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Chemchey to come up as adventure hub: CM
Gangtok, 29 Aug (IPR):Chief Minister, PS Tamang [Golay] today chaired the second day of the meeting with Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation which commenced with a session on Indian Himalayan Centre for Adventure and Ecotourism at Chemchey, by the Chief Administrator of IHCAE, D.N. Bhutia.
Mr.Bhutia informed that a centre like IHCAE is only operational in Sikkim and in Malaysia. IHCAE is the only institute in India where tourist guide training can be availed and adventure ecotourism along with leadership training is provided.
The Chief Minister suggested developing a homestay in Chemchey and to equip the youth to carry out business in the area. He also suggested building a trekking route from Chemchey to Mainam as well as a camp site.
He said that these areas have scenic natural beauty which must be highlighted as aneco-tourism destination.
The Chief Minister put forth his wish to make Chemchey an adventure sports hub.
Tourism Secretary, D. D. Bhutia gave a detailed presentation on hotels, homestay, tourist footfall, STDC and its activities, Heli Service, properties that are leased out by the department of Tourism and Civil Aviation, KailashMansarovarYatra, IHM, List of Schemes Sanctioned by the Ministry which are under works and that have been completed and Bhaleydhunga Skywalk Project.
The Chief Minister asked the Department to build a standard policy procedure for all hotels and homestays in Sikkim.He was informed that out of 1067 hotels that are registered in Sikkim only 135 pay GST, to which he asked the department to arrange a survey from all the constituencies, execute needed measures on them and asked the department choose properties and give it to deserving beneficiaries.
The Chief Minister asked the department to adopt a village or an area to build model homestay as an example for other homestays for quality outcome both from the proprietor and the guests. He assured to sanction primary supplementary fund for the development of homestays.
Further, he stated that allotment of homestays to the beneficiaries would be on the basis of progress in the sector but not on the basis of political allegiance like in the past which has led to total failure of the scheme.
He also suggested upgrading skills of local tourist guides and to provide them with a uniform.
The Chief Minister suggested revenue collection from luxury hotels that are registered within the department and to use manpower and work in co-ordination with all the departments related with tourism.
He asked the department to have proper assessment of tourist footfall which is a must to monitor security and generate revenue.
The Chief Minister asked the department to develop STDC properties at Rangpo, Bagdogra and Kolkata for proper revenue generation and increased productivity in terms of employees as well as tourism. He assured to give incentives to all the employees for their hard work and increased productivity.
The day also witnessed power point presentation 'Suggestion on Tourism Department' made by D.K.Chettri, OSD (CMO).
Other issues like Internet connectivity, enhancement of permit rates, construction of film & television Institution, Tourist Guide Institution and amendment of lease deed were discussed in the meeting.
The meeting concluded with a presentation on Idea Illustration in Sikkim Tourism for Enhancement and Upgradation of Tourism Sector in Sikkim, its Promotion and branding through use of Information &Communication Technology, byBikashBasnet.
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ผศ.ดร.รุ่งโรจน์ โชคงามวงศ์
Faculty: Faculty of Information Sciences and Technology
Degrees: PhD, George Mason University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Roongroj Chokngamwong
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ห้องพัก : Q305
ปริญญาเอก : Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and Informatics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Scholarship supported from NASA/CEOSR/GMU)
ปริญญาโท : Master of Science in Computer Science, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
ปริญญาตรี : Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Thammasat University
2553 - ปัจจุบัน : อาจารย์ประจำ ภาควิชาเทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศ คณะวิทยาการและเทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศ มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีมหานคร
2551 - 2553 : Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, CUHK, Hong Kong
2545 - 2551 : Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, Virginia, USA
2544 - 2545 : Supply Chain Intelligence Co., Ltd, North Carolina, USA
เมษายน - มิถุนายน 2540 MITR Technical Consultant Co., Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand
Chiu, L. S., R. Chokngamwong and T. T. Wilheit, 2010: Modified Monthly Oceanic Rain Rate Algorithm to account for TRMM Boost, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 45 (7), 2259-2275.
Chiu, L. S. and R. Chokngamwong, 2010: Microwave Emission Brightness Temperature Histograms (METH) rain rates for climate studies: SSM/I V6 results, J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 49 (1), 115-123.
Har, Tsoen Hei, L. S. Chiu and R. Chokngamwong, 2009: Trends in Tropical Rain Rate Distribution and Aerosol Interactions. Conference Proceeding in 6th Asian Aerosol Conference 2009, Bangkok, Thailand, November 24-27, 2009.
Chung-Lin Shie, Long S. Chiu, Robert Adler, Eric Nelkin, I-I Lin, Pingping Xie, Feng-Chin Wang, R. Chokngamwong, William Olson, and Allen D. Chu, 2009: A Note on Reviving the Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF) Dataset, Adv. Atmos. Sci., 26 (6), 1071-1080.
Chokngamwong, R. and L. S. Chiu, 2009: Development of the Microwave calibrated Infrared Split-window Technique (MIST) for rainfall estimation, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 30 (12), 3115-3131.
Chokngamwong, R. and L. S. Chiu, 2008: Thailand Daily Rainfall and Comparison with TRMM Products, J. Hydrometeorology, 9 (2), 256-266
Chiu, L. S.., R. Chokngamwong, Y. Xing, R. Yang, C-L Shie, 2008: Trends and Variations of Global Oceanic Evaporation Datasets from Remote Sensing, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 27 (3), 1-12.
Chiu, L. S., C.-L. Shie, R. Chokngamwong, and Y. Xing, 2008: Variations in global oceanic evaporation datasets, J. of Ocean University of China. (submitted)
Chokngamwong, R. and L. S. Chiu, 2008: Tropical Rainfall Diurnal Cycle - TRMM 3G68 Animation. (URL http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/additional/applications/trmm_apps/trmm_diurnal_3g68.shtml)
Chokngamwong, R. and L. Chiu, 2006: Variation of Oceanic Rain Rate Parameters from SSM/I: Mode of Brightness Temperature Histogram, Conference Proceeding in American Meteorology Society, 86th AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 29 January - 2 February 2006.
Chokngamwong, R. and L. Chiu, 2006: TRMM and Thailand Daily Gauge Rainfall Comparison, American Meteorology Society, Conference Proceeding in 86th AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 29 January - 2 February 2006.
Sarkar, S., R. Chokngamwong, G. Cervone, R.P. Singh, M. Kafatos, 2006: Variability of aerosol optical depth and aerosol forcing over India, Advances in Space Research, 37 (12), 2153-2159
Chokngamwong, R. and L. Chiu: 2004, Comparisons of Daily Thailand Rain Gauge with GPCC and TRMM Satellite Precipitation Measurements, Conference Proceeding in The 2nd TRMM International Science Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 6-10 September 2004.
Presentations and Conference abstracts
Chung-Lin Shie, L. S. Chiu, R. Adler, S. Gao, R. Chokngamwong, I-I Lin, E. Nelkin, J. Ardizzone, P. Xie, and F-C Wang, 2010: A Recently Revived and Produced Global Air-sea Surface Turbulent Fluxes Dataset -- GSSTF2b: Validations and Findings, 5th International Ocean-Atmosphere Conference (COAA), Taipei, Taiwan, June 28-30, 2010.
