around dinner time, so we headed out and walked down Duval Street for a little bit before ordering some pizza for dinner.
The next morning we got up and headed out for a day of adventure in Key West. I have a bunch of pictures, so I'll share more later. But the one place on my list for sure was Kermit's Key Lime Shoppe.
Twenty years ago, my husband and I honeymooned in Key West, and we enjoyed our first slice of chocolate dipped key lime pie. It was (and still is) amazing, so anytime we are in Key West, I have to stop and enjoy another one.
Of course, if key lime pie isn't your thing, Kermit's also offers key lime cookies, jelly beans, tea, salsa, olive oil, taffy, and so much more.
The next morning we got up and headed back up the Keys because we had a cruise to catch. Of course, along the way I was keeping my eyes open for more fun food places on our Florida Keys day trip.
My husband has learned to just pull over without any questions when I point to something. This cute little drive through coffee stand was one of those places in Marathon.
I pointed out the the sign for Curly's Coffee at mile marker 53, and he pulled over so we could get some caffeine. My iced coffee with a shot of coconut was the perfect cool treat as we kept driving.
Our last stop on our way out of the Keys was the Blond Giraffe at mile marker 92 in Islamadora. I couldn't leave the Keys without another slice of key lime pie.
The bright green walls of the little island cottage make this such an inviting little stop. What really sets it apart though is the little garden area in the back where you can sit in colorful Adirondack chairs while enjoying your pie.
Their specialty is the meringue topped key lime pie, but chocolate is my first love. So, I went with the chocolate topped, and our daughter went with the chocolate dipped.
The little shop also offers around 170 items. Here you will find key lime in the shape of cakes, cookies, sauces, candies, nuts, and more.
Over all I would totally recommend driving the Florida Keys if you ever get the chance. Even when the weather isn't the greatest, there are lots of Fun Things to do While driving the Florida Keys and plenty of amazing places to eat.


"Trump's Steel Tariff Is Leading To Some Strange Contradictions"
President Trump's proposed steel tariff is leading to some strange contradictions.
I) With widespread reports that the President has ignored the advice of leading advisors like Gary Cohn, it has become rational for those who believe in free trade to wish for a sharp decline in the stock market, as something the President may listen to on this issue. In light of the above, here is another ironic piece of 'good news' – the Administration's timing seems poor. This is falling on an equity market that has already looked vulnerable, concerned with the Fed's response to inflation pressures, and an 'unusual' late cycle fiscal stimulus. Risky assets are genuinely vulnerable, and again might speak to the White House against ideas of a trade war that is 'easy' to win.
2) Very few observers expected the opening gambit on a trade war to be such a blunt weapon that hurts some of the US's long standing allies with free trade credentials, like Canada, more than it directly impacts countries where trade imbalances are stark like China. (Note the indirect impact on China is much larger than China's modest steel exports to the US, given China dominates global steel supply). The good news here, is the national security arguments are difficult to defend, and the Administration has caused such a stir, there is more chance of long standing US allies, and indeed the US business community, getting through to the White House, than an action which directly targeted China alone.
3) Protectionism will create such a brouhaha, it is going to very hard for the President to hold onto these mooted tariffs, while a retreat to something that better fits 'reciprocal trade' is more plausible. The market response highlights how much more effective it is to use the exchange rate to quietly manipulate the relative price of trade and non-tradables. This is not recommended, as it represents an alternative 'race to the bottom', that undermines the price of US assets (bonds and equities), but it does highlight the extent to which mercantilist vision can view a weak USD policy, and tariffs/protectionism, as peas in the same pod. Certainly it fits with a world that believes the US has a weak USD policy.
Which brings us to the last irony. Protectionism will be at its most effective on trade, only in so much as it will help deliver a weaker USD, albeit at significant cost to US assets.


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Military repels attack on Konduga town, Borno State; ...kills 70 Boko Haram fighters
Nigerian soldiers on Monday night clinched another huge victory over the extremist Boko Haram sect, repelling their attack on Konduga town in Borno State and killing at least 70 of the rampaging insurgents.
Muhammed Abbas, an official of the Nigeria Vigilante Group in Maiduguri told Premium Times that the Boko Haram terrorists, who attacked the town at about 8 p.m. on Monday night, met stiff resistance from soldiers stationed in the town.
Mr. Abbas said after hours of gun battle, Nigerian soldiers, assisted by Civilian-JTF, subdued the insurgents, killing several of them, wounding many others while the rest retreated to the direction from which they came.
Over 70 bodies, believed to be that of Boko Haram fighters, were counted when calm returned to the town, he said.
A top military officer, who does not want to be named because he had no authority to speak on the matter, said the terrorists retreated after facing superior firepower.
"The insurgents came at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday to attack the town, but our men on ground effectively tackled them," he said. "Nobody can tell you the exact number of insurgents killed, but we have over 70 that we counted around the town, but there are others that may have been killed in the bushes."
Konduga is about 35 kilometers from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, and has been repeatedly attacked by the extremist Boko Haram sect.
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Former MLB pitcher released by Doosan Bears
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Published : Nov 25, 2013 - 21:20 Updated : Nov 25, 2013 - 21:20
Former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-hander Kim Sun-woo on Monday was released by the Doosan Bears in the top South Korean league.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club announced that they decided not to retain the 36-year-old pitcher for next season. Kim immediately became a free agent but faces a career crossroads after two straight sub-par seasons.
He was just 5-6 this year with a 5.52 ERA in 17 appearances, spanning 60 1/3 innings. Last year, Kim went 6-9 with a 4.52 ERA in 163 1/3 innings.
Kim joined the Bears in 2008 after spending six seasons in the big leagues with the Boston Red Sox, the Montreal Expos -- which later became the Washington Nationals -- the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds. From 2009 to 2011, Kim averaged more than 13 wins a season as the spiritual leader in the Bears' rotation.
In 2011, he was second in the KBO with 16 victories and had a 3.13 ERA.
In his MLB career, Kim was 13-13 in 337 innings in 118 appearances, 38 of them starts.
The Bears also announced on Monday that they will not bring back American right-hander Derek Hankins. The career U.S. minor leaguer joined the team in July this year to replace the ineffective Garrett Olson.
After a mediocre regular season as a starter, Hankins enjoyed a fine playoff run as a reliever. He strung together 10 1/3 scoreless innings at one point in the postseason but was the losing pitcher in the decisive seventh game of the Korean Series against the Samsung Lions.


BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that we set our eyes once again on the fields to which we are called to labor, refusing to dishonor God with activities that militate against harmony and good will.
It seems to this blogger, that the real issue is not blogging but about negativity and a lack of respect for positions other than mine. Blogging can be one method of positively sharing a perspective that one holds with those who choose to read that individual's perspective. It can and should be done without attacking others one disagrees with.
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Netherlands heads towards ruling out e-liquid flavours from early next year
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th June 2020 || News analysis || Flavours | Regulation and Legislation | Geographies: Europe Netherlands
The Dutch government is working on new legislation to ban all e-cigarette flavours early next year to reduce the appeal of vaping to young people.
In a letter to the Chamber of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) earlier this week, health secretary Paul Blokhuis said tobacco flavour would be exempt from the ban "in order not to discourage smokers who wish to quit smoking by using e-cigarettes".
The Dutch Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) believes there are increasing signs that e-cigarettes serve as a quitting tool for those who want to give up smoking but that there are some flavours – especially sweet and exotic ones – that attract young people.
The new ban on flavours is expected to come into effect in spring 2021 after legislation is drafted and considered by parliament.
Blokhuis said "a smoke-free generation should also be an e-cigarette-free generation" and that vaping would play an important role in government policies towards the goal of no young people smoking by 2040.
From 1st July, e-cigarettes will be included in the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act, substantially limiting the public areas where vaping is allowed. Vaping on all school grounds will be prohibited from August.
The health ministry also intends to introduce neutral packaging for e-cigarettes in 2022, as stated in the National Prevention Agreement (Nationaal Preventieakkoord).
New tax scheme
Meanwhile, the Dutch Ministry of Finance is working on a new tax scheme for e-liquids, and Blokhuis announced that the cabinet will make a decision on that shortly.
"Such a tax would contribute to ensuring that e-cigarettes with or without nicotine do not become popular alternatives to smoking products among young people," the health secretary said. He said the proposal was "logical" and "consistent".
Furthermore, the Dutch government strongly believes that e-cigarettes should be included in the next revision of EU Directive 2011/64 on the structure and rates of excise duties applied to manufactured tobacco, following the recommendations issued a few weeks ago by the Council of the European Union.
Blokhuis also announced that he is preparing an amendment to the Tobacco Act to regulate heated tobacco more strictly as these devices have been already considered as "harmful and addictive" by the RIVM.
The government wants to extend to heat-not-burn (HnB) products all the restrictions on age and neutral packaging that already apply to traditional tobacco and "immediately" enforce a ban on advertising them.
The industry, however, believes these political moves are "dangerous" as they could lead a number of users to return to smoking.
"Even the Trimbos Institute [of Mental Health and Addiction] holds that a ban makes it way less likely that people who want to quit smoking transfer to the proven less harmful e-cigarette. In fact, this ban will cause current vapers to fall back on regular cigarettes," Emil 't Hart, chairman of the Dutch Electronic Cigarettes Association, told ECigIntelligence.
What This Means: Paul Blokhuis, named by ECigIntelligence last year as one of the 20 influential individuals to watch on e-cigarettes worldwide, is moving forward with his plan for the Netherlands to have one of the tightest regulations for e-cigarettes and other tobacco-alternative products in Europe.
According to a Trimbos Institute study commissioned by the Ministry of Health, 3.1% of Dutch adults now occasionally use e-cigarettes. Although largely seen as an aid to smoking cessation, the research reveals that almost three-quarters of vapers still smoke too.
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"Behind the Beautiful Forevers": A Conversation with Kate Boo
December 2, 2015 by Jessica Ciencin Henriquez
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Steve Coll and Kate Boo look on as an audience member asks a question at Columbia Journalism School on November 20, 2015.
Earlier this month at Columbia Journalism School, Katherine Boo - winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and a MacArthur "genius" grant - joined Dean Steve Coll for a discussion of her first book, the powerful and complex work of immersion reporting, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
Prompted by questions from Coll and the journalism school audience, Boo offered advice on journalism craft, storytelling and ethics.
Watch the full event video below, and scroll down for useful takeaways from the conversation.
Don't waste too much time trying to label and find names for what you do. Experiment with form. If it's already been done twenty times it's not worth doing again - give your reader something they can't get elsewhere. Address things that are urgent in this world. Make people awake to things that matter most to you. Write in a way that might engage people despite themselves. The best piece of advice I ever got was to "subsidize your readers lack of interest with your surplus." That means don't be angry, don't blame them if they're not interested. Instead, believe that your passion is contagious - that you can spark their interest, too.
My editor told me that if people put this book down, they'd never pick it up again. Don't give readers that option. Give them a person they find believable, in a situation they find believable. Lou Reed said, "You've gotta assume that everybody in the audience is as smart as you are, at least." Assume that readers are sophisticated. They don't always need to be spoonfed. The easiest story to get is the hardest story to tell.
If you have the opportunity, use public records. It's not just going to make clear what the story is - it's going to allow you to tell that story in a much stronger, deeper way.
People are often trying to give themselves control over events they don't have control over at the time. When something traumatic has happened to someone, it is important to interview that person as soon as possible after the event. That's the closest to the truth you're going to get.
You know your subject matter better than anybody - listen to your own ear as you tell these stories. Trust your instincts and constantly ask yourself, "What is the potentially valuable moment here?" I always ask "how do I do justice to what I've seen?" Rather than, "How do I make it readable?"
If you are reporting across boundaries, across difference, that means that you have to put in a different amount of time.
What keeps me going in projects like these is the emotional attachment to the people I'm reporting on. If it hurts your heart, that means you care. That is part of what keeps you in it.
Katherine Boo is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post. She learned to report at the alternative weekly, Washington City Paper, after which she worked as a writer and co-editor of The Washington Monthly magazine. Over the years, her reporting from disadvantaged communities has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur "Genius" grant, and a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing. Her 2012 book Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity won nonfiction prizes from PEN, the Los Angeles Times Book Awards, the New York Public Library, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the National Book Award for Nonfiction.


