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Unconventional #26: Behind the scenes of the huge anti-Trump protest planned for Cleveland (and more!)
West Coast Correspondent
Bryan Hambley, left, is removed from the crowd as Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Cleveland on March 12. (Photo: Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters)
Unconventional is Yahoo News' complete guide to what could be the craziest presidential conventions in decades. Here's what you need to know today.
1. Inside the group spearheading Cleveland's biggest anti-Trump protest
When Donald Trump came to Cleveland's I-X Center on March 12, Bryan Hambley was there. But Hambley, a 31-year-old chief resident in internal medicine at Cleveland's University Hospitals, didn't attend the rally to support Trump. He went to protest. Wearing a shirt that read "Muslim Doctors Save Lives in Cleveland," Hambley stood up in the middle of Trump's speech, flashed the peace sign and started yelling, "Stop the bigotry!" He was quickly escorted out by security.
At first, Hambley thought his career as a protester would end there. But then Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, which meant that he would be accepting the nomination at the GOP convention in Cleveland. So, Hambley and an ethnically diverse group of fellow physicians and nurses — none of whom were particularly political before Trump and all of whom were appalled by the Manhattan mogul's proposed Muslim travel ban, among other things — decided they had to do more.
Now the organization they have founded, Stand Together Against Trump (STAT), is set to spearhead the convention's largest anti-Trump march and rally, with as many as 10,000 people expected to attend. Unconventional spoke to Hambley about how STAT came together — and what he and his fellow protesters are planning for the Republican National Convention.
Unconventional: What is Stand Together Against Trump?
Hambley: It's an independent-expenditure political action committee that we founded in mid-May with the goal of organizing and taking part in protests specifically against Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention. We're not protesting Republicans in general, or conservative ideas. We're protesting Trump.
How are you planning to protest?
We'll be taking part in events all week long, but mainly we'll be organizing a rally and a march on Thursday [July 21] afternoon and evening. That's when Trump will accept the nomination and deliver his speech.
Next week and the week after, we'll be announcing several different partnerships with national and statewide organizations. We've found ourselves, both because of our location and because we started organizing so early, in the middle of a lot of different discussions about protests at the RNC.
We're hoping that 5,000 to 10,000 people will show up on Thursday. This is the most divisive candidate we've seen. I think there will be a huge turnout.
And who is "we"?
We started as a group of physicians, nurses and professionals in the Cleveland area. Frankly, none of us have ever protested a convention before. Rarely have any of us been involved in a protest.
My wife and I both volunteer for campaigns every now and then. But not, like, every cycle. This is completely new territory for us. Stand Together Against Trump would not have existed if the Republicans had nominated someone else. We would not have protested any other Republican candidate.
So, why protest Trump in particular?
A lot of nurses and physicians in this country are of Muslim background, of minority background, of immigrant background. Anyone who's ever lived in a major city knows that there are Muslim doctors saving lives every day.
But we think it's a point that's lost on Trump when he speaks of immigrants and Muslims as a monolithic bloc of … whatever he wants them to be on that given day. And so we decided to get together to voice our opposition to someone who has used racism, sexism and overt discrimination not just in an accidental way but as a core message of his campaign.
We want to make sure there is a voice in Cleveland that says, "America is better than this. We are — as Republicans, independents and Democrats — above the level of race-baiting. We are above the wedge politics that Trump represents."
How did STAT get started?
Three of us were chief residents at Case Western University last year, and we starting asking ourselves, "How is this happening? What does it mean for us as professionals?"
Chief residents are often involved in administration. We work with some of the youngest physician trainees — many of whom were on visas from Muslim countries and were doing incredible work right here in Cleveland. Not just providing care, which they obviously do. But some of the best researchers in our program have Muslim backgrounds as well.
So, during those initial conversations, we decided that at times when Trump was in Cleveland — when he was near us — we felt compelled to do something more than passively protest. We felt like it was our moral responsibility to organize an active response to him.
You first protested when Trump came to Cleveland in March, before the Ohio primary.
Right. The group of physicians and nurses that I'm a part of, we had maybe 15 or 20 people. We made up shirts that said "Muslim Doctors Save Lives in Cleveland." A couple of us felt compelled to go inside and interrupt the speech. The rest were protesting outside.
Who went inside?
Me and one of the other physicians in our group. We started shouting, "Stop the bigotry!" But once you shout anything, you're kind of drowned out. It was us versus 10,000 Trump supporters. The chanting started and we were escorted out.
But then a funny thing happened: one of the security guards who told us that his father had recently had a heart attack — and his heart surgeon was a Muslim.
Initially, we thought, we protest for that one day and be done with it. But then, in the weeks after the Ohio primary, we were shocked to see that Trump was actually going to become the Republican nominee — that he was going to begin his general election campaign in our city. So we started organizing for the convention.
Where are you in the organizing process?
We need open spaces. We need large areas to be open downtown for free speech and large gatherings. That's critical.
Right now, the only areas Cleveland has identified for marches and protests aren't particularly close to the arena. And to add insult to injury, they've said the only times we can march are between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. A lot of our people will be working in the hospital or the clinic until 5 or 6 p.m.
This doesn't protect free speech, and the city is actually being sued by the ACLU because of it. We've proposed two different parade routes for that Thursday [July 21] and two different locations for the rally. We want to sit down with the city, have them hear our concerns, listen to their concerns and then find a middle ground that protects free speech.
Some people have said that with anti-Trump passions running high, the protests in Cleveland could become chaotic.
I think we can avoid that. I passionately believe this. With planning from our side and from the city's side, it doesn't have to be a chaotic, violent time. What we're looking for, and what every group that's called me over the last four weeks is looking for, is a way to peacefully promote an anti-racist, anti-sexist message. I haven't had a single person try to edge us toward anything else.
We are not a group that wants chaos. We have no interest in approaching Trump supporters and having yelling matches, like you sometimes see on TV. We're trying to do something completely different. But there needs to be room for large-scale demonstrations downtown throughout the convention. This will help make sure the protests are peaceful — just finding a defined space where people who want this kind of action can congregate.
Ultimately, what's your vision for the STAT protest?
People will speak. There will be music. But it'll also just be people getting together. This is a monumental event in our political history. We're hoping to provide a place for people who don't believe in Trump's message to go and see good things in each other, rather than all the hate he is going to be spewing from the podium. That might sound overly idealistic. But that's really what we want.
2. Why Bernie Sanders didn't concede to Hillary Clinton in his Thursday video address
By Liz Goodwin
Sen. Bernie Sanders told his supporters in a video address Thursday night that he would work with Hillary Clinton to "transform" the Democratic Party and to pass the "most progressive platform in its history" at the Democratic convention in July.
Sanders did not concede nor endorse Clinton, as many Democrats have urged him to do now that she is the presumptive presidential nominee. But the senator from Vermont made no mention of trying to win the nomination and clearly shifted his message to changing the party at the Democratic National Convention in July and defeating Trump.
(Read the full version of this story here.)
"I also look forward to working with Secretary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party so that it becomes a party of working people and young people, and not just wealthy campaign contributors: a party that has the courage to take on Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry, the fossil fuel industry and the other powerful special interests that dominate our political and economic life," Sanders said.
Sanders and Clinton met for nearly two hours Tuesday night to discuss the end of the Democratic primary. By this point in 2008, Clinton had already thrown her support behind her rival, Barack Obama. But Sanders has vowed to his supporters to fight until the convention and appears to be staying that course.
Sanders wants to win key concessions at the convention before endorsing Clinton and formally suspending his campaign. He did not, however, bring up some of his earlier demands in Thursday's speech, such as making all Democratic primaries open to independents and replacing Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as head of the Democratic National Committee. Sanders' campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, said on MSNBC earlier Thursday that it was a "positive step" that Clinton had installed her own pick to run the day-to-day operations of the DNC, a move that shifts responsibility for the general election campaign away from Wasserman Schultz and allows the party and the Clinton campaign to begin their coordinated efforts for the fall.
By not conceding, Sanders may be counting on buying some time to continue to negotiate for what he wants. "I think he's calculating that once he concedes, his influence proceeds to drop precipitously," said Matthew Dickinson, a political science professor at Middlebury College in Vermont. "That doesn't mean he thinks he's going to win the nomination."
Clinton has been careful not to say Sanders should concede, but many of her surrogates and even some Sanders supporters have said it's time for him to back her and focus the party on defeating Trump. Sanders, however, made clear in his speech that he will begin to focus on Trump, even though he is not formally conceding. "The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly," Sanders said. "And I personally intend to begin my role in that process in a very short period of time."
3. Cleveland says bye-bye to LeBron and hello to Trump as convention prep finally begins
The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors Thursday in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena. (Photo: Jason Miller/Getty Images)
When LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers won Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday night, many folks in the Forest City were quick to celebrate.
Sure, the victory, which sent the series to a decisive Game 7, to be played Sunday on the Golden State Warriors' home turf in California, was welcome news for Cavs fans hoping to capture their first-ever championship title.
