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Coronavirus update: 15 million cases worldwide as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive again - ABC News
There are now over 15 million confirmed cases of coronavirus globally as the pandemic rages on, with the United States, Brazil and India all recording numbers in the millions.
Meanwhile Brazilian authorities say Sao Paulo state, the nation's most populous has topped 20,000 deaths from COVID-19 and that President Jair Bolsonaro has recorded another positive test to COVID-19.
This story was last updated at 3:00am on Thursday.
Thursday's key moments:
Global cases rise above 15 million
Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million, according to figures by Johns Hopkins University, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis.
The top five countries with the most cases is rounded out by Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa.
In the United States, which has the highest number of cases in the world with 3.91 million infections, President Donald Trump warned: "It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better."
Figures by Johns Hopkins show the disease is accelerating the fastest in the Americas, which account for more than half the world's infections and half its deaths.
Health experts stress that official data almost certainly under-reports both infections and deaths, particularly in countries with limited testing capacity.
The number of coronavirus cases as of approximately 2:30am (AEST) stood at 15,000,424 — at least triple the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World Health Organization data.
The death toll of more than 617,000 in seven months since the virus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan is close to the upper range of yearly influenza deaths.
Brazil's most populous state tops 20,000 deaths
Brazil has recorded more than 80,000 fatalities. (AP: Andre Penner)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has returned a third positive test for COVID-19, after initially falling ill on July 7, a secretariat of the Communications Ministry said on Wednesday (local time).
"The test carried out on the President yesterday, on the 21st, showed a positive result," a statement said.
"President Bolsonaro is still in good condition, accompanied by the presidency's medical team."
The positive came on the same day Brazilian authorities said the country's Sao Paulo state has topped 20,000 deaths from COVID-19, while the nation as a whole has recorded more than 80,000 fatalities.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is one of 15 million people worldwide confirmed to have contracted COVID-19. (AP: Eraldo Peres)
Sao Paulo is Brazil's most populous state with 46 million people, and is the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the South American country.
It has been enforcing social distancing measures since mid-March, but has never applied a full lockdown.
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria replaced his health secretary this week, though he said the official left the post for medical reasons unrelated to the coronavirus.
500 women at US federal prison tests positive
More than 500 women at a medical prison in Texas have tested positive for coronavirus, in one of the largest confirmed outbreaks at a federal prison.
The Bureau of Prisons said the number of confirmed cases at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth jumped to 510 on Tuesday, just two days after the Bureau of Prisons reported that 200 women there had tested positive for COVID-19.
Only the federal prison in Seagoville, also located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, had more infected inmates, with 1,156 cases as of Tuesday.
Three weeks ago, the prison had reported only three confirmed cases of the virus among inmates.
One prisoner, Andrea Circle Bear, died in April. On July 12, 69-year-old Sandra Kincaid became the second woman to die there from the virus, the third, 51-year-old Teresa Ely, died on Monday (local time).
Iran records 138 healthcare worker deaths
Iran has the deadliest coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. (Reuters)
Iran says 138 health care professionals have died so far while battling the coronavirus pandemic.
The ISNA news agency on Wednesday (local time) quoted Hossein Kermanpour, spokesman for the regulatory body for Iranian health care professionals, as saying that the death toll includes 90 doctors and 28 nurses.
Iran announced earlier this week that 12,000 health care workers have been infected across the country — Tuesday marked the country's single-day highest death toll of 229.
Iran is grappling with the deadliest outbreak in the Middle East. It has so far reported more than 278,000 confirmed cases and 14,634 deaths.
US Government reaches agreement with vaccine companies for 100 million doses
US President Donald Trump now wears masks at times and his Government are dealing with the world's largest outbreak of coronavirus. (AP: Patrick Semansky)
Pfizer Inc and German biotech firm BioNTech SE will get $US1.95 billion ($2.72 billion) from the US Government to produce and deliver 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
The agreement allows the US Government to acquire an additional 500 million doses, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense said.
The Trump administration has agreed to spend billions of dollars for the development and procurement of a potential vaccine.
Pfizer and BioNTech currently expect to manufacture up to 100 million doses globally by the end of 2020, and potentially more than 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021, subject to final dose selection from their clinical trial.
This comes after the two companies announced they would supply the UK with 30 million doses on Monday.
Tokyo Olympics will not be held if virus is as bad as it is now
The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed until July, 2021. (Reuters: Athit Perawongmetha)
The delayed Tokyo Olympics could not be held next year if conditions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic continue as they are, the president of the organising committee said.
In an interview with Japanese broadcaster NHK, Yoshiro Mori said he was hopeful the situation would improve and suggested a vaccine was the key.
"If this kind of situation (with COVID-19) continues, is it possible to hold the games?" Mr Mori was asked.
"If current situation continues, we couldn't," Mr Mori replied, speaking in Japanese.
The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to open on July 23, 2021 — a year from today.
The IOC and organisers have also said the Olympics will not be postponed again and would be cancelled.
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One of my favourite comedy-detective stories is The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett. Hammett is probably better known for The Maltese Falcon, though The Thin Man was also very popular and spawned five additional films featuring the main characters, Nick and Nora Charles.
In the films, William Powell and Myrna Loy play Nick and Nora. While William Powell is excellent as the hard-drinking, fun-loving Nick, Myrna Loy steals the films with her elegant beauty and her wonderful sense of comic timing. Whenever she appears on screen, your eye is drawn to her and the films are worth watching for her performances alone.
The storyline of The Thin Man centres on former private detective Nick Charles who travels to New York for the Christmas season with his wealthy wife, Nora. There, they discover that a successful inventor has disappeared and a reluctant Nick sets out to find him. The twists and turns of the plot lead to a classic dénouement scene, a motif of The Thin Man series, where Nick gathers all the suspects together before identifying the culprit.
Hugely successful, The Thin Man became one of the top ten films of 1934. While the film is worth watching for its mystery element, the real delight of The Thin Man, and its sequels, is the witty and sophisticated dialogue. Indeed, the interplay between William Powell and Myrna Loy was so good that many people thought they were married in real life.
In a classic scene from the film, the police search Nick and Nora's apartment. Nora observes a police officer rummaging through her possessions and exclaims, "What's that man doing in my drawers?" causing Nick to spit out his drink (in the first Thin Man film, Nick always has a drink to hand) and hundreds of theatre operators to censor the line – this was 1934, after all.


