Halloween may be over, but the spirits will be returning to Latino families Friday on El Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. Amid yellow marigolds, they will be feted with skull-shaped breads and sweets, plus brimming glasses of tequila.
Many Latin Americans believe that on Nov. 2, which is also the Roman Catholic Feast of All Souls, the dead have special dispensation to revisit their living relatives. Despite its name, the Day of the Dead is a celebration of life to honor one`s ancestors.
''It`s a tradition that makes me remember my country,'' said Gloria Drew, 36, a factory worker from the Back of the Yards neighborhood, who each year burns incense and lays out Mexican-style chicken, fruit and a glass of water to welcome her grandparents back.
Originally observed as a feast by Aztecs and other pre-Columbian tribes in Latin America, the Day of the Dead was merged with All Souls Day by Spanish conquistadors seeking to impose a new culture.
Throughout Mexico, people celebrate the holiday by installing altars bearing candles and photographs in their homes or by visiting cemeteries with baskets of the departed`s favorite foods. They spend the night at gravesites, eating, drinking and singing.
In Chicago, all-night vigils in cemeteries are prohibited, but altars can be found.
While many Americans might regard this tradition as ghoulish, Mexicans take a different view. For them, death is not an end, but the beginning of spiritual life.
At the Mexican Fine Art Museum, artist Patricia Martinez is marking the holiday by paying homage to three dead cousins and her brother Aaron, who in September, at age 15, was slain by a reputed gang member.
The blood-stained, khaki pants and gym shoes that he was wearing when shot are on display, along with his workout bench, weights and favorite foods- chocolate chip cookies and cola.


"After the battle of Bull Run had shown that the rebellion was neither a political scarecrow nor an affair of ninety days; and that peace could only be secured by a dishonorable surrender, or by a desperate and bloody war, the loyal North, though at first stunned by the defeat, determined that the Union must be preserved at whatever cost, and sent forward men by the thousand till the government, for a time, refused to accept any more. Within six months after that battle the State of Maine, true to it's motto "Dirigo," contributed more that ten thousand as good men as ever wore the army blue; four regiments being raised early in the fall, the rest a few weeks later.
Among others, at this time, Hon. Neal Dow of Portland received authority from the Governor, to recruit a regiment of infantry for the service of the United States. Enlistment papers were soon issued, and early in October recruiting was commenced. At that time there were being raised in the State five regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, five batteries of artillery, and one company of sharpshooters, a total of about seven thousand men. Recruiting officers were also at work in the State for the regular army, for the navy, and for Maine regiments already in the field. For these reasons recruiting for the regiment proceeded somewhat slowly; and it was not till late in November that the squads began to assemble at the rendezvous in Augusta.
Plan of organization of the volunteer forces called into the service of the United States by the President.
Thirty-nine regiments of volunteer infantry will be raised. Each regiment will consist of ten companies, and each company will be organized as follows: Minimum - 1 captain, 1 first lieutenant, 1 second lieutenant, 1 first sergeant, 4 sergeants, 8 corporals, 2 musicians, 1 wagoner, 64 privates; aggregate 83. Maximum - 1 captain, 1 first lieutenant, 1 second lieutenant, 1 first sergeant, 4 sergeants, 8 corporals, 2 musicians, 1 wagoner, 82 privates; aggregate 101.
The commissioned officers of the company will be appointed by the Governor of the State furnishing it, and the non-commissioned officers, until the company shall be embodied in a regiment, will be appointed by the captain; afterward by the colonel, on recommendation of the captain.
Each regiment will be organized as follows: Minimum - 830 company officers and enlisted men, 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 1 adjutant (a lieutenant), 1 regimental quartermaster (a lieutenant), 1 assistant sergeant, 1 sergeant-major, 1 regimental quartermaster-sergeant, 1 regimental commissary-sergeant, 1 hospital steward, 2 principal musicians, 24 musicians for band; aggregate, 866. Maximum - 1010 company officers and enlisted men, 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 1 adjutant (a lieutenant), 1 regimental quartermaster (a lieutenant), 1 assistant sergeant, 1 sergeant-major, 1 regimental quartermaster-sergeant, 1 regimental commissary-sergeant, 1 hospital steward, 2 principal musicians, 24 musicians for band; aggregate, 1046.
The field officers of the regiment will be appointed by the Governor of the State which furnishes the regiment.
The adjutant and regimental quartermaster will be selected from the company officers of the regiment by the colonel, and may be reassigned to companies at his pleasure.
The non-commissioned staff will be selected by the colonel from the non-commissioned officers and privates of the regiment, and the vacancies so created will be filled by appointment, as is prescribed above.
We're coming Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more!
Neal Dow; Henry Rust Jr.
Frederic G. Speed; Edward H. Wilson; Thomas N. Stowell Jr.


