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Can we use 3-D printing and stem cells to build a bone?
by The Royal Society
Pioneering techniques aiming to recreate human bone for replacement and repair will be showcased at the Royal Society's annual Summer Science Exhibition which opens to the public today.
The processes include 3D printing with stem cells and building with individual stem cells using laser tweezers.
'The conjunction of these new techniques, could lead to bone, organ or tissue repair within 5 years and replacement in 30 years', according to the stand leader Professor Kevin Shakeshaff, head of the University of Nottingham's Centre for Biomolecular Sciences.
The aim of Prof Shakesheff's team is to be able to repair and eventually replace bones by printing personalised structures which could slot precisely into or take the place of a damaged bone. The team have developed new 'alginate' materials, to use as the 'ink' for 3D printing bone scaffolds. Unlike plastic printing materials, this type of hydrogel allows cells to live and grow within it. Along with their unique technique for injecting live stem cells into these structures, this allows for the creation of more precise and functional structures than ever before.
A bone replacement material previously developed by Professor Shakeshaff's group has the ability to be injected into the human body where it solidifies into a hard structure that does not damage cells. At the moment a surgeon could inject this material into an injury site as a filler. However, for a more serious bone repair or replacement, larger scale technologies such as 3D printing would be required, and the group's new techniques and materials may make this possible.
The biologists will also be showcasing another of their novel techniques: using holographic optical tweezers for manipulating and building with individual stem cells. The system uses the energy produced by laser beams to grab hold and move cells in three dimensions, allowing positioning of cells with a level of precision that has never before been achieved. This will enable a more detailed study of how cells work and allow them to be used more effectively to produce the best functioning tissues.
The amalgamation of these three new developments might one day create human bones or organs able to function in a human body and visitors to this exhibit will be able to explore building biological structures at all three scales. At the smallest level, they will be able to remotely pick up and build with live stem cells in real time using the laser tweezers. Secondly, the jelly-like scaffolding material, 'alginate', will be available for hands-on moulding into larger scale structures such as veins and arteries. Centre-stage, the 3D printer will build the intricate scaffolds for various recognisable bones and organs.
The researchers will be on hand for questions and explanations for the duration of the exhibition which runs from 2 July to 7 July.
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Indian Navy to join search for Flight 370, foreign ministry talking to Kuala Lumpur
Broadsword March 13, 2014 China, defence planning, Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Indian Navy, region, US military,
Graphic courtesy: The New York Times
Business Standard, 14th Feb 14
The Indian Navy is poised to join the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared off radar screens without a trace on Saturday. The aircraft's fate, and that of 239 persons on board, is now washing up in India after the Malaysian military belatedly revealed on Wednesday that it had detected an unidentified aircraft --- possibly Flight 370 --- heading for the Andaman Sea.
This is regarded as India's maritime stamping ground, and the Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC), based in Port Blair, has swung into action. Two navy warships, a coast guard patrol vessel and several search and rescue aircraft are ready to join the multi-national search underway.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the lead agency in such situations, has cleared India's participation, and is in touch with the Malaysian foreign ministry to find out what they need.
"Obviously we are fully on board. (Indian military) assets are already being deployed. We are in touch with Malaysia, coordinating the requirements and our assistance," MEA spokesperson, Syed Akbaruddin, told Business Standard.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed the navy the lead service in the search for Flight 370. Two warships --- an offshore patrol vessel, INS Sarayu; and a landing ship, INS Kumbhir --- and the coast guard vessel, ICGS Kanak Lata Barua are on standby, along with Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft. One of India's newly-acqured P-8I multi-mission maritime aircraft is en route to Port Blair from Arakonam naval base in Tamil Nadu.
These assets will operate under the Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar (CINCAN), Air Marshal SK Roy. The ANC is the country's only tri-service command, which has army, navy and air force units under a single commander.
"We are ready to move, and whatever Malaysia requires will be made available immediately," said a senior MoD official.
Naval officers tell Business Standard that an area of 130 x 130 nautical miles, i.e. some 17,000 square nautical miles in the Andaman Sea and Malacca Strait, needs to be searched. The Malaysian navy has divided this stretch of ocean, which is about 5,000 feet deep and with strong currents, into several sub-sectors. Responsibility for searching these has been distributed between various agencies.
Already, 8-10 countries are operating ships and aircraft in waters that are just 300 nautical miles from Port Blair, and a mere 100 nautical miles from the Campbell Bay naval base at the southern tip of the Andaman and Nicobar island chain.
"These are waters in which the Indian Navy operates frequently. But there is no concern, just because other countries are searching here," said the MoD official.
Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner, took off from Kuala Lumpur soon after midnight on Saturday, heading north on a six-hour flight to Beijing. Forty minutes into its flight, at about 1.30 a.m., it lost communication with air traffic control. Minutes earlier, its radar transponder had ceased to function. Initial search efforts were focused at that point.
But then, on Wednesday, Malaysia's air force chief, Sir Rodzali Daud, told reporters that military radar had detected an unidentified aircraft at several points that day, heading westwards towards the Indian Ocean. Since then, the search has expanded towards the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Tags # China # defence planning # Indian Air Force # Indian Army # Indian Navy # region # US military
Posted by Broadsword at March 13, 2014
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CEO: Beaver County Plant May Close Due To Consequences Of President Donald Trump's Steel Tariffs
By Jon Delano January 14, 2020 at 6:52 pm
Filed Under:Allegheny Technologies Inc., Beaver County, Jon Delano, Local TV, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh News, Steel Tariffs, Tariffs
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A locally-based specialty steel and metals company may close a plant in Beaver County due to the consequences of President Donald Trump's steel tariffs.
