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Amit Shah to visit Assam on Sat, many opposition leaders may join BJP
By IANS| Published: 23rd December 2020 4:30 am IST
Guwahati, Dec 22 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah would visit Assam on December 26 and during his visit, several leaders of the opposition parties are likely to join the ruling BJP, party sources said here on Tuesday.
BJP leaders said that the visit of Shah is very significant ahead of next year's elections to the 126-member Assam Assembly, likely to be held in April or May.
"During the Home Minister's visit, several leaders of various opposition parties would join the BJP. Shah would discuss important issues related to the elections with the state party leaders, including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal," a BJP leader said, refusing to disclose the details of the leaders who are likely to join the ruling party.
Along with Assam, Assembly polls would also be held in other states, including West Bengal and Kerala.
Shah, a former President of BJP, visited Bengal on Saturday and Sunday when dissident Trinamool Congress heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari along with several others joined the BJP.
BJP's National Vice-President, Baijayant Jay Panda, who is the Assam in-charge for the saffron party, visited the state last week and claimed that the party is fully confident of securing "the mission of 100 plus seats" along with its allies.
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"The BJP along with its allies would retain power in Assam and would secure at least 100 seats in next year's Assembly elections," Panda told the media in Guwahati.
The results of the recent elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and the Tiwa Autonomous Council (TAC) in Assam have boosted the confidence of the BJP.
The BJP swept last week's polls to the 36-member TAC by winning 33 seats while in the elections to the 40-member BTC, BJP formed the council in alliance with two other new allies — United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) and Gana Suraksha Parishad (GSP).
After the outcome of the BTC polls, the BJP dumped the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) and announced to support its new allies UPPL and GSP to take power in the politically significant autonomous body.
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The BJP in the December 7 and 10 BTC polls fought against the BPF despite ruling Assam together since 2016 along with the AGP.
In the 40-member BTC polls, BPF became the single largest party by winning 17 seats while the UPPL bagged 12 seats, BJP 9, and the GSP and Congress one seat each.
In a fresh development on Tuesday, the Gauhati High Court ordered Chief Executive Member Pramod Boro-led new BTC to prove its majority in the floor of the council before December 26.
The high court order came following a petition filed by BPF President and former Chief Executive Member of the BTC, Hagrama Mohilary.
Mohilary, whose party had emerged as the single largest party in the just-concluded BTC polls, filed the petition opposing the formation of the council by the UPPL with the BJP and GSP, contending that BPF as the single largest party should have been allowed to form the council first.
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A man, who did not want his daughter to marry her boyfriend, told the young man to shoot himself to prove his love and he did.
Atul Lokhande, 30, from Bhopal, India, was the leader of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha. According to worlwideweirdnews.com, he desperately wanted to marry the woman, so he complied with her father's request. He had reportedly been in a relationship with the 27-year-old woman, who is a bank employee, for the last 13 years.
In a Facebook post, Lokhande wrote that his girlfriend's father asked him to shoot himself in order to show his love for her. He said that the father, who tried to break them up several times, promised to let him marry his daughter if he survived.
The 30-year-old went to the woman's home, shot himself in front of her and an uncle, who was waiting in a car. Though he survived, he remains in a critical condition especially with doctors fearing he could be brain dead.
The man's family wants police to charge the father with abetment to suicide. Police said that they are investigating the incident, but so far, no arrests have been made.


The Ethereum blockchain has become host to a variety of variety of digital assets, with more being created every month. Soon, thousands of assets will be tokenized and moved onto this open financial network.
As the token space continues to develop, the need to exchange these assets will be compounded. 0x protocol will act as a critical piece of infrastructure for the token economy, allowing Ethereum smart contracts to programmatically and seamlessly exchange Ethereum-based assets.
Targeting $24M for 50% of the total supply of ZRX.
Mandatory registration period August 9th - 12th.
Launch begins on August 15.
No pre-sale or reservation agreements.
The problems that 0x is trying to solve benefit from decentralization. The risks pertaining to centralized exchange are some of the biggest factors preventing the wide adoption of cryptocurrency. The hacks at different exchanges are some of the biggest news that layman learn about cryptocurrencies and this is undesirable.
Network effect is in place for this project. The more usage the 0x protocol (exchanges) has, the more valuable ZRX is. This is because investors prefer exchanges with heavy volume and lower bid/ask spread.
ICO is a new trend that is gaining popularity very quickly. In July 2017 alone, $665 million was raised – that is twice as much money as was raised in the first five months of the year combined.
Among different ICO platforms, Ethereum is by far the most popular one. According to Coinmarketcap, 69 out of the 100 most valuable tokens are using the Ethereum platform.
0x has already secured partnerships with promising projects including Ethfinex, District0x, Augur, and Melonport, among others.
The partnerships with established companies such as Bitfinex (for their Ethfinex spinoff) and ANX International (for their OpenANX spinoff) are especially exciting.
Bitfinex is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, with trading volume in the past 24 hours reaching $250 million. If Ethfinex is remotely close to the scale of Bitfinex, ZRX will be receiving heavy usage from this exchange alone.
Bitfinex is starting to dabble into token trading with the addition of Santiment and Omise GO recently. It looks like the Ethfinex project is the next focus of Bitfinex.
Multiple blockchain-focused venture capital firms have invested in 0x, meaning that the project has already passed due diligence of those institutional investors.
SEC regulations may have restrictions on exchanges operating in the US / for US citizens, potentially limiting the usage of 0x as certain ERC20 tokens are considered to be securities.
0x only works for ERC20 tokens. If another smart contract protocol overtakes Ethereum in fund raising popularity, there may not be much demand for ZRX going forward.
It is not clear if 0x will apply to list their tokens on any exchanges. If they don't, then the only exchanges that will list ZRX probably going to be smaller exchanges such as Etherdelta or Liqui.
Overall, I like this ICO both for short- and long-term potential. The project, team, progress, and execution all look to be promising.
Aside from its investment merit, I am also rooting for 0x's success because the project moves Ethereum forward as the leader of tokens and smart contracts.
Good because 1) the market environment is improving so it looks very likely that the $24 million hard cap will be reached, 2) the partnership with Ethfinex really helped the exposure of 0x, and 3) tokens will be distributed immediately after contribution.
Good because 1) ZRX will have fairly strong demand right out of the gate with the partnership with Ethfinex, 2) I believe the prevalence of tokens is just getting started – in 5 to 10 years, the market could be orders of magnitude bigger than what it is now, 3) it looks like 0x's protocol is better than the existing solutions, either in the centralized or decentralized space.
0x has lofty ambitions to combine the best of both centralized and decentralized exchanges. Its team is focused on gaining support and adoption, and it's well positioned to overtake major centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase, depending on how the US SEC and Congress decides to regulate cryptocurrencies and blockchains (especially Ethereum).
