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Fish Hoek Beach White Shark Incident Report
As a result of the incident at Fish Hoek beach yesterday, 28 September, The City of Cape Town has compiled a report of the incident, which we are reproducing below in full:
At approximately 12.30 on Wednesday 28 September 2011, a 43 year old male, Mr. Michael Cohen was bitten and severely injured by a Great White Shark near Clovelly Corner, Fish Hoek beach while swimming. The victim sustained severe injuries which included the loss of his right leg and severe damage to his left foot.
The purpose of the review is to establish:
The facts and ensure that the correct information is provided to authorities as well as the public
Assess whether any reasonable actions could have been done to prevent the attack
Identify areas / aspects that need to be improved to reduce the chance of further attacks
Provide a detailed account of the events for the record
Shark Bite Details
The following account of the events leading up to the attack, the attack itself as well as the emergency response has been compiled based on interviews conducted on 28 September with all parties involved.
Although the accounts from various witnesses vary to some degree, as expected following a traumatic event, the following may be considered as an accurate description of the events leading up to as well as the shark bite and emergency response thereafter.
The Shark Spotters first sighted two Great White Sharks at 9.15. The alarm was sounded and the beach closed and the white flag raised. Once the sharks had moved back out the bay the Red Warning Flag was raised as per standard safety protocol.
At approximately 10.50 Shark Spotters re-sighted two Great White Sharks for the second time within Fish Hoek Bay. As per protocol the shark siren was again sounded, the beach cleared of swimmers and the shark flag raised. In both cases, sms notification of the sighting was distributed via the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) notification system.
At around 12.25 the mountain Shark Spotter saw a swimmer enter the water near the Clovelly Corner area. The spotter tried to sound the alarm, but due to a Eskom related city-wide electricity failure the alarm did not sound. The spotter notified his colleague on the beach as well as Monwabisi Sikweyiya, the Shark Spotting operations manager by radio. The beach spotter began to run toward Clovelly corner to warn the swimmer while Monwabisi drove to Clovelly corner.
Just after 12.25, according to eye witness Kyle James, a large shark casually and slowly approached the swimmer. At this point the swimmer was swimming parallel to the beach in a southerly direction just off the brown water emanating from the Silvermine River mouth. The shark approached the man from behind who was unaware of the sharks' presence. The shark lunged for the swimmer, shook him once, then let go and moved off 5 to 10 metres away. Two beach goers, Mr. Douglas Drysdale, 61, from Glencairn Heights, and Mr Hugh Till, 66, from Fish Hoek entered the water and assisted Mr Cohen to shore. Before entering the water they called emergency services. At this time, Monwabisi Sikweyiya arrived on the scene and immediately began first aid measures. Monwabisi removed his own belt and applied it as a tourniquet, elevated the victim's leg and removed his shorts, which he used to stem the blood loss. Monwabisi immediately called Mr Ian Kloppers of the NSRI and EMS services who initiated emergency response. A helicopter was dispatched while Monwabisi and the two rescuers stayed with and stabilised the victim. SMS notification of the attack was distributed to City officials and relevant authorities via the DRM notification system and City officials were alerted of the attack within 4 minutes of it occurring.
Once emergency services landed on the beach, the victim was stabilised further and medi-vacted by helicopter to Constantiaberg Hospital.
The manager of the Shark Spotting Programme was on site and coordinating a response within 5 minutes of the attack. City officials from Environmental Management, Sport Recreation and Amenities as well as from Law Enforcement were all on site within 20 minutes of the attack taking place. A scientist from the Shark Spotting Programme and Save Our Seas Shark Centre was on site within 20 minutes to record and collate information on the incident. Fish Hoek lifesaving club members were alerted to the attack within 10 minutes of the event taking place and launched their rescue rubber duck.
Actual Eye Witness Accounts
Ashley– Shark Spotter account
The man was swimming parallel to shore in front of the river outfall at the time of the incident, in shallow water no more than 50 meters from shore. There were two Great White Sharks in the vicinity, a smaller one about "2 – 3 meters" and a larger one "4 -5 meters". The larger shark was swimming towards the swimmer on the inside of the swimmer between the swimmer and the shore in very shallow water. The second, smaller shark was a fair distance away from the swimmer. The shark swam past the swimmer into deeper water and made a large circle around him at a relaxed pace. The shark swam up behind the swimmer and then bit his legs. Contrary to preliminary reports of multiple bites, there was only one bite and then the shark released the man and swam away. At that stage Ashley stopped tracking the shark and concentrated on the swimmer and two rescuers who had entered the water. They pulled the man to shore where Monwabisi started administering first aid to the victim.
Kyle James – eyewitness walking by at the time of the incident
Kyle was walking from Kalk Bay to Clovelly when he saw a man swimming in Clovelly corner. He then saw a dark shadow about "3.5 – 4 meters" swimming slowly behind the swimmer. He recognised the dark shape as a shark. He describes the shark as swimming slowly up to the swimmer and when it was about 2 meters away it "jerked forward" biting the man on the legs. He described the shark raising slightly out of the water and giving one bite and then swimming slowly away again. He said the incident couldn't have lasted more than 15 seconds. He describes the shark swimming slowly away and then pausing a few meters away from the victim. After the pause the shark kept on swimming slowly away. Kyle saw a seal (possibly two), close to the victim at the time of the incident and thought that the seal was "trying to help the man". However, seals are highly equipped physically and behaviourally to avoid sharks. This observed behaviour is more likely explained by the seal avoiding the shark and using the man as a refuge like they do with kelp and other floating objects
At the time of the attack, seas were calm, visibility was good and the wind was blowing in a gentle south-westerly direction. The shark was visible to the spotter at all times since the first sighting of the day at 10.50.
Status of Equipment at the time of the attack
The following was verified through this review:
The shark alarm was in working order and had been sounded at 10.50
There was a general electricity outage at the time of the attack
All radios were in working order
The shark flag was flying
All general beach shark signage was in place and functional
The victim was known to the Shark Spotters and had previously repeatedly ignored verbal warnings by the spotters to adhere to the shark warnings and beach closures.
The victim's car was parked in the main parking area at Fish hoek beach indicating that he had accessed the beach from the well signposted area where the shark warning flag was flying.
He had informed the car guards of where his car keys were hidden in the event that something happened to him.
