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Zuckerberg will front Congress on his Facebook Libra plan
Marcy Gordon
Oct 10, 2019 — 2.40pm
Washington | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will appear before Congress this month as the tech giant comes under pressure from lawmakers and regulators over its massive market power and record of privacy breaches.
Rep. Maxine Waters, the California Democrat who heads the House Financial Services Committee, announced on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) that Zuckerberg will testify at a hearing by the panel on Oct. 23.
Mark Zuckerberg will reappear before Congress for a second time this year to talk about his company's plans. AP
The focus will be on Facebook's plan to create Libra, a digital currency, and its role in housing. The company agreed in a legal settlement in March to overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads.
Lawmakers from both parties and top regulators, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, have criticised Facebook's plan for the new currency, expressing concern that it could be used for illicit activity such as money laundering or drug trafficking.
There also is concern that the massive reserve created with money used to buy Libra, could supplant the Fed and destabilise the financial system, and that consumers could be hurt by Libra losses.
"Mark looks forward to testifying before the House Financial Services Committee and responding to lawmakers' questions," Facebook said in a statement Wednesday.
In July, Waters and other committee Democrats sent a letter to Facebook requesting a halt on moving forward with the currency and with the digital wallet, called Calibra, which would be used in the new currency system. House Democrats also have threatened legislation that would block big tech companies from getting into banking.
It should not be the role of a private company to try to get a sovereign currency like a sovereign state.
— French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire
Waters has called Libra "a new Swiss-based financial system" that potentially is too big to fail and could require a taxpayer bailout.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that the EU should not allow Facebook to develop the currency project on "European territory" because it threatens the monetary sovereignty of member countries.
"It should not be the role of a private company to try to get a sovereign currency like a sovereign state," Le Maire said.
Unlike digital currencies such as bitcoin or Ethereum, Facebook's plan calls for Libra to be backed by real currencies.
David Marcus, the Facebook executive leading the project, told lawmakers over two days of congressional hearings in July that Facebook would not launch the currency project until it had received all the necessary approvals from regulators and secured safeguards to protect the privacy of users' data.
Marcus said Facebook will not control Libra because Facebook will be only one of about 100 companies and nonprofits in an association that will manage the currency. Earlier this week, Paypal said it was going to pull out of the project.
The plan would open low-cost online commerce to millions of people around the world who lack access to bank accounts, and would make it cheaper to send money across borders, Marcus said. He did not agree to a suspension of the plan or a pilot project, as several lawmakers urged.
Facebook, with nearly 2.5 billion users worldwide, is under heavy scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators following a series of data privacy scandals, including lapses in opening the personal data of millions of users to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
The Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee are all conducting investigations of Facebook and the other big tech companies amid accusations of abuse of their market power to crush competition.
Zuckerberg had three days of private meetings in Washington last month with Trump and several lawmakers who, like the president, are critics of the tech industry.
He also met with the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss ways to prevent foreign actors from disrupting next year's elections. In a separate session, Zuckerberg told the leaders of the House Judiciary Committee that the company would cooperate with their antitrust investigation.
Zuckerberg last testified to Congress in the spring, when he was questioned about privacy, election interference and other issues.


