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How a cluster of talented authors and one low-key but incredibly influential writing group called the Claw are making Philly a lit hotbed.
Some of the Philadelphia authors driving the city's literary renaissance (clockwise from top left): Madeline Miller, Kiley Reid, Emma Copley Eisenberg, Liz Moore and Carmen Maria Machado. Photo illustration by Jamie Leary
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Carmen Maria Machado is one of the country's most celebrated contemporary fiction writers. A few years ago, she was catapulted into the national spotlight on the strength of her debut short-story collection, Her Body and Other Parties. But what she did next could prove just as momentous as her haunting, award-winning prose.
In the wake of her newfound success, Machado and Liz Moore, an English professor at Temple University and a fellow 30-something author, launched a Philly women's writing group called "The Claw" (like New York City's women-centric club and co-working space "The Wing," Machado explains, but "sharp").
The Claw is comprised of 19 published and professional fiction and nonfiction writers. Not unlike a book club, it meets roughly once a month, usually at one of the members' homes. Over glasses of wine, the women ask for advice, offer feedback, and discuss what they're writing at the moment — or just whatever's occupying their minds.
"It's really helpful to get together and talk about what we're going through," Machado says. "There are concrete things coming out of it, but for me, it's a little more abstract. It's about emotional support and having a place that's inviting and friendly and welcoming."
More than a writing group, the Claw is a support network. And the results of late are stunning.
A few months ago, Machado published her second book, a genre-bending memoir called In the Dream House that examines emotional and physical abuse in queer relationships in general but also chronicles a painful relationship she endured while earning her MFA at the University of Iowa. More recently — within the past month, to be exact — works by three other members of the Claw hit bookshelves and received stellar reviews: Liz Moore's Kensington-set crime thriller Long Bright River; Kiley Reid's novel Such a Fun Age, a Philly-centered meditation on race and privilege; and Emma Copley Eisenberg's hybrid murder investigation/memoir The Third Rainbow Girl.
All this uplift is, without a doubt, contributing to a literary resurgence under way in Philly. As the city's writers are garnering praise for new works, independent bookstores are popping up all over our neighborhoods: Amalgam Comics & Coffee House in Kensington (run by Ariell Johnson, the first black female comic-book-store owner on the East Coast); pundit and Temple prof Marc Lamont Hill's Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books in Germantown; Shakespeare and Co. in Rittenhouse (with its steampunk-esque espresso book machine); A Novel Idea on Passyunk; and, imminently, Harriett's Bookshop in Fishtown, whose owner, Jeannine A. Cook, describes it as if "black girl magic were a bookshop."
When Harriett's opens its doors on February 1st, plenty of folks are expected to turn out, as they have at other recent Philly bookstore debuts. But the buzz for this opening feels heightened: More than three and a half thousand people have indicated on Facebook that they're interested in attending. Some of them are already buying Harriett's merch.
Why the groundswell? I'd argue it's because of the store's mission to celebrate women: women authors, women artists and women activists. As Philly's once-somewhat-diffuse fiction and nonfiction communities "coalesce," as Machado puts it, writers and readers are beginning to recognize that women, by and large, are leading the way. They're opening bookshops like Harriett's, launching literary hubs, and publishing wildly popular titles.
Cook, Harriett's 36-year-old owner (she's also a writer and an educator), says it's not a coincidence that "we're seeing a huge surge of women on the New York Times best-sellers list."
"Part of the reason it's a great time to open Harriett's is because of the polarization in our current society, especially around issues women are at the center of," Cook says. "What you see in Philly's literary community is that women have decided to take the lead here. A lot of women have decided to make our voices heard and start speaking up."
A Demand for New Voices
Across the country, the publishing industry, like many societal sectors, has for too long been controlled by men who celebrate men. This despite the fact that in the United States, women read more than men. Historically, men have guarded their leadership of the country's top-tier magazines, newspapers and journals, which have, unsurprisingly, predominantly represented male authors.
Since 2009, the organization VIDA: Women in Literary Arts has published reports on gender diversity in the U.S. publishing industry, tracking magazines like the Atlantic, the New Yorker, and Paris Review, and literary magazines like McSweeney's Quarterly, Missouri Review and n+1. In recent years, it's expanded its scope to include race, ethnicity, sexuality and disability statistics. When VIDA released its second so-called "VIDA Count" in 2010, tracking the then-binary genders of authors published in the nation's most prominent publications, it lamented "the truth of publishing disparities."
"We know women write," VIDA's Amy King said at the time. "We know women read. It's time to begin asking why the 2010 numbers don't reflect those facts with any equity."
In 2018, VIDA celebrated a breakthrough: For the first time ever, none of the 25 literary magazines the organization monitors published fewer than 40 percent women writers. At last, the tides are beginning to turn, in no small part because of the demand for change.
It should come as no surprise that as our nation, like the rest of the globe, becomes more multicultural and connected, people expect a greater diversity of voices. Stories that illuminate untold truths generate change, foster communication and instill empathy. They mold the narratives we tell about ourselves, and those narratives play a role in the issues and people we prioritize. There's a reason writers including Machado and nonbinary former Philadelphia poet laureate Raquel Salas Rivera were on this magazine's "New Power" list last year: Their writing gives voice to people who have been dismissed by the mainstream literary canon and whose stories have gone largely untold.
In fact, the study of literature — the telling of stories — has always been ideological and "about identity and notions of the popular," says Julia Bloch, director of the University of Pennsylvania's creative writing program. In recent years, Bloch and her colleagues across the country have noticed a growing "appetite for new writing." Students who enter Penn's creative writing program often come "hungry for more representation of writers of color, women, and nonbinary and trans and queer writers," she says.
