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Why real estate investors are still confident
Investors remain committed to the long-term growth fundamentals of Asia Pacific
As economic uncertainty hampers deal-making in global real estate markets, investors remain confident that a recovery in deal volumes in Asia Pacific is only months away.
Widespread lockdowns and travel restrictions stalled investors' plans so far this year, with commercial real estate investment falling 29 percent globally to US$321 billion in the first six months of 2020 compared to the year-earlier period, according to data from JLL. Throughout the same period, volumes in Asia Pacific contracted 32 percent, as the impact of COVID-19 was felt on investment markets.
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But 84 percent of real estate investors expect transaction volumes in Asia Pacific to rebound meaningfully by early 2021, according to a JLL poll of 38 global investors representing close to US$2 trillion in assets under management. Optimism is being further buoyed by signs of a sustained recovery in China. Select investors remain more bullish, with 32 percent confident that the market hit its trough in the first half of 2020.
Such confidence isn't unique to real estate. Stock markets have raced higher in recent months despite the pandemic, with analysts citing a confidence that the worst of the pandemic may be over, and hefty central bank stimulus.
"Believe it or not, investors aren't mired in doom and gloom," says Stuart Crow, CEO, Capital Markets, Asia Pacific, JLL. "There are challenges, but many are looking ahead to refocus their Asia Pacific investment strategies on core geographies and sectors that are benefiting from the acceleration of pre-COVID trends."
Defensive locations and sectors are among highest in demand, he says. Japan and Korea remain top of the list, as do sectors such as multifamily, non-discretionary retail, and logistics.
The survey identified Japan, South Korea, China, and Australia as the markets most likely to see an increase in transactional activity into 2021 as investors turn to core geographies as a defensive strategy to mitigate ongoing risk.
The relative stability and transparency of the Japanese market as the world's third-largest economy, sees 56 percent of those surveyed planning to increase their exposure in 2021, cementing its status as a safe-haven destination, where income and capital value returns are relatively more stable. Meanwhile, despite China's domestic economy slowing before COVID-19, investors polled are looking past short-term headwinds to the longer-term growth potential of the market, with 51 percent planning on increasing their exposure to the country within 2021.
"As transactional activity increases and pockets of value emerge from the crisis, we expect investors to move up the risk curve, which will include both direct and indirect exposure to real estate," says Crow.
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Although direct acquisition in private markets will remain the primary route for most investors polled, many are increasingly looking towards different transaction structures to gain and increase their exposure to real estate. Sizable numbers of investors are planning to increase exposure to platform deals (32%) or increase their activity in debt markets (29%).
"COVID-19 is changing how investors access real estate," says Roddy Allan, Chief Research Officer, Asia Pacific, JLL. "While we typically see a shift to more stable risk profiles during times of uncertainty, many investors are signalling a longer-term diversification strategy in Asia Pacific but are also reimagining how they transact in this region."
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, investors are balancing existing portfolios with defensive, operationally-critical sectors.
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"As the office sector adapts to the next future of work, alternative sectors that are benefitting from demographic, technological and social development trends are set to benefit, particularly living, logistics and data centers," says Crow.
Logistics, widely cited as the crises' most resilient sector thanks to the growth of e-commerce during lockdowns, is likely to become even more attractive into 2021 with over 80 percent of investors surveyed looking to increase their exposure.
Multifamily is also positioned to play a significant part in the transactional rebound, with 58 percent planning to expand investment as housing shortages and affordability pressures persist in the region's major cities.
The region's maturing alternatives sector, comprising of data centres and student living amongst others, will also generate continued interest, with 44 percent of polled investors to enhance exposure within 2021.
"Defensive investments will play a bigger role in this cycle, given ongoing uncertainty. However, the very definition of defensive will continue to evolve to include greater exposure to stable alternative assets," says Crow.
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Sun Hung Kai Properties wins a commercial site in Kwun Tong
The site at Off Anderson Road has been sold for HKD 296 million, around 20% below the lower end of market expectations.
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A residential site in Kwai Chung was sold for HKD 1.1 billion, slightly above the lower end of market expectations.
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Sunday morning I get up to check my email and find out I was sent this lovely image from pal Lula that you see on the left, as part of our weekly "Sunday Worship" session. Don't get weirded out dear this is just the gals having some good 'ol fashioned fun!
It is Sunday…let's give praise!
All day today anytime I would open my computer I was greeted with the the site of your crotch all up near my icons and of course start giggling because this is the BEST desktop wallpaper EVER invented. I rule at all things computer-y.
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Icom revealed their first Software Defined Radio (SDR) HF transceiver, the IC-7300, sporting HF+6m+4m coverage, 100W, touchscreen TFT display and an internal antenna tuner.
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This X Marks a Church: Makati's St. Andrew the Apostle Church
At the corner of Kalayaan Avenue and N. Garcia Street (also known by its former name Reposo) in Makati's Barangay Bel-Air stands a peculiar Catholic church. That church is the St. Andrew the Apostle Church, and while its history is not as long as the metropolis' other older churches, it has an interesting story to tell in itself. Its design alone is worth starting a conversation about it.
For one, this particular church has a circular design which, while not unique in itself, is an uncommon design that Catholic churches tend to employ. Then, there is its cross at the top which is not the usual "t" or "+" design, but an "x" one. The "x"-shaped cross, formally called a saltire, has significance behind it, as Christian tradition states that Andrew, one of the 12 disciples/apostles of Jesus Christ, was put to death by crucifixion on such a cross. Tradition also adds that Andrew himself chose to be crucified using such a cross as he felt he was unworthy to be crucified on the regular cross (also called the Latin cross) that Christ was crucified onto. So today, this type of cross has also come to be known as the "St. Andrew's cross".
The crucifixion of St. Andrew (image courtesy of Getty Images via Daily Express)
The "Andrew" connection, interestingly, goes beyond the church's name as another "Andrew" helped pave the way for the church itself to be built. Well technically not an "Andrew" but actually an "Andres". (but still the same name albeit in a different linguistic equivalent) And this particular Andres happens to be Andres Soriano Jr., the head of the conglomerate San Miguel Corporation during the 1960s. He offered to help build a church for the Catholic community of Bel-Air and nearby barangays such as Poblacion, Valenzuela, and Olympia. The church to be built was in honor of his father Andres Soriano Sr., a respected businessman who contributed to the growth of San Miguel Corporation beyond its traditional brewery business and was responsible for the company's entry into other business like beverages, ice cream, dairy, and even glass manufacturing.
A bust of Andres Soriano Sr. by Guillermo Tolentino, as seen in the National Museum of Fine Arts
Construction of the church would begin in 1967, employing the round, concrete-heavy design of an up and coming architect named Leandro Locsin. Such an architectural design is nothing new for Locsin; in fact, his first notable work was a round concrete church as well: the Church of the Holy Sacrifice in the University of the Philippines Diliman campus completed in 1955. It's interesting to note that around this time, the future National Artist was also busy in the design of what would be considered his magnum opus, the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater. Work on the church would be done in about a year's time and the church was formally on the feast of Saint Andrew on November 30, 1968.
Apart from Locsin, the St. Andrew the Apostle Church also boasts some works of renowned Filipino artists. The cross at the top, for instance, is a work of another National Artist, Vicente Manansala. The baptistry meanwhile boasts works of Napoleon Abueva (who designed the white baptismal font) and Eduardo Castrillo (who created the sculpture as well as the blue baptismal font).
Having recently celebrated its 50th year, the St. Andrew the Apostle Church remains an important landmark for the Catholic community around this part of Makati. It is a unique monument of sorts that honors a community's Catholic faith, a legacy of a visionary businessman, and the artistry of the Filipino, all rolled into one.
Acknowledgements as well to St. Andrew the Apostle Church
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Depending on what summer activities are your favorites, you can choose the game you are sure to like. For example, if you prefer sports or just active pastimes, you can try such titles as Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation or Tropico Jong: Butterfly Expedition . Those who consider lying at the beach the best way of having rest ever will surely appreciate games offering some refreshers vital in the sun, like Ice Cream Dee Lites or Yummy Drink Factory , as well as such as Deep Voyage that takes you under the sea to watch the beautiful underworld.
If you are a lazy thing and adore having yourself taken care of, summer is the great time for this, and such addictive games as Sally's Spa or Spa Mania prove this. Here you can indulge into pure pleasure. Otherwise, if hard work is an integral part of your life, give yourself a little break and try farming, which offers much to do in summer. You can do this with Farmer Jane or Ranch Rush , extremely addictive exapmles of time-management games.
So, whatever you select, casual game industry always has something to offer you - and that can be enjoyed even in the stuffy office! Have a nice summer!


