Why am I so addicted to email? Why do I love it so much?
It's taken the place of the phone call for me and of mail. Once I longed for the mail and the sound of the drop of a letter in the box addressed to me, the clatter of the letter box lid, now I long for emails.
They come thick and fast, though not always so pleasurable. The junk box fills fast and now my new computer has trouble distinguishing the junk from the genuine. I have to go through and send back serious emails into my in box and delete the gratuitous ones from Africa, the ones that involve a special plea for friendship, usually expressed in clumsy English, with frequent references to the goodness of God. The penile enhancement emails have replaced the offers of Viagra and the number of times I've won the lottery I cannot count. Only I must keep it a secret, I cannot let anyone know, or I will forfeit my lottery win.
I have a friend a wealthy friend who was once sucked in by one of these emails. Greedy, my husband said. He thought he could make a free dollar.
Extraordinary, I think. I'd have to be the innocent who gets taken in by more than most, even I know about the delete button for all these offers of friendship and money. Just give me the details of your bank account and you can be a beneficiary of my estate. Oh that life were so simple.
I changed the sound my computer makes when an e-mail has arrived so that I'm greeted by Joanna Lumley telling me: "You have post" – so wonderfully British. Apparently she's now regarded as a national treasure. Not quite sure what the qualifications are for that these days but no one asked me. Anyway as I leave my laptop on all day – usually because I'm sat in front of it – every now and then Joanna will tell me I've got new mail to look forward too and I'll invariably stop whatever I'm doing to see what's what. Occasionally, if the processor is very busy, it sounds like she's gargling while she's doing it but I can live with that.
If I hear her calling me in the middle of watching TV then it's awfully tempting to get up and see who it is but I don't unless my wife pops out for a toilet-break when I usually do have a quick peek. It's not as if they're going to go off or anything but it is very hard to resist. And … hang on, I've got post … just a Google alert, now, where was I? … ah, yes, and on top of the e-mails I have all my RSS feeds telling me when all the blogs I read have been updated. No Joanna Lumley for that, just a nice semi-transparent pop-up in the right hand corner of my screen telling me what's coming in.
We actually get quite a lot of actual post still. It's the thuds I look forward to because that usually means a magazine or a book to review but I couldn't tell you the last letter I got from a real person. I used to write them and I enjoyed the whole ceremony but who has the time?
My spam filters are quite good on this laptop. I get very little unsolicited mail. You should look into improving your protection if you're getting a lot.
There was a thud in my letter box today, Jim, followed by the clang of its metal lid.
Your books have arrived. What a treat. I dipped into both for half a minute and the dedication to your mother leapt out at me. From Stranger than Fiction, you write : For my mother who never read a word I wrote.
Now there's poetry for you. Poignant and bitter sweet.
Thanks so much for these. I look forward to reading them.
I've order his book now and as soon as it arrives, I'll post it onto him to get his wonderful signature on your copy, and then I'll send across the waves to you.
Gmail veers off into a spam folder, any mail coming your way, that has gone out in a bulk lot.


