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Opinion | International | International | International | May 14, 2020
South Korea's Success Against COVID-19
Seung-Youn Oh
Transparency, communication, and collaboration are the key weapons in the fight against COVID-19.
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South Korea and the United States both confirmed their first COVID-19 cases on January 20. Since then, the two countries have taken drastically different actions to address the pandemic.
Korea's very effective model has been based on a "TRUST" strategy—an acronym for "Transparency, Robust screening and quarantine, Unique but universally applicable testing, Strict control, and Treatment." South Korea's ability to test, trace, and treat infected people has allowed the nation's leaders in Seoul to control the spread of the virus without imposing the aggressive lockdowns or complete travel bans that other countries have adopted.
South Korea's strong response to COVID-19 can serve as a lesson for the rest of the world. But South Korean health officials learned this lesson the hard way several years ago.
The TRUST campaign and other South Korean efforts to combat COVID-19 emerged following the traumatic experience of the 2015 outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), an illness that was also caused by a coronavirus. South Korea suffered the largest MERS outbreak outside of the Middle East—there were over 180 reported cases, almost 40 deaths, and nearly 17,000 people placed under quarantine. Korea's current President Moon Jae-in, who was the opposition party leader during the MERS outbreak, criticized government authorities as "super spreaders of MERS" for their slow-footed response.
What kind of institutional and legal changes did South Korea adopt to transform itself from a "super spreader" of MERS to a "super stopper" of COVID-19?
Just as with any other crisis, pandemic response requires centralized leadership and a clear chain of command. In its early stages, the MERS outbreak caught Korean authorities off-guard. At that time, Korea's legal framework for disease prevention, the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act, had not been updated to include MERS on its list of infectious diseases, and therefore, the government lacked a legal basis for a more extensive response. Furthermore, Korea failed to adopt the World Health Organization's MERS recommendations issued in 2014, which suggested that countries increase MERS awareness and incorporate MERS prevention and response measures into existing legal frameworks.
In the face of the 2015 outbreak, Korean authorities established several new organizations and ended up creating five competing and overlapping chains of command—without issuing clear guidelines for interagency collaboration. The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, led the response to MERS, but it lacked independent decision-making power and a channel for horizontal collaboration with other ministries. The Ministry of Health also formed the Central MERS Management Headquarters, while the former Ministry of Public Safety and Security—which has since merged with the Ministry of the Interior—created the MERS Response Support Headquarters. As a result, the KCDC spent more time explaining situations to bureaucrats than actually using its resources to confront MERS.
Furthermore, during the MERS outbreak the government never assembled its Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters, which would have reported directly to the Prime Minister and would have overseen all of the ad hoc headquarters. Assembling the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters would have required the government to raise the national alert level from caution (yellow) to warning (orange), something it never did during the MERS outbreak.
Since the MERS outbreak, the KCDC gained greater authority as Korea's primary epidemic control center, with its director receiving an upgrade to the level of deputy minister. When COVID-19 struck in January 2020, Korea's political leaders took a back seat to the scientific experts at the center, which helped establish public trust for various draconian social distancing and quarantine measures. The current KCDC Director, Jung Eun-kyeong, leads the country's daily briefing, and the KCDC has an approval rating of more than 70 percent. Foreign media laud her as a national hero for her leadership and clear communication.
South Korea also learned its lesson about raising its national alert level more quickly with COVID-19 than it had with MERS. The Korean government raised the alert to yellow with the first confirmed case on January 20, to orange on January 27 with four confirmed cases, and finally to red, the highest alert level, on February 23. With the country on red alert, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters was activated to coordinate response efforts, with the Prime Minister as its top commander.
Another major lesson from South Korea's response to COVID-19 is the importance of early and extensive testing, accurate diagnoses, and the establishment of close partnerships between government and private companies to support best the crisis response.
In 2015, Korea's public health system missed a golden opportunity for detecting the outbreak because a newly developed MERS in-vitro diagnostic kit had not passed clinical trials and could not be used outside of the KCDC. The lack of testing prompted people infected with MERS to visit multiple hospitals, turning those hospitals into the country's main sites of disease transmission.
After the MERS outbreak, South Korea enacted an amendment to the Medical Devices Act that promoted public-private medical partnerships and established an emergency use authorization policy. This law now permits the government to authorize the use of unapproved in-vitro diagnostic test kits in an emergency when no approved diagnostic tests are available.
Within one week of the first confirmed COVID-19 case, representatives from the Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine, the KCDC's Center for Infectious Diseases Research, and biotech companies convened to stress the urgency of developing a COVID-19 test kit. The first authorization of an unlicensed COVID-19 test came in early February, with three more test methods approved by the end of February. As a result, national and private health care providers set up a mostly free testing effort across Korea that includes more than 600 locations that screen up to 20,000 people a day. Korean national authorities also welcomed innovative experiments by local governments and hospitals such as drive-through and walk-through test stations. The government provided ex post approval and guidelines for these testing facilities, and these guidelines about drive-through and walk-through testing facilities quickly circulated around the world.
South Korea's response has also demonstrated the importance of crisis communication—providing credible information and preventing the spread of misinformation.
During the MERS outbreak, Korean authorities withheld key information about patients' locations due to concerns that the public would panic and demand that hospitals treating MERS patients shut down completely. This lack of transparency undermined the government's credibility and ultimately harmed efforts to prevent the spread of MERS.
The public began seeking and sharing information about MERS through alternative communication channels. For example, a citizen-made MERS map—a website where people could identify hospitals and other locations where MERS had been reported—circulated widely.
Fake news also spread like wildfire. This breakdown in communication led to greater fears among the public and compromised public health directives. The lack of communication from national authorities also led to conflicts with local governments, some of whom decided to contradict KCDC guidelines and release information about confirmed MERS cases in their localities based on the public's "right to know."
In the aftermath of MERS, the KCDC established the Office of Risk Communication to provide guidance about how to disclose trustworthy information promptly and provide consistent guidelines preemptively. South Korean officials also revised the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act to grant public health officials' greater authority to shut down facilities and gain access to personal information of people likely to be infected. Korean public health authorities and local governments may now collaborate to obtain information about infected peoples' movements during a public health emergency—using closed circuit television footage, cell phone records, credit card receipts, and other private data.
Requiring disclosures of personal information helps prevent unnecessary panic among the population and functions as a heavy counterweight to rumors, myths, and misinformation. How to strike a balance between civil liberties and public health demands is the subject of further discussion—but according to a poll conducted in February, nearly half of Koreans called for more information disclosure, while only 6 percent wanted less. Many Koreans prioritize public health over privacy in an outbreak, valuing their freedom of movement more than the privacy protections that would be available in a complete lockdown.
Finally, South Korea's experience with MERS also led to the recognition of the importance of working partnerships between the central and local governments in fighting epidemics and mobilizing locality-specific resources.
In 2017, an amendment to the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act created the legal basis for clear central-local cooperation. The law explicitly designated local governments as responsible for disease control measures. Overall, the epidemic response network involving the national KCDC, local governments, and local medical associations has proved its worth.
Following the emergence of COVID-19, cooperation between the central and local government allowed Korea to confront massive community transmission at the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a religious group in the city of Daegu. Due to its unique services where worshippers sit on the floor next to each other, Shincheonji church members accounted for over 60 percent of all of the country's confirmed COVID-19 cases in early March, making Korea one of the more significant flashpoints of the global virus. The KCDC responded swiftly by granting local authorities more power, allowing them to take action without first reporting to the KCDC. This strategy facilitated the rapid testing of all 200,000 Shincheonji church members and quickly broke the chain of transmission.
As Winston Churchill has been credited with saying: "Never let a good crisis go to waste." South Korean authorities have embraced this advice by learning from the MERS crisis and building stronger legal and institutional foundations for effective crisis management. The South Korean people affirmed the government's successful transformation when the ruling party won a historic landslide victory in the National Assembly elections in April, with the country's highest reported voter turnout in 28 years.
South Korea presents liberal democratic countries with an alternative to the top-heavy approach that China employed in response to COVID-19. As South Korea demonstrated, transparency, communication, and collaboration are the key weapons in this fight against the invisible, mysterious, and debilitating novel coronavirus.
Seung-Youn Oh is an assistant professor of political science at Bryn Mawr College and a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania.
This essay is part of an ongoing series, entitled Comparing Nations' Responses to COVID-19.
Tagged: COVID-19, Health Regulation, International Regulation, Public Health, South Korea
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Homemade and easy to make Butterfingers.
1 14 oz package candy corn yep, candy corn!
Melt the candy corn in the microwave. Immediately add the peanut butter (should be about the same amount as candy corn or to your own taste). Spray an 8x8 pan with non-stick spray. Spread the candy corn/peanut butter mixture in the pan. Let set. Then, dip in chocolate. Our friend dipped hers in white chocolate and it was really good too! I didn't have the time to dip the individual pieces so I actually melted the chocolate and just spread it over the top. Voila!!! Yum, yum, yummy!


