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End Transmission Devour
Missing Words Records
End Transmission just got back from its first tour, an insane 40-date indie run that found the band sleeping most nights in a conversion van and playing to sometimes hostile crowds and empty rooms. That's a good thing. The band members' ethic is a throwback to a bygone era when bands spent more time on the road than online. On Devour, the band's first full-length, it wears its influences on its sleeve. Produced by Jose Galvez of the sorely missed Los Angeles keyboard rockers Ozma, the album conveys a "melody comes first" ethos. Huge pop hooks, catchy key lines and clever lyrics about relationship frustration are the blueprint for standout tracks like "89," "Talking In Circles" and "Say You Will." Though not screamo-friendly or drum looped enough for the popular kids, it's an excellent debut that transcends scenes by a band that puts in the work. End Transmission will be at Bombay on Sunday, Dec. 27. Available at www.missingwords.com, iTunes and local retailers.
— Chris Jay
Blackbird Records
Ventura natives Lovebird hit the ground running with their self-titled debut, an absorbing arrangement of songs that mingles brooding shoegaze rock with indie-pop of a personal nature. The band quickly reveals itself in the first three songs, starting with the early '90s alternative jangle about romantic reluctance "I Will," giving way to total devotion on the lush and hypnotic slow-dance ballad "Tonight." The album collects no moss with the pulse-pounding third track, "Slowly After," a stirring lament revealing perhaps the band's strongest potential in its ability to maintain powerful rock momentum without leaving its shimmering guitar lines and harmonized vocal choruses the least bit rushed. Lovebird then seals the deal with the dreamy fuzzed-out rock of "Ending of Control" and the soulful psychedelia of the closer, "There Is a Light." A fine start for a promising new band. Available on iTunes, Rhapsody and Amazon. For sale at Salzer's Records and other local retailers.
— Chris Mastrovito
The Calamity
Songs from the Gold Coast
Not a huge departure for members of Army of Freshmen, nor particularly threatening for a band with a name that suggests as much — the Calamity's debut full-length is actually quite benign, friendly even. Songs from the Gold Coast is a polished collection of piano-driven, radio-ready, well-constructed pop songs for a mainstream audience.
Inoffensive themes paired with pretty melodies give the songs a fresh-scrubbed appeal, sort of like date music for business students. Probably the most striking element of the 11 songs is Owen Bucey's piano work, which is dominant but not overbearing. While the Calamity has clearly mastered the modern pop-rock formula, it's the alt-country hues that suit it best and will likely propel it in the future. Already popular locally, the Calamity is preparing for a month-long residency at Billy O's in January, where they will be joined by the likes of Delaney Gibson and the Grandmas. Available at Salzer's Records and www.the calamity.com.
— Michel Cicero
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Discussions between public agencies and academics about visible reglementary tools on innovation, enabling the fight against antibiotic resistance.
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Dr. A. Angelakis is a Water Resources Engineer at the National Agric. Res. Foundation, Institute of Iraklion, Greece and Technical Consultant of Hellenic Union of Municipal Enterprises for Water Supply and Sewerage.
His scientific fields of interest are: Environmental engineering; Aquatic wastewater management systems; Water and wastewater management for small and decentralized systems; Treated wastewater renovation and reuse; and Water and wastewater technologies in ancient civilizations. He is author/co-author of over 450 publications. He has over 3000 SCH citations and an i10-index of 58. He has participated in the organizing/scientific committee of more than 120 international Symposia and/or Conferences in the last 25 years.
Dr. A. Angelakis is Editor of Water Sciences and Technology (WST), WST: Water Supply, Public Health Frontier (PHF), Austin J. of Irrigation, and member of the Editorial Boards of Water and Sustainability journals. Also he is an IWA Distinguished Fellow and IWA Honorary member as well as of the Hellenic Water Association (HWA) and an IWA Strategic Council Member. Also, he is President of IWA SG on Water and Wastewater in Ancient Civilizations and Past president of EUREAU (Federation of European Water and Wastewater Services) and the EUREAU WG on Water Reuse. He was recently awarded by the Hellenic Committee of the International Association of Hydrogeology.
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Deals with US, Russia linked: Manmohan
Agreement with United States and the deal with Russia to build four additional nuclear reactors in Tamil Nadu's Koodankulam are interlinked, reports Aloke Tikku.
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The fate of the 123 Agreement with United States and the deal with Russia to build four additional nuclear reactors in Tamil Nadu's Koodankulam are interlinked, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
"The agreement (with Russia) could be operationalised only if we have any India-specific safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency. And also if the Nuclear Suppliers Group gives India the exception from their restrictive guidelines," Singh said. Since there had been a "hitch" in finalising the safeguards agreement with the IAEA, "it was felt that it will be premature to sign the agreement which we cannot operationalise."
The prime minister noted Russia's support in dealing with the IAEA and the commitment of support at the NSG. Asked if he had a similar assurance from China too, Singh said Beijing had not said that they would not support Delhi's case.
The prime minister acknowledged that there had been "some delay " in concluding the nuclear agreement. "I can't deny that. But I still hope that the process of bringing about a viable national consensus will yield results. So I have not given up hope that we can reach a final satisfactory outcome."
He, however, expressed the hope that negotiations with the IAEA - to be initiated this week -- are successfully concluded as soon as possible. The Prime minister said the government would then take the negotiated agreement back to the Left-UPA Coordination Committee.

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Matt Shope reviews Star Wars #62.
Courtesy of the Star Wars Comics Books Facebook page, here is the amazing list of Star Wars comic artists and artists attending C2E2 this weekend.
Look at the cover of Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson with art by Darren Tan.
The June 2019 solicitations from Marvel Comics have been revealed and it features seven new comics, one trade paperbacks, and one hardback collection.
Matt Shope reviews Star Wars Adventures 18.
Courtesy of the Star Wars Comics Books Facebook page, here is the amazing list of Star Wars comic artists and artists attending Emerald City Comic Con this weekend.
Mark Newbold reviews the original Star Wars adaptation by George Lucas and Alan Dean Foster.
Star Wars Galaxy magazine launched in the UK on the 13th March from Immediate Media Co. The same publisher who brought us the collectable LEGO Star Wars trading cards series last year.
Marvel are about to release their 300th issue in the new canon era.


