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HO-HO-HOpen Thread
Merry Christmas, and all other appropriate seasons greetings, to you all, and thank you so much for your comments.
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Arthur Trof 23 December 2018 at 11:46
On behalf of ITBBCB? readers, I should like to reciprocate the good wishes to you, Craig and Sue. You always provide an incisive and interesting read, and an outlet for readers' opinions not often shared by our national broadcaster. Well Done. Let's all look forward to much more of the same, and possibly some new bias forms for 2019.
Seconded!
Peter 23 December 2018 at 12:23
Wot they said. Thrice.
Monkey Brains 23 December 2018 at 13:07
Fourthed. :)
Sisyphus 23 December 2018 at 14:57
Fifthed! :-)
Craig 23 December 2018 at 18:16
Thanks all. And thanks to you to!
Clockworkorange 23 December 2018 at 19:03
Sixthed(?)
I hope no one's going to commit an eight crime. We're getting close...
I peered into my crystal ball and saw these BBC website stories appearing in 2019...
"20,000 teenagers diagnosed with Brexit Anxiety Depression and Sensitivity Syndrome as no deal Brexit approaches. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to blame for BADASS, claims ex Tory MP Sarah Wollaston."
"Trending: Does the BBC Website have too many headlines to tendentious stories that end in a question mark?"
"Praise for BBC from Yvette Cooper and UN Commissioner as it cuts out the middle man and brings in 4,000 refugees directly from France by cruise liner. Macron lauds BBC's contribution to humanitarian effort to clear France of refugees. Lily Allen sings the refugees ashore, to loud applause from the 28 BBC reporters present."
"Tony is now Antoinette...Tony Hall has announced that in future he is to be known as Antoinette Hall. He will be the first TG DG in BBC history."
"Chancellor of the Exchequer Jacob Rees-Mogg announces that all criminal penalties for non payment of licence fee are to be removed. There is a run on the pound as a result, according to Kamal Ahmed."
"Lord Dimbleby of Highborn Manor claims he is not posh because he was a coalman in previous life."
"Jonathan Dimbleby claims he is not posh because he once had an full English breakfast in a transport caf and because he hates Tories."
"Little Lord Dimbleby claims he is not posh because he never really liked playing Eton Fives."
"Queen announces she isn't posh as she only met Lord Dimbleby once."
"Diane Abbott says she is not racist because she is just as hostile to white Americans as she is to white Europeans."
"Alistair Campbell admits he is tattooed with the number of the beast but 'still hopes we can rejoin the EU before 2025'. "
"Fiona Bruce muffs her lines, introducing Polly Toynbee an 'antique piece who has seen some wear and tear in her time - if you look closely it is clear the head is missing some vital infill'. "
My prediction for 2019 is that the BBC's flagship Match of the Day will be an all woman programme. Gary will be replaced by Clare, Kirsty or Gabby. There will be equal time allotted to the women's game, with breathless pitch-side commentaries from all female commentators. Male pundits such as Jermaine will be replaced - found wanting by the new all female production team - for having insufficient detailed knowledge of the women's game.
Enjoy it while you can, male football will probably be illegal from 2020, under the Suppression of Male Bonding Act.
No recent BBC comedy has made me laugh as much as you did there, MB!
That's not really a compliment is it!
You're right Clockwork...that's like saying "That is a far more penetrating analysis of this important social issue than I have ever seen on The One Show". :)
MB - Just seen your 13.44 comments - brilliant!
Alex Cull 23 December 2018 at 19:04
Just to wish Craig, Sue and all the great commentators here a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - for me, ITBB is a good-natured haven of sanity in our increasingly bonkers, belligerent and biased media landscape. A heartfelt thanks for all your work this year.
Charlie 23 December 2018 at 21:57
Sandi Toksvig who relies on BBC patronage (and C4) for her income,said today:
'Too often, there are complaints in the British papers about the BBC. It's too left wing, too right wing, too pro-Brexit, too anti and so on. It's only when you go abroad and try to find out what is going on in the world that everyone falls with gratitude before the BBC News. I believe it is the most balanced and fair reporting available anywhere and worth every penny of the licence fee. There are lots of things I like on TV, but nothing else I regard as absolutely essential.'
Pass the sick bucket...while I pay my licence fee.
So she's saying DR, the state-funded Danish analogue of the BBC, is biased? Bet she never says that when back home in Denmark.
She can't claim to be unbiased herself as she is a founder and active member of the Women's Equality Party - a left wing, extreme feminist party. If she's feeling the BBC "gets it about right" that tell us something.
The party's manifesto is full of gender bias including the claim that although girls do better than boys in exams, girls should still be give MORE not less educational help in relation to boys!
Radio2LunchtimeLoather 24 December 2018 at 15:35
"It's only when you go abroad and try to find out what is going on in the world that everyone falls with gratitude before the BBC News." ... Can somebody remind me why I have to pay for news broadcasts abroad?
This is why I have never trusted Sajid Javid and will never trust him:
https://twitter.com/sajidjavid/status/1075441979557842944
This guy is plugged into the Globalist Grid.
Why does he feel the need to express support for a Hungarian-American who is interfering in our country's politics by unashamedly funding the so called "People's Vote" rigged rerun of our democratic Referendum?
Javid is most definitely not fit to be a Prime Minister of a proud nation, the UK.
JS 25 December 2018 at 02:48
Mark Kermode's survey of the films of the year was riddled with the usual SJW asides but one statement was breath-taking. He tried to slip through the idea that "Solo" had been successful at the box-office!
Yes, the Solo which has been so successful that it caused the instant cancellation of all pending Star Wars spin-offs and generated the widespread opinion that Disney has one last shot at getting a Star Wars film right if it is to save the franchise at all.
It's one thing to hawk around nonsense opinions that might have some justification, however far-fetched. It's another to try to sell blatant untruths unjustifiable on any level.
A dangerous interview between one Far Right extremist and another...according to the BBC. What do you expect to find? Irrational invective? Hate speech? Fake News?
Or civilised, reasoned debate of the type you'll never hear on Today, Question Time or Newsnight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh-xT6951kc
The BBC never sleeps...the propaganda must be pumped out whether it's Christmas or Eid or whatever...
The headline on the main page for this is "The Doctor Struck Off for Honest Mistakes".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_struck_off_doctor
A lot of this is just regurgitated stuff but nowhere do they make clear that, as far as I can see, the conviction for manslaughter stands.
The point about homicide crimes is that they can easily result from "mistakes" - honest ones included. Perhaps you shouldn't have had that extra double whisky...then you might not have got in that fight where you killed someone...the decision to have the extra double was an honest mistake, not part of your normal pattern of behaviour but still, it does not excuse the crime.
Perhaps you shouldn't have arranged the mirrors in your shop so that it confused people and led to them falling down stairs to their death...an honest mistake, agreed, but still one that could result in a manslaughter conviction.
But this is the BBC. It's Fake News not facts, it's all about creating a mood not reporting facts or explaining the law.
And we all know why in this particular instance.
Of course, the BBC itself has been known to decide #honestmistake absolves all professional sins.
Again noticeable by how it applies solely to them and those they support, but not those they do not like.
The BBC is unique that way.
Not saying I agree with everything he says, but Mike Lane does a good job of taking apart Katie Razzall's report on Newsnight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs52IrsI6ng&t=674s
I didn't know Katie Razzall was Lib Dem Lord Razzall's daughter...
stewgreen 27 December 2018 at 14:52
MB can you see that vid is set to play at 674 seconds in ?
From the beginning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs52IrsI6ng
I didn't. I wasn't aware of that clause in that public order Act but I guess the judges interpret that as only applying to a public order context. Lord Pearson (though he is the only Parliamentarian deserving of any respect among the 1200 plus members currently around) doesn't seem to appreciate there are discrete areas of law. You might not be threatening public order, but you might be offending against that Blairite legal confection known as "equality". So, it's useful to know about but it makes not a jot of difference to how the law is being applied - ie to stifle free speech, undermine democracy and frustrate the popular will.
oops I gave link to the Lord Pearson interview
I mean to give the link to the start of the Mike Lane video https://youtu.be/Vs52IrsI6ng
Enough 27 December 2018 at 14:48
The most disgusting thing about the BBC Newsnight piece was the fact that they blurred out any reference to Chelsey Wright.
Having once again not covered the story at the time, this was really a slap in the face as it evaded context - the reason that the march was held in the first place is that the BBC doesn't do its job.
For those not aware of the Chelsey Wright story, here are some articles and vids which track it.
I'm putting the final Sunderland Echo article forward for the 2019 Gabriel Gatehouse Award For Weaslery.
Seeds of doubt sprinkled liberally to lead the reader to a conclusion not written, yet somehow a bit fishy.
Brave Sunderland woman speaks out following kidnap, gang rape and brutal attack :
https://policehour.co.uk/2017/01/brave-sunderland-woman-speaks-out-following-kidnap-gang-rape-and-brutal-attack/
The Chelsey Wright interview :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdGGwhFr_TU
What our lawyer says about Justice for Chelsey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE-v_nQgIDk
Police urge alleged Sunderland rape victim to review evidence :
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/our-region/sunderland/police-urge-alleged-sunderland-rape-victim-to-review-evidence-1-8545072
Sarah Phelps, writer of the ABC Murders on BBC One says of the screenplay that she wanted modernise Agatha Christie and draw out the murderers hatred of foreigners.
I looked at her twitter feed - full of anti-Brexit, anti -Trump tweets and retweeted James O'Brien bile.
Aha - I smell a rat - like so much of the BBCs current output, it's your typical left liberal PC propaganda masquerading as drama.
It's drama without the drama. Just another sermon from the pulpit. About as appetising as a dried up sponge cake made with egg powder and artificial cream.
Arne - from twitter it would seem Ms. Phelps' revisionism lasted about five seconds for most before self-destruction.
Says The Telegraph
A work that, over the past three evenings, been brutally clubbed over the head by the BBC, then stabbed in the back and poisoned for good measure.
Inevitably, as with almost everything the BBC does these days, we were fed Left-liberal propaganda
Somewhere I read that she got a media "Race" award once upon a time for no doubt something worthy she wrote or produced. I can't remember what. These were awards that typically went to black/Asian people in the media.
Say what you like about Mark Easton, he does lead from the front (like some mad bloodthirsty officer from the Great War, in love with slaughter).
