May not be worth repairing.
How do I reset xerox C6000?
Aug 8, 2013 - c6000. error. Error Message Check Ink U041 · Xerox WorkCentre C2424 DADF Error ... SSC Service Utility Software to reset Epson printers.
I have this manual for you to see errors in Kyocera FS-1020D. Hope it helps.
try upgrading the firmware and replacing the ddr2 memory first. if that doesn't do it you may be in serious trouble and have to: replace main-board , engine-board and/or the dimm on the main-board.
c4000 polygon motor sychronize error, try to cleaning polygon, if not effective, need to replace new polygon.
The codes on this model are the same as on the Kyocera Mita copiers.
My kyocera km 5035 has an error code of c 2642. Any suggestions?
C2642 is not a listed error code for the KM-5035.
C2600 is deck conveying motor / desk motor problem.
C4200 is a LSU (laser unit) problem.
error 610 machine kyocera km-3035 ????


To effectively help SMEs solve financing problems, it is resolved to issue Interim Measures on Encouraging SMEs Investment and Financing Development after consulting with the Director Office Meeting of Economic Management Committee. The documents are hereby issued to you for implementation. You are expected to actively and effectively help solve various problems existing in SMEs development and create favorable operation environment for SMEs.
Article 1 These Measures are hereby formulated to effectively help solve financing problems prevailing in SMEs development, promote multi-channel funds raising of SMEs, achieve organic integration of the industry and financing and support the SMEs to be more excellent and stronger.
(4) The technological content leads China or ranks among the best in the world, and the R&D input for the year is not less than 15% of the operation income for the year, for which proper subsidy may be granted as the case may be on basis of assessment and analysis.
Article 3 The Bureau of Finance shall be responsible for the organization and implementation of these Measurers.
Article 4 Establish guarantee association, initiated by the Investment Guarantee Center of the Area together with other powerful guarantee institutions in the Area, and jointly provide guarantee and financing services to SMEs in the Area.
Article 5 Adopt preferential guarantee rate. The annual guarantee rate of Investment Guarantee Center in the Area is 1.2%-2%.
Article 6 Encourage the guarantee institutions and banks to jointly issue a series of innovation products and businesses, e.g. inventory pledge loan guarantee, receivables pledge guarantee, equity pledged loan guarantee, intellectual property guarantee, etc. and ease the shortage of SMEs loan mortgage and pledge.
Article 7 Provide guarantee awards to the guarantors. 0.3% of subsidy will be granted to the part of RMB 50 mn �C RMB 100 mn of daily balance of annual guarantee by guarantors to SMEs in the Area; 0.5% of subsidy to RMB 100 mn �C RMB 300 mn and 0.8% of subsidy to over RMB 100 mn; and the maximal annual subsidy is not more than RMB 5 mn.
Article 8 Provide the guarantors with subsidy of compensable losses incurred by guarantee to SMEs in the Area. The subsidy amount shall be 15% of the compensable amount, no more than RMB 1 mn each year for each guarantor; and 30% of the compensable amount for the high-tech SMEs listed in Tianjin "Junior Giant Enterprise Growth Program", with no more than RMB 1.5 mn each year for each guarantor.
Article 9 Special guarantor subsidy shall be 0.5% of the guarantee amount, up to RMB 500,000 for each case, for the guarantee to the high-tech SMEs listed in Tianjin "Junior Giant Enterprise Growth Program".
Article 10 100% subsidy will be granted within three years since the year of registration to the PE and VC for the part that disposable financial strength of the Area has been formed from the operation income during investment of the SMEs in the Area; 50% of subsidy will be granted within three years since the year of profitability, to the part of disposable financial strength of the Area from the total profits.
Article 11 When PE and VC conduct equity financing for SMEs in the Area and apply for exit, for actual investment loss over 20% of investment amount, compensation will be made at 10% of actual investment amount of the funds, no more than RMB 1 mn, including 80% of equity investment fund compensation and 20% of high-tech enterprise compensation.
Article 12 For SMEs engaged in equity financing through PE and VC, subsidy will be granted at 20% of the current bank loan rate within 3 years after the completion of equity financing, up to RMB 500,000 each year; for high-tech SMEs engaged in equity financing through PE and VC and listed in Tianjin "Junior Giant Enterprise Growth Program", subsidy will be granted up to RMB 1 mn each year.
Article 13 In the event that for the SMEs engaged in equity financing through PE and VC, the projects or products have independent intellectual property rights, have leading domestic technologies and product advantages, outstanding industrial position and bright market prospect, the amount of follow-up investment after assessment and verification shall be about 10-30% of the investment amount of the round by PE and VC. For the same SME, the follow-up funds only have one follow-up investment in principle, up to RMB 3 mn.
Article 14 In the event that high-tech SMEs engaged in equity financing through PE and VC have entered into intent investment agreements with equity financing amount of the funds is not less than RMB 1 mn, then up to RMB 100,000 of "educational" loana will be granted to cover the incurred earlier expenses in auditing, legal due diligence, etc. and separately calculated in the accounts supervised by the financial authorities. On completion of equity financing of the funds, the amount will be discounted from the subsidy, allowance or the award funds granted by the district financial authorities. The amount that fails to complete fund equity financing will be returned by the enterprises within 1 year, or otherwise will be discounted from development funds of other enterprises supported by the Management Committee.
Article 15 In the event that high-tech enterprises engaged in equity financing through PE and VC are listed at Tianjin Equity Exchange and Binhai Equity Exchange with trading amount of over RMB 100 mn and the funds remain holding the shares after equity transfer, RMB 500,000 of award will be granted to the listed enterprises.
Article 16 In the event that high-tech enterprises engaged in equity financing through PE and VC are listed, RMB 1 mn of award will be granted to PE and VC funds for every such enterprise.
Article 17 Encourage qualified enterprises to seek financing by listing. For the successfully transformed enterprises, each will be awarded with RMB 500,000; for the enterprises successfully listed both at home and abroad and with over RMB 1 bn of financing amount, each will be awarded with RMB 3 mn; such enterprise with RMB300 mn �C RMB 1 bn of financing amount, each will be awarded with RMB 2 mn; such enterprise with RMB 50 mn - RMB 300 mn of financing amount, each will be awarded with RMB 1 mn. The back-door listing enterprises or the listed enterprises transferring their registered address to the Area will be awarded with RMB 2 mn by a lump sum; each sponsor securities company, by recommendation of the enterprises in the Area have successfully listed, will be awarded with RMB 500,000.
Article 18 During the restructuring and listing of the enterprises, the share-holding system transformed enterprises with all the payable taxes and fees arising from the assets assessment increment, capital increase by undistributed profits and change to land, real property and other assets will be compensated and 100% of subsidy will be granted to the dispensable financial strength in the Area.
Article 19 The high-tech enterprises that have passed examination procedures and been successfully listed in Tianjin Equity Exchange will be granted with special subsidy, up to RMB 500,000 equal to 50% of the earlier expenses incurred from accounting, lawyer, sponsor, registered custody, etc.
Article 20 For the petty-loan companies registered in the Area, the operating income that forms the disposable financial strength in the Area will be granted with 100% of subsidy within two years after registration and 50% of subsidy within three years thereafter; and the total profits that forms the disposable financial strength in the Area will be granted with 100% of subsidy within two years after registration and 50% of subsidy within three years thereafter.
Article 21 The petty-loan institutions that provide loans to SMEs in the Area shall be granted corresponding risk compensations. The part of annual loan with average daily balance of RMB 50 mn �C RMB 100 mn will be granted with 0.3% of subsidy; the part of RMB 100 mn �C RMB 300 mn with 0.5% of subsidy; and the part of over RMB 300 mn with 0.8% of subsidy. The max annual subsidy amount is not over RMB 5 million.
Article 22 The SMEs in line with the industrial orientation of the Area will be granted with 3-year loan interest with certain ratio at the rate set by loan contract (up to the current benchmark rate of the bank, excluding penalty interest and other irregular expenses), up to RMB 3 mn of interest subsidy for the same SME.
Article 22 Enterprises with large amount of receivables are supported to liquidize the receivables through credit insurance institutions and acquire loan financing from the bank through the receivables policies and provided with 50% of credit investigation fees subsidy and 50% of premium subsidy as well as 20% - 40% of interest subsidy at benchmark rate.
Article 23 The part of average loan balance provided by banks and other financial institutions in the Area for the high-tech enterprises in the Area, a YoY increase of 15% will be awarded at some percentage, up to RMB 2 mn.
Article 24 The qualified enterprises are supported to finance by issuing short-term financing bills, medium-term notes, corporate bonds, SME collected debt, etc. and granted with 20% of subsidy, up to RMB 1 mn, for management fees, guarantee fees, consulting fees and other comprehensive costs incurred in providing service to the third party during the financing according to effective financing size.
Article 25 The enterprises are encouraged to purchase product R&D liabilities insurance, key R&D facilities insurance, operation interruption insurance, credit insurance, health insurance of senior officers and key R&D personnel, accident insurance and other insurance services. Premium subsidy will be granted to enterprises for test of the first major technological equipment researched and developed, with the subsidy amount no more than 60% of the total premium. The maximal term of one-time insurance of the enterprises is two years, renewed every year or every 2 years.
Article 26 It is encouraged to use the first (set) major technological equipment product made in the Area. For the first (set) major technological equipment product which has gone through successful test, demonstration project application and verification, users in the City may apply to the Management Committee for risk subsidy, with the subsidy amount no more than 10% of the equipment price.
Article 27 The SMEs are encouraged to conduct lease-after-sale of factories and purchase the R&D production equipment, etc. through financing lease; and 1%, up to RMB 1 mn, of award for expenses incurred from financing lease will be provided.
Article 28 The credit rating institutions will be awarded with RMB 100,000 for rating over 20 SMEs in the Area and each with over RMB 100 mn of financing amount for the year; and the credit rating institutions will be awarded with RMB 200,000 for rating over 50 SMEs in the Area and each with over RMB 200 mn of financing amount for the year.
Article 29 To verify filing and apply for various subsidies and awards, relevant enterprises and institutions shall submit materials factually. In case of cheating for funds with fraudulent materials, the Management Committee will claim relevant funds, persecute by law for relevant liabilities and cancel the qualifications of enjoying these Measures.
Article 30 Any inconsistency with the former promulgation vision by the Management Committee shall be subject to these Measures.
Article 31 These Measures shall be interpreted by the Finance Bureau of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone.
Article 32 These Measures shall start operation from the date of promulgation.