Whenever he's in Pittsburgh, President Trump says he's turned around the steel industry, as he said to KDKA money & politics editor Jon Delano last October.
"The greatest steel place in the world and we're bringing that back, and a lot of other things are happening in Pittsburgh," said President Trump. "We're very proud of it."
One steel plant that came back is the Allegheny Technologies Inc. facility in Midland, Beaver County, once closed and now reopened
"There was no place to make money in Midland, so we ended up closing the plant," Bob Wetherbee, ATI's president and CEO, told KDKA's Jon Delano.
(Photo Credit: KDKA)
"As President Trump came to the fore and became the next president of the United States, we thought now is the time to aggressively restart that," Wetherbee said.
The steel tariffs have had a side effect, driving up the cost of some raw slabs imported from Indonesia, says Wetherbee.
"We've paid close to $40 million in tariffs," Wetherbee said.
The company says the Beaver County facility employs 100 people directly and 200 people indirectly.
The company says they may all lose their jobs if this place closes unless the president gives the company an exemption to the tariff rules.
ATI says the three domestic suppliers of the raw materials are overpriced, so it needs an exclusion to this particular tariff.
"The challenge for us in Midland is by paying the tariff or buying domestically. We'll continue to lose money in that plant and end up closing it," added Wetherbee.
The Commerce Department rejected the exclusion once, but the company has applied again.
This time, ATI is asking members of Congress to get President Trump to intervene.
"I don't believe it's President Trump's fault," Wetherbee said. "The opportunity here is to make sure the Commerce Department process is well understood."
Jon Delano
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The Warriors End The Pistons Home Winning Streak
by Natalie Sitto | Dec 6, 2012 | 2 comments
The Warriors spoiled the #Pistons home winning streak Wednesday night, but the 104-97 final score hardly tells the story in this one. The Warriors third quarter explosion pushed them ahead by 20, but Detroit had it down to a three points deficit with 1:08 left in the game.
I wasn't as though the Pistons didn't have chances in the final minute of the game, but failed to make a shot to keep them in it.
Someone tell me WHY Brandon Knight, who was having an awful night took three 3-Pointers in the final minute of the game. Add a turnover to that minute and you almost want to blame him for this one. And someone should also explain to me why in the world that Frank would even have him in the game, at that point?
Tayshaun Prince led the team with a season high 24 points on 10-for-18 shooting.
Greg Monroe just nine points with five boards. He's been a little off his game lately, but is it wrong to almost expect a double-double every night?
Andre Drummond was a show within the show last night at the Palace. The NBA needs to take notice that this kid is the real deal. Mark Jackson can foul him all he wants to send him to the line, but he's just going to make up for it. He played starter minutes on Wednesday night, and was in the game over Greg Monroe in the last minutes when the game was on the line.
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Drummond put up his second double-double of his career with 15 points and 12 rebounds. But it was his energy and scrappy play that wowed anyone that was watch the game. He may just be the Pistons new Putback King. I almost want to give him the nickname "Easy" because that's how he makes everything look.
Less than stellar night for Kyle Singler, who put up just three points on 1-for-6 shooting.
Klay Thompson was a three-point machine. His five third quarter three-pointers seemed more like 15, allowing the Warriors to pull away from the Pistons. He finished the game with a game high 27.
Good to see Spartan Draymond Green get some playing time for the Warriors in front of his friends and family. He finished the game with two points in 12 minutes on the floor. Be thankful for Draymond's supporters Wednesday night or the crowd would have looked much more sparse than it was.
Stuckey was great, scoring 17 points and dishing out nine assists. Though he didn't have a great first half he heated up big time after the break. He did a much better job keeping up with Curry, who made Brandon Knight look silly.
Singler and Stuckey combined missed their first 11 shots.
If it wasn't for the Pistons bench this game would have been a Warrior blowout.
Charlie V's three-pointer put the Pistons within three points with a minute left in the game. He finished with 11 points and has been doing well on the other end of the floor too. He's giving the team non-Charlie like effort on the defensive end since he's been back in the rotation.
Highlight of the Game via NBA.com
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Interesting stat from NBA.com: "Detroit is giving up an average of 84.3 points in its victories, compared to 101.3 points in its losses"
It's all about defense. You can't let a team score 39 points in the a quarter.
Stephan Curry is on a tear, putting up a 20 and 10 streak like it's nothing. He also shut Brandon Knight down while scoring his 22 and 10 against the Pistons.
Andre Drummond: "We should have never let it get that far to where we had to work that hard to get back. Moving forward, we need to just play our game."
Next up The Bulls Friday night at the Palace.
edt on December 7, 2012 at 8:57 am
watched heat nicks last nite. If you offered me a straight up trade stuckey for wade i wouldn't take it, wade can't finish at the rim anymore cant draw fouls and has a worse 3 pointer than stuckey does.
Sheed is an absolute beast, blocking in the paint all nite, perfect defense, and like a kid who has behaved all day and is allowed to eat a cookie, sheed is allowed to brick his precious 3 pointers.
MIami is a hot mess, lebron is great, bosh is great, but they have absolutely no protection in the paint, they dont have the twin towers we have, and their guards are worthless, stuckey and nite are better than what miami has.
The lakers should eventually figure things out but it sure is satisfying to watch them struggle. They are firing on all 1 cylinders, and that's the Kobe cylinder. Kobe is playing great, passing, defending, shooting, but everyone else on that team is strangely disjointed, unable to communicate, howard doesn't receive enough touches, it's a complete disaster, and Nash is not gonna help.
thank you lakers and miami for making me remember that being a pistons fan is great fun this year. We have no high expectations to worry about. And no matter how badly we get beat, our guys don't go soap opera and dysfunctional.
