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Beware injury and 'new normal' practices as rugby returns
Updated / Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020 10:23
'Teams will have to focus on their squad a lot more in the coming season'
By Jonny Holland
Former Munster fly-half and current Cork Con assistant coach
It may look like sport is back to normal and we are getting used to watching Super Rugby returning with large attendances, derby games and dramatic finishes, but closer to home we remain a bit away from that.
Despite much lower figures in terms of cases of Covid-19, we're still following the return to play guidelines outlined by the Government and IRFU.
To anyone not involved in sport, it may seem like teams are back as normal.
However, much like many workplaces, training grounds are very different to what they were before this outbreak happened.
In the club game, where testing isn't afforded, dressing rooms are out of bounds to avoid any lingering in larger groups and to maintain social distancing.
This is a necessary guideline but the dressing room is where most lads catch up and have a bit of craic after leaving a day of work behind them before they switch back on for a training session together.
That aspect of sport has to be parked for the time being, which may seem like a minor point to most spectators but to the players it is a sacred part of going to training and getting involved in the camaraderie of team sport.
Most club teams would have done their meetings and planning in the same dressing rooms so it is also taking a lot of the tactical side away from training for now.
It's probably no harm for the time being but getting closer to proper preseason training for rugby teams will involve many discussions surrounding game plans to understand what is expected of the team before they implement it on the pitch.
The aim here is to take some time to understand aspects of the game that are being focused on or areas of improvement. Hopefully it won't be long before teams can use these communal areas again, albeit in a more socially distanced manner.
Leinster are back training but it's a different story for amateur sides
That translates to the pitch as well with no huddles allowed. You could have a quick word if needed but everyone has to be a lot more conscious in the current climate.
At present this will do no harm anyway as most teams will need to lay the foundations in terms of loading the body with appropriate fitness and conditioning to allow the players to ease back into a training load that they can tolerate without suffering any injuries.
We have seen from past experiences like the lockdown in the NFL in 2011 and from the Bundesliga post Covid-19 that injury rates are higher after a sudden pause in play.
This is despite these clubs having much bigger budgets than the club games here in Ireland, and even the professional games in this country, too.
Teams will have to focus on their squad a lot more in the coming season and will more than likely have to deal with more injuries to starting players that will be trying to play week in week out as they were before the break.
Even if players have been training away on their own during the restrictions, going back to team sports environments is much different to doing some gym work in the house/garage or doing linear tempo and 5km runs.
Now, players are having to react to different people, getting your eye in for the ball and skill work, adapting to drills and even opposition players' movement.
There is a different mechanical load required for reactive and higher intensity game play which will take a toll on players. More musculature is at play when reacting so easing your way back into these movements is no harm.
This increase in load can be done while the tactical side of the game is still restricted. At the moment, we still can't pass the same ball between the whole team.
Reduced group sizes will be necessary to do any skill work and players are advised not to touch a ball coming from another drill or group.
The advice is to kick that ball back along the ground to save the cross contamination between groups, it will also save time not having to sanitise a ball every time it gets misplaced into another group.
From Wednesday this is changing, heading into a new phase on non-contact rugby which will allow teams to open up their training a bit more for developing tactical and phase play structures but up to now there wouldn't have been any need for a ball based on what we are allowed to do.
There still won't be any set pieces, scrummaging and mauling allowed so those aspects of the game will have to be focused on towards the end of the summer or at least after this phase of three weeks is completed.
The amount of work going on behind the scenes has been taken for granted. Head coaches in clubs have had to put structures in place along with planning their return to preseason, recruitment and put Covid officers in place to even get back to training.
Players need to fill out forms and sign in to training for tracing purposes in case any cases do emerge so it isn't a case of rocking back up to training ready to go. There's a lot of caution needed for any business and club to get into full operation.
Gyms and pools have re-opened under strict new guidelines, reports Dave Kelly #rtesport pic.twitter.com/ReBwsNVxlu
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) June 29, 2020
Hopefully, with gyms and more public businesses being open it will set a precedent for teams to move closer to normality and get back to the usual team environment a bit quicker. Other sports are back playing matches with less restrictions on training so hopefully rugby won't be far behind.
If you are dealing with coaches, players, businesses etc. try to exercise some patience. A lot of people are going back to unfamiliar circumstances and stepping outside of their comfort zone after the last number of weeks of staying closer to home.
As in every situation there will be many people not sticking to the guidelines but that shouldn't discourage you from operating with due diligence when going out in public places.
Sport may not be fully back yet but we are moving in the right direction and I'm sure it will ultimately be embraced by spectators and players alike.
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I continue to dig up my old photos and stories of past travels in my blessed retirement days for the TRAVEL pages of this website with the bulk being links to my new "Pre-Costa Rica TRAVEL" photo galleries.
The newest web page and set of photo galleries is summarized on SOUTH AMERICA. The feature photo at top is of a boat similar to what we traveled & lived on for a week of the mission trip on a tributary to the Amazon River, Rio Purus. Just a few more reports on the blessings of my retirement.
In Paricatuba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 19, 2006.