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Emily Lakdawalla • Nov 27, 2013
Chang'e 3 may launch December 1 with Yutu rover, will not harm LADEE mission
Yesterday the Chinese space agency held a press briefing about the Chang'e 3 lunar lander. They announced that the rover has been named Yutu (or "Jade Rabbit," a legendary companion of the goddess Chang'e). Yutu was selected from a list of 10 names, receiving 649,956 votes out of nearly 3.5 million votes cast. In a written statement that I'm decoding with the help of Google Translate, they remark that the name Yutu embodies Chinese traditional culture and reflects their intent for peaceful use of space, and that they're looking forward to the rover rolling across the Bay of Rainbows. Chang'e 3 will launch on a Long March III B onto a direct lunar transfer orbit (an orbit with perigee 200 kilometers and apogee 380,000 kilometers).
Strangely, the press briefing did not include a mention of a specific launch date and time. Via NASAspaceflight.com I can convey a rumor that it may be launching December 1. The rumor comes from a member of the forum's personal communication with a friend who knows someone at the Xichang launch site, so I wouldn't set my watch by it, but I'll report it in case it turns out to be true:
The launch may take place on December 2, 2013 between 1 and 1:30 a.m. China standard time (December 1 at 9:00 PT / 17:00 UT), with lunar orbit insertion on December 6 at 10:30 (December 5 at 18:30 PT / December 6 at 2:30 UT), and landing on December 16. A subsequent post points to a 2008 paper that states that a landing on December 16 would occur at 12:36 UT.
Google Translate is a great tool but it is not quite good enough for me to be confident about its translations of Chinese text. So I am very grateful for the help of Dr. Yong-Chun Zheng of the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories, who helped me improve upon Google Translate to understand some key parts of the press release and a subsequent online Q and A session.
China has significantly expanded its network of ground stations for the deep-space communications required to support a landed lunar mission -- and perhaps more missions beyond that. From their translated statement (emphasis mine):
In order to command the driving path of the lunar rover, our country has established a deep space surveying and control network. We built a new ground station equipped a large antenna with 66 meters in diameter in Jiamusi, northeast China, a ground station equipped a large antenna with 35 meters in diameter in Kashgar, Xinjiang, northwest China. We built an observatory equipped a large antenna with 65 meters in diameter, to serve for the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI).... By building these ground stations, the current ability of China's Measurement, Control and Communication Technologies for space exploration is almost the same level with the world. We not only have the capability of measurement for lunar missions, but also lay the foundation for future deep space exploration, such as future Mars missions.
Since the Mars Orbiter Mission launched from India, there has been much chatter in the international media about a space race between India and China. A reporter asked about that. Here's the response:
About lunar exploration, the United States has already achieved manned landing on the Moon. The former Soviet Union has achieved robotic sampling and returning to the Earth. The goal of Chang'e 3 is to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
I take this to mean that if China were seeing itself in competition with anybody, it would be with the U.S. and Russia; but the U.S. and Russia accomplished this lunar exploration a long time ago. Clearly China is not competing with these other nations in that sense. What India is attempting has little to do with what China is currently attempting. They went on to say, regarding the Mars Orbiter Mission:
On behalf of my colleagues in China, I congratulate India's successful launch. India's probe needs to be accelerated beyond Earth orbit, and finally go into orbit around Mars. According to current plans, the probe will arrive at Mars in September, 2014. The process of achieving orbit around Mars is difficult. If India can successfully realize orbit at Mars, it is indeed a great achievement, both for India and for international cooperation. As Chinese colleagues, we wish them success.
Very gracious. Finally, about "space races" and international space exploration in general:
In fact, we have no desire to race with any country. China has its own space program. We are realizing our own plans step by step. Our goal is to use space peacefully. It is also the consensus of the world. Human beings need to make use of space resources to support sustainable development.
In the last month, the conference of International Astronautical Federation was opened in Beijing. It was a great event in the aerospace industry. The development of China's space industry has been recognized by the worldwide community. In this conference, the president of China National Space Administration, Xinrui Ma, stated clearly that China's space program is open to the world. International cooperation is encouraged and welcomed. China will have completed our own space station in 2020. Our space station is open to the world. We welcome other countries to use the space station. Similarly, our lunar exploration program is also open to all. We have sincere willingness for international cooperation. [Others are] welcome to join China's lunar program and work together for future lunar exploration.
Words are important, and I'm glad to hear those words. There's a lot of distrust between the American and Chinese governments, and communication isn't helped by a language barrier that even the lofty powers of Google can't quite surmount. Thank goodness for the help of individuals who sincerely desire international cooperation. If there's one place where international cooperation has triumphed over political divisions, it's in the scientific exploration of our universe. Where official statements pronounce an intent to cooperate, scientists can openly act upon those intentions to share data with each other.
Ironically, the translation help I received from Dr. Zheng came about because of a divisive headline posted on an article by Leonard David on space.com: "China's 1st Moon Lander May Cause Trouble for NASA Lunar Dust Mission." Chang'e 3's landing (scheduled for December 16) will be about six weeks in to LADEE's dust-monitoring mission. LADEE is studying a lunar atmosphere and dust environment that has been disturbed very little since the last Apollo and Luna landings, and Chang'e 3's landing will definitely have an effect that LADEE will be able to detect. Isn't this a problem for LADEE?
Well, it's sort of a problem, but it's more of an opportunity. (Yes, a "crisitunity.") Paul Spudis actually explained this very well in a blog post two months ago (thanks to Richard Elphic for the link):
The coincidence of Chang'E 3 arriving at the Moon after LADEE has begun observations has developed into a serendipitous occurrence for lunar science. Because we don't understand very well how exospheric gases are added to and removed from the Moon, what has landed in our laps is an unplanned (but controlled) experiment. A known quantity of gases – of known composition – will be added to the lunar atmosphere at a precisely known time, in a precisely known place. One could have not designed a better experiment to measure how this addition of material is distributed, how its distribution evolves over time, and how these expelled gases dissipate into cislunar space. Even better, LADEE will have almost a full month to monitor and characterize the lunar atmosphere before Chang'E arrives, thus allowing us to first observe the "natural" Moon and then the "contaminated" Moon and how the lunar atmosphere recovers from its defilement.
None of this was prearranged – the Chinese schedule their missions on the basis of their own time-table and programmatic needs (just as NASA's lunar goals have changed over the last 5 years). But because of a fortuitous alignment of schedules, we have a unique opportunity to observe in real time how the Moon works. Hopefully, the Chinese will provide us with detailed mass numbers of their spacecraft and exactly what variety of fuel it carries, but even if they don't, physics dictates a certain mass and volume of the exhaust gas and its composition will be measured by LADEE (allowing us to know the type of fuel used). China's December lander mission to the Moon will provide our U.S. mission with a welcome bit of "traffic exhaust," giving scientists the opportunity to learn more from LADEE than we'd originally envisioned.
Leonard David's article was shared on a lunar science discussion email list subscribed to by researchers all over the world, and the subsequent discussion of how China really wasn't messing things up for NASA provided my introduction to more than one Chinese scientist. Score a point for international cooperation! Even if it came about in a backwards way.
Finally, one more enjoyable anecdote to share about Chang'e 3 and her bunny companion, due to depart for the moon on Saturday. Today a member of unmannedspaceflight.com shared this bit of Apollo 11 transcript, in which Michael Collins tells the moonwalkers to look out for the maiden and her rabbit:
It seems Aldrin and Armstrong were 44 years too early to find Chang'e and Yutu on the Moon.
Read more: Chang'e program, Chang'e-3 and Yutu, LADEE, Lunar missions, Mission status, Space missions
Read more articles by Emily Lakdawalla

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It is written in an accessible style that reflects the English skills of Spanish 13-year-olds.


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Research in history
Postgraduate Researc
Conferred research s
Dr Anthony McIntosh
Countess of Ellesmere Memorial, Walkden, c1900
Image: Countess of Ellesmere Memorial, Walkden, c1955
Prince Albert Memorial Clock Tower, Hastings, 1882
Statue of Prince Albert from the Memorial Clock Tower, Hastings, 2007
Between 2007 and 2009 I was the Research Officer for the Sussex Recording Project, a collaborative Heritage Lottery funded initiative between the University of Brighton and the, London based, Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. The project undertook to conduct a survey of the diverse range of monuments and sculpture in the cities, towns and villages of Sussex.
The survey includes, from all periods, conventional statues, monumental works, selected war memorials, architectural sculpture, art sculpture, memorial clocks, towers and fountains. These include those works that have 'disappeared'. Detailed descriptive data is recorded as well as the objects' general history, including that of inauguration events / unveiling ceremonies etc. A rich image archive was also created.
The results of the survey can be found at: www.publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk
Following completion of the project I took up the post of Administrator for the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association in London until I successfully applied for a full time AHRC Studentship Award in 2010. The subject matter of my PhD is rooted in this experience of scholarly engagement with the production and consumption of public monuments.
I am now a freelance researcher and lecturer and also work for The Public Catalogue Foundation as the Sculpture Collections Researcher for the 'Your Sculpture' project.
Research Degree Title
"It was the heart of the town": two public monuments, cultural memory, and oral histories in Walkden and Hastings
Dr Catherine Moriarty
Dr Lara Perry
The importance of the historic built environment to local communities and its ability to foster a sense of place is an issue at the heart of current heritage impact research. This thesis is primarily concerned with how public monuments, as a focus for the localisation of memories and narratives, can contribute to the development of social capital; sense of place; and a sense of community identity.
As case studies, the research study uses two large public monuments significant to the cultural heritage and development of two towns; the Countess of Ellesmere Memorial, Walkden, Greater Manchester; and the Prince Albert Memorial Clock Tower, Hastings, East Sussex. The two monuments were erected on particular sites significant to the history of the towns; sites chosen for their resonance with the development and growth of the local communities. The location of both monuments has been the cause of much controversy and public debate for over a century and their position as objects of local heritage is perhaps as important now as when they were unveiled.
As its primary source of data, the research study uses oral history interviews in order to analyse how the two monuments are remembered and experienced through accounts of public ceremonials, festivities, and rituals; through specific social norms that have originated in local culture and tradition; and, through the routine activities of everyday life. The analysis of the oral history interviews demonstrates how, through the shaping of kinship and personal narratives, these two public monuments provided a spatial and temporal location for the development of public memory and, an associated development of social capital and sense of place. The commonalities within the narratives evidence both how public monuments can situate people, through memory and association, within their local community, and, how communities can be impacted by their destruction or relocation. In demonstrating how the two monuments functioned, and still function, in the public and private lives of the interviewees, the research findings contribute empirical evidence to debates around rhetoric, memory, place, and demonstrate important, but often neglected, considerations for heritage management and policy making


