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ABOUT THE BIE
The 1928 Paris Convention
ABOUT EXPOS
What is an Expo?
How is an Expo organised?
A short history of Expos
SPECIALISED EXPOS
Expo 2023 Buenos Aires
HORTICULTURAL EXPOS
Expo 2019 Beijing
TRIENNALE DI MILANO
List of All Expos
World Expo 2025
Intellectual legacy
The Library of BIE
Expo Museum
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIE
QUESTIONS ON EXPOS
FINANCING AND COST
What is the BIE?
The BIE is an international and intergovernmental organisation created by the Convention of Paris in 1928. The BIE was established in 1931 with the mission of regulating the World and International Exhibitions. France is the Depositary Power of the Convention.
The BIE headquarters is located in Paris, at 34 avenue d'Iena, 75116.
Tel : (33) 1 45 00 38 63 – Fax (33) 1 45 00 96 15
e-mail: bie@bie-paris.org – Web site : www.bie-paris.org
Why is the BIE called the Bureau International des Expositions?
The naming of the BIE in 1931 derives from its initial role as a provider of an essentially administrative service (Bureau) to its member-states from around the world (International) in the domains concerning the organisation of, and participation in, World Exhibitions (Exhibitions). Today, the activities of BIE go beyond that of administration: the BIE brings its professional expertise in the subject matter; it actively participates in the promotion of Expos; it feeds and maintains the innovation at the heart of the Expos; and it ensures their relevance as a factor for dialogue and international cooperation.
What is the role of the BIE?
The role of the BIE is to regulate the frequency of exhibitions under its jurisdiction, to ensure their quality and to guarantee that they are organised in compliance with international law. These exhibitions include all international exhibitions of a duration superior to three weeks (excluding fine arts exhibitions) and of non-commercial nature, organised by a state and for which the invitations are sent to other states by the diplomatic channel. Fairs are thus not included, and commercial activities are seriously regulated in the Expos organised under the auspices of the BIE.
How does the BIE work?
The BIE is currently comprised of 170 member-states, who are represented at the BIE by one or more delegates. A country can officially appoint a maximum of three delegates. Any state can become a member of the BIE by adhering to the Convention of 1928 and to its successive protocols.
The Secretary manages all BIE activities. It operates under the direction of the Secretary-General.
The member-states participate in BIE activities through the intermediary of four Commissions.
The General Assembly, attended by the delegates of the member-states and by observers, meets twice a year. During the debates, led by the elected President of the General Assembly of the BIE, the delegates examine proposals for new projects and familiarize themselves with the reports presented by the Presidents of the four Committee concerning BIE activities and with the reports on the Exhibitions in progress.
Are there branches of the BIE all over the world?
The BIE has an office only in Paris.
What is the official language at the BIE?
The official language at the BIE is French. English is also widely used, and as such, has the status of a second language to facilitate international dialogue.
How is the BIE financed?
The BIE is financed by the membership fees of the member-states and by the Gate money of Expos (a royalty perceived on entry fees). The annual contribution of a new member is determined by the General Assembly of the BIE, in agreement with the applicant government.
What is the advantage of being a BIE Member-State?
Being a Member-State to BIE allows a State to take part in all discussions related to the organisation of the Expos and to express their views on the matter. The Member-States participate from the beginning in the discussions with the Expo organisers (a participants meeting), and they have the privilege of being heard in the organisation of events to which they intend to participate.
The General Commissioners College created at the time of, and even within, the Expos ensures the monitoring of this permanent dialogue between the organisers and the official participants.
Being a Member-State at the BIE also presents a number of specific advantages. The BIE allows member-governments to make certain savings because of the strict checks performed on the Expo organisers. In addition, the application examination fee received at the registration of an Expo is reduced by half when the application is for an Exhibition organised by a BIE member-state.
Likewise, a BIE member-state wishing to organise an Expo on a certain date is granted priority over another competing request by a non-BIE member-state.
It is clear that the more members the BIE has, the more effective its authority and the more substantial the savings for the members. It is thus in the interest of all governments of states likely to organise or participate in Exhibitions to adhere to the Convention of 1928 and become a member of the Bureau International des Expositions.
How does a state become member of the BIE?
Any state may become a member of the BIE by adhering to the Convention of 1928 and to the successive protocols and amendments.
The process of adhesion is indicated in the Article 35 of the Paris Convention of 1928 as following:
"The present Convention is open to accession, in part, to all states, whether a member of the United Nations, a member of the UN who is a part of the International Court of Justice, a member of an institution specialised in the UN, or a member of the International Agency for Atomic Energy, and, in part, to all other states whose request for accession is approved by the two-third majority of the contracting parties possessing the right to vote at the General Assembly of the Bureau. The forms for accession are submitted to the Government of the French Republic and come into effect on the date of their deposit."
To obtain the documents relevant to the accession procedure to the BIE and necessary information, contact the BIE directly.
What advantages are there of registering an Exhibition with the BIE?
The registration of an International Exhibition at the BIE is inscribed in the Convention. It is less about the advantages as it is about the respect for texts signed by the member-states who do not want to derogate from them.
The registration of an International Exhibition concerned by the regulation of the Convention of Paris ensures the support, advice, and the serious monitoring by experienced professionals.
How to organise an Expo?
WORLD EXPO MUSEUM
34, Avenue d'Iéna, 75116, France
E: info@bie-paris.org
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For "Loud Hailer," guitarist Jeff Beck teamed up with singer Rosie Bones and guitarist Carmen Vandenberg of the London rock band Bones. He will perform at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles Aug. 10. PHoto by Ross Halfin.
Jeff Beck established himself as a guitarist's guitarist almost as he began his music career in England in the early 1960s. He has played on a long list of albums with artists, such as Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Jon Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, ZZ Top, Brian May and Cyndi Lauper and in a number of bands, including a 20-month stint with The Yardbirds, and has garnered a comparable list of awards, such as the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times (the most of any artist in the category).
Now, he is outdoing himself by releasing the collector's book "Beck01" (Genesis Publications) on Tuesday, the album "Loud Hailer" (Rhino Records) on July 15 and setting out on tour with blues artist Buddy Guy. The tour stops at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, as "50 Years of Jeff Beck," with special guests Beth Hart and Steven Tyler, starting Aug. 10.
Beck recalled first meeting Guy at a local club. He was there to see the bands and, after the venue announcer said Guy was up next, Beck waited in disbelief only to be happily surprised.
"He played and I never forgot it. It was like when Hendrix was the next thing. When I saw him I thought, yeah, this is derivative of Buddy Guy. But the same vibe hit me both times. You were watching something unbelievable," Beck said.
It has been six years since Beck's last studio album, "Emotion & Commotion," which earned him a Grammy. Waiting to record his next album, he said, was not a deliberate decision, but a thoughtful act.
For "Loud Hailer," Beck teamed up with singer Rosie Bones and guitarist Carmen Vandenberg of the London rock band Bones, who he met at Queen drummer Roger Taylor's birthday party. The trio worked well together, writing three songs in a few days and completing the album's foundation within a week.
Beck is pleased with how quickly "Loud Hailer" came together and believes that spontaneous creativity and raw edge performance is missing in most recordings today.
"That's what rock 'n' roll was born on, the excitement. 'Hound Dog' is the blueprint for rock 'n' roll. I don't think they rehearsed over and over again, I think they just went in and blew it," Beck said.
When Genesis Publications approached Beck about doing "Beck01," he said he was reluctant. But after seeing the books the company had produced for Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, he decided to comply. Beck selected the more than 400 rare and previously unseen photographs in the tome.
"I had a very nostalgic trip down memory lane digging out the photos and I tried not to tell too many stories alongside the captions because I wanted to reserve that for the Jeff Beck story, which hopefully, by the end of the year, will be shaping up," Beck said.
"Beck01" is hand-bound in leather and aluminum and each book, which carries a hefty $495 price tag, is numbered and signed.
After five decades in the music industry Beck remains humble and slow to acknowledge his success. He credits his fans for seeing merit in his music and appreciating the dedication he has to his craft.
"I think they're just intrigued by what I do, and they never know what's coming. Maybe that's it. It's not predictable — and who needs prediction? I don't want to make a cookie cutter album, a series of albums that sound exactly the same, like a sequel to a movie. As long as there's no law against experimentation – yet – I think I'll just carry on the way I have. It seems to work for the last 50 years anyway," Beck said.
Beck shared that fans will not have to wait so long between albums again, as he plans to start writing another effort with a female singer whose name he won't disclose at this time. He hopes to have the record ready for release by Christmas.


