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Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates for 2023 - Unemployment Insurance
Tax Table C is in effect for 2023 and was also in effect for 2022.
Note: For UI tax purposes, employers are considered contributory or reimbursable.
Contributory employers pay quarterly UI taxes based on benefit charges and taxable wages.
Reimbursable employers (government entities and certain non-profit organizations) may choose to reimburse the state for benefits charged against their account, instead of paying UI taxes.
Under Table C, UI tax rates (for contributory employers) will range from a minimum of 1.00% to a maximum of 10.50%.
In 2023:
The tax rate for new employers is 2.30%.
The rate for new employers that are in the construction industry and headquartered in another state (also referred to as foreign contractors) is 5.10%.
The standard (employer) rate is 10.50%.
Interest rates are 1.5% per month.
NOTE: Employees are charged interest (at a rate of 1.5% monthly for 2023) on late contribution/reimbursement payments. Interest charges begin on the date the payment is due and continue until the Division receives the payment.
The taxable wage base is $8,500.
View a breakdown of Table C
In Maryland, UI tax tables range from Table A, which includes the lowest rates, to Table F, which includes the highest rates. On each tax table, an employer's benefit ratio corresponds with a specific UI tax rate.
The Maryland Division of Unemployment Insurance (the Division) determines an employer's benefit ratio by dividing the employer's benefit charges by their taxable wages (in the three fiscal years prior to the computation date).
For UI tax rate purposes, the computation date is always the July 1 date before the calendar year. For example, the computation date for calendar year 2020 was July 1, 2019.
Additional account details, including an employer's quarterly benefit charges and taxable wage summaries, are available in BEACON 2.0.
An employer may request a review of their tax rate within 30 days of the Date of Notice shown on the Experience Rate Notice. Instructions for requesting a review are included in the Experience Rate Notice.
An employer may access their annual Experience Rate Notice in BEACON 2.0 by selecting "Tax Rate Functions" from the portal left menu, and then selecting "Rate Notice." An employer will also receive the notice via their preferred communication method.
Employers who have questions concerning their UI tax rates should contact the Employer Call Center at 410-949-0033
Employers may request to enroll in a payment plan for quarterly contribution payments. Under these plans, quarterly contribution payments may be paid in three-month installments or in customized monthly installments. Requests for payment plans will be reviewed on a case by case basis. To learn more, see the Maryland's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Payment Plans webpage.
NOTE: Employers are ultimately responsible for paying their Maryland unemployment tax liability, even if a third party is making the deposits. The Division recommends that each employer activate an account in BEACON 2.0 to confirm filings and payments made on their behalf by third party agents. To learn more, see the BEACON employer account activation instructions and the BEACON new employer account registration instructions.

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FDA approves boxed warning for Exjade
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a boxed warning for Exjade, used to treat chronic iron overload due to blood transfusions.
The FDA said Exjade (deferasirox) is indicated for use in patients 2 years of age and older. The boxed warning will inform patients the drug might cause renal impairment, hepatic impairment and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. In some cases the reactions might be fatal.
The FDA said new language has also been added to the contraindications, warnings, precautions and drug interactions sections of the prescribing information for healthcare professionals.
Exjade is marketed by Novartis Oncology, part of the Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
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"How well do your touch screens work with Linux?" is a question we get very often. While the short answer is always "perfectly!" there is more than one way to support and align our touch screens with Linux operating systems, and which to choose often depends on the particular circumstances of a given application. In this article we will provide a high level overview of some of the more common methods for supporting Linux.
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BILOXI, Miss. -- A national organization dedicated to improving the beef industry will hold its annual meeting on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in June and bring together cattle producers from across the world.
The 2015 Beef Improvement Federation Convention, themed "Rebuilding a Cowherd," will take place June 9-12 at the Beau Rivage Hotel and Conference Center in Biloxi. The annual conference allows participants to discuss issues involving genetic improvements, new technologies, and management practices to aid profitability in beef production.
Brandi Karisch, a Mississippi State University Extension Service animal scientist and researcher with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, is coordinating the event.
The schedule of events features speakers from across the country, including several preconference symposiums, a post-conference tour, and a spouse tour. Awards will honor the Commercial Producer of the Year and Seedstock Producer of the Year. Award honorees will also receive pioneer awards and continuing service awards.
The organization's website with updated conference information, including hotel accommodations, is http://beefimprovement.org.


This image, acquired by NASA's Terra satellite on 30 January 2001, shows the three distinct geologic regions of the island. In the central and western part of the island is the Troodos Massif, a mountain range whose surface layer is mostly basaltic lava rock, and whose maximum elevation is 1953 m (6407 ft). Running in a thin arc along the northeast margin of the island is Cyprus's second mountain range, a limestone formation called the Kyrenia Range. The space between these ranges is home to the capital Nicosia, visible as a grayish-brown patch near the image's center.
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100 years of Armory history celebrated in Torrington
JASON SIEDZIK
Published 12:00 am EST, Monday, November 8, 2010
Dick Allen holds a painting of the Salvation Army handing out doughnuts to troops, which will be donated to the nearby military museum.
TORRINGTON -- Be it basketball or brigades, the Torrington Armory has been at the center of Torrington's culture.
The two histories of the Torrington Armory took center stage Sunday at the armory's centennial commemoration. Built at first to provide Torrington's National Guard unit with a more suitable training location, the Armory has been in the hands of the Parks and Recreation Department since 1994, when the National Guard declared the building to be surplus.
"This was the organization point for the whole community," said Sgt. Bruce Falls. "Men have lived and died for this country, and defended it out of this building."
Built with a $50,000 contribution from the Connecticut General Assembly in November 1910 and designed by architect Charles S. Palmer -- who had designed several other buildings in downtown Torrington -- the Torrington Armory has had its fair share of usage in its 100 years. The building initially served as a base for military maneuvers, and now plays home to the Torrington Police Athletic League, in addition to numerous social functions.
"A well-used building will be cared for," said Mark McEachern of the Torrington Historical Society.
McEachern started the ceremony by recounting the push for National Guard units, as well as Connecticut's wave of construction in 1903. The state built nine armories, but Torrington did not receive one, and with the newly-formed Company M based out of the local YMCA, a larger and more spacious center was in order. That new base would be built, opening in February 1911.
"This was the very best structure for the amount of appropriations," said Palmer in McEachern's recollection of the Armory's history. "This will be a worthy addition to your splendid and growing town."
Torrington's sharpshooting ways were well known in National Guard circles. Lt. Colonel Neil Hunt, of the Commander B Company, 102nd Infantry Regiment and Connecticut Army National Guard, said Torrington boasted the top pistol team in the state, as well as the top mortar unit.
"That was the best time I had in the Guard," said Lt. Col. Hunt, "was right here."
The centennial prompted servicemen who had passed through the Armory's halls to not only reminisce, but search for mementos. Among the pieces of memorabilia to take residence in the nearby military museum -- alongside a piece of hardtack carried during maneuvers in the Armory's early existence -- was the deed for the building, which had purportedly been found in the trash at one point.
Lt. Alan Galantine, who spoke of the Salvation Army's contributions to service, including serving coffee and doughnuts abroad, made another discovery in time for the ceremony. After discussing the Salvation Army's contributions and memories of the armory, Lt. Galantine presented Len Dube with a painting of a Salvation Army member offering doughnuts, to be ensconced in the museum.
Since its opening, the armory has played host to not only one of the state's top-shelf National Guard units, but also one of the strongest high school basketball programs of its time. Former Torrington High School boys basketball coach Tony Turina recounted his days at the Armory in 1962, near the end of its run as Torrington High School's gym.
"When I was around 12 years old, I used to come to the armory with a friend to see the best show in town," said Turina.
Turina recounted the atmosphere of the armory, one that lent a big-game atmosphere to just about anything.
"I realized back then that the atmosphere generated in this building was not necessarily about the wins, but was always about the intensity of the participants and the crowd," said Turina. "At the time, I thought I was watching an NCAA championship team when, in fact, I was watching a team that had the second worst win-loss record in Torrington High School's 110-year history. But you know what? It didn't matter!"
Torrington High School racked up 10 Naugatuck Valley League titles in the Armory, starting in 1930 until moving to their new building in 1963. Turina, who coached the Red Raiders for 17 seasons until 2008, spoke not only of the accomplishments of the Red Raiders on the court, upholding "respect and dignity for the uniform," but also of athletes who served in the armed forces.
Although Turina recounted the achievements of numerous athletes -- scoring champions, All-Conference and All-Americans alike -- none was as impactful as John Tino. A three-sport athlete, Tino -- point guard, starting halfback and track captain -- declined a track scholarship to Southwest Missouri College to enlist in the Marines. Tino was on a tour of duty in Vietnam in 1967 when he was killed in action -- the only Torrington High School boys basketball player to die in military service.
"When your names are mentioned," said Turina, "know that these moments took place in a wonderful building known simply as the Armory."
Jason Siedzik can be reached at jsiedzik@registercitizen.com. Follow us online at www.registercitizen.com or on twitter.com/registercitizen.