We're not yet in 2019 and here he is on the BBC TV News leading yet another futile anti-Brexit charge, this time in alliance with Cressida "Shoot!Shoot! Shoot!" Dick.
It's all right for him, but all over the muddy field of media, the BBC's credibility is lying in shreds.
The BBC did not mention one positive security gain from a (real, not May's) Leave option. The most obvious is that criminal gangs from Eastern Europe won't be able to simply walk into our country and set up shop with their knocking shops, drug smuggling, people smuggling and all the rest.
The next gain is that IS and Al Queda operatives won't be so easily able to make their way into our country from terrorist hot spots like Paris and Brussels. Another security gain is that we won't be part of the EU's confrontational policies towards Putin's Russia which have already led to so much grief.
A final security gain is that we will not be part of the EU's pathetic attempt to match the USA's reach and power, which is a destabilising factor in the (relatively) free world.
However, according to Fake News BBC, there are only security gains to be had through remaining in the EU.
MB - Equally, Ms. Dick's latest foray into predicting what 'could' happen if she stayed at current levels of contingency competence have likewise not been greeted by MSM audiences perhaps as credulously as they had all hoped.
Ms Dick may see herself as the Grand Vizier of the Khanate but most of us see her as a "low IQ person", to borrow a Trumpian phrase.
Has she ever said anything remotely perceptive or insightful? Not to my knowledge.
She is just a parrot on a bar squawking phrases learnt in exchange for seeds and berries.
Yup! She's just bright enough to realise that she ticks a couple of PC (not Police Constable) boxes which go down well with the BBC/Guardian etc left-wing media.
It's odd that Ms Dick sees the outcome of the UK democratic process as creating an unsafe environment, whereas the denial of democracy by slight of hand would be preferred (from a policing point of view). Who are the police there to serve - the public or duplicitous politicians?
I know we should still be ho-ho-ho-ing... it would be nice to continue in a festive mood. But the sad truth is that May is counting on that. Never underestimate her low cunning, as opposed to her energetic pursuit of high principle.
She is clearly counting on all that turkey, all those mince pies and all that good will taking their toll and weakening the will of those who oppose her "Abject Surrender Deal".
But nothing has changed.
The ERG just have to grit their teeth and oppose her Abject Surrender. What else can they do? No sane and patriotic person could ever approve it.
If 50 or 60 patriotic ERG members continue in their obduracy that then leads to either:
1. Second referendum. Hopefully DUP will be on board to scupper that by threatening the termination of May's Prime Ministership should that be proposed.
2. Extension of Article 50. The coward's way out. So who can doubt that May will go for that? That's my prediction and I am sure she will be backed by her Cabinet of traitors, taqiyya artists, liars, pimps and vacillators.
Will it be 3 months or 6 months? My guess is 6 months.
Problem for May...does it require Parliamentary approval? If the answer is yes, then she is sunk. But maybe her mate Bercow can help out there?
3. No deal. What the country needs but what May won't give it.
The good thing about the May can-kicking strategy though is that as the days go by, we see more and more of the reality of what no deal means and of course it is nothing like the frightful Project Fear hallucinations being projected on to the public's consciousness. In fact there are lots of upsides like the EU panicking about not getting their hands on our £40 billion (plus - once the May craven deal is done on trade). As the days go by the public will begin to see how no deal delivers a much better negotiating position for the UK than May's "Abject Surrender" approach ("Here are my cards...do you think they are strong? No? Oh dear!...what would you like me to do, then, since obviously you hold all the strong cards? I am very happy to co-operate. Just write down what you want me to do, Monsieur Barnier.") [No exaggeration at all there! That's exactly how it went!!! - sadly David Davis has to take his share of the blame for that.]
Yes, I agree that the No Deal option, which I consider to be the easiest option, will not be on the table during the parliamentary vote or second referendum were there to be one. We will not be allowed to cross the line on 29th March 2019 to genuine independence from the EU without some immovable obstruction being wheeled into place.
MB I'm not sure if May, herself, is possessed of cunning or just the determination, common among low-grade psychopaths, to impose HER will at any cost. Why else did she reject the idea of Canada+, which Barnier & Co. were prepared to offer?
Somebody, I forget who, was suggesting in a recent Telegraph that May will be making a determined effort to sell her Abject Surrender Document to the Cabinet in the new year. I don't see this working, not because any of them have developed a spinal column, far from it, but because May, as was Blair, is now a 'time-limited' PM & the worms, even Mordaunt & Leadsom are allowing ambition to overcome caution.
One of the ways the BBC aids May and the Remain cause is by never really looking closely at the Canada Plus deal or the fact that, as you say, Barnier offered this option. I was one of the mugs who fell for May's line about "Brexit means Brexit" and the planted suggestion that David Davis was in charge of negotiations. Accordingly I assumed that after some argy-bargy we would arrive at Canada Plus. I believe that option is still on the table. All we would need is to extend the Article 50 period for maybe for some concentrated negotiation on that basis. Faced with the alternative of no deal and the loss of maybe £30 billion, the EU will definitely play ball.
I think you are right about time-limited PMs...the rot sets in pretty quickly, because the craven careerists in the Cabinet lose their fear of the PM and begin to fear the rise of rivals or rival cliques. That drives them towards action.
'Brexit means Brexit' - I fell for it too!
She lied. All the time she was negotiating Brexit means Brino
She is definitely a liar. Generally, when discussing politics, I don't think it's a good idea to reach for the L word but May has a lot of form on this. The "pledge", then "target", then "aspiration" to get net migration below 100,000 is a good example of that.
Then she told us the Abject Surrender Deal was it, the only deal available, take it or leave it...it can't be changed. But now she says it can be changed with regard to the issue of the "backstop" (the classic lying diversionary tactic being used there as well).
She's full of lies. One moment she's telling us about the dysfunctional impact of mass immigration. The next she's delivering words full of warm falsehood re a particular community that didn't exist 70 years ago, prior to the era of mass immigration.
May reaches for lies, just like alcoholics reach for the bottle when faced with difficult challenges in life.
I think there's more to it when it comes to the 100000. It's something that I suspect was the source of the conflict between her and Cameron and her and Osborne, who represent a certain kind of modern Conservative, and which target she has refused to give up but hasn't been allowed to achieve either.
Now it looks as though it has gone a step further with her as PM, and the new Home Secretary openly refusing to accept it and openly defying the PM, not because it couldn't be achieved if there was the will to do it but because he is deeply opposed to it, as is most of the modern political class, while she is still deeply committed to it and will no more give it up than he will ever accept or implement it.
Not a nice video but an important one on cultural relativism...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUXteUGhh7w
The BBC seems to have given up on the story about the two Scandinavian women murdered in Morocco, possibly as part of a terrorist plot - despite more arrests since the BBC last reported (six days ago).
Judging from today's Today, Radio 4 seems to have turned itself into the equivalent of that Hutu radio station broadcasting 24/7 hate against a particular ethnic group. Will no one stop this divisive madness? Obviously can't expect Ofcom or the Government to take action. We can only hope for a populist government that will take an axe to the BBC.
Having watched all three episodes of The ABC Murders, it's time reflect upon the paucity of the BBC's commissioning. The Agatha Christie book was written in 1936. It was the 11th out of 34 in the Poirot series. Why then did the BBC see fit to have Chief Inspector Japp die? The interplay between the two is central to most plots. There was no mention of Hastings, and the part of Chrome was built up (in the book he had a bit part - memorable mostly due to his dislike of 'foreigners' which included Poirot).
Towards the end, there was no challenge in the 'who dunnit' sense. The switch of 'who diddit' from the obvious suspect to a less likely culprit was very poorly handled. There was no tension or climax as the truth became obvious.
Finally, as a cinematic experience, the work had none of the grandeur of location or style that we might associate with Poirot. He was made to look seedy as were the other characters - both male and female. John Malkovich was good as Poirot, leaning heavily (in my opinion) on Branagh's Wallander for style.
In the Suchet Poirot, it was always interesting to spot the location for various scenes. In the BBC version, his apartment, and Scotland Yard were following a well-trodden path.
The well trodden path took the viewer to the De la Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, but the interiors appeared Edwardian instead of Modernist. Also, to rewrite Poirot's backstory making him a Man of God stretches the bounds of creative licence.
I much preferred the Channel 5's The Truth of Murder, where pue fiction gave a much more realistic interpretation of Christie's world.
See: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6523851/BBCs-new-Poirot-story-turned-anti-Brexit-propaganda-writers.html
.... 'BBC's new Poirot story 'is turned into anti-Brexit propaganda' by writers who have built on racial tensions that 'barely feature' in the novel' ...
It's clea that PC ideology has inculcated every avenue of the BBC from news to drama and the commissioning process.
In this article we see the content of some tweets from pro-Remain writer Sarah Phelps - amongst others:
... In a tweet on Tuesday, she described leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg as 'a f****** psychopath'. ...
Why should the BBC give a platform for writers such as Sarah Phelps to destroy the fond memory of Agatha Christie's fictional characters to amplify her own political views?
While scrolling past the BBC Parliament Channel last night I came across an awards ceremony by the Political Studies Institute being compered by Jon Snow. Broadcaster of the year was Katya Adler of BBC fame. Politician of the Year was David Lammy. He's never far from the BBC. Another winner was Carole Cadwalladr. Presenters of the awards included such luminaries as Ayesha Hazarika, never off the BBC, and Baroness Warsi - ditto.
Or it might have been called Political Studies Association.
I think you misheard. It's the PC Toadies Association.
David Lammy MP awarded Politician of the Year
Diana Johnson MP and Dominic Grieve recognised for their contribution to politics.
First-ever two people named as Journalist of the Year award: Carole Cadwalladr, The Observer, and Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian.
Michel Barnier recognised with International Recognition award.
Backbencher of the Year: Diana Johnson MP
Broadcaster of the Year: Katya Adler
Campaigners of the Year: Alliance for Choice
Best Use of Evidence: Tracey Crouch MP
Lifetime Achievement: Baroness Jowell
https://www.psa.ac.uk/psa/news/psa-awards-2018-award-winners-announced