Here in Philly, Bloch says, those writers happen to be producing the kind of writing that students seem "excited about" — science fiction, speculative fiction and experimental writing, which Bloch says provide authors with new forms through which to "give language to the kinds of experiences that have not been represented well in literary tradition."
Philly has had previous moments when literary scenes united around a sociopolitical theme — and the city's African American writers have often been at the forefront. The city's poetry community has long been regarded as rich and robust, thanks in no small part to Black Arts Movement pioneer (and the city's first poet laureate) Sonia Sanchez. Sanchez, who taught in Temple University's English department for more than 20 years, brought such literary giants as Alice Walker and Ntozake Shange to Philly, inspiring the likes of our own Lorene Carey (whose first-ever play debuts this month). As for Philly's science fiction, fantasy and LGBTQ scenes, Samuel Delany's prose on sexuality, literature and society has held a place here for nearly two decades. (More recently in the fantastical realm, Madeline Miller's Circe, a New York Times bestseller published in 2018, gave a new voice to one of Greek mythology's most "unlikeable" female characters.)
Asali Solomon, a writer and Haverford English professor who grew up in West Philadelphia, says that especially when Sanchez moved here in the '70s, Philadelphia served as a center of sorts for the nation's "political and artistic energy," particularly in African American communities.
"You think of all the majorly influential music that has been produced in Philadelphia, the richness of life here, the economic, spiritual and political differences … Philadelphia is a place where things have happened that have shaped national history," Solomon says. "A lot of times they weren't given coverage, but black writers kept those things in conversation."
Nurturing the Next Generation
The Philly area is certainly home to some great male writers — Ken Kalfus, Solomon Jones and Tom McAllister, to name a few. But Haverford's Asali Solomon, who's also a member of the Claw, says she noticed a trend years ago while earning her PhD in English at the University of California, Berkeley: "It's been my experience in writing and teaching that women are more likely to try and build community and work together more formally," she says. "We try to go to each other's events and support each other."
Kiley Reid, whose Philly-set debut Such a Fun Age is about a young black woman wrongly accused of kidnapping while babysitting, moved to Philly in July and joined the Claw shortly afterward. While visiting the city on research trips for her book, she felt drawn in by the architecture, the food scene and the diversity: "Philadelphia is 40 percent black — I would love for my children to see people who look like them and don't look like them."
Reid says she hadn't realized Philly's fiction-writing scene would be "as big as it is. … When you move somewhere new, it's pretty much the best offer [you can get], to hang out with other women in that city."
The Claw and new bookstores like Harriett's are far from the only places for writers to meet and support each other in Philly. MFA programs like those at Temple and Rutgers University, Camden (which fully funds its students), independent publishers like The Head and the Hand Press and New Season Books and Media, and intersectional literary publications like APIARY Magazine have also helped foster the scene.
A few years ago, Claw member and The Third Rainbow Girl author Emma Eisenberg created a new literary hub in Philly alongside friend and fellow writer Joshua Demaree, whom she met while working at the Penn Book Center in West Philly (now People's Books & Culture). Eisenberg had noticed that while Philly's poetry community seemed to be thriving, its prose community "could be a little fractured, or there could be many small scenes that didn't always communicate." She and Demaree thought up Blue Stoop, a literary home (without a physical home — for now) with the mission of connecting and supporting writers and readers in Philly via events, workshops and writing classes. Through a visiting writers series, the organization helped bring big names to Philly, including Alexander Chee, Emsé Weijun Wang, T Kira Madden and Kristen Arnett.
"The idea was to make a more public, accessible, open literary community where people could meet across lines of community and genre, and also to start classes so people could get better at the craft of writing, find mentors, and take the next steps in their career," Eisenberg says.
What excites her most about Philly's literary community is the young writers — in their mid-to-late-20s — who come out of Blue Stoop classes "figuring out how to be writers in the world right now."
"I have a lot of empathy for that, because when I graduated in 2009 … there were no models," Eisenberg says. Now, "There are just so many cool, talented people … from Philly."
Machado says it's not clear when she, Eisenberg, Reid and Moore will meet with other members of the Claw again; the foursome is busy touring the country right now. Someday soon, though, there will be another gathering. And for now, the group will remain open to only women and femme authors.
"Men take up a lot of oxygen in the room," Machado says. "So much of my professional career is occupied by men's presence. It's nice to not have to worry about that."
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Built in 1865 for the deerkeeper on the Shane's Castle Estate, Ballealy Cottage is accessed down a long country lane and has a real fairy-tale appearance. Following a refurbishment by the Irish Landmark Trust, where everything that could be salvaged was, its chocolate box exterior and historic charm has been fully restored. The bright and cheerful yellow windows and doors open up into a beautiful and spacious cottage, with plenty of room for the whole family.
The accommodation is set over two floors around a tiny central courtyard. Downstairs the heart of the home is the large bright kitchen with its cosy range cooker and flag-stone floors. There is a separate utility room housing the sink, electric cooker washing machine. You have the choice of two sitting rooms; a beautiful formal room with fabulous views of the garden and a cosy open fire, or a smaller snug like room perfect for settling down in with a good book.
Two of the three bedrooms are downstairs. A charming twin room perfect for kids and a very sweet twin room with a single bed. There is also a shower room downstairs, so it's ideal for those with reduced mobility.
Outside there is a large wild garden, perfect for the kids to run off a bit of steam, and there is lots of lovely walking to be done right from the doorstep.
Ballealy Cottage is set in rural County Antrim on a country estate close to the shores of Lough Neagh. The setting couldn't be more idyllic, with the ancient woodlands and meandering stream nearby, it's a heavenly spot for those who want to kick back and enjoy the Northern Ireland countryside at its best.
