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Sid Waddell is a famous Entertainer from United Kingdom, he/she is still alive and was born August 10, 1940.
He/she is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative. Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Sid.
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Famous quotes by Sid Waddell (15)
"When Alexander of Macedon was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Eric Bristow is only 27"
"That's the greatest comeback since Lazarus"
"He's as cool as a prized marrow!"
"Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength"
"Well as giraffes say, you don't get no leaves unless you stick your neck out"
"There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions"
"The players are under so much duress, it's like duressic park out there!"
"The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them"
"He's about as predictable as a Wasp on speed"
"It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline"
"There's only one word for that - magic darts!"
"Look at the man go, its like trying to stop a water-buffalo with a pea-shooter"
"He looks about as happy as a penguin in a microwave"
"Under that heart of stone beat muscles of pure flint"
"That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble!"


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Black Americans are the most hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Karen Weintraub
Black Americans distrust the government so much they're not participating in large numbers in COVID-19 clinical trials, and many say they won't get a COVID-19 vaccine – at least not until many others get it.
Although the first two large clinical trials of candidate vaccines have managed to include about 3,000 Black participants each, it hasn't been easy. And later trials might have even more trouble.
Polls show that among racial and ethnic groups, Black Americans are the most hesitant to get a vaccine once one becomes available, and their skepticism is rising fast. In one September survey, only 32% of Black adults said they would get a vaccine, down from 54% in May.
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In a recent focus group run by a foundation that supports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Black participants brought up systemic racism for their hesitancy and cited the government-backed Tuskegee Syphilis Study, in which Black men were told they were getting free medical care but instead were denied therapy for their syphilis for decades.
"I firmly believe that this is another Tuskegee Experiment," one focus group member said.
"We are the ones who are the guinea pigs for the rich," another said.
"The more they study me, the more they know how to get rid of me," a third added.
Without adequate Black and Hispanic participation in clinical trials, it won't be clear whether the vaccine will be safe and effective for them. Although there are no significant genetic distinctions by race or ethnicity, people of color may react differently to a vaccine because of their different lived experiences, experts say.
And if people don't get vaccinated, they will remain vulnerable to the virus, which has ravaged communities of color in particular. Black Americans are 2½ times more likely to contract COVID-19, nearly five times as likely to be hospitalized with it and twice as likely to die from it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A vaccine, which is likely to be ready early next year, is considered the best hope for ending the pandemic, but if not enough Americans will get it, then months of effort and $10 billion in taxpayer funding will have been wasted.
To prevent that from happening, the government needs to make a concerted outreach effort to address the concerns of people of color, said Dr. Michelle Williams, dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in an interview with Dr. Howard Bauchner, editor-in-chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"We have to really get to a place where we can reckon with past wrongs and we effectively communicate to this community," she said. "It means investing in holding intimate conversations around where we've done gone wrong and why we have to move past Tuskegee, and think seriously about how African Americans engage in participating in clinical trials."
Alexandre White, a historian of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, said mistrust needs to be addressed urgently. "We're seeing a deeply uncoordinated strategy. We're not seeing a nationally coordinated strategy," he said.
History of racism remains fresh
America has a terrible history of medical experimentation on Black Americans, including but not limited to Tuskegee, White said.
"The legacies of experimentation and racism date back to the origins of this country and are still quite fresh," he said.
The country's first medical colleges purchased enslaved men to dig up freshly buried bodies from Black cemeteries to use for experiments and autopsies, he said.
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Dr. James Marion Sims, often considered the "father of American gynecology," used enslaved women as patients to test new gynecological methods without providing them any anesthesia.
And risk of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases was used historically to justify segregation, White said, as well as "increased medical surveillance, often accompanied by violence, and unsolicited medical intervention."
Black Americans often learn this history at an early age, he added, while white people aren't usually taught about it at all.
"At his moment, we're seeing the horrors of the past and even more recent experiences come home to roost," White said.
HBCU presidents stick out their arms
When a fellow college president approached Walter Kimbrough and suggested they both join a COVID-19 vaccine trial and then write their communities a letter about it, Kimbrough agreed, much as he doesn't like needles.
Kimbrough, president of Dillard University, and C. Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, both historically Black schools in New Orleans, got vaccinated late in the summer. In early September, they wrote a letter to students, faculty, staff, alumni and the broader community.
