The outstanding Subaru Forester has just become much more desirable as it's been given the STi treatment by the company.
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Apart from the mechanical upgrades including tougher suspension and AWD system, the Forester STi gets lots of great visual features.
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Subaru Impreza XV is available in two editions, the 2.0R with 150 hp and 196 Nm, and the 2.0 D with the same 150 hp but 350 Nm of torque. They can be had with either a manual or an automatic transmission and come as standard with Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system.
The petrol model of the Impreza XV does 0 to 100 km/h in 9.6 seconds and has a top speed of 193 km/h, and starts form 24,500 Euros. The diesel variant accelerates to 100 km/h in 8.6 seconds and has a top speed of 205 km/h. It starts from 27,500 Euros. Automatic transmission will add another 1,400 Euros to the price of each model.
Impreza XV is not a fast or good looking vehicle, but like other Subaru crossovers such as the Forester, it'll be incredibly tough and versatile.
Subaru recently announced the official pricing and options of the new 2011 Outback, and it starts from $23,195 which is $200 more than the 2010 model.
The Outback has always been a rugged and well made 4×4, maybe a bit agricultural, which is very reliable and last for ages. The new model also has the same qualities.
The Outback 2.5i, as mentioned starts form $23,195 for the basic model, but the Premium trim is priced at $24,495. For these models there is a $450 convenience package which adds a Rear Vision Camera, is added to Premium and Limited models – bundled with the Power Moonroof Package.
There is also the Outback 2.5i Limited which comes with Lineartronic CVT gearbox, starting from $28,495 and finally the six-cylinder Outback 3.6R which starts from $28,195 and goes up to $31,495.
After introducing the special Colombia edition for Australian market, Subaru has unveiled another range-topping edition of its Forester SUV at 2010 NAIAS for America and other markets.
The Forester 2.5X comes with new roof rails and new 16-inch alloy wheels which can be fitted for as low as $400. It is powered by a 170-hp 2.5-liter 4-cylinder Subaru Boxer engine and has Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive as standard. Subaru also offers two additional trims which are more powerful and better equipped.
They are the 2.5XT Premium and 2.5XT Limited which are powered by a 224-hp turbocharged/intercooled Boxer engine. You may also order the All-Weather Package for all trims which adds more luxury.
But even the standard car is very feature rich. The 2010 model comes with stuff like leather appointed interior, 10-way power driver's seat, automatic transmission, panoramic power moonroof. But you can customize it thanks to the additional packages they offer.
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2010 Subaru Forester 2.5X Special Edition starts at $20,295.
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At least four dead, sixteen injured in Mexico platform blast
April 2nd, 2015 Donal Scully Americas, Offshore 0 comments
Mexico City: An explosion and subsequent fire has ravaged an offshore platform operated by Pemex, a Mexican state-run oil and gas company, with local reports saying at least four people are dead and forty five injured.
The incident occurred around 3.40am on Wednesday, on the Abkatun Permanente oil processing platform located in the Abkatun oil field in the Bay of Campeche near the coasts of the Mexican states of Campeche and Tabasco.
In a statement on the incident, Pemex said that over 300 people were evacuated, and of the forty-five injured two were in a serious condition and had been taken to Mexico City for treatment.
"There was nothing you could do but run," said Roger Arias Sanchez, an employee of Pemex contractor Cotemar who escaped the burning platform in an evacuation boat.
Videos posted on Twitter showed the platform engulfed in flames, lighting up the night sky, as rescue workers looked on from nearby ships.
Helicopters ferried workers with bandaged hands and faces and burn marks on their overalls to Ciudad del Carmen, where crowds of relatives of the workers waited outside hospitals.
The source of the explosion was the dehydration and pumping area of the platform Pemex said, adding that there was no spill from the incident, only a runoff of hydrocarbon which is being monitored by specialized vessels.
At least ten firefighting boats attended to the emergency and the blaze was extinguished by Wednesday night, Pemex said in a Twitter post.
The Abkatun Permanente platform largely serves to separate gas, oil and other petroleum products, and pump them to refineries onshore. It produces around 40,000 barrels per day (bpd), output which has now been suspended.
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Q: $F \cong \mathbb Z_p$ for some prime p where $F$ is a field. Suppose $F$ is a field and there is a ring homomorphism from $\mathbb Z$ onto $F$. Show that $F \cong \mathbb Z_p$ for some prime $p$.
My try:
If $F$ is of finite characteristics then it prime. So by first isomorphism theorem $F \cong \mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z$ and we know that $\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z \cong \mathbb Z_p$ and hence the proof and on the other hand if $F$ is not of finite characteristics then its characteristics is zero and hence....
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Penn & Teller on the Boy Scouts on Monday
By Merlyn_LeRoy,
April 1, 2006 in Issues & Politics
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Merlyn_LeRoy
Penn & Teller's opening show of the season is about the Boy Scouts:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/14237292.htm
The season premiere Monday at 10 p.m. takes on what Teller calls one of his favorite topics in four years of doing the series: the Boy Scouts.
"The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is," Teller, who grew up in the shadow of The Inquirer tower in Philadelphia, where some people still know his first name, said in a phone interview Thursday. "Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives.
"Examining that in depth was way fun. It also let Penn and me dress up in Boy Scout uniforms." Penn even got to wear the very Merit Badge sash he had decorated as a youth. His sister, a former Girl Scout, dug it out from a trunk back home in Massachusetts and sent it off to Las Vegas, where Penn & Teller perform their anti-magic show six nights a week.
"I never went further than the Cub Scouts," Teller confessed in the interview, "where I did a magic show and got pelted by hard candy. It was one of the early and most painful experiences of my life, but it was character-building.
"The Cub Scouts built my character by mockery and hard candy."
As a tribute to the effort of Penn's sister, P&T point out at the end of the show that, unlike the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts have no rules barring membership because of sexual orientation or religious belief. This gives our guys a chance to cuddle on stage with a few cuties falling out of their Girl Scout uniforms.
The magicians are serious, however, in exposing what they see as the deceptive practices of organizations like the Boy Scouts and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. In an installment later this month on the death penalty, they are even respectful of one of their guests who represents the opposing view.
Both Penn & Teller are atheists, by the way.
Here are the times the above show is supposed to run on Showtime (all times ET/PT)
Monday	10:00 PM
Thursday	10:00 PM
Friday	12:00 AM
Apr 8	12:00 AM
Rooster7 10 posts
Trevorum 8 posts
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evmori 6 posts
eagle90 108
Well isn't that the definitive study of the Boy Scouts of America? A comedian/ magician team.
Maybe we should wait for Larry the Cable Guy's opinion next.
evmori 11
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Well there we have it! It's now a fact! Endorsed by two godless and not very funny comedians! Merlyn, thanks for posting such useless information! I can't wait for your post letting us know Osama bin Laden feels the same way!
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packsaddle 745
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I'm chuckling at the exchange so far and anticipating more. So Merlyn, your point is.....?
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Other than a mention that Penn and Teller are athiests, it doesn't look like Merlyn is making any point other than reciting an article talking about what Penn and Teller are going to be talking about on their Showtime show. Of course, other's will read into the post what they will.
No matter what you might think of the program (and without seeing it, you won't know what is discussed other than what was mentioned in the quoted article) those known in their community to be active in Scouting (for many, the "go to" people for questions about Scouting) may want to watch the program if only to be able to refute what is said if people ask - fore-warned is fore-armed.
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Thanks for the heads up, Merlyn.
I'll definitely be taping it. I think getting defensive about it, before it even airs, shows a bit of shortsightedness on our part.
True, Penn and Teller are terribly irreverent concerning their program topics, but I haven't seen them lie yet -- though I've only seen a few shows. Many Americans are uncomfortable with our organizational stances -- it won't take much work on Penn and Teller's part to separate our present from our past -- in the eyes of their typical viewing audience.
I guess, the important questions are:
Does it matter or is their audience already convinced of their negative impression of BSA?
Is the truth enough, or will P+T go over the top in their traditional approach to humor, magic and challenging cultural icons?
Can we learn something from the show?
Others?
Rooster7 11
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A question not worth answering, if there ever was one.
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I find it interesting to see how people respond to ideas or world views that they disagree with. For example, by equating a couple of comedians/magicians with Osama bin Laden.
I've never seen Penn & Teller, never heard of them before. I almost certainly won't be watching them. If I did I might or might not find them and their show about scouting amusing, I don't know. If I found them offensive (or not, for that matter) I might respond either here or in some other venue.
But comparing them to a known terrorist who helped kill thousands of innocent people? C'mon, we can do better than that.
Lisa'bob
I love it when people read into posts!
No where did I compare Penn & Teller to bin Laden. My point (which seemed to be lost on some) was who cares what Penn & Teller think of the BSA! Or what bin Laden thinks!
Sorry for the rant!
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I was hoping they'd go for the angle where all the BSA wants is warm bodies, so they can get more charitable $$$.
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"Well there we have it! It's now a fact! Endorsed by two godless and not very funny comedians! Merlyn, thanks for posting such useless information! I can't wait for your post letting us know Osama bin Laden feels the same way!"
Sorry Ed. It seems pretty much like a comparison to me.
Call me silly, but I interpret Ed's statement to mean the following:
Penn & Teller's discontentment with the BSA provides the same shock value as stating that bin Laden has issues with the BSA. As to why that is, Ed does not say. However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to discern Penn & Teller as ultra-liberals who like to assail conservative organizations (and like it or not, the BSA is pretty much considered to be such an organization). Osama bin Laden clearly hates all things American, including the BSA. While bin Ladens motives may be different than Penn & Tellers, both dislike the BSAand that dislike for the BSA was and is highly predictable. I believe that was Eds point. So...put your overly sensitive, hyper critical minds to rest - I'm sure he was not accusing Penn & Teller as being covert terrorists.
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Penn & Teller are hardly the first comedians to take a few shots at Boy Scouts. As an institution, the BSA has been parodied by many, including Saturday Night Live, The Flintsones, Jetsons & Simpsons and a host of others.
The usual scenario is a bumbling overly zealous adult leader over-run or saved by his young charges. If P&T introduces politics into their routine it may be a different twist.
Look at it this way. Other than Youth baseball leagues, I can't think of another youth organization that gets as much comedic media attention. Maybe this is in the category of there's no such thing as bad publicity. We'll have to see the show.
Me, I can't tear myself away from an episode of 24 Hours for this. Let me know how it turns out.
OK Rooster, anything to make you happy. You are silly.
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"All Politics is Local"
If our organization seems intolerant of certain beliefs, it is because we are intolerant of those beliefs.
If our Cubs pelt a nascent magician with hard candy, it is because they (the 'us' back then) (as Cub leaders) allowed it to happen.
P & T are talented magicians and satirical comedians. For a successful comedian, any thing is fair game. I remember seeing MAD magazines parody of the "Handbook for Boys" back about 1965(?), and being very uncomfortable, even angry. "How dare they!!" MAD magazine was one of my favorite activities as I came up thru the ranks. Betrayed!! Well, I learned to take the bigger view. It WAS funny. Maybe we needed to see that satire and comment...
How is today any different? Can we look at ourselves as others see us?
If we dish it out, can we take it?
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As Manchester City prepare for tonight's crucial Premier League game at Everton, this morning's back pages are full of pre-match predictions and title race talk.
And attention is already turning to Sunday's huge double-header here at the City Football Academy.
Let's start, though, with this evening's game at Goodison Park.
The writers at the Manchester Evening News have filed their predictions on who should make Pep Guardiola's starting XI – and Stuart Brennan says Gabriel Jesus would be an ideal candidate to freshen things up.
"Pep Guardiola is brimming with options - and it's just as well with three big games in a week, and very little let-up between now and the end of the season," Brennan writes.
Sky Sports' Jack Wilkinson has previewed the game and believes City should be full of confidence after Sunday's 3-1 win over Arsenal.
"What condition are City in?" Wilkinson asks.
"The old adage says you're only as good as your last game which, in City's case, means the champions are in pretty good shape.
MailOnline's Adam Shergold has assessed the title race developing between City and Liverpool.
And he believes City's squad depth could be a decisive factor in where the Premier League trophy ends up in May.
"How do you improve on a team that has just racked up 100 points and 106 goals in winning the Premier League crown?" Shergold writes.
"It was testament to Guardiola's constant demands for improvement that City further bolstered their already highly impressive attacking options with the £60m purchase of Riyad Mahrez from Leicester last summer.
"Mahrez has featured in 20 Premier League matches, scoring five times, and just gives them that extra option during busy phases of fixtures.
"But City already had formidable squad depth and an enviable chemistry within the team, so there's no doubt they'll last the distance.
And, finally, the Guardian's Suzanne Wrack has looked ahead to Sunday's double-header of games against Chelsea.
Our Women's' Super League game against the West London side is followed by a huge Premier League clash at the Etihad as Maurizio Sarri brings his Chelsea team to Manchester for the very first time.
Wrack spoke to Steph Houghton and Gavin Makel ahead of what looks like being a huge day, with Makel keen to see fans arrive early and watch both matches.
He says: "Tennis went on that evolutionary journey with Billie Jean King at its head. People now watch the Wimbledon women's final just as much as the men's and people enjoy the women's in its own right. It's its own game. We are aligning these fixtures but we also don't necessarily want to follow the men's game. Obviously there's things we can take from it but, as a women's sport and league, we need to look at ourselves and what works for us.
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Born and raised in Manhattan and now based in Brooklyn, Mind Of A Genius signed singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Mindchatter will take the stage Thursday night at Baby's All Right in Williamsburg for a hometown show to close out his first headlining tour.
After landing an opening spot with French electronica icons Polo and Pan on their 2019 tour, Mindchatter — born Bryce Connolly— made waves in 2020 with his debut album, Imaginary Audience. In 2021, Connolly has kept the momentum going, releasing two dance-floor ready singles "Answer Me" and "Here I Go Again," the latter of which caught the attention of BBC Radio 1 and Radio 6 as well as Australia's Triple J.
