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Dr Mathew (Mat) Hughes is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Loughborough University School of Business and Economics, having previously held posts at Durham University and the University of Nottingham. Mat is an award-winning teacher and researcher. His expertise lies in entrepreneurial management and specifically the interface between (for example) entrepreneurship and innovation and strategy, management and marketing. Mat has worked with a variety of start-ups, high-growth businesses, large international businesses and public organisations on building a sustainable innovative firm. He is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Centre for Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Loughborough University School of Business and Economics. He is an Editor of the Entrepreneurship Research Journal and sits on a variety of Editorial Review Boards including for the Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, British Journal of Management, and the Journal of Family Business Strategy. He is also a member of the Council of the British Academy of Management. Mat runs his own podcast series on SoundCloud and can be found on Facebook, LinkedIn and sometimes on Twitter.
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Galapagos creates new subscription right plan
Mechelen, Belgium; 13 January 2022, 22.01 CET; regulated information – Galapagos NV (Euronext & NASDAQ: GLPG) announced today that its supervisory board created 30,000 subscription rights under a new employee subscription right plan.
On 13 January 2022, the supervisory board of Galapagos approved a subscription right plan intended for an employee of a subsidiary of the Company (not intended for members of the management board of the Company), within the framework of the authorized capital. Under this subscription right plan, 30,000 subscription rights were created (subject to acceptance). The subscription rights have an exercise term of eight years as of the date of the offer and an exercise price of €46.18 (the closing price of the Galapagos share on Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels on the day preceding the date of the offer). Further details are available on the Galapagos website.
Galapagos' total share capital currently amounts to €354,582,005.11; the total number of securities conferring voting rights is 65,552,721, which is also the total number of voting rights (the "denominator"), and all securities conferring voting rights and all voting rights are of the same category. The total number of rights to subscribe to not yet issued securities conferring voting rights is (i) 8,579,287 subscription rights under several outstanding employee subscription right plans, which equals 8,579,287 voting rights that may result from the exercise of those subscription rights, and (ii) one subscription right issued to Gilead Therapeutics to subscribe for a maximum number of shares that is sufficient to bring the shareholding of Gilead and its affiliates to 29.9% of the actually issued and outstanding shares after the exercise of the subscription right. This excludes the 30,000 subscription rights of the newly issued subscription right plan, which were created subject to acceptance. Galapagos does not have any convertible bonds or shares without voting rights outstanding.
About Galapagos
Galapagos NV discovers, develops, and commercializes small molecule medicines with novel modes of action. Our pipeline comprises discovery through Phase 3 programs in inflammation, fibrosis, and other indications. Our ambition is to become a leading global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines. More information at www.glpg.com.
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This release may contain forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of publication of this document. Galapagos expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this document, unless specifically required by law or regulation.


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Although Freeman is coming off a Pro Bowl season, Coleman will push for plenty of touches with his home run ability.
Sanu's big, physical presence out of the slot should help alleviate pressure from Jones, while Robinson could give the Falcons another deep-ball threat.
The rookie Hooper could evolve into a serious red zone threat down the middle and has the ability to go up and get the ball in traffic.
Competition at right guard should be intense with the rookie Schweitzer, the returning starter Chester, Person and Compton.
Although Hageman is not the ideal fit for the scheme, the Falcons will try to get the best out of him in his move from three-technique defensive tackle to four-tech defensive end.
Linebackers (7): Vic Beasley Jr., Paul Worrilow, Deion Jones, De'Vondre Campbell, Philip Wheeler, Tyler Starr, LaRoy Reynolds.
The rookies Jones and Campbell are talented enough to assume starting roles, but look for Worrilow to stay ahead of Jones in the middle, at least in the base, with his knowledge of the defense.
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The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944
David Frey (Author)
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Between 1929 and 1942, Hungary's motion picture industry experienced meteoric growth. It leapt into Europe's top echelon, trailing only Nazi Germany and Italy in feature output. Yet by 1944, Hungary's cinema was in shambles, internal and external forces having destroyed its unification experiments and productive capacity. This original cultural and political history examines the birth, unexpected ascendance, and wartime collapse of Hungary's early sound cinema by placing it within a complex international nexus. Detailing the interplay of Hungarian cultural and political elites, Jewish film professionals and financiers, Nazi officials, and global film moguls, David Frey demonstrates how the transnational process of forging an industry designed to define a national culture proved particularly contentious and surprisingly contradictory in the heyday of racial nationalism and antisemitism.
Read an extract of Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary
Chapter 1 - When Silence became Loud. The Silent Era and the Origins of Sound
Chapter 2 - Constructing the Fantasy of Hungary. Elite Concepts of the National
Chapter 3 - National Cinema, International Stage. Film Trade and Foreign Relations
Chapter 5 – The Flawed Christian National System
Chapter 6 – The War
Chapter 7 - The National Spirit Doesn't Stick to Celluloid. Hungary's Failed Nationalist Film Experiments
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[The book's] contribution to both cinema and political history is both original and invaluable.
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The story is set in an undefined location between Texas and Mexico. Here we meet a veteran hired assassin (Santiago), and a doctor who was banned from the medical practice due to professional negligence (Benny), both of whom work for one of the many cartels run by the Mexican mafias operating along the border. These men's mission is to receive packages and to either keep them alive, or cut them into pieces, depending on orders. It is this kind of logic that reigns over the eternal war and fight taking place to gain control of this territory: a war nobody really knows who started, and which no one has the ability to end.
The two men spend their days in an abandoned factory where their only company is that of destitute homeless passerbys, who tend to lose their lives as a preventative measure.
One fine day, a new package arrives. It comes accompanied by a narco junior (Martín), a young hired assassin related to Lucho, the head of the Mafia cartel they all work for. Santiago and Benny don't trust him from the start because they are used to getting their jobs done without any oversight. The operations they do are delicate enough to do without an audience. But the codes that Martín carries with him are correct, and they have no choice but to accept him as a part of their team, at least until the job is done.
Santiago and Benny wonder what could be so special about this package for it to require so much additional care. Based on size, they assume it must be a midget, which would be a fun novelty, implying their rival clan had stooped so low as to hire people like that to work for them. But upon removing the unlucky victim's hood, they are faced with something unimaginable and anything-but funny: the limp body of an anesthetized girl who can't be more than 10-years-old.
The unfortunate girl turns out to be the daughter of Monteros, the head of their rival clan fighting for a monopoly over this territory, and who has- at the same time- kidnapped the son of their boss, Lucho. The situation is as simple as it is terrible: or an exchange between the minors will take place, or somebody will have to carry out a job that no amount of blood on their hands could ever have prepared them for.