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Thanks to Governor Patrick by John Murray of the Fisheries Survival Fund
On behalf of the Fisheries Survival Fund, the largest national organization dedicated to protecting and strengthening the nation's Atlantic sea scallop fishery, I want to thank Governor Patrick and his administration for their vital contribution to this important accomplishment, benefiting scallop fishermen and their families.
Earlier this year, the New England Fisheries Management Council made a historic decision to reconsider and overturn its decision to impose severe restrictions on fishing opportunities for the Atlantic sea scallop fishery in 2010. In so doing, the Council took a positive step to strike a more appropriate balance between two very important considerations: the need for environmental conservation and the importance of maintaining the economic and social health of the Atlantic sea scallop fishing industry.
More importantly, this decision protects fishermen and fishing communities like New Bedford and Gloucester, and others like it from Maine to North Carolina, from the unnecessary and devastating financial hardship that undoubtedly would have been the result had it not been reconsidered and overturned.
While there are many individuals who deserve rightful praise for their efforts in making this outcome a reality, there is one individual whose contributions in this fight were crucial and deserve special mention. I speak of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
Last December, at the direction of the Governor, Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles sent a letter to the Council, expressing deep concern over the negative impact of the Council's decision on scallop fishing communities, and urged it to "reconsider and reverse its recent decision to sharply reduce fishing days at sea for sea scallopers."
As the letter correctly explained then and as the Governor and his administration conveyed poignantly throughout this effort, the Council's decision carried with it severe consequences for the economic and social health of the scallop industry and fishing communities in Massachusetts and throughout the region, and would have caused unnecessary damage to local, regional and national economies during these troubled economic times. It is this consideration, among a few others, that led ultimately to the Council reconsidering and overturning its decision.
Like many complicated policy matters involving various levels of government and regulations, getting to where we are today involved a number of individuals and a series of steps with numerous detours and challenges. Governor Patrick and his administration were consistently a driving force behind the efforts to overcome the obstacles and challenges that emerged, and I know that his desire to see a positive solution to this issue was to a large extent a reflection of his great responsibility for and deep commitment to protecting one of America's most prosperous scallop fishing ports – the City of New Bedford.
And so, on behalf of the Fisheries Survival Fund, the largest national organization dedicated to protecting and strengthening the nation's Atlantic sea scallop fishery, I want to thank Governor Patrick and his administration for their vital contribution to this important accomplishment, benefiting scallop fishermen and their families. We could not have done it without his support.
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The Six Month Mark: Three Ways Mayor Filner is Making a Difference in San Diego
May 28, 2013 by Doug Porter
By Doug Porter
Three stories about San Diego Mayor Bob Filner lead off this morning's review of the news. I'm not surprised that the first six months of Bob Filner's tenure as the top elected official in America's Finest City have been tumultuous.
After all, San Diegans elected a progressive Democrat after years of rule by mostly moderate Republicans. The local GOP leadership opted to back a more radical flavor of conservative in Carl DeMaio and, as a result, lost.
That's been a bitter pill for them to swallow, and you could hardly characterize them as gracious losers. And, in a way, you can hardly blame them. Losing the election has cost their supporters the kind of insider access needed to assure that their financial interests take priority over public concerns.
The UT-San Diego has run (nearly) weekly editorials, bleating about one (often imagined) offense after another. The city's hoteliers, acted as a proxy for the entire downtown-first gang, engaged in a protracted tantrum, and threatened to ruin San Diego's tourism economy unless they were given unfettered access to tax revenues (er, fees) to spend as they saw fit.
And the nattering nabobs of negativism in the local 2012 losers' circle have been desperately trying to float the idea of funding a recall of Mayor Filner, despite the long odds against success and the high probability of, according to a Voice of San Diego story, "a brutal five- to eight-month process that will consume untold millions of public and private dollars and grind municipal government to a chaotic halt."
There are three little stories in today's news providing substance to the argument that, at last, we have a Mayor who gives a damn about what people in this city actually want.
Filner Gives a Sh*t
Or at least he cares about the bird poop plaguing La Jolla. The Mayor has issued an "Emergency Finding" under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 stating that the La Jolla bird waste is a public health hazard that threatens public health, safety and welfare.
Rather than turn this issue into an opportunity to complain about odious government regulations and the wild-eyed environmentalists that run this state, Filner simply researched the rules and came up with a solution.
From NBC San Diego 7News:
On Friday evening, Filner announced that a plan for solving the La Jolla odor issues would be put in place following the Memorial Day weekend.
Filner says he's been working closely with San Diego City councilmember Sherri Lightner on this matter.
The pair has now been told by regulatory agencies that the city can begin implementing a plan that will neutralize the chemicals and organisms – including the overwhelming bird guano – causing the stench permeating the air around the cliffs east of La Jolla Cove.
The Streets Belong to the People
This town has been car-centric for so long that it's ridiculous. Some of you may have noticed small but significant changes around various streets of San Diego, changes designed to give some recognition to bicyclists.
Today Filner held a press conference at the intersection of Montezuma Road and Collwood Boulevard in the College Area. In 2012, a man was killed in an accident at the intersection. Along with the leaders of BikeSD and the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, Filner officially unveiled a new project and announced more details of what's to come in plans to make shared roads a reality in San Diego.
Green lanes, meant to slow drivers down and make them more aware of the shared road are already in place at several different intersections including Balboa Avenue and Genessee Avenue, along Nimitz Boulevard in Point Loma, along Harbor Drive in front of the Convention Center.
The Mayor has lent city support for CicloSDias, an August 11th event modeled after the very successful Ciclovías events that started in Bogotá, Colombia over thirty years ago as a response to the congestion and pollution of city streets. For one day selected city streets in various neighborhoods throughout central San Diego will be car free, with activities along the route, shops and restaurants open for business and neighbors and friends from all over coming together to make the streets come alive.
Doors Are Opening at City Hall
Some folks in the local media seem to have taken up the sport of tracking Filner's foibles, of which we'd guess there must be a few. Apparently he's hard to work for, as the departure of several staff members over the past months would indicate. It's taken too long for his PR department to get up to a standard that keeps local reporters satisfied. And he can be curt, a real sonofabitch who doesn't suffer fools gladly.
But then there's this article in the San Diego City Beat, about how environmentalists finally have meaningful access to City Hall.
Environmental-justice leader Diane Takvorian is finally being heard
In June 2012, environmentalist Nicole Capretz met with aides to then-San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders to talk about the Quail Brush power plant proposed for near Mission Trails Regional Park. Sanders' chief of staff, Julie Dubick, and senior policy advisor Aimee Faucett listened to her concerns about how the plant should be a sustainable-energy project that doesn't burn fossil fuels.
Later that month, news broke about another possible project, the North City Power Plant in University City. The city had been working for more than 16 months with one bidder, and city staff had compiled a 206-page report on the project. Capretz says Sanders' aides didn't even bother to mention it during their meeting.
Ever since gold-rusher and businessman Alonzo Horton set up New Town along San Diego's harbor in the 19th century, the city has been focused on improvements within 20 blocks of the waterfront, San Diego Mesa College political-science professor Carl Luna says. But Filner's approach seems to shift away from a Downtown mentality. Takvorian says the mayor's recently released budget proposal is one of the first times a mayor has highlighted community plans. When Filner developed a formal vision for the Port of San Diego, which was presented to the city earlier this year, he wanted input before finalizing it, Takvorian said. So EHC [Environmental Health Coalition] offered strategies about how to make the port freer of diesel pollution. Takvorian says that kind of planning was groundbreaking, and even though her organization has monitored the port for more than 20 years, no city official has taken that kind of initiative.
Boxer Calls for San Onofre Investigation
Southern California Public Radio is up with a story this morning about San Onofre, about possible wrong-doing at the still shuttered nuclear power plant. It was closed in January 2012, after a small radiation leak led to the discovery of unusually rapid wear inside hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water in the nearly new generators.
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer wants the Justice Department to investigate if California utility executives deceived federal regulators about an equipment swap at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) that eventually led to a radiation leak, The Associated Press has learned.
The California Democrat obtained a 2004 internal letter written by a senior Southern California Edison executive that she said "leads me to believe that Edison intentionally misled the public and regulators" to avoid a potentially long and costly review of four replacement steam generators before they went into service.
On This Day: 1892 – The Sierra club was organized in San Francisco, CA. 1957 – National League club owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and that the New York Giants could move to San Francisco. 1979 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund held a news conference to announce plans for a memorial honoring those who served in the war.
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Doug Porter was active in the early days of the alternative press in San Diego, contributing to the OB Liberator, the print version of the OB Rag, the San Diego Door, and the San Diego Street Journal. He went on to have a 35-year career in the Hospitality business and decided to go back into raising hell when he retired. He won numerous awards for his columns from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Doug is a cancer survivor (sans vocal chords) and lives in North Park.
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Dianne says
Thanks, Doug. There is always a need for more hell raisers and you're a good one!
Frances O'Neill Zimmerman says
Mayor Filner is impatient for things to work better, tireless in getting around to events that matter, finds imaginative solutions to problems, is genuinely interested in the possibilities of this city and always open to facilitating the agendas of amazing people like Dianne Takvorian who has been laboring for the Environmental Health Coalition since the 1970's.
Thanks, Doug, for noting all this, and besides, let the record show that the Strong Mayor is a very amusing guy whose sense of humor never deserts him. Between Jerry Brown in Sac and Bob Filner in San Diego, we are doing all right.
John Anderson says
Great stuff Doug and thanks for highlighting the Mayor's support for walking and cycling initiatives. No better place to improve our air quality, quality of life, health, and general environment than by making it easier and more enjoyable for citizens to get out of our cars on a more regular basis.
bob dorn says
Hey, Doug, did you see your rivals at Voice of San Diego just produced a lengthy attack on Filner for saying the seal cam in La Jolla had contributed to research on the seal population? There were pretty angry at the mayor over that. And his choice of colors for his ties. Just trying to be balanced here.
Doug Porter says
Meh. That's not an attack. It's a "Fact Check" so they can keep getting that "Fat Check" for being "Objective".