Kimbrough characterized the letter as saying: "I'm doing it. It's something you should think about, because there's a need."
But the letter took on a life of its own. Although only two students had asked him about it, people on social media – most without reading the letter – accused Kimbrough of all sorts of things, including requiring his students to get vaccinated and taking kickbacks from drug companies for promoting vaccines. Nope and nope.
"Those comments were ridiculous," he said. If he were really doing those things, people should be trying to get him fired or arrested, not complaining on social media, he added.
Black people aren't doing themselves any favors by not participating in clinical trials for vaccines and treatments, Kimbrough said. Many likely will get vaccinated eventually anyway – to be allowed back to school or to work. If the vaccine hasn't been tested on Black people, then it really will be an experiment every time they get a shot, he said.
People willingly put themselves at risk all the time, he added, so why not take a small risk by joining a clinical trial that will benefit others?
"I look at the food that a lot of people eat, the poison that people willingly put in their bodies every day, so how can you tell me you're mad at me for volunteering to be part of a study that will help you?" he asked. "If you go eat that spicy Popeye's that's not helping me, and you're definitely not helping you."
Moderna works for trial diversity
Moderna, one of the companies developing a leading COVID-19 vaccine, slowed its clinical trial in September to boost the number of minority participants.
"This was sustained and difficult work," company president Stephen Hoge said in a phone interview last week. "This was not something I'm aware of anyone doing before."
The company tried a number of approaches, beginning shortly after the trial launched at the end of July, but the effort really took off this fall, he said. "The last five-six weeks have been a daily grind to build the study we think we needed to provide for confidence."
Now fully enrolled, the study includes 3,000 Black participants, 10% of the total, and about twice that many Hispanic volunteers. With about 36% enrollees of color, Hoge said the study represents the diversity of the United States.
"People should have confidence in those communities that if the vaccine works in that sample, that they will derive benefit from it as well," Hoge said.
He credited the study investigators, who built enough trust in the community to spur participation, and the participants themselves, who accepted a personal risk to help others. "That's always the most inspiring part of this," Hoge said.
Vaccine hesitancy must be addressed soon
The National Medical Association, which represents African American physicians and patients, has established a task force to review the findings of vaccine trials "to help provide a bridge of communications to the Black community," said Dr. Leon McDougle, the association's current president. "Once a safe and effective vaccine is approved, we'd like to be in agreement with that."
McDougle, who said he will get vaccinated himself when the task force signs off, said vaccine developers have generally supported efforts to diversify their trial participants. But they could be doing more to build long-term relationships in communities of color.
"So, it becomes less of 'Now that there's a global pandemic and you've received your billion-dollar payment from the government, now you're coming to us and wanting us to play a role in clinical trials.' There's an imbalance there," he said.
He suggested companies support programs that help the Black community, such as one to lower infant mortality, or provide mentorship to public school students interested in science, such as a program at Ohio State University, where McDougle is an assistant dean and chief diversity officer.
The government, McDougle and others said, has failed to do enough to address the mistrust. In May, for example, the CDC said on its website that people in higher risk groups, should be prioritized for testing even if they don't have symptoms, McDougle said. "Three days later, that recommendation just disappeared from the website," he said.
It wasn't always that way.
In 2009 amid the H1N1 flu pandemic, the CDC made a special effort to reach out to the Somali immigrant community, for example, explain the flu vaccine and address concerns about whether getting one would be compatible with their faith. That helped ease fears and encourage vaccination, said White, the Johns Hopkins medical historian.
Clear communication and "collaborative engagement" can help overcome vaccine hesitancy, he said.
"But these steps need to be taken urgently," White said. "I don't think it's too late, but I think we're running out of time."
Contact Karen Weintraub at kweintraub@usatoday.com
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Indo-Myanmar Relations: Complexities of Geography and Connectivity
Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies - Scholars' Point - Indo-Myanmar Relations: Complexities of Geography and Connectivity
Dr. Anup Shekhar Chakraborty
The neighbourly relations between India-Myanmar are rooted in 'shared heritages' of interconnected historical, ethnic, cultural and religious ties in South Asia. India and Myanmar share extensive territorial spaces and sites through four north-eastern states namely, Arunachal (520 km), Nagaland (215 km), Manipur (398 km) and Mizoram (510 km). The author describes both sides of North East India and Chin state and Sagaing region in Myanmar as 'disgruntled geographies', because of interweaving complexities of the geography. Also, the region as 'disgruntled geographies' have witnessed the mushrooming of armed insurgent groups.