But the end of the Cleveland leg of the series may have been an even bigger relief for the RNC, the Trump campaign and everyone else responsible for putting on a professional, problem-free Republican National Convention from July 18 to 21 — because they couldn't really start transforming the arena into a red, white and blue advertisement for the GOP and its nominee until LeBron vacated the premises.
"We will have pre-setting in place so when the basketball playoffs are over, BOOM, we can start," convention producer Phil Alongi recently told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"We can literally be in the arena within hours of the last game," Kirsten Kukowski, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, told the New York Times. "Our trucks will be pulling in as the ESPN trucks are pulling out."
The RNC has a lot of ground to make up. Usually, convention planners have six to eight weeks to prepare; this year, they only have four. The Cleveland host committee still hasn't hit its $64 million fundraising goal, and donations have slowed as various corporate sponsors and individuals, including Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Coca-Cola and billionaire New York hedge-fund manager Paul Singer, have either pulled out or scaled back their giving in response to Trump's impending coronation. Concerns have been raised about security, with several cities declining to send additional law enforcement officers and the head of Cleveland's largest police union criticizing local efforts to train and equip cops.
Alongi, the convention producer, isn't worried. According to the Plain Dealer, the changeover will involve "setting up lights, building a stage, temporarily removing seats and converting luxury suites into broadcast studios." And Alongi doesn't expect any serious curveballs from Trump, who has promised to inject some "showbiz" into the proceedings after calling the 2012 convention — which Alongi also produced — "incredibly boring."
"Mr. Trump says a lot of things," Alongi said. "Whether it becomes a reality… I guess you'll see it when I do."
Team Trump seems undaunted as well. About a dozen staffers arrived late last month in Cleveland, where they are currently hammering out the convention program. According to the New York Times:
The lineup of speakers is still very fluid. During meetings last week, staff members for the Trump campaign and the national committee sat down to draft a wish list of celebrities and prominent political figures they would contact. They broke it down into ones Mr. Trump should call himself (Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice, for example) and those who would be left for aides to handle (Kenny Rogers, Jack Nicklaus and Diamond and Silk, the African-American sisters who gained notice after making YouTube videos praising Mr. Trump), convention planners said.
So far, Trump — a notorious micromanager — has intervened only once. "After he reviewed the designs for the stage," the Times reported, "Mr. Trump sent them back for unspecified revisions."
More marble, anyone?
4. Kasich on Trump: 'I don't think he can get elected with this rhetoric'
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, left, and Donald Trump. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: John Minchillo/AP, Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images )
It's rare to see a Republican governor refuse to support the Republican nominee for president. It's even rarer to see a Republican governor refuse to support the Republican nominee when the Republican convention is taking place in the state he's currently, you know, governor of.
But that's exactly the situation with Ohio Gov. John Kasich right now. Earlier this week, Kasich sat down with Yahoo News National Political Columnist Matt Bai to explain why he hasn't been able to bring himself to back Trump — and why he thinks Trump will lose in November. An excerpt:
When I caught up with John Kasich yesterday in a Washington sports bar, I asked Ohio's governor if he could see himself supporting Donald Trump. He shook his head.
"I'm waiting to see if at this point there's going to be a Damascus Road experience, a dramatic change," Kasich said. "And I haven't seen it. You never know when it can happen. But without that, I won't be involved."
Kasich said he couldn't even see voting for the guy, though he was quick to add he wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton, either.
I asked him why he thought Republican leaders in Washington continued to profess their support for Trump, even as they denounced his comments.
"Look, I think in either political party, there's always a tug between party loyalty, being part of the team and your conscience," Kasich said. "And there's a lot of people that are really torn. And I don't want to excuse them. But human nature being what it is, there's always a sense of 'what's my obligation to the team' and 'how does this affect the people I work with.'
"I think that's why, to some degree, you're seeing people run away. They won't even talk to the press. Because they don't know what to say."
What about his own party loyalty?
"I'm a Republican," he told me. "I'm going to travel for Republicans. I'm going to help the ticket in Ohio. But I've learned over the course of my career that I have to live with myself and with my family."
You would think, after the worst mass shooting in American history, and after wave upon wave of Donald Trump's stunning response to it, elected Republicans would be asking themselves a hard question right now.
Are they going to dutifully follow Trump down this twisted, rapidly descending path to the place where he promises there will be all kinds of winning and "everything is going to be fair" because there's going to be "total justice"?
Or, like Kasich, are they going to say, "Enough is enough" and set off in search of higher ground?
Kasich is a guy who talks a lot about judgment — although in his case it usually has more to do with pearly gates than future historians. When I asked him about Trump's reaction to Orlando, he didn't bother calibrating.
"Terrible," he told me. "Terrible. It's not the way you operate as a leader. Terrible. 'I told you so'? What's the magic of that? You know, who doesn't know we are vulnerable to radical Islam? Everyone knows we are vulnerable to it."
"And then," Kasich went on, "to somehow insinuate that the president of the United States accepts this or condones this, it's just outrageous."
As for American Muslims, Kasich told me: "When they know someone is going to do something to cause violence, they're going to speak out about it. That's what I believe."
I wondered if Trump could win by talking this way.
"I don't think he can get elected with this rhetoric, no," Kasich said flatly.
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5. The best of the rest
NEW overnight: Bernie's summer was supposed to be about leverage. But he's bleeding it fast. https://t.co/VPrnwoCpod
— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) June 17, 2016
Clinton VP vetting enters next phase: Sanders out, Warren in, with bonus list of possible others w/ @ColleenMNelson https://t.co/03UYQ8SDkV
— Laura Meckler (@laurameckler) June 16, 2016
Top Republican National Convention producer preparing for quick conversion of Quicken Loans Arena https://t.co/db1vI2SvHZ
— Andrew J. Tobias (@AndrewJTobias) June 16, 2016
The billionaire Paul Singer, a major force at 2012 Republican convention, is sitting this one out: https://t.co/wWLZoLvlWo
— Zachary Mider (@zachmider) June 14, 2016
North Olmsted Democrat mayor offers RNC ready!! house on Airbnb for rent for Republican Convention @clevelanddotcom https://t.co/uVLw5iYmYf
— Rich Exner (@RichExner) June 14, 2016
President Theodore Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker depicted as boxers in a ring, shaking hands before the start of the match. (Photo: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
When the 2016 national political conventions finally conclude on July 28, the Democratic and Republican parties will have both chosen nominees, Clinton and Trump, from a single state: New York.
This doesn't happen often. The first time was in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas faced off in the general election; both were from Illinois. In 1920, voters had a choice between two Ohioans, James M. Cox and Warren G. Harding.
Only New York has had the honor of producing both the Democratic and Republican nominees on multiple occasions. In 1904, it was Alton B. Parker versus Theodore Roosevelt; in 1944, it was Teddy's fifth cousin, Franklin, versus Empire State Gov. Thomas Dewey.
This year will mark the third all-New York presidential election in U.S. history. Must be something in the water.
For the latest data, make sure to check the Yahoo News delegate scorecard and primary calendar.


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Faculty of English
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'A Balm for the Incurable Wound of the World': Music and the Pictorial Mode in the Writing of E. M. Forster
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Henriques, Piers Antony
Hennegan, Alison
Henriques, P. A. (2019). 'A Balm for the Incurable Wound of the World': Music and the Pictorial Mode in the Writing of E. M. Forster (Doctoral thesis). https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.60441
Benjamin Britten opined in 1969 about twentieth century English literature that there 'is no doubt that E. M. Forster is our most musical novelist'. Although Britten argues that Forster shows 'a most sensitive reaction to music', he notes (and disapproves of) Forster's 'curious tendency to mock at any intellectual approach on behalf of the listener'. Forster favours a critical discourse that guards against a sterilising effect of technical musicological language, and his essays on musical aesthetics articulate a stark epistemological divide between the 'creative' and the 'critical' modes of responding through the medium of words to the vagaries of musical sound; he is 'more interested by the workings of the unconscious' of the composer and listener than in the subsidiary technical exposition of the critic. Forster acknowledged that he was 'no musician' and outwardly states his general ambivalence towards technical criticism. Historically, however, musico-literary critics have attempted to explain Forster's writing about music by methodologically borrowing from that same technical approach from which Forster was keen to distance himself. Such approaches have distracted scholars interested in music and the word from Forster's own questions about music and ontology: What constitutes meaning in music? How can that meaning range so widely between different people? Can such differences be reconciled through intersubjective connection? To justify a claim for Forster as the twentieth century's 'most musical novelist' requires calibration around a literary set of questions: How can one describe the sublime effect music has on the listener? Are there ways of drawing that sensation of unity into personal relationships in daily life? And does the value felt in music reflect on one's own sense of nationhood? Taking Forster at his word as an amateur player, and lover, of music, this thesis focuses on how Forster figured music to convey more 'more than the words of daily life can tell us' about creativity, love, and cosmos.
