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ABSU slams government on Bodoland issue
The All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), NDFB (Progressive) and People's Joint Action Committee for Boroland Movement (PJACBM) on Thursday slammed the BJP-led state and Union governments and observed 26 April as 'Betrayal Day' in seven different districts for failing to give a positive gesture towards the solution of Bodoland problem.
The ABSU president said the state government had been giving responses only to ULFA but has been systematically ignoring the NDFB.
World Immunization Week: 24 April- 30 April 2018
World Immunization Week 2018 is celebrated from April 24 to April 30.
Immunization is considered to be one of the most cost-effective and successful plans in the health industry.
World Immunization Week aims at highlighting the collective effort which is needed to ensure that every person gets protection from diseases which can be prevented from vaccines.
Theme for the year 2018 is "Protected Together, Vaccines Work".
International Buddhist Conference concluded in Lumbini
International Buddhist Conference concluded in Lumbini, Nepal, which is the birth place of Gautama Buddha.
It was organised as part of 2562nd Buddha Jayanti celebrations.
The basic objective of the conference was to disseminate teachings of Gautam Buddha and spread the messages of nonviolence, brotherhood, co-existence, love and peace to the international community.
First Ever Joint Army exercise on Malaysian Soil Commences
Exercise Harimau Shakti 2018, between the Indian Army and the Malaysian Army commenced on 30 April at Wardieburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur with a brief and impressive handing over of troops ceremony.
Lt Col Irwan Ibrahim, Commanding officer of the 1st Royal Ranger Regiment of Malaysian Army welcomed the Indian contingent and wished the Indian and Malaysian troops for a successful and mutually beneficial joint exercise.
First phase of the two week long joint military exercise begin with the formal handing over of the Regimental Flag to the Malaysian Army signifying merging of the two contingents under one Commander.
Pilot scheme Procurement of Aggregate Power of 2500 MW for three years
The Government kicks off a Pilot Scheme for Procurement of Aggregate Power of 2500 MW on competitive basis for 3 (three) years under medium term i.e. from generators with commissioned projects but without Power Purchase Agreement.
The Ministry of Power had recently issued the model bid documents, model PAPP and PPSA on 6thApril, 2018. The Guidelines for the said scheme were issued on 10th April, 2018.
PFC Consulting Limited (A wholly owned subsidiary of PFC Ltd) has been appointed as Nodal Agency and PTC India Limited as the Aggregator.
PTC India would sign three-year (mid-term) Agreement for Procurement of Power with successful bidders and Power Supply Agreement with the Discoms.
Under the scheme a single entity can be allotted maximum capacity of 600 MW. The Scheme assures a minimum off-take of 55 per cent of contracted capacity.
The Tariff will be fixed for three years without any escalation.
· West Bengal to promote cultural tourism at Darjeeling hills
Taking on an enhancing route of tourism in the state, West Bengalchalked out development plans so as to promote cultural tourism in the hilly chilled region of Darjeeling.
The state tourism department will be showcasing the customs, food habits and rituals of the tribal groups residing there. West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board (WBKVIB), which comes under the aegis of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Department, will be executing the project.
Exhibiting cultural variability, West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board (WBKVIB) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 15 of the culture and development boards set up by the government.
Taking cognizance of each of these boards, the WBKVIB will set up folk art centers, where the tribal people will be able to display their traditional dress, weapons, musical instruments and other specialties.
· Telecom Commission clears proposal for in-flight mobile services in India
Telecom Commission today approved a proposal for allowing mobile phone calls and Internet services in domestic and international flights in India, with certain riders.
The Telecom Commission —the highest decision making body of telecom department — also approved regulator TRAI's recommendations on Internet telephony.
Another proposal that received approval entails creation of an ombudsman to deal with telecom grievances.
The ombudsman will be set up under TRAI and will require amendment to the TRAI Act.
Nearly 10 million grievances are received per quarter in the telecom sector.
· Supreme Court wants trials in child sexual abuse cases to be fast-tracked
The Supreme Court issued a slew of directions to all the high courts of the country regarding trial in sexual assault cases involving children.
The Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all high courts to ensure that the cases of sexual assault of children to be fast-tracked and decided by special courts.
The apex court also asked the the high courts to instruct the trial courts not to grant unnecessary adjournments during trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Earlier,the Union Cabinet had on April 21 approved the ordinance to provide stringent punishment, including death penalty, for those convicted of rape of girls below 12 years.
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Das in der Volksrepublik China gelegene Bistum Wuchow (lat. Dioecesis Uceuvensis) war eine Mission der Maristen und wurde am 30. Juni 1930 als Mission sui juris verselbständigt. Bereits am 10. Dezember 1934 zur Apostolischen Präfektur erhoben, konnte es am 20. Juli 1939 zum Apostolischen Vikariat und am 11. April 1946 zum Bistum erhoben werden.

Dem Erzbistum Nanning als einziges Suffraganbistum unterstehend, zählte es 1950 19.871 Katholiken (0,6 %) in 17 Pfarreien mit 2 Diözesanpriestern und 17 Ordensschwestern.

Der einzige Bischof war Frederic Anthony Donaghy, MM (Apostolischer Vikar seit 20. Juli 1939; Bischof seit 11. April 1946 bis 5. Februar 1988)

Ordinarien
 Bernard Francis Meyer MM (1931 – 1939)
 Frederick Anthony Donaghy MM (1939 – 1983)
 Benedict Cai Xiufeng (1993 – 2007)
 John Baptist Tan Yanquan (seit 2007)