Much of Scotland's well-known archaeology is visible in the form of structures; such as stone circles, crannogs, iron age brochs and hillforts, and, medieval castles. However, within the vast Scottish landscape, with its extensive coastline and numerous islands, much of the archaeology is buried or submerged within its lochs, waterways, estuaries, and seas.
Wessex Archaeology's Scotland office has been developed to provide a full range of services in relation to the vast archaeological resource of Scotland, both terrestrial, underwater and within its territorial waters. The Edinburgh-based team are supported by specialist teams across the company, including Geophysics, Geoarchaeology & Environmental, Geomatics & Survey, Heritage Consultancy, Graphics and numerous Research Specialists.
During the past eight years, the Coastal & Marine team in Scotland have worked on a multitude of projects. Much or our work supports the rapidly developing renewable energy sectors onshore and offshore, including Round 3 offshore windfarms and electricity interconnectors cables and the wider supporting export and transmission infrastructure.
Our newly developed terrestrial department has been increasing our fieldwork capabilities on several terrestrial sites across Scotland. Wessex Archaeology has been contracted to deliver a diverse range of work from walkover surveys, archaeological evaluations and excavations, geotechnical and geophysical surveys, geoarchaeological assessments, diving surveys, and innovative research, outreach and education projects with local communities and military veterans.
During the summer months the marine team in Scotland are generally engaged in diving related projects. Wessex Archaeology has been awarded the Scottish Underwater Diving Services contract by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) since 2015 working on sites that require archaeological assessment to determine whether or not they are suitable for designation. Archaeological assessments that have been undertaken by the Wessex Archaeology dive team include that of the Wreck of Iona I, Drumbeg Wreck , both now historic Marine Protected Places.
Another major Scottish project involved the development of Conservation Management Plans (CMPs) for the boat collection at the Scottish Fisheries Museum, producing some great photogrammetric models of the individual boats.
Wessex Archaeology also undertakes a wide range of specialist research projects funded by grants and other non-commercial funding awards. Our recent work in Scotland includes HES-supported geoarchaeological investigation and reconstruction of the famous site of Dunadd and its environs in the Mòine Mhór National Nature Reserve, Argyll and Bute. The project requires deep vibrocoring of the extensive peat bogs to understand the buried coastline and estuary that existed across the area before 6000 years ago, far inland of where they are now. The project is providing greater understanding of how long-term climate change and landscape evolutions interact and influence the archaeological records in the area.
Wessex Archaeology's Coastal & Marine team based in Scotland, has delivered numerous outreach and education projects, one of which, Project SAMPHIRE (Scottish Atlantic Maritime Past: Heritage, Investigation, Research & Education), received a European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Award in 2017. This project combined a collaboration between archaeologists and local communities to investigate and record marine heritage sites along the entire west coast of Scotland. Over 100 sites were identified, adding considerably to the historic environment record of Scotland's coasts and territorial waters, and increasing awareness, stewardship and expertise amongst coastal communities and professional specialists.
In 2017, in collaboration with Breaking Ground Heritage, a Community Interest Company, Wessex Archaeology provided archaeological support and mentoring for veterans taking part in Exercise Angus Holdfast held at Barry Buddon, east of Dundee. This site is thought to have been a First World War training area with possible Second World War reuse. Over the course of two weeks, the participants were helped with carrying out excavations, trench planning and interpretation of their discoveries. The project was thoroughly enjoyed by the participants and will reopen again for the 2018 season.
As part of our expanding aviation services, the Edinburgh office delivers an in-house Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) capability to undertake aerial surveys and reconnaissance work in support of development-led projects, research and public engagement. Recently, in support of the 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group's excavation and survey around Cockenzie Harbour, East Lothian, a GPS and drone survey was carried out by the Wessex Archaeology team at the terminus of the Tranet – Cockenzie Waggonway, described as Scotland's first railway (active from 1722). The survey produced high-quality video of the site, high-resolution photomosaic of aerial photographs, and 3D photogrammetric models integrated with the excavation and GPS survey.
Wessex Archaeology has a long history of undertaking strategic research projects, and the Scotland office strives to develop and enhance the strategic archaeology and heritage goals of Scotland. Currently, we are delivering one of the first Regional Research Frameworks for Scotland, the South East Scotland Archaeological Research Framework (SESARF). It has been recognised through Scotland's Archaeology Strategy the need for regional research frameworks to complement and enhance the existing national one (ScARF). Wessex Archaeology Scotland in conjunction with the South-East Scotland Archaeology Partnership of local authority archaeology services, are developing the archaeological research framework covering the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. Further information about the progress of this project follow this link.


Come get inspired and motivated with our favorite local brands for a morning of wellness in partnership with Nordstrom at Towson Town Center! What's better than yoga and brunch? Maybe yoga and brunch with a little clean beauty talk and shopping thrown in the mix!
We'll start with a 60 minute all-levels vinyasa yoga flow led by Rachel Gill of Rach Does Yoga, followed by delicious cold-pressed juices + plant-based eats provided by Plantbar, luxurious small-batch tea blends served by Wight Tea Company and clean beauty + wellness tips from local wellness influencer Allie Mason of The Health Mason. The Nordstrom Personal Stylist team will also be on hand to share the latest trends in activewear.
Each guest will receive a free beauty gift and a 15% off shopping pass for a one time purchase throughout the store! Space is limited, so grab a friend and get your tickets!


In the journey from egg to embryo to mature organism, our bodies stretch and wrinkle and fold like a fabulously intricate piece of origami. Now UC San Francisco bioengineers have shown that many of the complex folded shapes that form mammalian body plans and internal tissue structures can be re-created with very simple instructions, setting the stage for future applications ranging from lab-grown organs to soft biological robots.
In their new paper – published Dec. 28, 2017, in the journal Developmental Cell – the researchers found that specialized cells called mesenchymal cells play a special role in folding some tissues during development. Like spiders pulling on their webs, these cells can reach out to tug on the network of ropelike extracellular matrix (ECM) fibers that cells naturally secrete around themselves for structural support.
When mesenchymal cells in different parts of a tissue pull on the web of ECM fibers in tandem, the researchers found, they create forces within the tissue that can cause it to bend and fold into a variety of shapes, from the finger-like villi that line the gut and aid in digestion to the buds that eventually form an animal's hairs or feathers.
The researchers then demonstrated that they could apply these natural developmental processes to re-create tissue folding in tissue samples in the laboratory. By laying down specific patterns of mouse or human mesenchymal cells, the researchers could cause thin slabs of living tissue to fold themselves into bowls, coils, and ripples, as well as more abstract shapes like cubes not typically found in nature.
"Development is starting to become a canvas for engineering, and by breaking the complexity of development down into simpler engineering principles, scientists are beginning to better understand, and ultimately control, the fundamental biology. In this case, the intrinsic ability of mechanically active cells to promote changes in tissue shape is a fantastic chassis for building complex and functional synthetic tissues," said senior author Zev Gartner, PhD, an associate professor of pharmaceutical chemistry in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub investigator, and co-director of the UCSF Center for Cellular Construction, a collaborative center whose aim is to "turn biology into an engineering discipline.
One goal of the work, Gartner said, is to improve biologists' ability to create tissue "organoids" – tiny lab-grown tissues typically grown from stem cells taken from a human patient – which have become an increasingly popular tool in precision medicine, for example to allow researchers to screen drugs effective against a specific patient's disease.
Labs already use 3-D printing or micro-molding to create 3-D shapes for tissue engineering, but the final product often misses key structural features of tissues that grow according to developmental programs. The Gartner lab's approach uses a precision 3-D cell-patterning technology called DNA-programmed assembly of cells (DPAC) to set up an initial spatial template of a tissue that then folds itself into complex shapes in ways that replicate how tissues assemble themselves hierarchically during development.
Gartner and his team are now curious to learn whether they can stitch the developmental program that controls tissue folding together with others that control tissue patterning. They also hope to begin to understand how cells differentiate in response to the mechanical changes that occur during tissue folding in vivo, taking inspiration from specific stages of embryo development. In the future, Gartner imagines using these principles to inform techniques for growing transplantable human organs in the lab or designing soft robots constructed from living, active materials.
This work was funded by a Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellowship, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, the NIH Common Fund, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Program, the National Science Foundation, the UCSF Program in Breakthrough Biomedical Research, and the UCSF Center for Cellular Construction. See published paper online for full list of authors and contributions.


I finally got to raid Naxxramas, thanks to the organized raids on my realm.
Pewpew, aggressive music, Mr Wiggles and orcish crossdressing are the things you will find on this video!
There is also an easter egg after the end credits.