Gao, Si, R. Chokngamwong, L. S. Chiu, Chung-Lin Shie, P. Xie, R. Adler and E. Nelkin, 2009: Trends in Oceanic Evaporation retrieved from the Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes based on SSM/I v6 (GSSTF2b) Dataset, 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 14-18, 2009.
Har, Tsoen Hei, L. S. Chiu and R. Chokngamwong, 2009: Trends in Tropical Rain Rate Distribution and Aerosol Interactions, Asian Aerosol Conference 2009, Bangkok, Thailand, November 24-27, 2009.
Chung-Lin Shie, L. S. Chiu, R. Adler, I-I Lin, E. Nelkin, J. Ardizzone, P. Xie, F-C Wang and R. Chokngamwong, 2009: Reviving the Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF) Dataset: Perliminary Findings. 6th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), Melbourne, Australia, August 24-28, 2009.
Chiu, L. S. and R. Chokngamwong, 2009: Microwave Emission Brightness Temperature Histograms (METH) rain rates for climate studies: SSM/I V6 results, 6th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), Melbourne, Australia, August 24-28, 2009.
Chiu, L. S. and R. Chokngamwong, 2009: Trends in Oceanic rain rate from Microwave Emission brightness Temperature Histogram (METH), A Scientific Symposium on "Climate, Statistics, and Satellites", The Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, June 8-10, 2009.
Chokngamwong, R. and L. S. Chiu, 2008: Trends and Variation of Oceanic Rainfall Parameters Derived from V4 and V6 SSM/I Brightness Temperature Histogram, PORSEC 2008 (The Ninth Biennial Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference), Guangzhou, China, December 2-6, 2008.
Chiu, L. S. and R. Chokngamwong, 2008: Microwave Calibrated Infrared Split channel Technique (MIST) for high resolution rainfall estimates, the 2008 AGU Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 27-30, 2008.
Chokngamwong, R. and L. S. Chiu, 2008: Development of the Microwave Calibrated Infrared Split-window Technique (MIST) for Rainfall Estimation, PIERS 2008 (Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium), Hangzhou, China, March 24-28, 2008.
Chokngamwong, R. and L. S. Chiu, 2007: Development of the Microwave calibrated Infrared Split-window Technique (MIST) for rainfall estimation, the Third International TRMM Science Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, February 4-8, 2008.
Chiu, L. S., R. Chokngamwong, Chung-Lin Shie, and Yukun Xing, 2007: Trends and EOF Analyses of Oceanic Evaporation Data Sets, EOS Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract A23E-06.
Chiu, L., D. Shin and R. Chokngamwong, Effect of TRMM boost on oceanic rain rate estimates based on microwave brightness temperature histograms, The 2006 AGU Joint Assembly, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 23-26 May, 2006
Chiu, L. S., D. B. Shin, Y. Xing, and R. Chokngamwong, Trends in Oceanic Rainfall Derived from Microwave Brightness Temperature Histograms, 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Committee on Space Research, Beijing, China, 16-23 July 2006
Chokngamwong, R. and L. Chiu, Variation of Vegetation and Rainfall in Thailand, AGU-2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 5-9 December 2005.
Chokngamwong, R., L Chiu, J. Vongsaard, Comparison of TRMM Rainfall and Daily Gauge Data in Thailand, AGU-2005 Joint Assembly, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 23-27 May 2005.
Chokngamwong, R., G. Cervone, R. P. Singh, M. Kafatos, Effect of the populated and industrial cities on the aerosol optical depth, COSPAR-2004, Committee on Space Research, Paris, France, July 18-25 2004. (solicited)
Cervone, G., R. Chokngamwong, R. P. Singh, M. Kafatos, Variability of Aerosol Optical Depth and its Relation with Natural and Man Made Hazards, AGU-2004 Joint Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 17-21 May 2004.
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Climate and Global Changes
Earth System and Information Science
Earth Observing and Remote Sensing Applications
Statistics Modeling and Data Analyses
Hydrological Remote Sensing and Satellite Rainfall Estimation Algorithms
Professional Activities :
Be awarded and sponsored for my doctoral study "Graduate Research Assistantship" from NASA and CEOSR/GMU (2002-2007)
Be awarded and Attended a 2nd training workshop for Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing Data Processing, Analysis and Applications at George Mason University in October 2002
Be awarded to participate in the competitive Institute on "The Asian Monsoon System: Prediction of Change and Variability" at The East-West Center and The University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA in January 2008
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Samsung has launched a white Galaxy Note 9 Variant in Taiwan. The color is officially called "First Snow White" to commemorate the first snowfall of the year for Taiwan. It's a beautiful, clean white color with a white S Pen to match.
The Note 9 was previously available in Lavender Purple, Metallic Copper, Midnight Black, Ocean Blue, and Cloud Silver colors. The First Snow White adds up to this list. These colors vary from region to region.
Other than the color of the phone and the matching s-pen, everything's same about the Galaxy Note 9. Furthermore, Samsung has only confirmed the launch of the First Snow White Note 9 launch for Taiwan so far. Other regions might not get this color option.
The Galaxy Note 9 in First Snow White will be exclusively sold through Samsung's retail channels in Taiwan starting early next month. NT$30,900 or $998 is what the company will be charging for it.


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The term cult following gets thrown around a lot, but in the case of Browning it's nearing the truth (It has been pointed out to me that a block of wood bearing a Buckmark logo could be a good seller). Some people even go so far as to have Browning's very recognizable logo tattooed somewhere on their body. Much of this brand loyalty comes from Browning's continued production of their classic firearms like the A-5 shotgun, but a great deal of it is the result of satisfaction with Browning's modern designs. The A-Bolt and it's currently produced evolution, the X-Bolt, have owners who are quite adamant about their quality and accuracy.
The X-Bolt is a push feed action with three lugs, an enclosed bolt face and a relatively large rotating extractor. The bolt lift is shorter thanks to the three-lug design and bolt guides are machined into the lugs making for a very smooth action. The X-Bolt is also equipped with a button on top of the bolt handle that allows the bolt to be opened while the safety is engaged. This button allows the rifle to have a two-position safety mounted on the tang while offering a safe option for unloading.
The X-Bolt is an attractive looking rifle for many shooters. All sharp angles and rough edges are smoothed out with the X-bolt. The X-bolt also makes use of a few features that are a bit odd in the current market but that will find favor with many shooters. The X-Bolt uses a rotary magazine that tends to smooth out the kinks of feeding the new short magnums on the market. Stumpy, thick cartridges generally don't like to feed very well, but the X-bolt feeds them better than most. The X-Bolt also has a small chunk of spring steel, almost silly in its simplicity, which pushes down on the rotary magazine, making it handier to remove quickly without sticking in the gun. The X-Bolt is a design with a lot of little things to appreciate.