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Occhi di ragazza è un brano musicale che arrivò al successo grazie all'interpretazione di Gianni Morandi nel 1970, con testo firmato da Gianfranco Baldazzi e Sergio Bardotti e la musica composta da Lucio Dalla e Armando Franceschini . Il brano era stato assegnato a Ron per presentarlo al Festival di Sanremo 1970 in abbinamento con Sandie Shaw, ma la canzone non venne ammessa dalla commissione selezionatrice dopo il provino.  Nel marzo dello stesso 1970, Morandi presentò il brano all'Eurovision Song Contest ottenendo l'ottava posizione e infine lo incise  nell'aprile del 1970, come Lato A del 45 giri Occhi di ragazza/T'amo con tutto il cuore, facendone una sua hit.

A giugno dello stesso anno Occhi di ragazza venne inserito da Dalla nel suo secondo album Terra di Gaibola.

Il brano è presente in tre album: Gianni 7 di Morandi, Terra di Gaibola di Dalla e Tutti cuori viaggianti di Ron, che lo canta in coppia con Morandi. Inoltre è contenuto anche in compilation come 12000 lune di Dalla e Grazie a tutti di Morandi.

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Altre incisioni
 1970, nell'album Terra di Gaibola - Lucio Dalla
 1983, nell'album Tutti cuori viaggianti - Ron
 2009, nell'album I successi di... Nico dei Gabbiani - Nico dei Gabbiani

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Brani musicali rappresentanti l'Italia all'Eurovision Song Contest
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More than 65 million years ago, an asteroid 10 kilometers in diameter slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico with an explosive force one billion times more powerful than the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Tsunamis up to 300 meters high and earthquakes that would have scored more than 10 on the Richter scale tore through the area. Impact temperatures alone would have killed every living thing for thousands of miles, but was this terrible event enough to trigger the KT extinction, one of the three largest mass extinctions in the history of the planet?
A team of more than 30 scientists, including UAF's Michael Whalen, have concluded that it did. They reported their findings in the March 5 issue of "Science". The researchers studied more than 20 years of data to see if the massive asteroid impact, known as the Chicxulub impact, could have caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. The extinction is believed to have occurred quickly at the end of the Cretaceous period.
For 30 years, scientists have debated the cause of the KT extinction. That the asteroid collision happened at about the same time is not disputed but many have argued that a single event would not have had such a dramatic worldwide impact. Some scientists have hypothesized that the extinction was the result of long-term volcanic eruptions in India.
Whalen's team looked at the geologic rings of drilled core samples from the side of the crater and elsewhere. One ring in particular, the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleocene periods, marked the change in sedimentation from before and after the extinction event. They compared this to what the boundary might look like in different catastrophic scenarios.
"It's the single most studied stratigraphic boundary anywhere in the world," said Whalen, an associate professor of geology who studies sedimentation.
Scientists have long wondered why so few dinosaur species survived the impact. Patrick Druckenmiller, the curator of earth sciences at the UA Museum of the North, said one thing we don't know is whether the dinosaurs were thriving when they went extinct, or whether their populations were already declining.
Druckenmiller studies high latitude reptiles, which, he said, should have been able to adapt to the asteroid's aftermath. But he said the conditions would have been challenging for even the hardiest of species. Atmospheric gases would have acidified oceans. Dust kicked up by the impact would have blocked sunlight, hampering the photosynthesis that sustains food chains.
Some species did survive, of course, and went on to repopulate the planet. Druckenmiller said that one group of dinosaurs, the Therapods, eventually evolved into modern birds. Lemming-sized mammals also survived. Although bird ancestors and mammals were both small, size was not the only factor in surviving the extinction. Dinosaurs such as the velociraptor, only a couple feet tall, also did not survive. Lizards and turtles survived, so warm blood was not the only factor. Druckenmiller said there might not have been clear groups that were more suited for survival. "Sometimes, things have to do with pure chance," he said.
Model dinosaur shot by Jesse Hoff/ http://www.jessehoff.com taken in UAF's Reichardt Building.
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Cyclemasters is the new platform for virtual cycling lessons. It is now possible for everyone to climb the Alpe d'Huez from home. We were asked to develop a new visual identity and take care of the design of the platform.
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For the identity, we chose a bright neon color that works brilliantly on a dark background. This gives the whole style a sporty and catchy look & feel. In collaboration with and partly made by the studio of Cyclemasters, we created beautiful images to add even more strength to this feeling.
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Cyclemasters is currently rolling out slowly at an international level. We will continue to support them in terms of branding and digital design.


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Mosquito life cycle. Aedes aegypti Pupae develop into adult flying mosquitoes in 2-3 days. Female mosquitoes lay eggs inside containers holding water.
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Q: If XML child element value contains string return other child element value at same level I have a database table named Warehouses that contains rows of data related to specific warehouses. One column in that table is named itemStats and contains XML data in the following format:
<itemStats xmlns="http://www.blahblahblah.com/blah">
  <itemCounts>
    <item>
      <name>Toaster Oven Device</name>
      <count>6</count>
    </item>
    <item>
      <name>Washing Machine</name>
      <count>2</count>
    </item>
    <item>
      <name>Microwave Oven</name>
      <count>4</count>
    </item>
  </itemCounts>

I'd like to query the table to check that column in each row for the existence of some string (example: Oven) and if it finds it, return the count associated with it. So if I had the above data in itemStats  for a given row in Warehouses, I'd like it to return the following along with other matches from other rows:
Name                Count
=========================
Toaster Oven Device     6
Microwave Oven          4

I've attempted several times using SQL value() and nodes() but am having trouble producing the desired results. I know the [1] is wrong in the below query, but I'm not sure how to reference a dynamic location:
;WITH XMLNAMESPACES (N'http://www.blahblahblah.com/blah' as X)
SELECT itemStats.value('(/X:itemStats/X:itemCounts/X:item/X:name)[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') as Name,
       itemStats.value('(/X:itemStats/X:itemCounts/X:item/X:count)[1]', 'int') as Count
FROM Warehouses
WHERE itemStats.exist('(/X:itemStats/X:itemCounts/X:item/X:name[contains(., "Oven")])') = 1

A: Use nodes() and value() to get the names and count in a derived table and filter your rows in the main query.
declare @T table(itemStates xml not null);

insert into @T (itemStates)
values ('<itemStats xmlns="http://www.blahblahblah.com/blah">
           <itemCounts>
             <item>
               <name>Toaster Oven Device</name>
               <count>6</count>
             </item>
             <item>
               <name>Washing Machine</name>
               <count>2</count>
             </item>
             <item>
               <name>Microwave Oven</name>
               <count>4</count>
             </item>
           </itemCounts>
         </itemStats>');

with xmlnamespaces(default 'http://www.blahblahblah.com/blah')
select T.Name,
       T.Count
from (
     select I.X.value('(name/text())[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') as Name,
            I.X.value('(count/text())[1]', 'int') as Count
     from @T as T
       cross apply T.itemStates.nodes('/itemStats/itemCounts/item') as I(X)
     ) as T
where T.Name like '%Oven%';

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Cristóvão Ferreira (Torres Vedras, 1580- Nagasaki, 4 november 1650) was een Portugese jezuïet die de meest controversiële apostaat werd in de geschiedenis van de orde. Van 1609 tot 1633 was hij werkzaam bij missie van de jezuïeten in Japan. Vanaf 1614 was de uitoefening van het christendom in Japan verboden en daar nog aanwezige missionarissen konden alleen nog ondergronds werken. Ferreira was vanaf 1625 feitelijk de leidinggevende van de nog in Japan aanwezige missionarissen. Ferreira werd in 1633 gearresteerd. Na een foltering deed hij formeel afstand van het christelijk geloof. Zijn apostasie had in katholieke kringen in Europa een grote schok tot gevolg. Die werd nog groter toen duidelijk werd, dat Ferreira ook voor de Japanse inquisitie ging werken.