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Dung Beetles
Dung Beetle, Oblique Image: M. Bulbert
Scarabaeidae
Super Family
Scarabaeoidea
Image: Andrew Donnelly
Dung beetles serve a number of very important ecological functions including soil aeration and nutrient transfer as well as breaking down dung and preventing flies from breeding in it.
Dung beetles have three body parts - a head, a prothorax and an abdomen.
The body consists of a hard outside cuticle and folded wings that lie over the upper surface of the abdomen and are covered by wing covers.
The wings are transparent or whitish in colour and are only visible if the beetle is in flight.
Dung beetles have six legs that are specialised for shovelling dung and earth.
Dung beetles come in a variety of colours. The most common colour of dung beetles in Australia is black.
Australia has more than 500 species of native dung beetles and 29 species of dung beetles were successfully introduced from Hawaii, Africa and southern Europe. The introduced dung beetles are very useful in Australia's agricultural regions
Most dung beetle species reproduce in the warmer months of spring, summer and autumn.
Feeding and diet
The majority of dung beetles feed on dung, both in their adult and larval phase. However, many dung beetles feed on a variety of things, including mushrooms, decomposing leaves and other rotting matter. Adult dung beetles have mouth parts which are specially adapted to feed on liquefied material and can break down a dung pad very efficiently by burying the dung underground to use when breeding.
A pair of dung beetles (a male and a female) may work together, digging a nest to create a burrow beneath the dung pad. The dung is taken into the burrow in either a ball or an irregular mass. The female lays her eggs in the burrow. The eggs hatch into larvae, which feed on the dung surrounding it.
The larvae will go through three skin changes to reach the non-feeding pupal stage. Male larvae develop into major or minor males depending on how much dung is available to them during their larval phases. Some dung beetle larvae are able to survive unfavourable conditions, such as droughts, by stopping development and remaining inactive for several months. The pupae turn into adult dung beetles, which break out of the dung ball and dig their way to the surface. The newly formed adults will fly to a new dung pad and the whole process starts over.
Dung beetles serve a number of very important ecological functions. The digging activity of tunnelling beetles results in the aeration of soil as well as the transfer of nutrients to the soil by releasing the nutrients in the dung. Also, dung beetles break down dung and prevent flies from breeding in it.
Studying dung beetles
Scientists use invertebrates such as dung beetles for research. Traditionally, plants (especially trees) and vertebrates such as birds, and lizards have been used for biodiversity and conservation research. This is because they are easy to see and easily identified. But this only looks at a tiny proportion of biodiversity.
Too often, invertebrates have been ignored in biodiversity studies because they are considered too difficult to work with because there are too many of them, many have not been named, and their biology remains largely unknown. While these objections are true for most invertebrates, they do not apply to dung beetles. Dung beetles have a well-defined biology, the species are all named and have keys for their identification, and there are not too many of them - at most there are only 200 kinds of dung beetle in the whole of New South Wales compared to 800 kinds of ants). Moreover, dung beetles are easy to sample because they are attracted to baited traps.
In recent research, the Australian Museum was interested in obtaining more accurate knowledge about the distribution of dung beetle species in New South Wales for the following reasons:
many species of dung beetles have small distribution ranges;
some species may be endangered;
some areas are rich in species while others are not;
many areas have not been sampled.
Such a study may also give us other valuable information, such as the relationship between soil type and vertebrate abundance. Also, researching dung beetles is useful when studying beetles' competitive and sexual behaviour.
Australia's native dung beetles which evolved with the marsupials, were not adapted to use and disperse cattle dung effectively, causing several problems. In response CSIRO introduced 29 species from Africa and Europe to assist with the breakdowmn of the large amounts of cattle and sheep dung.
https://csiropedia.csiro.au/dung-beetle-program/
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There are over 350,000 different known beetle species worldwide and new species are being discovered all the time.
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The hunt for the not-so-elusive dung beetle
Last month, Dr Chris Reid and Aidan Runagall-McNaull arrived in Northeast NSW to determine the impacts of the 2019-20 bushfires on dung beetle populations. Now nearing the end of their fieldwork, there is some good news to report.
Our scientists have been making observations and collecting data and specimens from a range of environments for nearly 200 years. Learn about our scientist's fieldwork here
The majority of insects in Australia are not harmful to humans. However, some insects bite and sting if they are threatened so it is best to avoid touching them if you want to avoid being stung or bitten.
Flat African Dung Beetle
Impacts of the 2019–2020 bushfires on New South Wales biodiversity: a rapid assessment of distribution data for selected invertebrate taxa
Entomology is the study of insects including flies, cicadas, moths, earwigs, fleas, bugs, cockroaches, bees, dragonflies, and termites.
The ratio of exotic-to-native dung beetles can indicate habitat quality in riparian restoration
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Google cut its workforce by 16.9 percent in the second quarter, with most of the bleeding coming from its Motorola Mobile operations and the sale of its Motorola Home business. The news was better within the company's core operations.
At the end of the quarter, Google had 44,777 employees worldwide. In its second quarter earnings report, the company said the Motorola Mobile workforce was reduced by more than half. The unit ended the period with 4,599 employees, down nearly 54 percent from the previous quarter. Those cuts deepened the slice the company took last year, when Google said it would cut 20 percent of Motorola Mobile's headcount and close a third of its 94 offices worldwide.
The layoffs were part of Google's decision to exit from unprofitable markets and discontinue manufacturing low-end phones to focus on smartphones. By selling Motorola Home to ARRIS Group, the company also divested itself of about 5,200 employees. Motorola Home focuses on design, engineering and supplying technology for triple and quad-play broadband services for businesses and consumers.
Google's core employees had less to worry about. Retention and hiring remains unaffected by the Motorola layoffs, CEO Larry Page said during a conference call with analysts. Not including Motorola Mobile workers, the company ended the second quarter with a 40,178 employees, an increase of 3.7 percent from the first quarter.
Google reported a surprising miss on its financial results for the second quarter, pulling in revenues of $14.11 billion. That was up 19 percent from over the same period last year, but still less than the $14.41 billion Wall Street was expecting.


