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2011 , Volume 8 , Issue 3
A note on the replicator equation with explicit space and global regulation
Alexander S. Bratus, Vladimir P. Posvyanskii and Artem S. Novozhilov
2011, 8(3): 659-676 doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.659 +[Abstract](2486) +[PDF](794.8KB)
A replicator equation with explicit space and global regulation is considered. This model provides a natural framework to follow frequencies of species that are distributed in the space. For this model, analogues to classical notions of the Nash equilibrium and evolutionary stable state are provided. A sufficient condition for a uniform stationary state to be a spatially distributed evolutionary stable state is presented and illustrated with examples.
Alexander S. Bratus, Vladimir P. Posvyanskii, Artem S. Novozhilov. A note on the replicator equation with explicit space and global regulation. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 659-676. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.659.
A simple analysis of vaccination strategies for rubella
Bruno Buonomo
We consider an SEIR epidemic model with vertical transmission introduced by Li, Smith and Wang, [23], and apply optimal control theory to assess the effects of vaccination strategies on the model dynamics. The strategy is chosen to minimize the total number of infectious individuals and the cost associated with vaccination. We derive the optimality system and solve it numerically. The theoretical findings are then used to simulate a vaccination campaign for rubella in China.
Bruno Buonomo. A simple analysis of vaccination strategies for rubella. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 677-687. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.677.
A note for the global stability of a delay differential equation of hepatitis B virus infection
Bao-Zhu Guo and Li-Ming Cai
The global stability for a delayed HIV-1 infection model is investigated. It is shown that the global dynamics of the system can be completely determined by the reproduction number, and the chronic infected equilibrium of the system is globally asymptotically stable whenever it exists. This improves the related results presented in [S. A. Gourley,Y. Kuang and J.D.Nagy, Dynamics of a delay differential equation model of hepatitis B virus infection, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 2(2008), 140-153].
Bao-Zhu Guo, Li-Ming Cai. A note for the global stability of a delay differential equation of hepatitis B virus infection. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 689-694. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.689.
Persistent high incidence of tuberculosis among immigrants in a low-incidence country: Impact of immigrants with early or late latency
Hongbin Guo and Jianhong Wu
Spread of tuberculosis (TB) due to the immigration from some developing countries with high TB incidence to developed countries poses an increasing challenge in the global TB control. Here a simple compartmental TB model with constant immigration, early and late latency is developed in order to investigate the impact of new immigrants with latent TB on the overall TB incidence, and to compare the difference contributed by different proportions of latently-infected new immigrants with high or low risk to develop active TB shortly after arrival. The global dynamics of the system is completely classified, numerical simulations are carried out for different scenarios, and potential applications to public health policy are discussed.
Hongbin Guo, Jianhong Wu. Persistent high incidence of tuberculosis among immigrants in a low-incidence country: Impact of immigrants with early or late latency. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 695-709. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.695.
Modeling the effects of carriers on transmission dynamics of infectious diseases
Darja Kalajdzievska and Michael Yi Li
An $S$-$I_c$-$I$-$R$ epidemic model is investigated for infectious diseases that can be transmitted through carriers, infected individuals who are contagious but do not show any disease symptoms. Mathematical analysis is carried out that completely determines the global dynamics of the model. The impacts of disease carriers on the transmission dynamics are discussed through the basic reproduction number and through numerical simulations.
Darja Kalajdzievska, Michael Yi Li. Modeling the effects of carriers on transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 711-722. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.711.
Optimal nutritional intake for fetal growth
Chanakarn Kiataramkul, Graeme Wake, Alona Ben-Tal and Yongwimon Lenbury
The regular nutritional intake of an expectant mother clearly affects the weight development of the fetus. Assuming the growth of the fetus follows a deterministic growth law, like a logistic equation, albeit dependent on the nutritional intake, the ideal solution is usually determined by the birth-weight being pre-assigned, for example, as a percentage of the mother's average weight. This problem can then be specified as an optimal control problem with the daily intake as the control, which appears in a Michaelis-Menten relationship, for which there are well-developed procedures to follow. The best solution is determined by requiring minimum total intake under which the preassigned birth weight is reached. The algorithm has been generalized to the case where the fetal weight depends in a detailed way on the cumulative intake, suitably discounted according to the history. The optimality system is derived and then solved numerically using an iterative method for the specific values of parameter. The procedure is generic and can be adapted to any growth law and any parameterisation obtained by the detailed physiology.
Chanakarn Kiataramkul, Graeme Wake, Alona Ben-Tal, Yongwimon Lenbury. Optimal nutritional intake for fetal growth. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 723-732. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.723.
Stability analysis and application of a mathematical cholera model
Shu Liao and Jin Wang
In this paper, we conduct a dynamical analysis of the deterministic cholera model proposed in [9]. We study the stability of both the disease-free and endemic equilibria so as to explore the complex epidemic and endemic dynamics of the disease. We demonstrate a real-world application of this model by investigating the recent cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, we present numerical simulation results to verify the analytical predictions.
Shu Liao, Jin Wang. Stability analysis and application of a mathematical cholera model. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 733-752. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.733.
Malaria model with stage-structured mosquitoes
Jia Li
A simple SEIR model for malaria transmission dynamics is formulated as our baseline model. The metamorphic stages in the mosquito population are then included and a simple stage-structured mosquito population model is introduced, where the mosquito population is divided into two classes, with all three aquatic stages in one class and all adults in the other class, to keep the model tractable in mathematical analysis. After a brief investigation of this simple stage-structured mosquito model, it is incorporated into the baseline model to formulate a stage-structured malaria model. A basic analysis for the stage-structured malaria model is provided and it is shown that a theoretical framework can be built up for further studies on the impact of environmental or climate change on the malaria transmission. It is also shown that both the baseline and the stage-structured malaria models undergo backward bifurcations.
Jia Li. Malaria model with stage-structured mosquitoes. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 753-768. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.753.
Optimal number of sites in multi-site fisheries with fish stock dependent migrations
Ali Moussaoui, Pierre Auger and Christophe Lett
We present a stock-effort dynamical model of a fishery subdivided into fishing zones. The stock corresponds to a fish population moving between these zones, on which they are harvested by fishing fleets. We consider a linear chain of identical fishing zones. Fish movements between the zones, as well as vessels displacements, are assumed to take place at a faster time scale than the variation of the stock and the change of the fleet size. The vessels movements between the fishing areas are assumed to be stock dependent, i.e. the larger the stock density is in a zone the more vessels tends to remain in it. We take advantage of these two time scales to derive a reduced model governing the dynamics of the total harvested stock and the total fishing effort. Under some assumption, we obtain either a stable equilibrium or a stable limit cycle which involves large cyclic variations of the total fish stock and fishing effort. We show that there exists an optimal number of fishing zones that maximizes the total catch at equilibrium. We discuss the results in relation to fish aggregating devices (FADs) fisheries.
Ali Moussaoui, Pierre Auger, Christophe Lett. Optimal number ofsites in multi-site fisheries with fish stock dependent migrations. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 769-783. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.769.
Numerical characterization of hemodynamics conditions near aortic valve after implantation of left ventricular assist device
Annalisa Quaini, Sunčica Čanić and David Paniagua
Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) are implantable mechanical pumps that temporarily aid the function of the left ventricle. The use of LVADs has been associated with thrombus formation next to the aortic valve and close to the anastomosis region, especially in patients in which the native cardiac function is negligible and the aortic valve remains closed. Stagnation points and recirculation zones have been implicated as the main fluid dynamics factors contributing to thrombus formation. The purpose of the present study was to develop and use computer simulations based on a fluid-structure interaction (FSI) solver to study flow conditions corresponding to different strategies in LVAD ascending aortic anastomosis providing a scenario with the lowest likelihood of thrombus formation. A novel FSI algorithm was developed to deal with the presence of multiple structures corresponding to different elastic properties of the native aorta and of the LVAD cannula. A sensitivity analysis of different variables was performed to assess their impact of flow conditions potentially leading to thrombus formation. It was found that the location of the anastomosis closest to the aortic valve (within 4 cm away from the valve) and at the angle of 30$^\circ$ minimizes the likelihood of thrombus formation. Furthermore, it was shown that the rigidity of the dacron anastomosis cannula plays almost no role in generating pathological conditions downstream from the anastomosis. Additionally, the flow analysis presented in this manuscript indicates that compliance of the cardiovascular tissue acts as a natural inhibitor of pathological flow conditions conducive to thrombus formation and should not be neglected in computer simulations.
Annalisa Quaini, Sun\u010Dica \u010Cani\u0107, David Paniagua. Numerical characterization of hemodynamics conditions near aortic valve after implantation of left ventricular assist device. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 785-806. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.785.
Robust uniform persistence in discrete and continuous dynamical systems using Lyapunov exponents
Paul L. Salceanu
This paper extends the work of Salceanu and Smith [12, 13] where Lyapunov exponents were used to obtain conditions for uniform persistence in a class of dissipative discrete-time dynamical systems on the positive orthant of $\mathbb{R}^m$, generated by maps. Here a unified approach is taken, for both discrete and continuous time, and the dissipativity assumption is relaxed. Sufficient conditions are given for compact subsets of an invariant part of the boundary of $\mathbb{R}^m_+$ to be robust uniform weak repellers. These conditions require Lyapunov exponents be positive on such sets. It is shown how this leads to robust uniform persistence. The results apply to the investigation of robust uniform persistence of the disease in host populations, as shown in an application.
Paul L. Salceanu. Robust uniform persistence in discrete and continuous dynamical systems using Lyapunov exponents. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 807-825. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.807.
Global dynamics of the chemostat with different removal rates and variable yields
Tewfik Sari and Frederic Mazenc
In this paper, we consider a competition model between $n$ species in a chemostat including both monotone and non-monotone growth functions, distinct removal rates and variable yields. We show that only the species with the lowest break-even concentration survives, provided that additional technical conditions on the growth functions and yields are satisfied. We construct a Lyapunov function which reduces to the Lyapunov function used by S. B. Hsu [SIAM J. Appl. Math., 34 (1978), pp. 760-763] in the Monod case when the growth functions are of Michaelis-Menten type and the yields are constant. Various applications are given including linear, quadratic and cubic yields.
Tewfik Sari, Frederic Mazenc. Global dynamics of the chemostat with different removal rates and variable yields. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 827-840. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.827.
The replicability of oncolytic virus: Defining conditions in tumor virotherapy
Jianjun Paul Tian
The replicability of an oncolytic virus is measured by its burst size. The burst size is the number of new viruses coming out from a lysis of an infected tumor cell. Some clinical evidences show that the burst size of an oncolytic virus is a defining parameter for the success of virotherapy. This article analyzes a basic mathematical model that includes burst size for oncolytic virotherapy. The analysis of the model shows that there are two threshold values of the burst size: below the first threshold, the tumor always grows to its maximum (carrying capacity) size; while passing this threshold, there is a locally stable positive equilibrium solution appearing through transcritical bifurcation; while at or above the second threshold, there exits one or three families of periodic solutions arising from Hopf bifurcations. The study suggests that the tumor load can drop to a undetectable level either during the oscillation or when the burst size is large enough.
Jianjun Paul Tian. The replicability of oncolytic virus: Defining conditions in tumor virotherapy. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 841-860. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.841.
Defining candidate drug characteristics for Long-QT (LQT3) syndrome
Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines, Pan Li and Andrew McCulloch
Mutations of the SCN5A gene can significantly alter the function of cardiac myocyte sodium channels leading to increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia. Over the past decade, detailed Markov models of the action potential of cardiac cells have been developed. In such models, the effects of a drug can be treated as alterations in on- and off rates between open and inactivated states on one hand, and blocked states on the other hand. Our aim is to compute the rates specifying a drug in order to: (a) restore the steady-state open probability of the mutant channel to that of normal wild type channels; and (b) minimize the difference between whole cell currents in drugged mutant and wild type cells. The difference in the electrochemical state vector of the cell can be measured in a norm taking all components and their dynamical properties into account. Measured with this norm, the difference between the state of the mutant and wild-type cell was reduced by a factor of 36 after the drug was introduced and by factors of 4 over mexitiline and 25 over lidocaine. The results suggest the potential to synthesize more effective drugs based on mechanisms of action of existing compounds.
Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines, Pan Li, Andrew McCulloch. Defining candidate drug characteristics for Long-QT (LQT3) syndrome. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 861-873. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.861.
Sveir epidemiological model with varying infectivity and distributed delays
Jinliang Wang, Gang Huang, Yasuhiro Takeuchi and Shengqiang Liu
In this paper, based on an SEIR epidemiological model with distributed delays to account for varying infectivity, we introduce a vaccination compartment, leading to an SVEIR model. By employing direct Lyapunov method and LaSalle's invariance principle, we construct appropriate functionals that integrate over past states to establish global asymptotic stability conditions, which are completely determined by the basic reproduction number $\mathcal{R}_0^V$. More precisely, it is shown that, if $\mathcal{R}_0^V\leq 1$, then the disease free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable; if $\mathcal{R}_0^V > 1$, then there exists a unique endemic equilibrium which is globally asymptotically stable. Mathematical results suggest that vaccination is helpful for disease control by decreasing the basic reproduction number. However, there is a necessary condition for successful elimination of disease. If the time for the vaccinees to obtain immunity or the possibility for them to be infected before acquiring immunity can be neglected, this condition would be satisfied and the disease can always be eradicated by some suitable vaccination strategies. This may lead to over-evaluating the effect of vaccination.
Jinliang Wang, Gang Huang, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Shengqiang Liu. Sveir epidemiological model with varying infectivity and distributed delays. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011, 8(3): 875-888. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.875.


