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Q: ffmpeg in python - extracting meta data I use ffmpeg for Python to extract meta data from video files. I think the official documentation is available here: https://kkroening.github.io/ffmpeg-python/
To extract meta data (duration, resolution, frames per second, etc.) I use the function "ffmpeg.probe" as provided. Sadly, when running it on a large amount of video files, it is rather inefficient as it seems to (obviously?) load the whole file into memory each time to read just a small amount of data.
If this is not what it does, maybe someone could explain what the cause might be for the rather extensive runtime.
Otherwise, is there any way to retrieve meta data in a more efficient way using ffmpeg or some other library?
Any feedback or help is very much appreciated.
Edit: For clarity I added my code here:
pool = mp.Pool()
videos = []
for file in os.listdir(directory):
    pool.apply_async(ffmpeg.probe, args=[os.path.join(directory, file)], callback=videos.append)
pool.close()
pool.join()

The imports and the definition of the paths are missing, but it should suffice to understand what is going on.

A: I suggest using the ffprobe directly. Unfortunately ffmpeg can be CPU expensive sometimes but it all depends on your hardware specs.

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running it on a large amount of video files

This is where multithreading/multiprocessing could potentially be helpful IF the slowdown comes from subprocess spawning (and not from actual I/O). This may not help as file I/O in general takes time compared to virtually everything else.

load the whole file into memory each time to read just a small amount of data

This is incorrect assertion IMO. It should only read relevant headers/packets to retrieve the metadata. You are likely paying subprocess tax more than anything else.

a way to retrieve meta data

(1) Adding to what @Peter Hassaballeh said above, ffprobe has options to limit what to look up. If you only need to get the container(format)-level info or only of a particular stream, you can specify exactly what you need (to an extent). This could save some time.
(2) You can try MediaInfo (another free tool like ffprobe) which you should be able to call from Python as well.
(3) If you are dealing with a particular file format, the fastest way is to decode it yourself in Pyton, read only the bytes that matters to you. Depending on what is the current bottleneck, it may not be that drastic of an improvement, tho.


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Shuishang Township (, meaning "near water") is a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.

History
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Shuishang was established as part of Tainan County. In 1946, it was incorporated into Chiayi City as a district. In 1950, Chiayi County was established after being separated from Tainan County and Shuishang was made a rural township of Chiayi County.

Geography
The Taiwanese township has a population total of 48,164 and an area of 69.1198 km2.

Administrative divisions
The township comprises 25 villages: Cuxi, Daku, Dalun, Guoxing, Huigui, Jinghe, Kuanshi, Liulin, Liuxiang, Liuxin, Longde, Minsheng, Nanhe, Nanxiang, Neixi, Sanhe, Sanjie, Sanzeng, Shuishang, Shuitou, Tugou, Xialiao, Xizhou, Yixing, Zhonghe and Zhongzhuang.

Tourist attractions
 Tropic of Cancer Monument

Transportation

Air
The township houses the Chiayi Airport.

Rails

 TRA Nanjing Station
 TRA Shuishang Station

Roads
The township is connected to Dongshi Township through Provincial Highway 82.