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RR: Your lyrics have an almost poetic quality to them. Have you always thought of yourself as a songwriter and lyricist, or did the technical aspect of production come first?
MC: It was definitely the production aspect. The lyrics and the singing I didn't add on until I went to music school. I had never even opened my mouth to sing before, so it was very much a new thing, which I think was kind of advantageous because I had to basically make the songwriting good enough to supplement my lack of voice — or my lack of confidence with my voice, at least. I felt like I had to kind of overcompensate with some poetry.
RR: So you were born and raised in New York City, how do you think growing up in the city, and living here now has influenced your sound?
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RR: Your Spotify playlist "the most necessary" is super diverse — like you've got artists ranging from Radiohead and Stimming to Khruangbin, John Mayer, and Kendrick Lamar. Which artists do you think have been the most influential to your music?
MC: I think each one of the songs on that playlist has had an influence on me. It's always a difficult question to answer, but I will say that LCD Soundsystem has had a big influence, even lyrically. James Murphy just writes such cool lyrics, and I think he was one of the first singers in that genre, in the kind of electronic realm to do that. Listening to them I was like, 'wow, you can actually have really thought-provoking lyrics on this type of music.' So that was a big inspiration for sure. I was and am still obsessed with Stimming, he has kind of his own brand of electronic music, and something about the grooves really stood out to me. It's really very layered but it's very understated, and I like my music to be more on the minimalist side.
RR: So have you always been a performer? Were you that kid who's looking for attention and grabbing a microphone, or is that something that you've had to learn as you go?
MC: No, that's a good question. I was the opposite of that, and I still am the opposite. It's funny because a lot of the people who I grew up with, like, my best friends, are just confused about how I wound up here, but somehow it just happened. And it's funny because I was making the music and putting out the music and having absolutely no thought about the live performance or the direction of where any of this would head. I was just obsessed with making it, and then it kind of dawned on me one day where I was like, 'wow, I'm gonna have to sing this stuff.'
RR: To me, your songs have a distinctly psychedelic feel. I'm wondering, what do you think makes a song psychedelic? And do you think of your music that way?
MC: I've never used the word psychedelic to describe my music, but I will say that I like to think about and write about existentialism — and I think that that's sort of on the same plane as psychedelics, and those are the questions that come to mind when you're on psychedelics. People do psychedelic drugs to try and find out who they are and what is the human condition, and I just naturally like to write about that stuff. I also just like trippy sounds and beats.
RR: Thursday night in New York is the final show of your first headlining tour — what's next after that?
MC: So I have a couple of shows lined up for next year. I'm actually playing in San Francisco on January first at a New Year's festival. And then I'll have another show in New York in April.
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Although he's a graduate from Yale, a law school dropout, and a former staff writer for Late Night With Conan O'Brien -- clear Type A stuff, sans the quitting part -- Demetri Martin sneaks up on you with his ultra-relaxed observational humor. The stand-up is disarmingly at ease onstage, as if he stopped for a chat while taking a shortcut to the bathroom, and even though his jokes won't always slay you (there are much better jokes), you'll want him to keep telling them. (This chestnut actually killed on Late Show With David Letterman: "Swimming is a confusing sport -- sometimes you swim for fun, and sometimes you swim to not die.") Leo Allen and Matt Morales open for Martin starting at 9 p.m. (and continuing through Saturday) at the Punch Line, 444 Battery (at Clay), S.F. Admission is $10; call 397-4337 or visit www.punchlinecomedyclub.com.
It could be either a plus or a minus depending on your tolerance for vintage Jane Birkin, but at the "Bardot A Go Go Bastille Bash," founding DJ Brother Grimm and his pals spin more than just French pop circa 1960-67. Of course, the vibe is strongly influenced by the era in question, and dancers are always dressed to the knee-booted nines. Just be aware that amid the Jacques Dutronc and (bien sûr!) Serge Gainsbourg you'll hear "Northern Soul, shagadelic electro, mambo-tronics, banda-hop, boogaloo, and psychedelic rock en espanol," according to miniskirted sources. Get far out starting at 8 p.m. at the Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell (at Van Ness), S.F. Admission is $5; call 861-2011 or visit www.bardotagogo.com.
Fritz Lang's silent epic Spies from 1927, packed with the director's trademark cinematography, outsize characters, and tight editing, serves as a virtual blueprint for political thrillers. Most iconic is Rudolf Klein-Rogge starring as über-criminal Haghi, outfitted with a wheelchair, a mute nurse, and a fierce hairstyle, heading up a spy ring stealing government documents. When he's not disguised as a bank president or music-hall clown, the evil genius is seated at his command center (a modernist office) in full control of all the trappings of modern technology: thimble-size cameras, telephones, a newspaper-flipping contraption (which is just silly), and a text-based communication device that looks suspiciously like e-mail. Spies, a staggering three hours long, starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft (at Bowditch), Berkeley. Admission is $4-8; call (510) 642-1124 or visit www.bampfa.berkeley.edu.
Although Lucero's previous records flirted with traces of indie and country, delighting reviewers who were eager to add a band to the sounds-like-Wilco genre, that's all gone on 2005's Nobody's Darlings. "This new one I wanted southern-rock," singer Ben Nichols said in press materials. "I wanted a rock and roll record." And he has it, a raw, barroom sound with dueling guitars crossed with Nichols' early-morning sandpaper growl, telling tales of life and its inevitable disappointments. The self-described "touring rock band" worked with Memphis musician and Replacements producer Jim Dickinson on the release, and, indeed, there's more than a bit of young Paul Westerberg's ragged sincerity in Nichols, who's known to be a charmer onstage. Lucero plays with the Honorary Title and the Glass at 10 p.m. at the Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St. (at Missouri), S.F. Admission is $10; call 621-4455 or visit www.bottomofthehill.com.
Any reason to head out to the Marin Headlands works for us, but the "Headlands Center for the Arts Summer Open House" is perhaps the best. Housed in historic buildings at Fort Barry, the center is an artist's retreat ripped out of the pages of a novel: Imagine working in a restored 1907 building with 13-foot ceilings and maple floors, then repairing to the bluffs at sunset for spiced rum and cheese, or whatever artists repast with. And the center's directive is equally soothing, allowing artists "open-ended investigation, experimentation and collaboration -- free from the usual imperative to create finished artistic product.'" See the results for yourself as more than 30 artists in residence welcome the public starting at noon at the Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry (near Simmonds), Marin Headlands. Admission is free; call 331-2787 or visit www.headlands.org.
It's about time 89-year-old John Dobson got his movie. After earning a degree in chemistry from Berkeley, Dobson became a Vedanta monk of the Ramakrishna Order for 23 years, then founded the Sidewalk Astronomers, an organization that encourages amateurs to set up telescopes on city streets and engage the locals on the mysteries of the universe. A Sidewalk Astronomer follows Dobson as he tours the country spreading his astronomy-for-everybody message, spiced with footage of the universe in all its confounding glory. Called "one of history's greatest popularizers of science" by the Wall Street Journal, Dobson is a freethinker who deserves his shot at movie stardom. The film plays nightly at 6:15, 8, and 9:45 (and at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday) through July 28 at the Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), S.F. Admission is $4-8; call 863-1087 or visit www.roxie.com.
At the start of Jonathan Ames' book Wake Up, Sir!, you'll think you've dipped into a Wodehouse novel, with main character Alan Blair ordering his butler Jeeves to do things like prepare the morning toilet and the day's neckwear. Then the cracks appear. Blair is an unreliable narrator of the highest order: He is not a British novelist, he's a thirtysomething American drunk crashing about town in assorted states of denial. His aunt wants him to go to rehab; he wants to summer with Jeeves in the Poconos, and the two set off on a Lolita-like road trip into America, with Blair keeping up his hilarious faux-British intellectual outlook as he mixes with the locals. It's a recovery novel entirely different from the slew of them out there, and a welcome change. Ames reads at 7 p.m. at the Booksmith, 1644 Haight (at Cole), S.F. Admission is free; call 863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com.
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Minnesota Measles Outbreak - A Recap
UPDATE: On June 8, 2011, the Minnesota Department of Health declared that the measles outbreak in Hennepin County is considered over. The outbreak involved 20 individuals who were all connected to a child who was infected in Kenya. In addition there were two unrelated cases reported this year.
I just thought that I would provide a brief update on the measles outbreak in Minnesota. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, as of this writing, the last update was on April 27, 2011. Here's what they report:
Situation Update (4/27/11)
There have been 23 confirmed cases of measles reported in Minnesota, ranging in age from 4 months to 51 years old.
Infection acquired:
Twenty of the cases have been linked to a case that acquired infection in Kenya (21 total)
One case acquired infection in Florida
One case acquired infection in India
Vaccination status:
Seven of the cases were too young to receive vaccine
Nine were of age but were not vaccinated
One was vaccinated
One was vaccinated prior to the recommended age
Five have unknown vaccine status
There have been fourteen hospitalizations and no deaths.
Over half of the cases of measles have been hospitalized, and, as I wrote before, they have not been "soft" hospitalizations, as some pediatricians to the stars would suggest. In case it's hard to visualize those numbers, here is a graphic look at how this outbreak has progressed:
Minnesota measles cases by year with subset breakdown, March 1-April 27, 2011
But how does this compare to past years? Twenty three may not sound like a great many, but how many would we expect to see, on average? According to the MDH, Minnesota has seen more measles cases in the course of two months than the last 14 years. Combined:
Total measles cases in Minnesota 1997-2011, adapted from data from the MN Dept. of Health
In short, there are significantly more cases so far this year (and all but two of them connected) than expected. There really shouldn't be any cases of measles at all, not if those who can be vaccinated actually were vaccinated. And the cost of following this outbreak and containing it is not cheap. To get an idea, take a look at how much it cost the medical system in Arizona to manage a 14-case outbreak in 2008. Two hospitals spent just shy of $800,000 to manage just half of that outbreak. $800,000 spent on 7 cases. That's an average of around $114,285 per case. Compare that to the cost of the vaccine: $50/dose. For $100, .1% of the cost to treat a case in the Arizona outbreak, the outbreak could almost certainly have been prevented. What was the vaccination status of the people in Arizona? All 14 of the cases were either unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status.
And measles is not a harmless disease (PDF link). Even if your child seems to pull through it without any great hardship, they may still, anywhere from a month to decades later, suffer subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). This is caused by persistent measles infection in the brain. It causes alterations of behavior, loss of coordination and seizures. Your child may gradually lose their sight and ability to walk, eventually slipping into a coma. Within one to three years of diagnosis, he will die. There is no treatment, no cure.
True, SSPE is rare. Chances are, your child will not fall victim to it. In developed nations that practice immunization, it affects, maybe, 10 individuals per year. It claims about 5-10 per million people who catch measles. Far more likely, your child will suffer from pneumonia (about 6 per 100 cases) or even encephalitis (about 1 per 1,000). In those cases, the effects are much more immediate, no prolongation of suffering, as with SSPE. With good medical care, there is a chance that your child will survive. Not 100% certain, but a good chance.
Of course, one needn't worry about any of that. The vaccine is cheap, readily available and safe. There are, as with all things, risks, but compared to the disease, they are much, much less likely. Take encephalitis. It's about one thousand times more likely from the disease (1 per 1,000 from measles infection versus 1 per 1,000,000 from MMR vaccine).
These outbreaks do not need to happen. We can stop them from happening, ever again, by vaccinating against the disease. The virus only lives and spreads among humans. Worldwide, if enough people are immunized, the virus will die, never infecting anyone else again. Ever. There will be no more outbreaks. No children dying. And with the eradication of the disease, no need for the vaccine.
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COURT TOLD HOW FORMER AIR FORCE ACCOUNTANT USED HIS COMPANIES TO SIPHON 12BIL NAIRA
Tosin Owobo, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has told Justice Chukwujeku Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, how Air Marshal Jacob Bola Adigun, a former Chief of Accounts of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), used his companies to siphon the sum of N12billion from the NAF intelligence account domiciled in Zenith Bank.
Adigun is the second defendant in a N22.8bn fraud charge preferred against Adesola Amosu, a former Chief of Air Staff.
Amosu is being tried alongside two other officers of the Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Jacob
Adigun and Air Commodore Gbadebo Olugbenga.
The trio are standing trial alongside other companies, namely: Delfina Oil and Gas Limited, Mcallan Oil and Gas Limited, Hebron Housing and Properties Company Limited, Trapezites BDC, and Fonds and Pricey Limited.
Led in evidence by Rotimi Oyedepo, the prosecution counsel, Owobo told the court that sequel to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Air Force, the total sum of N3billion was paid into the NAF Special Emergency Operation Account domiciled with Zenith Bank Plc in three tranches of N1billion on different occasions.
Owobo further said the money was paid into Right Options Oil & Gas Limited, Judah Oil Limited, Delfina Oil & Gas, McAllan Oil & Gas Limited and Lebol Oil & Gas Limited.
He said: "As part of the investigation, we invited the Managing Directors of Right Options Oil & Gas, Judah Oil & Gas and Lebol Oil & Gas Limited, who stated that they were Bureau De Change (BDC) operators and not oil dealers.
"They said when the monies were paid into their accounts, they gave the dollar equivalents to the account officers of the NAF Special Emergency Operation Account for the second and third defendants. They also stated that their companies were registered as oil and gas companies because they were given a high threshold of monies that could be transferred with fewer deductions."
While giving further evidence on the account opening packages of Delfina Oil & Gas and McAllan Oil & Gas, Otobo told the court that the CAC documents that were used in opening the accounts bore Adigun's name as Director.
According to Otobo, investigations further revealed that certain monies that did not originate from NIMASA were paid from other NAF accounts into the NAF Special Emergency Operation Account. The money, he said, was in turn paid into McAllan Oil & Gas Limited, Delfina Oil & Gas Limited and Trapezites BDC to the tune of about N15billion.
He explained that investigation revealed how these funds were used to acquire properties located in Abuja, Ikoyi, Victoria Island and United Kingdom, respectively.
In the first count, the EFCC alleged that the accused conspired to covert a total sum of N21.4 billion, property of the Nigerian Air Force "which sum they reasonably ought to have known formed part of proceeds of a criminal breach of trust".
The anti-graft agency alleged that the accused persons diverted the sums using several companies.
The prosecution said the accused committed the offences on March 5, 2014, and the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 15 and 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011.