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Q: Error: EACCES: permission denied, open .audit.json I was trying to implement the winston logger along with winston-daily-rotate-file in my angular application with node.js.
code worked fine in local windows environment, but while i was moving to higher env in linux, I am getting the below permission error while starting my application by executing "node server.js"
Please help whether issue is with permission or something else
'[FileStreamRotator] Failed to store log audit at:' '//.audit.json' 'Error:' { Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '//.audit.json'
at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:646:18)
at Object.fs.writeFileSync (fs.js:1299:33)
at Object.FileStreamRotator.writeAuditLog (/apps/app/node_modules/file-stream-rotator/FileStreamRotator.js:244:12)
at Object.FileStreamRotator.addLogToAudit (/apps/app/node_modules/file-stream-rotator/FileStreamRotator.js:318:27)
at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/apps/app/node_modules/file-stream-rotator/FileStreamRotator.js:432:34)
at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:211:7)
at /apps/app/node_modules/file-stream-rotator/FileStreamRotator.js:478:20
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
errno: -13,
code: 'EACCES',
syscall: 'open',
path: '//.audit.json' }

part of Server.js
  const winston = require('winston');
   const winstonRotator = require('winston-daily-rotate-file');
   const { combine, timestamp, label, printf } = winston.format;
   var rotatorOptions = {
    level: 'info',
    filename: './logs/app-%DATE%.log',
    datePattern: 'MM-DD-YYYY',
    handleExceptions: true,
    zippedArchive: false,
    maxsize: '10m',
    maxFiles: '15d',
   };
   const logger =winston.createLogger({
    format: combine(
    label({ label: 'APP' }),
    timestamp(),
    printf(info => {return `${info.timestamp} [${info.label}] ${info.level}:
    ${info.message}`; })
 ),
 'transports': [ new winstonRotator(rotatorOptions) ]
});

OS : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)