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'Real Housewives of New Jersey': Congresswoman Danielle?!
Posted June 26th, 2009 by Kim
Whuuuut? Thought nothing could be crazier than the second part of the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion Thursday night? Think again.
According to PolitickerNJ.com, Danielle Staub, the most controversial of the N.J. Housewives – or of any other season, for that matter – is reportedly not ruling out a run for congress. Yes, you read that correctly … Congresswoman Danielle Staub. It's a nutty idea, but before you say it could never happen, think back to pretty much any time before 2003 and ask yourself how you would have reacted if someone had told you Arnold Schwarzenegger would one day be elected the governor of California. Right?
PS – About that reunion … how great was it when Andy Cohen told Dina that Grandma Wrinkles creeps him out? Me too, Andy, me too, and hearing that the little freak show of a feline smells like French fries didn't help.
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Now that the reality train wreck that is the Real Housewives of New Jersey has gone down the shore for the summer (well, except for the second part of the reunion special that airs June 25 at 9PM ET and that new US Weekly cover), we thought it'd be fun to see how well you were paying attention while these gems sprang forth from the Housewives' Restylane-enhanced lips …
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Channel Surfing – June 18
All the tube news that's fit to surf …
– The Seinfeld cast reunion on Curb Your Enthusiasm is shaping up to be bigger than it was originally rumored to be. Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the newly-"reformed" (according to Larry David) Michael Richards will reportedly appear in half the episodes of the upcoming season of Curb, which is scheduled to premiere this fall.
– It's a definite go: Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams are teaming up again, to make Mission: Impossible IV for a 2011 release.
– In addition to tonight's "The Last Supper" special episode (Bravo, 9PM ET) of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, the network is stretching the show's first season to July 9 with three more episodes, including two reunion eps and a "lost footage" installment. The so-called season finale that aired Tuesday night drew 3.5 million viewers, the highest number ever for an episode of the Housewives franchise.
– Will you really make it to your destination if Homer Simpson is giving you directions? You can find out with a TomTom GPS and the company's celebrity voice navigator feature, which now includes Homie as an option. Other TV celeb voices available from TomTom: Kim Cattrall, Mr. T, Burt Reynolds and Dennis Hopper.
– T.R. Knight's definitely vamoosing from Grey's Anatomy, which just makes the show even more tiresome as the off-camera dramas continue to overshadow the on-screen action.
– Twin Peaks lives again, as an Internet series? It is if original series star, and current Desperate Housewives baddie Kyle McLachlan, has anything to say about it.
– And, Twitter tip, the always awesome John Lithgow will play a serial killer on the new season of Dexter, and he's Tweeting about it at @John_Lithgow.
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Charlie Sheen, Russell Brand and Louis C.K. are getting most of the attention, but I'm most excited that one of the best new shows of last TV season — Wilfred — returns for its second season on FX tonight (10PM ET). Season one of the series ended with a cliffhanger — had Ryan (Elijah Wood) […]
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Anna Clark (author of The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy) asks Why should Wisconsin drain Lake Michigan for Foxconn?: The Great Lakes — five inland seas holding one-fifth of all the fresh water on Earth — are vast, but they are not limitless. So it is alarming that Wisconsin intends to send…
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Waste Hauling Into Whitewater
Post 75 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town's digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities' waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. A few years (and seventy-five posts) ago, I began consideration of a local proposal to haul waste into Whitewater.…
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Post 74 in a series. Three weeks ago, I wrote about Waukesha's need for water from the Great Lakes, due significantly because some of that community's wells had become contaminated with radium. See, Waukesha's Water. A prosperous area thereby finds itself a supplicant for water supplies from the Great Lakes, because part of her own supply has become…
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Post 73 in a series. The Wisconsin Center for Investigate Journalism has an ongoing series about the condition of Wisconsin's water supply, with three main topics, one of which is entitled, Failure at the Faucet. I've mentioned the full series before. See, Water Watch Wisconsin. Reading that series – the work of many journalists over many months, is…
The Context of It All
Post 72 in a series. This series began over a year ago, after some officials first proposed a digester energy project over two and a half years ago. It's worth a quick summary of where that project now stands, and the context of writing about the project. I'd say that there have been, so far,…
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Waukesha's Water
Post 71 in a series. Waukesha is a large suburban city, of about seventy-thousand, in a prosperous suburban county, of about four-hundred thousand. By ordinary estimation, the residents of the city and county should have no difficulties with basic utilities and infrastructure. And yet, Waukesha has a water supply problem: Waukesha does not have an…
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The State of Phosphorus Now
Post 70 in a series. Phosphorus may be used as a fertilizer, but that use comes at a price. A community, especially a farming community, that uses phosphorus for fertilizer faces the problem of what to do with that element when large quantities spread through the environment. Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel, in a story…
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Post 67 in a series. For today, a simple question about waste importation into Whitewater: 301. If there had been no milk processing plant in Whitewater, would the city have constructed digester capacity as large as it now has, for importing waste into the city from other locations? That is, in cases like these, would…
Volume for Payback (Isn't So Simple After All)
Post 66 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town's digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities' waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. I posted yesterday about remarks from December on the supposed volume for payback of a waste-receiving station with today's…
Volume for Payback
Post 65 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town's digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities' waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. Today's question begin is Number 298. All the questions in this series may be found in the Question Bin.…
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Post 63 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town's digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities' waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. On 9.17.15, Whitewater's City Manager, Cameron Clapper, gave brief remarks in support of waste hauling into Whitewater. See, Text of…
Hawking Fallacies at a Price of Over a Million
Post 62 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town's digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities' waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. In the 12.15.15 meeting at which the Donhoue firm advocated note merely wastewater upgrades but waste importation into Whitewater,…
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'Until That Second Digester is More Utilized'
Post 61 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town's digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities' waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. We saw in last week's post that actual elements of the importation project that City Manager Clapper claims would…


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COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR A MULTIPLE AWARD INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT: HIGH PURITY ANALYTICAL CUSTOM STANDARD SOLUTIONS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN ACCORDNANCE WITH THE ATTACHED SPECIFICATIONS AND SCOPE OF WORK. (I) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (II) This solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ). Submit written quotes on RFQ Number 140G0218Q0259. This solicitation will utilize the policies contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation evaluation and award prescribed in FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as appropriate for this acquisition. (III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-98. (IV) The solicitation is not a set-aside. The associated NAICS code is 541380. A firm is considered small under NAICS code 541380 if their AVERAGE annual receipts for the preceding three (3) years were less than or equal to $15 Million. (V)This combined solicitation/synopsis is for purchase of the following commercial item(s): CLIN NO. 00010 - BASE YEAR - MULTIPLE AWARD INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT: HIGH PURITY ANALYTICAL CUSTOM STANDARD SOLUTIONS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN ACCORDNANCE WITH THE ATTACHED SPECIFICATIONS AND SCOPE OF WORK. (VI) Refer to Attachments 1, 1A, and 1B - Specifications and Scope of Work. (VII) Required delivery within 90 days after award. Place of Delivery is U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL), Denver Federal Center, Denver CO 80225. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. (VIII) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Aug 2018), applies to this acquisition. In addition to written price quotes, offerors are instructed to provide existing product literature or other documents as stated in paragraph (4) and past performance references as stated in paragraph (10) of the referenced clause. (IX) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Oct 2014), applies to this acquisition. Refer to Attachment 2 - Evaluation - Commercial Items. Offers will be evaluated based on price and the factors set forth in paragraph (a), of the referenced provision, as detailed below, and award will be made to the vendor offering the best value to the Government. Paragraph (a) is hereby completed as follows: Past Performance, Technical Approach of delivering items offered to meet agency need (both of which are of equal importance), and price. In determining which proposal offers the greatest value or advantage to the Government, overall technical merit will be more important than evaluated price. Price will become the determining factor between proposals judged to be essentially equal in technical merit. PPIRS.gov will be used as a source of past performance information in the source selection process, in addition to any other past performance information acquired both inside and outside the government. (X) The offeror shall submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications � Commercial Items (Aug 2018), with its quote. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the SAM website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (m) of this provision. (XI) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (Jan 2017), applies to this acquisition. (XII) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (Aug 2018) applies to this acquisition. Refer to Attachment 3 for additional clauses. (XIV) Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating do not apply. (XV) The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price type Multiple Award Indefinite Quantity Contract resulting from this solicitation. Quotes are required to be received electronically in the contracting office no later than 2:00 P.M. MT on October 19, 2018 via email to Jason Harris at jharris@usgs.gov. (XVI) Any questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to Jason Harris, jharris@usgs.gov.


The Bureau of Indian Affairs will recognize the results of the Meskwaki Tribe's election in which current leader were recalled, KCRG-TV reports.
The top three vote getters were Homer Bear, Jr., Harvey Davenport, Jr., and Wayne Pushetonequa. Tribal members also voted to recall four current council members.
The new leaders will take office November 4. An election to replace the recalled members is likely to take place November 5.
The tribe's casino could be reopened if the National Indian Gaming Commission agrees.