0x somewhat decentralizes crypto exchanges, even offering a p2p option with 0x OTC. Still, majority governance means whoever owns over 50 percent makes the rules.
0x uses off-chain ledgers and on-chain verification to enable trading among ERC20 tokens, of which there are nearly 500 to date.
0x has a lot of competition, and it's unclear how government regulations may affect its future viability.
Cross-chain platforms like Wanchain will soon open the gates for 0x to trade other tokens and coins from other blockchains.
Although 0x has a lot of unknowns clouding its future, it's never easy competing in a billion dollar industry. Giants like Upbit, Huobi, and Binance aren't going to go down easy, and 0x isn't the only option available. We'll wait and see whether or not the crypto industry is big enough to support them all, or which projects will survive a collapse.
0x Protocol is highly niche in that it's not a product or service, it's not a new mineable cryptocurrency, and it's not even an ICO – it's a piece of software that's being designed to make Ethereum-based digital tokens more easily exchanged. With the rampant growth of blockchains – and the constant need to find ways to increase scalability to avoid the same expensive slowdowns that the Bitcoin blockchain is already showing – learning more about 0x Protocol is likely a good idea if you're involved in blockchain development.
However, if you're just a run-of-the-mill blockchain enthusiast or a cryptocurrency speculator, the specifics of how 0x Protocol works are unlikely to thrill you to any degree. The best we can tell you is to look products in the future that adopt 0x Protocol as part of their API, as these dapps will likely be well-received because of their ease of use.


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Art and technology – Art Basel Hong Kong
By Irma T. Gonzalez	 Last updated Oct 11, 2021
Art is not practical, technology is. The mix of the two – the intuitive and the practical – has been a popular topic at Art Basel Hong Kong this year.
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Google Art & Culture has partnered with Art Basel to present Virtual Frontiers: Artists Experimenting with Tilt Brush. Throughout the duration of the show, show visitors can explore five new virtual reality works created by artists who first worked with Google's Tilt Brush. A big supporter of the development of this technology is Peter Boris, Executive Vice President of the Pace Gallery.
"People don't need to own an object, it's the experience they get from it"
he commented.
"Artists will use technology in a different way than people in other fields."
Of course, Google Arts & Culture weighs heavily on the discussion.
"I get excited when the people who really push technology are the artists,"
says Freya Murray, program manager and creative lead at the Google Cultural Institute Lab.
"As humans increasingly depend on technology, how does this affect our place in the world? "
Maybe the important factor is the starting point: art or technology. Murray insists that Google Labs is an enabler – an access tool – and that they are not the creators.
"We provide the tools to extend the artist's emotional connection",
she commented.
"It starts with what you want to express, and technology is an extension of that. It is not fair to start with technology. It is important to think about the starting point.
Peter Boris of the Pace Gallery rejects questioning the validity of digital art.
"If you paint a flower in oil and make one digitally with technology, none are real. So why reject one as not being (valid)? "
Boris commented.
"Right now, we are going into hyper speed with our evolution, because of technology. Art shows us how we feel about it.
Takashi Kudo, communications director at TeamLab, agrees:
"Matter has limits. Art made with materials to express ideas and concepts has limits. Digital is always changing and adaptive ",
"Digital art can improve relationships between people." TeamLab's digital installation, Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together, debuted in New York City in 2014. The installation was designed with digital flowers that bloom on walls and floors and die with the presence – movements – of the spectators. More people showed up than expected and all the flowers died. The creators quickly understood the problem and allowed fewer people to enter the exhibition. The flowers have started to bloom again. Blurring the line between audience and object, Kudo says, "Technology and (interaction) can improve art. "
Tenderly, he remembered falling asleep on the exhibit floor after two sleepless days – in the absence of movement, all the flowers bloomed dramatically around him.
"With digital technology, we generally think, how can we use it to expand humanity? "
Kudo commented.
"But we want to expand the physical world itself. We think: How to expand the space itself? We only use it for that.
How can technology contribute to the appreciation of art? In the early 1960s, cinema struggled to be recognized as a legitimate art form. Is the art world in this state now, when it comes to digital technologies? About ten percent of global art sales are now digital. Perhaps digital technology is an extension of our thinking, a tool. Peter Boris argues that art and technology can be harmonious:
"Separation is the error – one is intuitive and emotional, the other is rational. Just like us. It is one living being within another living being.
Referring to Takashi Kudo's TeamLab, he said:
"They're Japanese, so they don't have that distinction, the sense of separation that Westerners have. This is why so much art coming from Asia, Africa and places like it is like water in a desert in the art world.
This led an art dealer to raise the question of the future of the art dealer:
"How do you hold art then?" "
she asked.
"I think we will sell tickets rather than an item"
he has answered. He added:
"There will always be art dealers.
To laugh.
Flowers-and-People, -cannot-be-controlled-but-live-together Courtesy of TeamLab
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Select the authentication method (for example, Username and Password). Click "Next".
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How do you make some parts of a material more emissive?
1. Here's how
You will need a special Color Map texture with an Alpha Channel in order to make some parts of a Standard Material more emissive than others.
A Color Map (Diffuse) texture has normally got 3 channels: red, green and blue.
In addition to the red, green and blue channel, you can add a socalled Alpha Channel to the texture if you've got Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or a similar image editor.
The Alpha Channel can be used for 3 different purposes in Lumion:
Making some parts of a material more or less transparent.
Making some parts of a material more or less reflective.
Making some parts of a material more or less emissive.
In this article we will focus on the third option, i.e. making some parts of a material more or less emissive than others.
1.1: If you are using Adobe Photoshop, please click on the link below to see how to add an Alpha Channel to an image:
External Link: Adobe Photoshop Help: Create and edit alpha channel masks
1.2: Then either paste an Emissive mask or paint the Alpha Channel. The intensity of the emissiveness depends on how bright the pixels are in the Alpha Channel. There are 255 levels ranging from pure black (not emissive at all) to pure white (fully emissive). Grayscale tones between black and white will result in more or less emissiveness in Lumion:
1.3: Once you've added the emissive mask to the Alpha Channel of the texture, please click on the link below to see how to save it to a 32-bit Color Map texture in TGA, BMP or TIFF format.
External Link: Adobe Photoshop Help: Save files in graphics formats
1.4: Then open Lumion and add a Standard Material to the surface:
1.5: Assign your Color Map texture with the Alpha Channel to the Color Map slot in the Standard Material:
1.6: If the full settings are not shown, then click on the Show Extended Settings button:
1.7: Click on the Settings tab and then the third Texture Alpha button:
1.8: Adjust the Emissive slider as desired:
A low value brightens the Material and a high value makes it glow.
Knowledge Base: What do the properties of the Standard Material mean?
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What do the properties of the Standard Material mean in Lumion 9.5 and older versions?