The X-Bolt lost a point in the Trigger category because while the X-Bolt has an adjustable trigger the trigger guard of the rifle must be removed to get at the adjustment screw, which might prove aggravating at the range or in the field. A point was also deducted for Feeding/Extraction because the X-Bolt's extractor does occasionally slip over case heads if not properly fit. One point was deducted in the Scope Mounting category due to Browning's use of a proprietary eight screw/two piece base system that will probably be difficult to find a good selection of at any given sporting goods store. A point was deducted in the Accuracy category due to the fact that the X-Bolt usually delivers pretty good accuracy, but these specimens do not crop up more than we would like. One point was deducted in the Reliability category due to the tendency of the X-Bolt, just like the A-Bolt before it, to be susceptible to icing in extreme weather conditions varying between wet and freezing cold. If doused and then frozen the X-Bolt can lock up good and hard to the point the bolt cannot be opened without the use of a boot or wood block. This does not happen often and is even kind of hard to duplicate in testing, but it can happen and the buyer should keep it in mind. One last point was deducted from the X-Bolt in the Versatility category because the design does not lend itself very well to conversion or certain cartridges.
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The Great Jersey Tomato Sauce Taste-Off: The best jarred marinara is ...
Chefs determine the best New Jersey tomato sauce
Gallery: Chefs determine the best New Jersey tomato sauce
By Vicki Hyman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Chef Anthony Pino, born into an Italian-American family and raised on rich, tangy Sunday sauce, has a numerical ratings system for jarred tomato sauces. A 1, for example, isn't great, but it's a heck of a lot better than a 4.
That's 1 a.m. vs. 4 a.m., as in how late it is when he gets off work, and how desperate he is for a meal.
Pino, one of three Italian-American chefs we invited to judge our Jersey tomato sauce taste-off, leans into a pot of simmering marinara for a deep whiff, then eyes the texture before downing a spoonful. Too garlickly. "That's like a 1:35." With another, he nods approvingly at the signature sheen of good olive oil on the spoon — "You can tell what it tastes like by looking at it" — before sampling.
"That's a before midnight," he pronounces.
For our blind taste test earlier this month, we pitted 10 marinara sauces with Jersey pedigrees — some made from our vaunted Jersey tomatoes, some with the imprimateur of Garden State celebrities, others from long-established Jersey catering halls and markets. (This is by no means a definitive list, but a selection of sauces found in a variety of supermarkets across North Jersey.)
Judges Pino, who owns Hoboken's Bin 14 and Anthony David's, Francesco Palmieri of Bloomfield's the Orange Squirrel, and Louis Laico, the chef-owner of Jersey City's 42-year-old red sauce classic Laico's, considered texture, taste, color and salt content, although some personal biases about marinara came into play. They all had their own opinions about what makes a perfect sauce, but Pino and Laico nodded approvingly when Palmieri offered his definition: "As soon as you walk into your house, you think, 'Damn, that's good.' "
What we tasted, from best to worst
Nanina's in the Park: "nice and sweet" ($5.99, ShopRite, Kings Food Markets)
Hoboken Farms: "the flavor is close to good" ($8.49, Whole Foods)
Bongiovi Pasta Sauces: "good spices," "better texture" ($6.99, ShopRite)
Ethnic Cottage Jersey Tomato Sauce: "needs sodium to pick it up" ($4.99, Whole Foods)*
Signature Sauces from the Brownstone: "bitter" ($6.99, ShopRite, Kings Food Markets)
L.E. Roselli's Italian Food Specialties: "nice texture" ($4.79, Wegmans)
John Celentano's Mia Cucina: "too overpowering" ($4.99, ShopRite, Wegmans)*
Teresa Giudice Fabulicious Foods Skinny Italian: "flat flavor" ($9.99, skinnyitalianfoods.com)
The Food Emporium Trading Company Jersey Tomato Sauce: "aroma unpleasant" ($6.79, A&P)*
Two Guys Jersey Tomato Sauce: "too much seasoning" ($5.99, Whole Foods)*
*Made with "Jersey Fresh" tomatoes
The runaway winner was Nanina's in the Park, from the longtime Belleville catering hall of the same name, a perfectly textured sauce with a simple but pleasing blend of imported Italian tomatoes and olive oil, garlic, salt, oregano and basil. It's based on a recipe taught to Campania-born chef Vincenzo Loretti by his grandfather nearly 60 years ago. Loretti has been cooking at Nanina's since 1973.
Nanina's launched the sauce line (there's also a tomato basil, vodka and fra diavolo) in 2006; a business instructor at Monmouth University had his students work on the launch as a class project, says Sergio Cucci, the director of operations for Nanina's Gourmet Sauces.
Also scoring points with the judges: the Big Red Marinara from Hoboken Farms, which operates weekly farmers markets across New Jersey and runs a sandwich shop in Summit. The sauce was extra-chunky with barely processed tomatoes, and Palmieri thought that with another five to 10 minutes on the stove, a little more extra-virgin olive oil and some chili flakes, it could be a winner.
Of the three "celebrity" sauces they tasted — "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice's Skinny Italian marinara (actually imported from Italy, and only available online, which made it the most expensive sauce at nearly $18 a bottle with shipping), the marinara from the Brownstone, the Paterson catering hall owned by the Manzos, also of Bravo fame, and the Bon Jovi, er, Bongiovi marinara, based on Jon Bon Jovi's father John's recipe — Bongiovi's went to the top of the charts. The elder Bongiovi always made a huge batch of sauce on Sundays, and the family would eat it throughout the week, with pasta, with seafood, with chicken.
"It was survival," recalls Bon Jovi's brother Matthew Bongiovi, who helps market the sauce, all profits of which go to the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation.
Bad news for boosters of Jersey tomatoes: They apparently don't fare so well in sauce, at least in the ones we tasted. The four sauces made with Jersey tomatoes and bearing the Jersey Fresh label scored poor to middling.
"I think it's the uniquess of the Jersey tomato," says a charitable Cucci of Nanina's. "They're great with salads, they're great eating on their own. I don't think they're as good as imported San Marzano tomatoes as far as making great sauce."
What about your sauce?
Think you've got a killer tomato sauce that deserves to be the supermarket shelves? Don't quit your day job, says Phil Lempert, the retail expert known as the Supermarket Guru. Everybody wants to be in the pasta sauce business, he says: It has a high profit margin, the products are shelf-stable, and pasta is perennially popular.
"For me, it's all about the ingredients, where they're coming from, how authentic the recipe is," Lempert says. But even with a great recipe — and ensuring quality by tasting each and every batch — the competition is stiff. There are more than 15,000 new food products launched every year, and only about 1,000 make it, he says. (Indeed, a few days ago, we can across another Jersey-branded sauce in Whole Foods, the relatively new Original Jersey Italian Gravy, although it's made in New York.)
"Don't take any money out of the bank," Lempert advises. "What you really want do if you want to get into the food business is go visit some trade shows, walk up and down the aisles, look at the competition, taste the competition, and see if you've really got a point of difference that can make it."
Chefs' secrets to a great marinara
Francesco Palmieri: Slow-cooked onions at the start of the sauce will give it sweetness and a depth of flavor; no sugar required.
Louis Laico: When using canned tomatoes, taste them first. Some cans may be sweeter, others more bitter, so you'll know how to adjust your seasonings.
Anthony Pino: Tomatoes are packed with water, so salt throughout the cooking process to bring out their natural flavor.
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Xi vows close cooperation with N. Korea in resolving Korean Peninsula issues
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SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed close cooperation with North Korea on Wednesday to help make progress in negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington on the eve of his first visit to the North as leader.
Xi made the pledge in an op-ed piece to the Rodong Sinmun, North Korea's official newspaper, in a rare move seen as part of efforts to emphasize their friendly and close bilateral relations, a day before he pays a state visit to the communist neighbor.