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Behind China's 'pork miracle': how technology is transforming rural hog farming
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In November 2018, I travelled to Guangzhou, a city of about 14 million people in southern China. Late autumn is the time for making lap yuk, a type of preserved pork that is a local speciality, and across town I would often spot slabs of meat hanging from high-rise apartment balconies, tied up with string and swaying next to shirts and sheets left out to dry. To make lap yuk, a piece of raw pork belly is soaked in a blend of rice wine, salt, soy sauce and spices, then hung out to cure in the damp, cold autumn air. The fat becomes translucent and imparts a savoury-sweet taste to any stir-fried vegetable dish. A relative of mine claims that only southern China can make preserved pork like this. The secret is the native spores and bacteria that are carried on the wind there.
Guangzhou was the first stop on a journey I was taking in order to try to understand how artificial intelligence is transforming China's pork industry. The country is the world's largest producer of pork, and the story of how it has ramped up production in recent years to feed its growing middle class is sometimes described as "China's pork miracle". While overall meat consumption still trails behind countries such as the US, China's annual pork consumption of 54m tonnes – the highest total worldwide, though some countries still consume more per capita – is only expected to grow in the coming years. Now, in a bid to satisfy this growing demand, farmers are turning to AI.
While in Guangzhou, I woke up every day at 5am and read Pig Progress, a popular pork industry news source. At the time, there was a pig lockdown in China, owing to an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), a disease that causes haemorrhaging in pigs. The fatality rate is close to 100%, as it causes the animals to bleed to death. Headlines declared a world on edge, as scientists raced to develop a vaccine.
While ASF had already affected other countries such as Russia and Belgium, this was the first time ASF had been reported in China. For Chinese economists and politicians, this was deeply worrying. Less pork would mean higher food prices, and higher food prices would mean public discontent.
Pork dishes are a large part of Han Chinese cuisine. Pigs have been domesticated in China since as far back as 7000 BC, and a 1929 anthropological survey showed that 70% of animal calorie intake in China came from pork. In traditional Chinese medicine, food itself is medicine and crucial to the prevention of disease. Pork nourishes the blood and strengthens qi, the vital life force that flows through all living beings.
While pork used to be an occasional luxury, its consumption is rising across China along with incomes. This increased appetite is shifting geopolitical alliances and global trade. In 2013, when the Chinese company WH Group bought the American pork producer Smithfield, it became the largest pork company in the world. The WH Group's operations now extend across a vast network of family farms and industrial operations outside of China. (These industrial pig farms are an environmental headache for the communities that live around them. In US states like North Carolina, exposure to hog farming contaminants has disproportionately affected Black, Hispanic and Native American citizens, which has prompted a broad coalition to launch legal and legislative campaigns against Smithfield.)
Countries such as the US have wheat reserves as insurance against famine, and to control food prices. China is the only country in the world to have a pork reserve, consisting of millions of live pigs and uncountable tonnes of frozen pork, hoarded from domestic and foreign sources. In 2008, when the country experienced a surge in food prices, the government drew upon these pork reserves, which is how Smithfield pork ended up being imported to China en masse.
A few weeks into my trip, I travelled to Xiangyang, a few hours outside of Guangzhou, to see what traditional, small-scale pig farming is like in rural China. I ate preserved pork for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but finding actual living pigs proved difficult. Fear of ASF had led the local government to order the preventative mass slaughter of pigs owned by small-scale family operations. The rationale was that small farmers were unable to keep biosecurity as tight as industrial operations.
In Xiangyang, I annoyed my host with a slew of questions. "Do you raise pigs in the village? Where does this preserved pork come from? How much do you pay for pork? How do you raise pigs?"
"Why would we raise pigs here?" he responded, incredulous at my simpleminded queries. "Pigs are so hard to raise well," he said. "They're smart animals and have a lot of needs. When you feed them, you have to buy grain, and then cook the grain since they won't eat it raw. They're like humans. Even then, when you sell the pork, you'd never make back the money you invested in feed. Pork sells for cheap at markets these days. You can't just go selling expensive pork and expect people to buy it."
He paused. "We used to raise pigs in the village. They help our farming. You can use their waste for fertiliser. But then we finally got this paved road that connects the village to the rest of the county. People come around twice a week in cars, selling us pork, including the preserved pork you're eating. It's so much cheaper to buy pork than to raise your own. You'd be an idiot to raise your own."
Eventually, I managed to track down one of these "idiots", a man named Li Jianhu, who runs an ecological pork-farming operation in Fujian, a few hundred miles north-east of Guangzhou. Through Li, I hoped to find an industrial pig farm to visit, so I could see first-hand how hog farming scales up. He said he would try to help, but security was tight because of the threat of ASF.
Li explained that the virus is typically spread from snout-to-snout contact in wild boars, but had started to infect domesticated pigs, and was now spreading rapidly. It is a resilient, contagious virus, and can even be spread through processed meat products such as sausages, surviving UV light and extreme temperatures. Customs officials at borders were all on high alert, after one Chinese tourist arriving in Thailand was found to have a single ASF-contaminated sausage in their carry-on luggage.
The next time I spoke to Li, he had no good news. The situation was dire. He had had to shut down his own operation, because of new restrictions on transporting pigs from farm to slaughterhouse. Even the Shanghai Meishan heritage pork farm, a tourist farm that relies on throngs of visitors to survive, was now closed.
The threat wasn't just to China's pork supply, but to the whole world's, Li said. China exports many different kinds of pork products – from blood-thinning heparin to the protein powders in smoothies – all of which were potential vehicles for ASF. According to Li, the first case of ASF in China occurred in in a backyard pork operation, one of the many mid-sized pork farms with fewer than 100 pigs. In China, 98% of pork farms have fewer than 50 animals, and account for about a third of the country's pork production. These highly decentralised farms make government oversight difficult. There is also enormous pressure on them to keep to the market price for pork, and to maintain steady production. The government was using ASF as a convenient excuse to eradicate these small farms, making way for centralised, industrial-scale operations.
Industrial scale is where things were headed anyway, said Li, reflecting a broader trend – globally, more than 90% of farmed animals live on industrial farms. Two-thirds of China's pork production is now carried out by large corporations, which are determined to do their patriotic duty by supporting China's "pork miracle" through cost-cutting and technological magic.
The quest for cheap pork is what led to the ASF epidemic, Li told me. One way to keep prices down is to lower the cost of feeding pigs. Xiangyang village's pigs were once fed cooked grains and beans fit for human consumption, but ASF had been transmitted through industrial pig swill. This kind of swill is a finely tuned version of animal soylent – a combination of genetically modified soya beans, grains, protein powders and sometimes treated food waste. Treated food waste often contains pork, and the added protein powders are often derived from pigs. We are feeding pigs to pigs.
It is very difficult to see what goes on in industrial farms – in the US, there are "ag-gag" laws that make it illegal to even photograph industrial feeding operations. Amid this kind of opacity, industrial swill proliferates, keeping prices low. This swill is fully optimised, containing just the right set of nutrients for a pig to grow to an appropriate size and get to market at the optimal time. And so pigs unknowingly cannibalise each other, infecting and reinfecting their own kind.
"Even if you do get to an industrial pig farming operation, what would you do there?" Li asked. It's not like I'd get to see any of the pigs close up. In industrial pig farming, there is little contact between humans and pigs – the animals remain behind closed doors, monitored via CCTV.
An industrial pig farm is more like a smartphone factory than a bucolic countryside haven. Each herd is watched closely for any signs of sickness or disease. Pigs have a fragile constitution. One pig farmer told me that pigs can get stressed and sick just from a minor change in their water supply. When human intervention is required, people enter wearing disinfected hazmat suits and face masks, looking less like a traditional farmer and more like a worker inside a silicon chip factory.
Some of the most delicious pork in China is currently being produced by one of the world's largest, most profitable internet gaming companies. Since 2009, NetEase has been perfecting the art of raising pigs. The story began when Ding Lei, the company's founder, was eating hotpot with friends and began to worry that the blood tofu, a traditional ingredient made of coagulated pigs blood, was synthetic. At that moment, Ding's business plans turned from gaming into pig farming.
Ding set up a new agricultural products division, known as Weiyang. A decade on, its pork is now available online and at special Weiyang retail stores scattered across China's software capital, Hangzhou.
The company's farm in Lushan has the precision of an electronics factory and the feeling of a totally sterile, meticulously managed resort. The pigs on the farm live an optimised life, with a precisely calibrated amount of exercise and a carefully composed swill mix. They even listen to a soothing soundtrack for stress relief. This music helps improve the meat. Stress before slaughter can alter a pig's metabolism, increasing levels of cortisol and resulting in what is known in the industry as "DFD" (dark, firm, dry) meat.
More than just its founder's quest for pork purity or sheer novelty, NetEase's foray into food is a clever business move. Industrialised farming is an information business, and Weiyang declares itself to be combining "internet thinking and modern agriculture". That means farming with the kind of detail and precision involved in developing software – a level of control over every microscopic variable along the way, such as pig stress levels.
Across the world, an entire industry of scientists, swine technicians, genetic testing companies, educational institutions and industrial farm managers exists in order to optimise porcine life. Companies such as the Pig Improvement Corporation harness computational genetics and cutting-edge biotechnology to design pigs specifically for industrial farming. Increased agricultural automation has led to pigs becoming physically standardised, much like our fruit and vegetables.
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7 So Azariah slept with his ancestors,b and they buried him with his ancestorsc in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place.
Or "fathers"
2 Kings 15:7 — The New International Version (NIV)
7 Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
2 Kings 15:7 — English Standard Version (ESV)
7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 15:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)
7 When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Jotham became the next king.
2 Kings 15:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
7 So Azariah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15:7 — New Century Version (NCV)
7 Uzziah died and was buried near his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Jotham became king in his place.
2 Kings 15:7 — American Standard Version (ASV 1901)
7 And Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 15:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 15:7 — GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
7 Azariah lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.
2 Kings 15:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
7 Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.
2 Kings 15:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
7 Azariah slept with his ancestors; they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David; his son Jotham succeeded him.
2 Kings 15:7 — New International Reader's Version (NIrV)
7 Uzziah joined the members of his family who had already died. His body was buried near them in the City of David. His son Jotham became the next king after him.
2 Kings 15:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place.