The three defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Justice Aneke adjourned the case until Thursday, March 7 2019, for continuation of trial.
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Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin
Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin is the game in a genre of action / RPG, released for the consoles xBox 360 Playstation 4. As inherent in the entire series of games Dark Souls, the game is very difficult and does not forgive mistakes. Any opponent is capable of killing a player in a matter of seconds. In the event of death, the game will begin almost from the very beginning, but despite this, the game gained wide popularity among the players. The game Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is a reissued second part of the game, with improved graphics, with new items of equipment and weapons, increasing the maximum number of players in the game world to 6.
Release Name: Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin
Developer(s): FromSoftware, Inc
Publisher(s): Bandai Namco Games
Genre(s): Action RPG
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin review
The game Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin Free Download is characterized by the fact that it completely lacks any clues, explanations of how to play and how to fight enemies and bosses. All this is to be learned by the player through many deaths.
The plot of the game unfolds in the kingdom of Dranglik. King Vendric started the war, as a result of which the kingdom fell apart, the inhabitants became undead. The king himself was mad, and his wife turned into a demon. The main protagonist will have to deal with the king, prevail over his wife and lead the kingdom.
Killing opponents, the main character receives souls - the local currency and an analog of experience points. It is possible to spend souls for improvement of characteristics or for acquisition of new elements of equipment. Screenshots
Processor: AMD® Phenom II™ X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel® Pentium Core ™ 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz
Memory RAM: 4 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 465 or ATI Radeon TM HD 6870
Crown of the Sunken King
Crown of the Old Iron King
Crown of the Ivory King
Version: v.1.02
Tablet: (PROPHET)
Type: License
How to install Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin game
Open the folder with the game and run "ppt-dsfs.iso" open through the program Daemon Tools or other analog program.
Run "Setup.exe"
Copy the contents of the folder "PROPHET" in the folder with the game, replace
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First, a quick word about the celeb schedule: On Friday you can see Ivan Basso, Sir Chris Hoy, Keith Bontrager and Chris Boardman. Saturday sees TV's Davina McCall and Joanna Rowsell visit, while Jens Voigt will arrive at the NEC on Sunday.
Ansmann has grown its repertoire with front and rear retro fit kits that come complete with all the necessary products to convert a 26 or 28 inch wheel bicycle. The motor replaces the front wheel hub and is compact with a smooth silent run.
Bianchi will headline its stand with the brand new super aerodynamic TT-Triathlon Aquila CV. The carbon frame with Countervail Vibration Cancelling technology was engineered and designed using advanced CFD simulation software and pro athlete feedback, and features concealed brakes and a dual position seatpost.
Key brands from the Bob Elliot portfolio will be appearing on Stand M71, including Funkier Clothing, FLR Shoes, Chiba Gloves, NRC Eyewear, Zefal Components, Muc-Off, Schwalbe Tyres & Tubes & Continental Tyres & Tubes.
As any retailer who knows their onions is aware, it's all about click and collect these days. But how do you implement it? This is where Citrus-Lime comes in, with the firm keen to prove that click and collect is not solely the domain of big retailers, but something small independents can get involved with too with the right software.
Chicken's biggest Cycle Show presence yet will see dedicated areas for Campy, Datatag, Deda Elementi, Selle Italia and Vittoria. The redesigned Cinelli range will be there too, as will Nalini, Briko, LAS and Vittoria shoes.
Colnago's first aero road bike – the V1-r – was designed in collaboration with Ferrari and first seen in the UK during the Grand Depart, ridden by Europcar's Bryan Coquard. UK fans will now be able to take a closer look at the monocoque frame with aero dynamic tube sections and full-carbon rear dropouts as it comes to Cycle Show.
UK manufactured Cycle Alert detects cyclists in proximity to LGVs and buses, using an RFID safety system. It comes down to a tag fitted to a bike, sensors on the vehicle and a cab-mounted device to alert the driver of a cyclist's presence. Find out more at the show.
At a time when bike interest is seemingly at its highest for years, bike theft appears to have grown hand-in-hand too. When high-end wheels and components are as valuable to thieves as some frames, protecting the entire bike is a tricky job. Security expert Datatag thinks it has the solution in two new systems – the 'UV Stealth' and 'UV Stealth PRO' – marking components and frames alike.
The brand's dirt jumping and mountain bikes can be found over on Stand H11.
The distributor of Brooks, Clif, crankbrothers and Time will be over at stand G91.
Ecommerce provider Evopos will be showing off its new EPOS software upgrade. Version 6 of the 'all in one cycle dealer solution' combines the reliability of the desktop, the accessibility of the web and convenience of the mobile. Specifically, the upgrade includes integration to eBay and e-commerce sites with mobile access.
SRAM, LOOK, Santini, Troy Lee and more will be showcased alongside some yet-to-be-revealed new brand signings, according to the rumours.
Gazelle is riding into the future of electric biking through a collaboration with Italian design house Giugiaro Design. The Concept E-Bike integrates the battery and motor into the frame, and will be released as a very limited edition at the end of 2015, with an RRP yet to be set.
The Stealth Hi Vis Black helmet sounds like an odd mix of contradictions, but thanks to 19 panels of colour matched 3M Scotchlite reflective material – virtually undetectable in daylight – these helmets are highly reflective under street lights and car headlights.
De Rosa and fresh faced new own brand Orro will be among the i-ride highlights at Cycle Show, over three stands at the NEC.
KTM's Lycan LT frame is the 'next step in evolution' from the previous long travel KTM, the 26-inch Bark. The Lycan is 27.5-inch wheeled and features ultra stiff and high performance PDS rear suspension for a superior ride feel. See it in person at the NEC.
Madison's large Cycle Show presence will lead with the likes of Garmin, GoPro, Lazer and Shimano, among other stocking potentials.
Sugar-free and non-sticky, nuun packs in electrolytes and no carbs. Find out more first-hand at the stand of the original portable hydration tablet.
Among the bikes, helmets, spares and more, there's a good chance that the new Orca (Orbea Carbon) platform will feature, first launched globally at Press Camp.
Californian brand Marin will have a strong showing at the Paligap stand at Cycle Show this year. Look out for Biologic, Mekk and more.
Designed in partnership with Team Sky and Jaguar, the eighth generation of the award-winning Dogma made its debut at the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné and will be making its UK trade show debut at Cycle Show. It's the first and only bike in the world built with T1100 1K carbon and has 47 per cent improved aerodynamics over the Dogma 65.1. In addition, Wiggins' Union Jack Pinarello Bollide (as seen in the ToB time trial) will be on display at the Yellow stand.
PowerBar's Nutrition Lab is open to UK athletes for the first time, a community where athletes, trainers, nutritionists and the like can exchange ideas to hopefully boost performance and help shape future products lines. That and new lines will be promoted at the show.
The famous bike brand returns to Cycle Show with its arsenal of bikes for the road, for kids, for off-roading, commuting and the rest, over at stand D41. Under the road category will be the Militis performance, Revenio endurance, Maverick touring and RX cyclocross bikes while its e-bike line-up includes the top of the range Motus electric bikes and two new models for 2015, the new Forge and Captus electric bikes in low step and crossbar styles. Other highlights include those kids bikes for road and off-road, dirt-track, grass-track or tarmac-track racing and are sized for kids from ages 3 (14″ wheel) to 11 (26″ wheel). And that's not all – there's Diamonback, Haibike, MOA, Lusso, OTE, Selle Royal, Burley, Dahon, Uvex… plenty to get your teeth into. Aside from product, Thursday and Friday will see presentations on the development of its bikes (10am and 1pm) and accessories (11am and 2pm), as well as its Cyclelife franchise (12pm and 3pm).
Reece's not inconsiderably-sized brand portfolio includes Hamburg-based Bergamont bike brand, among others.
Yeti, Easton Cycling, Mondraker (including the WMB 'trail bike of the year' Foxy RR), SDG and more make up the Silverfish line-up. The full range from Ritte Cycles will be on show too, including the new 1919 TT frame and Crossberg CX bike. Head to stand D25 for the full line-up.
Taggisar is bringing to the market QR code tags that can be stuck to helmets, so if an emergency does occur, a quick scan of the code will reveal key medical information and emergency contact details.
For the first time since it launched in 2007, Tenn Outdoors will be appearing at Cycle Show showing off its road, MTB, commuting and tri products, over three levels of garment – Tenn Active, Performance and Optimum.
Jens Voigt's personalised Madone is going to be at the Trek stand throughout the weekend. He's there himself too. The customised model includes his 'shut up legs, shut up body' motto on the top tube, a signature paint job with colours from his previous teams and the German flag, and symbols on the downtube to mark "the number of souls Voigt has crushed in his career of attacking." Features include a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 11-speed groupset and Bontrager parts, including the Aeolus 5 carbon fibre wheels and handlebar. Voigt will be there in person to check Trek is looking after the Madone and take part in a Q&A. Trek's women's Silque SLX will also be appearing and available to ride on the test track.
The all-new Rotor Power LT crank is coming to the NEC via Velotech Services. Riders will be invited to turbo test the superlight powermeter for themselves, with their live data appearing in screen.
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Loans For 1st-Time Homebuyers See Record Delinquencies
By Chris Arnold
Published August 18, 2020 at 12:38 PM EDT
Joe Raedle
A sale sign is seen in front of a home in Miami. FHA loans are used by many minority, lower-income, and first-time homebuyers because the low down payments make homeownership more affordable. But this demographic is more likely to be hurt financially during the pandemic, and many FHA borrowers are skipping mortgage payments.
Updated at 2:56 p.m. ET
FHA mortgages require only a small down payment and are a path to homeownership for many lower-income, minority, and first-time homebuyers. But many are clearly in financial trouble.
The Mortgage Bankers Association says nearly 16% of Federal Housing Administration-insured loans are delinquent — the highest level in records going back to 1979.
But unlike the Great Recession after the housing crash a decade ago, this time the rising delinquencies do not mean a wave of foreclosures is about break across the country.
That's because Congress, in the CARES Act, allowed homeowners to skip mortgage payments for up to a year if they've been hurt financially during the pandemic. And the Mortgage Bankers Association says the vast majority of these homeowners missing payments are in forbearance plans sanctioned by Congress and are therefore protected from foreclosure.
The homeowners are supposed to get affordable repayment plans from their mortgage companies when they get back on their feet, though there have been problems with homeowners getting inaccurate information about the terms of those repayment plans. Homeowners also need to talk to their lender and request to a forbearance plan due to financial hardship; they can't just stop paying their mortgages.
Still, so many people not being able to pay their mortgages underscores the fact that millions of Americans are struggling financially — particularly in lower-income and minority households.
"The COVID-19 pandemic's effects on some homeowners' ability to make their mortgage payments could not be more apparent," said Marina Walsh, the MBA's vice president of Industry Analysis.
She said there are some encouraging signs that the jobs market is improving, with the unemployment rate falling for the third straight month from an April peak of 14.7% down to 10.2% in July. That could help many struggling homeowners.
But Walsh said that improvement is tempered by the ongoing uncertainty around the "ambiguous status of enhanced unemployment benefits and other stimulus measures, the recent surge in new COVID-19 cases, and the retrenchment from reopening in certain states."
"There is no way to sugarcoat a 32.9% drop in GDP during the second quarter," Walsh said. "Certain homeowners, particularly those with FHA loans, will continue to be impacted by this crisis, and delinquencies are likely to stay at elevated levels for the foreseeable future."
Still, homeowners have considerable help from Congress — they can skip payments for a year and get an affordable repayment plan. People who rent their homes got nowhere near that level of protection.
A partial federal ban on renter evictions has expired. State and local eviction moratoriums are expiring too. And evictions are underway in Texas, Wisconsin, Georgia, South Dakota and other states.
Federal help might be coming. The U.S. House has passed a bill that would provide $100 billion to help renters stay in their homes.
"That legislation needs to move in the Senate immediately," says Nikitra Bailey with the nonprofit Center for Responsible Lending. "All of our health and our safety is in jeopardy, right? The virus has not stopped." Bailey says putting people out in the street in the middle of the ongoing pandemic just isn't safe for them or the health of the public at large.
Many housing experts warn that the end of the extra $600 a week in federal unemployment money is likely to spark a wave of evictions that could put millions of people out of their homes.
But talks between lawmakers in the House and Senate on the next COVID-19 rescue package remain stalled.
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This is just a drill: Tornado sirens will go off twice today
There is a point to doing this – it's not just random.
Melissa Turtinen
If you hear tornado sirens today, they're only a drill.
As part of severe weather awareness week, officials are encouraging people to practice where they'd go when severe weather hits. So they'll be sounding outdoor sirens for simulated tornado warnings (and NOAA Weather Radios will sound too).
The first drill will happen at 1:45 p.m., so people can figure out where they'd go when they're at work or school when severe weather happens.
The second drill is at 6:45 p.m., and is for workers on the late shift, as well as families, so they can plan where to go during severe weather. This one is especially important because severe weather typically happens between 3 and 8 p.m.
For a full schedule of Thursday's tornado drills, click here.
When you hear sirens, seek shelter
When you hear sirens, it's important to find shelter ASAP, and then figure out why the sirens are sounding.
Todd Krause, the warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service, says don't call 911 when you hear the sirens. (Apparently it happens quite a bit, where people call 911 to find out why they're going off.)
When seeking shelter, it's best to get to a basement and away from windows. If that's not possible, click here to read what to do in other situations, including if you're driving, in a mobile home, or camping.
But remember, sirens are only intended to inform people of severe weather when they're outside – it's important to stay weather aware via a NOAA weather radio, a smartphone app, local media, or the regional National Weather Service on Twitter (Minnesota is covered by five office: Twin Cities, Duluth, Grand Forks, Sioux Falls and La Crosse.
There will be 2 tornado siren drills today, but on purpose this time
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This is just weird: Thunder and lightning in Minnesota – in February
Thunder, lightning and some hail has been reported.
Why did some cities hear tornado sirens on Monday, and some didn't?
Whether you heard a siren depended on where in the metro you were.
There were actually 3 tornadoes during this month's big storm – not just 2
Heavy snow prevented weather officials from surveying the damage right away.
Today is going to be hot and humid – and then it'll get really stormy
Any true Minnesotan knows hot and humid weather means storms are on the way. And some could be severe.
Video: This tornado- and grapefruit hail-producing storm targets MN today
West-central Minnesota is getting hit with this storm Tuesday morning.