Socialite Vera Sidika is switching things up yet again and this time she has joined the music industry.
The socialite has released her new song dubbed Nalia, in which she gives a detailed look of what transpired between her and her estranged lover Otile Brown.
Vera's music video features Wema Sepetus' former lover Calisah, who is seen posing next to a white Mercedes Benz which she had claimed she bought for him earlier.
The controversial socialite explains in the song how she gave her all in vain, just to keep her lover satisfied, including giving him money to help him out in times of need.
"Chochote nilikupa bila hofu support one way, kuhusu pesa ukiomba nilihisi zaidi ya kupea," she croons before chorusing it up with nalia nalia.


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Smart speakers, such as the Amazon Echo, have become so popular in the UK that they're now being used as an official measurement of how much items cost.
Alexa, Google Home and Apple HomeKit are now such an everyday part of our lives that they've been included in the Office for National Statistics' (ONS') shopping basket for measuring inflation for the first time - a major indicator that smart home tech is now ingrained in our lives.
Voice-activated speakers have been added to the basket while items that we once spent much more on, like envelopes (no longer as popular as an increasing number of businesses go paperless) and crockery sets - apparently, we're much more likely to buy single dinner plates now, with these added to the ONS' shopping basket this year too.
Bakeware has also been added for the first time, most likely due to the continuing popularity of The Great British Bake Off, with dog treats, popcorn and children's fiction books joining them in the basket.
Meanwhile, dry dog food, crockery sets and Hi-Fis have been removed from the basket, as people are no longer buying them as often.
The ONS shopping basket is refreshed every 12 months to reflect what people in the UK are spending their money on, giving an indication of what's important to them at the time. This therefore shows that smart speakers are very important to UK consumers at the moment - no surprise given that a survey from Policy Adviser published this winter found that three in four UK households now have at least one smart home device.
Smart speakers replacing Hi-Fi systems is no surprise, as more of us are likely to ask Alexa to play a particular song than put on a CD in 2019. We're now using smart home assistants for so many other tasks too, from turning on our smart lights to adjusting our thermostats, giving us more control over our lives, and even allowing us to save money on household bills.
As the popularity of smart technology continues to grow, it will be interesting to see how this impacts future ONS inflation baskets. In ten years' time, will the likes of bakeware and dinner plates have been replaced by smart light bulbs and connected coffee machines? Watch this space.


The problem writing non-fiction full-time, particularly when it is geared around a very narrow set of keywords, is that occasionally you feel as if you've run out of ways to explain a topic differently than you had the week before. You start feeling redundant, and possibly a little uninspired.
The fact of the matter is, you are totally being redundant, but that's kind of the point. You have to keep in mind that the person visiting those sites or reading those types of articles are typically are looking for an answer to their question and are only visiting you for a short time. Lots and lots of articles on the same thing can help increase your rank and makes your content more likely to reach those in need of answers.
Therefore, you do what you have to do, but that doesn't mean you can't also indulge in a little bit of creative writing fun. That being said, I decided this week to make use of some random story generators I found online. The following is the result.
She knelt on the carpet in her new living-room, a big cardboard box in front of her, unwrapping ornaments, photographs, and other mementos. The fan overhead rattled as it spun. She'd congratulated herself after installing it earlier that morning, with a mimosa, celebrating the fact she hadn't called her parents a single time, or worse, her ex-boyfriend. The last thing she needed was to give him an excuse to work his way back into her life.
Unfortunately, she had to concede she hadn't spent long enough verifying its blades were balanced before turning it on. She made a mental note to add fixing that to the ever-growing to-do list.
There was a knock at the door. She jumped. Most of her possessions were still packed away in boxes, so the knock had resulted in an echoing boom. She had no more than taken two steps when the knock sounded a second time.
She was just about to open the door when she thought it might be better to first see who her visitor might be through the peephole instead. The breezeway on the other side of the door appeared empty.
Guess they had the wrong apartment, she thought, returning to her labor. She knelt beside the box of ornaments and pulled out a figurine of a dancing girl her grandmother had gifted her on her sixteenth birthday. She held it up, loving how the light shining through the glass made patterns on the room's freshly installed carpets. Holding the figurine in her hand, she dug through the box, looking for its hook so that she might hang it next to the apartment's kitchen window.
The boom of a heavy-handed knock on the door startled her again. She gently placed the dancer on the box and returned to the front door, but once again the breezeway on the other side appeared empty.
Her eye caught the box of juice on the kitchen countertop. She frowned. She must have forgotten to put it away after making her drink earlier. She glanced back at the door and shrugged. "Why not?" She poured herself a second drink that was more champagne than juice and raised her glass. "Here's to the next chapter," she said out loud. She tipped the glass back and draining its contents. The combination of pulp and bubbles tickled her tongue.
She stepped on the carpet, loving how its plush weave surrounded her toes. Another round of knocking boomed from the front door, this time even louder and more insistent. She turned her head and shouted, "go away, whoever you are." Her ears detected the sound of a siren in the distance. Good, she thought, maybe someone else got tired of those kids and called in a complaint.
She returned to the box of ornaments. The room began to spin. Yeah, that drink was way too strong. Lesson learned. She sat down in an attempt to reclaim her equilibrium, but the dizziness increased. She looked for something to center her gaze on.
Only then did she realize the figurine was gone.
Very nice story, Allie. Will there be more?
I'm open to the idea if there is a enough interest. I have this whole backstory in my head already.
I like this story. More please. Why did her grandmother give her that figurine? And why did someone steal it from her? Need. to. know. I. tell. you.
Ha!!! Responses like that make my day.
This is a scary one, Allie. Great tension. I sure do hope she's going to be okay. Yikes.