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Malawi was a British colony from 1891 to 1964. After gaining independence, Malawi's first president established a one-party state which renounced freedom of speech, silenced political opponents, and experimented with cash-and-carry health care financing. Malawi has progressed to holding democratic elections and attempting free public health care with the introduction of the Essential Health Package (EHP) in 2004, however corruption, inefficiencies, and inequities prevent drastic improvements to the nation's health outcomes (2). The EHP highlights the eleven most prevalent, morbid diseases and conditions in Malawi in order to improve the health system's resource availability, capacity to treat, and accessibility in order to improve health outcomes (20).
Malawi's national public health care system offers services free to all Malawians at the point of delivery, and it is separated into three tiers: primary, secondary, and tertiary. The primary tier comprises community initiatives, health posts, dispensaries, maternity units, health centers, rural hospitals, and other local establishments that meet primary health needs. The secondary level includes district hospitals which provide specialized services to patients. Most laboratory, imaging, and testing facilities are only available at these district hospitals. The tertiary tier is a system of hospitals in major urban centers that provide more specific care (11, 1, 13).
For its population of over 18 million, Malawi only has 0.018 physicians for every 1000 people which equates to roughly 320 physicians for the entire nation (17). In response to this lack of human resources within the health system, Malawi established a network of Community Health Workers (CHW). CHWs include Health Surveillance Assistants (the only paid CHW position), community-based distribution agents, village health committee members, and volunteers (14). Most CHWs operate from small health posts, serve as community health educators, and follow national protocol to provide basic treatment to children (5, 18). CHWs are integral health promoters within the community, and their role is even more crucial in rural areas that are located far from formal health facilities. However, health planners must still work to define the specific link between CHWs – a first line of defense health worker with limited ability to provide care – and Malawian communities – who have shown that visiting CHWs decreases the likelihood of attending formal health facilities – in order to strengthen the overall health system and affect patients' health seeking behavior (5).
Despite the development of the EHP and the introduction of CHWs, Malawi has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa at 634 deaths per 100,000 live births as well as a shockingly high under-five mortality rate of 55.1 deaths per 1000 live births (16). Many systematic deficiencies and inefficiencies explain these poor health outcomes: barriers to allocative efficient supply of health resources include insufficient quantity, inadequate quality, and inappropriate allocation while constraints on demand include factors such as distance, cost, perceived quality, level of health knowledge, and culture (9). The supply of competent, available medical professionals is hindered by Malawi's abundance of unfilled health-related positions, excess of absences among health professionals due to unnecessary trainings, pervasive ignorance about the EHP and other health policies, and insufficient knowledge of common health conditions. Budget constraints and administrative delays also result in shortages of essential medications at public health centers (8). The EHP's promise of free services at the point of delivery remains largely unfulfilled because these inefficiencies often drive citizens to seek health care outside of the public health system, incurring a cost. Because public health care utilization is lowest among poor Malawians, the least healthy cohort, targeting interventions towards the benefit of the least well off has the greatest potential to improve national health outcomes (9).
Nationally, Malawi's leading causes of death include HIV/AIDS, malaria, and acute respiratory infections (11). In Malawi, the prevalence and morbidity of these conditions illustrates the need to enable health care access because early, affordable, and consistent treatment can decrease the mortality of these manageable, treatable conditions.
Malawi's continued struggle with malaria exemplifies the inefficiencies in its health care system. In this malaria-endemic country, 40% of all hospitalizations are malaria related (11). International research and technology advancements concluded that the use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) drastically decreases exposure to mosquitoes and, therefore, they decrease the risk of contracting malaria. Since this research was published in the late 1990s, Malawi has dispensed ITNs around the country through public health facilities and short-term mass distribution campaigns, especially focusing on vulnerable groups including children under 5 and pregnant mothers. However, utilization of these prevention tools still remains low, and ITN coverage is much higher in urban areas than rural communities (6). Seeking formal health care is also inhibited by widespread tendencies to overlook malaria's symptoms or misattribute the condition's symptoms to non-fever causes such as poor sanitation and mothers' reproductive tract illnesses. In order to effectively address its high malaria rates, Malawi needs to redirect current ITN distribution campaigns to the poor, rural areas that lack ITN coverage and exhibit higher rates of malaria. Malawi also needs to collaborate with traditional healers and community health promoters to disseminate accurate educational messages about the vector-borne disease and the importance of seeking immediate care (3). Much like other health threats in Malawi, resources exist to decrease malaria rates, but strategic distribution as well as community-based efforts to encourage ITN use and improve knowledge of malaria's causes and symptoms are still needed.
Malawi's poor health outcomes also reflect the presence of health-diminishing conditions and risk-inducing cultural phenomenon. Malnutrition – as a result of poverty, unaffordable food prices, crop failure, and lack of advanced farming practices or materials – stunts growth in nearly 50% of children under 5. Chronic lack of iron resulting from shortages of eggs, fruit, vegetables, meat, beans, and fish also causes anemia which impacts children's cognitive and physical development. Access to clean drinking water is also limited in Malawi. In communities without boreholes as safe water sources, water is collected from open water sources that serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes and engender the spread of waterborne diseases. Also, family size is an ideological consideration that affects health. Large families are valued as symbols of wealth, power, and fertility in Malawian culture. However, the risk of maternal mortality that Malawi's high fertility rate introduces is compounded by limited access to contraception, high prevalence of home births, and shortages of health professionals to drastically increase the risk of maternal mortality and health complications (11).
Used as a proxy to indicate overall health within a country, under five mortality calculates the number of deaths that occur per 1000 live births. In Malawi, the under-five mortality rate is 55.1 deaths per 1000 live births (16). The leading causes of deaths in children under five are preventable, treatable, infectious diseases: malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia (15). Recognizing the preventable nature of the leading killers and the continued high rate of deaths occurring at home suggests the importance of access to health care (12). And in this definition of access, distance to health care could play an integral part.
While reading about the history and current circumstances in Malawi, I thought it was also important to look at factors outside of the immediate realm of health, hoping to explore the complexity of Malawi's health outcomes and identify potential confounding variables (factors that lie outside of the explicit link between distance to health care and health outcomes yet could help explain the health seeking behaviors shown by the statistics). Gender inequality influences health in several ways: education rates for girls are consistently lower than for boys, regardless of socioeconomic status (10). Due to the strong association between education and health outcomes, education and health initiatives must target girls more specifically to improve Malawi's overall health outcomes. A pervasive lack of female empowerment also hinders women's ability to pursue health care without permission or financial backing from a male household member. Encouraging male involvement in maternal, newborn, and child health care services as well as making health care facilities more conducive to male attendance is also expected to have a positive impact on Malawi's poor health outcomes (12, 3, 7).