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Let me set the stage for how most reunions with my husband go at the end of a regular work day. I'm in the kitchen making dinner. I see his truck pull into the driveway, and he walks through the door from the garage to the mud room. He is bombarded by little people who rush to greet him (finally, they are saved by the tyranny of mom and have nice dad home again). I try to ask him about his day but am interrupted by someone demanding a glass of water, a pot boiling over or a sibling pinching another. He tries to reciprocate the question and is yelling over the screaming of the one who has been pinched.
Hardly a time of real connection.
Some people call it the witching hour because it can be when everyone melts down, including mom. So instead of dreading this time of day, I've tried to make it a time I look forward to. When Derek gets home and the typical chaos is swirling around us, we simply look at each other and say, "Meet you on the porch." He goes to change out of his work clothes. I finish the task at hand. We both grab a cold drink and head to the front porch. It's our meeting spot, our attempt at connecting at the end of the day before we once again turn our attention to the four children who are constantly demanding it.
For this reason I save screen time. Or when the kids ride bikes or play in the gravel in the front. It is our date at home. Are we interrupted? About every 3.2 minutes. Do we get in quality conversation? Sometimes. Like everything and everyone in our family, it is an imperfect, organic, still developing process. This is not a formula for date nights at five, it is more fluid and adaptable, but rather a practice reflecting what we value as a couple – giving each other our attention.
It is meant to offer a connection point for the two adults in the house after eight hours apart. It has a higher purpose, it calibrates our family priorities. It reminds everyone, most especially our children, our marriage has a prominent place in the hierarchy of our family's noise and demands. It is OKAY TO HEAR, "Not now. Mommy and Daddy are talking." Because Mommy and Daddy's relationship is not only important, it's crucial to the health of our family.
As a mom to four girls, ages 11, 8, 4 and 2, Alexandra Kuykendall is offered daily doses of the ludicrous and sublime. She is the author of this year's MOPS International theme book, The Artist's Daughter, A Memoir and is the Mom and Leader Content Editor for the organization. This means she reads a lot and writes when she can. But don't be fooled by long and fancy titles, most of Alex's days are spent washing dishes, driving to and from different schools and trying to find a better solution to the laundry dilemma. You can connect with her at AlexandraKuykendall.com.
How do you create moments of connection with your spouse?