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Pregnancy Resource Center Code of Conduct
Published with the permission of the Commission for Reproductive Health Service Standards (CRHSS).
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Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRC) are a key component in the ability for Western civilization to provide ethical service and support to women facing unplanned pregnancy. Because the existence of elective pregnancy termination (abortion) requires that traditional medical ethics be ignored or changed to the detriment of the woman, the child in utero, and the medical profession in general, medical PRCs play an essential role in the protection of all three of those categories of person. Due to the depth of importance which medical PRCs represent in this increasingly hostile political, educational, and medical environment it is incumbent upon PRC leadership to both protect and advance their essential life affirming work. A key way to do this is to embrace an objective code of conduct which will allow a PRC to consistently demonstrate to all interested constituents that it has secured the moral high ground in patient service and as a category of service organization stands as a national model for others to follow.
PRCs have been under extreme scrutiny through regulation as well as informal and formal investigations for years. For the PRC movement to sustain its status as an independent and self-governing body of service organizations it will need to clarify the beliefs and behavior that define good service organizations for women's reproductive health. This code internal to PRC organizations defines those organizations that attempt to intentionally think and act according to a comprehensive moral code of conduct. This code of conduct exists in order to assist and encourage PRCs to protect the patient and her true autonomous decision-making ability specifically for women facing unplanned pregnancy. PRCs, their executives, board, staff and volunteers are invited to use this code as a tool designed by PRC professionals to protect the PRC's integrity, the movement's credibility, and above all the dignity of both patients—the mother and child. The following duties in some way should be made into objective policy in the PRC with matching procedures that are followed the same way with every patient in a step by step or linear fashion to ensure they have been respected on a per patient basis.
Duties to the Patient
Much of the PRC's duty to the patient requires ensuring clear, consistent, and accurate communication. Most patients seek out the services of a PRC to help them understand their condition, their pregnancy options, and access community support for that pregnancy. As such the patients are typically at a loss as to what to expect or know even what questions to ask regarding pregnancy or pregnancy related options. PRCs often act as umbrella agencies acting as clearing houses for various community resources from material assistance, to counseling after abortion, to limited pre-natal medical care. To safeguard the patient from the violation of her dignity and self-determination three traditional medical ethics concepts must be utilized by the organization ensuring that all the services being delivered are done so without the intentional or unintentional manipulation of a patient in a vulnerable life crisis.
1. Patient Autonomy
Patient Autonomy does not mean the facilitation of any legal choice of medical services on-demand. Patient autonomy carries with it the notion of self-determination and dignity which informs the manner and depth of communication between the clinician (any medical provider participating in the process of patient diagnosis, education, or treatment) and the patient. Thus a PRC should seek to ensure that:
All who work directly with a patient hold the highest regard for the nature and purpose of humanity represented in the form of a single human being (dignity).
All who work directly with a patient hold as a primary aim the facilitation of the patient's informed self-rule (self-determination).
All clinicians and advocates must always attempt to understand a patient and attempt to insulate her from coercive pressure.
The PRC and patient care team must ensure that information about a patient's condition as well as all treatment options are presented.
All clinicians must never manipulate or knowingly withhold information including downplaying the remotest side-effects of the various treatment options.
Non medical team members must never provide medical information beyond documents or scripts previously approved for appropriate patient circumstances by the organization's medical director.
2. Beneficence
To act solely for the benefit of the patient. Continuity of care, and conflict of interest disclosure are key concerns in upholding this commitment.
All patient care team members including non-medical staff must be dedicated to seeing the patient as a whole person by understanding a patient's past health history, current socio-economic circumstances, personal beliefs, and future health goals.
A PRC facilitating limited medical care under the supervision of a medical director must view itself as a specialist and attempt whenever possible to refer each patient back to and work in conjunction with the patient's primary care provider.
Anytime a woman is requesting medical care and NOT referred by her physician the PRC should take it as a cue that the patient's circumstances are coercive.
All patient team members should be careful to reiterate to the patient the importance of the basic medical standard care which always encourages the least invasive treatment options first.
All members of the patient care team must be committed to protecting the patient from any intentional or unintentional self-interest.
3. Non-maleficence
Avoiding any act or treatment plan that would harm the patient or violate the patient's trust.
All members of the patient care team must be committed first to prevention through good health and avoidance of behaviors leading to deteriorating conditions. Examples of reproductive health preventive care would be encouraging abstinence and/or mutual monogamy as well as STD testing and treatment safe-guarding the patient's future reproductive health.
All members of the patient care team must be committed to maintaining patient confidentiality in an effort to safe-guard the dignity of the individual and the trust required for effective patient communication.
All members of the patient care team must be committed to facilitating free and open communication with the patient which alone will yield appropriate prevention and treatment plans informed and freely chosen by the patient.
Duties to Society
Because most PRCs represent the trust of the resources of the community to which they belong it is imperative that those resources be managed in a manner consistent with the clearly articulated objective of the organization. The community resources to be managed are largely made up of human and financial and must be distributed with integrity and justice.
1. Integrity
A PRCs commitment to integrity is essential for the local PRC as well as its State and national counterparts to maintain its credibility with the society it serves.
A PRC and the patient care team recognize that a patient's lack of knowledge places her in a position of extreme vulnerability to manipulation.
Each member of the leadership and patient care team is dedicated to virtuous personal character if only to protect their patients from exploitation and victimization which comes with a lack of personal character.
The leadership and all members of the patient care team are dedicated to understanding and practicing wisdom, empathy, temperance, courage, and justice both privately and professionally.
The PRC leadership and patient care team are dedicated to holding both themselves and other members of the PRC movement accountable to these high moral standards even with the use of this code of conduct.
A PRC and its various team members must maintain integrity to personal convictions in the face of increased government regulation, as well as encroaching consumerism in the form of on-demand request for abortion services.
A PRC and its various team members is committed to maintaining integrity through the exercise of a right to refuse or recommend treatment that may be at odds with its stated positions of belief or moral convictions.
2. Justice
Since there are limited resources available to address all the needs of women facing unplanned pregnancy, PRC leadership must make decisions about how to spend those resources day by day in a way that is not only equitable but most appropriate for the stated objective of the organization to reverse the abortion trend in their community.
The PRC leadership must be committed to understanding the true needs of the community that the organization serves (those needs that cause a woman to be a victim of coerced decision-making) taking care to invest its resources in the places where it alone can have the most impact to reach and effectively serve women at risk for abortion.
A PRC must be committed to resisting government regulation since government is not an expert in either medical care generally or assisting women facing unplanned pregnancy specifically. The medical community and PRCs are alone best suited to distribute resources to women facing unplanned pregnancy. Increased regulation will only serve to hinder excellent care.
A PRC and patient care team must be committed to placing the health needs of a single patient over general notions of regulated care to a population.
A PRC and the patient care team are committed first to serving the best interest of the patient and secondarily the policy and regulation of overly ambitious States, or Federal government.
A PRC and the patient care team are committed to protecting society's most vulnerable: the sick, dehumanized, and disenfranchised.
Education involves both informing society at large as to how women facing unplanned pregnancy should be served and also showing them how they can invest their resources in the process.
A PRC is committed to educating patients, individuals, churches, the media, legislators, medical providers, educators, and others regarding abortion and its impact on women and society.
A PRC is committed to professional accountability willing to educate and be educated on the various managerial and legislative matters involved in operating non-profit organizations.
Reference Notes
This code of conduct is published in conjunction with the Commission for Reproductive Health Service Standards and is indebted to the following authorities for the general framework and philosophy:
American College of Physicians. Ethics Manual. 4th ed. Ann Intern Med. 1998; 128(7):576-94.
Hippocrates. The Hippocratic Oath. Trans. in Kass, L. R. Toward a More Natural Science. New York: Simon and Schuster; 1988:228-9.
Percival T. Medical Ethics; Of a Code of Institutes and Precepts Adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons. Manchester: S. Russel; 1803.