"We will actively try to contribute to regional peace, stability, development and prosperity by strengthening communication and coordination with North Korea and other relevant parties to make progress in talks and negotiations on Korean Peninsula issues," Xi said.
"The Chinese side expresses its support for North Korea holding a right approach of politically resolving Korean Peninsula issues and trying to address matters of its reasonable concerns through dialogue," he added.
He noted that China will beef up its strategic communication and exchanges with North Korea going forward.
On Monday, Pyongyang and Beijing made a surprise announcement that Xi will make a two-day state visit to Pyongyang starting Thursday at the invitation of leader Kim Jong-un.
It will mark the first time in 14 years that a Chinese leader has visited the North, and it comes after Kim visited China four times since last year.
The upcoming visit is widely seen as a sign that China is trying to use its clout over North Korea as it is intensifying its rivalry with Washington ahead of a meeting between Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Japan's Osaka next week.
It also comes amid renewed hopes that nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang could resume after the North's leader recently sent Trump a goodwill letter, which the U.S. president described as "beautiful" and "very warm," nearly four months after their second summit in Hanoi ended without a deal in February.
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Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Approval May Be the Most Globally Important Yet
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca wasn't the first to be OK'd by regulators in the U.K.—health officials authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech jab nearly four weeks earlier. And it's not the most effective—Stage 3 clinical trials suggest it prevents COVID-19 symptoms about 70% of the time vs. about 95% for the Pfizer vaccine and a similar one from Moderna (which is authorized in the U.S., but not the U.K.).
But the greenlight from the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on Wednesday could be a big step toward bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control worldwide.
It's especially big news for the developing world because it's cheaper and easier to handle and store. Countries from India to Brazil to South Africa have made big bets on the shot from the celebrated British university and the U.K.-Swedish drugmaker. The U.K. was the first country to allow use of the vaccine, but India is expected to follow suit within days. Trials are ongoing in the U.S. and in multiple other countries.
Questions and major hurdles remain before it will be available in the U.S. and continental Europe, where it has yet to receive regulatory approval.
However, if the vaccine is authorized for use and rolled out widely across the world, "that's really the beginning of the end of the pandemic," says Ben Cowling, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong.
Advantages of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
How is the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine different?
Questions remain
The first thing to know about the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab is that it's cheap. AstraZeneca has promised it will not make a profit on the vaccine during the pandemic. As a result, it costs $3 to $4 per dose around the world. Compare that to $25 to $37 a dose for the vaccine developed by Moderna and about $20 a dose for Pfizer's jab, according to figures reported in Europe.
"Approval of this vaccine is a turning point for the pandemic because it has been deliberately developed to have global impact that includes people living in the most fragile and poorest regions of the world," said Helen Fletcher, a professor of immunology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Second, it's easier to transport and store. Unlike Pfizer's vaccine, which must be stored in specialized freezers at -70°C (-94°F), the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot requires only standard refrigeration and will remain viable for up to six months. (Morderna's vaccine can be kept at normal freezer temperatures and stored in refrigeration for up to 30 days once thawed.)
Additionally—there will be a lot more of it available. AstraZeneca and Oxford have worked with manufacturers across the world to produce millions of doses already, and the company says it hopes to make 3 billion more in 2021. With the current two-dose regimen, that's enough to vaccine nearly 20% of the world's population.
The Serum Institute of India, which was contracted to make COVID-19 vaccine for the developing world, has already manufactured up to 50 million doses and says it can make 100 million a month by March.
Pfizer, one of the world's largest drug companies, has set a target of delivering 1.3 billion doses for 2021. Moderna, an upstart pharmaceutical company, says it hopes to produce between 500 million and 1 billion doses. However, rich countries have already claimed much of the expected supply of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine. "Those vaccines are already committed, so they are not available for most middle income and low income countries," says Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, a Delhi-based epidemiologist and author of a book on India's COVID-19 fight.
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, on the other hand, makes up the bulk of the 2 billion vaccine doses secured by COVAX, a consortium of 190 world governments formed to help ensure COVID-19 vaccines were distributed fairly around the world—including to developing countries.
The Oxford-AstraZeneca uses different technology from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that are approved for use in the U.S.
While those two vaccines use the mRNA genetic code of the coronavirus to train the body's defenses, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine uses a "viral vector," introducing a harmless virus—in this case a virus that causes the common cold in chimpanzees—modified with the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein to stimulate an immune response.
Other COVID-19 vaccines in the pipeline also use the viral vector method—including one from Johnson & Johnson and Russia's Sputnik V. This technique has already proved successful in the past, including with the Ebola vaccine. The mRNA vaccines, on the other hand, are the first using that approach to receive authorization.
While the U.K.'s decision to use the vaccine is significant, Cowling, the HKU epidemiologist, says other countries may wait to begin administering it until after the European Medical Authority (EMA) or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grant authorization—both of which are seen as more stringent than the British regulator.
One EMA official yesterday told Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad that AstraZeneca has not even submitted its vaccine for a regulatory consideration yet, adding that approval in January wasn't likely.
There also remain questions surrounding late-stage trials for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
In September, AstraZeneca and Oxford halted trials in the U.K. after a volunteer experienced an unexplained illness—but did not announce the pause until it was reported in the news media. U.K. regulators gave the OK to continue trials days later.
However, the New York Times reported that U.S. regulators at the FDA were not notified of the pause and taken aback by the news. It took almost seven weeks before regulators allowed trials to resume in the U.S.
Then, in November, clinical trial data raised questions about dosing. The results showed that the vaccine was 62% effective for subjects given two full doses, and 90% effective for those who were mistakenly given a half dose first, and then a full dose. There were also questions about how the data were released and reported.
The company said it maintained the highest standards during clinical trials and reported the dosing issue to authorities when it was discovered. U.K. regulators signed off on a plan to continue the trial with the half-dose participants. However, the group that received the half dose was too small and included no patients over age 55—meaning no firm conclusions could be drawn. On Wednesday, British regulators authorized the use of two full doses, administered four to 12 weeks apart.
Despite these questions, Fletcher at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says the dosing question should not delay approval by the FDA and EMA—both regulators were only considering authorization for two full doses.
Additionally, there are very little data on how long protection for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine—or any other COVID-19 vaccine—will last.
Regardless, the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab will almost surely help turn the tide against the pandemic. "With more than 30 supply agreements and partner networks established globally, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine could slow the pandemic," she says, "and should save many lives within the next year."
Write to Michael Zennie at michael.zennie@time.com.
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Sir Jony: I've Been Waiting to See Your NeXTStep
(Sir Jony Ive. Photo by Business Today)
We've all been waiting to see what world-class technology designer Sir Jony Ive's next step would be. Now we know that his creative diet will no longer be Apple-centric.
Apple's 52-year-old Chief Design Officer Sir Jony Ive will be stepping down to form a new design firm called LoveFrom with designer friend Marc Newson.
Fast Company published a synopsis of LoveFrom's origin, which was originally from a Financial Times article that scored an exclusive interview with Sir Jony Ive.
"There was an employee meeting a number of years ago and Steve [Jobs] was talking . . . He [said] that one of the fundamental motivations was that when you make something with love and with care, even though you probably will never meet . . . the people that you're making it for, and you'll never shake their hand, by making something with care, you are expressing your gratitude to humanity, to the species."