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MANILA – How does our government allocate and spend public money? How does it arrive at "savings" and who decide where these are to be spent? Does it share information about all these to the public who foot the bill and who stand to gain or lose from the budgeted projects (and from unbudgeted ones)? All these and more, with some limitations, are assessed in the Open Budget Survey, a global assessment of government budget systems held biennially by US-based International Budget Partnership.
Said to be the only independent, comparative and regular measure of budget transparency and accountability around the world, the Open Budget Survey 2012 results came out this week. It reveals that the national budget of 77 of the 100 countries assessed fail to meet basic standards of budget transparency. This means that three of every four nations analyzed fail to meet basic transparency standards, the International Budget Partnership said. With inadequate public accountability, they said poverty reduction is undermined.
The Philippines is one of the 77 countries that failed to meet basic standards or budget transparency.
The Open Budget Survey country researcher here is the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ). It conducted research for the 2012 Survey from June to December 2011, covering the latest documents available during the formulation and enactment of the 2012 budget, the implementation of the 2011 budget, and the audit reports for 2010.
The Open Budget Survey measures three aspects: state of budget transparency, public participation in the budget process, and oversight, in countries around the world.
President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III had pledged to install a transparent government, something he said would be the opposite of the scandal-ridden administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Aquino's buzzword for it is tuwid na daan (righteous path).
About how it managed public funds, "the Aquino government has indeed followed through with transparency reforms," Karol Ilagan of PCIJ said in her report. But these have been proven wanting, she said.
Based on the 2012 Open Budget Survey report, under Aquino, not only did the Philippines' score in the biennial survey slid seven points from its 2010 score (from 55 in 2010 to 48 in 2012), the part where it shows promise, the part about public participation, seems attributable more to ordinary Filipino citizens' efforts to assert their views. Public participation is apparently still subject to much limitation and restriction. PCIJ's Ilagan, who shared with the local media the survey results, praised the seeming progress in public participation. She qualified though that the survey "covers only opportunities, not the quality of participation," or actual participation.
That is on top of the lateness, if at all, of availability of pertinent documents. The 2012 Survey found that the Philippines had published only four of the eight key budget documents during the research period.
The Aquino government and his predecessor had been consistently remiss at sharing pre-budget documents. Since 2006, much of documents about the framework of parameters for formulating the budget were not publicly available. These documents would have shed light on policy and budget link.
One of what should have been supporting documents of the Aquino government's proposed 2012 budget, the Organization Performance Indicator Framework (OPIF) Book, was published only a week after the enactment of the 2012 budget. The said book, based on Survey guidelines, is expected to provide an explicit explanation of how the government's policy goals are reflected in its budget choices, including both a narrative discussion and quantitative estimates.
The Aquino government shared documents to the public only starting from the budget approval stage. And even from there, survey results show it has not been fully candid.
Prof. Leonor Magtolis-Briones, lead convenor of Social Watch Philippines, shared that in various focused group discussions with civil society organizations (CSOs), they found government agencies and CSOs have different notions of public participation: government considers their information dissemination as already participation. On the CSO side, participation goes with empowerment and their suggestions being included in the final budget.
At budget implementation stage the 2012 Open Budget Survey gave the Aquino government a mixed score, "to say the least," said PCIJ's Karol Ilagan. Only in one out of three documents to be shared to the public while the budget was being implemented did the Aquino government score high. It was in producing the 'in-year reports.' This document, said Ilagan, should show revenues collected, expenditures made and debt incurred.
The Aquino government got a zero for failing to publicize a Mid-Year Review and a Year-End Report.
According to the Survey, a Mid-Year review should summarize the actual budget data for the first six months of the year (revenues, spending, debt), reassess the economic assumptions upon which the budget was initially drafted, and adjust the budget figures for the remaining six months accordingly. The Year-End Report, meanwhile, should show the situation of the government's accounts at the end of the budget year and include an evaluation of the progress made toward achieving the policy goals spelled out in the Enacted Budget.
The PCIJ report on Open Budget Survey 2012 underscored the critical role of legislatures and supreme audit institutions in planning and overseeing the implementation of national budgets. In making the budget process more open, governments should not only ensure its transparency, it should also ensure the existence of a strong legislature and a supreme audit institution, IBP said.
The survey praised the Department of Budget and Management's (DBM) pilot consultations with six national government agencies and encouragement of other state agencies and corporations to initiate consultations with civil society organizations. But it noted also that these efforts still have a long way to go, beginning with the DBM expanding the number of agencies covered and looped into the budget preparation process.


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Do you guys remember how not long along, Ellis' former student (who now lives in Africa!) found him through this blog and wrote us to ask about him? Click Here to check out that blog post again. A couple weeks ago, we read Watson's note out loud to the class and Ellis was moved to speechlessless. Watson! This letter goes out to you from Your Favorite Teacher describing his fond memories of your1971 6th grade class. Write more – and ask your former classmates to do the same. You've made Ellis' "entire summer"… now it's time to make his entire fall!
I am extremely happy to receive your email at my creative writing class at the Philadelphia Senior Center (main one in Philadelphia, PA, on August 11, 2011).
How are you and what are you doing in West Africa? I have retired from Public School Teaching in 2008 and spent my last year in it as a teacher of English as a Second Language in North and Southwest Philadelphia mainly with students ages 4 – 9 from Africa, South America and Puerto Rico. The classes went well. I was sorry to say goodbye to each class I had. After I taught your Sixth Grade Class in Camden, I went to Lakewood, NJ, and Philly again in my public school teaching. After I was done teaching public elementary school, I went into Computer Programming – teaching young adults in Princeton, NJ, for the Attone Institute, a computer programming school for first year students in Computer Science. I was also privileged to teach and work as a Computer Programmer for Campbell Soup's in Camden, Bellcore in Piscatarbay, NJ, and Reece in Bordentown, NJ. I even had a 5 year stint as a Computer Programming Contractor in NYC where I commuted faithfully from New Brunswick, NJ, every morning for about 5 years.
I think a lot about your 6th grade class in Camden, NJ, and mostly have fond memories of the way we ended the last few months of the school year.
I remember you and your mom and Joe Sikorsky and his mom. Brian Holden was another mostly fond memory, Sharon Ray, Sharon Clifford, Debbie Molleneany, Sarah, and Wanda Cooper and her friend Jackie were also fond memories. We had some trouble in the beginning of the school year in Sept '71 but got our act together by June '72 "that our year together was a good learning year," I felt honored and elated by his remark and others from you, Wanda, Jackie and Arlisha.
Please reply to my email. I would like to find out more about you and any other students in my class as you guys were my first teaching experience and overall. I rate the class as a dynamic success – especially the peaceful way you guys came in to see me the last day in June of the class and let me know that I did at least some things you liked.
God bless you. You have made my entire summer. Keep writing!
If you know any of the other students still, feel free to pass this email on to them.
Maybe we could have a class reunion someday.


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How I begged show organizers to perform for free in 2021 – Iyanya
Popular Nigerian music star, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, also known as Iyanya, on Wednesday recalled how he pleaded with show organizers to allow him perform for free in December 2021.
In a series of tweets on his official Twitter handle, the 36-year-old singer revealed that he performed at three shows in December 2021 but got paid for only one.
The Kukere crooner, however, thanked God as his story changed in December 2022, saying he has more than 20 shows in just one month.
He tweeted, "Last year December 2021, I performed at 3 shows, one paid and I begged to perform at 2 just to be seen.
"2022 December, I wake up and everyday to alerts for shows, haven't had this kind of busy december since 2017, 20+ shows in one month. God Thank you".


