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Another SPAC scandal: Top ELMS leaders resign over discounted stock buys
Last-mile van maker names veteran auto executive Shauna McIntyre interim CEO
Alan Adler
· Wednesday, February 02, 2022
The top executives at Electric Last Mile Solutions resigned following a board probe into deeply discounted stock purchases before the startup went public via SPAC. (Photo: ELMS Inc.)
Editor's note: Updates 7th graf with Wednesday's closing stock price
CEO James Taylor and Chairman Jason Luo are out at Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc., a startup last-mile van maker, following a board probe into their deeply discounted stock purchases before the company went public via SPAC in December 2020.
Both Luo and Taylor are veteran auto executives. Taylor had a long career at General Motors (NYSE: GM) before running Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS). Luo is the former president of Ford China.
ELMS is assembling Class 1 delivery vans at a former GM plant in Indiana with cabs produced and imported from Chongqing Sokon Industry Group Stock Co. Ltd. in China. Though ELMS has a first-mover advantage in small vans, it faces competition, notably from BrightDrop, GM's recently launched subsidiary, which has 25,000 orders for electric vans it is building in Canada.
According to a press release after the markets closed Tuesday, ELMS (NASDAQ: ELMS) said a special board committee formed Nov. 25 found that Taylor and Luo bought equity in ELMS "at substantial discounts to market value without obtaining an independent valuation."
Luo also sold shares before the Dec. 10, 2020, business combination with special purpose acquisition company Forum Merger III Corp., which was valued at $1.4 billion.
The company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday that Luo and Taylor provided responses to the special committee "that are believed to be inconsistent with documents reviewed by the special committee and its counsel."
ELMS shares lost more than half their value on Wednesday, closing at $2.88 or 51.2% lower at $2.71.
Paybacks and silence
Taylor settled with ELMS, including agreeing to give back 1.8 million shares of ELMS stock and, by April 11, surrender company stock worth $3.3 million. In exchange, he will be a consultant to ELMS for two years earning $300,000 a year. He also keeps his 2021 cash bonus, restricted stock units and health benefits.
Luo will surrender 6 million shares of ELMS common stock and repay an additional $10 million in cash within 120 days.
Taylor and Luo agreed to social media restrictions and to avoid speaking negatively about ELMS.
In the SEC filing, the company said its financial statements from the time it went public in Q4 2020 through Q3 2021 were unreliable and likely would need to be restated. It also expects to find material weaknesses in its internal controls during the period.
McIntyre named interim CEO and president
ELMS on Tuesday named board member and auto industry and autonomous technology veteran Shauna McIntyre as interim CEO on a three-month contract.
Shauna McIntyre, interim CEO and president of ELMS Inc. ((Photo: Alan Adler/FreightWaves)
McIntyre, who was president of Ouster Automotive, a unit of the lidar startup, will earn $550,000 a year prorated for the number of months she serves, according to the SEC filing.
Prior to Ouster (NYSE: OUST), McIntyre was CEO of Sense Photonics Inc., a 3D vision company building high-performance, mass manufacturable lidar for transportation. She also worked at Google and Ford (NYSE: F) where she automated manufacturing plants overseas and led final assembly production before joining McKinsey & Company as a management consultant.
"The board is confident Shauna will ensure a smooth transition, effectively manage the business and help chart a path forward," said Brian Krzanich, who is serving as nonexecutive chairman of ELMS following Luo's departure. Krzanich is CEO of CDK Global.
ELMS said it expects to preliminarily report $132 million to $142 million in cash and cash equivalents, including $25 million to $30 million in restricted cash, as of Dec. 31, 2021. ELMS received $379 million in gross proceeds, including $155 million from private investors such as BNP Paribas Asset Management and Jennison Associates, when the SPAC deal closed last June.
Another SPAC scandal
The irregularities at ELMS are the latest among transportation SPAC startups. The SEC is investigating other growth stage companies that went public during the SPAC craze, including Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV) and Lordstown Motors (NASDAQ: RIDE).
Electric truck maker Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) , one of the earliest companies to bypass a traditional initial public offering in favor of the less-restrictive SPAC process, recently agreed to pay a $125 million fine without admitting wrongdoing over an SEC fraud complaint. Founder and former Executive Chairman Trevor Milton faces criminal trial in April on three fraud counts.
There was no mention in the ELMS filing of an SEC inquiry.
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Alan Adler is an award-winning journalist who worked for The Associated Press and the Detroit Free Press. He also spent two decades in domestic and international media relations and executive communications with General Motors.
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Passage Into Fear
Book By: Charles Caratti
Cast: 6 m, 5 w, 1 girl
It is 1917, and three years into the worst war anyone has ever seen. Kate, a young American woman, is approached by an elderly dowager, Mrs. Lillian Merriweather, as they board a transcontinental train from Venice, Italy to Zurich, Switzerland. Mrs. Merriweather insists she knows of a sinister plot—with vast international repercussions— involving the other passengers. She tasks Kate with ensuring the authorities receive a secret message if she is unable to deliver it herself. When she promptly disappears, Kate teams up with Ida, a young war orphan. Together they work against time to discover and thwart the plan. Whom can they trust and who is involved? The other passengers include an Austrian doctor hiding an immense secret, a ruthless German countess, a Member of Parliament and his wife, and Spanish gypsies. The solution to Miss Merriweather's disappearance ultimately has its roots in understanding the very causes and history of the war itself.
THE ROYAL THEATRE 2 Performance(s)
VERSAILLES, MO 3/13/2021
Playwright Charles Caratti Talks About His Play
"Passage Into Fear"
What inspired you to write this play?
Working on an article about World War I for a San Diego newspaper, I was surprised to discover how little most people -- myself included -- knew about "The Great War." Knowing that the 100 year centenary of the war was coming up, I decided to wed that goal with my own love of the Agatha Christie/Alfred Hitchcock-style mystery genre.
What's your favorite part or line in the play? Why?
Probably the love story between the American dilettante, Kate Hedley, and Ida, the little girl Kate meets on the train. Kate is on a final fling across Europe before heading back to the States to be married per her family's wishes. A WWI war orphan, Ida has been placed on the train to be placed in an orphanage in her home town of Liège, Belgium -- coincidentally the location of devastating German zeppelin attacks at the start of the war. I love the moments when their completely different worlds come together and the two realize each has something vital and wonderful to offer the other.
Where did the characters come from? Are they based on people you know?
Yes! Almost every character was inspired by someone I know or have known. Many came out of my own observations of some of the best actors working in the So Cal area theatre and film scenes.
The part of Gefahr, for example, was born one evening when I happened to observe an actor cutting up backstage during another show I was directing. To my astonishment, he was doing a character that could not be more diametrically opposed to the one I had always seen him play. I was completely knocked out and immediately inspired to write a character (which became Gefahr, played originally by John Aviles) that presented to the audience the stunning range I witnessed that evening.
Another example was the part of Esmeralda, a Romanian gypsy who moved to America and became a professor of Romani studies. Esmeralda was inspired by my wife, Marsi, a talented actor. In the very early stages of planning the play, I asked Marsi what kind of role she'd like to take on. We both thought about that for a while, but one look at all the colorful bohemian clothing, necklaces, and other jewelry in her closet was all the inspiration we needed to come up with Esmeralda. The part of Esmeralda became one of the show's biggest surprises, providing a refreshing diversion from what we think is the direction of the play.
What did you try to achieve with this play?
To teach people about the causes and effects of WWI while also entertaining them.
Do you have anything else you'd like to add?
If your group decides to include "Passage Into Fear" in your upcoming season, I sincerely hope you have as much fun producing it as I did bringing it to life. I will be available to you for consultation, if you wish.
"Passage Into Fear" is a rare treat, an artistic work that deftly manages to be educative -- in "Passage's" case, presenting the causes and effects of the Great War -- while being a thoroughly entertaining mystery thriller/comedy at the same time.
With the entire world now and for the near future memorializing the hundred year anniversary of WWI, "Passage Into Fear" could not be a more timely choice for your upcoming season.