External links

 Shueishang Township Office

Townships in Chiayi County

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Although the Elizabethan Church intended to retain and contain its Puritans, the yo-yo of liberty under Cromwell and then the Restoration in 1660 meant that many Puritans could not accept reintegration via assent to the Book of Common Prayer in 1662.
What is Puritan religion? It is a belief in God already knowing your salvation or damnation. They were trinitarians. Many a Puritan looked for and demonstrated signs of personal salvation, and this was through godly living. You might be favoured with a large income, but you didn't consume. Many were merchants, and made good early capitalists by preferring to invest than consume, and they also built charities. But they also rejected earthly displays of being religious in favour of a severe simplicty in worship.
The Presbyterian Puritans believed in the broad parish Church, not in the supremacy of the local congregation like the Independents, and they would have preferred to stay in the Church of England.
Then the Declaration of Indulgence of 1672 (for only a year) allowed licensed congregations to meet legally. Hull's libertarian governor (the Duke of Monmouth) made the city a haven for outcasts.
The Puritan Samuel Charles, ordained in 1655 and ejected at Mickleover in 1662, came to Hull and began his ministry when two meeting houses (Blackfriargate, a chapel, and Richard Barnes' house where Joseph Wilson preached) merged. They formed one congregation at Bowl Alley Lane in Christopher Fanthrope's house in 1680.
The repressive Lord Plymouth replaced the the Duke of Monmouth in 1682. This soon led to much fear. When in 1685 the Duke of Monmouth was discovered and executed, many non-conformists, including Leonard Chamberlain, were put under house arrest and feared for their lives.
However, another Declaration of Indulgence was issued in 1687 to Roman Catholics and non-conformists. Bowl Alley Lane was reopened and the Reverend Charles returned. Then William of Orange replaced James II and Protestant liberties were granted in the 1689 Act of Toleration.
The congregation left Christopher Fanthrope's house for a new chapel built by 1693. The Trust Deed of 1689 under his name gives no doctrines to be preached: only the worship of God and the administration of the Sacrament. They relied on their Bibles. Chapels built in this period copied their style from the Halls of the London Merchants' Companies. They had pan-tile roofs, strong benches and alleys between them. Self-government by trustees reflected the Gilds own governing system too. Samuel Charles died and the next minister, Reverend John Billingsley, appointed 1694, was the son of an ejected minister.
The Octagonal chapel in Bowlalley Lane Chapel was not built until 1803, and three years later the first declared Unitarian minister, William Severn, friend of John Wesley and ex-Wesleyan, took office. Unitarianism was still, as such, illegal until 1813.
Puritan faith changed because it was difficult for wealthy trust leaders to retain a severe and disciplined faith, and secondly they allowed their ministers to be their own preachers of religion. Ministers had to train in the dissenters' academies that were seedbeds for different ideas of biblical interpretation, and English Presbyterian chapels did not demand assent to credal declarations of membership. You rented your pew and the minister preached. Thus they evolved and later there was a new distinct movement that argued that the doctrine of the Trinity was not in the Bible; thus an identified Unitarianism inhabited Presbyterian chapels.
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On January 8th, young career ceramicist Michelle Lim, debuts with an intriguing combination of art and dining at the Sculpture Square space. In this experience-exhibition, Michelle draws the attention to the construction of humble objects that have served us timelessly for three meals a day.
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Startup fashion designer Mai Trần calls herself a mountain girl. She has been living in Saigon for some years now and she is steadily becoming a recognized figure of the local fashion scene. As the co-founder and co-owner of the brand SODA POP, she is very well acquainted with the environment of the Vietnamese clothing industry. She decided to share her erudition with our readers.
Throughout the interview she mentions the reasons for the decrease in production of Vietnamese silk and other traditional materials. Then she goes on to explaining why she prefers cotton made in Korea and Japan. Mai Trần visited the Czech Republic with her fiancé who engages in research of the Vietnamese culture and language, Ondřej Slówik; he occasionally added his opinion on some of the discussed issues.
Which part of Vietnam do you come from?
I come from Dalat, a city about four hundred kilometres northwest of Saigon.
Did the local culture influence your choice of profession and your relationship to fashion?
I don't think so. My mother died when I was still a baby and I spent most of my childhood in an orphanage in Dalat. I was raised there and I also learnt a lot of useful skills like cooking or crocheting. I After graduating from high school, I originally wanted to study design but in the end I obeyed my sister's advice and entered the Department of Corporate Finances at the University of Economics in Saigon.
So how did you find the path to fashion design?
After I finished the university, I worked in a few companies in the field of corporate financing and I gradually got fed up with it. Two years later, I decided to start my own business. I bought my friend's old shop and opened my first boutique called Tanpopo.
What kind of clothes did you sell? Did you design it yourself?
Not yet. Similarly to other shop owners, I imported clothes from Bangkok. I was choosing whatever I liked – various colourful and even eccentric pieces in vintage style. Unfortunately, it was barely enough to make a living. After a year I realized that I wanted to design my own style. I sold my shop and teamed up with Phuong Ha (Cỉn Tung) to set up our own brand named SODA POP.
Are Vietnamese startuppers eligible to any kind of financial aid?
I cannot generalize but I was not. When I decided to buy my first shop I had to ask friends and relatives for financial support. Before Cỉn and I established SODA POP, we put together our own money and one year before opening the shop we existed only on Facebook and Instagram.
What style do you design for SODA POP? Who is the target group of your brand?
From the very beginning we have been focusing on young girls and women in the age span 15 to 35. However, you can see ladies in their fifties coming into our shop but that is more of an exception. Our style is governed by the motto "Simple but smart" – it is simple, minimalist, light, not very luxurious but very feminine and elegant.
Where do you draw inspiration from? Who is your fashion design idol?
I admire Alexander Wang but I draw most inspiration directly from my customers. Clothes that we design are intended for a specific type of people – I know that Vietnamese students are often forced to get along on a shoestring and they must think twice before buying anything. When they choose to become our customers we want them to have clothes that are comfortable, good quality, long lasting and easy to combine with other clothes.
Have you got your own workshop?
You could call it workshop for now but we would like to transform it into a factory in the future. Currently, our team amounts to 50 people divided into groups with various responsibilities – one group is responsible for the design, another group is in charge of cutting and others occupy themselves with making the actual clothes and printing designs.
Is your workshop located directly in Saigon?
No, we have to keep all the information secret due to competition. Every design we create is at high risk of being copied, manufactured out of low quality materials and sold for a discount price without any need of marketing. Stealing ideas and copying designs constitute a substantial problem in the Vietnamese fashion industry.
What materials do you use? Is their origin important to you?
That is a very good question. Although we sell quite many pieces of clothing every day, we cannot afford to produce our own fabric. In the future, however, we would like to do so. Vietnam is currently a massive clothing factory producing clothes for some of the biggest brands in the world, which is the reason why the specialized fabric markets sell a large selection of fabric from many countries – Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong or Indonesia. We are looking mainly for Japanese and Korean cotton due to its top quality. Before using any fabric we test it thoroughly by washing it in a washing machine and by hand to determine its durability.
We are interested in eco-friendly materials chiefly because we do not want to use types of fabric containing too much PVC that do not absorb moisture. An easy way to recognize 100% cotton is setting it on fire. If you smell burning hair, it is good quality cotton. If I wanted to produce my own eco-friendly fabric, it would be extremely costly but I will think about it. I might set up a business producing eco-friendly material and start an ecological campaign in Vietnam.
And what about the Vietnamese customers – are they used to considering ecology while shopping? To what extent are they influenced by the eco-friendly rhetoric?
Vietnamese people are used to asking such questions in relation to food or agriculture but not really when thinking about fashion. They are mostly interested in design, brand reputation and finally in price. You can create a design using eco-friendly material but it does not look good. The customers will then choose something made of PVC that is colourful, shiny and cheap.
Our magazine recently published an article on the vanishing tradition of flax industry and how flax is gradually disappearing from Czech fields. Are you aware of any similar story concerning a traditional Vietnamese material?
Yes, in the past, Vietnam used to be famous for its silk – especially from the Hà Đông area in the vicinity of Hanoi. There used to be whole villages where all local households made living producing silk. The traditional method of its production is extremely time consuming. Moreover, China has taken over the role of silk mass producer and started exporting it to my country. There is still a small community manufacturing silk by the traditional method in the north of Vietnam but only in very small quantities. Most materials are nowadays imported from abroad. The technologies for fabric dyeing in Vietnam also do not cover the demand of the Vietnamese market. Most companies producing clothes in Vietnam dye their fabrics in other countries like Indonesia or India. Vietnam is only an assembly line for the big international players in the fashion industry.
What kind of relationship do the Vietnamese youth have towards traditional crafts?
As long as Vietnam was an economically isolated country, people were bound to manufacturing everything by themselves: furniture, shoes, silk… Today most products are imported and fewer and fewer people engage in crafts. When I opened my first shop I was selling my own handcrafted items – I painted over old shoes and bags. Unfortunately, I have no time for such activities any more. I also think it to be the chief reason for the traditional crafts vanishing – it is time consuming and it takes a lot of effort but the generated profit is very low.
And what about traditional clothes? Do they still fulfil any social function?
Yes, especially the traditional female dress Áo dài (long shirt, red.). It is a double-layer dress usually made of silk or other thin materials. The bottom part consists of a pair of wide-legged trousers; the top constitutes a long dress with long slits on the sides. When my mother was young, all Vietnamese women used to wear áo dài but nowadays the Western style of fashion is prevailing in Vietnam.
Contemporary women wear Áo dài to what kind of events?
In an attempt of preserve the tradition, áo dài is used as the school uniform. Áo dài is compulsory to wear in high school; some universities also make it compulsory to wear it at least once a week usually on Monday when students give pledge to the flag and sing the national anthem. Flight attendants, receptionists, teachers or bank assistants also wear the traditional outfit. The attire is not very practical as it is very long and not very easy to walk in. It is also rather dangerous when riding a motorcycle; the fabric can get entangled into the wheel and cause an accident, which happens quite frequently.
What about men? Do they also wear a traditional outfit fulfilling a similar function?
Ondřej Slowik (OS): Men usually wear western-style formal attire, trousers, shirts and ties.
Mai Trần (MT): Men also used to wear a traditional outfit but this tradition vanished almost completely.
You are probably glad about that, Ondřej, am I right?
OS: Not really. Áo dài would probably be better; nowadays, Vietnamese men casually wear clothes that are reserved only for important social events in the Czech Republic.
So what do you normally wear in Vietnam?
OS: Usually what other foreigners do – T-shirt and shorts because of the hot climate. However, if you are looking for a job as a teacher, for instance, such outfit is unacceptable. You must wear long trousers, formal shoes and a long-sleeved shirt with a collar otherwise it is perceived as lack of respect and you might not be given the job.
Mai, you have been in Prague for more than a month now. Is this your first visit of the Czech Republic?
It is even my first trip to Europe. Few years ago, I applied for a visa to the US twice but both times I was denied access. They worried that I would not want to go back to Vietnam. It is rather difficult for unmarried Vietnamese women to travel to the West. Even getting to Europe was problematic.
Was it interesting for you to meet so many Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic?
Thanks to my boyfriend who speaks Vietnamese, I have got the chance to meet many people who devote their time to popularizing Vietnamese culture in the Czech Republic. We visited the SAPA market and also attended a meeting of the Hanoi Club, which is an organization for people taking interest in Vietnam. I had the chance to meet Mr. Đỗ Ngọc Việt Dũng who has translated a number of Czech books into Vietnamese, including a book on Czech history. I also got to meet La Femme Mimi, a Vietnamese fashion designer based in Prague.
Do you see it feasible to open a Czech branch of SODA POP in the future?
OS: The biggest problem of the Czech market from the perspective of a rising Vietnamese business is the fact that the reputation of Vietnamese goods and especially clothes sold here is rather bad.
MT: But those are mainly Chinese products!
OS: Yes, but Czech people associate them with the Vietnamese markets, which leads to the assumption that Vietnamese people sell poor quality products. If you try to sell something and say: "This is a superb Vietnamese product", people won't buy it. Czech people trust Vietnamese food but fashion industry is a different story.
I would like to cooperate with the brand Cacdemode that has been managing a project "Seams the World". The idea of the project is that the fashion designer designs a few plain dresses and takes it to a poor neighbourhood, where she also brings food, books and other clothes. Then she encourages the local children to draw and paint on the dresses whatever they like. The money raised goes to charity. I like the idea as well as the designs and I would like to take part in the project after I return to Vietnam. We are also planning on opening a SODA POP shop in Hanoi. My boyfriend and I will spend some time in Vietnam now but we might relocate to the Czech Republic in the future.