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module FbGraph2
  class Edge
    module Statuses
      def statuses(params = {})
        posts = self.edge :statuses, params
        posts.collect! do |post|
          Post.new(post[:id], post).authenticate self.access_token
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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Mashpee revises school start times
Tanner Stening @tsteningCCT
MASHPEE — The Mashpee School Committee approved changes to school start times by a vote of 4-1 Wednesday, according to committee member Christopher Santos.
Kenneth C. Coombs and Quashnet schools will begin their days at 9:05 a.m. and end at 3:35 p.m. The Quashnet day now runs from 8:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., and Coombs is from 8:20 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Mashpee Middle-High School classes will begin and end an hour later than they currently do, with the new schedule from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
These changes will take effect during the 2019-20 school year, Santos said via email.
"This was proposed to allow time for families to adjust and to prepare for the logistical details," Santos said.

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Ranked Choice Voting in Bay Area Cities: Your Vote Will Matter
by Pedro Hernandez on October 4, 2016
While many voters across the country are strategically pondering how to cast their ballot, voters in four Bay Area cities (San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro) will use ranked choice voting to elect its officials. They'll have far more freedom to vote for their favorite candidates and elect leaders who will make important policy decisions with longstanding impacts over affordability, development, homelessness, transportation, and education.
In San Francisco, ranked choice voting will help voters choose among the many candidates running this November. There are nine candidates vying for the open seat in District 1 (currently held by Eric Mar); five candidates in District 7 (currently held by Norman Yee); four candidates in an open seat race in District 9 (currently held by David Campos); and five candidates in the open seat in District 11 (currently held by John Avalos).
In Berkeley, ranked choice voting will help voters elect the city's new mayor among eight candidates. In the city council race, ranked choice voting will come into play for three candidates in District 2, four candidates in District 3, and three candidates in District 6.
In Oakland, three candidates will compete for the District 7 council seat, and five candidates are currently campaigning for the at-large council seat. Oakland also utilizes ranked-choice voting to elect its school board members, and there are currently four candidates in District 3, as well as four candidates in District 5.
For those who are recent arrivals to the Bay Area or are new voters: ranked choice voting gives voters the freedom to rank candidates as their first, second, and third choice. It works like a runoff except that a winner is decided during a single November election when turnout is highest and more diverse. The winner is the candidate with a majority of votes either in first choices or a combination of first choices and the next choices of voters whose candidate was eliminated.
The way it works is simple: Voters rank the candidates using the three columns on the ballot to indicate their first, second, and third choice. On Election Day, all first choices are counted. If a candidate receives a majority of first choices they win just like in any election. If no candidate has a majority, the last-place candidate is eliminated, and voters who ranked that candidate as their first choice have their ballot instantly go to their next choice. This cycle repeats until there are two candidates and the candidate with a majority wins. This way, a candidate is elected under majority rule when most voters will be casting a ballot, and a winner will be more broadly representative.
A real benefit is that ranked choice voting allows voters to vote their true preference. If a voter's preferred candidate is eliminated, then their vote counts for their second or third choice candidate. No longer is there a fear of "vote splitting" among like-minded candidates or candidates from the same community. Voters can base their vote on their hopes and values rather than their fears.
For campaigns, under ranked choice voting, door-to-door face-to-face interaction and coalition building will matter more than money in politics. Since candidates must have the support of more voters to win, they must engage with a broader voter base instead of relying on their sole constituencies. Candidates need to seek out second-choice rankings from voters whose first choice may be somebody else. What you should expect to see are campaigns that are more focused on ideas and values in a ranked choice voting election.
There is no need for "bullet voting," a tactic where a voter will only cast one vote on a ranked choice ballot. Some campaigns mistakenly believe that if their supporters rank other candidates second or third, this would somehow dilute the strength of that voter's first preference or hurt the chances of that candidate getting elected. But this is not the case. Under ranked choice, if a voter has ranked a candidate first, that ballot will only count as a vote for that candidate and provide no benefit to other candidates so long as that candidate is still in the running. A voter's second or third choice candidate is considered only once their preferred candidate is eliminated.
The Bay Area has enjoyed ranked choice voting for several election cycles, and other cities now using it include Minneapolis (MN), St. Paul (MN) and smaller cities in Colorado, Maine, Maryland, and Massachusetts. In November, voters in Maine will decide whether to adopt it statewide. Question 5 in Maine would give voters the power to rank candidates running for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, and Maine state legislature beginning in 2018. The Bay Area has been leading the way with ranked choice voting and Maine represents another potential historic win for voters.
Bay Area voters should take advantage of the greater choice that will be provided this November 8. I encourage San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro to vote for the candidates they like by ranking a first, second, and third choice. Doing so will ensure their vote is counted for a true win for the community.
Deputy Director, FairVote California
Beyond Chron