Jeugd en opleiding
Van de eerste zestien jaar van leven is niets bekend. Ook van het gezin waarin hij opgroeide is niets meer bekend dan alleen de namen van zijn ouders. Eind 1596 sloot hij zich in Coimbra aan bij de Sociëteit van Jezus. De eerste twee jaar van zijn periode als novice bracht hij door in Campolide. Hij had toen al de wens als missionaris uitgezonden te worden naar Azië. In 1598 begon hij een studie aan de universiteit van Coimbra. Hij kreeg echter snel een gelegenheid om uitgezonden te worden. Hij brak zijn studie af en vertrok in 1600 naar de Portugese enclave Macau. Hij hervatte zijn studie aan het kort daarvoor door Alessandro Valignano gestichte St-Paulus college. Hij vervolgde met een studie theologie van vier jaar. In 1608 werd hij tot priester gewijd en het volgende jaar vertrok hij naar Japan. Aan het ook door Alessandro Valignano gestichte seminarie in Arima studeerde hij Japans. De situatie voor missionarissen begon dat jaar al bedreigend te worden en zij werden gedwongen dit in 1612  te verlaten.

Achtergrond
De missie in Japan was begonnen in het kielzog van de aankomst van de eerste Portugese schepen in Japan in 1543. In 1549 arriveerde Franciscus Xaverius als eerste missionaris in Kagoshima op het eiland Kyushu. Xaverius en zijn opvolgers wisten in enkele decennia een spectaculair groot aantal bekeringen te maken. Rond 1600 zou er sprake zijn van ruim 230.000 Japanse christenen. Begin zeventiende eeuw werd de missie van de jezuïeten in Japan ook gezien als de belangrijkste en meest prestigieuze onderneming van de orde. Tot eind zestiende eeuw waren de jezuïeten de enige religieuze orde die in Japan aanwezig was. In die periode werd het in Spaans bezit zijnde Manilla op de Filipijnen een centrum voor de trans-Pacifische handel. Als gevolg daarvan werd ook Japan steeds meer een bestemming voor Spaanse schepen. In het kielzog daarvan werd de aankomst in Japan van franciscanen en dominicanen onontkoombaar. Met name die verovering van de Filipijnen werd door een aantal Japanners gezien als een signaal dat verovering en missie onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden waren. Omstreeks 1600 vonden al de eerste vervolgingen plaats. In 1614 werd de uitoefening van het christendom in Japan verboden en kregen de missionarissen opdracht het land te verlaten. Er waren toen ongeveer 150 Europese missionarissen in het land, waarvan het grootste deel nog steeds jezuïeten. Een aanzienlijk deel koos ervoor toch in het land te blijven en nieuwe missionarissen slaagden er soms in het land weer binnen te komen. Portugese schepen konden  tot 1639 in Japanse havens handel drijven.

Werkzaamheden tot 1633

Vanaf 1617 was Ferreira de secretaris van de nog aanwezige provinciaal van de orde in Japan. Vanaf 1621 verbleef hij vier jaar in de omgeving van Osaka. In 1623 werd Tokugawa Iemitsu de derde shogun van het Tokugawa-shogunaat. Vanaf dat moment was het Japanse overheidsbeleid gericht op de vernietiging van het christendom in het land. In de eerste maanden van zijn bewind werden honderden Japanse christenen en een aantal missionarissen omgebracht. Daaronder was het grote autodafe van Edo, het huidige Tokyo, waar op een dag vijftig missionarissen en Japanse christenen op de brandstapel gezet werden.
Ferreira, die nu helemaal ondergronds moest werken, verzamelde verslagen van ooggetuigen en schreef het verslag. Vanaf dat jaar zouden ook de jaarlijkse rapporten over de missie door hem geschreven worden en via zijn ondergronds opererende netwerk en uiteindelijk Portugese handelaren  het land uit gesmokkeld worden. In 1632 wist hij André Palmeiro, de in Macau residerende   visitator  (inspecteur) van de provincie Japan en de vice-provincie China van de jezuïeten, te informeren over het plan om lepralijders vanuit Japanse steden naar Manilla te zenden als test voor de christelijke barmhartigheid. Een plan dat ook voor een deel werd uitgevoerd.

André Palmeiro zond regelmatig geld, die via dat netwerk door Ferreira verdeeld werd ter ondersteuning aan de nog aanwezige missionarissen. In Rome, maar vooral in Azië had Ferreira een heroïsche status gekregen. In 1632 werd Ferreira door Pereira ook in formele zin benoemd tot provinciaal van de orde in Japan.

Marteling en apostasie
In 1633 werd Ferreira gearresteerd. Het bericht van zijn arrestatie bereikte Macau via Sebastião Veira, naast Ferreira de enige in Japan aanwezige missionaris die daar al actief was voor 1614. In oktober van dat jaar werd Ferreira in Nagasaki samen met drie andere Europese missionarissen en vier Japanse christenen gemarteld. Onder hen Julian Nakaura, een edelman die deel had uitgemaakt van de eerste formele Japanse legatie die tussen 1582 en 1590 in  Europa verbleef. Er was kort daarvoor een nieuwe methode van marteling geïntroduceerd. De Japanse naam was  ana-tsurushi (hangen in de put). De gemartelde werd met het hoofd naar beneden en met de armen op de rug gebonden neergelaten in een put. Om te voorkomen dat door de toevoer van bloed naar het hoofd men snel het bewustzijn zou verliezen, werden incisies aan de slapen gemaakt. De methode werd uitsluitend toegepast op christenen en was bedoeld om die tot apostasie te brengen. Indien dat niet gebeurde, liet men de persoon hangen tot de dood volgde. Indien dit te lang duurde werd de persoon onthoofd.  De bemanning van een Portugees schip had vanaf de boot een deel van de martelingen kunnen volgen en berichtte in Macau over de martelaarsdood van Ferreira.