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Horrible story of a boy who grew up in the biggest man in the world
Biggest man in the world has revealed he was not able to leave his home for the last ten years.
Keith Martin said he remembers precisely the last time he left the house was on 9/11. Since then it has ballooned to 58 stone and was recently revealed that the heaviest man on earth.
Mr. Martin, 42, said his condition led him to the brink of suicide and is now desperately trying to weight loss to reduce his waist 6ft.
Having once eaten up to 20,000 calories a day, now he limited himself to 1,500 calories.
At the height of his power Keith would laugh down a package of bacon, sausages, six, six eggs with a mound of toasted bread and beans.
Lunch was more of the same sandwiches and dinner and can be two large pizzas, kebabs or curry three Chinese giant.
"I have an irregular heartbeat, severe asthma, migraines and horrible pain and constant pain.
"The last time I was able to sit on a chair was seven years ago - and was a two-seater. I used to have to board buses to the back door because I could not get through the bars at the front.
"People in the street called me" Lardy "and" fatso. " They look without even trying to hide it.
"It got to the point where I could not take it anymore. The last time I stood was last September when I came across it and had to be taken to the hospital again. But before that I was getting around the house on my own, at least.
Mr. Martin now passes his time in bed reinforced, held by protective barriers. Last year, he had spent on a flat screen TV 42 inches because "that's what I spend all day looking at it."
He said: "I spend a lot of time sleeping because I have so little energy.
"Looking at my life, I was always depressed. I'm an agoraphobic - I fear that public places - and I think I might have been, but he was never treated.
"In a sense, I do not feel any different when I was in my teens. I am the same person, only now I have this giant body that hurts all the time.
"I just wanna be happy, without the need for food to please me.
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Ramadan is Hope
Suleiman Hani
How are countless believers able to pray tarāweeḥ throughout the month of Ramadan when many of them do not enter the mosques throughout the rest of the year? How are so many believers able to fast for an entire month without breaking fast early, despite being able to do so in private without anyone but their Lord knowing? How are so many believers able to recite so much of the Qur'ān when many do not recite it throughout the year?
One of the most beautiful and amazing observations occurs during the month of Ramadan when many believers around the world excel in fulfilling their obligations, increasing their voluntary deeds, engaging in frequent repentance and supplications, refraining from major sins, forgiving and uniting with one another, improving their manners, and general spiritual well-being. The month of Ramadan, like Hajj and Umrah, like death in one's family, like a spiritual awakening, is a powerful and clear reminder to ourselves that we are capable of doing more if we set our minds to it.
Logistically, not much has changed; mentally and spiritually, however, a powerful transformation took place in the mind and heart that caused many believers to fulfill more of their potential than ever before. If you want to truly benefit as a human being and experience constant growth and progress, the first realization should be to acknowledge that you are able to do good, by the will of Allah, and there are unimaginable and incredible blessings and rewards for those who strive to do good, as will be clarified shortly.
A youth from my local mosque once said to me: "I love the month of Ramadan because it gives me the chance to change."
"It's definitely easier in Ramadan," I said. "But do you feel that it's possible to also change throughout the year?"
He responded, "I don't think I can really change if I tried to, except in Ramadan."
"Why?" I asked gently.
He paused and pondered, and then said slowly, "Because…Ramadan is the month of hope."
The reality is that countless people are changing for the better throughout the year. Usually, something sparked their motivation to change, and in all cases, the inception of the journey of growth is completely internal. In other words, the only obstacle between you and genuine, positive change is yourself. Remember:
وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
And those who strive for Us – We will surely guide them to Our ways. And indeed, Allah is with the doers of good.[1]
Although the subject is a lengthy one, the following three points provide a basic framework for positive growth throughout the year:
1. Never give up and never undervalue your potential.
The concept of "giving up" on improvement – such as abandoning destructive habits or fulfillment of obligations – doesn't exist in Islam. If you give up on seeking mercy, growth, a higher level in Paradise, good character, or general spiritual improvement, you're giving up on many things simultaneously: the mercy of Allah, your ability to change, the use of your blessings, etc.
As Muslims, we believe that displeasing the Creator is a significant matter; however, we also believe that there is literally no sin, including shirk, that one cannot repent from. While your heart beats and while you still have life, you can still do good and you should never give up.
Reflect if you will on the following heart-softening ḥadīth:
Abu Hurayrah reported from Allah's Messenger ﷺ that his Lord, the Exalted and Glorious, said: A servant committed a sin and then said: "O Allah, forgive me my sins," and Allah said: My servant committed a sin and then he came to realize that he has a Lord Who forgives the sins and takes to account (the sinner) for the sin.
He then again committed a sin and said: "My Lord, forgive me my sin," and Allah said: My servant committed a sin and then came to realize that he has a Lord Who would forgive his sin or would take (him) to account for the sin.
He again committed a sin and said: "My Lord, forgive me for my sin," and Allah (the Exalted and High) said: My servant has committed a sin and then came to realize that he has a Lord Who forgives the sins or takes (him) to account for sin. O servant, do what you like, I have granted you forgiveness.[2]
Imam an-Nawawi (r) comments on the aforementioned ḥadīth:
لَوْ تَكَرَّرَ الذَّنْبُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ أَوْ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ وَتَابَ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ قُبِلَتْ تَوْبَتُهُ وَسَقَطَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ ، وَلَوْ تَابَ عَنِ الْجَمِيعِ تَوْبَةً وَاحِدَةً بَعْدَ جَمِيعِهَا صَحَّتْ تَوْبَتُهُ
قوله : (اعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكَ) مَعْنَاهُ : مَا دُمْتَ تُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ تَتُوبُ ؛ غَفَرْتُ لَكَ
"Indeed, if a sin was repeated one-hundred times, nay – even one-thousand times or more, and this servant repents every time, then his repentance would be accepted and his sins erased, and if he repented for all of his combined sins one time, his repentance is [also] correct (i.e. accepted).
As for His saying (at the end of the narration), "do whatever you like," this means that as long as you repent after committing sins, I [Allah] would forgive you."[3] It does not imply encouragement of sinning nor a nullification of consequences, but a reminder that every time you sin and return sincerely to Allah, Allah will forgive you. Thus, the believer never gives up or loses hope in the mercy of Allah.
It was said to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri :
"Would not any one of us feel ashamed before his Lord to seek forgiveness from his sin then go back to it, then seek forgiveness then go back to it?" He said: "The shayṭān would like you to feel that way; never give up on seeking forgiveness."[4]
It was reported by Imām Aḥmad from Saʿīd al-Jurayrī: "I said to al-Ḥasan, 'O Abu Saʿīd, a man sins then repents, then sins then repents, then sins then repents, then sins then repents, until when?!
Al-Ḥasan said, "I know not about this except that it is from the manners of the believers."[5]
May Allah the Exalted make you and I from amongst those who never lose hope and never stop seeking forgiveness.
2. Recreate the internal atmosphere of growth and excellence.
Ponder and reflect: what is the internal reason that you are capable of doing more good deeds in Ramadan and on virtuous occasions? Some examples might include:
You believe that there's more hope.
You're tired of not trying throughout the year.
You want to take advantage of the magnified rewards.
You're afraid of missing something important and irreplaceable.
You're encouraged by the general environment with your family and/or community.
You're afraid of facing the thought that, if you're not capable of change in Ramadan (or on virtuous occasions), when are you capable of change?
The reality is that you're capable of change at any time throughout the year. The proof is all around us. We are a living testament that anyone who desires positive change can, by the will of Allah, attain it. The problem is when we continuously postpone that amazing journey to a future that is unguaranteed, which brings us to the third and final point.
3. Follow internal motivation and sincerity with external actions – and start today.
Allah states in the Qur'an:
أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ
Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient.[6]
A mentor of mine was discussing the subject of growth and progress, and I asked what the source was for his motivation and productivity. He mentioned that one day he was lying down reflecting on the future, imagining his perfect habits and consistent spirituality, his lack of sins and his excellent manners; he imagined his ideal self. That same day, he had heard advice from someone much older who suggested that the habits you establish in your youth are likely going to last with you in your older age. For my friend, this was a powerful and profound source of realization; he felt that his figurative "mask" had to be torn off and he had to face who he really was at the moment. The idea of an ideal self in the future is a fantasy unless your daily actions, 24/7, are a materialized reflection of such a journey. Your actions are more telling than your words, and certainly more than your thoughts.
If you imagine that one day you'll be better, then start today. Tomorrow is not guaranteed, and accountability is based on our actions – not our wishes or fantasies. Take the first step to Allah with sincerity and the rewards will be significantly greater than just setting an intention. Ultimately, that "ideal self" that you imagine won't happen overnight; it's a long journey of consistent, daily habits. It may seem like nothing significant is changing every day, but when you look back in the future you'll see the beautiful and remarkable journey, in-shā'Allāh.
Action-item: Start a new habit today as if you were already living as your ideal self. Add something into your schedule that you don't usually do, pray a voluntary two rakʿahs, recite an extra page of the Qur'ān, give more automated charity, make duʿā more than you have before, etc. Most importantly, don't slow down and don't give up.
A brief summary of the three aforementioned points:
2. Recreate the internal atmosphere of growth and excellence on a daily basis.
May Allah bless us and guide us to constantly seek progress, improvement, and success.
Imam Suleiman is an instructor at "A Meaningful Ramadan," a comprehensive transformative series about Ramadan and productivity. https://meaningfulramadan.com
[1] Qur'ān 29:69.
[2] Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (2578).
[3] an-Nawawi, Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, (17/75).
[4] Ibn Rajab, Jāmiʿ al-ʿUlūm wal-Ḥikam, (1/165).
[5] Imām Aḥmad, az-Zuhd, p. 227.
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Imam Suleiman Hani is the Director of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib Institute, a research scholar for Yaqeen Institute, and a resident scholar in Michigan. At the age of 14, Suleiman completed a 10-month Qur'an memorization program and began his intensive studies under numerous scholars, earning dozens of traditional religious certifications in the process. He later earned a master's degree from the University of Jordan's College of Shari'ah, ranking first in his class, and a master's degree from Harvard University, where he studied religions, philosophy, political science, and psychology. Over the past decade, he has served as an Imam and community leader in Michigan, lectured in dozens of countries, published a number of books and articles, and was featured on the largest Islamic TV stations worldwide. His recent hobbies include mixed martial arts, archery, and skydiving.
I love it? and I hope it will change many hearts today to the better by reading it.
The journey of Ramadan is a journey of hope, self-discovery and aspiration. This is such an insightful and inspirational read.
Jazak Allahu Khairan