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New Beginning Children's Homes (NBCH), located in Arkansas, works with children in foster care. Originally founded by a single family who fostered and would later on adopt a sibling group of four, NBCH strives to keep siblings together, and helps to unify those children that have been separated in the foster care system. The organization works to provide long-term family style living to children until a permanent situation is identified, whether through adoption, reunification, or aging out of the foster care system.
In addition, NBCH is Better Beginnings Certified, which allows the organization to provide an onsite Children's Learning Academy for kids between the ages of six weeks through preschool, as well as an after-school program for school-aged children. This is made possible through working with Arkansas Early Learning and Head Start. This program not only serves foster care children, but low-income families in the community as well.
In April 2017, NBCH met with Preferred Technology Group, a Laserfiche reseller located in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
"It was with their help and guidance that we decided Laserfiche Cloud was the way to go for our non-profit. It offered a great price, we didn't need to maintain our own servers, it always automatically backed up, and we could access it from anywhere on any device. For us this was a no-brainer," said Joe Rocko, Director of Residential and Community Services.
After seeing a demo, Preferred Technology Group offered NBCH the opportunity to try Laserfiche Cloud for a month. During the trial period, NBCH staff received training on how to develop forms and processes, as well as on how to maintain repositories and document storage.
NBCH now serves 45 children and with the help of Laserfiche Cloud, is on track to place a few hundred more children by the end of the year.
An Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) caseworker fills out a referral form, with the basic information about the children who need to be placed in a home.
Once this form is completed, an email is sent to the executive director and director of residential and community services for review. The directors review the file and determine if there is an opening that would suit the children. If the referral is approved, the director enters the name and email address of the home in the form.
The home then gets an email stating they are receiving a child, with the filled out referral form attached. The DHS caseworker also receives an email with a link to the intake packet.
If the referral is not approved because all houses are full, the DHS caseworker is notified along with the reason for the rejection.
The intake packet gives NBCH and the homes it partners with the authority to take care of the child, attend doctor's appointments, and enroll in school.
Before implementing Laserfiche Forms, the paper intake packet was 52 pages long. The DHS caseworker would often submit this packet with much of the required information and documentation missing. The packet had to be sent back to DHS to obtain this information, which would take about a month. Referrals were often started by one caseworker and finished by another, creating confusion.
Now, this packet is a ten page electronic form.
Once the intake form is submitted, the NBCH admin is notified and can then use this information to arrange medical appointments, set up school or day care, and make contact with the DHS caseworker. The DHS caseworker is also notified and has up to ten days after the initial form submission to submit additional documentation. This documentation is submitted through a dedicated electronic form, the link to which is emailed to the caseworker.
The case worker can fill in readily available information and can come back later to submit the rest. Each time a documentation category is selected, the appropriate upload field will appear. All of the uploaded documentation is saved in the child's folder in the Laserfiche repository.
Once the intake process is completed and the child is placed in a home, NBCH monitors the child via an electronic weekly behavior log filled out by the foster parents.
When the child is visiting family, the parent only fills out the form for the days of the week that the child resided at the home.
The foster parent rates the child on a scale from one to ten on different qualities, such as verbal respect, appropriate behavior at school, and personal hygiene. Extra points are assigned for good grades, and points are subtracted for bad grades.
The form automatically calculates the total points for the week. Based on that number, the child is ranked at different levels, each with different perks. For example, children who are at Leadership Level can participate in extracurricular activities such as going to the movies, and qualify for an allowance.
Once submitted, the report can be sent to the appropriate DHS caseworker based on the selected county.
All files are stored in the repository and filed in a folder under the child's name. NBCH can quickly access all of the documentation related to the child from one centralized location.


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Q: Split() in java How to split string on the basis on escape sequence() in java.
Like :
String a ="23\\45\\20";
String b[]=a.split("\\");//this doesn't work

What is best way to do this.

A: Due to \ is escape character in both Java and Regex Expression, so you just need to use \\\\ instead of \\
String b[]=a.split("\\\\");

\\\\ in java will convert to \\
\\ in regex will convert to \

A: There are no backslash characters in this string:
String a ="23\45\20";

That's because \45 and \20 are seen as octal escape sequences, which expand to % and an unprintable \x16 character respectively.
Escape these backslashes to get the desired effect:
String a ="23\\45\\20";