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Q: Copy dynamic canvas into another canvas not working I`m dealing with a video communication based on canvas.
Today, I meet a weird bug when I try to capture the video into another canvas. It sometimes worked, but sometimes not.
Here`s the code.

$('#snap-button').on('click', function () {
  var source = $('#video')[0];
  var target = $('#photo')[0];
  var context = target.getContext('2d');
  context.drawImage(source, 0, 0, 800, 600);
});

<canvas id="video" width="800" height="600"></canvas>

<canvas id="photo" width="800" height="600"></canvas>

<button id="snap-button"></button>

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But when I test this bug, I replace the video canvas with static canvas, such as draw a retangle, it worked 100% correctly, but dynamic is almost not worked.
What should I do ? Thanks!

A: Edit this code below how you want. This is working example how you can make snapshot from video into canvas.

var v = document.getElementById("video1");
var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");

var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
$("#snap-button").click(function(){
    ctx.drawImage(v,5,5,260,125)
});

Video to use:

<video id="video1" controls width="270" autoplay>
  <source src="http://www.w3schools.com/tags/mov_bbb.mp4" type='video/mp4'>
  <source src="http://www.w3schools.com/tags/mov_bbb.ogg" type='video/ogg'>
  <source src=http://www.w3schools.com/tags/"mov_bbb.webm" type='video/webm'>
</video>

Snapshot:

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="270" height="135" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;"></canvas>

<input type="button" id="snap-button" value="Snap shot">

Source: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_canvas_drawimage_video

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Globalization and its New Discontents
2016. 08. 10. 17:21 Joseph E. Stiglitz	The Economists | Vélemény
Fifteen years ago, I wrote a little book, entitled Globalization and its Discontents, describing growing opposition in the developing world to globalizing reforms. It seemed a mystery: people in developing countries had been told that globalization would increase overall wellbeing. So why had so many people become so hostile to it?
Now, globalization's opponents in the emerging markets and developing countries have been joined by tens of millions in the advanced countries. Opinion polls, including a careful study by Stanley Greenberg and his associates for the Roosevelt Institute, show that trade is among the major sources of discontent for a large share of Americans. Similar views are apparent in Europe.
How can something that our political leaders – and many an economist – said would make everyone better off be so reviled?
One answer occasionally heard from the neoliberal economists who advocated for these policies is that people are better off. They just don't know it. Their discontent is a matter for psychiatrists, not economists.
But income data suggest that it is the neoliberals who may benefit from therapy. Large segments of the population in advanced countries have not been doing well: in the US, the bottom 90% has endured income stagnation for a third of a century. Median income for full-time male workers is actually lower in real (inflation-adjusted) terms than it was 42 years ago. At the bottom, real wages are comparable to their level 60 years ago.
The effects of the economic pain and dislocation that many Americans are experiencing are even showing up in health statistics. For example, the economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton, this year's Nobel laureate, have shown that life expectancy among segments of white Americans is declining.
Things are a little better in Europe – but only a little better.
Branko Milanovic's new book Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization provides some vital insights, looking at the big winners and losers in terms of income over the two decades from 1988 to 2008. Among the big winners were the global 1%, the world's plutocrats, but also the middle class in newly emerging economies. Among the big losers – those who gained little or nothing – were those at the bottom and the middle and working classes in the advanced countries. Globalization is not the only reason, but it is one of the reasons.
Under the assumption of perfect markets (which underlies most neoliberal economic analyses) free trade equalizes the wages of unskilled workers around the world. Trade in goods is a substitute for the movement of people. Importing goods from China – goods that require a lot of unskilled workers to produce – reduces the demand for unskilled workers in Europe and the US.
This force is so strong that if there were no transportation costs, and if the US and Europe had no other source of competitive advantage, such as in technology, eventually it would be as if Chinese workers continued to migrate to the US and Europe until wage differences had been eliminated entirely. Not surprisingly, the neoliberals never advertised this consequence of trade liberalization, as they claimed – one could say lied – that all would benefit.
The failure of globalization to deliver on the promises of mainstream politicians has surely undermined trust and confidence in the "establishment." And governments' offers of generous bailouts for the banks that had brought on the 2008 financial crisis, while leaving ordinary citizens largely to fend for themselves, reinforced the view that this failure was not merely a matter of economic misjudgments.
In the US, Congressional Republicans even opposed assistance to those who were directly hurt by globalization. More generally, neoliberals, apparently worried about adverse incentive effects, have opposed welfare measures that would have protected the losers.
But they can't have it both ways: if globalization is to benefit most members of society, strong social-protection measures must be in place. The Scandinavians figured this out long ago; it was part of the social contract that maintained an open society – open to globalization and changes in technology. Neoliberals elsewhere have not – and now, in elections in the US and Europe, they are having their comeuppance.
Globalization is, of course, only one part of what is going on; technological innovation is another part. But all of this openness and disruption were supposed to make us richer, and the advanced countries could have introduced policies to ensure that the gains were widely shared.
Instead, they pushed for policies that restructured markets in ways that increased inequality and undermined overall economic performance; growth actually slowed as the rules of the game were rewritten to advance the interests of banks and corporations – the rich and powerful – at the expense of everyone else. Workers' bargaining power was weakened; in the US, at least, competition laws didn't keep up with the times; and existing laws were inadequately enforced. Financialization continued apace and corporate governance worsened.
Now, as I point out in my recent book Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy, the rules of the game need to be changed again – and this must include measures to tame globalization. The two new large agreements that President Barack Obama has been pushing – the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and 11 Pacific Rim countries, and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US – are moves in the wrong direction.
The main message of Globalization and its Discontents was that the problem was not globalization, but how the process was being managed. Unfortunately, the management didn't change. Fifteen years later, the new discontents have brought that message home to the advanced economies.