Nikhil on December 7, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Nicely written edt.
Can't agree with you more.
I love two teams Pistons and the one that beats Miami.:)


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Despite numerous websites covering this topic a few days ago, I have written this post late for a reason -- to actually look at the updated product instead of just covering news about it.
For those that don't know Calendar has always been a product to get updated later than others, and it's actually traced back to a messier, more cluttered code base from the original calendar. I've also seen reports about the Calendar team back then being disbanded, but I won't argue that its factual since I haven't hard of this many times.
The new Calendar, which should be available now to just about everyone, is completely new. The entire service has been completely rewritten, which brings numerous benefits such as a much more organized and neater code base (which is always good).
However, which all of the back story and interesting news aside, it is still the same calendar. The new Outlook.com Calendar doesn't really have a golden feature that another calendar service wouldn't have, but however the new Calendar is cleaner, giving more room to the actual calendar part of the web page.
Options for the calendar is found similarly like other Microsoft services, which will be in the cog menu at the top, near your name. There you can adjust your weather, manage calendars, and more. The weather part is actually pretty serious as for those who used Outlook.com before, to change the weather you would have to visit the Hotmail themes page, which you couldn't get in Outlook.com. The calendar update fixes this issue.
Below is a picture of my Outlook.com Calendar. I have multiple calendar feeds, which are color coded. You can click the image to view it larger, which I recommend you do. However from the (shrinked) photo below, you can see that tabs like the views have been merged into a drop-down, which saves space and allows more room for the calendar.
One feature that I like about the Calendar in this update is the one-click adding of events. All you have to do is click a date and a small popup displays, allowing you to enter info about an event or an advanced (full) view of creating an event to add more advanced options.
Like I have said before, just about everyone should have this update by now. If you don't, wait just a few more days and it should arrive soon. Microsoft has said that they were gradually rolling out the update over this past week.


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I've actually had a hard time finding frames for the etsy prints I've ordered recently. Two sets of prints from different dealers required 8.5 x 11 frames. Cute frames of this size are not easy to find. I wish etsy dealers would consider sizing their images so they fit standard sized frames well.


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Hawaii artist Tavana will release a never-before-seen music video of "Plastic Island" featuring Paul Izak off his fifth full-length album Sway, on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 10 a.m. HST in partnership with environmental non-profits, Surfrider Foundation and Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation's Plastic Free Hawai'i program. Tune in to watch the premiere on YouTube and Facebook. A teaser of the official music video can be viewed HERE.
Inspired by former manager Al Smith's passion for spearheading beach clean-ups, Tavana felt motivated to write a piece highlighting Hawaii's plastic problem. His goal in writing the song was to unite listeners in the realization of how serious the plastic pollution issue is not only in Hawaii but throughout the world.
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Tasks include: meeting every 2nd Tuesday for planning Life Nights, Life Teen Events, and Fundraisers. Core Team Members take on the mission of leading all teens in our parish closer to Christ. Specific roles in this ministry include: Small Group Leaders, Hospitality, Social Outreach, and Pizza and Praise Discipleship Group.
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And last February, it wasn't just the the Eagles who were the night's big winners. The media dubbed Tide the unofficial victor of the best commercial competition.
The ads, featuring David Harbour of Stranger Things, successfully co-opted commercial clichés to get audiences to relate clean clothes to Tide.
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The company executed a comprehensive response to the Tide crisis, including a PSA featuring New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski. But for their Super Bowl ad, they effectively shifted attention away from the issue in a creative way.
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A Big Fish Sells For Over Half A Million — But Other Big Questions Persist : The Two-Way For the sixth year in a row, Kiyoshi Kimura won a massive Pacific bluefin tuna at Tsukiji market's famed New Year auction. Conservationists are worried about the species' dwindling population.
A Big Fish Sells For Over Half A Million — But Other Big Questions Persist
January 5, 20175:07 PM ET
Colin Dwyer
Kiyoshi Kimura (center) poses with the Pacific bluefin tuna he won for about $632,000 at the Tsukiji fish market's annual New Year auction. The fish weighs about 466 pounds. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
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Kiyoshi Kimura (center) poses with the Pacific bluefin tuna he won for about $632,000 at the Tsukiji fish market's annual New Year auction. The fish weighs about 466 pounds.
Just before dawn Thursday, at Tokyo's historic Tsukiji market, a familiar face walked away with the biggest fish in town. Kiyoshi Kimura won the first auction of the year at the market, just as he has for six years running.
And to the winner go the spoils: a 466-pound Pacific bluefin tuna, which ultimately cost Kimura 74.2 million yen — or about $632,000. That comes out to more than $1,300 a pound for Kimura, whose Kimura Corp. owns a restaurant chain called Sushi Zanmai.
Still, it's not the record for the seafood market's annual first bluefin auction. That distinction also belongs to Kimura, who in 2013 bid a staggering 155.4 million yen — which at that time came out to $1.76 million.
Every year, worldwide media hype attends the year's opening auction at Tsukiji, which "handled more than $4 billion in fish and produce in 2014" alone, according to The Wall Street Journal. NBC reports that it is the world's biggest fish market.
But conservation groups protest that attention should be paid to a different, and much darker, reality confronting Pacific bluefin tuna: the species' dwindling population.
"People should be thinking about that when they see news about the auction," Jamie Gibbon, officer for global tuna conservation at the Pew Charitable Trusts, tells the Guardian.