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Arab coalition: The successful implementation of the military component paves the way for the announcement of the formation of the Yemeni government
Arab coalition: The process of separating the forces in Abyan and their exit from Aden was carried out with discipline and commitment by both parties
Arab coalition: The implementation of the military part of the Riyadh Agreement is nearing completion according to the prepared plans
Alteh, Idlib Governorate
Arab coalition displayed footage of intercepting and destroying a UAV launched by the Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia
Dhali
Pro-Hadi forces used at least two T-34/85 tanks against Houthis during the clashes in Al-Dhale governorate, southwestern Yemen on December 15. One T-34 can be seen damaged/destroyed
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AlQaeda-linked media today reported that AQAP fired rockets at Balhaf LNG facility in Shabwah Yemen
Purportedly showing recent clashes between Hadi's forces and the Houthis on the Jabal Murad front
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VIDEO: Houthi video from the clashes with Saudi-backed forces on the Maris front in Ad Dali governorate
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Arab Coalition: Intercepted and destroyed UAV launched by the Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia
Leader of the General People's Congress Party, Abdul Karim Al-Mada: The battle will unite towards the Houthi militia, and within days the redeployment of forces in Yemen will be completed
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Minister of Defense in the Houthi government: The time has come for the forces of aggression to leave Yemeni lands unconditionally
The Houthis: Everyone who cares about securing maritime navigation should realize that security in Yemen is a central issue for all
US Special Envoy for Iran: "Houthi militia attacks against Saudi Arabia are an example of Iran's destabilizing activities in the region."
Video of Panamax tanker BW RHINE on fire earlier this week after the Reported Water Borne Improvised Explosive Device (WBIED) attack at Jeddah, KSA/Saudi. Video courtesy of @GlobalDryad
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The coalition targets elements and vehicles of the Houthi militia in Marib and Al-Jawf
The French Foreign Ministry: The attack on the oil tanker is a target of Saudi Arabia's security and regional stability
Yemen: On Monday evening, a suspected member of Al Qaeda was killed in a drone attack, probably American, in the area of Al-Batha in the isolation of the forts of Al Jalal northeast of the city from Ma'rib, north-eastern Yemen
Yemen: A video from a Saudi account shows an FN F2000 assault rifle fitted with a GL1 grenade launcher that is used by a Saudi Arabian soldier in Yemen near the Najran border in the governorate of Sa'dah. Date not specified
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Yemen: Video showing clashes that took place last night between Hadi forces and the Houthi on the Jabal Murad front
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Yemen: A government military source said on Monday that a site owned by legitimate government forces in Shabwa governorate in southeast Yemen was bombed by Emirati forces
An unmanned aircraft targets two al-Qaeda operatives in Marib
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Bahrain condemns the Houthi militia's targeting of a fuel tanker off the coast of Jeddah
United Nations Secretary-General: We need to do more to end the conflict in Yemen
Fuel tanker was attacked by explosives-laden boat off Jeddah: Saudi state media
Captain of the tanker: We saw small boats with explosives before the explosion off Jeddah
The captain of the tanker to Al Arabiya: The report issued by the company that owns the tanker confirmed that the explosion was external
Captain of the tanker which was exposed to an external explosion off Jeddah: We do not know the exact cause of the explosion
An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jeddah suffered an explosion early Monday after being hit by "an external source," a shipping company said, suggesting another vessel has come under attack off the kingdom
The United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations, an organization under Britain's royal navy, now says Jiddah port has been shut down for a "duration unknown," without elaborating. Still no comment from Saudi Arabia hours after the apparent attack
As it turns out, the stated coordinates were misleading. The vessel that is now said to have exploded is a Panamax tanker called BW RHINE (9341940), which has been moored at berth since 2020-12-12; a Hafnia-owned, laden oil product tanker.


For the first time in a number of weeks, class point leaders struggled at the Boone County Raceway in Albion.
With Championship Night at the fairgrounds facility looming, results Friday, August 10, did not do much to alter the season standings, however.
Although only two of six leaders won A Features Friday and several finished well back in their respective fields, all remained comfortably at the top of their divisions heading into Friday's Championship Night card.
Norfolk's Kyle Prauner (Sport Mods) and Cameron Meyer of Pierce (Sport Compacts) were the only season pacesetters to win feature events August 10.
In the tightest of the BCR class battles, TeJay Mielke of Norfolk won the Street Stock A Feature, but season leader Ron Pettitt of Norfolk was runner-up and retained a seven-point advantage in the standings.


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namespace Symfony\Component\Messenger\EventListener;

use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Messenger\Event\WorkerMessageFailedEvent;
use Symfony\Component\Messenger\Stamp\DelayStamp;
use Symfony\Component\Messenger\Stamp\RedeliveryStamp;
use Symfony\Component\Messenger\Stamp\SentToFailureTransportStamp;

/**
 * Sends a rejected message to a "failure transport".
 *
 * @author Ryan Weaver <ryan@symfonycasts.com>
 */
class SendFailedMessageToFailureTransportListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
{
    private ContainerInterface $failureSenders;
    private ?LoggerInterface $logger;

    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $failureSenders, LoggerInterface $logger = null)
    {
        $this->failureSenders = $failureSenders;
        $this->logger = $logger;
    }

    public function onMessageFailed(WorkerMessageFailedEvent $event)
    {
        if ($event->willRetry()) {
            return;
        }

        if (!$this->failureSenders->has($event->getReceiverName())) {
            return;
        }

        $failureSender = $this->failureSenders->get($event->getReceiverName());

        $envelope = $event->getEnvelope();

        // avoid re-sending to the failed sender
        if (null !== $envelope->last(SentToFailureTransportStamp::class)) {
            return;
        }

        $envelope = $envelope->with(
            new SentToFailureTransportStamp($event->getReceiverName()),
            new DelayStamp(0),
            new RedeliveryStamp(0)
        );

        $this->logger?->info('Rejected message {class} will be sent to the failure transport {transport}.', [
            'class' => \get_class($envelope->getMessage()),
            'transport' => \get_class($failureSender),
        ]);

        $failureSender->send($envelope);
    }

    public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
    {
        return [
            WorkerMessageFailedEvent::class => ['onMessageFailed', -100],
        ];
    }
}

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Stealth challenger Vive granted UK banking licence to serve the underbanked
By Oliver Smith on Tuesday 21 January 2020
CEO Nick Anthony is planning to launch unsecured loans and a "competitive" savings product in the coming months.
Image source: The Vive team.
The Bank of England this morning issued a new restricted banking licence to Vive, a secretive bank founded to help "revive the finances" of those with poor credit scores.
Led by CEO Nick Anthony, Vive is planning to launch its first three products in the second quarter of 2020, including unsecured personal loans, a "competitive" savings account, and a money manager app powered by Open Banking.
"We're looking to serve a market where it's more difficult for customers to get banking products," Anthony told AltFi. "We want to make it simple and straightforward."
"Our unsecured personal loans, for example, will be far more than the narrow offering from high street banks, aimed at helping those with less than perfect credit scores."
Vive was incorporated back in 2017 and a waiting list is available to join on its website, but Anthony said work on the bank has been purposefully "kept very quiet".
One of the surprising features Vive won't be launching with is a current account.
According to the CEO that market is already "pretty congested" with the likes of Monzo, Starling and a host of traditional providers, "we want to address a different segment of the market".
"It's just not difficult to get a current account, so we want to focus on serving our customers with what they really need."
To date, Vive has been funded by two investors, Turkish businessman Kasim Garipoglu and British financier Robert William Hanson, and Anthony said the business had "more than enough capital" for its launch later this year.
Anthony was previously Head of Retail Banking at investment bank VTB Capital, and before that Chief Operating Officer of security and risk advisory firm S4Si.
Revolut launching 'ultra' new premium subscription plan with 5% cashback
HMRC's open banking payments via Ecospend hits £10.5bn
Oliver Smith
Starling and Monzo lead the neobanks as current account switching booms
Marqeta appoints its CPO Simon Khalaf as new CEO