accessible to merchants and consumers than ever before.
"We are committed to making interactions easier in the financial lives of our customers," said Brian Moynihan, CEO, Chairman and Director of Bank of America. "Samsung Pay is another significant move in that direction for our 17 million mobile customers."
Samsung Pay has the potential of being accepted at approximately 30 million merchant locations worldwide, making it the only mobile payment solution with near universal acceptance. Samsung offers this capability by deploying a groundbreaking technology called Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST). Consumers can use Samsung Pay in merchant locations regardless of whether the terminals support NFC or traditional magstripe, which is the vast majority of existing terminals.
With Samsung Pay, consumers will benefit from a simple and easy-to-use application leading to a positive consumer experience. Adding a card requires a few simple steps. Once added, the user simply swipes up from the bezel to invoke the Samsung Pay app, chooses the desired payment card, and authenticates with the fingerprint sensor. Tapping the device to the point-of-sale (POS) terminals allows for a fast, secure, and easy purchase.
Samsung is deeply committed to upholding security and user data privacy to the highest industry standards. Samsung Pay does not keep personal account numbers on a consumer's device. In addition, Samsung Pay provides many security features that make it safer than a physical card. When combined with tokenization – replacing sensitive card data with a unique, secure token to prevent fraud – Samsung Pay will deliver secure mobile payments worldwide.
Samsung's payment security is enhanced by its own mobile security platform (Samsung KNOXTM) and ARM TrustZone® working together to protect transaction information from fraudsters and data attacks. Moreover, in the case of a lost phone, Samsung's Find My Mobile feature enables users to locate, lock and even wipe their devices remotely; ensuring Samsung Pay data is hardly compromised.


with these three loves of my life.
But I'm back to work.
Not ready for anything really, though.
San Francisco, Reno, and Lake Tahoe again.
Relive all of those new memories and experiences.
I'll get back to my rhythm of life.
And then look forward to the next vacation, right?
I did miss you all though.
Just a little note to say HI.
So glad you had such a great time! SF seriously is the best. I love living here!
That picture leaves me all sorts of happy!! Absolutely beautiful and so happy you had a blast!


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Q: call inline function and pass in current item as the argument - Flex 3 Im trying to create a loop of items like this...
    for each (var btn:Object in ViewButtonData)
    {
      // build element
      var box:HBox = new HBox();
      box.styleName = "lefttab";
      box.width = "100%";
      box.addEventListener("rollOver", HoverTab(btn.id, 1));
      box.addEventListener("rollOut", HoverTab(btn.id, 0));

      // add element to list
    }

I would like to pass in current HBox to the 'HoverTab' function.  Is there a way to do that?

A: James Ward's comment is correct. You can just do:
function myHandler(event:Event):void {
    var myHBox:HBox = event.currentTarget as HBox;
}

That said, the answer to your question is:
box.addEventListener("rollOver", function(e:Event) { HoverTab(box, btn.id, 1); });

..spread out for more readability:
box.addEventListener("rollOver",
                     function(e:Event) {
                         HoverTab(box, btn.id, 1);
                     }
                    );

A: The HBox should automatically be available in the event handler via event.currentTarget.

A: box.addEventListener("rollOver", hoverTab(btn.id, 1));
box.addEventListener("rollOut", hoverTab(btn.id, 0));

This won't work unless hoverTab is a function that returns a function that takes an event as its sole argument. Replace it with:
box.addEventListener("rollOver", hoverTab);
box.addEventListener("rollOut", rollOutTab);

And as James mentioned, you'll get HBox from event.currentTarget
function hoverTab(event:MouseEvent):void
{
   var box:HBox = HBox(event.currentTarget);
}

To get btn.id inside hoverTab, store HBoxes and btn.ids into two arrays from the for-each loop. Now you can get the index of HBox using indexOf method - btn.id will be at the same index in its array.
var boxes:Array = [];
var ids:Array = [];
for each (var btn:Object in ViewButtonData)
{
  // build element
  var box:HBox = new HBox();
  boxes.push(box);
  ids.push(btn.id);
  box.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, hoverTab);
  box.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, rollOutTab);

  // add element to list
}
function hoverTab(event:MouseEvent):void
{
   var box:HBox = HBox(event.currentTarget);
   var btnid:Number = ids[boxes.indexOf(box)];
}

Alternatively, (since ActionScript allows different types in the same array), you can push them into the same array and read the btn.id as array[array.indexOf(box) + 1]


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First two nights of Juneteenth celebrations canceled in Gloucester after online threat
by: Michelle Wolf
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — An online threat alluding to guns and violence has caused a series of Juneteenth events to be canceled.
Friday was supposed to kick off the Gloucester County and Mathews County NAACP's 3rd annual Juneteenth celebration until the venue hosting the 3-day event called it off less than 48 hours ago.
Violent threats have skyrocketed across the country. The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin last week warning people that minority communities, schools, houses of worship and mass transit are the prime targets.
"I can't believe this is happening in Gloucester. You hear of this in other places," said Brenda Dixon of the Gloucester NAACP.
An annual celebration of African American freedom was abruptly canceled in Gloucester County because of a threatening post from a Mathews County resident on social media.
"Someone responded this event may end in guns and violence," Dixon explained.
The since deleted post was investigated by the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office, FBI and local Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. They ultimately found the user to not be a threat and that no crime occurred, but Dixon tells us the venue that initially offered to host the 3-day Juneteenth celebration backed out.
"It turned everything upside down. The Flat Iron staff had a meeting and they decided the liability was too great. At the last minute they canceled everything Friday, Saturday and Sunday," Dixon stated.
Scheduled performers and speakers felt uneasy.
"It left us scrambling trying to find a new venue. People were quite shaken up. People were afraid. I'm calling all the performers saying different venue, they're saying we're not coming, we're scared," Dixon said.
Pastor E. R. Graham of First United Baptist Church is now hosting Sunday's Juneteenth church service at his parish which held Juneteenth events the last two years.
"We take these threats seriously but we will not be stopped by those threats. The threat did intimidate some of our members and some will not show," Pastor Graham told 10 On Your Side.
Pastor Graham says the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office and State Police will provide additional security during the afternoon service which will also have condensed performances that were originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
"As clergy and this is one of the discussions we had in our meeting, we have to protect our parishioners, we have to protect our membership but we have to be bold and preach the gospel and make sure the gospel is being preached. We're at a crossroads. We need safety but we can't be intimidated," Pastor Graham explained.
Dixon says the threat won't stop Juneteenth celebrations from happening now or in the future.
"We can't be afraid. We can't run. Juneteenth is going to come every year," Dixon concluded.