In July, Pew called for a two-year moratorium on commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna, citing a more than 97 percent drop in population from historic levels. The month before, about a dozen environmental groups petitioned the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service to list the species as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
Should Pacific Bluefin Tuna Be Listed As An Endangered Species?
Conservationists argue part of the problem is that when fisheries catch Pacific bluefin tuna, they're mostly catching juveniles who have not yet reached the age of reproduction. That practice has always been around, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, but "more fisheries specifically targeting juveniles started in the 1990s, increasing pressure on the juvenile population."
And even if the species gets an endangered listing in the U.S., as conservationists would wish, it's not likely to make much of an impact on the species' population worldwide. That's because American fishermen don't comprise a large portion of Pacific bluefin fishing worldwide, as Alistair Bland reported for NPR:
"Of the 37 million pounds of Pacific bluefin caught by fishermen in 2014, American fishermen caught just 2 percent, according to data provided by Michael Milstein, a public affairs officer with NOAA Fisheries. (Japan took about half and Mexico almost 30 percent.)"
The Guardian estimates that Japan consumes 80 percent of the global bluefin catch.
For now, the only major change looming for the Tokyo market's annual New Year auction is its location: The city had planned to move the historic market to a new location to make way for a highway planned for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — but the market was granted a reprieve when concerns were raised about soil contamination at the new site, which used to be home to a gas plant.
The Tokyo government expects to have a clearer idea on the safety of the new site this year.


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This was my first time attending pride & I was really excited. I've always heard about how much fun it is so I was happy to be experiencing it for myself finally. There was so many people there! The LBGT community is huge within Long Beach, I had no idea to be honest. I didn't even know that Long Beach had their own pride, I thought the only pride within SoCal was in LA.
Nonetheless, it was a pleasant surprise. There was so much color and happiness throughout the whole event. There was people of all ages, races, and sexualities. It was awesome to see everyone put everything aside and enjoy the moment. The parade went on for a while & had tons of different acts: floats, cheer teams, city council, bands, drag queens, the list goes on. There was tons of freebies being handed out as well, everything from chapstick to lube. I'm a huge fan of Drag Queens so that had to be one of the things I was most excited about.
We pretty much partied & danced the whole parade, the LBGT community knows how to have a good time. Everyone was so welcoming too! I made so many new friends & spent the rest of my Sunday Funday with the people I had met at the parade.
If you ever get the chance, I definitely recommend attending pride. It's a parade unlike any other. Everyone is just worried about having a good time and being happy. Even if you aren't LGBT, it's always good to experience different lifestyles and put yourself in new situations.
If you decide to give pride a chance, LA's Pride will be taking place from June 12th-14th in West Hollywood. My best friend will be going so hopefully I'll get the chance to attend as well.


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Sports Medicine 2022
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The Comprehensive 2022 Sports Medicine Update
Sports Medicine 2022 will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
In the past year, there have been a number of very significant clinical changes that affect the way we diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate sports injuries incurred by elite athletes, weekend warriors, and patients with active lifestyles.
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Putin orders Stalinesque upgrade of Russia's military hardware
Vladimir Putin has ordered the modernisation of Russia's armaments on the same scale as achieved by Stalin at the height of his reign of terror.
The Kremlin leader made clear he was tired of Western jibes about the country's outdated firepower as displayed at annual Red Square parades.
He is even thought to have reference the former dictators era as he told top security officials: 'We must modernise our defence industry as comprehensively as it was done in the 1930s.'
He rapped his defence chiefs for failing to draw up plans to meet his ambitious demands for a giant leap forward in Russia's military capability which has slipped since the end of the Cold War.
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Fauci: The Response Of Trump Admin Has Been Impressive, I Can't Imagine Anybody Could Be Doing More
On Date March 23, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci says the White House Coronavirus Task Force is working around the clock to fight the coronavirus outbreak in an interview with Mark Levin on FNC's 'Life, Liberty & Levin.' Fauci said Trump has never challenged him on the science of coronavirus on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.'
MARK LEVIN: Welcome back. Dr. Fauci, let me ask you a question. You've been doing this a long time. Have you ever seen this big of a coordinated response by an administration to such a threat? A health threat?
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI: Well, we've never had a threat like this and the coordinated response has been, there are a number of adjectives to describe it. Impressive, I think is one of them.
I mean, we're talking about all-hands on-deck is that I, as one of many people on a team, I'm not the only person, since the beginning that we even recognized what this was. I have been devoting almost full time on this -- almost full time.
I'm down at the White House virtually every day with the Taskforce. I'm connected by phone throughout the day and into the night and when I say night, I'm talking twelve, one, two in the morning. I'm not the only one. There's a whole group of us that are doing that. It's every single day.
So I can't imagine that that under any circumstances that anybody could be doing more. I mean, obviously, we're fighting a formidable enemy -- this virus. This virus is a serious issue here.
Take a look at what it's done to China, to Europe, to South Korea. It is serious and our response is aimed, and I know you've heard that many, many times, and this is true. I mean, I deal with viruses my entire career.
When you have an outbreak virus, if you leave it to its own devices, it will peak up and then come back down. What we learned from China, that letting it peak up is really bad, because it can do some serious damage. So we are focused now, like a laser on doing whatever we can, and there are two or three things that deserve to be mentioned -- to make this peak actually be a mound, which means you're going to have suffering, you're going to have illness, you're going to have death. But it's not going to be the maximum that the virus can do.