Victim was wearing navy blue swimming shorts and black goggles, and had bangles on one arm and a watch on the other.
Victim was swimming between the shore and breakers (not behind breakers).
General awareness on Great White Shark seasonal migration inshore
As has become standard operation each year during August the City and its partners issues a media release reminding Capetonians of the expected seasonal increase in Great White Sharks closer to shore as they start to spend less time at the seal colony and more time inshore. The City and NSRI released the information on 29 August 2011. Following the release numerous radio, TV and print interviews were conducted to create awareness around the issue to better prepare sea water users.
History of shark attacks in Fish hoek within last 6 years
Tyna Webb, fatal, November 2006
Lyle Maasdorp, no injury, surf-ski bitten, September 2008
Lloyd Skinner, fatal, January 2010
In the interest of public safety, it should be noted that in the case of Tyna Webb, Lloyd Skinner and Michael Cohen, shark warnings were in place prior to all of these events. Public adherence to shark warnings remains a constant challenge in preventing shark attacks.
Reports from staff indicate that members of the public continue to ignore shark warnings. Shark Spotters reported that on the morning of 28 September people in Fish Hoek were verbally abusive when asked to leave the water due to the shark sightings before the incident. The shark spotters report that there were members of the public who refused to leave the water at adjacent beaches after the incident when the beaches were officially closed. Adherence by the public to shark warnings remains a constant concern.
Shark sightings at Fish Hoek of the week leading up to 28 Sep 2011
24 Sep (Saturday): 3 shark sightings (10h26, 12h26, 14h47)
25 Sep (Sunday): 2 shark sightings (11h21, 12h18)
26 Sep (Monday): 1 shark sighting (09h29)
27 Sep (Tuesday): 1 shark sighting (15h36)
Shark behaviour before incident
Two sharks had been observed patrolling the inshore areas of Fish hoek since 09h15 on the morning of the incident. The water was clear and the sharks and their behaviour seen clearly. The shark spotter noted that the sharks were spending a lot of time in Clovelly corner near the river mouth and were swimming in "very shallow" water. The behaviour of the sharks was described as being relaxed. At some times they were close together and at other times far apart, but both spent a lot of time in the corner at Clovelly.
On previous days (Saturday, 24 September 2011 in particular) it was noted by the spotters and lifeguards that the sharks looked like they were feeding on something in the Clovelly area. Behaviour such as "thrashing" in shallow water were noted. Furthermore, on Saturday in particular, black-backed kelp gulls (> 30) were observed hovering over the sharks indicative of scavenging of prey remains. On both Saturday and Sunday the sharks also showed a lot of interest in floating pieces of kelp, often swam with their dorsal fins out of the water, and one shark was even described as spy-hopping. Their behaviour was generally described as slow patrolling.
1. Could the attack have been avoided within reasonable means?
It is the position of this review that all shark safety protocols had been followed:
shark spotters were on duty,
the beach had been closed and cleared at 10h50
the Great White Shark flag was flying, and
the Shark Spotters did everything possible to get to the man once they realised he had entered the water.
Mr. Douglas Drysdale and Mr. Hugh Till, the two rescuers who pulled Mr. Cohen from the water helped save his life and should be commended for their bravery.
Further the actions and response by Monwabisi Sikweyiya following the attack which included:
Applying his belt as a tourniquet
Elevating the injured leg
Stemming the blood flow with his shirt
Contacting the NSRI for emergency medical response
should also be commended. Without this immediate, rational and professional response by Monwabisi Sikweyiya the victim more than likely would have bled to death on the beach.
2. Overall Findings
All shark warning protocols were followed by the shark spotters as required and stipulated throughout 28 September
The immediate, rational and professional response by Monwabisi Sikweyiya to the attack directly resulted in the victim surviving the attack
The brave actions of the two beach goers Mr Drysdale and Mf Till who pulled the victim from the water must be noted and commended
All emergency response and notification procedures worked. Officials were notified within minutes of the attack, officials were on site within 20 minutes and victim was stabilised and medi-vacted by helicopter to hospital within 40 minutes of the attack.
The only gap in the shark safety programme that could be noted was the general Eskom related electricity failure which meant the alarm could not be sounded again when the victim entered the water.
The Shark Spotting Programme should be commended for its compliance to all standard shark safety protocols during the day of 28 September. Lessons learnt from previous incidents have been applied and training has been effective in improving responses to these incidents. Follow-up first-aid and emergency training that staff have received since the previous incident in January 2010 was well applied, particularly in the speedy response of Monwabisi Sikweyiya.
The success, speed and effectiveness of the emergency response and notification system should be noted
The actions of Monwabisi Sikweyiya be noted and commended
The actions of Mr Drysdale and Mr Till be noted and commended
Back-up battery systems be provided to all shark alarms in the event of electricity outages
A designated swimming area at Fish Hoek beach be demarcated on a daily basis by the Lifesaving Club in consultation with the Shark Spotters. Lifesaving club and City Law Enforcement members to actively ensure that all bathers utilise this area. This information about a defined bathing area at Fish Hoek to be communicated via the media.
Further information on the Shark Spotters Programme can be found at
Issued by: Communication Department, City of Cape Town
Media enquiries: Gregg Oelofse, Head: Environmental Policy and Strategy, Environmental Resource Management Department, City of Cape Town, Tel: 021 487 2239 or Cell: 083 940 8143


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Aquest és un resum estadístic de la lliga de futbol de Polònia (Ekstraklasa) de la temporada 1993/1994.

18 equips van competir aquella temporada. El títol va ser guanyat pel Legia Varsòvia.

Nota: Legia Varsòvia, ŁKS Łódź i Wisłun Kraków van tenir 3 punts de penalització en iniciar la lliga.

Classificació final

Referències

 Polònia - Llista de classificacions de la lliga polonesa 1920-2001 (RSSSF)

Futbol a Polònia

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Discussion in 'More Accessories' started by chocsta, Mar 14, 2004.
Hi all! I have been reading the posts at "the Fashion Spot" for some time now, and I find that a lot of people here have a great sense of style! My boyfriend's birthday is approaching, and he just got elected onto our university's Governing Council as a student representative, so I want to get him a classy, presentable tie as a birthday gift. I know that Gucci has some pretty nice ties, cause I've gotten one before for my high school teacher, but what styles and other brands would everyone recommend for a 22-year-old guy who's not really that into fashion?