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Brazilian members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti stand by a shelter in Les Cayes ahead of a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on October 15, 2016. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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U.N. To Pull Controversial Peacekeepers From Haiti
April 22, 2017 • Some say they brought a measure of stability. But they also brought cholera — and have been accused of sexual abuse.
Gonaives, a city in northern Haiti, is seen in May 2016. On Sunday morning, a bus crashed into a parade in the city, killing at least 34 people and injuring 17. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Bus Plows Into Crowd In Haiti, Killing At Least 34
March 12, 2017 • The bus was driving from Cap Haitien to Port-au-Prince when it crashed into a "rara" parade in the city of Gonaives.
Former Haitian President Rene Preval, shown here in 2010 in Washington D.C., has died. Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP hide caption
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Rene Preval, President Of Haiti For Two Terms, Has Died At 74
March 3, 2017 • Preval has a mixed legacy. He was recognized as a hard worker, but widely criticized in his second term for what was seen as a weak and absent response to Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake.
Last year, a record amount in remittances was sent home by Latin American and Caribbean migrants. Ryan Eskalis/NPR hide caption
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Mexicans In The U.S. Are Sending Home More Money Than Ever
February 10, 2017 • A new report finds that remittances by migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean topped $69 billion last year — the highest amount on record.
A protester holds a photo of presidential candidate Jovenel Moise near the headquarters of the Provisional Electoral Council in Port-au-Prince last April, as demonstrators demanded that elections be held. Haiti's tortuous election process dragged on for more than 14 months before Moise was declared the victor. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
14 Months After Elections Began, Haiti Finally Has A President-Elect
January 4, 2017 • After various rounds of voting were annulled, canceled, rescheduled and challenged, Haiti's electoral council has declared businessman Jovenel Moise the winner. He'll be sworn in on Feb. 7.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, pictured during a 2014 visit to Haiti to inaugurate a sanitation campaign. On Thursday, he issued an apology that Haitians have been demanding for six years. Hector Retamal /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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U.N. Finally Apologizes For Cholera In Haiti ... But Omits One Point
December 2, 2016 • On Thursday, Ban Ki-moon apologized to the Haitian people: "We simply did not do enough with regard to the cholera outbreak."
Haitian nationals at a Mexican government immigration office near the port of entry between Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and Nogales, Ariz., wait day after day for appointments with U.S. immigration agents so they can enter. As a result of the Haitian influx and a continuing surge of Central Americans on the Texas-Mexico border, the U.S. government has run out of detention space. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
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At The U.S.-Mexico Border, Haitians Arrive To A Harsh Reception
November 23, 2016 • By way of Brazil, where they migrated in recent years, many Haitians are now hoping to resettle in the U.S. But a shift in policy has left some 5,000 stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border.
A child receives the second dose of the vaccine against cholera in Saut d'Eau, Haiti, in a 2014 campaign. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Haiti Launches Largest-Ever Cholera Vaccination Campaign
November 8, 2016 • Haiti rolls out an effort to vaccinate 800,000 people in parts of the country devastated by Hurricane Matthew.
The figure at left is the personification of cholera, facing resistance from a group of women. This 19th century engraving is from Barcelona. PHAS/UIG via Getty Images hide caption
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Cholera 101: Why An Ancient Disease Keeps On Haunting Us
November 4, 2016 • What, exactly, is cholera? And why can't we stop it?
A young Haitian suffering from cholera symptoms receives medical attention Saturday at Saint Antoine Hospital of Jeremie in southwestern Haiti. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Linked To Haiti Cholera Outbreak, U.N. Considers Paying Millions In Compensation
October 25, 2016 • The plan could include cash payments to individuals and communities that have been affected by the outbreak. But it has its critics.
Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, stands with Mirlande Estenale in front of what used to be her home in the town of Les Cayes, Haiti. Liz Campa/Partners In Health hide caption
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Dr. Paul Farmer Is 'Surprised And Upset And Humbled' After Visit To Haiti
October 21, 2016 • The co-founder of Partners In Health says the damage from Hurricane Matthew seemed worse than that of the 2010 earthquake. And he couldn't get over the way people reacted.
A Hurricane Matthew victim sits on a damaged tree after receiving food aid from the World Food Programme in Les Cayes, Haiti. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
What You Need To Know If You'd Like To Help Post-Hurricane Haiti
October 15, 2016 • If you're thinking now's the time to hop on a plane and get involved in disaster relief, groups on the ground have some advice.
Jan Mapou in his bookstore, Libreri Mapou, in Miami's Little Haiti. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
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A Nation Engaged: Sparking Conversations That Matter
To Be An American, Says This Haitian-American, Means You Have A Voice
October 11, 2016 • Jan Mapou moved to the U.S. from Haiti nearly 50 years ago. It was important to become a U.S. citizen, he says, because as an immigrant, it makes "you feel that you are in your country."
The rice fields below the village of Banatte. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
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Who Can Haitians Trust To Deliver Hurricane Aid?
October 11, 2016 • There's a debate about who should control the assistance: politicians, aid groups, church groups.
Residents and rescue teams navigate floodwaters in Lumberton on Monday. The U.S. death toll from Hurricane Matthew has climbed to more than 20 people. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption
After Hurricane Matthew, Floodwaters Rise To Record Levels In North Carolina
October 11, 2016 • As the rainwater dumped by Matthew flows downriver, towns are being overwhelmed by devastating floods. "You're dealing with just massive amounts of water," one reporter says.


