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Julie Bishop condemns Thai bombing as 'dreadful act'
Bomb blast at shrine popular with tourists in central Bangkok kills at least 19, injures more than 100
New Zealand paramedic working with local ambulance service describes seeing "bodies everywhere"
DFAT has not changed its safety advice on travelling to Thailand, but warns people should avoid the area around the Erawan Shrine and follow advice of local authorities.
Are you, or friends and family in Thailand? DFAT's 24-hour consular emergency contact: 1300 555 135 or if outside Australia: +61 2 6261 3305, or SMS: +61 421 269 080
Local police said bomb made from pipe wrapped in cloth aimed to "see a lot of people dead"
Were you, or people you know, at the scene of the blast? Tell us your story
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has condemned those behind the Bangkok bombing that has killed at least 19 people, describing the terrifying explosion as a "dreadful act".
"The thoughts of all Australians are with the injured and the families of those who have lost their lives through this dreadful act," she said in a statement released today.
"I have spoken with our Ambassador in Bangkok this morning and I can confirm that the Australian Embassy is working closely with Thai authorities.
"There is no evidence at this stage that Australian nationals are among the deceased or seriously injured.
"Australia will continue to liaise closely with Thai authorities in relation to this attack and will work to strengthen our bilateral and regional counter-terrorism cooperation".
Bomb blast rocks Bangkok tourist area, killing at least 19
A bomb exploded at a popular shrine in central Bangkok during evening rush hour Monday (Tuesday AU time), killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 100 and leaving body parts strewn across the streets of a neighbourhood full of five-star hotels and upscale shopping malls, officials said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, which caused the worst carnage of any single attack in recent memory in the Thai capital.
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Bangkok has been relatively peaceful since a military coup ousted a civilian government in May last year after several months of sometimes violent political protests against the previous government.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement it was working with authorities in Bangkok to determine whether Australians had been affected.
"At this stage we have no information that Australians are among the deceased or seriously injured," it said.
New Zealanders witness the horror
A New Zealand paramedic working with the Bangkok ambulance service, Marko Cunningham, said the blast had left a 6ft crater.
"There were bodies everywhere. Some were shredded. There were legs where heads were supposed to be. It was horrific."
Cunningham said people several hundred metres away had been injured.
NZME journalist Catherine Gaffaney is in Bangkok and heard about the blast when friends in the UK sent her a message over Snap Chat.
"My friend said, 'I hope you're OK', and I was like, 'what?'. Oh my God there's a bomb."
When Ms Gaffaney got to the scene of the bombing the area was closed off and there was a big military and police presence.
"Khao San Rd, the party street where all the expats and all the tourists hang out was closed. It was a lot quieter on the streets."
Ms Gaffaney is staying at a hostel, where the news was filtering through.
"Everyone's quite worried about it, quite stressed.
"People are calling up family... Everyone's on their phones looking at what's happening."
She wasn't aware of anyone who was leaving the city immediately but some tourists planning to leave tomorrow weren't sure if their train was still going.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman said there was no confirmed information on the nationalities of the blast victims.
"The New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok continues to seek information on the nationalities of victims and casualties from the explosion at the Erawan Shrine in Central Bangkok, and is liaising with local authorities."
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There are 470 Kiwis registered on the SafeTravel website as being in Thailand and the spokesman encouraged New Zealanders there or about to travel there to register their details on SafeTravel.govt.nz.
Anyone with concerns about a family member in Bangkok can call the ministry on +64 4 439 8000.
Kiwis in Bangkok have been contacted by the ministry telling them about the blast and of "unconfirmed local media reports" other bombs were found nearby.
"New Zealanders in Bangkok are advised to avoid travel to downtown Bangkok for the time being. We recommend exercising heightened vigilance at this time, monitoring the media for updates and adhering to the instructions of local authorities at all times, including any restrictions on movement," the ministry's advice says.
"We recommend contacting family in New Zealand as soon as possible to let them know you are okay.
"There is currently no change to our travel advisory risk levels for Bangkok or Thailand. We continue to advise caution in most parts of Thailand, including Bangkok, due to the threat from terrorism and potential for violent civil unrest."
Bomb had 100m "destructive radius"
The Royal Thai Police Office confirmed that of the 19 dead victims, 12 died at the scene.
The described the bomb as an IED and said it was composed of three kilogrammes of TNT stuffed in a pipe and wrapped with white cloth.
The Bangkok Post reported that the bomb's "destructive radius" was estimated at 100 metres. Authorities quickly recovered an electronic circuit suspected to be part of the device about 30 metres from the blast scene.
National police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang rushed to the scene and all 438 city schools were closed for safety reasons, the Bangkok Post reported.
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan expressed condolences to the families of the dead and injured victims.
He told the Bangkok Postit was too soon to say if the attacks were politically motivated or terrorism.
"But it was clear that the perpetrators intended to destroy the economy and tourism, because it occurred in the heart of (Bangkok's) business district," he said.
He believed whatever the motivation for the attack, the goal was clear - human casualties.
Defence spokesman Kongcheep Tantrawanich described the attack as "the work of those who have lost political interests and want to destroy the 'happy time' of Thai people".
"It's an attempt to ruin Thailand's tourism image and cause damage to the country's business sector,"he said..
"The group behind the bomb must stop the savage act done to their fellow Thais and stop hurting the nation."
Bomb 'aimed to kill'
The area around Bangkok's Erawan Shrine is filled with hundreds of tourists, office workers and shoppers at any given time. Police said the bomb was made from a pipe wrapped in cloth.
"Whoever planted this bomb is cruel and aimed to kill," said national police chief Somyot Poompummuang. "Planting a bomb there means they want to see a lot of people dead."
The shrine is at a major intersection that was the centre of many contentious political demonstrations in recent years - raising questions about whether the bombing was politically linked.
But police said it was too soon to determine the attack's motive.
Security video showed a powerful flash as the bomb exploded at around 7 p.m.
At least 19 people were confirmed dead and 117 injured, according to the Narinthorn emergency medical rescue center.
The dead included Chinese and a Filipino, Somyot said.
Anusit Kunakorn, secretary of the National Security Council, said Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the former army chief who orchestrated the May 2014 coup, was closely monitoring the situation.
"We still don't know for sure who did this and why," Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon told reporters.
"We are not sure if it is politically motivated, but they aim to harm our economy and we will hunt them down."
Although Bangkok has seen a period of relative calm since last year's coup, there has been some tension in recent months, with the junta making clear that it may not hold elections until 2017 and wants a constitution that will allow some type of emergency rule to take the place of an elected government.