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Récital 22 Grand Récital
In 2016, BOVET astonished collectors with the unveiling of the Récital 18 Shooting Star tourbillon , which revolutionized watchmaking design by combining its movement with a registered design asymmetrical case. A year later, BOVET reprised this incredible celestial timepiece with the Récital 20 Astérium , which borrowed the Récital 18's innovative case, original architecture, and intuitive display of astronomical indications.
Just as the cosmos knows no bounds, so too, the infinite scope of BOVET Owner Pascal Raffy's imagination takes its latest form in a newly formed trilogy of celestial timepieces. The Récital 22 Grand Récital tourbillon forms the third chapter in the poetic watchmaking narrative begun by Pascal Raffy and the Maison's artisans two years ago. Together, they now invite us to observe the three heavenly bodies that set the pace of our lives: the sun, earth, and moon.
This grand astronomical theater has been presented by BOVET in a Tellurium-Orrery, with the sun represented by the flying tourbillon, whose carriage bridge evokes fiery rays. The striking hemispherical earth rotates on its own axis and shows the hours on a natural 24-hour cycle. Finally, a spherical moon orbits the earth according to the exact length of its synodic period, i.e. 29.53 days.
To accentuate the splendor of the sun, the tourbillon carriage has been raised above the surface of the movement. Its original patented construction is characterized by its central attachment, endowing the piece with exemplary chronometry, while achieving a peerless level of transparency. Meanwhile, the five arms of the titanium carriage bridge surround the regulating organ. This three-dimensional representation of the sun showcases the finish of the bridge's five arms, rounded by hand, which subtly frame the timepiece's celestial decoration. By rotating once every sixty seconds, the tourbillon indicates the seconds by a hand affixed directly to the carriage wheel and travels over a scaled twenty-second sector.
The earth is represented by a hemisphere on the Récital 22, the surface of which is adorned with an engraved and hand-painted map, on which the oceans, mountains, deserts, and forests are executed in painstaking detail. The difficulty of working on a hemispherical surface is compounded by the use of a technique unveiled by BOVET in 2017, in which the artisan incorporates luminescent substances into the miniature painting. In this way, the earth becomes a radiant highlight in the dark, as the earth itself appears in the heavens above. The artisan's work continues with extreme delicacy, applying several successive layers of transparent lacquer to the globe's surface before it is polished.
To enhance the sense of realism, the artist painted clouds and air currents onto the globe's surface. As they are separated from the earth's crust by the thick layers of lacquer, the clouds appear to be floating in mid air. As in reality, the earth naturally performs one anti-clockwise rotation every 24 hours. At the base of the globe, a graduated scale displays the hour by means of a three-dimensional polished titanium hand, situated between the tourbillon and the globe.
The scale of the artisanal and artistic craftsmanship present on these hemispheres is reason enough to consider each of the 60 timepieces in this limited edition a unique piece. Yet Pascal Raffy wanted to offer collectors even more. He therefore wanted BOVET to allow collectors to choose the orientation of the painted world map so that the collector's chosen location would be positioned on the earth-sun axis when the timepiece displays midday. This customization option means that each movement and timepiece is assembled once the collector's special requests have been received. This customization also makes it possible to determine where it is currently nighttime in the world thanks to the black and white coloring of the ring surrounding the earth. This concave circular indicator, widened at the bottom to display the hour, demonstrates the masterful skill of the micro-mechanics responsible for its manufacturing.
The moon is represented by a sphere that makes a complete orbit once every 29.53 days exactly, which corresponds to the synodic period of our natural satellite. The high-precision mechanism that powers the moon and moon phase display, also visible on the Earth's concentric ring, means that it will register a discrepancy of just one day every 122 years. The sphere is divided into two parts: one black, while the second is engraved with the textured surface of the moon. The engraved sections of the second half are filled with a luminescent substance, which makes it possible to clearly see which part of the moon is directly illuminated by the Sun. This rare combination of indications is the subject of one of the five patents protecting the movement of the Grand Récital.
To bring further harmony to this celestial spectacle, the retrograde minute and power reserve indications are displayed on hemispherical sectors curved to mirror the globe. Sapphire glasses situated in their centers magnify the mechanisms underneath, each seemingly transcending the spatial confines of the case.
Lastly, a circular aperture is positioned on the left-hand side of the tourbillon carriage. Its metal bezel also contains a magnifying glass, which makes it possible to read the date displayed on a glass disk circulating on the lower section of the movement. To emphasize the date, a ring machined directly from solid luminescent material highlights the inner edge of the aperture. It is symmetrically positioned in relation to the upper cone ring and the power reserve wheel, which is made from the same material.
However, to admire the full extent of the ingenuity infused throughout this timepiece by Pascal Raffy and the BOVET technical teams, it must be observed from all angles. Reversing the timepiece and looking through its large sapphire crystal, the viewer beholds a vast bridge decorated with circular Côtes de Genève, centered around the tourbillon's axis. Various apertures open onto the hour, day, month, and leap-year indicators, and a glass date disk guided by the bridge, which is displayed on both sides of the movement. This combination of indications acts in concert as a sort of mechanical brain that governs the perpetual calendar . This clever decision by BOVET watchmakers ensures optimum accuracy in the display and setting of the time reading and all the Tellurium functions.
Specially designed and developed for the Grand Récital, the perpetual calendar is brimming with innovative features, including the original addition of a patented, double-sided date disk display. It is driven by a retrograde mechanism with a micrometric rack, also patented, which optimizes operation while reducing the amount of required space. The abrupt accelerative and decelerative forces acting on the date disk, when combined with the inertia of its mineral crystal material, led the watchmakers to develop a regulator train that dissipates the energy when the disk retrogrades.
As Pascal Raffy is a firm believer in useful complications and remains ever-conscious of collectors' convenience, he asked the Manufacture's technical office to design a mechanism to simplify the entire perpetual calendar's adjustment. Needless to say, the patented solution chosen by the Maison's technicians is sure to delight a large number of collectors. In addition to the traditional correctors used to adjust each indication individually, they designed and developed a pushpiece located between the upper lugs that simultaneously adjusts all the timepiece's functions. Therefore, if the timepiece has been stopped for six days, for instance, this pushpiece can be simply pressed six times to perfectly adjust the perpetual calendar and Tellurium functions simultaneously.
In terms of technical characteristics, a single barrel supplies the 472 components of this complex caliber, while providing a power reserve of over nine days. As they are renowned specialists in long power reserves, BOVET's watchmakers know that it is more important to save energy than to add it when one is looking to improve the autonomy of a caliber. The secret to their success is the systematic selection of traditional and artisanal manufacturing methods. A multitude of details – including hobbed teeth, traditionally burnished pivots, and flawless finishes on every component – come together to form the foundations of the excellence embodied by BOVET's manufacture movements.
A double-sided flying tourbillon was chosen to regulate this caliber. This patented construction improves chronometric performance by significantly reducing the lever arm at the point of attachment and intelligently distributing mass. The sprung balance and escapement are positioned on either side of the central attachment point in an a atypical architecture that also enhances the piece's aesthetics, as it renders the tourbillon's attachment to the movement practically invisible. Meanwhile a variable-inertia balance wheel, paired with a balance-spring manufactured in BOVET's workshops, ensures the accuracy of the movement by oscillating at 18,000 vibrations/hour.
The case's design, inspired by the shape of a writing slope and measuring 46 mm in diameter, is inseparable from the structure of the movement. This unique architecture opens a new window on the three-dimensional interpretation of time displays developed by Pascal Raffy and the BOVET watchmakers. The case is available in red gold or platinum. As is now customary at BOVET, the Récital 22 Grand Récital will be presented as a limited edition, restricted to the number of movements produced. Therefore, whatever the final form of the timepiece, only sixty Grand Récital movements will be issued by BOVET's workshops.
Pascal Raffy's vision of the fundamental values of fine watchmaking involves masterful techniques and timekeeping, decorative arts, and customization in harmony with traditional manufacturing procedures. Taken to new heights by the Maison, these values are harmoniously combined to give collectors the noblest and most poetic expression of time. These values are evidenced throughout the celestial trilogy introduced by BOVET, culminating in the new limited edition Récital 22 Grand Récital.
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Donald Marshall - there are no greys, no nibiru, there are only vrill and they come from underground... feel privileged to know this...anyone else tell you this they will have an aneurysm.... tila [tequila] calls them demons... because that's what they told her they were called...she had an aneurysm before when SHE tried to tell people about them - The idea [of aliens] was born in area 51. The vril society in Germany were brought to area 51 to make saucers... Made em... Test flyin but it was during the cold war... This thing was unstable, incredible speed i dont know how the pilot didnt die... If it accidentally crashed in a town the russians woulda got wind of it and become nervous of a superweapon... So they put alien looking symbols on it in case of a crash.... It crashed, the skin was mylar... Now they said they made this material ten years later but they had it before just didnt disclose it to public... The russians heard about the landing and were afraid the americans were down with aliens... The americans fostered this idea to keep russia in check.... Russians and chinese have been vrill droning the world for decades from hospitals...and other places... They could be lying but i dont think so i would have met one... They said there's just vrill. Oh and drones are detectable in cat scans... There will be a world wide purge as they call it of all vrill drones. And markIII clones with a dead mans consciousness in the chip in his head...
Yeah they don't know any EXTRA terrestrials though... they speculate on anunnaki and greys are a total invention... leaked because they if their saucer crashed in a town they wanted [the] Russians to think it was aliens and not a secret weapon being tested... which it was... and that was cold war time too... there are no greys, they don't hang with space aliens... there are only Vrill.
Casey Rose July 08, 2016
Seems interesting, love it.
Arthur Mcgonnell December 05, 2016
Douglas Dietrich says it was Japanese pilots at Roswell and Aquino was brought in 2 head the cover up &subsequent psy-op.