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We must act now to prevent food riots
By: Marius Oosthuizen*
Our problem is not that we don't have enough food in South Africa. Our problem is that the food is only available to those who have cash, and the poorer you are, the less likely you are to live near a retailer.
It pains me to write this, but unless certain actions are taken soon, we will drift towards a worst-case scenario during Covid-19.
First, the president has done a superb job to get the nation moving proactively in response to the pandemic. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize too has been a godsend in his portfolio at this time, and with his team, has done well to stem the spread of the virus.
Let's applaud the command structure for the job done to date, and then get on with the job still to be done – steering the country through the triple challenges of economic incapacity, social vulnerability and rising frustration.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi this weekend lamented the 55 schools vandalised and burgled during the lockdown. While Lesufi bemoaned the damage done to education infrastructure, Police Minister Bheki Cele condemned the looting of 16 liquor stores in the Western Cape during the same period.
Forty-one arrests have now been made in Gauteng in relation to the school break-ins.
Meanwhile, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Limpopo have begun to see riotous crowds looting convenience stores. These are worrying trends.
However, insecurity at street level is not our only problem.
Running low on food
Around eight million children in South Africa depend on the school-based food programmes of the Department of Social Development. This week, activists urged Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to restart the programmes, which were suspended nationwide during the lockdown.
What have these children been eating? They have probably survived on the welfare of social grant recipients, who themselves are under pressure.
What about the millions of undocumented migrant workers in South Africa? They have probably been scrounging for meals from friends, who themselves have been unable to work for more than two weeks.
It is up to the informal retail distribution channels, such as spaza shops, to reach you.
Pay now, or pay later
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that he is contemplating an extension of social grants to include a basic income grant. Well, the minister better think quickly, because I suspect most food shelves were emptied out during the Easter weekend, and this coming weekend there will be a reckoning.
South Africa has a choice between paying for these social ills now, in the form of fiscal largesse which puts cash in people's pockets and food on their tables, or paying for them later in the form of social unrest.
Tear gas, rubber bullets and hungry crowds
For all the bravado by the SANDF's General Solly Shoke, who in a speech last week in Tshwane said the army and police will take a tough stance without reverting to "skop en donner" tactics, I doubt the hungry crowds will be intimidated by tear gas and rubber bullets.
Instead, conflict makes a hungry person an angry person.
What happens in Manenberg or Diepsloot Extension 2 after a crowd of hungry youths torch a Casspir with three soldiers inside?
Of course, the police and SANDF will put on a brave face, announce stricter measures and kick down a few doors. But something else happens. The community loses trust in the armed forces and the legitimacy of the state evaporates.
Next, the democratically elected president announces a State of Emergency. It feels like 1985, only this time the enemy is our own ineptitude.
Avoid the downward spiral
Once we allow the looting of spaza shops, we will have to deal with the burning of delivery trucks. Once it comes to that, the SAPS will securitise the streets and institute roadblocks. The community will roll stones onto the roads, taking control of their neighbourhoods, and burn tyres to obstruct their visibility from the onlooking securocrats.
Once these us-and-them postures are in place, running battles turn to reprisals.
In this environment, no food comes into the parts of town where it is needed most. The private sector clams up to protect themselves and the poor suffer more than anyone else.
Saving what is left of our national reputation
A recently retweeted video I found after a Twitter search for the word "looting", contains Ian Cameron's footage of the looting of a South African liquor store. The video was tweeted on 9 April by the UK's polariser-in-chief, Katie Hopkins, who asked, "How far away is NYC and London from this?"
She called our looting "civil unrest".
The tweet has so far received 761 comments and 2,700 "likes", has been retweeted 1,300 times and viewed 117,400 times worldwide.
What this portrays to the world is that South Africa is broken and will fall apart during this crisis. It magnifies our faults and generalises our fault-lines. It obscures the good that is in our society. But to complain about the discontents of social media is to miss the point.
We need to arrest the decline, now, before it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Emergency measures, before the emergency
In the same way that we proactively responded to the looming health pandemic, we need to respond now to the food riots before they happen.
We can do this by creating a national food security task team, headed by two representatives from the government, two from business and two from civil society.
We can give them a presidential mandate to convene the social partners, to mobilise the resources and develop a nationwide food parcel and voucher distribution strategy for immediate implementation.
We can partner NGOs with churches, businesses with communities, and government can facilitate the integration of these responses. We can use the crisis as a call to society-wide action to ensure that the only thing we need to fight is the virus.
If we do so, we can avert the national disaster which the president has already pre-emptively declared. If we fail to act, we will sleepwalk deeper into the disaster as another day of inaction passes.
*Marius Oosthuizen is a board member of SACLI and a member of faculty at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. He teaches leadership, strategy and ethics, and writes in his own capacity. The Article was first published on the Daily Maverick.
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The other day I was chilling on a random rooftop in the middle of San Francisco, when I ran into my good friend Mark.
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China Mobile announced its 2018 financial report. In the year of 2018, China Mobile's annual operating income reached 736.8 billion yuan, registering a growth rate of 1.8%, of which communication service income reached 670.9 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 3.7%. The profits attributable to shareholders reached 117.8 billion yuan, with a profit per share of 5.75 yuan, increased by 3.1% year on year. All in all, China Mobile continues to be a world-leader of operators in terms of profitability.
By the end of 2018, 1.663 billion subscribers have connected to China Mobile, including 925 million mobile users and 157 million cable broadband users. The Internet of Things has 551 million intelligent connections, making China Mobile a leader in this field.
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What would the "moratorium" on new federal regulations being touted by Minority Leader Boehner actually look like and how would it work? Brian Beutler scopes out the details.
The title of the bill Boehner is backing should tell you a lot: the REINS Act, which stands for Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny.
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Parents: Choose the best route to school and walk it with your children.
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Walk with a group, parent, or "buddy." Avoid walking alone.
Also watch out for cars entering or leaving driveways.
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Children under 10 should ride on the sidewalk.
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Santa Rosa Police Department will be enforcing pedestrian and driving laws around schools this fall to improve safety for our children.
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Nearly all women will experience uncomfortable, and at times painful, vaginal itching at some point in their lives that can cause a huge scratch in a woman's day. This review will examine Vagisil topical cream that is designed to relieve painful and burning itch. Vaginal itching can be caused by a variety of reasons like period, perspiration, certain soaps, or even tight clothing. Vagisil promises to offer maximum, fast-acting relief by forming a protective barrier over the delicate skin to help reduce the chance of further irritation associated with taking antibiotics, discharge, an imbalance in pH and other irritating vaginal conditions. This topical cream is blended with Aloe and Vitamins A, D and E to provide long-lasting comfort. It also contains patented Odor Block Protection to prevent odor before it starts.
Inactive Ingredients: Water, Mineral Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Isopropyl Palmitate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil, Cholecalciferol, Lanolin Alcohol, Fragrance, Methylparaben, Carbomer, Isopropyl Myristate, Isopropyl Stearate, Sodium Sulfate, Triethanolamine, Trisodium HEDTA, Maltodextrin.
Benzocaine is used for its numbing properties. It is used to reduce discomfort caused by skin irritations, vaginal irritation, and hemorrhoids. Resorcinol works by breaking down rough or hardened skin.
Vagisil recommends applying a fingertip amount (approximately a one-inch strip) to affected area up to 3-4 times daily. Stop use and talk to your doctor if condition worsens or persists for more than seven days. Vagisil is meant only for external use.
Pregnant and nursing mothers should always consult with a physician before using any medicated cream. WebMD says pregnant women can use Vagisil only when necessary and determined that it is unlikely for significant amounts to be excreted in milk.
Vagisil does not cite any side effects on their website. In our research, we found common side effects from the key ingredient, benzocaine, such as headaches, fever, nausea, and vomiting.
You can only buy this product from different third-party retailers. We found Vagisil online for $4.44 for one tube. Pricing will vary according to the retailer.
We could not find a manufacturer's guarantee for this product. The price and guarantee will vary depending on the retailer where you buy from.
The Vagisil website is engaging and easy to navigate with a multitude of information about how this cream can be effective in treating vaginal itch. The price for a tube of Vagisil is fair although they do not offer a money back guarantee. Their slogan states that they are the strongest medicine you can buy to relieve itch fast but we found this to be misleading because, in our research, we came across several consumers who claimed this product was ineffective and even had adverse reactions that worsened the itching. Vaginal itch is a condition that demands immediate relief and those experiencing it do not want to waste their money, and especially time, on an ineffective product that will potentially worsen the itching. For these reasons, we would readily look into other products that offer proven effectivity before relying on Vagisil for relief from vaginal itching.