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Now this is the story all about how My mail got coded, turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there I'll tell you how I recovered the private key from ProtonMail.
My primary email provider is ProtonMail. It's an end-to-end encrypted email provider. This means ProtonMail cannot read my emails: they are stored encrypted and ProtonMail doesn't have the key to decrypt them.
Last week I received an email from a good friend who's been traveling a lot lately and who doesn't get access to Internet that often. I took advantage of a long subway ride to write a lengthy email back. I hit "Send" and thought he would get it.
One week later, he replied something like "Excuse me?" with the encrypted version of the email I sent him. I don't know why this happened, my best guess is that the intermittent 4G connection I was getting from my subway car interrupted the communication between my mobile phone and ProtonMail servers which resulted in this. I was sending this email to an email address outside of ProtonMail which means that my friend would receive a cleartext version of this email while my mail box only keeps encrypted versions of an email.
The first thing that came to mind was to look for my private key to decrypt this email myself, and send it again. After searching in ProtonMail FAQ, it seemed exporting your private key isn't supported.
From this response we can retrieve the private key and a salt. You might think "I'll import the private key in GPG and use my mailbox password as passphrase". That's smart but that would be too easy. The mailbox password isn't the passphrase for the private key we retrieved. To get the passphrase, we'll need the mailbox password and the salt.
Now we'll save the response to a variable: res = $_; and retrieve the private key with res.PrivateKey and save it to a file (e.g. privkey).
// Get the actual passphrase!
I saved the encrypted email with its PGP header and footer to a file I named email. I'll use gnupg (brew install gnupg).
That was fun. I kind of understand why ProtonMail wouldn't want the private keys to be too easily exportable. I'm a happy customer and don't want to comment on that.
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Renee M. Fischer, age 88, of Orlando, passed away on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at Orlando Regional Medical Center. She was born in Brooklyn on March 10, 1933, to the late Alexander and Ida (Irene) Beck Zuckman. On March 8, 1959, in Brooklyn, she married Calvin Fischer, her husband of nearly 60 years, who survives her. Renee held several different positions during her working career, however, she is remembered with great fondness by the faculty, staff and students of Yeshiva Har Torah in New York. In January 2015, she and her family relocated to the Orlando area.
In addition to her husband, Renee is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Adam and Heather Fischer; and her grandson, Ronan, her pride and joy. She was predeceased by her brother, David Zuckman.
A funeral service was held in the Pavilion at Ohev Shalom Cemetery, with Rabbi Arnold Siegel of Jewish Family Services officiating. In memory of Renee Marilyn Fischer, the family requests contributions to Yeshiva Har Torah, 250-10 Grand Central Parkway, Jamaica New York 11426. http://www.hartorah.org.


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Breaking Down Russell Wilson's Net Worth And His Love Story With Wife Ciara
By Chika Udeh
Russell Wilson could best be described as a mechanical NFL quarterback. The consistency in his drop step alongside his move within the pocket and evade when the pocket collapses is one you would find in just a few players in his position in the National Football League (NFL). When it comes to accuracy in passing the ball, Wilson is a stellar quarterback. The strength of his arms gives him an edge over others when it comes to delivering the ball without hitches. Apart from making deep throws and touches that put the ball on a receiver in stride, he is very effective in ball scrambling. Without a doubt, he is a skillful and classic play extender with outstanding football intelligence.
Russell Wilson Background and Journey To a $90 Million Net Worth
The American football quarterback was born on November 29, 1988, as Russell Carrington Wilson. Cincinnati, Ohio, is his birthplace but he grew up with his family in Richmond, Virginia. Born to Tammy Wilson and Harrison Benjamin Wilson III as the second of three children, Wilson has an older brother named Harrison IV and a younger sister named Anna. His father is a lawyer while his mother is a legal nurse consultant. Wilson's father played both football and baseball at Dartmouth and he was an NFL prospect.
Russel Wilson had his high school education at Collegiate School which is also located in Richmond, Virginia. While studying, young Wilson also began his football career, making 3,287 yards throws, and 40 touchdowns in his junior year. He also recorded 634 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns, earning himself the Richmond Times-Dispatch Player of the Year twice. Aside from football, Wison also thrived in other sports like baseball and basketball.
Leaving high school in 2006, Russell Wilson was offered a football scholarship by two prestigious universities – Duke University and North Carolina State University. On July 23, 2006, he decided to settle with the latter. The young player redshirted in the 2007 season but played in 2008, finishing with 150 of 275 attempts for 1,955 yards, 17 touchdowns, and one interception. He was largely recognized as the first freshman quarterback to earn All-ACC first-team honors. However, he left the University for the University of Wisconsin after his ordeal with his coach at NC. At Wisconsin, Wilson enjoyed the rest of his college football career, winning the Griese-Brees Big Ten Quarterback of the Year award and making the All-Big Ten first team.
After completing his college football career at the 2012 Senior Bowl, Russell Wilson automatically got himself a place in the NFL draft. He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks as the 75th overall pick and has remained with the team for nearly a decade. As a member of the offensive team, Wilson continues to earn himself good awards and titles as he improves on his athletic performances. He has been named to the Pro Bowl seven times as of 2019, was the NFL Rookie of the Year for 2012, and the NFL passer rating leader. Also, Wilson was the Pro Bowl Offensive MVP for 2015 and the NFL passing touchdowns leader. He broke several Seahawks single-season passing records and was the franchise first quarterback to record over 4,000 yards in one season.
His NFL Career Earnings, Businesses, and Endorsement Deals
Though an embodiment of great talent, Russell started out small, signing a four-year contract worth $2.99 million with his draft team -the Seahawks- on the 7th of May 2012. Consequently, he earned a base salary of $390,000 and a signing bonus worth $619,400 in his first year as a professional player. In the two years that followed, the quarterback received salaries that were just a little more than what he got in the first year at $526,217 in 2013 and $662,434 in 2014.
Giving his output on the field, the Seattle Seahawks were not ready to let go of the young quarterback. Having served as its offensive captain for five consecutive seasons, the Seahawks rewarded Wilson with a four-year contract extension deal on July 31, 2015, which involved an enormous increase in pay. He signed an $87.6 million contract, including a signing bonus of $31 million and a yearly salary of $21.9 million. This, at the time, placed him at the second position on NFL's list of highest-paid players.
Shortly before the expiration of his last contract, the QB renewed a four-year contract extension with the Seahawks on April 16, 2019, that will keep him with the team until after the 2023 season. The deal worth $140 million comprises of a $65 million signing bonus, $107 million of total guarantees, an average salary of $35 million per year, in addition to a no-trade clause. With this contract, Russell did not only become the highest-paid NFL player but also the player with the highest amount of total guarantees and signing bonus in the league's history.
Off the field, Russell Wilson also has a very strong game going. Having established himself among NFL's most exceptional players, he has become one of the most marketable basketball players in the NFL. As a result, he has landed endorsement deals with a lot of big brands some of which include Wilson Sporting Goods, Nike, Bose, Mercedes, Alaska Airlines, and General Mills. A 2019 report by Forbes estimates that Wilson makes about $9 million from endorsements each year.
The QB has also towed the path of other celebrity athletes such as Serena Williams to venture into business. He is a co-founder of a number of businesses, including Tally, a mobile live-event prediction application, a mindset training company known as Limitless Minds, and a production firm named West2East. He also established a fashion line named Good Man Brand on Amazon in the summer of 2019 and is a stakeholder in the football helmet manufacturing company VICIS as well as in Seattle Sounders FC among others.
A Look At His Marriage To Singer Ciara
In addition to his booming career, Russell Wilson is also currently enjoying a stable family and love life. Before his marriage to Ciara, the NFL star had been married to Ashton Meem, his high schoolmate. While Wilson attended North Carolina State University and then the University of Wisconsin, Meem went to the University of Georgia but they still maintained their love life and got married in January 2012. They remained together until they filed for divorce in 2014. Afterward, it was revealed that the duo parted ways because of Meem's alleged affair with Golden Tate, Wilson's teammate.
Russell Wilson wife Ciara: image source
Not long after, the talented basketball player hit it off with the award-winning Texas-born singer Ciara Princess Harris. While Russell's marriage of two years ended in 2014, Ciara's relationship with her fiance, rapper Future, also came crashing in December of the same year. Though it is not known for sure when Russell and Ciara began dating, they announced their relationship in April 2015 when they attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner holding hands.
Things went very fast between the duo as they announced their engagement the following month on March 11, 2016, and followed it up with a fairy tale wedding three months later on July 6, 2016. The very private wedding which took place at a castle in England was attended by a lot of stars, including bridesmaids Kelly Rowland, La La Anthony, Serena Williams, and Ciara's best friend, singer Jennifer Hudson.
The couple welcomed their first child, Sienna Princess Wilson, on April 28, 2017, and in January 2020, they announced that their second baby was on the way. The two are obviously enjoying their relationship and have credited the success of their marriage to their shared faith in God.
Chika Udeh
Chika holds a B.A in English language/History and has over 5 years experience in content development and journalism. She loves playing with writing, wordsmiths, and storytelling in all its forms, and when she is not writing about famous people and events that matter, she is probably listening or dancing to some cool jams.
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So I thought: is that why I had been breaking my head? This is it; this is what I wanted to share about singing. I no longer have to think about it. I can only add that naturally I love singing and my singing lessons are like therapy for me. I do relax, have my mind switched off and at the end I leave with that pleasant tiredness what we feel after doing some sports that we like and that is not too exhausting. It definitely frees my spirits!
Rather –and let me finally add my own original thoughts in this matter– everybody has his/her "singing". The activity that is worth a therapy. Everybody needs something like this and I believe at least once a week we all deserve it. So let's not save time from doing it, because there is a "return on the investment": this short time is so beneficial that it easily compensates the daily stress of our spanned lives.