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Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II Watch
For Baselworld 2017, Tissot has announced the release of a new version of the T-Touch Solar, three years after the original T-Touch Solar was released in 2014. The new watch will be the Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II, which follows a naming convention Tissot began a while back when the T-Touch II came out as a fix for early T-Touch models that some people complained had water-resistance issues. The Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II is a pretty nice-looking timepiece, but we have to ask ourselves who they are marketing to these days. When the original Tissot T-Touch came out in late 1999, it was the epitome of good Swiss watch looks combined with a slick technical (yet classy interface). In today's smartwatch world, the potential customer base for otherwise cool products like the Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II is admittedly more narrow.
Let us first not forget the Tissot T-Touch that (as of now) never was. Almost exactly one year ago today, Tissot announced the Tissot Smart-Touch smartwatch, as a version of the T-Touch Solar that would connect to a smartphone app via Bluetooth. As far as I know, the Smart-Touch is not out and isn't planned to come out. So the replacement for it is the Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II.
Outside of some style and material elements, it isn't totally clear what is new in the Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II over the original T-Touch Expert Solar (aBlogtoWatch review here). With that said, the cosmetic upgrades are appreciated. For me, the biggest issue with the T-Touch Expert Solar was the very large and broad (though wearable) 45mm-wide titanium case. It isn't that 45mm wide is all that unwearable, but also that the lugs are very large.
These aren't likely to be the only two versions of the Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II released in 2017. What Tissot has released images for thus far are a green military-style T-Touch Expert Solar II and a blue marine-style model. Of course, aside from the updated dial styles, you can see that the clearly exposed photovoltaic cell on much of the of the original Solar model has been replaced with a more covert dial done similarly to the way Citizen Eco-Drive models do it.
A new material use is ceramic. The Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II case is still titanium (likely with a matching titanium bracelet in addition to the rubber strap), and the bezel is now colored ceramic. Further, the compass-style markers on the bezel are said to be painted with luminant. The hands on the dial are still on the shorter side – but that is as a side effect of carbon hands needing to move very quickly given how the watch works.
If you aren't familiar with the Tissot T-Touch family, the concept is pretty neat. The basic idea is that functionality is used by pressing various places on the sapphire crystal. Thus, if you see (for example) "Altimeter" on the periphery of the dial, you first press the crown pusher and then your finger on that region of the crystal for the watch to go into altimeter mode, and for the hands and partial digital screen to work together in order to indicate the current altitude. As a "triple sensor" watch, the T-Touch Expert Solar II has a barometer, altimeter, and compass (the latter being the most fun to use by far). Tissot claims that the T-Touch Expert Solar II has 20 functions, which range from multiple time zones and chronograph (both lap and regatta), to a perpetual calendar and two different alarms.
As I mentioned, over the dial is a sapphire crystal and the case is water-resistant to 100 meters. The T-Touch Expert Solar dial allows light to enter through the face in order to charge the battery, which also has a battery life indicator. No, there really isn't anything here that Casio hasn't done before, but Tissot arguably put it all into a more refined-looking package – and the overall looks of the piece score very high.
Again, I am not clear on what (if any) new features the Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II adds that the original Expert Solar lacked. My assumption is that this might be a technical update with a more reliable, refined system, but since I haven't discussed it with Tissot, I don't know yet. As for cosmetic matters, there are the clear upgrades which are notable, such as the new dials which hide the photovoltaic cells, and the ceramic bezels. In 2017, with smartwatches getting more popular, the key benefit of something like the Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II is the lack of having to worry about battery life. This isn't going to be as functional as a full-featured smart watch, but it isn't going to force you to ever plug it in. My guess is that pricing will be more or less the same as the outgoing Solar, with an estimated price for the Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar II being around $1,200. tissotwatches.com
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More Women, Fewer Cadres: A Preview of Next NPC's Composition
Editor's Note: For an analysis of the demographics of the 13th NPC as first seated in March 2018, please see this post.
Since the 7th National People's Congress (NPC), each NPC's last session has passed a decision prescribing various requirements for electing delegates to the next NPC (election decision). Following this practice, the 5th Session of the 12th NPC, which concluded yesterday, approved the Decision on the Quota and Election of Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress (Decision), to a certain extent dictating the composition of the 13th NPC. This post reviews the contents of the Decision, starting with some background information.
The number of NPC delegates is capped at 3,000 by the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses (Electoral Law), the national law governing the elections of NPC delegates. That quota is then allocated once every five years to China's provinces, autonomous regions, and directly governed municipalities (collectively, provinces), as well as to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan (which Beijing considers a renegade province), and the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
For the provinces, two basic rules govern the allocation of the number of delegates:
Each delegate should represent the same number of population—or the proportionality principle.
All provinces, ethnic groups, and sectors [方面] should have appropriate representation in the NPC—the so-called broad-representation [广泛的代表性] principle.
In other words, while population serves as the primary basis for allocation, other factors are taken into account as well. The Electoral Law thus divides the seats assigned to each province into three groups:
A certain number of seats allocated solely on the basis of population;
A (unspecified) base number of seats that is the same for each province;
A certain number of seats allocated for "other reasons."