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Arizona State University Launches Quantum Research Collaborative
• November 3, 2022
Arizona State University has launched the Quantum Collaborative, an initiative to seek out new discoveries and applications in advanced quantum technology.
The Quantum Collaborative is a broad endeavor consisting of a community of companies, academic institutions, startups and initiatives cooperating across several strategic areas.
Partners include Quantinuum, Google Quantum AI, SandboxAQ and CR8DL.
PRESS RELEASE — Arizona State University has launched the Quantum Collaborative, a major 21st century initiative poised to profoundly impact society and the American economy with new discoveries and applications in advanced quantum technology.
The promise of quantum technology has kicked off an international contest the likes of which have not been seen since the space race, and ASU is joining scores of nations, companies and universities striving to realize its potential. A state-funded and globally-oriented initiative, the Quantum Collaborative aims to promote understanding of this important technology and forge partnerships to advance it.
"A key objective for ASU's Knowledge Enterprise is to fundamentally change how the world solves problems," says Sally C. Morton, executive vice president of the ASU Knowledge Enterprise. "Quantum technology holds a unique promise to accomplish this, and I am thrilled to see what we can accomplish with our partners in the Quantum Collaborative."
Quantum-powered partnerships
The Quantum Collaborative is a broad endeavor consisting of a community of companies, academic institutions, startups and initiatives cooperating across several strategic areas to deliver incremental advances across the emerging quantum technology landscape, as well as develop training and education for the future quantum workforce.
The Quantum Collaborative's founding industry partners include:
Quantinuum, a combination of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum, is an integrated quantum computing company that has released next-generation quantum products, including trapped-ion quantum computers, quantum computing enhanced cybersecurity and quantum computational chemistry software.
Google Quantum AI will guide the curriculum and workforce development of the ASU Quantum Collaborative through hands-on resources such as its open-source quantum programming framework called Cirq and the Quantum Virtual Machine.
SandboxAQ is developing business applications that combine the power of AI and quantum technology — dubbed AQ.
CR8DL, an artificial intelligence and cloud computing company, is interested in quantum simulator optimization and quantum combined with high-performance computing.
Along with industry partnerships, the Quantum Collaborative is forging connections with leading academic institutions. Founding academic partners include:
Purdue University, with its Rosen Center for Advanced Computing and the Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute, pairs high-performance computing with quantum expertise and broad regional integration.
Tecnológico de Monterrey, the top private university in Mexico and a longstanding ASU partner, brings broad STEM expertise and machine learning prowess.
Virginia Tech contributes expertise in quantum information science, producing research in key areas including quantum computing, simulation, networking, and cryptography and pioneering educational programs, facilitated by its Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering.
The University of Texas at San Antonio is poised to bring its long-standing experience in cybersecurity and AI and data science expertise to deal with the challenges that quantum presents to protect data and infrastructure. This includes its broad network of partners in their School of Data Science and university research institutes focused on AI and cloud/edge computing.
ASU will also operate as a hub within the IBM Quantum Network, a global community of Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, startups and national labs with cloud access to IBM's premium quantum computers, experts and resources. Organizations can join ASU's hub as members to draw on IBM's quantum technology and resources to advance quantum computing research.
The first members to join ASU's IBM Quantum Hub are Purdue University and Virginia Tech.
"We're excited to welcome ASU into the IBM Quantum Network," says Aparna Prabhakar, vice president, partner ecosystem, IBM Quantum. "They're already building a diverse academic and industry ecosystem, with an academic and workforce program focused on how quantum computing can be applied to key demonstrations of the technology."
In addition to assembling this collection of universities and companies to cooperate on quantum technology initiatives, the Quantum Collaborative recently joined the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, or QED-C, and is developing relationships with prospective international partners.
From bits to qubits
In the emerging field of quantum technology, one area already transforming society is quantum computing.
Essentially, quantum computing is a marriage between computing and quantum theory — a branch of physics that focuses on the behavior of atoms and the subatomic particles within them.
Traditional computers — be it your laptop, cell phone or high-performance supercomputers — operate using binary digits, or bits. Bits have only two possible values, one or zero. They make up binary code, which your computer reads to carry out its tasks.
Conversely, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, to process information. Qubits can exist not only as a one or a zero, but also as both a one and a zero simultaneously. Together with other quantum mechanical features, this behavior allows quantum computers to run certain computations much faster than any classical computer.
Quantum computing is just one aspect of a field known more formally as Quantum Information Science and Technology, or QIST, which stands to revolutionize many areas of industry such as pharmaceutical development, finance, telecommunications, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
"There are few organizations engaging across all QIST areas simultaneously, because each individual area is advancing so quickly and focused on individual goals," says Sean Dudley, assistant vice president and chief research information officer of ASU's Knowledge Enterprise. Dudley oversees the Quantum Collaborative with support from internal and external advisory boards.
"We've found that groups working in specific areas of QIST struggle to keep tabs on advancements across other areas, even when co-dependencies are in the mix," Dudley says. "For example, quantum sensing is already reaching the market. It can deliver tremendous advancements in areas such as human health or climate science and can also be integrated with both quantum computing and networking, which are different yet complementary technologies, to bring further advancements."
The Quantum Collaborative solves for this silo effect by aligning research and development efforts where appropriate to create joint initiatives and mechanisms for knowledge exchange. In addition, by creating certifications, upskilling opportunities and modified degree programs, the collaborative aims to develop a robust talent pipeline for a quantum-enabled economy.
A 'quantum leap' forward
While the potential of quantum technology remains unrealized, the field has already attracted worldwide talent and leading researchers to advance it. Christian Arenz believes that the true impact of quantum technology is very hard to foresee. Arenz is an assistant professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and serves on the ASU faculty advisory board for the Quantum Collaborative.
He imagines quantum computers may initially fulfill a role of today's supercomputers — tackling large scale problems beyond the scope of standard computing, such as simulating complex systems.
"As a physicist, I care about actually being able to simulate complex systems, but who cares about that besides physicists, right?" he asks. "But, you can often map the simulation of complex systems to real-life problems."
Simulation could pave the way for stronger and more resilient materials, more effective pharmaceuticals, as well as better predictive modeling of financial market and weather patterns. A quantum computer could also theoretically reveal how pathogens spread through the air.
At a global level, the race for quantum supremacy is a serious competition with many nations racing to advance QIST. This competition has become more intense partly due to quantum's anticipated disruption of data privacy and encryption.
Today's encryption relies on algorithmically generated keys that encode data shared between parties. These encryption algorithms are based on large prime numbers. While classical computers can very easily multiply two large prime numbers, breaking the result back down into prime numbers is much more difficult.
"Take 15 — you can easily factor that into primes. Three times five is 15," Arenz says. "That becomes much harder when dealing with very large numbers, and most encryption protocols are based exactly on the fact that a classic computer cannot efficiently factor a large number into prime numbers."
This encryption method leaves hackers two options to decipher secure information: either intercept a key or use powerful computers to predict the key. The latter isn't currently feasible, but the massive jump in computing power promised by quantum computers is expected to deliver rapid and easy decryption.
This has led to a "harvest now, decrypt later" mindset in which bad actors capture troves of data, anticipating the ability to decrypt it later. It's a bit like a thief stealing a near-uncrackable safe full of valuables with the assumption that they'll eventually learn how to open it.
In recognition of this threat, governments and intelligence agencies around the world are working quickly to achieve post-quantum cryptography to safeguard data from powerful quantum computers. In 2016, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology launched a global effort to standardize post-quantum cryptography protocols to secure data against quantum computers and maintain functionality with existing systems and networks. NIST announced the first four standards in July 2022, and additional standards are currently under review.
Beyond encryption, there is broad federal interest in quantum technology. In 2018, the U.S. founded the National Quantum Initiative to propel the United States' strategic advancement in quantum technology overall. New funding programs, established by the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy, bolster quantum research and development. The recently passed CHIPS and Science Act delivers hundreds of millions in additional funding for QIST.
"This is a national competition, for a global advantage. We can't afford to have siloed efforts throughout the country and our partner nations. The winner of the quantum race will gain an 80-year advantage — the outcomes are going to be that transformative," Dudley says.
Creating a vital quantum-enabled workforce
In addition to fundamental research and technology development, another key aim of the Quantum Collaborative is workforce and education program development, a goal that ASU and other academic partners are well-positioned to achieve.
With the largest engineering school in the nation, ASU is also mobilizing significant resources to address a widespread need for quantum workforce development across many skill areas such as engineering, chemistry, materials science, human performance, communications and manufacturing.
"Academic and workforce program development is a federal interest and is as yet a relatively unmet call to action from the National Quantum Initiative," Dudley says.
For Arenz, his primary goal is to introduce students of all disciplines to paradigms in quantum technology. Because, he says, fundamentally we need people who can build and improve these solutions. Then and only then can we develop a workforce around this new technology.
"More or less, everyone can take a software class and code a little bit on their laptop right at home," he says. "Quantum computing is not like that at this point. The goal is to get there, but at this point, we need to understand how to scale the quantum computer up, how to make it better."
Arenz bases this on his experience teaching a quantum computing course. His students come from several disciplines, each looking at problems very differently.
"It's not just physics. It's engineering, it's computer science, it's math — and then if you then think about applications, simulating chemistry — well, you need chemists. For something like optimization, you need engineers," he says.
To fully realize the potential of quantum technology, everyone from executive leaders and specialized technicians to entry-level engineers and researchers far outside computing and physics will need education tailored to their needs and interests. One goal of the Quantum Collaborative is to demonstrate that quantum technology is a skill area within reach that has potential to create economic mobility for many people.
"When I was growing up in a small manufacturing town in Wisconsin, people were excited about the opportunity offered by a radiology certification. It was two years of learning and then you could make great money without having to follow the previous generation into a factory," Dudley says. "While the manufacturing industry certainly took great care of many families in the Midwest, radiology brought hope as something that might lift you up and out of a limited professional destiny. We at ASU, with our many partners, will deliver what the National Quantum Initiative calls for by working within and outside STEM-engaged populations to bring a new set of professional opportunities to families across all communities."
The Quantum Collaborative is funded by the Arizona Board of Regents through an addition to Arizona's Technology Research Initiative Fund. This funding also supports ASU's enrollment in the Quantum Economic Development Consortium.
To stay updated on the newest quantum computing news, click here.
Source: ASU
Arizona State University, ASU, Christian Arenz, higher education, IBM, National Quantum Initiative, Quantum Economic Development Consortium, quantum workforce, Sally C. Morton, The Quantum Collaborative, university