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fi
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September 2, 2019 October 4, 2019 Good Edition
The Activist Generation
Words by Tess Astle
Art by Emma Lucas
Generation Z gets a bad wrap. Millennials get typecast as the lazy and entitled generation who talk in hashtags and can't go a moment without their phone. Older people continue to complain about our vanity and apathy, worrying about our lack of political engagement and self-absorption. The truth is a lot more hopeful.
Now I know we have been responsible for some terrible things. We will take the fall for those lip syncing vids on Tik Tok, the whole dab trend and that one time we started the Tide Pod Challenge. Despite our obvious limitations, Gen Z is primed to save the world.
Gen Z is more diverse than any generation before. 53.8% of young Victorians do volunteer work, a quarter takes part in environmental activities, and 42.6% get involved in student leadership. Aussies aged 18-24 are more likely to say Australia should increase business opportunities for women (66 per cent) and say asylum seeker boats should not be turned back (58 per cent). We are anything but apathetic.
By the time I was 18 my biggest accomplishments were graduating high school, coming second in cross country grade seven and learning how to poach an egg perfectly. While they are all noble achievements, none are going to be saving the world anytime soon.
By the time Greta Thunberg was 16, she had started a global movement. In 2018, Greta stood outside the Swedish Parliament every day for three weeks demanding the Swedish government reduce carbon emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement. Her sign read: School strike for climate. After the three weeks, Greta continued to strike only on Fridays and she inspired school students across the globe to do the same. Now more than 1.4 million students have joined her protests and at least 270 cities have had their own School Strike for climate. As if that wasn't enough, Greta has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, been featured on the cover of Time Magazine, and named the most important women of the year in Sweden. She is now considered the "greatest threat" to the fossil fuel industry. In our own city, Greta motivated an estimates 20,000 students to desert their classrooms and shut down the CBD calling for urgent action on climate change. Chants of "hey ho, hey ho, fossil fuels they have to go" echoed in the streets.
It's not just the environment being revolutionised by millennials. Young Australians are also making extraordinary positive changes. Let's look at the 2019 Young Australian of the Year, Baker Boy. Danzal Baker is a rapper, dancer, artist and actor, as well as a role model for Indigenous youth. At 22, Baker Boy has released five singles, been named the winner of the Triple J Unearthed' National Indigenous Awards Competition and performed with the likes of Yothu Yindi and Dizzee Rascal. Growing up in the remote Arnhem Land communities of Milingimbi and Maningrida, he has always wanted to use his platform to help young Indigenous people and encourage them to embrace their culture. His music features both English and Yolngu as a way to honour and respect his culture and mark the importance of Indigenous language. He uses his music as a way to educate. He educates non-Indigenous people on the history of the first Australians and educates Indigenous people how to be heard and be leaders.
Georgie Stone just turned 19. She is also an Australian actress and transgender rights advocate. While most ten year olds were busy with grade five, Georgie was the youngest Australian to receive hormone blockers. In 2011 Georgie's parents applied to the Family Court of Australia seeking permission for puberty blocking medication. This case became the basis for the 2013 decision to remove the required court orders to access Stage 1 treatment (puberty blockers) for transgender children. This partial victory changed the way doctors were able to treat transgender children across Australia. Georgie continues to advocate for the removal of the Family Court from medical decisions of trans teens. She was awarded the 2018 Victorian Young Australian of the Year and in 2017, was made the official ambassador of the Royal Children's Hospital Gender Service. At the same time, Georgie was also school captain. No biggie.
I think it's fair to say that Macinely Bustson is a genius. Named 2018 NSW Young Australia of the Year, Macinely is an 18-year-old inventor. In grade 6 she invented a spoonge–a cross between a syringe and a spoon– that delivers exactly the right amount of medicine. From then on she has invented a device that keeps garden snails away without the use of poison and a solar power system that filters dirty water so that it is useable. While all of us struggled to stay alive during high school, Macinely came up with her own research projects and developed life changing inventions. The device that earned her the NSW Young Australian of the Year Award was SMART Armour. It stands for Scale Maille Armour for Radiation Therapy and is a device for breast cancer patients undergoing treatment. The idea is that the armour is able to shield the breast not being treated from excess radiation by up to 75%. This device is soon to be implemented in hospitals across Australia. Beyond her inventions, Macinely is a constant inspiration and role model. She has a particular passion for STEM and believes that there is no better investment than in people.
This is only a small collection of amazing young people in Australia and across the world—but you get my point. Generation Z is more than capable of fixing the world.
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The Japanese experience with vaccinating schoolchildren against influenza
N Engl J Med. 2001 Mar 22;344(12):889-96. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200103223441204.
T A Reichert 1 , N Sugaya, D S Fedson, W P Glezen, L Simonsen, M Tashiro
1 Becton Dickinson and Entropy Limited, Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA. doctom_us@yahoo.com
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200103223441204
Background: Influenza epidemics lead to increased mortality, principally among elderly persons and others at high risk, and in most developed countries, influenza-control efforts focus on the vaccination of this group. Japan, however, once based its policy for the control of influenza on the vaccination of schoolchildren. From 1962 to 1987, most Japanese schoolchildren were vaccinated against influenza. For more than a decade, vaccination was mandatory, but the laws were relaxed in 1987 and repealed in 1994; subsequently, vaccination rates dropped to low levels. When most schoolchildren were vaccinated, it is possible that herd immunity against influenza was achieved in Japan. If this was the case, both the incidence of influenza and mortality attributed to influenza should have been reduced among older persons.
Methods: We analyzed the monthly rates of death from all causes and death attributed to pneumonia and influenza, as well as census data and statistics on the rates of vaccination for both Japan and the United States from 1949 through 1998. For each winter, we estimated the number of deaths per month in excess of a base-line level, defined as the average death rate in November.
Results: The excess mortality from pneumonia and influenza and that from all causes were highly correlated in each country. In the United States, these rates were nearly constant over time. With the initiation of the vaccination program for schoolchildren in Japan, excess mortality rates dropped from values three to four times those in the United States to values similar to those in the United States. The vaccination of Japanese children prevented about 37,000 to 49,000 deaths per year, or about 1 death for every 420 children vaccinated. As the vaccination of schoolchildren was discontinued, the excess mortality rates in Japan increased.
Conclusions: The effect of influenza on mortality is much greater in Japan than in the United States and can be measured about equally well in terms of deaths from all causes and deaths attributed to pneumonia or influenza. Vaccinating schoolchildren against influenza provides protection and reduces mortality from influenza among older persons.
Immunization Programs*
Influenza Vaccines* / administration & dosage
Influenza, Human / immunology
Influenza, Human / mortality
Influenza, Human / prevention & control*
Japan / epidemiology
Pneumonia / mortality