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"Little Miss Sunshine" (Twentieth Century Fox)
Road trips from hell: Why movies love disastrous family vacations
From "Little Miss Sunshine" to the new film "Force Majeure," bad family trips make great stories
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2014/11/15/road_trips_from_hell_why_movies_love_disastrous_family_vacations/
Gary M. Kramer
November 15, 2014 5:00AM (UTC)
"Force Majeure," currently in theaters, is the latest vacation-from-hell film. When Tomas (Johannes Kuhnke) momentarily abandons his family during an avalanche at a French ski resort, the incident snowballs into a series of discomfiting sequences. Tomas' wife Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli) scolds him at every opportunity, and his kids Vera and Harry (Clara and Vincent Wettergren) worry that their parents are headed toward divorce. Other situations develop. Relaxing, it is not.
Movies love bad family vacations. There's something about the chaos of colliding personalities, the carload of cranky humans who are all a little too comfortable with each other, and the linear narrative of the road trip that make great cinematic fodder. For instance:
"The Loneliest Planet"
Like "Force Majeure," Julia Loktev's film involves a character making a split-second decision that turns out to be the absolutely, completely wrong one. Nica (Hani Furstenberg) and Alex (Gael García Bernal) are engaged, and they decide to go backpacking through the Caucasus before their wedding. They are having a fine time until a man with a gun confronts them. Alex reacts, well, rather badly. Suddenly there is an awkward, mountainous gulf between the lovers in the mountain region. What is more disturbing is that they don't speak about the incident. Audiences share the "pleasure" of experiencing their discomfort as well.
"The Comfort of Strangers"
Mary (Natasha Richardson) and Colin (Rupert Everett) decide to rekindle their stagnant marriage by traveling to Venice. Didn't they see "Don't Look Now"? The gorgeous couple meets two eccentrics, Robert (Christopher Walken) and Caroline (Helen Mirren), who appear friendly but are in fact quite fiendish. "The Comfort of Strangers" pivots on Mary and Colin getting lost — both literally and figuratively. Paul Schrader's film boasts a quartet of strong performances, and some delicious Harold Pinter dialogue (adapted from Ian McEwan's novel). But it's the deliciously nasty behavior by Robert and Caroline — don't drink that tea! — that makes this bad trip is so good.
"The Vanishing"
French filmmaker George Sluizer made "The Vanishing," an extremely disturbing thriller, in 1988 in the Netherlands. Five years later, he (poorly) remade the film in the U.S. The story concerns a couple on vacation who get separated at a service station. The man eventually realizes that his girlfriend has been abducted. Years later the man is contacted by the criminal, who leads him to discover what happened. Suffice it to say, he should not have let his curiosity get the best of him. But how can he resist? The original version of "The Vanishing" is taut and terrific, a nervy psychological thriller that features a spectacularly bad ending. The remake, which tweaks the corker of a finale, is just spectacularly bad.
"Archipelago" and "Unrelated"
Joanna Hogg's films depict miserable families on miserable vacations. In "Unrelated," Anna (Kathryn Worth) visits her friend Verena (Mary Roscoe) and her family in Tuscany, only to spend more time with Verena's adult son Oakley (Tom Hiddleston) than her friend. Moreover, Anna upsets an already chilly family situation after a mishap with a car gets Oakley in some trouble. In "Archipelago," a British family on holiday navigates the fragile terrain of its unhappy characters who not-so-quietly can't stand one another. Hogg's films are as fascinating as they are unsettling — especially when her characters overhear their friends and family members being soundly upbraided for their bad behavior.
"National Lampoon's Vacation"
The late Harold Ramis directed this popular comedy about the Griswold family's cross-country trip to Walley World. It's a broad farce in which everything that can go wrong goes worse. Yes, the film plays on stereotypes when the family travels in to a bad neighborhood in St. Louis, or visits trailer trash cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid), but "National Lampoon's Vacation" has some very funny moments involving Aunt Edna (Imogene Coca) and Lasky, the guard at Walley World (John Candy). Three sequels followed: "European Vacation," "Christmas Vacation," and "Vegas Vacation." And writer John Hughes made yet another bad-trip film in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles."
"Escape from Tomorrow"
It's positively cringe-inducing to spend 103 minutes on this family vacation in Disneyland, where the film — luridly shot on the sly in black and white — was made without the park's permission. Dad Jim White (Roy Abramsohn) ignores and/or mistreats his wife and children so he can sidle up to the pair of French teenage girls he has been ogling. That Jim gets caught up in a hallucinatory nightmare perhaps serves him right, but for viewers, "Escape from Tomorrow" is about as pleasurable as having that earworm "It's a Small World" stuck in one's head for days on end.
"Little Miss Sunshine"
Less a vacation than a dysfunctional family road trip, this Oscar-winning comedy packs the Hoovers — optimistic dad (Greg Kinnear), weary mom (Toni Collette), silent son (Paul Dano), gay uncle (Steve Carell) and bawdy grandpa (Alan Arkin) — into the minivan to take the youngest, Olive (Abigail Breslin) to compete in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. As the Hoover's misfortunes grow worse, the comedy gets richer as the family reaches not just their destination but some true insights about their lives, dreams and reality. "Little Miss Sunshine" is an offbeat crowd-pleaser that is all about letting one's freak flag fly.
"The Daytrippers"
In this caustically funny family outing, Eliza (Hope Davis) enlists her family to track down her errant husband, Louis (Stanley Tucci) after discovering a letter that suggests he is having an affair. Packing Mom (Anne Meara), Dad (Pat McNamara), Sis (Parker Posey) and her boyfriend (Liev Schreiber) into the family car, these neurotic New Yorkers reveal their anxieties and insecurites, get on each others' nerves, and experience various revelations that force them to recalibrate their lives. Sensitive and often very funny, "The Daytrippers" is a good bad outing.
"Tanta Agua"
Divorced dad Alberto (Néstor Guzzini) takes his kids Lucía (Malú Chouza), a teenager, and Federico (Joaquín Castiglioni) her irritating younger brother, on a vacation to a Uruguayan hot springs. However, the family encounters endless rain in this absorbing comedy-drama. The film captures their boredom quite brilliantly; the film becomes a confined character study of the parent/child relationship as Lucía sneaks out to be with a boy she is crushed on since she can't connect with her ever-present father. "Tanta Agua" doesn't turn out terribly for the characters, but their lousy vacation is memorable for viewers.
"Fat Girl"
Catherine Breillat's gleefully nasty film depicts a family on a decidedly life-changing summer vacation. Elena (Roxane Mesquida) is a sexually curious teenage beauty who is deflowered by Fernando (Libero De Rienzo), a handsome Italian, in a sexually graphic scene as her heavyset sister Anais (Anais Reboux) tries to sleep in the same room. "Fat Girl" eventually shifts gears to an equally intense sequence in which Mom (Arsinée Khanjian) is determined to drive the girls home. To say anything more — other than that Breillat doesn't hold back when it comes to sex or violence — would ruin this squirm-inducing film.
"Airplane!"
Jim Abrahams, David and Jerry Zucker brothers' classic comedy is full of side-splitting sight gags, quotable one-liners ("Don't call me Shirley!") and fun cameos. "Airplane!" is a zany bad trip where passengers should steer clear of Captain Oveur's (Peter Graves) overtures, and definitely shouldn't eat the fish. Spoofing all the "Airport" disaster films, this is funnier than the unintentionally hilarious "Airport '79: The Concorde," and even more ridiculous than the recent bad plane ride that was "Snakes on a Plane."
Gary M. Kramer is a writer and film critic based in Philadelphia. Follow him on Twitter.
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The species of this genus are found in Central America and Northwestern Africa.