Renewables supplier Tonik Energy has landed a £13 million capital injection from investors, including major Japanese investment firm Mitsui.
The investment, into Tonik's parent company Retig, is to be used to boost its and renewables installation subsidiary The Phoenix Works' supply and domestic renewables function.
Mitsui has also taken a strategic minority stake in Retig as part of a wider expansion into decarbonised energy businesses.
Chris Russell, chief executive at Tonik Energy, described the investment as a "fantastic endorsement" of its strategy, which combines clean energy supply with energy saving technologies.
Last September Tonik acquired The Phoenix Works, an established installer of domestic solar, battery storage and electric vehicle chargers, setting the target of installing 10,000 EV chargers and deploying a "mass market" solar-plus-storage solution within the next three years.
Yoshio Kometani, COO of Mitsui's infrastructure project business unit, said the investment had been driven by the progression of three energy sector "mega trends" in decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitisation, adding his belief that the UK stood at the "forefront" of those trends.
"Tonik has recognised the mega trends and has developed new offerings to go beyond pure energy supply, which aligns with our strategy in the energy downstream sector. Utilising our global network, we will support Tonik for its growth and development of new and clean offerings to its customers," he said.


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Distracted Driving: Texting Statistics and Facts 2022
Written by Nathan Richardson
Published Aug 02, 2022 | Last Updated Sep 08, 2022
Nathan Richardson
Nathan Richardson is the founder and managing editor of Advisement.com.
In the early 1980s, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) brought to public notice; the horrific number of yearly fatalities caused by highly drunk drivers. They discovered that; 80 percent of car accidents involved some distraction -three seconds before an impact occurs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after over three decades of effective advocacy, drunk driving fatalities have decreased by much more than 50 percent to 9967 in 2014, from around 25,000 in 1980.
Distracted driving and testing statistics (facts) show that more drivers aren't adhering to instructions. Undoubtedly, everyone should be aware of how disastrous texting is when driving. But, when it comes to technological advancements, the principle of unintended consequences nearly rears its head. Among the most hazardous effects of mobile phones has been an increase in reckless and distracted driving.
In this article, we will be looking at many of the most intriguing and helpful distracted driving, texting statistics, and facts, with the sole objective of assisting readers in learning almost everything there is to know about the associated risks and consequences of the subject matter. The purpose is to highlight what it means to be distracted while driving and why you shouldn't indulge in it.
What Is Texting While Driving?
To use a phone or tablet to read, write, and send texts while steering a vehicle is known as texting while driving. The concept "texting and driving" is used in this context to imply the use of messaging apps, social media, and mobile devices to send or read emails while driving an automobile.
Note: Distracted driving is a catch-all phrase that includes texting and driving.
What Is Distracted Driving?
Distracted driving refers to a brief moment when your mind, attention, or eyes is off the road while driving. It's a huge risk because drivers are 400% likely to encounter an accident when they take their eyes or concentration from the road. Statistically, it may reach a maximum of 600 percent. The fact that the proportion is greater than 100 indicates how seriously dangerous it is to text and drive.
Below are three different ways motorists can be distracted while driving:
Visual Distraction
Visual distraction occurs whenever a driver takes his\her eyes away from the road. In this case, it may be that a phone screen is gazed at, watching billboard adverts, or observing a female sidewalk.
Manual Distraction
Manual distraction occurs when motorists remove their hands from the steering column to search for something, like a phone. By so doing, they are not attending to the vehicle's manual controls.
Cognitive Distraction
In this instance, the driver is either mentally disoriented or distracted. They might be organizing a birthday celebration or choosing what to text a buddy in response to the notification tone that just sounded on their phone.
Source: St Luke's Health
What Are The Dangers of Texting and Driving?
More than 3,000 persons now pass away annually, mostly young drivers. Every year, texting while driving causes more than 1.6 million accidents – according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
Driving while distracted, especially using a mobile phone when throttling on the roadways, is associated with increasing traffic mishaps that cause injury and fatalities.
Driving while texting is more deadly than driving drunk since you are 6 percent more likely to become involved in a collision than driving under the influence of excess alcohol.
Day in and day out, distracted driving claims the lives of 8 persons in the United States, according to CDC.
How many accidents are caused by texting and driving?
According to the National Safety Council, motorists using mobile phones while driving are the reason for 1.6 million auto accidents every year.
Texting while driving results in one in every four auto accidents. You read that right—it contributes to a staggering 25% of all accidents in the U.S.
How Much Likely Are You To Be Involved In A Crash If You Are Texting While Driving?
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), it takes about 5 seconds to read or reply to a text message. While it might not seem like much, that is sufficient for a car to travel across a football field. The length of a typical American football pitch is 100 yards.
Note: Five seconds is an enormous time to miss the bike crossing the street, the automobile next to you -slowing down, or the traffic signal going red.
What Age group is Most Affected by distracted driving?
According to a detailed study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teen motorists and young adults are now the most distracted car drivers on the highway
The organization concluded that;
Motorists aged 15-19 are more likely to be distracted than drivers aged 20 and older. They are always among drivers in crashes that lead to loss of lives;
Young adults between the ages of 20 to 29 made up 25% of distracted or inattentive drivers involved in ghastly auto collisions.
Texting and Driving Statistics 2019/2022
Fatal Crashes, Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes, and Fatalities in Distraction-Affected Crashes, and Cell Phone Use by Distracted Drivers, 2019
Distraction-Affected (D-A)
Cell Phone in Use
Percentage of Total
Percentage of D-A
33,244 2,895 9% 387 13%
Drivers Involved
36,096 3142 9% 422 13%
Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes, by Age Group, Distraction, and Cell Phone Use, 2019
Total Drivers
All Distracted Drivers
Drivers using Cell Phones
Percenteage of Total Drivers
Percentage of Total Drivers in This Age Group
Percentage of All Distracted Drivers
Percentage of All Distracted Drivers in this Age Group
Percentage of Drivers Using Cell Phones
3,968 8% 344 9% 11% 66 19% 17%
4,590 9% 297 6% 10% 61 21 16%
10,507 21% 686 7% 23% 90 13% 23%
8,301 16% 531 6% 18% 79 15% 20%
7,166 14% 315 4% 10% 32 10% 8%
4,404 9% 208 5% 7% 10 5% 3%
3,229 6% 184 6% 6% 3 2% 1%
Fatalities in All Crashes and Distraction-Affected Crashes, by Person Type, 2019
Total Fatalities
Distraction-Affected (D-A) Fatalities
36,096 100%
Total Occupants
Non Occupants
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9 Facts About Distracted Driving And Texting Statistics
Based on New York Times findings, the rise in distracted driving is attributed primarily to the use of city apps.
55 percent of teen drivers and 77 percent of adults believe they can text and drive safely. (Icebike)
According to an NHTSA report, only 20 percent of high schoolers consider texting while driving a problem.
A few causes of texting and driving are "fear of missing out" or "FOMO." People who have FOMO use mobile phones while driving because they are afraid of missing an engaging or exciting event.
27 percent of motorists acknowledged texting while driving because they believe there is an expectation (obligation) of prompt responses.
Consumer Reports study of consumers found that 8% of respondents stream (play) videos on their phones while driving.
A hands-free gadget can keep a person distracted for the next 27 seconds or more after using it. (Washington Post)
Hands-free driving and Distracted driving meant the same thing.
56 percent of participants in an Everquote survey admitted to using a phone while driving, while 96 percent of survey takers identified themselves as safe drivers. (Fortune)
Total fatal Crashes
Number of distraction-affected fatal crashes
2,880 2,968 3142
Percent of total fatal crashes
Number of cellphone distraction-affected fatal crashes
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Traveling... in Colorado... Noah & M are traveling, too... they're in Tucson visiting one of her sisters... and remembering the anniversary of this horrible day.
I noticed it last year while at Fort Benning and Noah and his buddies would say, "It's a year today that Sgt. Benford was killed..." and "It's a year today that Matt Bohling was killed..." They all know the dates... they cannot forget. It's the same way Niles Harris remembers the 8th of November 1965 and the way Matt remembers 26 May 2003... No, they cannot forget -- nor would they want to... nor should they.. nor should we. When we forget those who died for us and for our country, we dishonor them and their sacrifice. The rest of the world remembers on Veterans Day or Memorial Day... and that's appropriate. So long as they remember. Families remember every day... but there is also a Band of Brothers that will never forget.
Tomorrow Noah is visiting the grave of his good friend Tommy Byrd. Tommy went to war with Noah... and, as they promised each other, Noah brought Tommy home. And we were there when Tommy was laid to rest.
Tomorrow, Tommy will meet Noah's wife... not the way they would have wanted to meet. Tomorrow Noah will tell his friend Tommy that Noah's first born son will carry Tommy's name and that the new Tommy will be a declaration and and affirmation that Tommy Byrd's sacrifice was not in vain and that it -- and he -- will always be remembered... and in the telling and retelling of Tommy's story, so will be told the stories of SPC Jeffrey W. Corban, SPC Richard A. Hardy, SPC Timothy D. Watkins and SSG Vincent E. Summers.
I'm glad M will be there with Noah... she'll do a great job of helping him through... it will be hard... but it is important that we remember.
Thoughts and prayers for Noah on this journey. I'm typing through tears.
Thank you again for sharing, we cannot forget these brave young men and women.