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4. Davis v. Southern California Edison
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The Court of Appeal (Second District, Division 7) affirmed the trial court's dismissal of Davis's claim that Edison violated its Tariff Rule 21 and a Commision mandated program when processing his application to interconnect solar systems and sell electricity to Edison, The court noted that before filing the action with Superior Court, Davis had filed two formal complaints with the Commission that related to his attempts to interconnect his solar generating systems to the grid (both denied in April of 2016.) The trial court sustained Edison's demurrer to all nine causes of action without leave to amend, holding that it was without jurisdiction to hear Davis' claims. Applying the Covalt standard, the Court of Appeals determined that the facts before it clearly satisfied prongs one and two, finding that the Commission (1) has undisputed authority to adopt tariffs governing applications to interconnect solar energy generating systems to a utility's grid and (2) had adequately exercised its authority by its approval of Rule 21, Rule 16, and the CREST and NEM Programs. The sole remaining determination was whether the superior court's actions "would hinder or interfere with the Commission's exercise of regulatory authority." The Court had no difficulty concluding that all of Davis's claims turned on how Edison had applied its tariffs (particularly Rule 21) and concluded that permitting a trial court to, for example, construe the sizing requirements of the NEM program (a question already before the Commision in the Davis complaint dockets) could clearly hinder the Commission's ability to exercise its authority. While the Court rested its view to some degree on the pendancy of the Davis complaints at the Commission, it is more than likely that the Court woud have reached the same conclusion even in the absence of any proceeding before the Commision. The court noted that Rule 21 itself gives the Commission initial jurisdiction over Rule 21 claims. While the Court overstates the legal scope of a tariff,60 the Commision did approve Rule 21 and implemented the statutorily based CREST and NEM programs. It is not surprising that, whether grounded in notions of exclusive jurisdiction or the jurisprudence surrounding Section 1759, an appellate court would not permit a trial court to construe tariffs differently than the Commission.
60The Court repeated the oft-found (but inaccurate) statement that a utlity tariff has the force of law. That statement is true with respect to the utility but not with respect to anyone else. See Para. 82 supra.
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From the days in my dental practice through my time here at MGE Management Experts, I've seen a variety of internal problems that can cause a dental practice to lose potential new patients. Sifting through all of this, here's what I've found to be the "top four" issues – along with what to do about them.
#1 Phone Mismanagement — Do you have a receptionist or a "bouncer"?
The person who answers the phone is supposed to schedule anyone on the other end (who is not a patient) to come in for a new patient exam.
The employee answering the phone is not there for the purpose of "filtering out the bad patients," finding out if they have insurance, quoting fees, etc. All they should care about is what that prospective patient needs help with and get them in to see the doctor. The receptionist doesn't have psychic abilities (well, none that I've worked with did, anyway…), so they can't diagnose over the phone. And for that matter, they can't diagnose period. There are no crystal balls that will tell the receptionist whether this is going to be a great patient or not. The only way to find out what the patient really needs (and whether or not they'll be a good patient), is to get them into the office to see the doctor.
If the staff in the front office understand and apply that one simple concept, you can get ten to twenty more new patients per month with no additional marketing.
You may think, "But my front desk person does try to schedule appointments…" Trust me, when you really look into how phone calls are being handled, you will likely be surprised by how much room for improvement there is. I have heard plenty of calls with prospective new patients recorded for training and marketing purposes from doctors across the country. Let me tell you—I would describe 50% or more of these as shocking. The doctor had no idea that this was happening in their office. They couldn't believe it, but it explained a lot. And it's not like these front desk people were bad — they just really hadn't a clue about how to get a new patient in the door!
We cover this subject thoroughly at the MGE New Patient Workshop. Just by changing what's happening on the phone you can see more new patients as early as the next day or week!
#2 Patients Can't Get In Soon Enough — The "Waiting" Game.
It's a pretty typical situation for a new patient to call only when it hurts. Do they wait until it hurts because they are losers with a low dental IQ? No! They put off having dentistry because they don't like needles and drills inside their mouth. I think that's pretty reasonable, myself. I don't like having them in my mouth, either.
So when they muster up the courage to call in for a new patient exam, let's give them a break and not make them have a week or two to talk themselves out of it (or find another dentist that will relieve their pain sooner).
New patients should be seen within 24-48 hours — regardless of the type of appointment. I'm not talking about emergencies here. I'm talking about a run-of-the-mill new patient initial exam. Don't drag things out. Don't give them time to change their minds. Ideally you would get them in the same day. While that may not be possible, don't make them wait so long that they talk themselves out of it.
In my office, we would pre-block two slots per day per hygienist for new patients. When they called in and asked to get their teeth cleaned, we could usually get them in within one or two days. This made a tremendous difference in our new patient numbers. For more ideas about this, come to the MGE New Patient Workshop.
#3 Refusing to See Emergency Patients the Same Day they Call In — It's called an "Emergency" for a reason!
This is a pain in the @## patient who doesn't care about their teeth. They are ruining our beautifully scheduled day and if we squeeze them in, we'll have to work through lunch, make our quality patients wait, and possibly go home late, and so on.
Well, I'm here to tell you that you can have your cake and eat it too.
The doctor doesn't spend more than five minutes with any emergency patient.
It's too simple. All you have to do is get the patient out of pain with some kind of palliative care, i.e. smooth the rough edges of a broken tooth or write a prescription for antibiotics, etc. We get into trouble when we start crown preps or root canals in an already packed schedule. So don't do that.
2. Present the treatment they need to restore the tooth.
There are certain situations where this wouldn't work, but for now let's take a look at how this can work. The patient is in pain. They are hard to numb and the procedure is uncomfortable and takes longer. Diagnose what they need, write them a prescription if needed, then have a staff member spend some time with them getting them to accept what they need to save the tooth (i.e. a crown or root canal, etc.).
I generally endorse that the dentist gets the treatment accepted themselves, but when working an emergency patient into an already busy schedule, that probably isn't realistic. So have a staff member spend some time with them and see if you can convert this emergency patient into a new patient. It won't always work but you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Besides, let's help them!
Sad to say, but good customer service seems to be dying a slow death in American business. Let that emergency patient know you care about them and are going to help them with their problem TODAY and get them in the book.
We cover the complete procedure on scheduling emergency new patients at the MGE New Patient Workshop.
#4 No (or Ineffective) Marketing — Marketing doesn't work anyway…right?
When I graduated from dental school, the idea prevalent in our profession was "only desperate doctors have to promote themselves." The key to success apparently was: Do good dentistry, take good care of your patients, and get involved in your community…and everything else will "take care of itself." I'm not sure if that ever worked but it definitely isn't going to work today. It's time to enter this century…it's time to promote yourself.
Real success is assured to the business owner who knows how to properly promote. Just like with any other profession, there is a correct way to do something and a way to mess it up. The way to do it right is to base your promotional campaign on surveys of current patients that are coming in that you want to get more of (i.e. the ones that show up, don't care what their insurance is going to cover, and do what you suggest). They are definitely out there. We teach you all about this at the MGE New Patient Workshop.
New patients are important. They are the vital force that keeps your practice alive (and growing). I hope this gave you some insight into what areas may be giving you trouble. If you really want to master this aspect of your practice come to the MGE New Patient Workshop. It does what it says—you can learn how to "Turn Your Practice Into a New Patient Machine!" We deliver it in New York, our Florida office and in Southern California.
For dates, give us a call at (800) 640-1140 or visit our webpage.
I would be happy to get into more detail on any of this with you personally. Simply call (800) 640-1140 and ask for me or email me at info@mgeonline.com.