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The online process of application has begun for DDA Housing scheme 2019. The last date to apply for this May 10. Here's how to apply and documents needed for this scheme.
New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Monday has launched Housing Scheme 2019 for the allotment of around 18,000 newly built-up flats spread across Narela and Vasant Kunj. The online application for these flats has begun from Monday and the last date for application is May 10, 2019.
The DDA Housing scheme 2019 is linked to 'credit linked subsidy scheme' under 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna-housing for all (urban)'. DDA has been constructing houses in Delhi in accordance with the requirement and purchase capacity of different strata of society. One important feature is that there is no lock-in period in this scheme except for the economically weaker section (EWS) category.
1. Around 450 higher income group (HIG) flats comprising two to three bedroom, 1,550 medium income group flats (MIG) flats of two bedrooms, 8,300 lower income group (LIG) flats with one bedroom and around 7,700 flats for the economic weaker section (EWS) of society are for sale.
2. Around 450 flats of HIG category comprising of two to three bedroom, 550 flats of MIG with two bedroom and 200 flats of LIG category with one bedroom are offered in Delhi's Vasant Kunj area.
3. In Narela, around 1,000 MIG category flats with two bedrooms in sector A1 to A4, 8,200 flats for LIG category with one bedroom in Pocket IV and V, Sector G7 and 1,000 flats of EWS category in Pockey V, Sector G7 and around 6,700 flats for EWS category in Sector A1 to A4 are on sale in Delhi's Narela area under this scheme.
4. Application for this scheme can be submitted online and the cost is Rs 25,000 for EWS, Rs 1,00,000 for LIG one bedroom flats and Rs 2,00,000 for MIG and HIG two to three bedroom flats.
5. Online application forms can be accessed from websites of HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Syndicate Bank, Corporation Bank, IndusInd Bank, YES Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and IDFC FIRST Bank as mentioned on the DDA's website.
6. According to DDA's website dda.org.in, applicants must read the brochure and instructions before filling up the online application form.
1. Applicants can only apply online by visiting DDA's website-www.dda.org.in.
2. Applicants applying for flats under this scheme shall have to deposit application money as mentioned in point 4 above. However, if the applicant is giving preference for more than one category, he/she has to deposit application money of the highest category.
3. Application once submitted cannot be withdrawn. The applicant may give one or more preferences of his/her choice by writing locality codes, given in Annexure 'A'. It is mandatory to fill at least one preference for the locality. It is presumed that the applicant has seen the locality before giving preferences. No preference for Sector/Pocket/Floor can be exercised by the applicant. No request for change of locality, sector, pocket or floor shall be entertained by the DDA.
1. Self-attested copy of PAN Card (Permanent Account Number) issued or allotted by the Income-Tax Department. In respect of successful allottees, the PAN Card details will be verified, before issuance of possession letter.
2. Identity proof e.g. self-attested copy of passport, government Identity Card, Election ID card, Driving License, Ration Card with Photo or Aadhaar Card.
3. Proof of residence e.g. self-attested copy of passport, government Identity Card, Election ID card, Ration card, Driving Licence, Electricity Bill, or other utility bills, House Tax Receipt, Bank Passbook (page carrying name and address) or Aadhaar Card.
4. Proof of Income for EWS category as issued by the office of concerned SDM/ Tehsildar.


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Q: Error login with XML im almost done with a big project and here's my last error. So I made a XML file where I can add some data, here's the code :
        string path = "XMLFile1.xml";
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(path))
        {
            MessageBox.Show("lmge;lm");
            XmlDeclaration declaration = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", "yes");
            XmlComment comment = doc.CreateComment("This is an XML Generated File");
            doc.AppendChild(declaration);
            doc.AppendChild(comment);
        }
        else
        {
            doc.Load(path); MessageBox.Show("Everyting is right?");
        }
        XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
        XmlElement Subroot = doc.CreateElement("Angajat");
        XmlElement name = doc.CreateElement("Name");
        XmlElement id = doc.CreateElement("ID");
        XmlElement password = doc.CreateElement("Password");
        XmlElement phone = doc.CreateElement("phone_nr");
        XmlElement address = doc.CreateElement("Address");

        nume.InnerText = textBox1.Text;
        id.InnerText = textBox2.Text;
        password.InnerText = textBox3.Text;
        phone.InnerText = textBox4.Text;
        address.InnerText = textBox5.Text;
        Subroot.AppendChild(name);
        Subroot.AppendChild(id);
        Subroot.AppendChild(password);
        Subroot.AppendChild(phone);
        Subroot.AppendChild(address);

        root.AppendChild(Subroot);
        doc.AppendChild(root);
        doc.Save(path);
        MessageBox.Show("Succes!");

And now I made a login where I get the error
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        string filename = @"D:\Poriecte Visual\INFO2017\INFO2017\XMLFile1.xml";

        doc.Load(filename);

        foreach (XmlNode node in doc.SelectNodes("persoane"))
        {
            String Username = node.SelectSingleNode("ID").InnerText;
            String Password = node.SelectSingleNode("Password").InnerText;

            if (Username == textBox3.Text && Password == textBox4.Text)
            {
                Form a = new Form4();
                a.Show();
                this.Hide();
            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Something is wrong");
            }

And I get this error : enter image description here
My XML file looks like :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Persoane>
 <Angajat>
  <Name>Horatiu Necula</Name>
  <ID>horatiu</ID>
  <Password>123</Password>
  <Phone_nr>0723626741</Phone_nr>
  <Address>Valenii de munte ,PH</Address>
 </Angajat>
</Persoane>

Help me, I've searched a lot the last few days but nothing worked :\
EDIT: someone helped me and it worked, the path was incorrect , but now I get this error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" at line 70( string Username = node.SelectSingleNode("ID").InnerText; )

A: Are you sure the path to your xml file is correct?
This error may occur if the document at the path is actually empty.
Apart from that i would suggest loading the XML file with a FileStream as described here as it gives you a more verbose error set if your file is not available or accesable.


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New video community script allows anyone to create the next big sensation in the video sharing market, tapping into a billion dollar market in just a few clicks.
By Natasha Lin & Valentina Pien 2008/05/13 telephone system, telephone software, telephone hardwareMany highly-valued products by Arista's clients such as IP PBX, IP Phone, IBS (Intelligent Business System) and other related hardware and software peripherals to create a more convenient working environment and reduce cost on calling fee, maintenance and operation will be introduced in 2008 Taipei Computex booth no. A410A, June 3-7.
The nation's leading towing and road service provider locator tool, towSearch, is used to power this solution and of the over 20,000 companies currently listed on towSearch, over 1,700 already have updated their profiles to show they provide motorcycle towing services.
Boracay Gold Crowne Resort in Boracay Island, Philippines has developed its official website, adding a reservation system that offers instant confirmation and the lowest rates online.
Imagine seeing position advertised which had no restraints or desired outcome, just a requirement to help the business grow in whatever way possible? Well that's exactly what leading management consultancy Abelard Management Services have done this week as they launch a nationwide hunt to fill their latest position as 'Head of Nothing'.
What do Albertson's supermarket, Nabisco, Wolfgang Puck, Walgreen's and CVS Pharmacy have in common? They have all seen their images fly, thanks to Robin Kupfer at Rockin' Robin Design Group.
EnerisQ International, LLC announced today a strategic sales representation agreement which expands the company's product and service offering for industrial and humanitarian applications.. The SunSpring Remote Water Purification System allows for high volume purification of water without the need for electricity and minimal maintenance.
EnerisQ International, LLC announced today a strategic sales representation agreement which expands the company's presence in Canada. Energlobe Power Quality Management Inc., an Ontario-based company will represent EnerisQ services across all of Canada effective immediately.
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Acne-stop.com offers you Acne treatment to keep your skin clean & fresh. People who suffer from acne because of hormonal imbalances or genetically determination can get rid of it in time with our powerful acne treatment products.
On June 1, 2008, SeedSource.org presents the first in a series of networking events for Arts & Entertainment industry professionals: SeedSource 1.0. The event will take place from 6:30PM - 2:00AM at Temple SF in San Francisco. Details are available at SeedSource.org.
New employee benefit plan helps consumers navigate basic healthcare costs.