Stirring the pot has been former Prime Minister Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and fled the country to avoid a corruption conviction.
Last week, Thaksin posted a message on YouTube urging his followers to reject the draft constitution because he said it was undemocratic.
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The draft charter is supposed to be voted on next month by a special National Reform Council. If it passes, it is supposed to go to a public referendum around January.
Another source of recent tension is the annual military promotion list, with the junta's top two leaders - Prime Minister Prayuth and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit - widely believed to be supporting different candidates.
The reshuffle, which comes into effect in September, has traditionally been a source of unrest, as different cliques in the army, usually defined by their graduating class in the military academy, seek the most important posts to consolidate their power.
International community condemns attack
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a statement after the bomb.
"I strongly condemn the blast in Bangkok. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. I pray for a speedy recovery of the injured," he said via Twitter.
International media have been tweeting live from the scene.
"Horrific carnage... bodies and injured everywhere," said BBC Asia correspondent Jonathan Head.
Reuters chief correspondent in Thailand Amy Siwitta Lefevre last tweeted two hours ago.
"Hours after the explosion streets close to scene of blast quiet/calm. Some tv stations resume normal broadcasting," she said.
Popular tourist destination
The Erawan shrine is dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma, but is extremely popular among Thailand's Buddhists as well as Chinese tourists.
Throngs of tourists come there to pray at all hours, lighting incense and offering flowers purchased from rows of stalls set up on the sidewalk along the shrine.
The site is a hubbub of activity, with quiet worshippers sometimes flanked by Thai dancers hired by those seeking good fortune, while groups of tourists shuffle in and out.
In March 2006, the shrine was vandalised by a man who smashed the statue of the four-headed Brahma with a hammer. The man, believed to be mentally ill, was lynched by bystanders.
A new Brahma statue was installed at the shrine within months, and was not damaged in the blast.
Brahma is the first god in the Hindu trinity and is said to be the creator of the universe. The other two gods are Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiva, the destroyer.
Although Thailand is predominantly Buddhist, it has enormous Hindu influence on its religious practices and language.
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Sampson, right, works with graduate students in her lab.
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Efforts to increase the representation of women among chemistry faculty at top Ph.D.-granting institutions appear to be paying off. The percentage of women holding faculty positions at the top 50 schools in terms of chemical R&D spending was 19.1% for the 2014–15 academic year, a more than 2% gain over the previous academic year, according to the latest survey conducted by the Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE), a diversity equity initiative cofunded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Energy.
Women have gained in faculty ranks, with the greatest improvement at the associate professor level.
Note: Tenured and tenure-track women chemistry faculty at the 50 schools identified by the National Science Foundation as having spent the most on chemistry research in fiscal 2014. The top departments in terms of the percentage of women is based on the 75 schools that spent the most on chemistry research in 2014.
The data show that the largest gains for women were made at the associate professor level, which jumped from 25.5% in 2013–14 to 29.7% in 2014–15. The percentages of female assistant professors and full professors at the top 50 departments grew slightly from 25.1% in 2013–14 to 26.1% in 2014–15, and from 13.3% in 2013–14 to 14.4% in 2014–15.
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OXIDE aims to broaden faculty diversity in gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, and sexual orientation. Every two years, OXIDE organizes a National Diversity Equity Workshop, where chairs of chemistry departments around the U.S. come together to discuss strategies to reduce barriers to diversity equity, such as implicit bias, and increase the representation of women and underrepresented minority faculty.
Led by Rigoberto Hernandez, a chemistry professor at Johns Hopkins University, OXIDE is among the more recent efforts to track data on women and underrepresented minority faculty in the chemical sciences. It began collecting annual data on women in 2009 and on underrepresented minorities in 2011 (C&EN, May 18, 2015, page 37). C&EN alternates in the years it reports the gender and underrepresented minority survey data.
Other efforts to compile data on women and underrepresented minority faculty were made by the ACS Women Chemists Committee in the 1970s and 80s, and later by the Nelson Diversity Surveys, conducted by Donna Nelson at the University of Oklahoma (C&EN, Jan. 4, page 2).
In addition to OXIDE, other initiatives aimed at addressing the gender gap include the NSF ADVANCE grants to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, and COACh, a grassroots organization offering career building workshops and other programs to help women succeed.
Nevertheless, the numbers of women faculty remain small, particularly at the full professor level. "If you just look at the numbers, we have a long way to go. If you look at individual success stories, I think there are a lot of people that are very successful that are women and underrepresented minorities," says Kay Brummond, chair and professor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh.
Two years ago, Brummond became the first female chair in the history of the department. She says part of the challenge involves changing the culture. "There have been times when our seminar slate has been almost entirely male," Brummond says. "If you have no women on your seminar slate, it's sending a message to students that only men have science worthy of presenting." She says her department is working on making sure women have more representation on the seminar slates.
Brummond (right) with her research group at the University of Pittsburgh.
In addition, each faculty member has three mentors to help them with various aspects of their career. "We've made a huge investment in our faculty, and we want them to succeed," Sampson says.
At the University of Oklahoma, chemistry department chair Ron Halterman says that they've added graduate student representation to their search committees. "Students are looking more at the mentoring relationship and they may not be quite so concerned with the metrics, like numbers of papers. They're more interested in whether this person can communicate clearly," he says.
Women held the greatest share of chemistry professorships at Rutgers University and Purdue University.
Note: Tenured and tenure-track faculty at the 50 schools identified by the National Science Foundation as having spent the most on chemistry research in fiscal 2014. For schools whose NSF ranking is based on multiple campuses, faculty numbers are for campuses listed in parentheses. na = not available. a Did not reply to requests for information. b Declined to participate.
On Sept. 20, 2016, this story was corrected to reflect the actual number of female faculty at Texas A&M University. This correction changes the overall percentage of full female professors at the top 50 departments to 14.4% in 2014–15, which is an increase in representation of 1%, not 2%, from the previous year. In the infographic, the top departments in terms of the percentage of women is based on the 75 schools identified by the National Science Foundation that spent the most on chemistry research in 2014.
At Purdue University we are particularly proud of the world class science carried out by our faculty. Amongst our women faculty in the past five years we have won two ACS Awards, multiple awards from ACS divisions and committees, and one has been recognized as an ACS Fellow. These professors – Bart, Chmielewski, Kenttämaa, and Towns—are international leaders in their fields of endeavor. We are tremendously proud of their leadership and accomplishments.