When we think of marriage as soon as we think of alliances. And, being a piece of jewelry that will be used every day representing love and marriage, nothing better than to choose a template that matches the style and the personality of the couple.
There is who is enchanted by the yellow gold rings with traditional model. But they can also have a differentiated design and shades like white gold, rosé and Noble (a unique hue h. Stern).
A question that many readers expose here in the blog comments is: during the engagement, you should use the rings of gold or is required to present the bride with a lone and only on their wedding day put the Alliance? The answer is quite simple: there is no rule for this. Depends only on the taste and desire of the couple. There are women who dream about winning a diamond ring on engagement; others prefer the Alliance. The only rule is that the gold ring should be placed in the left hand on the day of the ceremony and stay there from then on. And you can get more from Microedu.
If the groom chooses to present your beloved with an engagement ring, he doesn't necessarily need to use nothing. But, if the couple prefers, the future spouse can use a commitment ring on his right hand (which may be the ultimate wedding ring or a tentative), exchanging it for the left hand at the date of the marriage. You can check out some models of engagement rings in this other post.
And how about letting your jewelry even more unique? It has become tradition in Brazil make a recording inside the rings with the names of the bride and groom and the bride is written in the groom's ring and vice versa, along with the wedding date.
The h. Stern has a varied collection of special alliances designed for couples wishing to achieve your Union with a jewel of differentiated design and filled with beautiful meanings. Check out!
The rings of Costanza Pascolato line, signed by fashion and style consultant, possess organic forms and irregular, as well as the relationships of human life.
The ring of Eternity line have two shades of gold, and the mobile hoop around the ring rotates representing the joys of our achievements over the course of the marriage relationship.
In the rings of the line Frame, diamond Windows mark the most unforgettable moments of the life of the couple.
It is worth remembering that alliances, as well as any other piece of jewelry that is used on a daily basis, is subject to natural marks of use. This should not be a cause for concern for the bride and groom, as the signs on the gold are absolutely normal. If these signals disturb the couple, there's always the possibility of a professional cleaner for periodic maintenance, aiming to keep the brightness (in the case of polished gold) or redo the finish (in the case of textured pieces or frosted).
Alliances, Bijoux : La mode des duos d'alliances.


Zaki M. Bey, 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Louis D. Lappen. Zaki Bey previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit loan and bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
This case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James Pavlock.