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Q: Why are odd $n$ such that $2^n\equiv1\pmod{2n-1}$ so rare compared to even? It is not (particularly) rare that
$$
2^n\equiv1\pmod{2n-1}
$$
This happens 81 times for n less than a million, to wit:
1, 2, 8, 128, 228, 648, 1352, 1908, 3240, 4608, 5220, 5976, 11448, 13160, 13920, 21528, 22050, 23760, 23940, 24840, 30960, 31284, 31584, 31968, 32768, 37224, 46092, 46512, 47268, 60480, 65664, 66528, 78540, 78600, 81728, 82800, 84312, 98406, 102672, 103968, 130416, 133560, 139248, 141840, 154980, 162792, 166716, 215100, 238368, 278520, 280368, 288360, 297252, 326200, 353808, 386400, 439740, 516528, 540260, 581400, 594720, 614052, 633420, 648440, 664668, 688968, 720000, 731808, 734448, 739620, 763425, 763848, 824670, 839808, 847000, 864468, 877380, 919100, 961020, 965808, 994728
Of those only two (1 and 763425) are odd. Lest I deceive by use of small numbers, going to $10^8$ adds two additional odds (10888425, 40068105) and 563 additional evens.
Is there a reason for this (apparent) bias? The only obvious difference is that $3\mid4^n-1$ but $3\not\mid2\cdot4^n-1.$ Is this enough?
All the odd n I've found so far, with their (particularly smooth) factorizations:
1
763425 = 3^4 * 5^2 * 13 * 29
10888425 = 3^4 * 5^2 * 19 * 283
40068105 = 3 * 5 * 7 * 11 * 113 * 307
142086921 = 3 * 19 * 29 * 43 * 1999
191345625 = 3^3 * 5^4 * 17 * 23 * 29
462784725 = 3^3 * 5^2 * 13 * 23 * 2293
468545025 = 3 * 5^2 * 13 * 29 * 73 * 227
552451809 = 3 * 7 * 13 * 19 * 73 * 1459
595018305 = 3^5 * 5 * 7 * 43 * 1627
683993905 = 5 * 7 * 43 * 179 * 2539
956917125 = 3^3 * 5^3 * 37 * 79 * 97
1013987349 = 3^3 * 29 * 1295003
1024992045 = 3^2 * 5 * 7^3 * 11 * 6037
1567781325 = 3^5 * 5^2 * 11 * 29 * 809
1581567885 = 3^2 * 5 * 17 * 19 * 233 * 467
3094868865 = 3 * 5 * 11 * 19 * 987199
3312888345 = 3^2 * 5 * 13 * 17 * 43 * 61 * 127