Music and Literature, E. M. Forster, Cambridge Apostles, Modernism and music, Modernism, Intermediality, Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, Aestheticism, Edwardian fiction, Pater and music, Proust and the English novel, Beethoven and Forster, Wagner and Forster, Forster and Egypt, Music and queer studies

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You've just posted a job ad and you're seeing hundreds, if not thousands of applications rolling in. You're thrilled to see so much interest, until you sit back and think – someone has to go through all of them and find the best person for the job.
Sorting through the noise and finding all-star performers among your candidates can be rather daunting. How can you know that an applicant is really the right fit for the position and that they will fit into your team? You screen them before making any decisions.
Here are some of the most common methods for screening candidates, some tips to on how to get them right, as well as their pros and cons.
Let's kick things off with an old school technique. Going through resumes is the oldest method of determining if someone is the right fit for the job, and it starts with the resume. Although resumes aren't the best indicator of a candidate's skills, they're one of the key elements hiring and they don't seem to be going away any time soon. Here's some of the information you can get from a CV while screening candidates.
Length – If you get several hundreds of applications per position, you don't have time to spend half an hour on each. Ideally, the CV should be 1-2 pages long, with the most relevant information about the candidate.
Design – Even the perfect CV length doesn't cut it if the info is scattered around and it's difficult to view. While not everyone is a PhotoShop master, most people can organize their resume to be readable.
Language – As a writer, I cringe at seeing grammar and spelling mistakes in CVs and they're usually a sign that a candidate is not very detail-oriented. However, don't be too quick to judge, especially if the position has very little to do with writing and language.
Resume fit – One of the biggest mistakes candidates make is sending out the same resume to all job applications. Every job has different requirements and the CV might need smaller or bigger tweaks to make it relevant. Needless to say, this takes time and many candidates don't bother – but it's also a way for them to show dedication and desire to get the job.
Pros: Resume screening is the most thorough method of screening. You get to take a look at individual factors and create an image of the candidate.
Cons: It's very time-consuming, especially for jobs with lots of applicants. You rely on candidates to tell the truth in their CVs and you don't get to find out anything about their actual skills. A possible element of bias, based on gender, age, work experience etc.
CVs are a great way for candidates to present themselves, but they can be rather limiting. If you want them to tell more about who they are early on, you can ask for a cover letter along with the resume as part of the application process. Besides showing off their writing skills, here are a few more things you can find out about applicants from the cover letter.
Following directions. When asking for a cover letter, you can just simply leave it at "send in your CV and cover letter" or be specific and ask for something more. For example, you can ask candidates to explain why they're the best person for the job, what makes them excited about working at your company, how their previous experience relates to the position, how they can contribute to your team etc. Whatever the instructions, the candidates should follow them. If they can't write a cover letter according to your instructions, they may have a hard time following them on the job as well.
Length and organization. A cover letter should be one to two pages long at most. While it is a chance for the candidate to show off their experience and skills, it's not the next Game of Thrones sequel. By keeping the letter short (and neatly organized), candidates show respect for the recruiters' time.
Personality. Would you want to hire someone who seems as dull as watching paint dry? While you can't expect candidates to go all out and crack jokes – the cover letter is a great way to show off a bit about how they think and what makes them tick.
Tailored for the job. Just like the CV, the cover letter should be unique for the job. If the cover letter sounds like a template where all they changed is the recipient's name and date of sending, it's clear that the candidate hasn't given enough thought to the letter.
Pros: You get to find out more about the candidate, without a test or an interview. You can see how the candidate presents themselves.
Cons: Wading through hundreds of cover letters can take lots of time. The only skill you test is how well somebody writes – nothing more. Because they take more time to write, you may get fewer applicants, as they can't bother to write a cover letter to apply.
At some point in time, HR professionals realized that going through resumes manually just takes too much time and work, and applicant tracking systems came to be. These software solutions automatically run through CVs and find the best candidate on your behalf. They're an essential element of the hiring process in enterprise businesses that get a large volume of applicants per position. However, research states that only 40% of all employers use applicant tracking systems.
Pros: They make screening candidates extremely fast. You can go through a pile of CVs in a matter of minutes instead of weeks.
Cons: They rely on keywords too much and you can miss great applicants because they simply used the wrong terms in their applications. Furthermore, they don't tell you anything about candidate skills. Finally, they can be rigged if the candidate knows which keywords to use.
Another old-school candidate screening technique, reference checking is an essential part of making an educated decision about your new hire. After all, what better indicator is there of how a candidate performs than checking their performance with previous employers?
If you think that reference checks are a relic of the past in the HR world, you're very much mistaken. In fact, 8 out of 10 HR professionals conduct reference checks for new job applicants. Interestingly enough, the more senior the position, the more likely they are to do a reference check.
There's more to doing reference checks than just shooting an email or hopping on a call with the candidate's former supervisor. Here are a few tips.
State who you are. Let the former employer know why you're calling, which company you represent and that you're calling to get a reference.
Have patience. The former employer is doing you a favor and taking time off their schedule for a call. Be flexible about the time of the call and give them ample time to respond to your questions.
Tell something about the position you're hiring for. If the former employer knows what the candidate is applying for, they'll be able to give more relevant questions.
Ask the right questions. Go in detail and ask about how the candidate performed, why they left the company, how they handled feedback, what their weakest points were and what they brought to the table. Finally, ask the former employer if they would hire the candidate again.
Pros: Best way to get information about previous candidate performance.
Cons: Relies on the previous employer's objectiveness. If there is a large time gap, they might not remember the candidate well. It's not always possible to reach employers for reference checks, and some employers treat this data as confidential and won't reveal it. Finally, reference checks are pretty time-consuming.
When was the last time you googled yourself? You'd be surprised how much data we leave about ourselves online, and this is one of the easiest candidate screening methods that you can do.
According to a (rather dated) research, about 77% of all employers google their candidates before making a decision on whom to hire. By doing a simple search, you can find out if the candidate has a website, public portfolio, social media profile or if there any relevant articles about them online.
Speaking of social media, candidates can expect prospective employers to snoop around on these platforms too. In fact, 70% of all employers do background checks on social media. While going through someone's Twitter won't tell you whether they can do a tax audit or not, it can tell you a thing or two about what kind of person they are.
Unfortunately, plenty of HR managers use online checks as a way to get dirt on their candidates. If the applicant ever made any odd statements or did anything that may have damaged their reputation – their social media history will show it.
Pros: Very easy to do, tells you if there's something wrong that wouldn't make you hire a candidate.
Cons: Not entirely objective. It can be fairly difficult to find data online on some candidates. Does not speak about previous work experience or skills – unless you find a portfolio of work.
The number one priority for most employers out there is simply – whether the candidate can do the job or not. However, this is not something that you will be able to tell from resumes, reference checks (not entirely, at least) and looking up your candidates online.
Many employers use pre-employment tests in some shape or form to determine if a candidate is a good fit. In fact, this is precisely the reason why Hundred5 was created, to test applicants for real-world skills and their job, and not rely on other screening methods to make hiring decisions.
At Hundred5, we use a skills test at the very beginning of the application process. In this way, all candidates who do not know how to do the actual job are discarded at the very start. This process has saved hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars for companies such as Mooncascade and Listonic.
Pros: You get to see candidate performance. There is no bias of any kind. When done right, they can eliminate lots of bad applicants in very little time.
Cons: It's not easy to create objective tests for certain positions. E.g. Hundred5 tests are best suited towards more technical roles.
Once you have your best candidate(s) picked out, you can give them a paid trial projects at your company before you turn them into a full-time employee. Even after a thorough resume reading, reference check, a test and an interview, the candidate can prove to be a bad fit for your team. After all, who can guarantee that they will keep the performance from the test task all the way throughout their time as an employee?
As a CEO of one company says, one out of every three new hires worked out before they implemented trial periods. Once they started with trials, they hired 3 out of 7 people who started the 30-day contract period.
While bigger companies can allow themselves an occasional hiring mistake, small teams and startups can feel the effects of every new hire, good or bad. Trial periods allow you to take a glance at someone's performance before making a full commitment, lowering your risk of making a larger mistake.
Pros: Being able to see real-world performance as part of your team. Being able to see work ethics and culture fit immediately. Low risk.
Cons: Training candidates for trial periods can be time-consuming and costly.
Be consistent. Ask all candidates the same questions. Don't get sidetracked and lost in the conversation – you're in the lead.
Have a worksheet. Unless you're recording the calls (if you are – do let the candidate know about it), you have to write down the candidates' replies to your questions. You can type them out or simply have a worksheet standing by, where you can tick the appropriate boxes for each question.
Schedule the calls. Most candidates will be happy to know that they're going to the next round of the hiring process. However, they probably won't appreciate being called at any random point in time – you may catch them at their current job or in their leisure time. Schedule the call ahead so the candidate knows when to expect to hear from you.
Pros: Relatively easy to do. You learn about candidates' communication skills and availability.
Cons: Scheduling a phone call can be a logistics nightmare. Phone interviews take a lot of time to do right with very little to show in return.
Prepare the questions in advance. Have a list of questions you want to ask each candidate and try not to stray too far from it. You can take notes or tick off a checklist with relevant points.