Love. Very few actually know what this word means and even less knows what it entails. I know, that sounds like the beginning of a Musiq Soulchild song, but that does not make it any less true.
The thing is love is multifaceted. It does not just come in the form of romance. It's one of the most powerful forces that drives this world. Nipsey Hussle understood that, which becomes more apparent every day as we all bare witness to all the lives he touched while he was on this Earth.
On April 11, 2019, we sent the late great Nipsey Hussle home. He was so much to so many. He was an artist, a father, a son, a brother, a friend, a husband, a provider, a protector, a revolutionary, and a hustler. But the one thing that stood out most about him was that he was an educator. He educated us on what it means to truly love. The proof is in the outcries.
From the number of tweets, Instagram and Facebook posts, to the tattoos, concert dedications, or the sold out Staple Center, and the beautiful eulogies shared at his memorial, there is no doubt Nipsey Hussle was loved abundantly because he knew how to love.
His partner, actress, Lauren London, shared some beautiful words, saying that Hussle was the absolute love of her life. She expressed how grateful she was to have "experience him," and described all the things about him that she loved most.
Hussle exposed London to so many great adventures and teachings. He was her strength when she was weak, and her joy when she was sad and vice versa. Though the two were private about their relationship there was no hiding the love they had for one another. Lauren, much like the rest of the world, loved him for the honest person he was.
Hussle was able to take the love he learned at a young age and spread it throughout the world. He poured that love into his family, his people, his music, his business, and his community. He demonstrated for us all the importance of giving back and making something of your own. When something is crafted by your own hands it's seen different.
Not only did he give back to his community in abundance known as "Neighborhood Nip," he also made it his business to be an inspiration to his Eritrean brothers and sisters.
The passion, care, and love that spread throughout Hussle was strategically distributed while he was here. Though we lost his physical presence, his teachings are still with us. He has already inspired so many to give back, create something of their own, and to love freely and fiercely because as we know, The Marathon continues.


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MPC Social Services has ongoing volunteering opportunities with our Pensioners' Program, Medical Advice Center, children's education club, and Task Force against Racism. Additionally, we are always looking for trained doctors, nurses, French speakers, and Russian speakers.
Location: St. Andrew's Anglican Church at Voznesenskiy pereulok 8. The closest metro stations are Pushkinskaya, Okhotniy Ryad, and Arbatskaya.
Hours: 11:00AM – 1:00PM on Wednesdays. Volunteers should arrive at 9:30 or 10:00 before the clients arrive.
Duties: Pack take-home food parcels for pensioners; chat with clients (Russian language helpful but not necessary); bake treats to share with clients.
Number of volunteers needed: Up to 10-12 volunteers per day to serve 110-120 pensioners.
Contact: Parish Center Director Daniel Ekat at pc@mpcss.org.
Location: MPC Parish Center. We have not shared our exact address here to protect our clients' safety. The closest metro station is Kitai-Gorod.
Hours: 10:00AM – 1:00PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Wednesdays are our women's clinic day, so we request only female volunteers on Wednesdays.
Duties: Translate French to English or Russian; volunteer medical professionals (doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, etc.) to assist patients; play with children and babies while their parents are in a medical consultation.
Number of volunteers needed: 2-3 per day.
Contact: Community and Partnerships Manager Danya Spencer at community@mpcss.org.
Duties: Help African immigrant children ages 3 to 6 learn written French so that they can learn English and other subjects in the future. Volunteers should be comfortable with spoken and written French. If you want to volunteer with this program but don't speak French, you could prepare a hot lunch for about 10 children so that they can eat after their lesson.
Number of volunteers needed: 3-4 per day to teach 4-10 students.
Duties: Organize or support our community events. Volunteers help prepare lunch, organize games and activities, and assemble gift bags. MPC holds periodic workshops on health, art, jewelry making, and racism awareness, and volunteers can suggest new topics and lead the workshop.
Number of volunteers needed: 3-5 per community event.
Contact: Social Programs Associate Barbara Rogers at brogers@mpcss.org.
Duties: Act as an advocate for clients (people applying for refugee status and victims of racially motivated violence, for example) who need help going to hospitals, partner organizations, government agencies, etc. Russian and French proficiency is very helpful. Volunteers should feel comfortable taking the metro and buses to appointments throughout Moscow.


Friends and family who didn't make the list often turn into unwitting wedding crashers.
Almost every couple winds up hosting at least a few people that didn't make the guest list. This unfortunate taboo happens for several reasons. One of the most common is the uninvited "plus one," which occurs when a guest assumes that he can bring a date, even though the critical "and guest" is missing from the envelope. In a similar vein, plenty of parents have been known to show up with kids in tow that weren't invited. This isn't such a big deal if the children are well behaved, but many a bride and groom have shunned a friend that allowed their uninvited toddler to wail his way through the ceremony.
Heather in Atlanta looked the other way when an unwitting crasher and his date showed up at her 2007 nuptials. Her best guess is that the offender innocently assumed that his invitation got lost in the mail. "We didn't mind because they barely made the cut list in the first place, so we were glad in the end for them to come," said Heather, who remains friends with the guest today.


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Q: select all distinct and get all rows of each distinct values from the same table i have the following table structure
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banner_id   Date           banner_action
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1        | 01-01-2011  |       1
1        | 01-01-2011  |       2
1        | 01-01-2011  |       3
1        | 02-01-2011  |       1
1        | 02-01-2011  |       1
1        | 02-01-2011  |       1
2        | 02-01-2011  |       2
2        | 01-01-2011  |       1
3        | 01-01-2011  |       1

i want to select all distinct dates and then want to count the same banner_action for the banner_id=1

A: SELECT Date, COUNT(banner_action)
FROM table
WHERE banner_id = 1
GROUP BY Date

A: Somthing like this, I'm not totally certain what you want from the question.
I assume your table is called bannerActions
SELECT
             Date
            ,banner_action
            ,count(Date) actionCount
    FROM
            bannerActions
    GROUP BY
             Date
            ,banner_action
            ,banner_id
    HAVING
            banner_id = 1

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Q: Rotating an object to face a certain point, but only on one axis I have objects that I want to rotate towards a collision point, but only on the Y-axis. Here's what I mean:

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*The arrows show which direction the balls hit the pins.
First

*The object rotates on it's Y-axis to face the collision point.
Second
I suspect what I need is to convert the Vector3 of the collision point into rotational degrees, that can then be plugged into the object's Y axis. I have no idea how to do this, or if it's even possible. Can anyone help me?