A: This cannot be an exact answer, but might give a clue: for an expression $f(n)=2^n-1$ the set of primes $p$, when seen as candidates for becoming primefactors of that expression, becomes "filtered" by the $\operatorname{ord}_2(p)$- function, which is a divisor of $\varphi(p)$ (Euler's totient) : if $\operatorname{ord}_2(p)$ divides $n$ then the prime $p$ becomes a primefactor of $f(n)$.
But many of that $\operatorname{ord}_2()$'s are even, so for odd $n$ there are few prime-factor candidates . For instance, the primefactors $3,5,11,...$ can only occur in $f(n)$ if $n$ is even, and only the primefactors $7,23,31,47,71,...$ have odd such orders . (A quick numerical check says, that about 29% of the odd primes up to some k have odd $\operatorname{ord}_2(p)$).
(...) It seems, there shall be a little more to say, but I've to look at it with more time.


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Remote workers losing laptops are bigger threat to companies than hackers
Gareth Corfield
December 4, 2022, 8:15 AM ·2 min read
Laptops lost by remote workers returning to the office are a bigger financial threat to British industry than ransomware hackers, according to new figures.
Data assembled by Cisco Systems shows that businesses were fined a total of £26m after employees mislaid their work-issued laptops and phones.
Over the last two years the Information Commissioner's Office received more than 3,000 reports of lost devices that contained personal data.
Companies whose staff lost laptops and phones contain customer information are much more likely to be fined than businesses targeted by ransomware criminals.
Yet over the same period just one business, a law firm, was fined for security failings that allowed a ransomware attack to take place.
Martin Lee, a technical lead for cyber security with Cisco, said that office staff getting to grips with returning to regular commuting could be causing a rise in lost or stolen devices containing sensitive corporate information.
He said: "Going to the office might not be an everyday routine any more, where you put your laptop in your backpack and get in the car and drive off, or get on the bus.
"With remote workers travelling between locations, they're carrying their laptops with them as working practices have changed."
"Leaving your laptop, in the bus, in a cafe, having it stolen or something is entirely predictable."
Data protection laws say that if an employee loses a device containing or capable of accessing personal data of customers or suppliers, the loss must be reported to the ICO.
Ransomware has been named as one of the top cyber threats facing the UK by Lindy Cameron, the chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre.
Ransomware is a type of computer virus that scrambles files. The criminal gang deploying the virus contacts the victim and demands payment in return for unscrambling the files.
In March this year the ICO fined Tuckers Solicitors £98,000 for failing to "implement appropriate technical and organisational measures" on its computer networks to shut out ransomware hackers.
Online criminals broke into the London-based criminal law firm's systems and stole thousands of files, some of which were later dumped online for anyone to read.
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Pablo Serrano Aguilar (Crivillén, Teruel, 10 de febrero de 1908 – Madrid, 26 de noviembre de 1985) fue un escultor español.