I could totally do with your help!!
I noticed Burberry had a lot of nice ties.
and not just the regular old Nova print.
Personally my favourite tie is cream with with black and silver diagonal stripes and I can't resist raw, woven black silk.
my preferences are -armani, prada, ysl, agnes b.
PrinceOfCats: That's a beautiful tie!! He would probably need something a bit more conservative, but I would totally wear it and maybe it could be an add on for later, but right now he needs some staples that he can wear all the time!
Thank you for the input!!
Probably YSL, Gucci...i liked the Prada print ties from Fall 2003...but they werent for most men.
i prefer a slim tie, like dior homme.
i am anything but a conventional girl but ironically i chose a conventional Loewe homme tie for me last time i bought one. Very modern ties can look a bit tacky sometimes... you can never go wrong with a quality classic tie, me thinks!
I myself have been contemplating for awhile whether or not to purchase a tie. However I'm not sure it is my style. I'm more of a jeans with a vintage tee, or hoddie, and alot of scarves wearing type guy lol. So I'm not sure whether purchasing a tie for me would be a good decision. Can ties be worn casually? Or is it something that has to be used with a suit or something?
Lol sorry for asking questions during your thread! Anyways I saw these beatiful ties at Louis which I loved. The print wise nice and simple. I find simplicity sometimes is the best approach, rather than having a tie with too much color and tacky patterns. The Louis ties retail for $210 CDN! Try Holt as well they have a wide selection.
I'd suggest looking for a tie that would go with his other clothing. You can buy a great Hermes tie but if he doesn't have anything to go with it it's just a $200 silk rag.
Also and I can't stress this enough, simple is better. There may be exceptions to this but as a guiding rule-simple is better.


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Dustin Johnson returns to the top of the world rankings after claiming victory at the St Jude Classic in Memphis.
Dustin Johnson has returned to the top of the world rankings after claiming victory at the St Jude Classic in Memphis.
Johnson produced an eagle on the final fairway to record a four-under 66 card and earn his second victory of the season, the 18th of his career.
The American had a five-stroke advantage alongside partner Andrew Putnam heading into the final round, but Johnson pulled away when Putnam could only manage a double bogey on the opening green.
Johnson's two-putt birdie at the third put him further in front, before Putnam's sloppiness from close range denied him the opportunity to close in after Johnson had missed at the fifth.
Putnam's 10-foot birdie put him two shots behind his partner soon after, but Johnson produced a 15-foot putt at the 12th, a birdie at the next hole and a 169-yard eagle on the final hole to ensure victory.
Johnson's next tournament will be the US Open, which begins on Thursday.
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Press Release 12.01.20
New Coalition of Philanthropists, Major Foundations Launches on Giving Tuesday to Increase Funding to America's Charities During Pandemic and Beyond
'Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving' releases set of common-sense reforms to charitable giving laws
WASHINGTON – Today on Giving Tuesday, philanthropists and leaders of major foundations launched the Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving, a coalition dedicated to promoting common-sense, non-partisan charitable giving reforms that increase and accelerate resources to working charities, while enhancing the efficacy of the philanthropic sector writ large. Coalition members represent a broad spectrum of interests across philanthropy, and include private foundations such as the Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, and W. K. Kellogg Foundation; philanthropists John Arnold, Kat Taylor, and Melanie Lundquist; and law professors Ray Madoff and Roger Colinvaux, among others.
As the nation wrestles with the health and economic effects of COVID-19—both of which have exacerbated social inequities, from systemic racism to a worsening hunger crisis—the work of charities has never been more important. Yet as the demand for charitable services has significantly increased, charities' revenues and resources have decreased, leaving them in urgent need of support.
Giving Tuesday marks a day when Americans step up and provide crucial support to charities; this year, the Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving is focusing on new strategies to boost giving, including fixing inefficiencies in our charitable giving tax laws. Currently, $1 trillion sits in private foundations and $120 billion sits in donor-advised funds (DAFs) – money that could be used to support charities and the millions of people they serve. Today's tax laws do not sufficiently incentivize these philanthropic vehicles to distribute their funds to charities in a timely fashion, even though donors receive tax benefits upfront – meaning the government is deprived of tax revenue without seeing a return benefit to society. Further, approximately only 10% of Americans receive tax benefits for their charitable giving in the first place.
"If you're wondering about the disparity between the immense philanthropic wealth in this country and the daily fight most charities have to wage to stay alive, look no further than charitable tax laws," said John Arnold, Founder and Co-Chair of Arnold Ventures. "The rules disincentivize philanthropists from giving with any sense of urgency: foundations and donor-advised funds get immediate tax breaks, and feel no pressure to deliver resources to where they are needed: charities solving this generation's most pressing problems."
"Giving Tuesday reminds us of the essential work that charities do every day in communities across the country," said Ray Madoff, Professor of Law. "As we dig deep to support charities on Giving Tuesday at a time of unprecedented need, it's important to leverage all available tools, including reforming design flaws in our charitable giving tax laws, which currently provide no assurances that private foundations or donor-advised funds will ever be put to charitable use."
The coalition released a statement of principles signed by its members that outlines federal policy proposals that would significantly expand and accelerate the flow of resources to working charities from private foundations, DAFs, and individuals. The Initiative proposes the following common-sense reforms:
For private foundations, close loopholes to better ensure that distributions qualifying for the payout requirement are available for use by working charities; and incentivize greater payout through reforms to the excise tax.
For DAFs, adopt measures to make sure that DAF accounts are distributed to working charities within a reasonable period of time.
For individuals, incentivize greater giving by expanding and extending the new non-itemizer charitable deduction in a cost-effective way.
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, said, "The Covid-19 pandemic is deepening inequality and putting a monumental strain on nonprofit organizations that serve marginalized communities. Philanthropy needs to act with bold leadership and innovation to help frontline advocacy organizations and movements remain strong and resilient in the days and months ahead."
Hewlett Foundation President Larry Kramer said, "The Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving has developed a thoughtful proposal to update the nation's tax laws and align incentives so that the whole philanthropic sector can meet its dual purpose of providing aid for dire, immediate needs such as COVID relief – and building and sustaining the ideas, institutions, and movements to address society's most pressing and complex long-term problems, from racism to climate change."