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Alaska man seen in strangling video charged in 2nd death
A man accused of killing a woman who was seen strangled in videos on a digital memory card was charged Thursday with the death of another woman, authorities in Alaska said.
Brian Steven Smith admitted to detectives that he was the man in the images and videos recovered from the card, according to a document filed by the state Department of Law. Smith, 48, also said he shot another woman and told police where he disposed of her body, the document states.
Anchorage police identified that woman as Veronica Abouchuk. Anchorage Police Chief Justin Doll told reporters Abouchuk's family reported her missing in February, but he said she had last been seen by them in July 2018.
A grand jury indicted Smith on Thursday on murder and evidence tampering charges in the death of Abouchuk. According to the bail memo, Alaska State Troopers earlier this year recovered a skull with a gunshot wound in an area near the location Smith later provided.
It was identified as Abouchuk, who was referred to by initials in the document.
Smith previously pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, sexual assault and tampering in the death of 30-year-old Kathleen Henry. According to police and court documents, a memory card found on the ground in Anchorage contained videos showing her being strangled and pictures of her lying face down in the back of a truck.
Smith's attorney, Dan Lowery, an assistant public defender, said earlier this week he does not comment on pending cases.
The Department of Law has asked that bond be set at $2 million.
The department said Smith poses a "significant public safety risk" and considers him a flight risk. "After he committed each murder, he dumped the body along the side of a road like unwanted trash," the document states.
Smith came to Alaska from South Africa about five years ago and became a naturalized U.S. citizen last month, according to the bail memo.
Bohrer reported from Juneau, Alaska.
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In light of Tom's earlier post about the 5 iPhone applications he recommended to stay fit, I've decided to write a follow up by listing 5 Android applications for all our Android readers. Below, are 5 great applications that will help you get in shape and track your results on your journey to staying fit.
If you're a runner, then this is a must have application. RunKeeper combines GPS tracking, map integration, music management, and more into a polished application. All of your RunKeeper activities, including those you enter in manually, are aggregated on the phone and your RunKeeper dashboard—accessible through the main RunKeeper web site. You can either share your stats with the world, thanks to the integration with Twitter and Facebook or keep your results to yourself for personal review.
Endomondo is basically a fitness social network. This application isn't just for Android and caters to a lot of different devices, including the iPhone. Installing Endomondo on your mobile device will allow you to track where you run, how long you run, check your personal best times, and share them with friends. From the Endomondo site, you can view exercise summaries, issue invites and challenges to get your friends involved in your fitness push, and participate in site-wide challenges. Endomondo is a cross-platform running app and has a large network runners are built in.
SportyPal is much like Endomondo, just a different variation, is all. Whether you're running or roller blading, SportyPal will measure your distance, speed, calories burned, and more. You can then sync your data up to your web-based profile and see all the stats gathered from your exercise routine charted out. If you're a person who likes outdoor sports and you cover a lot of ground hiking or mountain biking, SportyPal can even display your route on a topographical map for a 3D-style representation of your exercise adventures.
CardioTrainer is a well-rounded Android application focused on running and other cardio activities. It tracks your runs via GPS, counts the steps you've taken, and supports workout recording for everything you do while getting fit. There are two different versions of the app. The free version of CardioTrainer includes nearly all the functionality of the premium app, the only difference is that the premium version adds in a weight loss training module, which will cost $2.99.
MyTracks is an Android only application and built in house by team of Google engineers. The application similar to the rest mentioned, with features such as: Allows you to see your location/progress on a map, monitors real-time statistics like: time, distance, speed, elevation and you can view elevation profile by time or distance. The application can be used for numerous activities, including: hiking, biking, running or participating in other outdoor activities. Once your data is recorded, you have the ability to share your tracks, upload them to Google Spreadsheets and will be able to visualize them on Google My Maps.
As you've probably come to notice, most of the applications are similar to one another, with differences being the way they monitor data, record results, and whether they have a web based community. You can install one or all of these applications to mix and match the best ones that will make you the most productive when trying to stay fit. Also, even though this is an Android post, with the exception of MyTracks, the remaining four applications have an iPhone counterpart. So go out there, and start getting fit!