You are joking right?
Dominic Grieve already has the Legion d'Honneur from France, for services to the French people (not kidding - check it out on Wikipedia)...but strangely the BBC never remind us about this rather salient fact. I'm not sure they've ever mentioned it, since it would cast his interventions in a slightly different light.
Any Grievey shouldn't hog all the honours.
Where's the Bullshitter of the Year of the Award.
Feargal Keane could make a comeback but I expect Mark Easton will win that again.
Yes thank you for the correction, MB. I must have misread the title while being distracted by Jon Snow's tie.
Isn't it pathetic to see Liam Fox touting the Abject Surrender Deal.
But from his point of view, I guess he's looking forward to no longer being the butt of jokes on HIGNFY, The Now Show and The Mash Report.
Yes, it looks as if Liam Fox has been designated to be the one that prepares the way for the placement of some immovable obstruction that will thwart the Leave voters as they count down the days to Brexit. Under his breath: 'You mugs didn't believe Brexit means Brexit - did you?'.
Ozfan 31 December 2018 at 13:30
Nowadays I just assume Fox is being blackmailed
R4 Profile : This week : Melania Trump
#1 The BBC tried to be subtle in their sneering, not the blatant hit job
#2 Nobody tweeted about the prog, which is very strange
(of course the BBC didn't promote it unlike how it does with other favoured topics)
The prog : Played the Trump sleazetalk comment tape in full ..and then MT saying 'I don't recognise that as my normal husband'
..They talked about them sleeping in separate beds
FFS their youngest child isn't that old
They said the rumours about her being an escort weren't true
#3 Why wait 2 year after the election ?
Michelle Obama was profiled just 3 weeks after he announced as he would stand in 2008 !
#4 Becky Milligan made a big thing of going to Slovenia , and Melania's small town, and played a clip of her walking around and people refusing to talk about Melania
.. But when I am in Slovenia I would open by speaking in English "Excuse me I want to ask you about Melania" of course people blocked her.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001sxw
typo .."I wouldn't open by "
Anyone read the BBC Arts feature 'Your ultimate guide to 2018's biggest books'?
It begins stating "..if you're looking for the perfect present for a special someone, or you just fancy curling up with a good book over the festive period, we've rounded up 40 of this year's biggest titles" - so these are handpicked in other words.
Skip to 'The perfect books for… political animals' and there are 4 listed recommendations;
1. Michelle Obama's memoir, 'Becoming'
2. Isabel Hardman's 'Why We Get the Wrong Politicians'
3. Michael Lewis' 'The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy' which claims to "examine how President Donald Trump's policies are threatening the fabric of the US government."
4. James O'Brien's 'How to Be Right' which claims to be a "guide to dismantling the arguments of those who blame benefits scroungers, the EU, Muslims, feminists and immigrants for the UK's woes."
So something for everyone then!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/SM82NZbRrY6XYY42WzMvrQ/your-ultimate-guide-to-2018s-biggest-books
Good grief!
The 'No Easy Answers' statement as issued by Sajid Javid today is gaining popularity. Sadiq Kahn used the same expression recently about London. Was it about the knife crime crisis? - or the housing crisis? - I don't remember. 'No Easy Answers' - well that's all right then is it?
Charles Dickens was enraged by the Victorian equivalent "It was nobody's fault." Good to see Conservative returning to Victorian values...er, maybe not :)
Of course Slippery Sajid is talking complete balls. There is a very easy answer to the crisis. Do like the Australians did. Take all persons claiming asylum to an asylum processing centre thousands of miles away from your capital on an island that doesn't offer any attractions in itself. Then ensure there is a thorough process weighing up of the asylum claims - that will take years. And also ensure anyone who fails doesn't get on to your mainland.
Oddly enough the Australians found the seaborne asylum seekers dwindled to virtually nothing when that policy was brought in.
We have a number of candidate islands - St Helena, Ascension Island, the Falklands and South Georgia.
The asylum seekers can be treated well, given medical treatment and good food but they can also be assessed for their status. The beauty of the system is that anyone who is really in fear of persecution and death won't mind a few years of processing.
You do have to ensure you have them under military guard because as the Australians found a large proportion of these "refugees" can be very violent.
Another crazy BBC Reality Check: How many people seek asylum in the UK?
It mixes up aslylm and migrant data as if they are one in the same and quotes very small numbers, 26000 for asylum and 1800 for clandestine migrants. It doesn't mention any of the big immigration numbers because (presumably) it doesn't fit the narrative.
It's certainly not reality - does anyone really believe there were only 1800 illegal migrants entering the UK last year. Reality check quotes the data without question or qualification.
More BBC propaganda on one of their favourite subjects to obscure, muddy and obsuficate
More Fake News!
Crazy perhaps but there's method in their madness ie lull everyone to sleep.
Does anyone really believe there are only 5 clandestine arrivals in the UK per day from abroad?
Most successful clandestine arrivals will be properly organised by people smugglers. And people smugglers get rich by doing what they say on the can.
You should also watch out for passport switching. Last time I looked, 90,000 passports are "lost" every year.
Interesting that the Reality Tweak folk don't mention the cumulative number of illegal migrants in the UK. Migration Watch UK puts it at about 1.1 million.
"A report co-authored by former Head of Immigration Enforcement David Wood and former Home Office speechwriter Alasdair Palmer stated in mid-2017 that the HO had estimated that each year 150,000-250,000 foreign nationals either enter the UK illegally or overstay permission to be here. "
https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/455
A funny tweet today to Burley about the use of quotation marks in a headline about a 'major incident' - which was subsequently changed and the quotation marks taken out:
"You're basically the BBC's entire Twitter Response team, aren't you? Happy New Year! #getthemanadrink"
https://twitter.com/RobBurl/status/1079676803856457728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1079676803856457728&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbiasedbbc.org%2Fblog%2F2018%2F12%2F30%2Fstart-the-year-open-thread-31-december-2018%2F
Multi-billion pound BBC must be short staffed tonight. Sky had the story at 12.45pm. Nothing on the BBC Middle East page at 8.45pm. Probably awaiting the "How do we deal with this?" editorial conference, or maybe it appears on the Health page as mental health issue.
"Israel jails Palestinian who stabbed British woman to death"
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1079720127967518720
It's one for them to bury, I fear. Outrageous but par for the course.
You know how the BBC are interested in anything to do with Trump, the Obamas, and the Clintons? You know how like they a good mystery especially if people are pointing fingers at Trump as the author of a nefarious plan?
Well why aren't the BBC interested in the "Mysterious Envelopes Affair" at Bush's Funeral?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uVADx6STss&list=PLTTXiI-U-wSKzh70aOnCFN5UcBIt86WC3&index=7
Could it be because they would have to show the looks of fear, bewilderment and disgust on the facts of their favourite elite leaders?
The BBC sometimes have incredibly odd news story priorities and they still have the capacity to surprise me on what is important to them rather than to its viewers.
Today for some unknown reason (presumably an anti -Brexit smear) the BBC have majored on a small start up ferry company Seaborne being awarded a £14m contract.
It's been given airtime way beyond its relative importance.
It's a bit unusual even for the BBC to start complaining about a contract going wrong even before the contract has started. I don't think the Channel Tunnel company had ever built a tunnel under the channel before it was formed...but its bid was deemed credible.
I've noticed this story being pushed for all its worth and prize billing being given to someone who looks like a sixth form intern.
Sisyphus 1 January 2019 at 02:20
Arne: Agreed - I think they just saw the story as another opportunity for a spot of Brexit-bashing.(Assume you're talking about 10 pm news.)
Equally weird was the item on the black population of Argentina. We were told that, 200 years ago, people of African descent constituted 1/3 of the population. Then the focus shifted to a Tango dance-parlour where all of the dancers appeared to be white. The narrator was indignant about this: "Where are the Africans?" - apparently the origins of the Tango were black African. But what, exactly, was their beef? Were they trying to hint that 1/3 of the population had somehow been made to disappear? We were then shown a clip of a man whose, I think, mixed-race brother had died after a beating from the police. But NONE of this was NEWS - it might just have passed muster as a particularly weak edition of 'Panorama!'
Monkey Brains 1 January 2019 at 01:31
Happy New Year to one and all...I'm wondering how the BBC will spin this into an anti-Trump story. "Teetotal Trump Snubs 2019?" Perhaps I should work for the BBC...
Happy New Year everyone! And thanks Craig & Sue for all you do.
MB - Re: Teetotaller-Trump - Sorry but I really can't have kind thoughts about anyone who, unlike me, is not going to have a filthy hangover in the morning!
As we begin a new year, it's important we think of those who continue to suffer, and whose minds are full of foreboding as they survey the year ahead. We should especially reflect upon the plight of those battling so far incurable diseases.
My thoughts turn in particular to full time organiser for the Democrats (and part time BBC reporter), Anthony Zurcher, who is now in the final stages of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
One hopes for recovery, but looking at his Twitter account just now, that seems a dim prospect:
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Third 'Sunday' of Advent
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All very BBC
Mishal Goes to Gaza
Appointment with Bias
More hardline activity from the BBC
Herr Flick of the EU
Use it or lose it. Or: Rod Liddle on BBC bias
Out Of Office Message
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Meetings of minds
BBC employees back an anti-Israel stunt
Mr Marr's Advent Sunday Sermon
Sir Roger Scruton on scapegoats
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BBC 100 Women 2018
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Feel Good Friday! TikTok Dad Stands in at LGBTQ Weddings
Today's story shines a light on Dan Blevins, who after walking his daughter down the aisle in 2018 said that just the thought of someone not having a parent at their wedding or in their life, was just heartbreaking to him. So, what did Dan do? He uploaded a video to Tiktok where he invited anyone from the LGBTQ community to ask him to stand in as a parent at their wedding if their own parents were not supportive of their relationship.
No one should have to say "I do" alone.
Dan's TikTok video has now gone viral with so many people commenting on emotional experiences of their parents or families members rejecting them for their sexuality or gender identity.
In an interview with Today, Blevins, of Tennessee, said the response inspired him to start a Facebook group where community members and stand-ins could meet each other. The group, "TikTok Stand In Families," is fast approaching 40,000 members as of this writing.