President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Making Health Care Decisions: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Informed Consent in the Patient-Practitioner Relationship. Vol. 1. Washington: GPO; 1982.
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Under Armour is Here
Posted by Susan Deering on Fri, Mar 18, 2016
Playing Hard to Get
So often, our clients are looking for branded products that are very difficult to get. In the past, Under Armour has been one of those brands. But this week, things changed. We have been chosen as one of the companies that now has access to a collection of products made for the promotional product industry. To view the catalogue of items, click the link below.
Under Armour Catalogue
History of Under Armour - If you don't know who they are already.
In 1996, Kevin Plank, a 23-year-old former University of Maryland special teams captain, turned an idea born on the football field into a new industry that changed the way athletes dress forever. Back in his playing days, Plank hated having to change his sweat-soaked cotton T-shirts over and over again during two-a-days. Knowing that there simply had to be something better, he set out to create a solution.
Plank named his new company Under Armour, and after extensive research on the athletic benefits of synthetic fabrics, he designed the first Under Armour HeatGear® T-shirt, which he named the #0037. Engineered with moisture-wicking performance fibers, the shirt helps keep athletes cool, dry, and light in the most brutally hot conditions.
Working from his grandmother's basement in Washington DC's Georgetown neighborhood, he traveled up and down the East Coast selling his revolutionary new product out of the trunk of his car. By the end of 1996, Plank made his first team sale, and Under Armour generated $17,000 in sales.
In 1997, Under Armour introduced the now-famous ColdGear® fabric, which keeps athletes warm, dry, and light in cold conditions, and then the AllSeasonGear® line, which keeps athletes comfortable between the extremes.
By the end of 1998, Under Armour outgrew grandma's basement and moved to an all-new headquarters and warehouse in Baltimore.
After many successes, with many new products both for men and women, Under Armour has exceeded all expectations and has created an internationally acclaimed clothing athletic line.
Today, with revenue approaching $2 Billion, the Brand is widely recognized as a global leader in performance footwear, apparel, and accessories, and its commitment to making all athletes better drives its never-ending dedication to building tomorrow's next great innovation.
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WEEK 17 NFL PICKS (December 30)
This is the condensed version of picks for the NFL Week 17 games for Winners and Whiners between:
Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos
Week 16 Review:
Note to self: When you here the pang of your gut, listen to your gut. Or easier translated: Sometimes the simpler narrative is the right one to follow. In last week's case, it was the case of thinking the Raiders would respond to the potential finality of a last home game in the Oakland Coliseum and pole-axing a Denver Broncos team simply playing out the string. In some respects, the two picks I got right in that Monday night fiasco were pure luck.
Also a quick note for you, the readers of this space. First, THANK YOU for reading! Hopefully, I've done well enough for you to not loathe me. Secondly, I have been informed I will be handling the AFC for the postseason in a way similar to how I break down Monday night games. Thus, the timeline works like this:
Monday night: Short lookahead
Thursday night: Deep dive preview covering both sides of the ball.
24-36 hours before kickoff: One last update based on line movement and injury reports.
One important thing to note: The format Winners and Whiners uses for Monday night only allows for a full game spread pick and full game over/under. Only HERE will you find the complete six-pick listing that I usually make with each preview I do. If that changes, I will inform you accordingly.
So follow Winners and Whiners on Twitter here (@WinnersWhiners) and follow me here @AlTruda73
For the individual games that have six picks, remember the 5/5 is simply the best pick of that individual game, not the entire week. There will be two other four and five-star picks among the rest of the Week 17 selections.
That said… ONTO THE GAMES!
Sunday, December 30
Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills:
Full Game — Bills -3.5 (5/5) — WIN!
Full Total — UNDER 39.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Full Prop — Bills UNDER 22.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
1st Half — Dolphins +3 (3/5) — WIN!
1st Half Total — UNDER 19.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
1st Half Prop — Dolphins OVER 8.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings:
Full Game — Bears +5.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Full Total — UNDER 40.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Full Prop — Vikings UNDER 23.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
l1st Half — Bears +2.5 (5/5) — WIN!
1st Half Total — UNDER 20 points (3/5) — WIN!
1st Half Prop — Bears OVER 8.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos:
Full Game — Chargers -6.5 (5/5) — WIN!
Full Total — OVER 41.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Full Prop — Broncos UNDER 18.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
1st Half — Chargers -3.5 (3/5) — WIN!
1st Half Total — OVER 20.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
1st Half Prop — Chargers OVER 12.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans — UNDER 40 points (3/5) — WIN!
New York Jets at New England Patriots — OVER 46.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints — UNDER 42.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants — Giants -3 1st Half (3/5) — LOSS!
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers — UNDER 51.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers — Packers -5.5 1st Half (3/5) — LOSS!
Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers — Steelers UNDER 29.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams — Rams -10.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens — Ravens -6.5 — LOSS!
Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks — Seahawks -7 1st half (5/5) —LOSS!
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins — Redskins UNDER 17.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs — Chiefs -3.5 1st quarter (3/5) — WIN!
Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans — UNDER 44 points (3/5) — LOSS!
This Week's Record: 17-14 (.548)
Season Record: 197-181-1 (.521)
1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000) Season (0-0, .000)
3-Star Pick Record: 10-10 (.500) Season (139-128-1, .521)
4-Star Pick Record: 4-2 (.667) Season (27-31, .466)
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Nashville's MLS stadium got the support it needed from the council on Tuesday night, clearing the final hurdle for pro soccer in Music City in 2020.
The Nashville City Council made MLS in Music City official on Tuesday night with a 31-8 vote that cleared the way for team's $275 million stadium project at the fairgrounds.
The vote ended a contentious process that got a boost with the election of Mayor David Briley, an MLS-in-Nashville supporter, in May and had to endure a series of critical council votes in recent weeks.
But we're still at least two years away from the team taking the field.
Nashville's MLS franchise has a general manager — former Liverpool Football Club CEO Ian Ayre — but no name and no team colors.
And the earliest an MLS franchise could begin play in Nashville would be 2020.
Until then, enjoy Nashville SC.
So what happens to the USL team when Nashville's MLS club arrives?
They are two different franchises. If the MLS team begins play in 2020 it could continue to operate the USL team (as done in some other MLS markets like New York, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles), or the USL team could be sold and relocated to another city or disbanded.
The MLS and USL are from March to October. Playoffs are in November. The MLS plays 34 games. The USL started playing 34 games in 2018.
NASHVILLE MLS: What's in the Nashville MLS community benefits agreement?
What about MLS expansion in other cities?
Cincinnati, a natural regional rival for Nashville's team, will start play in 2019 at Nippert Stadium, where the University of Cincinnati plays football. Miami, backed by David Beckham, was awarded a club that could start play in 2020, at a stadium to be determined.
Several other cities are thought to be vying for an MLS expansion club, including Phoenix, San Diego, Sacramento, Detroit, Charlotte and Las Vegas.
The Columbus Crew could also be on the move, potentially to Austin, but the relocation is held up in court in Ohio as stakeholders argue over whether the team has obeyed an Ohio law that places restrictions on teams moving out of tax-supported facilities.
CINCINNATI MLS: Will 21,000 seats enough at FC Cincinnati stadium?
What are the team colors?
We don't yet know for the MLS squad. Nashville SC wears blue and gold.
John Ingram, chairman of Ingram Industries, controlling owner of Nashville Soccer Club; Wilf family, owners of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings; the Turner family of MarketStreet Enterprises.
What is Nashville SC's record?
The team has a 10-8-8 record through 26 games, with 38 points this season. The team is sitting in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
When is Nashville SC's next game?
Nashville SC will play at North Carolina FC on Saturday. Nashville SC has five remaining home games: Sept. 18 vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies, Sept. 22 vs. Charleston Battery, Sept. 29 vs. New York Red Bulls II, Oct. 9 vs. Toronto FC II and OCt. 13 vs. FC Cincinnati. All remaining home games begin at 7:30 p.m. at First Tennessee Park.
Twelve in the MLS — the top six in each conference (Eastern and Western). Sixteen in the USL — the top eight in each conference.
Are matches broadcast on television and radio?
The MLS has television contracts with ESPN and Fox Sports. The Game 94.9-FM is the Nashville SC radio broadcast partner and WUXP-30 airs the games.
What is the size of the rosters?
MLS club rosters are comprised of up to 30 players with 18 designated as game-day players. Nashville SC has 26 players with 18 who dress on game day.
What is the salary range for players?
In the MLS, salaries range from the highest paid, Toronto's Sebastian Giovinco at $7.1 million annually to a minimum of $62,500. The top players in the USL make in the low six figures and there is no minimum.
Do USL players come from the MLS or could they be headed there?
Free agents from across the globe are recruited. Some will have played in the MLS and some could have the potential to eventually play on that level.
A statement from the league Wednesday said MLS officials are "pleased" the city and ownership group have reached a deal to build the stadium in Nashville.