Pay attention to the presentation. How does the candidate behave? What is their body language like? Do they smile a lot, are they confident? There's a lot you can tell from the way someone presents themselves during an interview – and this is especially important for customer-facing roles.
Mind the environment. Is the candidate having the interview in their living room, with children playing in the background and Discovery TV on full blast? Ideally, the candidate should pick a quiet place for the interview, without clutter, trash or background noise. In this way, you can see how seriously they take your company and the position. Likewise, you should have a professional-looking background as the interviewer as well. There are other video interview mistakes, but this seems to be the most prevalent.
Pros: Easy to do. You can find out about body language, communication and presentation skills. Candidates can have an interview without commuting to your office.
Cons: Scheduling can be difficult. Great presenters aren't necessarily great performers.
If you don't have the time or the manpower to do a large volume of video interviews, you can simply ask the candidates to interview themselves for you. Once you have a list of candidates to interview, send them a list of questions to respond to and ask them to send in the video. This way, the weight of the interview is on the candidate, while you can sit back and see what they have to say.
Pros: Quick and effective. You can watch videos as they come in, without worrying about scheduling, time-zones, HR team availability etc.
Cons: The more you require from your candidates, the higher the chances that they will give up mid-way through the application. Your candidates may not be willing (or able) to record a video interview and send it in.
Ideally, all of the above. Of course, it's not necessary to do phone, video and in-person interviews for one and the same candidate. However, it would be good to take a look at the candidate's resume, cover letter, ask them to do a test, invite them for an interview and a paid test week and make a final call.
However, doing all of this requires a lot of time, resources, and manpower and there are very few companies that can do it all.
To single out the best all-around method for screening candidates, it would be using pre-employment testing tools as one part of the hiring process. By taking a quick pre-employment skills test, a candidate can show their ability to get the job done. When using Hundred5's skills test at the very start of the hiring process, companies can eliminate the bulk of unqualified candidates before they even take a single glance at their CV or ask them in for an interview.


This project will look at global coal usage in a spatial context. For the research team working with Professor Maliniak and Professor Harish, one topic of interest is understanding why coal plants are located where they are. Some plausible explanations are proximity to coal sources, proximity to transport lines, or other political factors. Another topic this research project will explore is the effects coal plants have on communities. They are touted as having both positive (e.g. jobs and power generation) and negative (environmental and health) effects. Understanding the trade-off will help to determine the extent to which building and maintaining coal plants even makes sense. The project will use the global coal plants database together with spatial economic data from night lights and environmental data from air pollution models to better determine the trade off. Finally, this project will explore the political effects of coal plant construction by combining the global coal plants database with existing political data, such as the voting patterns of communities affected by these coal plants. Understanding the political ramifications of coal plant construction are important in building sustainable environmental policies. Specifically, this research project will explore these questions related to political economy, spatial inequality, and ethnic inequality in Africa. This will inform a narrative of ethnic inequality and spatial political power in Africa. The results of this study will contribute to the existing literature on spatial inequality, environmental justice, regulation and political accountability.


Libertarian Lunch: Johnson rally in Denver; Article V Constitutional Convention; Open forumBill Gibson, our treasurer, presented his personal views of libertarianism with respect to foreign policy.
This was a powerful and interesting PowerPoint presentation.
Putting together such a really nice, interesting, and entertaining presentation.


Interest-only mortgages continue to shrink in quantity and value with 40% having been vacated in the last five years; increasingly common among borrowers with longer loan terms remaining.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said it was encouraged by the results of its enquiry into the market and it was a case of "so far, so good" on industry initiatives to tackle the issue.
Some of the biggest falls were in the number of mortgages at higher loan-to-value (LTV), however, the body warned there was still a pocket of high-risk customers due to mature shortly.
"Of most immediate importance, there are 11,000 loans at over 75% LTV with two years or less to run," it said.
"Although this segment has shrunk in size, the rate of reduction has been slower than for high LTV at longer maturities. With at most two years to run, inflation can do little to improve the equity position for these loans.
"Even though this segment represents less than 1% of the book, it is the highest risk – at least with respect to impending maturity and high leveraging. It is, then, crucial that these borrowers either have adequate provision to repay their loans or act now to improve their position," it added.
Overall, the CML analysis showed at the end of 2016, the interest-only stock had fallen to 1.9 million loans (down from 3 million in 2011), accounting for 21% of all home-owner mortgages, with "four years of fairly steady decline, at a rate of between 10 and 13% a year".
It also noted that even when a mortgage was not repaid immediately on the due date, in the majority of cases it was redeemed in full shortly afterwards by the borrower.
The interest-only sector is also becoming increasingly a closed book, with less than 2% of new house purchase loans taken out on an interest-only basis, compared to a peak of nearly 40% in 2007.
"It is, then, an encouraging result that nearly half of last year's decrease in the book came from loans not set to mature until at least 2028," the report continued.
It appears likely that many of the redemptions of interest-only, particularly at longer maturities, are through remortgaging or switching to repayment terms.
Last week's Marketwatch experts discussed how they were advising clients with maturing interest-only mortgages.
TFC Homeloans has launched a points-based broker reward scheme.


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Home ARCONTES Benjamin Fulford 3/15/21 Report: Attack on Khazarian Mafia Leadership Intensifies
Benjamin Fulford 3/15/21 Report: Attack on Khazarian Mafia Leadership Intensifies
The hunt is now zeroing in on Khazarian mob leaders such as members of the Habsburg family and their henchmen like Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Fascists, Mossad, and other sources say.
They also agree that crime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been executed for war crimes, including the mass murder attack on Japan's nuclear power station in Fukushima on March 11th, 2011.
To understand just how historic these developments are, we need to go back to when Moses received the "Ten Commandments from God." It is the first four of these "Commandments" that are the problem.
They are: I am the LORD thy God; Take no other gods before me; Make no graven images or likenesses and Do not take the LORD's name in vain.
This "God" is the one who demanded payments in gold, silver, aroma oil, sheepskins died red, etc. In reality, it is a group that hid its system of totalitarianism behind a concept of "God." The reason they demand that no graven images or likenesses be made of them is that they did not want people to find out "God," was just a bunch of humans. The wizards behind the curtain. In other words, secrecy is essential to their system of governance.
This is not to deny the existence of a divine spark or a Creator. It is just to assert that the Western monotheistic Gods (Allah, Yahweh, God, etc.) are camouflage for groups of human slavers. They have a secret leader known as "Pindar" who is their absolute ruler playing the role of "God." I still remember these people telling me "there is no God, we are God," when they first asked me to join them in their genocidal plans.
Remember, the world religion comes from the Latin "re ligare" or to rebind into a single bundle or "fascii," hence the word fascism.
The present-day leadership of these fascist totalitarians is trying desperately to stay in power now by using their fake pandemic to force people to take gene-altering vaccines that will cull the weak in a zombie apocalypse and further domesticate the survivors.
As one of their top henchmen Henry Kissinger once said, the goal is to make it as impossible for the common people to oppose them as it is for a sheep to oppose a farmer. Unfortunately for them, these would-be masters of the human-animal farm never envisioned that their guard dogs, the military and intelligence agencies of the West, would turn against them. That is exactly what is now happening as we shall see below.
For example, last week we received a detailed report from German intelligence about exactly who and where the leaders of this fascist group are. In the one-hour audio recording at the link below, Michael McKibben of Leader Technologies and his group of researchers have done a DEEP dive into the history and the lineage of the World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab and his masters. This is real reporting full of actionable intelligence based on months of research going through paper archives etc. https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/klaus-schwab-and-the-fourth-reich/
The key takeaway from all the information presented is that the royal families of Europe, including Queen Elizabeth, the Habsburgs, and the Spanish Royals, etc. believe they are descendants of Jesus Christ. They believe it is their "God" given destiny to rule humanity from Jerusalem.
The chief instrument of their rule is the Bank for International Settlements, BIS, and control of the creation and distribution of "currency," as well as control of most transnational corporations. This group puts together big long-term plans such as a "War on Terror" or a "COVID-19 Pandemic" to herd the sheeple with. They then distribute "currency" created out of thin air to their henchmen to bribe politicians, media figures, etc. to impose their plans and carry out insider trading based on these plans. The insider trading of airline stocks prior to 9.11 is a good example.
In recent years these tyrants have been fighting amongst themselves over who would get the job of Messiah in their planned fascistic New World Order. The British royals were pushing for Prince William to play the role. The Italian P3 fascists are promoting an individual by the name of…
Marco Di Mauro, who is apparently a charismatic Italian with stigmata. There were other would-be world dictators including the executed top Nazi George Bush Sr., and a descendant of David Rockefeller going by the moniker Supreme Rockefeller. The Muslims were also looking for someone to play the role of Mahdi or Messiah to usher in the New Age.
What all of these people failed to realize is that the rest of the world is waking up and is not going to go along with their plans and let themselves be enslaved.