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Justin Bieber confirms Lyme disease battle
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Justin Bieber has told fans he has been battling Lyme disease and that he will go into more detail in his upcoming docu-series.
The pop heart-throb, 25, posted a long message on Instagram saying that he had been diagnosed with the bacterial infection and that it had been "a rough couple of years".
However, he vowed to be "back and better than ever".
Bieber told his 124 million followers on the site: "While a lot of people kept saying Justin Bieber looks like s***, on meth etc they failed to realise I've been recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, not only that but had a serious case of chronic mono which affected my skin, brain function, energy, and overall health.
While a lot of people kept saying justin Bieber looks like shit, on meth etc. they failed to realize I've been recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, not only that but had a serious case of chronic mono which affected my, skin, brain function, energy, and overall health. These things will be explained further in a docu series I'm putting on YouTube shortly.. you can learn all that I've been battling and OVERCOMING!! It's been a rough couple years but getting the right treatment that will help treat this so far incurable disease and I will be back and better than ever NO CAP
A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Jan 8, 2020 at 12:29pm PST
"These things will be explained further in a docu series I'm putting on YouTube shortly.. you can learn all that I've been battling and OVERCOMING!!"
He added: "It's been a rough couple years but getting the right treatment that will help treat this so far incurable disease and I will be back and better than ever NO CAP."
Bieber revealed last month that he is to star in a documentary series which will give fans a look at the making of his first new album in more than four years.
Seasons. #2020. @youtube
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The YouTube programme will also give fans an insight into the past few years of the singer's life, from his marriage to Hailey Baldwin to his struggles.
Justin Bieber: Seasons will debut on January 27, with new episodes launching each Monday and Wednesday. The 10-episode docu-series will be available free to watch (with ads) on YouTube.
According to the NHS website, Lyme disease is "a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks".
It says a few people who are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease continue to have symptoms, including "tiredness, aches and loss of energy".
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El Centro Olímpico de Halterofilia Nikaia es un pabellón cubierto situado en Nikaia, cerca del Pireo (Grecia). Albergó los eventos de halterofilia durante los Juegos Olímpicos de 2004 en Atenas.
El Centro se abrió oficialmente el 14 de agosto de 2004, pocos días antes del comienzo de los Juegos. El edificio tiene un aforo para 5.100 espectadores, aunque sólo 3500 estuvieron disponibles para los Juegos.

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Instalaciones en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004

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made up of little things .... the life and loves of a lincolnshire lass: Happy New Year!
I'm quite superstitious about New Year and starting the year in the way you mean to go on. I always make sure I have clean bedding on New Year's Eve and have washed my hair, the house has to be clean and tidy, all the washing done and put away etc. It just wouldn't feel right to welcome in the New Year if things weren't quite up to scratch! My family used to carry out some elaborate process of letting the old year out of the back door of the house and the new year in the front ... the person with the darkest hair had to bring in a lump of coal or something ... I never quite got to grips with that!
I'm not proud to admit that I have a bit of a potty mouth - this year I am definitely going to try and tone down the swearing. I can manage it when I'm around my nephew or Matt's parents so it can't be that hard, right?
Have you made any New Year Resolutions? I'd love to know what they are!
Lately the air around me has been blue, I can't stop swearing. Not classy. Should probably take a leaf out of your book on this one!
Wow you're prepared for the New Year! I'm lucky if I can manage to make dinner on NYE, and that coal malarky sounds like good plain fun!
I'm a serious potty mouth too and I've been trying to cut down on all the swearing since 2010! It's such a tough job.
Ugh, totally with you on the swearing. Isn't it weird how we automatically stop around certain people?!