A: Why don't you simply use Unity's LookAt function like this:
transform.LookAt(new Vector3(Target.position.x, transform.position.y, Target.position.z));


The last thing you need when going to the beach for your tan is to worry about chemically hazardous materials. Sunblock is supposed to protect your skin. The best way to protect yourself from the sun is to use organic or all natural sunblock. These items do not come cheap in stores. An alternative to obtaining an effective natural sunscreen is by making your own.
Making your sunscreen will involve the following steps.
Collecting the necessary materials. To create your sunblock, you will need 2 tbsp. beeswax, 2tbsp. coconut or olive oil, 2 tsp. tea tree oil and 2tbsp. zinc oxide. You will also need a big pot that is half-full of boiling water, another pot with icy cool water and a tin container with handle that is big enough to hold a pint of liquid. Make sure that this container is small enough to fit inside your pot. Prepare a glass container that can hold at least a pint of liquid.
Mixing the ingredients. To mix the ingredients, place them all inside the tin container (2tbsp. beeswax, 2tbsp. of your natural coconut oil, 2tsp. tea tree oil and 2tbsp. zinc oxide). Make sure that you have the right amount of each ingredient. Scrape off the excess material from your spoons when measuring. Precision is very important so that your sunblock will not be too concentrated or too diluted. If you take the measurements for granted, your sunscreen will not produce your desired effect.
Boiling the ingredients. Place your pot on top of your stove. Let it keep its boiling temperature then place your tin container in the boiling water. This will provide a steady heat for your ingredients and prevent soot from getting in your skin-protection cream. Thoroughly stir the concoction until all ingredients are melted.
Transferring the sunscreen. The sunscreen mostly comprises waxy materials. When it settles, its consistency will become thicker. This means that it will be more difficult for you to transfer the melted mixture if you wait longer. So, as quickly as you can, transfer your mixture from your tin to your glass container before it settles. Try not to use plastic containers because plastic might melt as you pour the boiling hot sunscreen in it.
Icing the cream. To give your sunscreen a creamer feel to it, place the glass container in the icy cool water after cooling it in a running tap water. Stir the mixture until you feel like the consistency is creamy enough for you.
Packaging. Like many products, an organic sunblock has an expiry date. Your task is to preserve the effects of the product. The packaging should be protected from direct sunlight. To do this, you should cover your glass container with paper.
The decision to use an organic sunblock is a good one, but to make your own is even better. You will never have to worry about the sun harming your skin as you enjoy your sport, roam in the beach or simply have a tan on your balcony.


Football League referee Michael Naylor will take charge of the Sky Bet League 2 Play-Off Final between Fleetwood Town and Burton Albion, it has been confirmed.
The South Yorkshire-based match official has been the man in the middle 34 times this season and will now referee the final at Wembley Stadium on Monday 26 May.
Mr Naylor has issued 87 yellow cards throughout the 2013/14 campaign, more than two per game on average, but has only had to hand out one red.
He was in charge of the 0-0 draw between Fleetwood and Rochdale at Highbury Stadium on 29 March this season, with Dale's Michael Rose the only booking of the match.


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Q: How can systemd start without default.target? The systemd documentation and various online sources are declaring that systemd should start (by default) the "special" target called "default.target". It is possible to change this by systemctl set-default which basically makes a symlink from default.target to the desired target.
However in my system there is no such file. No /etc/systemd/system/default.target, no /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target (actually this file is not exists in the whole system). The system is still booting. My question is how can it be?
(Of course I could make a symlink myself, I just want to know how it is possible to define a default without default.target)
Additional info:
# systemctl get-default
graphical.target

So my default target is graphical.target. But where (and how) is it defined?
# find /usr/lib -iname "default.target" # no results
# find /etc -iname "default.target" # no results
# lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    n/a
Distributor ID: Gentoo
Description:    Gentoo Base System release 2.4.1
Release:    2.4.1
Codename:   n/a

# systemctl list-units --type=target
UNIT                  LOAD   ACTIVE SUB    DESCRIPTION
basic.target          loaded active active Basic System
getty.target          loaded active active Login Prompts
graphical.target      loaded active active Graphical Interface
local-fs-pre.target   loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre)
local-fs.target       loaded active active Local File Systems
machines.target       loaded active active Containers
multi-user.target     loaded active active Multi-User System
network-online.target loaded active active Network is Online
network.target        loaded active active Network
nss-lookup.target     loaded active active Host and Network Name Lookups
paths.target          loaded active active Paths
remote-fs.target      loaded active active Remote File Systems
slices.target         loaded active active Slices
sockets.target        loaded active active Sockets
sound.target          loaded active active Sound Card
swap.target           loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target        loaded active active System Initialization
timers.target         loaded active active Timers

LOAD   = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.

18 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.

A: Gentoo changed the location of the systemd files to /lib/systemd in July of 2017. On my system, I can see the default symlink in /lib/systemd/system:
$ ls -l /lib/systemd/system/default.target
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Apr  2 15:48 /lib/systemd/system/default.target -> graphical.target

If you add a symlink in /etc/systemd/system (like systemctl set-default does), it will override the distribution's default setting.