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Shared parental leave fails to make an impact
by Karen Healy | Jul 7, 2017 | News
Your payroll department has probably had to deal with its fair share of maternity and paternity arrangements. But if your payroll team has noticed a distinct lack of interest in shared parental leave, well, they're not alone.
It was supposed to be, as Rachel Suff, employee relations advisor at CIPD puts it, "a milestone for gender equality when it was introduced." In reality, parents appear to have been less impressed.
Last year, according to a freedom of information request by People Management, just 7,100 men shared parental pay. In contrast, 221,000 men received statutory paternity pay against a birth rate that is remaining roughly stable year on year.
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No more penalising families where mothers are the higher earners, and
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The 300 Spartans (1962) Retro Review
October 15, 2013 Pierce Nahigyan Film 5
After rewatching 300 last week I felt compelled to track down the film that inspired it, hoping too that I might discover a discarded classic of sword-and-sandal cinema. I did find a copy of The 300 Spartans at my local library and I did watch it. And, well, mm.
Before I go into details I'll just replay the summary here. The story's the same but for those of you just joining us: King Xerxes is intent on invading Greece to fulfill his father Darius's dream of a Mediterranean empire. With a massive army massing just outside Greece's borders, its several city states are locked in debate about just what to do about it. Though fiercely independent by nature, Athens and Sparta form an alliance that they hope will rally their Greek brothers to join them in the war against tyranny. Themistocles of Athens leads his navy against Xerxes' ships while King Leonidas of Sparta leads his troops against Xerxes' soldiers. This leads to a showdown that will forever after be known as the Battle of Thermopylae.
So, all of that said, let's review The 300 Spartans. It is definitely more accurate in terms of historical costumes, especially concerning the uniforms of the Persian soldiers, king, and the fact that the Spartans actually wear, y'know, armor (though I am curious to know why the costume department thought the elite Immortals should go into battle with wicker shields). And it is definitely more accurate in terms of historical politics. Both of Spartan's two kings are portrayed, as well as the importance of the alliance with the Athenian Themistocles, and the ephors are a simple council of five old dudes, not diseased and inbred monster-priests.
But The 300 Spartans is perhaps too loyal to its history. The screenwriters were unable to shoehorn all the exposition they wanted to keep into workable dialogue. This film is two hours long, and about an hour and fifty minutes of it is actors telling each other historical facts. It does not make for stirring drama. Director Maté seems to know this, and throws in a scene of Xerxes' dancing girls whenever the narrative hits a new bump to drag across. Which was nice of him, I thought.
It'd be awfully blase of me to generalize an entire decade of films and say The 300 Spartans was typical of the 1960s, a film made in a time that wasn't as self-conscious as our own, but it's not like Hollywood hadn't produced thoughtful or compelling films before. The biggest sin the amateur historian makes is thinking past decades or centuries didn't have the same thoughts or feelings we had. They knew quality stories when they saw them. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was produced in 1939, Casablanca and Citizen Kane were both made before 1943. Across the Pacific Kurosawa's Seven Samurai was released in 1954, a stunning film in every way and a thoughtful and compelling depiction of ancient warfare. So we can't make excuses for The 300 Spartans' cheesy acting or lackluster story. The only real thing it's got going for it is its scope.
Films like this you can really admire and wonder at in equal measure. The cast of this production is immense. The real locations and the sheer mass of soldiers assembled is impressive. But on the flip side, there is not a single decent action scene in the entire film. Armies fighting each other rely on no discernible formations, the Spartans' superior fighting prowess is constantly informed though no evidence of it exists – the men carry their spears and shields like props and have no idea (indeed seem to have no interest in even attempting) how to march, and every battle is depicted as both sides throwing themselves at each other willy nilly. The choreography is almost as bad as the acting of the supporting characters.
And oh boy is it bad. The leads, particularly Richard Egan as King Leonidas and David Farrar as King Xerxes, are serviceable. They seem to be chosen based on looks and voices alone, and their looks and voices are kingly, that's for sure. But every single secondary character is either too melodramatic to even parody or so out of place they seem to have wandered into Greece and onto the movie set directly after lunchtime somewhere far, far away. For the record, that's where the expression "out to lunch" comes from. It comes from this movie. You won't find that on Wikipedia, but trust me.
Anyway, is it a better movie than 300? It's a completely different movie than 300. Which is funny because it tells the exact same story over just about the exact same time period. Frank Miller and Zack Snyder's 300 was way more obsessed with depicting the Spartans as carnage-loving killing machines (by all historical rights, they very well may have been) and the three-day Battle of Thermopylae as an endless montage of extreme action sequences. For my money, Snyder's is the more entertaining movie. Nowhere near as historically accurate, but the fact that both 300 and The 300 Spartans drew from the same historical record means they use many of the same lines. Yes, your favorite lines from both films have been quoted for 2500 years. The only point we can give to Maté's film is that his people seem more like real people.
Actually I take that back. Whereas in 300 the lines are so over-the-top they're entertaining, The 300 Spartans's lines are so wooden the actors may as well be wicker shields. The kicker is, if 300 didn't exist, we wouldn't have anything to compare The 300 Spartans to, no reason to rent it, and this movie would just be a boring depiction of an inspiring legend. It's not an offensive film, so we can give it that point. The Persians in this version are human beings and actually somewhat sympathetic. So, hey, well done, 1962.
I mean, none of the Persians are actually played by Persians, but at least they're not, um, voodoo ninjas.
Alright, 300's better.
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Directed by Rudolph Maté
5 Comments on The 300 Spartans (1962) Retro Review
Casey Moriarty October 15, 2013 at 8:29 am
At the risk of sounding nerdy to a degree excessive even for a Screwhead, the Persian Immortals DID carry wicker shields, called Gerrons, into battle. They only began to adopt the wooden/bronze shields after seeing how effective the Greeks were with them. So the movie seems to be accurate.
How do I know this? Deadliest Warrior, bitch.
Pierce Nahigyan October 15, 2013 at 8:46 am
Are you serious? How could that have possibly been effective? Spartans' shields were bronze fronted with heavy wooden backs, making them 30+ pounds. The Spartans would have clobbered them; which they did, so, makes more sense now, actually.
Well, hats off to the original, then. Thanks for crackin' that egg of knowledge over me.
Derek Hobson October 15, 2013 at 10:03 am
You might call the Persians the original primitive screwheads… Or the medieval knights… Whatever. Good review.
person December 7, 2015 at 12:06 pm
The Immortals had wicker shields because in the actual battle they did use wicker shields.
Pierce Nahigyan December 25, 2015 at 12:26 am
Yeah, they're called Gerrons, apparently.