Arriving at University almost three years ago, I found myself in a situation that I'm sure many of you are familiar with. I've loved playing sport, football particularly, for as long as I can remember and I was certainly going to pursue this love at Uni. However, my love of football didn't stretch as far as wanting to join a highly-competitive University team. My fitness, as well as my technical ability, certainly wasn't what it used to be and on the whole I was more interested in playing football for fun rather than for the chance of winning a trophy and or promotion at the end of the season. Thankfully, at University I found myself in the company of like-minded people who wanted to play football without the overriding pressure of having to get three points every weekend. In the following weeks spent kicking balls around on Southsea common it became clear that a hunger for competition remained, not only within myself but also within my halls mates, some of whom had not played competitively for years. The talent was there and all signs pointed towards the creation of a formidable side. What follows can only be described as the most inspiring and athletically impeccable account of what is undoubtedly the greatest sporting story in the history of the University of Portsmouth. This is the Tekkerslovakia story.
Having established that we wanted to make a team, the first two jobs were to create a pun-based team name to match the desire and ambition of the squad and to find a league suitable to cater for our elite playing standards. Firstly, it was the result of the tried and tested Facebook poll that gifted our team with its menacing and empowering identity. Next, it was a simple Google search that put our Manager, Charlie Beesley, in contact with Campus Sport. Campus Sport is an initiative designed to increase sports participation amongst both staff and students at the University. The programme caters for a variety of sports such as Dodgeball, Squash, and Tennis but for football specifically, offers 5, 6, 7, and 11-a-side leagues as well as Futsal opportunities. Although there is certainly room for improvement, the leagues are generally well organised and the quality of officiating is of a relatively high standard. In addition, the cost of joining a league is very much affordable, especially if you split up the costs between yourself and your teammates. Given that our club was small in numbers at this infant stage, we elected to join one of the 7-a-side leagues. The Tekkerslovakia dream was beginning to become a reality.
Our 7-a-side career was a whirlwind of devastating lows and tremendous highs. Amongst the devastating lows lies the fact that we were unable to win a game or even score a single goal in the entirety of our debut season, a record that stains the history of this great club. Drastic change was required and the introduction of a prestigious club shirt as well as the immediate signing of course mate Ollie Brocklehurst soon put an end to our goal scoring drought and before long, the mighty Tekkerslovakia experienced the sweet taste of hard-fought victory for the very first time. The club enjoyed relative success in their second full season, with a collection of new goal scorers and a marked improvement in the overall chemistry of the side. Despite this, Tekkerslovakia were still unable to progress to the hallowed knockout stages, reserved only for the top few sides in each league. Would the club ever reach the upper echelon of Campus Sport or would Tekkerslovakia be forever confined to mediocrity? The second academic year would provide the answer to this burning question. Season one of the 2015/16 campaign proved to be the most successful to date in the clubs brief but impressive history. With a rejuvenated squad and fresh ambition, Tekkerslovakia were able to reach the knockout stage of the league for the first time, amassing a series of dominant displays in the process. Unfortunately, finals night ended in disappointment for Tekkerslovakia with two losses, resulting in a 4th place finish. Despite the heartache, this result showed the vast progression of the club since its foundation and the potential of this young squad moving forward. The second year was over, but the best was still yet to come.
Unlike the form of the side, one thing that has remained consistent throughout the history of Tekkerslovakia is its dedicated social media presence. The club is renowned for its use of Window's Movie Maker in the production of highly professional material such as post and pre-match interviews, press conferences, and exclusive 'behind the scenes' player content. With the resulting publicity of the club gaining the attention of potential signings and with final year looming, the decision was made to expand the club to an 11-a-side team. Pre-season saw a complete re-brand of Tekkerslovakia with a new club crest and modernised kit complete with player names and revised squad numbers. A strict training regime focussing on the fitness of the squad was introduced in preparation for the upcoming season. Anticipation was building as the first fixture approached; players and fans alike were itching to get the new season underway. Finally, game day arrived and it was a truly magnificent sight to see the mighty Tekkerslovakia in action again, especially at this exciting time in the club's history. However, our opposition on the day, Kens Kicken, had other ideas and ruined this historic event by not showing up, clearly terrified by the prospect of facing such a powerful side. The default 3-0 victory was accepted but the thirst for competition remained, a thirst that would be satisfied in the coming weeks. By the time this article is published Tekkerslovakia will have completed their first season in 11-a-side football, a remarkable achievement considering the humble beginnings of the club. I am a proud Tekkerslovakian and it has been an honour to play beside my teammates for the past three years.