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Government, Health, Rights
Despite Mounting Disputes, Govt Presses Ahead With Vaccine Roll Out
Vasudevan Mukunth
Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: PTI.
Even as phase 3 efficacy data remains wanting for Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the Government of India has announced plans to purchase 5.5 million doses to be delivered to 12 centres around the country by January 14, to be administered in the vaccination drive's first phase.
CNBC TV18, which first reported these details, also noted that each dose is expected to be priced Rs 295, bringing the purchase cost to Rs 162.25 crore. The government has already placed an order with Serum Institute of India for 11 million doses of its candidate, Covishield, at Rs 200 per dose – total Rs 220 crore. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said yesterday the government will draw from the controversial PM CARES fund to foot these bills.
Covishield has been embroiled in controversies of a different kind – but arguably less worrying than the questions that still haunt Covaxin. Last week, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approved both vaccine candidates on questionable terms: Covishield without specifying how the regulator had resolved questions surrounding the candidate's approval in the UK, and Covaxin sans any efficacy data from phase clinical trials as well as to be rolled out in "clinical trial mode" for "restricted emergency use". None of the DCGI, Dr V.G. Somani, Bharat Biotech chairman Krishna Ella and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director-general Dr Balram Bhargava have since explained what these words mean.
Of course, the onus is more on Drs Somani and Bhargava. Dr Somani stayed tight-lipped during the announcement and refused to entertain any follow-up questions. Dr Bhargava only said last week that Dr Somani has asked vaccine-makers to suggest protocols for rolling out vaccines in "clinical trial mode". And now, according to CNBC TV18, the government appears to have set aside these concerns as it proceeds to roll-out.
Secret plans
As such, the pile of questions is higher now than it has ever been as to what the government is really doing with Covaxin – considering few of the regulatory rigours to which the candidate has been subjected are rooted in good science and ethics.
Both clinician-scientist Gagandeep Kang and virologist Shahid Jameel, and others besides, have voiced hairy concerns with the DCGI, as well as the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation and the Union health ministry, being okay with administering Covaxin in the general population without efficacy data. During a virtual press conference on January 4, Ella said he is still wrapping his head around the terms of Covaxin's approval.
Both factors together heighten the importance of post-inoculation follow-ups. Typically, during a phase 3 clinical trial, once a person has received either the vaccine candidate or a placebo (the administrators can't know until the trial wraps up), researchers call up these persons for a week after to inquire about any side-effects. The question begs itself: are the health ministry, ICMR and Bharat Biotech ready to call up 5.5 million people for one week, if not longer depending on the implementation's requirements?
It's not far-fetched to believe the government has quietly made these plans. But given the already sliding public trust in Covaxin, the government needs to be more open about them. To borrow the words of Dileep Mavalankar, the vaccination drive is a public health programme, not a war game.
N.K. Arora, who heads the operations research group of the National Task Force for COVID-19, justified Covaxin's catalysis to The Hindu saying we live in "troubled times". But it was during the same "troubled times" that People's Hospital in Bhopal enrolled multiple poor, illiterate people – many of them survivors of the 1984 gas tragedy – for Covaxin's phase 3 trials while misleading them that they were actually being vaccinated, outside of a trial. A few of them even reported debilitating side effects, with no clear articulation that they could be owed greater medical compensation than the Rs 750 each of them received, as well as free care.
Whether the root cause of this event was incompetence or malfeasance, it echoes a broader attitude that better-off Indians have put on display during the COVID-19 epidemic: that 'due diligence' can be cut short in time, and made cheaper, by deploying it in half-baked fashion among the marginalised and undermining their dignity. Remember the migrant workers being hosed with a sodium hypochlorite solution on the road as they returned to Bareilly? And Mumbai's plan to mass-administer hydroxychloroquine among Dharavi's residents?
No CTRI registration
As Usha Raman wrote in August 2020, "There is today a tired acknowledgment that the failures of management have been undergirded by a lack of ethical and moral vision, a refusal to think in terms of Gandhi's talisman that asks us to weigh every action in terms of how it would benefit the weakest, the most vulnerable."
Why, as Shreya Dasgupta's investigation of the severe adverse event in Covishield's bridging trial in India found, even more-educated people can't be expected to provide fully informed consent considering one requires years of specialised medical training to become fully informed first.
A related concern is that neither Bharat Biotech nor ICMR appear to have registered this "clinical trial mode" on the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI). (Recap: all those who receive Covaxin in the first phase of vaccine roll-out will be registered as participants in a single-arm trial, to track the candidate's efficacy.) Since the law requires all clinical trials to be registered before the start of trials, the decision to skip registration implies the "mode" is not really a clinical trial at all.
Dr Samiran Panda, a scientist at ICMR, told The Wire Science that unlike clinical trials, the "clinical trial mode" wouldn't entail a comparator arm – the placebo group – and won't be registered on CTRI. But participants will still be briefed and given factsheets to facilitate opt-in/opt-out decisions; their informed consent will be sought; the vaccine candidate's administration will follow the operational guidelines for COVID-19 vaccines (updated December 28, 2020); and data-taking will be as "strict" as it typically is during clinical trials.
However, the question of whether the results from the "mode" will be published in peer-reviewed journals doesn't arise, Dr Panda added, because the "mode" is just an implementation strategy.
The CTRI is a useful tool that allows anyone with an internet connection to peruse the terms of a trial: the number of participants, the trial design, the analytical methods to be used, significant time-points (for follow-ups, etc.) and what it is that the people conducting the trial are checking for.
A serious issue that not infrequently assails trials that aren't registered before they commence is that trial administrators then have a loophole allowing them to move the goalposts – say, to make the vaccine candidate seem safer or more efficacious than it really is.
The government has effectively subverted democratic healthcare in India, concentrating all major activities in Delhi – just like it did in the epidemic's early days, when it cut off all communiqués except those originating in Delhi. The drug-controller approved a vaccine candidate using language present in no law or rulebook; the national regulator has too many questions to answer about the deliberations preceding approval of both vaccine candidates; the chief of the nodal medical research agency is defending these decisions in the absence of research; the health ministry is setting dates for vaccine roll-out; and the prime minister is announcing purchase agreements.
In the meantime, independent experts, and indeed everyone else, are wondering where the phase 3 data is, what follow-up plans the government has made to monitor adverse events, what steps vaccine-receivers should expect healthcare workers to follow when administering the doses, and what rights those who receive Covaxin have (e.g. if they are entitled to compensation and free medical care in the event of a side-effect, and from whom.)
In fact, experts The Wire Science spoke to called into question one bit of effort that started off as a nonpartisan initiative but has since seemed to be cut from the same cloth. Earlier last year, principal scientific adviser K. VijayRaghavan and Department of Biotechnology secretary Renu Swarup kicked off an effort to allow vaccine-makers in India to manufacture and stockpile millions of doses even before the vaccine candidates had been approved.
During a virtual Q&A, VijayRaghavan said that if a candidate is eventually rejected, the manufacturer would have to destroy the doses. However, the corresponding part of the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules 2019 hasn't been amended to this effect. Murali Neelakantan, principal lawyer at amicus, said the 'concession' "just undermines the regulatory process. I am not suggesting that it was not prudent, just that it was blatantly illegal." VijayRaghavan didn't respond to a request for comment.
Perhaps the ultimate expression of the Centre's unilateralism is its decision to pay for the doses to be distributed in the first phase from the PM CARES fund. It allows the prime minister's office to sidestep democratic processes and allocate money from the fund without independent oversight, or even having to brook objections from any other representatives of the people.
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Tattered Brooklyn Mansion Has a Blueprint for Rebirth
Tattered Brooklyn Mansion Has a Blueprint for Rebirth The New York Times
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[fusion_dropcap color="" boxed="yes" boxed_radius="0″ class="" id=""]O[/fusion_dropcap]nce upon a time, a mansion stood at the corner of Clark Street and Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights. Built in 1872, it was stately and corniced, bedecked in stone scrollwork and intricate ironwork, a credit to its architect.
Its more recent history has been far less illustrious, however. Beginning in its second century, bricks began to give, its mansard roof and top floors disappeared, and today the once-grand home is unrecognizable. The interior is filled with rubble; plants sprout from the floorboards.
But the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission recently approved building plans that will give the mansion a second chance — it will get not so much a face-lift as a whirl in a time machine. The approval wasfirst reported by the real estate blog New York YIMBY. A replica of the 19th-century mansion will be rebuilt around the shell of the building, a painstaking re-creation by architects who have spent months poring over archival photos, counting the bricks in each black-and-white image in an effort to resurrect what was lost.
In a city of churning newness where quaint blocks often give way to glass and steel, the mansion, at 100 Clark Street, will join other similarly recreated buildings that hide in plain sight, hewn of modern materials and methods but quietly clinging to the past.
"Frankly, it never crossed my mind to try and put a modern glass structure there," said Margaret Streicker Porres, the president of Newcastle Realty Services, which bought the ruined building in 2010 for $1.2 million. "It seems so obvious that the appropriate reintervention was to attempt a 21st-century re-creation. It's melding three centuries, through use of a historic skin and a modern exterior."
Ms. Streicker Porres knows something about making the old new again. In 2007, the facade of another building she owns, 84 Bedford Street in the West Village, fell off, two years after she bought the neglected structure. Today it is rebuilt to the Prohibition-era standard that the landmarks commission insisted on.
To help her this time around, Ms. Streicker Porres has hired Tom van den Bout, an architect and Brooklyn Heights resident who has borne witness to 100 Clark Street's sad plight. During Memorial Day weekend in 2008, two years before Ms. Streicker Porres bought the property, Mr. van den Bout was summoned to the building by a distraught local resident: It was being dismantled. A neighbor had made an emergency call to the city saying the building seemed on the verge of collapse. The city determined that the top two floors had to be removed urgently to stabilize the structure, according to a spokesman for the Buildings Department. By the time Mr. van den Bout arrived, the workers were halfway done and a wall was missing.
"It was surreal; it was like looking at the side of a dollhouse," Mr. van den Bout said. "There were people's dining room tables all set up with books on them. It was very, very strange."
For years afterward, the patched-up building decayed on the block as its previous owners waded through a series of battles with residents, zoning laws and other issues, until they sold it — and the accompanying legal morass — to Ms. Streicker Porres. She has spent the past six years straightening out its issues, slowed by the often thorny permitting process of building in a landmark area. She said the historical re-creation, more expensive than razing the structure and building anew, was the result of such negotiations.
So, for the past three months, Mr. van den Bout and a team of architects have been studying the two archival photos that are clear enough to see the mansion's graceful details, including one retrieved from the depths of the New York Public Library. It shows the building in its splendor, a confection of corniced rooftop and colonnaded window frames. It is from these few historical records that the team has created a blueprint for the building's rebirth.
They have counted bricks to calculate proportions and studied the set of the stoop, which went missing long ago, to match the original. The new building will be anchored in steel and wrapped around the current structure. This reconstruction differs from others, Mr. van den Bout said, because of the absence of many physical reference points. The mansard roof is gone, the top floors are absent and the windows have lost their detailed edging. There is almost nothing left to go by.
"Most of the time, there is an entirety of a building there that you can actually just go and measure, and there may be a window enframenent that's missing, but you can measure another one that's exactly the same," he said. "Here, it was a completely stand-alone, unique building on the corner, and the only record was really this single photo."
Other such re-creations exist in the city, but they are hard to spot — which is really the point. Nearby, the brownstone at 36 Grace Court is almost identical to its neighbor. It is another of Mr. van den Bout's projects: The antique-looking facade is brand new, having replaced a 1950s facade of glass and steel. In Harlem, a former bank building known as the Corn Exchange on 125th Street gained a new life after its upper floors, lopped off after years of dereliction, were restored in 2014.
The decision to recreate 100 Clark Street was based partly on aesthetics and partly on a financial motive. Ms. Streicker Porres plans to carve out several apartments in the building, including a triplex. By using the existing footprint, rather than knocking down the building, she is able to build a larger structure than is allowed by zoning rules.
Still, some people question the value of recreating architecture. Taz Loomans, an architect in Portland, Ore., has written about the practice in the Pacific Northwest, where some builders advertise "new vintage homes," on her architecture blog, Blooming Rock. "They go against progress, and they don't reflect our society's evolution," she said in an interview. "They are very nostalgic, and they feel good, I think, to people, but they are not real. They are like a stage set."
"I think the imperative of architecture and cities is to move forward, not backward," she added.
Judy Stanton, the former executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, disagrees that this is a move backward. The building fits within brownstone Brooklyn, she said, and though it has an old design, everything about it will be brand new. "A new building is going up; a family is going to live there," she said. "There was a magnificent house there, and I think it will look good."
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Review of "Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight" by Julia Sweig
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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
by Julia Sweig
Published this past week, Julia Sweig's "Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight" promises a revealing behind-the-scenes portrait and revaluation of one of America's notable First Ladies. Sweig is a senior research fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and has authored numerous books and policy papers on Cuba, Brazil, Latin America and U.S. foreign policy. Her eight-episode podcast about Lady Bird is available through ABC News.
As First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson is best known for her urban renewal, conservation and beautification efforts…and, for those of us with Texas roots, her Wildflower Center. But what has been revealed only recently is the degree to which LBJ relied on her for unbiased strategic advice and feedback during his political career…particularly his presidency.
At the heart of this book are fresh insights gathered by Sweig from more than 120 hours of Lady Bird's taped diary recordings which, until recently, was available only in written – and heavily edited – form. Sweig spent several years reviewing the tapes, reconstructing Lady Bird's activities, and analyzing the observations she memorialized during her husband's sixty-two-month presidency.
But readers expecting a cradle-to-grave biography will be disappointed. This book leaves aside nearly all of Lady Bird's life prior to 1934 (when she met Lyndon at the age of twenty-one) and includes very little of their lives prior 1960 (when he was JFK's pick for vice president). And while the book promises a profound revaluation of Lady Bird's life and legacy, the information revealed only occasionally seems provocative or extraordinary.
Surprisingly, neither Lady Bird nor Sweig have much to say about the more colorful aspects of LBJ's persona or presidency. While the author acknowledges his infidelities, they never receive much consideration…and their impact on the Johnson's marriage is essentially unnoticed. Readers unaware of LBJ's affairs or his infamous vulgarity will learn little of them here.
Although this is not a traditional biography of Lady Bird, it is a penetrating exploration of her time as First Lady. And it provides significant, if somewhat inconsistent, context on that era. Sweig's work to uncover and convey Lady Bird's influence during these years is obvious – and the book would most appropriately be titled "Lady Bird Johnson: The White House Years."
Excellent individual moments include a gripping review of a controversy involving Eartha Kitt at a White House luncheon, wedding planning for the youngest Johnson daughter and a chapter describing the Johnson family's life in the White House. Also of particular note is Lady Bird's recollection of the day JFK was assassinated and the somber flight back to Washington D.C.
The most memorable broader threads involve an interesting contrast between the JFK/Jackie relationship and the LBJ/Lady Bird relationship. Sweig also provides an interesting comparison of FDR and Eleanor's "working" relationship and that of the Johnsons. Finally, there is a fascinating ongoing exploration of LBJ's decision regarding whether to run for re-election in 1968.
The narrative winds down as LBJ's presidency ends but an Epilogue follows Lady Bird through the couple's four-year retirement (until Lyndon's death) and then reviews her thirty-four-year widowhood – an active period for her cultural and philanthropic pursuits. But at this point the narrative's momentum has largely dissipated and the post-White House years are only briskly covered.
Overall, Julia Sweig's account of Lady Bird Johnson's life – her time as First Lady, in particular – seems to promise somewhat more than it delivers. As a revelatory vehicle providing insight into Lady Bird's White House years the book is often invaluable. As a way of rounding out the conventional image of LBJ it can be quite useful. But as a complete and penetrating account of the First Lady's public and private lives it is regrettably incomplete.
Overall rating: 3½ stars