Another factor inhibiting the success of Malawi's Essential Health Package is corruption. While Malawi theoretically has a decent budget for health services, the 2014 Cashgate scandal shed light on several years' worth of misused and illegally allocated government funds (2). Corruption can directly affect health funding because when public subsidies are lacking or unavailable, Malawians must pay more out-of-pocket to receive care. This added cost makes it impossible for many to afford health services. Also, donors often withdraw aid to punish corruption scandals which further decreases the funding for essential services. With about 30 percent of the national budget lost to corruption and fraud up until 2013, it is no question that the provision of health services suffered (10).
A network of inequalities affecting health also arose as I looked into the distribution of wealth in Malawi. Nearly 85% of Malawians live in rural areas, yet more public health facilities are located in urban areas (18, 10). This inefficient placement of public health facilities away from the majority of the population creates an access problem. Along with higher rates of poverty within these heavily populated rural areas as compared to urban areas (56% and 25%, respectively), Malawi's rising Gini coefficient of wealth (measured by household ownership of durable assets) of 0.564 in 2011 suggests that the impoverished populations living in these rural districts are increasingly incapable of turning to private health care (4, 10). Furthermore, inequities in health and health care utilization show that Malawi's health system disproportionally favors the non-poor (19). Because Malawians from rural districts cannot afford private health care, they must rely on public provisions; however, these public health facilities are often a several hour or days' walk away. Distance must therefore be considered when examining the barriers to health care access.
Existing literature has confirmed an association between longer distances to health care facilities and higher transport costs, higher indirect costs in foregone caregiver salaries, and lower rates of insecticide treated net (ITN) possession and use in Malawi (5, 6). When accessing health care requires several hours or even days, caregivers are also discouraged from seeking care early, and waiting until patients' conditions are truly grave which often limits the opportunity for effective treatment (6). For time-sensitive conditions such as falciparum malaria, a severe form of malaria which can cause death only hours after the onset of symptoms, distance to health care was among the factors that delayed treatment (3). While the majority of literature confirms this harmful effect of distance on health outcomes, some studies question this association, noticing the tendency of cross sectional studies to affirm and longitudinal studies to refute the significance of distance (12). With the remaining two segments of my research – completing ArcGIS training and creating my own maps using data from Malawi – I will continue to explore this relationship between distance and health outcomes in order to conclude whether decreasing distance to care would be an effective intervention to decrease mortality rates.
Chibwana, A. I., Mathanga, D. P., Chinkhumba, J., & Campbell, C. H. (2009). Socio-cultural predictors of health-seeking behaviour for febrile under-five children in Mwanza-Neno district, Malawi. Malaria Journal, 8(1).
Ewing, V. L., Lalloo, D. G., Phiri, K. S., Roca-Feltrer, A., Mangham, L. J., & Sanjoaquin, M. A. (2011). Seasonal and geographic differences in treatment-seeking and household cost of febrile illness among children in Malawi. Malaria Journal, 10(1).
Larson, P. S., Mathanga, D. P., Campbell, C. H., & Wilson, M. L. (2012). Distance to health services influences insecticide-treated net possession and use among six to 59 month-old children in Malawi. Malaria Journal, 11(1).
Manda-Taylor, L., Mwale, D., Phiri, T., Walsh, A., Matthews, A., Brugha, R., Mwapasa, V., & Byrne, E. (2017). Changing times? Gender roles and relationships in maternal, newborn and child health in Malawi. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(1).
Mueller, D. H., Lungu, D., Acharya, A., & Palmer, N. (2011). Constraints to implementing the essential health package in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 6(6).
Odonnell, O. (2007). Access to health care in developing countries: Breaking down demand side barriers. Cadernos De Saúde Pública, 23(12), 2820-2834.
Rutherford, M. E., Mulholland, K., & Hill, P. C. (2010). How access to health care relates to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 15(5), 508-519.
Zere, E., Moeti, M., Kirigia, J., Mwase, T., & Kataika, E. (2007). Equity in health and healthcare in Malawi: Analysis of trends. BMC Public Health, 7(1).
Zere, E., Walker, O., Kirigia, J., Zawaira, F., Magombo, F., & Kataika, E. (2010). Health financing in Malawi: Evidence from National Health Accounts. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 10(1).


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Betty Stewart was re-elected After a judicial recount conducted December 9-10. Election night results showed her opponent, Fred Barrett ahead as did a recount conducted on November 16.

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L'Oréal Paris to create floating catwalk for Paris Fashion Week
L'Oréal Paris is hosting a floating catwalk on the River Seine for Paris Fashion Week featuring products from design houses including Balmain, Elie Saab and Jacquemus.
The campaign is part of the brand's global strategy "to make trends from the fashion world accessible to all," Pierre Emmanuel Angelou, L'Oréal Paris' global president, told Campaign.
The brand is planning to welcome 480 guests, thousands of members of the public and a global online audience. L'Oréal Paris will be live streaming the show and sharing the event through its social media channels once again.
A live stream of last year's catwalk along the Champs Élysées featuring Helen Mirren generated an audience of 113 million fans on social media reached through influencers' posts. There were also 1.8 billion digital impressions and 50 million digital engagements.
"It will be a true celebration of fashion and beauty, which are the hallmarks of Paris," Angelou said. "Indeed, Paris Fashion Week is no longer just the runway but also what's happening in the streets as well as online."
He added: "It is the perfect opportunity to create a moment which consumers usually don't have access to and which they can share. Being L'Oréal Paris – it is our duty to really give women the world over an insider eye into what happens in Paris during this crazy week. Not only backstage, or on the runway but also in the showrooms, in the streets; not only with brands that already have high visibility but also with labels that are starting out."
L'Oréal Paris' in-house team is leading on the project, and the catwalk takes place on 30 September.
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Spider-Man fans heartbroken as the superhero is cut from Marvel
by Kate Brayden
Sony Pictures, who own the rights to comic book character Spider-Man, have made a statement about the split with Disney which will see the webslinger no longer involved in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The company said they were "disappointed" last night by Disney's demand for a greater stake in the Spider-Man films and its proposal to reduce the involvement of Marvel president Kevin Feige in the franchise.
"Much of today's news about Spider-Man has mischaracterised recent discussions about Kevin Feige's involvement in the franchise," said the statement.
Much of today's news about Spider-Man has mischaracterized recent discussions about Kevin Feige's involvement in the franchise. We are disappointed, but respect Disney's decision not to have him continue as a lead producer of our next live action Spider-Man film. (1/3)
— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) August 21, 2019
"We are disappointed, but respect Disney's decision not to have him continue as a lead producer of our next live action Spider-Man film.
"We hope this might change in the future, but understand that the many new responsibilities that Disney has given him – including all their newly added Marvel properties – do not allow time for him to work on IP they do not own," they added.
"Kevin is terrific and we are grateful for his help and guidance and appreciate the path he has helped put us on, which we will continue."
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Negotiations had been underway for numerous months between Sony and Disney over Spider-Man's future, after Disney's purchase of Marvel in 2009 for $4 billion heightened box-office dominance.