"I so identified with that motivation and was moved by his description. So my new company is called 'LoveFrom'. It succinctly speaks to why I do what I do."
His departure is a seismic shift.
Steve Jobs and Sir Jony Ive were to Apple from 1997 through 2011 what Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were to Apple from the mid-70s through the mid-80s.
And Apple's stock certainly experienced a seismic change yesterday, according to Business Insider.
Upon news of Ive's departure, Apple's stock dropped about .087% in after-hours trading, as of the time of writing— which doesn't sound like a lot, but at Apple's scale, meant that it shaved off about $8 billion of its market cap. If the loss holds by the time of the opening bell on Friday, Apple will be worth about $910 billion.
Aside from the late Steve Jobs, the second most important person at Apple — from contributing to the design and creation of the iMac in 1998 to a wide range of consumer products as well as Apple Park in the present day — has been Chief Design Officer Sir Jony Ive. His team's breakthroughs involving the iPod, iPhone, and Apple Watch, for instance, have defined Apple as a global leader in consumer tech with sleek, cool design and ease of functionality. During major product reveals, Sir Ive's voice can be heard describing the inner workings and minute details of Apple's most popular products.
What does this mean for the iconic Apple products designer and his former company?
Pressure. Lots of pressure.
While Apple will be one of the clients at Sir Ive's LoveFrom design firm, the creative team in Cupertino, CA under the overall guidance of CEO Tim Cook will have to figure out a new signature design that will surprise consumers — current and potential alike — with the same awe as the revolutionary iMac in 1998 with its non-beige or black, fun translucent frame. We need to see something(s) we've never seen before. Apple needs to make a common smartphone (plus iPod, iPad, etc.) look and feel brand new.
Apple needs to deliver an exciting, game-changing aesthetic.
Perhaps it's fitting that we'll likely be given our first glimpse into Apple's future vision sometime in 2020. With no Woz, Jobs or Ive, Apple is in unchartered design and storytelling waters. We're going to find out just how water-tight Apple's products (and design ingenuity) are without three of its most influential giants.
It won't be the first time Apple has been pressured to imagine and deliver a society-altering NeXT step.
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Taking the NeXT Step Starts With Saying 'Hello' in a New, Reassuring Way
Since his death on October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs has remained a beloved figure in Silicon Valley and comparable tech and innovation hubs around the world. His story — professional and personal — left a John Hancock-sized signature on the modern world's ever-changing realization of the American Dream.
The technological legacy of Mr. Jobs, if required to be simplified in an industry defined by complication, was his gift for welcoming people into his vision of us connected and empowered through our own individualism. And his vision was first a revolutionary kind of personal computer (Macintosh), which evolved into a revolutionary personal music player (iPod) to a revolutionary phone (iPhone) and so on. Mr. Jobs knew that in order for people to buy into his vision — literally and figuratively — he would need his technological innovations to say something this evolving tech had never said before — literally and figuratively:
The following video clip is from the beginning of the critically-acclaimed film 'Steve Jobs' directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle and starring Michael Fassbender and Oscar-winner Kate Winslet that recreates the morning-of struggle to fix a malfunctioning Macintosh computer before its big reveal to the world in 1984. The source material for this 2015 movie was based on the critically-acclaimed and biographical book Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
(FYI – There is one f-word spoken in the following video clip)
Now watch the real-life Macintosh reveal by the real Steve Jobs from 1984.
Why write a blog post about this Steve Jobs presentation from 35 years ago?
As Silicon Valley giants (cough cough Facebook) continue to face increasingly serious questions about its "supposed" commitment to privacy concerning user data, which most of us access through Apple product(s), it's important to remember — for all of us — why we were so excited to welcome groundbreaking personal technology into our homes and lives more than three decades ago. These devices have transformed us for better and for worse to varying degrees. Jimmy's Daily Planet has covered this subject matter and specifically how Apple CEO Tim Cook has targeted privacy and transparency as a cornerstone of his tenure leading the company. Mr. Cook's privacy priority is admirable in this day and age for such a major, transformative player to take a reassuring stand in an industry with social media companies that are actively being confronted with user data issues.
How can tech giants return to the days of the mid-1980s shown above that were filled with optimism about the future by plugging into personal technology?
Like when Steve Jobs' NeXT company failed spectacularly after getting fired by Apple's board in 1985 in part because of the original Macintosh computer's failure in the market, tech giants will likely stumble for a few years before righting the ship. But let's remember that Steve Jobs ultimately rebounded for a comeback of a lifetime that came (after) NeXT. Mark Zuckerberg is not Steve Jobs, but he better take inspiration from him quickly to find a resolution in the same vein as Mr. Jobs with the same success and consumer support. The hope is the solution to the aforementioned problem will arrive sooner rather than later, but we'll just have to wait and see on this critical societal concern.
For now, the public should be looking at personal technology and its apps with the excitable possibilities of Apple's "hello" circa 1984 instead of a particular social media giant causing public concern with "goodbye personal privacy and security?" circa, well, today.
P.S. Facebook launching a cryptocurrency called Libra? Try addressing user privacy concerns first.
Tags: Apple, hello, innovation, inspiration, nostalgia, Steve Jobs, technology, video clips
Limit Our Daily Apple Intake? Cook Says Yes
Privacy and transparency are odd bedfellows, to say the least. And yet, Apple CEO Tim Cook is attempting to promote this seemingly contradictory amalgamation in the modern tech space while being surrounded by Silicon Valley firms — like Facebook — that are under increasing scrutiny for its lack of privacy and transparency. Throw in user security as a major issue that needs dealing with and a clear resolution that's a consequence borne out of the lack of widespread privacy and transparency.
The future of technology is entering an interesting intersection with the public in which the real debate regarding within the consumer market is whether these influential tech firms will take the opportunity to look in the mirror and self-regulate for its consumers or if the government (local, state and/or federal) will eventually be required to legislate decisive, impactful action in this powerful industry?
Right now, the public is angry at the lack of privacy that has always been hearsay around our peripheral. But thanks to recent testimony and reporting, disconcerting evidence of violations to our privacy could be reaching a breaking point. Perhaps the numbers of consumers who boycott and/or disconnect from particular digital platforms won't bankrupt these companies. However, a substantial number of customer departures could, ironically, be enough to significantly disrupt the disruptors of the 21st-century.
Even though Mr. Cook surprisingly advocates for less screen time — if that is a concern for an individual user of an iPhone or related Apple product (of which I agree) — I will surprisingly ask that you set aside thirteen minutes and forty-five seconds of screen time for a recent interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook conducted by Norah O'Donnell, who will be the new anchor of "CBS Evening News."
I've said it once and I'll say it again: Tim Cook is the best traditional CEO you can get for the ever-expanding tech industry in the Wild West of Silicon Valley in the 21st century because of his thoughtful leadership and inclination to communicate and debate tough issues with some frequency as well as his outspoken thoughts involving transparency and privacy.
Mr. Cook appears to be doing the right things (sans the critically important Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak-level of innovative prowess and imagination) for managing the financial and moral expectations of a firm with a net worth that has been hovering around an estimated $1 trillion.