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Built in 1893 and expanded in 1897, the magnificent Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was torn down in 1929 to make way for the Empire State Building. A couple of years later, a luxurious new Art Deco-style Waldorf Astoria New York hotel was built at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan, opening in 1931.
(Dancing at the Waldorf-Astoria 1896 Painting by Henry James Soulen)
William Waldorf Astor & The Waldorf Hotel
In 1859, wealthy financier John Jacob Astor III (oldest son of New York real estate mogul William Backhouse Astor Sr.) and his wife Charlotte (nee Gibbes) built a modest, square red brick family mansion at 338 Fifth Avenue, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street.
(John Jacob Astor III 1890: Jacob Hart Lazarus | Charlotte Astor 1860: Thomas Sully)
John Jacob's younger brother William Backhouse Astor Jr. and his wife Caroline "Lina" Astor (nee Schermerhorn), built their own mansion on the other corner of the same Fifth Avenue block (at the corner of 34th Street), at 350 Fifth Avenue.
(William B. Astor Jr. | Caroline Schermerhorn Astor 1860)
Despite their in-law status and the proximity of their Fifth Avenue homes, the two wives did not get along.
(5th Avenue Astor Family Homes c. 1885)
The very confident and strong-willed Mrs. Lina Astor was wealthy in her own right and descended from one of the Dutch founding families of New York City. Over time during her marriage she established herself as the gatekeeper of the social scene for New York's "old money" families. Her husband William B. Astor Jr. often absented himself from New York, leaving Lina free reign to lord it over New York society.
John Jacob Astor's only child (b. 1848) was his son William Waldorf Astor, a lawyer and politician. William married Mary "Mamie" Dahlgren in 1878.
(Mary "Mamie" Dahlgren Paul Astor 1890: Fernand Paillet | William Waldorf Astor c. 1880s-1890s)
William ran for political office and was successful in being elected to the New York State Assembly in 1878, and was a member of the New York Senate from January 1880-December 1881. His bid for re-election was defeated in part due to his extreme shyness and inability to handle criticism in the press. However, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur handed him a plush appointment as the American Minister to Italy from 1882-1885.
After his mother Charlotte Astor died in 1887, a dispute simmered between William Waldorf Astor and his Aunt Lina as to who should be referred to as "Mrs. Astor" (as in, "The Mrs. Astor"). William felt that since his father was the oldest of the two Astor brothers, the "title" of Mrs. Astor should go to his wife Mamie.
(Caroline "Lina" Astor c. 1890 Portrait: Carolus-Duran)
Lina felt that as the oldest living Mrs. Astor in their family, she should be "The" Mrs. Astor….a battle that was eventually won by the more forceful and socially connected Lina.
When William Astor's father John Jacob Astor died in 1890, William became the richest man in America. Knowing it would infuriate his Aunt Lina, William promptly tore down the modest family residence his father had built at 338 Fifth Avenue, and began building the luxurious 13-story high German Renaissance-style Waldorf Hotel to the specifications of hotelier George Boldt.
(Fifth Avenue Waldorf Hotel Beside Lina Astor Mansion in 1890 & 1893)
The Waldorf Hotel opened to the public in March 1893, kicking off with a huge charity ball the following day. It quickly became a preferred destination for travellers, as well as a center of business and social events for the elite of New York society. The luxurious suites were home away from home for European princes, heads of state, and American presidents, as well as kings of industry and finance.
The deepening rift between Lina Astor and William Waldorf Astor, coupled with disappointments in his American political career, resulted in William moving his family to England before the hotel had even opened. Wanting privacy from the press, he had his staff report that he'd died from pneumonia in the summer of 1892, a move that backfired with bad publicity.
An additional 5 stories were added to the New York Waldorf Hotel in 1895, making it 18 stories tall.
Waldorf maître d' Oscar Tschirky 's cookbook (The Cook Book by "Oscar" of the Waldorf – 1896) featured Waldorf Hotel recipes for popular menu items Waldorf Salad and Thousand Island Salad Dressing – famous at the time, and still sold world-wide today.
John Jacob Astor IV & The Astoria Hotel
Caroline "Lina" and William B. Astor's only son John Jacob Astor IV (aka Jack Astor) was born in 1864. He was a science-fiction novelist, inventor, and a millionaire real estate developer like his cousin William Waldorf Astor.
(John Jacob Astor IV 1896 Portrait: New York Public Library)
Lina Astor was indeed disgruntled by the Waldorf Hotel overshadowing her Fifth Avenue residence, and disparagingly referred to it as "the tavern next door". Her son finally persuaded her to move in 1897, and they built new homes for themselves at 840 & 841 Fifth Avenue. Caroline Astor died in 1908, after suffering from periodic dementia during her final years.
Jack Astor built the competing, larger German Renaissance-style Astoria Hotel where his parent's mansion had stood, right next to the Waldorf Hotel.
The Astoria Hotel boasted of 450 guest rooms and a showcase Louis XIV style ballroom, with a seating capacity of 700.
George Boldt, Oscar, and The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
(George Boldt c. 1900-1916 before 1916 Photo: )
Hotelier George Boldt was the original proprietor of the Waldorf Hotel, and he leased John Jacob Astor IV's new Astoria Hotel as well in 1897. Boldt negotiated between the two Astor cousins to merge the two hotels into the Waldorf-Astoria, under his management.
After the merger, the new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Fifth Avenue was the largest hotel in the world, with a 300′ long hallway ("Peacock Alley") connecting the two hotels.
(Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 1899 | George Boldt c. 1900-1916)
Above, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Fifth Avenue in 1899, with the Astoria in front and the Waldorf just visible on the left behind it; in front of the hotel from left are the Alexander T. Stewart mansion, Avery Art Gallery, and the New York Club.
In 1900 George Boldt began the construction of Boldt Castle on Hart Island (renamed Heart Island) in the Gananoque/Thousand Islands area of New York, as a present for his wife Louise. When she died in 1904 at the age of 43, Boldt ordered construction on the castle to be stopped. George Boldt never returned to Hart Island after his wife's death; he died in December 1916 at the age of 65 leaving the castle to stand empty and exposed to the elements for over 70 years. His son George Charles Boldt Jr. became the President of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Company upon his father's death, but sold his interest in the company in two years, donating the profits to Cornell University. This decaying monument to the memory of Louise Boldt was purchased by the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority in 1977 and restored at at cost of approximately $15 million, and is usually open to the public.
Meanwhile, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel continued to be haven for tourists and visiting celebrities from around the world. On staff according to Tavern Topics (June 1922) were a concierge, a House Dentist, caterers for privately hosted affairs in suites, and the Waldorf-Astoria Candy Shop for steamer baskets and favors for those lucky guests arriving or leaving by cruise ship.
Tavern Topics Columnist Winifred Willson spoke to maître d' hotel Oscar Tschirky in 1922, who confirmed these recent hotel guests at the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Fifth Avenue:
Virginia railroad magnate and former Confederate Colonel Chiswell "Chilley" Langhorne often stayed at the Waldorf with his family of 8 surviving children during the latter part of the 1800s. One of his six daughters – Irene – married illustrator Charles Dana Gibson (creator of the "Gibson Girl" sketchs); another, Nancy "Nanny", divorced her first husband Robert Gould Shaw II in 1903. She and moved to England with her sister Phyllis in 1905, and the following year married Waldorf Astor, son of William Waldorf Astor.
King Albert of Belgium stayed more than once at the Waldorf-Astoria, beginning in the early 1900s when he was still third in line for the throne. During an early 1920s stay, he brought with him his wife Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, their son Crown Prince Leopold, and an entourage of 40.
Short story writer, mystery novelist, WWI war correspondent, and playwright Mary Roberts Rinehart (The "American Agatha Christie").
The future King Edward VIII, then Prince of Wales, also stayed at the hotel – long before he met American divorcee Wallis Simpson. After abdicating and marrying her, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor stayed at the new hotel on Park Avenue frequently between 1936-1961. Other Crown Princes to stay at the Waldorf Astoria included royal sons from Siam, Abyssinia, Roumania, Russia, and Poland.
General John "Black Jack" Pershing and the Anglo-French and Italian War Commission headquartered at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York after WWI.
South American Presidents who stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria included Presidents Pessoa of Brazil, Diaz of Mexico, Mathieu of Chili, Calderon of Bolivia, Chamorro of Nicaragua.
Sir Thomas Lipton (Scottish-Irish creator of the Lipton Tea brand); electrical engineer and radio inventor Guglielmo Marconi; and Canada's Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden.
(Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 1915)
The Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, established in the 1890s, provided dinner music for patrons to dine and dance by at both the Fifth Avenue location until it closed in 1929, and again at the new location when it opened in 1931 on Park Avenue.