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VIDEO: 91yo Summerville woman reunites, dances with doctor
by: Heather Olinger
Posted: Feb 20, 2019 / 06:19 PM EST / Updated: Feb 20, 2019 / 06:19 PM EST
A 91 year old Summerville resident, who recently had a procedure done, isn't letting it get her down.
91-year-old Julia Tourtellotte went back to Trident Medical Center to reunite, and have a recovery dance with her doctor, Sabino DAgostino, MD, the neurosurgeon who performed her minimally invasive robotic spine surgery.
Tourtellotte, who started dancing at the age of 49, now teaches 90-minute clogging classes at Faith Sellers Senior Center in Summerville.
So, after experiencing pain in her legs, she met with Dr. DAgostino, who told her about the minimally invasive surgery option at Trident, the first hospital in South Carolina to offer the service last March.
Tourtellotte said she had no pain in her legs after she woke up from surgery and during a three-month recovery period, she said she would move her feet to dance steps when she was sitting down.
The day after she was cleared to go back to her regular activities, she started dancing again.

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Q: What is Mike Wright going through in terms of dealing with the concussion?
BB: He goes through whatever the trainers do with him. I don't know; I'm not a trainer. We have injuries. The trainers treat the injuries based on the symptoms and what the treatment is and how all that works and what the process is. That's what medical people do.
Q: Glad we could end on a high note.
BB: Yep. Thanks for asking that.


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Tyler Durden – The Justice Department and Hillary Clinton's legal team "negotiated" an agreement that blocked the FBI from accessing emails on Clinton's homebrew server related to the Clinton Foundation, according to a transcript of recently released testimony from last summer by former FBI special agent Peter Strzok.
Republican-led concerns that the DOJ, under the Obama administration, was too cozy with the Clinton team during the 2016 presidential campaign have grown louder in recent days. Earlier this week, Fox News exclusively reviewed an internal chart prepared by federal investigators working on the so-called "Midyear Exam" probe into Clinton's emails. The chart contained the words "NOTE: DOJ not willing to charge this" next to a key statute on the mishandling of classified information.
The notation appeared to contradict former FBI Director James Comey's repeated claims that his team made its decision that Clinton should not face criminal charges independently.
Strzok was fired from the FBI after months of intense scrutiny over anti-Trump text messages he exchanged with his mistress – FBI lawyer Lisa Page. Both Strzok and Page were involved at the highest levels of both the Clinton email investigation and the counterintelligence investigation on President Trump and his 2016 campaign.


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José Luis Pérez Valencia est un lutteur libre mexicain.

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Médaillé de bronze aux Jeux d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes de 1946 à Barranquilla en moins de 68 kg,  José Luis Pérez Valencia dispute les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1948 à Londres, affrontant notamment Hermann Baumann en moins de 67 kg ; il est éliminé dès le premier tour. Il remporte aux Jeux panaméricains de 1951 à Buenos Aires la médaille de bronze des moins de 70 kg.

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Lutteur mexicain
Lutteur aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1948
Décès en mai 1963
Date de naissance non renseignée (XXe siècle)