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"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" was adapted into a movie in 2011. (Illustration by Kira Widjaja, Rhose Island School of Design)
Pages /// Thoughts x July 15, 2018
4 Cultural Biases That 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' Exposes
Can someone please find me a laotong?
By Christine Fang, University of California San Diego
Female friendship has never met such intimacy and grace until Lisa See's novel "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan." Based in mid-19th century China, the "China Dolls" author embroiders another masterpiece onto the fabric of Chinese cultural history with the fictional novel.
See has a special talent for making the uncomfortable and unfamiliar aspects of another culture's history into a fascinating and emotionally driven experience for her readers. With translucent prose and quiet conviction, See weaves a heartaching story of femininity, duty and the female companionship around the ancient literary practice of nu shu. Through a beautifully composed story, See breaks down the wall of inherent cultural biases and stereotypes in an enchanting way that textbooks can't.
Here are four things that "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" reveals about culture biases.
1. Misogyny and Misinformation
Many cultural aspects of Imperial China were touted as backward, cruel and misogynistic. Although the older Western practices of arranged marriages and the willing deformation of bodies through devices like corsets were similarly restrictive, these practices are often ignored, and the textbook image of Imperial China is still thought of as the "other."
China as the Orient is a bias that many people still struggle with. From the outside looking in, it is easy to paint another culture as misogynistic or backward. Some may point to things like foot binding, arranged marriages and the patriarchal structure as misogynistic aspects of Chinese culture, but often neglect or perhaps overlook the same occurrences in their own cultures.
In the most candid and empathetic way possible, See reveals that her female characters are not to be pitied. The straightforward narrative delves into the difference between respect for tradition and mere obedience to male figures. Her female characters find themselves in a unique position of control over their emotions despite facing traditions that are restrictive or dismissive toward women. See's protagonists do not love simply because they are told to love.
2. Footbinding and Fetishization
For those who don't know, footbinding took off as a kinky and fetishized phenomenon. What began as a trend among female dancers in the imperial court continued on for 10 centuries in which mothers would essentially fold their daughters' toes underneath their arch to form the desired "lotus" shape. The smaller the feet, the more respectable and chaste the lady seems.
It seems cruel to painfully cripple a child's foot for the sake of society, but for women in 19th-century China, footbinding was not a choice; it was a lifestyle. The American in me could not understand how any mother who had experienced the bone-crunching pain of binding could do the same to their daughter, and neither could Westerners who came to China at the time.
Western Christian missionaries who came to "save" the Chinese saw the practice as outrageous. Since then, footbinding has been touted in the Western world as yet another example of Chinese backwardness, as if Western practices like suffocating corsets did not disfigure the female body.
Though I am not a supporter of foot binding, my initial reaction to foot binding blinded me the truths of it. Despite the constant breaking of the feet, women with bound feet in the novel were not actually crippled; if bound correctly, girls would continue to perform many tasks on their own..
Binding was done in hopes of procuring a better social and financial future for daughters. Although difficult to understand, See's characters demonstrate what motherly love looked like in late imperial China.
3. Women and Education
While it is true that Chinese women were not allowed the opportunity for social advancement through imperial exams, educated and literate women were markers of wealth and a source of pride. One of the most fascinating discoveries of Chinese women's educational history is nu shu, a phonetically driven "secret" language written and spoken by the female population of the Hunan province. Because the language does not utilize characters and symbols like classical Chinese characters do to derive meaning, See's characters help to reveal that a woman literate in nu shu, must "[consider] texture, context and shades of meaning."
Nu shu and the discussion of language in See's novel challenges what it means to be educated. Does education matter only when itleads to social and economic advancement? This entire novel screams no. The acute attention paid towards rhetoric and the metaphors is enough to qualify written nu shu as literature. But more importantly, See reveals that the artfulness of the language pales in comparison to the intimacy and deep love between the female correspondents.
True, women were not often given the same education in the same language as their male counterparts did. But what Snow Flower demonstrates is that her education in nu shu gave her much more enjoyment, companionship and hope than a classical Chinese education could offer.
4. Arranged Marriages and Friendships
Of course in 21-century America, the thought of having arranged relationships seems archaic and oppressive. As the freedom-loving American I am, one bias I held against Imperial Chinese society was that choosing my own husband or even friend would not have been an option. In history books, all these relationships are made to look so unfeeling. Having a "laotong" (old same) meant that you were stuck with one girl as your special friend forever and ever, but what if I don't even like her?
That's just another inherent bias that surfaced as a result of reading this novel. The relationship that Snow Flower and Lily share as laotongs is one of love and friendship that would be impossible without the arrangement. Despite the scheming involved, See pushes the reader to think in the protagonist's tiny shoes and overcome the initial distaste for contractual friendship. I'd still pass on the arranged marriage though.
The novel reflects reality in that not all women find romantic love and fulfillment in marriage or friendship, but also demonstrates that striving to feel love and to be loved is better than passively accepting superstitious arrangements.