In werkelijkheid had Ferreira na vijf uur in de put aangegeven afstand te willen doen van het christendom. De overige zeven gemartelden verkozen de dood. Vanaf medio 1634 begonnen de eerste geruchten in Macau te circuleren dat Ferreira een apostaat was geworden. Die verhalen werden aanvankelijk niet geloofd en daarna onderdrukt. In de loop van 1635 kwam de apostasie echter vast te staan. Portugese handelaren waren erin geslaagd Ferreira te bezoeken, die dit bevestigde. Het was voor de orde een enorme schok en immens gezichtsverlies dat iemand die kort daarvoor een heroïsche status had er niet voor gekozen had de martelaarsdood te sterven.

In dienst van de overheid en in Nederlandse bronnen
Ferreira kreeg een woning in Nagasaki en werd verplicht samen te gaan wonen met een Japanse weduwe van een geëxecuteerde Chinese crimineel. Het verplicht moeten samen wonen met een vrouw was standaard in het Japanse beleid ten aanzien van missionarissen die apostaat geworden waren. Het droeg bij tot verdere vernedering en ondermijning van de eigen identiteit. Er werd aangenomen, dat de belofte tot celibaat niet gehandhaafd zou worden. In Japanse bronnen van die periode is bij Ferreira sprake van een zoon en twee dochters, maar het is onduidelijk of deze voortgekomen zijn uit deze relatie. Hij nam de Japanse naam Sawano Chūan aan. Ferreira kreeg een toelage voor zijn levensonderhoud. Hij vertaalde Spaanse en Portugese documenten. Vanaf 1641 functioneerde hij ook regelmatig als vertaler bij contacten met de Nederlandse factorij op Deshima. Willem Verstegen, een van de opperhoofden, noemt hem enkele keren in zijn dagboeken. In de journaals van de factorij wordt ook meerdere malen melding gemaakt van een bezoek van Ferreira, waarin hij om medisch advies vraagt. In een van de aantekeningen wordt zijn aanwezigheid beschreven bij de medische behandeling op de factorij van een hooggeplaatste Japanse functionaris.

Vertaalwerkzaamheden werden ook door andere missionarissen die apostaat geworden waren verricht, maar de betrokkenheid van Ferreira ging duidelijk verder. In het journaal van de Nederlandse factorij staat onder 17 maart 1643 de mededeling dat Ferreira verzocht had om stoffelijke overschotten van missionarissen uit de periode rond 1620 te verkrijgen teneinde die in zee te gooien. Aan hem wordt het idee toegeschreven om Japanse christenen hun apostasie te laten bevestigen in een eed, die schriftelijk vastgelegd werd. Die werd mede ondertekend door inquisiteurs. Er is een bewaard gebleven document met de handtekening van Ferreira.

Ferreira was niet in staat Japans te schrijven. De tekst van twee werken is echter van hem afkomstig. Het eerste is de met hulp van een schrijver gemaakte Japanse vertaling van een aantal commentaren op de De sphaera mundi van Johannes de Sacrobosco, een werk dat over astronomie handelt. Het tweede is de  Kengi-roku  (De openbaarmaking van onwaarheden ) . Het kan gezien worden als een apologie van Ferreira voor zijn apostasie. In de inleiding staat:

Ferreira, de Rubino-groep en de Breskens-affaire
De apostasie van Ferreira en het feit dat hij voor de Japanse inquisitie werkte had een golf van ontzetting en vooral schaamte in de orde van de jezuïeten tot gevolg. Honderden jezuïeten meldden zich aan om naar Japan te reizen, Ferreira te bewegen op zijn besluit terug te komen en in zijn plaats als martelaar te sterven. Pogingen om een dergelijke reis vanuit Macau te ondernemen werden door Manuel Dias, als   visitator   de opvolger van Andre Palmeiro, verboden. Er zijn zes pogingen vanuit Manilla bekend, die hebben geleid tot een aankomst in Japan van groepen jezuïeten met dat doel. In alle gevallen werden de priesters snel na aankomst gearresteerd en dat leidde of tot de dood of tot eveneens apostasie. De bekendste van de pogingen is die van de zogenaamde twee Rubino-groepen.

Giovanni Antonio Rubino was in 1639 Dias als visitator opgevolgd. Rubino was juist een groot voorstander van dit soort pogingen. Hij gaf zijn functie op en vertrok naar Manilla. Rubino verzamelde in Manilla een groep van negen Europese missionarissen en tien Japanse catecheten. Om het risico van spoedige arrestatie te verkleinen werd de expeditie in twee groepen gesplitst. De eerste groep van vijf Europese missionarissen, onder wie Rubino, en vijf catecheten landde in 1642 en werd na twee weken gearresteerd. In Europese bronnen kiezen allen voor de martelaarsdood. In Japanse bronnen worden twee Europese missionarissen genoemd die afstand namen van het christendom en dus ook apostaat werden. In die bronnen worden ook de jaren van overlijden van die twee gegeven die decennia later zijn dan 1642. Die gebeurtenis weerhield de tweede groep er niet van een poging in 1643 te ondernemen. Deze groep werd vrijwel onmiddellijk na aankomst gearresteerd.

In dezelfde maand was het VOC-schip   Breskens van kapitein Hendrick Cornelisz Schaep door mist uit koers geraakt. Er was dringend behoefte aan proviand en het schip legde aan in een baai in het noorden van Japan. Uiteindelijk werd een deel van de bemanning onder wie de kapitein in een val gelokt en gevangen genomen. Zij werden naar Edo gebracht en daar ondervraagd.  De Japanse autoriteiten wensten vast te stellen of er wel of niet een verband met de aankomst van de tweede Rubino-groep was. Ferreira werd naar Edo ontboden en was de tolk tijdens de ondervragingen. De Japanse ondervragers waren snel tot de conclusie gekomen dat dit verband er niet kon zijn, maar rekten het verblijf van de Nederlandse bemanning om gezichtsverlies te voorkomen. Alle leden van de bemanning werden gedwongen aanwezig te zijn bij de foltering van de jezuïeten van deze Rubino-groep, die hierbij alle vier afstand deden van het christendom en dus eveneens apostaat werden.

Na het overlijden van Ferreira

In 1652 meldde een Japanse handelaar in Tonkin, het huidige Hanoi, het overlijden van Ferreira. De man voegde eraan toe, dat Ferreira zich kort voor zijn overlijden opnieuw bekeerd zou hebben tot het christendom. Als gevolg daarvan zou hij opnieuw gefolterd zijn met het ophangen in de put en daaraan bezweken zijn. Dat nieuws was een sensatie in katholiek Europa en werd in de jaren daarna gevolgd door het ontstaan van veel wonderbaarlijke verhalen en legendes. Het jaar van 1652 werd lang gehandhaafd als het jaar van zijn overlijden.

Japanse bronnen van die periode melden zijn overlijden op 4 november 1650. Ferreira werd ook begraven op een boeddhistische begraafplaats. In die bronnen is niets aanwezig over een nieuwe bekering tot het christendom of nieuwe foltering. Het journaal van de Nederlandse factorij op Deshima heeft zonder enig verder commentaar onder 6 november 1650 de aantekening   Gisteren vernamen wij van het overlijden van de apostaat jezuïet Chūan; hij heeft hier veertig jaar gewoond .