These are authentic plastic injection moulded kits with sprung buffers and couplings. They are normally supplied with fine scale wheels but either coarse scale or Scale 7 wheels can optionally be supplied.
Private owner wagons are wagons that were owned by private individuals, companies or collieries etc. as opposed to railway companies. These kits have pre-printed sides and are authentic copies of the original.
All private owner wagons except black liveries have the solebars sprayed to match the sides removing the need for the customer to match the solebar to the body colour.
The majority of private owner liveries were bases on one of four body colours; black, red oxide, grey or dark brown. The body colour was taken down on to the solebar, but all running gear and ironwork on the body being painted black.
There were obvious exceptions to the above and some quite colourful wagons did exist.


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Inverter driven or as gear drilling machines.
The range includes also Master Screw Tapping Machines.
The HyDrill 30 EF inverter driven drilling machine contains a rotation speed range: from 250 to 2500 rpm - and has a digital tachometer.
The stepless speed adjustment ranges with nearly constant torques are generated about a two spindel/motor step system.
The rotation speed is stepless adjustable within these speed stages.
The two spindle speed steps are obtained via a quick change main motor belt system.
3 automatically drill feeds, are switchable over an electro-magnetic clutch.
It can be engaged via 3 buttons at the top of of the three spindle movement levers.


Pierre Rüttimann is a partner at MANGEAT and a Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law. He is recommended by Legal 500.
Pierre Rüttimann is a partner at our firm and is a Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law.
Pierre holds a LL.M in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and an Executive Master of European and International Business Law from the University of St. Gall.
He is a member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association, the Geneva Business Law Association and the Centre for Company Law in Lausanne.
Between 2005 and 2017, Pierre Rüttimann was the co-founder and partner of the Geneva based law firm R&R Legal.
Along with Ramon Rodriguez, he joined Mangeat Attorneys at Law LLC as a partner in July 2017.
Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law, University of Fribourg.


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Abstract: Pancreatic cancer remains as one of the most deadly cancers, and responds poorly to current therapies. The prognosis is extremely poor, with a 5-year survival of less than 5%. Therefore, search for new effective therapeutic drugs is of pivotal need and urgency to improve treatment of this incurable malignancy. Synthetic alkyl-lysophospholipid analogs (ALPs) constitute a heterogeneous group of unnatural lipids that promote apoptosis in a wide variety of tumor cells. In this study, we found that the anticancer drug edelfosine was the most potent ALP in killing human pancreatic cancer cells, targeting endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Edelfosine was taken up in significant amounts by pancreatic cancer cells and induced caspase- and mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis. Pancreatic cancer cells show a prominent ER and edelfosine accumulated in this subcellular structure, inducing a potent ER stress response, with caspase-4, BAP31 and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) activation, CHOP/GADD153 upregulation and phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 α-subunit that eventually led to cell death. Oral administration of edelfosine in xenograft mouse models of pancreatic cancer induced a significant regression in tumor growth and an increase in apoptotic index, as assessed by TUNEL assay and caspase-3 activation in the tumor sections. The ER stress-associated marker CHOP/GADD153 was visualized in the pancreatic tumor isolated from edelfosine-treated mice, indicating a strong in vivo ER stress response. These results suggest that edelfosine exerts its pro-apoptotic action in pancreatic cancer cells, both in vitro and in vivo, through its accumulation in the ER, which leads to ER stress and apoptosis. Thus, we propose that the ER could be a key target in pancreatic cancer, and edelfosine may constitute a prototype for the development of a new class of antitumor drugs targeting the ER.