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Film/Short Film
Inner World Entertainment
Born April 19th, 1988 by the name of Maurice Deshawn Pendleton better known by his stage name U-Sity. With the south side of Chicago as his playground and the streets as his crib, he was instantly birthed into the world of easy money and the instant gratification of hustling.
Crime was no stranger to Maurice. Family members versed him in the ways of crime. The streets became his support system, providing him with both funds and inspiration. The stage name U-Sity was soon bestowed upon him as a tribute to his hometown street, University Ave.
Trying to save himself from the streets, he relocated to Minnesota where he attends school and continues writing rhymes. He performed at several local talent shows and small venues while building a reputation as one of the most gifted rappers of this age.
U-Sity is currently working on his debut album entitled "Industry Ready". He is currently planning a Midwest tour to begin this summer. U-Sity is one of the rising stars in the music industry.
Copyright © 2019 Inner World Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.


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package proto

// discarding unused import gogoproto "gogoproto"

import fmt "fmt"
import bytes "bytes"

import strings "strings"
import github_com_andres_erbsen_protobuf_proto "github.com/andres-erbsen/protobuf/proto"
import sort "sort"
import strconv "strconv"
import reflect "reflect"

import io "io"

// Verifier contains the persistent internal state of a verifier.
// Additional on-disk state is described in verifier/table.go.
type VerifierState struct {
	NextIndex           uint64               `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=next_index,proto3" json:"next_index,omitempty"`
	NextEpoch           uint64               `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=next_epoch,proto3" json:"next_epoch,omitempty"`
	PreviousSummaryHash []byte               `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=previous_summary_hash,proto3" json:"previous_summary_hash,omitempty"`
	LatestTreeSnapshot  uint64               `protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=latest_tree_snapshot,proto3" json:"latest_tree_snapshot,omitempty"`
	KeyserverAuth       *AuthorizationPolicy `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=keyserver_auth" json:"keyserver_auth,omitempty"`
}

func (m *VerifierState) Reset()      { *m = VerifierState{} }
func (*VerifierState) ProtoMessage() {}

func (m *VerifierState) GetKeyserverAuth() *AuthorizationPolicy {
	if m != nil {
		return m.KeyserverAuth
	}
	return nil
}

func (this *VerifierState) VerboseEqual(that interface{}) error {
	if that == nil {
		if this == nil {
			return nil
		}
		return fmt.Errorf("that == nil && this != nil")
	}

	that1, ok := that.(*VerifierState)
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf("that is not of type *VerifierState")
	}
	if that1 == nil {
		if this == nil {
			return nil
		}
		return fmt.Errorf("that is type *VerifierState but is nil && this != nil")
	} else if this == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("that is type *VerifierStatebut is not nil && this == nil")
	}
	if this.NextIndex != that1.NextIndex {
		return fmt.Errorf("NextIndex this(%v) Not Equal that(%v)", this.NextIndex, that1.NextIndex)
	}
	if this.NextEpoch != that1.NextEpoch {
		return fmt.Errorf("NextEpoch this(%v) Not Equal that(%v)", this.NextEpoch, that1.NextEpoch)
	}
	if !bytes.Equal(this.PreviousSummaryHash, that1.PreviousSummaryHash) {
		return fmt.Errorf("PreviousSummaryHash this(%v) Not Equal that(%v)", this.PreviousSummaryHash, that1.PreviousSummaryHash)
	}
	if this.LatestTreeSnapshot != that1.LatestTreeSnapshot {
		return fmt.Errorf("LatestTreeSnapshot this(%v) Not Equal that(%v)", this.LatestTreeSnapshot, that1.LatestTreeSnapshot)
	}
	if !this.KeyserverAuth.Equal(that1.KeyserverAuth) {
		return fmt.Errorf("KeyserverAuth this(%v) Not Equal that(%v)", this.KeyserverAuth, that1.KeyserverAuth)
	}
	return nil
}
func (this *VerifierState) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
	if that == nil {
		if this == nil {
			return true
		}
		return false
	}

	that1, ok := that.(*VerifierState)
	if !ok {
		return false
	}
	if that1 == nil {
		if this == nil {
			return true
		}
		return false
	} else if this == nil {
		return false
	}
	if this.NextIndex != that1.NextIndex {
		return false
	}
	if this.NextEpoch != that1.NextEpoch {
		return false
	}
	if !bytes.Equal(this.PreviousSummaryHash, that1.PreviousSummaryHash) {
		return false
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	if this.LatestTreeSnapshot != that1.LatestTreeSnapshot {
		return false
	}
	if !this.KeyserverAuth.Equal(that1.KeyserverAuth) {
		return false
	}
	return true
}
func (this *VerifierState) GoString() string {
	if this == nil {
		return "nil"
	}
	s := strings.Join([]string{`&proto.VerifierState{` +
		`NextIndex:` + fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.NextIndex),
		`NextEpoch:` + fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.NextEpoch),
		`PreviousSummaryHash:` + fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.PreviousSummaryHash),
		`LatestTreeSnapshot:` + fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.LatestTreeSnapshot),
		`KeyserverAuth:` + fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.KeyserverAuth) + `}`}, ", ")
	return s
}
func valueToGoStringVerifierlocal(v interface{}, typ string) string {
	rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
	if rv.IsNil() {
		return "nil"
	}
	pv := reflect.Indirect(rv).Interface()
	return fmt.Sprintf("func(v %v) *%v { return &v } ( %#v )", typ, typ, pv)
}
func extensionToGoStringVerifierlocal(e map[int32]github_com_andres_erbsen_protobuf_proto.Extension) string {
	if e == nil {
		return "nil"
	}
	s := "map[int32]proto.Extension{"
	keys := make([]int, 0, len(e))
	for k := range e {
		keys = append(keys, int(k))
	}
	sort.Ints(keys)
	ss := []string{}
	for _, k := range keys {
		ss = append(ss, strconv.Itoa(k)+": "+e[int32(k)].GoString())
	}
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	return s
}
func (m *VerifierState) Marshal() (data []byte, err error) {
	size := m.Size()
	data = make([]byte, size)
	n, err := m.MarshalTo(data)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return data[:n], nil
}