Shane's Castle Estate is a working Estate consisting of approximately 800 acres of farmland and a 1000 acres of woodland. You'll find lots of farm animals around including the estates 200 strong dairy herd and around 1000 sheep. There are lots of walks to enjoy from the doorstep of the cottage and we recommend setting out to explore the estate at a leisurely pace.
The closest town is Randalstown just a few miles away. Once a centre for the linen trade, the town had extensive ironworks and distilleries during the Industrial Revoluton. Today it is a cheerful bustling little town dominated by a sweeping railway viaduct and the dramatic gateway to Shane's Castle.
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Dow's Collin Che breaks school and pool records in 100 fly in Charger swimmers' win over Chemics
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Published 12:18 am EST, Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Dow's Collin Che competes in the 100 yard butterfly during a meet against Midland Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at H. H. Dow High School. (Katy Kildee/kkildee@mdn.net)
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Dow High senior Collin Che won the 100-yard butterfly in 50.08 seconds on Tuesday during the Chargers' 138-42 win over Midland High, breaking Nehemiah Mork's school and Dow pool records in the process.
Mork had set the previous school record of 50.47 in 2015 in the SVL championships at the SVSU pool and the previous Dow pool record of 50.81 in a meet against the Chemics in 2016.
"He went after the record tonight. He wanted to break that record," Dow coach Gary Strickler said of Che, who is ranked No. 1 in Division 2 and second overall in the state in the 100 fly.
Che also won the 200 freestyle in 1:52.84. Also winning events for the Chargers were Louie Sun in the 200 individual medley in 2:06.78, Brendan Ladwein in the 50 free in 22.52, Xander Brooks in diving with 174.40 points, Joe Krzciok in the 100 free in 49.65, Austin Urlaub in the 500 free in 5:17.85, Nicolas Courier in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.99 and Gavin Boguszewski in the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.90.
Dow also won the 200 medley relay with Nathan Johnson/Sun/Conrad Varhola/Mark Van Heel in 1:43.48; the 200 free relay with Che/Sun/Krzciok/Ladwein in 1:31.17 and the 400 free relay with Che/Krzciok/Ladwein/Varhola in 3:25.33.
Brooks, a senior, came back out for swimming this year after taking his sophomore and junior years off. He finished 19.3 points ahead of second-place Mitchell McMath of Midland (155.10).
"Our diving coaches have done a really nice job of giving him some difficult dives," Strickler said. "(McMath) dove real nicely, but the difference was in the difficulty factor for the dives."
Dow finishes 13-0 in dual meets and is ranked third in Division 2.
Nine Dow athletes will compete at the MISCA meet on Saturday at Calvin University in Grand Rapids.
"I'll have a better (indication) after Saturday, when we face the state's top competition," Strickler said. "That will give us a really good feel of how our relays can compete against the best teams in the state. That'll be a good test for us."
The Chemics had one other second-place finisher in addition to McMath. Lawrence Millward finished just .13 second behind Dow's Courier in the 100 back with a time of 1:01.12.
Taking third for Midland were Tucker Pellegrino in the 200 free (1:59.00), Lawrence Millward in the 200 IM (2:16.02), Stanton Millward in the 100 breast (1:12.30), the 200 free relay of Pellegrino/Garrett Kuhn/Ryder Zastrow/Jacob Hyde in the 200 free relay (1:41.36), and Pellegrino/Lawrence Millward/McMath/Hyde in the 400 free relay (3:44.03).
"Some of my swimmers were matching their best times that they did at a faster pool," Midladn coach Nick Pellegrino said. "The fact that they're matching their best times at a time of the season that we're not rested, that was encouraging."
Midland finished with a 7-3 dual meet record.
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Sabrina Brunch and Bistro Bar doles out brunch classics with a Caribbean twist, including poached eggs atop mashed plantains with sliced avocado on the side. This cheerful restaurant on Loiza Street takes its name from the classic Audrey Hepburn movie, but the interiors call to mind Carmen Miranda's "Copacabana," with tropical flowers painted on the walls, neon pink signs and potted palms (brunch runs about $25). Or, if you prefer your last meal here to be outside, head to Lote 23, a food park with hipster vibes and young chefs offering everything from slow-roasted Puerto Rican pork to Asian noodles and Peruvian anticuchos.
Set in a former Carmelite convent across from the street from Old San Juan's cathedral, El Convento is one of the most atmospheric hotels in town. Its 58 spacious rooms feature a mix of contemporary and colonial details, and its plant-filled interior courtyard, home to a bar and restaurant, was recently renovated. Doubles from $205.
The El San Juan Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton, known for its opulent lobby crystal chandelier from the 1950s, reopened in December after extensive renovations and repairs. This amenities-laden, 388-room hotel is perched on Isla Verde Beach. Doubles from $239.
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Enhancing the success of DRBs Oct 2008
At the annual meeting of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation in Washington DC in early October, Bill Edgerton, Principal and President, Jacobs Associates, San Francisco, USA presented these comments on the enhancement of the DRB process. See also in the TunnelTalk archive 'DRBs - Knowing and playing by the rules' and join the discussion via the Feedback facility at the end of this article.
During my career I have spent a lot of time involved on dispute resolution, both as a contractor, as an expert witness, and on behalf of the owner as an engineer/construction manager. I've managed this both within and without DRBs.
William W. Edgerton, Jacobs Associates
Without a DRB, way too much energy is expended on arriving at a result -wheel spinning, and resources that could be put to better use elsewhere. I suspect most of you in this room would agree with me.
So, I do believe in the DRB concept because it represents the best way I know of to reduce all this wasted energy.
But I do have some recommendations for better use of DRBs and since this is an equal opportunity speech, I have some advice for all three parties to a DRB: the Owner, Contractor, and the DRB guys.
Owners: If the objective is to avoid and/or settle disputes more effectively, then you must look at the DRB as a method to facilitate the settling of disputes.