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Sex education to be made compulsory in all secondary schools
Sex education is to be made compulsory
Children are to learn about healthy relationships from age four, with sex education compulsory in all secondary schools, it has been confirmed.
Parents will still have the right to withdraw their child from the classes, while religious schools will still be able to teach sex education within the tenets of their faith, the government announced.
In a written statement, Education Secretary Justine Greening said that statutory guidance for sex and relationships education (SRE) introduced in 2000 had become "increasingly outdated", failing to address issues that had become increasingly common, such as cyber bullying, sexting and online safety.
Under the move, all primary schools in England will have to teach age appropriate lessons about relationships, while secondaries will have to give classes in both sex and relationships.
Currently, sex education is compulsory only for secondary pupils in schools run by local authorities.
The change makes the subject mandatory in all schools, including academies, independent schools and religious free schools and extends the subject to include relationships and modern phenomena such as internet porn and sexting.
"I am today announcing my intention to put relationships and sex education on a statutory footing, so every child has access to age appropriate provision, in a consistent way," the minister said in her statement.
She also said she was intending to make personal, social and health education (PSHE) compulsory in the future, following further consultation on what it should include.
The statement said: "The statutory guidance for sex and relationships education was introduced in 2000 and is becoming increasingly outdated.
"It fails to address risks to children that have grown in prevalence over the last 17 years, including cyber bullying, 'sexting' and staying safe online.
"Parents will continue to have a right to withdraw their children from sex education.
"Schools will have flexibility over how they deliver these subjects, so they can develop an integrated approach that is sensitive to the needs of the local community, and, as now, faith schools will continue to be able to teach in accordance with the tenets of their faith."
Ms Greening later said: "It is time to make this change to ensure all children and young people have access to these subjects and to update the current statutory guidance for relationships and sex education which was introduced nearly 20 years ago, in 2000.
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"We need high quality, age appropriate content that relates to the modern world, addressing issues like cyber bullying, 'sexting' and internet safety."
The move was welcomed by school leaders and campaigners.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said: "We welcome the announcements made today.
"We have long advocated age appropriate sex education and PSHE, for all pupils in all schools, to help prepare young people for the challenges they will encounter in their adult lives and the current challenges they face beyond the school gates.
"It is so important for young people to be taught about appropriate relationships, and the duties set out today bring that one step closer.
"NAHT has long argued that SRE is best fulfilled as part of statutory PSHE, and we welcome the announcement of a review into the shape of this."
The Bishop of Ely, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway, the Church of England's lead bishop on education, said every parent and teacher wanted the best for children and for them to be safe in a changing world, adding that many people, including many Christians, were concerned about what might be taught in schools, and whether children could be exposed to too much too young.
But he added: "It is becoming increasingly clear that what might have held in previous eras is no longer the most effective way of keeping our children safe and preparing them for life in the world in which they live.
"In an age when even primary school children are becoming exposed to online pornography, often by accident, and when practices such as 'sexting' are becoming commonplace at a younger and younger age, we cannot simply advocate an approach like the three monkeys coverings their eyes, ears and mouths, vowing to see, hear or speak no evil."
He added: "I believe there is a need for carefully targeted and age appropriate relationship education for children from primary school."
Jonathan Baggaley, chief executive of the PSHE Association, said: "This is a historic first step and a clear statement of intent from government.
"Following years of campaigning we are delighted that Justine Greening has taken this vital step to respond to the calls from parents, teachers and young people for all children in all schools to be prepared for the opportunities and challenges of modern life."
In primary schools, the focus would be on building healthy relationships and staying safe, the Department for Education (DfE) said, adding that as children got older it was important that they understood healthy adult relationships in more depth.
The Government will hold discussions on what should be taught to children, and at what age, and there will be a full public consultation later this year.
Schoolchildren could be taught the new curriculum from as soon as September 2019, the department said.

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Andy Garcia, Mary-Louise Parker and Mandy Moore Headline an All-Star Cast in Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Christmas in Conway," Premiering December 1 on ABC
Cheri Oteri and Riley Smith also star in the film, from director John Kent Harrison.
ABC Gains Week to Week by 12% in Viewers and by 8% in Adults 18-49
ABC spins the numbers for the week of April 15-21.
ABC Marks Most-Watched Sunday in 7 Weeks
Alexis Bledel and Zachary Levi Star in "Remember Sunday," a New Hallmark Hall of Fame Film for the ABC Television Network Premiering Sunday, April 21
Jeff Bleckner directs "Remember Sunday," which was filmed on location in New Orleans.
Development Update: Tuesday, January 22
Updates include: "Betrayal," "Venice" among ABC's go pilots; FOX greenlights "Delirium," "I Suck at Girls"; and NBC, CBS round out today's 23 pilot orders.
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BROADCAST HISTORY:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
(from ABC's press release, March 2013) A lonely, down-on-her-luck waitress, Molly (Alexis Bledel), meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk, Gus (Zachary Levi), and thinks that maybe - finally -- she's met Mr. Right, in "Remember Sunday," a new Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation premiering SUNDAY, APRIL 21 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The more Molly gets to know Gus, the more she's intrigued by him. But she's also mystified and sometimes miffed. Gus is absent-minded and preoccupied. Is there already a girlfriend in his life? Is he harboring some big secret? In other words, Molly wonders, what's his problem? Well, Gus' "problem" is that three years ago he suffered a brain aneurysm. He'd been a brilliant young astrophysicist; now he's totally lost his short-term memory. Every day is a brand new day and his life starts anew. And every day when he sees Molly, he's unable to connect the dots and recognize how, exactly, she fits into his life. But there's something about this beautiful, sensitive, funny woman that makes Gus fall in love with her all over again - every day.
· Alexis Bledel as Molly
· Zachary Levi as Gus
· Barry Morrow as TELE
· Brent Shields as EP
· Christopher Morgan as PROD
· George Zaloom as CO-EP
· Jeff Bleckner as DIR
· Joey Plager as CO-EP
· Michael Kase as STORY/CO-EP
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Home :: NoteBook Accessories :: Micro Innovations Transit Roller Case - Fits up to 15.4"
Micro Innovations Transit Roller Case - Fits up to 15.4"
Take that extra load off your back and store your notebook and accessories in this Micro Innovations NBT130C Transit Roller Case!
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As reviewed here back in November, Oveja Negra's Portero is a simple, functional, and mighty good looking backpack. It was one of our favorite accessories of last year, and it even took home my editor's pick in our 2018 Bikepacking Gear of the Year Awards. Naturally, we were thrilled when Lane at Oveja Negra offered to give away a one of a kind Portero Wack Pack to one member of our Bikepacking Collective.
Both Cass and I have been getting a ton of use out of our Portero backpacks (that's my pack in Coyote and his custom Wack Pack, just above) for some time, and one lucky winner will receive the one of a kind Wack Pack pictured here to call their own. If you haven't yet become a member of the Bikepacking Collective, consider joining for your chance to win this Portero and many other great prizes (and, of course, you'll receive two issues of The Bikepacking Journal in the mail each year). Already a member? Thanks for your support, you're entered to win!