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Longines delves back to the 1930s for the latest additions to its Heritage collection
Watches & Jewellery 6 Dec 2019
The Longines Heritage Military 1938 (left £2,020) and Classic (right, £1,760) are still faithful to the vintage models that inspired them
Eleanor Pryor
There are just a select few individuals who have witnessed and weathered the ups and downs of the watch industry over the past half a century, and few come more experienced than Longines' enigmatic president, Walter von Känel. As he celebrates his 50th year with the company, he has seen the watchmaker survive challenges, from the quartz crisis to the global recession of the 2000s, and transition to become part of the Société Suisse de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie (SMH) − now known as the Swatch Group. Since taking the helm in 1988, he has presided over a growth that has seen Longines take the third largest market share of the Swiss watch brands, behind only Rolex and Swatch Group stablemate, Omega.
'We are part of a good group; we know what we want to do, where we want to go and our mission. With all our partners and colleagues, we have brought this company step-by-step into a great position,' explains von Känel. 'If you are on the podium with a bronze medal it means that the team did a good job.'
For business-minded von Känel, this mission means keeping a keen eye on the market with the aim of being number one in their price segment, offering an affordable take on high-quality timekeeping, with watches from £1,000 to £6,000. 'In the early 1970s we had to take a decision. This decision was a total change in the spirit of the company,' says von Känel. 'At that time you had the technicians who were the bosses. The motto was: we produce what we want and you sell it. To change this attitude and this philosophy you produce what the market wants. So it was a total change of philosophy and it took us some time, but it was a massively good thing.'
If there was ever an occasion where Longines was ahead of the market it was with its Heritage timepieces, foreseeing the now ubiquitous trend for delving into the archives for inspiration. The collection started organically. In 1987, Longines participated in a celebration marking 60 years since American aviator Charles Lindbergh completed his first solo transatlantic flight, for which Longines contributed to the timekeeping. On his return, Lindbergh approached the company to develop a watch designed to meet the needs of aviators, with a special version of this timepiece produced to commemorate the anniversary.
Since then, more of Longines' most popular models have been brought back, from the 1954 Conquest to the 1957 Flagship. Von Känel says, 'It started out with the anniversary of Lindbergh, but now we have experts, they have a gang that talk together about historical pieces'. He adds, 'One thing is sure: if I'm not convinced, I will not do it'.
Longines' latest explorations into its meticulously well-kept archives − the watchmaker has kept documentation of all the serial numbers of watches produced since its beginnings in 1832 − have resulted in two elegant 1930s revivals, each with their own distinct identity.
The Longines Heritage Military 1938 pays tribute to a model from the interwar period, with plenty of nods to details from the original. These include the bevelled bezel and ribbed 'sea urchin'-shaped crown, allowing for easy adjustment, alongside the railway track decoration that surrounds the matte-black dial, a typical feature of the time. Limited to 1,938 pieces, the statement 43mm steel watch is powered by a hand-wound movement.
The second is a testament to the timeless nature of Longines designs. The Heritage Classic is an elegant yet sporty piece that, while faithful to the vintage model that inspired it, would not look out of place in a line-up of new releases. Equipped with an automatic calibre developed for the Heritage line, it stands out with the clean and contemporary lines of its silver dial, featuring a small seconds counter at six o'clock.
Longines regularly leans on the knowledge and passion of its network of collectors, so it seems a fitting tribute that to launch the Longines Heritage Classic the watchmaker has chosen to highlight three such enthusiasts – Chris Beccan, Esra Gürmen and Matt Hanson. In a perfect summation of the appeal of such vintage revival timepieces, says collector Hanson, 'The fact that each of these historically relevant pieces will now go and form new stories with people around the world is exciting to me; that's really what this hobby is all about.'
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I have been shamefully awful at updating my travels, I know, but its mostly due to not having done much travelling yet. I've been chilling for a month in Trujillo, sunning myself at Huanchaco beach and generally getting used to Peruvian life.
However, I now have an 'event' to document… After being up all night due to a very painful tooth, I went to a private dentist who informed me I have an infected wisdom tooth which has to be taken out immediately…but not before taking a weeks worth of antibiotics…the first 3 days of these being administered via culo injections-yummy!
Not exactly what I wanted to hear with the backpacking expedition beginning the next day BUT them's the breaks. Four injections down, and today was the first Peruvian bus journey solo-seven hours on my own with minimal Spanish. Frightening? Maybe a little, but the seats reclined, I had the whole road to look at during my journey. Bonobo for the blog writing and Kendrick for the night cruise, life ain't too bad.
Now I'm in Piura, I feel like I'm in South America. It is HOT, don't think I wanna stay here more than a night. The room I have is a double, though I'm paying for a single which is alright, but 25 dollars for a 2* is five times the price of what you'd normally want to pay. That being said, it was the only name I could remember so I'm relieved I've found somewhere with a room and cable, after a solo convo my cabbie, and am not wondering the streets with two backpacks.
It is a big change from Trujillo, which is one of the biggest cities in Peru and you can tell. Economically it's grown hugely over that past five years which is reflected in how beautiful it is in general. I was staying in a good neighbourhood surrounded by parks and such which I think was quite a nice way to ease in. It all felt pretty Westernised, and familiar. Nearby was a famous surfers beach called Huanchaco – like, totally awesome dude.
As well as the beaches, there are the most sand mountains nearby where sandboarding is popular. I tried it during an intense hangover – intense. The view is amazing, sand gets everywhere, and the exercise is next to none! Definitely a to-do. I managed to do it standing twice but then resorted to sitting-much less painful when you fall off. It's incredible how low the clouds are here compared to the mountains, you can see a base of cloud at the bottom of most of them.
So, first leg of my travelling journey complete. Tomorrow I cross the Peruvian border into Ecuador where I will be volunteering at an Eco Lodge in Vilcambamba, known for having an extensive 'more elderly than normal' community. After a short look online I have found an awesome hostel with a swimming pool and rooms looking over the mountains. Spa treatments that are cheap as chips and highly reviewed restaurants-know what I'm doing on my birthday! The only thing left to ASSes is whether I'll be able to stab myself in the culo before I get my coach at 9am tomorrow morning….
The weather resembled England on a good day when I got here, and has been steadily improving. It's technically spring here but summer is approaching! It's now 20 degrees…almost all the time! Which is a relief as I packed mainly summer clothing. Though in Vilcabamba I think its a bit wetter and colder…we shall see!
Goodbye Trujillo, you've been good to me!


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Jon Robert "J.R." Holden (; born August 10, 1976) is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player, currently serving as an NBA Director of Player Personnel for the Brooklyn Nets. Holden was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At 1.85 m (6'1") tall, he could play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but he primarily played at point guard.

As a member of CSKA Moscow, Holden won two EuroLeague titles, in 2006 and 2008. Moreover, he reached eight consecutive EuroLeague Final Four tournaments, a record he shares with his former CSKA teammate, Theo Papaloukas. His consistency at the highest level of European basketball earned him a selection to the EuroLeague 2000–2010 All-Decade Team.