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Sussex towns are amongst the most in-demand for house hunters this year
Several Sussex towns have been included in a list of the most 'in-demand' seaside towns for house hunters this year.
By Connor Gormley
Saturday, 4th December 2021, 3:04 pm
Updated Saturday, 4th December 2021, 3:07 pm
Eastbourne, Worthing, Brighton and Hastings have been identified as seaside hotspots for house buyers this year, according to analysis by property website Rightmove.
The most in demand sites were identified as those which received the most buyer inquiries on the Right Move website in 2021.
Sites like Bournemouth, Southampton Weston Super-Mare also made the list, but it was Sussex which dominated the top ten, with Brighton, Eastbourne, Worthing and Hastings taking the number 3, 7, 8 and 9 spots respectively.
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Maybe it's no surprise, given the county's stunning coastline and gorgeous countryside, but all that popularity comes at a quite literal cost. Accompanying all those searches has been a considerable price hike from this year to last.
Rightmove's research reveals that Brighton, with an average buying price of £461,796, experienced a five per cent price hike compared to 2020. Eastbourne, where houses cost around £306,546, experienced a six per cent jump. Hastings, which has an average price of £295,096 saw a massive ten per cent increase from 2020 to 2021 and Worthing, where the average home costs £354,361, saw prices increase by 6 per cent.
Another Sussex town, Littlehampton, also made another list. With an average buying price of £364,180 and 26 days average selling time, was the sixth fastest coastal town in the country to buy a home.
Tim Bannister, Rightmove's director of property, said this year's results reflect a number of national trends: "After a year where coastal locations really captured the imagination of British buyers, it's interesting to reflect on how the overall picture looks at the end of the year.
Overall, this has been the year that either through changed lifestyle priorities, or the ability to work remotely, living in coastal areas has become possible for more buyers, which is reflected in the data we're seeing in this study."
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Thank you for your support of the ride over the past 4 years! It has been an awesome adventure getting to be a part of the Iowa cycling scene. The cycling community in Iowa is world class fun! We have worked hard to bring a top notch music festival inspired camping ride to the cornfed state. Connecting with great trail supporters and town folks along the Raccoon River Valley Trail, the Wabash Trace Trail and the Chichaqua Valley Trail (CVT).
Unfortunately, the ride hasn't been able to grow with riders numbers to support the large financial and time commitments necessary to pull off an event of this nature. With new event inspirations on the horizon and limited funding and time available we are going to put this event on the shelf for the unforeseeable future. We know that this may come as a disappointment for many riders and members of the CVT communities.
We encourage central Iowa riders to continue to frequent the CVT trail and support the businesses along the trail and any upcoming events that they may host. Your Missouri friends welcome Iowa riders to their longtime Pedaler's Jamboree Missouri party ride tradition on Memorial Day Weekend. We look to sharing some good time rides with all of you in the future! Stay tuned for updates on new rides and festivals in the future.


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''Yes, the elderly have become increasingly restless,'' says Christine Oddy of Age Concern England. Her group is one of 13 pro-elderly organizations in eight West European countries that joined together in ''Eurolink-Age'' a year ago to press for further awareness and action by governments, industry, and the general public.
The snag is that their rising demands are running smack into the austerity of the current recession. The political powers-that-be here in Europe are finding it hard to back up their words of sympathy with hard cash. The trend across Western Europe, in fact, has been to cut public spending in an effort to ease growing budget deficits.
In addition, as the number of retirees increases, the working population has to work harder to support them. United Nations studies show that while 30 years ago 100 working people had to ''maintain'' 20 old-age pensioners and 45 children , by the year 2025 that same 100 people will have to support 40 old people and 35 children.
Proposed solutions to what is expected to become a more critical issue in the coming years are plentiful. But few so far seem very realistic.
Some recommend that elderly people be allowed to work longer in order to ease the ''pension burden'' on the young. But, analysts here say, this ignores the fact that this would make competition for already scarce jobs even tougher. Many trade unions, in fact, advocate earlier (not later) retirement as a partial cure for unemployment - now at record levels in many West European countries.
Some government ministers, notably West Germany's Labor Minister Norman Blum, have gone so far as to say that the old-young battle for jobs could become something of a ''class struggle'' in the not-too-distant future. Blum notes that the number of young people coming on the job market in West Germany in this decade alone will exceed the number of people retiring by 800,000.
Figures released at the United Nations Conference on Aging, held in Vienna last year, indicate that by the year 2000 there will be more people in the world over 65 (both numerically and in percentage terms) than ever before - nearly 600 million, or nearly double the number today, compared with only a 70 percent rise in the overall world population during the same period.
And it is in Western Europe that the increase will be the most dramatic. Today 14 percent of West Europe's population is over 65, compared with only 10 percent in the United States. In less than 20 years, the number of elderly people here will more than double. In the United States, the number will not double until 2020. In some countries like West Germany and Italy, some 20 percent of the population will be senior citizens, compared to 9 percent worldwide.
Despite this challenging outlook, most of the elderly in Western Europe have declined up to now to take what might seem to be a deteriorating situation into their own hands and act. Instead, they have preferred for the most part to leave their problems to lobbying organizations representing their interests.
''No, we haven't seen anything here quite like the Gray Panther movement in the US, nothing on that scale,'' says Karen Fogg, of the European Community's social affairs department. She adds, however, that that could change in the near future as the numbers grow and the recession continues to force governments to reassess their commitment to the elderly. She says that public pressure on the EC, which spends very little on programs specifically for the elderly, has increased considerably over the past few years.
At the forefront of what some see as a newfound assertiveness among Western Europe's elderly is West Germany's Senior Citizens' Protection League - better known as the Gray Panthers. This group stages noisy demonstrations and publishes a range of literature aimed at focusing attention on the problems of the old.
Based in Wuppertal, near Dusseldorf, the Panthers have set up regional offices throughout West Germany and have caused ''an unholy rumpus in what is surely a good cause,'' according to a recent West German newspaper report.
Among the Panthers' more explosive proposals are that over-65s should receive a minimum pension of 1,250 marks (about $520) a month, paid for by a 5 percent levy on wage-earners' income. The government has responded by increasing the contributions paid by pensioners to the national health insurance plan from zero several years ago to a maximum 5 percent beginning in July and by decreasing the automatic pension hikes.
Suggesting something of the coming seriousness of the issue is a study conducted recently in Stockholm showing that - as in many countries in Western Europe - the number of people in Sweden aged 80 to 90 will double over the next 20 years. It will be virtually impossible for their children to support them, adds the study, because they too will be over 65 and considered ''too old'' to work.
Life is likely to be particularly hard for elderly women, according to Vera Squarcialupi, a member of the European Parliament and the author of a major report on the problems of the aged in the EC.
Whether male or female, however, the elderly in Western Europe will become increasingly aggressive in demanding fair treatment by society in the coming years, according to most observers.
Meanwhile, organizations like West Germany's Gray Panthers are beginning to press their demands with increasing determination. And governments remain hesitant to, and often incapable of, committing additional funds to solve the problems of the elderly - be they isolation, inadequate housing, cultural deprivation, rising health costs, or transportation.


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Q: textblob error 'list' object has no attribute 'strip'
I'm using TextBlob to translate some text , it worked fine till I tested it today ...
I'm using python 3
textblob Version: 0.15.3.
Is there a new update or something like that ?