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Michael Chabon Weighs In on the Mark Twain Whitewashing Issue
by Dave Bow • Jan 13, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Try and remember last week when that professor at Auburn University announced he was releasing an edition of Huckleberry Finn where the word "nigger" was replaced with "slave". He also, for the record, plans on replacing the word "Injun" with "Indian" (OK!) and "half-breed" with "half-blood" (What? No!).
Still angry about it? Me too! You know who else is? Michael Chabon! (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen's Union) Check out this wonderful article Chabon wrote for The Atlantic where he sympathizes with professor Alan Gribben (even admitting to performing the same omission while reading Tom Sawyer out loud) while ultimately condemning Gribben's decision "for its cowardice, mealy-mouthedness, and all-consuming fallaciousness". My favorite part is where he lays out the discussion he had with his children before reading Huck Finn to them - the kind that this book should be inspiring in the classroom:
I explained to them that because this book was written in Huck's own voice, and because in the time and place of its setting people of both races commonly referred to black people as "niggers," and because there were a number of black characters, major and minor, in the book, I was going to be obliged to say, or not to say, that word, a great many times. I explained that saying the word made me extremely uncomfortable, that it was not a word I ever used, that some black people still used it sometimes to refer to each other, but that was importantly different, and that black people I had known were just as uncomfortable using the word around white people as white people were using it around them. I told them about my childhood friend Harry, mentioned in a prior post, who when discussing the Richard Pryor album Bicentennial Nigger with me, a fellow Pryor fan but, unlike Harry, a white boy, used to refer to it by the codename "Bice."
Next I reminded them that Mark Twain was a great artist, a moral man and, furthermore, an accurate writer. I said that as a writer myself the idea of somebody taking the words I had worked so hard to get absolutely correct and spatchcocking in whatever nonsense made them comfortable made me insane. Then I asked them what they thought I ought to do, whenever I arrived at the word in the course of the next few months. I told them how I had substituted "slave" while we were reading Tom Sawyer, but that in this book the word was going to mean so vastly much more, and less, than that.
You feel that, Gribben? You just got ChaBONED!
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Boom Cha-kalacka-bon!
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Cancer survivors are asked a lot of questions. One frequent one is how you manage to keep going. At times it is difficult to keep fighting. When I was having weekly chemotherapy treatments following my surgery, a friend was also in the process of...
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If you know me well, you would know that I really like mechs and when I saw The LEGO Ninjago Movie Fire Mech (70615) in the trailer, I knew it was one of the sets I needed to get. It contains 944 pieces and comes in at a very moderate $69.99 price point.
There is a surprisingly a lot of minifigures in this set. To be more specific, six in all. Obviously, we have Kai who pilots the Fire Mech. He is the same minifigure as in the Spinjitzu Training Dojo (70606) set. The only thing he doesn't have here is the harness for the katanas. He has a double-sided head with a confident look on one side and a nervous smile on the other.
We've seen Zane before in previous sets and he is the exact same minifigure. He has a double-sided head with a happy expression on one side and angry on the other. The accessories are his bow and quiver.
Henry is another citizen of Ninjago City that we can add to the collection. He has on a dark blue sweater with a fish printing on the front along with some words on the front and back. The pants are nougat colored with some belt printing which could be very useful for minifigure customization. He has a double-sided head with a scared expression on one side and a yelling/crying expression on the other. I believe his brown hairpiece is a new one. Henry's accessory is a trans-neon green ice cream. One additional thing that he has is a 3×3 sidewalk piece. I'm not sure of the reasoning of it at this time and we'll probably learn more about it during the movie.
Lauren seems to be an ice cream vendor in Ninjago City. She has one a fairly retro looking shirt with some pastely colors. The legs have some printing of her skirt along with some sandels on the feet. She has a double-sided head as well with a scared expression on one side and a nervous smile on the other. Her orange wavy hair is a new one in that combination. Her accessory is an ice cream cone.
One of the more intersting villains that I haven't reviewed yet is Jelly. His torso is somewhat a similar style as the others but this one has some tentacle printing as well. I do like his face printing with the red beard. The main thing with Jelly is the printed dome pieces to represent a jellyfish head.
Finally, we have Hammer Head. He has the same torso and leg designs as the other members of the Shark Army. What makes him unique is the hammerhead mold piece which also includes the shoulder pad. There's also some battery printing on it which shows it at 75% full. His accessory is a fish hammer.
The first thing I will say about the Fire Mech is that it is huge. If you've collected any constraction sets before, this thing towers over them. The cockpit sits in the center and there's a hatch and windshield piece for Kai to easily access it. One thing that is disappointing here is that it is pretty bland. There's only two antenna pieces for the controls and a seat backing and that's it. The blues used for the pieces seem off as red would be more suited to be color coordinated.
Behind the cockpit are a couple of stickered gas tanks for non-shooting flames. There are a couple of tubes that connect to the legs. This is an interesting design as I would've thought that it would connect to the arms instead. Above the tanks are a couple of stickered sashimono banners on hinged poles. I really like this aesthetic a lot as it gives off a samurai feel to it.
The arms are similar builds except they are on different sides. They are on ratchet socket joints so they have a full 360 degree articulation. At the upper arms, there are some large armor pieces. Hidden at the top by the shoulders are a couple of disc shooters. They fire pretty far and there are even some extra ammo that attaches to the gas tanks in the back. The forearms are also on ratchet socket joints.
The forearms use some different sized rims to give it the look. Everything is connected on some Technic pins so it can easily turn using the gear in the back. At the front of the arms, there are some flame pieces showing the flametorch being used.
At the waist area, there is an armor piece with a sticker for detailing. There are a couple of hinges holding it in place but it also moves up a little in case you are articulating the legs.
Speaking of the legs, they are long and are a good proportion to the body and arms. They are connected at the hip using the same joints as the arms. They are able to spread wide and move forward a decent amount however they aren't able to move back that far due to it hitting the ratchet joint piece. At the upper thighs, there are a couple of clips for Kai's swords.
Near the knees, there's lots of detailing using both stickers and parts to give it the look but that's all there is. This is because there are no joints in the knees and the legs are stiff which is very disappointing. I'm sure fans will modify it to give the Fire Mech full articulation.
The feet are on ball joints and even the toes have articulation! It's only on a Technic pin but it does spin around with ease. I think the purpose of this feature is for poseability. When the legs are spread apart, the toes are positioned accordingly and it gives needed stability the Fire Mech needs for its large body.
The The LEGO Ninjago Fire Mech (70615) is probably topped the Green Ninja Mech Dragon (70612) as my favorite set so far. I'm impressed with the size and design of it compared to other mechs that LEGO has released in the past from various themes. The playability and poseability are there as well. Kids will definitely have a lot of fun with it. The price point of $69.99 is another thing I like about the Fire Mech. Even if LEGO didn't send this set in for review, I would have purchased it myself as I was eyeing it when the first image of the set was revealed a few months ago.
If I had to give it a knock, the big one would have to be at the knees. I wished it would've had joints at the knees to give it more poseability but I understand that LEGO made it that way to keep it more stable for kids. I may have to do some adjustments myself later on to make it fully poseable. I also didn't like the cockpit that much as it is really bland in that area.