A couple of ways to do that. The first was, as we say, all the time, the very timely decision on the part of the President to shut off travel from China, because we saw that there was this possibility of people coming in and seeding in the country. We did it early.
And as it turned out, there were relatively few cases in the big picture of things that came in from China. Unfortunately, for our colleagues, and many of whom are my friends and people I've trained actually in Medicine, in European countries, they didn't do that. And they got hit really hard and are being hit really hard. The first thing.
Second thing, when the infection burden shifted from China to Europe, we did the same thing with Europe. We shut off travel from Europe, which again was another safeguard to prevent influx from without in.
The other way you do it is by containment and mitigation. And now everybody knows what the word mitigation means because it's the things that we're doing. No crowds, work from home. Don't go to places that you can be susceptible. Ten people in a room, not 50 and a hundred people. Stay away from theatres.
Take the elderly people who are susceptible and have them do self- isolation. Stay out of bars, stay out of restaurants.
If you're in an area where there's a lot of coronavirus activity, close the bars, close the restaurants. That's heavy duty mitigation.
So I think with all of those things going on at the same time, I believe we will -- we're already doing it, but you just can't notice it yet because you have the dynamics of the virus going up. We're trying to put it down. You're not really sure quantitatively what you're doing, but you can be actually certain that we're having an impact on it.
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Student journalists of Illinois, the editors of the Rockford Register Star would like you to know that they were with you all the time — secretly.
For the past several weeks, journalism educators have worked furiously to salvage funding for publications programs in the Rockford school district, Illinois' third-largest. Journalism was among the course offerings endangered by a districtwide budget shortfall.
The save-journalism campaign prevailed Tuesday night, when the Rockford School Board voted down a series of proposed curriculum cutbacks, including those targeting student media. The victory was unaided by the entity with arguably the greatest stake in its outcome — the local Rockford Register Star newspaper. Its editors decided to cut student journalists adrift, resisting pleas to lend the editorial page's authoritative voice to explain the salutary civic benefits of teaching and practicing journalism.
The Register Star has a vested interest in championing high school journalism, not only for future employees, but more importantly, for community citizens who understand the civics of good government, critical thinking and leadership. So, why has the Editorial Board been silent as in-school journalism walks toward the chopping block? Because before the final dollar of the $50 million deficit is cut, dozens of equally important programs will also die. Is a journalism class more important than a physical education class? Than an arts or music class? Than an algebra class? Than a French class?
Journalism, of course, is not physical education or algebra. No one at the Rockford Public School District looks to the Register Star as the authority on the value of French classes. But if the people who actually hire journalism graduates — and whose precarious livelihood depends on young readers' continued enthusiasm for their product — behave indifferently toward the demise of journalism education, how are the neutral decision-makers expected to interpret that signal?
If Rockford schools had put the Future Farmers of America and 4-H programs before the firing squad, and a local agribusiness company was asked to intercede, do you think they'd have said, "Golly, we wouldn't want to act like agriculture is more important than algebra." Of course not. They'd have spoken up without hesitation to defend their industry, and everyone would have respected them for it.
In Illinois, the home of Censorship Central (a/k/a Stevenson High School), this should require no spelling out. But in case it does, there's a war on journalism going on in America's schools. While there is no indication of a nefarious motive in Rockford, school districts elsewhere have used financial exigency as a pretext to abolish newspaper programs they never liked anyway. And it is because of this lurking retaliatory agenda — and because cuts to journalism, unlike cuts to French classes, can eliminate students' primary vehicle for vindicating a constitutionally enumerated right — that journalism is different.
If journalists cannot see this, who can?
If journalists do not speak up, who will?
There is just one group left on the face of the earth that still believes newspapers are fun, exciting places where bright tomorrows are possible. And Rockford Register Star, you just shoved them off the plank.


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Határon túli és diaszpóra gyűjtemények
Az Amerikai Magyar Alapítvány folyóirat gyűjteménye - American Hungarian Foundation Collection
AHF – Archives
The American Hungarian Foundation has played a remarkable role in preserving, maintaining, making available, and passing on Hungarian cultural heritage in the United States since it was founded in 1955. It collects, catalogs and promotes the documents and objects of the Hungarian immigrants and exiles, supported by the Hungarian diaspora community and members of the different generations of Hungarian origin with donations. Publications, lecture series, festivals, exhibitions comprise a variety of activities to present literary and scientific output, as well as works of fine and folk art. The collection is no doubt a major source of research on American Hungarians. In the 1960s awards were established to appreciate achievements concerning Hungarians, annual dinners and fundraising balls were organized, scholarships and fellowships were offered to support scholarly research. The Foundation, originally located in Elmhurst (IL) and relocated to New Brunswick (NJ) in 1959, moved into a new building in 1989. The Hungarian Heritage Center, designed by Hungarian-American architect László Papp, gives home to a museum, library and archive. A long-term contract was signed in 1997 with the Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchange and with the National Széchényi Library to build cultural relationships. In September 2005 in Budapest the American Hungarian Foundation and its founder-president, August J. Molnar (1924, Cleveland, OH-2016, New Brunswick, NJ) were honored with the "Hungarian Heritage Award" for their cultural mission. To meet the challenges of the 21st century a homepage is available on the internet, events to attract upcoming generations are organized, social media is used to reach and involve younger members of the community, and the digitization of the most vulnerable and unique print and audio-visual materials (American-Hungarian newspapers, photos, manuscripts, oral history interviews for example) is already underway in order to ensure long-term preservation of the Hungarica collections and broad access to the documents in digital format.