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Johnston-Palin war of words continues
CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/04/08/art.levi.gi.jpg caption=" Johnston appeared on CBS Wednesday, his second national TV interview this week."](CNN) - The war of words between the families of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston doesn't appear to be letting up.
In an interview with CBS, Johnston sharply refuted the Palins' claim he was lying about being permitted to live with onetime fiancé Bristol Palin, and suggested the Palin family is now essentially treating him as an outcast.
"I'm just trying to get my side of the story out there and letting people know who I am," he said in the interview with CBS that aired Wednesday, adding that the biggest misconception about him is "probably that my family is white trash."
In the interview, his second national television sit-down in the last week, Johnston also said his relationship with Bristol Palin began to go deteriorate when Sarah Palin returned to Alaska after the presidential election in Alaska.
"I think when she got back is when it went downhill," he said. "They don't think of me the same way anymore."
Johnston also said he was "heartbroken" when the relationship ended but added "I got an amazing little boy out of it."
Johnston's sister Mercede, also taking part in the interview, was even harsher in her assessment of the Palins, saying they are downright "snobby."
"Look what they are doing," she said. "They are lying trying to save themselves. They are the ones that asked for it. They brought him to the campaign. They should have known what was coming."
In a statement issued earlier this week, Palin family spokesman Meghan Stapleton said Johnston and his family are on a "quest for fame, attention, and fortune."
The Johnstons say they have not been compensated for any of their media appearances.
Filed under: Levi Johnston • Sarah Palin
MrRevolution
The whole thing is a big joke. I don't have much respect for either party. Pregnancy before marriage is a sin according to "High Values" conservatives. I am glad that we did not elect McCain to presidency otherwise Palin would be running the country into Alaskan ground by now. So much for conservative values.
April 8, 2009 11:02 am at 11:02 am |
once upon a horse
never have been a fan of Gov Palin, but this is basically tabloid type stuff and really has no bearing on what's going on in our country today. All this does is soup of the Palin-haters and gives them something more to laugh at her about. Just watch the number of responses this story gets. I think it's time to move on from the Palins and let them go to the tabloids where this kind of stuff belongs.
P. from Carolina
I think this whole things could have been avoided if candidate for V.P. Palin had left her daughter at home and this poor young man out of the spotlight. It is unfortunate that these two young people were paraded out in front of the public, and when this young man was no longer needed to make the candidate look good, he was discarded. Let these two young people go back to being young, let them grow up and raise their young son, and stay out of the public limelight. Governor Palin, shame on you. Don't use your child as a prop for your own political gain. Let Bristol and Levi be young and please all of you think of this young baby who has to grow up with both families.
NK?
He was Used, and I said it over, and over again during the campagin. Levi, should just stay away from them altogether. Pay the Support and obtain a lawyer to get visitation rights away from the Palins. '
Who care about Sarah Palin – she is a goner! The Pregnancy would have been hidden longer if Sarah Palin had it her way. John McCain should be ashamed for putting this nutcase in front of the world to see with all this drama she has going on in her own life.
I'm still amazed that she's a governor – but I guess the voters didn't realize she was so far out of her league. Skipping debates, and Leg. meetings just because she doesn't have the "First Dude" there to give his talking points is a true sign of her ineptness! What a Shame. I really feel sorry for Levi, and I do believe him – Look at what happen to her ex brother in-law. He looked so uncomfortable with them and I knew all of that crap Sarah Palin was saying was a lie!
I do hope there is another party stewing because the republican's are losing ground fast with dimwits like Sarah Palin. This is not the party of family values and morales anymore Sarah Palin and a few others have destroyed that notion.
MW in MD
Every night I watch "All My Children" and right now that show is tame compared to "All My Palins". Family values? What a joke!
Laverne
Everybody keep saying the Palins and Levi are a non issue and CNN should stop reporting on them. However, these people continue to inject themselves in the media doing interviews and giving statements. They all need to just take a chill pill and stop talking to the media about personal stuff. It is unfortunate that Levi is doing the old "kiss and tell" thing, but I guess he feel the need to defend himself. I hope Bristol stays in school and do not have another child under the same circumstances. She is a grown woman now and we all should respect that. I hope little Willow and Piper won't go down the same road.
Doesn't Levi realize the word does not care who he is?He is using this for his own hour of fame.
Ed from PA
What's really funny is if she actually wound up in the white house. I can see McCain trying to have a press conferencee, yet being interrupted by Levi and Bristol having another arguement. Or worse, him coming by on every other weekend to pick up his son.
How embarrasing!
Cynthia - Arkansas
Can we go one day without having to hear about her? The election is over! Move on.
Sniffit
Could Palin be any more obvious about trying to set up this poor guy for losing any custody of his child? Just wait until the papers are filed in the probate court...then we'll really see how much she's willing to ruin her career.
All I can say is "wow".
I'm so glad the grown-ups are running the country.
Stick a fork in these people; they're done.
Maggie from Virginia
The bible say's "you reap what you sow". If Sarah was a true Christian, she would have known this.
Ophelie
The soap opera continues. Any comments, those of you who wished this nitwit was elected Vice President of this country ?
palins bad
palin used Levi as long as it was to her advantage, but when she used him up, he was cast out like the garbage, in some of the pictures during the campaign it looked like she was trying to seduce him, he needs to tell his side, it's his right.
What does drugs have to do with white trash? Anyway, I think this is great. All that Levi is trying to do is defend himself. Mrs. Palin didn't like the media knowing he was allowed to live with them, so as far as I can judge, she is lying about it to cover her butt. Nothing wrong with Levi throwing up the red flag and defending himself.
The press needs to move on. I don't understand why this kid still has a public platform.
Sarah Palin is an immature fame seeking incompetent idiot. Who is the adult here???????
I bet Sarah is trying to keep him away from the baby after she failed at using her daughter, grandson and babies dad during the campaign for her personal fame and fortune. But it didn't work out for her so now she seeks vengeance on an 18 yr old. These poor kids. Sarah should show some maturity and do what is best for all these kids. Normal people deal with this all the time. A teen gets pregnant, many times the relationship fails and than compromises must be meet for the baby. Stop using these kids Sarah!!!! A real politician would not justify any of this. It is personal, keep it that way. You Sarah are bringing the drama. please do not blame this o anyone but yourself!!
Scary to think that she was this close to the White House and Presidency. Shame on M'Cain for playing with the future of this country for his political ambitions. l can not trust him anymore....
geecee
Can anyone imagine what this country (let alone the entire world) would be like if McCain/Palin had won this election? We'd be living a soap opera with a not very happy ending for certain. At least we can look forward to having things get better and turning around in a few months to a year. Palin wouldn't have a clue, she'd be too busy trying to control her family life – although now that I think about it, it does have some comparisons to the War in Iraq now, doesn't it??
Don in Albuquerque
Does anybody really care who he is, and is this really news. I thought "The Guiding Light" was off now.
Yeah, you would think they were snobby is you are a scumbag. Here's a hint Levi, when a thought enters your head, you don't have to say it aloud. Even a fool is wise when his mouth is closed.
stick with it, the Palins are wrong
but they do have a lot of hot air, so you need to be in it for the long run and you may get fired from your job a couple of times
SayNoToRepublicans
This story is not news worthy, however, Sarah Palin is the epitome of what the Republican party is all about: bigotry, greed, war mongering, forcing their religion onto others and no compassion for other human beings. Sarah Palin fits the Republican's deceitful and disgusting agenda perfectly.


The acronym SARMs stands for "Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators." They bind with androgens and act in a similar manner as androgenic drugs like anabolic steroids (ex., testosterone). However, they are more selective than anabolic steroids; thus, they have less uses than these steroids. On the other hand, their selectivity means that they are safer to use than steroids.
Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators refer to a group of androgen receptor ligands. This means that they bind with androgens. The ligand/androgen pair then travels to the cell's nucleus and signals it to start gene transcription. This gene transcription may result in increased production of proteins and certain molecules, depending on which genes are stimulated.
Steroidal versions of this molecule were first studied in the 1940s and were based on a testosterone model. Today, non-steroidal versions of this group have been produced by independent pharmaceutical companies. These include cyclic quinolinones and aryl propinoamides, which exhibit anabolic activity on skeletal muscles as well as tissue selectivity.
Anabolic activity refers to the synthesis of complex molecules from simpler molecules while storing energy ("anabolism"). Anabolic steroids and hormones help produce proteins in cells, which contribute to muscle building.
Drugs that are able to stimulate or block hormone receptors in specific conditions are called "selective receptor modulators." This mimics the beneficial effects of synthetic and natural steroids in a specific tissue without causing unwanted harm to other tissues. One such drug is SARMs. They give the same benefits as Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (like testosterone) but are less likely to produce unwanted side effects. They can cause fat loss, increased muscle mass, or increased bone density in particular tissues without affecting others.
Steroids are often prescribed for muscle degeneration or for hormone replacement therapy. However, there could be several unwanted side-effects to steroid intake. This is why alternative molecules are being researched by pharmaceutical companies.
In comparison, stimulating the androgen receptors in muscle or bone only can prevent these side effects.
Currently, oral androgen replacements are rather limited. There are two commonly used forms: Andriol, which is considered expensive and ineffective, and Methyl testosterone, which can damage the liver. SARMs can be a good alternative to these, since it can also be taken orally and still produce beneficial effects without resulting in liver toxicity.
Many types of SARMs are presently undergoing development. They have different androgenic and anabolic activity, as well as varying potential side effects. Generally, though, most produce few side effects and have anabolic profiles similar to testosterone. The one furthest along, Ostarine, is at the third and final stage for clinical development.
SARMs were banned for a few years by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but efforts are underway for developing testing protocols for them. They have a relatively short half life, unique structures, and a short research history. These characteristics present a complex problem to many doping authorities.


This paper analyses recent shifts in urban sustainability discourse and practice through a critical review of the historical development of the concept from the 1970s through to the global economic crisis in the 2007 and its fragmentation into the 2010s. Using this periodisation, the paper shows how the content of urban sustainability discourse has changed. First, it illustrates that the dominant assumption of sustainable cities' discourse was to utilise economic growth to ecologically modernise urban environments. Second, it examines how the global economic crisis has intensified this fix and led to a new, even narrower emphasis on the techno-economic value of those aspects of urban environment that have economic and market potential. Third, it analyses the fragmenting of sustainable cities' discourse into a set of competing logics that reflect this narrower agenda. This paper argues that the sustainable city has been absorbed into these new logics that are much more narrowly techno-economically focused and are squeezing out traditional concerns with social justice and equity.


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Q: Clear the variables except first row in a group after separate row R I have to achieve 3 things :

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*Separate rows splitted by Col : "Date" contain different years.

*EXCEPT the Col :"Fix" , only keep FIRST row within a group has data.