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A Damning Report
"We now have a governance process that is no longer based on any recognizable principles."
— Office of the Ombudsman Report, September 2012
Allow me to take exception to this assertion made by Toronto's Ombudsman in a report delivered about some 'irregularities', let's call them, in the civic appointments process made during our current term of city council. It might seem like a semantics quibble but I think it goes to the heart of how the Ford Administration has sought to govern since it was elected in 2010. In fact, there are 'recognizable principles' at work. Just not ones that we normally associate with a properly functioning democracy.
Those new principles can be summed up in a couple succinct sentences.
We won. We get to operate by our own rules.
Oh yeah. And there's a PS
Suck it up, losers.
Reading through the report, you get this sense that the mayor's office, operating at the height of its power in 2011, was both ad hoc in their approach to coordinating efforts with Committee chairs and relentlessly single-minded in their drive to bulldoze established processes in order to re-jig the governance structure to work in their favour. Politically ham-fisted interference with the civic appointments to boards hadn't been done before, not because it was considered improper but because, well, maybe nobody thought to do it before. Don't blame us for being innovative and creative.
It's also hard to avoid concluding that there was an orchestrated attempt to put undue pressure on city staff in order to short circuit the established process for properly vetting, screening and nominating qualified candidates. First, delay things. Pass a budget that further trims resources that staff have to do their work thoroughly. Then, unnecessarily shrink the timeline, thereby guaranteeing a rushed, less vigorous and, quite possibly, compromised outcome.
And your response?
Hey. Don't look at me. It's not my fault staff can't do their job.
The report's conclusion are damning, showing a willful disregard for protocol. Outcome trumped everything. Ends justifying the means.
Some 50 findings from the Ombudsman, and quite a few doozies.
"This investigation revealed that the process for recruitment and selection of citizen members to boards did not follow the requirements set out in the Public Appointments Policy."
"City staff's ability to carry out their responsibilities under the Policy was compromised."
"There were insufficient resources particularly when the timelines changed."
"While staff articulated concerns to the Committee and to the Mayor's Office, they were put in an untenable position. On the one hand, public servants have a duty to serve the best interests of the corporation and through it, the public. On the other, staff felt they could not refuse the directions given to them by the Mayor's Office."
"The compressed schedule imposed a considerable burden on staff resources, which were already limited and overloaded."
"Staff did the job as directed in one week with the inevitable flaws that resulted."
"The changes to the schedule did not emanate from the Committee but from the Mayor's Office. Committee members were not aware of the direction from the Mayor's Office."
And on and on it goes.
In an article written today before this report went public, Matt Elliott wrote of scandal fatigue with Mayor Ford. He points out that the level of polled support for the mayor has remained fairly steady at 42% regardless of any good news or bad news that surfaces for him. Sure he's done some questionable stuff but he's also done some good stuff. I still support our mayor.
While I hope Matt's wrong I fear he's right. In a sensible world, the Ombudsman's report should crater Mayor Ford's support to irreparable levels. His ongoing disregard for the tenets of responsible, open and transparent government seem to know no limits.
I hope that those who were elected to city council along with Mayor Ford can now set aside any political calculations and do what needs to be done. Along with pushing forward the Ombudsman's recommendations on the civic appointment process, they should collectively assume control of the Committee appointments from the mayor who seems more interested in pushing his agenda forward at the expense of the city's best interests. It's a to the victors go the spoils mentality that is now benefitting no one.
— disconcertedly submitted by Cityslikr
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Simon Says on September 28, 2012 at 4:52 pm said:
Sonny on September 29, 2012 at 4:39 pm said:
What is interesting is that he wanted to only use the Sun & Post to find right wing douchebags. Rather than the Star with the highest circulation to find educated and qualified people…


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The Safest Countries in the World, 2019
Switzerland, Singapore, and Taiwan were some of the world's safest countries in 2019.
Tourists enjoying the sight of Mount Fuji in Japan, one of the world's safest countries.
During the ten years history of the foundation of the Prosperity rankings, it becomes clear that establishing personal safety and security, adequate personal freedoms, and broadly principled systems of governance are generally prerequisites to building a functioning economy.
Let's see which countries are considered the safest according to the Legatum Prosperity Index 2019. The parameters explored and scored are War and Civil Conflict, Terrorism, Politically Related Terror and Violence, Violent Crime (Intentional homicides, safety walking alone at night, Physical security of women), Property Crime (including Business costs of organized crime).
Switzerland, a clear winner of the world score for both the politically motivated violence and violent crimes, the country deserves the credit: it rose 30 ranks. It cleared up institutional misconduct in just ten years. There is quite a lot of property crime, but it is not surprising for "the bank of Europe." It is safe to walk at night, and the violence towards women is uncommon. Traveling in Switzerland is secure, as violent crime is infrequent in the country. Petty crimes like pickpocketing became slightly more frequent in recent years, particularly in the big cities like Geneva and tourists are its typical target. Another concern is the thefts of vehicles of all kinds, including cars, scooters, and bikes. Still, if you watch out for pickpockets in city centers, transport hubs, on public transport, and keep an eye on your valuables reasonably, you have nothing to worry about.
Norway deserves a high score for achieving safety in every aspect that is determined by the government and institutions themselves: clean slate for the politically motivated violence, and top rating for crimes. Unlike in other countries, all other parameters have improved over the decade. The only complaints tourists have regarding safety concerns weather conditions, especially during winter and in the Northern part of the country. Tourists die in the wilderness because of a lack of experience or equipment. Waterfalls can be dangerous too, and the weather can go from sunny to an enormous storm very quickly in summer. Norway invests heavily in Search And Rescue and tourist education.
8. Luxembourg
Luxembourg's stable and high-income market economy is growing stably, with a high level of innovation and low unemployment. With no Politics Related Terror and Violence and no detected terrorism cases still struggled with property crime a little but not to the point of compromising general safety: the country holds the top score for women safety, too.
7. Hong Kong
Hong Kong got a high score because of quite a low record of violent crime and zero terrorism incidents. Still, politically motivated violence places the country on the 25th rank, with the deterioration in the last decade. Yet, for a tourist, it should be safer to walk at night than on average. For tourists, Hong Kong is a non-violent city. Travelers can become victims of petty theft, but this can be prevented by taking precautions. Typhoons are frequent in Hong Kong during the summer. Although some typhoons do not touch land, the storms and winds can still cause significant damages, flooding, or landslides.
Denmark ended up in 5th place due to the occasions of terrorism-related situations in the country, unfortunately, faced in 2019. Nevertheless, the country demonstrated an outstanding improvement in Politically Related Terror and Violence, reducing the number of suspected occasions to zero and lifting itself from the below 20th place to the top score in just one decade. It shows that humane ideals are firm in their position over any political agenda.
Iceland lost a few points due to producing a few political refugees and terrorism incidents it faced in 2019. But the country holds a definitively top score for political violence and power misuse: it values its citizens' human rights and upholds the rule of law. Iceland's unemployment rate and poverty rates are nearly non-existent, which produces a naturally safe environment.
Singapore: this wealthy state city is a financial hub named one of the Asian "tigers." It is also renowned for its strict local laws. Accordingly, the top score for the property crime and no incidents of Terrorism during 2019 lifted Singapore to the top 10. There were a few cases of political imprisonment, but just a few compared to the world average. The country is considered exceptionally safe for walking alone at night, maintaining its reputation among both locals and tourists.
3. Taiwan
Taiwan: this island country is located in East Asia, off the coast of southwest of Okinawa, Japan and north of the Philippines. Taiwan is a surprising winner among the European and Scandinavian countries and is the one which showed immense improvement in safety and security during the last decade. Property crime rose from the 60th to 13th place, and the war and politics related rights violations remained clean for the entire decade: a beautiful trend and outstanding achievement. The only concerns for travelers are pickpockets, which are not, however, higher than in other cities, occasional typhoons, and ATM scams.
Austria, unfortunately, had to face a few terrorist attacks incidents, but it holds steadily reasonable rates for political safety and general crime. Austria's enduring legacy of its decades of neutrality can be seen in a large number of international organizations that call Vienna their home, including the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Traveling in Austria presents very few risks. Its robbery and assault rates are among the lowest in the developed world. What makes Austria a great sightseeing destination, is that even the small towns and natural areas like woodland are very safe at any time of the day. Pickpockets do exist, although they are not common, so beware in crowded places.
Japan is famous for being a very safe country for both its citizens and tourists, although it did lose a few points on the political pressure over the last decade. It is considered very safe for tourists, especially women: many trains heading to the suburbs even have women-only cars. As long as you avoid a few select districts: for example, Kabukicho is the biggest red-light district on earth. The Firearm and Sword Possession Control Law is very strict about the civilian ownership of guns, swords, and other weapons. Japans uphold the law that "no person shall possess a firearm or firearms or a sword or swords," and there are few exceptions. The incidence rate of violent crimes is very low in Japan, and death from weapons or gunfire traumas are very rare. Clearly, the no-gun rule is working well.
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Q: Is there a hard limit of 65536 open TCP connections per IP address on linux? Is there a hard limit of 65536 open TCP connections per IP address on linux?
I read somewhere that there was, but someone is asking for confirmation and i just can't find it.
I seem to remember it was something about the file descriptors being a 16 bit integer which limits it somehow?
Or is this hokum, and is there simply no limit other than how beefy the server is?