Common Ground Music Festival organizers announce separate 1990s throwback concert at Cooley Law School Stadium.
LANSING -- Organizers of the Common Ground Music Festival delivered a surprise Wednesday after announcing a separate event in June delivering a 1990s pop music vibe.
A concert called "I Love the '90s" will take place June 7 at Cooley Law School Stadium, home of the Lansing Lugnuts.
"The mid-Michigan community has supported Common Ground for 20 years, which is quite the achievement so we felt it necessary to celebrate that by throwing it back to the music that was relevant when the festival began," Jenna Meyer, a festival spokesperson, said in a statement. "It's also a great way for Common Ground, MiEntertainment Group and the Lansing Lugnuts to collaborate and expand the musical offerings in downtown Lansing."
Tickets for the "I love the '90s" show go on sale 10 a.m. Friday. For information, visit commongroundfest.com or the stadium's box office, 505 E. Michigan Ave.
Hours for the box office are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
Field reserved seats for the show are $59 each, plus service fees. General admission seats are priced at $39, plus service fees.
This '90s-themed concert will serve as a warm-up for the actual Common Ground festival to be held June 27 to 30 at Lou Adado Riverfront Park.
Lineups for the festival has not been announced yet. The festival's format is expected to be similar to last year with nights dedicated to pop, hip hop, country and rock music.


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Q: Find the radius of convergence of the power series expanded about the indicated point I missed a lecture last class and I have absolutely no idea how to even start this. I understood how to do radius of convergence normally perfectly fine but my book isn't helping me at all with power series, and i've already tried using my calc textbook for help. I am going to office hours tomorrow to get help but I would like to get some of my HW done so I don't go to his office and say "Hey I know absolutely nothing, show me how to do this".
a) $\frac{1}{z-1}$ about $z = i$.
For this one, I am observing that there will be a singularity at $|z|$, but in the book they do stuff with just filling in bad points and i'm not sure where to go from here.
b) $\frac{z - i}{z^3 - z}$ about $z = 2i$.

A: $$
\begin{aligned}
\frac{1}{z-1} &= \frac{1}{z-i-(1-i)} \\
&=-\frac{1}{1-i} \cdot \frac{1}{1-\frac{z-i}{1-i}} \\
&=-\frac{1}{1-i} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{(1-i)^n}(z-i)^{n}
\end{aligned}
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Now it is clear the the radius of convergence is
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\begin{aligned}
R &= \frac{1}{\limsup \sqrt[n]{\frac{1}{|1-i|^{n}}}} \\
&= |1-i| \\
&= \sqrt{2}
\end{aligned}
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Can you use this method to find the answer for part $(b)$?
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To justify the first equality, simply add and subtract $i$ in the denominator. Then, from the first line to the second, I factored out a $-(1-i)$ from the denominator. The next step is the use the fact that $\frac{1}{1-z} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} z^{n}$ for $|z|<1$. Instead of $z$, here we are dealing with $\frac{z-i}{1-i}$. Finally, to find the radius of convergence, use the fact that $\frac{1}{R} = \limsup_{n \to \infty} \sqrt[n]{|a_{n}|}$, where $a_{n} = \frac{1}{(1-i)^{n}}$.

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Beauty has so many faces, shapes and forms. Beauty can be found in the loving wrinkled hands of a grandma that has reached out to give that reassuring hug to a grandchild. Just to let them know how much they are loved.
Or to the strong, but gentle voice of a father who gives encouragement and support. Or the sister whose arms give a gentle hug and pat on the shoulder to her younger brother who just had a hard game. Or the mom, who gently bends down to kiss a tear away and gives comfort. Or a kind friend who leaves an uplifting comment or emails that brings beauty my day.
All of these signs of beauty that are easily demonstrated each day, but sometimes overlooked and taken for granted. I am so blessed each day with a loving family and friends who show beauty just by being there. Thank you for your beauty that surrounds me - comforts and encourages me.
Wishing you a day filled with beauty, sweet friends.
that is so sweet and very true. i find that as i get older i find so much more beauty all around me.
I wish everyones eyes were open to the everyday beauties that life shares with us. I guess those that "see" the beauty in all things are indeed truly blessed!
Awww, so lovely! Have a great weekend!


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Community Classic and Custom Motorcycles 'Rescued' Vincent HRD Series A Rapide to Stafford Bonhams
'Rescued' Vincent HRD Series A Rapide to Stafford Bonhams
Vincent HRD Series A Rapide
At one point, this highly-sought after 1939 Vincent HRS Series-A Rapide that will be at Stafford Bonhams auction almost made it to the scrap yard.
But luckily for the sake of preserving motorcycle history, Harry Lloyd rescued the bike in 1959. And the price? A mere $12 and an Amal TT carburetor. Lloyd then restored to bike, and mostly used it for "family trips" in the UK.
Following a decade of use, the chain snapped, and the bike was dismantled and stored in a garage in Liverpool. The Vincent HRS would sit for another 10 years but when Lloyd arrived at the garage, the lock-up garage was under new ownership. The padlocks were removed, and Lloyd's bikes – including the HRD Series-A – were being loaded into a skip.
Speaking of the issue, Bonhams says "after much argument, it was decided that the bikes couldn't be left, and so were transported back to Lloyd's Liverpool home and stored in the rear bedroom, where they remained undisturbed for the next 15 years."
And now, the Vincent HRS Series-A Rapide – one of around 65 remaining in the world today – is expected to sell at Bonhams Stafford Sale April 26 for an estimated $255,000 – $302,000 (£220,000-260,000).
The Vincent Series-A twin offered is the penultimate machine dispatched from the marques Stevenage factory before the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, Bonhams says.
"In 2007 restoration of the Vincent finally began, but sadly Mr. Lloyd passed away before seeing the finished rebuild. No doubt he would have been very proud of the finished machine," said Ben Walker, International Director for Bonhams Motorcycle Department.
"Seven years of restoration have resulted in a magnificent motorcycle completed to Concours standard. Owned by the same family for the past fifty years, Bonhams Stafford sale offers a rare opportunity to acquire this highly desirable machine – one of the holy grails of the motorcycle world and a must for any major collection."
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As many HR professionals are drowning in Brexit related admin, it would be easy to drop the ball when it comes to Gender Pay Reporting. Still a few month's away and more familiar now that we are approaching the second year of reporting but don't relax too much….
Think back to last year. Were you one of the 28% of employers who claimed it was 'easy' or 'very easy' to gather their data to produce the 2018 calculations? If so, it might be worth checking your methodology as this was not the norm! Did you leave it until the last minute to publish your results? You weren't alone if you did – almost half of all employers published their reports in the last week before the deadline.
If you haven't already produced your latest gender pay report, we recommend taking some time before the end of January to complete our five essential tasks to avoid a last minute panic.
You may or may not have triggered the 250 or more employee threshold last year but this isn't a 'one time' test. If you are a borderline employer, check again to make sure you are 'in' or 'out' by referring back to your employee numbers on 5 April 2018.
Having assisted a number of employers with their first year reports, it was easy to see that the information gathering and classification of different elements of pay was, by far, the most troublesome aspect of gender pay reporting. Sit down with payroll as soon as possible and start crunching the numbers ASAP.
Once you have received all the metrics in a nicely presented pie chart, think carefully about what they actually mean for your organisation. Have you compared the figures with last year's report? How did you fare?
If the numbers haven't improved, or if they have taken a downwards turn, think carefully about why this is the case and how you want to communicate that message to your workforce and the public at large. Have you compared your figures to national averages (or industry sector competitors)? Can you cut the figures in a different way to shed some (ideally, positive) light on the results (i.e. across a group of employers, part-timers and full-timers, specific departments, etc)?
There is strong argument for employers to explain their gender pay figures in an explanatory narrative and make sense of the results. The Gender Equalities Office and the Equality and Human Rights Commission have also pressed for employers to publish action plans and time bound targets, setting out their intended strategy for reducing gender pay gaps.
Although the Government has recently rejected calls for narratives and action plans to become a mandatory gender pay requirement, we would still recommend that employers produce them on a voluntary basis. Many studies now show that they have a very positive effect on recruitment and employee relations.
At this point in the year, the choice over timing is becoming very limited. However, whenever you are set to publish your report make sure that your internal and external communications are also prepared and ready to roll out. As more employers are starting to publish their 2019 reports, we have seen the press ready to pounce on figures that have shown a downturn. Be ready to face the music…..