Chris Stadler, Chairman of the Board at Global Citizen, said, "As a global advocacy organization, we believe the time to do more—and give more—is right now. Increasing and accelerating giving to charities must be elevated as a top priority as these crucial organizations respond to today's unprecedented crises, particularly within marginalized communities. The policy reforms proposed by the Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving are an important step forward in ensuring the organizations have the resources they need to meet the moment, to drive change and to achieve results."
A full list of our members is here.
The statement of principles signed by our members is here.
More information about the Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving is available at acceleratecharitablegiving.org.
About the Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving
The Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving is a broad coalition of philanthropists and leaders of major foundations who are dedicated to promoting common-sense, non-partisan charitable giving reforms that increase and accelerate resources provided to working charities while enhancing the efficacy of the philanthropic sector. For more information, visit acceleratecharitablegiving.org.
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Introducing BaseTen
Tuhin Srivastava
Author's note: We have made exciting progress in the year since posting this introduction, you'll find more up-to-date information in our Series A announcement and new introduction of Baseten.
Over the last decade, our team has used machine learning to solve problems across organizations big and small, all the way from framing problems and ideating to putting the power of models directly in the hands of users. We've seen amazing ML-driven outcomes in healthcare, the creator economy, and business operations, and become convinced that machine learning is poised to have a profound impact on the way we live and work.
We have also learned that it is still far too difficult to build end-to-end product solutions that use machine learning for impact. Despite the cost of training having rapidly decreased and the increased prevalence of effective pre-trained models, the vast majority of gains are yet to be realized. There are many things that are obviously difficult about doing machine learning today — gathering the right data, labeling data, training and optimizing models, and of course, deploying and serving models. And a whole new set of impressive tools has emerged to tackle these problems.
However, in our experience, the stickiest part of modern ML work is shipping — and this crucial step is where most teams get stuck. It's taking the model out of the notebook and embedding it in an internal or external-facing application such that real users can interact with it, give feedback, and ultimately make decisions. Shipping an ML product to end users isn't the last step in a linear pipeline. It's a crucial part of an iterative loop -- only then can you establish the virtuous cycle you need to improve the performance of the model in the real world.
Achieving this requires an immense amount of high-coordination engineering work — grappling with web frameworks to serve the model, building the complex infrastructure to scale properly, and finally a completely separate stream of product-engineering work to either integrate into existing systems or build new user interfaces. All in all, it is still prohibitively expensive to go zero-to-one on solving real problems with machine learning and many talented teams are stuck in the "analytics" and "experimentation" phase of ML; there is data and models, but few can point to outcomes such as better user experiences, more revenue or lesser costs.
Enter BaseTen
BaseTen is the fastest way to build applications powered by machine learning. Our mission is to increase the value delivered with machine learning by lowering the barrier to usable, productized ML.
Today, with BaseTen, data scientists can deploy machine learning models with a couple of lines of code and serve fast, scalable APIs without the infrastructure, framework, and deployment nightmares. And you don't have to be an ML practitioner to find BaseTen useful — engineers can choose from a library of state-of-the-art pre-trained models to bootstrap their machine learning efforts. It doesn't stop there — if and when you need a user interface for your users, our drag-and-drop builder lets you build stateful and interactive interfaces; no front-end experience required.
Building a horizontal product with such a wide surface area has been challenging and fun. A few guiding ideas that have helped pave the way for us are:
Principle of least astonishment. BaseTen is a new way to build ML-powered applications, but it should not seem foreign. Data scientists and engineers will notice concepts that match ones they're already familiar with.
Easy things are easy; hard things are possible. Most use cases are dead simple, fast and scalable using BaseTen. That doesn't come at the cost of control and visibility — BaseTen is architected modularly and is built using standard technologies (e.g. Docker, Knative, Postgres, etc), so more advanced users can have access to the underlying technologies when need be.
Scale gracefully from toy apps to complex, mission-critical full-stack applications. We expect that our users will build fun toy apps with BaseTen. However our sights are on supporting the development and operationalization of large-scale, mission-critical applications with many creators and operators. This goal enforces additional requirements on the product, including building statefulness as a first-class concept. This sets BaseTen apart from the notebook-based app frameworks.
And we have seen promising signs from our alpha users: from a small data science team at a fintech company operationalizing a customer-scoring ML model without needing engineering resources, to a digital therapeutics startup with no ML practitioners creating a workflow application for their clinical operations team powered by a state-of-the-art pre-trained model from BaseTen's model zoo. What excites us the most is the diversity of the use cases we're seeing with our alpha users. We're truly in the early innings of machine learning adoption and we'd love for you to be a part of it as well.
Today, we're excited to announce our Closed Beta — we're opening up free access for early users to kick the tires and help shape our product roadmap. All we'd like from you is your feedback. If you'd be interested in working with us during this period, please fill out this short form and tell us a little more about your use case. We're really excited about the coming weeks and months that we will get to work with you all.
We're also shipping fast — some core areas we're focused in the short term:
Expanded model zoo — over the past months we've added the most in-demand state-of-the-art models (including HuggingFace and GPT-3) to our library of pre-trained models that users can import into their applications. We're continuing to add models to this library with every release — if there are any models that you'd like to see in the BaseTen model zoo, please reach out.
A rich library of front-end components — today we support over a dozen native BaseTen components for our users; we are working on adding more components including media inputs, richer data visualization options, and better queueing/inbox components.
More integrations — Salesforce, Zendesk, and Hubspot are all on our roadmap. Let us know what else you'd like to see.
Source control and application versioning.
Perfecting the ideal development environment.
We're a small group of engineers and designers figuring out how to make our dent with thoughtfully designed software. We're an internationally and intellectually diverse group of passionate builders, and try not to take ourselves too seriously. We're backed by top-tier investors and prominent angels and are looking to grow our team. If this sounds interesting to you, please drop us a line at hi@baseten.co.
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Choosing the right horizontal scaling setup for high-traffic models
Horizontal scaling via replicas with load balancing is an important technique for handling high traffic to an ML model. Let's examine three tips for understanding how to properly replicate your instances to save users time without wasting your money.