The collapse of their Covid-19 plandemic is a very good example of how their ability to herd humanity is falling apart. This plan was rushed into implementation prematurely in late 2019 after they realized the Asian nations were no longer going to finance them.
Most importantly, their original attempt to cause mass deaths with 5G electro-magnetic attacks and then blame it on a "coronavirus," has been neutralized.
As a reminder, take a look at this detailed presentation showing how the initial "outbreak," of the "coronavirus," dovetailed almost exactly with the start of 5G networks around the world. https://www.5gexposed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Study-of-correlation-coronavirus-5G-Bartomeu-Payeras-i-Cifre.pdf
What happened was that the 5G networks were almost immediately shut down which is why the mortality rate for this so-called virus is now the same as the general population's mortality rate was before the "pandemic."
There are also more and more whistleblowers coming out of the woodwork. For example last week a doctor working at a KKR hospital in Japan called to say that all so-called "Covid-19" cases in Japan were located at KKR hospitals and that all the patients he saw were victims of an electromagnetic attack, not a virus.
Below you can read a report from a Canadian whistleblower ER doctor describing the medical crimes of the Justin Castro regime. https://www.henrymakow.com/2021/03/trozzi-we-are-being-deceived-and-manipulated.html
Action is being taken. For example, a gentleman by the name of Alexander Federowicz posted a comment on our site that read in part "from 1989 to 2005 the USAF, USMC, U.S. Army, and U.S. Navy all deployed 5G frequency systems. Aiming them at any public area or intentionally irradiating any military or civilian person with these weapons would have resulted in a general court-martial and a life sentence at Fort Leavenworth Military Prison. In some cases, capital punishment would have been administered."
MI6 took note of this comment and forwarded it to their counterparts in the Pentagon and other world military agencies. The call has now been put out to hunt down and arrest all mRNA vaccine pushers, 5G promoters, etc. as war criminals.
French intelligence responded with a message that read in part:
"The death penalty has been pronounced against all those promoting worldwide genocide and fraudulent vaccine-based genetic engineering. The heads of Pfizer and Astra Z are being hunted by Special Forces. The same is true of international bankers using fraudulent high-frequency trading programs powered by supercomputers."
The message pointed the finger of blame at the Vatican and the French BRI police unit. They also pointed out that "Bidet" was not the president and did not have the support of the Pentagon.
The day after we got this message this news came out:
"A fire at a French cloud services firm has disrupted millions of websites, knocking out government agencies' portals, banks, shops, news websites and taking out a chunk of the FR webspace, according to internet monitors." https://news.trust.org/item/20210310183756-alpef
Another sign the bad guys are losing is that Monsanto has been found guilty of chemical poisoning. This is a foretaste of what is going to happen to the vaccine companies. https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/79425/monsanto-found-guilty-of-chemical-poisoning-in-landmark.html
Also last week far-right Bolivian politician Jeanine Añez was arrested on March 13th on charges of terrorism and sedition for her role in the 2019 military coup that was aimed at stealing Bolivia's lithium supplies for the Khazarian Mafia.
Two German politicians meanwhile have been forced to resign for profiteering on face masks.
There are countless other similar reports coming out at a blistering pace, showing the fascist control grid in the West is collapsing.
Perhaps that is why we were contacted last week by officials from the Federal Reserve Board offering us triple-digit returns in the form of Fiat dollars if we could get them access to some "dragon family money." Of course, they were told to buzz off.
This is why the Vatican is now bankrupt. https://apnews.com/article/vatican-low-on-reserves-seeking-donations-90586d6c79d75d229c207dcddcfe2d9b
The money they are producing is now only accepted inside the United States, which is why the M1 money supply which took 244 years to reach $4 trillion by early 2020, has now jumped to over $20 trillion. https://www.activistpost.com/2021/03/brace-yourselves-for-the-most-dramatic-shift-in-the-standard-of-living-in-all-of-u-s-history.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ActivistPost+%28Activist+Post%29
So where is all this "currency" going? One place is NASA (Not A Space Agency) where it appears to be hiding large-scale embezzlement. It recently produced a dramatic CG Mars landing. Now it is saying its expensive new space telescope "may be stolen by pirates." https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-pirates/618268/
The situation has reached the point where mainstream economists like Michigan State Economics Professor Mark. Skidmore says "The entire accounting system of the federal government is fraudulent." https://usawatchdog.com/financial-system-fake-la-la-land-dr-mark-skidmore/
Things are only going to get worse because Khazarian Mafia-controlled oil resources are being systematically attacked throughout the Middle East, notably in Saudi Arabia and Syria. https://www.debka.com/iran-piles-on-aggression-emboldened-by-us-saudi-israel-restraint/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJ340LsspE&t=11s
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pro-iran-militia-publishes-video-new-attack-us-convoy-iraq
The only Israeli ally in the Middle East, the UAE, had asked Netanyahu to come over and sign a protection arrangement known as the Abraham accords only to have the visit canceled for the fourth time. Various excuses were given for the cancellation but the real reason Netanyahu cannot go is that he is no longer on this Earth.
That is why Netanyahu is not appearing in public despite an ongoing general election campaign. Instead according to Mossad propaganda site Debka "Netanyahu is campaigning with a video cameraman who is tracking and recording live on Facebook his ongoing encounters in one corner of the country after another." https://www.debka.com/with-israels-election-9-days-off-new-faces-but-no-dark-horses/
In other words, like Resident Joe Biden, he only exists now via mask-wearing deep fake doubles and as a CG digital ghost. You can see the green screen effect as CGI-Joe responds to reporters and gets too close to the microphones.
https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CGI.Joe_.mp4
The microphone is visible through the right sleeve. Deep State "deep fake" for the Fake News Hall of Shame.
Here, by the way, is the latest confirmation the White House remains empty even as CNN pretends the Biden administration actually exists and is holding a big event at the Rose Garden. https://www.bitchute.com/video/Ozr9bwTPnmbv/
It was actually at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. 330 acres (130 ha) of the former Fort McPherson complex.
Of course, care home resident Biden has yet to hold a press conference or meet face to face with another world leader.
https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Biden.sleep_.mp4
Some of his past appearances went like this.
https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Biden.Zionist.mp4
CNBC recently panicked during a "live" White House event and went to color bars when Joe started asking directions from Nancy, who was uncharacteristically at a loss for words.
https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Biden.to_.bars_.mp4
Also, in a clear sign the good guys are winning, we received a phone call on March 11th, 2021 from U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Admiral John C. Aquilino where he read the following statement:
"We would like to apologize to the Japanese people for our failure to protect them from the terrorist attack on Fukushima that took place ten years ago today. We promise to be more vigilant in the future to ensure that no such attack ever takes place again."
We have also confirmed from both the CIA and the NSA that most of the leaders of this terror attack, including former Jesuit Secretary-General Peter Hans Kolvenbach and Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, have been executed for their role in this attack. Other perpetrators such as Baron Thyssen, will be brought to justice.
A few more dominoes still need to fall, like Justin Castro in Canada and Angela Merkel in Germany, but it is only a matter of time. Merkel must resign as promised or suffer the consequences.
https://benjaminfulford.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Merkle.shake_.mp4
The military now needs to occupy the headquarters of Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, etc. ASAP and hunt down their executives in order to put an end to all the deep fake and CG we see on our ubiquitous screens.
Finally, the corporate media needs to be totally overhauled. Over the years I have watched as my journalistic colleagues were murdered, fired, or retired until nothing but lackeys were left. These lackeys need to be fired or imprisoned. It is time to bring the truth back into our public discourse.
Remember, the truth will set us free.
Source: https://benjaminfulford.net/
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rachel469 March 19, 2021 At 2:52 PM
No one is getting Covid19 because it does not exist – that is not to say that people are not ill. But this is a fake pandemic to get you to take their gene therapy procedure posing as a vaccine which will change your DNA and totally destroy your immune system. These people wish to get the population down to 500 million for easy control in their dystopian authoritative NWO hell on earth blueprint. The mask wearing lock downs and crashing small businesses is to prevent the people from having any kind of independence. This is about profit control enslavement and to kill most of the people on the planet. Wakey! wakey! The people who have taken that vax are going to have a short life span because it switches off your immune system and it sends pathogens into the blood cells at DNA level which cannot be reversed. There is truly no benefit for health. No come back on them and it cancels your life insurance policy because it is an experimental procedure that has not been certified as safe. I would like to see something to stop the roll out of that vaccine in UK and stop the lockdowns and punk police from picking on the weak and vulnerable. Then I will believe something is being done that and the main stream media telling the truth to the public. Thank you Ben. Before I go Putin has disregarded the rules that WHO put out not to do an autopsy on Covid patients who have died ( that alone should sound the alarm in your mind why not do an autopsy???) It turned out that these patients had no virus they had blood clots it is wireless radiation sickness which makes the blood clump together – he sent over a thousand patients home with Aspirin and other medicines to thin the blood. SO no infection no need for any of this tyranny.