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Will your favourite Game of Thrones character survive the season? Our TV writers rate their chances
By Tony WongTelevision Critic
Debra YeoToronto Star
Tues., April 9, 2019timer7 min. read
Game of Thrones started off with a nihilistic bang in its first season with the death of a major character.
As shocking developments like the Red Wedding and Purple Wedding followed, it seemed producers would spare no one, no matter how popular. And then came the death and resurrection of Jon Snow, so perhaps lead characters weren't so dispensable after all.
One thing is certain, there will be carnage in the eighth and final season as the Army of the Dead faces the alliance put together by Jon and Daenerys Targaryen. The mystery is who will die and how.
Television writers Tony Wong and Debra Yeo sketch some of the major characters and rate their chances of survival ahead of the premiere April 14 at 9 p.m. on Crave/HBO.
The last survivor of the once formidable House Targaryen has come a long way since she was sold into marriage by her vicious, late brother, was widowed, lost the child she was carrying and then survived her Dothraki husband's funeral pyre, which is why one of her nicknames is the Unburnt. Through her various battles and setbacks, the Mother of Dragons, played by Emilia Clarke, has maintained an unwavering belief that she will one day rule the Seven Kingdoms but has also had to have her more vengeful impulses checked by her advisers, lest she become like her father, the Mad King. She has agreed to help King in the North Jon Snow, her new lover and (unbeknownst to both) nephew, to defeat the Night King and the Army of the Dead. And she has to do it without one of her three dragons, which was killed and turned into a zombie, last seen melting the massive Wall defending the North.
Chance of survival out of 10
Wong: 1
Yeo: 9
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The arc of Jon Snow (played by Kit Harington) has been about duty and loyalty to the man he believes is his illegitimate father, Ned Stark. When Jon has assumed power he has done so reluctantly, whether as commander of the Night's Watch or King in the North. His overriding goal now is to defeat the Army of the Dead and save humanity and, to get that done, he'll partner with whoever he has to, whether it's Wildlings, Lannisters or the last Targaryen. On that point, he doesn't yet know that, as the secret son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, he's the heir to the iron throne. Whether he'll find out before meeting the Night King in battle remains to be seen, but it's unlikely it would distract him from his task if he did.
Chance of Survival
If anyone had a reason to hate men, it would be Ned Stark's eldest daughter, Sansa. She was tormented by her fiancé, the cruel King Joffrey, who ordered the beheading of her father. And when Joffrey himself was killed, she fled King's Landing under the protection of the devious Littlefinger, who arranged for her to marry the even more cruel Ramsay Bolton. At least Littlefinger came to her rescue in the Battle of the Bastards, helping Jon Snow defeat Ramsay and allowing Sansa to get her revenge. Now Sansa is firmly ensconced as the Lady of Winterfell, where the ultimate battle will be launched against the Army of the Dead.
The youngest daughter of Ned Stark has always been more interested in swordsmanship than ladyship. And after witnessing the beheading of her father in King's Landing and the defiling of her brother Robb's body at the Red Wedding, revenge becomes her primary motivation in life. She has been taken prisoner, escaped, she has killed and fended off attempts on her own life, finally becoming a full-fledged assassin after training with the Faceless Men in Braavos. Finally reunited with Sansa and her brother Bran at Winterfell, her fighting skills should come in handy during the great battle to come.
Wong: 10
The middle son of Ned Stark had to fend off three attempts on his life before he reached adolescence: getting pushed out of a tower window by Jaime Lannister, almost stabbed by an unknown assassin as he recuperated from the fall and then targeted for death by former friend Theon Greyjoy. Forced to run for his life - or, more accurately, be carried, since he can no longer walk - Bran journeyed beyond the Wall to meet the half-man, half-tree known as the Three-Eyed Raven and has now taken his place. Though Bran has returned to Winterfell, he spends most of his time sitting by a heart tree and projecting his mind into the past. But that ability could be key in the battle against the Army of the Dead if he finds a clue to defeating the Night King in his visions.
Villains are always more fun and the complex Cersei, played with a brilliant brittleness by Lena Headey, is perhaps the most riveting, divisive character in the Game of Thrones canon. Cersei is the current Queen of Westeros, but she is well aware of a prophecy that she will one day be cast down by a younger, more beautiful queen. She has had — and lost — three children in an incestuous relationship with her brother Jaime, but is pregnant again. When we last see Cersei she has decided to betray her nemesis Daenerys, despite claiming she would join the fight against the Army of the Dead.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's portrayal of the brother of Cersei and the father of her children shows arguably the most growth in a character that spins a formidable arc through the series. He is cruel and unsympathetic in the early going as he pushes a young Bran Stark out of a window after Bran witnesses Jaime and Cersei in a dangerous liaison. But he becomes a more nuanced and complex person in the later seasons. A deep well of honour drives his character even as he struggles with the darkest of impulses. When we last see Jaime he leaves his sister rather than betray Jon and Daenerys, even though she is pregnant with his child.
Tyrion, also known as "the Imp," is the youngest brother of Cersei and Jaime. With his dry, pointed humour he projects the biggest and most unmistakable presence onscreen thanks to actor Peter Dinklage. He is also a clear fan favourite, if not the most beloved character in the Seven Kingdoms. Tyrion, the most astute man on any given continent, has teamed up with Dragon Queen Daenerys, becoming her senior adviser as they plan a conquest of Westeros. Despite his penchant for wine and women, and the fact that he killed his own father, he remains the moral force of house Lannister, qualities which his powerful sister lacks.
Chances of survival
Yeo: 10
Author George R.R. Martin says Samwell (played by John Bradley) is the closest character to himself in the books – or, as he put it, the fat kid who reads and doesn't like to go up stairs. Sam is Jon Snow's closest friend and a member of the Night's Watch that patrols the Wall, at least until he is sent to the Citadel ostensibly to become a Maister. While the likable Sam is no Jaime Lannister with a sword, he is scholarly and astute, and brave enough to save his love interest, Gilly, from death by a White Walker. Although initially a side character providing comic relief, Samwell will likely have a more pivotal role in the finale. Like a Westeros version of James Bond's Q, Sam's research could hold the key to stopping the Army of Dead.
The fearsome Brienne is one of Game of Thrones' most popular characters. Played by Gwendoline Christie, Brienne is formidable on the outside but emotionally fragile on the inside. She is driven by notions of chivalry and honour – a stark counterpoint to the traits normally found in the Machiavellian template of GoT. She is pledged to Sansa and Arya Stark, thanks to a promise made to their late mother Catelyn. Like Tyrion, Brienne is an outcast; she doesn't fit the role of subservient female and she is physically different. But she is strongly humanistic and offers a vision of a world where difference matters. It is another way the show subverts archetypes, turning side figures into distinctive, three-dimensional and, ultimately, beloved characters.
Debra Yeo is a deputy entertainment editor and a contributor to the Star's Entertainment section. She is based in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @realityeo
Tony Wong is the Star's television critic based in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @tonydwong


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Q: How to avoid variable capturing in lambda expression?
Lately I've read C# in Depth and it taught me about lambda expression, I've been using them to pas data to click events and such like:
image.MouseDown+=(o ,e)=>MethodToDoSomething(DataNeededForAction);

now the problem with those is variable capturing when used in a foreach loop (thank you Jon Skeet for making that part really clear :), when initializing several objects that have events that I subscribe to I usually bump into an issue with variable capturing. consider the following example:
foreach (var game in GamesCollection)
{
    Image img = new Image();
    img.Width = 100;
    img.MouseDown+=(o,e) => MyMethod(game.id);
}

To avoid capturing in this situation I have to add some variable to assign game to and then pass that variable to the method, this creates extra unclear code and mostly, additional clutter.
Is there a way to bypass this? Something that'll at least look cleaner?
Thx, Ziv

A: (EDIT: Note that this has changed with C# 5, where foreach now effectively creates a fresh variable for each iteration.)
No, there's no way of avoiding this. Basically it was a mistake in the way the language specification described foreach in terms of a single variable, rather than a new variable per iteration. Personally I don't see it as a problem in terms of the amount of code involved - by the time you've realised that it's a problem and figured out how to fix it, you've got over the biggest hurdle. I'd normally include a comment to make it obvious to maintenance programmers, mind you.
I'm sure the C# team would do it differently if they were starting from scratch, but they're not. Heck, they've even discussed changing the existing behaviour... but there are good reasons against that change (notably that code which works correctly on a C# N+1 compiler would still compile, but give the wrong result on a C# N compiler; a very subtle source of bugs for open source library authors who expect their code to be built with multiple compilers).
(Hope you're enjoying the book, btw...)

