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What will a new police law mean for people living in Bavaria?
Conservative-sponsored Police Task Act will grant officers sweeping new powers to act against suspects but critics warn measures are illiberal.
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A contentious bill aimed at broadening police powers in the German state of Bavaria has been fiercely criticised by legal experts, civil rights advocates and even soccer fan groups who say the measures will put people at risk of police action on flimsy pretexts.
Rules within the draft Police Task Act would allow Bavarian state to police surveil the homes, email and phone calls of suspects they deem to present an 'imminent danger' - a far more ambiguous threshold than the 'concrete danger' that needs to be present for police to act under the current law. The bill was put forward by the Christian Social Union (CSU), which holds a majority in Bavaria's legislature, and passage into law in a session scheduled for May 15 looks like a formality.
Among other changes, the bill also allows police to hold suspects under renewable periods of 'preventive detention' for up to 90 days a time, without being brought in front of a court.
While members of the CSU say the reforms are needed to guarantee public safety, critics say the bill is a regressive ploy to win back votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in state elections in October, after the AfD drew votes away from the CSU in last September's general election. The opposition Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party say the measures grant undue power to police while limiting the powers of courts, while civil rights groups say the bill presents the biggest extension of police powers since 1945, when the Gestapo was dissolved. The Bavarian draft law follows the passage of similar laws in the conservative states of Baden-Wurttemberg, while Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia are considering tough new legislation in parliament.
Opponents of the Bavarian bill are now organising protests under the hashtag #NoPAG, with soccer fan associations, student activists and privacy advocates among those taking part. Law students in three German universities have already formulated a Popularklage ('popular suit') to directly challenge the law in its current form, which they contend is unconstitutional. The students say that refugees and asylum seekers will be disproportionately targeted under the new rules, given that the police will be able to decide independently what constitutes a danger.
We'll look at support and opposition of the bill, who stands to be affected by a change in the law, and the efforts to block it.
Stephan Dünnwald
Bavarian Refugee Council
Jochen Kaufmann
Head of Fanprojekt München
Sven Hüber
Deputy Chairman, GdP - Trade Union of German Federal Police
Christopher Ohnesorge @chririx
Law Student, Friedrich-Alexander University
German states give police more surveillance powers - Handelsblatt Global
From summer in Bavaria: the toughest police law since 1945 - Netzpolitik (via Google Translate)
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The schedule for the remainder of the legislative session has been set. Crossover day – the day that legislation must move from one chamber to the other in order to be considered in 2018 – will fall on February 28. Sine Die – the last day of session – will fall on March 29. The legislature will be in session Monday-Thursday until crossover day, with the remaining 12 legislative days being broken up through March. The full calendar can be viewed online.
New House Minority Leader, Representative Bob Trammell (D-Luthersville), introduced a bill that would require Georgia to authorize state dollars to draw down additional federal dollars to expand Medicaid. The one-page bill can be found here.
Leader Trammel and other Democrats held a press conference on Thursday to announce more details of their proposal, emphasizing the support it would lend to rural communities as well as creating and attracting jobs. When asked how the State would fund their portion of the expansion costs, estimated to be between $120-200 million, Rep. Sam Park (D-Lawrenceville) suggested a 50-cent tobacco increase.
Despite a strong push by Georgia Democrats for increasing healthcare access via expanding Medicaid, announcements this week from the House and Senate sent mixed signals on the subject. Some Senate leaders have indicated that a limited Medicaid waiver focusing on the opioid epidemic, homelessness, mental health issues and possibly a pilot program for some safety-net hospitals may be imminent. There is a Senate press conference scheduled for Monday January 29 at 1 PM at the State Capitol that may reveal further details, including ideas that have emerged from a number of study committees, led by Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and Senate Health and Human Services Chairwoman Renee Unterman (R-Buford). Simultaneously, the Lt. Governor has indicated he believes that any growth in Medicaid should be tethered to work requirements for capable recipients. For his part, the Speaker of the House, Rep. David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge), has announced that the House has little appetite to pursue a waiver in any form this year. It appears that the full expansion sought by Democrats is short on the necessary votes. However, most legislators acknowledge that taking no action could further deepen Georgia's rural access problem and leave the state poorly positioned to address the opioid epidemic. As such, the proposals that emerge from the aforementioned Senate study committees are likely to draw a lot of attention and consideration.
Citing consistently dismal rates in maternal mortality and considering recommendations from the Georgia OB/Gyn Society , House and Senate leaders have converged on addressing maternal mortality in conjunction with the Department of Public Health. Senate Heath leaders, led by Senator Renee Unterman (R-Buford), have signaled that they intend to direct appropriations towards research-based practices to address maternal mortality. NO UPDATE.
Senator Unterman (R-Buford) has introduced SB 334 which would transfer the Georgia Board of Nursing from the Secretary of State's office to the Department of Community Health.
This bill, filed by Senator Unterman (R-Buford), would make any advanced practice registered nurse eligible to engage as a licensed independent practitioner if they are primarily employed in a rural county. This would include the ability for APRNs to order computed tomography (CT) scans and to prescribe, procure, administer, dispense, and furnish pharmacological agents, including controlled substances.
Georgia, like most states, has seen a prolific uptick in incidence, hospitalizations and deaths resulting from the flu. A great article on this uptick can be found in Friday's Georgia Health News. Flu shots in pregnancy have been associated with a significant reduction in the risk of stillbirth, reduced numbers of preterm and low birthweight babies and significant decreases (81-91%) in the risk of infant influenza hospitalization during the first six months of life. The data shows that if the obstetrical clinician offers the flu shot in the practice, a pregnant woman is five times more likely to get the vaccine than when the clinician does not give such vaccines in-house or discuss the vaccine. Although recommended for pregnant women by the CDC and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, birth data in Georgia shows that only 15% of women got a flu shot in pregnancy in 2016 while national survey data from the CDC shows 53.6% of women had vaccination coverage when pregnant during the 2016-17 flu season (16.2% vaccinated before pregnancy and 37.4% vaccinated during pregnancy). Currently, most Georgia obstetrical practices do not offer in-house flu shots. The Georgia Medicaid reimbursement rate significantly lags even the Medicare reimbursement rate and does not cover the costs associated with the service. To incentivize obstetrical clinicians to give in-house inoculations to pregnant women, HMHB recommends a higher reimbursement rate for the medical service.
Speaking of a tobacco tax, the American Lung Association released a report this week giving Georgia an "F" in four of five categories for tobacco prevention and control. Smoking, and exposure to second hand smoke, are linked with a range of prenatal and neonatal health conditions that are both expensive and devastating to children's health. The full ALA report on Georgia, including how we stack up against other states, can be viewed here.
80,000 students in grades six through 12 report they have seriously considered harming themselves.
In 2017, the youngest child on record to have died by suicide was 9 years old.
Pediatric mental health providers in the field tend to be significantly underpaid compared to industry standards.
INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS DAY – FEBRUARY 21, 2018: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia, along with Heart of Georgia Healthy Start, Enterprise Community Healthy Start, Atlanta Healthy Start Initiative, Clayton County Healthy Start and March of Dimes Georgia, invites you to join us for a day of awareness raising and advocacy on February 21, 2018. We will be displaying approximately 900 infant onesies to raise awareness around Georgia's very poor infant mortality ranking and speaking with legislators regarding policies and budget priorities that will move the needle on maternal and infant health in Georgia. We had 962 infant deaths in Georgia during 2016.