func (m *VerifierState) MarshalTo(data []byte) (int, error) {
	var i int
	_ = i
	var l int
	_ = l
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		data[i] = 0x8
		i++
		i = encodeVarintVerifierlocal(data, i, uint64(m.NextIndex))
	}
	if m.NextEpoch != 0 {
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	}
	if m.PreviousSummaryHash != nil {
		if len(m.PreviousSummaryHash) > 0 {
			data[i] = 0x1a
			i++
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			i += copy(data[i:], m.PreviousSummaryHash)
		}
	}
	if m.LatestTreeSnapshot != 0 {
		data[i] = 0x20
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		i = encodeVarintVerifierlocal(data, i, uint64(m.LatestTreeSnapshot))
	}
	if m.KeyserverAuth != nil {
		data[i] = 0x2a
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		i = encodeVarintVerifierlocal(data, i, uint64(m.KeyserverAuth.Size()))
		n1, err := m.KeyserverAuth.MarshalTo(data[i:])
		if err != nil {
			return 0, err
		}
		i += n1
	}
	return i, nil
}

func encodeFixed64Verifierlocal(data []byte, offset int, v uint64) int {
	data[offset] = uint8(v)
	data[offset+1] = uint8(v >> 8)
	data[offset+2] = uint8(v >> 16)
	data[offset+3] = uint8(v >> 24)
	data[offset+4] = uint8(v >> 32)
	data[offset+5] = uint8(v >> 40)
	data[offset+6] = uint8(v >> 48)
	data[offset+7] = uint8(v >> 56)
	return offset + 8
}
func encodeFixed32Verifierlocal(data []byte, offset int, v uint32) int {
	data[offset] = uint8(v)
	data[offset+1] = uint8(v >> 8)
	data[offset+2] = uint8(v >> 16)
	data[offset+3] = uint8(v >> 24)
	return offset + 4
}
func encodeVarintVerifierlocal(data []byte, offset int, v uint64) int {
	for v >= 1<<7 {
		data[offset] = uint8(v&0x7f | 0x80)
		v >>= 7
		offset++
	}
	data[offset] = uint8(v)
	return offset + 1
}
func NewPopulatedVerifierState(r randyVerifierlocal, easy bool) *VerifierState {
	this := &VerifierState{}
	this.NextIndex = uint64(uint64(r.Uint32()))
	this.NextEpoch = uint64(uint64(r.Uint32()))
	v1 := r.Intn(100)
	this.PreviousSummaryHash = make([]byte, v1)
	for i := 0; i < v1; i++ {
		this.PreviousSummaryHash[i] = byte(r.Intn(256))
	}
	this.LatestTreeSnapshot = uint64(uint64(r.Uint32()))
	if r.Intn(10) != 0 {
		this.KeyserverAuth = NewPopulatedAuthorizationPolicy(r, easy)
	}
	if !easy && r.Intn(10) != 0 {
	}
	return this
}

type randyVerifierlocal interface {
	Float32() float32
	Float64() float64
	Int63() int64
	Int31() int32
	Uint32() uint32
	Intn(n int) int
}

func randUTF8RuneVerifierlocal(r randyVerifierlocal) rune {
	ru := r.Intn(62)
	if ru < 10 {
		return rune(ru + 48)
	} else if ru < 36 {
		return rune(ru + 55)
	}
	return rune(ru + 61)
}
func randStringVerifierlocal(r randyVerifierlocal) string {
	v2 := r.Intn(100)
	tmps := make([]rune, v2)
	for i := 0; i < v2; i++ {
		tmps[i] = randUTF8RuneVerifierlocal(r)
	}
	return string(tmps)
}
func randUnrecognizedVerifierlocal(r randyVerifierlocal, maxFieldNumber int) (data []byte) {
	l := r.Intn(5)
	for i := 0; i < l; i++ {
		wire := r.Intn(4)
		if wire == 3 {
			wire = 5
		}
		fieldNumber := maxFieldNumber + r.Intn(100)
		data = randFieldVerifierlocal(data, r, fieldNumber, wire)
	}
	return data
}
func randFieldVerifierlocal(data []byte, r randyVerifierlocal, fieldNumber int, wire int) []byte {
	key := uint32(fieldNumber)<<3 | uint32(wire)
	switch wire {
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		data = encodeVarintPopulateVerifierlocal(data, uint64(key))
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		if r.Intn(2) == 0 {
			v3 *= -1
		}
		data = encodeVarintPopulateVerifierlocal(data, uint64(v3))
	case 1:
		data = encodeVarintPopulateVerifierlocal(data, uint64(key))
		data = append(data, byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)))
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		data = encodeVarintPopulateVerifierlocal(data, uint64(key))
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		data = encodeVarintPopulateVerifierlocal(data, uint64(ll))
		for j := 0; j < ll; j++ {
			data = append(data, byte(r.Intn(256)))
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		data = append(data, byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)), byte(r.Intn(256)))
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}
func encodeVarintPopulateVerifierlocal(data []byte, v uint64) []byte {
	for v >= 1<<7 {
		data = append(data, uint8(uint64(v)&0x7f|0x80))
		v >>= 7
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}
func (m *VerifierState) Size() (n int) {
	var l int
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		n += 1 + sovVerifierlocal(uint64(m.NextIndex))
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		n += 1 + sovVerifierlocal(uint64(m.NextEpoch))
	}
	if m.PreviousSummaryHash != nil {
		l = len(m.PreviousSummaryHash)
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	if m.LatestTreeSnapshot != 0 {
		n += 1 + sovVerifierlocal(uint64(m.LatestTreeSnapshot))
	}
	if m.KeyserverAuth != nil {
		l = m.KeyserverAuth.Size()
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Management, Social Enterprise
Why This Small Social Enterprise Failed
July 18, 2013; Grand Forks Herald
In October, Prairie Harvest Mental Health, a nonprofit serving adults with serious mental illness, will close one of its employment and revenue-producing schemes, The 4th Street Eatery. The Eatery is a small café that served homemade lunches, mostly to employees of the building in which it was situated.
According to Executive Director Debra Johnson, the enterprise has lost too much money and exhausted too many resources—but still, she said,closing "it was really a hard decision for us."
The county, whose building the eatery was in, provided the facilities free of charge to the group and reportedly its view of the Red River was a draw especially during flooding but the café, which is staffed by Prairie Harvest clients, could not turn the corner.
For your information, should you be considering a similar venture, these are the problems that were cited in a letter the organization sent to the county:
"Consistent and considerable losses."
"Difficulty with supplies purchasing. Vendors did not deliver to the café because of low volume,so staff members were required to shop for and transport supplies."
"The eatery operation was more like a sheltered workshop for clients, rather than an opportunity for them to work in independent positions in the community."
"The continual struggle to find supervisory staff that not only had social work background, but also restaurant experience."
Prairie Harvest still operates other endeavors,such asthe Home Place Thrift Store, located in the Town and Country Mall. Of its 100 clients, the eatery employed 10.—Ruth McCambridge
The Funder
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Economy Remix: The Common Business Ownership Path to Building Community Wealth
Reimagining the Economy: The Social Justice Enterprise
By Aaron Tanaka
DC Central Kitchen Raises Questions about Lost Food Service Contract
How Nonprofits Solve Social Enterprise's Three Big Problems: Money, Trust, and Information
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Frédéric Recordon, né à Rances le 4 août 1811 et mort à Écublens le 26 novembre 1899, est un ophtalmologue suisse.