(a) During contract preparation, you must not think of it as another contract provision that can give you a leg up on the contractor when he files a claim. You must not 'stack the deck' in the DRB spec by
• limiting the types of disputes that can come before the DRB
• delaying the DRB review and thus making the DRB a 'claims review' board, or
• restricting the use of the opinions in any subsequent litigation.
(b) During construction, you must put your 'Partnering' hat on, and use the DRB to help achieve a settlement rather than expect it to support your position. One of the ways this can go awry is to bring in people who have not 'bought into' the partnering concept (such as attorneys, claims consultants). They have their own objectives and if you need their help, have them attend the partnering sessions and buy into the process.
Contractors: You contractors must do two things to minimize contract disputes:
(a) Get enough money on the job to build it; given the terms in the contract; not what you think the terms of the contract should be, or what you think you can talk the owner into after the award.
(b) When you see a contract that reads like the Owner thinks the contractor is a crook, don't bid the job. You'll be much better off by having your competition fighting with that owner and his attitude while you're pursuing better opportunities. (Owners. Listen to that advice too.)
DRB members: To facilitate the parties' settlement:
(a) Read the contract. Know what it says, not what you think it should say. Sometimes, despite the engineer's excellence at drafting (pause for laughs) some ambiguity can creep in, forcing you to put yourself in the position of trying to determine what a reasonable bidder would have assumed at bid time. But simply throwing out a part of the contract because you don't think it's fair or it's not how you would have done it, does the whole DRB industry a disservice.
(b) Write your recommendations so that it's clear and indicates that you have considered all the facts and all the contract language. The single thing that can be improved in our business, to help settle more disputes, is for you to do a better job of writing your recommendations. They must show reasoned logic, taking into account all the arguments from each of the parties. Your objective shouldn't be to split the baby. It should be to get the right answer. And if the right answer is that one party is 100% right, and the other 100% wrong, then splitting the recommendation is the wrong answer.
As an owner, or a contractor, or a DRB person, you can't enhance the success of DRBs by yourself. But you can do your part. I would really like to see the DRB process grow, but we all need to modify some of our behaviors to make that happen.
Bill Edgerton, Principal and President, Jacobs Associates, San Francisco, USA
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Consistency is NEVER an issue if you are in the good graces of TP and the left. "Hypocrisy" is a term that simply does not exist as long as you are left -- Bill Clinton can be BOTH a serial abuser of women AND a champion of women! The concept of hypocrisy just doesn't exist for the left looking at the left. It isn't that they ignore it, it is that it has no meaning there. Like "wet / dry" to a fish!
However, someone not of TP, especially if they make any claim to holding any moral standards, is CERTAINLY a TOTAL HYPOCRITE by definition! It is inescapable, that is simply how the lefty TP mind works!
Thus, it is easy to understand Moore. It isn't possible for him to be a hypocrite -- the left in this mortal coil gives complete past and future redemption from needing to follow the rules that are applied only to those "not of the body", those terrible lost and unrepentant souls that fail to bow before the power of TP and "get their minds right".
Mikes mind is right -- so he can be BOTH a champion of the poor and filthy rich, heaping gobs of abuse on those of the wrong political persuasion that are wealthy. THEIR money comes at the expense of the poor and contributes to the horrible "inequality".


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Live at XOYO, London. We Were Promised Jetpacks formed in Edinburgh, in 2003. The band played their first gig at their school?s ?battle of the bands? competition, which they won. The four-piece eventually relocated to Glasgow. In October 2010 the band toured in North America to open for Jimmy Eat World. In July 2011, the band announced their second full-length album, In the Pit of the Stomach and we caught them in London at that time.
Live at XOYO, London. This shape shifting ?band originally formed in London in 1976. They?ve disbanded a number of times over their career but have always kept coming back and are still putting out new and great material. With every album seeming to move in a different direction, no single show is going to encapsulate the Wire sound, just the Wire sound for right now. This show, captured in 2011, was filmed around the time of ?The Black Session? album and features many of the songs from it. These guys never disappoint.
Live at Manning Bar, Sydney. By the time we got the opportunity to film these Australian punk legends in 2009, founding member Ian Rilen (who was also a member of Rose Tattoo back in the day as well as the great Sardine V) had already joined the great moshpit in the sky. His energy and punk enthusiasm continued to be celebrated after his death with another original member, Steve Lucas, stepping up to lead this legendary band (who should definitely not be confused with the LA band of the same name).
Live at the Metro Theatre, Sydney. These guys were described as ?experimental rock? by some which can often be the kiss of death for many bands. To be honest, they wrote a bunch of killer pop/dance songs. Sadly, they broke up in 2019, but this show from 2010 (when they toured heavily in support of their highly regarded ?Odd Blood? album) was them at their thrilling best.
Live at the Metro Theatre, Sydney. One of Australia's favourite bands over more than two decades and led by the irrepressible Tim Rogers, we were thrilled to be able to capture them in 2008 as they toured in support of their fabulous (and amazingly, eighth!) album Dilettantes.
Young Henry's Rock n Roll Circus
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Understanding Covid-19 Statistics (in plain English)
Stephanie Glen
My original intent with this article was to write about how to understand statistics in general. However, with the global pandemic on everyone's minds right now, it seems blithe to write an article on understanding statistics without a nod to current events. If you're uncomfortable or unfamiliar with statistics, you might find the facts and figures surrounding Covid-19 hard to decipher. Let's break down the key statistics into plain English and shed a little light on a few terms that will help you digest the news with a little more knowledge.
Basic reproductive number (R0)
What it means in plain English: This is how many people you'll pass the virus on to.