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Vehicle Cybersecurity And Technostress
Just when you thought driving a modern, high-tech car was safer than an old classic, Thehackernews.com recently revealed that a series of software flaws affecting millions of cars from 16 different manufacturers can be hacked to unlock, manage and track vehicles. It also affects the privacy of the car owner.
Security vulnerabilities have been found in the APIs of cars powered by Acura, BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Genesis, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Rolls Royce, Toyota, Software Revive. SiriusXM and Spireon.
The flaws range from those that provide access to internal company systems and user information to vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to remotely send commands to execute code.
The research builds on previous findings from late last year, when Yuga Labs researcher Sam Curry detailed a security flaw in SiriusXM's Connected Vehicles service that could expose vehicles to long-range attacks.
The most serious issue is that the Spireon telecommunications solution can be used to gain full administrative access, allowing the adversary to issue arbitrary commands to nearly 15.5 million devices as well as update device firmware.
"This allows us to track the starts and stops of police, ambulance and law enforcement vehicles in many major cities and to transmit commands to these vehicles," the researchers said.
Other features allow you to access or modify customer records, an internal dealer portal, track a vehicle's GPS location in real time, manage license plate information for all Reviver customers and even to update a vehicle's status as "Stolen".
The interconnectedness of our digital devices makes it more difficult to secure cars, as evidenced by cyber attacks on cars, which have increased by nearly 300% over the past three years, with nearly 90% of these attacks remote.
Obviously, as vehicle technology evolves, so does the complexity of their intelligent software systems. In addition, detecting vulnerabilities in the software supply chain due to "smart" features requires in-depth knowledge of the software, hardware, and protocol systems of connected cars and their respective vehicle systems.
If you are worried, make sure your device is properly serviced, not only physically/operationally, but also with software and platform updates.
Contact your car dealership for regular maintenance.
Joan Griffin's insightful blog about tech stress (is there such a word?) recently got me thinking about the long-term effects. Basically, the premise is that in the modern age, technology has introduced a new kind of threat: information augmentation and a whole new reward system: likes and followers. Both can be addictive and damage our brains.
In an ideal world, our daily use of technology would both increase and decrease stress.
However, mounting evidence indicates that technology-related stress has reached epidemic proportions and could undermine organizational resilience and adoption of new technologies. Technostress is the new character of our time.
Driven by the ubiquitous use of technology in our lives and the increasing digitization of the workplace, this new source of stress is transcending geographic and cultural barriers and wreaking havoc on organizations and societies.
The constant influx of new devices and applications places unprecedented demands on our Paleolithic brains, while dopamine receptors are altered by the digital age, leaving many of us tired and dissatisfied.
The term technostress was coined in 1984 by American psychotherapist Craig Broad.
Even before the digital age, Broad described this new form of stress as "a modern adaptive disease resulting from the inability to properly manage new computer technology."
Like everyday stress, technology can have both positive and negative effects. When technology creates malaise, we are challenged and inspired by opportunities to grow and learn.
In the area of eustress, technological applications can provide satisfaction and pleasure, help us make decisions and allow us to adapt more easily.
By using the best technology, organizations can improve their performance, efficiency and innovation.
On the downside, technical concerns can leave employees feeling ignored and undervalued. Technostress usually occurs in the following situations:
• When there is a high reliance on technology.
• When we realize there is a gap between what we know and what we need to know, and
• We identify changes in work culture brought about by technology.
Such stress seems to give way to physiological symptoms such as fatigue, irritability and insomnia, and psychological symptoms such as depression, increased mental workload, suspiciousness, decreased job satisfaction, decreased engagement and decreased productivity.
Research on the pressures of technology has grown in recent years as we seek to understand the underlying causes of low adoption, failed digital transformation, and decreased productivity in the workplace. Although new findings continue to emerge, technostresses are often analyzed in five main areas.
Each domain serves as a separate "pressure factor" that contributes to the overall level of technology.
These pressures serve as hidden threats to digital adoption and can impede even the smartest implementations of technology.
The five main areas are:
technological advantages
Too much attention, not enough mental space. We have learned that in recent years our human ability to adapt to changing technologies has been compromised by information obesity and overwhelming choice. Trying to keep up with the latest updates and features for all of our apps is nearly impossible. New features often mean something new for us to learn and adapt to. Although technology speeds up tasks, it can inadvertently create more work when production is shifted to humans. The pressure to adapt and stay productive at the same time is a common concern in the age of digital work.
technological invasion
Accelerated by the pandemic, business applications have invaded our personal devices, personal spaces, and personal lives. The line between work and home has blurred, making it difficult to separate from work or focus on hobbies. Our always-on culture means we're within reach of more people, more often. Although we may be invisible when working remotely, we rarely communicate.
Technical complexity
We all come across new technologies that have more features and functions than we need or use. A variety of functions and seemingly endless possibilities can scare away any user. Studies show that employees use only 40% of the capabilities of any software application. No wonder we are disappointed with the digital transformation that promises to make our lives easier. While training can help, a one-size-fits-all approach to classroom learning is rarely an effective way to drive digital adoption. We don't have the time or mental resources to invest in learning and understanding how to use each feature. So we do our best to intuitively navigate new systems, often feeling helpless and incompetent.
Technological insecurity
As technology expands its business footprint, many employees want to understand how it affects them.
techno uncertainty
We realize that technology is changing at an increasingly rapid pace and we are under pressure to learn and adapt to new tools and capabilities faster than ever before. The knowledge and skills we have acquired over the years are becoming obsolete at an accelerating rate, and the need for re-education can erode our brainpower. It's time to prioritize human evolution (and peace of mind) over the technological revolution. As a wise man once remarked. "Always take a moment and smell the roses…" God bless you and stay safe in the digital and physical worlds.
• ILAITIA B. TUISAWAU is a Special Consultant for Cyber Security. The opinions expressed in this article are his own and are not necessarily shared by this newspaper. Mr. Tuisavau can be contacted at ilaitia@cyberbati.com
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David G. Marrero, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Health Disparities Research and professor of public health at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been appointed to a new national diabetes working group and task force to promote equitable and comprehensive diabetes care.
The Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force was created by the Sustainable Healthy Communities (SHC) organization, which is partnering with some of the nation's leading advocacy groups, experts, academic institutions and innovators to promote equitable, community-based and patient-centered care for those suffering from diabetes. A shared sense of emergency among health-care leaders led to the creation of the task force.
Founded by the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF), SHC is a health-care information company that measures population health, providing analysis to clinicians, health-care systems, researchers, corporations, patients and policy-makers, promoting cost-effective health outcomes through big data analytics.
Dr. Marrero is a noted expert in diabetes education and research. His work focuses on medication adherence, community health programs, early diabetes intervention and translational medicine. His research interests also include strategies for promoting diabetes prevention, improving diabetes care practices used by primary care providers and the use of technology to facilitate care and education.
As executive director of the UAHS Center for Health Disparities Research, Dr. Marrero provides leadership to improve the delivery of diabetes health care in border populations through strong partnerships with the Banner – University Medical Group practices in Phoenix and Tucson, representatives from local federally qualified health centers, the Arizona Area Health Education Centers (AzAHECs) and other UA Health Sciences' centers and programs.