Biographie

Fils de François-Louis, notaire, et de Rose-Louise Bourgeois, il épouse en 1842 Marie Hooker, fille de James, ingénieur à Portsmouth.

Frédéric Recordon effectue ses études de médecine à Heidelberg et Paris, où il suit les leçons de l'ophtalmologue Julius Sichel. Il revient en Suisse où il devient tout d'abord, durant deux années, interne de Mathias Mayor à l'Hôpital cantonal vaudois. Il devient par la suite médecin de Lavey de 1835 à 1837. Il revient à Lausanne en 1837, il s'établit place Saint-Laurent et pratique la médecine se distinguant très vite en ophtalmologie ; il opère certains malades atteints d'infections oculaires et les héberge dans son propre appartement.

En 1842 sa rencontre avec Elisabeth-Jeanne de Cerjat qui est malade des yeux, offre un tournant décisif à son parcours professionnel. Ils décident avec le soutien financier de William Haldimand de mettre sur pied un hôpital ophtalmique et une école. Il fonde l'Asile des Aveugles, l'acte de fondation est signé le 3 janvier 1843, le 20 novembre 1844, vingt-deux mois plus tard, le projet voit le jour. Sept élèves sont présents, quatre garçons et trois filles de 6 à 16 ans. Membre du premier Comité administratif de l'établissement, Recordon est nommé médecin de l'Asile des Aveugles une année plus tard, poste qu'il occupera de 1844 jusqu'à 1880. Dès 1869 il y est secondé par Marc Dufour qui acquerra par la suite, en tant qu'oculiste, une renommée mondiale.

En même temps que son activité au sein de la fondation, le docteur Recordon entre au conseil de santé du canton de Vaud en 1851 dont il devient vice-président dès 1856. Il est également professeur de médecine légale, en 1862 à l'Académie et professeur d'hygiène en 1869. Il participe aux travaux préparatoires qui aboutiront, en 1873, à la construction de l'Asile de Cery et, en 1883, de l'hôpital cantonal du Champ de l'Air.

Recordon sera également chef du service sanitaire du canton de Vaud (1857-1885). À ce poste, il supervisera l'institution de l'école de pharmacie et de l'asile psychiatrique de Cery en 1873, ainsi que le nouvel hôpital cantonal du Champ de l'Air en 1883.

Toponymie
Une avenue lausannoise bordant le parc de Valency a été nommée en son honneur, l'avenue Frédéric-Recordon. Le quartier comporte de nombreux lieux liés à ses activités d'ophtalmologue, notamment l'Hôpital Jules-Gonin Fondation Asile des aveugles.

Sources

 Uniscope : "Une Française à la tête de l'Hôpital Jules-Gonin".
 Fondation Asile des aveugles, Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, EMS.
 M.Dufour, «Le docteur F. Recordon», in Revue médicale de la suisse romande, 1890.
 Musée de l'œil, biographie.
 Revue historique vaudoise, article de Jean Taillens, 1944.

Liens externes
 Avenue Frédéric-Recordon, Lausanne - OpenStreetMap

Naissance en août 1811
Naissance dans le canton de Vaud
Décès en novembre 1899
Décès dans le canton de Vaud
Médecin suisse
Décès à 88 ans