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Q: How do I link MiKTeX and TeXStudio? I am running these applications on my Mac, having installed MiKTeX before TeXStudio. Error message saying "No LaTeX distribution was found on your system". I have upgraded  and downloaded all packages on MiKTeX before installing TeXStudio. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: Most LaTeX editors on Mac expects the user to use MacTeX (https://tug.org/mactex/) and uses its settings to look for LaTeX binaries. [1]
Presumably MiKTeX does not setup this special folder and thus the user will have to manually reconfigure the editor/system to suit where MikTeX placed the binaries.
Given how easy it is to install MacTeX, I see no reason to install MikTeX on a Mac.
[1]: MacTeX sets up a special folder which then in turn points to the MacTeX version in use. This was it is easy to switch between two MacTeX versions without having to update settings for the editor.


Peter, James, and John had been called to the mountaintop to watch the Master pray. That is the way with disciples of a rabbi; they watch and do as the rabbi does. Do as I do, invites Jesus, as these three are called apart. He prays and is transformed from glory to glory. Do as I do. But they fall asleep.
We are called up the mountain too. We can recall our own mountaintop experiences, the times when our faces were aglow with God's glory. We were awake then, awake to the Something More that tends to elude us in our day to day lives. We knew the joy and presence of God not only in our heads, but in our hearts, our souls. We became its embodiment. And then we fell asleep.
It's easy to forget the mountaintop from the valley. That's why we're here, on this journey together. We, you and I, are keeping each other awake. When we meet here, in this virtual communion, we remind each other to stay awake.
We need not just to open our eyes, but, like the disciples, to become fully awake. Half measures won't do. The world is too much. If we doze, even for a moment, if we pause to rest our eyes, we are overcome. We do. We succumb to sleep, so we have to be vigilant, and not just for ourselves, but for one another. I will never be able to shake myself awake, but I can keep watch for you, and you can keep watch for me.
Because when we are fully awake, we witness the glory of God.
- Spend a few moments becoming present to yourself. If your mind is preoccupied, allow the thoughts to come and to go. Notice what you feel in your body, in your heart.
- Invite God to be present with you.
In what ways do you sleep through your life? Where are you being called to wake up?
Who are the people in your life who help you to stay awake? Who might you ask to walk with you in this way? If you feel hesitant to ask, notice that hesitation and wonder what it might be saying to you.
Who can you serve who might desire your help to stay awake? Don't offer if you haven't been asked, but listen. Listen especially in prayer. Who might be crying out for your companionship?
We often wake up only to fall asleep again. When we are fully awake, we cannot avoid the truth as it comes to us, and sometimes that feels hard. What keeps you from staying awake?
How is your prayer life today? Will you set aside time, today, to stay awake? You may witness the glory of God and come away with your face radiant.
- As you finish this quiet time, take a moment to connect with your soul and enjoy the goodness that God has created in you.