The band was often recorded, and with the commencement of radio in the early 1920s, was one of the first to broadcast live performances from the hotel's Empire Room.
Radio Digest reported that Waldorf-Astoria bandleader Jack Denny's Debutante Hour featuring gilded age high-society debutantes from New York, Boston, and Washington singing along with the orchestra, was broadcast from the Empire Room of the Waldorf Astoria beginning in October 1932.
(Jack Denny 1932 Photo: The New Movie Magazine)
Denny and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra also appeared in the Busby Berkely choreographed musical Moonlight and Pretzels (1933), filmed in New York City with actors Leo Carrillo and former silent movie film stars Mary Brian, Herbert Rawlinson, and William Frawley. Over 40 feature films and documentaries have been set and/or filmed at, the "new" Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue since the 1930s.
Among the other famous bandleaders of their day for the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, was Xavier Cugat (off and on from approx. 1933-1949).
During the 1940s, the Luncheon at the Waldorf radio program was broadcast live from the Empire Room with announcer Bert Parks and actress-hostess Ilka Chase, along with guest stars.
The Waldorf-Astoria Lounge Cafe and Tony Sarg's Oasis were covered with murals by that famed New York City artist and filmmaker.
Oscar Tschirky stayed on as maître d' at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel until it closed in 1929, prior to being torn down to make way for construction of the Empire State Building. He died in 1950 at the age of 84.
The May 1, 1929 program for the "Final Dinner" held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York features photos of George Boldt and Oscar on the cover, an exterior of the hotel, and a glimpse of the grand dining room.
(May 1, 1929 Waldorf-Astoria Menu & Program Photo: New York Public Library)
On the menu that final evening in 1929? Cherrystone Clam Cocktail, Clear Green Turtle Soup, Celery, Salted Almonds, and Olives. Patrons had a choice of Crown of Bass in Lobster Sauce with Potatoes Parisienne Persillade, Mignon of Spring Lamb (Chasseur) with New Green Peas Saute in Butter, or Supreme of Guinea Hen (Tyrolienne) and Salade Diplomate. Dessert was Bombe Mercedes Ice Cream, and a selection of macaroons and assorted cakes.
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor
Meanwhile, over in England, William Waldorf Astor had purchased the Cliveden estate in Taplow from the Duke of Westminster in 1893. In 1896 he built a $1.5 million gothic mansion on London's Victoria Embankment overlooking the Thames. That house did double duty as an office, which William Astor needed as he was busy buying and establishing various British publications (The Pall Mall Gazette; The Pall Mall Magazine; The Observer).
(William Waldorf Astor 1898 Portrait: Hubert Von Herkomer)
William Waldorf Astor became a British citizen in 1899 and acquired the historic 3,500 acre Hever Castle Estate in Kent in 1903 (Hever Castle dated back to 1270 and was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn). In addition to many philanthropic contributions in Great Britain, Astor continued his property development, building the Waldorf Hotel in the West End of London.
He was made Baron Astor of Hever Castle in January 1916 in recognition of his charitable works, a title that was upgraded the following year to Viscount Astor. Unfortunately William Astor didn't have long to enjoy his newfound status as a member of the British nobility; he died of heart failure on October 18, 1919 at the age of 71. He left his children somewhere in the range of $200 million when he died.
His son Waldorf Astor became the 2nd Viscount Astor, and after standing as the British MP for Plymouth / Plymouth Sutton (1910-1919), was a member of the British House of Lords until his death in 1952. Waldorf's wife Nancy Astor took his place as the Plymouth Sutton MP, an office she held from 1919-1945. Today William Waldorf Astor's great-grandson William Astor is the 4th Viscount Astor and is a Member of the British House of Lords.
John Jacob Astor IV and The Titanic
When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Jack Astor served as an officer in the Volunteer Army during the war and was promoted to colonel. In 1909, 47-year-old John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York society when he divorced his socialite first wife Ava (the mother of his two children), in order to marry 18-year-old Madeleine Talmadge Force.
(John Jacob Astor IV c. 1895 & wife Madeleine Astor c. 1910)
The couple married in September 1911 and left for an extended tour of Egypt and Europe to avoid the scandal-mongers. The newlyweds met and befriended fellow American nouveau-riche European traveler Margaret Brown, separated from her Leadville, Colorado husband and travelling on her own.
When Madeleine was 5 months pregnant, they decided to return to the U.S. so their child would be born in America; Margaret Brown decided to return to the United States as well. These three adults were the wealthiest passengers on the ship when their entourage boarded the RMS Titanic on April 10, 1912 in Cherbourg, France.
(Margaret Brown c. 1890s-1910s | Madeleine & John Jacob Astor IV and dog c. 1912)
Margaret "Molly" Brown and Madeleine Astor were put into lifeboats and survived the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, but John Jacob Astor IV was among the 1500+ passengers that died. His personal wealth when he died was estimated at $87 million – proof that money can't buy everything. The U.S. Senate Committee inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1912. Years later The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) movie starring Debbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell, was inspired by Margaret Brown and the Titanic.
Madeleine Astor gave birth to son John Jacob Astor VI in August 1912. She inherited $100,000 and a trust fund of $5 million, which would be forfeit if she remarried. Five years later, she did remarry and lost her trust fund income. She had two more children from her second marriage to a banker, before divorcing again in 1933. Her third marriage to a boxer, lasted from 1933-1938. She died in March 1940 at the age of 46. Her son John Jacob Astor VI fought with his older half-brother Vincent Astor for years over their father's fortune, finally settling with Vincent's widow after Vincent's 1959 death, for a paltry $250,000. The remainder of Vincent Astor's multi-million dollar fortune stayed with his widow – author, socialite, and philanthropist Brooke Astor – and the Vincent Astor charitable foundation.
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue Sold
The new, 47-story Art Deco Waldorf-Astoria New York built in 1931 on Park Avenue was the world's tallest hotel until 1963. Every American President since and including President Herbert Hoover, has stayed in the hotel's presidential suite, according to the New York Times. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip stayed at the hotel in 1957 and a ball was held there in their honor.
Hotelier Conrad Hilton acquired the management rights in 1949 and Hilton Hotels Corporation bought the hotel in 1972. A $150 million renovation was completed in the 1990s.
(Waldorf Astoria Hotel Park Avenue Front Entrance 2013: Hennem08)
More recently The New York Waldorf-Astoria's interior and exterior were designated as New York City landmarks, and it was sold to the Anbang Insurance Group of China for $1.95 billion dollars in 2015. The hotel and it's restaurants were closed in 2017 for renovations expected to take 3-4 years. The renovations will refurbish the hotel, keeping 350 hotel rooms, Peacock Alley, and the hotel's restaurants, and create 375 condos. As of January 2021 the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel has not yet reopened, and is now not anticipated to reopen until 2022-2023.
*Images are believed to be in the public domain or Creative Commons licensed & sourced via Wikimedia Commons, Vimeo, YouTube, or Flickr, unless otherwise noted*
Radio and Television Mirror, May 1940.
Moving Picture News, 1912
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Q: How to center this span inside the div content to look the same in all browsers? I am having trouble centering a particular text inside a div that will look completely the same in all browsers, chrome, IE, and firefox. I need the span  .data-box span to be centered inside the div .data-box. The problem is the code below works in centering the span in chrome, but in firefox, it is not centered perfectly rather thrown off a bit. So the question is what alternative way can I use to center things to work the same in all browsers?
Here's what it looks like, left is chrome, right is firefox. You can see the number is slightly off to the bottom and not centered.
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  height: 100%;
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.data-item {
  width: 50%;
  height: 29px;
  position: relative;
  top: 17px;
  left: 12px;
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  width: 48px;
  height: 16px;
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  border: 2px solid #44475a;
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A: The first thing I would recommend is to use a proper reset/normalizer css like for example: Normalize.css which pretty much resets most of the browsers default stylesheet which makes editing css items for all browsers a lot easier and more consistent.
In JSFiddle you can check the Normalize checkbox under the CSS settings to see the effects.
With that said though, I'd personally would just center the span with text-align:center/display:inline-block/vertical-align:middle rather than the position absolute trick you've done in your example.
Like so:
.data-box span {
    text-align:center;
    display:inline-block;
    vertical-align:middle;
    width:100%;
}