A: In short, no. You need to create extra storage to keep the correct instance of game available in the method closure.

A: If GamesCollection is a List<T>, you can use the ForEach method:
GamesCollection.ForEach(game => {
    Image img = new Image();
    img.Width = 100;
    img.MouseDown+=(o,e) => MyMethod(game.id);
});

But in general, no. And one extra variable is not really that cluttered.

A: What about pulling out the game.id first with a LINQ expression.  Pushing the call through .Aggregate() should make a new variable each time because it is really a method parameter.
GamesCollection.Select(game => game.id).Aggregate((_, id) => {
    Image img = new Image();
    img.Width = 100;
    img.MouseDown+=(o,e) => MyMethod(id);
    return img;
});

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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Sir Roy Strong; Cecil Beaton
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© Desmond O'Neill
by Desmond O'Neill
matte bromide print, 1968
9 4/8 in. x 7 4/8 in. (241 mm x 191 mm)
Accepted in lieu of tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Gallery, 1991
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Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), Photographer, designer and writer. Sitter associated with 361 portraits, Artist associated with 1111 portraits. Identify
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002), Queen of George VI. Sitter associated with 580 portraits, Artist of 1 portrait. Identify
Sir Roy Strong (1935-), Art historian and museum director; Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter associated with 22 portraits. Identify
Desmond O'Neill (1923-2003), Photographer. Artist associated with 16 portraits.
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Linda Watson (15 de setembro de 1955) é uma jogadora hóquei sobre a grama zimbabuana, campeã olímpica.

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Watson integrou a Seleção Zimbabuana de Hóquei sobre a grama feminino nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1980 em Moscou, quando conquistou a medalha de ouro ao se consagrar campeã após finalizar as cinco rodadas da disputa em primeiro lugar, com nove pontos. Ela também foi uma das mais renomadas corredoras e velocistas do Zimbabwe.

Jogadores de hóquei sobre a grama do Zimbábue
Medalhistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1980
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Savings are now more liquid and part of "M1 money"
Regulation D has made savings deposits as convenient as currency
Money is marvelously nuanced. Because different assets can be used as money, we need several categories and definitions to keep track of it. M1 describes the most liquid and widely accepted assets used to easily settle transactions: currency, demand deposits, and highly liquid accounts.
A previous FRED blog post discussed how recent changes in the opportunity cost of money and the regulation of savings accounts have affected measures of the money stock (a.k.a. monetary aggregates). In this post, we tighten our focus on how these regulations have affected M1.
Before April 24, 2020, savings accounts were not part of M1. Limitations in the number of transfers from savings deposits made savings accounts less liquid than M1. M1 consisted of currency, demand deposits, and other highly liquid accounts called "other checkable deposits" (OCDs). An example of OCDs are the demand deposits at thrifts.
But the limitation on the number of these transfers was lifted on April 24 as an amendment to Regulation D, which specifies how banks must classify deposit accounts. Savings deposits are now just as liquid and convenient as currency, demand deposits, and OCDs. To reflect this fact, savings deposits are now included in M1.
The FRED graph compares the new M1 with what would have been M1 under previous regulations, when it included only currency, demand deposits, and OCDs. From May 2020 on, M1 comprises currency, demand deposits, and a new item called "other liquid deposits." These are the OCDs plus savings deposits. Previously, the OCDs consisted about 17% of M1. Now, the other liquid deposits consist about 70% of M1.
As of May 2020, the old M1 would have had a value of around $5 trillion. The new M1 has a value of $16 trillion, a substantial increase and a clear break in the time series.
For all you data scientists and researchers: It's no longer possible to reconstruct the old measure of M1 because OCDs and savings deposits are not reported separately anymore. They're now reported as a sum under "other liquid deposits." But the graph here shows the separate series for OCDs and savings deposits that were still available from May 2020 to January 2021.
The graph also shows that M1 is now close to M2. Before May 2020, the difference between M2 and M1 was large because a great portion of M2 consisted of savings deposits. These savings deposits are now part of M1, so M1 is much larger and closer to M2. M2 is still larger than M1 because it includes less-liquid assets such as time deposits.
How this graph was created: To graph the previous measure of M1, search for and select the seasonally adjusted series for "Currency component of M1." Add the two other components to this line from the "Edit Graph" panel's "Edit Line 1" tab: In the "Customize data" field, search for seasonally adjusted series for demand deposits and other checkable deposits. In the formula field, type a+b+c and select "Apply." To add the current series of M1 and M2, use the "Add Line" tab to search for and select each aggregate: "M1 Money Stock" and "M2 Money Stock."
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View on FRED, series used in this post: CURRSL, DEMDEPSL, M1SL, M2SL, OCDSL


TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Aug. 27, 2014) – Lingo Media Corporation (TSX VENTURE:LM)(OTCBB:LMDCF) ("Lingo Media" or the "Company"), an ESL industry acquisition company that is Changing the way the world learns English, is pleased to announce that it has negotiated a one year extension to the term of the $880,000 loan financing (the "Loan") originally completed on September 8, 2010 with a one year term and extended for further one year terms on September 8, 2011, September 8, 2012 and September 8, 2013.
The new maturity date of the Loan is September 8, 2015 and continues to bear interest at a rate of 9% per annum, payable monthly in arrears and is secured by a charge over all of Lingo Media's assets and property. Lingo Media may elect to prepay the Loan in whole or in part at any time at its sole discretion without penalty.
As additional consideration for the extension of the Loan by the lenders, the Company will issue to the Lenders an aggregate of 600,000 common shares of Lingo Media (the "Bonus Shares"). The Bonus Shares are subject to a four month statutory hold commencing from closing.
The insider participation consisted of three directors who advanced an aggregate of $445,000 and one executive officer who advanced $35,000 in aggregate. It is expected that the Loan will be repaid from the Company's cash flow and any equity or debt financing completed by the Company during the new term of the Loan.
Lingo Media Corporation (www.lingomedia.com) is an ESL industry acquisition company that is Changing the way the world learns English, focused on English language learning ("ELL") on an international scale through its four distinct business units: ELL Technologies; Parlo; Speak2Me; and Lingo Learning. ELL Technologies is a globally-established ELL multi-media and online training company marketed under the Q Group brand (www.elltechnologies.com). Parlo is a fee-based online ELL training and assessment service (www.parlo.com). Speak2Me is a free-to-consumer advertising-based online ELL service in China (www.speak2me.cn). Lingo Learning is a print-based publisher of ELL programs in China. Lingo Media has formed successful relationships with key government and industry organizations, establishing a strong presence in China's education market of more than 300 million students. The Company continues to expand its ELL offerings and is extending its reach globally.


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i-80 Gold hails "substantial" economic opportunity at Granite Creek
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Open pit mining at Granite Creek occurred on the property between 1980 and 1999 and underground test mining was conducted in the early 2010s. (Image courtesy of i-80 .)
US-focused gold miner i-80 Gold Corp (TSX: IAU)( OTCMKTS: IAUCF) said on Tuesday the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for its Granite Creek asset in Nevada confirm the "substantial economic opportunity" the project offers.
The company, which spun off from Premier Gold Mines as part of the company's acquisition by Equinox Gold's (TSX, NYSE: EQX) , began underground test mining at Granite Creek in September.
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Granite Creek, one of four projects the company is advancing, is located in Humboldt county, near Nevada Gold Mine's Twin Creeks and Turquoise Ridge mines
The program is aimed at gaining a better understanding of the optimal mining cycle required for the project and to advance underground development for a commercial production scenario.
While a production decision for Granite Creek has yet to be made, i-80 Gold says the PEA supports the development of both open pit and underground mines on the property.
"This study contemplates constructing heap leach and CIL facilities on the property for the open pit and trucking refractory material for third party processing," CEO Matthew Gili said in the statement.
The recent acquisition of the Lone Tree site will allow for the optimization of the facilities as the miner progresses towards a feasibility study, Gill noted. He added the integration of Lone Tree could lead to changes in the ultimate processing plans.
Based on the current resource estimates for the property, i-80 expects the mine to have a nine-year operating life, producing 1,245,900 ounces of gold with life-of-mine all-in sustaining costs of $963 per ounce.
The gold miner inked in September a deal with Nevada Gold Mines, a partnership between Newmont and Barrick Gold, which will help it create a major mining complex in the precious metals-rich state of Nevada.