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Bartram girls roll into Class 5A state title basketball game
DANNY KLEIN
LAKELAND - Unassuming as she is, even Allie Mano can't defer the credit for this one.
Bartram Trail's soft spoken star poured in 28 points, leading the Bears to a convincing 67-47 win over Rickards Thursday in the Class 5A state semifinals.
With the victory, Bartram will play for its first state title in school history Saturday against Dillard. And whether she likes it or not, Mano has lost the option to fade into the background.
Not even the great Steffi Sorensen could carry the Bears to this round. In fact, there hasn't been a St. Johns County team in the finals since Nease back in 1999.
"It's a great feeling," Mano said. "It doesn't even feel real to me."
There's no question this run has seemed better suited for fiction.
The Bears entered the year with a true leader and a group of unheralded role players. But whatever doubts people may have had, they've been completely erased throughout this playoff run.
It's not so much that Bartram has won four postseason games; it's how the Bears have done so. Bartram has outscored its opponents 250-147.
And for the most part, they've done so with the same gameplan. Only this time, they waited until the final eight minutes turn the game into a rout.
Bartram (24-6) led Rickards (21-9) by only three at 43-40 heading into the fourth quarter. The Bears opened with a quick 6-0 run, and suddenly the lead was nine.
That forced Rickards to try to slow the clock down, which when you're playing Bartram and its ball-control offense, means fouling Mano and its other capable guards.
As Palatka found out in the regional semifinals, that's a quick recipe for a blowout.
Bartram hit 12 free throws in the fourth and used a couple of easy baskets to roll Rickards off the court. It helped that the Raiders were cold from the floor for most of the night, shooting just 3 of 11 from behind the arc as a team. In the second half, Rickards barely hit 32 percent from the floor.
"Their best player (Mano) did what she's supposed to do. What great players do," Rickards coach Chariya Davis said. "She led her team."
Rickards has now dropped in the state semifinals for three straight seasons. Bartram coach Ben Windle is a perfect one-for-one on the sport's biggest stage.
He admitted afterwards that he wouldn't have guessed this at the beginning of the season, but that changed quickly as he watched his team unfold.
"I don't think our county gets enough credit for how good it is," he said. "We played some fierce competition. … We just found the recipe that works for this group. It may not work for others but it's worked for them. We've found a way to push the right buttons."
Windle deserves some credit as well. Bartram has used the perfect formula to oust three teams that, on paper at least, appeared to have the advantage across the board.
The Bears, though, have made a mockery of predictions.
They opened the game with their typical pressure defense but soon realized it wasn't a game they could win.
Both squads survived first-half runs, and Bartram led 31-28 heading into the third.
Windle said he noticed that his team didn't appear to have the legs to keep up the pace, so he dropped back into a zone. Rickards didn't handle the change well. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders scored just seven points, and five of those came in the waning minutes.
To compare, Rickards shot 41 percent in the opening half.
"I thought tonight we showed a lot of resiliency," Windle said. "This was a closer game than the final score indicated. It's been hard to tell with some of the games we've played, but in this one you could see it. They really believed they were going to win."
Free throws and outside shooting were key. Melissa Coggins has been huge in the playoffs and was again on Thursday.
She hit three from behind the arc in the first half and finished with 11 points. Her range helped Mano find the lane and find her teammates. Forward Sarah Ragland was the beneficiary of a lot of that, scoring eight points and grabbing 14 huge rebounds. Freshman guard Brooke Barlow added seven free throws and tallied 13 points.
"My teammates and my parents have kept me positive and kept telling me to shoot," Coggins said. "My parents keep telling me the basket is still only 10 feet high. … I have a lot of confidence right now."
Rickards tried all night to trap Mano and pressure the Bears. At times, it worked.
Davis said the problem was that it didn't work enough.
"We knew about her (Mano)," she said. "… But we didn't close out the traps. You know her, but you don't really know her until you see her."
Mano took 19 shots in the game and was 0 for 4 from 3-point range. But when the second half arrived, she turned things up another gear and continued to terrorize Rickards in the lane. Her penetrating drives either led to easy baskets for herself or her teammates or put her on the line, where she was 12 of 17.
Bartram will likely face its stiffest test in the final. Windle said it's not something he's going to think too much about.
If one thing is clear at this point for him, and for his players, there's no reason to question what's coming next.
"We believe," he said. "We think we can win."


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  struct PdTransport *transport = pd_transport_init(-1);
  assert(NULL != transport);

  struct PdSocket *listen_sock = pd_socket_init_udp_server(port);
  assert(NULL != listen_sock);

  struct PdIOComponent *listen_ioc = pd_tcp_ioc_alloc();
  assert(NULL != listen_ioc);

  listen_ioc->sock = listen_sock;
  listen_ioc->ts = transport;
  listen_ioc->on_readable = pd_udp_server_on_readable;
  listen_ioc->on_writeable = pd_udp_server_on_writeable;
  listen_ioc->on_error = pd_udp_server_on_error;
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  {
    PD_LOG(WARN, "pd_transport_set_ioc fail, listen_ioc=%p", listen_ioc);
    pd_tcp_ioc_free(listen_ioc);
    listen_ioc = NULL;
    pd_socket_destroy(listen_sock);
    listen_sock = NULL;
  }

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  pd_transport_wait(transport);

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  pd_socket_destroy(listen_sock);
  listen_sock = NULL;
  pd_transport_destroy(transport);
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The MaskForce Comes to the Rescue
By NAM News Room May 26, 2020 2:02pm Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn LinkedIn icon Share Link
It started on a Saturday morning when a Wisconsin doctor knocked on his neighbors' doors, asking for mask donations. Four weeks later, dozens of local organizations had collaborated to design a comfortable, reusable, high-performance mask. Now, the "MaskForce" is rolling out its products across the state and in neighboring regions.
Here's how it happened: One of the doctor's neighbors happened to be Pat Masterson, vice president of corporate manufacturing at automotive and mobile equipment manufacturer Husco. Masterson soon brought his company's resources to solving the problem, but they knew they needed more.
Through word of mouth, the project's team developed into a 25-member consortium that included local education groups, industrial manufacturers and frontline medical and emergency response personnel.
After the group hammered out some concepts, Husco led the design of a high-volume, injection-molded prototype using medical-grade materials.
How it works: The MaskForce team tested hundreds of suitable materials before settling on the best design. Features include:
Comfort: The mask sports a soft, high-performance and low-pressure face seal that enables easy breathing.
Re-usability: It uses sanitizable and replaceable components.
Efficiency: It's made with 60% less filter material than other mask designs—a big difference, as filter media are in high demand.
The numbers: Today, the MaskForce is producing around 1,000 masks per day, with the goal of ramping up daily production to 10,000 or even 100,000+ masks per day. Currently, it has completed 10,000 of its initial 30,000 production run.
Next steps: Husco is now producing the face mask under the FDA Emergency Use Authorization. It is also seeking certification from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, so the mask can be used by multiple industries.
What's in a name? In case you were wondering, the MaskForce gets its memorable name from a youthful collaborator: Masterson's 14-year-old daughter.
Husco and the MaskForce team have accomplished in weeks what would typically take months or years to do. It just goes to show—you might be surprised at what can happen when you knock on a neighbor's door.
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