The basic reproductive number (R0) measures how many people are infected by one infected person. Estimates for R0 for the Covid-19 virus are around 2.2. In other words, if you get Covid-19, you're likely to pass the virus along to about 2.2 other people. That R0 is relatively low (the measles, by comparison, has the highest value at 12-15) but that doesn't mean it's less of a problem. In fact, a virus can easily get out of hand if each infected person infects just two others: those two infect four, those four infect eight. That exponential growth means that a single infected individual can lead to one person infecting hundreds of thousands within a few short months.
A word of caution about R0 : the number is affected by many biological, sociobehavioral, and environmental factors. When you add these factors into the relatively complex modeling process, this can result in a figure which is "…easily misrepresented, misinterpreted, and misapplied" (Delameter, et. al, 2019). So, if you're outside of epidemiology, you may want to consider any R0 as a ballpark figure, rather than one set in stone.
Confidence Intervals
In plain English: We don't know the exact number, but it's probably in between these two.
In the above paragraph, I stated that R0 is about 2.2. In statistical terms, we quantify that "about" with a confidence interval.
Confidence intervals are really just stating (in a pretty complicated way) that a figure lies somewhere between two amounts. For Covid-19, R0 is actually thought to be anywhere between 1.4 and 3.9 (the confidence interval). In other words, the researcher is confident that the true figure lies somewhere in that interval. But that begs the question, how confident are they? That answer lies in the confidence level.
In plain English: I'm this confident you would get the same results if you repeat my experiment/survey.
For the above statistic (from Dr. Richard Ellison's Transmission of the Novel Coronavirus: Early Findings), the stated confidence level for R0 is 95%:
95% CI, 1.4–3.9
What a 95 percent confidence level is saying is that if the survey was repeated over and over again, the new results would match these results 95% of the time.
While confidence levels can go as high as 99%, this is very, very hard to achieve with Covid-19, when vast numbers of mild cases go unreported. Given a perfect world, you could theoretically get a 100% confidence level, but if the world was perfect, we wouldn't need statistics (we'd just have indisputable facts!).
Another example: Dr. Ellison's article also includes a confidence interval and level for the estimated mean incubation period: 5.2 days (95% confidence interval, 4.1–7.0). This can be interpreted as, if the survey/research was to be repeated, then 95% of the time, the mean incubation period would fall somewhere between 4.1 and 7.0 days.
In plain English: The bulk of people are in this range of numbers.
This next statistic was reported in a January 2020 article in The Lancet, titled Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus …:
"Median age was 49·0 years (IQR 41·0–58·0)".
In case you're not familiar with the median, it's the middle number (as in, the geographic middle) of a set. The median of 1, 2, 3 is 2: it's right in the center of the ordered list.
The IQR, the interquartile range, is a spread around the median which tells you more about where the bulk of cases lie. You basically take an ordered set of numbers (in this case, a list of age in years from smallest to largest), and chop them up into quarters with the median in the exact middle. Discard the bottom quarter and the top quarter, and what you have left is the IQR: a range from 41 to 58 years old. In other words, most patients are in this age range.
Mann-Whitney and Chi-Squared Tests
In plain English: Here's how to compare some groups to see if they are different.
The above mentioned Lancet article also refers to continuous variables (compared with the Mann-Whitney U test) and categorical variables (compared by χ2 test or Fisher's exact test ). In order to perform statistic analysis, you have to identify the type of variable you're working with. There are dozens of different types of variables, some of which are esoteric, but continuous and categorical variables are fairly straightforward.
Continuous variables go on, and on. Technically, you could try to count them, but you'll never stop counting. For example, try counting the number of stars in the the universe, or the number of seconds from now until the end of time. The Mann-Whitney U test is a way to compare two such groups (in this case, data from ICU and non-ICU patients) to see if their medians (for example, for various treatments, development of complications or time to recovery) are the same.
Categorical variables are those data points that fall neatly into categories. For example, preexisting conditions: diabetes, heart disease, lung problems. Unlike continuous variables, categorical variables can easily be expressed as percentages and compared by a chi-square (χ2) test or Fisher's exact test (the latter is more accurate for smaller groups than chi-square). Don't be scared by these exotic sounding names–they just compare groups; In a more general sense, they test to see whether distributions of categorical variables differ from each another.
Alpha Levels
In plain English: What's the chances I'm completely wrong?
When you run a statistical test, you choose an "alpha level". Alpha is the probability of making the wrong decision when the null hypothesis is true. If you've never heard of the term "null hypothesis", you can think of it as what's the currently accepted situation. In the case of Covid-19, for example, the null hypothesis might be that "Mortality among all infected patients may be in the range of 0.5% to 4%" (Murthy et al., 2020). Your theory (the alternate hypothesis) is that the figure is much higher. With an alpha level of 5% (the standard), you have a 5% chance of reporting that the mortality rate is wrong, when it's in fact correct.
At this point, you may be wondering why you don't set your alpha level at 0.0001% so that you will almost certainly report the right results. In simple terms, you can't because statistical tests are a balancing act. If you lower the risk of one thing happening (making the wrong decision here), you'll increase the probability of making a wrong decision about something else (in this example, you would increase the risk of a "Type II error").
Statistically Significant
In plain English: We did the math and it looks good.
This is a wordy way of saying your results have been tested and are found to be sound. Most of the facts and figures you see bandied about on social media haven't been put to the (statistical) test, so to speak. However, if you read a figure in a journal article (like those I've mentioned in this article), someone has done the math, and it all looks correct.
P-values
In plain English: What's the odds this happened by chance?
This journal article reported that hypertension increases the risk of mortality in the Covid-19 outbreak, WITH A P-VALUE OF .0008. The p-value, or probability value, is easier to understand if you convert it to a percentage: 00.08%. This means there is a 0.08% chance the results could be random (i.e. happened by chance). To put that another way, there's a 99.92% chance that the findings are correct. Larger p-values (over 5%) equate to more uncertainty: you can't be sure about your results one way or another.