A man from West Africa said he lost more than $190,000 he was planning to use to open a restaurant when muggers attacked him in a New York City apartment stairwell. Abdul Bah, 46, told News 4 New York he was leaving the walk-up in Claremont Village in the Bronx on Nov. 7 with a bag full of cash when the two muggers struck. He did his best to hold onto the money -- which he sold his property in his home country of Guinea to get -- but couldn't hold on. "Without the money, it's going to be hard to pay everything for the restaurant," he said. Surveillance footage from the attack shows one of the two attackers passing the man as if he were going up the stairs as the other hangs back at the bottom of the landing. Then, one of the men yanks Bah's arm and pulls him up the stairs.


At the last day of the 11th International gvSIG Conference you will be able to participate in a workshop, where the main gvSIG new features that have been included during this year will be reviewed (they are a lot!!).
The new editing tools, where we will see the new editing extension possibilities as well as other tools like the attribute editor.
3D Views. We will learn to use and configure the properties of the new 3D Views, spherical and plain ones.
Symbology and labelling. We will see the symbology and labelling by scales, the latest types of legend that have been included in gvSIG, and the advanced labelling.
Hyperlink. We will review the possibilities of the hyperlink tool in gvSIG.
Symbol libraries. Some of the last symbol libraries will be installed, that we will use for representing our data.
Map design. We will work with the new layout document, where the Table of contents is included, and it allows to define the grid in a better way.
Derived geometries. We will generate a polygon layer from a data file obtained from a GPS, through the derived geometries tool.
We will import MsExcel spreadsheets to our projects.
We will review the possibilities of the new Table properties.
We will work with the unified geoprocessing frame.
It won't be necessary to know gvSIG previously, and we will start the workshop with a small "quickstart" exercise on gvSIG.
To follow the workshop you just have to take your laptop with gvSIG gvSIG 2.2 installed, and download the data that we will use at the workshop from this link.


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Top dog from LVMH joins French crypto startup Ledger
French cryptocurrencies startup Ledger is hiring ex-Apple and LVMH exec Ian Rogers. Could a bitcoin gadget be the next tech hit?
By Marie Mawad in Paris 1 December 2020
Credit: Ian Rogers, the former Apple and LVMH executive who is joining French startup Ledger.
The European startups making a mint from the bitcoin boom
By Sifted reporters 11 January 2021
The world of cryptocurrencies isn't only winning over new investors, it has also just wooed a star executive whose CV includes high-profile companies like LVMH and Apple.
French crypto startup Ledger is hiring Ian Rogers, the former chief digital officer of luxury group LVMH and head of Apple's music streaming business.
As chief experience officer, Rogers will lead thinking about user experience and how to improve Ledger's hardware wallets that are built for safely storing crypto keys.
Rogers said in a statement on Monday he's excited to join Ledger at a time of deep technological transformation for digital currencies, "when science fiction becomes mainstream".
"Digital assets are at the dawn of such an evolution," Rogers said. "We're at an inevitable and exciting period of transformation."
His career shift, from the more glamorous industries of luxury goods and blockbuster consumer brand Apple, shows cryptocurrencies being taken more seriously by mainstream execs..
A screenshot from Ian Rogers' Twitter account, as he leaves LVMH to join French startup Ledger.
Rogers' hire comes during a year when Bitcoin, the most prominent cryptocurrency, has had a record-breaking rally.
The performance has broadened the pool of crypto investors, and for companies like Ledger which sell crypto-related technology, it can be a driver for demand.
"Estimates show there are about 20m to 30m Bitcoin owners globally, and that's expected to grow by about 150m during the next bull run," Ledger chief executive Pascal Gauthier told Sifted in an interview earlier this year. "We could potentially sell 10 times the number of keys we've sold so far — there's huge potential."
One of Ledger's best-sellers is a €119 gadget that looks like a USB key, and actually serves as a physical vault for storing crypto passwords on a secure chip. It helps shield Bitcoin and other crypto from theft by hackers.
The Paris-based startup has sold more than 2m crypto keys, and has been diversifying by targeting corporates with a software offering called Vault.
One of Ledger's Bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallets. Photo credit: Ledger.
Europe's opportunity
For Gauthier, who took over as chief executive in 2019, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are one of the areas of tech where Europe can shine.
Gauthier was one of Ledger's early financiers from 2015, after a career in the French technology sector. He spent several years at Kelkoo, a France-born online price comparison platform, before joining ad-targeting company Criteo and helping prepare it for its Nasdaq stock market listing in 2013.
He says secure electronic crypto wallets are one opportunity to leverage French and European hardware know-how.
French-born companies like Gemalto, STMicroelectronics and Morpho have helped spawn a pool of expertise in payments, cybersecurity and identity management, as well as electronics, says Gauthier. The US, meanwhile, has focused almost exclusively on software development, he says.
"When I joined Ledger I was tired of fighting for crumbs on markets dominated by American players," says Gauthier. "I was looking for an idea that had the potential to become the next Google or Apple — and this is it."