We investigate ambient sensing techniques that recognize writer's psychological states by measuring vibrations of handwriting on a desk panel using a piezoelectric contact sensor attached to its underside. In particular, we describe a technique for estimating the subjective difficulty of a question for a student as the ratio of the time duration of thinking to the total amount of time spent on the question. Through experiments, we confirm that our technique correctly recognizes whether or not a person writes something down on paper by measured vibration data at the accuracy of over 80 %, and that the order of computed subjective difficulties of three questions is coincident with that reported by the subject in 60 % of experiments. We also propose a technique to estimate a writer's psychological stress by using the standard deviation of the spectrum of the measured vibration. Results of a proof-of-concept experiment show that the proposed technique correctly estimates whether or not the subject feels stress at least 90 % of the time.


Most people are turning to Spray Tanning to avoid the negative effects of baking in the sun, one of those being an increased risk of skin cancer and a second one being the sun is the biggest cause of ageing to the skin.
There are many benefits to getting a Spray Tan. A really important one is decreasing the risk of skin cancer associated with traditional sun tanning. This of course means that you're applying broad-spectrum sunscreen before you step foot outside and taking refuge in the shade if necessary. The other positive to Spray Tans is that they are instant and reasonable priced. No need for baking outside in the sun for hours on end or waiting for your sticky self-tanning lotion to dry. As well, you can adjust how light or dark you want to go by spray tanning more or less frequently and to different colour depths.
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Farzana's Story
Farzana Chowdury
Mosaic's Secondary School group mentoring programme provides a package of opportunities to help raise the aspirations of young people, with the aim of closing the existing gap between their aspirations and attainment.
Mosaic is particularly thankful to our headline supporter The Al Faisal without Borders Foundation, alongside Sir John Cass's Foundation and the players of the People's Postcode Lottery for their generous support of the secondary school mentoring programme.
During the 2015/16 academic year, Marks & Spencer's supported the programme with various members of staff volunteering as mentors across participating schools. Here Farzana, a Year 7 Westminster Academy pupil, and her M&S mentor Kate Barrow, reflect on the last day of the programme.
Mentees in Farzana's group were each tasked by the M&S mentors with creating a 'dream board' illustrating their dreams for the future and who they wanted to be. When the task was complete, the mentees were asked to volunteer to present their boards to the wider class.
Farzana said: "Before starting the programme, I had never presented in front of anyone. When my mentor Kate asked for volunteers, even though I was really nervous, I made myself do it."
Standing in front of a whole class of fellow pupils, Farzana shared her dream of one day becoming a Member of Parliament and then later, Prime Minister.
"I want people to look up to me and say I'm a good prime minister. There are lots of wars and lots of poverty. People are suffering and there are lots of people that no one helps – I want to change that. I want to help people and make the world a better place."
After giving the presentation, Farzana commented that the best thing she learnt from the programme was: "if you have something to say, just say it – don't keep it inside you."
Her mentor, Kate Barrow, added: "I saw Farzana develop over the course of the programme from being very shy and softly spoken to being a lot more confident. Throughout all of the sessions she was always very attentive and got involved in all the projects. Her progress really shone through in that presentation on the final day. I know that the Mosaic mentoring process has made a huge difference to her confidence and to her perceptions of what she can achieve."
Following completion of the mentoring programme, Farzana and her fellow pupils attended a special 'graduation' ceremony to celebrate their achievement. Mentor Kate Richardson, a lawyer at HSBC, spoke at the event. She urged the girls to keep doing their best and reach for the stars, encouraging them to be ambitious, make plans, dream big and be flexible with plans if they change.
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In the UAE, only few restaurants with special permit are allowed to serve breakfast & lunch during Ramadan. Most dining establishments only open during iftar.
During the 3rd week of Ramadan, we wanted to have lunch out instead of our usual home food so I searched the web for restaurants open for lunch during Ramadan.
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COVID-19 was recognized in early 2020 and began to spread rapidly in March of that year. The World Health Organization (WHO) identified the virus in January, and later in the month, the CDC confirmed the first US Coronavirus case. On March 13, President Trump declared the spreading coronavirus a national emergency as the US registered its 100th death. Many restaurants and other high contact industries began to shut down. Transportation and tourism ground to a halt. As a result, the US' economic management processes worked to design a response.
In this post, I look at how the Federal Reserve and Congress (House and Senate), as well as the administration, addressed the economic conditions and ramifications of the emerging viral pandemic. They produced monetary and fiscal actions that reverberated through the US. What impact did it have on the so-called K-shaped recovery? How, if any, did the responses influence price deflation or inflation?
The US economy went into steep decline in the second quarter (April, May, June) while the virus spread and the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and the CARES Act was being implemented. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), in the second quarter of 2020, US real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contracted by 31.4 percent (9 percent at a quarterly rate). It was the starkest economic decline since the government started keeping records in 1947.
Starting March 3, the FOMC reduced the Fed Funds Rate 1.5 percentage points to 0-0.25%, making it official at its March 15th FOMC meeting. The Fed Funds Rate is the interest rate that banks purchase money from each other through its FEDWIRE network. This gives them more reserves that can be lent out at higher rates for car loans, home mortgages, and industrial capacity. The loans can also be invested in financial assets such as Bitcoin, currencies, equities, gold, etc.
Rather surprising was the Fed decision to reduce the reserve ratio to 0 from its traditional 10%. This meant banks no longer had to hold a percentage of their deposits in their vaults or at the Federal Reserve. The Fed also offered a narrative framework, or "forward guidance" on the interest rates, stating they will remain low until unemployment recedes and inflation increases to roughly 2% percent.
The Fed simultaneously announced that it would begin to purchase securities "in the amounts needed to support smooth market functioning and effective transmission of monetary policy to broader financial conditions." After its mid-March meeting, the Fed said it would begin buying some $500 billion in Treasury securities and $200 billion in government-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities. This version of quantitative easing (QE) was used, along with the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (TARP), to recover from the 2007 financial crisis.
Over the course of the year, the Fed bond portfolio increased by $2.5 trillion from $3.9 trillion to $6.6 trillion. The purchases injected money into the economy and QE kept interest rates low, helping to keep mortgages cheap and the housing industry booming. The $6.6 trillion balance is a lot, but it can also be used to draw money out of the economy to help reduce inflation. That is what distinguishes printing money from QE. Printing money puts cash into the economy without adequate means to extract it during inflationary periods. Ideally, the Fed can sell off its balances and subtract money from the economy. But QE and low-interest rates became so embedded in the economy that it was not easy to let interest rates rise.
Congress worked on stimulating the economy as well. The Senate drew on the House of Representative's Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, originally introduced in the U.S. Congress on January 24, 2019. All spending bills must originate from the House of Representatives, so the Senate used it a "shell bill" to begin working on economic and public health relief. They filled it in with additional content to combat the virus and protect the economy. On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act into law.
At over US$2 trillion, CARES was the largest rescue package in US history. It was twice the amount of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that totaled $831 billion and helped revive the stalled US economy after the credit crisis. The CARES Act expanded unemployment benefits, including those for freelancers and gig workers, and gave direct payments to families. It also gave cash for grounded airlines, money for states and local governments, and half a trillion dollars in loans for corporations (although banning stock buybacks).
The result was a dramatic turnaround in GDP, not always the best economic indicator, but a key historical one. The third quarter (July, August, and September) grew dramatically. According to BEA, US real GDP increased at an annual rate of 33.1 per cent (7.4 percent at a quarterly rate). Compared to the 9 percent contraction in the 2nd quarter, this was a stunning reversal, the so-called V-shaped recovery. The BEA then reported that real GDP rose again by 4% in the fourth quarter.
Instead of a V-shaped recovery, talk of a K-shaped economy emerged, meaning that the economy was diverging. The economic crash hit different sectors unevenly, and the recovery even more so. The well-off and professionals, especially those that could telework, did well. At the same time, many in the rest of the economy faltered, often depending on racial, gender, industrial sector, and geographical differences.
Another stimulus bill was signed by President Trump in early December of 2020. The $900 billion stimulus averted a government shutdown and sent out $600 to every eligible American. Trump had wanted $2000 checks, but the delay was holding up vaccine distribution, and many people were facing eviction and the loss of unemployment benefits.
Fueled in part by Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, significant amounts of money moved into appreciating assets. As a result, many well-off people just had more money to invest. But it was also consequential in that combined with the Fed's low-interest rates, it spurred unprecedented speculation and borrowing on margin for investment purposes. With these monetary and fiscal stimulus packages, the financial markets recovered quickly and continued to rise into 2021.
A year ago, the S&P 500 fell some 20% from its highs in a record 16 days. A key measure of the top 500 listed companies and the market overall, it is also a major indicator of the economy. A year later, the S&P 500 recovered from its 2,304 low to a near-record close of 3,931 on Feb 17. Overall, the S&P 500 returned 15.15% in 2020.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is another important indicator of the economy and financial markets, and one of the oldest (Shown above). It indexes the top 30 "blue chip" companies. In other words, companies with pricing power over their products such as Apple, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Disney, and Proctor & Gamble. The "Dow" crashed to 18,951 on March 23 from a high of just over 29,300 three weeks earlier. The dollar was also down, as was crude oil and many commodities, including gold. The Dow continued to rise and recovered to nearly 31,500 two months into the Biden presidency.
On March 6, 2021, the Senate passed a new $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. It came when stock markets were at record highs, Bitcoin had ballooned to over $50,000, and concerns about inflation due to increased spending and significantly diminished supply chains had emerged. The bill, known as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or
"Build Back Better I" proved prophetic as a new Delta variant of the virus appeared in the summer of 2021.
The new Covid-19 response has three main areas: pandemic response ($400 billion), including 14 billion for vaccine distribution; direct relief to struggling families ($1 trillion), notably the $1,400 checks for individuals and unemployment benefits of $300/week; and support for communities (in multi-year tranches) and small businesses ($440 billion), especially tourism areas hit hard by the pandemic and transit systems.
We entered 2021 with an unbalanced economy – a roaring stock market but massive poverty. Years of supply-side economics gave us a highly technological society and appreciating financial assets. But it was based on globalized supply chains and highly dependent on Russia and Saudi Arabia to support petro-intensive lifestyles and economic practices. Tax cuts transferred much of US wealth to the higher income brackets. Trump's US$1.3 trillion tax cuts exacerbated the imbalances as the former president racked up US$7.8 trillion in national debt from his inauguration on January 20, 2017, to the capitol riots on January 6, 2021, when the electoral college votes for President Biden were tallied and declared him the winner.
A fifth major stimulus package, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, was signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021. It helped states, cities, counties, states, and tribal governments cover increased expenditures from the COVID-19 pandemic and replenish lost revenue. Vaccinations increased dramatically, but in the middle of 2021, the "Delta variant" emerged, bringing in a new wave of hospitalizations and death. The K-shaped recovery had a new meaning – the vaccinated could resume normal activities while the unvaccinated made up the majority of those hospitalized and dying.
Inflation started to rise as the all items index increased 6.2 percent for the year leading up to October 2021. A year of stimulus spending, tax cuts, and low-interest rates, and raising wages promised a booming economy, but it was met by chip shortages, clogged shipping ports, and low unemployment. Most painfully, the price of crude oil had steadily increased since hitting $25 a barrel after the COVID-19 exploded a year before. At roughly $83 a barrel, it was the largest increase since mid-2005 when it went over $155 a barrel.
Concerns about inflation entered the US policy discussions during the Fall of 2021. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that passed in Senate in August was delayed as the progressives wanted it tied to the third part of President Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda. Media pressure forced the progressives to relent and pass the infrastructure bill without the American Families Plan that had been watered down to $1.7 trillion over ten years.
We had a medical emergency; the new COVID-19 legislation is paying the bill and hopefully taking a bit of the kick out of the K-shaped recovery. What is important in the current legislation is giving support to the sick and dispossessed, including those affected by closed businesses and the 9.5 million jobs that disappeared over the last year. Is inflation a major problem? The best cure for inflation is stopping the pandemic and restoring the circuits of food and other vital commodities.
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Anthony J. Pennings, PhD is a Professor at the Department of Technology and Society, State University of New York, Korea. Originally from New York, he started his academic career Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand before returning to New York to teach at Marist College and spending most of his career at New York University. He has also spent time at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. When not in the Republic of Korea, he lives in Austin, Texas.
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Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) > ARRA > Bitcoin > CARES Act > Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) > Fed Funds Rate > post COVID-19 > quantitative easing (QE) > Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017