Traditional Chinese culture and values have always played an important role in the construction of Chinese diplomatic strategy as well as in defining basic principles that should guide foreign policy. Traditional Chinese cultural values came from the harmony of thought in ancient China, by Confucianism, Taoism and the Book of Changes., with harmony as the core. Harmony means "things fitting each other in an appropriate and well-balanced way".[i] It indicates rationality, appropriateness and striking the right note. Rationality suggests doing things following objective laws and rules, and appropriateness means doing things properly and striking the right note.
Chinese tradition cultural values include Benevolence, Righteousness, Etiquette, Wisdom and Faithfulness. The harmony value is embodied by the "Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence" proposed by the government of the People's Republic of China in the 1950s, namely "mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful co-existence". In half a century, the "Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence" have been accepted by most countries of the world and have become important guidelines for international relations.
According to these principles, it would be a violation of "righteousness" if a country wages a war and kills innocent people for its own interests or interferes with the internal affairs of other countries and creates civil strife or separation in foreign countries for its own interests; such actions should be condemned and opposed.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Chinese government has proposed a new security concept featuring "mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and cooperation" and the principle of "cooperation and common interest".
On October 11, 2005, Former Chinese President Hu Jintao building a world of harmony at the summit meeting for the 60th anniversary of the United Nations. In the 21st century, "peaceful development", "harmonious world" and "mutual benefit and win-win result" have become China's foreign strategies.
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the "construction of the human destiny community and realization of peace and harmony in the world. The Communist Party of China stressed in the 18th National Congress that China would "continue to hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit and strive to uphold world peace and promote common development." "We will continue to promote friendship and partnership with our neighbours, consolidate friendly relations and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with them, and ensure that China's development will bring more benefits to our neighbours".
The harmony value emphasizes that analyses of issues should be comprehensive and dialectical. When a country is growing stronger, do not be self-righteous, arrogant, and it should not aspire to dominate the world. Chinese leaders, from Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping today, have repeatedly stressed that China will never seek hegemony! This announcement embodied the value of harmony, and the President Xi Jinping proposed "building a community of human destiny" also embodied it.
China has pursued benevolent diplomacy and has wanted to be a peaceful power in the international community since 1979. The Chinese government declared foreign policy toward its neighbouring countries is "good neighbour, safe neighbourhood and rich neighbour." For relations with neighbouring countries, China proposed the diplomatic policy of "bringing harmony, security and prosperity to neighbours", which represents the ideas of "amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness" and "benevolence and good-neighbourliness". The relations between China and ASEAN and Central Asian countries fully reflect these ideas. Since the 21st century, economic and trade relations between China and ASEAN and the SCO structure are getting steadily better.
President Xi Jinping proposed the building of a new type of international relations based on cooperation. China emphasizes that a big and strong country should not bully the small and weak, should not judge other countries using the social system, ideology and values of the big as the correct standard and rule, and should not attack, destroy or eliminate opposing countries. He put forward the Belt and Road Initiative based on the principles of shared and mutual benefit, reciprocity, cooperation and win-win situation.[ii] China put the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and BRICS New Development Bank into operation as soon as possible to contribute to the economic growth and improvement of people's lives in developing countries.
The value of righteousness implies that it is justified for a country to safeguard its sovereignty, territory and dignity, and for a country suffering foreign invasion, to attack and drive out invaders. In other words, when invaded by a foreign country, a country must defend itself and counter-attack.
Therefore, traditional Chinese cultural values incorporate both moral norms including benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faithfulness and the tactics and wisdom of the Art of War to resist foreign aggression and safeguard the motherland. Therefore, China does not take any initiative to get into trouble, provoke others, interfere with the internal affairs of other countries or contend for hegemony, but stands firmly committed to safeguarding its own sovereignty, territorial land, territorial sea and other core interests.
In recent years, China's actions in the South China Sea have aimed to defend Chinese islands and territorial waters. China has taken some defensive actions to counter provocation from the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. These actions are defensive, based on principles of self-protection and justice.
In view of the Syrian Crisis, the Chinese government opposed the US and western countries interfering in the internal affairs of, and supporting the anti-government armed forces in, Syria. This demonstrates China's principles of the big and strong country respecting the small and weak, and opposing interference by the big and strong powers in the internal affairs of other countries.
Etiquette means modest and cautious, courteous, indiscriminately; Obey etiquette, system, law of UN in the international society, respect for other countries, etiquette neighbour in the international relations. China's 'global government concept' is the concept of building business together, building together and sharing. All countries should respect each other, treat people courteously, and work together for common prosperity.
The value/concept of wisdom influences the Chinese diplomacy. Since reform and opening up, China has maintained over three decades of rapid economic development and become increasingly powerful. However, for Sino-US relations, China does not challenge America's status as the elder brother, but attaches special importance to building a relation of mutual trust, cooperation and common interest with the US. The idea of building a new model of major power relationship expressly proposed by President Xi Jinping demonstrates the wisdom of Chinese traditional culture.
Faithfulness refers to keeping one's word being honest. China has always repaid its debts on time and is rated "the best borrowing country" by the World Bank.[iii] China has kept the promises at the Climate Conference of UN to ensure a reduction in carbon emissions; vigorously develop new energy, and to implement environment protection projects. China is the country with the largest number of peacekeeping troops among the permanent members of the UN Security Council.
After all, harmony, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, faithfulness advocated by traditional Chinese cultural values are completely different from the law of the jungle, of the strong ruling over the weak. In today's world, the principles of harmony in diversity, seeking common ground and reserving differences and peaceful co-existence provide new ideas for settling international disputes. The Chinese cultural values of harmony will contribute to world peace!
Zhang Lihua is a professor of Institute of International Relations Tsinghua University, China and a resident scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. Zhang is also the director of the Research Center for China-EU Relations at Tsinghua University. Her research interests include European politics, China-EU relations and contemporary Chinese politics and diplomacy. With a long history of teaching and doing research at Tsinghua University, Zhang has published more than 60 academic articles and eight books.


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© AP Photo / Alex BrandonIn this Wednesday, April 17, 2019 file photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
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Dozens of US lawmakers recently took up an effort to urge the Biden administration to initiate the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, where approximately 40 individuals are being held at the military prison. Many of the detainees have been imprisoned for nearly two decades without being charged with a crime or tried in court.
US President Joe Biden is reportedly tapping a low-key approach in his efforts to officially shutter operations at the infamous Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp within his first term in office, it was recently revealed.
Sources familiar with the administration's measures informed NBC News that Biden's approach would be much less public than steps taken by former US President Barack Obama, who was repeatedly blocked by congressional lawmakers from both sides of the political spectrum during his two terms.
The initiative would reportedly first see the administration transfer as many individuals as possible to foreign countries, and then work alongside lawmakers to clear the transfer of the remaining detainees to the US mainland - including individuals suspected of playing a role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Officials have previously rejected attempts to transfer such detainees to the US mainland, even to supermax prisons.
At present, an estimated 19 detainees may be eligible for transfer should the review board determine they no longer present a threat to the US, the outlet reported, adding that there is a "core group" of some 12 individuals who will more than likely not be eligible.
© AP Photo / Alex BrandonIn this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, a detainee, name and facial identification not permitted, stretches inside the Camp VI detention facility, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, a detainee, name and facial identification not permitted, stretches inside the Camp VI detention facility, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
Reports surfaced earlier this month that the Biden administration had in fact approved the release of three detainees, two of whom were from Pakistan and one of Yemen.
However, the low-profile endeavour would see the Biden administration initially hold off on creating an office within the US Department of State and naming an envoy in their bid to close the facility. The same would also be temporarily avoided at the US Department of Defense.
"They don't want it to become a dominant issue that blows up," an unidentified former senior administration official involved in the discussions explained to the outlet. "They don't want it to become a lightning rod."
"They want it to be methodical, orderly," the official underscored.
The Guantanamo detention facility, which was opened in 2002 under the direction of former US President George W. Bush, housed nearly 800 detainees at the height of its usage. By the end of the Obama administration, 41 detainees remained after hundreds had been transferred to various countries.
© AP Photo / Lynne Sladkya detainee from Afghanistan is carried on a stretcher before being interrogated by military officials at the detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba
a detainee from Afghanistan is carried on a stretcher before being interrogated by military officials at the detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba
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Under the Trump White House, an executive order directing the facility to remain open and fully functioning was signed in January 2018. Only one individual was transferred away from the camp during former US President Donald Trump's time in office.
Asked about the alleged plans, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters that he was not aware of any timeline associated with the facility's closure. He further indicated that discussions are "ongoing" between the National Security Council, and US Departments of State, Justice and Defense, among other agencies.
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Simple. You submit up to three images of your original artwork, together with a description of what each piece means to you and a brief letter of recommendation from your favourite teacher to Slideroom before December 31, 2018. If chosen, your artwork will be included in the annual Show Off! exhibition at AUArts.
There are over $30,000 in prizes to be won including the grand prize – the Show Off! Entrance Scholarship, which pays for your tuition for your first year at AUArts and provides your school art program with a matching grant!


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February 1st, 2010 | Issue sixty-nine
No Opera
by Derek Walcott
No opera, no gilded columns, no wine-dark seats,
no Penelope scouring the stalls with delicate glasses,
no practised ecstasy from the tireless tenor, no sweets
and wine at no interval, no altos, no basses
and violins sobbing as one; no opera house,
no museum, no actual theatre, no civic center
—and what else? Only the huge doors of clouds
with the setting disc through which we leave and enter,
only the deafening parks with their jumping crowds,
and the thudding speakers. Only the Government
Buildings down by the wharf, and another cruise ship
big as the capital, all blue glass and cement.
No masterpieces in huge frames to worship,
on such banalities has life been spent
in brightness, and yet there are the days
when every street corner rounds itself into
a sunlit surprise, a painting or a phrase,
canoes drawn up by the market, the harbour's blue,
the barracks. So much to do still, all of it praise.
Derek Walcott (1930-2017) was born in St. Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. His Collected Poems: 1948-1984 was published in 1986, and his subsequent works include a book-length poem, Omeros (1990); a collection of verse, The Bounty (1997); and, in an edition illustrated with his own paintings, the long poem Tiepolo's Hound (2000). His numerous plays include The Haitian Trilogy (2001) and Walker and The Ghost Dance (2002). Walcott received the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.
More by Derek Walcott
Confession: Silva's Quarry
Chad Abushanab
Shooting Clay Pigeons After the Wedding
Keetje Kuipers
Oral History, Vol. 37
Jason Myers