The people on both sides of the border have ethnic, religious and cultural ties since centuries. Consider the Sagaing region, bordering Nagaland and Manipur interestingly, which has a varied mix of people with different sub-ethnicity like Bamar, Chin, Shan and Naga population practicing Buddhism and Christianity. This factor is being exploited by some of the ethnic militant groups in North East India (PREPAK and PLA in Manipur, and the China backed Kachin Independent Army (KIA) in Myanmar to name a few) to seek shelter in Chin state, Sagaing region, Arakan and Rakhine region for their anti-India activities. The complicacies of the region and its lived space are further riddled when one focuses on issues of citizenship and regulating citizenship. For instance, PemLekha issued by vigilant groups or by the civil society groups such as the YMA (Young Mizo Association) or even by the Village Council in Mizoram are used to circumvent the official barriers of checking illegal immigrants and citizenship. These local practices are considered in sync with the spirit of Indo-Burma treaty of 1952 on Border Affairs which allows free movement of the local ethnic tribals on both sides for the purpose of carrying on local trade and social visits. The border areas of southern Mizoram (India) and Arakan, Rakhine (Myanmar) have been serving as the traditional camp spaces for anti-India trainings since the days of the insurgent Mizo National Front (MNF) and have doubled as safe haven for 'anti-Barmar' (dominant ethnic group) organisations in Myanmar .
Of late, both countries have now focused on 'Development of Border Region' towards capacity building, development of infrastructure and securitization/sanitization in the region. India's contribution to capacity building and infrastructural development in Myanmar includes its investment in border region projects such as the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP). The KMMTTP aims to connect the Bay of Bengal to Mizoram through Myanmar hinterland using sea, river and road transport modes and in the process promote growth and development. This involves development of port at Sittwe, dredging of waterway along Kaladan river from Sittwee to Paletwa (158 km), development of IWT at Paletwa and development of road from Paletwa to Mizoram border (129 km). The work on the project started in 2008 and deadlines have been deferred since. The technical hurdles and glitches in the planning and oversights of geographic challenges, and also, the armed insurgents and inter-ethnic animosities have delayed the project. Movement of goods to the North East through Myanmar from India or ASEAN and its extensions is likely to bring down the present transportation costs and will provide the much awaited economic boost to India's Indo-Pacific linkages.
The other initiative to keep Myanmar and the trans-border ethnic sentiments favourably inclined to India is the Construction and Up-gradation of Rhi-Tiddim Road. The project involves development of approx 80 kms of road in Myanmar from border town of Rhi upto Tiddim opposite Mizoram. The MoU for the same was signed in December 2012. The project is expected to boost the border trade in Mizoram (Zokhawthar- Rih gates) which has seen limited growth since 2004. Other projects include the Trilateral Highway Project. India has recently commenced work on up-gradation of some segments of project (about 1,360 km) connecting Moreh (Manipur) to Mae Sot (Thailand) through Myanmar. The project is to be executed jointly by India, Myanmar and Thailand by 2016. However, political and financial will are key to successful completion of this project. The Up-gradation of the Tamu-Kalewa-Kalemyoa Road is another project in the direction of Indo-Myanmar collaborative engagement. After completing resurfacing and maintenance work, the approximately 160 km stretch of road across Manipur has been handed over to Myanmar. However in 2012, India has undertaken to build/upgrade the 71 old iron bridges on this road and to extend the highway further to Monywa as it is a segment of the Trilateral Highway. Enhancing of this road capacity has potential for a multifold increase in border trade especially in Manipur (Moreh-Tamu points) provided the other issues are also addressed by both the sides. The Economic Aid to Chin State that India has provided (US $ 6 million for development of Chin State) is the first of its kind from India. India's aid diplomacy should provide greater leverage with Myanmar, going forward.
Better neighbourly relations with Myanmar and prosperity amongst people living in border areas on both sides augurs well for the security of India and is in its national interests. Hence various infrastructure development projects being undertaken in Myanmar, if timely executed and made functional, will tackle not just the immediate security concerns but also check China's increasing engagement in Myanmar. The Government of India should also make provisions to provide economic aids for specific projects to the Myanmarese governments of bordering Sagaing region and Chin state to foster close links and gain cooperation on various border issues. Simultaneously, within the North East region, the logistics and modalities of connectivity (road, rail, air, inland waterways) should be boosted keeping in vision the environmental sustainability issues of the region and convert the 'disgruntled geographies' into a 'lived economic hub', thereby, wayfinding connectivity to champion India's Act East Policy objectives and positively affect the neighbourhood and 'Neighbourhood first policy (NFP)' in South Asia.