TEL AVIV — The recent events in Israel, the dramatic July 2 killing by (at least) 3 Israeli extremists of a Palestinian teenager — thought to be retaliation for the kidnapping by Hamas and subsequent deaths of three young Israeli students, has led us to this latest escalation between Hamas and Israel again, the first since 2012.
As Benedetta Berti correctly points out, "a mutual desire to show strength has escalated the conflict, and although neither side wants another war, it may already be too late to pull back." This recent conflict will probably further weaken Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and his unity government.
One can hope this recent conflict will come to a quick end and both sides, the Israelis and the Palestinians, can come back to the negotiating table and finally resolve the two-state solution once and for all. While this recent escalation is going to prove as a tactical error in the long run for both Israel and Hamas, the real issue for Israel were the riots that occurred in Jerusalem and in the north of Israel. There are enough channels to resolve the conflict between Hamas and Israel; however, the same cannot be said about the riots within Israel.
Abu Khdeir's murder was by far the most brutal example, but there have been dozens of attacks during the past week – including an assault on workers in West Jerusalem hours after the bodies of the three Israelis were found, as hundreds of right-wing Jews held demonstrations in the city, chanting "death to the Arabs." The streets of Shuafat, Beit Hanina, and other East Jerusalem neighborhoods were eerily quiet on Monday night, with few residents coming out to shop and socialize after Iftar, the meal that breaks the Ramadan fast.
The riots are only in East Jerusalem and the north of Israel for the time being. Should they spread to other areas, Israel will have a real dilemma on its hands – as a civil war risks being the result. This is not a fear that is long-term; it is a fear that risks boiling over quickly. The other day, it was reported that groups of local Arab men – mostly unarmed, but a few carrying knives and sticks – have formed impromptu neighborhood-watch groups in East Jerusalem. They were on the lookout for "settlers" also known as ultranationalist Jews accused of Abu Khdeir's murder.
East Jerusalem, where many Israeli Arabs reside, is very tense but so too is northern Israel.
It seems the streets are quiet now, most probably because of the even-more tense situation in Gaza and the incoming rockets to the south of Israel. It is after this recent flare up between Hamas and Israel, where it might become difficult for Israel and its government. The riots risk spreading to other cities aside from Nazareth in northern Israel where a majority of the Israeli Arabs live (i.e.: Afula, Acre, etc).
A civil war is certainly not in Israel's interest. If Israeli Arabs' begin believing they have 'nothing to lose' and the violence and unrest spreads beyond East Jerusalem to other parts of Israel, the Israeil government will have a new, more difficult problem on its hands. To simply arrest the protesters is not the solution. Certainly, it is an immediate answer that will quell the violence temporarily, but that is not the answer. The Israeli leadership must listen to what the protesters are saying.
For instance, in East Jerusalem, a citizen was recently quoted as saying, "For 20 years we've heard about the peace process, and we got nothing…. We're treated like fifth-class citizens in this country…. So maybe the only way to take action is to come down in the streets." This is why it is still in Israel's key interest to diplomatically resolve the conflict not only with Hamas but also with a unified Palestinian Authority sooner rather than later – at the negotiating table.
If Israel wants a Jewish state along the 1967 borders alongside a Palestinian state (West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza), it would be wise to get back to the negotiating table but, more importantly, observe and act on the voices of the protesters in East Jerusalem and the north of Israel, as none of the alternatives result in a pleasant outcome for the Jewish democratic state.
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Apple's HomePod bested by Google Home Max, Sonos in blind test
Bryan Clark
Former Managing Editor, TNW
Bryan is a freelance journalist. Bryan is a freelance journalist.
Apple's HomePod has, by all measures, been a huge success. In a week of reviews, I've yet to stumble on any strong criticism of the device, or any notable shortcomings that can't be fixed via a future software update. Noted Apple fanboy John Gruber even waxed poetic about the power cord, of all things:
The power cord is perhaps the nicest power cord I've ever seen for any product. The cable is covered with a nice fabric, and it's very supple.
For all the praise heaped on Apple this week, the one bit that's near-universal is the HomePod's high marks for sound quality. Reddit even compared it with the KEF X300A — one of the top speakers you can buy under $1,000.
But is it the best speaker in its price range? Well, maybe not.
Apple did a smart thing in controlling the test environment for HomePod. Before giving journalists their review units, Apple invited them to a listening session in a mockup of an apartment. The PR person switched playback between the HomePod and three other devices: Sonos One ($200), Amazon Echo Plus ($150), and Google Home Max ($400).
In side-by-side comparisons, the HomePod came out aces, and it was near-unanimous. But when tech journalist David Pogue held his own listening party, the results weren't quite as clear.
Pogue chose five friends, of which two were professionals in the music and/or audio industry:
My five panelists included Darwin, a professional violinist who spends a lot of time listening to recordings on nice gear; Julie, an entrepreneur and homeowner who is precisely the target market for these speakers; Dana and Tori, high-schoolers who haven't yet begun to lose their ability to hear high frequencies; and Rob, a sound technician for Yahoo.
He then chose five songs, volume matching each for fairness with the help of a Yahoo audio technician. Each song would play for twenty seconds (with optional replays) on each of the same four devices used in Apple's listening experiment.
When the dust settled, not one of them rated Apple's speaker as best. Two liked the Google Home Max, and three ranked Sonos as number one.
So why the difference in results? Well, sound, as we all know, is subjective. Each of us is unique in the way we hear and interpret these vibrations, and as such, it's often difficult getting a consensus "best" on anything sound-related. And then there's Apple's test, which *cough* may have been slightly flawed in its methodology.
Apple's representative told Pogue that each of the speakers were streaming music from a server in the next room (a Mac). But, none of the speakers were connected in the same way. The Echo used Bluetooth (which may degrade music before transmission); Sonos used Ethernet, Google Home Max used an input miniplug, and HomePod used Apple's proprietary Wi-Fi-based transmission system, AirPlay.
Not exactly Apples to Apples, uh, Apple.
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Swarajeet Das (born 23 March 1995) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Meghalaya in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 6 December 2018. He made his Twenty20 debut for Meghalaya in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019. He made his List A debut on 24 September 2019, for Meghalaya in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

References

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1995 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Meghalaya cricketers

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Today we have returned to an "old friend" and it feels good. We found Creekside Campground quite by accident several years ago and immediately fell in love with the place. Located next to a large creek, hence the name, just off US/VA Route 11 and only about 2 miles off I-81, it is a small campground with a big heart. The owners & workers are very friendly and go out of their way to make you feel at home. This is our 5th visit here in the past two or three years, but it won't be our last.


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using namespace gpnaucrates;
using namespace gpopt;
using namespace gpmd;

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//	@function:
//		CStatsPredLike::CStatisticsFilterLike
//
//	@doc:
//		Ctor
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CStatsPredLike::CStatsPredLike
	(
	ULONG ulColId,
	CExpression *pexprLeft,
	CExpression *pexprRight,
	CDouble dDefaultScaleFactor
	)
	:
	CStatsPred(ulColId),
	m_pexprLeft(pexprLeft),
	m_pexprRight(pexprRight),
	m_dDefaultScaleFactor(dDefaultScaleFactor)
{
	GPOS_ASSERT(ULONG_MAX != ulColId);
	GPOS_ASSERT(NULL != pexprLeft);
	GPOS_ASSERT(NULL != pexprRight);
	GPOS_ASSERT(0 < dDefaultScaleFactor);
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//	@function:
//		CStatsPredLike::~CStatisticsFilterLike
//
//	@doc:
//		Dtor
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CStatsPredLike::~CStatsPredLike()
{
	m_pexprLeft->Release();
	m_pexprRight->Release();
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//	@function:
//		CStatsPredLike::UlColId
//
//	@doc:
//		Return the column identifier on which the predicates are on
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ULONG
CStatsPredLike::UlColId() const
{
	return m_ulColId;
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//	@function:
//		CStatsPredLike::DDefaultScaleFactor
//
//	@doc:
//		Return the default like scale factor
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CDouble
CStatsPredLike::DDefaultScaleFactor() const
{
	return m_dDefaultScaleFactor;
}