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The 'monstrous inappropriateness' of the new Alma Bridge design >>> >>> 'The position cries out for delicate curves not flint like hard slabs.'
BBC Spotlight will be on the Ham tomorrow lunchtime to interview locals on what they think of the proposed designs for a replacement bridge over the River Sid:
Futures Forum: Design of new Alma Bridge released
The latest Herald carried the 'scoop' on the front page:
Sidmouth and Ottery breaking news and sport - Sidmouth Herald
The comment on this blog to the design had been:
Considerable time and money has been put into the new project - so, whilst the base will be of flint, it nevertheless contrasts with the red sandstone cliffs along the River Sid - plus, the metal railings are not exactly the same as the original Alma Bridge of Victorian design
Since then, several other comments have been received by observers. Here are a few such observations:
It's not a very flattering picture of the new bridge. (Perhaps you can't make any picture of the proposal that would disguise its monstrous inappropriateness.)
The trouble is there are two vernaculars for the designers to refer to in our town - the delicate or the brutal. Read Rising Bray's memories of the Ham with its gasworks and pig-sties and the river full of dead dogs and cats and occasional unwanted babies. [See: Futures Forum: Dramatic cliff falls on Eastern Beach - and at Hanger Cliff: "our common assets"]
This is the tradition we shall commemorate with our new bridge, which will abolish sentimentality when residents of Glenisla Terrace gaze out of our bedroom windows in future.
Oh dear, it's a bridge that's been designed by an engineer. The best looking bridges are designed by architects or artists who then ask engineer's how to build it.
There should be a beautiful, iconic bridge here, not least because of its history and its setting.
I think they are trying to channel the 1970s walls along the river front I know the original low walls were 1929 but the whole character was changed when they just built them higher.
I am sure we could have done something better, I know iron is never ending maintenance so we can't do an Iron Bridge but some modern bridges are beautiful. We need something 'ethereal' not heavy blocks. I will be speaking to them next Thurs!
[The Alma Bridge designs will be on show at Kennaway House this week:
Futures Forum: Beach Management Plan: public exhibition 19th April > an opportunity for local people to learn more about outline design to help flooding and erosion in Sidmouth]
Something better would be "Art Nouveau brought up to date and something organic which would fit with the setting."
The last post about the Drill Hall included this link to a bridge design a new bridge
The bridges in it are designed be designers and engineers: that type of design combination is best.
Perhaps you could include the link it in your blog to show how much better it is to design bridges this way.
In the link look at the video of bridges designed by designers and engineers, its inspiring.
Why not suggest the design of the replacement Alma Bridge could use some if this inspiration?
It may be that the new Alma Bridge can't be constructed using 3d printing due to possible strength limitations. If it can't be used, then the the ideas and the design potential could be used for inspiration to make the new Alma bridge look far better than the proposed one.
The position cries out for delicate curves not flint like hard slabs.
Here's the 'alternative' design referred to above:
The First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge Looks Like It Broke Off an Alien Mothership
A steel deck will cover the curved supports on the bottom of the bridgePhoto: Adriaan de Groot
The plan to 3D-print a bridge in mid-air was always bonkers. How could a technology best known for creating flimsy prototypes and personalized action figures be used for permanent construction projects? Well, the team at MX3D in Amsterdam just answered all of the hard questions and revealed it: the world's first 3D-printed bridge. It's made of a completely new type of steel, spans 40 feet, and will be installed early next year in De Wallen, the largest and best-known red-light district in Amsterdam. It also looks utterly otherworldly.
The newly printed bridge just arrived back in MX3D's workshop in north Amsterdam from a larger facility outside the city. There, the team of designers and engineers that has been working on the project for years will test the bridge's integrity and add some finishing touches, including a clear coat to protect the ruddy steel exterior from the elements and a steel deck—which is basically just a huge plate of traditional steel—that will serve as a walkway. The final phase will include the installation of a series of smart sensors that will monitor the bridge's health and take a slew of measurements in real-time, including air quality and weight dispersion so the bridge will actually know how many people are walking on it and how quickly they're moving. The sensor data will also be fed to a "digital twin" bridge model that will help engineers understand how the bridge is performing over time and make tweaks to future designs accordingly.
Safety is a key part of all of these tests and the sensor network that will follow. Given the fact that a 3D-printed bridge like this has never existed, MX3D worked with the city to establish a unique, new safety standard as well as a testing plan to ensure the bridge's lasting integrity. The sensor network will also enable engineers to monitor and address safety issues with such accuracy that the 3D-printed might well be the safest bridge in the city.
"Last Thursday we tested out the bridge with 30 people, and it was fine. It behaves like a bridge like it should," MX3D co-founder Gijs van der Velden told Gizmodo in an interview. "With the bridge deck on top, it will be even stronger."
But obviously, the bridge's 3D-printed construction will turn heads. It has since 2015, when MX3D shocked the world by announcing plans to 3D-print the bridge in mid-air over one of Amsterdam's canals. That concept explored the possibility of using a new custom-designed type 3D-printing robots that could create weight-bearing structures below them and then slide forward as the hot building material set. These so-called MX3D bots could build things of any size by moving around the object in open air rather than inside of a machine. Theoretically, such technology would let them print massive structures safely on location.
"When we launched the idea, we just printed one art piece," van der Velden said. "So [the bridge] was also a real moonshot project for us, because we didn't know what this technology would make possible for us."
The genesis of the 3D-printed bridge was unconventional to say the least. In 2004, Joris Laarman founded a design lab in Amsterdam and began experimenting with various materials and applications for various technologies. Much of Laarman's work looked to natural designs for inspiration, but a growing interest in technology led to the development of a six-axis robot that could do large-scale, free-form 3D printing and the founding of MX3D. Whereas traditional 3D-printing takes place inside of a machine, this new type of technology could print in mid-air without conventional limitations.
Laarman and his co-founders first used the new MX3D printers for several experiments before creating a sculpture called The Dragon Bench. This art piece used a combination of metals to create a self-supporting structure that looks a big rusty wave. Dragon Bench sculptures are now in museum collections around the world, but the piece also served as a proof of concept for the much larger, more practical, and more ambitious bridge project.
MX3D didn't quite make it to the proverbial moon on this first attempt. In 2015, Laarman and the team partnered various companies and organizations, namely the American software company Autodesk, and demonstrated their machines' capacity to create a weight-bearing structure on a small scale. They also announced plans to print the full-sized bridge in open air over an Amsterdam canal. The City of Amsterdam hired MX3D to provide a bridge that would replace an existing structure on its canals. According to van der Velden, the project's budget was comparable to what the city would have paid for a traditional bridge with additional funding to come from several sponsors.
"[Amsterdam city officials] have collaborated with us, Arup, and Imperial College London to define a method for evaluating the safety of the bridge as, of course for a novel production like this, there is no standard code," van der Velden explained. "Their open attitude towards such a new and unconventional project was essential to make this project a success."
The MX3D bridge (Photo: Thijs Wolzak)
However, the plan to print the bridge in mid-air later changed. After more deliberation and testing, the team decided to move the 3D-printing process into a large studio space where they had control over the environment and where pedestrians couldn't interfere. The bridge designers also changed the blueprints pretty significantly. Instead of pursuing a form that looked more like a bone structure, they settled on something that looks like two billowing sheets of fabric connected by organic curves of 3D-printed steel. The whole thing looks somehow informed by H.R. Giger and would be right at home in an Alien movie.
What's especially unique about this design is how MX3D decided to leave the surface rather rough. The 3D-printing process involves a robot applying layer-after-layer of steel onto the bridge. This creates a ribbed surface that can be buffed out which makes it look more like traditional steel, but the finished bridge will keep this raw appearance. It actually makes the bridge almost appear to be alive.
"If you look at the bridge right now in our workshop it's very strange," Laarman told Gizmodo. "It's a little bit like being in a science fiction story because it looks so different than everything else around. We work in a highly industrial shipyard where everything is geometric in shape, but this bridge doesn't have a single straight line."
The strangeness of the bridge offers a clue into the remarkable possibilities of the technology that helped to create it. While MX3D does have plans to build more bridges—it has several projects already in the pipeline, though none of the plans are concrete—the company also wants to leverage this new process of 3D-printing steel for commercial purposes. In the maritime, aviation, and commercial construction industries, there's often a need to create a single unique piece that requires a cast to be constructed and used only once. The nature of 3D-printing means that pieces like this can be built and customized on the fly at a much lower cost. They can be designed to weigh less, as well, thanks to 3D-modeling software.
One can only imagine what would be possible if MX3D does manage to let loose its team of mobile 3D-printing robots completely. In the engineers' minds, these robots could scale buildings, creating custom facades on the construction site and organic shapes that wouldn't be possible using conventional methods. Lighter components would also make for all kinds of new forms in buildings, designs that we haven't even thought of yet.
But first, the bridge. Commissioned by the city of Amsterdam, the new 3D-printed bridge will be span the Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal where it crosses Stoofsteeg, an alleyway in the red-light district. There's currently a temporary bridge in place, and it's not hard to see how the MX3D-built structure will be a huge improvement.
The future location of the MX3D bridge over the Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal in AmsterdamPhoto: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo)
All things told, it took MX3D a year to get the bridge into its current condition. The company's engineers will be completing a couple final spirals for either end of the bridge in the north Amsterdam studio over the next six months, as it conducts a series of tests in partnership with Arup and Imperial College London. In the meantime, the city of Amsterdam will be renovating the walls of the 15th-century canals around the Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal. The bridge's final installation will take place once those improvements are completed. And as far as MX3D is concerned, this is only the beginning.
"When the bridge came in, even I started believe myself and my stories about how great this technology is—instantly," said van der Velden. "It's such a massive structure that immediately, even if you're not a technician or someone who's been playing around with this tech for years, you can see that steel objects are going to change drastically in the coming years."
Amsterdam is the place to watch for these big changes, too. There's already a partially 3D-printed bridge near Amsterdam in the village of Gemert, though the concrete block design is rudimentary compared to the MX3D bridge. Meanwhile, not far from MX3D's studio, a consortium of architects are working on 3D-printing an entire canal house. As is the case with many large-scale 3D-printing projects, it's unclear how far along they are.
So many of these ambitious and futuristic 3D-printing projects fail to make it further than the headline-grabbing concept stage. We've seen the world's largest free-form 3D printer create beams for home construction in Tennessee. We've seen a Chinese company 3D print ten houses in a single day. There are countless large-scale 3D-printing experiments out in the world but still so few real things that real people use.
But so far, it looks like MX3D is the exception. These designers and engineers actually 3D-printed a bridge. They stood on it, walked across it, took pictures with it. The 3D-printed bridge is a real thing.
Labels: alma bridge, architecture+design, art+culture, dcc, drill hall, science+technology, sidmouth herald, traffic+transport
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Pearse, Arthur
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Name: Pearse, Arthur
Also known as: Colonel A Pearse; General Pearse
I am guessing that the 'Arthur Pearse' who played for the St. George's Club in London in 1898, according to Forster, was the 'General Pearse' who played for the St. George's Club as early as 1886 (see, for example, the British Chess Magazine of Apr. 1886, p.158). Further evidence that General Pearse had first initial 'A' is given in the Chess Player's Chronicle of 8 Nov. 1882 (p.532), where a list of committee members for the organization of the London Tournament of 1883 includes 'Colonel A Pearse, R.A.'.
[BCM], vol. 6, Apr. 1886, page 158
[CPC], vol. 6, 8 Nov. 1882, page 532
London, England 1884 (4) Saint George's Club - Oxford University Club Match
Pearse, A. - Tracey, W.F. 0.5 - 0.5
London, England 1886 (1) City of London - Saint George's Club Match
Pearse, A. - Loman, R.J. 0 - 1
Pearse, A. - Vyse, W.E. 1 - 0
Pearse, A. - Leonard, H.S. 0 - 1
London, England 1888 (2) British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match
Pearse, A. - Trenchard, H.W. 0 - 1
Pearse, A. - Stevens, S.J. 0 - 1
Pearse, A. - Howell, P. 0 - 1
Pearse, A. - Carson, H.A.H. 0 - 1
Pearse, A. - Blieden, M. 0 - 1
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I could care less if you want to Charlie Brown and snoopy never underestimate a woman who watches Hallmark Christmas movies and was born in April sweater me off so you can go hook up with Molly the words tumble from my mouth before I can stop them. I hate the way I feel about him and Molly. It makes me sick to my stomach to think of them together. What is it about her anyway? Her pink hair? Her tattoos? That's not what I am doing. Not that it is your business anyway. I should have just stayed quiet. I don't want to fight with Harry right now. Especially when I don't know when I will see him again. I really wish he wouldn't have dropped Literature. He just pushes my buttons, every single one. I knew it wouldn't last. I finally admit to him and myself.
That's what I do when I go to a Charlie Brown and snoopy never underestimate a woman who watches Hallmark Christmas movies and was born in April sweater. I love Kelsey! She's a very American version of Vilde, who I found to be the most real/relatable skam character, personally. Nice to hear. I got upset about how much hate Vilde was getting in the original. Too me she was a pretty normal girl. The ignorance Vilde showed about Muslims, isn't from malice. She just hasn't had many interactions with anyone before and only knows what stereotypes tell us. I think the actor playing Kelsey totally nails the role. She is definitely one of my favorites. How to cringe-worthy she turns situations is just comedy gold.