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Ábrányi, Kornél
Dezső Legány
(b Szent-György-Ábrány, Oct 15, 1822; d Budapest, Dec 20, 1903). Hungarian writer on music, composer and pianist. He came from the wealthy Eördögh family: the name means 'devil' and his father changed it to Ábrányi, the name of their estate. He studied the piano under János Kirch (1810–63) and Vilmos Dolegni. His first composition, Magyar ábránd ('Hungarian Fantasy'), was published in 1841. In the early 1840s he gave concerts in Hungarian towns, and in 1846 left for Vienna to take piano lessons with Joseph Fischhof. There is no reliable evidence that he was ever a student of Chopin in Paris. From 1847 he lived in Pest, in the 1850s as a piano teacher, and studied composition with Mosonyi, together with whom he became a devoted follower of Liszt and Wagner. He was one of the founders of the first Hungarian music periodical, the Zenészeti lapok, in ...
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(b Egham, April 3, 1838; d London, Jan 29, 1901). English clergyman, lecturer and writer. Haweis showed great aptitude for music and studied the violin with Antonio James Oury. At Cambridge University he formed a quartet society and became solo violinist of the Cambridge University Musical Society. Graduating in 1859, two years later he passed the Cambridge examination in theology and was ordained deacon, then priest in 1862. After some short-term curateships, he was appointed perpetual curate of St James's, Marylebone, in 1866, a position he held until his death.
Haweis was a Broad Churchman with powers of dynamic extempore preaching that drew packed congregations to St James's, where his Sunday evening services unconventionally included orchestral music and oratorio performances. In 1867 he married Mary Eliza Joy (1848–98), who gained prominence through her writings on household decoration. In 1884 Haweis supplanted J.A. Fuller Maitland as music critic of the ...
Laurence, Claude
Statham, H(enry) Heathcote
(b Everton, Liverpool, Jan 11, 1839; d Torquay, May 29, 1924). English architect, amateur organist and writer, father of Heathcote D. Statham. He studied the organ at Liverpool Collegiate Institution and practised architecture in Liverpool for several years before moving in 1869 to London, where he increasingly devoted time to journalism and writing. For several years during the late 1870s he gave a series of Sunday afternoon organ recitals at the Royal Albert Hall, but held no regular organist's post beyond an honorary one at St Jude's, Whitechapel. From 1883 to 1910 his principal occupation was as editor of the journal The Builder, and he wrote several standard works on architectural history.
A thoughtful and intelligent critic, Statham combined his knowledge of architecture and music in his writings on concert hall design, arguing that recently built large halls, such as the Royal Albert Hall and St George's Hall, Liverpool, were constructed solely as places of spectacle in defiance of the basic principles of acoustics. His ...
Warrack, John
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(b London, Feb 9, 1928). English writer on music , son of Guy Warrack. He was educated at Winchester College and at the RCM (1949–52), where he studied the oboe with Terence Macdonagh, history with Frank Howes and composition with Gordon Jacob and Bernard Stevens. He played as a freelance oboist, chiefly with the Boyd Neel Orchestra and at Sadler's Wells, until 1953, when he joined Oxford University Press as a music editor. The next year he was appointed assistant music critic to the Daily Telegraph. He moved in 1961 to the Sunday Telegraph, as chief music critic, resigning in 1972. Warrack became a critic for Gramophone in 1958 and a member of the editorial board of Opera in 1953. In 1975–6 he was visiting lecturer at the University of Durham, and he was a university lecturer at Oxford, 1984–93. He was director of the Leeds Festival, ...
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(b London, March 20, 1804; d Bexley, Kent, March 8, 1881). English organist and writer on music. In 1834 he became organist of St Mary's (Roman Catholic) Chapel, Chelsea, and composed some masses for its service. Between 1840 and 1860 he published many instruction books for organ, reed organ, concertina and church singing.
Warren was a careful and thorough editor of earlier English music: his edition of Boyce's Cathedral Music, for example, included new biographies of the composers with exhaustive lists of their works. Such scholarship was facilitated by the large and valuable library he collected during his life, including the partbooks from which he edited Hilton's Ayres or Fa Las, many unique sale catalogues, and autograph manuscripts of Purcell, A. Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. The fruits of his research appeared often in the early Musical World.


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Smarty (1934)
December 29, 2017 / Erin Elisavet Kozak	/ Leave a comment
Smarty (1934). 65 minutes. Directed by Robert Florey. Starring Joan Blondell (as Vicki Wallace Thorpe), Warren William (as Tony Wallace), Edward Everett Horton (as Vernon Thorpe), Frank McHugh (as George Lancaster), Claire Dodd (as Nita), Joan Wheeler (as Mrs. Bonnie Durham), Virginia Sale (as Vicki's maid), and Leonard Carey (as Tony's butler).
We live in an era where filmmakers deliberately produce raunchy comedies that exceed the limits of good taste in an effort both to thrill their target audiences and to be thought of as cutting edge. But I find most modern comedies rather tepid when it comes to the task of truly offending me. For something that has more punch, I have to look back to the pre-Code era, the time before Hollywood's internal censorship office began enforcing the moral guidelines known collectively as the Production Code. Smarty, a late pre-Code movie, is about as far away from being a politically correct comedy as you can get, … Read the rest
The Maltese Falcon (Three Versions, 1931-1941)
September 30, 2017 / Erin Elisavet Kozak	/ Leave a comment
The following article is a review of three film adaptations of Dashiell Hammett's novel The Maltese Falcon: the pre-Code Maltese Falcon (1931), the bizarre comedic Satan Met a Lady (1936), and the superb film noir version (1941).
Synopsis: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1929)
Sam Spade is a private detective working in San Francisco. A woman identifying herself as Miss Wonderly appears in his office one day and asks for his help: she claims her sister is visiting the city in the company of a disagreeable man, and Wonderly wants the two separated. Spade's partner Miles Archer takes over the case and agrees to shadow the man, Thursby, but that evening both Miles and Thursby are shot dead.
The next day, Spade meets up with Wonderly, who explains that she and Thursby were involved in a plot to capture an illusory, legendary, jewel-studded falcon statuette that has been smuggled around the world by treasure hunters through the ages. … Read the rest


I had the chance to talk with Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan yesterday about her platform for reelection. Vaughan is finishing her first term as mayor of the Gate City after having served four terms on city council since 1997. Vaughan handily defeated incumbent Mayor Robbie Perkins in 2013, and most observers feel she will easily win a second term against two little-known candidates.Vaughan was in between appointments when she called Tuesday, with a looming interview with the influential Simkins PAC scheduled for that afternoon. Her father had been inducted into the Guilford Sports Hall of Fame the night before.Vaughan said her campaign will focus on jobs and wage growth, infrastructure, and public safety."That's really been the platform for the last couple of years and I think we've made some strides," Vaughan said.In terms of economic development, the mayor said that her focus would be on wage growth as opposed to sheer numbers of positions gained. Vaughan said the city had increased its relationships with economic development partners in the region, including Forsyth and Guilford counties, the City of High Point, and working with the folks in Randolph County to promote the regional megasite."I think you are seeing a regional approach that you've never seen before," Vaughan said.The benefit to the citizens of Greensboro of such an approach is increased economic viability. The city worked with Forsyth County to pay for airport improvements at PTI. Vaughan has worked with Winston-Salem mayor Allen Joines to address chronic homelessness among veterans. Vaughan mentioned the megasite again and so I asked her what benefit that would bring to Greensboro residents."It would be an advanced manufacturer that would pay above average wages and benefits and increase supply chain activity that could attract development to the (US) 421 corridor," Vaughan said. The possibility of recruiting higher paying jobs to the area is part of her economic development focus."The quality of jobs recruited are more important than the quantity." Vaughan said. "It's a shift in what you may have heard in the past, where we just looked at raw numbers."As for the broader challenges facing Greensboro, Vaughan said that city council has attempted to tackle issues that past mayors and councils have overlooked, such as food insecurity, homelessness, and poverty."That is something that I am proud of," Vaughan said. "I think in the past people thought that if we didn't talk about them that these issues would just go away. As a council, we've made a conscious decision to talk about these things."Vaughan said voters should know that she's not been afraid to take on big issues, whether it's the megasite, city assistance to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, or other issues like police accountability."They can't say that I always take the safe way out," Vaughan said.Vaughan has taken on issues in the background as well. After a community meeting on race relations held this past June, Vaughan has participated in regular meetings with a group of leaders from the city and Guilford County that discusses ways to improve race relations and police accountability. The group plans to launch a monthly series of meetings in November that will provide opportunities to discuss race relations and systemic racism in the community.I asked Vaughan about the criticism some grassroots voices raise over the city's habit of reimbursing developers for infrastructure improvements. The mayor said that the reimbursement incentives are often for project the city would have eventually paid for, but that the developers can get the work done on an accelerated schedule."The developments get built, otherwise they will be undeveloped tracts of land across the city," Vaughan said. "It's usually areas of the city that need places to shop or for people to go to work and the developer can do it on an accelerated schedule."The mayor was quick to point out that the incentives are performance based, and that the city verifies that certain requirements are met."We're not just writing them a check with no accountability," she said.Overall, Vaughan said she was "cautiously optimistic" that she will make it out of the Oct. 6 primary where she faces grassroots candidates Sal Leone and Devin King.Early voting for the Oct. 6 primary begins Sept. 24. Greensboro residents may cast early votes at the Guilford County Board of Elections Office at the Old Courthouse on Market Street in Downtown Greensboro.