// EOF

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William Head Institution, near Metchosin, has no manned guard towers but no escapes since 2013. (Wikimapia)
William Head fence debate a big deal out of nothing says officials
Metchosin Mayor John Ranns met with William Head warden Thursday
Tim Collins
Dec. 15, 2017 10:10 p.m.
Concerns regarding the Correctional Service of Canada's (CSC) plans to change the fencing at the minimum security institution in Metchosin is alarmist and misplaced, according to Manj Toor of the John Howard Society.
The four-metre high, double perimeter fence had been installed when the federal prison was designated as a medium security institution but does not fall in line with the philosophy or configuration of any minimum security institution in the country.
"I think that CSC does a fantastic job of assessing individuals to ensure that, by the time they are allowed a transfer to a minimum security institution, they have undertaken programming and are no longer a risk to the community. These are men who, in many cases, are in the final stages before being released to the community and are at an institution like William Head to get re-acclimatized to managing household duties, managing a budget, and living within a community at the prison where they get accustomed to living with neighbours and room mates in a community environment."
In response to what he characterized as sensationalized coverage of CSC's plans at William Head, Toor explained that the real need in the community is to inform and educate the public about what a minimum security facility is all about, and how the program is designed to support a lower incidence of recidivism and increase the probability that men who have served out their sentence can become valuable members of society once more.
"Of course they committed crimes; sometimes very serious crimes. But people make mistakes and people change. CSC assesses these men very carefully and the men who are allowed to go to William Head are not the same men as those who may have been incarcerated many years earlier," said Toor.
Metchosin Mayor John Ranns agreed.
"I met with the warden this morning and we had a very good discussion about the situation. It's pretty much a big deal being made out of nothing. The plan since William Head reverted to a minimum security institution back in 2003 was to remove the fence. It's now just come to the end of its lifespan and needs to be replaced. The question is what kind of fence will replace it," said Ranns.
"The truth is that the guard towers haven't been manned since 2003 and the men could walk around the fence now if they wanted to, but don't. The last escape was back in 2013 and before that, I'm not even sure."
Ranns expressed full confidence in the program at William Head and acknowledged that the municipality regularly employs work release parties from the institution for work on civic and community programs.
"It's a way for those men to give something back to society."
After his Thursday meeting with the warden, Ranns noted no changes to the fence would happen until the warden and CSC had consulted with council.
"I really have a lot of respect for what goes on out there [at William Head] and the programs that they run. They're preparing the men to re-join society and I think the very low recidivism rate they have shows that what they're doing works," Ranns added.
editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - PECO will inspect more than 39,000 utility poles located across its service territory this year as part of the companyÂ's maintenance and reliability improvement program.
PECO is investing $1.1 million to perform the inspections, which will continue through the spring.
Inspections, which will be performed by an independent contractor, include a visual examination of poles and the electrical equipment attached, and taking samples from the poles interior and excavating around the base to check for decay.
Necessary repairs and replacements are performed based on the inspection results.
After completing a 10-year inspection cycle last year, PECO is starting another 10-year cycle of wood pole inspections this year. Over the course of this cycle, PECO will inspect more than 387,000 poles across the region.
"Continuous monitoring, inspection, repair and replacement of equipment on our electric system is crucial to ensuring that our customers receive the safe and reliable service they expect and deserve," said John McDonald, vice president of Technical Services.


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Physician's Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Dec. 28 to 30, 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sources that is most likely to affect clinical practice.
U.K. Is First Country to Approve Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Britain became the first country to give authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes Improved During Lockdown
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- On average, glycemic control improved during lockdown among people living with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published online Dec. 23 in Diabetes Care.
First Known U.S. Case of New Variant of COVID-19 Seen in Colorado
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The first recorded case of a faster-spreading variant of the new coronavirus has been detected in a 20-year-old man in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday.
Secondary Bloodstream Infections Tied to Poorer COVID-19 Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalized adult patients with severe COVID-19 and secondary bloodstream infections are more likely to have worse clinical outcomes, including higher in-hospital mortality, according to a study recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Gaps Found in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Patients already receiving opioid use disorder treatment continued to receive care during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, with some disruption to urine testing, according to a research letter published in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Inequities Seen in Accessing Telemedicine During COVID-19
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- During the COVID-19 pandemic period, there have been inequities in accessing telemedicine, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Network Open.
Another COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Begins Final Clinical Trials
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccine maker Novavax, along with federal health researchers, announced Monday that a phase 3 trial will begin on the safety and effectiveness of another COVID-19 vaccine -- the fifth shot to reach this final stage of development.
SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Risk Drops With Presence of Antibodies
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Health care workers with anti-spike or anti-nucleocapsid immunoglobulin G antibodies have a reduced risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reinfection in the following six months, according to a study published online Dec. 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Altered Mentation, Stroke Up COVID-19 In-Hospital Mortality
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For hospitalized COVID-19 patients with altered mental status or stroke upon admission, there is a higher risk for in-hospital mortality independent of disease severity, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in Neurology.
Anticoagulants Not Tied to Higher Risk for GI Bleed in COVID-19
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Use of anticoagulation or antiplatelet agents is not a risk factor for gastrointestinal bleeding among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
Head and Neck Cancer Surgery Seems Safe During COVID-19
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Head and neck cancer surgery appears to be safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in Cancer.
HD Live! Takes a Look Back at Pandemic's Progression
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Since the first confirmed case in the United States in January, scientists have gained significant knowledge on COVID-19, but the numbers of reported cases and deaths continue to rise. HD Live! discussed the progression and future of the pandemic with David Shulkin, M.D., former secretary of Veterans Affairs and former CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, as well as Joel Zivot, M.D., anesthesiologist and clinician at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
CDC: Travelers From the U.K. Must Have Negative COVID-19 Test
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Travelers flying to the United States from the United Kingdom will now need a negative COVID-19 test no more than 72 hours before leaving Britain, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
WHO Calls for New Measures to Identify COVID-19 Variants
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The World Health Organization says steps to expand genome sequencing of new variants of the coronavirus are needed as the pandemic enters its second year, the Associated Press reported.
LY-CoV555 Not Efficacious for Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The neutralizing monoclonal antibody LY-CoV555, given in conjunction with remdesivir, is not efficacious for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 without end-organ failure, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Male Sex Is Risk Factor for Increased Mortality in COVID-19
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Risk factors for mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 include male sex, hypertension and diabetes with chronic complications, and obesity, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rate Low in Patients Receiving Antitumor Therapy
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection is 0.68 percent among patients receiving antitumor treatment, according to a research letter published online Dec. 17 in JAMA Oncology.
Early Tracheostomy May Be Considered in Severe COVID-19
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Early tracheostomy in hospitalized COVID-19 patients who require mechanical ventilation is noninferior to late tracheostomy and may be associated with improvement in some outcomes, according to a study published online Dec. 17 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
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(Reuters Health) - - Women with breast cancer often feel rushed to make a decision about surgery, and some of them might benefit from more time and better educational materials to inform their treatment choices, two recent studies suggest.
One study surveyed 487 women after they underwent either a lumpectomy that removes malignant tissue while sparing the rest of the breast, a mastectomy that removes the entire breast, or both procedures.
Regardless of what path they took, at least one in five women said choosing quickly was more important than making an informed decision, and at least as many patients felt like they didn't have all the facts before their operations.
"A breast cancer diagnosis can feel like an emergency when you are the patient," said lead study author Dr. Sunny Mitchell, a breast surgeon in Stratford, Connecticut.
"There is actually plenty of time to review all treatment options since survival rates are very high for early-stage breast cancer and do not change if a woman starts treatment within a few weeks," Mitchell said by email.
A quick decision was more important than an informed decision for 35 percent of the lumpectomy patients, 31 percent of the mastectomy patients, and 22 percent of the women who had both procedures.
A separate study in the same journal offers one way to help women understand their options.
For that study, researchers randomly assigned 227 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer to use an online decision-making tool or to read materials available on websites run by groups like the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute.
All of the women participated in the study before their first surgical consultation.
With the decision aid, half of the women scored at least 80 out of 100 on tests of their knowledge about breast cancer and treatment options, compared with a median score of 66 for women who reviewed material on various websites.
At the same time, 72 percent of the women who used the decision aid recognized that they could wait a few weeks to make an informed treatment choice without affecting their survival odds, compared with just 54 percent for the other women.
"Women benefit from receiving high-quality information about breast cancer prior to their first visit with a surgeon," senior study author Dr. Heather Neuman, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, said by email.
Decision aids can help women clarify their personal values and preferences, for example by focusing on whether they want to avoid radiation or concentrate on preserving their breasts, said Dr. Clara Lee, a cancer researcher at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.
This process can also prepare women to talk to their provider about treatment options and make an informed decision, Lee, who wasn't involved in the study, said by email.
Women can still make an educated choice, aided by information online, even when they don't use a decision aid, Lee added.
SOURCES: bit.ly/2EvQygi and bit.ly/2Ev7wLP Journal of the American College of Surgeons, online December 12, 2017.