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Report proposes middle-class tax relief
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Seeking to stimulate Greece's battered middle class, a committee chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Sir Christopher Pissarides, which has been tasked with drafting a long-term growth strategy for the country, is recommending that tax rates on the incomes of private individuals in that bracket be slashed.
More specifically, in its report to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the committee recommends a reduction in tax rates, which currently amount to 28% for incomes from 20,000 euros and reach up to 44% for incomes over €40,000.
The committee also recommends the scrapping of the solidarity levy, which the government wants to gradually abolish as of 2021 – the amount paid by taxpayers annually amounts to €1.2 billion.
A tax reduction combined with the abolition of the solidarity levy is expected to significantly stimulate so-called middle-class employees, who were hit harder than any other social category during Greece's protracted financial crisis in the last decade, and continue to pay very high taxes today.
Indeed, the Greek middle class was dealt the strongest blow during the years that leftist SYRIZA was in government.
What's more, the middle class did not gain much from last year's tax bill passed by the current government which rewarded low-income and self-employed professionals.
Tellingly, after the changes in legislation introduced by the current New Democracy government for so-called middle incomes (from €16,000-17,000 up to €50,000), the middle class received measly relief of €17-37 on an annual basis.
For example, an employee with an annual salary of 26,000 euros paid a tax based on 2019 incomes of €4,776 together with the solidarity contribution. This amount has now been reduced to €4,759.
About 1.34 million taxpayers in Greece, most of whom are employees and retirees, declare incomes from €16,000-17,000 up to €50,000.
So while they account for just 15% of the total number of taxpayers, they pay a total of €4.4 billion in taxes, i.e 53% of the total personal income tax.
With this in mind, the Pissarides Committee's proposal is that taxes be reduced in line with Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recommendations, which for years have called for the slashing of high tax rates.


One year post you cease to exist, I have no feelings, no pain, no tears, no cries, no sadness around. A person who thrives on emotions and well quite a lot of them goes so numb? Seems like I am still in a dilemma if you are actually no longer around! Last year this day while I was crying, was sad deep inside because it was time for me to take a flight back from Chicago to My homeland, time to be back home and sad because it was time for me to bid g'bye to the extended family I made with my hotel stay at US, you were saying g'bye to my immediate family here back home. Me so unaware, so hidden, so away, so in dark. For me as the flight landed on 27th May I did not touch the ground but I got dumped in a hollow. It's like a black hole so dark yet not black but grey. You lived a very silent life and you vanished silently. For me your existence then and now is silence. Sorry I could not make it on 25th May my Granny when you so much wanted me to be around to witness the last smile on your face. I never knew you were surrendering to God of Non-existence. You were so strong my Granny that your approaching age was shadowed by your will and strength to live-making me scorned that it's time for you to go away. For me you abstained your visibility.
Lost my Granny on May 25th 2011 while I was out of my homeland. I was exposed to this loss only on my arrival back on May 27th 2011.