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She is a down-to-earth pillar of the community. He is a boozing alley cat. Yet PASSIONS's Julian and Eve have emerged as one of daytime's most winning duos.
Maybe it is because they bring out in each other what they keep hidden from everyone else. Around Eve, Julian evolves into the kind, generous soul nobody else gets to see (just ask ex-wife Ivy or fiancée Rebecca). In turn, Crane awakens a smoldering passion in the doc that's missing in her mundane marriage to T.C. There's an easy chemistry between portrayers Ben Masters and Tracey Ross.
Yes, Julian and Eve's past was tawdry (he introduced her to a fast, drug-fueled lifestyle), but now they're older, wiser and share something beyond physical attraction. The revelation that their love child is still alive has cemented Julian and Eve's bond. Maybe they'll discover that, as Old Blue Eyes crooned, love is lovelier, the second time around.


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Pondicherry also known as Puducherry is a French colonial settlement in India until 1954, is now a Union Territory of India. Its French legacy is preserved in its French Quarter, with tree-lined streets, mustard-colored colonial villas and chic boutiques. A seaside promenade runs along the Bay of Bengal.
It has a gallery with sculptures and has the remains of archaeological findings from the Arikamedu Roman settlement. The museum also has a collection of rare bronzes and stone sculptures from the Pallava and Chola dynasties and artifacts excavated from Arikamedu.
It is located next to the old lighthouse on Goubert Avenue, the museum is open on all days except Monday. This museum has a collection of over 120 dolls, each one dressed in costumes from different Indian states. Also on display is a little "fairyland" with a tiny Ganesha watching over all the proceedings.
It is located next to the Botanical Gardens and it has collections of snail shells from the Pondicherry region.
It is a four-meter statue of Mahatma Gandhi is surrounded by eight granite pillars, located across as an integral part of Pondicherry's colonial past.
It is on Goubert Avenue built in the remembrance of the brave soldiers who laid down their lives, for their country during the First World War. It was built in 1971. Every year 14th July on Bastille Day the memorial is beautifully illuminated and homage is paid to those brave martyrs.
Also known as Park Monunemt is a white monument built during the time of Napoleon III, Emperor of the France. It is situated in center of Bharathi park.
The monument commemorates the provision of water to the French city during his reign. It was named after a lady courtesan called Ayi. She destroyed her own house to erect a water reservoir to supply water for the city.
The Botanical Gardens were laid out in 1826 in the ornate French style, with pruned trees, flower beds and gravel lined paths and fountains. The gate leading to the garden is reminiscent of French architecture.
The French introduced many exotic plants from all over the world. The gardens also have a musical fountain which is active over the weekends, with two shows in the evening.
The Government Park or Bharati Park is in the green centre of the Town. The Aayi Mandapam is a famous monument which lies at the center of the Bharati Park.
The Government Park in Pondicherry is aptly located in the central region of the old colonial town. The park is surrounded by government buildings like the Lt. Governor's Palace, the Legislative Assembly, Government Hospital, Ashram Dining Room, the Cercle de Pondichéry private club, and the old Hotel Qualite.
Puducherry Science Centre & Planetarium also known as Puducherry Science Park located in Lawspet. The centre was designed, developed and set up by the National Council of Science Museums.
The Science Demonstration Corner has provision to conduct live demonstration and experiments to groups of visitors and students to excite them about science. The "Children's Corner" is a place where children can enjoy simple experiments with a variety of puzzles and science kits.
It was in existence before the French came and settled in Pondicherry. It has a golden spire and walls portraying forty different forms of Ganesha. The temple also has a smaller shrine devoted to Lord Murugan, who is Ganesha's younger brother.
Over 5000 devotees flock to this site every day. There is also a temple elephant, Lakshmi, who gives blessings to the devotees.
It is devoted to the goddess Shakti and has a blend of both Tamil and French architecture. With its arched walls, ionic columns, stained glass windows and even some angel decorations, it is reminiscent of a French building.
It is situated on the south boulevard, is an oriental specimen of Gothic architecture. It contains rare stained glass panels depicting events from the life of Christ. This church was supposed to have been erected in the 18th century by French Missionaries.
The Church of Our Lady of Angels in Rue Dumas is notable for its masonry – which uses the finest of limestone mixed with white of the egg – making for a texture identical to that of white marble.
The imposing façade presents paired Doric columns below and ionic above. In front of the church is a statue of Our Lady with the infant Jesus in her arms. The interior design consists of eight barrel vaults and a central dome pierced with eight circular openings.
It is the oldest mosque in Pondicherry, built over 350 years ago which has the old gothic Islamic architecture. It was built by Arcot nawab. It has four lofty pillars below its dome, with Meerhath near it and Meember next to it. It also has the Kalima slab above the Meerhath, with clean blankets spread all over the hall.
There is a bronze Kallasas in the top of the façade minaret and the graves of Meeran who built this mosque and Suubhi Errai Perrar Mullah's in it. The mosque hold prayer sessions every day.


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Interview with Pete Devine of Pete's Rock News and Views (http://petesrocknewsandviews.com)
PD: How would you describe yourself or your band as an artist?
BR: I'm Ben Robinson and I play guitar in an up and coming metal(core) band called Broken Earth. We took a while to figure out what we wanted to be but now I feel we're finally on a road we want to be on.
PD: Can you tell us briefly about your background – i.e. where you're from, how you came to make music, etc.
BR: I'm from the northern outskirts of Sydney. Daniel (other guitarist) and I actually grew up together and even started playing guitar at the same time. It was only in high school when we met our vocalist, Raph, we finally figured out we like similar music and started a band. A few line up changes later along comes our drummer Seb and now it truely feels like the band we were meant to be.
PD: Who and what inspires you to make music, both in terms of musical and other influences? What do you like to write about in your songs?
BR: This may come off a little cheesy but it the boys in my band that inspires me to write. The experience of getting excited over something that we haven't tried before is why I do this. But if I had to list artists who've inspired my style of writing for Broken Earth vocally Thy Art Is Murder, for my music/guitar writing Northlane and Alpha Wolf. However, Slash and Chris Cornell (and their many bands) are the reason I started playing guitar and writing music.
PD: What are your aspirations as an artist?
BR: To be Chris Cornell.
PD: What is the proudest moment in your music career so far?