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1488-10. Silty depression in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Silty depression in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Egyptian Fig-marigold (slenderleaf ice plant, Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum) in silty depression on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Salt marsh and Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Remains of a camp Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Archeological excavations on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Antique stone walls on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Salt marsh and cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Remains of a camp of archeologists(?) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Remains of archeological excavations in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Remains of excavated antique walls in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Excavated walls of a stone house on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Salt marsh with a dead mangrove tree and Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Salt marsh with mats of jointed glasswort and cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
Hill at sunrise in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Mangroves at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
Salt marsh at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
Plant of Bienertia sinuspersici at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
Shells of sea snails on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Limestone hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Sunrise over mangrove marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Glasswort (Arthrocnemum macrostachyum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Shallow depression in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Mat of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Glasswort (Salicornia sinus-persica) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Small depression with grasses on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
Salt marsh with mangrove trees at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Germinated seed of mangrove (Avicennia marina) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Tiny flowers of seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Sunrise over mangrove forest, view to the east from a hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) at sunrise on northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 24, 2015
Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) in a marsh at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Half dead mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Salt marsh with a mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Purplish plant of Anabasis setifera suffering from extreme desert conditions on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Pairs of leaves distributed on petioles along a rhizome of seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Salt marsh with breathing roots of mangrove (Avicennia marina) from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
Blooming plant of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
Emerging flowers of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
Emerging flower of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
Various weeds on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Salt tolerant plant Herniaria hemistemon (local name Ghebayra) growing in a depression in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 25, 2011
Limestone hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Shore crab on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
Rocky beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Limestone outcrops in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Limestone cliffs in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Mat of Halocnemum strobilaceum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Plant of Salsola soda (Suaeda maritima, Suaeda iranshahrii var. arabica) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Remains of an archeological(?) camp in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Halocnemum strobilaceum taken from area of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) in Al Khor. Qatar, September 26, 2014
Excavated stone remains in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Close up of Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Mangroves (Avicennia marina) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and nodiflorum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Salt tolerant plants on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Close up of Halocnemum strobilaceum near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Lotus glinoides with fruits on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Twig of Salsola cyclophylla taken from Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
Remains of archeological camp(?) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
Some sea snail found under a rock on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
Sand crab bubbles on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
Salt marsh with mangroves on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
Shoot of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
Close up of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
Plant of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
Winged fruits of Salsola cyclophylla on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Mangroves in salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Brown cat sleeping in salt marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Bush of Anabasis setifera with seeds on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) among shells near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Winged fruits of Anabasis setifera on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Multicolored salt tolerant plants on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Red winged fruits of Anabasis setifera on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Small crab in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and nodiflorum on rocks on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) taken from area of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) in Al Khor. Qatar, September 26, 2014
Seedling of mangrove (Avicennia marina) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
Winged seeds of Salsola cyclophylla on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Glaucous glasswort (Arthrocnemum macrostachyum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Flowers of mangrove (Avicennia marina) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
Glasswort (Salicornia sinus-persica) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Camping tent(?) in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Shoots of Bienertia sinuspersici at morning near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
Flower buds of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
Young plants of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
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Campbell County, Georgia was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1828 to 1931. It was created by the state legislature on December 20, 1828 from land taken from Fayette, Coweta, and Carroll counties, and from the half of DeKalb County which became Fulton County soon afterward. Georgia's Cherokee Land Lottery of 1832 also added to the county. The county was named for Duncan G. Campbell, one of the U.S. commissioners responsible for the Treaty of Indian Springs.[1]
The original county seat was Campbellton; however, when the Atlanta & West Point Railroad began to plan its route, the town's residents said no due to noise concerns. The tracks were laid through Fairburn instead, which flourished while Campbellton died out, and Fairburn soon became the new county seat in 1870. The Campbell County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The northwestern half of Campbell (and a bit more of Carroll) became Douglas County in 1870, divided on October 17 at the Chattahoochee River. The remainder of Campbell County was ceded to Fulton County at the end of 1931, along with Milton County, to save money. The legislation creating the merger was enacted on August 9, 1929, with Milton being added to the process in 1931.
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Pinheirinha é o nome comum das seguintes espécies vegetais:
Equisetum arvense, espécie do género Equisetum, família Equisetaceae
Equisetum ramosissimum, espécie do género Equisetum, família Equisetaceae
Myriophyllum spicatum, espécie do género Myriophyllum, família Haloragaceae