Tim Cook will never be Steve Jobs as the leader of Apple and that's ok. The former simply thinks different than the latter.
Now Mr. Cook still has a few big-picture problems that he and his team at Apple need to find solutions to in the near future. One of these problems is an imaginative innovative breakthrough (as noted above), but that's a discussion for another day.
Regarding user privacy, Mr. Cook and his genius bar in Cupertino would benefit greatly from developing an update for all of its products that are easy to understand and use. And also like its products, this next-level solution to privacy by Apple should be presented in the way the iPod was dramatically brought out of the pocket by the late Mr. Jobs.
The penchant for performing with Hollywood-caliber drama regarding product reveals is unique to Apple — in the architecturally simplistic yet spiritually imposing Steve Jobs Theater no less — and in a time when customers are wary of tech's expansive reach, a transparent presentation that's singular in its purpose (privacy) would add an assurance to Apple users while putting the necessary pressure on its competitors and contemporaries in the tech industry to find a similar solution for their companies before government installs its own world wide web of regulations that would assuredly bring a couple of positive changes whilst usher in 98 terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things.
Building more trust, no matter the application will always be insanely great.
Tags: Apple, CBS, interview, iPhone, privacy, screen time, technology, Tim Cook, transparency, visions for the future
Tim Cook's A(pple)+
It was fitting for Apple, Inc.'s brass to present its "+" services in the Steve Jobs Theater in northern California. That "one more thing" addition at the end of those now iconic Steve Jobs presentations from yesteryear is thankfully ingrained in the cultural and innovative DNA of Apple. And after recent years of veritable coasting regarding the popular yet technologically and stylistically static iPhone, iPad and the like, Tim Cook's Apple needed to make an imaginative splash that would generate new curiosity and excitement.
The details from Apple's big event yesterday are limited. However, the potential of the new services and the industry leaders creating with the innovative tech giant is enough of a headline and opening statement to quench our thirst for now. Here are the highlights of Apple's big day.
Apple gets an A+ for recruiting top talent to join its streaming video service via future TV and film offerings. Above all, Steven Spielberg's partnership with Apple is truly special.
Speaking of Mr. Spielberg, it should be noted that some people are criticizing the famed director because of his recent stand against Netflix films being nominated for Academy Awards without a long theatrical release are misguided in their criticism.
By the way, Mr. Spielberg is 100% correct in his view.
During his presentation yesterday, the Academy award winner did not advocate for films on Apple's new streaming service to be eligible for Academy Awards. He did not mention anything of the sort. All he discussed is the exciting potential for creating new stories on its expanded video streaming platform, which is in concert with his recent comments that great TV shows and movies are being made today on many different platforms.
Just needed to offer a quick and necessary defense of Steven Spielberg because of the fact that details matter. And the details concerning all of the new Apple + services will ultimately determine the future success of Tim Cook's Apple in a variety of areas during the next five to 10 years.
What Apple did yesterday at its March 2019 event was prove it can still surprise with excitement.
And we can take that to the bank like never before.
Tags: Apple, money, movies, popular culture, streaming, technology, Tim Cook, tv, video game


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'NFT' is the Word of the Year for 2021
What is an NFT?
By Connor Sephton
"Whether the NFT will have a lasting influence is yet to be determined, but its sudden presence in conversations makes it clearly our Word of the Year," Collins Dictionary says.
Collins Dictionary has unveiled its word of the year for 2021: NFTs.
The gatekeepers to the English language has reported an explosion in mentions of non-fungible tokens over the past year.
Alex Beecroft, the MD of Collins Learning, said it is rare for an abbreviation to have such a "remarkable ascendancy," adding:
"NFTs seem to be everywhere, from the arts sections to the financial pages and in galleries and auction houses and across social media platforms. Whether the NFT will have a lasting influence is yet to be determined, but its sudden presence in conversations around the world makes it very clearly our Word of the Year."
They added that its "unique technicolour collision of art, technology and commerce has broken through the COVID noise with dramatic effect."
It wasn't the only hi-tech word to punch through into the top 10 words of the year either.
"Crypto," which of course is the shortened version of "cryptocurrency," also makes an appearance — as does "metaverse." We're yet to see whether Decentraland and The Sandbox will surge dramatically on the news.
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This seems like a good time to remind ourselves of how an NFT is actually defined in the dictionary.
Collins describes it as "a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible."
Other words that gained prominence over the past year were mainly related to COVID.
"Double-vaxxed" — referring to someone who has had both of their coronavirus jabs — features in the list. Another is the clever portmanteau "pingdemic," which referred to the high number of Britons who were forced to stay at home after being informed that they had come into close contact with someone who has COVID.
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I notice that when I listen to my body's signals, and when I'm tired, I need to rest. When I ignore that or put feelings of pain aside, which unfortunately sometimes happens because of pressing work, I will often feel it that day and even the next day. When I to attend to what I am feeling in my body, my body loves it and it generally brings me to a better mood and a more positive attitude too about healing.
Speaking of sunshine, Martha, many people who have CFS and some auto immune difficulties are low in vitamin D. When I go to a sunnier climate like I did last summer and I was out in nature, it did my spirits a lot of good and I felt the sun's rays made a real difference too in my overall health.
For me, sitting in the sun for awhile naturally improves my outlook. And the skin is such an amazing organ, I think that on a cellular level, I am absorbing the light and warmth and converting it into energy. I also think that somewhere, lingering in my DNA, is the imprint of a geko sunbathing on a rock. Thanks Tim!


ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – The Blind River Beavers picked up three assists from Lucas Adams Saturday evening to help them skate past the Elliot Lake Wildcats 6-2 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest held at Centennial Arena.
Blind River got the early jump in the contest as Ethan Graham collected his fourth of the season at 6:44.
Elliot Lake answered though before the first frame was complete as Josh Bifolchi knocked in his 10th at 18:51.
Moving on to the second stanza, the Beavers went back on top thanks to the power play as Riley Nadeau picked up his 10th tally with helpers going to Dante Cavaliere and Adams.
The Wildcats drew level once more midway through the night as Bifolchi scored once more for the home side.
Blind River came back and connected twice later in the period as Ryan Peck and Caleb Serre both tallied to put the visitors up 4-2 after two.
The Beavers then put the game away in the third on markers from Ryan Mulligan at even strength and Sam Harris, shorthanded, to complete the road triumph.
With a goal and an assist, Serre extended an impressive point streak to 11 straight outings.
Starting in net for Blind River, Garret Boyonoski made 29 saves to pick up the win while Wildcats goaltender Justin Vertesi faced 41 shots in defeat.


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Cons: SMS-out feature is India-only, and there are no calling features in the app.Cons: Most users are based in Korea, and the app is rather Asia-ified, which may not be to the liking of everyone.MacOS, Linux Windows, desktop Clients at for Windows, version.11.0 69 MB at for MacOS.Verdict: A good choice for video calling, Tango has just started getting into games and it already includes titles from top game makers.Like WhatsApp, everything is text-based, there are no voice/video calls, which makes it well-suited to techies and non-techies alike.Quick introduction for those who (somehow) dont know of it: Snapchat is a chat app that lets users share photos which expire within 10 seconds or less.Verdict: An excellent mobile app for making calls.Download: iOS Android Snapchat Is Snapchat a messaging app or a social network?Verdict: An interesting service but, unless youre in Korea or an avid messaging fan, youre not likely to need.Instead you simply pick a username, provide an email address and go from there.The app also offers group messages, multimedia sharing, stickers and more.Verdict: Useful app for those who rely on audio communication, particularly business users.Beyond being SMS replacements, these apps are essentially SMS to coin a phrase uttered to me recently by the founder of a messaging company.Webcam chat with up to four users at the same time.Shanna Tan contributed to this article.Pros: Enjoys impressive reach in the US where it is hugely popular among youngsters.