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Cincinnati Goddamn documentary could have lessons for Baltimore | CBC News Loaded
Cincinnati Goddamn documentary could have lessons for Baltimore
The makers of a new documentary about riots in Cincinnati more than a decade ago hope the story they're telling can provide some context to help find a potential solution to the violence that plagued Baltimore this past week, following the death of Freddie Gray.
DOXA documentary shares story of two black men whose deaths sparked Cincinnati riots
The Early Edition · CBC News · Posted: May 04, 2015 11:25 AM PT | Last Updated: May 6, 2015
The film Cincinnati Goddam tells the story of why people rioted in 2001 after the deaths of two black men at the hands of the police. (Cincinnati Goddam)
"This can be a tool to start discussions about what do we want policing to look like and also how do we police our own community," April Martin, one of the filmmakers behind Cincinnati Goddamn, told The Early Edition's Rick Cluff.
The documentary tells the story behind the deaths of Roger Owensby, Jr and Timothy Thomas, two black men killed by police in un-related incidents, and the protests that erupted after they were killed.
"I like to say the film chose me," said Martin, who was working as a production assistant at a local TV News in Cincinnati when the riots erupted in 2001.
"I just did not like how my colleagues at the news station were portraying it — the same thing that we're seeing in Baltimore, calling protesters thugs and that they're looting and they're rioting."
Martin said she felt compelled, as a black person living in Cincinnati, to tell the story of what led to those deaths — and to the deaths of the 13 other black men killed by the Cincinnati police department between 1995 and 2001.
ANALYSIS Baltimore shows police killings America's real state of emergency
"That community have been dis-invested in. Those people are marginalised and the police have been profiling, harassing and killing unarmed black men for years," she said.
Cincinnati Goddam was screened at DOXA, Vancouver's documentary film festival, yesterday.
To hear the full interview with April Martin, listen to the audio labelled: Cincinnati Goddamn filmmaker.
Voices from a Baltimore block
Baltimore continues with curfew as other cities join protest
Baltimore shows police killings America's real state of emergency
Regina woman now living in Baltimore says racial tensions are not new
Cincinnati Goddamn
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Smoke-Free Hotels in Ocean City, Maryland
Caryn Anderson, Leaf Group
Many Ocean City hotels feature a smoke-free environment. (Photo: Hemera Technologies/PhotoObjects.net/Getty Images )
Resorts in Ocean City, New Jersey
Ocean City Beach Hotels
Pet-Friendly Hotels in Ocean City, Maryland
Hotels on 34th Street in St. Petersburg, Florida
Ocean City, Maryland, has been a vacation destination for hundreds of years, with a history dating back before 1875, when the Atlantic Hotel first opened. Ocean City features a boardwalk nearly three miles long and a diverse selection of amusement rides, shops and restaurants. Travelers seeking smoke-free accommodations can choose from a variety of hotels.
Hotels With Suites
The Cayman Suite Hotel (caymansuites.com) is a half-block from the beach on 125th Street, near Northside Park and Montego Bay Shopping Center. Each suite features a separate living room, efficiency kitchen, two televisions, private balcony, wireless Internet service and daily maid service. Sleep Inn and Suites (sleepinn.com) is on Baltimore Avenue and First Street, a short walk from the boardwalk. Each room features a refrigerator, in-room coffee, plush bedding and private balcony. Amenities include an outdoor pool, free wireless Internet service and free deluxe continental breakfast.
Downtown Ocean City Hotels
Travelers looking to stay on the boardwalk can choose from downtown hotels such as the Hotel Monte Carlo and Suites (montecarlo-2000.com). It is steps from the boardwalk and ocean at Third Street, and also has an all-suite building on 11th Street. All rooms feature kitchenettes and wireless Internet service. Amenities include a rooftop outdoor swimming pool and heated spa tub with views of the ocean and boardwalk, indoor pool, fitness room and laundry facilities. The Courtyard Marriott (marriott.com) is on the boardwalk at 15th Street, a short walk from shops, restaurants, rides and the beach. Amenities include a limited fitness room, jogging trail, indoor swimming pool, on-site restaurant and laundry facilities.
Budget-Friendly Hotels
Travelers in search of budget-friendly options have several choices, including Days Inn Oceanfront Hotel (daysinn.com), at 23rd Street and the boardwalk. Amenities include premium cable in every room, free Internet, two outdoor swimming pools and on-site restaurant. Castle in the Sand Hotel (castleinthesand.com), 37th Street and the ocean, has free wireless Internet service, two on-site restaurants, direct beach access with beach equipment rentals and Olympic-sized swimming pool.
Typical Weather
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The temperature in Ocean City, Maryland in July tends to be very predictable, so you can generally count on the forecast and travel light.
The temperature in Ocean City, Maryland in July is somewhat unpredictable, so be on the safe side and prepare for a variety of conditions.
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In an interview with Rolling Stone, Tesfaye recounted how, during the incident, Swift just couldn't stop petting his hair.
For the life of me, there are a few things I don't understand about the Weeknd. Those include the spelling of his name, why he's trying to reinvent Jean-Michel Basquiat's hair, the fact that he thinks he sounds like Michael Jackson and why he thinks it's an honor to be petted by Swift—which proves they're both basic.
Someone should probably teach Swift about some boundaries and Tesfaye about when boundaries are being broken.


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The Beatfreeks Collective is a group of companies using creativity for good, based in the heart of Birmingham. Their arts initiative, Free Radical, has just won an award as part of the Heritage Lottery £10m 'Kick the Dust' fund. This will fund a 3 year Radical History project: "a landmark opportunity for young people in Birmingham and The Black Country to decolonize the history of the region by connecting them to the stories of the areas they live in. RHP will also support young people in taking their seat at the table and having a say in how heritage organisations work."
Birmingham's history is one of huge growth during the Industrial Revolution, but as happens so often the telling has been selective. "The sad truth is that [Birmingham's] canals were used to carry guns from the Gun Quarter and chains from the Black Country to the UK's ports, and then to African and American colonies to subjugate slaves and oppress peoples. We need the city's heritage organisations to tell all of these stories to make sure that the history they are presenting, represents everyone who lives here." This will be an important project educating people about their hidden history and legacy. Read more here...