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My father was a financial planner, which meant I was lucky enough to learn a number of important money lessons at an early age from an expert in the field. One particular lesson that stuck with me was Dad's view that term life insurance is for replacing lost income. I grew up believing those without dependents don't necessarily need to buy a significant life insurance policy because their income isn't supporting anyone.
This is why, as a young mother and wife, I only carried a minimal life insurance policy. My husband was the primary earner, and as a work-from-home mother who was slowly building a freelancing career, it seemed unnecessary for me to buy term life insurance beyond what was available through my husband's employer.
Then, my father passed away at the age of 62. Even though neither my sister nor I had depended on our father's income for almost two decades, we discovered he had maintained a substantial life insurance policy and had named us his co-beneficiaries. Suddenly, I understood Dad's view of term life insurance was far more thought out than I had realized.
My father was proud of his two daughters. He knew we were making our way in the world and didn't need money from a life insurance policy to provide for ourselves or his grandchildren. And yet he still bought and maintained a term life insurance policy to help provide us with a cushion of cash after his death. As I navigated that first year without him, I started to understand his thought process.
To begin with, I realized that income replacement doesn't just refer to the person who passes away. I was in a fog of grief after Dad passed away. While I tend to be the "throw yourself into your work" kind of griever, I spoke to friends who had also lost parents and who told me about being paralyzed by their grief, unable to work. Term life insurance can help provide loved ones with the ability to grieve without worrying about money if they're similarly paralyzed after a loss.
My father's life insurance policy also gave him a way to continue giving to his children and grandchildren, with whom he was head-over-heels smitten. Had we been blessed with more time with Dad, he would have certainly spent money on all of us — from buying birthday gifts and funding summer camp to helping with education costs. Though he would've definitely preferred to be around to see us enjoy his financial gifts, his life insurance policy helped ensure those financial gifts were there, even if he couldn't be.
Knowing just how devoted Dad was to his grandkids, I made sure to set aside part of the life insurance payout for their future. We'll make sure to acknowledge Grandpa's gift any time we use that money for my kids' education.
After Dad died, I suddenly understood there are no guarantees in life, and that even relatively young and healthy people can die. While losing the income brought in by a young parent or spouse is financially devastating, it's important to recognize the emotional devastation that follows a death in the family.
I am far more to my husband and kids than just the income I bring in, and though there's no amount of money that could ever replace me, the funds provided by term life insurance could help my family carry on should something happen to me.
There's no reason to add financial stress to their grief. A larger life insurance policy can help offer your family a way to handle the difficult financial logistics of life without you — without adding to their grief.
Within a year of my father's passing, my husband and I both increased our term life insurance policies. We recognized life insurance would be a gift to our family to help insulate them from the financial fallout of grief.
Each month, when we pay the premiums on our policies, we see those monthly payments as a little gift to our family that we hope they'll never have to use. While I could certainly think of other things to do with that money, I'm glad to know we'll still be taking care of our kids should anything happen to either of us.
Being a parent means taking on the responsibility of helping your child learn, grow and thrive. Most people think of this responsibility as being there to cook meals, go over homework, pay for college and offer advice.
But something my father understood was that being a good parent doesn't end with death. Not only did Dad's life insurance policy provide me a financial gift, but it taught me another important lesson about parental responsibility. Because of his excellent example and generous gift, I'm a better parent to my children now and in the future.
Though I wish every day Dad was still with us, I couldn't have asked for a better teacher or role model. I just hope he knows I've taken his lessons to heart.


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Constantine Henry Phipps, 1. Marquess of Normanby KG GCB PC (* 15. Mai 1797; † 28. Juli 1863 in London) war ein britischer Politiker der Tories sowie zuletzt der Conservative Party, der zehn Jahre lang Mitglied des House of Commons sowie zwischen 1832 und 1834 Gouverneur der Kolonie Jamaika war.

Nach dem Tod seines Vaters wurde er 1831 als 2. Earl of Mulgrave Mitglied des House of Lords. Ferner fungierte er 1834 als Lordsiegelbewahrer, von 1835 bis 1839 als Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1839 kurzzeitig als Minister für Krieg und Kolonien sowie zwischen 1839 und 1841 als Innenminister. 1838 wurde er des Weiteren zum Marquess of Normanby erhoben.

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Phipps war das zweite von fünf Kindern und der älteste Sohn des Generals Henry Phipps und dessen Ehefrau Martha Sophia Maling. Sein Vater war unter anderem Außenminister und Erster Lord der Admiralität war und wurde 1794 als 1. Baron Mulgrave in den erblichen Adelsstand erhoben und damit Mitglied des House of Lords. 1812 wurde sein Vater darüber hinaus zum 1. Earl of Mulgrave erhoben. Sein Großvater war Constantine Phipps, 1. Baron Mulgrave of New Ross. Er selbst absolvierte nach dem Besuch der renommierten Harrow School ein Studium am Trinity College der University of Cambridge.

Am 22. Juni 1818 wurde der erst 21-jährige Phipps als Kandidat der konservativen Tories erstmals zum Mitglied des House of Commons gewählt und vertrat dort zunächst bis zum 30. Mai 1830 den Wahlkreis Scarborough. Er wurde am 11. Februar 1822 erneut zum Abgeordneten in das Unterhaus gewählt und vertrat in diesem nunmehr bis zum 20. Juni 1826 den Wahlkreis Higham Ferrers sowie anschließend zwischen dem 9. Juni 1826 und dem 3. August 1830 den Wahlkreis Malton.

Oberhausmitglied, Gouverneur von Jamaika und Lordsiegelbewahrer
Nach dem Tod seines Vaters am 7. April 1831 erbte er den Titel als 2. Viscount Normanby, of Normanby in the County of York sowie die nachgeordneten Titel als 2. Earl of Mulgrave, in the County of York, 2. Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave in the County of York, 4. Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of York. Mit dem Erbe der Titel war zugleich die Mitgliedschaft im House of Lords verbunden, dem er bis zu seinem Tod angehörte.

1832 wurde Phipps Nachfolger von Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2. Earl Belmore als Gouverneur von Jamaika und bekleidete dieses Amt zwei Jahre lang bis zu seiner Ablösung durch Howe Browne, 2. Marquess of Sligo 1834. Zwischenzeitlich wurde das Amt von kommissarischen Gouverneuren wahrgenommen. 1832 wurde ihm das Großkreuz des Guelphen-Ordens verliehen und er zudem auch Mitglied des Privy Council.

Am 16. Juli 1834 wurde er von Premierminister William Lamb, 2. Viscount Melbourne zum Lordsiegelbewahrer (Lord Privy Seal) in dessen erste Regierung berufen und übte dieses Amt bis zum Ende von Melbournes Amtszeit am 17. November 1834.

Lord-Lieutenant von Irland, Kriegs- und Kolonialminister sowie Innenminister
Phipps wurde danach am 29. April 1835 als Nachfolger von Thomas Hamilton, 9. Earl of Haddington Lord-Lieutenant von Irland und verblieb auf diesem Posten bis zu seiner Ablösung durch Hugh Fortescue, Baron Fortescue am 13. März 1839. Während dieser Zeit wurde er durch ein Letters Patent vom 25. Juni 1838 auch zum 1. Marquess of Normanby, in the County of York erhoben.

Nach Beendigung seiner Tätigkeit in Irland wurde er im Februar 1839 von Premierminister Melbourne als Nachfolger von Charles Grant, 1. Baron Glenelg zunächst zum Minister für Krieg und Kolonien (Secretary of State for War and Colonies) ernannt. Anschließend übernahm er im Rahmen einer Regierungsumbildung am 30. August 1839 von John Russell das Amt des Innenministers (Home Secretary), während Russell von ihm wiederum das Amt des Ministers für Krieg und Kolonien übernahm.