Did you have another term related to Covid-19 that needs an explanation? Check out these statistics definitions, which cover (with a confidence level of 90%) every statistical topic you're likely to come across.
Delameter et al. (2019). Complexity of the Basic Reproduction Number (R0).
Murthy et al. (2020). Care for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.
Transmission of the Novel Coronavirus: Early Findings
Early dynamics of transmission and control of COVID-19: a mathemati…
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Industrial workers in Ohio seem to be putting their lives on the line for employers who prioritize profit over safety. A recent report about penalties issued to businesses in northwest Ohio shows that many workers face hazards that could cause permanent impairment. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration revealed the names of six companies that were fined after inspections that were carried out from August to October last year.
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Your health is everything. Without good health, your quality of life and ability to participate in it is greatly reduced. Similarly, mental health problems increase as poor physical health tends to increase depression and anxiety. Too often, poor health creates a negative cycle, impacting your finances with days lost due to injuries/illness and adding medical debt to your list of financial burdens.
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Ohio workers whose jobs have caused them to develop back problems may be interested to know that the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that one in five illnesses and injuries reported by more than 1 million members of the U.S. workforce involve back pain. This type of injury is often the cause of permanent impairment. Authorities say the common cold is the only cause of lost work days that exceeds the number of days missed due to back problems.
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Some construction workers in Ohio and elsewhere are unfortunate enough to have employers who have little or no regard for employee safety. Construction is an industry with numerous safety hazards, and even the slightest safety violation can cause life-changing injuries. A business in a neighboring state is a perfect example of a company that fails to provide a safe workplace environment.
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Some employees in Ohio have to endure unsafe work environments every day. Despite the fact that every safety violation can lead to a penalty, some employers fail to comply with regulations that require them to protect the health and safety of workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported that it recently fined four Ohio companies after completion of several investigations.
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Many people in Ohio, including business owners, have a misconception that workers in the tech industry are not at risk of suffering workplace injuries. However, tech workers face many hazards, and a safety violation can cause long-term health problems. Few people realize that repetitive strain injuries from typing on a keyboard and manipulating a mouse for hours on end are the most frequently filed workers' compensation claims.
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Bank Reform Now CEO launches Yellow Vest Sydney gathering with powerful speech that spills the beans that the elite and their pollies don't want you to know about. The Yellow Vest movement's first Australian rallies began on Saturday the 19th of January 2019. While we have been inspired by the French movement Aussies are doing it their way. Peaceful gatherings to show the government we are sick of business as usual. For decades both major parties have worked against the people's interests. Just like BRN, the Yellow Vests want to bring power back to the people. They want to stop the elite controlling governments in order to facilitate their continuous fleecing of the people and country. Citizen Initiated Referendum is the only official policy they are pushing for.
This is the speech given by BRN CEO Dr B at the Sydney rally at Martin Place. He was asked by organisers to speak and of course he was happy to help ..... thanks to the sensible agreement that had been negotiated making Yellow Vest events family friendly and peaceful.
Dr P Brandson - Bank Reform Now CEO
Bank Reform Now
19 Jan 2019 - 7:27pm
BRN Helps Yellow Vests Launch In Australia
19/01/19 - Speech To Yellow Vest Gathering Martin Place Sydney - Dr P Brandson CEO Bank Reform Now
Wow..!! - Thank you all so much for being here. Today is the continuation of something big. The French started this and the Aussies are going to hit a home run with it. Let's do this the Aussie way..!!!
Nine independent yellow vest groups have come to an agreement - so please note: we are about peaceful action to empower the people. We are not interested in violence and vandalism. If you are wearing a yellow vest you must agree. We do not give the government any excuse to discredit the movement. Thank you to our friends in blue for being here with us to insure this is a great day for all of us.
Friends - we are all in this together. Our Yellow Vest Movement is peaceful, it is not political, we believe in love and mutual respect for all - doesn't matter what colour your skin is, what sex you are, what your religion is, who you might have voted for in the past. Left - Right / Liberal - Labor / Republican - Democrat - all these superficial differences have been magnified and abused to keep us divided and weak. It's the old story of divide and conquer.
I'm a full time country doctor. How come I was asked to speak to you today? It's a long story ... but I'll give you the short version. In a nutshell I strongly believe that once you really see injustice and corruption you can't un-see it …. and you can't forget it. More of us see it now daily and many of us are now joining together to stop it. The yellow vests have come at just the right time for Australia.
I founded Bank Reform Now 6 years ago to expose and then help reform the corruption and crime that exists in the finance system. In that time we rallied at Parliament House Canberra calling for a Banking Royal Commission and then when we got the limited - bank friendly - version we continued to fight for a longer and stronger one. Can you hear us Scott Morrison? Malcolm Turnbull didn't listen back then. There might be a lesson there for French President Macron – who - like Turnbull – is an ex-banker - (Rothschild and Goldman Sachs respectively).
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Do you think the banking system is fit for purpose?
Do you think bankers are fleecing you from cradle to grave and beyond?
Do you want an honest finance system that serves your needs?
The yellow vests are proposing a way to help you vote for reforms that will lead us to a much fairer system in banking and beyond.
Do you like the direction that our and the rest of the world's politicians have been leading our nations?
Do you think the world's leaders are really working in our interests?
Most countries have corrupted democracies whereby the people have no real choice because the parties likely to win serve elite interests and not those of the people. In those countries undermining the Constitution is a nasty tactic used by politicians against their own people and country.