A: You may be thinking of number of ports.  There are 65536 ports available in the TCP in the current versions of IPv4.  This is not just a Linux limitation, its part of the protocol.  Your IP address identifies your machine, and the port identifies a program on your machine.
But, the number of connections isn't limited by that.  A connection consists of 5 pieces of info, in geek speak a 5-tuple.  It is determined by protocol (TCP, UDP), local IP address and port, and remote IP address and port.  So, take a webserver.  It can service many connections on the same port (most likely 80).  Your webserver can even support multiple connections to the same client machine.  Say, you're connecting to google.com from two windows.  Your machine will pick an unused port for each connection.  So, google's server will have to keep track of (TCP, google.com, 80, yourmachine, someport1) and (TCP, google.com, 80, yourmachine, someport2).  At some point you'd bump into limits, but it's not a hard limit, and is very system dependent.
And yes, each socket is a file descriptor, but not all machines use shorts for the fd table. On my system, a not tuned at all system, cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max gives 323997.  I'm sure I could boost it if I needed to.
So, there is a limit of 65336, but it has to do with addressing, not number of connections. Number of connections is limited, but more by system config, and how much memory it has.

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Study: E-mail Use By Top Firms Highly Inefficient
Tuesday Sep 11th 2001 by Christopher Saunders
A study by the IMT Strategies, the Direct Marketing Association and the Association for Interactive Media blasts some long-held assumptions about online direct marketing.
Despite their growing use of e-mail marketing, large businesses are facing serious problems that stand to drastically undermine the industry's long-term effectiveness, according to a new study conducted by IMT Strategies and sponsored by the Direct Marketing Association and the DMA's subsidiary, the Association for Interactive Media.
As a result, even though permission e-mail seems well-suited to marketing applications -- with average CRM conversion costs often one-tenth those of direct mail -- the research suggests that big companies are largely bungling it.
Chiefly, the findings suggest that as e-mail expands in popularity among top marketers, the channel is falling increasingly out-of-step with consumers' maturing demands, and marketers' own ability to manage their data.
For one thing, customers have higher expectations for permission marketers than they did two years ago. For instance, 50 percent more consumers say they get "more e-mail than they can handle" than last year, while 77 percent of online customers delete unwanted commercial e-mails without reading them.
They also tend to look unfavorably on marketers who send them unsolicited or irrelevant e-mailed offers -- which could impact their willingness to give personal information. Indeed, 19 percent of the 300 consumers polled by the study's authors said they refused to give away any personal information at all.
Meanwhile, the study suggests that even though they are spending record amounts on e-mail marketing annually -- about $1.4 billion in 2000, according to the New York-based DMA -- permission marketers are being hit with ballooning campaign management costs while seeing eroding response rates.
Indeed, 22 percent of the 300 Global 2000 firms that IMT Strategies surveyed described their permission e-mail management as "out of control" -- with the average large organization using four independent e-mail databases, and 41 percent using five. Only 12 percent of organizations used enterprise-wide customer databases -- that integrated data across parts of the organization -- to run their e-mail programs.
It's not just marketers' data management that's running awry -- companies are often completely failing to target messages to the appropriate audiences, according to the study. Less than half of the marketers surveyed said they lacked ways to manage the relevance of the e-mails they send to their customers.
And all those inefficiencies add up. Stamford, Conn.-based IMT Strategies said that for every dollar that corporations spend with outside vendors, another two are spent on hidden costs -- such as in-house campaign management, content development, channel and permission policy governance, and database management.
Not surprisingly, then, as the complexity of the enterprise increases, campaigns' effectiveness appears to decrease. Large companies -- those with more than $500 million in revenues -- typically saw e-mail campaign response rates about half of those of smaller, more closely managed firms, according to the study's authors.
The findings stand in marked contrast to some long-held assumptions about the industry: that it's automatically cheaper and more efficient than direct marketing, provides for better targeting, and can produce better conversion rates. Evidently, that's far from the truth, at least in practice.
"As 2001 progresses, e-mail will serve as the 'poster child' for much of what is wrong with the multi-channel sales and marketing processes currently in place at large organizations," said IMT Strategies president Stephen Diorio. "Without better process and policy management many marketers risk destroying the e-mail channel before it has time to mature."
In addition to the DMA and AIM, other sponsors of the study included e-mail marketers DoubleClick, (NASDAQ:DCLK) Netcentives, (NASDAQ:NCNT) NetCreations, Quiris, Responsys and CMGI's (NASDAQ:CMGI) yesmail.com.