Infinix launched Infinix Note 5 Stylus with an X Pen stylus in India. It has a 6-inch Full HD+ Display powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.
Stylus offers 4096 level pressure sensitivity and fine tip. You can open menu, new menu and switch between pen and eraser with just a click. X Pen menu lets you launch notes, write memos, take a screenshot, view files.Dual SIM device runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo). On Camera, It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 16-megapixel front camera with AI features, soft LED flash. Packed by a 4000mAh battery with 18W fast charging.
6-inch (2160×1080 pixels) FHD+ 18:9 IPS 2.5D curved glass display, 500 nits brightness, 1000:1 contast ratio, 85% NTSC color gamut.


A traditional shade that gives you a beautifully patterned light effect on the walls of your home. With a large amount of punching in each shade, the glow cast from this shade adds a new dimension to your decorating. Each shade has a washer fitter to be used with a harp on your existing lamp base.
Willow design. Blackened Tin finish. Handcrafted in Pennsylvania. The harp and finial are not included with the purchase of your shade.


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This year's annual Washington State and Oregon trade tasting will host two seminars. The first is at 11.30am titled the Multiple Personalities of Oregon Pinot Noir. This will be an interactive tasting and discussion looking at the influence of vintage, terroir and philosophy on Oregon Pinot Noir.
The Ageability of Washington Wines will be presented at 2pm by Chris Stone, deputy director of the Washington State Wine Comm-?ission. He says: "This relatively young region has already gained world-wide acclaim for its wines and is an industry made up of truly passionate and innovative growers and winemakers who get better and better with each vintage.
"In this seminar we will take a look at how well Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from this great region develop over time, giving the audience a chance to glance into the past, and get a glimpse of the promise the future holds."?World Wine Agencies will be showing its increased range from Powers Winery, which, according to the former's director Nicky Burston, has "massive potential" in the UK. "We have a great following for the Powers brand among our?independent customers," she says. "However, we still have a long way to go to maximise the potential of this iconic winery".
The range includes three single vineyard wines: Coyote Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Cougar's Syrah and a Cabernet Sauvignon from the Champoux vineyard.
Also on show will be wines from the organic Badger Mountain vineyard.
Stratford's Wine Agencies will be showing off the new packaging for bubbly producer Domaine Ste Michelle's Brut and Blanc de Noirs. The agency says there is a "great range of POS" to help launch the new packaging. New vintages of Erath will be available to taste, including the Erath Oregon Pinot Noir 2008 and Erath Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2008.
Tailor-made for the UK?Precept Wine Brands and D&D Wines International will present new vintages of their wines from Washington, including Washington Hills, produced in the Columbia Valley and blended specifically for the UK market (rrp £6.99).
Single varietal Steak House, made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Magnificent Wine Company (rrp £9.49) and value wines from Apex Ascent will be on taste. From Oregon the Primarius Pinot Noir 2009 will feature.


/var/widelands/BZR/ai-post-b19-2/src/graphic/texture_cache.cc:79: void TextureCache::drop(): Assertion `it != entries_.end()' failed.
I have nothing - no savegame, because I run test games without save enabled, but perhaps this will be usefull for somebody.
Can be triggered by drawing overlays like current gametime and building names.
Document the mine command. I read through the code to get to this documentation, I hope it is correct.
I compiled this version with the update.sh script.
However, this happened often in the past month or so, and I ran update.sh several times, so it occurred in versions before this one as well.
I think I can provide 1.5 backtraces for this bug. The first backtrace comes after a crash with the mentioned assertion. The second one is another crash but the backtrace seems similar so it might be related.
While posting, I noticed that the last output before the crash is in both cases about drop_stalled_soldiers. Not sure whether it is related, though, since I don't know about the times of output and crash.
I cannot reproduce this on my machine (Mac OS X, llvm 3.8).
This is my analysis: a texture should be inserted in the cache, but it would go over memory budget and therefore drops data. While dropping it refers to its internal least-recently-used (LRU) list called 'access_history_' to figure out what to drop. The LRU item it finds is no longer in the the 'entries_' of the cache anymore and the assert crashes.
Problem is, as far as I can see in the code, this is impossible in a single thread, and Widelands is single threaded: The cache uses a std::list<> (access_history_) and a std::map<> (entries_). It only uses .find, .end, .splice, .insert, .erase and .pop_front which all do not invalidate iterators. It only ever deletes anything from 'entries_' when it also deletes it from 'access_history_'. It makes sure in insert() that a hash is not already used.
Looking at the crash in #4 it seems to me that the std::map implementation used there is not fulfilling the no-iterator-invalidation contract - but I cannot be sure.
I pushed a branch that ups the debug output in texture_cache and drastically reduces its size (from 30 MB to 1024kb) to trigger the error earlier. I would much appreciate if this branch could be tested from people who see this crash. Please also provide as much information as possible about compiler, version, OS and STL library used and the new (very verbose) stdout in completion.
When starting a new game and in window "Choose a map", clicking on one of the first two entries ('Checkmate' or 'Crater') an endless loop in terminal regarding fonts appears. See output.txt. Some buttons show only black rectangles then instead of text.
widelands: /home/kaputtnik/Quellcode/widelands-repo/more_debug_texture_cache/src/graphic/texture_cache.cc:79: void TextureCache::drop(): Assertion `!access_history_.empty()' failed.
Don't know what you mean with 'STL' or how i could get such information, i guessed you mean 'SDL'.
Inserting 13032 bytes, new size would be 1057460. Hash <0<rt>
 14.5 fps (avg: 22.7 fps)
</rt>>.
Inserting 2376 bytes, new size would be 1044428. Hash <DejaVu/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf:14:66.7:ffff00:8>.
Inserting 13032 bytes, new size would be 1057460. Hash <0<rt>
 66.7 fps (avg: 23.3 fps)
</rt>>.
Inserting 13032 bytes, new size would be 1053788. Hash <0<rt>
 29.4 fps (avg: 24.4 fps)
</rt>>.
Thanks for the feedback. I made the cache too small - I repushed a bigger cache. Could you all try again?
I couldn't trigger the error with the adjusted cache.
Ran the map 'The Nile' with 8 players (ai) for about 20 hours (gametime at 10x speed).
I have added a check to the TextureCache implementation in the fh1-multitexture branch that the drop() function is only ever called when there is a texture left in the cache. This way, one could have the cache consisting of 1 texture that is bigger than the cache allows. When that branch hits trunk, individual textures will also be a lot smaller.
widelands: /var/widelands2/BZR/trunk/src/graphic/text/transient_cache.h:143: void TransientCache<T>::drop() [with T = UI::RenderedText]: Assertion `it != entries_.end()' failed.
Thread 1 "widelands" received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
widelands: ../src/graphic/text/transient_cache.h:143: void TransientCache<T>::drop() [with T = UI::RenderedText]: Controletest 'it != entries_.end()' faalt.
Also, I saved a core file, maybe that could be handy? It's too large for me to upload, but if you tell me what to look up (and how to do that) I could help.
Looks like the texture is in the cache's access history but not in its entries somehow when dropping old textures.
I have been unable to trigger this so far, so a savegame would help.
We added some fixes to the TransientCache thanks to ASan. Does anybody still get this bug?