The wars and economic manipulations that we are suffering (and paying for) are part of the geopolitical game that sees psychopaths and crooks reach the top. Once there the sole aim appears to be protecting their turf so that they can continue to rob the peoples of the world. Control of resources - including people - is the game. Taxation and debt is their weapon of choice.
That game sees our freedoms and rights trampled on. It's almost like the government is just another corporation that facilitates the draining of the country's wealth.
Dodgy banks, dodgy superannuation, dodgy insurance, dodgy regulators, dodgy politics and dodgy law. Do you see a pattern here? - George Orwell would.
Our politicians are not serving us. They serve the elite first ….. and themselves second …. we are a distant third.
Governments of all persuasions and monolithic corporations can poison us, spy on us, rob us and mislead us ….. and a corrupted inaccessible legal system actually helps them get away with it. Laws are made and waived by governments to suit the current elite. Much of the media also serves their favoured establishment. Something is wrong..!!
Surely the purpose of our institutions must be to serve the people's interests.
Is our legal system fit for purpose?
Is our government fit for purpose?
Do the people need to have more say and more power?
We are being treated as registered units of economic activity. Are you a human being or a registered economic unit?
We are human beings. We want a fair go to build a good life for our families in peaceful communities. Exploitative and often harsh societies that do not support their people's wellbeing exacerbate and cause the many ills that plague humanity – homelessness, financial insecurity, mindless consumerism, gambling, eating disorders, alcoholism, drug abuse, anxiety, depression, suicide – the situations, addictions and disorders that numb our quiet desperation ….. often overwhelm us …. and tragically sometimes kill us. It does not have to be like this.
And - so much can be done to heal and repair … but a politician will never bring the solutions to you - this is where the Yellow Vest call for Citizen Initiated Referendum comes in.
We don't ask for freedom - we don't beg for freedom - We must take freedom..!!
Do you want justice and freedom?
Do you want Australia to show the world how it can be done peacefully?
Just remember this – even though we have some serious problems we are living in one of the best countries in the world. I would love to see Aussies set an example that helps bring freedom, important reforms and justice to many countries and their peoples.
The rights we inherited and want to now rediscover should protect all people from abuses and harm. We have to stop the elite and their henchman in law and politics harming all people …. in all nations.
Do you think there would be austerity, war and hunger in a world where people got a fair go and where the global manipulators were stripped of their power?
If the system was fair do you think every three years we'd have to listen to dodgy politicians promising better roads, schools and hospitals?
Do you think switching between tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb every three years has been working for you and our country?
Do you think a system that applauds GDP figures that are built on corporate crimes and abuses is OK?
Every dodgy product or service that the government allows to be sold boosts the GDP. Even the pay and perks of politicians and bureaucrats that are working against your country's interests is boosting those rubbery GDP numbers.
Our wealth is not digits on the computer screens of the international private banking cartel. Our wealth is this country's resources and this country's people.
What we desperately need is a political system that appreciates and honours this. What we must have very soon is a means and system to ensure that our politicians do actually honour us and our great country.
Citizen Initiated Referendum - CIR - (our French brothers and sisters call it RIC) allows us to do just this. CIR enables and empowers a nation's people to directly inform its legislation. Rather than supposed representatives – the government – exclusively proposing, discussing and enacting law - citizens at large may engage in the process. We may propose legislation for debate and gauge one another's support for it. If popular, the legislation would then proceed to parliament. If the government does not want to make the change then it is bound to present the new law to the people at a referendum. If the law is accepted the parliament is obliged to honour the will of the people.
CIR can also be used to recall a Senator or MP. That means if an honourable politician somehow becomes dishonourable the voters in his or her electorate or State can decide to give them the boot. That sounds like real democracy.
Of course - with such power comes great responsibility. Along with CIR we must have certain cherished and respected fundamental inalienable rights that cannot be voted out of existence. A clearly expressed Bill of Rights that enshrines the critical concepts that are essential to a life lived in true freedom is required. We have a model here >> on the Bank Reform Now website.
With CIR, we could collectively and directly create a system that serves our interests – and one that is responsive to the changing world that we find ourselves in.
Industries are changing, economies are changing – work is changing very rapidly. With CIR we can share, discuss and implement reforms that will enable us to not merely survive these changes – but also to thrive with them.
This is serious - Artificial Intelligence and Automation is going to destroy millions of jobs and many people will be of zero economic value to the elite. The elite have plans when the next crash occurs. And you can be sure their plans will decrease your living standard with painful austerity measures and steal your remaining freedoms. We need to have policies developed and ready. We need to drive the change - otherwise your kids and grandkids will be living with more hardships and limitations than you and your parents had to endure. With the direction taken this century - opportunities for a good life are fast receding. A home of your own is already becoming an unattainable dream for many.
What can we achieve with CIR? Well let me give you an example very close to home.
Three years ago Bank Reform Now developed a three-point reform program inspired both by our changing world and also the great need for a system that is fit for purpose – fit for serving the people.
The policy suite centres around: a Sovereign wealth fund, a Sovereign monetary system, and a Triphasic Citizenship Dividend). Put together properly the combination is far more powerful and workable than any component on its own. The BRN Citizenship Dividend is fully funded and not of the type of basic income the elite want to use during the next crisis where digital "helicopter" money will be dropped into your bank account.
People now know that the money banks lend does not come from bank deposits. Contract abuse, promissory note manipulation and securitisation are methods used to fleece all of us. Ten years ago the biggest financial crisis since the 1930s created havoc and hardship around the world but the people who caused it got rewarded. It won't happen again. Banking is organised crime on a grand scale. It is time to fix it.
Reclaiming sovereignty over our monetary system is a key step that we can take to ensure that the wealth of our nation is no longer commandeered by a corrupt elite, while the sovereign wealth fund and citizenship dividend would work to invest in our nation's true wealth ……. its resources and people.