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"I find palming boring and have been annoyed that I have been required to do it when visiting Bates teachers. Clearly I have been under a strain during these moments and this does not seem to have been Bates approach. Bates teachers seem to expect great things from their clients palming sessions whereas Bates appeared ready to work with the strain before doing anything else. Could you comment on this?"
To secure permanent relaxation sometimes requires considerable time and much ingenuity. The same method cannot be used with everyone. The ways in which people strain to see are infinite, and the methods used to relieve the strain must be almost equally varied. Whatever the method that brings most relief, however, the end is always the same, namely relaxation. By constant repetition and frequent demonstration and by all means possible, the fact must be impressed upon the patient that perfect sight can be obtained only by relaxation. Nothing else matters."
The phrase that echoed in my mind was those last three words. "Nothing else matters".
So, the emphasis is drawn away from any particular technique like palming bringing about "x" specific result, and it is therefore given a much less direct cause and effect conception.
"How would it be, if you conceive that this orange ball of fire, is simply a picture of your own frustration with it."
Two seconds later she said, in a tone of astonishment mixed with relief and disbelief - "It's gone". She exhaled much air with those words.
So it was not palming that achieved the change here, but her own understanding of what she was doing as she was palming. Palming, in a sense, was bringing up right in her face an aspect of her personality that was simply an out of control feedback loop. It was something she had difficulty identifying, and a mental habit - as soon as the futility of this way of relating to herself (and the world in general) was brought to her awareness however, it left immediately.
This kind of scenario happens often, but it's never the same - one time another lady saw stars zooming past, and she was terrified, and wanted them to slow down. The solution? Don't strain, let them be that fast - again within seconds she said "They've slowed down."
I commented to her that that is exactly right, because as soon as you try and do anything to change what's there, you do the very thing that creates the block. Two weeks after this, she told me that the block had dissolved - all that was required was that she become conscious of it.
Boredom is a tricky one, because it is in a sense a kind of disengagement, and it is hard to bring it out to the surface. Things like anger, and fear are easily engaged - they are obvious "actions" being taken by the person, and redirecting them is taking in hand an energetic involvement that is already active.
If you think of boredom as coming from the act of palming, then introduce the idea that in fact it is something you do at other times, and palming is showing you your habit of boredom. You can probably conceive that somewhere inside you is the knowledge you can sit quietly with no stimulus other than what your ears and skin tell you, and be perfectly happy. Where that place is, is probably at present quite safely out of bounds for one reason or another.
But always the essential ingredients are - observe, wait, and if things are not working and becoming unproductive, stop, and let it settle. Pushing palming is as unproductive as any other form of strain.
"As the concept of mental strain seems relevant to me this is the angle I have pursued. My experience of psychotherapy as a way of removing strain was not helpful and its interesting that hundreds of thousands of myopic psychotherapy clients have remained myopic after psychotherapy. "Buena Vista in their working.html say that myopes fall asleep when they fully relax and I would say this is my experience. Of course it's possible I might be able to relax perfectly sometimes and remain awake but I have no idea if I can."
Palming brings up what needs to be brought up - if you fall asleep when palming, it means you're tired. This can be from the full impact of having been straining for so long, but it can also be from lack of sleep.
There can definitely be a very peculiar tiredness as people let go of strain - and is often accompanied with a comment "What have I been doing to myself?" I've occasionally known people after releasing a shipload of strain to go home and just crash in the middle of the day, and sleep and sleep and sleep.