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How Architecture Shapes Our Emotions
Why we shouldn't give up on how cities make us feel
By Stephanie Bastek | September 4, 2020
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Everywhere but where we live—and maybe where you live?—it seems like things are slowly creeping back toward how they were before the pandemic, or at least slowly getting less awful. In New York City, the High Line is reopening a little bit more of its 1.5 mile length to a socially distanced public, bringing a few more blocks of that beloved, reclaimed railroad to visitors. So this week, we're looking back to an interview from the spring of 2017, when we walked along the High Line with architecture critic Sarah Williams Goldhagen. Her book, Welcome to Your World, is about how people experience the built environment, not just as individuals but as groups of people living together in cities or towns. She weaves together research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience to explain how the buildings we encounter every day shape our feelings, our memories, and our well-being.
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Coronavirus: WHO raises fears there may never be a 'silver bullet' to beat COVID-19
"There are concerns that we may not have a vaccine that may work," warns Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Aubrey Allegretti
Political reporter @breeallegretti
Monday 3 August 2020 22:18, UK
'No silver bullet for coronavirus', says WHO
There may never be a "silver bullet" to beat coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said while work on an "effective" vaccine is under way in several countries, a perfect one to end the pandemic may never be found.
Across the globe, 690,624 people have died with COVID-19 and more than 18.1 million have been infected with the disease, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Of those, 46,295 deaths and 307,251 infections have been recorded in the UK.
Despite some nations having cleared their first waves, there are fears of a resurgence.
The UK government is warning a second peak could come from Europe, as case numbers - while at their lowest point since mid-March - have stopped dropping off significantly.
Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, also warned last week the country may have hit the limit of what restrictions can be eased.
'At outer edge' of lockdown easing
In a bid to stop the virus exploding again, Dr Tedros appealed to countries to rigorously enforce measures such as mask-wearing, social distancing, hand washing and testing.
"The message to people and governments is clear: Do it all," he said at a news conference from the WHO headquarters in Geneva.
"A number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials and we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection.
Coronavirus UK tracker: How many cases are in your area – updated daily
"However, there's no silver bullet at the moment - and there might never be."
"There are concerns that we may not have a vaccine that may work, or its protection could be for just a few months, not more.
"But until we finish the clinical trials, we will not know."
WHO emergencies head Mike Ryan said at the same event that countries with high transmission rates, such as Brazil and India, need to brace for a big battle and "reset" their approaches.
"Some countries are really going to have to take a step back now and really take a look at how they are addressing the pandemic within their national borders," he cautioned.
There are just five vaccines in what is known as phase three - meaning they are in large-scale efficacy tests.
Sky News is tracking the race for a vaccine, which currently looks to be led by the British group from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca.
If successful, it will then be reviewed by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to check if it should be used on the general public.
Several countries, including the UK, have spent millions to pre-order supplies of the vaccine. It is based on earlier work to produce a vaccine against MERS, another deadly respiratory virus.


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Top industry leaders sign open letter pledging to tackle climate crisis
A summit taking place this month will address practical ways to limit global warming.
Extinction Rebellion: called on adland to tackle climate crisis (picture credit: Extinction Rebellion)
The ad industry is throwing its weight behind the climate crisis, staging a summit this month to assess and advance the sector's response.
Agencies have also collaborated on an open letter signalling the industry's intention to make a real difference.The letter has attracted co-signatures from more than 50 leaders across the sector, including Lucky Generals chief executive Katie Lee, MediaCom UK chief executive Josh Krichefski, Droga5 London chief creative officer David Kolbusz and Portas chief creative officer Mary Portas.
Other agencies represented on the list include Group M, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Wieden & Kennedy and Amplify.
The letter outlines how the ad industry has at times been complicit, knowingly or unknowingly, in exacerbating the climate crisis and what it can do going forward to limit climate change.
The Climate Crisis summit, organised by the Purpose Disruptors and The Comms Lab, will take place on 25 June in London. It will address how the ad industry can help limit global warming to 1.5°C by 2030.
Pauline Robson, managing partner at MediaCom and member of the Purpose Disruptors network, said: "We come from different agencies, united by a deep concern about climate change and an understanding that there's so much as industry we can do to tackle it. For lots of us, this is the first time we've done anything like this – we hope this is the start of a movement within the industry."
Jonathan Wise, co-founder of The Comms Lab, added: "The remarkable interest and support for the letter we have written clearly demonstrates many, many people across the industry also want to step into the climate challenge and take action. The event is a way for this wider community to gather and determine, together, what we can do. It's really inspiring what is happening here."
Last month, campaign group Extinction Rebellion wrote an open letter to the ad industry, urging it to act on climate destruction.
The open letter in full
Dear Advertising,
The science is clear. We've only got 10 years to transform society to limit climate change to 1.5°C. This will require commitment from all sectors of society, including the advertising industry. Given that as an industry, we are unclear what actions we need to take, we're inviting others who share our concern and desire to help, to an event on June 25th.
We are aware that as an industry, we have at times been complicit, knowingly or unknowingly, in exacerbating our current climate crisis through promoting unsustainable consumption on behalf of our clients. Yet, the very skills that have been used to shape the values, attitudes and behaviours of consumerism can also be used to help shift society to more sustainable ways of living. What do we need to start, stop and continue doing? What does industry leadership look like in the face of the climate crisis? Our choices now as an industry can help make the difference to the future of life on earth.
On June 25th, we're going to be convening industry leaders in London to get practical about how we can tackle the climate crisis together. Join us. Can the industry come together and mobilise to stand up for the climate? Let's tackle the biggest and most exciting brief we've ever been given. Let's choose which side of history we want to be on.
Toby Allen, creative partner, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
Helen Andrews, managing director, Wieden & Kennedy
Matt Andrews, chief strategy officer, RocketMill
Ben Armistead, chief strategy officer, Wieden & Kennedy
Pete Bardell, co-founder, Revolt
Beth Bentley, chief strategy officer, Portas
Martin Beverley, executive strategy director, Adam & Eve/DDB
Arlo Brady, chief executive, Freud Communications
Rob Campbell, chief strategy officer, EMEA, R/GA
Roy Capon, chief executive, Zone
Bobi Carley, head of media, ISBA
Will Collin, strategy lead, Karmarama
Alaina Crystal, deputy head of strategy, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
Heather Cuss, joint managing director, Droga5 London
Tony Davidson, executive creative director, Wieden & Kennedy
Jonathan Emmins, founder, Amplify
Jon Forsyth, partner, Neverland
Grace Francis, chief experience officer, Droga5 London
Adam Fulford, chief strategy officer, Proximity London
Tom George, chief executive, Group M UK
Mark Graeme, head of flare, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
Natalie Graeme, co-founder, Uncommon Creative Studio
Hannah Harrison, head of sustainability, WPP
Emma Hart, chief executive and founder, Push PR
Fergus Hay, chief executive, Leagas Delaney
Pete Heskett, strategy director, Droga5 London
Flo Heiss, creative director, Wieden & Kennedy
Simon Hewitt, business partner, Engine
James Hillhouse, co-founder, Commercial Break
Michael Hines, planning partner, Saatchi & Saatchi
Jenny Howard, senior vice-president, head of strategy, Sunshine
Paul Hutchison, chief executive, Wavemaker UK
Claire Hyland, head of The Youth Lab, Thinkhouse
Tim Irwin, chief executive, EMEA, Essence
Rosie Kitson, joint head of strategy and co-lead, Mindshare Purpose
David Kolbusz, chief creative officer, Droga5 London
Josh Krichefski, chief executive, MediaCom UK
Katie Lee, chief executive, Lucky Generals
Alex Lewis, co-founder, Revolt
Rebecca Lewis, joint managing director, Droga5 London
Jonny Madderson, co-founder, Just So
Jane McDaid, founder, Thinkhouse
Rob McFaul, co-lead, Mindshare Purpose
Helen McRae, UK chief executive and chair of western Europe, Mindshare
Mary Portas, chief creative officer, Portas
Marco Rimini, global chief development officer, Mindshare
Hugh Robertson, chief executive and founder, RPM
Paolo Salamao, head of account management, Wieden & Kennedy
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Magno Nazaret Prado (Dourados, Mato Grosso del Sur, Brasil, 17 de enero de 1986) es un ciclista brasileño, especialista en contrarreloj y carreras por etapas.