The library and the archive can be treated as one in many respects: periodicals belonging to the library collection represent archival value due to their age, as well as fragile and unique nature. Rare books, manuscripts, miscellaneous prints about the events held by the organizations of the local community such as invitations, newsletters, photos, video recordings are also included in this category. The archive has more than 300 bequests by American-Hungarian organizations and individuals. There are two major deposits: the Bethlen Collection from the American-Hungarian Reformed Church (1895-2000) and the William Penn – formerly known as Verhovay Aid – Association Collection (1888-1955). There is rich archival material available about the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and resettlement of refugees, including the registration cards of more than 32,000 refugees who arrived at Camp Kilmer, and the papers donated by the United Nations Library (1956-1962). The bequest of the noted poet and journalist György Szécskay consists of nearly 20,000 personal files. Xerox copies of early biographical notes by photographer André Kertész number almost 1,200 pages in the archive. Documents long-lost and/or hiding on the shelves of the archives such as the proofread version of Géza Kende's third volume of Magyarok Amerikában [Hungarians in America, 1928], and three scrapbooks on the unveiling of the Kossuth statue in New York City with photographs by Alajos Schüszler, were recently discovered. Some significant collections and several oral history recordings have been already digitized by researchers who participated in the Mikes Kelemen Program. Library holdings are included in the Rutgers University Libraries online catalog, the Finding Aid for the Bethlen Collection is available as a research guide at Rutgers University Library homepage, while the archival database can be used locally. These projects all contribute to the mission of AHF to "Collect, Converse and Celebrate". As a private property of the American Hungarian community, it was founded and have been since supported by the donations of this community. Both Hungarian and American scientific institutions should appreciate its valuable collections.
Amerikai Magyar Hírlap
Amerikai Magyar Reformátusok Lapja
Amerikai Magyar Szó
Amerikai Magyar Újság
Bethlehemi Hiradó
Bethlen Naptár
Bérmunkás
Csendes Percek
Egyesületi Értesítő - Magyar Csendőrök Családi Közössége
The Eighth Tribe
Az Ember
Erős Vár
Evangéliumi Hírnök
Evangéliumi Világszolgálat
Fáklyaláng
Fraternity-Testvériség
Független Magyar Hírszolgálat
Hazai Tudósítások
A Hét
A Híd
Hungarian Heritage Review
Hungarian Studies Newsletter
Hungary Today - Press Survey
Itt-Ott
Kanadai Magyarság
Kis Dongó
Krónika - New York
A Kürt
Magyar Cserkész
Magyar Egyház
Magyar Hiradó
Magyar Hirnök
Magyar News
Magyar Szárnyak
Magyar Újság
Newyorki Figyelő
Nyugati Magyarság
Reformátusok Lapja - Egyesületi kiadás
Szittyakürt
A Szív
Tárogató - Toronto
Új Világ - Irodalmi Folyóirat
Verhovayak Lapja
Washingtoni Krónika
William Penn Life


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The big story: Archbishop Gregory appointed to Washington
A promise of truth: Archbishop Gregory (CNS)
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta has been appointed as Archbishop of Washington, DC. He succeeds Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned after a storm of criticism over his handling of the abuse crisis.
At the press conference announcing his appointment, Archbishop Gregory said the bishops had too often tried to protect themselves by "circling the wagons". The archbishop pledged: "I will always tell you the truth as I understand it."
Philip Pullella of Reuters noted that Archbishop Gregory was "the first African-American" to occupy the Church's "most senior US position". Pullella noted that Gregory "is considered a progressive who prefers dialogue and has largely shunned the US Church's often strident culture wars".
At One Peter Five, Steve Skojec was apprehensive. The archbishop is, Skojec said, close to "the wrong kind of ecclesiastical figures, the wrong sorts of issues". For instance, he invited the controversial priest Fr James Martin SJ to speak in Atlanta. He was also involved in the 2004 dispute over giving Communion to openly pro-abortion politicians: Archbishop Gregory seemed reluctant to impose such a prohibition, and received – along with then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick – a letter from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger urging that sacramental discipline be upheld.
Ed Condon of the Catholic News Agency suggested that Archbishop Gregory could become "the face of transparency and reform" in the US hierarchy. Alternatively, "he could opt to see out his term quietly, restoring a sense of normalcy to a diocese hit hard by scandal."
At Catholic Culture, Philip Lawler said Archbishop Gregory would soon face a test. His new archdiocese contained "the office of the Vatican nuncio", whose files could answer Archbishop Viganò's questions "about how McCarrick rose to power and kept his position despite reports of flagrant immorality. When the new archbishop calls for the opening of those files, we'll know he's committed to giving us the truth."
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India is a large, complex and beautiful country of diverse faiths and cultures. Practically every religious denomination that exists on this planet has a presence in this country. If there is one quality that differentiates India from other countries, it is that in a spirit of plurality, she has always welcomed every foreign culture and religion that arrived on her shores into her fold with respect and nurturing warmth. 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family), is a popular and credible boast of a Hindu because secularism has been an integral part of Hindu philosophy, culture and tradition.
We, Indians, pride ourselves as the inheritors of an ancient civilization; we speak of ancient traditions, customs which have evolved over thousands of years and which form the basis of the Hindu "way of life". But, today, the honest truth is that we are not as connected to our roots as we think we are and most of us live a progressively-diluting Hindu "way of life". We are, in reality, a country of dying art forms, traditions, systems, languages, festivals and customs.
From my college days in Bangalore, I remember a student who used to wear a half-saree or 'langa daavani' as it is known in Karnataka. I remember her even after so many years because she was the only girl who wore that traditional South Indian dress every single day while the rest of the girls would be attired in salwar kameez or western attire. A half-saree was the regular attire of young girls when my mother went to college. Today, the 'langa daavani' is dead and buried at least in big cities like Bangalore.