Well, sort of. I still don't have internet at home, something about a wrong cable. Things seem to take forever around here. I'm also still waiting for the gas to be hooked up.
I've been super busy other than that and I will soon post tons of photos of new tattoos, the Milan convention and the apartment.
Next week, I will be leaving again for a tattoo convention in Strasbourg. If you are in the area come by or contact me for an appointment.
Tattoo Convention Strasbourg the 4th, 5th and 6th march.


For every pokemon you encounter on your adventure to become the world's greatest trainer, you have about a 1 in 8000 chance of that pokemon being 'shiny', or a different color than normal. Put an uncommon event in any video game, and of course a few people will take that feature to the limits of practicality: [dekuNukem] created the Poke-O-Matic, a microcontroller-powered device that breeds and captures shiny pokemon.
We've seen [dekuNukem]'s setup for automatically catching shiny pokemon before, but the previous version was extremely limited. It only worked with a fishing rod, so unless you want a ton of shiny Magikarp the earlier setup wasn't extremely useful.
This version uses two microcontrollers – an Arduino Micro and a Teensy 3.0 – to greatly expand upon the previous build. Now, instead of just fishing, [dekuNukem]'s project can automatically hatch eggs, search patches of grass for shiny pokemon, and also automatically naming these new shiny pokemon and depositing them in the in-game pokemon storage system.
The new and improved version works a lot like the older fishing-only automated pokemon finder; a few wires soldered on to the button contacts control the game. The Teensy 3.0 handles the data logging of all the captured pokemon with an SD card and RTC.
What did [dekuNukem] end up with for all his effort? A lot of shiny pokemon. More than enough to build a great team made entirely out of shinies.
Video below, with all the code available through a link in the description.
Makes more sense than Bitcoin.
There was a scripted event for one in gold/silver/crystal/heartgold/soulsilver and I got a shiny geodude on firered. I got the crystal one. End result is that in several years of gameplay (although not utterly addicted like some people) I have only caught 2 shiny pokemon.
Some people soft reset their consoles repeatedly at the opening of the game when you select your pokemon just so they can have a shiny from the beginning of the game. Got 1 mate that did that for heartgold and then did some bizarre runthrough of the game where in order to pass each gym he had to catch a new shiny pokemon for it and also four for the league, he spent hour after hour running around in patches of grass to catch shiny pokemon. Did complete it, unlocking daycare for breeding speeds things up (shiny chance can be increased for pokemon hatched from an egg).
Nice! But didn't understand the game.
You capture animals and force them to fight each other. Turning the most endangered species into killing machines is a status symbol.
It's for kids and Japanese people.
How about a big neon sign that says "You Win" and be done with it?
Or just lie and say you did.
When all the challenges are removed then what is left?
You know what would be a thousand times easier? Just get a Rom flash card and hack your save file to give you any pokemon with any statistics. There's programs out there that will do all of the work for you.
Regardless incredible ingenuity in figuring out how to interface this hack effectively. Well done sir.


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May 10, 2018 5:00am PT
U.S. Film Festivals Screened Three Times More Narrative Films From Men Than Women (Study)
By Ricardo Lopez
Ricardo Lopez
Film Reporter
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Gina Rodriguez's 'Miss Bala' Features Rare Leading Role for Latinx Actor, Diverse Crew 2 years ago
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Highlights Shorts at Annual InFocus: Latinx and Hispanic Cinema 2 years ago
ReFrame, IMDBPro Announce 22 Newly Certified Gender-Balanced Films 2 years ago
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Despite efforts to improve the representation of women behind and in front of the camera, the number of narrative features shown at major U.S. film festivals directed by men is nearly three times more than the number for women, according to a new report.
Published by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University, the study found that 23 festivals screened an average of 16 narrative features compared with six for pictures directed by women. Women fared better with documentaries. The festivals on average screened 13 documentaries directed by men compared with an average of 8 for women.
The study also looked at behind-the-camera roles, where women also fared poorly. The report showed that 85% of films screened at festivals had no female cinematographers, 77% had no female writers, 73% had no female editors, and 66% had no female directors.
"The findings indicate that the celluloid ceiling endures in independent film for behind-the-scenes women, despite the heightened public and industry attention regarding their under-employment," the study's author, Dr. Martha Lauzen, said in a statement. "The numbers have yet to reflect any sea change or seismic shift for women working on independent films."
Titled "Indie Women," the report found that women were more likely to be represented in key roles on features directed by women. On films with at least one female director, women comprised 71% of writers versus 8% on films directed exclusively by men. On films with at least one female director, women accounted for 47% of editors versus 17% of films directed exclusively by men.
The study looked at films that screened at festivals in 2017 and through May 2018, including AFI Fest, SXSW, Telluride, Tribeca, and Los Angeles.


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1. CONTEST PERIOD:
The Spring Fever Contest (the "Contest") begins on April 4, 2016 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on April 8, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period").
2. ELIGIBILITY:
Contest is open to residents of Canada who have reached the legal age of majority in their province/territory of residence at the time of entry, except employees, representatives or agents (and those with whom such persons are living, whether related or not) of Gildan Apparel (Canada) LP (the "Sponsor"), its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, prize suppliers, advertising/promotion agencies and any entity involved in the development, production, administration, or fulfillment of the Contest (collectively, the "Contest Parties").
No purchase necessary. To enter, go to https://www.facebook.com/silkshosiery/ (the "Website"), click on the Contest Application in the main menu and follow the on-screen instructions to obtain the Official Contest Entry Form (the "Entry Form"). "Liking" the official Silks Hosiery Facebook page is OPTIONAL and does NOT increase your chances of winning. Fully complete the Entry Form with all required information, which may include a requirement to: (i) enter your full name and valid email address; and (ii) signify your agreement that you have read and agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Regulations (the "Rules"). Once you have fully completed the Entry Form with all required information and have agreed to the Rules, follow the on-screen instructions to submit your completed Entry Form (the "Entry"). To be eligible, your Entry must be submitted and received in accordance with these Rules during the Contest Period. All eligible Entries submitted and received in accordance with these Rules during the Contest Period will be entered into the random prize draws.
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All Entries are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Sponsor – including, without limitation, government issued photo identification): (i) for the purposes of verifying an individual's eligibility to participate in this Contest; (ii) for the purposes of verifying the eligibility and/or legitimacy of any Entry or other information entered (or purportedly entered) for the purposes of this Contest; and/or (iii) for any other reason the Sponsor deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering this Contest in accordance with these Rules. Failure to provide such proof to the complete satisfaction of the Sponsor within the timeline specified by the Sponsor may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor. The sole determinant of the time for the purposes of this Contest will be the Contest server machine(s).
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Record year for Honiton Lions Club
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Honiton duck race. The Honiton Lions had a bumper result for this year's duck race as more than 1800 ducks were sold. Ref mhh 7223-33-15AW. Picture: Alex Walton
In the last year, the club has distributed in excess £11,000 to local groups, organisations, projects and people.
Honiton and District Lions Club is celebrating a record year - after raising more than £12,000 for good causes.
Brian Richards, the new Lions Club president for 2016/17, said: "This is a 25 per cent lift from the past year which the members believed would be difficult to beat.
"Now we really have the wind in our sails, in this our 40th year serving Honiton town, we are going all out again to beat this figure."
Lion Tom Boucher, the club's welfare champion, added "I am as busy as I have ever been - it's like being back at the office again!
"It gets the adrenalin going, but at the end of the day you get a pleasure of accomplishment, assisting people in the local community.
"We would like to thank everyone who contributed and assisted in helping us to help you."