BR: Releasing our latest song, Somniphobia. We've been through a lot as a band, between writing and releasing that song it almost broke us and it almost didn't come out. On top of that it's my favourite song we wrote at that time.
PD: Promoting one's music is such a challenge these days, especially with so many new artists emerging from bedrooms in the day of the home studio. How is that going?
BR: It's hard. We've kind of been a part of the scene for a while now with next to no recognition. It's only been lately where we finally are getting really noticed.
PD: And how do you book and promote your live shows and tours? Any performances coming up?
BR: Social media is the biggest way we promote anything in general. But for booking shows or landing support slot, just like the one we just landed opening for The Gloom In the Corner at Lansdowne hotel 22nd of August hows that for a plug, We tend to put feelers out there to promoters and other bands. It's all about going to shows, making friends, shaking hands (covid permit) and supporting those who are in the same scene as you. The more people you know the more likely you are to be accepted for the shows you ask for and have shows offered to you.
PD: What do you think about downloading music online? What about streaming sites like Spotify?
BR: It's just a sign of the times we are in. Sure the money isn't amazing, but I see it more as a tool then anything, in the same way social media is. The fact that an algorithm is pushing our songs to people that listen to music like ours is fantastic for getting our name out there.
PD: What song do you wish you'd written and why?
BR: Worldeater by Northlane. When that song came out 16 year old me was absolutely floored by it. The way it flows so effortlessly from section to section, the beautiful yet haunting clean guitar leads backed up by the heavy as hell rhythm guitar and awesome drum work, and the amazing vocal work from Adrian still makes me imagine playing that song up on stage.
PD: Is there anything you don't like about the music industry, which you would change if you could?
BR: There are a lot of people that are two faced, a lot of people who preach words that they don't stand by. But once you've been in this community for a while you can spot them from a mile away, but it would be nice to not have to deal with them in the first place.
PD: So what are you working on at the moment?
BR: We're currently writing some of our favourite material at the moment, a music video is in the works. Hopefully if all goes smoothly we'll have more coming out soon.
PD: Where can we learn more about you and buy your music/merch online?
BR: Our instagram is @brokenearthband, our facebook is just Broken Earth and we're on all the major streaming services.
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N. Title: Efficacy and safety of 2-drug combination antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice: results from a single center study P 8 Authors: Affiliation: 1Infectious Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy, 2Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Italy Abstract: B. Rossetti1, G. Marri1, A. Gonnelli1, L. Toscano1, D. Marri1, P. Galluzzi1, F. Pippi1, N. Carnicelli1, C. Malcontenti1, C. Puttini1, R. Gagliardini2, F. Montagnani1,2, G. Zanelli1,2, M. Zazzi2, A. De Luca1,2 Background: Current guidelines recommend 2-drug regimens as alternative to triple antiretroviral therapy (ART) in selected patients to reduce long-term toxicity and costs. The aims of study were to evaluate virological efficacy, safety and tolerability of 2-drug regimens in treatment-experienced HIV-1 infected patients in a real life setting. Methods: All HIV-1 infected treatment-experienced patients treated with dual therapy at Siena University Hospital from 03-2006 to 10-2017 were enrolled retrospectively. The treatment failure (TF) was defined as virological failure, VF (2 HIV-1 RNA, VL, >50 cp/mL or 1 VL >1,000 cp/mL) or treatment change for any reason. Predictors of blips, VF or TF were investigated by regression analysis. Survival analysis was used to estimate cumulative probability of TF. CD4, total cholesterol (TC), eGFR (by CK-EPI) changes from baseline values at week 24 and 48 were assessed using Student's t-test for paired samples. Results: We included 81 patients: 65% males, 42% homo/bisexuals, 5% non Caucasians. At 2-drug ART initiation their median age was 51 years (IQR, 45-55), they had 15 (7-22) years from HIV diagnosis, 11 years of ART (5-17), nadir CD4+ 267 cells/ul (150-390), baseline CD4+ 580 cell/μl (373-724), 74% had VL <50 cps/mL and 18 months since last VL >50 cps/mL (0-67). A previous AIDS-defining event was reported in 22%. The reason for dual therapy start was simplification (44%), toxicities/proactive switch (44%) and salvage therapy (12%). 2-drugs regimens included bPI+NNRTI (36%), bPI+INSTI (16%), bPI+3TC (12%), INSTI+3TC (5%) and others (31%). Median GSS of cART was 1.5 (1-2), GSS was <1 in 20%. Previous regimen included a single tablet regimen (STR) in 7%; NRTIs were previously used in 95%, NNRTI in 68%, PI in 93% (bPI 76%), INSTI in 22%, MVC or T20 in 6%. Pre-switch regimens included tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in 63%. During a median observation time of 162 wks (IQR 96-218) TF occurred in 22 cases, with an estimated probability of 23% at 48 wks (CI 95% 18-28): 5 for VF (23%), of which 3 VL >1,000 cp/mL, and 17 for treatment change (77%) of which 35% for switch to STR or monotherapy, 35% for patient's choice, 18% for adverse events or intolerance, 2 for drug-drug interactions. Blips occurred in 20% of patients. Observed mean changes from baseline values were for CD4+ counts at 24 wks +46 cells/μL (-84;+130), at 48 wks +44 cells/μL (-97;+190), for CD4/CD8 ratio at 24 wks +0.1 (-0.1;+0.2) p <0.001, at 48 wks 0 (-0.1;+0.2), for TC at 24 wks +17 mg/dL (-12;+54) p=0.005, at 48 wks +11 mg/dL (-19;+42), and eGFR at 24 wks +0.01 ml/min/1.73m2 (-12;+9), p <0.001, at 48 wks +0.001 ml/min/1.73m2 (-19;+12). At univariate analysis, the only predictor of TF was the time since VL <50 cps/mL (OR 0.99, CI 95% 0.99-1.00, p=0.049). Conclusions: Following switch to 2-drug regimens in a real life setting, VF was uncommon and there were durable benefits in terms of safety, immunological recovery and preservation of renal function.
Rossetti, B., Marri, G., Gonnelli, A., Toscano, L., Marri, D., Galluzzi, P., et al. (2018). "EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF 2-DRUG COMBINATION ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: RESULTS FROM A SINGLE CENTER STUDY".
"EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF 2-DRUG COMBINATION ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: RESULTS FROM A SINGLE CENTER STUDY"
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These wholesome, family-friendly Dairy-Free Black Bean Taquitos, with a creamy black bean filling thanks to dairy-free Cashew-Lime Ricotta, are just what we need to get our 2018 off to a super start. If you have resolved to prepare more plant-based, less dairy, healthier, lightened-up recipes this year, then this is the recipe for you!
Alrightie everyone, this is my third dairy-free/vegan recipe in a row in the past month. So, if you can see the trend, you are correct. Not that I'm going all the way vegan again, I'm not (and my next post will have cheesy banging football food, because I'm all about balance). BUT for 2018, I HAVE resolved to eat healthier again, shed my extra "padding" from last year, and get back in shape as I come back from a torn hamstring and 6 weeks off from running. I also want to do this for and WITH my family because they need to eat healthier too. Seriously. And one thing that I know works is healthier little recipes like this. Easy to make. Quick to make. And on a busy weeknight, they just get scoffed up, shoved down, devoured.
Mission accomplished. At least for this past Tuesday.
I have partnered with Silk for these Dairy-Free Black Bean Taquitos, specifically Silk Original Unsweetened Almond Milk (though, I also use the Silk Vanilla Unsweetened Almond Milk in my morning coffee and smoothies because it's tasty and like half the calories of diary milk – that's a handy trick right there!). Silk Almond Unsweetened Original is dairy-free, lactose-free, GMO-free, and has 50% more calcium than dairy milk. It is also a good source of antioxidants (it is isolated from a nut afterall), to help us glowwww. Every time I have given you a vegan or dairy-free recipe with one of my dozen versions of a creamy "ricotta" or otherwise cashew-based cream sauce, I have each and every time used almond milk to adjust to the right consistency for that recipe. Also, I am going to adopt Silk's "Progress is Perfection" campaign idea to fight the notion that "extreme" is the only path to being healthier. Small victories are still victories and still moving forward. I tend to be all-or-none, and that kinda sets me up for failure …or at least occasional self-loathing when I fail to live up to my own expectations. SO, in 2018 I am also resolving to embrace that two-steps-forward, one-step-back is okay. Because that is still moving forward, which is better than I did last year.
So what else is going on here with these Dairy-Free Black Bean Taquitos …it's EASY. First of all. So easy that this recipe is a perfect weeknight dinner even. First, we blend up our Cashew-Lime Ricotta. Raw cashews, after soaking in water for a while, blend up to a magical substitute for dairy, so I made use of that phenomenon here. Then we combine that with black beans (also creamy), green bell pepper (for crunch), green chilies (for flavor), and some herb and spice. Then we make our taquitos using little whole wheat tortillas, spray with cooking spray, and bake until crisp. Done! I have served these with Guacamole when I have made them, but salsa or salsa verde would work too. And you can change these up however you like – add spinach, change up the veg, whatever. Regardless, you have yourself a light, kid-approved (Yes!), healthier way to get your taquitos on with zero regret.
That's it folks! My first post of 2018, and it is an easy, no-brainer. You want a New Year, New You? Then this is the recipe to help get you there.
Wholesome, family-friendly Dairy-Free Black Bean Taquitos, with a creamy black bean filling thanks to dairy-free Cashew-Lime Ricotta.
In a food processor, blend the ingredients for the Cashew-Lime Ricotta until very smooth.
In a large bowl, combine the ingredients for the Black Bean Filling. Add the Cashew-Lime Ricotta.
For each taquito, lay out a tortilla and put a scant 1/4 cup of filling down the center. Roll up the tortilla, spray with cooking spray, and place on a large bake sheet. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Bake taquitos at 350F for 30 minutes or until crisp. Serve with guacamole or salsa. Yields: 16 taquitos.
I have made this recipe with regular green chilies or with canned Hatch green chilies. Both work perfectly.
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Ricotta is great and can be used in so many different dishes. I've never seen cashew lime ricotta before.
These look amazing!!! I need to try making taquitos at home!! I know that my kids would love them!!
I am going to share this recipe with a good friend who is vegan. I admire her determination to eat healthy and I wish I had the same level of determination too. I think this black bean taquitos would taste heavenly. Me and my friend should make this together.
That ricotta looks absolutely mouth-wateringly delicious!! I haven't had taquitos in so long I've almost forgotten what they taste like.
This sounds like the perfect snacking food for watching a football game — which for me, means snacking and not watching football!
I love how easy and healthy this recipe is. I think mostly everyone resolves to start off the new year eating healthy and this is the perfect recipe to put that resolution into action!
Love how healthy this recipe is and the wonderful flavors.
I've been encouraged to go dairy-free due to inflammation. Enjoying these taquitos will make the trransition easier.
Mmmmm! I love taquitos. I'll have to show this to my daughter who can't have dairy products!
You know what, I'm not normally a fan of black beans, but this looks REALLY good! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Omg… these look amazing! I used to look taquitos when I was younger but haven't had them in awhile. Maybe I will try these for dinner one day next week.


I love Thanksgiving and all the hustle & bustle that follows in preparation for Christmas, but far too often I get side tracked and by my to-do list. Tensions rise, hurry takes over and we are left feeling emptier than ever during and after the euphoria.
So this Thanksgiving and the weeks leading up to Christmas, I have decided to be put more energy into celebrating the real reason for the season, and thank Jesus for Himself.
I long to keep Him central in everything we do, and be the vessels that carry out His love for mankind. I can't think of any better way to show my hearts gratitude to Him than by studying His name and His attributes.
1. He is forgiving… "as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." Psalm 103:12 That ends in a period. It's a statement. A fact. I'd like for it to end in an exclamation mark because that fact is so exciting to me! To Him its fact, so to me its fact & I love that.
He finds pleasure in adopting you and me into His family. 1 John 3:1 goes so far as to call us children of God. We are joint heirs with Jesus, His Son, and as such we may dine at His table and feast upon His lavish love and grace.
Notice how He isn't just gracious to you; He longs to be gracious to you. He doesn't just show compassion; He rises to do so, making an extra effort!
He is God El Shama, the God who hears. He bends down to hear us and attend to our every need. He's delighting over His children with singing and His love for us will never end.
The way you and I love to hear from family & friends at Thanksgiving & Christmas season is a minute comparison to how He loves to hear from you and me every single moment.