Tras iniciar su carrera en Sudamérica ganará fama internacional al afincarse en España en 1955. Cofundador del Grupo El Paso en 1957, impulsó el arte de vanguardia en la península realizando desde esculturas expresionistas a puramente abstractas, además de cultivar el arte gráfico. Cabe destacar la fuerte preocupación humanista que impregna toda su obra, tratando temas como la comunicación o la capacidad del ser humano de abrirse a otros.

Obtuvo un gran reconocimiento, especialmente tras su participación en la XXXI Bienal de Venecia de 1962, y hoy en día sus obras forman parte de las más importantes colecciones del mundo. Al final de su vida creó una fundación para difundir su obra y la de otros artistas que está en el origen del Instituto Aragonés de Arte y Cultura Contemporáneos Pablo Serrano (IAACC) en Zaragoza.

Biografía

Estudió escultura primero en Zaragoza y después en Barcelona, hasta su marcha en el año 1929, a Argentina. Entre este país y la ciudad de Montevideo (Uruguay) pasará 25 años realizando esculturas, entre las que podemos destacar su serie Los toros, logrando una pureza de formas comparable a la de Constantin Brancusi. En este período inicia su amistad con los artistas Lucio Fontana y Joaquín Torres García conociendo de primera mano las vanguardias europeas.

En los años 1944, 1951 y 1954 obtiene el Primer Premio Nacional del Salón de Bellas Artes de Montevideo, siendo ya el escultor más reconocido de Uruguay y un referente en Sudamérica, donde actualmente se pueden contemplar esculturas públicas de Serrano en países como Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Puerto Rico o México. Regresa a España justo después de obtener el Gran Premio en la Bienal de Montevideo de 1955, consiguiendo ese mismo año el Gran Premio de Escultura en la Bienal Hispanoamericana de Barcelona. Funda el Grupo El Paso en el año 1957 junto a artistas como Antonio Saura, Manolo Millares, Rafael Canogar o Juana Francés. El Paso se convierte en el movimiento de vanguardia que introduce el arte abstracto en la península, revitalizando el mundo artístico español de posguerra.

Crea numerosas esculturas. En 1957 expone individualmente en el Ateneo de Madrid obras expresionistas Interpretaciones al retrato en las que capta magistralmente lo que el propio Serrano denominaba «rostro metafísico» y abstractas Hierros encontrados y soldados reinventando la tradición de la forja que inició Julio González. Posteriormente inicia su serie Quema del objeto utilizando el fuego como destrucción y a la vez creación de un nuevo orden; estas innovadoras y radicales experiencias sobre el volumen vacío en relación con las teorías de Martin Heidegger las realizará en ciudades como Milán, Berlín o en el MoMA de Nueva York. Muy valorados por la crítica también son los Ritmos en el espacio, esculturas móviles que gravitan con gran elegancia, desprovistas casi por completo de volumen. Expone en los principales museos de Europa y América convirtiéndose en uno de los artistas más influyentes de la segunda mitad del .

Su consolidada fama le permite ser seleccionado para participar en la exposición New Spanish Painting and Sculpture, con itinerancia de dos años entre el MoMA de Nueva York, y otros museos norteamericanos como el de Washington, Chicago o New Hampshire. En 1961 recibe el Premio Julio González en el Salón de Mayo de Barcelona y un año después presenta en el Pabellón Español de la XXXI Bienal de Venecia, 23 obras bajo el título Bóvedas para el hombre, consiguiendo un gran éxito de crítica. En 1964 realiza la serie Los fajaditos, seres amordazados y anulados, metáfora en respuesta a la campaña franquista de los 25 años de Paz y emparentados con los Artefactos de su amigo Manolo Millares.

Exhibe en 1967 sus Hombres con puerta en el Museo Guggenheim de Nueva York. En 1973 el Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, actual Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, le dedica una exposición antológica, y en el mismo año Pablo Serrano expone en el Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno de la Villa de París, ciudad en la que poseía un estudio que anteriormente había pertenecido al también escultor Alberto Giacometti. Al finalizar ese año interviene en la I Exposición Internacional de Escultura en la Calle de Santa Cruz de Tenerife con la obra Homenaje a las Islas Canarias. En septiembre de 1975 retira su obra de la exposición Telecom 75 en Ginebra como protesta por los últimos fusilamientos franquistas. Ese mismo año expone en Sala Gaudí Barcelona, quien coloca una obra suya en las famosas Ramblas de Barcelona, y que hoy, renombrada Gaudifond Arte, posee una parte de su obra. Expone su serie El pan en la Galería Darthea Speyer de París en 1979, el mismo año en el que Joaquín Soler Serrano le entrevista en su programa A fondo de TVE. Un año más tarde se le dedica una exposición antológica en la Fundación Gulbenkian de Lisboa en la que Serrano realiza un happening con una Quema del objeto nocturna. En el año 1982 se le concede el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes por la trascendencia universal de su obra. Ese mismo año expone en Moscú y en el Museo del Ermitage de Leningrado, siendo hasta el momento el único artista español al que se le dedica una exposición individual en dicho museo.

En los meses de septiembre, octubre y noviembre del año 1985 expone en el Museo Guggenheim de Nueva York su serie Divertimentos con Picasso, la guitarra y el cubismo. Muere en Madrid, cediendo parte de sus obras al Museo Pablo Serrano de Zaragoza responsable de investigar, exhibir y difundir el legado del artista. Sus herederos Pablo B. Serrano (hijo) y Valeria Serrano Spadoni (nieta) confirman esta donación. Tras su muerte el interés por su figura aumenta y se siguen sucediendo innumerables exposiciones de su obra en ciudades como Estrasburgo, Roma, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Santiago de Chile, Rabat, Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona... Paralelamente se está elaborando el catálogo razonado de su obra escultórica que tiene prevista su publicación en el año 2014.

Poseen obras suyas el Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York (MoMA), el Museo del Ermitage de San Petersburgo, el Museo Guggenheim de Nueva York, el Centro Georges Pompidou de París, el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de la Villa de París, la Fundación Gulbenkian de Lisboa, el Museo Middelheim de Amberes, la colección Gaudifond Arte los Museos Vaticanos, el Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, etc.