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Friday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS Gets Another Bump from "Big Brother" Special
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)
Primetime Preliminary Fast National Nielsen Data
(includes all DVR playback through 3:00 am)
Here are the highlights of the 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (8/18/17):
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Some high rated local pre-season NFL games (across all networks) are included here but will be excluded from Officials.]
CBS (4.485 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.8, #1) was the top draw on a tight Friday with its mix of "Big Brother 19" (5.083 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #1), "Hawaii Five-0" (3.772 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9) and "Blue Bloods" (4.599 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9).
NBC (3.810 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T2) then was a close second despite repeats of "America's Got Talent" (3.800 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3) and "Dateline NBC" (3.832 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #2).
Next up was ABC (3.381 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T2) and its trio of "Shark Tank" (3.548 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3), "Primetime: What Would You Do?" (3.194 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3) and "20/20" (3.403 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3).
Meanwhile, FOX (2.492 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T2) served up encores of "MasterChef" (2.608 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3) and "Beat Shazam" (2.375 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3).
And finally, a new "Masters of Illusion" (1.063 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11) and repeats of "Masters of Illusion" (0.967 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11) and "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" (0.918 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11) rounded out the evening on The CW (0.966 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5).
Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+16.67% - Primetime: What Would You Do?
0.00% - Big Brother 19 (vs. 7/21/17)
0.00% - 20/20
0.00% - Masters of Illusion
Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - Primetime: What Would You Do?
0.00% - Masters of Illusion (vs. Masters of Illusion (Repeat))
-6.67% - Big Brother 19
In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):
· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.0/5; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.4/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.4/4 with an encore.
· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.6/3; "Late Show," 0.4/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3 with an encore.
· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline," averaged a 1.0/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.
· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, ratings were: "Late Night with Seth Meyers," 1.2/4 in metered-market households with an encore; CBS's "Late Late Show," 1.0/3 with an encore. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.4/3 in 18-49 with an encore; "Late Late Show," 0.2/2 with an encore.
· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.2/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
Here are the highlights of the 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (8/19/16):
NBC (16.935 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.5, #1) was the network to beat on Friday with its coverage of the "Olympic Games Rio 2016" (18.141 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.8, #1) followed by a special "Superstore" (10.903 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.3, #2).
CBS (4.810 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.0, #2) then was the number two draw with a special "Big Brother 18" (5.365 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.5, #3) and repeats of "Hawaii Five-0" (4.132 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4) and "Blue Bloods" (4.934 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4).
Next up was ABC (3.224 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3) and its trio of "Shark Tank" (3.066 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #8), "Primetime: What Would You Do?" (2.989 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6) and "20/20" (3.619 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6).
Meanwhile, FOX (1.559 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #4) offered up a repeat "MasterChef" (1.559 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #9).
And finally, The CW (0.770 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5) closed out the evening with repeats of "Masters of Illusion" (0.979 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10), another "Masters of Illusion" (0.880 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10) and the conclusion to "My Last Days" (0.611 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10).
-22.22% - 20/20
+150.00% - Big Brother 18 (vs. Elementary (Repeat))
-50.00% - My Last Days (vs. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat))
Late-night metered market ratings will return following the Olympics.
Source: Nielsen Media Research


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Ricardo "Ric" Ramon Daniel, age 57, passed away Sunday, February 10th 2019, in his home with family members by his side. Ricardo was born March 7th 1961 in Yuma, AZ to Ramon and Adelina Daniel, and was the youngest of four children.
He was a graduate of Yuma High School, Class of '79. Ric spent his life and career at Quick Refrigeration and for many years was the General Manager before his death. He was an active member of the community participating annually in the Yuma County Fair, MATO, Rib Cook-Offs, and more. He was a man of faith who loved his family, fishing, off-roading, cooking, traveling, golfing, riding his Harley, and spending time with friends. His presence is this community will be so greatly missed, but never forgotten.
He is proceeded in death his parents Ramon and Adelina Daniel, and sister, Elena Villa.
He is survived by his two daughters, Alexandra and Audrianna Daniel; Grandson, Dominic Price; Siblings, Franciso Daniel, Gisela Daniel (Sister-In-Law), Arlinda Gilmore, Frank Gilmore (Brother-In-Law); Nephews and Nieces, Jeanette Somo, Elisha Daniel, Bert Villa Jr., Jimmy Gilmore, Tim Villa, Danielle Gilmore, Marissa Atkinson; and many great-nieces, great-nephews, and Godchildren.
Reception will be held at Ric's home after burial service. Flowers for funeral services can be sent to Yuma Mortuary.


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Statement by WHO Director-General on World Health Day 2019
Read online: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-04-2019-statement-by-who-directo...
6 April 2019 Statement Geneva
WHO was born on 7 April 1948 with a clear and ambitious vision: a world in which all people enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.
Although we have made enormous progress in recent years against some of the world's leading causes of death and disease, we still have a lot of work to do to realize that vision.
Today, half the world's population cannot access essential health services. Millions of women give birth without help from a skilled attendant; millions of children miss out on vaccinations against killer diseases, and millions suffer and die because they can't get treatment for HIV, TB, and malaria.
In 2019, this is simply unacceptable.
The good news is that there is a growing movement to address these inequalities.
Last October, we saw a momentous commitment to health for all in Kazakhstan with the signing of the historic Declaration of Astana on primary health care.
This was a key milestone. Strong and sustainable primary health care is the bedrock of universal health coverage, and the best defence against outbreaks and other health emergencies.
Although there will always be outbreaks and other disasters with health consequences, investing in stronger health systems can help to prevent or mitigate them.
In the Sustainable Development Goals, all countries have committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. To meet that target, we need to see 1 billion people benefitting from UHC in the next 5 years.
This is not an unattainable dream, nor will it require billions of dollars to implement. UHC is achievable, right here, right now, for all of us.
Health for all is possible even with health systems that are less than perfect – countries at many different income levels are making progress with the resources they have.
On Friday 5 April, WHO colleagues joined hands with staff from health and development organizations around the world to symbolize our shared commitment to ensuring health for everyone, everywhere.
This shared commitment will be fundamental as we move forward to the next milestone in the global push towards universal health coverage – at the United Nations High-Level meeting on Universal Health Coverage in New York later this year.
At that meeting, world leaders will have the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to UHC to ensuring that every mother can give birth safely, that every child survives past its fifth birthday, and that no one dies simply because they are poor.
As we celebrate World Health Day, I pay tribute to health workers all over the world who are working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. I especially thank the dedicated personnel from WHO and our partners who are working around the clock in extreme circumstances, including in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Yemen.
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Angkor is, quite literally, heaven on earth. It is the earthly representation of Mt Meru, the Mt Olympus of the Hindu faith and the abode of ancient gods. Angkor is the perfect fusion of creative ambition and spiritual devotion. The Cambodian 'god-kings' of old each strove to better their ancestors in size, scale and symmetry, culminating in the world's largest religious building, Angkor Wat.
The hundreds of temples surviving today are but the sacred skeleton of the vast political, religious and social centre of the ancient Khmer empire. Angkor was a city that, at its zenith, boasted a population of one million when London was an insignificant town of 50,000. The houses, public buildings and palaces of Angkor were constructed of wood – now long decayed – because the right to dwell in structures of brick or stone was reserved for the gods.
Angkor is one of the most impressive ancient sites on earth, the eighth wonder of the world, with the epic proportions of the Great Wall of China, the detail and intricacy of the Taj Mahal, and the symbolism and symmetry of the pyramids, all rolled into one.


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Японският експериментален модул или Кибо (, Надежда) е японски сегмент за Международната космическа станция, разработен от Японската агенция за аерокосмически изследвания.

Основният му модул е най-големият модул за МКС. Кибо е доставен в САЩ, от където е изстрелян на космическа совалка. За изстрелването му са нужни три полета. Това става с полети STS-123, STS-124 и последния STS-127.

Извеждане в космоса
 11 март 2008 – херметизираният товарен модул на Кибо е изстрелян на борда на космическата совалка Индевър на мисия STS-123.
 14 юни 2008 – херметизиран експериментален модул; система за дистанционно манипулиране. Компонентите са изстреляни на борда на космическата совалка Дискавъри на мисия STS-124.
 15 юли 2009 – външна експериментална платформа; външна товарна платформа. Компонентите са изстреляни на борда на космическата совалка Индевър на мисия STS-127.