Starlight March 19, 2021 At 8:31 AM
My experience in the county where I live is that several people have gotten Covid. There are reports of people losing taste and smell as well which is not on the local news, but from people I talk to. There was an outbreak at work and so the store was understaffed and customers started becoming afraid when they found out. Extra precautions are being taken at my workplace now, with more extreme measures, such as increased cleaning of equipment after customer use, and extra signs at tables in the breakroom only allowing one person to sit at a table. There is only one chair per table. These extra precautions are being taken to appease OSHA, which is a very corrupt government organization, but something negative is happening to a very large proportion of people in my county.
Anyway…. as far at Covid is concerned, I really don't know what this is, but I will say that no matter what polarity someone takes, I'm tired of all perspectives and I will be in the process of banishing all thought-forms regarding Covid, the vaccine, and anything related. That's the only freedom I can have from this, where I put the entire cesspool package out of my mind completely. I will be putting both pro and anti cabal perspectives out of my mind, as many alleged anti cabal perspectives were created by the cabal to create engineered conflicts.
Linda March 19, 2021 At 5:39 PM
I've not taken any measures on this garbage. I've been more healthy this entire last 12 months because the pigs started washing their hands. When one wakes up to all their Lies of All their Wars & False Flags, its Liberating.
Dhara Wood March 19, 2021 At 8:58 PM
People are sick because of what they have been eating, including McDonalds type foods: slow-poison-fast-foods and all of the similar type foods found in the average grocery stores. Plus, they have been spraying their yards with Monsanto's Round-Up, (creating cancers in women who are being used as dumping grounds for toxins), eating food grown by farms that spray the plants with very toxic insecticides. Why do farmers spray their farms? To adhere to the dictates of the FDA, etc. to receive government compensation for their failed farming practices.
Nor can people expect to be well when they use toxic – including over the counter – pharmaceuticals, a faulty science at best, all part of the population reduction agenda signed into law by President Carter during 1976.
If that were not enough, they regularly use 'cleaning products' created by combining chlorine and ammonia, responsible for 'spontaneous combustion' in hospitals and unhealthy lungs. Chlorine and ammonia when combined 'explode'. Unfortunately, people don't read warning signs on products because they continue to make assumptions that have no basis in truth. Nor do people read ingredients on what they eat. Its all in the packaging!
Plus, we are being sprayed by 'chemtrails' with toxins that should never touch delicate human tissues.
Vaccines are created and forced upon the public at the time of birth to where children are being injected with these terrible toxins and continue to be injected by paid to push doctors who haven't a clue what is in the vaccines because they are not told. The gift of the fake plandemic is a wake up call for citizens and doctors alike who are being forced to understand just what they have been doing in the name of medicine. (A little known fact: Doctors are among the highest number of those who commit suicide. Betrayed by their 'education', they feel hopeless and trapped.)
Rawr April 13, 2021 At 6:30 AM
I read parts of the research on SARS-Cov2 and unless all those researchers are corrupt to the point of pure evil, the spike protein is the problem and it unleashes a large immune insult on the tissues including the brain, and there are people with extended symptoms. It's consistent with a bunch of other viral, immune and other diseases which were downplayed by mainstream medicine, post-viral fatigue syndrome and others. The spike has its own effects and whoever helped unleash it knew the common cold didn't have an effective vaccine, so it suggests they were developing a biowarfare weapon, maybe prematurely released, or not, and meanwhile the public-private partnerships may have leaked dangerous research to private organizations who are probably owned by bankers.
I'm still unsure why they don't more clearly publish isolating the virus, but one theory is it's used to hide one or more other pathogens being investigated, apart from other purposes altogether – even if the virus itself is real – since that tactic works better if the diversion is real and center stage.
The reason all these people are dying is they prevented the media from popularizing all the preventative drugs combined with the poor health of the whole human population that they've tanked for decades. One of the ways is the ACE2 receptor was by compensation higher in all those people with high stress on their systems. Everything that's been done to us results in high stress to the cardiovascular system and damage to the immune system. In other words weaken both our brains and our hearts. There's a second theory that someone was targeting people living in high altitudes, you can figure that one out. Another: the clusters of outbreaks were causing by electromagnetic radiation from the weakening magnetosphere in places, besides the 5g business – I don't know. Finally it's always possible they've corrupted academia to the degree that they can use SARS-Cov2 as cover for handling of other pathogens introduced in us, things you never hear about like toxoplasmosis and mycoplasma, some with ties to the militaries and gulf wars.
It's the fact it's part real that drives the whole scamdemic, otherwise they wouldn't be able to fool scientists.
Rawr April 13, 2021 At 1:54 PM
(that includes the whole prion disease thing)
Finally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBlj1olpeZ0
Linda March 19, 2021 At 7:48 AM
Listened to 'Forbidden Knowledge & 4th Reich' audio. Found them to be misrepresenting, playing on a narrative "when all else fails, just blame the nazi's." What makes anyone believe that after WW1 there was any gold in Germany. 'Treaty Versailles' is what would cause WW2. The fact Germany lost major Land mass & Danzig Corridor & the reparations that could never be repaid after WW1, so where is this gold… Adolf Hitler created a money system designed after Gottfried Feder (1883-1941) 'The Abolition of Interest Servitude.' June 15, 1939 this new system would become Law under Article 3 & the German bank was now renamed 'Deutsche Reich Bank.' This move would make the bank subordinate to the sovereignty of Germany. The money value was based on Labor, which in turn was the source of the economy, in turn increase productivity, in turn increase money supply & put it back into the people. This is why Germany was so loved by his Volk & why Germany would be the first country to do so well after the (staged) 'Great Depression.' Furthermore, this
audio where Douglas Gabriel "claims" Flamethrowers were made for Germany's army is false, it was the American's with the British who were breaking the 'Geneva Code.' These white Phosphorus grenades were in fact used on 'D-Day' Normandy. There were 5 'Medals of Honor' given to 5 American soldiers for burning Germans to their bones, just in Normandy, alone. "The Lies will fall apart from their own wait" Dr. Goebbles prediction April 1945. Germany, to this day, is in fact, An Occupied Nation/Country, still after 76 years.
Rupert March 19, 2021 At 12:06 PM
Linda– agree with you on Germany being looted after WWI, and not even the cause for WWI, but set up by Brit Empire to remove Germany as competitor.
In Web of Debt by Helen Brown we learn Adolf also learned in early days of the American debt free system found in the colonies before Revolution, each colony issued their own non-gold based money; and Alex. Hamilton's system too (see La Rouche ). So yes, the Nazi's implemented an excellent system based on real wealth: labor.
But to say they had no gold?! the Nazis looted Europe gathering art and all valuables. Just like the Japanese across China and Pacific. How can you not know of these vast hordes of wealth, the search for with is one of the great post WWII story? Many caches were found in Philippines and in mines in Europe.
And the Nazis survived WWII with much of this wealth intact. Surely you know this??? See Joseph Farrell's works, start with Nazi International. Operation Paperclip in USA, and Nazi scientists were taken in all over the world post WWII.
I am a reader of Codoh.com also so I think I can be fair about when to blame and not blame "Nazis" as deserved.
Rupert, Your going with the premise that your history of 'The Third Reich' is correct. For example, In countries across Europe 'The Third Reich' saved many works of fine art from the All-lies carpet bombing destruction. Adolf was an artist himself & did indeed have a special unit to preserve art, some of which was left behind from jewish families such as Kraus, whom left Austria March 1938, when Austria willingly & happily merged with Germany. So in this pre-war move of the Kraus family why did they not bring their art work along… Other "stolen" art work never seem to explain or establish ownership, ever. 'The Third Reich' looted no one, however America, France, USSR, Britain looted Germany. How dare you say "Germany survived with wealth intact after WW2. The United States, Britain Royal Air Force (which includes Canada) & USSR are the main culprits for the massacres that went on. There are millions of dead men, women & children that people walk on every single day in cities of Dresden, Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Darmstadt, Cologne, Stuttgart, Wurzburg. Considering Adolf Hitler proposed 5 Peace Treaties to Poland, Britain & France, I conclude Germany was not the aggressor. & I could careless about a bunch of scientist that came to the U.S. when you & others cannot even prove if these are the same scientist that Hitler exiled out of Germany in early 1930's & landed in the USSR.
Inna March 19, 2021 At 4:57 AM
Dear Benjamin Fulford!
Thank you for the great articles! I always read you with pleasure. My question is, do you have articles about Ukraine and Turkey? This is my homeland and the homeland of my husband. I read that Erdogan was arrested, but I do not know if this is true. And little is written about Ukraine at all (except for the scandal with the Bid-den family) thank! :)))
Mr. Bid in the first video has a square head :))) But especially my kids and I laughed when he fell asleep and snored :))) thank! :)))


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Leucaena confusa
Leucaena collinsi
Leucaena esculenta
Las hojas tiernas de estas especies forman parte de la dieta tradicional de algunas regiones de México, y se conocen con el nombre de huaxquelite o guasquelite (del náhuatl quelite del huaje).