A Qantas 787-9 plane, has made the world's first biofuel flight between Australia and the United States.
A QF96 Qantas Dreamliner concluded world's first dedicated biofuel flight, between the United States and Australia, from Los Angeles to Melbourne.
"The Qantas Dreamliner marks an exciting new era of innovation and travel. The aircraft is more fuel efficient and generates fewer greenhouse emissions than similarly sized-aircraft and today's flight will see a further reduction on this route.
Agrisoma CEO, Steve Fabijanski, said biofuel produced from Carinata provides wide ranging benefits.
One hectare of Carinata seed yields 2,000 liters of oil, which produces 400 liters of biofuel, 1,400 litres of renewable diesel and 10% renewable by-products.
The 787 uses up to 20 per cent less fuel than other traditional aircraft of its size. Over the next two years Qantas' Dreamliners will be replacing some of the the older 747 aircraft in its fleet.


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Q: ImportError while importing a python module in a pyd Alright, so, what I'm trying to do is import a module in folders packed inside of a .pyd file. Here is something that would work for me:
from apple import __init__

With apple being the .pyd in the same directory as the Python script, and __init__ of course being packed inside of the .pyd. This would work, however here is what I want to do, but doesn't work:
from apple.seed.worm import WormManager

Explanation: apple = pyd, seed = directory in the pyd, worm = directory in seed directory in apple pyd, WormManager = python module in the worm directory.
However, it does not work, and results in a module not found ImportError thinking that seed is a module (and there was an __init__ inside of the seed directory before it was packed). Of course it exists and is packed in the .pyd, but it simply does not work. I even did this:
from apple.seed import __init__

but not even that works so I know that I'm not importing this right.
I really could not find the correct syntax for getting this to work on the internet, and of course I know how to do this without a pyd involved. I could really appreciate help with this because I'm really struggling and I really need this done for a job.
Note: I'm not talking about the pyd library, I'm talking about a .pyd file (like a .dll).