*** The author is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & Political Studies, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata ***


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Especies
 Nonymodiadelia fuscovaria Breuning, 1957
 Nonymodiadelia lineatopunctata Breuning, 1957

Referencias

Enlaces externos
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Acanthocinini

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During my first year of college, I took part in my first MLK community service day. The premise was to honor Dr. King's message of loving your community with service to your neighbors. It was a premise I could get behind, so that Monday morning, I met several fellow students in the lobby of the student center so we could receive the day's assignment. As it turned out, we would be cleaning up a historic cemetery.
Fun fact: I'm terrified of cemeteries. Human remains, in general. Mummies, zombies, the skull from Hamlet: you name it. I don't know if I watched one too many episodes of Scooby Doo or Law & Order as a child, but I was wary of even fake skeletons well into my college years.
But to the historic cemetery I went. And it turned out to be one of the most humbling, moving things I have ever done.
My group was tasked with tidying a particularly overgrown part of the cemetery. Compared to other parts of the manicured grounds, this area was embarrassingly unkempt and overgrown. Then we learned that we were tending to the slaves' part of the cemetery. It pained and angered me that even in death, over a century later, they were treated as lesser beings.
As I pulled away vines and wet leaves, I wondered about the people resting in those graves. What were their daily lives like? Did they hope to see positive change for blacks in America during their lifetimes, much like I do? What did they spend their days thinking about or wishing for? I was so deep in thought that I took a bad step and wound up shin-deep in a grave (which doesn't sound like much, but if you are still alive and find yourself in a grave at any depth, it's more than enough).
I volunteered for a few service days after that, but none were as poignant as the first. But that time spent in thought led me to wonder, do we actually observe MLK day? Often we use the long weekend to shop, catch up on sleep or watch television. When we do so, we waste an opportunity to reflect–to engage with the past and think about how it affects the present.
Over the last few years, I haven't been able observe the holiday with community service. Instead, I started to take time for reflection, perspective and meditation by reading literature from the 60s, watching footage from speeches or just thinking. It's a deeply personal tradition. Last year, I re-read Dr. King's iconic "I Have A Dream" speech and cried. It's so powerful, full of determination, hope and pride. A lot has changed since 1963, but we still have a long way to go towards equality. And while "I Have A Dream" is a gorgeous piece of rhetoric, it's not the whole story.
Dr. King and his work does not represent the entire Civil Rights Movement. But knowing his story is a great place to start. Learning about Dr. King's legacy led me to read more about organizations like the >>Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), children like Ruby Bridges (the first black child to attend an all-white school in the South), and first-hand accounts from people who faced harsh discrimination and violence. Every time I do this, I learn something new.
This year, try something different and take the day "on," even for a few minutes. Donate your time to a community service project or give yourself the experience of re-watching Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Try to dedicate time to teach your children why they're don't have to be in school today. If we want change, real and lasting change, Americans of every color need to know our history.
Ashley is a copywriter and stylist, living in Durham, NC.
She is a Bikram yogi, budding feminist, and eyeliner enthusiast.
I love this, and I've never approached MLK Day from this perspective before. Great writing and great ideas here!
Young lady you…. 🙂 You have always been awesome. The moments you invested in change will no doubt become a legendary. The dream has the potential to transfer and infect others abilities with meaningful reactions. By standing in the grave of a former loved one, you found yourself embracing a past that neither honored or valued you. History will recoil when the stagnant thinking of our country's arrogant leaders is realized. The precious potential of youth, from all walks in life, have long been displaced by insecure incompetent men. Incompetent seekers of self gratification whose barbarous acts, were engendered by an internal inferiority complex. They have long discounted the value of those who resemble you. My pride rests assured knowing, your simple but eloquently lived life will display the skeletons of the past on an illuminated pillar of shame. You are not our history. You Ms. Ashley are our legacy. I'm proud of you.
Well said, and thanks for encouraging us to look beyond a day off. I'm actually guilty of working today and not reflecting on the importance of this day.