Biografía
Comenzó a competir con 15 años en su ciudad natal. Con el equipo Gilmar Bicicletas fue campeón estadual y campeón brasileño junior en 2003. Le surgió la posibilidad de competir en el equipo de São Caetano do Sul (San Pablo) Cesc/Nossa Caixa/São Caetano y en 2005 fue 3.º en el campeonato brasileño contrarreloj sub-23. En 2006 pasó al Scott-Marcondes César-São José dos Campos y ganó una etapa de la Vuelta de Porto Alegre, una en la Vuelta del Estado de San Pablo y otra en la Vuelta de Paraná. También reafirmó sus  cualidades de especialista en contrarreloj, siendo medalla de plata en el Campeonato Panamericano de Ciclismo y 3.º en el Campeonato de Brasil Contrarreloj.

En 2007 tuvo su primer contrato como profesional ya que el equipo Scott-Marcondes se registró en la UCI como equipo Continental. Ganó una etapa de Vuelta por un Chile Líder y terminó en tercer lugar. En Brasil, ganó la etapa contrarreloj de la Vuelta del Estado de San Pablo y la clasificación general, pero fue descalificado después de un control antidopaje positivo. Fue suspendido hasta diciembre de 2007 y tuvo que interrumpir su temporada.

Durante los dos años siguientes, volvió a lograr varias victorias y se ganó un lugar de honor en carreras por etapas, incluyendo el Tour de San Luis y la Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay. En la temporada 2009 pasó al Fapi/Sundown de la ciudad de Pindamonhangaba, participó en el Campeonato del Mundo disputado en Mendrisio (Suiza), terminando 46.º en la contrarreloj.

En 2010 retornó al Scott-Marcondes y en febrero, ganó una nueva contrarreloj en Rutas de América (Uruguay), y finalizó segundo en la general.

En agosto de ese año la UCI suspendió la licencia profesional del equipo por problemas económicos y Nazaret volvió al equipo de Pindamonhangaba, ahora de categoría continental y renombrado Funvic-Pindamonhangaba, con quién logró ganar la contrarreloj del Tour do Brasil/Volta do Estado de Sâo Paulo y culminó 2.º en la clasificación general. En 2011 por primera vez se coronó campeón de Brasil contrarreloj.

La temporada 2012 ha sido la más fructífera, donde comenzó con una buena actuación en enero en el Tour de San Luis, donde culminó en la sexta posición de la general y fue 5.º en la contrarreloj y 6.º en la etapa con final en alto en el Mirador del Sol.

En marzo obtuvo por segunda vez la medalla de plata en el Campeonato Panamericano de Ciclismo, siendo superando por el argentino Matías Médici. Un mes después, Nazaret ganó su primer carrera internacional, la Vuelta del Uruguay, donde fue clave para la victoria el triunfo en la contrarreloj. En junio, se reveló que Médici había dado positivo de EPO en febrero, compitiendo en Rutas de América. Debido a ello se le retiraron los resultados obtenidos posteriormente, con lo cual Magno Nazaret se proclamó Campeón Panamericano de Contrarreloj 2012.

En octubre ganó su primer carrera por etapas en Brasil, el Tour de Brasil/Vuelta del Estado de San Pablo.

Palmarés
2006
 1 etapa de la Vuelta de Porto Alegre
 1 etapa de la Vuelta del Estado de San Pablo
 1 etapa de la Vuelta de Paraná
 2.º en el Campeonato Panamericano Contrarreloj
 3.º en el Campeonato de Brasil Contrarreloj

2010
 1 etapa de Rutas de América
 2.º en el Campeonato de Brasil Contrarreloj
 3.º en el Campeonato de Brasil de Ruta

2011
 Campeonato de Brasil Contrarreloj
 1 etapa del Tour de Río

2012
 Campeonato Panamericano Contrarreloj
 Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay, más 1 etapa
 Tour de Brasil/Vuelta del Estado de San Pablo, más 1 etapa

2013
 2.º en el Campeonato de Brasil Contrarreloj

2014
 Tour de Brasil/Vuelta del Estado de San Pablo, más 2 etapas

2015
 Campeonato de Brasil Contrarreloj

2017
 Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay, más 1 etapa
 Campeonato de Brasil Contrarreloj

2018
 Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay, más 1 etapa

2019
 2.º en los Juegos Panamericanos Contrarreloj

Equipos
Amateurs
 Cesc/Nossa Caixa/São Caetano (2005)
 Scott-Marcondes (2006)
 Fapi/Sundown/JKS/Pindamonhangaba (2009)
Profesionales
 Scott-Marcondes (2007-2008)
 Scott-Marcondes César-Fadenp São José dos Campos (2007)
 Scott-Marcondes César-São José dos Campos (2008)
 Scott-Marcondes César-São José dos Campos (2010)
 Funvic (2010-2018)
 Funvic-Pindamonhangaba (2010-2012)
 Funvic Brasilinvest-São José dos Campos (2013-2014)
 Funvic-São José dos Campos (2015, 2018)
 Funvic Soul Cycles-Carrefour (2016)
 Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team (2017)
 Sindicato de Empleados Públicos de San Juan (2019-2020)
 Swift Carbon Pro Cycling Brasil (2022)

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio oficial Funvic-Pindamonhangaba
 Perfil de Magno Nazaret Sitio de Ciclismo

Ciclistas de Brasil
Ganadores de la Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay


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Indru () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language crime film directed by Naveen S. Muthuraman. The film stars Karthik and Tanu Roy. The film has the usual elements and did not make an impact at the box office.