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Tele-Epidemiology: Advancing the Application of Earth Observation to Public Health Issues in Canada
Earthzine May 2, 2014 Articles, EO for Health, Original, Sections
St̩phanie Brazeau1, Guy Aub̩2, Patricia Turgeon1, Serge-Olivier Kotchi1, Pascal Michel1
1Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Health Risk Sciences Division, Saint-Hyacinthe, Qu̩bec, Canada, J2S 7C6
2Canadian Space Agency, Earth Observation Applications and Utilizations, St-Hubert, Qu̩bec, Canada, J3Y 8Y9
The emergence of zoonotic diseases is ranking highly among public health issues that the World Health Organization, World Organisation for Animal Health, and numerous national organizations, companies and universities are attempting to address. In order to mitigate these types of health risks, they are adopting a multi-sectorial approach of collaboration known as the One World One Health approach.
The Challenge: Protecting Canadians from Illness
In today's fast changing world, public health is facing many challenges in the prevention and the control of various emerging diseases and chronic conditions. Many of these health conditions arise from a sustained interaction between evolving human populations (change in demography, migrations and travels) and the environment. Zoonotic diseases are infections that can be acquired through contact between animals and humans. According to World Health Organization, at least 61 percent of all human pathogens are zoonotic, and have represented 75 percent of all emerging pathogens during the past decade [1, 2]. The emergence of zoonotic diseases, such as avian influenza (H5N1, H1N1, H5N9), new coronavirus (MERS-Cov), the West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus, and malaria, is ranking highly among the public health issues that the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) as well as numerous national organizations, companies and universities are attempting to address. In order to mitigate these type of health risks they are adopting a multi-sectorial approach of collaboration known as the One Health approach [3, 4].
Can Earth Observation be a game changer in public health?
Managing key public health issues require solid evidence-based knowledge. However, obtaining the necessary data on environmental health determinants constitutes a major challenge because of the large territory to cover. In fact, obtaining those data from field campaigns would require an unreasonable amount of resources. Fortunately, this is where Earth Observation (EO) images can step in and provide a contribution. Data from population or environmental determinants may be derived from EO images, particularly in regard to the impact of natural or anthropogenic ecosystem changes. Operationally, EO images have demonstrated their usefulness in the prevention and control of persistent and new diseases. They provide important wide and near-range geo-spatial information that can fuel research, improve monitoring and risk assessment for public health and guide intervention measures and disease control; they can also be useful in the preparation and response to emergencies; and they can help improve health security by reducing risks concerning the introduction of infectious disease (e.g., new avian influenza). Space-based EO technologies and know-how both contribute to producing unique data sets and critical information at synoptic as well as detailed spatial and temporal scales. Thus, the EO satellite data and products can be advantageous in several ways, including availability of different scales and wide-spread coverage, monitoring capability and rapid acquisition, costs effectiveness, as well as data quality and data continuity.
Public health issues are becoming increasingly complex, challenging the drive for innovation, motivating knowledge exploration, and fostering the development of expertise and partnerships. In Canada, EO has an opportunity to enhance public health-related knowledge and capacity to investigate diseases across a vast territory of more than 10 million square kilometers, including in the North. In doing so, the Canadian government can rely on access to RADARSAT-2 images through the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Since the 1990s, space-based EO technologies have been integrated into epidemiology and public health domains [5,6]. EO can play an important role in the decision-making process in public health, and the recent methodological approach resulting from this integration is valued by experts working on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in Canada. This approach is now known as tele-epidemiology.
How Can Earth Observation Enhance Public Health Capacity Through Tele-epidemiology?
Tele-epidemiology is a recent discipline combining epidemiology and space technology applied to human and animal health. This discipline allows the spatial and the temporal study of events affecting the health or disease processes. It involves the monitoring and the assessment of the distribution of animal and human illnesses strongly linked to climatic and environmental variations. [6].
Outline of interlocking elements and domains crucial to the emerging discipline of tele-epidemiology [12]
Image Credit: CSA / Ì RDE, 2014.
Tele-epidemiology is particularly interesting for the study and monitoring of emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases, since these involve the transmission of viruses or bacteria by vectors (insects, invertebrates, and mammals) whose population and movements are often influenced by environmental characteristics. Tele-epidemiology is then used to model the spread of disease and map the associated risks from vector-ecology knowledge affected by and following environmental changes (e.g., Lyme, Malaria, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, etc.). The analysis of EO images allows rapid identification of specific sites that can be used for field validation of the presence of a vector infected by a disease and the enhancement of active disease surveillance, as is the case for Lyme disease in Canada [7].
Tele-epidemiology also has recently found usefulness in the study of bacteria contaminating lakes and thus representing a risk to bathers. The use of geospatial technologies and EO images is useful to characterize the spatial and temporal variability of environmental determinants involved in microbial contamination of recreational lakes. åÊEven if bacteria are invisible to the human eye and to satellites, it is possible from space to characterize the sources of contamination and the determinants involved in transport and transmission (agriculture, urban areas, etc.). This risk assessment is feasible with the use of geospatial tools and through the integration of factors involved in microbial contamination, providing the information necessary for decision-making, management of public health surveillance, and control of diseases [8, 10] .
Partnerships for Better Health Decision-Making Processes in Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the health community are exploring new initiatives with national and international partners, such as the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN). åÊThese partnerships are advancing the application of EO, monitoring and forecasting systems to health decision-making processes. In particular, they provide a solid base for the (1) development of tele-epidemiology EO applications (i.e., infectious and vector-borne diseases, ecology and behavior, water and air quality); (2) understanding of ecosystems changes that can lead to the emergence of diseases; and (3) integration and fusion of geospatial, medical and socio-economic data for health care decision support systems [9].
Since 2000, the Earth Observation Applications and Utilizations division of the CSA has managed EO-specific programs and projects. Efforts to date have focused on the utilization of radar and optical EO data, and on integrating the satellite data into environmental information systems related to water, agriculture, energy, climate, weather, ecosystems, biodiversity, security, and others. The CSA has worked with other government departments, with industry and with research institutions across Canada to develop and implement a number of health- and environment-related monitoring activities.
As an example, PHAC has recently completed a project through the CSA Government Related Initiatives Program (GRIP) to assess the benefit and usefulness of satellite data for monitoring and managing foodborne pathogens associated with recreational waters. EO-based methods and measurements were integrated into statistical models to assess the average contamination level of recreational beaches in southern Quebec [10, 12]. Data from various EO satellites, such as RADARSAT-2, Envisat/MERIS, Landsat-5, MODIS, AVHRR, SPOT-5, GeoEye-1 and Worldview-2 were used in order to better characterize the surrounding land use and environmental determinants. The project allowed PHAC to identify farming and urban activities as having the main influence on the microbiological quality of recreational waters in terms of fecal contamination levels from foodborne pathogens [10-11].
Tracking foodborne pathogens contamination in water from the source with EO images. Image Credit: PHAC, 2013.
Conclusion: Opportunity and Investment
Information is at the core of public health, as it can lead to better decision-making in the prevention and control of diseases. Although EO images are widely available, there is further investment required to produce results or spatial information timely, repeatedly and accurately. In Canada, the public health sector is starting to utilize and exploit EO images in a more systematic way. Research and development of tele-epidemiology requires expert training, education, and knowledge transfer from science to operations. In addition, the enhanced development of risk-assessment models and the early warning of infectious diseases by tele-epidemiology could have an impact on current surveillance methods, intervention and controls and will call for adoption of this new approach.
Global and environmental changes challenge our understanding of the inherent mechanisms of zoonotic disease transmission. A better understanding of ecosystems and their health is needed. The EO images can help monitor terrestrial ecosystems, land use, and its changes in order to prevent and potentially help in the control of health risks over a large area in a timely manner. The EO images offer the opportunity to gather essential information on environmental determinants of health, from coast-to-coast including the Canadian Northern region and other remote communities. Several new EO satellite missions will be launched in the coming years. Satellite systems like the RADARSAT Constellation, the European Sentinels, SMAP, and other future sources of information will increase the benefits for the health sector.
CSA's EO applications programs have focused on user needs and helped facilitate the implementation of tele-epidemiology activities at PHAC, fitting well within a One Health approach promoted internationally. In a world where satellite-based EO play a key role in the stewardship of land, ocean and atmospheric features, it could do the same by helping to manage emerging public health issues at the interface between humans, animals and the environment.
1. Taylor, L.H., S.M. Latham, and M.E.J. Woolhouse, Risk factors for human disease emergence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London – Series, 2001. 356(1411): p. Biological Sciences. 356(1411):983-989.
2. World Health Organization, The control of neglected zoonotic diseases http://www.who.int/zoonoses/control_neglected_zoonoses/en/
3. OHI. One Health Initiative. 2014 January 2014]; Available from: http://onehealthinitiative.com/index.php.
3. AVMA, One Health: a New Professional Imperative, in 2008, American Veterinary Medical Association: Schaumburg, IL, USA. p. 76 pages.
4. Rogers, D.J. and S.E. Randolph, Studying the global distribution of infectious diseases using GIS and RS [Review]. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2003. 1(3): p. 231-237.
5. Kalluri, S., et al., Surveillance of arthropod vector-borne infectious diseases using remote sensing techniques: A review – art. no. e116 [Review]. PLoS Pathogens, 2007. 3(10): p. 1361-1371.
6. Marechal, F., et al., Satellite imaging and vector-borne diseases: the approach of the French National Space Agency (CNES). Geospatial health, 2008. 3(1): p. 1-5.
7. Ogden, N.H., et al., Investigation of ground level and remote-sensed data for habitat classification and prediction of survival of Ixodes scapularis in habitats of southeastern Canada. Journal of Medical Entomology, 2006. 43(2): p. 403-414.
8. Kotchi, S.O., et al., Assessing and Monitoring Microbiological Quality of Surface Waters Using Tele-Epidemiology. Human Evolution/ Global Bioethics, 2012. 27(1-3): p. 59-64.
9. GEO, Health: Strategic Targets. 2013. http://www.earthobservations.org/geoss_he_tar.shtml
10. Turgeon, P., et al., Assessing and monitoring agroenvironmental determinants of recreational freshwater quality using remote sensing. Water Science and Technology 2013. 67(7): p. 1503-15011.
11. PHAC, Risk Assessment of Microbial Contamination of Recreational Waters in Canada Suing Satellite Imagery: Pilot Project on Public Beaches in Southern Quebec, 2013, Public Health Agency of Canada. p. 12 pages.
12. Canadian Space Agency / Aerde Environmental Research. Tele-epidemiology. 2014. p. 4.
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This family-owned business has a turnover of $300 million, 460 staff and processes over 230,000 cattle and 109,000 calves per year. Tony's previous roles include CEO for AsureQuality for five years, the largest quality assurance organisation in New Zealand; CEO for AFFCO NZ Ltd for five years, a major meat processing company and Managing Director [Marketing and Finance] for Greenlea Premier Meats Ltd for eight years. In addition to these management roles, Tony has taken on a number of Directorships at both industry and international business levels and has represented New Zealand at a number of international forums.
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Donna has a Bachelor of Social Science with First Class Honours in Economics from Waikato University. Throughout her career she has worked in both the private and public sectors providing practical economic insights to businesses, investors and government to support their decision-making.
Professor Palatasa (Tasa) Havea ONZM,
Dean Pacific in the new Office of Pasifika Student Success at Massey University.
Before joining Massey, Tasa was Principal Research Scientist at Fonterra's Research and Development Centre. Originally from Tonga, Tasa's 22-year research career began when he studied a food technology degree at Massey University. His research has been published widely in international scientific journals and he has presented at numerous international scientific conferences. He has supervised a large number of postgraduate research students.
Tasa has a distinguished record of leadership in the Pacific community, serving on a range of boards, committees and reference groups. A strong advocate for encouraging Pacific students into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, he is part of the Reference Group at the Ministry of Social Development developing new strategy, is Deputy Chair of the Pacific Education Foundation Board at the Tertiary Education Commission and chairs the Amanaki STEM Academy Board.
Ian Proudfoot
Global Head of Agribusiness, Partner - Audit, KPMG in New Zealand
Ian Proudfoot joined KPMG in the London office in 1992, moving to New Zealand and the KPMG office in Auckland in 1996. Ian was admitted to partnership in 2004 and appointed as Global Head of Agribusiness for KPMG in 2013, leading a network of KPMG Professionals that now spans over 50 countries. Ian has a BSc (Hons) Industrial Economics from the University of Warwick, UK. Ian has provided audit and advisory services to a wide range of clients. Ian's clients in the primary sector currently include businesses in the dairy, red meat, fishing, horticulture and viticulture sectors. Ian is considered to be one of the leading strategic thinkers on Agribusiness in New Zealand. He presents around the world on the future of food productions, processing and consumption articulating a vision for a food system that delivers sufficient nutrition to the world in a sustainable manner through the utilisation of disruptive innovations that fuse biological, digital and physical technologies together into new models for food producers. He is the lead author of the award-winning KPMG Agribusiness Agenda publications which have been published annually since 2010.
Closing plenary wrap–up: Professor Richard Archer
Past–President of NZIFST, Richard Archer is the Logan Campbell Professor of Food Technology in the School of Food and Advanced Technology at Massey University and is also a Fellow of the Riddet Institute.
After four years in deer by-product processing industry, then nineteen in the dairy processing industry, Richard returned to Massey University in 2004 to head Engineering, and then the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health. Richard is now Director of the FoodPILOT and serves on several advisory boards. He was Chief Technologist of the recently completed MBIE-funded FIET programme on food process engineering and leads a number of smaller projects and programmes.