Disney had been demanding that future movies be financed evenly between the two studios, with Feige as the consultant producer.
Feige has been aligned with the Avengers series since Iron Man was released in 2008, and has been mostly credited with satisfying the franchise's hardcore fans alongside Disney's desire for awards and critical recognition.
Image: Twitter/@SonyPictures
Avengers: Endgame overtook Avatar last month as the highest grossing film of all time, and Black Panther became the first superhero film to win a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars last year.
Spider-Man: Far From Home, deposed Skyfall as Sony's biggest film ever at the global box office only this week, with two more films starring Tom Holland supposedly in the works.
Major character plot holes will no doubt be the result of Sony's split with Disney, after Far From Home set up the next major Avengers storyline. Tom Holland fans are in mourning over the news, with the actor playing arguably the most popular Spidey to date.
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The Thirst Appreciation: Klaus from Netflix' The Umbrella Academy
You may be familiar with some of Robert Sheehan's earlier work… or you may have just been introduced to him via the thirst trap of Netflix.
The Umbrella Academy has us all binge-watching the show 24/7, but Sheehan's character provides some eye candy for Twitter users of the modern day, who adore Klaus Hargreeves in all his hilarious, flamboyant and substance-abusing glory.
The Irish actor garnered attention back in 2009 when he portrayed lovable trouble-maker Nathan Young in E4's hit show, Misfits. The memes of his character's funniest lines still live on…
A stint on Love/Hate as Darren cemented his rising star status, and he has recently hit America, playing Simon in The Mortal Instruments film.
Now he's catching more than his fair share of eyes in Gerard Way's new dark superhero show; The Umbrella Academy. My Chemical Romance's former frontman has some serious talents.
Klaus' power is that he can hear the dead, which partially explains his insanity. The lad is high or drunk in every scene, and it makes for VERY entertaining content altogether…
We decided to check out what Twitter had to say about our lust-worthy Irish export, and it's fairly hilarious. The thirst trap has caught it's prey, you might say…Here are our fave reactions from the general public. Enjoy…
1. We ADORE that this video found true meaning when related to Klaus' gift:
Klaus arguing with Ben and the other ghosts pic.twitter.com/61FoBrYl0X#UmbrellaAcademy
— (@_KWONIIE) February 15, 2019
2. "Don't stan the crazy white boy": A novel.
me: watching #umbrellaacademy
don't stan the crazy white boy don't stan the
klaus: h-
me: pic.twitter.com/QQIflny0td
— (@whatsbian) February 16, 2019
3. THE FLAVAH:
klaus from the umbrella academy i- ….. THE FLAVOR pic.twitter.com/zGqZV8tarM
— ash (@ashlyynxx) February 20, 2019
4. "I only want happiness for him":
klaus from the umbrella academy? i only want happiness for him. i only want love for him. i only want the best things for him. i love him. pic.twitter.com/pyaAoKggOO
— (@rektuser) February 15, 2019
5. THAT scene where he's jamming in his towel and Mary J. Blige rolls in:
Klaus when Cha-Cha and Hazel broke into the house #UmbrellaAcademy pic.twitter.com/qXk4E1ydMR
— (@TamaraAisha2) February 17, 2019
6. Klaus and Ben together: the greatest combo of sass we didn't just need but deserved:
Klaus and Ben, were the iconic duo we deserved PERIODT. #UmbrellaAcademy pic.twitter.com/6Up6wblAXP
— ebony jenkins (@chocolatesunn) February 18, 2019
7. How oblivious Klaus is at ALL TIMES to any type of danger:
This literally Klaus and Ben 90 of the time #UmbrellaAcademy pic.twitter.com/tjGRqD3HVa
— (@kaheiflirt) February 16, 2019
8. Lady Gaga-level of praise:
Klaus in the umbrella academy :
me: pic.twitter.com/rpMfT51vTy
—(@godofthunderrr1) February 20, 2019
9. Official 'White Boy of the Month' category winner:
can i declare robert sheehan aka klaus from umbrella academy the white boy of the month already? pic.twitter.com/SllCytEoyo
— (@ladybiwd) February 17, 2019
10. His phone calls to the dead aren't exactly eloquent:
Klaus communicating with the dead #UmbrellaAcademy pic.twitter.com/N69dBu3gId
(@MonaLisa) February 17, 2019
11. Klaus + Ben = Our Heart
I think we can all agree ben and klaus have the best relationship on the show #UmbrellaAcademy pic.twitter.com/gygTalHQdZ
— (@cassiansnesta) February 16, 2019
12. Some fans would even, dare we say it, DIE for him:
hi i would die for klaus hargreeves in a heartbeat #UmbrellaAcademy pic.twitter.com/LYxKmgg2NO
—(@emmamcfa) February 17, 2019
13. His self-care priorities are in order:
*cha-cha and hazel shooting up their home*
klaus: pic.twitter.com/NI8dnrryvs
14. We're just so thankful to Gerard Way:
#umbrellaacademy
gerard way really gifted us with klaus. i've never been more grateful. i jus- pic.twitter.com/ZQXhkrz00m
— soph (@darlingloverboy) February 17, 2019
15. We CRAVE the crazy:
me before watching umbrella academy: ok i'm not gonna fall for another fictional character NOT THIS TIME
klaus: takes drugs, is crazy, clearly a fuck up
me: pic.twitter.com/Dp1sd6o7RQ
—(@joshhurie) February 17, 2019
16. The scene with his father's ashes had us whEEZING:
And at this scene I knew I'd die for you klaus hargreeves pic.twitter.com/4z42JtoOw2
— (@daonlynodi) February 16, 2019
17. We just want to show our support:
me anytime @RobMSheehan does anything in @UmbrellaAcad pic.twitter.com/KrabKEBEez
— (@tiffaniawright) February 18, 2019
18. His fear of ghosts is so damn pure:
klaus: i've finally conquered my fear of ghosts
ben: that's the spirit
klaus: oh fuck where
— (@wronguacademy) February 17, 2019
19. The resemblance to his old character of Nathan Young in Misfits is uncanny:
every time i see klaus in the umbrella academy i can't help but think about nathan i miss my baby sosososo much pic.twitter.com/f6OaS8I9A1
— (@lexabarnxs) February 21, 2019
20. Finally, the statement we all know to be true:
imagine thinking klaus isn't the best character on umbrella academy
— (@fuckasilver) February 18, 2019
Is that all the Klaus Netflix can offer us? We won't rest until we see more of his beautiful face and hilarious quotes.
Congrats on another winning role, Robert Sheehan. You've only gone and set another thirst trap, and we've all fallen into it head first.
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Margot Robbie gives fans the first look at revived Harley Quinn
DC fans have woken up to a MASSIVE treat, thanks to the gift that is Margot Robbie.