Pros: Its a messaging app with some features.


Today is my seventh day on my health and fitness journey. I am quite proud of myself. I have completed 5 days of the 30 Day Shred within my first week. I already feel better and stronger plus I have more energy! I must be showing what I'm feeling because I had several people mention how good I looked at church this morning. Yay for results!
I've eaten well so far today- Sunday's are leftover day so we clean out the fridge for the upcoming week's meals. I have a healthy week of meals planned for next week.
I didn't go walking last night. It was simply too hot. At 8:30pm it was still in the 90s! Craziness! If it cools down some tonight, I might go walk. We'll just have to wait and see.


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The New Republic (TNR), fondé le , est un magazine américain d'opinion de publication bimensuelle (hebdomadaire avant ) édité à  exemplaires en  et  en .

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En , le magazine, qui perd environ 3 millions de dollars par an, est racheté par Chris Hughes, cofondateur de Facebook. Hughes cherche un nouveau modèle d'affaires pour le magazine et y investit 20 millions de dollars. The New Republic passe de 20 à 10 exemplaires par an et déménage son siège de Washington à New York. Mais surtout, Hughes veut faire du magazine un magazine numérique. Plusieurs personnalités importantes, dont le rédacteur en chef Franklin Foer, quittent le magazine, qui perd alors 50 % de son lectorat en ligne. Devant l'échec de sa politique de relance, Hughes remet The New Republic à la vente en . Le magazine est vendu en  à , sous qui la publication revient à des positions plus progressistes.

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Vandals strike Polish cemetery
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Teenage vandals are suspected of overturning five tombstones and causing other damage at the Jewish cemetery in Lublin.
The damage to the cemetery in southeastern Poland was discovered on Saturday, according to reports. The alleged vandals were caught by passers-by.
One of the overturned tombstones — in a part of the cemetery still used for burials — revealed the inside of the tomb. The vandals also smashed flower vases and candles.
"We will check what motives guided them, but there were no anti-Semitic inscriptions at the cemetery," said Andrzej Fijolek of the Lublin police.
The cemetery, which was founded in 1829, was devasted during World War II by the Germans, who used the tombstones to build a road in the Majdanek concentration camp. Today there are about 50 tombstones at the cemetery.


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Kaitlyn Bristowe pays tribute to late Bachelorette star Clint Arlis
Friday 1/14/22 at 11:37AM EST
"This is an Instagram Story I did not think I'd be doing tonight but Clint, who was on my season on The Bachelorette — I'm gonna say tragically — he's tragically passed. (He was) 34 years old," Bristowe said of Arlis, who appeared on three episodes of her season in 2015. "I'm not sure what happened (or) how it happened, but all I want to say is knowing him from the show, even though things didn't end on the best terms for us, from his time on the show until today, I have heard nothing but incredible things about that person from his peers, his students, his coaches, his teachers, his friends, his family. Clint was very well-respected in his world."
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Today, South of Market, a wedge-shaped neighborhood in northwest San Francisco, is home to tech giants such as Twitter and Airbnb, but for most of its existence it was a very different kind of place.
Once famous for its "factories, slums, laundries, machine shops, boiler works, and the abodes of the working class," as writer Jack London noted in 1909, it changed dramatically in the 1960s when many businesses that called the district home moved out and a community of artists and gay men and women emerged in its place. In the late 1970s, in the face of then expanding dereliction and as part of efforts to remake the neighborhood, city authorities condemned many of the residential hotels that had become a hallmark of the area, displacing many residents and small businesses.
It was at this time that photographer Janet Delaney moved to the area, seeking cheap rent. Between 1978 and 1986 she captured a neighborhood at the cusp of change. One that was not salubrious -- she was held up at knifepoint and had her camera stolen -- but one where behind the rough edges, a small but strong community of families and businesses still thrived.
Later, a six-month solo trip to conflict-riddled parts of Central America left a deep impression on Delaney, and saw her take a socially-conscious turn with her work. Upon returning, the often-tough lives of her neighbors seemed to take on a new significance and she felt the need to document them. Using a large 4x5 view tripod-mounted camera, she made portraits and architectural views and shot the interiors of local businesses, in an attempt to document life in the neighborhood.
The images that emerged are as frank as they are beautiful and are a testament to a once gritty, even vibrant neighborhood. Indeed, they bear an uncanny resemblance to pre-war documentary photography. It is perhaps all down to the camera, Delaney says: a bulky contraption that takes up a large amount of space but yields finely detailed images. And for the photographer, the ever obvious camera itself became an important part of the documentation process.
"The camera gave a sense of honor to a neighborhood that nobody ever considered, a neighborhood the city felt it could demolish," Delaney says.
By 1988, with rents getting ever higher, Delaney, now a mother, moved across the bay to Berkeley. "I wouldn't have left if that rent hadn't been so high," she adds, feeling that she was pushed out of her old neighborhood by rising prices. And that process doesn't seem to be slowing as the neighborhood, now known as SoMa, continues to gentrify.
At the scene of the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1938.


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Self-catering Phuket accommodation is located throughout Thailand including Karon Beach, Mai Khao Beach, Bang Tao Bay and Kata Beach and ranges from 4 stars to 5 stars. A great way to cut down on costs while on holidays, the range of self-catering Phuket accommodation also allow you to stock up on fresh local produce and prepare your own meals, offering the peace of mind of safe food preparation. Whether you intend on preparing all of your own meals while on holidays or just enjoy the convenience of a quick breakfast in your room while you're still in your PJs, the range of self-catering Phuket accommodation has got you covered.
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The youngest journal of the ESR Journals Family is a fully open access journal, owned by the European Society of Radiology and edited by Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Francesco Sardanelli (Milan, Italy).
European Radiology Experimental focuses on research from new techniques and experimental settings, that might soon influence clinical radiology. Its goal is to provide a forum open not only to radiologists, nuclear physicians, or radiation therapists but also to other professionals such as physicists, biologists, chemists, bioengineers, and biomathematicians, and many more.
All articles are immediately available upon publication which fosters a wider collaboration and increased citations.
For active members of the ESR, European Radiology Experimental offers coverage of the article processing charges as part of their membership.
Prof. Francesco Sardanelli is professor of radiology and director of the Postgraduation Course in Radiodiagnostics at Milan University, and director of the department of radiology at the Research Hospital (IRCCS) Policlinico San Donato in Milan. He is a long-time and active member of the European Society of Radiology and served as president of the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) from 2012 to 2015. Additionally, he is director of the European Network for the Assessment of Imaging in Medicine (EuroAIM) of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Research (EIBIR). He has co-authored more than 300 full articles, six books and 46 book chapters on a large spectrum of topics including breast, cardiovascular, neuro, body, musculoskeletal radiology as well as methodological issues.