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Watch: The Tattoo Artist Changing Women's Lives By Inking Their Breasts
GILLIAN ORR
Until 2011, Amy Black was a well-respected but straightforward tattoo artist, working on the bodies of the men and women of Richmond, VA, where she owns a small parlor. But one day she received a telephone call that would drastically change the course of her career.
A woman whose breast had been removed following cancer phoned Amy's shop looking for a tattoo artist who might be able to recreate the nipple and areola that she lost in the mastectomy. Amy agreed and has been creating lifelike nipples and covering surgery scars with beautiful designs ever since. She also started the Pink Ink Fund, a charity that gives financial aid to those seeking post-mastectomy breast tattoos.
Paula Haydock and James Callum of Too Much, a London-based video production company, decided to make a short documentary about Amy and her diverse clientele after Paula read an article about Amy's mission. The doc features Amy as well as some of the people whose lives have been touched by her work.
You can watch the doc here and read a Q&A with the film's directors below.
Amy Black: Tat for Tit from Too Much on Vimeo.
How did you first come across Amy Black, and why did you think she would make an interesting subject for a documentary?
Paula Haydock: "I discovered the amazing Amy Black after reading an article about how the Instagram's ban on female nipples caused her social media posts to be taken down as 'inappropriate content.' I couldn't understand how something so positive could be censored, and how her work wasn't being championed more. So James and I decided to tell her story and show how profoundly her work helps people."
What were your first impressions of Amy?
James Callum: "Amy was super cool and friendly straight away. She gave us a big hug as soon as we met her and asked us a lot about London and our 'artistry,' which was a term I liked but found ironic considering that we saw her as the artist.
"She was busy working for the rest of that day but we met up in the evening for a drink and discussed the plans for the next few days. Paula had already organized for us to meet all of the people featured in the film so we were all set. After knowing Amy for a bit longer now, I would describe her as very humble. She is genuinely stoked that she gets to help people."
How is she seen in her city?
PH: "Richmond is known for its tattoo culture, and Amy is very much a known name within the community. When we first starting shooting the doc, we were filming with her on the streets of Richmond, and a passer by called out, 'Are you Amy Black? I love your work!' It happened purely by chance, but of course we kept it in the film. It shows just what an inspiring presence she already is in her community, and hopefully our film can help spread her influence further."
How do you think she makes her clients feel?
JC: "From what I witnessed, Amy makes her clients feel totally in control during the entire process. She takes the artistic process very seriously and wants to create something individual for each client. The final results are truly life changing. Listening to the clients talk about being able to stand in front of the mirror and actually look at their own body without flinching was very moving."
Were you surprised at how open some of Amy's clients were?
PH: "Amy's clients were so enthusiastic. All it took was a brief email explaining what we wanted to do with them and they all jumped at the chance. The top line was always the same: 'Anything we can do to show what a wonderful human Amy is.'"
JC: "We were incredibly lucky to be able to meet such an open group of people, each with very different reasons and aims for their tattoo. I don't think they knew quite what to expect when we arrived at their door but each of them were very welcoming and I like to think we made them feel comfortable very quickly. To be willing to take your clothes off in front of two complete strangers is also very brave. They were so keen to share their stories because they want to spread the word of the brilliant work Amy is doing. I think it may have been cathartic for them to sit down and explain the processes and emotion involved with each of their situations."
Was there anyone's story you came across that particularly moved you?
PH: "I actually cried during filming. One lady told the story of her battle with cancer and explained that, for her, the only reason she even had implants was to prove to her daughter that cancer can't take anything away from you.
"Each person we filmed with had an incredibly touching story and to hear in such frank words how these people have continued with their lives and found such a positive way of looking at the world is very moving. I think I can speak for James as well in saying we both felt very humbled after our time in Virginia."
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Belt System in Muay Thai Explained
Andrew - September 20, 2022
Muay Thai belt ranks are confusing mainly because the ranking system is not as standardized as in other martial arts.
Not all countries and academies have adopted the concept of belt ranks.
Traditional Muay Thai, developed in Thailand, does not include any ranking system. Thus there are no color belts.
Modern Muay Thai schools outside of Thailand may include ranking systems, but students wear colored armbands instead of belts.
But is being a black belt in Muay Thai legitimate as in other martial arts? What is the exact order of rank?
Keep reading to find all the answers.
Does Muay Thai Have Belts?
The Muay Thai ranking system is not standardized on the global level.
On one side, traditional schools do not include any ranking, while the ones outside of Thailand, notably in the western world, follow color ranks similar to those in oriental martial arts.
Traditional Muay Thai is very much the same as western boxing, a popular combat sport where people fight for money, fame, and glory.
Your competition results and the belts you have won define your skill and proficiency level.
Muay Thai belt ranking first appeared during the expansion of art in the western world in the 1970s.
Most schools started to adopt a graduated approach to learning where students split into different ranks.
Having belt ranks enables the school to separate students by age and experience, organize the classes, and track their progress. This system improves learning and safety while offering motivation to keep the students on the right track.
One of the leading organizations that have standardized the rankings is the "World Thai Boxing Organization (WTBA)," located in the US.
The other three popular types of belt ranking systems in Thai boxing are:
Bang Muay Thai
Evolve MMA
Roufusport Kickboxing Association
The ranking systems and the way they work are very similar in all of these systems.
Like in judo or BJJ, there are different ranks, from beginner to expert. Each rank has a unique color.
But instead of using belts, the belt system in Muay Thai uses an armband-based ranking system (prajied).
In some other schools, rank might be represented with colored shorts or shirts.
Let's see how the Muay Thai belt ranking system works.
Modern Muay Thai Belt Ranking System Explained
The Muay Thai ranking system combines color belt ranks adopted from oriental martial arts and traditional armbands. Each rank is represented by different color armbands on the fighter's arms.
The system is standardized by one of the major organizations outside of Thailand, the World Thai Boxing Association.
The number of colors and ranks in Muay Thai differs significantly from other martial arts.
The learning curriculum is divided into three categories, with each one having a different number of color belts:
Beginners (three colors) — white (beginner), yellow, orange, and green
Advanced (six colors) — blue, blue/white, purple, purple/white, red, red/white
Instructor — (four additional black ranks) — black, black/red, black/silver, black/gold
Here is how it all looks in a table:
Muay Thai Championship belts
The dream of every Muay Thai athlete is to win titles, not to become a black belt. They train, sacrifice, risk their health to win one of the following prestigious belts, and enjoy all the benefits of being a world champion.
In Thailand, championship belts are not governed by promotions like in the western world. No, there are different stadiums; each has its own championship belts. Here is a list of the most prestigious stadiums in Thailand:
Lumpinee Stadium Championship
Lumpinee stadium is widely regarded as the most prestigious belt athletes can win in Muay Thai. It is considered the ultimate achievement, and all legends of the sport have held a lumpiness stadium title at some point in their careers.
Though most of the champions are from Thailand, foreign athletes have managed to beat home fighters in their own game, such as the Dutch legend Ramon Dekkers.
Rajadamnern Stadium
Opened in 1941, Rajadamnern is the oldest Muay Thai stadium and with that, winning a title here is on the bucket list of every Thai boxer.
Channel 7 Belt
As its name suggests, channel 7 is a broadcast network with its own stadium. It ranks slightly below the Lumpinee and Rajadamnern stadiums, but the quality of competition and fights does not fall behind. Channel 7 champions are highly respected in the country.
WBC Muay Thai Belt
World Boxing Council is one of four major governing bodies in boxing. WBC Muay Thai is a branch that sanctions and organizes world championship events in Thai boxing.
It is spread worldwide and covers various nationalities and demographics, so there are a lot of non-Thai fighters and champions.
What Are Muay Thai Armbands?
Armbands are a big part of Muay Thai history and tradition. In the past, Thai warriors would receive a piece of their mother's cloth before leaving their homes to join the battlefield.
They would wrap this piece of mother's cloth around their arms as they believed it would bring them luck, courage, and protection in the battle.
The tradition of armbands has been passed down through generations and is still present in modern times.
Receiving an armband is a sacred event and a special moment in the life of every Thai boxer, and it is presented to a fighter by their chief instructor.