Инсталиране

Компоненти
Кибо се състои от пет компонента:
 Херметизиран експериментален модул (ЯЕМ-ХЕМ) – това е основният компонент на Кибо. Има цилиндрична форма, дълъг е 11,2 метра и има диаметър 4,4 метра. Съдържа 10 международни експериментални шкафа.
 Външна експериментална платформа (ЯЕМ-ВЕП) (наричана още "Терса") – намира се от лявата страна на ЯЕМ-ХЕМ (който е екипиран с шлюз). На него се провеждат експерименти извън станцията в условията на открития космос.
 Експериментален товарен модул (ЕТМ) – съставен е от два компонента:
 Херметизиран модул (ЕТМ-ХМ) – служи за съхранение на товари. Прикрепен е към (ЯЕМ-ХЕМ).
 Външна платформа (ЕТМ-ВП) – служи за складиране на товари и екипировка отвън станцията.
 Система за дистанционно манипулиране (СДМ) – роботизирана ръка, монтирана от лявата страна на (ЯЕМ-ХЕМ). Предназначена е да обслужва (ЕТМ-ХМ) и (ЕТМ-ВП).

Спецификации

 Херметизиран експериментален модул
 Дължина: 11,2 м
 Диаметър: 4,4 м
 Маса: 15 900 кг
 Херметизиран товарен модул
 Дължина: 3,9 м
 Диаметър: 4,4 м
 Маса: 4200 кг
 Външна експериментална платформа
 Дължина: 6 м
 Ширина: 5 м
 Височина: 4 м
 Маса: 4000 кг
 Външна товарна платформа
 Дължина: 4,2 м
 Ширина: 4,9 м
 Височина: 2,2 м
 Маса: 1200 кг
 Система за дистанционно манипулиране
 Дължина: 9,9 м
 Дължина на малките ръце: 1,7 м

Източници

Външни препратки
 Официален сайт на Кибо
 Страницата на Кибо в сайта на НАСА

Компоненти на МКС
Космонавтика в Япония

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Piotr Henryk Nowakowski (ur. 28 czerwca 1944 w Bydgoszczy, zm. 8 września 2009 w Szczecinie) – polski marynarz i polityk, kapitan żeglugi wielkiej, w latach 1995–1997 podsekretarz stanu w Ministerstwie Transportu i Gospodarki Morskiej.

Życiorys
Od 1945 mieszkał w Szczecinie, gdzie jego ojciec Florian pracował jako inżynier przy powstawaniu Polskiego Radia Szczecin. Absolwent V Liceum Ogólnokształcącego im. Adama Asnyka (1963) oraz Państwowej Szkoły Morskiej w Szczecinie (1966). Przez około 20 lat pracował w Polskiej Żegludze Morskiej, gdzie doszedł do stanowiska kapitana. W 1975 uzyskał dyplom kapitana żeglugi wielkiej jako najmłodszy w polskiej flocie handlowej. W 1984 przeszedł do pracy w Urzędzie Morskim w Szczecinie, gdzie kolejno zajmował stanowiska: oficera portu, kapitana portu i pierwszego zastępcy dyrektora, a od 1994 do 1996 dyrektora naczelnego. W 1988 ukończył też studia w Wyższej Szkole Morskiej w Szczecinie.

Od 14 maja 1995 do 25 listopada 1997 pełnił funkcję podsekretarza stanu w Ministerstwie Transportu i Gospodarki Morskiej. W 1998 i 2002 wybierany do sejmiku zachodniopomorskiego z listy SLD–UP. Od 1998 do 2002 pełnił funkcję wicedyrektora, a od 2002 do 2006 dyrektora Urzędu Morskiego w Szczecinie, następnie pracował jako pilot morski zespołu portowego Szczecin–Świnoujście. Zasiadał w wojewódzkich władzach Sojuszu Lewicy Demokratycznej.

Zmarł 9 września 2009 po długiej chorobie. Pochowany na Cmentarzu Centralnym w Szczecinie (kw. 84I, rz. 9, nr 7). Odznaczony m.in. Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi, Złotym Medalem "Za zasługi dla obronności kraju", odznaką honorową "Zasłużony dla transportu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" i odznaką honorową "Zasłużony Pracownik Morza".

Przypisy

Absolwenci Akademii Morskiej w Szczecinie
Ludzie urodzeni w Bydgoszczy
Odznaczeni odznaką honorową "Zasłużony dla transportu RP"
Odznaczeni odznaką honorową "Zasłużony Pracownik Morza"
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi
Odznaczeni Złotym Medalem "Za zasługi dla obronności kraju"
Politycy SdRP i SLD
Polscy oficerowie żeglugi
Radni sejmiku województwa zachodniopomorskiego
Wiceministrowie transportu III Rzeczypospolitej
Urodzeni w 1944
Zmarli w 2009


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They [n]slandered me without ceasing.
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A few observations from using Little Snitch (LS) 3.6.1 on my MacBook Pro (MBP) running El Capitan. LS is used to monitor and control network connectivity from your computer. The intent is to prevent or allow applications that you may not realize to contact other servers.
It is eye opening to see how many outbound connections happen. On first boot after installation there are a boatload of approvals necessary to get back to everything working. All except LS known required connections are denied. Once you start the approval process you choose if to allow temporarily or permanently to the same destination using the same port. Some of these are not using permanent ports so for those you decide if to allow any port to the same destination type thing. It is not difficult but might add to any paranoia you might already have. I would not recommend it for a non-technical person at least yet unless someone is able to help them. It is also a good learning experience for the technical for a variety of reasons including thinking about your app connectivity and how it might be impeded by the installation configuration.
It is also a well done UI in terms of clearly showing what is going on in your system. The real-time view is also well done and interesting. It shows connection activity at any moment.
You may find, like I did, that you at least initially approve everything just to get back to a normal working condition. Also note that initially not every application that you use will be active so over a period of hours or even days you may have to allow connections from them. This will also likely be true for applications that you use at the shell level. After a while you may start tailoring the rules for it and you may also delete a few applications that you don't think are essential to your normal work flow because of them "reporting back" to someone, somewhere.
All in all I would recommend LS if you are interested in the subject and/or want to know what your system is doing and to control it.


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New - Sold Out
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Minneapolis, Minnesota: Dreamlly Books, 2018. 279 pages with an Index, maps, and icons. Trade paperback


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Q: Visual 2015 not starting up because of a System.IO.FileNotFoundException. How do I fix this? Visual Studio pops up then instantly disappears. I have repaired it and restarted my computer.
I am currently working on custom reports in Visual Studio and have installed all the necessary components listed here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn531081.aspx.
This issue only appeared after I installed all the components in the aforementioned link.
Below are the event details from the event viewer:
Application: devenv.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Connected.Common.CommonUtilities.ResetUserTokenStorage(Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Client.AccountManagement.IAccountManager)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Connected.UserInformation.UserInformationDataSource.SignoutAndClearKeychain()
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   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Connected.UserInformation.UserInformationDataSource.PrepareForFirstLaunchSignIn()
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Q: strong capacitive coupling of mains to isolated output of AC/DC converter? I am using a RS-15-5 PSU from Meanwell for a test: datasheet here
I built the following circuit:

The left side (V1) is the mains side. The right side (V2, C3, L1, C2, R2) is the isolated DC side.
As a first test, I connected only R1 (and not C1) between earth and the isolated output. And I believed that this would pull the 0V node to Earth potential
To my surprise when checking the output voltage with an oscilloscope I got about 100V AC at 50 Hz on the 0V node. After checking with Spice, this leads me to believe that there is about 10 nF in C4 which is a parasitic capacitor.
When I added C1 to the circuit, the voltage of 0V with respect to earth was reduced to a couple of V at 50 Hz. See the scope shot taken of the 0V node, referencing earth.