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Coverity Releases Platform Update for OpenSSL 'Heartbleed' Defect
Coverity to host webcast to help developers find and fix 'Heartbleed'
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Coverity Inc., a Synopsys company (Nasdaq:SNPS), today announced it has updated the Coverity Development Testing Platform to enable developers to find and fix the OpenSSL 'Heartbleed' defect in software applications. Coverity will host a webcast on May 1, 2014 at 8.30 a.m. PDT that explains this platform hotfix, as well as highlights best practices for open source software quality.
What: Stop the Bleeding: Best Practices in Open Source Quality
When: Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. PDT
Where: Webcast (register)
During the webcast, Coverity will discuss why specifically looking for the Open SSL n2s macro is an ineffective approach for protecting against defects like Heartbleed, and how the new Coverity platform hotfix will automatically detect this type of defect without introducing significant false positive (FP) noise or analysis delays.
Coverity customers can access the hotfix for the Heartbleed defect today by emailing Coverity Support. The hotfix is available on all platforms for the Coverity Development Testing Platform 7.0.3.
Online Resources:
Development Testing Blog: Coverity and Heartbleed
Embedded in Academia Blog: A New Development for Coverity and Heartbleed
Security Research Laboratory Blog: Detecting Heartbleed with Static Analysis
About Coverity
Coverity, Inc., a Synopsys company (Nasdaq:SNPS), is a leading provider of software quality and security testing solutions. Coverity's award-winning development testing platform helps developers create and deliver better software, faster, by automatically testing source code for software defects that could lead to product crashes, unexpected behavior, security breaches or catastrophic system failure. The world's largest brands rely on Coverity to help ensure the quality, safety and security of their products and services. For more information, visit www.coverity.com, follow us on Twitter or check out our blog.
SOURCE Coverity, Inc.
For further information: Julie Seymour, Coverity, +1.415.321.5230, jseymour@coverity.com; Michelle Kincaid, LEWIS PR for Coverity, +1.415.432.2467, coverity@lewispr.com