De la familia de las cucurbitáceas:
Lagenaria siceraria

De la familia de las vides trompeta, las especies conocidas como huaje cirial:
Crescentia alata
Crescentia cujete

Guaje
 Es sinónimo coloquial de tonto en México.
 Sinónimo de niño utilizado en Asturias
 Es el apodo de David "El Guaje" Villa, futbolista español.

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Nahuatlismos

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Will the universal benefits plan have to be redrawn?
The enormity of the task from the offing was never in doubt. But did the secretary of state for work and pensions ever think it would be as difficult as its turned out? I wonder.
Today, two reports castigating two major areas of reform. My old colleagues at the BBC report that a leaked internal document suggesting the government could breach its own much vaunted cap on welfare spending because of the soaring cost of employment support allowance (ESA) – the main sickness benefit.
The documents suggest more people are moving off jobseeker's allowance and onto ESA (ESA is a higher-rate benefit and therefore costs more). People are sicker than had been anticipated and therefore on the higher rate benefit for longer and are hit, of course, by the much-reported problems with assessment of those claming the benefit.
Then today the public accounts committee has issued a report into the personal independence payment (PIP) – which replaces disability living allowance – and called it a "fiasco", with delays to the system causing hardship to vulnerable people.
In response, the government says ESA is "back on track", the benefit cap won't be breached, and it's sorting out delays to the assessments for PIP.
It also points to the fact it is are ready to "roll out" the next phase of government's flagship welfare policy, universal credit.
Rolling out suggests a juggernaut storming ahead, but this is a juggernaut with very tiny wheels. The latest roll-out will see single claimants in the area transferred over to universal credit. The more complex cases – couples with children, for example – will join at a later date.
There are a number of pilots around the country, generally piloting just one aspect of how UC might work. None yet taking in all claimants on all benefits.
But the policy has been plagued by delays and a succession of reports raising concerns about whether it will meet the original deadline of transferring all claimants across by 2017. Mr Duncan Smith has already had to admit more than £40m has been written off in computer costs in trying to implement the new system.
There are few – within and without parliament – who dispute that the aim of universal credit is a good one, and so far universal credit has had cross-party support. But Labour voices have become more critical of late.
So will there come a point when the policy is redrawn in some way?
As we watch the wagons roll out the next phase of universal credit over the next few months, it'll be interesting to see whether any of the parties decide to announce they'd put the brakes on it in its current form.
ESA for my daughter has taken 7months so far… Annoyingly their .gov web site STILL assures you that you will be assessed in 13 weeks. If you raise this on phone, they get annoyed and tell you that they're snowed under. You only get 50% benefit until you're assessed – I think theyre keeping it until after next election!! No wonder deficit is down . People are living in absolute poverty (50 week) because of gov incompetence. If I'd been warned of backlog, I'd have claimed Inc sup instead.
If i've understood the rules correctly, you'll only get the award backdated to week 14 of the claim not to when you first claimed so that could amount to many hundreds of lost income.
Same old mean-spirited corner-shop mentality tories. They'll NEVER get a social conscience – if anything they get worse the more desperate they are to steal more from our most vulnerable citizens. But they never fail to hand out to their rich chums. Like the USA and most of Europe, Britain has become a welfare state for rich oligarchs and transnational companies.
And there is much, much worse on the horizon. Then watch mainstream media go into its corrupt lying overdrive about "scroungers" and maybe even yet another war (for which there is ALWAYS sufficient money).
when I appealed my ESA it took 11 months to get a date which I won but only awarded it for 2 years so next January so wish me luck. I dread when I have to claim PIP as it took three appeals to get any care compondant then awarded LRC, then got MRC and then HRC for 4 years and then it was reviewed they dropped me to LRC which I got them too look again and went up to MRC, A few years ago i was reported for fraud and the doctor that came put down that i could walk 300-400m which isnt true it nearer 20-30 meters.
Why doesnt it surprise me that government has got it wrong again on the changes to the benefits changes because they tried to push the changes to quickly and it means people that are left high and dry waiting to get the benefits they need. How many people have died or taken they own life because of the stress it causing them. I have had to go to the food bank once because I just couldnt afford to feed myself, but the problem is that a lot of food that I received I couldnt use because of allergies and been on a gluten free diet. The food didnt go to waste I gave them to my local church that do a cheap meal once a week.
The DWP is a department out of control.It lies as a matter of course,historical revises statistics to suit and produces ad hoc ones to provide a screaming headline of the reverse of the truth.People are having to apply for JSA because they will no income otherwise,and then in time because they are ill move to ESA in a continual loop for many .An obvious attempt to get people to give up.PIP delays are particularly worrying given it cannot be emphasised as to the importance of timely receivership,financial consequences are only a part of of it,given the passported nature as regards support.It means inability to leave your house or have your basic needs attended to for many,risking further deterioration in health.
Over the past 4 years I have provided advice, help, information, support to vulnerable adults / family members with enduring physical / mental health and wellbeing issues. I have found the changes ongoing / too many in to short a time.
Individuals being sanctioned or a change in circumstances leaving individuals with no income on a regular basis. Time delays dealing re issues or queries.
Political dogma dictating the demonisation of vulnerable individuals.
Advice given changing on a weekly basis so support staff chasing their tails on a regular basis. Unsatisfactory, ineffective, inefficient IT systems unable to cope and staff training etc unsuitable in my personal opinion.
One size fits all never works, as it always turns out to be a penny-wise pound foolish approach. Just look at the mess the Tories made of education with the one size fits all National Curriculum introduced in 1987 that effectively ended all real vocational choices in schools. And what did that achieve? A skills shortage and a lot of very frustrated kids disrupting lessons they didn't what to be in as they weren't suited to them so everyone suffers.
I suggest Jackie Long needs to get out a little more if she thinks few outside of parliament think universal credit is a bad idea. She's as cossetted and out of touch as the Westminster MPs.


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Apple iPhone users at more than 100 hospitals and clinics in the US can now access parts of their medical records through the Health app....The Health Records section of the app debuted in January with the iOS 11.3 beta, and today's update makes it available to everyone who updates their phone to the latest version. The medical information...will be available to iPhone users who are patients at 39 health systems that are working with Apple, including Stanford Medicine and Johns Hopkins....Providing patients with a way to easily see their medical records gives them somewhat better control over their health information, which can stay stuck in the silos of individual health systems. Some healthcare groups...already offer patients a way to look at their medical records from their mobile devices or desktop. The idea here with Apple is that multiple systems are collected into a single app.
I personally don't believe that this new iPhone/EHR project will be successful initially. Part of my pessimism is based on the spotty history of the use of patient portals (see: UPMC Deploys Its Patient Portal on iPhones and iPads; Patients Often Lukewarm about Patient Portals; Problems with Training?). One could make the argument that patient portals have lacked the information that patients were seeking or that the patient portal UIs (user interfaces) were not well designed. However, I firmly believe that a high percentage of patients very much like reviewing their lab tests and radiology reports but don't really have much interest in digging too much deeper in their hospital records. What is most encouraging about this Apple news is that a large number of prestigious hospitals have agreed to participate. The value of access to the EHR does not lie in what health data is accessible on "Day One" but rather the potential for the type of services that will be subsequently available. Once EHR data can be viewed by mobile phones, it can be "digested" using AI tools in the cloud to present to consumers useful information that can be generated such as abnormal lab tests that have not been acted on or drug prescriptions that have not been refilled or vaccinations that are due.


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Food Wastage Could Be Halved by 2030 With the Use of IoT Technology, Predicts Eseye
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by Gina Clarke January 2, 2021 December 31, 2020
Global food wastage could be reduced by 20% by the year 2025 and by 50% the end of the next decade according to the UK based Internet of Things (IoT) technology company Eseye. It says that by transforming manufacturer supply chains with billions of connected devices, food dilapidation occurring during transport and through farming inefficiencies could be eradicated.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAOUN), 1.6bn tons of food is currently lost or wasted every year, equating to $1.2 trillion. As such the United Nations has set a target of reducing 50% of food wastage by 2030.
However, Eseye believes this could be achieved sooner with the use of IoT circuits, batteries, and cellular connectivity printed onto flexible labels. The company says that these labels, when placed on food items, would enable complete real-time visibility of the entire supply chain, and provide instant monitoring of location, temperature and humidity data.
Nick Earle, CEO of Eseye, said: "IoT has the power to dramatically overhaul the way we grow and transport the world's food. With a growing population and finite resources on our planet, we must become more efficient and end wastage.
"By connecting every single part of the supply chain, we can grow, pick and ship only what we need, and then better care for that produce to ensure it reaches the fork unharmed."
Smart Farming to Reduce Loss After Harvest
The UN says that around 14% of the world's food is lost after harvest and before reaching shops and markets, largely due to inefficiencies in farming practice. Eseye says this can be prevented through real-time data tracking using sensors which measure the properties of fruit and vegetables such as colour, size and shape, while they are still growing.
This information helps to control growing conditions, such as water supply, and accurately determines the best harvest date. The data can thus meaningfully reduce the amount of stock that is lost before it even enters the supply chain.