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Billionaire Warren Buffet, 90, Is Celebrating 12 Years Since Prostate Cancer Treatment– How Do Men Decide Treatment?
Published Sep 28, 2020
Buffet beat cancer quickly after catching it early in April 2012, and doing radiation treatments.
Anne McCarthy
Billionaire Buffet Beat Cancer
Warren Buffet beat prostate cancer in 2012 following radiation therapy.
Buffet thankfully caught the cancer very early, when it was deemed non-life-threatening.
His story highlights the need for early screenings, and how catching it early affects treatment options.
He's the man who's made millions – no, make that billions, with a "b." Billionaire and prostate cancer survivor, Warren Buffet, 90, triumphed over the disease after undergoing radiation treatments eight years ago. Nearly eight years to the day, he concluded the radiation treatments, which have, thankfully, proven effective for the notorious Nebraskan.
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The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway never let cancer slow him down, either. After 44 days of radiation treatment, he announced to his company – and later, to the world – that he was done with treatment.
Catching the disease early helped Buffet's successful outcome. He was diagnosed in April 2012 and successfully completed treatments in September 2012. When Buffet first got his diagnosis, the cancer was in the early stages of development, and thus deemed not life-threatening.
Early Screening
As Buffet has shown, early screening for prostate cancer is critically important. Dr. James Brooks, Chief of Urologic Oncology at Stanford Medicine, tells SurvivorNet that "For prostate cancer, screening saves lives, family history can matter a lot, but you should also understand that leading doctors in the field debate when men actually need screening."
Related: If You Have a Family History of Prostate Cancer, Get Screened Early
The debate that exists around screening timing complicates matters. Thus, it's important to be proactive about one's health and take charge for yourself. If something feels off to you, it may well be so. Genetics play a part, too. So know your family's cancer history.
"It's estimated that five to ten percent of prostate cancer can run in families," says Dr. Brooks. This means that if you have a close family member who has had prostate cancer, the risk of your getting it as well could be double the standard rate of risk. Men who have family members who have had prostate cancer also tend to get the disease at a younger age. If you fit this genetic profile, you should start screening for the disease as early as age 45. Speak to your doctor about what may be right for you.
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Buffet underwent radiation treatment, and other treatment options exist, too. Surgery is possible for this type of cancer, and its efficacy will depend on the stage of the cancer. Speak with your doctor about the best option for you and your body.
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Treatment options will generally be assessed on the basis of risk-level of the cancer: Low risk, Intermediate risk, and High risk. The risk group classification will generally inform what type of treatment is best, as will factors like age, overall health, life expectancy, and goals for treatment.
The most common treatment options for prostate cancer include:
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It's important to know your family's background when it comes to cancer, and to also be attentive to all the primary risk factors for prostate cancer. They include:
Why You May Have a Greater Risk When it Comes to Prostate Cancer
Black men face more than double the rate of death from prostate cancer as non-Black men. This deeply troubling statistic highlights the disparities that exist in cancer treatment for minorities and the need for greater clinical trials and increased screening availability.
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Age plays a part, too, in prostate cancer risk factor. As men hit the big 6-0, their risk of prostate cancer increases significantly, so regular screenings and PSA tests are imperative.
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Written by Anne M. McCulloch
He rose to power in 1750 or early 1751 after the previous chief, Young Warrior, and the other headmen of the tribe were ambushed by a group of northern Indians, probably of the Iroquois Confederation.
Catawba chief. King Hagler (Haigler, Arataswa) is the best known of the Catawba chieftains. Nothing is known of his early life. He rose to power in 1750 or early 1751 after the previous chief, Young Warrior, and the other headmen of the tribe were ambushed by a group of northern Indians, probably of the Iroquois Confederation. Hagler had been hunting and was not with the group when they were killed. His first official act came in 1751, involving a peace delegation organized by Governor James Glen of South Carolina and Governor Dewitt Clinton of New York to treat with the Iroquois Confederation at Albany, New York. Hagler was accompanied on this journey by William Bull II and five headmen of the Catawba tribe. The Catawba and the Iroquois had been implacable enemies for hundreds of years, leading to much bloodshed between them, despite the great distance separating their lands. After signing the peace treaty, Hagler returned home to discover that a band of "northern Indians" had attacked members of the Catawba tribe. Two more peace envoys were required (1752 and 1761) before peace was finally established between the ancient enemies.
The Catawba under King Hagler supported the British in the French and Indian War by sending a contingent of soldiers to fight with Colonel George Washington in the winter of 1756 and the spring of 1757. A smaller contingent of Catawba returned to Virginia to fight with General John Forbes in 1758. While there they contracted smallpox. On their returning home, the disease quickly spread through the Catawba, killing half their population. King Hagler was not in the village at the time of the outbreak and again escaped death.
The single most important event of King Hagler's reign was the Treaty of Pine Tree Hill, which he negotiated in July 1760. It provided for a reservation fifteen miles square (144,000 acres) on the border of North and South Carolina. The reservation borders were later fixed by the Treaty of Augusta, which was signed on November 5, 1763, shortly after Hagler's death.
Although Hagler is commonly known in history as King Hagler, the title of "King" was not a traditional Indian title. Rather, it was bestowed on him by Governor James Glen sometime in the early 1750s. This was a common custom of colonial governors when dealing with Indian nations. Simultaneously, Governor Arthur Dobbs of North Carolina gave the title to James Bullen, a brave Catawba warrior during the French and Indian War. However, Bullen died before he could successfully challenge Hagler for leadership of the tribe.
On August 30, 1763, Hagler was returning with a servant from visiting the Waxhaws. He was ambushed on the road to Catawba Old Town on Twelve Mile Creek by seven Shawnees, who shot him six times and then scalped him.
Brown, Douglas Summers. The Catawba Indians: The People of the River. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1966.
Merrell, James H. The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors from European Contact through the Era of Removal. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