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Founded in 1978, Domino has established a global reputation for the continual development and manufacture of its total coding and printing technologies that meet the needs of manufacturers and sets new industry standards in quality and reliability.
Through a global network of 25 subsidiary offices and in excess of 200 distributors, the Domino Group operates in over 120 countries employing over 2,700 people worldwide with manufacturing facilities situated in UK, China, Germany, India, Sweden and USA. On 11 June 2015, Domino became an autonomous division of Brother Industries Limited. Brother Industries Limited is a public company based in Nagoya Japan and is listed on the Japanese Stock Exchange (6448:Tokyo).
A foundation stone laying ceremony was recently held for Domino China's new factory in Changshu – Domino Printing Technology (Changshu) Co. Limited.
The foundation stone laying ceremony was attended by the Domino Asia-Pacific Management Team, leaders of the Changshu Economic Development Zone and representatives from the construction party.
The new Domino factory is located in the Changshu Economic & Technological Development Zone, among the chemical industries concentrated area along the river. The planned area covers 26,667m2, with the total investment figure approximately £19 million. The primary plan is to build 3 production lines, including ink production, Inkjet printer assembly testing, as well as Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO) assembly testing. An annual output of 14,000 labelling devices and 2,500 tonnes of ink are both part of the company's plans.
Headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Domino Printing Sciences is a leader in research & development and manufacturing of coding, marking and labelling equipment. It has ten production bases throughout Asia, Europe and the United States of America.
The Chinese market is an integral part of Domino's overall vision for its future development. Domino China has been present in Beijing since 1995, and the rapid growth in sales performance has made Domino the preferred ink jet printer supplier in the region.
In May 2002, Domino's Asia Pacific Headquarters were established in Shanghai. Since then, the Company has invested in 4,500m2 of production facilities, providing improved service to customers in China, and concurrently providing products and technical support services to the Asia Pacific Region.
Mr Johnny Tan, General Manager at Domino Printing Technology (Chang Shu) Co. Limited, said in his speech during the ceremony: "Domino's development strategy is to strengthen its relationships with its customers, and the regional manufacturing base is a key part of this strategy."
He continues: "China is one of Domino's biggest regional markets. In order to support the company's development strategy, we chose Changshu, which is close to our Shanghai headquarters. With this location for our new factory, we will be able to serve the Asia Pacific Region more effectively, especially the Chinese market, by improving the efficiency of productions and logistics."
The Vice-Chairman of the Changshu Economic & Technological Development Zone, Mr Wang Gang, also gave a speech during the ceremony. He wished Domino a smooth and successful completion of the construction of the new factory. He then performed the lion eye dotting ceremony together with Domino's CEO for the Asia Pacific Region, Mr Xiang Min. The lion symbolises courage and joy, which is brought to life by the eye dotting ceremony, and shows that Domino is heading towards even greater heights in its future development.
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Vitamin C is extremely useful in stopping hair loss. It is a major player in collagen production, which is an important ingredient in keeping hair alive and healthy. If you have a vitamin C deficiency, consider adding citrus fruit to your diet, or even fortified candies.
TIP! It is critical to get enough vitamin C in order to prevent hair loss. Vitamin C is required to produce collagen, which increases the health and vitality of a person's hair.
In school, you wore a mullet to show off your style, a party in back and all business up front. Your hairstyle has probably changed drastically throughout many stages of your life. Nowadays, your shiny chrome dome is not giving you a lot of room for hairdo experimentation. Reclaim the glory days by employing these thinning hair tips.
Reducing the stress in your life, can really help to keep your hair from falling out, quite literally. Stress is a huge cause of hair loss and if you can't control it, you could wind up losing your hair. Stress management techniques can help you lower your stress, and keep more hair on your head.
TIP! If you are trying to prevent loss of hair, you have to try to avoid stress and anxiety as much as you can. If you can't control your stress levels, your hair loss will only continue.
Foods that are high in protein can slow the process of hair loss. Foods that are high in protein include almonds, beef, cheese, chicken breasts and certain fish, such as tuna, salmon and tilapia. This in turn helps give your hair its own protein called keratin. Getting enough keratin will allow your hair to be stronger, more resilient as well as slowing down any loss.
If you are sick, take good care of yourself. If you do not take care of your body by taking prescribed medication, or do the things advised by a doctor, your body will have to work harder to repair itself and to stay alive. The energy you use to fight your illness will not allow you to grow strong hair. When your body cannot keep new follicles growing, you will experience hair loss.
TIP! If you're sick, you should ensure you are taking proper care of yourself. If you are not taking your prescribed medicines, or doing what your doctor is telling you, your body will start to work overtime to try and survive.
Avoid brushing your hair if it is still wet. If you brush your hair wet, it is easier to damage it. If you wait patiently for hair to dry, you will find your hair is much easier to brush out. If you have thinning hair, you must be sure to only brush it when it is dry to avoid pulling it out and causing split ends.
Try upping your Vitamin C intake if you have hair loss. Vitamin C gets more blood to the scalp, maintaining capillaries that carry blood to the follicles of hair. By getting better blood flow to the scalp, this will help the hair regrow faster.
TIP! You may want to consider consuming more Vitamin C if you suffer from hair loss. Vitamin C will stimulate blood flow to your scalp, and help your capillaries to carry your blood to your hair follicles.
Give your hair some time to grow thick and full prior to getting it cut. Getting it cut the day it starts getting frizzy will eventually diminish the strength of your hair.
Men who suffer from hair loss may consider the use of liquid saw palmetto. This natural extract reduces how much DHT you produce, a hormone that causes hair loss. Saw palmetto oil is available at most drug stores.
TIP! If you are male and dealing with hair loss, try liquid saw palmetto. This product helps to keep DHT levels low, reducing hair loss by reducing this male hormone's effects.
Massage your scalp every day to prevent further the loss of hair and make your hair stronger. If you want to achieve the best results possible, use a mineral oil, and rub it into your scalp while you are massaging it.
You should massage your scalp on a regular basis so that you can cause stimulation and better circulation. If you massage your scalp you can have an effect on hair growth, it will relieve tension that can cause you to lose your hair. This is a technique that can be used daily with no risk of damage or more hair loss.
Ask a professional to find out what your symptoms are and what you can do about them. You should always speak with your doctor before starting any treatment and rule out underlying health problems that may be causing the hair loss. There may be an easily treated condition causing your hair loss, and speaking to your doctor will help identify any problems. A professional may have advice that can really be helpful.
Consider using aloe vera to prevent thinning hair. Many people find this to be effective. All you need to do is rub a bit of the substance into the scalp on a nightly basis prior to going to bed. Aloe vera contains minerals that nourish your hair, making it stronger. Also, massaging it into your scalp will stimulate the hair follicles, reducing hair loss.
TIP! Grow your hair fuller and thicker prior to cutting it. If you cut it every single time it gets long or a little frizzy that will, in the end, weaken your hair, so allow it to grow longer.
Believe it or not, meditation is a good relaxation technique that is effective in treating blading. When you are feeling stressed out, the blood vessels become constricted, and your hair may fall out. Blood can flow easier to your scalp thanks to the relaxing properties of meditation.
TIP! A good way to grow your hair again is to massage the scalp all the time. To get optimal results while performing a scalp massage, utilize mineral oil or a different oil.
Saw Palmetto extract helps you to regrow your hair, when applied right to your scalp everyday. Just take a few drops of this substance, and gently massage it into your scalp.
Because many are convinced of the power of aloe vera in staving off hair loss, you may wish to see if it works for you. The treatment is to rub the Aloe Vera into the scalp before bed. By rubbing aloe into your scalp, not only will you stimulate hair growth, but you will also strengthen the hair.
TIP! Because many are convinced of the power of aloe vera in staving off hair loss, you may wish to see if it works for you. Simply rub a little amount of Aloe onto your scalp before going to sleep every night.
Think about your life and what has been happening in it to determine why you are losing hair. Changes in the medications that you take or major changes you've made to your life could be causing you to lose your hair. If you are able to find the cause of blading, you could possibly stop it.
Concentrate of alleviating accumulated stress. Hair loss has been directly linked to stress. The more stressed you are, the better chance you have for losing your hair. Stress also accelerates any premature balding that you are genetically inclined to, preventing treatments from being successful.
TIP! Learn to handle stress better and remove as much as possible from your life. Stress can contribute to hair loss, so if you can lower your stress, you can possibly prevent some hair loss.
You can find vitamin B12 in a number of ways. You can take daily B12 supplements, or you can increase the amount of B12 rich foods that you eat. Chicken and beef are both high in B12.
There are temporary causes attributed to hair loss like anemia, stress, weight change, surgery, illness and much more. Temporary hair loss starts about 3 months after the end of an event, and generally lasts 3 months too. Know the issues involved so that you will not be at a disadvantage.
TIP! Weight loss or gain, stress, some illnesses, surgery, and other conditions can cause temporary hair loss. Temporary loss of hair in reaction to an event usually sets in about three months after the situation is over.
Hair thinning can also be caused by many temporary conditions, like anemia, stress, surgery, sickness and changes in weight. This temporary loss of hair usually starts three months after a certain event, and lasts about three months as well. Know the issues involved so that you will not be at a disadvantage.
TIP! More than half of all men will lose some of their hair after age 25, so it's something most men should be ready to face. DHT is produced by testosterone and seeks out hair and destroys it.
More than 60% of adult men have some kind of loss of hair, starting in their mid-twenties; everyone must prepare for it. DHT is produced by testosterone and seeks out hair and destroys it.
A surprising culprit of hair loss can sometimes be hormones. Hormone imbalances, which can be attributed to a range of factors such as oral contraceptives, may contribute to thinning hair. Hormone replacements can even create a hormone imbalance as the body adjusts. Anyone who has noticed thinning hair should take a look at medications and therapies that they are using to see if hormones could be the cause.
TIP! The majority of women that are dealing with hair loss are not aware that changing hormones is the culprit. A hair loss condition can develop by a hormone imbalance, which may be caused by birth control pills.
When trying to stop your blading, you should aim to find how it first began. There are those that may have began losing hair early when they switched to a specific product or gel for their hair. If this is the case, then it may take nothing more than discontinuing the use of the product to stop the hair thinning.
Be aware that some hairstyles can hurt your hair. When you pull your hair back in ponytail holders and other constricting accessories, it can cause your hair to fall out. You can cause your hair to fall out if you wear braids and cornrows.
TIP! Some hair styles should be avoided. Wearing a ponytail can lead to losing hair.
Diet can play a key factor in developing the loss of hair. If you have an imbalanced diet, you can have hair that is rather unhealthy. The main culprits for this would be eating a lot of fast food, and high carbohydrate meals. Fresh vegetables and low-fat protein sources, such as fish and poultry, are the best dietary options for getting all the vitamins and nutrients your hair needs.
A concoction of potatoes and rosemary boiled in water makes a great rinse for your hair and can accelerate hair growth. Turn the burner on and boil the ingredients, and then chill the mixture down to ambient temperature. Rinse hair with this daily.
TIP! A concoction of potatoes and rosemary boiled in water makes a great rinse for your hair and can accelerate hair growth. After bringing the water, rosemary and potatoes to a full boil, let the combination cool.
Avoid extreme exposures to toxins and pollutants in order to retain beautiful and full hair. If you are exposed to toxins, your body is focusing on maintaining its health, which can cause you to lose hair. Wear gloves if touching toxic items and avoid fumes from traffic.
If your scalp is itchy and you notice thin scales along the hairline of the scalp, talk to your physician about seborrheic dermatitis. Your doctor can advise products to address the problem in the form of prescription or OTC shampoos. Also, you'll be able determine that you don't have other conditions, such as psoriasis.
TIP! If your scalp has scaling and is itchy, and you're experience hair loss, contact your doctor to see if you're dealing with seborrheic dermatitis. This condition is very easy to get rid of with OTC and prescription shampoo, and also, your doctor will be able to rule out other cause of your hair loss, like psoriasis.
If you are experiencing blading and you are thinking of using a wig, think through it again. A wig or hairpiece will damage your hair follicles and speed up the process of your hair loss. You should avoid wearing anything on your head which will deprive your scalp of oxygen and accelerate the loss of your hair.
Although this isn't always the case, because it can start much younger or even at an older age. Do not worry if hair loss starts early for you: find new ways to style your hair.
TIP! This may not always be true but can start at different ages. Don't stress yourself out if you lose hair early.
If you are a man who was big on styling his hair, it was probably very annoying to find out you were losing your hair. One way to cope with your negative feelings is to discover a new method of self-expression, which is easily accomplished with an updated wardrobe.