Cast

Karthik as Goutham
Tanu Roy as Jennifer
Karunas as Vishwanath
Devan as Ramprasad
Nizhalgal Ravi as Colonel Somnath
Delhi Ganesh as Richard's father
Pyramid Natarajan as Minister Oppilamani
Thalaivasal Vijay as Superior Officer
Sriman as Richard
Ajay Rathnam as Superior Officer
Vasu Vikram as S.P. Elumalai
 Kumaresan as Pandian
Radhika Chaudhari as Nandhini
Fathima Babu as Gauthaman's mother
Madhan Bob as Minister's P.A
Aadukalam Naren as Ramprasad's henchman
Raj Kapoor as Captain Kapoor
Ramji as Special appearance

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Deva, and lyrics were written by Na. Muthukumar, Yugabharathi, and the director himself.

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Films scored by Deva (composer)
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Paris planning to keep cars out after Lockdown
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As the city prepares to end lockdown, Mayor Anne Hidalgo plans to use bike lanes, buses, and social distancing to keep more cars off the roads and reduce pollution.
Returning to a Paris dominated by cars after lockdown ends is "out of the question," according to the city's mayor, Anne Hidalgo. Speaking Tuesday at a special session of the Paris City Council on transitioning after France's national lockdown eases on May 11, Hidalgo was emphatic about maintaining the anti-pollution and anti-congestion measures introduced during her tenure, even as cities rethink transportation policies to avoid Covid-19 transmission.
I say in all firmness that it is out of the question that we allow ourselves to be invaded by cars, and by pollution," she said. "It will make the health crisis worse. Pollution is already in itself a health crisis and a danger — and pollution joined up with coronavirus is a particularly dangerous cocktail. So it's out of the question to think that arriving in the heart of the city by car is any sort of solution, when it could actually aggravate the situation.
Anne Hidalgo – Paris Mayor
During the height of lockdowns around the world, vehicle traffic slowed to a trickle and CO2 levels dropped as a result. But as cities consider how to reopen while avoiding crowding on public transportation, it remains unknown how intense the surge in vehicle use will be. This adds new urgency to Hidalgo's pre-pandemic agenda to dramatically reduce the footprint of cars on the city. And she is joining several other European city leaders in strengthening commitments to cultivate other modes of transportation, particularly biking.
Hidalgo's assertion of a link between Covid-19 and pollution is not without foundation. Already in the pandemic's infancy, studies have suggested a link between poor air quality and Covid-19 deaths. Researchers at Harvard found that an increase in particulate pollution of just one microgram per cubic meter could increase a sufferer's chances of dying by 15%.
Hidalgo's program is focused on remodeling the city core to make more space for pedestrians and cyclists, while barring older, more polluting cars from entering the city. This process has seen major thoroughfares for motor vehicles pedestrianised and the steady phasing out of car lanes and parking spots to create wider sidewalks and greenery. Earlier this year, Paris adopted a 15-minute neighborhood blueprint for future development that would see yet more of the city's surface area taken away from car lanes and repurposed as community spaces.
Hidalgo's statement shows a clear refusal to backtrack on this push. It may also be a hint of new forthcoming plans to restrict vehicle access. The end of lockdown on May 11 will not mean the return of normal transit habits nationally: Anyone wishing to travel beyond a 100-kilometer zone around Paris, (see image below), will require official permission from national authorities. Even if it does not affect commuters, this restriction should still mean that motor traffic in Paris will not immediately return to pre-pandemic levels.
Paris – Planned 100km travel zone.
On public transit, meanwhile, Paris will need to find ways to prevent trains and buses from becoming overloaded so people can continue practicing social distancing. The first precautionary measure, Hidalgo said in her city council address, is for anyone in Greater Paris who is currently working from home to continue doing so. Those who take the metro will be required to wear masks, and hand sanitizer will be provided at all ticket barriers. Bus services will also be significantly expanded. The most striking measure proposed by the mayor, however, is the creation of new, fully protected bike lanes extending from the city's heart right out into the distant suburbs.
The tracks were already in the pipeline before the pandemic, but they've been expedited as an emergency measures so that more people across Greater Paris can commute by bike. Within Paris itself,the new broad cycle paths will be carved out from road space to shadow the route of three metro lines. For the immediate future, the axial Rue de Rivoli will become a space almost entirely for pedestrians and cyclists, with buses and taxis circulating only along a narrow central strip of the road.
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From Puerto Rico, we boarded the Norwegian Gem and shipped out on a tour of the Southeastern Caribbean. This was my first time on a cruise ship, and I really didn't know what to expect. I'd watched a lot of 'The Love Boat' when I was a wee lad, but that was about all I knew. Rebecca had taken a cruise in 2015, so she had a bit more experience. Let me tell you, it was a very interesting and somewhat surreal journey. I mean that in a good way. We had a ton of fun. And I've been missing it since we got back. But it was weird.
The thing that struck me as soon as I stepped into the Gem was the slightly odd synthesis of Art Deco and 70s style. Lush colors and designs made me think of an Agatha Christie film made in the 1970s. Again, I know that might come off as being harsh or negative, but I really mean it in the best way. I loved it. And that vibe carried on. The dining hall, the hallways, the elevators. The interior of the ship felt like it was from a different time…but also a step out of time. The exterior looked much more like what I expected, more what you see whenever you see images of cruise ships.
We only had one day at sea, which was by design. We picked a trip specifically to give ourselves as many places to visit as we could with as little 'wasted' time at see as possible. In hindsight, I would have been perfectly happy with another day or two at sea (though not in lieu of island days). The activities, shows, food, and people watching were more than enough to fill the time. From playing games like trivia and Jeopardy, to hibachi dinner, to strolling the deck, we never ran out of things to do.
Right from the start, I kept saying that the cruise was an amazing environment for storytelling. You can totally understand how 'The Love Boat' happened. I kept thinking of all the ways you could make a contemporary answer to that show (not just talking about dropping the insulting laugh-track). It's a surreal microcosm of different people from different places and different socioeconomic levels.
Setting out of Puerto Rico allowed us to spend little time at sea, and a lot more time focused on visiting islands. It's a quick flight from the DC area (less than 4 hours), and not too expensive. Overall, it was a great way to get a sampling of the Caribbean, while traveling in a strange but pleasant, floating hotel.
I'll have more information about the actual islands we visited in another forthcoming post. The cruise itself was a blast. And the Norwegian Gem was pretty much the perfect ship for me. Exactly the right aesthetic and spirit.
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