The Pandavani singers of Chattisgarh are storytellers who serve as their community's historians and preservers of culture. Boa Sr, was the last speaker of the Andamanese language Aka Bo; he died in 2010. Sakhi Kandhei is a puppet art form from Orissa and the nomadic Vasudevs of Nasik travel from state to state singing devotional songs. What is common among all these is that they are dying or dead art forms. They are not simply art forms that one indulged in as a hobby but that art formed the economic backbone of entire communities while keeping our nation's history and rich culture alive through them.
It is sheer hypocrisy that the liberals, who organized beef parties across India to rebel against the sentiment of the Hindus regarding beef, were the first to support a ban on Jallikattu on the pretext of cruelty to animals. These are the same folks who donned skull-caps, attended iftar parties and posed for photographs while eating some beef kababs. Two tweets by one such liberal intellectual, Ms.Shobhaa De exposes their mindset completely. On October 1st last year, when the beef debate was on, she tweeted in an obvious challenge to those asking for a ban on slaughter,"I just ate beef. Come and murder me." A few days ago, on January 9th, she tweeted in support of a ban on Jallikattu thus,"Jallikattu: Barbaric, brutal, and medieval. Must be challenged,banned,no matter what! Betting money of politicians involved in this cruel 'sport'." Such people wrote columns and made petitions to stop the bursting of crackers beyond restricted hours during the most important Hindu festival, Deepavali, but none of them made similar petitions against bursting of crackers on New Year's Eve. We did not hear a squeak in the name of environment from our liberal brethren against the uprooting of millions of Christmas trees across the world while there was a high-decibel opposition to the immersion of Ganesha and Durga idols during the respective festivals. The duplicity in their stand and activism only points to vested interests.
This disdain for all things Hindu, has now moved beyond the domain of social activism, into policy-making. Let me cite an example. The river Cauvery is the lifeline of farmers in Karnataka. Every year, on a particular day at a particular time, which is predicted using Hindu astrological calculations, she springs forth at Talacauvery, in Kodagu district. Thousands witness the theerthodhbhava, and Hindu priests welcome Mother Cauvery with puja and hymns. The state government makes special arrangements for tourists on this occasion. As a ritual, every year, the Chief Minister offers a 'baagina' (a traditional offering made to goddesses and women during festivals) to Mother Cauvery, a tradition that was followed by the Kings of Mysore. Despite such rich traditions, which are followed from times immemorial, the Karnataka state government led by Mr. Siddaramaiah has proposed an anti-superstition bill that aims to curb superstitions such as astrology and 'blind faith'; a move that is seen as an attempt to target Hindu customs and traditions, which are painted as superstitions by liberal society. While minorities have specific rights to protect their culture in India, there is a consistent onslaught on Hindu culture by all and sundry – national and international entities, liberal Hindus and even governments of a certain hue and color.
In India, Christianity first arrived in Kerala in 1st Century AD and interestingly, Islam also arrived first on the shores of Malabar in 7th Century AD. So well integrated are these two religions in Kerala's social and cultural fabric that in Sabarimala, devotees have to visit the mosque of Vavar before proceeding for a darshan of Lord Ayyappa. Devotees have to observe certain dietary rules and daily rituals for forty days before visiting the shrine. Women between the ages of 10 and 50 are not allowed in the shrine. But, women are allowed in all other Ayyappa temples; in fact, there are no restrictions for women in any other temples. Due to the said restriction, all of a sudden, the allegations of discrimination against women at Sabarimala have reached a din because a few women have chosen to represent millions of women.
Interestingly, those millions have no problem with existing customs at the Sabarimala shrine. What these women activists have failed to factor is that Kerala is a matriarchal society; that women have a superior status socially and therefore, the allegations of discrimination sound hollow. For every Sabarimala, there is a Melmarvathur temple, a Mannarasala or Pongala ritual, where women can perform poojas or are primary participants in the temple rituals. Should then men fight for a space in these temples by raising a similar argument for equality? The only outcome of such activism is that the sentiments of the truly religious are hurt while the ones indulging in activism may find it superstitious to even step into a temple.
What gives a small group of people with seemingly vested interests, the right to speak on behalf of the large majority without seeking their views on such matters? Is the Hindu sentiment terribly unimportant or is there a deliberate attempt to obliterate whatever is native to India. The answer is an affirmative to both and there is much more than meets the eye, it appears. While so called modernity plays havoc socially, culturally and economically on the lives of those that are closely linked to native culture and tradition – such as tribals , nomads, artisans, rural folk –, other harmful blows are being dealt on the entire nation by the growing aggression of one religion and by growing proselytization of another. It is an irony that Hindus feel more and more constrained for space in every domain; that they feel threatened and defensive about their identity and freedom, which is challenged every day; even though, demographically they constitute approximately eighty percent of the population.
Will a Uniform Civil Code help solve these imbalances? It might. But, the problem needs to be addressed not just at the political level. It needs to be addressed at a social, economic and individual level too. Hindus have chosen neither to organize themselves nor to respond swiftly and boldly against attacks on their way of life. Their laid-back excuse is that our ancient civilization has survived despite centuries of foreign invasions, cultural onslaughts by invaders, mass conversions by the sword, economic and political subjugation etc. A much-celebrated freedom movement that laid too much focus on meekness and an education system designed by colonial masters with the purpose of making mere clerks out of Indians, have only made this laid-back nature, a part of the Hindu DNA. Even if people recognize that a problem exists, they wait for knights in shining armor or the political establishment to rescue them. Meanwhile, the slow but sure elimination of all that forms the foundation of our ancient civilization, is already in progress – our customs, attire, language, rituals, festivals, art forms, to name but a few, are all dying. Today, our country has become a burial ground for all things 'Hindu'. An immediate and concerted effort at organizing and forcefully putting forth ideas and plans of action to protect and preserve our identity, can perhaps save the day.