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If you haven't heard of the neem tree, it isn't because you're uncultivated. It's because you probably know it by its other names, such as the arishta tree, or the holy tree, or the bead tree, or the margosa tree.
Okay, so you probably haven't heard of any of these trees. But that's because the neem tree is one of health and beauty's best-kept secrets. And you're about to discover what it's all about.
The neem tree in its entirety has many health and beauty benefits. From its root to its fruits, to its flowers and leaves, the neem tree can treat and even prevent all kinds of nasty diseases and ailments, including diabetes, heart disease, libber issues and ulcers.
All parts of neem are used in health and beauty circles. Let's take a look at 20 amazing benefits of this amazing tree.
Acne breakouts are a pest that always seem to happen at a time when we really don't need this. You could be getting ready for a date or a job interview, before checking yourself in the mirror and boom! There it is in all its spotty glory.
One of the best benefits of neem is that it eliminates acne from your skin. It's rich in anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial agents that are effective at eradicating acne, as well as dark pigmentation.
In order to clear up breakouts, you should bowl a handful of neem lives in water until the leaves soften and the water turns green.
Then, strain before keeping in a bottle. You can then use the liquid as a skin toner.
You might be under the impression that your blood is already pure. After all, if your blood was impure, wouldn't you be seriously ill?!
Toxins enter our bloodstream all the time. When there are too many present, they can make us feel tired and listless. Other symptoms include headaches and skin conditions.
For this reason, it's important to flush the toxins out of your blood.
To do this with neem, make a juicing using leaves and water. Add roasted cumin and asafoetida, and use the solution at least twice a day.
Pigmentation can get really annoying, especially during the summer. Neem seed oil is your best bet when it comes to a natural pigmentation killer.
It works in a few ways. It makes your skin fairer and fresher when you apply it regularly.
It slows down your skin's production of melanin, a colouring agent that, when secreted in unusually high amounts, can cause pigmentation.
Neem seed oil also inhibits the formation of too much melanin, making your skin fairer and minimising pigmentation.
None of us want to visibly age, but some of us age quicker than others. Why? Because we aren't doing the right things. If you want to slow down the ageing process, you could do a lot worse than turn to neem.
Neem is rich in regenerative agents and immune-stimulating compounds that keep your skin looking fresh and young.
Moreover, neem also contains vitamin C, which eliminates dullness and blackheads, thus restoring a youthful shine to your skin.
Neem is also loaded with antioxidants that prevent wrinkles and fine lines. Simply apply neem oil to your face regularly to minimise the telltale signs of ageing.
To promote healthier hair with neem, it's important that you apply neem oil weekly on your scalp.
Massage the oil into your scalp, before leaving overnight as you get into bed. Alternatively, you can apply neem oil before washing your hair.
Before you apply the oil, it's a good idea to weaken it with a carrier oil. For example, you could use coconut oil or almond oil. This is because neem oil is really strong, and comes with an odour that some of you might find overpowering.
Moreover, neem oil could also cause a reaction on people who suffer from sensitive skin.
The worst thing about blackheads is not their ugliness, but the fact that they return! It's like some sort of horror movie – The Return Of The Blackheads 17.
Neem is one of the best herbs for beauty that I can think of right now. If your skin is sensitive and populated by blackheads, you can use neem oil to eliminate them without having to worry about irritating your skin.
I recommend using a pinch of neem oil (3 drops at the most) and mixing it with water before applying over your blackheads. Do this a few times a week and you should eliminate and prevent blackheads altogether.
Dandruff is not easy to get rid of, and because it's so visible it can be really embarrassing. Neem oil is an ideal natural remedy. Indeed, you will find neem oil in many dandruff shampoos you buy from the supermarket.
Neem oil boosts the health of your scalp, as well as maintaining its PH level.
Neem oil is a really convenient way of eliminating other scalp ailments, such as psoriasis and an itchy scalp.
Apply it regularly, and you can eradicate dandruff completely while strengthening your roots.
Is there anything neem can't do? Probably not. Among its repertoire of tricks is its ability to help you lose weight.
To lose weight with neem, use neem flower juice. This is because the neem flowers enhance your metabolism and break down your body fat. Therefore, they help you to shed some weight the healthy way. Ace.
To get your own glass of neem flower juice, take a handful of neem flowers before crushing them. Then, add a teaspoon of honey and half a teaspoon of lemon juice before mixing.
You should aim to drink a glass of neem flower juice each morning for weight loss.
Got rough and frizzy hair? Neem oil can help to condition it.
All you need to do is add a pinch of neem oil to your shampoo, before applying to your hair and leave to set for a few minutes.
Afterwards, your hair will shine beautifuly!
Neem oil, then, is the ideal hair moisturising product that keeps your hair smooth and hydrated.
If your skin is infected, you can turn to neem.
Neem is ideal for tackling skin infection because it's rich in all kinds of anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic and anti-bacterial agents that deal with infections.
To tackle an infection head-on, simply boil a handful of neem leaves in water. Once the water has turned blue, add around 90ml of it to your bathing water.
Then, get into your bath and have a soak. Lovely!
Head lice is gross, and just thinking about lice crawling in your hair is enough to make you shiver.
Especially if you have young children, head lice can become problematic. One of the safest ways to take care of this problem is by applying neem oil to your scalp.
Simply massage the oil into your scalp before leaving over night. In the morning, comb with a nit comb in order to get rid of any lice.
Neem oil is safer to use than chemical products because there is no chance of it having any adverse effects. Some chemical products trigger allergies, and they can leave your scalp looking less than desirable.
Neem can help you lose weight, restore health skin – and it can also deal with skin infections and allergies.
Thanks to its fab properties, neem soothes your skin if you have an infection or an allergy. To treat an ailment, simply boil 10-20 neem leaves in water before leaving to cool down.
Once the water has cooled, apply to your infection or allergy to ease the pain.
You could also pour the neem water into your bath before getting in.
As well as everything else, neem oil can also stimulate hair growth. This is fab news for anyone whose mane isn't looking its best at the moment.
Thinning hair happens. Stress is sometimes the underlying cause, but so too is medication and even pollution.
Whatever the cause, neem oil can reverse the situation, promoting healthier, stronger hair.
I used to have really oily skin that I couldn't get rid of. I tried everything until one day my friend recommended that I use neem. And it worked a treat.
Because neem is rich in anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties, it works well at controlling the excess oils on your body's largest organ.
Neem is also on of the most powerful exfoliants around that tightens your pores and eliminates your skin of impurities.
To get a good mix, combine neem powder with a hint of lemon juice, as well as a dollop of yogurt. Combine until you get a paste, which you can then apply to your skin.
Split ends are annoying. No one is going to deny that. Spit ends make your hair totally unmanageable.
But the good news is that there are natural remedies available, and neem oil is one of the most powerful.
Neem oil is a deep moisturiser that repairs broken hair cuticles and makes your hair easier to control again.
How horrible is toothache? On a scale of one to ten, the pain is often eleven.
If you can't wait until your see your dentist, neem can soothe your teeth problems. In fact, people of eastern Asia are known to use the branch of the neem plant as their toothbrush!
To make a remedy for toothache, take 50gm of neem bark, 10gm of rock salt and 50gm of ferrous oxide.
Mix together before adding neem juice. Then, store in a bottle before using to brush your teeth.
As well as toothache, the mixture can soothe bleeding gums and halitosis.
Psoriasis can be an awful, debilitating skin condition that wreaks havoc with your self-esteem. It's characterised by dry, scaly skin and it can flare up anyway, including hidden areas and very visible areas – such as your face.
Neem can help, thanks to its agents which soothe itchiness and irritation that are symptomatic of psoriasis.
In addition, neem can moisturise your skin and reduce scaling and dryness. Neem can also prevent future breakouts.
Dry skin gets especially bad during the winter when it itches and itches so much that you just want to shed your whole skin and begin again.
Neem can control your skin's excess oils, and it can also treat dry skin, too. For this reason, neem restores your skin's natural, healthy glow.
To tackle dry skin with neem, simply combine neem powder with a few pinches of grape seed oil before adding some water. Stir together until you get a paste.
Then, apply the paste to your dry skin. Lovely!
Like psoriasis, eczema is an awful skin condition that can damage your self-esteem. It can be caused by stress and anxiety, and it can erupt anywhere on your body.
But thanks to anti-viral, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial agents, neem can treat eczema so that it doesn't outstay its welcome.
To treat eczema, all you need to do is boil neem bark with water before applying the cooled paste to any affected areas. The condition should improve rapidly.
When the summer finally swings around, everyone is excited. We get to wear our bikinis, hit the beach and have some fun.
Unfortunately, the fun well and truly ends when too much sun has crippled us with heat stroke. We feel nauseous, drained of energy – and just generally horrible.
Neem can reduce the effects of a heat stroke. Take 10gm of the neem plant before mixing it with 10gm of sugar. Stir in water, before straining.
Do you know other neem benefits?