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Q: Live rebuild of client side code in JHipster while developing remotely I'm somewhat new to JHipster and have used grunt in the past to live reload changes to client side code in Tomcat webapps. I'm wondering what best practices are to do the same with JHipster. The documentation discusses using "yarn start" or "npm start" when working on your local machine. I need to work remotely on an AWS box and can't do Browsersync.
As I make changes in the /src tree I'd like them to get picked up and deployed into the /target tree so I'll see them with a browser refresh.
Curious what other have done in this situation and would appreciate any recommendations on how to accelerate JHipster client side development on a remote server.
Thanks!


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The Moment Before • BLOG 05-25-2020
Posted on May 25, 2020 by Michael Perry
The Moment Before
Every actor uses it. It is a Stanislavsky acting principle that has infiltrated nearly every other acting system ever devised. A playwright should also use it to give motivation to a scene.
Where a character has been just before they step onstage can be very important to how he or she will react, or even act, once they are 'in the room' where the action of the play is taking place. It is a way to inform and strengthen choices that an actor makes.
It is a way for a playwright to build stronger scenes that lead to the actor portraying the playwright's characters being able to take more creative risks.
When you begin the play, where have the characters been prior to their entering 'the room'? On a holiday, in court, at the doctor's, from a hard day at work, from a day struggling with the raising of children? Every possible moment before will bring with it something unique to a scene, if the actor/playwright chooses it.
For other scenes in the play, if they are continuous from the previous action, you still have what happened in their previous scene for them to remember and bring onstage with them. Or not. Maybe the character wants to forget what just happened! Maybe they want to change what happened; take it back; apologize — or not. All valid moment before choices.
Some moment before choices may seem obvious. If a scene has a husband sleeping on the couch, he may have done something to upset his wife, or vice-versa. But what goes beyond that? What other little nuances can an actor or playwright bring to a moment before? What was the tiff about? Who wanted it more? Was it about work? Children? Neighbors? Mother-in-law? The other woman/man? Each of these brings in a subtle shading of want, need, desire, character flaw, character strength.
The are not just 'moods' that the character is feeling. Those are temporary and fade/change quickly. These choices are things that contribute to every future action in store for the character through the end of the play. The have a continuous and longer-lasting effect on the characters.
I use a note in my word processing program in the color RED, placed at the top of each scene, in order to remind myself of the moment before for each scene.
All this being said, we, as playwrights, must not do all of the actor's work; we must leave something for them to discover, while giving them enough clues to do so. Quite a balancing act — writing — eh?
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SATURDAY night live? This week you could choose between Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor and I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here … or you could go for the real thing – that's real life not "reality" television – and have a thundering good night out at Frome's Merlin Theatre.
Frome Drama Club, one of the most talented and versatile amateur groups in the region, is staging an exuberant production of the Richard Bean play which made an international star of James Corden.
One Man Two Guvnors, directed at the National Theatre by Nick Hytner, blew away the cobwebs around the centuries-old tradition of commedia dell'arte and reinvented the genre for the 21st century as a rollicking roller-coaster of mistaken identity, innuendo, pratfalls and improvisation.
The show has so much energy it literally blows the audience into gales of laughter – and the hapless people in the front row who are drawn into the action get a well-deserved round of applause.
Bean took Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters, kept the basic commedia outline but reinvented the setting and the characters in a seedy 1963 Brighton of gangsters and girls, shady lawyers and hapless lovers. Into the mix he stirs Francis Henshall, a Harlequin for our times, a poverty stricken, starving ex-skiffle band musician who takes on two jobs to get enough money to buy food.
Of course, the show stands or falls on the performance of the actor playing Francis Henshall – he has to be a master farceur, always ready for repartee with the audience, a physical clown and an engaging mischief maker – and Andrew Morrison has it in spades. You alternately want to cuddle him and run a mile from the vortex of mayhem that surrounds him!
He is well-supported by Tracey Ashford as the twins Rachel and Roscoe, Giles de Rivaz as Rachel's ex-public school lover Stanley, Laurie Parnell as the Cockney gangster Charlie Clench, Anna Vowles as his dippy daughter Pauline, Luke Stuart as her ham actor fiance Alan, Ellen Kirkman as his Latin-spouting bent lawyer mother Harriet Dangle, Ange Davis as Dolly, the brains of Charlie's outfit, and Neil Godwin as Charlie's old jail-bait mate Lloyd.
A special mention for Aaron Hooper who must be covered in bruises with all his tumbles as the aged shaky waiter Alfie and Simon Joyce as the head waiter, a taxi driver and everybody else.
If you've heard of One Man Two Guvnors and wondered if it is as good as they say – go and see Calum Grant's production of this great farce. If you've seen it before, go and see it again. It's utterly preposterous, inspired, fast moving and hilarious – and unlike all those celluloid performances, this one's real!
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Q: How to mutate across a dataframe using dimensions instead of column names? The following bit of code does a nice job of calculating and outputting the proportions of row totals represented by each element in the dataframe named data:
Output:
# A tibble: 4 x 5
# Rowwise:
  To        A     B     C   Sum
  <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
1 A     0.111 0.333 0.556     1
2 B     0.167 0.333 0.5       1
3 C     0.25  0.312 0.438     1
4 Sum   0.189 0.324 0.486     1

Code generating the above:
library(dplyr)
library(tidyverse)

data <-
  data.frame(
    To = c("A","B","C"),
    A = c(1,2,4),
    B = c(3,4,5),
    C = c(5,6,7)
  )

data <- data %>%
  replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
  bind_rows(summarise_all(., ~(if(is.numeric(.)) sum(.) else "Sum")))

data <- cbind(data, Sum = rowSums(data[,-1]))

data %>%
  rowwise() %>%
  mutate(across(A:Sum, ~ sum(.) / Sum))

The mutate(across(...)...) above references the starting column A as the calculation starting point, which is correct. However, in the larger App this is intended for, the column names are dynamic. So I'd simply like to start with the first numeric column in the dataframe instead of using its name. Below is my attempt to do this:
data %>%
  rowwise() %>%
  mutate(across(-1:Sum, ~ sum(.) / Sum))

It calculates correctly but gives me the warning shown below. Is there a better way to do this? Instead of suppressWarnings() which is tempting?
Warning message:
Problem with mutate() input ..1.
i ..1 = across(-1:Sum, ~sum(.)/Sum).
i numerical expression has 4 elements: only the first used
i The warning occurred in row 1.

A: You can use a predicate function, wrapped in where()
data %>%
  rowwise() %>%
  mutate(across(where(is.numeric), ~ sum(.) / Sum))

You could also just de-select the first column with either its name or its index like these example:
data %>%
  rowwise() %>%
  mutate(across(-1, ~ sum(.) / Sum))

data %>%
  rowwise() %>%
  mutate(across(-To, ~ sum(.) / Sum))


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Barguna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2013 by Showkat Hasanur Rahman of the Awami League.

Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Bamna, Betagi, and Patharghata upazilas.

History
The constituency was created in 1984 from the Patuakhali-1 constituency when the former Patuakhali District was split into two districts: Barguna and Patuakhali.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

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Elections in the 2010s

Golam Sabur Tulu died in July 2013. Showkat Hasanur Rahman of the Awami League was elected in an October by-election.

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On Sunday 24 April 2016, Sacred Heart University (SHU) of Connecticut, USA, held the inaugural edition of its annual SHU Charity Basketball Game at the Rehazenter in Kirchberg to raise awareness and support for Special Olympics Luxembourg.
The event was organised by a group of SHU MBA stduents as part of the elective course 'Team Management Essentials' and saw SHU students and alumni face off against top Special Olympics Luxembourg athletes in order to raise funds through basketball, with spectators charged a €5 entrance fee. The game could not be called until the very end, when the Special Olympics team stole the lead in the fourth quarter to win 40-37.
Special Olympics Luxembourg is a sportive federation recognised by the Ministry of Sport which enables individuals with intellectual disabilities to practice a physical activity, follow regular training programmes and participate in physical competitions. On 20 July 2015, 39 athletes and 17 coaches from the Special Olympics Luxembourg team set off from Los Angeles to participate in the World Summer Games, during which they won a total of 28 medals.
Sunday's basketball game gave visitors the opportunity to get to know the background behind Special Olympics Luxembourg, as well as for the SHU team to present the association with a cheque for 830€.