The Suicide Squad star has posted the first look at Harley Quinn in the new flick, Birds of Prey. She's sporting the character's icy blonde hair, only shorter with a sharp fringe, with her classic bright red lips.
She uploaded the stunning selfie to her Instagram, cheekily captioning it: "Miss me?" Um, YAS.
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We're also drooling over that tassled jacket she's wearing, which is sure to spawn a load of knock-off versions. Knock-off versions that we will obviously be buying…
It's a definite change compared to the pink and blue-haired, baseball bat wielding Harley that we know and love, but we're going to embrace the change.
The 28-year-old actress shared the lewk from the solo film set, which is set to produce the film for a 2020 release.
A post shared by @margotrobbie on Nov 20, 2018 at 12:08pm PST
In the newest flick, Harley Quinn will join forces with Black Canary and Huntress to save the life of Cassandra Cain from Gotham City crime lord, Black Mask.
We're also ADORING the fact that the movie has a female director- Cathy Yan. The look is definitely Japanese-inspired, but we're here for it. Gwen Stefani also has a clear influence, style icon that she is.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is playing the role of Huntress, and Jurnee Smollett is acting as Black Canary, so it's a female-centred plot THANK GOD. Jared Leto took way too much credit away from Robbie in the last outing.
Harley deserves far more attention, she's an absolute BO$$.
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Noah Centineo singing Boyfriend by the Biebs is EVERYTHING
It's been a long week, and it's only Tuesday.
The need for good quality content in our lives is at an all time high if we want to make it to Christmas in one piece.
There's still six days away, and only some seriously gas online material will help us to survive, and some serious self-care.
Luckily for the entire internet, Noah Centineo has delivered once again.
Otherwise known as the boyfriend of the online community, when Noah was a mere sixteen-years-old, we appeared to be already rehearsing for his role as public heart-throb.
Fans have stealthily dug up footage of himself belting out Boyfriend by our old pal Justin Bieber, while dressed as Batman…in a candlelit room…
Yes, we can confirm it's as hilarious as it sounds. Take a look;
We're still laughing that the title of the video is literally 'Boyfriend by Justin Bieber Super Hero Swag', uploaded by Centineo's pal Jack Griffo.
God bless you, Jack Griffo, for gifting us with this glorious content.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight.
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Jason Momoa struggled to find work after Game of Thrones
You may have heard a thing or two about Jason Momoa, the Aquaman star who got his big break after playing the terrifying Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones.
He's infamous for the role, in which he portrays the chieftain of the Dothraki tribe and the husband of the Mother of Dragons, played by Emilia Clarke.
However, the language barrier meant that Momoa had very few lines, and most of his actions were pretty violent, so he wasn't exactly likeable.
A post shared by Natalya Kochetkova (@mamababybo) on Dec 12, 2018 at 12:10pm PST
I mean, the guy is SCARY.
Momoa visited the Graham Norton show this week to promote his character in the DC universe, Aquaman, and his struggle following his turn in Game of Thrones.
His character was killed off in 2011, and the actor admits that his career took a slight dive after his role ended; "I didn't get much work after that," Momoa says.
Describing the reaction of those who meet him in person, he said;
"I mean, what do you do with that – his character doesn't speak English, he's not funny and he just hurts people. I played that character well so it was a bit challenging afterwards. People would literally say, 'Wow, you speak English!'"
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Momoa reprised his starring role in Game of Thrones for a GAS Saturday Night Live sketch, though his time on the fantasy show is over.
The actor told Digital Spy a while back that he's not featured in any scenes for the final season of the HBO phenomenon, saying: "Yeah… he's not coming back. Nine years now, let him go."
Watch the full interview with Jason Momoa on The Graham Norton show tomorrow, Aquaman is out now in the UK.
If you need us, we'll be rewatching the full SNL sketch multiple times…
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Global icon 'Batkid' is now cancer free and we are SOBBING
You may remember the most adorable child on the planet who got to save the world for a day, otherwise known as Batkid.
Back in 2013, the Make a Wish Foundation shut down and transformed the streets of San Francisco for 24 hours in order to allow five-year-old leukemia patient Miles Scott to achieve his dream.
It's safe to say he won the entire world's heart. Anyone who had the privilege of watching him race through Gotham and defeat villains like the Joker and the Penguin as well as rescue citizens witnessed pure joy.
Unsurprisingly, Batkid became a sensation as the mini-superhero, everyone fell in love with the youngster as well as sending him prayers and well wishes for his brave battle with cancer.
It was MAJOR news at the time, even Barack Obama adorably chimed in to thank Miles for his services to the city:
President Obama's message to #SFBatKid —> http://t.co/O7J4XWwYBs
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) November 15, 2013
As if this story wasn't heartwarming enough, it has now emotional been revealed that Miles is CANCER FREE. We're not crying, you're crying…
The youngster is now officially in remission, we wonder if his superpowers had anything to do with it?
His story was even mde into a 2015 documentary entitled Batkid Begins, which tells the inspirational story of the little boy as well as how the whole event was organised by Make a Wish Foundation and the San Francisco mayor at the time, Ed Lee.
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The charity has said that Miles has returned to normality (in disguise):
"Since his crime fighting day five years ago, Miles has returned to being a typical kid – playing little league, going to school, helping his family farm, and even selling his first market goat in the local fair! Now 10 years old and in fifth grade, Miles loves science and robotics."
Batkid, who is now ten-years-old, featured on the San Francisco Bay Area Make a Wish Foundation Twitter account as a success story, for beating his illness:
Five years ago today, Miles Scott became Batkid and the world cheered him on. Now 10 years old, Miles is a happy, healthy 5th grader and has been in remission from leukemia ever since! Wishes have proven physical and emotional benefits and can produce better health outcomes. pic.twitter.com/icrqwBPSgh
— Make-A-Wish Bay Area (@SFWish) November 15, 2018
We are so delighted for Miles and his family, he is truly an uplifting superhero who inspires us all.
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Supergirl makes history by casting TV's first transgender superhero
by Aoife Loughnane
The CW's Supergirl has just announced it's latest casting addition and it is proving to be a divisive decision already.
Last weekend, during the show's panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, producers of the hit show stated that the role of Nia Nal will be played by Nicole Maines, making her television's first ever transgender superhero.
She will join the production for the upcoming fourth season.
The actor, who previously starred in Royal Pains, will play a new member of CatCo's reporting team.
"I wish there was a trans superhero when I was little," Nicole Maines on joining #Supergirl https://t.co/8Kc5uD5mDU
— Chancellor Agard (@chancelloragard) July 21, 2018
According to Entertainment Weekly, Nicole said of her character, ''she has this ferocious drive to protect people and to fight against discrimination and hatred. She's the superhero we need right now."
It was announced back in May that a transgender character would be coming to Supergirl but now that we have the actor in place, it has gotten very real.