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Antonio Vargas Vargas  (Burjasot, 24 de febrero de 1993), conocido como Nyno Vargas, es un cantante español de rap, flamenco y reguetón que ha obtenido popularidad con algunas de sus canciones como «Hola, nena», «Soy yo», «Veneno» o «No te enamores», con los que ha conseguido un gran número de visualizaciones y certificaciones en discos de platino y oro.

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Antonio Vargas Cortés nació el 24 de febrero de 1993 en Burjasot (Comunidad Valenciana). En sus inicios musicales estableció su nombre artístico como Nyno Vargas y comenzó su carrera subiendo videos a internet, en los que interpretaba canciones y que se viralizaron. Tras formar la banda Terroristas Liricales junto a Scorpion y publicar «Chanelando del Tema» (2009), lanzó su primer tema en solitario con «Desde Las 613» (2010), que le dio gran popularidad y consiguió superar los 4 millones de visualizaciones en Youtube.

En 2015, fichó por la multinacional Warner Music, lanzando su primer álbum, El efecto Nyno, que consiguió alzarse con el número 3 en las listas de ventas y álbumes con mayor éxito. El sencillo del disco, «Soy yo», se lanzó previamente, consiguiendo más de 20 millones de visualizaciones en Youtube.

En 2016 lanza su segundo álbum Esa historia, que alcanza el segundo puesto en las listas de éxitos. En 2018 lanza el tercer álbum con el mismo sello discográfico, titulado Dicen de mí. Con ese disco también lanzó el sencillo «Nananae». Ese mismo año participa en el docu-reality Los reyes del barrio en Cuatro.

En 2020 se convierte en participante de Supervivientes en Telecinco. Mientras se encuentra en el concurso, se lanza el tema «Hola, nena» junto con el cantante trapero Omar Montes. En poco tiempo, el tema de convierte en un éxito y consigue la certificación de disco de platino, concedida por PROMUSICAE. En septiembre del mismo año lanza el sencillo «Toto» junto a la cantante Mala Rodríguez.

En 2021 lanza los sencillos «No te enamores» junto a RVFV y Maikel Delacalle y «No me lo creo», que alcanza un gran número de visualizaciones en plataformas como Youtube o Spotify. En mayo del mismo año se anuncia el lanzamiento de su cuarto álbum El efecto Nyno... continuará.

Discografía

Álbumes de estudio

Sencillos

Trayectoria en televisión
 Los reyes del barrio (2018) en Cuatro, protagonista.
 Supervivientes (2020) en Telecinco como concursante.
 Sábado Deluxe (2020) en Telecinco como invitado.
 ¿Quién educa a quién? (2020) en TVE como invitado.
 Efecto Nyno (2020) en Mtmad, protagonista.
 Tu cara me suena (2021) en Antena 3, como invitado.
 ¡Feliz 2021! (2021) en TVE, como invitado.
 Benidorm Fest 2022 (2022) en TVE, como invitado.
 ¡Viva la fiesta! (2022-2023) en Telecinco, como invitado.