De laatste jezuïet die een poging zou wagen Japan illegaal binnen te komen was Giovanni Battista Sidotti in 1708.

In literatuur en film
De apostasie van Ferreira en pogingen van andere jezuïeten hem daarop terug te laten komen is meerdere malen het thema geweest van romans. Yoshirō Nagayo schreef in 1959  Seido no Kirisuto  ( De bronzen Christus). In 1966 verscheen de met de Tanizakiprijs bekroonde roman Chinmoku van Shusaku Endo die in het Nederlands vertaald is als  Stilte. Op basis van dit boek verscheen in 1971 een door Masahiro Shinoda geregisseerde gelijknamige film. Na jaren van voorbereiding heeft Martin Scorsese in december 2016 een nieuwe verfilming van  Stilte  uitgebracht.

Katholicisme in Japan
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Portugees missionaris
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Ben Utecht never thought much about injuries, much less neurological issues, when he played football. He went from being a high school star in Minnesota, to being a four-year starter at the University of Minnesota. He then achieved the ultimate in football, by winning the 2006 Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts.
Utecht was a talented, smart tight end, who understood and endured the bumps and bruises that inherently came from playing a rough sport such as football.
But all of his drive, determination, and even willingness to play through injuries, was no match for overcoming the damage left by five documented concussions during his NFL career.
Utecht went from the high of winning the Super Bowl, to three years later, retiring from the game in 2009 over health concerns stemming from concussions.
His elite football career, and the devastating concussions he endured from the game, has led him to being an outspoken – and influential – advocate for sports brain injury awareness.
"It took losing my mind to begin caring for mind," Utecht says. "Our relevance in this life comes from our memories. We are living memories that should cherish the miracle of the brain better. Caring is the core of changing the nature that says, 'Winning is more important than remembering'."
Utecht uses his rich experiences and authentic voice to discuss brain injury awareness. He is open and honest about his ongoing neurocognitive issues, such as memory loss, and sheds a personal light on one of the most-discussed injuries in sports today.
Utecht is a sought-after expert in the media to discuss concussions and brain injuries in sports and football, and also speaks to groups around the country. He testified about his experiences with concussions and football at a U.S. Senate hearing in 2014, as well as appearing as a featured expert panelist at the 2015 South by Southwest Sports festival in Austin, Texas on the topic of brain health and sports.
He serves as the national spokesperson for the American Academy of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation. He has earned honors for his brave honesty and advocacy, receiving the 2014 Public Leadership in Neurology Award from the American Academy of Neurology.
"It is such an honor to work alongside the American Academy of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation," Utecht explains. "Their mission is to cure brain disease, and that is something that I believe will become a reality. The more we begin to care about the brain, the more we care about the essence of who we are."
Utecht remains an avid football fan, and he seeks ways to make the game safer for kids who are learning how to play – as well as those who have followed into his footsteps by playing in college and the NFL. He wants boys and girls, especially his own four young daughters, to enjoy sports and remain safe.
Utecht seeks to empower athletes, as well as their coaches and parents, to make stronger choices by better understanding concussions and the possible ramifications to the brain of playing contact sports.
"I will always enjoy the game of football, but it can continue to get better," Utecht says. "My greatest concern is for our children. We need to put the brain health of our children as priority No. 1. There is no debating putting children at higher risk for brain damage or disease."
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By admin_cyv | May 20, 2012
The bi-communal forum "CYPRIOTS' VOICE" discussed the present situation in Cyprus and concluded as follows:
Once more the Cyprus Question seems to be coming to a standstill, exposing the never ending and meaningless blame game. This is regrettable because in reality a great deal of the issues making up the Cyprus Problem – arguably 80% has already been agreed.The whole effort should therefore be kept alive until after the next presidential election in the Republic of Cyprus, allowing for a fresh launching of the talks.
We call upon the UN to keep the process alive seeking for a sealed documentation of the agreed issues. We also call upon all political leaders of the two communities, to firmly and without moving backward pursue the only feasible solution, that of the bizonal, bicommunal federation.
Although the impression is given by both negotiating teams that the Cyprus Problem remains intractable, the fact remains that an honest compromise is still feasible.
Turkey recently, even though not officially, announced a Plan 'B', to be applied in the case of no solution by 1 July 2012. This entails the opening of the closed off part of Famagusta under Turkish Cypriot administration; another effort to get recognition of the TRNC by the Islamic Conference countries and the simultaneous change of name from TRNC to the Turkish Cypriot State, or alternatively the annexation of the northern part of our country by Turkey.
These thoughts are totally unacceptable to all Cypriots but should also alert the EU, as the northern part of Cyprus is legally part and parcel of the EU. All progressive Cypriots should raise our voice against this plan, which will not only create new faits accomplis but also pose more obstacles in the road to peace and, what is more, will signify the end of the Turkish Cypriot community as an independent entity.
The Turkish Cypriot Community should be included in the EU Customs Union. This could promote economic integration within the island and facilitate a sustainable, federal solution. The ports in north Cyprus should be opened to the international traffic under the EU supervision. This formula will entail the concurrent opening of ports and airspace of Turkey to Cyprus thus improving Turkey – EU negotiations process and normalize Turkey-Cyprus relations.
Referring to Varosha in particular, it should be handed over to the UN as clearly stated in the relevant Security Council resolution. With the assistance of the EU, this will not only allow its inhabitants to return but, with the proper planning and vision, could turn the town into a model of synergy and coexistence.
Referring to the European Union, we believe it needs to come to grips with its obligations to Turkish Cypriots and to the northern part of Cyprus as well. As it is well known, although the whole of Cyprus joined the EU, the EU acquis was temporarily suspended in the north, which is effectively under Turkish rule. This not only allows a persistent Turkification of the north but also deprives Turkish Cypriots sharing European values and institutions.
We call upon the EU to actively pursue a role, whereby Turkish Cypriots can identify with EU, precisely as their compatriots in the south.
The launching in 2007 of an increased effort to unveil the fate of both Greek and Turkish Cypriot missing persons was one of the few positive developments that marked the recent history of our country.We call upon all officials and other people involved, to end this deplorable situation, whatever the reasons, and to resume the identification of the remains of the missing persons immediately.
Contrary to this, for more than a year developments have led to the present stalemate which is utterly undesirable, causing unnecessary additional grief to the relatives of the missing persons.
The discovery of hydrocarbon reserves in the southern offshore of Cyprus, if properly handled, could in time enhance substantially the standard of living of both communities. Moreover, it could enhance the chances of a prompt solution of the Cyprus Problem, to the benefit of both communities, Turkey, the EU and other surrounding countries.
As for the inland drilling on the northern part of Cyprus, it may well be a continuation of the Piri Reis sensationalism but should not be dismissed too lightly. Indeed, if successful, it could not only bring about serious political complications but bearing in mind the size of Cyprus, concomitant environmental repercussions which should not be underestimated.
The contemplated project for an oil depot in the Karpasia area is not only environmentally unacceptable but also devoid of any evidence of economic benefit for the local community. We call upon the authorities and the international community to block the implementation of such an unacceptable adventure.
Cypriots' Voice 20/05/2012 – Communiqué no 20
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Paid infectious disease emergency leave
On April 29, 2021, the Ontario Government amended the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) to require employers to provide employees with up to three days of paid infectious disease emergency leave because of certain reasons related to COVID‑19. This entitlement is in addition to employees' rights to unpaid infectious disease emergency leave.
Paid infectious disease emergency leave is available for certain reasons related to COVID‑19, including:
going for a COVID‑19 test
staying home awaiting the results of a COVID‑19 test
being sick with COVID‑19
getting individual medical treatment for mental health reasons related to COVID‑19
going to get vaccinated
experiencing a side effect from a COVID‑19 vaccination
having been advised to self-isolate due to COVID‑19 by an employer, medical practitioner or other specified authority
providing care or support to certain relatives for COVID‑19 related reasons, such as when they are:
sick with COVID‑19 or have symptoms of COVID‑19