*Calculate Col : "Price" in even divided by the the numbers of row splitted.
# Dataset call df

Name Fix Price   Date
Tom  600  500     2016-01-01
John 800  400     2016-01-03;2016-01-09
Mary 1100 1000    2016-01-04;2017-09-01;2017-08-10;2018-01-01
Joe  30   25      2016-01-04;2017-09-01
Paul 400  304     2015-01-02
Alex 505  238     2018-01-02;2018-02-02

# Targeted df

Name Fix  Price   Date
Tom  600  500     2016-01-01
John 800  400     2016-01-03;2016-01-09
Mary 1100 250     2016-01-04
Mary 0    250     2017-09-01
Mary 0    250     2017-08-10
Mary 0    250     2018-01-01
Joe  30   12.5    2016-01-04
Joe  0    12.5    2017-09-01
Paul 400  304     2015-01-02
Alex 505  238     2018-01-02;2018-02-02

I have an approach to achieve 1 and 3 , but i cannot make 2  that i don't know any the Diverse function of fill().
# Find the SPLIT TARGET first :
inds <- sapply(strsplit(df$Date, ";"), function(x)
length(unique(format(as.Date(x), "%Y"))) > 1) ### This approach actually
does not works in my actual data when over 1 Million rows , i chunk it into a smaller data
to fit this approach's limit.

library(tidyverse)
library(stringr)

#Select those indices

df[inds, ] %>% mutate(Price = Price / (str_count(Date,";") + 1)) %>%
separate_rows(Date, sep = ";") %>%
bind_rows(df[!inds,])

*Please remind you cannot use Col : " Name " for something as they just represent that the dataset has other values those have to copy by separate_rows
How can i clear point 2 ? Its drive me crazy .Thanks for any comments in advances

A: dt = read.table(text = "
Name Fix Price   Date
                Tom  600  500     2016-01-01
                John 800  400     2016-01-03;2016-01-09
                Mary 1100 1000    2016-01-04;2017-09-01;2017-08-10;2018-01-01
                Joe  30   25      2016-01-04;2017-09-01
                Paul 400  304     2015-01-02
                Alex 505  238     2018-01-02;2018-02-02
                ", header=T, stringsAsFactors=F)

library(tidyverse)
library(lubridate)

dt %>%
  separate_rows(Date, sep=";") %>%                     # separate dates
  group_by(Name, year = year(ymd(Date))) %>%           # for each Name and year of the date
  summarise(Fix = unique(Fix),                         # keep Fix
            Price = unique(Price),                     # keep Price
            Date = paste0(Date, collapse = ";")) %>%   # combine dates with same year
  mutate(Fix = ifelse(row_number() > 1, 0, Fix),       # update Fix values
         Price = Price/length(Price)) %>%              # divide Price by number of rows
  ungroup()                                            # forget the grouping

# # A tibble: 9 x 5
#   Name   year   Fix Price Date
#   <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <chr>
# 1 Alex   2018   505 238   2018-01-02;2018-02-02
# 2 Joe    2016    30  12.5 2016-01-04
# 3 Joe    2017     0  12.5 2017-09-01
# 4 John   2016   800 400   2016-01-03;2016-01-09
# 5 Mary   2016  1100 333.  2016-01-04
# 6 Mary   2017     0 333.  2017-09-01;2017-08-10
# 7 Mary   2018     0 333.  2018-01-01
# 8 Paul   2015   400 304   2015-01-02
# 9 Tom    2016   600 500   2016-01-01

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Q: Separate admin and public-facing search with Haystack/Django/Solr My site has items which can be published or unpublished. Unpublished items should not show up on the frontend but should appear in the backend (I am not using the Django admin).
I have an ArticleIndex with a get_queryset method which returns Article.published.all() (published is a custom manager which only deals with published articles).
How should I implement a second index of all the items (including unpublished) for use in the admin interface? This is mentioned in the release announcement of Haystack 2.0 (see the homepage) but the docs only describe a master/slave setup using two separate search engines, which seems like overkill for this?!

A: Found this question by encountering the same problem and search.
There are three two ways of separating searches.

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*Using QuerySets:
https://django-haystack.readthedocs.org/en/latest/searchqueryset_api.html

*Creating a separate Solr Core for each search type.
and a secret third -
backend switching (totally unsafe, experimental and error-prone)