He was also a member of the senior men's Russian national basketball team, which he helped lead to the FIBA EuroBasket title in 2007, Russia's first ever gold medal in the tournament.

High school
Holden attended and played high school basketball Wilkinsburg High School, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, and at Linsly School, in Wheeling, West Virginia.

College career
After high school, Holden played NCAA Division I college basketball at Bucknell University, with the Bucknell Bison, from 1994 to 1998.

Professional career
After graduation from Bucknell, Holden received a call from the basketball club ASK/Brocēni/LMT, located in Riga, Latvia, offering him $3,000 net income a month to join their team.  He accepted, and began a long and very successful career in European basketball.

Holden played for teams in: the Latvian League (ASK/Brocēni/LMT 1998–99), the Belgian League (Telindus Oostende 1999–01), the Greek Basket League (AEK Athens 2001–02) and the Russian Superleague A (CSKA Moscow 2002–2011).  He won national championships in each country.  He was named the 2003 Russian Superleague A Player of the Year by the website Eurobasket.com.  He also earned an Import Players Honorable Mention in the 2002 Eurobasket.com website's All-Europe Rankings. Holden won the EuroLeague 2005–06 and the EuroLeague 2007–08 season championships with CSKA.

Holden started for CSKA Moscow against the Philadelphia 76ers in an exhibition game in October 2006, in Cologne, Germany, as part of the EA Sports NBA Europe Live 2006 promotional event.

National team career
Holden's biggest achievement came in the FIBA EuroBasket 2007 final game against Spain, where he scored the winning shot that gave Russia the championship. He scored the final winning basket with 2 seconds left in the game. He was also named to the Russian squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics men's basketball tournament.

Post-playing career
After he retired from playing professional basketball, Holden became a scout, for the NBA's Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers.
He is currently the Director of Player Personnel for the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA.

Personal life
On October 20, 2003, Holden became a Russian citizen by decree of President Vladimir Putin.  This move was brought about by new Russian Basketball Federation regulations restricting the number of foreigners, and specifically Americans allowable on Russian League teams.  In response to the move, CSKA Basketball CEO Sergei Kushchenko hatched the idea of Holden acquiring citizenship.  Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov and the Russian State Sports Committee both wrote letters in support of the decree.  Holden currently maintains dual American and Russian citizenship.

In a September 2012 interview Holden stated that Dušan Ivković is one of the best coaches ever.

Jon is married to Aireka Holden. They reside in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. They have a daughter and son.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02
| style="text-align:left;"| AEK
| 20 || 19 || 35.7 || .362 || .302 || .616 || 2.4 || 2.8 || 1.4 || .0 || 17.2 || 12.3
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| style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 22 || 20 || 33.4 || .395 || .356 || .638 || 2.2 || 4.4 || 1.7 || .0 || 15.5 || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 22 || 22 || 33.3 || .393 || .312 || .563 || 2.3 || 3.8 || 1.2 || .1 || 14.2 || 10.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 24 || 24 || 31.0 || .363 || .297 || .847 || 2.2 || 2.8 || 1.1 || .0 || 11.3 || 8.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2005–06†
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 24 || 23 || 31.3 || .416 || .336 || .642 || 1.6 || 2.0 || 1.4 || .0 || 11.4 || 9.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 25 || 22 || 29.9 || .433 || .366 || .667 || 2.3 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .0 || 10.0 || 8.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2007–08†
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 25 || 25 || 28.4 || .376 || .367 || .741 || 2.0 || 3.0 || 1.1 || .0 || 7.7 || 7.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 16 || 15 || 29.4 || .393 || .380 || .792 || 2.0 || 3.4 || .8 || .0 || 7.9 || 7.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 21 || 5 || 30.9 || .352 || .358 || .905 || 1.8 || 1.8 || 1.1 || .0 || 10.3 || 6.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11
| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA
| 10 || 8 || 29.7 || .264 || .295 || .500 || 1.9 || 3.4 || .5 || .0 || 6.4 || 2.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|
| 209 || 183 || 31.4 || .381 || .335 || .674 || 2.1 || 2.9 || 1.2 || .0 || 11.4 || 9.0

Honours

Clubs
Latvian League Champion: (1999)
Belgian League Champion: (2001)
Belgian Cup Winner: (2001)
Greek League Champion: (2002)
9× Russian Championship Champion: (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
4× Russian Cup Winner: (2005, 2006, 2007, 2010)
2× EuroLeague Champion: (2006, 2008)

Russian senior national team
FIBA EuroBasket : (2007)

Individual awards
Eurobasket.com website's Russian Super League Player of the Year: (2003)
EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer: (2009)
VTB United League Final Four MVP: (2010)
EuroLeague 2000–10 All-Decade Team: (2010)

References

External links
 Euroleague.net Profile
 FIBA Archive Profile
 FIBA Europe Profile
 Russian League Profile
 CSKA Club Profile
 "J.R. Holden", n°54 on Time's list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"