Still this is a tremendous common mode voltage and spice tells me that there is mA's of 50 Hz common mode current through C1 and C4. When I short out C1 and R1 with an Amperemeter, the 0V voltage collapses as expected and I read 3 mA AC of current.
How then are isolated power supplies used without failing all EMI tests ? The output nodes will unavoidably have a large potential to all earthed conductors, e.g. the Chassis ?
Replacing R1/C1 with a short would get rid of the large common mode voltage but the output would not be isolated anymore.
Where is my problem in understanding ?
EDIT:
I checked two other wall plug AC/DC converters, a 3 prong one and a 2 prong one. Both showed similarly large AC common mode voltages with respect to Earth on their isolated DC sides. So I would exclude a fault in the Meanwell PSUs.
My conclusion at this point would be that all equipment running off isolated AC/DC converters would be floating around at large 50 Hz common mode voltages, unless its DC side is bonded via a very low resistance to Earth. Is this indeed the case ?

A: I found out now that this is indeed normal, unless a PSU with low leakage current rating (e.g. medical AC-DC converter) is used. There are Y caps between primary and secondary side of the isolation transformer commonly used to return RF CM switch noise. These caps have the side effect of leaking AC mains to the secondary side.
Here is one slightly longer explanation https://e2e.ti.com/support/power-management/f/power-management-forum/529895/y-capacitors-across-isolation-boundary-in-ac-dc-converters but others can be found in stack exchange when searching for the right terms (which I didn't know when creating this question).
There are a couple of options :

*

*just connect secondary to earth if this is an option

*use a medical grade converter hoping that its leakage is low enough for the intended application

*Use a regular (non-medical grade) AC-DC converter, connect the output to earth and follow it up with a regular (non-medical grade) isolated DC-DC converter. Especially when several isolated voltage rails are necessary, this could be cheaper then getting many medical grade AC-DC converters.

A: I think I have resolved the enigma about the SPICE model and reality

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
C4 and C5 are leakage (virtual) capacitors while the rest is real circuit.
You could be accidentally making ground loop if you connected a scope, which has already grounded shield and PE conductor on C1,R1.


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Q: How to make an externalinterface call to a JavaScript file which calls a server to get informtion I have a javascript file which has a function calling a server (url) to get information. Here is the javascript function:
sendQuery = function(devstr) {

    var baseUrl = 'http://serverurl/' + devstr;

    alert("the url is " + baseUrl);

    $.ajax(baseUrl, {
       type: 'GET',
       dataType: 'json'
    }).done(function(results){
       return results;
    }).fail(function(e) {
       showError(e);
    });
}

and from actionscript I am calling this function as follows:
var result:String = ExternalInterface.call("sendQuery", parameter) as String;

The call actually happens (I got an alert from javascript with the right url) but then result is simply empty or null. There is no result coming back. I added an alert to "done" in javascript and that alert does not get called.
I tried to use ExternalInterface.addcallback but I can't pass parameters and I am not entirely sure if that will work either.
I am not entirely sure to make the call from Actionscript to the Javascript file, which calls the server, and then get the information back to actionscript so I can parse it and do more with it.
I also should note that some of the operations I will be performing require POST operations. The reason I didn't do this through actionscript is because it requires having a crossdomain.xml file on the server I am requesting this information from.
Thanks in advance for the help.

A: What you are trying to do, can be done without Javascript in pure ActionScript3.0 by URLLoader class:
 var baseUrl:String = 'http://serverurl/'+parameter;
 var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(baseUrl);
 request.contentType = 'application/json';
 request.method = URLRequestMethod.GET;    //For 'POST' request-> URLRequestMethod.POST
 var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
 urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(e:Event):void{
     var result:* = e.target.data;
 });
 urlLoader.load(request);


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Q: Mixpanel push notification text not getting enlarged on Android devices Account details on Mixpanel:
maaz.shaikh@bwellthy.com
Notification text: Hey {{USER_NICK_NAME}}, you can check your HbA1c test result by clicking on it, then click GET STARTED to start your journey with us.

Notification custom packet: { "mp_icnm_l": "app_logo", "mp_icnm_w": "notification_logo", "mp_color": "#FF7531", "sound": "yes", "vibrate": "yes"}

The notification pops up on android device like this, but does not enlarge on dragging it downwards
I am using the latest release of Mixpanel(v5.2.1) in the Android code.
Mixpanel is using BigStyle Text notifications in their library, so ideally the single line notification on dragging should enlarge on dragging it.
Can you tell me the possible reason for this?

A: Use BigTextStyle for setting big text in notification.
Notification notification = new Notification.Builder(mContext)
     .setContentTitle("New mail from " + sender.toString())
     .setContentText(subject)
     .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.new_mail)
     .setLargeIcon(aBitmap)
     .setStyle(new Notification.BigTextStyle()
         .bigText(aVeryLongString))
     .build();