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Enlaces externos

Nacidos en Burjasot
Cantantes de Madrid
Participantes de Supervivientes

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Home News Melbourne runs out of ambulances when very rare 'thunderstorm asthma' strikes
Melbourne runs out of ambulances when very rare 'thunderstorm asthma' strikes
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Doors swung wide open at homes around Melbourne on Monday afternoon in hopes a looming thunderstorm would bring with it a cool change.
It did, but it carried with it something else. The combination of warm weather, a high pollen count and stormy conditions produced what experts call "thunderstorm asthma", an extremely rare and dangerous phenomenon that saw Victoria run out of ambulances for an entire hour.
Two people died – one after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance – but a spokesman for Ambulance Victoria said it was unclear whether the deaths "are related to this phenomenon".
AAP reports that a 20-year-old person in Melbourne's west and a Werribee resident died as paramedics dealt with an unprecedented 1900 emergency calls in five hours on Monday evening. Between 7pm and 7.15pm a new patient called every 4.5 seconds.
Hundreds more patients streamed into hospitals.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital emergency department dealt with a record 335 patients in 24 hours – 130 more than on a regular day.
More than 215 people presented with thunderstorm asthma causing an "unprecedented surge", the hospital said.
The Royal Children's Hospital had 500 patients attend with 60 still waiting to be treated at midday today.
The day clinic at St Vincent's Hospital had to be opened to deal with 100 extra patients.
Pharmacies in Melbourne also reported a rush on asthma medication ventolin.
The thunderstorm didn't only cause health problems with more than 300 calls to SES for fallen trees and building damage. Meteorologist Stephen King said localised wind gusts at St Kilda reached almost 100km/h while the late afternoon cool change caused the temperature in Melbourne to drop 10C in 10 minutes.
Those who suffered were not prepared. Most said they hadn't experienced asthma since childhood. They all had one thing in common: Hay fever.
"I've never had asthma but do get hay fever, mainly itchy eyes and sneezes, but there were weirdly no other hay fever symptoms (on Monday)," Kate Craig, from Melbourne's inner west, said.
"It hit me all of a sudden about 7.30 last night, I felt like I couldn't take a full breath and had an awful, chesty, hacking cough. I thought I must have just inhaled some spices while cooking – that's what it felt like."
Gary Nunn said he was in transit when he began to have trouble breathing.
"I'd had bad hay fever all day in Melbourne. In the early evening I got to Melbourne Airport and noticed a new symptom: I was struggling to breathe. This had never happened before," he said.
"It got worse, to the point I was wheezing and finding it hard to catch my breath. It went on for a while so I panicked a bit but then thought, just harden up, it's just a cough. I slept it off on the plane but still felt odd."
Dan Rodgers said yesterday was the first time since childhood that he suffered asthma.
"It just surprises you. Many experiencing the same thing may never have had asthma before, so are freaking out 'cause they don't know why they can't breathe."
He said symptoms were continuing this morning. It's a common story, but before yesterday it was something many Melburnians had never heard about.
So I copped a hefty dose of this "thunderstorm asthma" that everyone in Melbourne's yammering on about, and folks let me tell you… it sux.
— Cam Tyeson (@camtyeson) November 21, 2016
Anyone else cop that thunderstorm asthma hard last night?
— Dan Rodgers (@danwrodgers) November 21, 2016
Not normally asthmatic but #thunderstormasthma hit last night in Melbourne.
— Carl Stevens (@stevens_carl) November 21, 2016
What in the blue hell is thunderstorm asthma?
— Burgo (@FuckBurgo) November 21, 2016
State health commander Paul Holman labelled Monday a "state disaster" and said he had not seen anything like it in 40 years on the job.
"It's a phenomenon we've only seen rarely before … Within an hour (of the storm hitting) we'd received 160 calls, and had run out of resources. I can only speculate, but I think it was caused by the huge amount of irritants and pollen in the air," he said.
Ambulance Victoria's Executive Director of Emergency Operations, Mick Stephenson, said Monday saw an extreme spike in the number of calls.
Within a five-hour period from 6-11pm, there were roughly 1900 triple-0 emergency calls, compared to what would typically be about 345.
"We essentially had a day's workload within five hours."
Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy said on Tuesday morning the two deaths would be reviewed.
"There'll no doubt be a full review of what occurred last night and what the clinical outcomes were as a result," she said.
"No doubt, there will be lessons to learn, there always are in these cases, but every part of our emergency management surge occurred correctly."
John Weiner has a scientific explanation for the bizarre event. The consultant physician at AllergyNet Australia predicted thunderstorm asthma would strike before it did.
"Perfect conditions for thunderstorm asthma in SE Australia today. Please review your asthma plan," Dr Weiner tweeted well before the storm hit.
Pollen allergy and asthma/wheezing? Perfect conditions for thunderstorm asthma in SE Australia today. Please review your asthma plan
— Dr John Weiner (@AllergyNet) November 20, 2016
He told news.com.au Monday's conditions were "the perfect storm" for the 20 per cent of Melburnians who are allergic to pollen. He said such conditions are very rare.
"This is just the fourth major episode of this type in 30 years in Melbourne. It's been recorded elsewhere in the world but Melbourne is prone because of high pollen counts and prevailing northerly winds."
He said a city like Sydney is saved because the winds are typically travelling east-to-west and enter from the ocean. He said the amount of pollen in the air on Monday was much higher than usual.
"The amount that you can get at the front of that storm is a half tonne of pollen per hectare that's dragged down at the front of the storm."
Dr Weiner said the thunderstorm provides an element that makes a high pollen count particularly dangerous.
"Pollen granules don't go into the lungs because they're too big," he said. "But with moisture (from a thunderstorm) they rupture into up to 700 tiny particles. They go straight into the lungs."
He said the symptoms are the same as typical asthma but "it's a dramatic event for people who haven't had asthma before because it occurs so suddenly."
A doctor, who did not wish to be named, said staff at a Melbourne hospital worked through the night, some pulling 16-hour shifts.
Dr Weiner said it was important people who suffer from asthma or hay fever consult their GP for an asthma action plan.
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C-Suite Reshuffle At UBS
Tom Burroughes, Group Editor , London, 4 December 2020
The head of personal and corporate banking for UBS is to step down next year, to be replaced by its group COO. As part of the changes, Iqbal Khan, co-president of global wealth management, will become president for EMEA. He keeps his existing role.
The president of personal and corporate banking at UBS, Axel Lehmann, is stepping down from the role at the end of January 2021; he will also leave his post as president for UBS Switzerland, the banking group announced today. Sabine Keller-Busse, group chief operating officer and president for the EMEA region, will replace him.
Lehmann, who was group COO and a member of the board of directors from 2009 to 2015, will leave the Zurich-listed bank after a transition period ending on 31 July, it said in a statement.
Keller-Busse, who was named group COO in January 2018, joined the banking group in 2010, first as COO for UBS Switzerland then as group head of human resources. Prior to UBS, she led Credit Suisse's private clients business for the Zurich region and advised financial services firms across Europe as a partner at McKinsey & Company.
The succession for the Group COO role will be announced at a later date, the bank said.
As part of the changes, Iqbal Khan, co-president of Global Wealth Management, will succeed Keller-Busse as president for EMEA, in addition to his current responsibilities.
"I want to thank Axel Lehmann for his outstanding contribution over many years, first as a member of the board of directors and then as a member of the group executive board. He has provided invaluable expertise in both roles. I wish Axel all the best for the future," Chairman Axel A Weber said.
Group CEO Ralph Hamers, who has recently taken up the post after the departure of Sergio Ermotti following a decade-long stint, said: "With her strong track record in managing and transforming Group Functions as well as in facilitating business growth as president EMEA and former COO of UBS Switzerland, Sabine Keller-Busse is ideally positioned to move UBS Switzerland forward to continued success. The Swiss home market remains a key pillar of UBS's strategy, and I look forward to working with Sabine in her new role."
All changes take effect on 1 February 2021.


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Twelve East Anglia blind veterans to walk one mile, hand to shoulder, down Colchester High Street
When: Thursday March 28 - 11am
Where: Starting at Colchester Baptist Church then moving onto Colchester High Street
Twelve blind veterans from East Anglia will showcase achieving victory over blindness next Thursday as they support each other to walk one mile down Colchester High Street, as part of our 'March for Veterans' awareness month.
We've dedicated the month of March to veterans with fundraising challenges including a 100 mile virtual walk and 10 mile physical walks dotted around the country on March 30.
With mobility being a key challenge that comes with sight loss, the one mile walk on March 28 enables blind veterans from East Anglia to fully partake in 'March for Veterans' and showcase achieving victory over blindness at the same time.
By navigating Colchester High Street's mixed urban terrain of uneven flagstone pavement, an assortment of physical hazards and auditory sensory overload, the blind veterans will be able to feel the same sense of achievement as supporters taking on the 100 mile and 10 mile walks.
"It's going to be a big challenge that's for sure, as I don't know Colchester at all and I'm nearly completely blind. As long as I have my white cane and my brothers in arms guiding me, it'll be fine. My two metal knees mean it's going to be extra tough but I'll feel a huge sense of accomplishment when we complete the route."
Liam Harold, 80-year-old Parachute Regiment veteran from Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
As a historical gesture to past blind veterans and comrades in arms, the men will begin the walk hand to shoulder, a method used during the First World War to evacuate those blinded during combat in the trenches and recently immortalised in our bronze sculpture located outside Manchester Piccadilly Train Station.
The twelve vision-impaired ex-Service men, who served in a variety of regiments and roles, hail from an assortment of communities across East Anglia including Colchester, Basildon, Walton-on-the-Naze, Felixstowe, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds.
The men, who will be wearing blazers, berets and service medals, will be supported by six serving soldiers from the Army 16 Medical Regiment and Blind Veterans UK staff and volunteers. As they move down Colchester High Street, they will be accompanied by Colchester Pipes & Drums, giving the veterans focus and allowing them to take every step with pride.
Our Victory Over Blindness statue in Manchester
"These men, who have an average age of 74, should be immensely proud of what they're about to achieve. Just imagine not being able to see and the challenges that you'd be faced with. By supporting each other to navigate one mile on a chaotic high street, these twelve men will be achieving something amazing not only for the charity but also for themselves."
Jennie Hammond, Community Team Leader for Essex
We launched 'March for Veterans' with the aim of increasing awareness of the isolation faced by blind veterans up and down the country every day. Many go for days or weeks on end with no one to speak to or help them perform essential tasks like food shopping and reading post.
Find our more about March for Veterans and get involved
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