Botschafter in Frankreich und Gesandter in der Toskana
Am 12. August 1846 wurde Phipps Botschafter in Frankreich und damit Nachfolger von Henry Wellesley, 1. Baron Cowley. Für seine langjährigen Verdienste wurde er 1847 zum Knight Grand Cross des Order of the Bath und ferner 1851 zum Knight Companion des Hosenbandordens erhoben. Das Amt des Botschafters in Frankreich bekleidete er bis 1852 und wurde dann wieder von Henry Wellesley, 1. Baron Cowley abgelöst.

Zuletzt übernahm er 1854 von Henry Bulwer das Amt des Gesandten in der Toskana und verblieb auf diesem Posten, bis er 1858 von Henry George Howard abgelöst wurde.

Aus seiner am 12. August 1818 geschlossenen Ehe mit Maria Liddell, einer Tochter von Thomas Henry Liddell, 1. Baron Ravensworth ging sein einziger Sohn George Phipps hervor, der als Gouverneur von Neuseeland, Queensland, Nova Scotia und Victoria war und nach seinem Tod 1863 den Titel als 2. Marquess of Normanby sowie die nachgeordneten Titel erbte.

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A large-scale pilot of what has been called the world's first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children has begun in Malawi.
The RTS, S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites.
Earlier, smaller trials showed that nearly 40% of the 5-to-17-month-olds who received it were protected.
Malaria cases appear to be on the rise again after a decade of success in combating the deadly disease.
"This is a landmark moment for immunisations, malaria control, and public health," Dr Kate O'Brien, Director of Immunisation and Vaccines at the World Health Organization, told the BBC.
According to the most recent annual figures, global malaria cases are no longer falling, sparking concerns about its resurgence.
Malaria in 2017
• 435,000 died of malaria worldwide
• 219m infectedAfrica saw more than 90% of cases and deaths
Source: WHO
Malawi is the first of three countries chosen for the pilot to roll out the vaccine. It aims to immunize 120,000 children aged two years and below. The other two countries, Ghana and Kenya, will introduce the vaccine in the coming weeks.
The three countries were picked because they already run large programmes to tackle malaria, including the use of bed nets, yet still have high numbers of cases.
How big a problem is malaria?
Malaria kills some 435,000 people around the world each year, the majority of them children. Most of these deaths are in Africa, where more than 250,000 children die every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. O'Brien said that malaria is "a really difficult disease to develop a vaccine against".
An early trial of the vaccine began in 2009.
"There were seven countries participating in a large trial where over 15,000 children participated," Dr. David Schellenberg, who has been working on the development of the vaccine with the WHO, told the BBC's Newsday programme.
"[The trial] showed pretty clearly that this vaccine is safe and it is efficacious in terms of its ability to prevent clinical malaria episodes and also severe malaria episodes," he said.
What difference will the vaccine make?
RTS,S has been more than three decades in the making, with scientists from drugs company GSK creating it in 1987.
Years of testing supported by a host of organisations, including the Path Malaria Vaccine Initiative, and costing an estimated $1bn (£770m), have led to this point.
The nearly 40% efficacy is not high in comparison with vaccines for other diseases, but Dr Schellenberg says RTS,S will add to the preventative measures, such as bed nets and insecticides, already being used.
"Nobody is suggesting that this is a magic bullet," Dr. Schellenberg said.
"It may not sound like much but we're talking about 40% reduction in severe malaria which unfortunately still has high mortality even when you have good access to good treatment," he added.
Dr. O'Brien said the vaccine lasted for at least for seven years and would target infants because they are most at risk.
The vaccine needs to be given four times - once a month for three months and then a fourth dose 18 months later.
Dr. Schellenberg accepted that it might be a challenge for mothers in some areas to take their children to clinics for all four doses.
This stage of the trial is expected to be completed by 2023, according to Path.


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Democrats Using Cloward-Piven as their Midterm Hail Mary Pass
By Brian Joondeph
Cloward-Piven is a political strategy first described in 1966, by two Columbia University sociologists, Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. This was published appropriately in the far-left The Nation, the oldest continuously published news magazine in the country. Cloward-Piven's goal was the creation of, "A political crisis would result that could lead to legislation for a guaranteed annual income and thus an end to poverty."
The objective was chaos and turmoil, or in their words, "A massive drive to recruit the poor onto the welfare rolls." This would be followed by, "A federal program of income redistribution has become necessary to elevate the poor en masse from poverty."
The strategy uses community organizers to mobilize welfare recipients. Then, "As the crisis develops, it will be important to use the mass media to inform the broader liberal community about the inefficiencies and injustices of welfare." It's more effective when a community organizer is the leader of the country for eight years assisted with a compliant and nonobjective national media. Or as Rahm Emanuel said, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."
Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward standing directly behind Bill Clinton at the 1993 signing ceremony for the Motor Voter Law (Wikipedia)
By crisis, Cloward and Piven mean, "A publicly visible disruption in some institutional sphere." How do they create such a crisis? "Crisis can occur spontaneously (e.g., riots) or as the intended result of tactics of demonstration and protest which either generate institutional disruption or bring unrecognized disruption to public attention."
In other words, community organize protests, riots, and generalized chaos. And overwhelm America's welfare system to the point that the only way out is through the tunnel leading to a centralized social-welfare state, as is seen in many European and South American countries.
Since the article's publication over 50 years ago, steady progress has been made in the direction Cloward and Piven advocate. From Medicare and Medicaid, to the Great Society. New government agencies and bureaucracies choking innovation and economic growth. Ill-conceived and endless wars, expansion of food stamps, Medicaid, and other social welfare programs, resulting in the majority of Americans receiving government benefits.
Each program brought on by some crisis. Seniors and the poor not getting their medical care. Kids hungry at school. The world's poor arriving on our shores needing to be cared for.
Democrats have no ideas or policies appealing to the majority of Americans, so this is their hail mary pass, creating enough chaos to bring down the current system, so they can rebuild it in the image of Cuba or the Soviet Union.
Fortunately a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. But not so funny for the Cloward-Piven crowd when Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016. Trump is the first federal elected official in recent time, with the exception of the occasional vocal Congressman or Senator, to throw a wrench into the plans of the big government, globalist elites.
In addition to expanding the welfare rolls internally, another way to overwhelm the system is to import more welfare recipients with the goal of overwhelming the system. This occurs via immigration, both legal and illegal.
Think of what the current migrant caravan means in terms of Cloward-Piven. Thousands of poor, unskilled migrants entering the US. They need health care, education, housing, food, clothing, and other basic needs which all cost money. Who pays for this? The migrants arrive with the clothes on their back, not with job offers from Fortune 500 companies and guaranteed self-sufficiency.
Trump has other plans. Common sense rather than chaos and doing what's best for America and her citizens, rather than virtue signaling to the world.
Donald Trump recognized Cloward-Piven the day he announced his candidacy. After riding down the escalator at Trump Tower, he told America that if elected, he would build a wall on our southern border, and make Mexico pay for it. It's his signature issue. At his rallies, one of the usual chants, aside from "lock her up" and "CNN sucks" is "build that wall".
The average American who supports Trump doesn't want unlimited immigration into America, bringing expense, disease, and crime into their neighborhoods. Gallup reports, "150 million adults worldwide would migrate to the US" if they could. That would be 50 percent increase in US population, most of whom would rely on some sort of government assistance.
Give the left their way and how many of those 150 million would they welcome into America? Even if a few million at a time, the chaos would rapidly build.
How many of these 150 million would be ill with polio, drug-resistant TB, hepatitis, scabies, and chicken-pox? As an example, chicken-pox broke out recently in a Denver immigrant detention center. The "system" must deal with the cost of this including quarantine and medical care.
Big media fans the flames, calling Trump and his supporters racists, xenophobes, and Nazis for wanting to stop wanton illegal immigration. They welcome the chaos as it supports their political agenda without affecting them personally. Elected officials too, on both sides of the aisle, are happy to welcome overwhelming chaos to our shores.
Democrat Representative Joe Kennedy III, invoking everyone from his great uncle, to Reagan and Jesus, writes in Time how America must welcome the migrant caravan. Just as long as they are in your backyard as they won't be welcome anywhere the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport.
Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich, famous son of a mailman, told CNN we have a moral obligation to accept those invading our southern border because of the accident of our birth in the US. I'm sure the virtue signaling governor would welcome every illegal immigrant in Ohio. Or does his virtue stop at his state's border?
Overwhelm the system via an unstainable growth in the welfare state. That's the Cloward-Piven strategy; create such chaos that the only solution is socialism, creating power for the elite and misery for most Americans. But don't worry about the Kasichs, Kennedys, Clintons, Obamas, Acostas or any of the other political-media elite who will be sure they and their families are prosperous, safe in their secure communities and schools, far from the hordes of third world immigrants.
The migrant caravan, aside from attempting to influence the midterm election, is typical Cloward-Piven strategy. Overwhelm the system including border security agencies and now likely the military. If this caravan gets refuge in the US, a dozen more caravans will pop up next week, and every week thereafter, an endless burden on the US, dispiriting Trump supporters, paving the way for increasing Democrat control of government.
Cropped from Fox Business Network via YouTube
This is one of many reasons why the midterm elections are so important. Aside from policy differences, it's America's last defense against overwhelming the socio-economic backbone of the country, paving the way for turning America into Europe, one illegal immigrant at a time.
Brian C Joondeph, MD, MPS, a Denver based physician and writer. Follow him on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.