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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPEAL OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DECISIONS PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 2, SECTION 1181, SUBDIVISION (C).
Appeal of Executive Director's Decision
HEARINGS AND DECISIONS ON TEST CLAIMS, PARAMETERS AND GUIDELINES, AND INCORRECT REDUCTION CLAIMS PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.5, ARTICLE 7 (GOV. CODE, § 17551, 17557, and 17559)
TEST CLAIMS
(Note: Items 4, 6, and 8 will not be voted on unless the staff recommendation for Items 3, 5, and 7 are adopted.)
Mailing List Test claim partially approved
Minimum Conditions for State Aid
02-TC-25 and 02-TC-31
Education Code Sections 66721, 66721.5, 66722, 66722.5, 66731, 66732, 66736, 66737, 66738, 66740, 66741, 66742, 66743, 70901, 70901.5, 70902, 71027, 78015, 78016, 78211.5, 78212, 78213, 78214, 78215, 78216, 87482.6, and 87482.7
Statutes 1975, Chapter 802 (SB 1213); Statutes 1976, Chapters 275
(AB 77), 783 (AB 4044), 1010 (AB 3100), and 1176 (AB 3595)
Statutes 1977, Chapters 36 (AB 447) and 967 (AB 799); Statutes 1979, Chapters 797 (AB 1549) and 977 (SB 15); Statutes 1980, Chapter 910 (AB 1171); Statutes 1981, Chapters 470 (AB 1726) and 891 (SB 936);
Statutes 1982, Chapters 1117 (AB 3133) and 1329 (AB 3424); Statutes 1983, Chapters 143 (AB 1949) and 537 (SB 73); Statutes 1984, Chapter 1371 (SB 2252); Statutes 1986, Chapter 1467 (AB 3); Statutes 1988, Chapters 973 (AB 1725) and 1514 (AB 3653); Statutes 1990, Chapters 1372 (SB 1854) and 1667 (SB 1033); Statutes 1991, Chapters 1038
(SB 9), 1188 (SB 121), and 1198 (AB 617); Statutes 1995, Chapters 493 (SB 450) and 758 (AB 446); Statutes 1998, Chapter 365 (AB 2214), 914 (AB 499), and 1023 (AB 2329); Statutes 1999, Chapter 587
(AB 537); Statutes 2000, Chapter 187 (AB 1918); and Statutes 2002, Chapter 1169 (SB 2028)
California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Sections 51000, 51002, 51004, 51006, 51008, 51012, 51014, 51016, 51018, 51020, 51021, 51022, 51023, 51023.5, 51023.7, 51024, 51025, 51027, 51100, 51102, 53200, 53202, 53203, 53204, 53207, 53300, 53301, 53302, 53308, 53309, 53310, 53311, 53312, 53314, 54626, 54805, 55000, 55000.5, 55001, 55002, 55002.5, 55004, 55005, 55006, 55100, 55130, 55150, 55160, 55170, 55182, 55200, 55201, 55202, 55205, 55207, 55209, 55211, 55213, 55215, 55217, 55219, 55300, 55316, 55316.5, 55320, 55321, 55322, 55340, 55350, 55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55500, 55502, 55510, 55512, 55514, 55516, 55518, 55520, 55521, 55522, 55523, 55524, 55525, 55526, 55530, 55532, 55534, 55600, 55601, 55602, 55602.5, 55603, 55605, 55607, 55620, 55630, 55750, 55751, 55752, 55753, 55753.5, 55753.7, 55754, 55755, 55756, 55756.5, 55757, 55758, 55758.5, 55759, 55760, 55761, 55762, 55763, 55764, 55765, 55800, 55800.5, 55801, 55805, 55805.5, 55806, 55807, 55808, 55809, 55825, 55827, 55828, 55829, 55830, 55831, 58102, 58104, 58106, 58107, 58108, 59404, and 59410
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Los Rios Community College District, Santa Monica Community College District, and West Kern Community College District,
Co-Claimants
Item 4 Statement of decision adopted
Proposed Statement of Decision
See Item 3 Above
Item 5 Test claim partially approved
California Public Records Act
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AB 2799); Statutes 2001, Chapter 355 (AB 1014); and Statutes 2002, Chapters 945 (AB 1962) and 1073 (AB 2937)
Riverside Unified School District and Los Angeles County,
Item 7 Test claim denied
School Bus Safety III
03-TC-01
Education Code Sections 39831.5 [Former Section 38048], 38047.5, 38047.6; Vehicle Code Sections 22112, 22454, 27316, 27316.5
Statutes 1999, Chapter 647 (AB 1573); Statutes 1999, Chapter 648
(AB 15); Statutes 2001, Chapter 581 (SB 568); Statutes 2002, Chapter 360 (AB 2681); Statutes 2002, Chapter 397 (SB 1685) San Diego Unified School District, Claimant
PARAMETERS AND GUIDELINES AND STATEMENT OF DECISION
Item 9* Ps&Gs and Consolidated Ps&Gs approved
Mandate Reimbursement II
Government Code Section 17553, Subdivision (b)(1)(c) through
(G) and (b)(2)
Statutes 2004, Chapter 890 (AB 2856)
California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Sections 1183, Subdivision (d)
(Register 2005, No. 36, Effective September 6, 2005)
Proposed Consolidated Parameters And Guidelines Mandate Reimbursement I and II
CSM 4204, 4485 and 05-TC-05
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(G) and (b)(2) Statutes 2004, Chapter 890 (AB 2856)
INCORRECT REDUCTION CLAIM
Note: Item 11 will not be voted on unless the staff recommendation for Item 10 is adopted.
Mailing List IRC partially approved
Handicapped and Disabled Students
09-4282-I-05
Fiscal Years 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006
Government Code Sections 7570-7588
Statutes 1984, Chapter 1747 (AB 3632); Statutes 1985, Chapter 1274 (AB. 882); Statutes 1994, Chapter 1128 (AB. 1892); Statutes 1996, Chapter 654 (AB2726)
California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Sections 60000-60610
(Emergency Regulations Effective January 1, 1986 [Register 86, No. 1], and Re-filed June 30, 1986, Designated Effective July 12, 1986 [Register 86, No. 28]; and Emergency Regulations Effective
July 1, 1998 [Register 98, No. 26], Final Regulations Effective
August 9, 1999 [Register 99, No. 33])
Santa Clara County, Claimant
Item 11 Statement of decision adopted
See Item 10 Above
INFORMATIONAL HEARING PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.5, ARTICLE 8
PROPOSED STATEWIDE COST ESTIMATES
Item 12* Statewide cost estimate adopted
Prevailing Wage Rate
Labor Code Section 1776
Statutes 1978, Chapter 1249 (AB 3174)
California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Sections 16400,
Subdivisions (c), and (d), 16403, Subdivision (a), and 16408,
Subdivision (b)
Grossmont Union High School District, Claimant
Academic Performance Index
Education Code Section 52056, Subdivision (c)
Statutes 1999, 1st Extraordinary Session, Chapter 3;
Statutes 2000, Chapter 695 (SB 1552)
San Juan Unified School District, Claimant
(AB 1539); Statutes 1998, Chapter 311 (SB 933); Statutes 2000, Chapter 67 (AB 2453)
Riverside Unified School District and Palomar Community College District, Co-Claimants
HEARINGS ON COUNTY APPLICATIONS FOR FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DISTRESS PURSUANT TO WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 17000.6 AND CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 2, ARTICLE 6.5.
Chief Legal Counsel: Recent Decisions, Litigation Calendar
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Articles in Iwate Prefecture
Cultural Exchange at Pre-Games Camp in Hachimantai City (Rwanda)
Rwandan athletes enjoy traditional Japanese culture. On July 14, on their way back to the hotel, the Rwandan team was able to witness a dashi, festival float, used in several festivals in Hachimantai. While they were only able to see from their windows, they enjoyed the sight of the large dashi being pulled by many people and was able to briefly experience traditional Japanese culture. A …
Local students interacted with the Rwandan Olympic Team online!
A cooking project was conducted at the Tairadate High School in Hachimantai City, northern Iwate, in collaboration with African countries organized by the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Committee. The project aims to give athletes from various countries an opportunity to experience Japanese hospitality, or omotenashi, through food at their host towns and also create a legacy between the host town and their partner country. Students from …
The Rwandan Olympic Team trained in Hachimantai!
Starting on July 9, 2021, the Rwandan team worked on their final touches in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Athletics: 1 male marathon athlete and 1 female 5,000-m athlete trained for two hours at the Iwate Prefectural Sports Park. Cycling Track: 1 athlete trained for cycled 180km around Hachimantai for about six hours. Swimming: 1 male 50-m freestyle swimmer and 1 female 50-m freestyle swimmer …
Spanish and Portuguese canoe slalom Olympians trained at the pre-game campsite in Oshu
A pre-games training was held at the Oshu-Isawa River Canoe Competition Venue in Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, where Olympians from Portugal (June 27 ~ July 7, 2021) and Spain (July 4 ~ July 7, 2021) worked on their final physical adjustments ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The pre-games training camp was made possible for both national teams when the Spanish team introduced the venue …
High school students in Morioka got to try food from Mali
The city of Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, is the only city in Japan registered as a host town for the Republic of Mali. The city will also host a training camp for the sports of judo for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.On December 17, 2020, six students from the Morioka Daini High School were able to enjoy a taste of Malian cuisine, such as …
Miyako students enjoy Namibian cuisine
Miyako City in Iwate Prefecture is designated as a host town for Republic of Namibia. On December 10, 2020, Namibian dish of "schnitzel" made with pork was served at school lunch. All elementary and junior high school students in Miyako enjoyed Namibian dish. Sakiyama Junior High School invited Mrs. Frederika Sasaki, a native of Namibia, as a cultural lecturer for the class about the climate, cuisine, …
A big THANK YOU from Iwate's host towns to the world for their support in our reconstruction ~We are all, one world/ Light Up HOST TOWN Project~
For the third round of the "We are all, one world/ Light Up HOST TOWN Project", the host towns of Iwate will publish a video for their partner countries and regions using a sketchbook to display messages of support, which will be posted on the host town exclusive website set up by the Cabinet Secretariat of Japan. We have received an outpouring of support from around …
Ichinohe Town and Paraguay signs an agreement to hold a training camp
The town of Ichinohe, located in the northern region of Iwate Prefecture, is the host town of the Republic of Paraguay for the 2020 Olympics. On November 19, 2020 (Thu), Raul Florentin-Antola, Paraguay's ambassador to Japan appointed by the Paralympic Committee, visited the Ichinohe Town Hall to meet with Ichinohe Mayor Tanaka and signed an agreement to conduct a pre-game training camp for the Tokyo Paralympic …
Elementary students in Ichinohe created a universal design map
The town of Ichinohe, located in the northern region of Iwate Prefecture, is the host town of the Republic of Paraguay for the 2020 Olympics. On September 24, 2020, all 32 fourth-grade students in the Ichinohe Elementary School worked together to create a universal design map by checking the accessibility of various facilities around the town. They checked various areas such as the pools in their …
Host Town Project: An illumination motif of the Irish flag in Iwate Town
The town of Iwate in Iwate Prefecture, northern Tohoku, is the host town for the Irish national team during the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. When the 25th National Sports Festival was held in Iwate in 1970, the town was in charge of hosting a game of ice hockey. Since then, it became the designated sport of the town. With Ireland being one of the top …