Milling, Chapman J. Red Carolinians. 1940. Reprint, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1969.
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'Star Wars' zooms to $1 billion at box office in record time
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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Makes Box Office History
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has blasted past the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office in record time, Disney said Sunday.
The blockbuster seventh entry in the beloved sci-fi space franchise achieved the feat in 12 days of global release, beating the 13 days that former record-holder "Jurassic World" took to manage the feat in June.
The J.J. Abrams-directed reboot took in a spectacular $286 million worldwide this weekend, with $153 million coming from North America and $133 million from overseas. That lifted the global total to $1.09 billion, with $546 million coming from abroad — without China — and $544.5 million from North America.
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The Origins and History
An 18 year old, Thomas Neilson from Thorsk in Scotland, opened a second-hand book shop in 1798 at 7 West Bow, Edinburgh. The shop was located on the corner of the West Bow, where Castle Hill joins the Lawnmarket.
Shortly thereafter Neilson began publishing reprints, mainly of religious texts, an area of printing that would eventually make his fledgling company one of the most dominant global publishing houses. His aim was to allow access to literature for the working man. Along with his reprints of the Bible in affordable instalments, he also issued copies of The Pilgrim's Progress and Robinson Crusoe to name but a few.
Thomas Neilson changed his name to Nelson in 1818 and incorporated within his publisher's logo an image of the West Bow premises.
William Nelson joined his father's company in 1835 and in 1839 Thomas Nelson Jnr, then 17 years old, also joined and "Thomas Nelson & Son's" was established.
Hope Park
The company flourished and on leaving the West Bow in 1839, Thomas Snr passed the management of the company to his son's. Thomas Jnr, opened a London office before returning to Edinburgh and locating in the Hope Park area of Edinburgh in 1845. The site today is where Buccleuch Street joins Hope Park Crescent. A prominent south side location, looking onto the east end of the Meadows.
Thomas Jnr, like his father was a philanthropist who ensured his "family" of workers were educated and cared for.
In 1850 Thomas Jnr revolutionised the printing world with his invention of the Rotary Printing Press.
Thomas Nelson Snr died in 1861. When made aware of his impending fate he held a copy of the Bible and said "Now I must finish my chapter".
During this period of prosperity "Salisbury Green", which was originally built around 1780 was remodeled in 1860-67 and became the residence of William Nelson. "Salisbury Green" is currently a hotel situated within the grounds of the Pollock Halls at the Dalkeith Road entrance.
Thomas Nelson Jnr resided at St Leonard's Hall, built in 1869-70. The house is also located within the current Pollock Hall Site at the Holyrood Park Road entrance. The house has over the years since been used as a Red Cross Hospital during World War I. An all girl's school "St. Trinean's School for Girls", from which it is believed, the St.Trinian's stories originated. And, the HQ for the Home Guard during World War II.
The company suffered a major setback in April 1878 when the Hope Park premises were destroyed by fire. The company carried on in temporary accommodation kindly provided by the Edinburgh City authorities.
In acknowledgement of the assistance offered by the city authorities at this time the Nelson brothers presented to the city the landmark pillars that now stand at the east end of the Meadows.
In 1880 Thomas Nelson and Son's moved to newly built premises at Parkside Terrace. The site of the current Scottish Widows complex.
William Nelson died in 1887 and five years later Thomas Nelson Jnr died bringing to close the end of a remarkable era.
The company which they had so successfully developed continued to prosper and was managed by George M. Brown (son in law of Thomas Nelson) and John Buchan author of The 39 Steps. The sons of Thomas Nelson Jnr, Tommy and Ian joined the company and continued their fathers work. Tommy Nelson lost his life in battle 1917.
Before, during and after these turbulent war years, and up to closure, the Thomas Nelson and Son's "family" enjoyed the benefits of their philanthropic founder's vision. To provide a fair and caring environment, of work and leisure, for all employees. A recreational area was created for the workers known as "The Field" which was on the opposite side of Holyrood Park Road from the print works. Workers had their own sports teams and facilities which included, football, pitch and putt and bowling. The bowling section originating in 1902. In addition, the Nelson Institute Hall was available for get-togethers after work. Hosting dances, concerts and also serving as the daytime canteen. The Institute Hall stands on Dalkeith Road at the foot of Holyrood Park Road.
The Parkside Bowling Club (1902) flourished and organised annual championship competitions, the inaugral winner being Mr R.Wilson under the Presidency of Mr J.Currie. Competitions were arranged with other established club's and notably in 1910 Parkside Bowling Club were invited to partake in the Maule Trophy Bowling Association. This association of industrial clubs was originated by Sir Robert Maule, a fellow philanthropist, who invited club's from the foremost succesful industries of the day (Printing) Parkside, (Railways) Caledonian, (Transport) Tramways and (Postal services) Postal to partake in an annual event. This event continues to this day.
In 1948 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the company, the Parkside Print Works were visited by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret.
In 1962 Thomas Nelson and Son's merged with another renowned publishing firm The Thomson Organisation. The editorial works moved to London whilst the printing and binding arm remained at Parkside.
In 1968 the printing and binding works were sold to Morrison & Gibb and the site and all associated recreational grounds were sold for redevelopment.
Privatisation of what was then the print works Parkside Bowling Club green and clubhouse was realised in 1969.
As a result of the building of the Royal Commonwealth Pool within "The Field", the old bowling clubhouse was demolished and a new clubhouse built. Furthermore, as a result of the widening of Holyrood Park Road the Bowling Green was reduced by a metre or so closest to the road and extended by the same at the opposite end.
Since privatisation Parkside Bowling Club has continued to prosper and has been fortunate to have had many members, ex print work employees, who recall the earlier years and the pleasure it was to have been associated with Thomas Nelson and Son's.
Thomas Nelson Snr, William and Thomas Jnr
The original Nelson Logo
Salibury Green St Leonards Hall
The Fire at Hope Park
The Nelson Pillars situated at the east end of the Meadows
Nelson Print Works at Parkside
Aerial view of the Parkside Print Works with "The Field" to the right,
including the original bowling green
The Maule Trophy 1910 Sir Robert Maule 1852-1931
A current Aerial View