Call out to Him today, dear friend. He is listening. His ear is ever tuned in your direction.
His will is ready to send His favor and blessing to you. And His hands open to welcome you to His courts of love.
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Food Tours. Book one. NOW!!
1. It saves time– In cities like Bangkok, its miles and miles of food. I don't care how good you are, navigating a new city takes time. With a guide, you nix the time wasted figuring out where to go and what places to visit. In Hanoi, we got to ride on motorbikes! In Bangkok, we jumped on a Tuk Tuk!
2. You'll have your favorite foods identified- I once met a traveler who told me that they didn't like the food in Istanbul. You have to be crazy! My eyes almost popped out of my head. Istanbul is food heaven. Because I did a food tour, I sampled items I never would have found on my own and I was able to recognize and reorder the foods I enjoyed most. It can be overwhelming where there are infinite options and in those cases people tend to go with the "safe" foods thereby missing out on some yummy opportunities. Remember, the guides will take you to some of the best places, it is in their best interest to do so.
3. You meet new people, and make new friends- If you join a group food tour, as I did my first time, you meet other travellers and it can be alot of fun. The best tours have a small group which allows for mingling but intimacy at the same time. On the other hand, doing private food tours is great too. Jose and I have found that our guides are fun and friendly. They continue the communication past the tour! In Hanoi, Mr. Ha met up with us on following days to have coffee and even to bring me a present! 🙂 It was so sweet and we felt so fortunate to meet such a genuine person! If you are in Hanoi, do not miss out on the motorbike food tour! It is great fun. In Bangkok, Chin was kind and open about everything. She shared stories and jokes and it was obvious the vendors were fond of her. We were comfortable and enjoyed the tour. She took some extra time and walked us to get a massage! Again, don't hesitate to book a tour with Chin if you are in Bangkok.
4. Its fun- We not only had fun because we liked eating but we met many food vendors who were welcoming and friendly. Most strike up a conversation and it turns into a pleasant time.
5. You learn more about the city and the culture- A good tour will ensure they tie the culture with the flow of the food and places you visit. I learn the most about the city and culture that way. Additionally, the guides we have had are open and honest and let us ask pretty much anything we want.
So consider the food tour when traveling. If you like food, you wont be disappointed. If you are a picky eater, then this may not be the thing for you.
😀 I love spicy food..never though Thai or Vietnamese food as spicy as Indonesian or Indian dish though 😀 😀 but would love to try these tours. Thanks so much for the tips!!
I enjoyed the tips and nice photos!
Fantastic post, and your photos are beautiful. Feeling hungry now!
Ah, this makes me want to go somewhere and take a food tour. Your pictures are beautiful and the food looks amazing!
Thank you Lauren! Glad you found my blog and now I also got a chance to check out yours!


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Alyssa Ustby, a Lourdes graduate and standout junior forward at the University of North Carolina, won National Player of the Week honors for performances against Duke and Georgia Tech.
Rochester Lourdes graduate Alyssa Ustby is a junior standout for the University of North Carolina. On Wednesday, she was named the National Player of the Week in women's basketball.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Rochester Lourdes graduate Alyssa Ustby has had quite a career already at the University of North Carolina.
The 6-foot-2 junior basketball star is also coming off having had quite a week.
Ustby was named the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week for her performances Thursday, Jan. 19, and Sunday, Jan. 22, against Duke University and Georgia Tech University, respectively.
An all-ACC second-team choice a year ago, Ustby scored 16 points on 8-for-11 shooting against No. 13 Duke, which entered the game unbeaten in league play. Ustby was 5-for-5 in the third quarter when North Carolina went up for good en route to a 61-56 win.
Three days later against Georgia Tech, Ustby scored 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting. She also grabbed eight rebounds and had three assists and three blocks. For the week, Ustby shot 71.4% from the field and led her team with 3 assists, 2.5 blocks and 2 steals per game.
North Carolina is ranked No. 15 in the country. For the season, Ustby is averaging 13.8 points, a team-leading 9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
The Tar Heels are 5-3 in the ACC and 14-5 overall.
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Europe, which includes 50 countries and territories, has about 38 million Muslims, constituting about 5% of its population. European Muslims make up slightly more than 2% of the world's Muslim population.
Readers should bear in mind that estimates of the numbers of Muslims in Europe vary widely because of the difficulty of counting new immigrants. Nevertheless, it is clear that most European Muslims live in eastern and central Europe. The country with the largest Muslim population in Europe is Russia, with more than 16 million Muslims, meaning that more than four-in-ten European Muslims live in Russia. While most Muslims in western Europe are relatively recent immigrants (or children of immigrants) from Turkey, North Africa or South Asia, most of those in Russia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bulgaria belong to populations that are centuries old, meaning that more than six-in-ten European Muslims are indigenous.
Despite the limitations of the underlying data for Europe, it appears that Germany is home to more than 4 million Muslims – almost as many as North and South America combined. This means that Germany has more Muslims than Lebanon (between 2 million and 3 million) and more than any other country in western Europe. This also puts Germany among the top-10 countries with the largest number of Muslims living as a minority population. While France has a slightly higher percentage of Muslims than Germany, this study finds that it has slightly fewer Muslims overall.1 The United Kingdom is home to fewer than 2 million Muslims, about 3% of its total population.
* Data for Germany, France and Bosnia-Herzegovina come primarily from general population surveys, which are less reliable than censuses or large-scale demographic and health surveys for estimating minority-majority ratios (see Methodology). As a result, the percentage of the population that is Muslim in these three countries is rounded to the nearest integer.Note: Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Roll over a country bubble to see its estimated 2009 Muslim population, the percentage of its population that is Muslim and the percentage of the world Muslim population it represents.
1 This report estimates that France's Muslim population is between 3 million and 4 million based on recent immigrant data and a 2005 Generations and Gender Survey projected forward to 2009. Other sources, including the U.S. State Department, CIA World Factbook, World Religion Database and general population surveys, have variously estimated the Muslim population of France at between 2.5 million and 6 million.
2 Figures for Italy come from the 2004 European Social Survey. Similar estimates were found in other general population surveys, including the 2002 and 2007 Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Projects surveys. However, other sources have variously estimated Italy's Muslim population at between 30,000 and 1.5 million.