Though not a rank or degree, armbands as a sacred symbol represent a certain level of experience and stage in the life of a Muay Thai fighter. They signify that a fighter has matured and is ready to go into the battle to represent their gym and coaches and provide for their families.
Why Do Muay Thai Fighters Wear Amrbands and Not Belts?
The two main reasons are tradition and practicality. Armbands are rooted deep in Thailand's history and culture of traditional Thai boxing.
In the past, prajiad was usually made by one of the fighter's family members or primary instructors.
Armbands would often have written prayers, and wearing those around the arm is believed to bring luck, boost confidence, and protect the fighter in a match.
The second reason is related to functionality. Muay Thai as a concept does not include any type of gi uniform as athletes train and compete wearing shorts.
Belts are used in oriental martial arts to keep the gi in place. Since there is no gi in Thai boxing, there is no point in wearing belts either.
Western Thai boxing schools customized the "belt ranking system" to their needs. Instead of using belts, Muay Thai fighters show each rank with colored armbands, which is one of the ways to keep the tradition alive.
How Long Does It Take To Get a Black Belt in Muay Thai?
Muay Thai falls into a group of advanced striking systems. Reaching a black belt rank is difficult and, for many, a lifelong journey.
Practitioners must spend up to 10 years of consistent and hard training to reach the "black belt" rank.
A student with an average talent for sports and fitness needs around 6 months to get their body in shape and master most of the basics.
Next, they need another year to develop good enough skills to compete as amateurs. At this stage, they are skillful enough to apply Thai boxing skills in a real fight.
Students may expect to reach an advanced level of learning after three years of training.
They should also have around 10 amateur matches by this time and may start competing as pros.
But to reach the expert level, they must spend another four years gaining combat experience in competition. In most schools, students earn a black prajied rank after 7–10 years of total training time.
As in other martial arts, the exact time you need to achieve each belt depends on many factors. It starts with how dedicated and consistent you are, your fitness level, talent, and results in competition. Promotional criteria and quality of coaching staff also differ between countries and schools.
Why There Are No Belts in Traditional Muay Thai?
Muay Thai has always been a sport where the entire concept and training methods orient toward competition and rules. Fighters' success is defined by the number of matches they have won and championship belts in their careers.
In Thailand, most young people join the sport to provide for their families and put food on the table. They aren't motivated by belts or degrees, as getting out of poverty is their primary objective. And the only way they can achieve this is by winning matches, not color belts.
According to Thais, what you can show in sparring and competition is the best representation of your talent, potential, and skills.
Reaching ranks, belts, and certain status within the community is not part of Muay Thai culture.
A student with 10 years of training will reach a level of mastery with or without a piece of cloth.
Thus, training focuses on developing and continuously improving skills that apply in competition under strict rules.
Representing your school in competition and winning matches and titles is far more critical than training to pass the promotional exam and get a certificate.
What Is the Highest Ranking Belt in Muay Thai?
According to the World Thai Boxing Association, the highest rank a practitioner can obtain is the black and gold rank.
On average, masters receive the black and goal armbands after 30 years of continuous training.
Black and gold rank represents a "Senior Instructor" status and is given only to the most skilled practitioners who have contributed to the art of Muay Thai.
Senior instructors are not just successful fighters and legends of the sport.
They also have more than 10–15 years of coaching experience. First, they have dedicated their lives to becoming champions and achieving their athletic goals.
Afterward, they enter a new stage where their Muay Thai journey focuses on passing down knowledge and creating new champions.
Senior instructors also travel across the world to host seminars, promote their schools, and, overall, contribute to the rise and popularization of Muay Thai.
Final Thoughts — Is Getting a Black Belt as Necessary as Other Arts?
Color belts or ranking of any kind has never been a part of traditional Muay Thai. Traditionally, the progress of the individual is validated by the main instructor. Students progress to the next stage of learning or start competing only when their head instructor approves it.
Muay Thai belt ranks emerged with the popularization of the art in the western world, notably in the US. Schools started to adopt the concept of belt ranks from the oriental martial arts because this graduated and structured learning fits within the United States social context and martial arts culture.
However, collecting belts and reaching the ultimate black belt rank is not as important as in other martial arts such as Judo or Taekwondo, where training methods revolve around preparing you for a promotional test.
Also, the Muay Thai community does not attach much importance to belt ranks.
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Downey Jr. Did Not Want To Say His Final Line In Endgame
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By AJ Caulfield/May 7, 2019 12:31 pm EST
Contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame
Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, the hero who started the Marvel Cinematic Universe as fans know it today, went through a profound journey in Avengers: Endgame. His character arc came to an emotional end-point in the final moments of the superhero ensemble, when the Armored Avenger delivered a line that called back to the beginning of the Marvel movie franchise.
As it turns out, though, that moment almost never happened. Downey Jr. didn't initially want to say Tony Stark's last major line.
Though Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo lifted the ban on spoilers for the film earlier this week, we're offering one last warning to those who haven't yet seen it before we start getting into all the juicy details.
Chatting during a recent appearance on CinemaBlend's ReelBlend podcast, the Russo brothers opened up about Tony's concluding scene in Avengers: Endgame, which saw the hero equip his own suit with the Infinity Stones, snap his fingers, and turn Thanos (Josh Brolin) and his hellions into space dust. Just before Tony mirrored Thanos' Decimation from Infinity War, the Mad Titan was convinced that he had the upper-hand and declared, "I am inevitable." In a bold and badass move, Tony flashed his hand to show Thanos that he had the Infinity Stones, then fired back, "I am Iron Man" — a nod to his admission at the end of 2008's Iron Man.
The Snap took a fatal toll on Tony's body, and he died shortly thereafter. Though he did speak a few more words before passing away (and later delivered a heartwarming message via a hologram video he recorded before his death), Tony's last big line was the assertion of his heroism — and moviegoers can attest to the truth that those four words left fans cheering in their theater seats.
But, as Joe and Anthony Russo explained, Tony originally didn't say those words. He didn't say anything in that moment, in fact, and an early cut of the film had Tony snap his fingers without a single word. It wasn't until Avengers: Endgame editor Jeff Ford pitched the idea of having Tony say "I am Iron Man" that the Russos knew they had to gather up the appropriate forces and reshoot the scene with the now-iconic dialogue in it. However, Downey Jr. was hesitant about the idea at first, and it took some convincing to get him to agree to a reshoot.
Joe Russo shared, "It's an interesting story. I had dinner with [Robert Downey Jr.] like two weeks before we were supposed to shoot it. And he was like, 'I don't know. I don't really want to go back and get into that emotional state. It'll take... it's hard.' And crazily enough, Joel Silver, the producer, was at the dinner. He's an old buddy of Robert's. And Joel jumps in and he's like, 'Robert, what are you talking about? That's the greatest line I've ever heard! You gotta say this line! You have to do this!' So thank God that Joel Silver was at dinner, because he helped us talk Robert into doing that line."
Anthony Russo then chimed in, confirming that the "I am Iron Man" line didn't pop up until Avengers: Endgame was in post production. "Originally when he snapped, he didn't say, 'I am Iron Man,'" he said. Added Joe, "We were sitting on our editorial, and we were reworking that sequence, and Thanos says 'I am inevitable.' And we were like, 'We need a response to that. What is the response to that?' And our editor said, 'What about I am Iron Man?' And we were like, 'That's it!'"
Once Downey Jr. was on board, the crew headed back to the studio to re-film the scene. Not only did the newly added Endgame line serve as a nod to the start of the MCU, but the actual reshoot process also served as a callback to Downey Jr.'s beginnings as Iron Man within the franchise. As Anthony Russo detailed, "We did that shot at a studio in Los Angeles called Raleigh Studios. And the stage that we shot that shot on was adjacent to the stage where Robert Downey Jr. screen tested for Iron Man."
If that doesn't give you chills, we don't know what will.
Downey Jr. may have been initially wary to step back into character for the powerful scene after principal photography on Endgame had already wrapped, but we're glad he ultimately saw the poignancy in it. The line he gave wound up being one of the most memorable and impactful ones of the entire film, and many would agree that Avengers: Endgame, the culmination of the last 11 years of the MCU, just wouldn't be the same without Tony Stark going out with a bang and a biting remark.