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$2.9 Million Award Is 30% of Actual Legal Fees
Dow Chemical Co v NOVA Chemicals Corp 2016 FC 91 O'Keefe J here
2,160,705 / film-grade polymers / ELITE SURPASS
I don't normally blog on procedural issues, but I've made a partial exception for costs because of the interesting disparity between the Federal Court tariff and the actual costs of patent litigation. Awards for fees in the range of 10% of actual fees, which is not uncommon if the tariff is applied, are effectively a hybrid between the English rule (substantial costs in the cause) and the American rule (each party bears their own costs), which strikes me as the worst of both worlds: big enough to fight over (thus increasing costs), but not big enough to make any difference to litigation strategy. We have seen the courts gradually move from Column III of the tariff to Column IV or V in complex patent cases (see here for a review of the trends), but even that is often not enough to make a real difference: in this case fees assessed under Column V would amount to only 11% of actual legal fees. Even if "an award of costs represents a compromise between compensating a successful party and not unduly burdening an unsuccessful party" [10, quoting 2011 FC 1113 [11]], 11% is a distraction rather than a compromise.
O'Keefe J held that costs awarded pursuant to Column V of the tariff "would be totally inadequate as an amount of costs for the plaintiffs in this case. To only recoup 11% of your costs in such a complex case is not acceptable" [26]. Accordingly he exercised his discretion to depart from the tariff and award lump sum costs for legal fees in the amount of $2.9 million, which is
approximately 30% of the actual legal fees [29], for a total award, including disbursements, of $6.5 million [36].
It seems to me that this award of 30% of fees is entering the range where it is reasonable to view the award as actually being a compromise between the English and American rules. I don't have an opinion as to whether such a compromise is better than the applying a pure version of either of the alternatives, but at least it is a substantive alternative, as opposed to the fee structure of the tariffs, which increasingly appears to reflect no principle other than historical accident. It will be very interesting to see what emerges from the discussion paper on costs that was issued by the Rules Committee.
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"You Answer to Me!" Cop Breaks Into Home, Arrests Man!
"Do not shoot me, please don't shoot me!"
Video footage appears to show a police officer breaking into a home in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana before arresting a man for no reason as he exclaims, "you answer to me!"
The clip begins with the officer forcibly entering the house, apparently without a warrant, before telling 26-year-old Donrell Breaux he will be arrested.
Breaux reacts by saying, "You're scaring me," as he asks the cop why he is being arrested.
The officer then walks into the living room before telling Eric Banegas, the individual filming the incident, "Get out of here, I'm not talking to you," to which the youth responds, "This is my house though".
When Breaux asks the officer his name, the cop responds, "I'm not answering you, you answer to me," before tackling Breaux and attempting to handcuff him.
"You're under arrest for resisting an officer," states the cop
"Son, he's trying to take me to jail for what?….I am scared son, I am scared," states Breaux.
"I'm asking you nicely, why are you doing this sir," asks Breaux as the cop appears to reach for his gun.
"Do not shoot me, please don't shoot me, what are you reaching for, please don't shoot me sir," states Breaux, adding, "I'm fucking scared right now, I'll do whatever you ask me."
Little is known about events that led up to the incident. The YouTube video has received just over 9,000 views since it was posted yesterday, but many thousands more have seen an alternate Facebook version.
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Breaux was arrested and charged with battery of a police officer, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.
A spokesperson for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said the video was being studied and that the matter was under internal review. The police officer has not been named.
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Edinburgh University Begins Move to VoIP
One of the UK's most prestigious universities, the University of Edinburgh, has extended its relationship with NEC Philips Unified Solutions by purchasing an IP server blade, the SV7000 and IP DECT technology, as part of the first phase of a complete migration to a VoIP communications infrastructure. The server will be integrated with the existing SOPHO iS3000 server.
The university is currently using a hybrid communications platform that provides mixed IP telephony and traditional systems, which was implemented to enable a seamless transition to IP telephony. The existing SOPHO iS3000 server runs nearly 10,000 extensions throughout the university, and the new SV7000 server has been implemented as a remote server in the Kings Building running 30 extensions.
Murray Clayton, Telecoms and Security Systems Manager at the University of Edinburgh, explains, "As part of the first phase of the migration we have implemented the IP server, which has been running for the last three months across two sites. We have been pleased with the results and are now in a position where we can look to further extend our use of VoIP technologies, including IP DECT handsets, to a larger user group increasing the number of extensions to between 800 and 1000 across the University."
The first phase of the migration has been extremely successful. The university has realised the benefits that they hoped to achieve when the process began, including the ability to work remotely and improved accessibility for employees. Edinburgh has the largest university in Scotland with over 200 buildings, and therefore the ability of the DECT handsets to work on any network enables staff to move between buildings with no disruption.
Clayton comments, "The iS3000 and SV7000 are both incredibly flexible and compatible servers, and therefore we are able to achieve a very smooth migration to an IP-based platform at a pace which suits us. Users are able to carry their DECT handsets with them at all times as they can be used over any IP network, including a broadband connection at home and we can therefore take advantage of the benefits of homeworking. In the future we also hope to take advantage of fixed-mobile convergence, to extend this flexibility even further."
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We will try to carry momentum from the T20 World Cup into West Indies series: Babar Azam
The Pakistan skipper led from the front with loads of runs in the T20 World Cup as his side went on to win its five group games
Captain Babar Azam hopes to keep Pakistan's winning momentum going against a virus-hit West Indies in the limited-overs series, starting Monday (December 13). Three West Indies players -- left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell, all-rounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers -- have tested positive for coronavirus in Karachi and were ruled out of the T20 International (T20I) series. They will be in isolation for 10 days in Karachi and will be monitored by the team physician until they return negative tests.
West Indies T20I squad already miss several top performers for the three-match T20I series which will be followed by three ODIs -- also at Karachi. The notable absentees include white-ball skipper Kieron Pollard, who will miss out due to a hamstring injury he sustained during the T20 World Cup, while Andre Russell is playing in the Big Bash League in Australia.
"We will try to carry the momentum which started in the (T20) World Cup," Babar told reporters during a video conference on Sunday.
"We are not going to take them (West Indies) easy because they didn't bring their best players. They have played in the CPL (Caribbean Premier League) and international games, so you have to give your 100 percent to beat them."
Babar led from the front with loads of runs in the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates as Pakistan went on to win its five group games before being beaten by eventual champion Australia in the semifinals. Pakistan followed its brilliant run by whitewashing Bangladesh in the Twenty20 series 3-0 in Bangladesh before winning the two-match test series 2-0.
Defending champions West Indies, on the other hand, floundered in the UAE as it failed to qualify for the semifinals. Nicholas Pooran replaced the injured Pollard for the Twenty20 series while Shai Hope will lead the side in the ODIs.
Babar sympathised with West Indies for losing three players due to coronavirus and believed it's tough for cricketers to spend time in isolation. "It's a difficult time for a team when your player tests positive," he said.
"It's difficult to live in isolation, our team has gone through this. Lots of negative things do come in your mind when you are alone in the room and the team combination also gets affected."
Pakistan has lost just one home Twenty20 series since international cricket returned to Pakistan in 2015 when Sri Lanka routed them 3-0 in 2019. They have twice beaten Zimbabwe and also recorded series wins against Bangladesh, South Africa, a World XI and the West Indies when it last toured in 2018.
The Pakistan government has allowed full capacity crowds at the National Stadium for the first time since the pandemic began and Babar hoped the home team fans will get to see some quality cricket.
"The main thing is we are playing the home series and for us, the best thing is full crowd will be allowed inside the stadium."
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import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
import { getHostKey, getHostName } from 'libs'
import Loading from 'components/Loading'
import queryString from 'query-string'
import { useStore } from './StoreContext'
import { observer } from 'mobx-react'
import { Affix, Button, Table, message, PageHeader, Popconfirm } from 'antd'
import { Link, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'