A: I suggest that you explicitly specify the input language
blob = TextBlob("hello")
blob.translate(from_lang='en', to='fr')

Here is the output
TextBlob("bonjour")

A: Seems like it's been deprecated, and suggest using official Google Translate API:

0.16.0 (2020-04-26) Deprecations:
TextBlob.translate() and TextBlob.detect_language are deprecated. Use
the official Google Translate API instead (#215). Other changes:
Backwards-incompatible: Drop support for Python 3.4. Test against
Python 3.7 and Python 3.8. Pin NLTK to nltk<3.5 on Python 2 (#315).

you can find such warning in the new version of the library:
'''Translate the word to another language using Google's
Translate API.
    .. deprecated:: 0.16.0
        Use the official Google Translate API instead.
    .. versionadded:: 0.5.0
    '''

it appears that google blocks a request and asks to solve captcha:
https://github.com/sloria/TextBlob/issues/215

A: referred by
https://github.com/sloria/TextBlob/issues/371
The issue has been fixed.

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"Interactive: Demographics of State Doctors, Health Care Professionals" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
Texas may be a majority-minority state, but minorities are largely underrepresented among the state's health care professionals, according to new figures published by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The makeup of the health care industry contrasts significantly with the state's demographics. Though whites make up less than half of the state population, a majority of physicians are white. Hispanics make up roughly 40 percent of the population, but hold only a small percentage of positions as health care providers.
The data was collected by the state from professional licensing boards last fall.
Use these interactives to explore the demographics of some health professions by race/ethnicity, gender and age.
Whites dominate most of the health professions analyzed by The Texas Tribune, including physicians, registered nurses and physician assistants. Whites are only the minority among community health workers.
Nursing is the only health profession in which the share of black workers is in line with the general population. Blacks made up just under 12 percent of Texas population in 2014, while 11.8 percent of registered nurses are black.
Women make up half of the population but are the minority gender among physicians. They fill most jobs among registered nurses, physician assistants and community health workers.
Psychiatry has the largest percentage of professionals 65 or older, while physicians are most likely to be middle-aged. Roughly half of registered nurses, and a majority of physician assistants, are likely to be 45 or younger.
Note: The data for "primary care physicians" is a subset of "direct patient care physicians" and only includes those in general practice, family practice/medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, or geriatrics.
Interactive: Demographics of State Doctors, Health Care Professionals By Alexa Ura April 1, 2015 Texas may be a majority-minority state, but minorities are largely underrepresented among the state's health care professionals, according to new figures published by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The makeup of the health care industry contrasts significantly with the state's demographics. Though whites make up less than half of the state population, a majority of physicians are white. Hispanics make up roughly 40 percent of the population, but hold only a small percentage of positions as health care providers.  The data was collected by the state from professional licensing boards last fall. Use these interactives to explore the demographics of some health professions by race/ethnicity, gender and age. Whites dominate most of the health professions analyzed by The Texas Tribune, including physicians, registered nurses and physician assistants. Whites are only the minority among community health workers. Nursing is the only health profession in which the share of black workers is in line with the general population. Blacks made up just under 12 percent of Texas population in 2014, while 11.8 percent of registered nurses are black. Women make up half of the population but are the minority gender among physicians. They fill most jobs among registered nurses, physician assistants and community health workers. Psychiatry has the largest percentage of professionals 65 or older, while physicians are most likely to be middle-aged. Roughly half of registered nurses, and a majority of physician assistants, are likely to be 45 or younger. Note: The data for "primary care physicians" is a subset of "direct patient care physicians" and only includes those in general practice, family practice/medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, or geriatrics. "Interactive: Demographics of State Doctors, Health Care Professionals" was first published at by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
Link back to the original article, which is located at https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/01/interactive-demographics-texas-health-professional/.


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Before you begin work on this assignment, be sure you have read the Case Study, and reviewed the feedback received on your Stage 1, 2 and 3 assignments. Refer to the System Recommendation Report (SRR) Table of Contents below to see where you are in the process of developing this report.
In this Stage 4 assignment, you will identify a certified Electronic Health Records (EHR) system for the Midtown Family Clinic and explain how it meets the requirements, how it will improve the processes at the Clinic, and what needs to be done to implement the system within the Clinic. You will add the Conclusion to the Report. In addition, you will provide a complete final System Recommendation Report incorporating feedback from earlier stages.
Section IV of the System Recommendation Report will propose a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to meet the Midtown Family Clinic's strategy and meet its operational needs. In Section IV, you will also Identify and explain the improvements the system will bring and the high-level steps that will need to take place in order to implement the system you have proposed. For this assignment, you will add Section IV to Sections I, II and III, as outlined below.
The first step is to incorporate the feedback you received on your Stage 3 assignment, making any needed corrections or adjustments. If you have not incorporated the feedback from your Stage 1 and Stage 2 assignments, you should do so prior to submitting Stage 4. This assignment requires a complete System Recommendation Report document with revisions made as needed based on the Stage 1, 2, and 3 project submissions and feedback. Note: This is a specific grading criteria in the rubric.
Using the case study and the outline listed below, develop your Section IV – System Recommendation. Approximate lengths for each section are provided as a guideline; be sure to provide all pertinent information.
C. How the Proposed IT Solution Meets the Requirements: Using the 10 requirements you listed in your Stage 1 assignment (and incorporating any feedback you received), you will now explain how the solution you have chosen fulfills these requirements.
Implementation Strategy – Will the system be implemented on premise or as a cloud-based service? Explain your recommendation for the Midtown Family Practice.
a. What does the Midtown Family Clinic need to do to be able to start using the system?
b. How much will it cost to use the system?
a. What hardware will the Midtown Family Clinic need to have in order to implement and use the solution?
b. What kind of telecommunications will be needed for the solution, including local connectivity inside the Clinic and Internet access?
a. What options does the vendor offer for configuring the off-the-shelf system to the Midtown Family Clinic's needs?
b. How will the configuration be done and by whom?
a. How will the Clinic test the system to see if it is working properly for its needs?
b. Choose one of the ten requirements in Requirements (Section C) above and explain how this will be tested to ensure it is working properly and the requirement is met.
a. What existing data would need to be entered into the system to get started?
b. How might this be accomplished?
a. Who will provide updates and corrections to the system?
b. How will that be done?
NOTE: This final submission should be a cohesive System Recommendation Report for the Midtown Family Clinic. Sections I, II and III should have been updated to reflect substantive feedback received during the grading process. The formatting should be consistent throughout the document, and the writing should flow well from beginning to end. Headings, numbering, page numbers, and footers should be correct for a final submission. A cover/title page should be included with the overall document. The Table of Contents should include the full outline as shown in the graphic in the assignments. The References page should include all references cited in the Report, in alphabetical order and in APA format. Although you prepared this in stages, the final product should not seem to be piecemeal or disconnected.
· Write a complete, well organized paper that includes all four sections of the System Recommendation Report. Use the recommendations provided in each area for length of response. Content areas should be double spaced; table entries should be single-spaced. It's important to value quality over quantity. The length for Section IV should not exceed six (6) pages in addition to Sections I, II and III.
· For Section IV, use at least three resources with APA formatted citation and reference. One reference must be from the vendor site for the solution you are recommending, one additional external source, and one from the IFSM 305 course content.
Note: In addition to the criteria for Stage 4, as indicated in the grading rubric, the incorporation of improvements based on substantive feedback (any significant problems with content) from the previous stages will also be evaluated.