Nicole spoke to Variety about how she feels stepping into this role.
"I haven't really wrapped my head around it. It feels fitting to say with great power, comes great responsibility.''
She continued, ''we can be whoever we want, we can be superheroes, because in many ways we are. We've had trans representation in television for a while but it hasn't been the right representation."
"We've had trans representation on television for a while but it hasn't been the right representation," says Nicole Maines, who will play TV's first trans superhero on #Supergirl https://t.co/xsvh5qAJZ3 pic.twitter.com/P9BVkbUY96
— Variety (@Variety) July 22, 2018
Reactions to the news on social media have been mixed.
Lots of people are happy with the news, with one writing, ''I'm literally crying right now. I never thought I'd see the day where we'd actually see this happen.''
Others hit back at negative comments, with one person saying, ''so many narrow minded people here, I hope someday you'll be brave enough to open your eyes.''
Please… we're professionals. . . What an honor it is to be joining this cast! #supergirl #sdcc
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This isn't the first bit of history-making news to come from the CW this week.
It was just announced that a Batwoman series is in the works, which will be the first live-action superhero series with an openly gay lead at its centre.
"It's such an important issue right now in our society and in the world. And so it seems only fitting that we have a trans superhero for trans kids to look up to. I wish there was a trans superhero when I was little,'' Nicole has said of this news.
Supergirl will return to our screens on October 14th on the CW.
Superpowers we all wish we had to get through a really bad day
Everyday we come across little struggles in life that would be WAY easier to manage if we had superpowers.
Unfortunately for us, we don't live in a comic book or superhero movie – so the odds of us attracting superpowers are zero.
BUT if we could, these are the powers we would love to possess.
We've all been there, that moment you want to be a kick-ass independent woman… but you just can't lift that heavy box. All those hours in the gym for nothing.
The amount of conversations you could overhear! And you could totally do your work a lot quicker without anyone bothering you… that's if you're not too busy being nosey.
Goodbye morning rush hour traffic! Plus if you need some chill time, who's going to bother you on a cloud?!
With this gift you could undo every embarrassing drunken moment… or relive them, the choice is up to you!
This could mean no more time wasted on wondering if that cute guy likes you. If you could read his thoughts, you could find out whether to make a move or just move on.
Get a look at Paul Rudd as a superhero!
Paul Rudd isn't your typical superhero, but then we suppose 'Ant-Man' isn't your typical superhero either. So it kind of fits.
When we first heard of Ant-Man, we imagined a load of ants crawling out of Paul Rudd's sleeves and the like, but thankfully, he gets his name from his ability to make himself really, really small.
The film won't be out until 2015, and they only began filming at the beginning of the week, but Marvel Entertainment released a photo of Paul Rudd in his role – and we have to say, he's lookin' well! We really like the broody stare!
Other stars that will be appearing in the film include Michael Douglas, who will play Dr. Hank Pym, and John Slattery who will reprise his role of Howard Stark from Iron Man 2.
Our favourite thing about all these comic books being made into movies is the crossover between characters! We can't wait!
Female super-hero to save the day in Spider-Man spin off
It has been reported that Sony will be making a Spider-Man spin off in 2017 with a female super-hero lead.
The announcement comes just days after the president of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige said that he wants to have a film with a female lead out sooner rather than later:
"I think it comes down to timing, which is what I've sort of always said, and it comes down to us being able to tell the right story.
"I very much believe that it's unfair to say, 'People don't want to see movies with female heroes,' then list five movies that were not very good, therefore, people didn't go to the movies because they weren't good movies, versus [because] they were female leads.
"And they don't mention Hunger Games, Frozen, Divergent. You can go back to Kill Bill or Aliens. These are all female-led movies. It can certainly be done."
We couldn't have said it better ourselves!
Paul Bettany confirmed for The Avengers: Age of Ultron
The newest member of The Avengers has been confirmed as Paul Bettany who will take on the role of Vision.
Bettany previously provided the voice for J.A.R.V.I.S, an operating system in the Iron Man movies. The operating system also appeared in the previous Avengers movie so it is not certain how the makers will deal with this interesting turn of events!
Bettany will star in the highly anticipated movie with Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth amongst others.
The talented actor will also make his directorial début with the film Shelter which stars his wife Jennifer Connolly.
Gaz Beadle reveals daughter Primrose is back in hospital
Selena Gomez reveals her dainty new neck tattoo and it's adorable
Ireland's first ever Tiki bar opens in Dublin this week and it looks unreal
Watching a movie at the cinema is a 'light workout', scientists claim


Formula 1's new UK broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed who will present its coverage of the sport in 2016.
C4, which replaces the BBC as the UK's free-to-air F1 broadcaster this year, has chosen Steve Jones - best known for presenting The X Factor USA - to front its coverage.
"There are a lot of elements we will be changing," said Jones. "I am beyond excited to be part of C4's F1 coverage. I am a huge fan so it really is a dream come true."
He joins the previously confirmed David Coulthard, while Ben Edwards retains the lead commentator he previously held at the BBC alongside the Scotsman - who will also appear as 'lead expert analyst'.
Ex-HRT and Lotus driver Karun Chandhok has been named as 'technical analyst', with former Williams development driver Susie Wolff and nine-time Grand Prix winner Mark Webber also taking on 'expert analyst' roles along with Coulthard.
"I'm very proud to be part of C4 team in F1 this season," said Wolff. "The start of the F1 season is not far away and we are all raring to go."
Lee McKenzie reprises her BBC pitlane reporting role, while completing the rotating line-up of pundits are Eddie Jordan - who is also part of the BBC's revamped Top Gear programme - Bruno Senna, Alain Prost, Nicolas Hamilton and veteran commentator Murray Walker.
It was also confirmed that former Williams F1 driver and CART champion Alex Zanardi will also be making 'guest' appearances on C4's coverage, while current Renault driver Jolyon Palmer will also be a columnist.
C4 will show 10 races live in 2016, airing highlights of the remaining 11, having already divided up the season's grands prix with subscription-only broadcaster Sky Sports.
It has also confirmed it will retain the iconic Fleetwood Mac song The Chain as the opening theme for its coverage.
Will Channel 4 shake the UK F1 TV tree, or copy the BBC?
How can a Dakar Truck help Lewis Hamilton retain his F1 crown?


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NFTs Aren't All About Drawings Of Animals: They're About To Disrupt The Airline Industry
When most people think about NFTs, their minds turn to digital art. But the utility for NFTs is much broader, and it's a trend that is only getting started.
When most people think about NFTs, their minds turn to digital art.
They think of a famous sportsperson endorsing pictures of animals (sorry, John Terry).
But the utility for NFTs is much broader, and it's a trend that is only getting started.
Corporate innovation departments can create a competitive advantage by building products to use internally or, perhaps more interestingly, to develop the blockchain for an entire industry.