const Host = (props) => {
  const key = getHostKey(props)
  const { isRegex, pattern } = props
  const query = isRegex ? { isRegex, pattern } : { domain: key }
  const to = {
    pathname: '/',
    search: queryString.stringify(query)
  }
  return <Link to={to}>{getHostName(props)}</Link>
}

const Regex = (isRegex) => {
  if (isRegex) {
    return 'Yes'
  }
  return 'No'
}

export default observer((props) => {
  useEffect(() => {
    AppStore.init({})
  }, [])
  const navigate = useNavigate()
  const [selectedRowKeys, setSelectedRowKeys] = useState([])
  const rowSelection = {
    selectedRowKeys,
    onChange: setSelectedRowKeys,
    selections: [Table.SELECTION_ALL, Table.SELECTION_INVERT]
  }

  const { AppStore } = useStore()
  const { hosts, loading } = AppStore
  if (loading) {
    return <Loading />
  }

  const data = hosts.map((host) => {
    return {
      key: getHostKey(host),
      host,
      isRegex: Boolean(host.isRegex)
    }
  })
  const columns = [
    {
      title: 'Host',
      dataIndex: 'host',
      key: 'host',
      render: Host,
      sorter: (a, b) => {
        const aKey = getHostKey(a.host)
        const bKey = getHostKey(b.host)
        return aKey.localeCompare(bKey)
      }
    },
    {
      title: 'isRegex',
      dataIndex: 'isRegex',
      key: 'isRegex',
      render: Regex,
      sorter: (a, b) => a.isRegex - b.isRegex
    },
    {
      title: 'Action',
      key: 'action',
      render: ({ host }) => {
        const name = getHostName(host)
        return (
          <Popconfirm
            title={`Are you sure delete this host: ${name}`}
            onConfirm={() => {
              AppStore.removeHost({ host })
              message.success(`Successfully remove host: ${name}`)
            }}
            okText='Yes'
            cancelText='No'
          >
            <Button type='danger'>Delete</Button>
          </Popconfirm>
        )
      }
    }
  ]
  const hasSelected = selectedRowKeys.length > 0
  return (

      <Affix offsetTop={0.01}>
        <PageHeader
          ghost={false}
          onBack={() => navigate(-1)}
          title='All Hosts & Patterns'
          extra={
            <>

                {hasSelected
                  ? `Selected ${selectedRowKeys.length} host${
                      selectedRowKeys.length > 1 ? 's' : ''
                    }`
                  : ''}

              <Popconfirm
                disabled={!hasSelected}
                title={`Are you sure delete all selected host${
                  selectedRowKeys.length > 1 ? 's' : ''
                }`}
                onConfirm={() => {
                  const toDelete = new Set(selectedRowKeys)
                  data
                    .filter((x) => toDelete.has(x.key))
                    .map((x) => x.host)
                    .forEach((host) => AppStore.removeHost({ host }))
                  message.success(
                    `Successfully remove all selected host${
                      selectedRowKeys.length > 1 ? 's' : ''
                    }`
                  )
                }}
                okText='Yes'
                cancelText='No'
              >
                <Button type='danger' disabled={!hasSelected}>
                  Delete
                </Button>
              </Popconfirm>
            </>
          }
        />
      </Affix>

  )
})