1976 births
Living people
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American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Latvia
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
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Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Basketball players from Pittsburgh
BC Oostende players
Bucknell Bison men's basketball players
FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
Greek Basket League players
Naturalised citizens of Russia
Olympic basketball players of Russia
PBC CSKA Moscow players
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New CEO at E.R. Schiffahrt: Hermann Klein hands over to Nils Aden
Isabelle Rickmers appointed to the shipping company's board
Hamburg, 12 December 2014. Nils Aden (41) will take over the position of chief executive officer (CEO) for Hamburg-based ship management company E.R. Schiffahrt GmbH & Cie. KG on 1 February 2015. In his new role, he will be responsible for the fleet management, crewing, customer relations, chartering and quality divisions. Nils Aden has been with the E.R. Group for eight years, and for the past two years has been a member of the shipping company's board.
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Dr Hermann J. Klein (57), current CEO of E.R. Schiffahrt, will leave the company of his own will after his three-year contract expires. He has been managing director of E.R. Capital Holding and E.R. Schiffahrt since 2012. In his role at E.R. Schiffahrt, he headed the successful merger between ship management companies E.R. Schiffahrt, Komrowski Befrachtungskontor and Blue Star, part of the Komrowski Group, which all became the new Blue Star Holding. 'Hermann Klein navigated E.R. Schiffahrt through a challenging time and took it in a new direction. With his expertise, strong leadership and dedicated service, he developed and implemented innovative and future-oriented projects. We thank him for his consistently effective effort and many good ideas, ' says Erck Rickmers, founder and owner of E.R. Group. E.R. Schiffahrt was one of the first shipping companies to conduct comprehensive modifications to improve the energy efficiency of its ships.
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On 1 January 2015, Isabelle Rickmers (32) will become a new member of the E.R. Schiffahrt board and will take on responsibility for the new business, key account management and purchasing divisions. She has been with E.R. Group since 2010 and currently heads E.R. Schiffahrt's customer relations division. Frank Bergert (53), E.R. Capital Holding's and the shipping company's CFO, will retain responsibility for finance in the new three-person board of E.R. Schiffahrt.
Willem Dekker (49), hitherto managing director of E.R. Schiffahrt, moves to E.R. Capital Holding on 1 January 2015. He will assume a variety of cross-departmental functions and strengthen the business development team. The unit will be developing new finance and shipping projects. Dekker reports to Jochen Klösges, CEO of E.R. Capital Holding.
About E.R. Schiffahrt
E.R. Schiffahrt is a maritime services provider and one of the largest charter companies for container ships and bulk carriers in Germany. Currently it controls more than 100 vessels in service. The company was established in 1998 by Erck Rickmers and employs around 3, 500 people on land and at sea. DNV GL awarded E.R. Schiffahrt with its 'DNV GL Excellence – 5 Stars' certificate for its exceptional safety, environmental and quality standards. In 2012, E.R. Schiffahrt was the first German shipping company to become a member of the UN Global Compact, a voluntary initiative to promote sustainable development. The company E.R. Offshore was founded in 2006 and manages 13 special vessels for offshore oil and gas production as well as for building and supplying offshore wind farms. Its ships are deployed around the world. www.er-ship.com
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Francis Jeanette (Aaron) Noakes, 92, passed away peacefully at home with her family in Springfield, MO in the early hours of Wednesday, January 16, 2019.
Known to family and friends as Jeanette, she was born in rural Pulaski County, MO near Dixon, growing up on a farm during the Great Depression. She married Ray Wilson Noakes of Rolla, MO in 1945 and lived in many different places in the U.S. and abroad as an Army spouse, raising five children along the way. Upon her husband's retirement from the military the family settled in Rolla where Jeanette worked as an operator for United Telephone Company until her own retirement. For the last four years she lived with her two surviving daughters in Springfield.
Jeanette is survived by daughters Brenda Noakes and Sue Robinson, of the home; son Dale Noakes and daugher-in-law Angela of Foristell, MO; son Ronn Noakes and son-in-law James Chang of Springfield; grandson Grady Sams and partner Sheena Adams of Rolla; grandsons Alec Noakes of St. Louis and Daniel Jones of O'Fallon, MO; great-granddaughter Shelby Sams of Rolla; sister Jill Forthman of Dixon; niece Sandi Bowling of Kansas City; and numerous other extended family members.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Maj. Ray Wilson Noakes; a beloved daughter, Leanne; her parents, John and Dora; brothers Howard, Dale and Johnny; and sisters Billie, June, Vivian, Joanne and Patsy.
Giving even in death, Jeanette made a gift of body to the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. Family and friends will gather this Saturday to celebrate her memory. Family and friends are invited to celebrate her memory this Saturday, Jan. 26 from 11 AM to 2 PM in the Community Room of the Bank of Missouri, 216 W. 2nd St., Dixon.
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Meet actor Chuku Modu, one of the cast members of the series, 'The Good Doctor,' who gave a standout performance by portraying Dr. Jared Kalu. When the actor is being praised for his work in the series, on the other hand, he is making headlines for leaving the drama which has contributed a lot in boosting his interest for being in front of the cameras.
'The Good Doctor' is the same show that became a career break for Chuku like the child prodigy actor Dylan Kingwell. But, as of now, it is confirmed that the season 1 cast members are not returning to the series in its second season. It is indeed heartbreaking news for the daily viewers who enjoyed every character of the American Drama.
How Much Is Chuku Modu's net worth?
Well, Chuku is protecting any information that relates his earnings due to which there is merely any detail of his actual net worth. However, the new face of the acting world is undoubtedly going to hit the bullseye of fame and fortune in coming days.
Personal Life: Is He Dating Someone?
The actor, who has tried a variety of role in his early acting days, has always kept his possible affair under wraps. Chuku is yet to be settled in married life, but the random posts of the artist in his social media pages surely ignite his love affair.
Chuku is seen posing a couple of pictures with his probable girlfriend whose name and identity is still missing. The dating history of the pair is still a mystery since their romance is limited in social media pages only.
The lovebirds might be willing to keep their romance a private affair, and if their relationship is something very serious, then the unidentified woman will undoubtedly be the wife of the performer.
Talking about Chuku's family, he was born to Nigerian/German father and Irish/English mother. The actor holds British nationality and belongs to a mixed ethnic group. Apart from the information of his parents' origin, their name also remains a mystery.
Chuku was born on June 19, 1990, and was raised in Hammersmith, West London. As per wiki, the most lovable actor in the TV screens loves engaging in varieties of sports rather than acting. Chuku is keen in the game of boxing who trained for his love for gloves at the age of 12. The artist stands 6 feet 4 inches (1.93m) in height and possesses a body structure of an athlete.


Royal HaskoningDHV is delighted to congratulate Equinix, one of the world's largest data centre providers, on today's official opening of AM4 – its newest, state-of-the-art International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data centre located in the Amsterdam Science Park. Royal HaskoningDHV designed AM4 in collaboration with Benthem Crouwel architects and has been supporting Equinix during construction of this iconic facility.
Amsterdam is widely recognized as one of the greatest data centre development areas in the world. Standing on the skyline terrace at more than 70 metres high, AM4 is a striking new landmark right in the heart of the city. The new data centre offers a broad range of network services as well as superb views over the city. When fully built-out the facility will be able to accommodate 4,200 cabinets spread over eight data floors – an area equivalent to two soccer fields. AM4 enables companies to extend network infrastructure to the digital edge and enhance workload performance by shortening the distance between services and users.
Royal HaskoningDHV has over fifteen years' experience with data centre design and has been involved with Equinix for many years on remarkable projects in Europe and the Middle East – including the design of data centre FR6 which opened in Frankfurt last week.


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Under threat.
Yet another European country is on the verge of approving a burqa ban
By Ismat Sarah Mangla November 30, 2016
The Netherlands has become the latest country to pass measures banning the face veil worn by Muslims, sometimes referred to as a niqab or burqa, a move which coincides with a surge of anti-Muslim sentiment across Europe.
The Dutch lower parliament on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a ban on "face-covering clothing" in certain public places such as government buildings, public transport, schools and hospitals. The proposal, which also restricts ski masks and helmets, requires approval by the upper house of parliament to become law. If it passes, violations could result in a fine of 405 euros ($430).
"The bill does not have any religious background," said Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte when it was first introduced in 2015. He added that it would not apply to people in the street, but only "in specific situations where it is essential for people to be seen" or for security reasons.
But opponents say that the measure is clearly aimed at Muslims—a view shared by Geert Wilders, the leader of the increasingly popular far-right Party for Freedom, which favors legislation calling for the complete "de-Islamification" of the Netherlands. Critics say Rutte is pandering to Wilders' voters in an attempt to stave off his party in the upcoming national election in March. Wilders pledged to extend the ban if his party prevails.
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While estimates suggest that only a few hundred women in Holland actually wear burqas or niqabs, the issue has become a flashpoint in a larger debate about Islam and the integration of Muslims in European societies. If the measure becomes law, the Netherlands will become the fourth European country to institute some kind of burqa ban. Belgium, Bulgaria, and France all have similar laws on the books, despite challenges from critics suggesting they curtail religious freedom.
There are also currently movements in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Norway to introduce restrictions on burqas and face veils. The Swiss parliament narrowly voted in favor of a national burqa ban in September, though the measure has yet to become law. In Norway, the education minister is seeking to implement restrictions on the face veil in schools and universities, while Germany's interior minister has pledged his support for a full ban. An August poll indicated that 57% of Britons favored banning the burqa, though no such law currently exists in the UK.
The increase in such proposals come alongside a rising tide of anti-Islam sentiment in Europe. A Pew Research survey from July suggests that unfavorable opinions of Muslims jumped from the previous year in several European countries, including the UK, Spain and Italy.