The last group of seats not only include those allocated to achieve broad representation, but also include a few that are reserved for Party and State leaders, members of the NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC), and other senior officials (collectively, Central Leadership).[1]
For other regions and the PLA, however, neither the proportionality principle nor the broad-representation principle applies. Instead, under the Electoral Law, the NPC is to separately set the number of delegates to be elected from each of them.
Yesterday's Decision, while not a detailed allocation plan itself (the NPCSC will release one in late April), sets out some of the unspecified parameters mentioned above and lays down a few requirements to ensure broad representation by NPC delegates.
Contents of the Decision
Provincial Delegations
The Decision allocates to the provinces the same number of delegates to the 13th NPC as to the 12th NPC (see chart below).
According to an official Explanation of the Election Decision, the allocations for the provinces remain unchanged because the "overall structure" of China's population has "hardly" changed since 2012, even though its size has increased "slightly."
Recall that each province's allocation consists of three types of delegates. According to the allocation plan for the current NPC, those allocated solely on the basis of population each represent 670,000 people (a total of 2,000 seats are allocated this way). In addition, each province is entitled to the same base quota of eight delegates. The final allocation for each province is shown in the chart, after having been adjusted by the NPCSC to ensure broad representation.
The remaining 255 seats are reserved for the Central Leadership, and will be allocated by the NPCSC based on personnel decisions made at the upcoming 19th Party Congress.
Overseas and PLA Delegations
The Decision also allocates to other electoral units the same number of delegates to 13th NPC as to the 12th NPC.
Specifically, Hong Kong is allocated 36 delegates, Macau 12, Taiwan 13, and the PLA 265.
The elections of NPC delegates from these electoral units are governed by separate statutes and follow different procedures.
In Hong Kong and Macau, ad hoc councils of election are formed to nominate and elect NPC delegates, in accordance with two measures also passed by the NPC yesterday.
In the PLA, NPC delegates are elected by the highest-level servicemen congresses.
NPC delegates representing Taiwan are expected to be chosen from Taiwanese citizens who now reside on the mainland by an ad hoc consultative election conference. A detailed election plan is expected to be approved by the NPCSC in late April.
Female Delegates
The Decision requires that—without setting a specific target—the proportion of female delegates in the 13th NPC be higher than the 12th NPC.
To realize this goal, the Explanation of the Decision urges all electoral units to "take effective measures" and "do well the work of nominating, recommending, and electing female candidates."
While the requirement that women representation rise gradually was only added to the Electoral Law in 2010, it has been included in each election decision since the 7th NPC (1988–1993). And except for the 8th and 10th NPCs, the percentage of women has indeed been increasing—however slightly (see chart below).
Source: NPCSC Credentials Committee
If the percentage were to rise by the average increase over the last two NPCs, there would be approximately 25% women in the 13th NPC. In this respect, the 13th NPC would fare even better than the U.S. Congress, where women currently hold only 19.4% of the seats. This isn't cause for complacency, however, because China only came in a mediocre 74th out of 193 countries in terms of women representation in national legislatures. Women may hold up half the sky, but they are probably still decades away from holding half the seats in the NPC.
Grassroots Delegates
The Decision stipulates that the proportion of grassroots delegates in the 13th NPC should be higher than the 12th NPC.
In line with an Electoral Law provision that mandates appropriate representation by grassroots delegates, this requirement seeks to tackle the chronic problem that, for a long time, NPC delegates have been too elitist, consisting mostly of "mid-level to senior managers."[2] Specifically, the Decision orders the electoral units to elect more "front-line [一线]" workers, farmers, and professionals (such as teachers, lawyers, and doctors)—those who take orders from the "managers"—as well as more migrant workers.
The 11th NPC made the same requirement five year ago, and as a result:
Workers and farmers gained 13.42% of the seats in the 12th NPC, up 5.18% over the 11th NPC.
Of them, 31 were migrant workers, against only three in the 11th NPC.
Grassroots professionals made up 20.42% of the seats in the 12th NPC, up 1.20%.
Because the Decision doesn't name a specific goal, we need to wait and see how many more voices from the grassroots there will be in the 13th NPC.
Party & Government Cadres
The Decision further requires that the proportion of delegates who are leading Party and government cadres [党政领导干部] be lower than the 12th NPC.
The Decision doesn't define "leading Party and governmental cadres." But according to Party regulations, they (simply put) refer to the leadership of Party committees, Party disciplinary inspection commissions, people's governments, people's congresses, courts, and procuratorates, as well as the leadership of these bodies' internal departments.
Yesterday's Decision marks the second time that such a requirement is included in an election decision. In 2012, the 11th NPC first ordered the reduction of cadres' seats, and their proportion subsequently dropped by 6.93% to 34.88% in the 12th NPC. The Decision doesn't include a target, and it's unclear how much the percentage would further decline.
To ensure broad representation, the Decision also asks that ethnic minorities be given around 12% (or 360) of the seats in the 13th NPC, and that each minority hold at least one seat. Such a provision dates back to the 5th NPC (1978–1982), and has been implemented fair well. In recent NPCs, ethnic minorities consistently hold around 14% of the seats—more than both the guideline percentage and their proportion in China's population, at 8.49% (2010 Census). Clearly, the broad-representation principle rather than the proportionality principle guides the allocation of ethnic minorities' seats.
Lastly, 35 seats are given to overseas Chinese who have returned to China, in accordance with past practice. And re-elected delegates should make up a "certain" proportion.
Delegates to the 13th NPC will have been elected by January 2018, and the election results will be certified by the NPCSC in late February 2018. At that point, we'll have a clearer picture of the demographics of the next NPC.
[1] Zhao Xiaoli [赵晓力], On the Composition of NPC Delegates [论全国人大代表的构成], 24 Peking U. L.J. [中外法学] 973, 981 (2012).
[2] Liu Leming [刘乐明] & He Junzhi [何俊志]. Who Represents and Who Is Represented? Analysis of the Composition of Delegates to the 11th NPC [谁代表与代表谁? 十一届全国人大代表的构成分析], China Governance Rev. [中国治理评论], no. 2, 2013, at 106, 132.
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L. B. Council Move Against Apartheid Is Bogged Down