"IoT has traditionally been centred around big-ticket items such as machinery and consumer goods and electricals, but new technologies are making smaller sensors economically viable on a massive scale," said Earle.
Current Mobile Network Model Not Fit for Purpose
Eseye says the main barrier to overcome before smart farming technology can function properly is the current mobile network system. A tracking label as described would need to move through multiple countries and have data accessed by multiple organisations.
Seamless and intelligent cellular IoT connectivity, which enables automatic switching between multiple mobile networks depending on which has the best coverage, is needed to ensure that this technology is viable in the long term. But devices are currently tied to a single network operator, which Eseye says is not fit for purpose for mass IoT deployment.
Earle said: "The current mobile network model is not fit for purpose. We need mobile operators to work together to enable devices to connect seamlessly anywhere in the world in a way that gives them the best possible connection, regardless of network provider."
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Gina is a fintech journalist (BA, MA) who works across broadcast and print. She has written for most national newspapers and started her career in BBC local radio.
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Artificial fingernails: Too hot to handle
Artificial fingernails are all the rage among adolescents, but those who wear them may be playing with fire?literally. Educating yourself and your patients about the health and safety risks of acrylic nails, including the previously undocumented danger reported here, could prevent potentially disfiguring complications.
Artificial fingernails:
Jump to: Choose article section... Case report: Playing with fire Faux fingernails: The hard facts Where there's smoke, there could be fire TABLE 1 Acrylic nails What are the risks?
By Ulfat Shaikh, MD, MPH, and Anne T. Nucci, MD
Artificial fingernails are all the rage among adolescents, but those who wear them may be playing with fire—literally. Educating yourself and your patients about the health and safety risks of acrylic nails, including the previously undocumented danger reported here, could prevent potentially disfiguring complications.
In this rapidly changing world, primary care pediatricians have to continually expand their fund of knowledge. Keeping abreast of adolescent fads is part of that process. In addition to making observations about body habitus, acne, and affect when an adolescent comes to the office, pediatricians now have to pay attention to tattoos, hair weaving, and body piercing.
One more fad of which we need to be aware is acrylic fingernails. These seemingly benign fashion statements have troublesome side effects. Cases of infection, dermatitis, and disrupted growth of the nail bed have all been reported. We recently encountered an additional, previously undocumented danger associated with the use of artificial nails.
Case report:
A 16-year-old female presented to our pediatric emergency room with pain of the left index finger. The patient, who had acrylic nails, said that she had been grabbing a pot off the gas burner while making dinner when the nail tip of her left middle finger suddenly caught fire! The acrylic nail rapidly melted down to the nail bed, and the flame spread to the left index finger before the patient could get her hand under cold water. She sustained second degree burns to her left index finger and the distal phalanx of her left middle finger.
Once the patient's artificial nails were removed, her wounds were cleaned and dressed. The burns healed well, and the patient decided against wearing acrylic tips in the future.
Since this occurrence, similar incidents have been reported to our adolescent health center by female patients wearing acrylic nails and using cigarette lighters.
Faux fingernails:
The hard facts
There are three types of acrylic nails: One, nails that are repaired by wrapping them with silk or linen that is bonded to the nail plate with acrylic glue. Two, plastic nails that are secured to the nail plate with acrylic glue. And three, "sculptured" nails formed with various acrylate polymers that are shaped or sculptured onto the surface of the nail plate.1 (Figure 1 illustrates the anatomy of a natural nail.)
When acrylic nails were initially formulated they contained a methyl methacrylate monomer, which was found to cause severe contact dermatitis, paronychia, and nail dystrophy. The Food and Drug Administration banned the use of methyl methacrylate monomers in artificial nails in 1974.2 Another acrylic, ethyl cyanoacrylate (Krazy Glue), is still used to repair breaks in the nail plate. It used to be thought that cyanoacrylates could not become allergens, but now we know that cyanoacrylates, applied to the nail, can cause nail dystrophy, inflammation and shedding of the nail, paronychia, and even permanent nail loss.3 In addition to causing periungual eczema, cyanoacrylate allergy is associated with nummular lesions over the hands and forearms and with eczema at more distant sites, including the eyelids. These rashes suggest transmission of the allergenic "dust" during the process of acrylic nail filing.4
Another feature of the allergic contact dermatitis caused by acrylic monomers is a distressing paresthesia of the fingertips—a burning sensation, tingling, and numbness. It may persist for several weeks after the dermatitis has subsided.5 According to one report, a woman had complete loss of fingernails, paronychial tenderness, and paresthesia of the fingertips, all of which persisted for the 16 years that she was followed up.6 This followed the use of the infamous methyl methacrylate monomer.
Acrylic nails lengthen the nail plate, and longer nails are subject to greater and more frequent trauma, sometimes causing the nail plate to separate from the underlying nail bed. In addition, when acrylic nails are first applied, the surface of the natural nail plate is often abraded to improve bonding of the acrylic. When the artificial nails are removed, the surface layers of the nail are subjected to further injury.1
The dangers of acrylic nails are not limited to external insults. Methemoglobinemia has been reported in a 16-month-old who drank a solution containing N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine; her grandmother, a professional manicurist, was using the solution to make artificial fingernails.7 Serious (and one fatal) cyanide poisonings have occurred when children have ingested sculpted-nail-remover solvents, which contain acetonitrile and other nitriles. These chemicals are slowly metabolized in the body to cyanide, so that less serious manifestations of the ingestion—such as tachycardia, headache, and drowsiness—usually occur several hours later, sometimes after the child has been sent home from a medical facility.8,9
The nail itself can pose a danger to young children. There is a case report of an infant presenting with fussiness, drooling, and refusal of bottles for one day who turned out to have an artificial nail stuck to her hard palate. Her mother had tried to soothe the child during a crying spell by offering her right index finger in place of a pacifier. Although the mother knew she had lost one of her artificial nails, she was unaware that it had become detached when her infant was sucking on her finger.10
Acrylic nails have also been implicated in the transmission of infection. For that reason, health-care workers should be advised against wearing sculptured acrylic nails. A greater number of gram-negative rods have been cultured—after handwashing—from the fingertips of nurses with artificial nails than from those of nurses with natural nails.11,12 As Kechijian describes,1 a normal nail plate is markedly permeable to water. When hands are immersed in liquids and then removed, water readily evaporates through the nail plate. With acrylic nails, evaporation is impeded, and the nail plate and nail bed tend to remain hydrated for prolonged periods of time. As a result of this protracted exposure to a damp environment, the nail bed is more likely to separate from the nail plate, increasing the nail's susceptibility to bacterial and yeast infections.1
Where there's smoke, there could be fire
Acrylic nails are associated with potentially dangerous side effects (Table 1). As primary care providers to the style-conscious teenager, it is incumbent upon us to warn our patients of the possibility of permanently disfiguring complications. When we see an adolescent with acrylic nails in our office, we may want to discuss some of the adverse effects as part of our anticipatory guidance. Even if our advice doesn't deter her from wearing acrylic tips, it may at least deter her from smoking!
Acrylic nails What are the risks?
1.	Kechijian P: Dangers of acrylic fingernails. JAMA 1990;263(3):458
2.	US District Court Decision: UC vs. CEB Products, Inc., 380F. Suppl. 664(N.D. 111, 1974)
3.	Freeman S, Lee M, Gudmundsen K: Adverse contact reactions to sculptured acrylic nails: Four case reports and a literature review. Contact Dermatitis 1995;33:3817
4.	Belsito DV: Contact dermatitis to ethyl-cyanoacrylate-containing glues. Contact Dermatitis 1987;17:234
5.	Fisher AA: Adverse nail reactions and paresthesia from "photobonded acrylate 'sculptured' nails." Cutis 1990;45:293
6.	Fisher AA: Permanent loss of fingernails due to allergic reaction to an acrylic nail preparation: A sixteen-year follow-up study. Cutis 1989;43:404
7.	Potter JL, Krill CE, Neal D, et al: Methemoglobinemia due to ingestion of N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine, a component used in the fabrication of artificial fingernails. Ann Emerg Med 1988;17:1098
8.	Caravati EM, Litovitz TL: Pediatric cyanide intoxication and death from an acetonitrile-containing cosmetic. JAMA 1988;260:3470
9.	Kurt IL, Day LC, Reed WG, et al: Cyanide poisoning from sculpted nail remover. Vet Hum Toxicol 1989; 31:339
10.	Vogeley EV: Danger of artificial nails (Letter). Pediatrics 1999;104:132
11.	Senay H: Acrylic nails and transmission of infection. Canadian Journal of Infection Control 1991;6:52
12.	Moolenaar RL, Crutcher JM, et al: A prolonged outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit: Did staff fingernails play a role in disease transmission? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000;21(2):80
DR. SHAIKH is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas. She was Pediatric Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, NY, at the time this article was written.
DR. NUCCI is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, and Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, NY.
Ulfat Shaikh, Anne Nucci. Artificial fingernails: Too hot to handle. Contemporary Pediatrics 2000;11:99.