The train between Tronchetto and Venezia Mestre Station takes 29m. On an average weekday, there are 68 trains per day travelling from Tronchetto to Venezia Mestre Station. The journey time may be longer on weekends and holidays; use the search form on this page to search for a specific travel date.
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Is there a direct train between Tronchetto and Venezia Mestre Station?
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Venezia S.Lucia and arriving at Venezia Mestre. Services depart every 10 minutes, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12m.
How far is it from Tronchetto to Venezia Mestre Station?
The distance between Tronchetto and Venezia Mestre Station is 8 km. The road distance is 9.1 km.
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Tronchetto to Venezia Mestre Station train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Venezia S.Lucia station.
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The inaugural youth Elite Lacrosse Invitational kicks off November in style at the Sachem Sports Complex. The top teams from up and down the East Coast will make the trek to square off againt elite competition at one of the top venues on Long Island. Teams play three 40-minute games and push themselves to the limit against the very best.


DVD documentary of the Lincoln Higwhay across the USA by director Rick Sebak. Western PA's own Rick Sebak directed and produced this 2008 documentary about our beloved Lincoln Highway. Spend an hour visiting America's historic LH sites.


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Cully of the Cully & Sully food business returned to his old secondary school in Waterford accompanied by GIY (Grow It Yourself) this week. During the visit Cully shared with the students the success story behind one of Ireland's biggest food businesses and launched an inaugural competition titled 'Give Peas a Chance'. This initiative aims to foster a spirit of food entrepreneurship in Irish secondary schools and discover Ireland's next young food entrepreneurs.
Secondary schools across the country are now invited to take part in the 'Give Peas A Chance' competition, which combines food growing and entrepreneurship to engage and inspire students to grow their own peas and to devise a soup recipe using what they have grown to come up with a product, which Cully & Sully will produce.
Through this initiative growing kits will be delivered to 7,500 students across the country. The kits include everything the students need to grow peas including seeds, pots, soil and plenty of growing tips from GIY. Students are asked to pair up in order to undertake the challenge.
During 'Give Peas A Chance' students will be allocated a series of challenges and in the final phase they will be asked to file the details of their own 'ReciPEA For Success' using their home-grown peas as inspirations for a brand-new soup recipe. A number of these student 'reciPEAS' will then make the shortlist and the students will be invited to a 'Dragon's Den' style pitch scenario at the home of GIY, GROWHQ in Waterford on May 25th, 2017 where a winning team of two will be selected and crowned Give Peas A Chance Champions.
The winning students will be awarded a prize pot of €5,000 which includes a €3,000 food garden for their school, 2 iPads for the winning team of two students and the brand new winning soup recipe will be produced by Cully & Sully and served at the GIY Café 'GROW HQ'.