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As well as being worn for (obvious) safety reasons, motorcycle racing helmets act as a sign of recognition and can often differentiate riders from their on-track rivals. But did you ever wonder how riders get their unique designs created and painted on their lids?
Helmet designer-to-the-stars Richard Stevens from Rich Art Concepts is responsible for creating designs for riders such as Cal Crutchlow, James Ellison, James Toseland and Danny Webb, and he also created Biking Dreams winner Symor Skilbeck's bespoke Help for Heroes lid. We caught up with him to see what's involved when creating a bespoke helmet design…
I could never have been a lawyer
"I used to race myself until I was 21 years old and I decided against my dream of going to university and training a lawyer in favour of being a helmet designer. I can't imagine being a lawyer now! Just like any other profession, my work is affected by the economy – at times it can leave me financially vulnerable as people haven't got the disposable income to spend on replica helmets. We have gone through some really tough times but I believe that we're starting to climb back out again."
Design evolution
"A motorcycle racer's helmet design is constantly evolving, with riders often changing their designs throughout a season. My job is definitely fashion-led!
"I like to have a one-to-one meeting with the client to find out exactly what they want to achieve with their lid design, before I get started. It's important to get a better understanding of their personality as that forms a big part of the design concept."
When the magic happens…
"I draw a rough draft on a helmet template and present to the client. If they approve it, then that's when we commit to the actual paint on the shell. I like to give them a rough idea of how it will look, rather than blowing their minds with too much information! Plus a lot of people have their own ideas about what they want and I work to that too.
"Some racers have very specific ideas, but they may not work in practice, for example, their design may not work on the curvature of the helmet. When I see an image on paper, my brain automatically recreates it onto a helmet. I don't tell them that their much-loved design won't work, after all, it's their vision. But I do make suggestions and lead them in the right direction.
"Some riders can be fussy, and even though they don't know what they want, they will know it when they see it. Some are superstitious too and often have secret meanings within their helmet designs, and parts of it will mean things to them. If this is the case, they will often keep this as part of their design for the whole of their career."
"At the moment, a lot of people seem to be buying neutral helmets and riding gear so that they don't have to change it all when they get a new bike. It's a sign of the times and I understand it completely. However, I think the trend will change again soon as I'm starting to see more people who want to personalise their kit. I think they're realising that having something custom-made is a bit more affordable than they think.
"It's difficult to price things up though. I don't tend to charge more than £500 for a custom painted lid as it is a lot of money for people, especially these days. However, I am currently painting a helmet that has already cost hundreds of pounds to produce. I guess some people might think it costs a lot more to get something bespoke created for them, but I use my instinct as a guide. I think about what I'd be happy to pay for something, and go from there.
"Sometimes my projects aren't as cost-effective for me as I'd like as I exceed the time I predicted the paintwork to take. However, that's the nature of my job – I'm only happy when the customer is happy."
I paint for everyone and anyone!
"It's always nice to paint for a racer as more than anything it acts as good exposure for me. However, I treat all my customers the same. This year I'm painting for four riders, whereas last year it was around 15. Money isn't being spent so much at the moment and manufacturers are holding back. For me, my business is still surviving because of my private customers."
Sponsorship is key
"Whether a motorcycle racer or car driver, sponsorship is important. Sponsors provide a huge amount of income for teams and if it wasn't for them, the sport wouldn't still be going. However, for this money, they have high expectations and demands – usually including the placement of their logo on the helmet. Frankly speaking, it can be frustrating to get a design right when we're limited in the way we can use the sponsor's logo. It is good for the sport but not always great for design!"
Race replicas
"Racers have the added pressure of public opinion. Also, if I'm designing a helmet for a high-profile rider, there is always the possibility of it being made into a replica, which has massive implications.
"Race replica helmets have a usual shelf life of around two years and in my opinion, are similar to football kits – they change all the time. They can be very expensive too.
"When you factor in the racer contracts and bonuses, production of the helmet and exchange rates for major brands like Shoei and Arai, it's easy to see why race replica helmets are so costly. Add in the fact that many sponsors don't want their logo to be reproduced, the helmet might not even go ahead to replica stage."
"I love designing and painting helmets and I have started doing a number of karting and car helmets now too. Also I have recently branched out into cycling and rock climbing helmets. This has opened up a whole new world to me – not all helmets are the same you know…!"
Find out more about Rich Art Concepts here: www.richartconcepts.co.uk
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Assad's 'Final Offensive' in Syria May Be Postponed for Lack of Troops
'A SEA OF BLOOD'
Russia's already bombing, but Syrian government troops are vastly outnumbered—and the Iranian and Hezbollah forces that Assad relied on in the past are holding back.
Roy Gutman
Updated Sep. 11, 2018 11:49AM ET / Published Sep. 10, 2018 5:03PM ET
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ISTANBUL – The big Syrian government offensive to recapture rebel-held Idlib province—which the United Nations fears could cause the deaths of thousands and displace a million civilians—is on hold for want of forces on the ground to coordinate with Russian air power, according to military leaders in the Syrian opposition.
The Syrian regime has at most 25,000 troops based in the region, including about 5,000 reinforcements, some of whom are conscripts drawn from surrendered rebel enclaves, whose reliability in battle remains to be tested. They will face more than 100,000 motivated defenders, many of whom were forced there from other regions and have nowhere else to go.
But the critical missing element is Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian-backed militias, which had served as President Bashar al-Assad's ground force in Aleppo and the Damascus region after its army had largely collapsed due to desertions. There is no sign these militias are preparing for battle, and Iran appears to have little interest in joining in a bloody encounter with high casualties.
"We can say the battle of Idlib has been postponed," said Col. Fateh Hassoun, a defected Syrian army officer who has represented rebel interests at talks among Turkey, Russia, and Iran in the so-called Astana process. "Russia needs a ground partner for its warplanes," he said.
With the regime unable to provide the forces, and Iran apparently uninterested in the fight, the only other source of fighters might be the Kurds, but the People's Protection Force or YPG is functioning as the U.S. ground component in the battle against the Islamic State in eastern Syria.
Columb Strack, a Middle East analyst for HIS Market (the parent company of Jane's defense publications), concurred that the offensive may well have been delayed. "It's very likely to happen. It's just a question of when," he told The Daily Beast. And when it does, "it will be a slow-burning thing," given the discrepancy in the size of the forces. "It will be step-by-step, retaking villages, one at a time, relying on indiscriminate airstrikes to displace or force their opponents to surrender."
"President Donald Trump last week tweeted an appeal to Syria, Russia and Iran not to proceed with the offensive."
Idlib is likely to be the last major chapter in the Syrian war, which began with a national uprising against Assad in March 2011, and it still has the potential for worse carnage than anything seen so far in a struggle that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and mass migration flows destabilizing the region and creating major political problems in Western Europe.
President Donald Trump last week tweeted an appeal to Syria, Russia, and Iran not to proceed with the offensive. "President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province," he said. "The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don't let that happen!"
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that an offensive could produce "a sea of blood."
There are some 3.3 million people in the province, about half of them displaced from elsewhere in Syria, and an enormous proportion are dependent on outside humanitarian aid. As noted, there are at least 100,000 anti-government fighters, a fraction of whom are radical extremists affiliated with Al Qaeda.
Russia's stated reason for deploying its air force in support of a Syrian government offensive is to destroy the Al Qaeda faction.
"Erdogan pleaded with Russian President Vladimir Putin to announce a cease-fire."
Turkey, which has a 60-mile border with Idlib, has become guarantor of a "de-confliction" zone in Idlib based on an agreement with Russia and Iran one year ago, and has been actively trying to negotiate with the Islamists to reduce their profile dramatically, thereby removing a major excuse for a military intervention.
Turkey, long a primary supporter of the anti-government rebels, has a solid record as a donor of humanitarian aid, and is currently hosting 3.5 million refugees in its territory. It fears an all-out offensive will drive millions more to its border.
The strongest Islamist faction in Idlib now calls itself Hei'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and says it is no longer affiliated with Al Qaeda, but it's still listed as a terrorist group, and roughly half the 10,000 fighters in its ranks are foreign volunteers. Today the main Al Qaeda affiliate is Hurras Al-Din, a far smaller group of fighters that broke off from HTS, and is now locked in a bitter confrontation with HTS.
HTS has rejected Erdogan's appeal to dissolve itself, and now about the only hope for getting rid of Hurras Al-Din peacefully is to give its members a safe exit from the province.
At summit talks in Tehran Friday, Erdogan pleaded with Russian President Vladimir Putin to announce a cease-fire to allow more time for Turkish officials to convince HTS to dissolve itself and arrange for an exit for Hurras Al-Din. But Putin rebuffed him, and together with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Erdogan and Putin instead issued a joint call for the extremists to lay down their arms.
But Russia's claim that it is fighting "terrorism" may well be a pretext for a campaign meant to extirpate all armed opposition to its client Assad. Almost from the day Putin sent his air force into Syria in September 2015 the targets have been mainly moderate rebel forces, hospitals, schools, and civilian housing.
At the Tehran talks, Putin acknowledged that "a lot of civilians" live in Idlib, but he said fighters from terror groups who fled as Russia and the regime reconquered rebel-held territories near Damascus and in southern Syria now are "all in Idlib" and they have "plenty of weapons." He said "the most difficult task will be neutralizing them" and that "terror groups use civilians as human shields… they always do." He pledged that Russia would make sure there was an escape route for civilians—but in fact the only place Idlib residents can flee to is Turkey.
"'98.8 percent of the people of Idlib' are civilians."
— Staffan de Mistura, Special U.N. Envoy for Syria
Special U.N. Envoy Staffan de Mistura noted Friday that "98.8 percent of the people of Idlib" are civilians, and protecting them "is our top priority."
The bombings the Assad regime has carried out in the cities and towns of Idlib province almost daily for the past 10 days rarely hit listed terrorist groups. According to Ramesh Rajasingham, an official of the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, "In four days, four medical facilities reportedly shelled and barrel bombed rendering many ambulances and one hospital fully out of service." In a tweet Monday, he reminded the parties to the conflict to uphold international humanitarian law, indicating these bombings are potential war crimes.
Destroying hospitals and medical facilities was a hallmark of Assad regime and Russian tactics during the reconquest of Aleppo in 2016 and in many other locations. The apparent aim has been to weaken and destroy the moderate rebel factions and induce panic among civilians, who realize that without access to emergency medical care, they have little hope of surviving the bombs, rockets, and shells that are rained upon them.
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Life is unpredictable. My fall nail polish preferences are not. Like clockwork, I go through a pretty heavy month long wine-colored nail polish phase every year around this time. You may ring in sweater weather with pumpkin, but I choose vampy nails. I resurrect my old favs and because the world also loves this color for fall, always seem to find a few new bottles to add to the mix. I started the season with an oldie but a goodie – Chanel Taboo. It's a shimmery burgundy in the bottle but flashes navy and purple depending on the light. I don't think this color is even available anymore but Chanel Vamp is a fine distant cousin.
Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure (Ruby Do is my jam!) has the best brush in all of nail polish – perfect at-home mani every time. Have you ever tried Sephora Formula X? The wear time is excellent and they happen to have a very glossy looking berry among the new fall colors. Essie created the perfect raspberry with Bahama Mama. I'm all about Ciate right now (because…) and this Napa Valley inspired shade looks spot on. Smith & Cult has simply the best packaging. I mean, come on with that curved gold cap! The polish is virtually chip-proof. They nailed fall with the vampy Lovers Creep.
Every color looks better on since I discovered the swankiest hand cream on the planet. I'm not kidding – it's uber luxe. Between seasonal dryness and compulsive cuticle picking, I was in need of serious repair and Bottega Organica completely healed my hands. There's olive oil, beeswax and tons of plants and vitamins but the real miracle here is prawn sage. There's research that shows it helps to slow down aging in skin by helping to lengthen a segment of our DNA at the ends of chromosomes which shorten when we get older. I find this all very fascinating and I see it working on my hands in almost real time. I irrationally don't care how much this costs – it works!