Reconocimientos

 En 1955 Gran Premio de Escultura en la III Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte de Barcelona.
 En 1961 Premio Julio González en el Salón de Mayo de Barcelona.
 En 1967 es elegido miembro de la Société Européenne de Culture en Venecia.
 En 1969 es nombrado miembro de la Real Academia de Flandes (Bélgica).
 En 1976 es nombrado por el Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza Hijo Adoptivo de la ciudad.
 En 1977 Caballero de las Artes y las Letras por el Ministerio de Cultura de Francia.
 En 1980 recibe la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes
 En 1981 es nombrado miembro de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando en Madrid.
 En 1982 se le concede el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes.
 En 1983 es nombrado Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Zaragoza.
 En 1984 se le concede el Premio Aragón a las Artes.

Museos
Selección de Museos con obras de Pablo Serrano

América
 MoMA Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York, EE. UU.
 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum de Nueva York, EE. UU.
 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., EE. UU.
 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, EE. UU.
 Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, Connecticut, EE. UU.
 Public Art of the University of Houston System/University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, EE. UU.
 Indianapolis Museum of Art 'IMA', Indianápolis, Indiana, EE. UU.
 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, EE. UU.
 MNAV, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
 Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago de Chile, Chile
 Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico
 Museo de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

Europa
 Museo del Ermitage, San Petersburgo, Rusia
 Pushkin Museum, Moscú, Rusia
 Centre Pompidou, París, Francia
 Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Francia
 Museos Vaticanos, Ciudad del Vaticano
 Galleria Nazionale d' Arte Moderna, Roma, Italia
 Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Venecia, Italia
 Museo de Henraux, Querceta, Lucca, Italia
 Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Suiza
 Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Alemania
 Stedelijk Museum, Ámsterdam, Países Bajos
 Middelheim Museum, Amberes, Bélgica
 Galería Nacional de Budapest, Hungría
 Fundación Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal
 Marlborough Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido

España

 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, MNCARS, Madrid
 Fundación Juan March, Madrid
 Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid
 Fundación AENA, Madrid
 Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid
 Museo Arte Público, Madrid
 Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
 Colección del Congreso de los Diputados, Madrid
 Colección ADIF, Madrid
 Colección de la I Exposición Internacional de Escultura en la Calle de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
 Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
 Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao
 ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria
 Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca
 Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
 Museo Picasso, Málaga
 MUPAM, Museo Del Patrimonio Municipal, Málaga
 CAAC, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla
 CAAM, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas
 MACA, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Alicante
 Museo Pablo Serrano, Zaragoza
 CDAN, Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca
 Museo de Dibujo «Julio Gavín», Castillo de Larrés, Huesca
 Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Pablo Serrano de Crivillén (Teruel)
 Es Baluard, Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Palma
 Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
 Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Colección Corporativa Iberdrola

Escritos
Selección de escritos de Pablo Serrano

 Manifiesto del Grupo El Paso. Pablo Serrano y otros. Madrid, 1957.
 Tribuna Libre: Manifiesto del Intra-Espacialismo. Bellas Artes 73, n.º 19, Madrid, 1973.
 El lenguaje y la comunicación en la escultura. Once ensayos sobre arte. Boletín informativo de la Fundación Juan March, n.º 25, Madrid, 1975.
 Recuerdo y homenaje a Torres García. Construction et symboles Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1975.
 Julio González, un escultor olvidado. Centenario de otro gran emigrado. Diario 16. 1976.
 Pablo Gargallo texto en el catálogo Gargallo 1881-1981. Exposición del Centenario: Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, 1981.
 Relación espiritual y formal del artista moderno con su entorno social. Discurso de ingreso en la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1981.

Véase también
 I Exposición Internacional de Escultura en la Calle
 Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares

Referencias

Bibliografía
Selección
 CIRLOT, Juan Eduardo. La escultura de Pablo Serrano. Monografía editada por la Galería Silo, Madrid, 1959.
 DYCKES, Bill. The Recent Sculpture of Pablo Serrano. Spanish American Weekly-Guidepost, Nueva York, 1963.
 MORENO GALVÁN, José María. Pablo Serrano. Contemporary Sculpture. Nueva York, 1964.
 NELKEN, Margarita. Pablo Serrano en México. Excelsior, México, 1966.
 HIRSHHORN, Joseph H. Pablo Serrano. Genesis of His Expression in the Portrait. Greenwich, Connecticut, EE. UU., 1967.
 HIERRO, José. Meditación ante los Hombres con puerta de Pablo Serrano. Blanco y Negro, Madrid, 4-2-1967.
 CALVIN CANNON. Serrano en la década de los sesenta. Armherst College Massachusetts. Editorial Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid, 1969.
 UMBRAL, Francisco. Pablo Serrano Aguilar, escultor de la inteligencia española. El Norte de Castilla. Valladolid, 2-3-1967.
 TAPIÉ, Michel. Serrano, sculpteur complet. Con motivo de la exposición en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de la Ville de Paris, 1973.
 CASSOU, Jean. « Un portrait de Machado par Serrano ». La Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France, n.º 6, París, 1973.
 GIRALT-MIRACLE, Daniel. La escultura de Pablo Serrano. Destino, Barcelona, 1975.

 WESTERDAHL, Eduardo. La escultura de Pablo Serrano. Ediciones Polígrafa. Barcelona, 1977.
 AGUILERA CERNI, Vicente. Vida y trabajo. Pablo Serrano. 1977.
 LASSAIGNE, Jacques. Catálogo de la exposición Pablo Serrano. Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian. Lisboa, 1980.
 KAPTEREVA, T. El escultor español Pablo Serrano. cat. exp. en el Museo del Ermitage de Leningrado, 1982.
 CELA, Camilo José. Hablo de Pablo Serrano. Diario El País, Madrid, 9-2-1985.
 CALVO SERRALLER, Francisco. Pablo Serrano. El lenguaje de las formas puras. Diario El País, Madrid, 27-11-1985.
 ARANGUREN, José Luis. Pablo Serrano y la antropología de la obra de arte. Fundación Pablo Serrano, Madrid, 1986.
 VV AA. Pablo Serrano. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de España SEACEX. 2003.
 BONET, Juan Manuel. Para un retrato de Pablo Serrano. Catálogo Las Huellas del Caminante, Ibercaja, Gobierno de Aragón, 2008.
 RODRÍGUEZ BERBEL, Mª CARMEN, Pablo Serrano. Una nueva figuración y un nuevo humanismo. Zaragoza: Institución "Fernando el Católico", 2015. ISBN: 978-84-9911-323-4.

Enlaces externos

 ESCULTOR PABLO SERRANO: Web Oficial - The Official Website
 Página web del Museo Pablo Serrano

 Pablo Serrano en el Museo Reina Sofía
 Pablo Serrano, Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes 1982
 Pablo Serrano: Las huellas del caminante
 Pablo Serrano en Arteinformado.com
 Pablo Serrano Aguilar en Artelibre.net
 Pablo Serrano en Artespain.com
 Pablo Serrano en Masdearte.com
 Pablo Serrano en epdlp
 Pablo Serrano Aguilar en Esculturaurbana.iespana.es (contiene enlaces adicionales)
 Pablo Serrano: Escultura de Antonio Machado. 1966
 La escultura de Pablo Serrano en Madrid
 «Escultor Pablo Serrano», blog de Pablo Bartolomé Serrano (contiene documentación relativa al escultor).

Escultores de España del siglo XX
Artistas abstractos
Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes
Escultores de Aragón
Nacidos en Crivillén
Doctores honoris causa por la Universidad de Zaragoza
Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes
Académicos de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Miembros de la Real Academia Flamenca de Bélgica
Fallecidos en Madrid

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Forum: Councilman Ryan Spain earned his wings by voting his conscience
Journal Star
In the United States Air Force there exists core values: integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do. Peoria City Councilman Ryan Spain earned an extra pair of wings Tuesday night. By voting his conscience regarding the issue of changing the way Peorians elect their council, even though it might cost him his seat, he showed a level of character that is almost nonexistent in politics these days.
I would hope that everyone who did not have the opportunity to witness the disrespect shown by the majority of the council to the voting public has the opportunity to talk to those who did. I also hope that a petition drive is launched placing on the March ballot a referendum offering voters the right to decide what the council denied them: the manner in which they determine their representation in our local government. It is time for a change.
Pat Lewis