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EU-Japan NewSpace2060 International Illustrated Haiku Competition 2019
Winners Announced for the EU- Japan NewSpace2060 International Illustrated Haiku Competition 2019.
On 25 October 2019, the winners for the EU- Japan NewSpace2060 International Illustrated Haiku competition 2019 was announced at the International Aeronautical Congress at the Washington Convention Centre in Washington DC. Over 150+ entries were received over 40+ countries. The quality, range and depth of entries exceeded the anticipated expectations and the Judges had a challenging task of selecting the best entries. After much deliberation and consultation with Judges it was decided that all entries would be sent to space in 2021.
The competition was organised in the spirit of celebrating poetry, art and space. With that in mind, NewSpace2060 would be applying to the Guinness Book of records to celebrate the largest number of haiku and poems sent to space for 2021.
We congratulate all the winners and will be in touch in due course. Moreover, many thanks to the Judges for their time and committment to assessing the entries and to the Sponsors for their prizes and ongoing support.
We thank you for your continued interest in poetry, art and space and thank you for joining us in this journey and journey to come as we send your entries to space in 2021!
Thank you and let's make history together.
1 Spacebit All to space in 2021 Guiness book of records
2 Infostellar Voices of Silence Samuel Levy & Rudy Provoost Luxembourg
3 Astroscale A beautiful Space Ernesto L. Santiago Philippines
4 Solution Creators Time Traveller Rika Inami Japan
5 EBAN
Painting plus haiku Higgs Boson Rika Inami Japan
Astronomy Class Albert Pinya Spain
A Drop of Water Djurdja Vekulic- Rozic Croatia
Celestial bodies Noemi T.L.Tran France
Haiku only haiku Eduard Tara Romania
Finding a Path into the Unknown Ma. Milagros Dumdum Philippines
Improving Life on Earth as in Space Rudy Provoost Luxemboug
1 Kadir Aydemir Melike Esin Turkey
2 Freedom Carmen Urh Slovenia
3 Reflection/of my consciousness/space John Tiong Chung hoo Malaysia
4 Space (Vendy G) Vesna North Macedonia
5 Discoveries Arise Wan Germany
SPHERE IN SPACE Tam Lok Man (Mike Chan) HK, SAR, China
7 Length of the chain/ Can't let the dog watch and see the sky/ Stars wander. * Quiet sky/ Shed a black ink./ I do not see the river. Igor Damnjanovic Serbia
8 Voices of Silence Samuel levy & Rudy Provoost Luxembourg
9 Space is Amazing Chan Po Chi Angelo (Mike Chan) HK, SAR, China
10 Day Lillies Ed Bremson USA
11 Inspiration is everywhere Aida Mandic USA
12 The Lunar Garden Ajaya Mahala India
13 Save the World Albert Pinya & Rudy Provoost Luxembourg
To view a sample of entries click here
To view entries (uploadable) on Pinterest click here
Many congratulations to all those whom entered and participated. Awarded poets would be contacted in due course. Meanwhile, we thank you for joining us in celebration space, haiku, poetry and art.
The EU-Japan NewSpace2060 International Illustrated Haiku Competition aims to reveal and promote artists, amateur or professional to explore the space theme of "Improving life on earth as in space in line with EU- japan NewSpace collaboration". Call for entries, articles and photos for the EU- Japan NewSpace blog is also welcome!
日欧NewSpace2060国際イラストレーション俳句大会は日本と欧州連合のNewSpace協力に基づいてアマチュアとプロフェショナルの作家を促進する大会です。
The theme for this competition is on:
`Space`
with entries being judged on:
2. Quality and
3. Impact
Entries with haiku and illustration is encouraged and entries with haiku only is acceptable as well. There is no limit to age or nationality.
Each entry is limited to one A4 page.
The theme is open to interpretation and all entries are acceptable.
大会のテーマは:
すべての応募作品は:
1.創造性
2.クオリティー
3.インパクト
に基づいて審査されます。
応募作品に制限はありませんがA4サイズ(210 × 297 ミリ)を超えることができません。
年齢、国籍に制限はありません。
言語は、英語、日本語、どちらでも可能です。
Schedule [ Updated]
Competition period is from 7 December 2018 to 10 October 2019
Competition further announced on Yuri`s Night on 12 April 2019
Deadline for entries 30 September 2019
Top Finalists announced at the International Aeronautical Congress 2019, Washington DC (dates to be confirmed)
応募締切:2019年9月30日
入賞者発表: 2019年10 月 International Aeronautical Congress 2019, Washington DC (dates to be confirmed)
Some useful sites:
What is NewSpace?
Connecting Haiku & Space
Submit your entry here
Astroscale Prize
Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies, international institutions, non-profit organisations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, rgulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
European Business Angels Network -EBAN Prize
EBAN is the pan-European representative for the early stage investor gathering over 150 member organizations more than 50 countries today. Established in 1999 by a group of pioneer angel networks in Europe with the collaboration of the European Commission and EURADA, EBAN represents a sector estimated to invest 7.5 billion Euros a year and playing a vital role in Europe's future, notably in the funding of SMEs. EBAN fuels Europe's growth through the creation of wealth and jobs.
Zelo Prize
ZeLo is a Japanese law firm that seeks to disrupt the traditional legal market by leveraging cutting edge technology to enable businesses of all sizes to attain top-tier legal services. ZeLo enables clients to achieve their business objectives and to make a difference in the global community by improving global standards of the rule of law.
ZeLo is one of a handful of law firms in Japan that specializes in the outer space industry. ZeLo advises domestic and foreign companies for in-bound/out-bound cross-border business as well as assisting launch and satellite management service providers to obtain their registrations under the Japanese Space Activities Act.
Opportunity for entries and prize winners to have their Illustrated Haiku exhibited
More to follow
If you are interested to register as Sponsor, Supporter or Volunteer, please email newspace2060@gmail.com
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Lars Vargo
Peter MacMillan
Tomo Kimura
Mitsuru Tamatsuka
Hayaki Tsuji
Fifi Tong
Angelo Vermeulen
Marc Engenhart
Etienne Verbist
Mas Uchino
George Profitiliotis
Judges include:
Former Swedish Ambassdor. Author of 15 books and expert in Haiku. Mr. Vargo has translated books, poems and texts from Japanese to Swedish. Currently, he is the Distinguished Fellow at the International Security Development Policy Institute in Stockholm.
Peter MacMillan is a prize-winning translator, scholar, poet, and artist. He was born and grew up in a part of the Irish countryside surrounded by more horses than people. He graduated first in his class from the National University of Ireland, University College Dublin, and then went on to take an M.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in English literature. He spent two years as a Visiting Fellow at Princeton, Columbia, and Oxford universities. MacMillan is currently a Visiting Professor at Kyorin University and also teaches at The University of Tokyo. A citizen of both Ireland and Britain, he has lived in Japan for twenty-five years and strives to be a bridge between Japan and the world. His artist name is Seisai.
In addition to creating woodblock prints, MacMillan is also a poet and translator. His translation, One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Hyakunin Isshu), was published in 2008, winning prizes in both Japan and the United States. He recently completed an English translation of the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari), to be published by Penguin in 2014. He has also published a collection of poetry, Admiring Fields.
MacMillan serves as a Councilor of the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan.
Tomo Kimura is a Manga instructor and translator of many mangas. Ms. Kimura has been translating Japanese manga for 14 years I enable manga fans to enjoy their favorite manga in English and have worked on many genres such as shojo, fantasies (Western/Japanese/Chinese), shonen/seinen and sci-fi. Recent works include "Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits", "Kaguya-sama: Love is War", "Black Butler (simulpub)" and "Skip Beat!". Over 220 volumes of translated manga have been published in the U.S. as of September 2018. Ms. Kimura teaches manga translation at a Tokyo translation school, and is also a Judge for the Manga Translation Battle.
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Mitsuru Tamatsuka is Producer/Director/Artist and was born in Tokyo, Japan. Following his work as Producer for "Dentōgeinō no wakaki shishitachi" (The Young Lions of Traditional Arts), he directed the short film "Firewater" in New York, and worked as movement coach for the hanamichi runway in the Bessie award-winning contemporary dancer's work, "A Page Out of Order: M," and continued to act as a conduit for numerous and various international artistic collaborations. Through the collaborative production team Sagi Tama, launched in 2013, as well as his own company Tama Pro, launched in 2016, Tamatsuka continues to develop his practice of combining performance and film as well as theatre.
http://tama-pro.tumblr.com/
http://sagi-tama.sagiyama.com/
Hayaki Tsuji is a Japanese artist, musician and composer. He has provided music to USEN radio, NHK radio, etc., and produces music of Soto Buddhist priest song, official theme song of Hokusai Katsushika "HOKUSAI SUMMIT JAPAN", and the theme song of the United Nations World Space Week. He is the Founder of "Global Space Orchestra" using space technology to develop music, with a goal of engaging a billion people in 2023. In 2018 he participated in the National Space Society "Space Garbage" project and has appearances including in a string quintet composed of members of the Kanagawa Philharmonic in 2014, and in 2015 he presented bands and orchestras including, "Orchestral", of FM Kawasaki "Orchestra Japon! Of Taki Saki!"
Fifi Tong is a professional Photographer and started photography since she was 17. She won the contest Children with no Frontiers, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Fifi graduated from the Art Center College of Design, CA, in 1984 with a BFA in photography. Her work spans from Brazil to Los Angeles to Milan. Fifi's projects include ORIGEM and Time is Passing.