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COBOL Will Live Forever
The COBOL programming language is one of the oldest computer languages in existence, yet it's still widely used in extremely significant ways: The average person on the street has nearly a hundred interactions per week with things running COBOL. Even the New York Stock Exchange currently uses numerous mainframe computers running COBOL programs (although various efforts are presently underway to reduce that); and the number of daily COBOL transactions made around the world each day is actually greater than the number of hits all of the websites on the Internet receive.
COBOL is an acronym that stands for "Common Business Oriented Language" and it was created in 1959 by a group of programmers known as the "Conference on Data Systems Languages." In the late 50s, the Department of Defense requested that a business language be created so certain features of businesses could be automated, and by 1960 the COBOL-60 language was released to the public. By 1965 COBOL had become highly popular and was in widespread use, but due to radical modifications of the language by various companies over the years, COBOL had to be made more compatible between various machines and so the American National Standards Institute stepped in to create a standardized version in 1968, which is now known as ANS-COBOL (American National Standard COBOL). The ANSI institute has since made more modifications to the standardized version of COBOL, primarily releasing an object-oriented version for modernization purposes.
A woman by the name of Grace Hopper was largely responsible for the development of COBOL. Grace Hopper was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and also a pioneer in the field of computer science. She designed the first ever compiler for a programming language and is now known as the Grandmother of COBOL. In 1949 she joined a computer corporation called Eckert-Mauchly and initially worked as a research mathematician, but soon she was helping develop the UNIVAC I computer. After the Remington Rand corporation took over the company, Admiral Hopper began writing compilers. Her first compiler was known as the "A-0" and others such as MATH-MATIC, ARITH-MATIC, and FLOW-MATIC compilers soon followed. When she began working on the COBOL language, it was primarily a combination of her FLOW-MATIC compiler and an IBM language called COMTRAN. Admiral Hopper was the first person to realize computer languages should be closer to English language instructions for readability and to speed up coding time, rather than using opaque and tedious machine code (1s and 0s that the central processing unit can understand). For over ten years Admiral Hopper was the main director of the Navy Programming Languages Group and in 1969 she was named "man of the year" by the Data Processing Management Association. In 1991 she was given the prestigious National Medal of Technology. Grace Hopper's motto was always, "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
COBOL has been around for so long many people associate it with old mainframe computers, fluorescent green computer screens, core dumps, and obsolete technology, but COBOL still retains many advantages for solving business related problems and has been highly modernized since 1959. COBOL is a solid dependable language that relies on useful batch-processing functions and due to COBOL's long variable names it is basically "self-documenting," which is highly useful for programmers. Despite news articles occasionally announcing the death of COBOL, it is still ideal for accounting and business transactions and it won't be going away anytime soon.
Traditional COBOL code is characterized by long variable names being written in all capital letters. Here is an example of a very brief COBOL program:
PROGRAM-ID. ShortProgram.
DisplayPrompt.
DISPLAY "Hello, World!"
There are certain drawbacks to COBOL as a programming language (it's not particularly suited to interactive or World Wide Web applications, for example) but mainly it suffers from extreme disrespect by software developers since they see it as being a nearly obsolete language. Many programmers wouldn't be caught dead composing a line of COBOL code or even using a COBOL compiler since they view it as harking back to the Dark Ages of computer technology and development. Nevertheless many COBOL programmers are needed by reputable companies to maintain existing code and even extend it in some cases. Computer Science departments also see COBOL as outdated and inferior when compared to more modern software languages and rarely offer COBOL classes. But if you are a programmer looking for a job, you should realize that a huge amount of COBOL code has been written since 1959 and programmers are desperately needed to maintain and even add to what is presently in use. Numerous financial institutions and stock companies use COBOL daily and most companies don't want the high costs involved with re-platforming their old programs and would much rather hire legitimate COBOL programmers to maintain what they already have (experts estimate roughly 250 billion COBOL source code lines are in use today; and about 15 billion lines are added each year! Furthermore, about seventy percent of ALL transactional systems around the world are written in the COBOL language.)
Still COBOL programmers are rather hard to find and many companies are searching for them right now. So if you are a programmer and would like to have more job security, make plans to get some COBOL training as soon as possible. COBOL will live forever.


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MYOB is ready to hit go on a $10 Single Touch Payroll (STP) solution for businesses with four employees or less, should the Federal Government's STP legislation pass. The legislative change would mean 749,000* Australian businesses that employ 19 people or less will be legally obliged to submit their payroll data to the ATO from 1 July.
The new MYOB micro business payroll solution would allow businesses with one to four employees to be STP compliant in a simple way, while providing the added benefits of an automated cloud payroll system.
Micro businesses would make significant time savings by cutting out the need for individual payment summaries and reducing the margin for keying errors by auto populating payment and super information.
In addition to these features, MYOB's STP solution has a 'buffering process' function, which means when a pay run is submitted to the ATO, MYOB keeps detailed submission logs that record all attempts. When a file can't be received by ATO, MYOB sends the file back into the queue for processing, without additional input from the person submitting.
MYOB would also launch a Connected Ledger plus payroll package for accountants and bookkeepers, which would allow them to support small businesses with their STP compliance. The Connected Ledger and payroll product combined would carry a cost of $30 a month and would also be targeted at businesses with one to four employees.
"This low-cost solution for accountants and bookkeepers will allow them to provide a terrific end-to-end payroll service for microbusinesses," said Mr Weickhardt.
While STP has not been compulsory for businesses with 19 and fewer employees to date, according to MYOB's latest Business Monitor**, which surveys 1,000 Australian small businesses, businesses of this size are actively and positively looking forward to the change.
"Smaller businesses aren't waiting for STP to be made compulsory. Our research tells us 13% of businesses with 19 employees or less have started using STP. This shows there's already appetite for this shift," Mr Weickhardt continued.
In addition to early adoption, MYOB's Business Monitor survey found micro businesses understand the benefits involved in STP compliance. Thirty-eight per cent of businesses with one to four employees believe a jump to STP will save them time on payroll.
"The MYOB Essentials software is designed to make the STP compliance process as easy as possible for businesses. The owner sets up a pay run, declares, pushes a button – and that's it," said Mr Weickhardt.
While the legislation is not yet a done deal, Mr Weickhardt believes that being on the front foot is in the best interest of Australia's small businesses.
"We want to be ready. We want to have something we can instantly take to market when the time comes, so micro businesses can have the option to hit the ground running," he said.
If the 19 and under STP legislation goes ahead, the MYOB micro business offering will be available for purchase from April and will represent the first time MYOB launches a payroll-only product in Australia.
MYOB has fully-fledged payroll options available now, processing its 1,000,000th STP transaction this month. Any company that needs to be STP compliant is able to submit via MYOB Essentials, MYOB AccountRight or MYOB Advanced, plus additional products. This new payroll offering would be targeted specifically at micro businesses to support them with a low-cost solution.
For further updates, please visit https://www.myob.com/au/support/single-touch-payroll.
MYOB is a leading provider of online business management solutions. MYOB makes business life easier for approximately 1.2 million businesses across Australia and New Zealand by simplifying accounting, payroll, tax, practice management, CRM, job costing, inventory and more. MYOB operates across three core segments – Clients and Partners (business solutions to SMEs and Advisers); Enterprise Solutions (larger businesses) and Payment Solutions. We also provide ongoing support via many client service channels including a network of over 40,000 accountants, bookkeepers and other consultants. We are committed to ongoing innovation, particularly through our Connected Practice Strategy and through the development of the MYOB Platform. For more information visit https://www.myob.com/au/ or follow @MYOB on Twitter.