This month we're going to take a look at how NFTs are going to disrupt the airline industry.
Planes and Parts
Planes have a lot of parts.
One Boeing 747 has 6 million parts, including 40 rivets on each wing. As you can imagine, maintenance is pretty crucial on planes, and there is a fair bit of regulation.
It's an ongoing battle to keep planes maintained to the right level. Every part of the plane has its maintenance schedule and lifespan.
Most companies keep a database of their maintenance schedule – think of an asset register with the parts and details of when they were last maintained.
We'd like to think this is all done in highly sophisticated CRMs. However, much of it is done using paper or various systems duct-taped together.
This is, at best, highly inefficient, and at worst, dangerous.
When did we last check the wing?
One of the main issues with the current process is data integrity.
Plane Company X is maintaining a plane and they will keep all of this data internally on their servers (or in big folders somewhere).
Also, Plane Company X will likely use external subcontractors who specialise in maintaining certain parts of the aircraft.
A lot of data needs to be stored and standardised.
If that data is inconsistent between a paper note and the CRM, or between an engineering subcontractor and the airline owner – we have a problem.
With millions of data points to marshall, it's difficult to make sure everyone has access to the same information.
The problem gets much bigger when planes (or plane parts) are sold between airlines. You need to pass data between different systems – this is not easy.
It's also hard to keep data secure.
So, how do NFTs help?
Using NFTs allows an airline to create one digital record of each piece of the aircraft. So, rivet 4,567 for the wing has an NFT that has some key benefits:
There is one singular record for that rivet (or set of rivets), its flying time, maintenance, and whereabouts.
All new information can be added to the NFT (the aircraft went through bad turbulence so the rivet needs a check after 100 hours instead of 108 hours of flying).
Historical data can be mapped to a newly minted NFT to centralise the datasets.
NFTs are becoming more mutable. This means you can update them, allowing more information, videos and data to be recorded directly on the NFT.
Ownership of the NFT can be easily transferred. If the aircraft is sold, the new company gets the NFT for rivet 4,567. Similarly, if part of the aircraft is sold, then the relevant NFTs can be transferred.
The data for each plane part can exist in a standardised format, so it's easy to check the maintenance of parts.
The data is no longer stuck with one company or in a dusty folder in a hangar – it's there for all to see on the blockchain.
What This Means for the Airline Industry
✈ Better visibility on a plane's condition equals greater trust from buyers, so prices can increase.
✈ The market for used jets becomes more efficient, as whole planes and parts can be traded confidently.
✈ The lifespan of the aircraft increases as maintenance scheduling becomes more efficient.
How Corporate Innovation Teams Can Start Thinking about NFTs
The airline industry is an interesting use case for NFTs, but what does this mean for corporate innovation across sectors?
We asked MOHARA Engineering Manager, Garrett Vorce, who previously worked at Block Aero Technologies – a blockchain startup in the aviation industry – what's going down in blockchain for big business.
"In aviation, there was a lot of innovation happening.
The technology is new and unproven at scale, but the potential is huge. In ten years (probably less), airlines will manage their fleets using some form of blockchain technology.
For airlines that understand the potential and invest in technology, the benefits will be huge. We're talking about efficiency savings of hundreds of millions of pounds.
But, right now, it's a difficult time because the ecosystem is so new.
Big companies should learn about the blockchain ecosystem in their industry. For aviation, Yocova is a good starting point. It's an ecosystem for innovation where you can learn about different startups and technologies."
Benji Fisher, Engagement Lead at MOHARA, adds:
"Whilst NFTs serve as a really useful function in guaranteeing ownership, avoiding duplication, and proving a useful tool for data interoperability and transparency, we have to be cautious because this isn't the most popular use case at the moment.
Users are losing a lot of money on NFTs when they don't really understand the true concept. This can be seen in the recent crash. But as we've seen, NFTs don't need to be a financial tool."
MOHARA CEO, Richard Sams, is excited about a coming wave of innovation:
"It's easy to look at the operating environment and think there is limited opportunity – or that all the cool stuff has been done.
The best founders we speak to are looking over the horizon at the new technologies and they're willing to make big bets on the future. Blockchain technology as a way of improving old business models is a hugely smart bet.
Anywhere that blockchain can demonstrably add to the bottom line and NFTs have true utility is a space to play for startups."
NFTs are not only digital art, it can also be used as "smart tickets" for travel.
Want to learn more about the practical use cases of NFTs? Here you'll find 10 examples.
Big beauty tech ideas 2022: Tinder for cosmetics, printable tattoos and NFT jewellery
Not just an NFT anymore – see how NFTs can change the healthcare industry.
Education using NFTs… How will it disrupt the education sector? Time to educate yourself.
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Case reveals disaffection and chaos in royal office
Stephen Bates
Wed 22 Feb 2006 02.05 EST First published on Wed 22 Feb 2006 02.05 EST
The focus of attention in court number 56 of the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday, was a man who wasn't there. The anguished and evidently angry spirit of Prince Charles hung over the proceedings just as surely as his mother's coat of arms hovered over the judge, Mr Justice Blackburne.
The prince's claim against the Mail on Sunday for breach of confidence and infringement of copyright over its publication last November of substantial extracts from a journal he wrote in 1997 about his trip to watch the British handover of Hong Kong to China is not quite unprecedented.
There were copious reference in court to the case of Prince Albert versus Strange in 1849, when Queen Victoria's consort sought to prevent publication of his Highland etchings by an enterprising printer. But, as the newspaper's lawyer Mark Warby QC pointed out, that was 157 years ago, a different era, different laws. Today's precedents, also cited in court, are the actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones trying to stop their wedding photos getting out and the model Naomi Campbell protecting her privacy at a drug rehabilitation clinic against the Daily Mirror.
The prince's case is that the Mail on Sunday's publication of his views that the Chinese leadership nine years ago were "appalling old waxworks", going in for an "awful Soviet-style display" of goose-stepping at the ceremony (or "great Chinese takeaway" as he called it), was an unwarranted invasion of his privacy and an expropriation of writing that was never meant to be published. The Mail on Sunday acquired the journal, with seven others, last year apparently from a disaffected former secretary in the prince's office, named in court as Sarah Goodall. Ms Goodall got cold feet and acquired the journals back, though not before a copy had been taken. The newspaper's editor Peter Wright proceeded to publish extracts across several pages on 13 November last year despite taking telephone entreaties and a letter from the prince's private secretary, Sir Michael Peat.
The prince's appeal is for summary judgment in the case, arguing the facts are so well established that there is no need to take the case to a full trial. The royal legal team has abandoned its attempt to keep the evidence of Mark Bolland, pictured, confidential. His witness statement shows a prince determined to make his views known, even over the advice of his staff. It indicates once again that the prince's advisers are riven and that the office's long-standing reputation for chaos continues.