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Curriculum Objectives
Social Moral Spiritual and Cultural Values
Curriculum and Assessment for Parents
Maths Calculation Policy and Objectives
Maths Concepts Explained
Standard Assessment Tests
Grammar Targets
Spelling Word Lists
Number Bond Generator
Maths Learning Strands
Library and Reading
Year 3 Home Learning
Year 3 Topic Resources
Absence and Attendance
Moving Up To Year 3
Tucasi Payments
Learning Consultations
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Grammar is a fundamental part of writing and each year group focuses on different aspects to help build and develop children's writing. These are the different grammar targets that children will be working on in each year group.
Year 3 Grammar Targets
Accurately use commas in lists
Expressing time and cause through conjunctions (e.g. when, before, after); adverbs (e.g. then, next, so); and prepositions (e.g. before, after, during)
I decided it was best to hide because there was no way out.
Use adverbs to modify verbs (e.g. danced quickly, energetically sprinted)
Can identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions in a range of different texts.
Use simple noun phrases with a greater range of vocabulary (e.g. a lot of money; my younger sister; the best team in the world)
Use a variety of fronted adverbials to add interest (e.g. In the middle of the park…, A week last Friday…)
Use simple time subordination to open sentences (e.g. When I finished dinner, After we had an ice cream)
Begin to use a range of past tense forms for purpose (e.g. I walked, I was walking, I had walked)
Use inverted commas to indicate direct speech , though some errors may be present in opening and closing of different speakers
Begin to use commas after simple fronted adverbials (e.g. Today, I feel tired)
Choose some words or phrases, to add interest to writing, showing an awareness of the reader
Use elements of an increasing range of genre language appropriately. Choose words or phrases to support the purpose of the text
Can identify and use expanded noun phrases to add interest and detail
Uses a wider range of conjunctions (e.g. when, if, because, although, however)
Use subordination to show relationship in time and place (e.g. Until he learnt to tie his shoe laces…, Following the race…)
Use speech marks accurately to punctuate direct speech
Use a range of adjectives and adverbs across fiction and non-fiction writing
Choose some words or phrases showing an awareness of the reader
Use elements of an increasing range of genre language appropriately. Choose words or phrases to support the purpose
Use a variety of conjunctions to clarify relationship between ideas (e.g. but, so, when, because, while)
Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun within a sentence to avoid ambiguity and repetition
Apostrophes to mark singular and plural possession (e.g. the girl's name, the boys' boots)
Use of commas after fronted adverbials and after subordination (e.g. Later that day,)
Include details to interest, persuade, explain and instruct
Use precise vocabulary that is lively and imaginative showing an awareness of audience and engages the reader
More confident use of different types of sentences and related verb type (e.g. imperatives in commands)
Use adverbial phrases and noun phrases to give clarity to the account
Use speech punctuation (inverted commas) correctly with a new line for each speaker
Use and experiment with a range of punctuation, although not always accurately (e.g. brackets, semi-colon, colon and dash)
Indicating degrees of possibility using adverbs (e.g. perhaps, surely) or modal verbs (e.g. might, should, will, must).
Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases (e.g. the boy expanded to: the naughty boy with long hair).
Using speech punctuation (inverted commas and end punctuation) and a new line for each speaker.
Using the apostrophe for a range of purposes correctly.
Use relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (e.g. omitted) relative pronoun (e.g. the boy, who was feeling very ill…, the boy, feeling very ill…)
Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly) or tense choices (e.g. he had seen her before).
Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis (subordinate clauses).
Use of comma to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity (e.g. Before leaving, the soldiers demolished the fort).
Using a colon to introduce a list and punctuating bullet points consistently.
Use brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis (subordinate clauses).
Use devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this, firstly).
Using speech punctuation (inverted commas) and a new line for each speaker.
Show an awareness of the difference between formal and informal vocabulary (i.e. ask for – request)
Hyphens to avoid ambiguity (e.g. man eating shark / man-eating shark).
Use of the semi-colon in lists and to mark the boundary between independent clauses.
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Atka és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat d'Alaska. Segons el cens del 2007 tenia una població de 75 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Atka tenia 92 habitants, 32 habitatges, i 20 famílies La densitat de població era de 4,1 habitants/km².

Dels 32 habitatges en un 40,6% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 37,5% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 9,4% dones solteres, i en un 34,4% no eren unitats familiars. En el 28,1% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 9,4% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,69 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,33.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 30,4% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 7,6% entre 18 i 24, un 29,3% entre 25 i 44, un 23,9% de 45 a 60 i un 8,7% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 36 anys. Per cada 100 dones hi havia 100 homes. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 106,5 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 30.938 $ i la renda mediana per família de 34.375 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 28.750 $ mentre que les dones 33.438 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 17.080 $. Cap de les famílies i el 7,5% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Àrea censal d'Aleutians West
Ciutats d'Alaska
Illes Andreanof