self-isolating due to COVID‑19 on the advice of a medical practitioner or other specified authority
providing care or support to their child who is getting vaccinated against COVID‑19 or is experiencing side effects from the vaccine
Employers are generally required to pay employees the wages they would have earned had they not taken the leave, up to $200 a day for up to three days.
For more information visit the infectious disease emergency leave chapter in Your Guide to the ESA or call the Ontario COVID‑19 Worker Income Protection Benefit Information Centre 1-888-999-2248 (TTY: 1-866-567-8893).
Employer reimbursement for paid leave
Eligible employers are entitled to be reimbursed the amount of infectious disease emergency leave pay that they paid to their employees, up to $200 per employee per day taken.
Employers can only claim reimbursement for individuals who are employees under the Employment Standards Act (ESA). Learn more about who is an employee under the ESA.
Reimbursement is only for infectious disease emergency leave pay under the ESA. Employers are not entitled to be reimbursed for vacation pay although employees are entitled to vacation pay for the wages they earn while on the paid leave.
If an employee takes only part of a day as paid infectious disease emergency leave, the employer can – but does not have to - count it as a full day of leave.
Note: Employers can only apply to be reimbursed for a maximum of three calendar days, even if they chose not to count part days as full days of paid leave. For example, if an employee took a half day of paid leave on a Monday, two full days of paid leave on the Tuesday and Wednesday and an additional half day on the Thursday, the employer can only apply for reimbursement for three of these days.
Eligibility for reimbursement
An employer's eligibility to be reimbursed for paying infectious disease emergency leave (IDEL) depends on what other rights their employee has.
As of April 19, 2021, employers are eligible for reimbursement of paid infectious disease emergency leave if they did not otherwise provide paid days under an employment contract that could be used for COVID-19 related reasons for which paid IDEL is available or any one of the following apply:
1. Employee used some paid leave in their employment contract
An employer is eligible for reimbursement if the employee used some of their paid leave under their employment contract before April 19, 2021 so that they didn't have at least three days of paid leave remaining. In this situation, the amount of reimbursement an employer would be entitled to depends on the number of days the employee has remaining under the employment contract.
If an employee had three days of paid leave under an employment contract and used all three before April 19, 2021, the employee would be entitled to three days of paid leave under the ESA and the employer could apply for reimbursement for these three days.
If an employee had three days of paid leave under an employment contract but only used two days before April 19, 2021, the employee would have one remaining day under their employment contract and would therefore be entitled to two days under the ESA and the employer could apply for reimbursement for these two days.
If an employee had five days of paid leave under an employment contract but only used two before April 19, 2021, the employee would have no entitlement to paid IDEL under the ESA because they still have three days remaining under their employment contract, therefore the employer would not be eligible for reimbursement.
2. Employment contract provided less pay than the ESA entitlement
An employer is eligible for reimbursement if the employment contract provided less pay for the leave than the entitlement under the ESA (generally the wages the employees would have earned had they not taken the leave, up to $200).
For example, an employee's paid leave under their employment contract provides for $100 for the day. However, the wages they would have earned while on paid leave under the ESA are $150. In this scenario, the day of paid leave under the contract does not reduce the employee's entitlement to days of paid infectious disease emergency leave under the ESA. If the employee takes paid infectious disease emergency leave under the ESA, the employer can apply for reimbursement of $150.
3. Contract is more restrictive than the ESA
An employer is eligible for reimbursement if the employment contract contained conditions for taking the leave that are more restrictive than what is set out in the ESA.
For example, an employee is sick with COVID‑19 and their employment contract requires a doctor's note for paid sick days. Under the ESA, an employee is not required to provide a doctor's note for paid infectious disease emergency leave (IDEL). If the employee takes paid IDEL under the ESA, the employer would be eligible for reimbursement.
Exclusion from reimbursement
An employer is not entitled to be reimbursed for payments made to an employee for paid infectious disease emergency leave under the Employment Standards Act (ESA) if either:
the employee received WSIB benefits for the same days of leave
the employer cancelled or rescinded the paid leave offered to their employees as part of an employment contract on, or after, April 19, 2021
In other words, an employer cannot cancel their employee's contractual entitlement to paid leave in order to take advantage of the COVID‑19 Worker Income Protection Benefit.
Apply for reimbursement
Employers may now submit claims to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to get reimbursed for paying their employees the Ontario COVID‑19 Worker Income Protection Benefit.
Applications for reimbursement of paid infectious disease emergency leave must be made within 120 days of the date the employer paid the employee, or by July 29, 2023 (whichever is earlier). The WSIB cannot process applications submitted after 120 days of the payment date.
Employers should ensure that their applications are complete and include all information required by the WSIB. The WSIB will not process incomplete applications.
Submit bulk applications
Employers can submit applications for up to 10 employees at a time using the regular process. We recommend using this process to submit applications for up to 50 employees.
If you need to submit applications for over 50 employees, you can register to submit a bulk application when you complete the intake form. After you register you will receive detailed instructions on how to provide the required information.
Check the status of your claim
Once you submit your claim you will receive a claim confirmation number. You can check your claim status with the WSIB for an up-to-date view on the progress of your claim.
Payments began at the end of June and happen on a bi-weekly basis. It takes approximately three weeks to process an approved claim. The timing depends on the completeness and complexity of the claim.
Verification and enforcement
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) will use the information that employers provide in the application for reimbursement application verification and processing payments.
It is a contravention of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) to file a false or misleading application for reimbursement. Where the WSIB is of the opinion that false and misleading information has been filed in an application, the WSIB will disclose this information to the Director of Employment Standards for investigation and potential enforcement.
For specific-claim related inquiries once you have a claim confirmation number or technical issues with submitting a claim, please request support and a claims specialist will reach out to you.
For more general information on eligibility criteria, how to apply and program rules, please call the Ontario COVID‑19 Worker Income Protection Benefit Information Centre 1-888-999-2248 (TTY: 1-866-567-8893).
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Marple's Iron Bridge Campaign was on TV in 2004
As part of Restoration: You Make it Happen
During June and July 2004 the Iron Bridge Restoration Project was featured in a TV programme called 'Restoration: You Make It Happen' that was shown on the Community Channel, which was broadcast by Sky, Freeview, Telewest and NTL at the time.
It was made by the Community Channel as a tie in to the BBC's 2004 series 'Restoration', presented by Griff Rhys-Jones. The programme's producer, Coumba Fergusson, has kindly given permission for us to use extracts from it featuring the Iron Bridge. We're very grateful for this and we'd like to thank Coumba and the Community Channel for lending their support to our campaign in this way.
Our part of the programme totalled nearly 5 minutes and originally we had to find a compromise between file size and picture quality to make it practical for everyone to use on the Internet. The extract was split into three separate clips, in order to reduce the time it takes to download, and there were three different levels of quality provided for each clip. The largest size was best if you had broadband and you were prepared to wait a little while for the file download; the medium was better if you had broadband but no patience; and the smallest size would work for modem users, although they may have still found it heavy going.
When migrating this page the old video clip was uploaded to Youtube but unfortunately it's very low resolution by today's standards and nothing can be done about that.
The video was converted to digital format for us free of charge by Andy Glossop, of local company AMG Video Productions, and we would like to extend our thanks again to Andy, who also helped us with our sponsored walk in May 2004.
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This Leh hotel has three floors and twenty-three rooms. All rooms are well furnished.
This Leh hotel has its own restaurant which serves Indian, Chinees, Thai and continantal food.
Nearby attraction to this Leh hotel are Leh Palace, Namgyal Tesmo Gompa, Sankar Gompa.
If the booking is cancelled 7 days before date of arrival, 70% of amount will be refunded. No refunds will be given for no-show cases.