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Q: how to enforce case property name on proto generation for go I have a user message as such :
message User {
    string uid = 1;
}

Protobuff generates a struct as such
type User struct {
    Uid string
}

Is there a way to enforce destination case so that my user struct in Go would be like :
type User struct {
    UID string
}

So far, I can use string uID in my proto definition but it feels a bit hacky.

A: This does not seem to be supported.
As listed in golang/protobuf issue 555

By convention, naming styles are different:

*

*Protos uses CamelCase for messages, groups, enums, services, and methods

*Protos uses snake_case for fields and oneof fields

*Protos uses SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE for enum values

*Go uses CamelCase for everything

So for now, uID is the best workaround.

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BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Nine months after the big announcement, a new wave of water taxis are finally hitting Baltimore waterways with help from Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank and Sagamore Development.
"Every single aspect of this boat was thought through and it was all thought through with the passenger experience in mind," said Demian Costa, managing partner with Sagamore Ventures.
An experience that's spearheaded by Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank and Sagamore Ventures.
WJZ was given inside access to the first finished vessel, one that holds nearly 50 passengers with heat, air conditioning and even Wi-Fi.
"We're doing something that no one has done before and it's going to be a vessel no one has seen before," said Nelson Patterson, senior technician at Maritime Applied Physics Corp.
The current program has 13 stops along its route, but will soon add an additional 4 stops, giving tourists an opportunity to explore more of Baltimore.
A perception that all starts on the water.
"This is going to open up great opportunities for Baltimore, not only of our local but for visitors, to see something in our harbor that can't be seen anywhere else," said Patterson.
Officials say they plan to add stops in Cherry Hill, Port Covington and additional stops near the Harbor. The exact locations are still being discussed.
Sagamore says they're planning to build 10 total, which should all be on the water by 2019.
The boats are expected to be out making runs within the next two weeks.
Maritime Applied Physics Corporation is the company building the boats. The vessels are custom made using 100% aluminum.
Another stop added for the water taxi program will be Kevin Plank's recreation pier hotel in Fells Point, which is currently under construction.
Sagamore Development says the hotel is on target to open in February.


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A Massive Ten Hours of Live TV for ASBK at The Bend
April 17, 2019 Filed Under: All Disciplines, Road Race
You are here: Home / All Disciplines / A Massive Ten Hours of Live TV for ASBK at The Bend
The Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK)'s biggest ever TV-event is set to light up homes across the nation, with Round 3 of the ASBK to be broadcast live in a 10-hour television extravaganza on Fox Sports and Kayo Sports as part of International MotoFest 2019 (April 25-28) from The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia.
The event, which includes not only Round 3 of the ASBK but also Round 2 of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship, provides a huge weekend of motorcycle racing action as the Asia-Pacific's fastest road racers take to the track across two different championships and six different classes. The broadcast will be the ASBK's biggest-ever television event, giving fans access to more live racing than ever before.
Motorcycling Australia (MA) CEO Peter Doyle promised an exciting spectacle for fans watching both in Australia and overseas. "International MotoFest at The Bend is sure to provide some fantastic action, so it's great that we can bring this to a worldwide audience" he said. "Clear the diary, switch off your phone, and settle yourself in front of the TV, because this will be an event not to miss."
If ten hours of live television still isn't enough, fans can also watch even more International MotoFest action through the ASBK's popular extended online coverage, featuring every session from Friday to Sunday broadcast in High Definition with expert commentary via ASBK.com.au. Australian free-to-air viewers won't have to worry about missing out on their dose of action either, with Sunday's ASBK races to be shown live and free on SBS.
International MotoFest, including Round 3 of the Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship and Round 2 of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship, kicks off at The Bend Motorsport Park on April 25-28. Don't miss it!
Want to get up close to the action? International MotoFest tickets are still available! Grab yours now, visit thebend.com.au for more information or to purchase.
Keep up with all the action from the Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship by following us on Facebook and Instagram. For news, video content, rider profiles and much, much more, visit ASBK.com.au. For more information on the Asia Road Racing Championship, visit asiaroadracing.com
Catch the LIVE action of International MotoFest, including Round 3 of the Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship on Kayo Sports. Start your 14-day free trial now at www.kayosports.com.au.
Broadcast Details:
Fox Sports Australia
LIVE coverage on Saturday and Sunday from 12:00-5:00pm (AEST)
Kayo Sports
SBS Australia
LIVE coverage of ASBK races on Sunday from 3:00-5:00pm (AEST)
LIVE extended coverage of Friday, Saturday and Sunday available free, with no geo-blocking and no paywalls, via ASBK.com.au.
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Q: Can I increment SDL_Surface refcount myself I'm using SDL2. I'd like to keep track of my codes references of the SDL_Surface that I'll be passing around.
My question is if it's safe to use ++surface->refcount on my own.
More broadly, will that be safe for all SDL structs which have a ref count?

A: Documentation says you can increment it. To decrement refcount, use SDL_FreeSurface.
The same goes for every other refcount SDL exposes - increment it yourself, but use corresponding Free function to decrement.


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Die Kirchenprovinz Mainz war eine von 782 bis 1805 bestehende Kirchenprovinz der römisch-katholischen Kirche.

Entwicklung

Die Kirchenprovinz entstand 782 nach Wiederaufrichtung der Metropolitanverfassung unter Karl dem Großen und nachdem Pläne des Bonifatius zur Schaffung einer großen austrasischen Kirchenprovinz mit Sitz in Köln gescheitert waren.

Die Kirchenprovinz bildete sich um die Wende vom 8./9. Jahrhundert aus. Eine offizielle Umschreibung (Zirkumskription) ist nicht nachgewiesen. Der Nachfolger des Bonifatius als Bischof von Mainz, Lullus behalf sich wohl mit dem gegenstandslos gewordenen Ernennungsdekret des Bonifatius für Köln als Erzbistum, das er für seine Zwecke abänderte.

Die Kirchenprovinz Mainz erstreckte sich in Nord-Süd-Richtung fast durch das gesamte Gebiet des Heiligen Römischen Reiches.

Neben dem Erzbistum Mainz gehörten zunächst die Bistümer Verden, Hildesheim, Halberstadt, Paderborn, Würzburg, Worms, Speyer, Augsburg, Eichstätt, Konstanz, Straßburg und Chur zum Metropolitanverband. 946 und 948 kamen die Diözesen Havelberg und Brandenburg dazu, die jedoch schon gut 20 Jahre später wieder aus der Provinz ausschieden und dem 962 gegründeten Erzbistum Magdeburg einverleibt wurden. Als Ersatz kamen 973 die Bistümer Prag und für Mähren (später Olmütz) zur Kirchenprovinz hinzu. 1007 wurde das Bistum Bamberg gegründet, das zwar zur Mainzer Kirchenprovinz gehörte, aber gleichzeitig gewisse Immunitätsrechte gegenüber dem Erzbischof besaß. 1245 wurde die Exemtion des Bistums formell bestätigt, wobei der Mainzer Erzbischof das Recht behielt, den Bamberger Bischof zur Provinzialsynode einzuladen.