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Members Of IVE Under Fire After Allegedly Mocking Desi Culture In A Recent Video
Fans emphasize they want the group to be educated not "canceled."
New Starship Entertainment girl group IVE quickly cemented themselves to watch out for after making waves with their debut earlier in the month. Yet, the group is under fire after three of its members have been accused of mocking the desi culture in a recent video.
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On December 11, the group uploaded some behind-the-scenes clips from the music video shoot of their debut track, "ELEVEN." For most of it, fans couldn't get enough of watching the chemistry between the members on the set of their first ever single as a new group.
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In the latter half of the video, fans quickly noticed something that some have deemed offensive. During one of the scenes, member Yujin put her hand under Rei's chin, and Rei started moving her head along to the captions, which read, "Dduru dduru ddu," before they both started laughing.
Rei then puts her own hand under Wonyoung's chin, and she then copies the actions done by Rei earlier in the video. The three members are then seen doing the actions together with the same rhythm and amused looks on their faces.
When the video was shared, this clip quickly went viral on Twitter and TikTok. Netizens shared their thoughts on what happened. For many South Asians, this music with the "dduru" comes from popular songs in the film industry and is extremely popular.
However, the head movement used by the members is called "attami" and is normally used in traditional Indian dances. These dances are learned by people from a very young age and take years of hard work and dedication to master.
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Netizens shared their thoughts on the nature of the video. While some didn't see any issues with the moves, many Desi netizens shared that their moves seemed to mock the culture as it was doing actions seen as "stereotypical."
Yet, while others may have voiced that the members would not have done it to harm others intentionally, they shared that they need to be educated by those around them.
Considering that the group has only just debuted, netizens are worried that this lack of awareness might damage their careers and also lead to more mistakes.
Neither the members nor Starship Entertainment has released a statement.
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Are you always this obtuse with your compliments?
I think the Wikipedia Capacity Planning article goes completely off the rails when you get to the part that states, "(500 Parts X 30 Seconds) / 85% = 17647.1". That's a Snarky all by itself.
Title: Are you always this obtuse with your compliments?
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The FG has announced the shutdown of 6 pharmaceutical manufacturing companies for non-compliance with NAFDAC policy.
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The Federal Government has announced the shutdown of 6 pharmaceutical manufacturing companies for non-compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
This was disclosed by NAFDAC's DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement on Monday, in Abuja.
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Prof. Adeyeye said that NAFDAC acted in line with its policy of zero tolerance for the circulation of substandard and falsified medicines in the country.
"The Pharmaceutical companies were shut down following a nationwide surveillance of their manufacturing activities. These local manufacturers, in spite of appropriate notification failed to meet minimum Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards in line with extant requirements to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of Pharmaceutical products.
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The DG said criminal non-regulatory activities by some drug makers were also discovered, following the surveillance exercise.
Prof. Adeyeye also stated that shutting down the 6 pharmaceutical companies' operations should serve as a warning to other companies that failed to meet the GMP requirements, and added that companies that had been shut down would remain closed until they meet the full requirements.
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Nairametrics reported last month that Prof. Adeyeye said the agency had blacklisted Mars Remedies PVT Limited, India.
The agency said the Indian company violated the NAFDAC Act, noting with dismay that it displayed a flagrant disregard for compliance with global standards necessary to assure the production of quality assured products.
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FG outlines steps to be taken by businesses to export to AfCFTA countries
FG has outline steps to be taken by Nigerian businesses to export to other member-countries of the AfCFTA.
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The Federal Government has outlined steps to be taken by Nigerian businesses to export to other African countries that are part of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
This follows the take-off of the trade agreement, which is reputed to be one of the largest globally, on January 1, 2021, with 54 African countries signed on to it.
This disclosure is contained in a public statement issued by the Nigerian Office For Trade Negotiations (NOTN) and signed by its Acting Director-General/Chief Trade Negotiator, Victor Liman.
The guide by NOTN is to assist Nigerian exporters who want to take advantage of AfCFTA.
Steps to be taken by exporters
Exporter or agent must secure all necessary licenses, permits, certificates and necessary documents from relevant agencies like Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) and others.
Ensure that the product qualifies for export under AfCFTA.
Next, create a bill of entry, attach all relevant permits from government agencies and secure reservation with shipping or airline company. Apply for Nigeria Customs Service AfCFTA Certificate of Origin after paying a fee.
The Nigerian Customs Service is the issuer of the certificate, however, NACCIMA must vet the application.
Also, other accompanying documents required for shipment under AfCFTA should be included like Certificate of origin, Nigerian Customs Bill of Entry, Bill of Lading, Packing list, and Certificate of Analysis.
Finally, compulsory AfCFTA trading documents are
Supplier/Producer's declaration form.
Origin of declaration form.
AfCFTA Certificate of origin.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement which took off in January 1, 2021, is expected to create the world's largest free trade area measured by the number of countries participating.
The pact which connects about 1.3 billion people across 54 countries with a gross domestic product (GDP) valued at $3.4 trillion, has the potential to lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty. However, achieving its full potential will depend on putting in place significant policy reforms and trade facilitation measures.
The scope of AfCFTA is large as the agreement will reduce tariffs among member countries and cover policy areas such as trade facilitation and services, as well as regulatory measures such as sanitary standards and technical barriers to trade. Full implementation of AfCFTA would reshape markets and economies across the region and boost output in the services, manufacturing and natural resources sectors.
AfCFTA: Nigerian Commodities Exchange prepared for agreement – MD
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Commodities Exchange has stated that the agency is fully prepared to take advantage of the AfCFTA.
The Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) is well-positioned to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), through the implementations of several measures to ensure smooth export operations of Nigerian Commodities.
This was disclosed by the Managing Director of the Commodities Exchange, Mrs. Zaheera Baba-Ari, in an interview on Sunday in Abuja.
"The establishment of the continental trade bloc will be beneficial to African countries if properly managed."
READ: AfCFTA to boost Africa's economy to $29 trillion by 2050 – FDC Report
She added that the NCX had an established network of 20 warehouses across major production areas in the six geo-political zones of the country for efficient receipt and storage of agro-commodities to be traded on the exchange.
The warehouses, located in Zamfara, Kano, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Benue, Bauchi, Sokoto, Plateau, Ebonyi, Ekiti and Kogi, have a combined capacity to store 50 trillion tonnes of goods. She added that warehouses in Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba, Jigawa, Edo, Cross River and Ondo States would be ready within the year.
The NCX boss said that AfCFTA would help Africa fight challenges that were caused by the pandemic in the continent's economies through trade.
"The NCX has acquired robust Trading Application System for seamless buying and selling of commodity to ensure market integrity, price transparency and the facilitation of cross border trades.
"It has also acquired a Warehouse Management System that assures an efficient management of warehouse inventories. We have perfected Memorandum of Understanding with relevant foreign and Nigerian Commodity Associations like the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange and the Export Merchants Association of Sudan to trade in selected agro-commodities."
READ: AfCFTA: The state of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria and its ability to capitalize on open borders
She added that the NCX has also launched Quality Assurance Laboratories in each of the delivery warehouses, stating that the labs would be used for testing the quality of commodities such as paddy rice, cocoa, sesame seed, soya beans, maize, sorghum and cashew nuts that would be traded on the exchange.
The NCX Chief said the labs were certified to ISO22000 certification which combines ISO 9001 with Food Safety Management and Hazard Analysis, including Critical Control Point System (HACCP).
"The HACCP identifies specific hazards and proffers measures for the control of identified impurities in the food processing sector. The issue of tariff on agro-commodity exports from Nigeria should be addressed to increase efficiency of trade flows.
"There is also the need for Nigeria to improve its position on the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Ranking from its current 131st rung of the ladder."
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Nigeria was the 34th African country to fully ratify and submit its Instrument of Ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Mr. Bismarck Rewane, Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited said that the African Continental Free Trade Area would create the desired impetus to stimulate the economic growth of Nigeria in 2021.
Customs officials in the continent agreed to draft continental guidelines to enable the movement of goods, services and people for the agreement.
Reps oppose school resumption date, ask for 3 months extension
The lower legislative chamber has flawed FG's directive on public and private schools' January 18, 2021 resumption date.
The House of Representatives has moved against the Federal Government's directive that schools should resume on Monday, January 18, despite the rising cases of the coronavirus disease.
The lower house, while expressing its concern, wondered why schools were closed when the infection rates were around 500 and below, but now that it hovers well above 1000 infections daily, schools are being reopened.
READ: 45% of school-aged household members have not been to school since March
This disclosure is contained in a statement titled, "School Resumption: Are We Truly Prepared?" which was issued by the Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education and Services, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, on Saturday, January 16, 2021.
Ihonvbere in his statement said that public enlightenment campaigns have more or less stopped, as merely saying that protocol would be adhered to is no guarantee with the situation even being worse in rural areas.
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The house, therefore, demanded for the postponement of resumption of schools by 3 months, if some critical steps are not taken, so as to enable the local and state governments put things in place adequately.
He said that apart from Lagos and a couple of other states, governments have been unable to enforce Covid-19 protocols with people no longer wearing facemasks or use sanitisers, especially in secondary schools. There are no facilities for effective social distancing in the classrooms.
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Ihonvbere said they have not heard how the schools would address the issues of introduction of morning and afternoon batches into the schools when they reopen to reduce overcrowding, special cleaning crews with sufficient sanitisers in classrooms, insisting on facemasks and sanitisers for the students and others.
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What Prof. Ihonvbere is saying
The statement from the House partly reads,
"The Committee on Basic Education and Services, House of Representatives, has received with concern the decision of the Federal Government to reopen schools on January 18, 2021.
"We are particularly concerned that when the infection rates hovered around 500 and under, schools were closed; but now that it hovers well above 1,000 infections daily, schools are being reopened. Why are we rushing to reopen schools without adequate verifiable and sustainable arrangements to protect and secure our children?
"Similarly, we acknowledge the argument that most young persons have not been as affected by Covid-19 and many are asymptomatic. Yet, it does not mean they have full immunity against the virus. We also know that they would be working and interacting with adult teachers, administrative workers and other persons that do not live within the institutions.
''People no longer wear facemasks or use sanitisers. Public enlightenment campaigns have more or less stopped. Merely saying they would adhere to the protocols is no guarantee. In rural areas, the situation is worse.
"Our position is that in spite of the very comprehensive protocols established by the Federal Ministry of Education, not up to 10 per cent of our educational institutions have implemented five per cent of the protocols. In most of our primary and secondary schools nationwide, adequate furniture, water and other sanitation and hygiene facilities do not exist.
"As a government that has committed to protecting the interests of the Nigerian people, it would be wrong to allow unprepared state governments, of which many did not take the pandemic too seriously anyway, to hoodwink or pressure it into this reopening game.
"The Committee believes that if these and other critical steps are not taken, there should be a postponement by three months to enable the local and state governments put things in place adequately. A word, they say, is enough for the wise.''
READ: Nigeria has a shortage of 277,537 teachers in basic education sector – UBEC
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19, a few days ago, insisted on the January 18 resumption date for schools until the Federal Ministry of Education advises otherwise.
The clarification became necessary following the earlier comment by the Minister for Education, Adamu Adamu, that government may review the resumption date following the outbreak of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic across the country.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND SERVICES, ABUJA.
SCHOOL RESUMPTION: ARE WE TRULY PREPARED?
The Committee on Basic Education and Services, House of Representatives has received with some concern the decision of the Federal Government to reopen schools pic.twitter.com/wehOd7QoXG
— Hon. Prof. Julius Ihonvbere,OON (@HonIhonvbere) January 16, 2021