With these responsive reforms we would increase our standard of living through the technological and economic transitions of our age.
You could have the same or better standard of living with possibly half the number of paid hours work. Think about it. You could work part time, job share - work half a year. Much more time for enjoying life and being involved in productive non-economic activities.
We can build a country where the fair go really does exist.
I call these reforms S.U.M.I.R – it refers to the only mechanism which can bring about such reforms – people taking informed action - Stand - Unite and Make it Right …..…. Would it surprise you to know that the fundamentals of S.U.M.I.R are not new?
Australia's constitution, itself, gives its people sovereignty over its monetary system. Australia funded the Snowy Hydro Scheme - not with debt to foreign banks - but with sovereign money through its then sovereign bank …. the Commonwealth Bank. This bank was destroyed by bankers and politicians working against the people's interests – it was a slow death by a thousand cuts over decades before its carcass was finally sold off by Paul Keating.
Did the people vote for that sale? Was it done in secret behind closed doors …... by elites who'd rather not consult you?
The world's bankers and power brokers can't stand the idea of nations having a sovereign monetary system – because it takes the power out of their hands.
Our wealth is being stolen and transferred to the 0.1%. Billions of dollars every year! Credit creation is the goose that lays the golden egg. We can and should have world class services and infrastructure but the resources that would pay for it are being sucked out of our pockets and country.
S.U.M.I.R type proposals will only take off with people using their political power or using CIR.
So! - we used to have a Commonwealth Bank. Also – we have seen many nations build prosperity with sovereign wealth funds – Singapore, Norway, oil rich Middle East nations. With some innovative policies we could too. With Sovereign Money and Sovereign Wealth our nation can afford a Citizenship Dividend …. All possible if we look outside of the box and free ourselves from the status quo that binds us with paper chains, unsustainable debt and unreasonable taxes.
Finally, would it surprise you to know that CIR, itself, is not new? Switzerland has been engaging in CIR since the end of the 1800s. If the Swiss can have it, why can't we?
Let's reclaim our democracy!
Let's make our system fit for purpose!
Let's create a society that serves us – its people!
What can you do now?
1. Wear a yellow vest next week on Australia Day – wherever you are and whatever you are doing.
2. Attend political functions and events with your vest on. For example - the bank warriors are having a meeting on Tuesday February 12 at Parliament House in Canberra. Come along with your vest on. Details will be on the Bank Reform Now website and Facebook page – check them out and get involved.
3. Join up with your local Yellow Vest crew on Facebook.
4. Visit the website - australianyellowvestalliance.info – download and print flyers to hand out and put up on noticeboards. Keep your vest in the car and use it often. Use bumper stickers to show you care.
5. Regularly attend rallies and gatherings to help build momentum. Talk to your family and friends – they want a free and fair country too.
6. Prepare for the May Election. This one will be very different. First – there are no safe seats. Second – last time … (counting unregistered eligible voters) 30% of us did not vote for a major party. The ALP got its second worst result while the LNP its fourth worst. It is important to vote for candidates that support good policy – like CIR. If they don't support you … don't vote for them. The major parties have rigged the voting system with a forced preferential system. In other words if your chosen candidate doesn't win the vote goes to the ALP or LNP anyway. If you don't want your vote going to a major party – use one of the modified voting methods which will stop the preference flow – details will be on the BRN and Yellow Vest websites before the election.
Let's hope there are some good independents who commit to new ideas and innovative policies - regardless what the elite want. Also perhaps the new political landscape will see LNP and ALP candidates make their support for you much clearer ….. perhaps by seeing the writing on the wall and choosing independence & honour over unemployment & shame.
Despite what we have today discussed - there are some good people in Parliament House - just like there are some good people in banking. The problem is the system that they are working in. The system has been corrupted .... on purpose - to steal the power of the people and wreck our democratic rights and freedoms. CIR and the Aussie Yellow Vest movement can bring the changes our country needs if we work together wisely.
I am honoured to have been asked to be here today to help launch the Yellow Vest movement in Australia. Thank you to Maxime from the NSW crew for inviting me. Thank you to Roman Light in France for helping get the message out to us. Thank you to all the other Yellow Vest groups for working together to make this a success.
And - thank you to all of you for coming out and showing the world that we can help bring justice to the whole world one country at a time with honour, respect and goodwill. Thank you. You are all champs. And just to finish off I would like to remind everyone.
The Yellow Vest Alliance has agreed to peaceful mass action with the aim of putting into our system of government Citizens Initiated Referendum and to investigate how issues such as the following can be developed to enhance our democracy –
• Honest Government and Media
• Single Transaction Tax with no loopholes,
• Public-Owned Banks,
• Authentic Individual and National Freedom
• A modern Bill of Rights embedded into the Constitution.
The Australian Yellow Vest Alliance wants to team up with our Aussie family, so that together we will:
• EMPOWER OUR VOICE
• PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
• LOWER OUR TAXES
• BUY BACK AUSTRALIA
• DEMAND REAL JUSTICE
• PROTECT JOBS & RESTORE INDUSTRY
• RESTORE OUR ENVIRONMENT
• PROTECT FREE SPEECH
• ENSURE INFORMED CHOICE; and
• PROTECT OUR FREEDOM.
We are all Australians and together we cannot be stopped!
UPDATE April 2019 - At Election 2019 a party has registered the Yellow Vest name. This effectively sabotaged the movement. There have been no rallies since this occurred. BRN is not affiliated with any political party. The article above is written by BRN for people interested in reform .... not another political party.
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Australian Yellow Vest Alliance
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Australia's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
"We have, in this country, one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board. This evil institution has impoverished the people of the United States and has practically bankrupted our government. It has done this through the corrupt practices of the moneyed vultures who control it."
Congressman Louis T. McFadden