1344 schieden Prag und Olmütz aus der Kirchenprovinz aus. Prag wurde Erzbistum mit Olmütz als Suffragan. Die Umschreibung des Metropolitanverbands änderte sich danach bis zum Ende 1803 nicht mehr. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurden Corvey und Fulda noch zu Bistümern erhoben, ihre Territorien lagen jedoch auf dem von der Kirchenprovinz Mainz umfassten Gebiet.

Nach der französischen Revolution wurde der Mainzer Kurstaat mit dem Konkordat von 1801 durch Napoleon säkularisiert. Der Reichsdeputationshauptschluss vom 25. Februar 1803 beschloss die Übertragung der Würden des Erzbistums auf das Bistum Regensburg. Am 1. Mai 1805 bestätigte Papst Pius VII. die Translation. Im Wiener Kongress 1815 wurden zwar die Gebietsabtretungen des Reiches an Frankreich zurückgenommen, das Erzbistum Mainz wurde jedoch nicht wiedererrichtet, sondern als Suffraganbistum der neu gegründeten Oberrheinischen Kirchenprovinz mit Metropolitansitz in Freiburg zugeschlagen, zu dem es noch heute gehört.

Bedeutung
Die Metropoliten der Kirchenprovinz, die Mainzer Erzbischöfe, gehörten als Nachfolger des Bonifatius, Kurfürsten und Reichserzkanzlern zu den mächtigsten Männern des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation. Gewohnheitsmäßig nahmen sie den Titel Primas Germaniae für sich in Anspruch. Die Zugehörigkeit Prags machte den Mainzer Erzbischof zu dem Bischof, der für die Krönung der böhmischen Könige zuständig war.

Siehe auch
 Bistum Mainz
 Liste der Bischöfe von Mainz

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Egon Boshof: Mainz, Böhmen und das Reich im Früh- und Hochmittelalter. In: Archiv für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte 50 (1998), S. 11–40.
 Friedhelm Jürgensmeier (Hg.): Handbuch der Mainzer Kirchengeschichte, Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1997–2002.
 Alfred Wendehorst: Germania Sacra: Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Mainz. Das Bistum Eichstätt Bd.1: Die Bischofsreihe bis 1535 de Gruyter; 1. Auflage vom 29. Juni 2006, ISBN 3-11-018971-2
 Helmut Maurer: Germania Sacra: Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Mainz. Das Bistum Konstanz Bd.5: Die Bischöfe vom Ende des 6. Jahrhunderts bis 1206 de Gruyter; 1. Auflage vom 29. Juni 2006, ISBN 3-11-017664-5. (Fälschlich als Bd. 2 bezeichnet)
 Alfred Wendehorst: Germania Sacra: Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Mainz. Das Erzbistum Würzburg, Bd.4 de Gruyter; 1. Auflage vom 1. Mai 1969

Mainz
Christentumsgeschichte (Mainz)
Gegründet 782
Aufgelöst 1805


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If there is a window above the front doors, center the chandelier so it can be seen from outside. If the foyer is extra large, you may also want to include wall sconces in the foyer. Install them against the wall approximately 60" from the floor, 6 – 8 feet apart.
Q – How do I determine the proper size chandelier for over a dining room table?
A – Here, as in the foyer, the dimensions of the room dictate the width (diameter) of the chandelier. If that doesn't appear to fit because of the size of your table, use ½ the table width for the chandelier's diameter.
The bottom of the chandelier should be no lower than 30 inches above the tabletop.
Q – When should I use a dimmer switch?
A – Although dimmers can be used in every room, we put this question here, because the dining room will be the location of many varying activities. Intimate dinner party? Dim the lights. Children working at the table on their homework? Bring up the wattage!
Q – Will a chandelier be enough light?
A – Here again, you should make sure the chandelier has enough wattage (Multiply the length times the width of the room. Then, multiply that number times 1.5. That gives you the amount of wattage you need to light the room properly for general illumination.
Example: A room is 12 ft. x 16 ft. (12 x 16 = 192). Then multiply 192 x 1.5 = 288 watts. That means an 8-light chandelier using 40-watt bulbs would give 320 watts, which is even more light than needed.).
If you're not comfortable with the amount of light, you can add sconces, portable lamps or recessed lights to add more light and ambience.


The reaction of the new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to Sri Lanka parliament's unanimous decision to proscribe (ban by law) motorised and mechansied bottom trawling in Sri Lankan waters reiterates the ignorance and hypocrisy of Tamil Nadu politicians when it comes to Sri Lanka per se and fishing in the Palk Bay in particular.
According to press reports Palaniswami immediately called upon the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the External Affairs Ministry and the Indian Mission in Sri Lanka to lodge India's strong protest against the new law. He also urged the central government to ensure that necessary provisions were made in the Sri Lankan legislation to maintain the fundamental rights of Tamil Nadu fishermen to fish in the traditional waters, by exempting Tamil Nadu trawlers from its purview in the Palk Bay.
It is difficult to image a more erroneous and willfully 'political' response to such a humble piece of legislation. The amendment to proscribe motorised and mechanised bottom trawling in Sri Lankan waters falls under the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act No. 2 of 1996. The act applies to local (Sri Lankan) fishing boats. As Part II Section 15, sub section (2) notes "every owner of a local fishing boat used for the purpose of taking fish in Sri Lankan waters shall apply to the Director for the registration of such boat and the of the name of the owner".
Tamil Nadu trawlers are not 'local boats'. Therefore neither the Act nor the amendment to proscribe motorised and mechanised bottom trawling in Sri Lankan waters applies to Tamil Nadu trawlers or their owners. If the Chief Minister had taken a little more time to understand the act, he would have understood that Tamil Nadu trawlers are already exempt from the purview of the new amendment, by virtue of not being 'local boats'.
A more immediate concern of the Chief Minister should be the ongoing amendment to the Fisheries (Regulation of Foreign Fishing Boats) Act. Promulgated in 1979, this regulation follows the legal contours mapped out by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas. The act governs the licensing and operation of foreign fishing boats in Sri Lankan waters. The International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) between Sri Lanka and India were demarcated in the Bay of Bengal in 1974 and in the Gulf of Mannar in 1976. A Tamil Nadu trawler owner wishing to fish legally on the Sri Lankan side of the IMBL must obtain a license under the Fisheries (Regulation of Foreign Fishing Boats) Act. A Tamil Nadu trawler fishing in Sri Lankan waters without a valid license is engaged in illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing under both Sri Lankan and international law.
In May 2015 Noor Mohamed Mohamed Alam, Anthony Emiliyanpillai and Joseph Frances, the presidents of small scale fishermen's cooperative society unions in Mannar, Jaffna and Kilinochchi, filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal regarding the problem of persistent IUU fishing by Tamil Nadu trawlers in Sri Lankan waters in the Palk Bay. In their petition the presidents stated that the Attorney General's failure and or refusal to arrest and prosecute Tamil Nadu trawlers under the Fisheries (Regulation of Foreign Fishing Boats) Act was arbitrary, unreasonable, unlawful and mala fide. Although the petition was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, the petitioners' intervention queried the Attorney General's decision to charge, remand, indefinitely detain, then release without charge Tamil Nadu fishermen under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act (1942). Instead they argued that it would be more prudent to prosecute Tamil Nadu boat owners under the Fisheries (Regulation of Foreign Fishing) Act No. 15 of 1979.
According to the Ministry of Fisheries once this amendment is passed, foreign fishing vessels engaged in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters will be taken into custody and prosecuted under the Fisheries (Regulation of Foreign Fishing) Act. The Act permits the immediate release and repatriation of skipper and fishermen working on the arrested vessels and the imposition of fines of between Rs 1 million to Rs 100 million on the owners of foreign fishing vessels. The immediate release and repatriation of Tamil Nadu fishermen will negate the 'humanitarian crises' that regularly occur due to the indefinite detention of hundreds of Tamil Nadu fishermen in Sri Lankan jails. It will also ease the bilateral tensions that arise from this unfortunate and unwarranted situation. The imposition of fines on the owners of Tamil Nadu trawlers will constitute a meaningful deterrent that will hopefully make trawler owners think twice before sending their vessels to fish illegally in Sri Lankan waters.The amendments to the Fishery and Aquatic Resource Act and to the Fisheries (Regulation of Foreign Fishing) Act are win win outcomes for Sri Lankan small scale, traditional fishermen. As Joseph Frances said when I met him this week "more prawns not less will be harvested by more of our fishermen as a result of the prohibition of bottom trawling by Sri Lankan boats in Sri Lankan waters; and less of our fisheries resources will be wasted, discarded from trawl nets". About the Tamil Nadu fishermen he said, "We don't like to see Tamil Nadu fishermen kept in Sri Lankan jails. If the government can send them home immediately, that is the best". If Chief Minister Palaniswami can stop Tamil Nadu trawlers fishing illegally in Sri Lankan waters, that would be better still.