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This is a book about famous cars mostly in famous movies. It started out mainly as British cars and films but we had to include Bullitt, Le Mans, Grand Prix and other movies that were of note and even some cars that were of note but not necessarily involved in great feature movies. We have still concentrated on the British side and it is somewhat surprising that even the Saint's Volvo P1800 was built in the U.K. Some of the cars came from TV series and again I think we captured the most important ones. I think we have done justice to a wide range of cars and were lucky enough to discover a large number of images going back to the 1920's and even earlier. I had to include my Uncle Sandy's 1899 Le Roy which was the first car built in Canada and the first car to cross from Windsor to Detroit.


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A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae)
WILSON, P.G., Nuytsia 1 (1): 3–155 (1970)
Four new species of Orchidaceae from Western Australia
A checklist of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia
Taxonomic notes on the family Rutaceae, principally of Western Australia
WILSON, P.G., Nuytsia 1 (2): 197–207 (1971)
A new species of Philotheca, P. tubiflora : the first record of the genus, sensu stricto, for Western Australia
Studies in the genus Eucalyptus, series Dumosae
A revision of the Australian species of Hybanthus Jacquin (Violaceae)
Four new taxa of Eucalyptus from Western Australia
Studies in the genus Acacia. 1
New species and subspecies of Casuarina in Western Australia
JOHNSON, L.A.S., Nuytsia 1 (3): 261–265 (1972)
New taxa and new combinations in Western Australian Pittosporaceae
A revision of the genus Lamarchea Gaudichaud (Myrtaceae : Leptospermoideae)
A taxonomic revision of the genus Tecticornia (Chenopodiaceae)
Taxonomic notes on Western Australian species of Pityrodia, Beaufortia and Verticordia
Nigromnia, a new genus of Goodeniaceae
CAROLIN, R.C., Nuytsia 1 (4): 292–293 (1974)
Notes on Eucalyptus brachycorys Blakely and E. comitae-vallis Maiden
Six new species of Eucalyptus from Western Australia
Studies in the genus Acacia. 2. Miscellaneous new phyllodinous species
Studies in the genus Acacia. 3. The taxonomy of A. saligna (Labill.) H. Wendl.
A new species of Phebalium from south-eastern New South Wales
Ptilotus alexandri Benl sp. nov. (Amaranthaceae)
Taxonomic studies in Thomasia and Lasiopetalum (Sterculiaceae)
PAUST, SUSAN, Nuytsia 1 (4): 348–366 (1974)
A new species of Anigozanthos (Haemodoraceae) from Western Australia
Seven new species of Grevillea (Proteaceae) from Western Australia
The genus Cenchrus (Poaceae) in Australia
WESTON, A.S., Nuytsia 1 (4): 375–380 (1974)
Five new species of Adenanthos (Proteaceae) from Western Australia
Studies in the genus Acacia (Mimosaceae). 4. A revision of the series Pulchellae