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We sent our skeptical senior editor to an energy vortex in Sedona and a harmonic bowl healing session in Scottsdale to discover if the desert really does possess a special force.
January 8, 2020 - by Sara Samson
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A surprisingly cool, late-October breeze whips around me, unsettling the clay-coloured dirt at my feet as I stand in a circle holding hands with my fellow adventurers. We are on a cliff, high above the Long Canyon valley in Sedona, at an energy vortex known as Rachel's Knoll. We've been instructed to close our eyes, meditate and focus on the energy rising up from the earth and into our bodies.
Desert regions have long had a reputation for luring healers and shamans, and the Sonoran is no exception. I've heard a lot about the reported energy in Scottsdale and Sedona, so I've come to find out more and to explore the wellness scene that largely focuses on spiritual health and healing.
Unable to resist, I sneak a look at the others in the circle—mostly couples from the U.S. who came to the area for some rest and relaxation. I find them all with closed eyes, focusing on their meditation. Across from me, dressed in a fringed vest and safari hat with a long white beard is Socrates, our guide from Arizona Safari Jeep Tours. I can see his lips moving as he chants to himself. He's a healer with a firm belief this area does indeed possess a powerful energy.
He's not alone in that belief. Sedona is famed for its vortexes, said to be sites of concentrated energy sources along the earth's ley lines (sources of electromagnetic energy). Vortexes are thought to assist in self-reflection through meditation, and are sought by those seeking clarity and guidance. Various religious shrines have been erected around the area, including at Sedona's Amitabha Stupa & Peace Park, where people gather to meditate in a traditional Indigenous medicine wheel and around a Buddhist stupa, a mound-like structure that houses sacred relics.
Later, I find myself standing with my eyes closed again, this time inside Amitabha's medicine wheel with my group circling me to create a flow of energy, I struggle to focus and obtain internal guidance on a recent personal issue. "How do I know if I'm doing this right?" I keep asking myself.
I ask nearly everyone I encounter in Scottsdale and Sedona—born-and-raised locals, long-time residents and visitors—if they believe there is an energy here and, more often than not, I hear: "You can definitely feel a different energy around here."
"What does that mean?" I want to shout. "Different from what?"
Still skeptical, I check into Sedona's Enchantment Resort and head to the onsite, award-winning Mii amo spa for an Aura Soma Reading, an energy therapy developed in the 1980s by Vicky Wall, a blind herbalist from the UK who had the ability to see auras. She created a range of colourful oils, believing people instinctively pick up on the vibrations of colour and that a reading based on your selections will help with self-discovery.
Standing in front of 102 different coloured oils, my therapist, Ashiko, instructs me to choose four bottles that "speak to me." Oddly, I choose colours I'm not usually drawn to but just feel right. Ashiko explains the significance of my choices—a startlingly accurate reading about my personality traits (flaws and all), relationship challenges and where my life is heading. We finish with an energy balancing, where Ashiko hovers her hands over my body to balance my chakras—the seven energy centres of the body. After, I feel energized and overwhelmed by the reading's accuracy.
I leave Sedona for neighbouring Scottsdale, which has been revered as a place for wellness since its founding in 1888. Local historian Joan Fudala says doctors would send patients with tuberculous or arthritis to the area because the warm, dry climate was believed to lessen these ailments. The first health camp, The Graves Guest Ranch, opened in 1910. "The emphasis was on wellness and natural cures: the warm, dry climate, the fresh organic foods and just lots of relaxation," says Fudala.
Scottsdale has built an economy on wellness—there are more than 50 spas in this city of about 250,000 people. Some have healers and shamans on staff, sacred plants and crystals are often used in services, and the treatments on offer range from astrology to crystal therapy.
Alternative treatments are abundant at The Phoenician hotel's spa. I settle onto a table for a Harmonic Bowl Healing session performed by a slight Japanese woman named Hiromi. She places Himalayan singing bowls over my body's energy centres and lightly strikes each one, creating a gentle noise and vibration that reverberates throughout my body. Singing bowls date back thousands of years and were used by Tibetan monks to aid in meditation, balance the chakras and lessen stress and anxiety.
As I lay on the table, I focus deeply on meditating and quieting my endless internal chatter. Finally, I relax and sink into a meditative state that feels like I'm on the verge of sleep. When I tune back into my surroundings, I feel rested, but unsure if I felt a different energy.
I have a similar experience when I take part in a group sound bath (less risqué than it sounds) at CIVANA Carefree, a health and wellness resort in Carefree, a small town about 35 minutes from downtown Scottsdale. Laying on a yoga mat in a fitness studio, I find myself in a sleep-like state as our instructor strikes a gong and various other singing bowls to create noises that range from a mere hum to a throbbing vibration. And, while I leave the session feeling deeply relaxed, I can't help but question, again, if I'm feeling what I'm supposed to be.
At spots like CIVANA, wellness isn't just confined to the spa. There's a weekly schedule packed with sessions such as sound baths, hiking, aerial yoga and crystal healing that are open to all guests.
It's here that I also take workshops on developing intuition and interpreting tarot cards. This group session includes six other resort guests and is led by a local Maya shaman and animal communicator named Terry who explains everyone has an ability to tap into his or her intuitive or "psychic" abilities, but some of us are just better at it than others. Terry leads us through a series of exercises to help us access our intuition.
With Terry's guidance, I'm surprised to find I can hear my internal voice clearly at times, and confidently deliver a tarot card reading to another guest. It's an emotional two hours for many of us as we tap into our intuition and stumble across insights too specific to be coincidences. As I leave the session, I feel weirdly bonded to these strangers who I've only known for a couple of hours.
As I head back to the Phoenix airport, I try to make sense of my experiences. Did I feel the energy of the desert? Is what I felt the same feeling that everyone else is talking about? Truthfully, I'm not sure. But, I do know I consistently felt a sense of peace and lightness that doesn't come easily to me. And maybe that's the point. I have focused on my own wellness and indulged in self-care and, as a result, I leave feeling as though my energy is lighter and I'm more in tune with myself—I'm sure the prickly pear margaritas didn't hurt, either.
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[This story appears in the February 2019 issue of WestJet Magazine and has since been updated.]
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The European Union wants to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get electronic evidence directly from tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, even when stored in another European country.
The European Commission will present three options to EU ministers which will form the basis of a future legislative proposal, including the possibility for police to copy data directly from the cloud, EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova told Reuters news agency on Wednesday.
"I am sure that now in the shadow of the recent terrorist attacks and increasing threats in Europe there will be more understanding among the ministers, even among those who come from countries where there has not been a terrorist attack," she said.
The move comes as interior ministers from EU countries have amped up pressure on the Commission to introduce new rules to help police crack through secure encryption and demand private data for investigations.
"At the moment, prosecutors, judges, also police and law enforcement authorities, are dependent on whether or not providers will voluntarily provide the access and the evidence. This is not the way we can facilitate and ensure the security of Europeans, being dependent on some voluntary action," Jourová said in March.
EU justice ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday and will discuss the Commission's options. Based on their preferences, the EU executive will then come forward with a proposal by the end of the year or early 2018, Jourova said.
However, many in the tech community have voiced concern about allowing governments to force companies to turn over data stored in another country, fearing it could erode customers' privacy and make them less likely to use cloud services if they thought the data could be seized.
Microsoft Corp fought and won a high-profile battle in the United States against the Department of Justice's request that it turn over emails stored on a server in Ireland.
"This third option is kind of an emergency possibility which will require some additional safeguards protecting the privacy of people," she said.
"You simply cannot massively collect some digital data for some future use," Jourova said.


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