Raising the issues of discrimination and abuse in spaces where none exist, is a desperate bid to keep alive the bogey of intolerance which was started by the liberal brigade with the backing of the so-called secular political parties of India. With the successful hype of Dadri, which brought international infamy to Indian credentials of tolerance, there can be no better cause than animal rights and women's rights to further the debate on India's intolerance at international forums and to bring disrepute to a popularly elected Government at the Centre.
has jallikattu already been banned?


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If you're interested in improving how you manage your finances, then you need to care about rising interest rates that are expected this year from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve controls the overnight lending rate use by banks to borrow from each other. When banks pay higher interest on these short-term loans, they subsequently charge higher interest on the money that they lend out.
Interest rates will rise for borrowers, including individuals and corporations.
Interest rates will rise for savers. Savers can finally look forward to greater returns on certificates of deposit and money market accounts.
Prices might go up due to firms' increased borrowing costs.
So there's a ripple effect from the Fed across the lending world. The prime rate, mortgage interest rates, car loan rates, CD rates and savings rates will also climb.
When will this happen? Here's what Fed chief Janet Yellen told Congress in July: "If the economy evolves as we expect, economic conditions likely would make it appropriate at some point this year to raise the federal-funds rate target, thereby beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy."
Let's look at what you can do to prepare for rising interest rates.
If you've been on the fence about refinancing or buying a home, vacation home or rental property, now is the time to act. Once interest rates start trending up, the borrowing costs for your real estate investment will rise.
According to Freddie Mac, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has a 4.04% rate. If you borrow $200,000 for your new home, the principal and interest payment will be $959. If you wait until mortgage interest rates rise to 5.00%, the payment for that same mortgage will run $1,074.
A difference of $115 per month doesn't seem like a lot. But if you wait to borrow, in one year you'll pay an additional $1,380. Multiply that $1,380 by the 30-year term, and the delay in snaring a mortgage costs you more than $40,000.
Does your business need some extra capital? Is your car due to be replaced? If you were planning to borrow responsibly in the near future, it's better to do so sooner rather than later.
If you're in the market for a car, there are some excellent car deals and financing opportunities available. The current best auto loan rates are around 2.99% APR.
If you borrow $15,000 for three years at 2.99% APR, your monthly payment will be about $436.15. If you wait and the best rates hit 4.50% APR, then your payment jumps to $446.20. That's an increase of almost $400 over the life of the loan. Waiting to borrow will cost you.
If you are carrying too much debt. It's usually a good policy to get that debt wiped out as soon as possible. That said, if you can't get rid of your existing debt within a short time, then you might want to consolidate your existing debt into a lower-interest package.
Just make sure that you're not extending the term of the loan and don't pay an organization to consolidate the debt for you. This tip is only viable if you end up paying less money per month and continue with a responsible repayment program.
Long-term, high-yield bond funds and risky mutual funds such as junk bond funds will tend to drop in value when interest rates rise. You might want to sell these types of fixed investments and reinvest the proceeds in shorter-duration bond funds.
If you want to keep your asset allocation intact, you could trade the risky, longer-term debt for bond funds with shorter durations. Although you won't receive juicy yields from shorter-term bond funds, you'll preserve your hard-earned capital. Consider shorter-duration exchange-traded funds such as the Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF or the Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF.
How will you feel when you snare a five-year CD at 2.25% APY and in several months you find another five-year CD paying 2.75% APY? This situation is likely as you invest in a rising rate environment. The best way to circumvent this reality is to focus on short-term savings investments.
The CD ladder is a well-regarded strategy to keep your money invested now and also take advantage of future higher interest rates. If you have $50,000 cash to invest, don't put it all in a five-year CD. Divide up the money into several parts: Put $15,000 in a five-year CD, $15,000 in a three-year CD and $20,000 in a one-year CD. That way, when each CD matures, you're ready to reinvest the proceeds in a higher-yielding investment.
Or, you can just keep the money in your money market mutual fund. This investment reacts very quickly to changes in interest rates.
Real estate investment trusts are high-yielding mutual funds that give investors an easy way to invest in real estate. They offer high yields because they're required to pay out most of their income in dividends to investors.
The problem with REITs in a rising interest rate environment is that the underlying real estate holders will have to pay higher interest rates on their mortgage loans. When real estate companies are paying higher interest rates to borrow money, then there's less left to pay out to investors.
There's an inverse relationship between REIT prices and interest rates: When interest rates go up, the value of REIT funds tends to drop.
The safest investment for rising interest rates is backed by the U.S. government. The government has created a portfolio of investor-friendly savings offerings. Two of the best investments for rising interest rates are I Bonds and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. These investments rise along with inflation.
If interest rates are going up, it's likely that inflation will also rise. So even if you buy I Bonds and TIPS today, you'll have the opportunity to watch your returns go up in the future.
TreasuryDirect.gov provides information about investing in government securities. It's easy to set up an account and invest online.
If you're a borrower, don't delay. Get your loan before rates rise. Savers and investors, invest gradually to benefit from rising interest rates.
This article, 7 Smartest Moves to Make Before Interest Rates Rise, originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com.