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Global Tuberculosis Report 2019 Released (17 October 2019)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the Global Tuberculosis Report 2019.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious and airborne disease.
TB was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide in 2018. It is also the leading killer of people with HIV and a major cause of deaths related to antimicrobial resistance.
Burden of TB:
In 2018, there were an estimated 10 (9.0—11.1) million new (incident) TB cases worldwide:
Men: 5.7 million were men,
Women: 3.2 million, and
Children: 1.1 million.
People living with HIV accounted for 9% of the total.
Eight countries accounted for 66% of the new cases:
the Philippines,
Bangladesh, and
In 2018, 1.5 (1.4—1.6) million people died from TB, including 251 000 (223 000—281 000) people with HIV.
Globally, the TB mortality rate fell by 42% between 2000 and 2018.
TB Care and Prevention
TB treatment saved 58 (53—64) million lives globally between 2000 and 2018.
In 2018, 7 million new TB cases were notified to national authorities and reported to WHO. This reflects a gap of 3 million between incident and notified cases. Ten countries accounted for about 80% of the gap, with India, Nigeria, Indonesia and the Philippines accounting for more than half of the total.
The global treatment success rate for people newly diagnosed with TB was 85% in 2017.
Drug-Resistant TB:
Globally in 2018, 484 000 (417 000—556 000) people developed TB that was resistant to rifampicin-resistant (RR-TB), the most effective first-line drug, and of these, 78% had multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
187 000 cases of MDR/RR-TB were detected and notified in 2018. Of these, a total of 156 000 were enrolled and started on treatment with a second-line regimen.
Treatment success rate at 56%, remains low globally.
Among cases of MDR-TB in 2018, 6.2% were estimated to have extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB).
Co-Epidemics of TB and HIV:
In 2018, there were 477 000 reported cases of TB among people living with HIV, of whom
86% were on antiretroviral therapy.
Most of the gaps in detection and treatment were in the WHO African Region, where the burden of HIV-associated TB is highest.
Preventive Treatment for TB:
WHO recommends preventive treatment for people living with HIV and all contacts living in households with TB.
A total of 748 000 people who were newly enrolled in HIV care were started on TB preventive treatment in 2018 (only 49% of people newly enrolled in HIV care).
In addition, the number of children aged under 5 years who were started on TB preventive treatment reached 349 000 in 2018 – a four-fold increase from 2015 but much less than the 4 million estimated to be eligible.
Uptake of Diagnostics, New Drugs and Regimens:
The WHO-recommended rapid diagnostic test (WRD) for detection of TB and rifampicin resistance currently available is the Xpert MTB/RIF® assay. Of the 48 countries in at least one of the lists of high burden countries, 37 had adopted national algorithms positioning the WRD as the initial diagnostic test for all people suspected of having pulmonary TB by the end of 2018.
By the end of 2018, 90 countries reported having imported or started using bedaquiline, and 57 countries had used delamanid.
Research and Development:
There is still no single rapid, accurate and robust TB diagnostic test suitable for use at the point of care.
Fourteen vaccine candidates are in clinical trials: three in Phase I, eight in Phase II and three in Phase III. They include candidates to prevent the development of latent TB infection and TB disease, and candidates to help improve the outcomes of treatment for TB disease.
There are 23 drugs and several combination treatment regimens in clinical trials.
Funding for TB research and development has increased and reached a peak of US$ 772 million in 2017. However, this is only 39% of the estimated requirement of US$ 2 billion per year.
TB Financing:
The funding required for a full response to the global TB epidemic in low- and
middle-income countries is estimated at US$ 10.1 billion in 2019, excluding research and development.
US$ 6.8 billion was available for TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment in 2018, leaving a funding gap of almost US$ 3.3 billion.
87% of the funding available in 2019 is from domestic sources. However, this global aggregate figure is strongly influenced by BRICS countries.
International donor funding accounts for 38% of the funding available in the 25 high TB burden countries outside BRICS and 49% of funding available in low-income countries.
International donor funding led by the Global Fund and US Government remains critical, especially in these countries.
For research and development, at least an extra US$ 1.2 billion per year is needed to accelerate the development of new tools.
TB and Universal Health Coverage:
All of the 30 high TB burden countries need to increase service coverage and reduce
levels of catastrophic expenditures to reach Universal Health Coverage, consistent with
findings from surveys of costs faced by TB patients and their households.
The Global TB Report features a TB-SDG monitoring framework that focuses attention
on 14 indicators that are associated with TB incidence. Monitoring of these indicators
can be used to identify key influences on the TB epidemic at national level and inform
the multisectoral actions required to end it.
Many new cases of TB are attributable to undernourishment, HIV infection, smoking, diabetes and alcohol use.
Link to related WHO news release:
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/17-10-2019-7-million-people-receive-record-levels-of-lifesaving-tb-treatment-but-3-million-still-miss-out
Link to Global Tuberculosis Report 2019:
https://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/
This entry was posted in Communicable Diseases, Health statistics, Prevention, World Health Organization (WHO) and tagged Communicable Diseases, Global Tuberculosis Report, Prevention, Tuberculosis (TB), World Health Organization (WHO) on October 20, 2019 by drroopesh.
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Q: Prometheus Couchbase Exporter container is not working I am trying to run the couchbase exporter(latest version) in docker to get the couchbase metrics in to Prometheus but the container is crashing with the below error logs.
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:43:57.916Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"Couchbase Address: abc.xyz.com:8091","ts":1628016237.915603}
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:43:57.917Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"Starting metrics collection...","ts":1628016237.915603}
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:43:57.917Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"dial CB Server at: http://abc.xyz.com:8091","ts":1628016237.915603}
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:43:57.917Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"Registering Collectors...","ts":1628016237.915603}
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:43:57.917Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"Serving Metrics","ts":1628016237.915603}
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:43:57.917Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"starting server on 127.0.0.1:9091","ts":1628016237.915603}
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:44:02.921Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"Begin collection of Node Stats","ts":1628016237.915603}
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:44:02.921Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"Current Node Cache empty. Retrieving","ts":1628016237.915603}
{"caller":"log.go:40","date":"2021-08-03T18:44:02.944Z","level":"info","logger":"metrics","message":"Cluster name is: abc","ts":1628016237.915603}
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x30 pc=0x7b4979]