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A 5-year-old girl is in critical condition after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash Thursday involving Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, according to CNN. In a search warrant obtained by CNN affiliate KSHB, police identified Britt Reid as the Dodge Ram truck driver. He told a responding officer that he had consumed "two to three" drinks after the officer observed an odor of alcohol and his eyes being bloodshot red.
In addition, he told the officer that he takes the prescription drug Adderall. The officer initiated a field sobriety test and observed signs of impairment. Britt was taken to a local hospital after complaining of stomach pain. A statement released by the Kansas City Chiefs states, "The organization has been made aware of a multi-vehicle accident involving Outside Linebackers Coach, Britt Reid. We are in the process of gathering information, and we will have no further comment at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved."
According to the search warrant, it was uncovered while doing a computer check performed by police that Britt has had "multiple prior DUI contacts." During the arrest, the police received a judge's permission to collect blood from Britt to assist with their investigation. Tiffany Verhuls, the child's aunt, set up a GoFundMe account raised over $200,000. The initial goal was $100k — as of Sunday afternoon. The account was set up to help cover her medical expenses. The 5-year-old is suffering from swelling and bleeding in and around the brain and hasn't awoken since the crash, according to the GoFundMe page description. Currently, Britt has not been charged with any crimes as an investigation is underway.
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SouthworldNews October 2019Africa. The Jihadist Threat.
Tuesday, 1 October 2019 8:00
Category:	News October 2019
Jihadist groups are expanding in Africa beyond the Sahel, from the Horn to Central and Southern Africa. The Congolese President, Felix Tshisekedi, is calling for "a regional coalition against terrorism".
On 19 August 2019, the Congolese President Tshisekedi urged fellow heads of state, at a Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Dar Es Salaam, to form "a regional coalition against terrorism" in order to fight the Islamist rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) who have been causing havoc in the Beni area of North Kivu since the 1990s. Tshisekedi proposed to set up a special brigade to that effect.
The Jihadist presence in Central Africa has become a reality. Two days after the murder of two Congolese soldiers at the Ugandan border by ADF rebels, on the 16 April 2019, the Islamic State claimed responsibility and later on for 15 more attacks. In April 2019, IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was seen in a video receiving reports on a new Islamic State "Wilayat" (province) in Central Africa. The list of attacks includes the kidnapping of 15 civilians near Oicha on 23 May and an attack on the Congolese army near Goma on 3 June in which 25 soldiers were injured or killed. Between 2014 and 2018, over 2,000 people were killed in ADF attacks. ADF received funds from the Islamic State (IS) command in Kenya, says Matteo Puxton, a specialist of the military strategy of the IS. In addition, for several months, ADF fighters have been receiving propaganda material from the IS which has been found by Congolese military in places where the rebels have been hiding.
Analysts explain that ADF is only a local group which claimed allegiance to the Islamic State and had initially a different agenda: to unite the Ugandan Bakonjo and their Banande cousins of Congo into one single separatist state. Yet, the involvement of elements from outside the region is also a fact. In 2014, UN experts reported indeed the presence of Arabic-speaking instructors and fighters among the ADF which was born in 1995 from an alliance between the Sudanese-backed Ugandan Freedom Fighters Movement, an Islamic militia formed by members of the Tabligh sect founded in India in 1927 and insurgents from the National Liberation Army of Uganda (NALU) whose sanctuary is the Ruwenzori mountain area and whose common goal was to overthrow Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni.
Yet, ADF's radicalization is a fairly recent phenomenon. The first symptom was the release in 2016 of a video by ADF combatants indicating that the group had adopted the Arabic name "Madinat Tawheed wal Muwahideen" (City of Monotheism and Monotheists) and featured a flag similar to those used by IS and Boko Haram. Its policy was imposed by the new leader of the group, a 49 year-old former imam at the Malakaz mosque of Kampala, Musa Seka Baluku, a Salafi Jihadist. According to UN experts, the current number of ADF fighters ranges between 400 and 500, including Burundians, Rwandans and Tanzanians.
Burundi is potentially the more exposed country, because of its participation in the anti-Jihadist war against Al Shabab rebels through the involvement of its troops inside the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). On 3 November 2014, the Burundian Minister of the Interior, Edouard Nduwimana already declared that the Jihadists had already infiltrated the country as shown by the arrest in neighbouring Tanzania of two young men who had been recruited by Islamist groups based in Sudan and Somalia.
The Central African Republic belongs to the list of 12 countries which are designated as targets in a video, broadcast in April 2019, of a conversation between Al Baghdadi and one of his deputies. It is only 800 km away from Boko Haram's sanctuary in North-Eastern Nigeria and the authorities in Bangui fear that the Jihadist group may strike alliances with several rebel groups led by Muslims in the Northern part of the country such as Nouredine Adam's Popular Front for the Central African Revival (FPRC), Ali Darass's Union for Peace in the Central African Republic ( UPC) or al-Khatim's Patriotic Movement. The constant incursions into the Central African Republic of Bororo Fulani nomadic shepherds, heavily armed and increasingly indoctrinated by Jihadist propaganda, also poses a potential threat. Some of them are directly connected with the UPC, say Western intelligence sources.
But since 2017, the other main jihadist focus is on Mozambique.
And there is evidence of connections between the group which is operating in the Northern mainly Muslim Cabo Delgado province and the ADF group in the DRC.
In January 2019, the police did indeed arrest three Ugandans suspected to be connected to the attacks which have killed more than 250 people and are threatening government plans to exploit the huge oil and gas reserves of the area. One of the suspects told reporters that he was involved with Al-Shabaab in Uganda. In December 2018, local prosecutors in Maputo also unveiled charges against five foreign people whom they accused of leading jihadist attacks in the Cabo Delgado area: (two Ugandans, two Tanzanians and a South African)
The violence in Cabo Delgado has been attributed to a group known in Arabic as Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jama (ASWJ) which attacked a convoy bringing material to the American oil and gas company Anadarko, forcing it to suspend the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant, to tap resources estimated to be worth $150 billion, alongside other companies such as Italy's ENI and the China National Petroleum Company. ASWJ's penetration of Mozambique was facilitated by the historical ties with neighbouring communities in Tanzania where jihadist presence traces back to 1998 and where al-Qaeda perpetrated the bombing of the US embassy. Tanzanian authorities claim to have arrested hundreds of individuals accused of setting up training camps in Mozambique, while Mozambican security forces arrested Tanzanian, Ugandan and Congolese suspects as well.
The first attacks in Cabo Delgado occurred in October 2017. They targeted military barracks and police stations, killing five people. The situation became so serious that on the 2 May 2018, the parliament approved a special anti-terrorism law. Many of these attacks also targeted civilians including children who were decapitated or chopped up. The Maputo government has responded with the deployment of troops but failed so far to halt the violence. Moreover, security forces committed abuses against accused militants, including arbitrary detentions, poor treatment, and summary executions. Several mosques in the country have been closed as a reaction to the attacks, reports the NewYork based organization Human Rights Watch. However, such reaction might be counterproductive and backfire, like in Nigeria and Kenya where responses to similar threats with repressive tactics have only managed to fuel religious and ethnic tensions and provide pretexts for extremist recruiting.
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Hog Blog with Adam Carriker – Week 4
By Adam Carriker | October 2nd, 2010
Last week's game was a tough loss. We lost to a team I felt like we should have beat. They are an NFL team so they can't be overlooked or underestimated. I give them credit; they came out and played well. That's about as good as I've ever seen the Rams look. Part of it might be because we didn't play as good as we can. Individually I feel like I played well and they didn't really block me very successfully all day. I went up against their first round pick from a year ago, Jason Smith, the #2 overall selection, and I played very well against him. Obviously, individual success means nothing if the team doesn't get the W. Hopefully this next week is a different story.
The big return to Philadelphia.
Donovan is a great player and a great guy. I truly hope the fans in Philly show him the respect he deserves. I can't wait to play them. They have a very good offense and the team is on a roll right now. Michael Vick is playing very well. He has incredible speed and I've seen him make some incredible throws on film. I think it's going to be a very fun challenge and a great game to be a part of.
I have received a few different messages from fans on Facebook who have said that they think I am in a much better system for me personally now, referring to the 3-4. I have had some fans say they think I would be better in the 4-3. I've got to be honest, I can be successful in any defense, whether it be the 3-4, 4-3, 1-10 or 9-2, it doesn't matter. It's amazing to me, because I've played in the 4-3 my whole life. When I was coming out in the draft, it was said that I was quick enough to play outside and strong enough to play inside. Then all of a sudden, I had one of the St. Louis coaches telling me this past offseason I was too slow to play outside and too tall to play inside.
Let me translate that for you. Basically they didn't know what they had and they didn't know how to use me. It's amazing to me because my rookie year I literally played every position on the d-line, not just throughout the year, but within the series of games. I didn't know what position I was playing until I saw who ran on the field, then I would figure out what position I was that play and then I'd have about 7 or 8 seconds to figure out what I was supposed to do on that particular play based on the position I was playing that particular play. It didn't bother me. I actually enjoyed it. I could be left nose, right nose, left 3-tech, right 3-tech, left end or right end. I actually played all those positions in one drive vs. San Francisco.
It just makes me laugh, because I am very blessed to have the ability to play all the positions on the d-line in any defense you want to put me in. I must admit, it is nice here with the Redskins because they are allowing me to focus on one position and letting me get really good at that one position. While jumping all over the place in St. Louis may have been fun, it never really let me get good at any one thing.
I was reminded last week that people in St. Louis think I am, or was a bust. I was reminded of the day after I was traded to the Redskins. I had flown out to D.C., met with the coaches here, then flew back to St. Louis. My wife was trying to hide the paper from me. When I found it, I discovered why. A writer named Bryan Burwell there in St. Louis completely ripped me apart in the paper. A man I had run into at the movies a few months before, and he was oh, so polite to my face. I was also told by one of my friends about a guy on the radio named Carriker (not related to me, I don't know his first name or even if I spelled his last name correctly), who was ripping me, too. I'm sure there were more people than just those two jumping on the bandwagon as well.
My first two years there I was the starting nose guard, not the starting 3-technique as some people think, and that's where most of my snaps came from when I wasn't hopping positions from play-to-play. I was reminded how people complained I didn't make enough plays. How many plays does a starting nose guard actually get the chance to make? Most people understand that the nose takes on double teams so the linebackers can run around and make plays. I played the nose position very well my first year and a half. Then I heard people say I was injury prone. I discussed that in my blog last week. I look back on it now and I don't get that either.
Like I said last week, I took more plays than any other d-lineman on our team my first two years (which I actually think is a big reason for most of my past injuries, just all the excess banging on my body, especially since I take care of my body as well as anybody I know). Then my second year I played with a lot of injuries I shouldn't have. In retrospect my play suffered because I was hurt. I should have been more selfish and said "I'm going take 2-3 weeks off and get healthy, then I'll come back and play." I guaranteed I would have come back and played even better than my rookie year. I was playing better than that prior to the injury. But that would have left us with only two d-tackles (one of whom was a good player but had been in the league 14 years and couldn't take a bunch of plays every day) in a 4-3 scheme. In my mind that didn't seem right, so instead of taking a couple weeks off I played. I didn't start every game because of the injury, but I only missed one actual game. Looking back on it now maybe I should have looked out for myself first. I never understood why we went into the season, to practice and play games with only 3 defensive tackles on the entire roster.
The only real time I missed for injury was last year when I was put on IR. Like nobody has ever been put on I.R. before or something. I'm going throw something out there. I am not a bust nor was I ever a bust. I played a position a 6'6" tall man should never play (nose guard). I played that position well, played through injuries to help my team when I shouldn't have, and honestly I feel like I got punished for it and then got put on I.R. I've proven I'm a good player when I'm healthy and I've proven I'll go out and play for the good of team even when I'm not healthy. I've also proven I can come back from injury quickly and stronger than ever. In my opinion, in my first year and half in St. Louis I did not make the most plays of the defensive linemen being the nose guard but I still think I was the most valuable defensive lineman because I played on every defensive personnel grouping we had and I played every d-line position we had and I played them well, until injuries affected me.
You'll have to forgive me. I was reminded of all this last week. It blows my mind how people who don't know the true story or have all the facts, but just because they have a computer in front of them, can put anything they want down, whether it's true or not. I've read where people have said that I played in the 3-4 at St. Louis, which is not true, and where people have said I played in the 3-4 at Nebraska, which is not true either. I'm pretty sure people can count to 3 vs. 4, and should be able to get that right.
Now I will be honest, there were times during my career there, especially my second year, when I was pushing through pain and my play definitely could have been better. A lot of guys play with injuries and that should be no excuse. I can always get better and always improve. As a competitor you are always striving to become the best you can possibly be. I accept my portion of the responsibility for what happened in St. Louis. I just felt like I gave a lot for the three years I was there, was not appreciated, and then got kicked in the face on my way out the door.
My final thought about the Rams is actually a funny one. I talked to Rock Gullickson, the strength coach there for about a year, before I was traded, trying to get him to order heavier dumbbells for the weight room. They only had up to 140 lb dumbbells. I was talking to him forever trying to get him to order heavier ones. Then they finally came. They go all the way up to 180 lbs. When they came in, Rock dubbed it the "Carriker Section." From the 140's up to the 180 lb dumbbells. I chuckle when I think about it now, because I seriously doubt if they're getting any use now. The wasted money they spent on those and the "Carriker Section" are just sitting there unused. Those dumbbells could be there forever. Other people in St. Louis will remember me for various reasons, but I will always laugh and chuckle when I think of the "Carriker Section." LOL
I just had to get that off my chest. That being said, St. Louis is now behind me. I have forgiven and moved on. I am very happy and the Rams no longer matter. They are the least of all to me. All that matters now and all I want to talk about is the Redskins. I am in a 3-4 system, which I am definitely good at. I am on a team I love playing for. These are the best teammates I've had since being in the NFL. Their wives are also great to my wife and it's awesome for me to finally have NFL fans who are loud and care about football. I feel like the Redskins and Adam Carriker are a great fit. The past is behind me and a great future lies ahead for the Redskins and myself.
Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Adam Carriker
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