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Iran's Top Banker: IMF loan unconditional
Tasnim – The loan that Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund for in order to deal with the coronavirus outbreak is totally unconditional and must be given immediately, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran said.
Speaking to IRIB on Tuesday night, Abdolnaser Hemmati said the CBI is familiar with all legal processes in the IMF.
On a $5 billion loan that Iran has applied for, he said such financing facilities are provided only to battle COVID-19, stressing that the loan is by no means conditional and must be made immediately.
The only guarantee that needs to be given relates to the period of repayment, Hemmati said, stressing that the loan is Iran's natural right, as the country has kept reserve assets in the IMF and has not recieved any loan over the past 60 years.
"If we are not to enjoy our right now, when should we?" the CBI chief said, adding that the IMF will reveal its nature if it refuses Iran the loan.
Hemmati also noted that Iran's application for the loan has been submitted to the IMF Board of Governors.
The voting shares for the European members of the IMF Board of Governors is higher than that of the US, so Europe could no more look for an excuse and cite the American sanctions to refuse to help Iran, Hemmati stated, adding that it is time Europe proved its goodwill.
"We have made it clear that we need the loan to import commodities and medicine," the CBI chief concluded.
Last week, President Hassan Rouhani said it would be unacceptable for the International Monetary Fund to unfairly refuse Iran's application for the loan that it needs for the fight against the coronavirus.
Abdolnaser Hemmati, coronavirus in Iran, IMF, IMF loan	April 15, 2020
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I'm debating trying a single edge razor, and both of these offerings are looking pretty good to me from their online pictures and reviews on the websites. One of them is available from Classic Shaving, the other from Bullgoose.
I realize this forum has connections to one of the sites, but I was trying to figure out some honest opinions about the differences between these two razors. I can't find really any videos comparing the two or even any featuring the King Cobra at all.
Thanks, all, for any feedback you might have.
In terms of quality of materials and construction, I see the Rx as far better. The Cobra has a brass head and metal handle, both of which are plated. The Rx is machined from stainless steel.
You may want to review this recent thread about the experience one of our members had with the poor poor quality of a King Cobra, and the horrendous customer service from the vendor.
As Ricardo mentioned, The Rx is machined from SS while the cobra is chrome plated brass. While I haven't used the Rx, I can already tell you that the material quality is most likely superior to that of the Cobra.
I've had many cobras classic and king razors, only one had quality issues as far as the locking mechanism. That's really the only part that can possibly fail.
Other than that it's an AMAZING razor. Gives a wonderful shave and with a Kai blade it's VERY efficient but yet very smooth as well. I wholeheartedly recommend getting a cobra, however i would go for the Cobra Classic not the king, it's more agile and lighter and also less bulky. Looks wise both are beautiful looking razors as a matter of fact very similar looking.
When I acquired the Cobra 3 years I and ended up selling all my razors, used it exclusively for one year and now I only have one other razor that use equally as much as the Cobra.
Thanks everyone for the replies. I didn't know the pass around had both razors in it. Thanks, Mike, for the link to that.
My experience with Classic Shaving was reasonable in the past; not sure about the new management. Sounds like the fellow in the other post was having some issues with their acknowledging that the razor they sent him was a bit defective. That's a shame. Perhaps they were new to the business and are still getting the hang of relating to wet shaving customers in a more congenial way.
I read many great review of Cobra SE, but I could never get myself to pull the trigger and purchase one, mostly because of its design and materials it is made of. The moment I saw an Rx, I knew that regardless of its shaving characteristics, I will have to have this razor. I bought an Rx shortly after they were released and I never had an inclination to part with it. In my 15 modern safety razor collection the Asylum Rx is one of only two SE razors, the other being Sabre L2. My Rx is the most aggressive razor in my den (excluding straights) and shares the first spot in efficiency with my Blackbirds. It is perfect for me when I have 36hr (or longer) growth and provides absolutely exquisite shaves.
Design and manufacturing quality are TOP notch and in the same league as Wolfman, BBS - 1 and Paradigm Ti.
I just ordered my Asylum RX and can't wait to use it. The look of it just speaks to me. I have a King Cobra and it is a fine shaver too, I guess I am always wondering "what if" when I see the Asylum. I got the black finish.
(12-25-2017, 02:26 PM)jphilip Wrote: I just ordered my Asylum RX and can't wait to use it. The look of it just speaks to me. I have a King Cobra and it is a fine shaver too, I guess I am always wondering "what if" when I see the Asylum. I got the black finish.
If you don't mind posting your thoughts here after you get it and start using it, that'd be awesome. It'd be nice to get a fresh perspective from someone who's owneda king cobra for a while.
I have the Cobra Classic, King Cobra ( I put a Barbaros handle on it) and the Rx. I had poor customer service from Classic also but in the end they did give me a partial refund. I enjoy the classic the best but the Rx is very close behind, it is just more aggressive so I have to be more methodical with my shave. If I had to start over again I would just own the Rx it's better built and customer service is excellent!
(12-28-2017, 07:11 PM)Shavemd Wrote: I have the Cobra Classic, King Cobra ( I put a Barbaros handle on it) and the Rx. I had poor customer service from Classic also but in the end they did give me a partial refund. I enjoy the classic the best but the Rx is very close behind, it is just more aggressive so I have to be more methodical with my shave. If I had to start over again I would just own the Rx it's better built and customer service is excellent!
Thanks for your thoughts as someone who has used all of these. Much appreciated!
It has arrived. I'll take it out for a spin tomorrow morning.
Only the Rx has remained in my rotation (mechanisms on the other two started to wear out, give them away).
I shaved with the asylum RX for the first time this morning that I have to say that was a pretty positive experience. I used a Schick Proline blade and eBarbershop sandalwood with a boar brush. Aside from a small cut right under my nose which I'd chalk up to a learning curve, it was a pleasure. I like the feel of the handle - it has heft and balance. I'll use a Kai Captain Titan next time to see if that is less aggressive.
Two passes and a great result.
I did observe that unlike many of the artist club SEs, it had two small nubs at each end to keep the deadest in place in addition to the regular notches for the holes in the blade. That didn't seem to affect things one way or the other, unless 2 millimeters make a difference to you.
I'd also echo what others have said that the audio feedback- the very sound of the blades- was quite evident, which is cool.
sure looks purdy in black.
The RX is calling me.
jphilip- sounds like a pretty good first shave. Thanks for posting your feedback. I like the idea of the latch free design of the rx—I feel like mechanically it would last longer if it became a daily shaver for me. The King Cobra in my opinion is the snazziest- looking, though...! I just like that black and chrome thing, I guess.
After reading the posts on the faulty Cobras, I would not buy from the owners of Classic Shaving.
You'll see positive reviews for the Asylum Rx across the forums— not just this one.
I'm glad I chose the black. It has a gunmetal patina to it, and it stands out from the rest of the metallic menagerie.
Second time with the Asylum, this time with a custom badger from Shave Brush Jimmy and Jack Black. I stuck with the Schick Prolines.
It was a pleasure. I won't post about it again unless I have a new observation, but boy do I love the experience with this razor.