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Adapting to new realities while going the extra mile.
Emily Balmes, CCRN, uses an iPad to help connect an isolated patient with COVID-19 with family members. This year, Balmes won a DAISY Award for her commitment to going above and beyond for a patient.
Despite the challenging landscape, a spirit of camaraderie and determination has allowed Northwestern Medicine staff and physicians to overcome many of the unique obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Various initiatives and programs were designed in mere days to provide the best possible patient care, whatever the circumstances.
Monitoring COVID-19 patients at home
Northwestern Medicine created the COVID-19 Patient Monitoring Program, which brought together more than 500 individuals, including Northwestern University Feinberg students and Northwestern Medicine staff from a variety of specialties. The program was designed to monitor and support patients who are not hospitalized but who tested positive, have pending results, or are presumed to have COVID-19.
"We identified there was a gap for the patients who were getting this diagnosis and going home," explains Gayle Kricke, PhD, MSW, director of operations for primary care and an assistant professor of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine, who was among those to help develop the program with Jeffrey Linder, MD, MPH, chief of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. "This presented a unique opportunity to both monitor and advise them."
Since more than 80 percent of patients with COVID-19 do not require hospitalization, the program offered an efficient process to monitor patients at home and, if necessary, triage them to the appropriate level of care.
It was developed and launched in just four days, a feat made possible by teamwork. "The speed and skill with which leadership, project management, medical students, nurses, advanced practice providers, attending physicians, and information systems staff came together were nothing short of remarkable," says Linder.
Each day, patients are asked to report their symptoms through NM MyChart. Those who do not respond or who report severe symptoms receive a phone call from a clinician.
"We're trying to help patients stay at home and be well through their illness, but we're also keeping an eye out for severe symptoms and patients who need the Emergency Department or hospital-level care," says Linder.
"We're helping people remain safe in their home, knowing that someone is checking up on them," says Kricke. "If they meet certain criteria, we will triage them and do a warm handoff so the ED is aware they are coming."
This level of care has been made possible by seamless teamwork, and patients benefit. "I just feel so much better when you call," reported one patient. "Not physically, but emotionally. It's so nice to get reassurance and to know someone is keeping an eye on me."
Deploying Surge Staffing
Karl Bilimoria, MD, vice president for quality at Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, and a group of project managers from the Northwestern Medicine Project Management Office coordinated with each hospital's surge staffing teams to engage physicians in a tiered structure that would meet demand when more patients seek care for COVID-19. Systemwide surveys were rolled out to invite physicians to participate in the COVID-19 surge staffing.
"It was amazing to see how many individuals came forth to help in any way they could," says Bilimoria, who is the John Benjamin Murphy Professor of Surgery and associate professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology and of Medical Social Sciences. "More than 1,700 physicians, advanced practice providers, and trainees responded. This kind of collaboration and support is what makes our health system stronger."
Karl Bilimoria, the John Benjamin Murphy Professor of Surgery, associate professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology and of Medical Social Sciences, and vice president for quality at Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
From Cardiac Medicine Unit to Cardiac ICU in a day
Beginning in mid-March, Jaime Hosler, BSN, CCRN, patient care manager for the Coronary Care Unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, was part of the team that made plans for how to best care for patients with COVID-19 while also caring for patients who do not have COVID-19 but who require intensive care.
A plan came together to expand COVID-19 care capabilities by converting the Northwestern Memorial Hospital ninth-floor Galter unit to a COVID-19 unit. That meant staff would have to move the 14-bed Coronary Care Unit from Galter to the eighth floor of the Feinberg Pavilion.
Over just eight hours on a Saturday, Hosler and her team transformed a regular Cardiac Medicine Unit in the Feinberg building into a fully operational Cardiac ICU, with all the necessary monitors, supplies, medications, and equipment. Patients were transferred into the unit the same day.
"All of this work occurred on the same Saturday the patients were moved to the new Cardiac ICU — an incredible amount of work completed within hours," says Hosler.
To outfit the new COVID-19 ICU, the following work was completed in one day: GE Healthcare helped get ICU monitoring equipment up and running; staff members from the Pharmacy department restocked its shelves and reprogrammed their medication management system; supply carts were built and stocked with ICU equipment and COVID-19 PPE; cameras were installed in patient rooms to allow remote monitoring of patients and limit the number of times nurses had to don PPE to enter the rooms; and the Infection Prevention and Engineering departments created negative airflow for the new rooms.
"The response to this crisis was strategic and comprehensive," says Hosler. "This work was a true display of teamwork and excellence."
Emergency Medicine at Its Best
Matthew Kippenhan, MD, medical director of the Emergency Department at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of Emergency Medicine, rose to the challenge of helping his team navigate the pandemic. From putting extra staff in place and making updates in Epic to implementing the rapidly changing PPE and clinical guidelines, Kippenhan says the staff have been very flexible through it all, and he is grateful for the support from everyone at Northwestern Medicine.
"I've been absolutely astonished by how much people have really advocated for us," he says. "Northwestern Medicine Incident Command has been vital to allowing rapid escalation of issues and adjusting hospital capacity. In addition, our physicians, residents, advanced practice providers, nurses, technicians, and Registration and Security team members have been selfless with their time and skills. Despite the rest of the world being on hold, these team members arrive each day ready to tackle any emergency."
Kippenhan says the outpouring of gratitude from patients has been touching. "I had more patients say thank you in the past few weeks than ever in my career," he says.
Matthew Kippenhan, MD, medical director of the Emergency Department at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of Emergency Medicine
Bringing kidney dialysis home
After surviving three heart transplants, multiple near-fatal infections, and a failed kidney transplant — along with being wheelchair bound due to spending nearly a year in and out of ICU — Lydia Sotomayor, 33, suddenly found herself also having to confront COVID-19.
"I came home in November 2019 after being in the hospital for almost a year, but I was still going to a center for hemodialysis three days a week," she says. "When the pandemic struck, I was scared. I didn't want to do that anymore."
Diseases of the kidney don't pause for COVID-19. Dialysis patients still need treatment, but hemodialysis centers can have dozens of stations, relatively close together — a risky scenario in a deadly pandemic. Northwestern Medicine has responded by coordinating home dialysis for its most vulnerable patients. Sotomayor, whose kidney and last heart transplants were both conducted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in 2018, is one of them. (She had her first heart transplant at the age of 15 at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, then Children's Memorial Hospital.)
"Within a week of Lydia's decision to switch to home peritoneal dialysis (PD), our surgeons placed a peritoneal dialysis catheter. Then, she and her mother were trained by our dedicated home dialysis team for almost four weeks," says her nephrologist, Vikram Aggarwal, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.
During that time, Sotomayor came to the clinic five days a week for four to five hours each day to train with Leslie Jansto, RN. Normally, patients receiving PD training travel to two different places (a center for hemodialysis and the clinic for PD therapy), but to expedite Sotomayor's training while keeping her socially distanced, Northwestern Medicine's home dialysis clinic did both therapies onsite, on a more efficient schedule. The team — which included Lydia, her mom, social workers, nurses, and a dietitian — Aggarwal says, "worked as a family" to get Sotomayor set up to do PD at home.
"I am so grateful," says Sotomayor, who is now doing just PD at night while she sleeps, no longer risking her health to get to a dialysis center — and enjoying having her days freed up.
"This is one of the most challenging cases of home dialysis training I have seen in my 15 years of practice," says Aggarwal. "Lydia's story should be an inspiration for others who want to lead a better quality of life by doing dialysis at home, and the experience of COVID-19 — which has already resulted in a 10 to 20 percent increase in home therapy — will serve as a catalyst for much-needed refinements in home dialysis care delivery."
Kidney patient Lydia Sotomayor (seated) and her mother with Vikram Aggarwal, MD, and Leslie Jansto, RN
The team worked as a family to get Sotomayor set up to do peritoneal dialysis at home.
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But natural gas is in the process of overtaking coal as the top fuel in America — and fast.
There's a reason coal dominated for so long. And still does. For awhile at least. Generating electricity from coal is more efficient than generating electricity from natural gas. Coal plants are heat engines. They produce heat to boil water. Natural gas plants are more like the jet engines on an airplane. Where we use the products of combustion, expanding gases, to spin a turbine. We don't use it to boil water. So we waste much of the heat generated from combustion. Resulting in lower efficiencies than a coal-fired plant.
However, thanks to hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) the supply of natural gas is exploding (pardon the pun). Causing prices to tumble. And because natural gas is now so plentiful and so cheap the poorer efficiencies are less important. Economically speaking. So power companies are expanding their natural gas turbines. Which helps them avoid headaches with the environmentalists. For natural gas burns cleaner than coal. So for the foreseeable future it will be roughly 50-50 between coal and natural gas. But what about renewable energy you ask? Like solar power? When will solar power provide 50% of our electricity needs?
Each percentage point of share is roughly 40 million megawatt hours a year. By comparison, all solar projects in 2010 (the last year stats were available) produced 1.3 million megawatt hours.
About 40 million megawatt hours a year per percentage point? Looking at the chart it looks like coal is currently at 52%. And natural gas is at 45%. Or thereabouts. If you do the math that's about 3,880 megawatt hours between the two of them. Or approximately 96.97% of all fossil-fuel generated electricity. While the 1.3 million megawatt hours of solar power provides about 0.032% of our fossil-fuel generated electricity. So when will solar power provide 50% of our electricity needs? Probably never.