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NBA Lottery needs change
By Chris Linvill
The Philadelphia 76ers are just plain awful and anyone who is a fan of basketball knows this. It is hard to watch when someone is trying to root for them but cannot stomach how bad they are.
The 76ers are in a rebuilding phase where they are trying to get the best players possible in the next draft. Nobody knows if they are even going to get the best player, seeing as how the NBA lottery is going to be our obstacle even with the worst record.
Last year the worst record belonged to the Milwaukee Bucks even though the 76ers tied the record for most losses in a row in NBA history last season with 26. The 76ers finished with the second to worst record.
The NBA Lottery was put into effect in 1985 and was supposed to help prevent tanking, but that obviously isn't working out.
As a fan, it sucks to know that the team that I am rooting for is losing on purpose and I have to wait a whole year, or even two or three, to see them try to compete and win.
The NBA is planning to change the draft to make tanking go away altogether but the fact is it won't because it will still have the worst teams with the highest chance of getting the number one pick in the draft.
Solutions are out there and I feel like the worst team should not get rewarded because they were the worst on purpose, but regardless of that, they have to get the best pick to keep the league balanced.
The teams in the NBA are either at the top or bottom of the pack and the teams in between that don't get much recognition or have a good shot at getting a top pick.
The NBA Lottery, as it is now, consists of a lottery ball drawing of the first three picks with the worst record having a 25 percent chance of getting the first pick, the second worst record has a 19.9 percent chance and the third worst having a 15.6 percent chance of first pick. After that, it drastically decreases for each team in order from worst to best record for all non-playoff teams.
After the first three picks are selected via the lottery ball format, the rest of the picks are assigned from worst to best record automatically.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver proposed a new lottery draft that was voted down by the NBA owners back in Oct. The new proposal would level out the chances of all 14 lottery teams to get a shot at the first pick and suggests that a higher amount of the picks will be drawn with the lottery ball format.
There are many different proposals out there from the one mentioned to every team getting an equal chance at number one. While I don't agree with the proposal of all teams with an equal shot, there still has to be a change of the NBA Lottery to prevent tanking.
The proposal that was voted down made it clear that teams are continuing to tank and, in fact, the 76ers are one of the votes that were against the reform because it would hinder their shot at the number one pick.
Silver and the owners of the NBA can change this to reverse their image of a league where it is ok to lose on purpose. It may take time to come up with a proposal for the draft that everyone agrees on, but when one is found it needs to be implemented immediately.
When we as fans buy a ticket we want to get our money's worth. We don't pay to see mediocre professionals on a team who should be good to their fans because that is the only support they have.
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Q: ngInfiniteScroll - loadMore() method gets called on every mouse-scroll Solution below on the comments.
Problem: My loadMore() method gets executed on every container's scroll.
Meaning: loadMore() gets executed on each mouse scroll of the parent container (infinite-scroll-parent="true")
Desired result: to get loadMore() execute only when infiniteScrollDistance meets its conditions, instead of any tinny scroll I do.
My code is highly inspired by the demo_basic & demo_async.
My app is a photos gallery.
I load the photos by ajax call, and populate them into a thumbnail directive repeater.
I disable ng-Infinite-Scroll on controller initialization, and enable it on callback success.

                    <my-photo-directive ng-repeat="photo in photos"></my-photo-directive>

My coffee code has no surprises.
It's logic is unimportant, because if I place a simple console.log, the problem still occurs.....
    $scope.album.busy = true
    $scope.loadMore = ->
            $scope.$apply ->
                    $scope.album.busy = true
            console.log('loadMore() been executed here')

My thumbnail directive is the same. No surprises, moment last photos gets populated onto the repeater, I enable the component.
    app.directive 'myPhotoDirective', ['$window', ($window) ->
        return {} =
            ....
            link: (scope, element, attrs) ->
                if scope.$last
                    scope.album.busy = false

I got no idea what i'm missing or doing wrong.
I hope someone will be here to help me.
Thank you.

A: Let me add my two cents, had exact same problem, different solution! I have been debugging ng-infinite-scroll all day. At one point, I realized that javascript reports $(window).height() == $(document).height() which makes no sense whatsoever.
I did a bit googling, and it happens when you're missing DOCTYPE: jquery $(window).height() is returning the document height
But, that was not enough! My DOCTYPE was eaten by browser, at one point. You can read further: Too big number of $(window).height() on wordpress

A: I have solved my problem.
One of foundation properties that NIS (ngInfiniteScroll) measure, are $containerand $elem

*

*$container is the parent of the scrolled elements Element.

*$elem is the Element that contain the scrolled elements.

Example
<$container>
    <$elem>
        <photo/>
        <photo/>
        <photo/>
        <photo/>
    </$elem>
</$container>

What NIS is trying to do, is to calculate on each mouse scroll, if enabled, the relation between these two elements, and check if $elem is taller than $container, and then scroll down or not. (it also check other properties like - distance, immediate-check & disabled).
So this relation between this two fundamental elements, is crucial for the understanding & debugging of NIS.
So my problem was exactly that - The $container and $elem were equal at their height.
I had fixed css height values (100%) on both elements (mainly cause I read in the documentation that I must pass height), and by mistake I fixed $elemwhich was totally wrong.
Secondly - infinite-scroll-distance can cause this to happen as well.
If the value that you're setting is high (let's say 2), and your loadMore() method don't populate enough items, even if you disable runtime of the method, than you will get infinite loadmore() executions.

A: Without a Plunker to see the actual code I'll direct you right to the ngInfiniteScroll FAQ:

Why is ngInfiniteScroll triggering my expression on every single
  scroll event?
The infiniteScroll directive uses the height of the element that it's
  attached to in order to determine how close to the bottom of the
  window it is. In some cases, the browser can report a height of 0,
  which causes this behavior. Usually, this is due to a container
  element that only contains floated children. The simplest way to fix
  this problem is to add a "spacer" element to the bottom of the
  container (something like

); see this
  StackOverflow question and its associated answers for more details.

A: This might seem obvious, but it evaded me for a day.
I followed the example shown in the image on the homepage of NIS:

The important part to notice is the scroll distance:
infinite-scroll-distance="3"

According to the documentation,

if the browser window is 1000 pixels tall and infinite-scroll-distance is set to 2, the infinite scroll expression will be evaluated when the bottom of the element is within 2000 pixels of the bottom of the browser window. Defaults to 0 (e.g. the expression will be evaluated when the bottom of the element crosses the bottom of the browser window).

During my development, I only had ~50 items displaying, and thought, albeit incorrectly, that NIS was firing infinitely. In fact, it was just trying to fill up ~4000 pixels.
TL;DR: Remove (or at least reduce) infinite-scroll-distance if you have it set.

A: Put a lot of time just to figure it out. For me infinite scroll's method was called infinitely, so i did a bit of research & came to conclusion that it was happening beacause the height of my "div" for infinite scroll in my code was 0, was not increasing at all, so it was thinking all the time that the user was at the end of the page. So the solution for me was to add a "clearfix" html class to the next element of the "div" for infinite scroll.

A: I had similar problem, except that infinite scroll wouldn't even stop loading by the time I reached end of container (I used infinite-scroll-container option from v1.2). After long debug, I noticed that container height was float (634.245px for example), whereas internal element height was close to it, but int (635px for example) and it would trigger cycle over and over, because it thought that bottom limit was reached. The problem with ng-infinite-scroll is that its visual and it doesn't deal with actual data, so I had to check for returned data from backend and block it if results were empty (infinite-scroll-disabled related function).

A: I figured out the html format should be somewhat like this for nginfinitescroll to work. The addition of a dummy outer div with fixed height solved my problem

Hope it helps somebody.

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