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Brian Cashman: Yankees Won't Let Sign-Stealing Scandal Impact Carlos Correa Pursuit
Michael Shapiro
Carlos Correa has been enemy No. 1 in the Bronx since October 2017, though he very well could be donning pinstripes on Opening Day next season.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman acknowledged on Thursday that Correa is among the shortstops New York is considering in free agency, joining Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager and Trevor Story of the Rockies. Cashman added the Yankees have spoken with the representatives for "most, but not all" of the best available shortstops, per SNY.
The potential pursuit of Correa brings more than pure production concerns. The Astros were issued a historic punishment in January 2020 for an electronic sign-stealing scandal in 2017 and 2018, the first year of which resulted in Houston's lone championship. The Astros claimed the American League pennant in 2019 and 2021, though they lost in the World Series to the Nationals and Braves, respectively.
Francisco Liriano Announces Retirement After 14-Year Career
By Michael Shapiro
2022 Fantasy Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays Team Outlook
By Shawn Childs
Melky Cabrera Announces Retirement from MLB After 15 Seasons
By Madeline Coleman
Cashman noted Thursday the Yankees will not let the sign-stealing scandal impact their potential pursuit of Correa. It's not hard to see why. Correa posted an .850 OPS in 2021 and a .926 OPS in 2019, tallying 26 home runs this season. Correa has 18 playoff homers in just 79 games, and he is among the best defensive shortstops in baseball. After Gleyber Torres struggled at shortstop in '21, a sure-handed defender could be near the top of New York's priorities.
The Yankees reached the playoffs for the fifth straight year in 2021. They have not reached the World Series since '09.
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Gento was the only player to win six European Cups, and he won 23 trophies for Real Madrid.
Erin Jackson Is Ready To Make a Statement On Ice
The speedskater began transitioning from inline skating just five years ago, but now she's ready to make a run at a gold medal in Beijing
By Stephanie Apstein
Mikaela Shiffrin Is Focused on the Process
After the sudden death of her father, and faced with the crushing weight of expectations, the dominant skier of her generation has recalibrated her idea of Olympic success heading into Beijing.
By Greg Bishop
Abby Roque Is Poised to Make History in Beijing, in More Ways Than One
With several Team USA fixtures now retired, the center will lead a new generation's quest for glory while breaking new ground in her sport as an Indigenous player.
By Alex Prewitt
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