Also on JSFiddle
Or by using display:flex and align-items/justify-content to center it both horizontally and vertically.
.data-box span {
  display:flex;
  align-items:center;
  justify-content:center;
  width:100%;
  height:inherit;
}

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I must however do say that it did look perfectly fine for me in Chrome VS Firefox, what version/OS are you using exactly? If you have any further questions, feel free to let me know!

A: The easiest way to center both will be to apply property flex to .data-item and .data-box with align-items: center for vertical centering and justify-content for horizontal centering

.data-item-container {
  width: 255px;
  height: 100%;
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.data-item {
  width: 50%;
  height: 29px;
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}

.data-box {
  width: 48px;
  height: 16px;
  background-color: #282a36;
  border: 2px solid #44475a;
  border-radius: 14px;
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London Covid: Northerners are blaming London for second national lockdown
The mayor of Manchester tried to get extra financial support for his region when placed in Tier 3
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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham responds to the new furlough payment announcement (Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
The whole of England will be put on a national lockdown on Thursday (November 5), the Prime Minister has confirmed.
Previously, restrictions were put into a three tier system based on the infection rates of a particular area.
Tier 3 had the most serious measures which included the closure of pubs and bars, and a ban on overnight stays outside the home.
Areas of the North including Greater Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire were placed under tougher measures.
London is classified as a Tier 2 'high alert' area where households are no longer be able to mix indoors in any setting - in homes or elsewhere, and pubs and restaurants close at 10pm.
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However, from Thursday the whole of England will have the same lockdown restrictions due to surging rates of coronavirus cases across the country.
This means all pubs and restaurants will close, though takeaways and deliveries will be permitted, and all non-essential retail stores will also close.
Holidays will be disallowed and courts, schools, and universities will remain open.
The Government has also confirmed the furlough scheme will again cover 80 per cent of wages throughout the lockdown period, after initially reducing its contribution to 60 per cent, throughout November.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new lockdown starting on Thursday (Image: PA)
Before the national lockdown announcement by Boris Johnson, the mayor of Greater Manchester wanted more financial aid for workers in the North affected by Tier 3 measures.
Andy Burnham requested further support for his region from the Government, but said they had refused.
Responding to a Tweet by Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirming the new furlough payments will rise to 80 per cent for England, Mr Burnham accused the Government of making decisions "made more for London".
In a tweet, Mr Burnham said: "But when we asked you to do that for the lowest-paid people in the North, you refused. People here will remember that."
In a second tweet he added: "Because national lockdown was lifted too early for us. As ever, it was a decision made more for London than anywhere else."
Blackburn with Darwen have the highest Covid rate with 768.2 cases per 100,00, people and 1150 have tested positive in the seven days up to October 26.
Oldham has the second highest rate with 703.5 cases per 100,00 people and 1668 new cases in the 7 days up to October 26.
The third area with the highest infection rates is Wigan 687.3 cases per 100,00 people and 2259 new cases in the 7 days up to October 26.
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The areas of Salford, Rochdale and Rossendale also have high coronavirus rates.
In London, Hammersmith and Fulham now has 223.6 cases per 100,000 people, based on the latest figures released by PA on Friday evening (October 30).
Ealing have the second highest rate of infection in London and it still has 221.8 cases per 100,000 people.
The least affected areas are Sutton with 122.1 cases per 100,000, Camden 120.0 cases per 100,000, Greenwich 119.5 cases per 100,000 and Lewisham 108.2 cases per 100,000.
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MEGHALAYA, India (BP) -- Christians comprising just 2.3 percent of India's population noted two legal successes this Easter as religious persecution mounts under the Hindu nation's ruling Indian People's Party (BJP).
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Some Christians have expressed chagrin that Easter and April Fools' Day fall on the same date this year. But any moderate emotional energy expended contemplating Easter's date in 2018 pales in comparison to the passion believers brought to dating Easter the first four centuries of church history.
The story of that passion helps explain how Christians have come to calculate Easter's date.


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50 Cent Net Worth
50 Cent net worth is estimated to be $155 million dollars. 50 Cent net worth was earned by his music and vitamin water. By profession, 50 Cent is an actor, investor, entrepreneur, businessperson, rapper and film producer. He appeared in movies, television shows and games. 50 Cent released music albums such as.
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Curtis James Jackson III was born on July 6, 1975, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.A. His mother, Sabrina was a drug dealer who died in a fire when Jackson was 8. He was raised by his grandmother after his mother's death and his father's departure. At the age of 10, he began boxing. At the age of 12, he began dealing narcotics. On June 24, 1994, Jackson was arrested for selling drugs. Instead of being in jail, Jackson served 6 months in a boot camp and earned his GED.
Jackson is better known as 50 Cent, this name was inspired by a 1980s Brooklyn's robber known as '50 Cent'.
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Jackson began rapping in his friend's basement. In 1906, his friend introduced him to Jam Master Jay, who was the founder of Jam Master Jay Records. He taught Jackson how to count bars, write choruses, structure songs and make records. In 1999, he left this record and joined the Columbia Records. He produced 36 songs in two weeks. Jackson became popular after his successful single 'How to Rob', in which he described how he robbed famous celebrities.
In 2002, when Eminem heard Jackson's Guess Who's Back CD, he helped him sign a $1 million record deal. Jackson released No Mercy, No Fear.
Jackson released his debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin, which was the number on the Billboard 200, 872,000 copies in its first 4 days. Jackson got his own label, G-unit Records.
In March 2005, he released his second album The Massacre, which sold 1.14 million copies in its first 4 days and remained number one on Billboard 200 for six weeks. His next albums were also a huge success and marked their positions on the Billboard 200.
50 Cent net worth increased a lot due to his appearance in movies. He earned $100,000 for his work in the movie Southpaw and $50,000 for acting in Spy.
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The rapper 50 Cent has now achieved his aim and emerged from bankruptcy, paying off debts of more than $22 Million. At the time of writing as of 2020, 50 Cent net worth is about $30 million