India's GDP growth for the first quarter (April-June) of the current financial year 2012-13 stood at 5.5% compared to 5.3% in the previous quarter (last quarter of the previous financial year 2011-12). Also it is much lower compared to 8% GDP growth in the same quarter last financial year.
As per the data published by the CSO, Electricity, Construction, "Financing, insurance, real estate and business services" and "Community, social and personal services" sectors growth stood at 6.3%, 10.9%, 10.8% and 7.9% respectively in the first quarter of current financial year compared to 8%, 3.5%, 9.4% and 3.2% growth in the same quarter last year. Agricultural growth stood better than expected at 2.9% in the same quarter compared to 3.7% last year. Manufacturing sector growth stalled at 0.2% in the first quarter compared to 7.3% growth in the same quarter last year. The below table shows the growth details of different sectors for the first quarter of current and previous financial year.
At the same time, Investment and consumptions dropped which is a matter of concern for the Indian government. With relatively better growth and Very high inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may not cut key rates in its next monetary policy review on September 17. Now India's economy desperately needs some economic reform and immediate rate cut in order to regain double digit GDP growth rate.


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Drug Pricing Policy Summit 2017
On November 15 & 16, 2017 was the 2nd annual Drug Pricing Policy Summit in Toronto, Ontario. Varied patient groups joined the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network, Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, and Save Your Skin Foundation to discuss: Drug Pricing Policy in Canada: Measuring Progress and Making Our Mark
This year's Summit built on the inaugural 2016 Summit with updates from across the regulatory, public and private policy environments. In addition, the 2017 Summit presented different views on drug pricing policy in Canada, including perspectives on value-based healthcare with a focus on patient outcomes and putting the patient at the centre of the process. Panelists included leaders in the public and private payer environments, pharmaceutical industry and prescribers.
To read more about the background information, visit the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network website for the following link and more: Click here to view a description of bodies involved in drug pricing policy in Canada.
To learn more about the DPPS Working Groups or to inquire about getting involved in them, please email: DPPSWorkingGroups@gmail.com
Updated December 19, 2017:
We are proud to share the reports from the 2017 Summit, in English and in French. Please click on images below to read the reports:
Recordings of the sessions that occurred over the two days are also available via youTube, to view the collection please click here.
The following webinars were presented prior to this year's Summit, detailing updates on the climate of drug pricing policy in Canada.
October 18, 2017, pan-Canadian Public Health Systems : The Basics
Presenters: Wayne Critchley, Louise Binder
Please click here to watch the recording of this webinar
This webinar will provide a broad conceptual blueprint of federal and provincial/territorial public health policy structures across Canada, describing the legal framework, government responsibility centres and their mandates for treatment access, with reference to specific opportunities for patient engagement. This is a primer for attendees attending the November 15-16, 2017 Drug Pricing Policy Summit and for others who would like to have a review of these systems for their interest.
November 1, 2017, Health Technology Assessment : What does value really mean for public drug plans?
Presenter: Matthew Brougham
Please click here to watch a recording of this webinar
This webinar will describe the process used by nine provinces and the territories to assess the value of a drug in determining whether public drugs plans should reimburse the drug through their plans. This is called a health technology assessment. It will describe the role and methodology of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health in leading this assessment for both oncology and non-oncology drugs.
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Main Passage: Philippians 1:12-14- Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14 And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.
Cross Referenced Passage: Philippians 1:21- For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Launching Discussion: Speak about something you wanted so badly that you devoted most of your time, attention and mental life to obtaining it but it turned out to be disappointing in the end.
It's rather easy to develop a "faith crisis" when you actually have devoted yourself to Jesus and living out your faith. Even though we may not want to admit it, we always risk having an expectation from God for our faithfulness. The sermon spoke of false or unrealistic expectations and their effect on a relationship.
1. Based on God's character and your knowledge of His written Word, what invalid expectations do you have or have had? What valid ones?
2. In other words, the bottom line is what is your Bottom Line? Is it Jesus + something else?
Name the something else(s) and explain why and how you think they compete with your total affection for Christ and His purposes?
3. How has this week's sermon, and the series generally, helped you to see how joy should and can work in your life as a Christian?
4. Have you ever, or do you now, feel angry and then guilty about questioning God for allowing hardships in your life that you feel are unfair or inexplicable?
5. Based on the main passage, sermon and knowing that Jesus is always in tune with your heart, how might your conversations with God be different.
*Tim Keller has voiced something that highlights this deep biblical truth. To paraphrase, "we always pray for the removal of hardship or suffering for joy to be restored. However, according to God's perfect purposes it's the hardship and suffering that brings you to that place of joy." Now, and for eternity.


Kate's background is in art practice and art history. Recently she has interwoven her practical and academic interests with the discipline of Design.
Current research interests involve transdisciplinary research into digital transformations and fragmented heritage using sculpture and contributing to innovations in archaeology, engineering and new media.
She is currently working on an art project in association with archaeologists at Bradford University on the AHRC funded Digital Transformations: 'Fragmented Heritage' project.
She currently teaches modules 'Design in Context','Blue Sky Brief' and 'Design Communication'. She is also a tutor in Studio project work for first, second and final year undergraduates.


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Q: Placeholder.js Append water mark as Text in Textbox control, ASP.NET
In IE-9 If textbox leave black and allowed to search the water water
"Request Type"
append to query as search criteria, any fix for placeholder.js that ignores watermark text
working perfectly in Chrome

A: IE-9 does not determines placeholder. As I understand - its your problem. So if you need to use it in IE-9 you can get it something like this:
HTML
<input type="text" value="" placeholder="E-mail-1">
<input type="text" value="" placeholder="E-mail-2">
<input type="text" value="Value" placeholder="E-mail-3">

CSS:
<style type="text/css">
.placeholdr { color: gray }
</style>

Its code on JS without JQuery:
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<script type="text/javascript">
(function setPlaceHolders(){
var input = document.getElementsByTagName('input'); // get all text fields
var cls = "placeholdr"; // set name of the class

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        var t = input[i];
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        if (txt.length > 0) { // if placeholder found
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            t.onblur = function() { // on focus out
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Suzi trained at Oxford Brookes University and qualified in 1995. Suzi has worked at the Yorkshire spinal injuries unit, where she provided therapy to adults and children undergoing the acute and rehabilitative phases of their recovery. Suzi has worked with clients with a range of neurological impairments including several in and outpatient clients with spinal injuries.
Suzi has a wide range of experience in physical medicine, with specialist skills in paediatrics, neuro-rehab, orthopaedics and amputees. She has experience of working with clients with a range of conditions within inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and community settings. Suzi has completed further academic studies in postural management including wheelchair and seating, and assessing and managing those with long-term conditions and neurological rehabilitation. Suzi has also worked within statutory services, and assessed and reviewed clients with a wide range of spinal cord injuries, and has also sourced grants for property adaptations and access.
Suzi has worked as a case manager with Westcountry Case Management since 2008 and also works as an independent occupational therapist for children and adults with complex needs. This role includes undertaking assessments, outlining and providing treatments and helping clients to achieve their goals and develop independence.
In addition, Suzi writes medico-legal rehab and care cost reports, supervises other clinicians working with children in independent practice, and offers final year occupational therapy student placements.
Extensive experience in management and treatment of adults and children with a range of medical conditions in a variety of settings.
Extensive experience of assessing a range of different clients and recognising the client's and family's focus for intervention.
Management and working knowledge to direct staff and support others to facilitate the client in achieving their goals.
Experience and working knowledge of linking with those in independent practice, statutory sectors and Health and Social Services.
Able to communicate with clients and carers of all ages and from all walks of life with empathy and humour.


When one of them receives a mysterious letter, BFFs Val and Kit begin to unravel a mystery that spans a continent and reaches back decades. It also takes them to Palm Desert, California, a paradise of palm trees, mountains, blue skies . . . and now murder. The men in their lives—Val's favorite detective, Dennis Culotta; her boss, Tom Haskins; and Kit's husband, Larry—play their (un)usual parts in this adventure that introduces a fresh batch of suspicious characters, including Kit's New York–attorney sister, Nora, and their mother. Val faces an additional challenge when her daughter, Emily, reveals her own startling news. Val and Kit bring to this story their (a)typical humor, banter, and unorthodox detective skills. Like all the books in The Val & Kit Mystery Series, this fifth one can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel.


Residents fill the seats on Feb. 18 at the Plano Municipal Center while council members deliberate behind closed doors on the future of council member Tom Harrison. The council member was facing calls to resign after sharing an anti-Islam video on his personal Facebook page.
Tom Harrison on Sunday defied the wishes of his fellow Plano City Council members, saying publicly for the first time he will not resign after an anti-Islam video he shared on Tuesday angered segments of the city population and attracted greater scrutiny to his social media activity.
Harrison's announcement came during a special called meeting in which the other seven members of the council voted to censure him for his comments. Some of Harrison's Facebook posts were unknown to several council members until earlier that day, including links Harrison shared in 2016 to articles that made politicized statements about black fatherhood and falsely asserted that all present-day slaveowners are Muslim.
The additional posts from Nov. 5, 2016, were viewed on Sunday by Community Impact Newspaper before Harrison's personal Facebook page appeared to be made private or deleted. City spokesperson Steve Stoler confirmed the posts were among those presented to the council in executive session, along with several anti-Islam posts Harrison did not write, but was tagged in and did not remove from his profile.
Harrison declined to comment further on his decision at the meeting, citing advice from his attorney. He did not reply to a request for comment.
But his fellow council members were not so tight-lipped, particularly after learning of Harrison's additional posts that surfaced after the anti-Islam video became public this week. All seven council members, even those who acknowledged they were inclined at first to give Harrison the benefit of the doubt, condemned the posts and either suggested he should resign, or called for his resignation outright.
The backlash over the video began to spread after it was shared on Tuesday and reached a heightened level of exposure on Wednesday, when Mayor Harry LaRosiliere held a press conference to call for Harrison's immediate resignation.
The video depicted students wearing hijabs while working at their classroom desks with the caption, "share if you think Trump should ban Islam in American schools." It was first posted by the Facebook page Joined Hands Across America for Trump, and later shared by Harrison without any clarifying text.
Harrison wrote in a statement on Wednesday that he shared the video "to emphasize Christianity is not the only religion being targeted for exclusion" in public schools. He apologized to the Plano Muslim community.
"It was not meant as a personal attack against the Islamic faith," Harrison wrote at the time.
But Harrison's colleagues on the council expressed dismay at the posts and how they reflected on the city of Plano.
The rest of the council—LaRosiliere, Rick Grady, Ron Kelley, Angela Miner and Kayci Prince—said Harrison should step down immediately for his social media activity.
In the end, the council voted 7-1 to censure Harrison, who cast the single vote against the motion. The censure, a formal statement of admonishment, does not affect Harrison's status on the council, and is the most action the council can take against one of its own members, LaRosiliere told reporters after the meeting.
The council is not able to remove a member, which can be done through voluntary resignation or a public recall vote. When asked if he would support a recall vote, LaRosiliere said that decision is up to the citizens of Plano, who would have to gather a number of signed petitions totaling 30 percent of the number of voters in the regular municipal election.
Just show me where to sign. Surely someone already put the recall vote petition together?
Me too….I would like to sign a recall petition.
Clarification on this article. I attended the meeting and the Censure vote was 6 to 1, Anthony Ricardelli did not support the censure.
Harry ran a very good meeting in a contentious environment, and I admire him that he wanted to make clear to everyone there that the attitudes displayed by the councilman are not acceptable.
Hi Doloris, thanks for reading, and for your feedback. I just wanted to clarify for our other readers that the censure vote was 7-1, as reported. The vote was taken by show of hands, and Ricciardelli raised his hand along with the others. The meeting video is archived here: http://tx-plano.civicplus.com/210/Plano-TV.
You clearly don't understand how this works.
1A says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. Doesn't say there are zero repercussions if you spread bigoted nonsense as a local city councilman.
Tom Harrison can and should be held accountable. Council censured him, voters will likely vote him out.
Attempting to create a recall on something other then solid proof, only shows how intolerant some people have become. These same people had better hope their lives never come under public scrutiny as their intolerant attitudes are easily seen.
Recall Mayor Harry LaRosiliere, he sounds like the idiot when public speaking.