He was appointed in summer 2016 by the ESR Executive Council to be the first Editor-in-Chief of European Radiology EXPERIMENTAL.
"It is my great pleasure to invite you to submit your manuscripts to the youngest member of the ESR journal family: European Radiology EXPERIMENTAL. The goal of the journal is to provide an interdisciplinary forum open to radiologists, and all colleagues working in medical imaging."
Francesco Sardanelli
Scientific Editorial Board 2019-2021
Peter M.A. van Ooijen, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, the Netherlands
Contrast materials, tracers and theranostics
Silvio Aime, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
Philippe C. Douek, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
Twan Lammers, RHTW Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Clemens W.G.M. Löwik, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Robert N. Muller, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium
Mark D. Pagel, University of Arizona, Phoenix, United States
Nahum Goldberg, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel
Fabian Kießling, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Esther Lutgens, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Information technology, big data, image reconstruction and post-processing
Fabio Galbusera, Research Hospital (IRCCS) Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
John W. Nance, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States
Marina Codari, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Matthias Dietzel, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Domenico Mastrodicasa, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Muhammad Umair Ahmad Khan, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
Imaging biomarkers, radiomics, radiogenomics, and imaging biobanks
Muneeb Z. Ahmed, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
Silvia Giordano, Torino Medical School,Torino, Italy
Elisabeth A. Morris, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
Emanuele Neri, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Mansoor Fatehi, Brain Mapping Biobank, National Brain Mapping Laboratory, Teheran, Iran
Eduardo Fleury, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Pascal Baltzer, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Luca M. Sconfienza, Universita degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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Judicial Power and National Politics
Courts and Gender in the Religious-Secular Conflict in Israel
Patricia J. Woods - Author
SUNY series in Israeli Studies
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Uses the case of Israel to examine the circumstances that lead national courts to engage heated political issues.
Patricia J. Woods examines a controversial issue in the politics of many countries around the world: the increasing role that courts and justices have played in deeply charged political battles. Through an extensive case study of the religious-secular conflict in Israel, she argues that the most important determining factor explaining when, why, and how national courts enter into the world of divisive politics is found in the intellectual or judicial communities with whom justices live, work, and think about the law on a daily basis. The interaction among members of this community, Woods maintains, is an organic, sociological process of intellectual exchange that over time culminates in new legal norms that may, through court cases, become binding legal principles. Given the right conditions—electoral democracy, basic judicial independence, and some institutional constraints—courts may use these new legal norms as the basis for a jurisprudence that justifies hearing controversial cases and allows for creative answers to major issues of national political contention.
"Her study of Israeli judicial politics is shrewd, sophisticated, culturally sensitive, and historically grounded … Judicial Power and National Politics is a welcome addition to the scholarship on comparative judicial politics, and Patricia Woods is a welcome new voice in the field … The impact of her work will cut across subfields and enrich the political science discipline." — The Law and Politics Book Review
"This well-written book makes an important contribution by pushing the analysis of the controversies surrounding judicial intervention/activism to take ideas seriously. It provides a very persuasive account of Israel's High Court of Justice's involvement in religious issues and the key role of the judicial community in precipitating that involvement. At the same time, Woods attends to the roles of institutional factors and social movements in facilitating the controversial rights actions/decisions of the HCJ. This book is a must read for scholars of law and politics." — Austin Sarat, Amherst College
"The author's notion of an extended judicial community of judges, academic lawyers, and cause lawyers is a major move forward in the 'new institutionalism' in the study of law and courts." — Martin Shapiro, Boalt Law School, University of California at Berkeley
Patricia J. Woods is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida.
1. Judicial Community, Judicial Power, and National Politics
2. The Israel High Court of Justice and Religious Authorities
3. The Irony of State Incorporation
4. Social Movement Lawyers, Judicial Community, and the Countermovement that Binds Them
5. Changing Visions, Conflicting Missions: Signaling the Judicial Community
6. Social Movements and Changing Language of the Court: Implicit Alliances and Explicit Coalitions
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Political Liberalism
Electoral Politics Is Not Enough
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James K. Paulsen
December 14, 1931 - October 6, 2020
James Paulsen, 88, of Palm Springs, California, and formerly of University Park, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at Rancho Terrace Assisted Living in Rancho-Mirage, California. James Kay Paulsen, son of Christian "Jack" Joshua and Laura Frances (Templeton) Paulsen, was born December 14, 1931, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, moving to University Park at age five, where he attended grade school K-8. Jim's love of music was cultivated and demonstrated early in his life with piano and marimba lessons. While in the Boy Scouts, he earned the rank of "Life." He played the trombone in the band and sang in the choir and other vocal groups in high school. Before graduating from Oskaloosa High School in 1951, Jim was both a trombonist and vocal soloist with the Oskaloosa City Band and sang in the College Avenue Friends Church Choir, where he was a member. Other local churches and organizations invited him to sing for them. Jim furthered his education at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where he studied music, earning his Bachelor's Degree in music education in 1955. While at St. Olaf, he toured the United States and Europe as a four-year member of the St. Olaf Choir. Upon completing his education at St. Olaf, Jim returned to the Oskaloosa area, where he taught K–12 music for Lacey Consolidated School and continued playing and singing with the city band and local organizations. After teaching for three years at Lacey he moved to California, where he received his junior high teaching credential. For the next 28 years, Jim resided in the Whittier, California, teaching junior high classroom subjects for 26 years and was the elementary music supervisor for two years. During these years of teaching, he gained his Master's Degree in music education in 1967 from Fullerton College in Fullerton, CA. After 31 years of teaching, Jim retired in 1987. He lived in various places in CA, including 12 years in the Palm Springs area. In December 2001, he moved to the Big Island of Hawaii, remaining there for eight years before moving back to the Palm Springs area. Over the years, Jim had numerous hobbies and interests, including tennis, photography, carpentry, gardening, architecture, and writing. Jim's family includes a sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Clyde Wiley of Newton, IA, and four nieces: Diane (Corbin) Van Wyk of Bondurant, IA; Kathy (Jeff) Sanderson also of Bondurant, Laura (Ryan) Meixner of Madison, WI and Sandy Wiley of Centennial, CO. In addition to his parents, Jim was preceded in death by a brother, Jack Weldon, in 1937, a nephew, Michael Wiley, in 2013, and a nephew-in-law, Jeffrey Sanderson. A private graveside funeral service will be held for Jim in Forest Cemetery. Memorials can be made to College Avenue Friends Church. Langkamp Funeral Chapel & Crematory has been entrusted with Jim's final arrangements.
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Fort Worth Community Arts Center presents Solo Showdown Runners Up Show. Featured artists are Nimmy Melvin, Padaric Kolander, and Amy Herzel. It was juried by Jennifer Casler Price who has been the curator of Asian and non-Western art at the Kimbell Art Museum since 1993. The show will run until February 26th. The Art7 Gallery is located at 2831 W 7th St, Fort Worth, TX 76107.
The Fort Worth Community Arts Center conducted Solo Show[Down], an open-themed, all media exhibition of international artists juried by Kimbell Art Museum Curator for Asian and non-Western Art Jennifer Casler Price.
National group show by 9 artists from Kochi, Bangalore & Chennai.


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