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One Person Missing, Four Hurt As Dry Dock Sinks, Damaging Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier
By RFE/RL
The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier is seen in the PD-50 dry dock in the village of Roslyakovo in 2011.
Four workers have been injured and one remains missing after Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, suffered damage when a floating dry dock sank while the vessel was leaving it, officials say.
The waterborne repair station's sinking at an Arctic shipyard early on October 30 was the latest in a series of mishaps involving the Admiral Kuznetsov, which lost two military jets in accidents off the coast of war-torn Syria in 2016.
The PD-50 dry dock had "fully sank" by 3:30 a.m. local time at the 82nd Repair Shipyard in the village of Roslyakovo near the port city of Murmansk, regional Governor Marina Kovtun said on Twitter.
She said that two injured workers were hospitalized and two were treated without hospitalization.
"Unfortunately, one person has not yet been found," Kovtun said, adding that rescue divers were working at the site.
Hours later, authorities said that the divers were suspending their operations for the night due to darkness and that the missing worker had not been found.
Aboard The Admiral Kuznetsov
Amos Chapple
On October 21, Russia's only aircraft carrier steamed through the English Channel on its way to Syria. Given the seemingly limited effectiveness of the 305-meter Admiral Kuznetsov, many analysts believe the attention that the vessel is generating is the real aim of its rare, and very public, outing.
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One of the injured was in very serious condition, said Viktor Rogalyov, the head of the local Disaster Medicine Center.
Kovtun said that rescue divers from the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet were working at the site and that it was "hard to say" what caused the sinking.
Authorities said at least one crane fell when the dry dock sank, damaging the aircraft carrier, but that the damage was above the waterline and was not severe.
Aleksei Rakhmanov, head of the state-run United Shipbuilding Corporation, said experts are assessing the damage but that "the vitally important parts of the aircraft carrier were not affected."
The PD-50 was one of the world's largest dry docks.
Russia sent the 305-meter Admiral Kuznetsov to the Eastern Mediterranean in 2016 as part of its ongoing military campaign in support of Syrian government forces in the Middle Eastern country's devastating war.
An Su-33 military jet crashed while trying to land on the aircraft carrier there in December 2016, and a MiG-29 crashed a few kilometers from the vessel three weeks earlier.
A fire on board the carrier killed a sailor during a 2008-09 deployment, and an oil spill was spotted by the Irish Coast Guard near the vessel afterwards.
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Pandemic Crushed Educational Curve Of Young Children in Marginalized Families: Survey
By Richard Horgan
Los Angeles (Knewz) — The pandemic had a massive impact on low-income families as many kids missed key educational milestones, an advocacy group founded.
"For most children, if they don't learn to read during the window of ages 3-6, they will face a lifelong battle with illiteracy," explained USA Reads CEO Andrew Kay: "It's a fight against time to get books into the hands of children who are struggling to read before it's too late."
The organization recently surveyed 500 marginalized families across the U.S. and determined that nearly half the children aged 3 to 6 in these families, 42 percent, missed out on key learning and reading skills development. A majority of parents, 75 percent, said the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative effect on their young child or children's desire to learn how to read.
A separate USA Reads analysis found that 60 percent of children from low-income backgrounds live in homes without a single book. So getting reading material to them is a top priority.
Other factors contributing to the disruption of young-child learning during the pandemic include limited access to in-person school resources and poor Internet connectivity at home. The latter problem is especially noticeable in rural areas.
When USA Reads compiled data for this fall's "COVID's Literacy Fallout" report, it found that broadband service in some remote areas can cost between $299.95 and $349.95 a month. Such fees are difficult for anyone to afford, let alone low-income families.
USA Reads aims to distribute a total of 200,000 children's books in 2021, partly by establishing free lending library kiosks in neighborhood laundromats. The Grandville, Mich. non-profit is also planning to open 15 chapter offices across the U.S. by the end of next year.
So far, the organization has been able to do its work in 12 U.S. states, including Michigan, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Tennessee and South Carolina.
Richard Horgan has worked for decades as a print, radio and digital journalist, beginning with Associated Press Canada. Prior to joining Knewz.com as West Coast Editor in 2021, Horgan was a longtime columnist for Adweek and Mediabistro, covering media and entertainment. He has also served as editor-in-chief of FilmStew, film commentator for Fandango and columnist for TMZ during the site's earliest days.
Unmarried Couples Living Together Have Doubled In Past 20 Years: Census


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Pharmacy compounding is the art and science of preparing customized medications to meet specific patient needs. The practice of compounding is a fundamental component of the pharmacy profession, and at one time, nearly all prescriptions were compounded.
As mass drug manufacturers began to emerge several decades ago, compounding quickly declined, and the role of the pharmacist changed. Pharmacists began spending more time dispensing the manufactured dosage forms and less time preparing customized medications for patients. However, compounding has experienced a resurgence during the past several years because many of the mass-produced medications are not meeting all the needs of patients and providers. Thus, there is a "gap" in care that traditional drug manufacturers are not filling, and many healthcare providers and patients are finding that the modern and innovative compounding pharmacies are helping them fill that gap in their communities.
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This Simple App Makes it Easy to Use Emoji on Linux - OMG! Ubuntu!
And I have a new favourite.
Emoji keyboard is an open-source Python app that fills my need for gaudy coloured glyph nicely.
The app offers a simple windowed "keyboard" that never takes focus from the app you're entering emoji in, but floats on top. With the emoji keyboard window open, click in a text area or message field and then tap the emoji you want to enter.
As virtual keyboard-like emoji picker this app makes a nifty alternative to the Emoji One Picker indicator applet (or the GNOME Shell extension of similar purpose) which copies emoji to your clipboard to paste elsewhere.
Emoji Keyboard uses artwork and data from the EmojiOne project but the look of emoji in applications and on the web is reliant on your distribution's native emoji support.
You can find more information on the app (plus an installer) over on the project Github page.
Ja ja ja, I know some of you hate emoji but I have to ask: why are you reading an article about them?


Today I was inspired to write a quick and easy post for Sunday – a self love focused post (keeping up with my New Year's Resolution). Sundays are for facials and big cups of tea.
I started off with Yogi tea's Ginger this morning. I love ginger tea in the mornings to get the digestive juices flowing. Not only is ginger quite warming (which is wonderful on cold days like today), but it is also great for preventing the common cold.
Yogi Tea on iHerb here for $3.88.
Facial steaming so darn relaxing. I am loving Malaya Organics' Revitalizing Facial Steam.
Herbal steaming aids in clearing out toxins and impurities from the skin, so I love to do this before a facial mask. This steam is a nourishing blend of herbs and flowers that are known for their anti-inflammatory and astringent properties. Some of the key ingredients? Hibiscus flower, helichrysum flower, calendula flower, marshmallow root, rose petals, sage, orange peel, lavender flower, burdock root, yarrow leaf and flower and elder flower. Hello beauty!!!
Place a handful of the flowers and herhbs in a bowl and cover with steaming water from the kettle.
Place towel overhead and hold face 10-15 inches above the bowl for 7-10 minutes.
Malaya Facial Steam at Athropologie.
One of my favourite at home DIY face masks is Manuka Honey from Wedderspoon plus oats. Manuka honey is so well known in the natural beauty space for, well, almost anything. Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, manuka honey reduces redness, can heal burns, scars, congested or inflamed skin and even eczema. Additionally, manuka honey helps to oxygenate the pores to draw out bacteria, drastically improving acne-prone areas.
Simply blend up a spoonful of oats plus a spoonful of manuka honey, and make it a paste on your face. Apply it everywhere, avoiding the eyes and mouth, and be sure to have a cup of tea to put under your face to catch the drips (ha!).
You can leave this mask on for a while, it's super hydrating and healing. I usually leave it on for 30 minutes.
Manuka Honey from Wedderspoon on iHerb (different kFactors have different prices, I love using KFactor 16).
The final step (before washing off your face mask, and continuing thereafter) is to curl up on the couch or get comfy at the kitchen table with your journal or a good book – or my favourite, both! Right now I'm journaling around the full moon that just past as well as what I'm excited about for the week ahead.
Get your self love on, beauty!
Happy Valentine's!!! Tons of love to you, Kate!!
I started my yoga practice again thanks to you (I'm really not exaggerating) and bought Manduka mat on your recommendation. It really is soooooo worth it. My knees and elbows are so much better now with Manduka.
I wanted to ask what you think about yoga trapeze. Have you tried it?
Beautiful inspiring post! I love honey facials! In the morning, I apply a layer of organic honey on my face before jumping into the shower, then let the steam go to work. Just before I finish, I remove the honey with a warm washcloth and voigla! It leaves my skin so silky smooth!
This sounds amazing! I never thought to do it that way. I usually apply honey after getting out of the shower.
This looks like such a lovely way to spend a sunday. I'm very intrigued by the facial steam I just might give it a go!
I really enjoyed this post! I've heard of steaming your face before but never an actual facial steam to add to it. I will definitely have to try it and the facial mask seems nice and gentle for my sensitive skin!
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