All first-time-in-college students living on campus during their first year at UNF are required to purchase a meal membership.
Meal memberships vary in price and quantity (number of meals per week), allowing options for differing schedules and budgets. However, students who do not choose a meal membership will have the 14-meal plan assessed for them about three weeks before the start of the term. To avoid this, please choose your meal membership today. Payment will be due at the start of the term, and there is no deposit required.
When contracts are available online, we encourage you to check the UNF Dining Services Meal Membership Website for the most up-to-date information.
Meal membership rates vary depending on term, meals per week and dining dollar choices. For more information about how and when to pay for your meal membership, visit the Meal Membership website.
If you are planning to live on campus during Summer 2017, you will need to purchase a summer meal membership along with the fall meal membership.
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Burke Shelley RIP
Bon Jovi hire guitarist O'Ree
By Scott Munro ( Classic Rock ) published 9 September 15
New Jersey man Matt joins live lineup for Far East tour - but Chinese authorities cancel planned September shows
Bon Jovi have added New Jersey native Matt O'Ree to their live lineup.
Radio station WRAT FM confirmed the news that he'd been brought in to replace Bobby Bandiera for the band's upcoming shows in the Far East – but Phil X, who plays on Bon Jovi's "fan" album Burning Bridges, will remain the group's main axeman.
The blues-based guitarist formed the Matt O'Ree Band in 1994 and last month joined Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan on stage at the Rock The Farm benefit gig in the US.
And while the majority of Bon Jovi's gigs will take place over the coming weeks, their two scheduled shows at Macao's Cotai Arena in China later this month have been cancelled by authorities.
Chinese officials have given no reason, but the BBC suggest it could be because the band used an image of the Dalai Lama as a stage backdrop in 2010.
China has previously banned Bjork, Maroon 5, academics and politicians who have supported the campaign for Tibetan independence.
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Scott looks after Louder's online buyer's guides and also scouts out the best deals for music fans from every corner of the internet. He's spent more than 25 years in newspapers and magazines and in 2014 joined our news desk, where he wrote extensively about rock, metal, prog and more. Scott has previous written for the Daily Record, Sunday Mirror, The Herald and IGN.
Joanne Shaw Taylor on burnout, living in Detroit, and having a Harry Potter Christmas
Singer Ronnie Spector dead at 78
Metallica, King Diamond, Motorhead pay respect to Budgie's Burke Shelley
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Gatherings are highly interactive one-day groups, with participants exchanging ideas and experiences. Toni Marie serves as a guide and facilitator.
Gathering groups are usually offered in one participant's home, with all group members bringing food to share for lunch.
To request a Gatherings Group in your area, please contact Toni Marie.


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Q: Understanding immutability and virtual DOM in below case After reading here about immutability, I am trying to understand how react is working. I am trying to understand with the help of following 3 components, however its not making sense.

const bla = {a: 1};
class Test extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      a: 1,
    };
    this.onClick = () => this.setState(prevState => ({
      a: prevState.a + 1
    }));
  }
  render() {
    console.log('Render default');
    return
 DOM Updating: {
      this.state.a
    }
;
  }
}

class Test1 extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      a: 1,
    };
    this.onClick = () => this.setState(prevState => ({
      a: 1
    }));
  }
  render() {
    console.log('Render 1');
    return
 DOM not updating: {
      this.state.a
    }
;
  }
}

class Test2 extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = bla;
    this.onClick = () => {
      const mutating = this.state;
      mutating.a = this.state.a + 1;
      this.setState(mutating);
    };
  }
  render() {
    console.log('Render 2');
    return
 DOM updating with mutation: {
      this.state.a
    }
;
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(
 < Test / > < Test1 / > < Test2 / >
, document.getElementById('root'));

If I inspect div id="test1" it is updating in Chrome dev tool on each click. Want to understand below points:

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*During on click If I inspect div id="text1" why this is not reflecting in dev tool? Here I am assigning new object in state on each click ({a: 1}). As the link above says

In fact, React.js does not need to have knowledge about what exactly changed. All it needs to know is whether the state changed at all or not.

*In Test2 component I am mutating the state however, why dom getting updated on click?

*In case of updating nested state since we are updating parent state, does this mean React will think that all others children have changed their values and will re-render all of them even when they aren't changed?

A: 1.) In the console output, you simply see Render 1, because you invoke setState with the static value 1. But in fact, each time you invoke setState with the click, React will set a new (in the sence of new object reference) state for the component, and a new render cycle is triggered.

setState() will always lead to a re-render unless shouldComponentUpdate() returns false. Link

2.) See answer 1. In addition, you have a DOM change, because state changes are merged.

When you call setState(), React merges the object you provide into the current state.

In your Test2 click handler code, mutating will be merged into the current state. It is the same object, but important is, that all its properties (here a property) will be spread into the state, resulting in a new state object.
const mutating = this.state;
mutating.a = this.state.a + 1;
this.setState(mutating);

3.) Let's say you have a Parent component containing all your child components. If you change props or state of Parent, all children will be rerendered by React, unless their shouldComponentUpdate hook returns false or they are PureComponents, whose props or state did not change.

setState() enqueues changes to the component state and tells React that this component and its children need to be re-rendered with the updated state. Link

Rerender means, that for each child, React compares the previous and the current version in a Reconciliation step. It only leads to a DOM update, if the child has really changed, otherwise nothing happens. See here for a nice visualization.


Fede Alvarez does it again. The director of the renowned horror film "Evil Dead," brings to you a piece of excellence that will have you hold your breath throughout this morality thriller – "Don't Breathe." It is an exquisite play that plays with the audience's integrity and the will to do the right thing while conveying the story in such a way that we feel helpless and uneasy the same way that the protagonists on screen do.
Alvarez made a lot of smart decisions in the making of this film and one of these decisions was choosing the right cast. He was really wise to reunite himself with the star of "Evil Dead," Jane Levy, an actress who is fearless at any given situation, and he was even wiser to cast Stephen Lang, an astounding actor for decades, who brilliantly portrays quite a challenging role here. Alvarez and his team give a remarkable visual representation of the story just by the exquisite sense of geography throughout the film, keeping in mind almost the whole film is a one- setting implementation thriller.
Here is a short insight of the film and what you're going to expect. The story starts off with the audience getting to know the three protagonists of the film: Rocky (Levy), her boy friend Money (Daniel Zovatto), and wanna-be boyfriend, Alex (Dylan Minnette). These three teen crooks rob houses in the wealthy suburbs in Detroit for some easy cash, however Alex's dad manages a security company that gives them the access to most of the alarm systems installed in houses they plan to rob, which means a lot less of "breaking" in breaking & entering. Rocky lives in a dump with her innocent sister, corrupt mother, and her mother's formidable boyfriend.
till this point. Even though Alvarez shed a good amount of light on Rocky, and the blind man (Lang) later on, he didn't give enough insight on Alex and Money and that's to the film's disadvantage since the audience was not able to fully understand the character traits that define that specific role. You could feel Alvarez was rushing to the "good part" of the story however the "good part" could have been better if he took time to give an understanding on these two protagonists.
Getting back to the gist of the film, the three teenagers are sick of quickie robberies so they hope for a better job that could possibly change their future and to their luck, Money uncovered an easy gig, which is to steal a good amount of money that sits in a safe in a blind veteran's house. With this money, Money and Rocky, along with her sister, plan to move away to California in hope for a better life. It seems like an easy job to rob a blind old man who lives alone with the access to his alarm system; what could go wrong?
As mentioned before, the integrity of the audience is at question throughout the film since you wouldn't opt for teenagers to rob a helpless blind old man. But is he that helpless? The low-level criminals underestimated the blind veteran and that resulted in a not very fruitful situation for Rocky, Alex, and Money. However the moral complexity takes a back seat after a significant plot twist towards the end of the story. Trying to refrain from any spoilers, let's just say that the blind old man is a definite villain for a very disturbing situation.
Overall this has been a great thriller that you will surely love to watch again and again without losing even a bit of interest every time you watch it. The battle of wills between the protagonists and the antagonists is the headline of the film and the wonderful cinematography creates a frightful atmosphere for the audience to get engaged in. The icing on the cake has to be the various plot twists here and there, which keep you wondering what would happen next and of course have you hold your breath.
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