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By Ahlam Ben Sahraoui On Nov 28, 2020
Morocco and Russia extend their agreement on maritime fisheries in Moroccan waters
The Kingdom of Morocco and the Russian Federation have signed a new maritime fisheries cooperation agreement, which replaces the 2016 agreement that expired in March 2020.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries released a statement on Friday that due to Covid-19 pandemic constraints, the two parties had held several rounds of online discussions before agreeing on a common vision that led to the signing of the deal.
The new agreement, which will last for four years, is the eighth of its kind since 1992. It establishes the legal framework allowing a fleet of 10 Russian vessels to fish for small pelagic species in Moroccan waters beyond 15 miles nautical.
The two ministers responsible for fisheries had expressed their desire to renew fisheries cooperation between the two countries, taking into account the state of fisheries resources and their attachment to the preservation of this resource, underlines the same source.
It also provides a scientific and technical cooperation between the National Fisheries Research Institute and its Russian counterpart for the monitoring of the pelagic ecosystem in Moroccan waters. Likewise, it allows Moroccan students to benefit from training grants in Russian establishments specializing in sea fishing.
According to the statement, the activity of Russian vessels in Moroccan waters offers work opportunities for Moroccan fishermen at the rate of 16 sailors per vessel at all times, noting that these vessels are subject to a control and monitoring system which includes in addition to the technical visit to Moroccan ports, the continuous track of each vessel by satellite, as well as the permanent embarkation of a Moroccan scientific observer.
The ministry also informs that the joint commission, which will meet before the start of fishing activities, will fix the quota to be granted to Russian vessels under the first year of the agreement, in accordance with the provisions of the management plan of the "C stock small pelagic fishery". It will also cover all the technical provisions and financial arrangements for the implementation of the agreement.
The Moroccan Ministry recalled that the deal offers a financial contribution made up of an annual financial compensation, representing the right of access to the resource, the annual fee, and the regulatory fees for fishing license.
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