Angelo Vermeulen is a space systems researcher, biologist, artist and keynote speaker. In 2017 he was selected as one of the Top 5 Tech Pioneers from Belgium by the newspaper De Tijd. With his multidisciplinary background, Vermeulen collaborates closely with practicing scientists, while also constructing multimedia installations in galleries and museums, and building communities through design and co-creation. In 2009 he initiated SEAD (Space Ecologies Art and Design), as a Co-Founder, an international transdisciplinary network of artists, scientists, engineers and activists. Its goal is to reshape the future through critical inquiry and hands-on experimentation. To achieve this, SEAD develops paradigm-shifting projects in which ecology, technology and community are integrated in novel synergistic ways.
Biomodd and Seeker are the two most well-known SEAD projects. From 2011-2012 Vermeulen was a member of the European Space Agency Topical Team Arts & Science (ETTAS), and in 2013 he was Crew Commander of the NASA-funded HI-SEAS Mars mission simulation in Hawai'i. His space-related work led him to start PhD research at Delft University of Technology, working on bio-inspired concepts for interstellar travel. Vermeulen has been (guest) faculty at several universities in Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. In 2013 he became a TED Senior Fellow. His TED Talk about HI-SEAS and Seeker has garnered over a million views.
Founder of Engenhart, Bureau of Design, Germany
Designer with experience in many fields from art, culture, films to automobiles, scenography, architecture, corporate, graphic design, prototyping and artificial intelligence. His work in design encompasses digital and conventional media, and he is a consultant for design theory in the development of intelligent artificial systems. He is a member of aed Stuttgart, the Federal German Association of Artificial Intelligence, the Type Directors Club (TDC) of New York, and the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF) and teaches communication design, typography and design analysis as visiting professor.
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Bonimenier said:
They got tested for it and even got an attest that says they were negative. You could say they are safer than riders who weren't there.
Everyone who has close contact with a positive case throughout the world is self isolated or quarantined for 14 days for monitoring. This is another failure of leadership by the UCI. At least the UAE authorities learnt from the Diamond Princess fiasco and immediately released people who tested negative to stop its further spread in the hotel.
yaco said:
Except for the people who are currently still stuck…
Special measures introduced at Paris-Nice to reduce spread of coronavirus
Race organisers say there will be no contact between riders and public figures on podiums, as well as no press conferences held
www.cyclingweekly.com
My point stands. They only kept back teams who were on the same floor as infected riders. This is standard practice when infections occur in multi level buildings. Some jurisdictions may have been even more cautious and quarantined the floor below and above. And the UCI have shown no leadership in this matter.
Finally no riders or staff should be at PN or Strade Bianche and TA if they went ahead.
Faserr
The UCI did the right thing. Let the authorities decide. Overreaction hurts people more then the virus itself.
If some teams are too afraid it's ok and they can stay at home. There are poeple who are not afraid of quarantine. They are free to travel as long as authorities allow that.
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Wonder if this could have an effect in terms of rankings. If I'm not mistaken the current top-3 is Roglic, Fuglsang, and Bernal. However, since neither of them are racing in the foreseeable future Alaphilippe - in fourth - could leapfrog them during Paris-Nice.
And of course, at the end of the year whoever wins the ranking will be whoever manages to not get stuck anywhere.
Looking only to countries with races in the coming weeks:
949 cases in France last update, so 336 new cases compared to yesterday.
Coronavirus : cinq nouveaux décès en France, le bilan passe à seize morts
La France, un des principaux foyers épidémiques en Europe, compte désormais 949 contaminations. Emmanuel Macron réunit un nouveau conseil de défense dimanche à 18 heures.
www.lemonde.fr
516 cases in Spain (+151).
Mapa del coronavirus en España y datos de su evolución
España vuelve a riesgo muy alto po la subida de los contagios en la sexta ola. Entra y descubre más noticias aquí, en RTVE.es
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169 cases in Belgium (+60).
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Koronin
As of right now Spain is allowing amateur events to continue to take place. even with the increase in number of cases.
Koronin said:
It's not only Spain, i have criticized a lot Italian authorities for their laxness but also other countries don't look better in managing the situation, football matches are still open doors almost everywhere in Europe, in France they didn't even try to lock the towns of the original clusters and now their rise in cases after a week they were discovered look even faster than the one there was in Italy a week after the discovery of their original clusters.
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Nirvana said:
In the US everything there are some festivals that have been cancelled and things like that, but sporting events are continuing although the NBA did issue a memo to teams put plans in place to play games without fans or media. However, I suspect they would still need a camera crew for the games.
Merckx index
MLB doing very little things, like encouraging players to avoid physical interaction with fans. E.g., instead of signing autographs, teams will give out pre-signed items. Some teams are also restricting access of reporters or scouts from S. Korea, Italy and Iran (I didn't know they played or followed baseball in Iran). It's pretty obvious, though, that whatever the rationale is for restricting access to people from these countries, it will soon apply to many other countries.
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Merckx index said:
If I remember NASCAR's response correctly it was to increase the amount of soap and hand sanitizer (and likely medical staff) at races. I suspect drivers won't do autograph sessions, however the regular TV media is still in the pits with the teams and drivers. As far as fans getting into the paddock area, that's virtually impossible without knowing someone in a team anyway so that won't be hard to reduce.
It does appear that cutting autograph sessions and limiting player contact with fans is the step most organizations have taken at this point.
This season sucks.
Joelsim
Northern Italy has gone into total lockdown. There is no chance of the Giro happening.
Coronavirus: Chaos as Italy suddenly puts 16 million people on lockdown until April
Lombardy and 14 provinces in four other regions are in lockdown after the number of COVID-19 cases increases by 1,247 in 24 hours.
It will make it challenging for the Giro to go ahead but not impossible.
You're right, only 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999% unlikely to go ahead.
Jagartrott
Care to share the hard numbers behind your no-doubt elaborate calculations and probability estimates?
Jagartrott said:
Clearly, this is just the start of millions of cases. The chances of it just coming to a halt are minimal in the short-term. I don't really understand why anyone would think anything different.
Obviously because lockdowns only make sense when there is a naïve hope of containing the virus. When that hope goes out the window, there will be no need to cancel everything anymore, and instead they can begin concentrating on protecting/isolating the elderly who are at risk.
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Because not everyone is in panic.
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Faserr said:
It doesn't make any difference whether you or I are in panic or not, what does make a difference is the strain on medical services. The authorities will stop it from happening.
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Where are the facts? Million cases? When? This year? In the next 10 years? How do you know? At the moment there are 107.000 official cases and 60.000 are recovered. In China active cases are going down rapidly. In Europe the cases will be going up, but there will be a peak and then it will start decreasing.
Of course the situation is bad, but telling everyone that things will be cancelled 100% and that the virus will not stop is just wrong. Look at China. It's not going on forever.
The Italian Sports Minister has just said that Serie A football clubs should consider an immediate to stop to all fixtures. This will take months to get through, not weeks.
Red Rick
The real question what will happen when spring kicks in. It could be that would soften the blow for this 'season'.
On the other hand, I think the biggest worry is it becomes endemic with chances of mutating into something more deadly before we have a lot of partial immunity in the population.
And as "deadly" as this is, if we compare it to the flu, we don't have any sort of immunity against this. This would be a lot less bad if we had. And in that sense, this could be a LOT worse seeing as viruses from the same family have had mortality rates north of 10%.
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Red Rick said:
I don't know if that's a massive concern from what I've read (not that I'm in any way qualified to comment). As far as I know the general idea is that wider transmission and different conditions/environments tend to weaken viruses if anything.
The main concern seems more likely to be the responses of authorities. Decades of cuts to resources don't exactly put most places in the best position to handle this. As for the US, who knows what could happen there.