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Time-tested Shanghai brands seek recovery amid adversity
By:Zheng Qian | From:english.eastday.com | 2020-12-31 12:58
The pandemic-induced shortage of medical masks in Nigeria and Ghana has resulted in an upsurge of sales of Butterfly branded sewing machines, a time-honored Shanghai brand. Being light weight, fully functioned and easy to operate, the devices are well liked by local users.
Like the Butterfly Sewing Machine Company, to overcome the pandemic-linked downturn, scores of old Shanghai brands have been exploring overseas markets and also enhancing their competitiveness in the domestic market amid the adversity.
For example, Phoenix Bicycles, which was bruised severely and saw a plunge in sales volume early this year, turned to the Alibaba International website to revive its fortunes. After it participated in the Alibaba Online Trade Shows in June, its sales volume in that single month equalled the total overall physical exports of last year. Also, after it successfully acquired the Tianjin Aisaike Bicycle Company and incorporated the famed Maruishi brand, the Shanghai bicycle manufacturer is expected to tap into the mid-to-high-end market in Japan next year.
Other long-standing brands have also followed suit. As its second store in Canada was opened in August, Lao Feng Xiang Jewelry now has 20 overseas branches, while White Rabbit Creamy Candy began exports to Thai convenience stores this year and its peanut nougat candies were sold for the first time in France.
In terms of efforts in the domestic market, e-commerce has provided an agreeable channel for the recovery of old brands. During the May 5 shopping festival - a massive campaign launched by the Shanghai government to boost consumer spending and resuscitate the economy - more than 120 old Shanghai brands joined in the online sales promotion spree, issuing coupons worth over 30 million yuan. Phoenix Bicycles sold nearly one million bicycles during the June 18 sale, a year-on-year increase of 161%. In addition, marching into other cities to expand business has assisted age-old firms to revive their former glories.


Question: When Daniel learns that Stu is allergic to pepper he sneaks into the kitchen and spikes his food. Later when Stu starts choking Daniel seems surprised. What did he think was going to happen?
Chosen answer: Well when someone's allergies act up, typically people associate that with sneezing and coughing, etc. Daniel didn't think there'd be a much more serious reaction.
Answer: Likely especially since Daniel was drunk, he didn't think it through, and the fact that Stu could die from his "prank."
Question: How could Daniel get jail time over this whole "Doubtfire" act? He told his kids if their mom found out he could only see them through plate glass (jail/prison). Is it really a crime to do what he did? (although it is creepy and awkward to do) He didn't physically harm anyone and didn't impersonate a real person. So why would he assume this?
Chosen answer: To start, it's seems likely that they did mean to just show Daniel exaggerating. However, Daniel was assigned a case worker who checked up on him and made sure he had a job. This is not a common thing done in divorce/custody cases unless there's a perceived notion that Daniel is mentally unstable or unfit (the quitting of his job, the lavish birthday party), in which case Daniel may feel they'll commit him to a mental institution, rather than prison (where he thinks he'll have to see his kids while behind glass.) That being said, he did commit crimes that he could have been arrested for. Fraud being the major one, ranging from lying to his case worker to possible tax fraud; and his various actions against Stewart (vandalism and battery). However nothing in the film indicated he violated a restraining order or a supervised visitation order by being there, so he couldn't have been arrested for being there.
Question: When the monkey puppet on Mrs. Doubtfire's show says "Here's a monkey bite!", sometimes the monkey is shown on the TV screen next to Lundy and sometimes it's not shown and only zoomed in on Lundy watching (without the monkey at all seen). It seems TV or cable stations/DVD all have one of these versions or the other. Why is it different? Was something inappropriate about a puppet monkey "biting"?
Chosen answer: When movies are shown on TV they are often edited using what is called a "pan and scan" format to fit the television screen. Movie screens are much wider, and when movies are shown on television as they were originally filmed, the image on the sides are cut off. Sometimes movies are shown on TV in a "letter box" format, where you see the black lines at the top and bottom of the TV screen. This shows the entire scene, but it is much smaller overall. "Pan and scan" is edited to cut back and forth between the scene to show the different characters, usually when it is their time to be speaking. Otherwise, one character may be talking, but the audience cannot see them, confusing the plot. The version of "Mrs Doubtfire" that you were watching is done in "pan and scan."
Question: Hypothetically speaking, how could have Miranda convinced a judge to discontinue the supervised visitations that were put in place because of Daniel's odd behavior?
Chosen answer: By dropping the complaint on Daniel, and getting her lawyer to help remove the decision.
Question: Is it true that part of the scenes in which Mrs. Doubtfire are in is shot with a real english lady who looks like Mrs. Doubtfire?
Question: When Daniel is changing back into Mrs. Doubtfire, why does he/she pour the whole bottle of perfume over him/herself?
Chosen answer: To get rid of the smell of alcohol, although it's pretty obvious Mrs Doubtfire is drunk anyway.
Mrs. Doubtfire: I hope you don't mind me being a tad rude, but... How was he? You know, on a scale of 1 to 10?
Miranda: Well, that part was always... Okay.
Mrs. Doubtfire: Just okay? Well, he was probably a Casanova compared to poor old Winston.
Miranda: What was the matter with Winston?
Mrs. Doubtfire: Oh dear, Winston's idea of foreplay was "Effie, brace yourself."
When Mrs. Doubtfire is cooking in the kitchen, sets her fake breasts on fire, then hits them with the pan lids to put them out, you can see the camera crew in the reflection of one of the pan lids.
The newspaper that contains the words 'Doubt Fire' was the same newspaper used on the first episode of Charmed.


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Q: How to check a view's background color ? (API < 13) I have a layout with different views.
One of the views has a background color set to android.R.color.holo_green_light
Inside a click handler, how can I check if the clicked element has a background set to android.R.color.holo_green_light ?
I know for for APIs > 13 I can get view.getBackground().getColor(), but how to do it for APIs below 13 ?

A: If you know that the background of the view is a Color.
You can get the drawable and cast it to a ColorDrawable:
ColorDrawable viewColor = (ColorDrawable) view.getBackground();
int colorId = viewColor.getColor();

That works on Android API 11


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Main » 2014 » July » 2 » World Bank-Aided GNRC Plans Launch of Medi-Chopper Service in North-East India
World Bank-Aided GNRC Plans Launch of Medi-Chopper Service in North-East India
Provides ultra-low-cost services: doctors' consultation for USD 1-2; blood sugar test for 35 cents, Thyroid Profile for USD 3; CT Scan for USD 15 and MRI for USD 42
GUWAHATI, India - Tuesday, July 1st 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GNRC (formerly known as Guwahati Neurological Research Centre) today unveiled plans to initiate air ambulance and medical outreach programme using helicopters to remote areas of North-east India. The service will regularly ferry doctors from GNRC to difficult-to-access locations across the region and provide doorstep medical support to the population across the North-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.
The announcement was made in Guwahati today at a press conference organized to mark the completion of six months of GNRC's North Guwahati campus. The first of its kind super specialty healthcare facility in the entire North East, the 300-bedded hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities. GNRC provides ultra-low-cost services such as doctors' consultation for USD 1-2 (one-two); blood sugar test for 35 (thirty-five) cents, Thyroid Profile for USD 3 (three); CT Scan for USD 15 (fifteen) and MRI for USD 42 (forty-two).
"The hospital has received enormous response in the first six months of its operations and is presently receiving up to 200 out-patients every day," said Dr. Nomal Chandra Borah, CMD of GNRC Hospitals Ltd.
GNRC Medical was recently chosen by the World Bank Group (WBG), through its India Development Marketplace (IDM) initiative, to receive a grant of US$150,000. "The grant and tailor-made capacity development program by the World Bank Group (WBG) will help us to scale up our operating model and bridge the gap between healthcare requirement and availability," said Dr. Borah. "We intend to set up ten more hospitals in the region and beyond, within the next five years," he concluded.
About GNRC Hospitals
GNRC (formerly known as Guwahati Neurological Research Centre) was founded by Dr. Nomal Chandra Borah in 1985. It is the first super specialty healthcare centre in North-East India and presently operates three hospitals offering over 500 beds. The British Standard Institute, London, has accredited the organization as ISO 14001:2008 compliant.
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