By ERIC BAILEY
Times Staff Writer
LONG BEACH —
Last November, it seemed as if the City Council had decided to join the growing anti-apartheid campaign. The council voted unanimously to approve "in concept" a plan to cut economic ties between the city and South Africa, and told its three-member Finance Committee to figure out just how best to do that.
But in the nearly five months since the council's decision, the Finance Committee has yet to reach any decision on divestiture. In fact, the committee has failed to take up the apartheid issue at even one of its monthly meetings.
The lack of any concrete action has left some anti-apartheid advocates upset, questioning whether the council's devotion to divestiture is anything but a hollow political promise.
"It's kind of irritating that no action has been taken," said Frank Berry, Long Beach branch president of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People. "And I guess it's just going to sit there until it's raised again by us or some other group."
While municipalities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston have enacted divestiture plans, the matter has remained mired in a bureaucratic bog in Long Beach--but not, city leaders insist, because they are reluctant to take a stand on apartheid.
'In Limbo Right Now'
"I don't think there's any question as to the City Council's opposition to apartheid," said Councilman Thomas Clark, chairman of the Finance Committee. "It's just one of those things that's in limbo right now because of other issues and because we just haven't been pushed. Other issues have just come ahead of it."
Councilman Warren Harwood, a member of the Finance Committee along with Clark and Councilman Edd Tuttle, agreed.
"I feel we need to take some effective action on it," Harwood said, stressing that any delays have come while city staff members work out the "costly and complicated twists and turns" of a divestiture plan.
Berry said that the matter likely would have been resolved long ago, but the principal council backer of the anti-apartheid measure, Councilman James Wilson, has been busy preparing for his trial on charges that he was paid about $54,000 by fireworks magnate W. Patrick Moriarty in exchange for supporting legislation to legalize "safe and sane" fireworks.
Indeed, Wilson said that he plans to raise the matter again before the entire council as soon as his trial, which began this week, is over.
"They'll keep it in committee probably forever if I don't take it out," Wilson said, suggesting that members of the Finance Committee have balked at taking up divestiture because "it's such a complex issue."
Sticky Legal Questions
Clark acknowledged that several sticky legal questions loom, chief among them whether a proposed restriction on depositing city money in banks that do business in South Africa would be a violation of state and federal antitrust laws.
The city currently has investments in excess of $475 million with more than a dozen banks and brokers, but has yet to determine which of these firms has ties with South Africa.
In a Dec. 3 memorandum to the Finance Committee, City Atty. John R. Calhoun said that a proposal that banks must break all connections with South Africa before doing business with the city might constitute an unlawful restraint of trade under antitrust laws.
A violation of the antitrust statute could prove costly. The city could be fined $1 million, forced to pay triple damages to the penalized banks and reimburse their legal fees, Calhoun said.
As a result, Calhoun has recommended to the committee that a compromise plan be adopted allowing city financial managers to invest money in banks with South African ties, but only if the institutions adhere to the Sullivan Principles.
Those principles, drawn up in 1977 by the Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, a Philadelphia Baptist minister, call on American firms to promote social reform in South Africa by requiring equal employment and improved living conditions for people of all races in the segregated country. Sullivan, a civil rights activist, is the first black member of the board of General Motors Corp.
Ban on Contracts Urged
Other cities have also tangled with the antitrust issue, among them Los Angeles. While that city had already taken steps to divest its employee pension funds of any South Africa investments, Mayor Tom Bradley went even further last month, calling for a ban on contracts with firms doing business in South Africa, among them IBM and General Electric.
Despite the push by Bradley, the Los Angeles city attorney's office said that the proposed ban might violate the state antitrust law prohibiting discriminatory contracts. However, the author of that legal opinion, Deputy City Atty. Lewis Gutierrez, has acknowledged that the proposed ban could be defended in court on the grounds that the state antitrust law was not meant to interfere with the right of a city to regulate its contracts.
This antitrust statute was passed in 1976 to prevent compliance with an Arab League boycott of Israeli goods and Jewish-owned businesses. The law prohibits contracts that require discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, ancestry or national origin.
While Long Beach's investments in banks and other financial institutions could be affected if a divestiture plan is adopted, the city's employee pension funds would remain unfettered.
Selective Investments
A pension fund for police and fire personnel in Long Beach is financed on an annual basis from the city's general budget. Retirement benefits for all other employees are administered through the state Public Employees Retirement System. While the retirement system operates independently of any single municipal government, it invests in firms with South African ties only if they uphold the Sullivan Principles.
Other advocates of divestiture said they also are eager to see the matter finalized.
"It seems to me it's taken a long time," said Sid Solomon, president of Long Beach Area Citizens Involved, a 580-member, liberal, grass-roots group. "Somebody needs to build a fire under the council to get something done on this."


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Camden, N.J. is poorest city in United States: Census Bureau reports
Updated: Jan. 18, 2019, 3:27 a.m. | Published: Sep. 20, 2012, 8:18 p.m.
By Jessica Beym | For NJ.com
Gary Frazier (left) and Daryl Mikell Brooks lead Occupy the Hood's March For Justice through the streets of Camden, September 14, 2012, to speak out in favor of prison reform.
New statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau suggest Camden, N.J. has bested Reading, P.A. as the poorest city in the country, according to NBC.
Recent census figures show the poverty rate in Reading -- home to 88,000 people -- dropped from 41.3 percent in 2010 to 40.1 in 2011.
According to the Reading Eagle, the city's average household income increased 2.8 percent in 2011 to $34,083.
The changes make Reading the sixth-poorest city in the United States.
Camden, N.J. moved to the top spot with 42.5 percent of its population considered to be living in poverty.
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