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Q: how to properly stub/mock AWS SecretManager with Jest and TypeScript I am trying to unit test aws-sdk SecretsManager with Jest and running into some issues, I have a simple caching client
import { SecretsManager } from 'aws-sdk';
import { SecretsManagerIntegrationError } from '../errors';
const cache = new Map();

interface SecretsManagerConfig {
  region?: string;
}

export class SecretsManagerClient {
  secretsManager: SecretsManager;

  constructor(config: SecretsManagerConfig) {
    this.secretsManager = new SecretsManager(config);
  }

  async getSecretFromSecretsManager(secretName: string) {
    try {
      const params = { SecretId: secretName };
      const data = await this.secretsManager.getSecretValue(params).promise();

      if (data.SecretString) {
        return JSON.parse(data.SecretString);
      } else {
        return Buffer.from(data.SecretBinary as any, 'base64').toString('ascii');
      }
    } catch (error) {
      throw new SecretsManagerIntegrationError(`Error retrieving secrets: ${error}`);
    }
  }

  async getSecret(secretName: string) {
    if (!cache.get(secretName)) {
      const secret = await this.getSecretFromSecretsManager(secretName);
      cache.set(secretName, secret);
      return secret;
    }

    return cache.get(secretName);
  }
}

in my test file I have mocked the sdk as so.. seems verbose and something sinon handles pretty straight forward, this assertion fails and I am not sure why..
import { SecretsManagerClient } from '../../src/clients/secretsManagerClient';

jest.mock('aws-sdk', () => {
  return {
    SecretsManager: jest.fn(() => ({
      getSecretValue: jest.fn(() => ({
        promise: jest.fn(() => ({
          SecretString: JSON.stringify('cool-secrets-here'),
        })),
      })),
    })),
  };
});

describe('SecretsManagerClient', () => {
  let secretsManager: SecretsManagerClient;

  beforeEach(() => {
    secretsManager = new SecretsManagerClient({});
  });

  describe('when a cached value does not exist', () => {
    it('queries the secretsManager', async () => {
      const getSecretFromSecretsManager = jest.spyOn(secretsManager, 'getSecretFromSecretsManager');

      await secretsManager.getSecret('cool-secret');

      expect(getSecretFromSecretsManager).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    });
  });

  <!-- fails --->
  describe('when a cached value exists', () => {
    it('uses the cached value', async () => {
      const getSecretFromSecretsManager = jest.spyOn(secretsManager, 'getSecretFromSecretsManager');

      await secretsManager.getSecret('cool-secret');
      await secretsManager.getSecret('cool-secret');

      expect(getSecretFromSecretsManager).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    });
  });
});

A: I have achieved this mocking of AWS service using sinon stubs. There is an example of the code as below.
import AWS from 'aws-sdk'
import sinon from 'sinon'

let sinonSandbox

const beforeEach = (done) => {
   sinonSandbox = sinon.sandbox.create()
   done()
}

const afterEach = done => {
   sinonSandbox.restore()
   done()
}
lab.test('test name', (done) => {
    sinonSandbox.stub(AWS, 'SecretsManager')
      .returns({
        getSecretValue: () => {
          return {
            SecretValue: 'Secret-Value'
          }
        }
    })
    done()
})

You can also create an aws-sdk-mock npm module which mocks out all the AWS SDK services and methods.
It's really easy to use. Just call AWS.mock with the service, method and a stub function.
AWS.mock('SecretsManager', 'getSecretValue', function(params, callback) {
    callback(null, 'success');
});

Then restore the methods after your tests by calling:
AWS.restore('SecretsManager', 'getSecretValue');

Sinon Links:
Sinon Stub Latest Version
stub-promise-aws-sdk-node-js
aws-sdk-mock Links:
aws-sdk-mock
https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws-sdk-mock

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