So I've been enjoying my time in Korea and I've been going to a few places that I told my sister that I would like to go before I arrived, and I'm so happy that I got to go to a few of them. I wasn't able to go to all the places I initially wanted to visit, but I think it will be something that I can put on my list for next time I visit Korea.
All morning long I had been working on my video blog for week 2 which I promised I would have prepared and up for people to see, so I miraculously got everything done and uploaded to youtube. I'm so proud of myself for sitting in front of a computer all morning and editing all 7 mins of this video ^_^ and I hope you guy's will love it and can appreciate it as much as I do.
hopefully I can keep up with doing videos while in the states. I will say I've been having fun making the videos I have now and hope to get support with making many more!
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N86.1m Fraud: Civil Servant Sentenced To 28 Years In Prison
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A Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, has sentenced a civil servant, Ma'aji Shettima Arfo, to 28-years-imprisonment for engaging in an N86.1 million contract fraud.
Arfo, who was sentenced to jail by Justice Haruna Mshellia, of Borno State High Court, 3, was the General Manager of the state-owned Maiduguri Flour Mills Limited, where he committed the fraud.
He was charged on a six-count by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for offences bordering on abuse of office and conferring undue advantage on himself.
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The charge sheet showed that Arfo, while acting as the General Manager of the Flour Mill, between 2014 and 2020, engaged in multiple frauds in violation of Sections 12 and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under relevant sections of the same Act.
One of the counts on which he was convicted revealed that he awarded multiple contracts to Falkwat Multilinks Limited, a private company where he was a director, to supply diesel (Automotive Gas Oil) and maize to Maiduguri Flour Mills.
Counsel to ICPC, Anas Mohammed Kolo, while arguing the case, told the court that the convict in October 2015, awarded a N4.9 million contract to Falkwat Multilinks Limited to supply 40,000 litres of diesel to the flour mills.
The court further heard how Arfo, while being a public servant, awarded several contracts between 2016 and 2017 to his private company, Falkwat Multilinks Limited, to supply maize to Maiduguri Flour Mills Limited.
For instance, he authorized the payments of N42.1 million to his company in July 2016 for the supply of 386.45 metric tonnes of maize and another N23 million to the same company in March 2016 to supply 306.94 metric tonnes of maize to the state-owned flour mills.
He was convicted for yet another offence when he approved the payment of N16 million to Falkwat Multilinks to supply 217.45 metric tonnes of maize.
Justice Mshellia, at end of the trial, found the general manager guilty of four counts out of six preferred against him and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment on each count. The judge ruled that prison terms will run concurrently.
Posted on November 4, 2021 Author Soonest NathanielCategories Crime WatchTags Arfo, Borno, ICPC, JailLeave a comment on N86.1m Fraud: Civil Servant Sentenced To 28 Years In Prison


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Union Square Neighbors (USN) in collaboration with Union Square Main Streets (USMS) announced a series of independent, neighborhood-organized events to help enliven all that is possible in the public realm in Union Square. USN and USMS have asked members of the vibrant, creative community in Somerville and greater Boston to talk about projects that make public spaces delightful for all and give terms like "open space," "green space," and "public space" some dimension and specificity. Three events will take place on July 24, July 31, and August 7 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at 35 Prospect Street (CrossFit). The events are free and the public is encouraged to participate. Go to event details.


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China Sets New Restrictions on Tibetan Religious Festival in Lhasa
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Chinese authorities in Tibet have tightened restrictions on a major annual festival in the regional capital Lhasa this year, banning participation by students and government employees, local sources say.
The festival, called Ganden Ngachoe, commemorates the passing of Tsongkhapa, the fourteenth-century founder of Tibet's largest Buddhist school, the Gelugpa, and is traditionally celebrated with displays of lamps and prayers offered by monks in the city's three main monasteries.
This year's ceremony marks the 600th anniversary of the religious leader's death in 1419, and is being held over two days, Dec. 20 and 21. It is being observed simultaneously in a large gathering in India by exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, making the event politically sensitive in Tibet.
Speaking to RFA's Tibetan Service on Friday, one Lhasa resident said that a recent notice sent out by Chinese authorities forbids participation in religious ceremonies during the festival period by Tibetan students, school officials, and government employees.
"The notice says that if anyone is found taking part in these events, they will be held responsible, and will face consequences for their involvement," RFA's source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Also speaking to RFA, a second source in Tibet said that students' parents are being held responsible for their children's compliance with the government order, adding that this year's restrictions may reflect official concerns over the event held in India this week.
"The ceremony marking Tsongkhapa's 600th death anniversary is therefore a sensitive day in Lhasa," the source said, also speaking on condition he not be named.
Holidays canceled
Government efforts to block Tibetan students' participation in religious events led earlier this year to the canceling of holidays falling on politically sensitive dates, including the March 10th anniversary of a 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, the source said.
"March 10 fell on a Sunday this year, and classes were held over the weekend in an unusual move by the government," he said.
"Similarly, the Dalai Lama's July 6th birthday fell on a Saturday, and students were made to come to classes that day to keep them away from 'wayward distractions.'"
"Preventing Tibetan students from visiting places of worship and from taking part in religious festivities is a deliberate attempt by the Chinese government to separate them from the influence of Tibetan religion and culture," he said.
"This is an effort to Sinicize young Tibetans at an early age."
Armed Chinese police in uniform and in plain clothes now swamp the streets of Lhasa during sensitive political and religious anniversaries to keep a close watch on pilgrims and worshippers, the source said, adding that this tight security and surveillance have now become so pervasive that Tibetans consider it "a part of their daily lives."
Public assemblies at monasteries in Tibetan regions of China have greatly increased in size in recent years, observers and participants say, as tens of thousands of Tibetans gather to assert their national and cultural identity in the face of Chinese domination.
Chinese security forces, fearful of sudden protests by Tibetans opposed to Beijing's rule, often monitor and sometimes close down events involving large crowds, sources say.
(Reported by RFA's Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney.)
Published Date: Monday, December 23rd, 2019 | 06:15 PM
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Rosamund and Lydgate: One of the many gems to be found in George Eliot's Middlemarch is the genius psychological portraits of Dr Tertius Lydgate and Miss Rosamund Vincy (soon Mrs Lydgate) – including how their marriage faired from early pleasure, through crisis and life-sapping compromise and eventually to Lydgate's premature death at 50.
"to do good small work for Middlemarch, and great work for the world".
Self-centred Rosamund does not respect Lydgate's profession, enjoys things being done her way, and proves disastrous for his work and intellectual ambitions.
Fault is rarely on one side. When Rosamund eventually remarries a wealthy and indulgent older man she considers it her reward for putting up with everything she has had to put up with from Tertius. So our no.10 was not a marriage made in heaven.
I would also add Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill ("Emma"). I do give points to Frank for having married her but, with a dowry, she could have done way better!
I have always thought Jane Fairfax was Jane Austen's version of Jane Eyre (so many Janes, so little time, lol!). I do wish JF could have married Mr. Knightley!