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Q: Statistics Question on Chebyshev Inequality to construct an interval with 90 percent confidence for a delay problem The route of an employee from his home to office has four signals operating independently. At each signal the employee has a probability of 1/2 to meet a green signal so that he can pass without any delay. In the other cases he meets a red light, resulting in  delay of either one minute or half a minute, both with equal probability. The employee always leaves his home with a margin of one minute of delay to arrive in office.
a) Compute the probability that he arrives in time.
b) Use Chebyshev to construct an interval with a guaranteed confidence of at least 90% for the number of times (out of total 100) that the employee arrives in time.
c) If he arrives late for the fifth time his half leave is deducted. Derive the expected number of days he can follow before his half leave is deducted.
Attempt: I could do part a only.
a) If he arrives in time it means either he is 0 minute late (all 4 signals were green), 1/2 minute late (only one signal was red with delay time 1/2 min, rest green) or 1 minute late (only one signal was red with delay time 1 min, rest green or two signal were red with delay time 1/2 min each and other two green).
Therefore, if Y is considered to be delay time.
$$P(Y<=1)= P(Y=0)+P(Y=1/2)+P(Y=1)= \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^4 + {4 \choose 3}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^3\left(\frac{1}{4}\right) + {4 \choose 3}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^3\left(\frac{1}{4}\right) + {4 \choose 2}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^2\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^2 = \frac{13}{32}$$
I need help for part b and c.

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OIG Examines Antipsychotic Use in Medicaid
by David Pittman, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today August 14, 2013
WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators recently launched a review of the use of atypical antipsychotic drugs in children on Medicaid, checking to see how often they are prescribed and the extent of their off-label use.
"In the wake of our previous work revealing excessive use of antipsychotics in nursing homes, my agency determined to focus on the dramatic rise in the use of these powerful drugs to treat children," Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General Daniel Levinson said in a statement. "Through medical record reviews we will determine whether these prescriptions were medically indicated, and whether taxpayers were being billed for inappropriate, poor-quality care."
The project was listed in the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) fiscal 2013 work plan and will focus on newer antipsychotic drugs such as aripiprazole (Abilify), risperidone (Risperdal), quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel), and olanzapine (Zyprexa).
The drugs are generally indicated to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and irritability associated with autism.
But over the last decade, there's been an increasing use of atypical antipsychotics for non-FDA-approved indications, according to researchers, despite concerns about their potential side effects on metabolism, diabetes, and brain volume.
OIG spokesman Don White said the office's review of atypical antipsychotics use in children will take several months because investigators must review individual medical records. The office hopes to finish its review sometime next year, he said.
The OIG's 2011 report on first-generation antipsychotics in nursing homes found 88% of dementia patients were prescribed the drugs, despite FDA concern over increased risk of death in that population.
As a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a program to curb the medications' use among nursing home residents by 15%.
The OIG's probe of atypical, or second-generation antipsychotics in nursing homes was one investigation the office cut short because of reduced funding, it recently announced. Many of the other investigations the OIG is still conducting on pharmaceuticals' use in Medicaid involve drug pricing and manufacturer rebates.


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