The exporter is connecting to couchbase DB but not able to get the metrics due to this error
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x30 pc=0x7b4979]

Here are the links to Couchbase exporter code and the image registry.
https://github.com/couchbase/couchbase-exporter
https://hub.docker.com/r/couchbase/exporter
I am suspecting that the exporter code is having a bug but I am new to couchbase and GO, so looking for the help here.
Has anyone successfully used the latest version of couchbase exporter (container based) to get the couchbase metrics?


My post, "When is 100% not 100%"? — regarding the amount of non-certified beans allowed in 100% Rainforest Alliance certified coffee — generated a lot of interest. Rainforest Alliance posted a comment, to which I replied. RA responded to my questions, and a Fair Trade representative (from TransFair USA) also chimed in, clarifying their position.
There seem to be two issues here regarding product purity: one with purity at origin and in manufacturing; the other with reduced percentages for marketing purposes that are stated on the package or end product.
I can certainly appreciate Abby's statement about wanting to be honest with respect to the consumers. And I agree that there are situations or organizations with which the 100% stipulation could be difficult to meet. But this, to me, instead of accepting and allowing a more relaxed standard for product purity, is all the more reason to insist upon 100% purity along with a strictly controlled audit trail.
No one I know necessarily expects fraud along the chain, but history is a stern teacher. We know from recent years that cooperatives (and estate farms, too, most likely) have sent off quantities of "certified" organic coffee that far exceeded the production capabilities of the organization. The rule for organic was 100% purity–at least at the farm gate–and there are cases in which a coop lost its organic certification and the director lost all credibility with the coffee industry. A more notorious and egregious case occurred at the consumption end with "Kona" coffee in California, where Panamanian beans were re-packed as Hawaiian. Someone went to jail on that. Where money is concerned, it's a challenge that we all confront with certified coffees. But there are also ways to address such behavior, such as sanctions, suspensions or expulsion.
Like organic and fair trade, SMBC has a audit trail and rules about separation of BF product that get addressed via inspection. While no one would claim such systems are fool-proof, a stated purity of 100% works to encourage the best efforts at keeping the "all or nothing" standard intact for all concerned, and realizing it as best as possible at the consumption end.
Stating up front that you're going to allow 90% purity to leave the farm and allow that to be considered 100% can only work against you in the long run. If you're expecting 10% "leakage", then you may well get that much leakage on your 90% rule–and perhaps even more, given that those at origin know you're not expecting 100%. It simply puts you in a difficult position from the start.
RA's allowance for different percentages of the final product (i.e., Holiday Inn's coffee carafes with the 30% RA certified labeling) is altogether another matter and is understandable from the marketing and getting-the-word-out perspective. SMBC doesn't allow it, but we understand the reasoning behind it. But such statements on end-consumer packaging–where assumptions by consumers are made about what a certification mark implies–are distinct from the leakage allowance at origin/manufacturing/packaging.
As Julie stated in her blog, if only 90% is the purity level at origin and then again at manufacturing, a consumer could well be drinking a "certified" product that is only 81% pure. And if that is then used to create an acknowledged 30% certified coffee, you're down to less than a quarter of the product being certified.
Our feeling is that if a certification mark is going to represent whatever it is that it states it represents, then strict standards and enforcement need to in place. In discussing this issue with many people, I've found that those who are concerned about environmental and/or social issues and look for such seals expect nothing short of 100% purity. We would all do well to work toward that high-water mark. By holding everyone along the commodity chain to the highest standards possible can we create reliable, credible coffee products that we can truly say link conservation to the market place.


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In The City Of Sylvia (PG)
Written and directed by José Luis Guerín
Screening at FACT from 10th-16th April 2009
Given the subject matter, this is one of those films which you will either loathe or love, but I firmly stand in the latter camp.
I can perhaps understand why people are turned off by it - very little dialogue, long single camera takes, apparently not much happening in the way of eventful action - but that it is precisely why I was charmed by it.
The cinematography by Argentinian Natasha Braier is beguiling to the eye, notably her shots of reflections of people - especially women's faces - in glass windows.
The first half of the film - directed by Catalanian Jose Luis Guerin, who is known for his meditative style of filmmaking - is spent outside a outdoor cafe in Strasbourg. El (Xavier Lafitte), who is searching for a woman named Sylvia whom he met several years ago in the same city, spends a lot of time sketching the attractive young women sitting at the tables.
He thinks he may have recognised Sylvia seated there on one or two occasions but his hopes soon evaporate.
But one afternoon he is convinced he has spotted her, and he sets off trailing the woman, played by Pilar Lopez de Ayala, through the back streets of Strasbourg.
The closing section of the film takes place in the open air at a railway station where El sits waiting, as if hypnotised. Trains constantly stop and depart within minutes of each other, with Braier once again capturing many enthralling images of pretty women in the windows of the carriages. These are juxtaposed with shots of models pictured in advertising hoardings scattered around the platform, and of women standing waiting for a train.
These final scenes are very sensual and alluring, in keeping with the rest of the film.
In The City Of Sylvia is a perfect antidote to the vacuous films too often trotted out by predictable movie makers.


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Bruno Pittermann, född 3 september 1905 i Wien och död 19 september 1983 i Wien, var en österrikisk socialdemokratisk politiker. Han var ordförande i det socialdemokratiska partiet 1957-1967 och vicekansler i Österrike 1957-1966. Han var också 1964-1976 president i socialistinternationalen.

Österrikiska socialdemokrater
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