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It is known to enhance the action of insulin, a hormone critical to the metabolism and storage of carbohydrate, fat, and protein in the body. In 1957, a compound in brewers' yeast was found to prevent an age-related decline in the ability of rats to maintain normal levels of sugar (glucose) in their blood. It was identified as the active ingredient in this so-called "glucose tolerance factor" in 1959.
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Q: Linq query not returning values I currently have 2 dbContexts, I am not sure if this makes a difference.  ApplicationDbContext and CompanyDBContext.  The tables have already been setup within the database and I have added data within the companydetails table.
I probably have a couple problems with my code, I am not sure what I have done within the view regarding the companyID is correct, but mainly my question is I am not sure as to why my linq query does not return any results when I have data in my table.
My CompanyDBContext goes as is
public class CompanyDBContext : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<CompanyDetails> companies { get; set; }
}

and here is my model
public class CompanyDetails
{
    [Key, DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
    public int? companyID { get; set; }

    [Display(Name = "Company Name")]
    public string CompanyName { get; set; }
}

I have written a linq query which should have got back the one row I put into the the database.  With this linq query I then construct a list of SelectListItems which I pass to the viewbag, and then I want to be able to have a dropdown box with the company name in, in which the user selects.
 public ActionResult Register()
    {
        //var regViewModel = new RegisterViewModel();

        List<SelectListItem> companyList = null;

        using(var companies = new CompanyDBContext())
        {
            var companyNamesQuery = (from comp in companies.companies
                                     select new SelectListItem
                                     {
                                         Text = comp.CompanyName,
                                         Value = comp.companyID.ToString()
                                     });
            companyList = companyNamesQuery.ToList();

            @ViewBag.companies = companyList;
        }

        return View();
    }

and here is the view,
    @using (Html.BeginForm("Register", "Account", FormMethod.Post, new { @class = "form-horizontal", role = "form" }))
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()

Create a new account.

    @Html.ValidationSummary("", new { @class = "text-danger" })

        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Email, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })

            @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email, new { @class = "form-control" })

        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.userCompanyID, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })

            @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.userCompanyID, new SelectList(ViewBag.companies, "companyID", "CompanyName"))

        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Password, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })

            @Html.PasswordFor(m => m.Password, new { @class = "form-control" })

        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.ConfirmPassword, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })

            @Html.PasswordFor(m => m.ConfirmPassword, new { @class = "form-control" })

            <input type="submit" class="btn btn-default" value="Register" />

}

Here are my connection strings
    <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=xxxxxx\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=DBTest;User ID=x;Password=Xxxxx1;Persist Security Info=False;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="DevConnection" connectionString="Data Source=xxxxxx\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=DBTest;User ID=x;Password=Xxxxx1;Persist Security Info=False;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

A: Per the comments, double check your connection string. Either you're pointing to the wrong server, the wrong database, or the data never made it into the table.
This line:
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.userCompanyID, new SelectList(ViewBag.companies, "companyID", "CompanyName"))

In this line:
var companyNamesQuery = (from comp in companies.companies
                                 select new SelectListItem
                                 {
                                     Text = comp.CompanyName,
                                     Value = comp.companyID.ToString()
                                 });

You created a new List of SelectListItem. Only the properties Text and Value are available to you on your view.
This dropdown list should be:
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.userCompanyID, new SelectList(ViewBag.companies, "Value", "Text"))

A: The answer is because I was not using the right connection string.  When I had created the new connection string which did not have the same name as my dbContext I had not passed the connection string to the base class