To maximize enjoyment will require committing to the full nine-episode run "Luck", which gets out of the starting gate slowly and proceeds at a deliberate gait.
For those thinking about betting their time on "Luck," here's a tip: To maximize enjoyment will require committing to the full nine-episode run of the HBO series, which gets out of the starting gate slowly and proceeds at a deliberate gait. Although the program's auspices — the outwardly combustible pairing of David Milch and Michael Mann, and a cast highlighted by Dustin Hoffman — will stoke curiosity, the fruits of all that thoroughbred talent are less than satisfying, luxuriating in a seamy array of desperate characters that Milch, an experienced horse owner and gambler, perhaps knows a little too well.
Milch's mastery of language creates a distinctive world, and the show will surely have its admirers. That said, one suspects the payout to HBO audience-wise will be limited, with some apt to drift away short of the finish line.
No one will confuse "Luck" with a sprint. Indeed, it takes at least two or three episodes before the characters — and how they'll (loosely) intersect — begins to come into focus. Hoffman's Ace Bernstein is introduced exiting prison after a three-year stint. Being an ex-con forces him to run his beloved horse under the name of his loyal driver, Gus (Dennis Farina). Frankly, though, he's among the least interesting players in the sprawling cast, including jockeys, trainers and a sad-sack bunch of racetrack denizens with pick-six payoffs dancing in their heads.
They include, most colorfully, four handicapping bums who reside in a fleabag motel, led by the wheelchair-bound Marcus (a terrific Kevin Dunn), the face of many a bleachers junkie. He squabbles constantly with Jerry (Jason Gedrick), a compulsive poker player, and pores over an exacta form as if it were quantum physics. Then there's Joey (Richard Kind), an agent representing jockeys, stammering his way through life as a jumbled mess.
On another track, Walter (Nick Nolte) is a crusty (to put it mildly) old trainer with gravel in his voice but a gleam in his eye when he gazes at the fabulous steed he's inherited. "Guess I still know a peach when I see one," he mutters.
These are, for the most part, guys down to their last chips, in a setting where women barely register. Ace's business plans go beyond just horseracing, and put him on a collision course with the ruthless Mike (Michael Gambon), though why and how remains sketchy until the show — finally — picks up modest steam down the home stretch.
Beyond the main cast, a number of topnotch actors — Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Mercedes Ruehl, etc. — keep popping up in relatively minor roles. It's almost distracting, simply because those characters have so little to do.
In a way, "Luck" has much in common with an existing HBO series, "Treme," in the specificity of its setting and long, meticulously shot sequences (there jazz; here, horses bolting around the track at Santa Anita) that will be catnip to aficionados but likely leave those who aren't cold.
Perhaps sensing the program's challenges, HBO sent out all nine episodes in advance, which was helpful in connecting the dots — an advantage most consumers won't enjoy unless they wait to watch the show in one concentrated burst.
Even so, "Luck" — for all its quirky exchanges and marquee performers — proves at best a photo finish as to whether it's worth the effort. Given HBO's marketing acumen and the gaudy collection of talent, the program doesn't sully the channel's prestige. But nor does it reach the top tier of HBO dramas that leave viewers champing at the bit to see what's around the next turn.
HBO, Sun., Jan. 29, 9 p.m.
Production: Credits: Filmed in Los Angeles by Red Board Prods. and Blue Light. Executive producers, David Milch, Michael Mann, Carolyn Strauss; director, Mann; writer, Milch.
Crew: Camera, Stuart Dryburgh; production designer, Lilly Kilvert; editors, Michael Brown, Hank Corwin, Kelley Dixon; music, Dickon Hinchliffe; casting, Wemdy Weidman, Rebecca Mangieri. 60 MIN.
With: Michael Gambon, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Mercedes Ruehl.


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Loss of SIVA1 expression is associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
These findings collectively reveal a novel role for the p53 target gene SIVA both in regulating metabolism and in enabling tumorigenesis, independently of p53.
Functional test demonstrated that Siva1 significantly inhibited the invasion and migration of HCT116 cells.
SIVA1 interacts with RAD18 and serves as a molecular bridge between RAD18 and PCNA, thus targeting the E3 ligase activity of RAD18 onto PCNA.
Siva1 promotes the ubiquitination and degradation of ARF, which in turn affects the stability of p53.
Upon stimulation of thromboxane A2, degradation of Siva1 is impeded, resulting in an accumulation of the protein, which translocates from the nucleus to the cytosol.
Data show that low levels of Siva1 and Ser16-phosphorylated stathmin correlate with high metastatic states of breast cancer cells.
These findings suggest that the caspase-dependent pathway for induction of apoptosis is involved in Siva-1-mediated influenza A virus replication.
These results suggest that Siva-mediated unprovoked apoptosis is not likely to be involved in the pathogenesis of Familial Mediterranean fever.
Siva-1 forms a functional complex with Tyk2 and participates in the transduction of signals that inhibit B lymphocyte growth.
Overexpression of Siva-1 in T lymphocytes triggers the activation of a caspase-dependent death pathway including a pivotal mitochondrial step. Both N- and C-terminal domains of Siva proteins display the ability to induce a cell death process in T cells.
determined the N-terminal part of Siva as the binding region for CD27; the peroxisomal membrane protein PMP22 is a new interaction partner of Siva and may be involved in the host response against CVB3.
Confirming the anti-apoptotic role of HPV-16 E7 in the HaCaT cellular model, evaluated by nuclear morphology, it was also found that Siva-1 expression produced a significant increase of the apoptotic rate in UV radiation-exposed HaCaT cells.
Results suggest that Siva-1 might participate in the CD4-initiated signaling apoptotic pathway induced by the HIV-1 envelope in T-lymphoid cells.
Data show that Siva and pyrin are co-expressed, and that pyrin modulates the apoptotic response to oxidative stress mediated by Siva.
Data indicate that p53 target Siva is pivotal in regulating apoptosis in the pathology of renal ischemia reperfusion injury.
Siva's expression pattern suggests that it plays an instructive role in apoptosis, and accordingly, we demonstrate that Siva is essential for p53-dependent apoptosis in cerebellar granule neurons.
Data show that SLIMMER delayed Siva-1-dependent apoptosis in C2C12 myoblasts.
This gene encodes a protein with an important role in the apoptotic (programmed cell death) pathway induced by the CD27 antigen, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TFNR) superfamily. The CD27 antigen cytoplasmic tail binds to the N-terminus of this protein. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct proteins have been described.


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