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How Meghan McCain Talking About Her Grief Journey Shaped My Own
Meghan McCain is celebrating her 35th birthday today!! Y'all know I'm a fan girl, right? Or maybe you didn't if you're a new blog reader? In that case, you should know that one of the highlights of the summer was going to a taping of The View!!
But it's Meghan's willingness to talk about the taboo subject of grief that has truly meant the most to me recently. Following the death of her father, the late Senator John McCain, she's started a much-needed conversation by talking openly about her grief. It's something our society doesn't do. In fact, it's something we actively discourage, but she gives a voice to it — to the darkness, to the pain, to the emptiness that loss leaves.
We're told to "work through our grief" and while the intensity may change over the years, grief never fully goes away. It lingers — through holidays, anniversaries, birthdays. It's that hole in your heart that can never be filled. And. That's. OK.
Not a day goes by that I don't think of my father and I think it'll always be this way. One of the WORST things we can do is tell someone how to grieve. Don't do this. You're not being helpful and you're just further stigmatizing grief. We need to talk more, not less.
I recently wrote about the horrible trend of 'grief-shaming' and it sickens me that we even have a word for this because it shouldn't be a thing in 2019. But I've experienced it — people telling me to move on & get over it. People telling me to stop writing about my dad — I mean, obviously, I'm not going to stop writing about him. Ever. But, ugh ugh. We shouldn't be getting grief from other people as we continue to do the very hard, life-changing work of processing our own grief, you know?
Anyway, here's the piece I wrote in the hopes that people start looking at grief as a journey and not a destination…
"Grief is as individual as the person going through it. There is no right way, no one size fits all. Grief is an individual journey and no one can tell us how to do it. We must find the way that works for us and not judge others because they may grieve differently.
I'm always going to talk about my father, my grief and my journey. It's all part of my life and my story. We each have to move through grief at our own pace and in a way that is comfortable for us."
As Meghan herself wrote in an Instagram post shortly before the one-year anniversary of her father's death: "Last year tomorrow, August 25th was the worst day of my life. I lost my hero. I miss my father every single day, I will for the rest of my life. Grief is omnipresent and relentless. The memory of my father's life continues to guide me today, as it always will."
Happy birthday, Meghan McCain!! Thank you for talking about grief and being so open and honest about your journey. You've been a voice for so many of us who have also lost a parent. I know your dad is with you today!! Sending lots of love… xoxo
P.S. Plus, can I just say how incredibly badass Meghan McCain is? She can hold her own and I love that she's a strong woman who doesn't back down!!
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My Essay on The Fix: "Music and Emotion: How Songs Help Us Grieve and Heal"
A couple months ago, I tweeted about a piece I was working on for The Fix. The finished piece went live!! I explored the intersection of grief and music. There are certain songs and albums that remind me of my father, both happy and sad memories.
As I've said before, music is quite a powerful medium. Music connects us to those we've lost and helps heal us. It's all there in the melodies and lyrics. Thank you to everyone who shared their own song stories with me for this piece — you've shared a piece of yourself, a piece of your grief, a piece of the person you lost, and that is no small feat.
Here's an excerpt of the piece, in which I write about how emotional certain songs from the '60s and '70s can be for me, no matter how many times I hear them to this day…
There are the songs that evoke the memories of my childhood, like the oldies from the '60s and '70s that we listened to on family car trips. I can't listen to Simon & Garfunkel or Gordon Lightfoot without memories flooding back –like when my father introduced my sister and me to his record collection. We played those records for hours until we had all the words memorized.
Then there are also the songs that remind me of the dark days and months just after he died. A month before his death, I bought Norah Jones' debut album on a whim and it sort of became the soundtrack of his death. My mother and I listened to it constantly, so every time I hear "Come Away with Me" I'm immediately transported back to that time. Suddenly I'm that scared, confused 21-year-old who can't believe she'll never see her father again.
These songs make me so sad, and yet I can't stop listening. It's almost like I'm drawn to the pain that those songs evoke, as if listening to them will somehow help me continue to process my grief.
You can read the full piece here and I'd love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to email me anytime at mellow1422@aol.com and let's chat! And of course, feel free to share my essay on Facebook, Twitter or even your local refrigerator. If you share on Twitter, be sure to tag me @melissablake so we can connect! I can't wait to hear from you! Love you all… xoxo
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My Essay on The Fix: "Please Don't Tell Me How to Grieve"
I published my second piece on The Fix last week about something that has always baffled me — this notion that there's a "right" and "wrong" way to grieve. Grief is such a personal journey, so why do people think it's OK to tell others how to do it? These are the words I wish someone would have said to me 16 years ago.
As I've mentioned countless times on this very blog, I never understood this whole idea of grief-shaming until my father died. While his death was traumatic, hearing people tell me how I should grieve was just as traumatic. Please, please, don't be that person!
Here's an excerpt of the piece, in which I also talked to a therapist who specializes in grief to get an expert's take and advice…
I learned pretty quickly that talking about death on places like Facebook makes some people uncomfortable. We may be a society that lives our life online, but for all the sharing we do on social media, there's still this stigma associated with posting about our grief and the loved ones we've lost. It feels like an unspoken rule of sorts: grieve in silence. Don't talk about it.
But here's the thing about grieving: You're never going to please everyone. You're never going to grieve the "right" way because there is no right way to grieve. That's something that took me a while to learn and understand. At first, I was afraid of what people would think or how they would view my grieving process, which included writing about my father's suicide regularly on my blog. I even began to feel as though I needed to hold myself back and not talk about it, but you know what? That wasn't good for me. In fact, it stalled my grieving process, and that wasn't healthy.
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Must-Watch: Dead to Me on Netflix
PSA: We finished watching Dead to Me on Netflix this weekend…and, OMG, it's soooooo good. Please consider this post my formal recommendation to watch this show RIGHT NOW.
The premise sounds simple enough — maybe even a bit ho-hum, been-there-done-that: Widow Jen meets free spirit, quirky Judy in a grief support group and the two quickly bond. Their friendship develops over the 10-episode series and you quickly become invested in these characters. You feel for them and their story, even the story that involves a huge secret that could destroy Jen and Judy's relationship.
On the surface, Dead to Me gives off a psychological thriller vibe, but make no mistake: The heart of the show is about love, loss and how you pick up the pieces to come back from the unthinkable. Sure, the plot is a bit far-fetched (just watch it and you'll see what I mean…), but there's something very real about the show's portrayal of grief. It's raw and gritty. It's not neat and tidy. It makes you sad and angry and confused, and sometimes, you feel all those emotions at the very same time.
And speaking of anger, can I just say how much I totally identified with Jen?!?! The anger that comes with grief is powerful, and I just kept nodding along as we were watching and thinking, "YES, she is saying exactly what I'm thinking so much of the time!"
Christina Applegate, who plays Jen, recently talked about why her character reminds us of ourselves, and I couldn't agree more with her words…
Jen is unlike anyone, but she's an Everywoman. The world is trying to get her to stop being who she is and stop feeling what she's feeling and as a result she is incredibly rageful and reactive. She doesn't know how to smile or laugh or let anyone comfort her. When she meets Judy, it's life-changing.
I've gone through grief in my life. Some people didn't understand. There's nothing that holds you down in your grief more than people trying to get you to stop feeling what you're feeling. Jen and Judy both allow each other to feel what they need to feel. That understanding and that sisterhood is a bond that cannot be broken.
AMEN, don't you think, friends? Have you binge-watched Dead to Me yet? What did you think of that cliffhanger ending? I suggest that you watch it on the weekend because I'm pretty sure you'll want to watch multiple episodes in one sitting like we did… xoxo
P.S. Remember Bloodline? Oooooh, that was another haunting Netflix original…
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My Essay on Glamour: "To Cope with My Father's Suicide, I Had to Learn to Love My Grief"
Please forgive me, friends!! I've been remiss in sharing my new bylines on the blog, but as we get closer to the slow-down of summer, I'm planning on sharing ALL THE BYLINES. Translation: Get ready for a heavy dose of relationships, disability and pop culture — you know, my classic wheelhouse! First up: My November piece on Glamour about losing a parent and grief.
Survivors of Suicide Loss Day was in mid-November and my piece was timed perfectly. As I remember my father, I'm glad I was able to write about grief for one of my favorite publications. I wanted to look at what it's like to lose a parent to suicide in your early 20s, which is something that isn't talked about very much. There aren't books about it like there are for widows or children, and there's really no label for losing a parent at that age. I felt like I was in limbo — no longer a child, but at the same time, not a full-fledged adult.
So I tried to give voice to that — to be the resource and reassurance for someone today that I didn't have back then. This one was one of the toughest to write (I started writing it in March 2018), and I hope it helps someone.
Anyway, here's an excerpt of the piece, which, even after 16 years, was still incredibly therapeutic to write. It helped me continue to heal, process and, of course, honor the relationship I had with my father…
No grief book could tell me what it would feel like to see reminders of my father: birthdays, holidays, little girls holding their dad's hand. Even worse, there was no way to prepare myself for what it would feel like to graduate from college and not pick out my dad's smiling face from the crowd as I accepted my diploma. When a loved one commits suicide, they're both everywhere and nowhere.
The most distressing and concerning thing about being left in the aftermath of a loved one's suicide, I came to realize, is that it decimates your sense of identity. I was no stranger to feeling different—growing up with a physical disability, I was used to feeling different from my peers—but my father's death brought with it an entirely new sense of isolation. I suddenly felt like a stranger in my own life, isolated from the person I used to be.
You can read the full piece here and I'd love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to email me anytime at mellow1422@aol.com and let's chat! And of course, feel free to share my essay on Facebook, Twitter or even your local refrigerator. If you share on Twitter, be sure to tag me @melissablake so we can connect! I can't wait to hear from you! And here's to us going home for the holidays, wherever that may be! Love you all… xoxo
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It Takes Two is a comedy about two very different little girls who look exactly alike, but come from completely different backgrounds. Amanda Lemmon is nine years old, feisty, street wise and an orphan who lives at the East Side Children's Center in New York City. Diane Barrows is a case worker at the center who loves Amanda very much. They both would like for Diane to adopt Amanda. However, the authorities think she should go to a family. A family is something that Amanda and Diane want very much, but until Diane finds the love of her life, "that home-run, hit it out of the park feeling" kind of guy, then Amanda will have to stay at the orphanage. Alyssa Callaway is also nine years old and the pride and joy of her father, Roger Callaway. Roger is a successful businessman that has completely spoiled and pampered Alyssa all her life. Alyssa is the only thing in her father's life, besides his business, that has meant anything to him since her mother's death several years earlier. Unfortunately, he has been busy running a multi-million dollar corporation and has not been able to spend as much time with Alyssa as they both would have liked. Therefore, Roger comes to the conclusion that Alyssa needs a mother, and he chooses an ambitious socialite, Clarice Kensington, who unbeknownst to Roger, hates children. Fortunately for Alyssa, Roger decides that the three of them should spend the summer together, getting acquainted at the Callaway's lakeside vacation home in upstate New York. Across the lake from the Callaway mansion, the children from the East Side Children's Center are spending the summer at Camp Callaway. As luck would have it, Amanda, the street urchin, and Alyssa, the heiress, come face to face in the woods between the camp and the mansion. The two girls are somewhat shocked when they look at each other and feel as though they are looking in a mirror. After talking, the girls discover that they have similar problems, Amanda needs a "real man" for Diane and Alyssa needs a "real woman" for her father. With the two looking alike, they decide to switch identities and try to bring Roger and Diane together before Clarice can drag Roger to the altar. The girls finally get the two adults together during a horseback ride and the sparks immediately ignite. In the next few days while Roger and Diane are getting acquainted, Clarice realizes what is going on and moves up the wedding date. It now becomes a race against time, and finally a race across the city of New York for Alyssa and Diane to get to the church and stop the ceremony.
Starring: Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olson
Director(s): Andy Tennant
Producer(s): Rysher Entertainment, Inc.
Screenwriter(s): Deborah Dean Davis
Release Date: Friday, October 13, 1995
There is a scene when Alyssa, posing as Amanda, takes Diane out horseback riding. After a sudden movement by Alyssa, Diane's horse gets spooked and rears, taking off across an open field. Meanwhile Amanda posing as Alyssa, is out riding with Roger and he sees the runaway horse and rider. He immediately goes to the rescue and rides up alongside the horse, stopping him. For this scene a trick rearing horse was used with a wrangler as a stunt double. The area had been cleared of any debris and low hanging branches prior to shooting and the horses were walked through the scene before filming. The same day while riding back to the stables, Roger rides through some trees and gets hit in the head by a low hanging tree branch, knocking him off of his horse. The horse was merely walked up to the hanging branch. The branch was just low enough to touch the actors forehead and at the same time not low enough to make contact with the horse. A wrangler, doubled for the actor and did the actual falling from the horse. In another scene, Diane and Alyssa are in New York trying to get to the church and stop the wedding. In doing so, the two steal a horse and carriage, driving it through the streets of the city. When they reach the church, Alyssa and Diane come to a galloping stop. For the shot of the horse galloping down the street, two complete intersections were closed during filming, stopping all traffic. A wrangler was hidden inside the driving area of the carriage. He used cable reins to actually drive the carriage himself, letting it appear as though the actress was driving the carriage. In the closing scene, Roger and Diane get into the carriage and are driven away at a trot by the carriage driver. Once again, the wrangler was hidden in the driving area of the carriage with cable reins driving the horse as the actor held fake reins, appearing as though he was driving.


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William Mutwol (né le ) est un athlète kényan spécialiste du 3 000 mètres steeple et du Cross-country.

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Athlète kényan
Coureur de 3 000 mètres steeple
Athlète (homme) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1992
Naissance en octobre 1967
Champion du monde de cross-country
Médaillé de bronze olympique kényan

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