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$42 Billion in Unclaimed Assets – How Your FI Can Help
Here's a figure that just might take your breath away: $42 billion. That's the approximate combined value of unclaimed assets in the U.S., according to the most recent figures available from the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. For that amount, you could afford to send nearly 144,500 students to Harvard University – perhaps the most prestigious college in the world – for a full year. Or, you could buy more than 5,300 Bugatti hypercars, which go for a cool $5.8 million apiece. So where does all of that go?
"States and organizations help with tracking down missing property."
Banks and credit unions are duty bound
According to the SEC, financial institutions must report when personal property has been abandoned or unclaimed after a period of time specified by state law – often five years – and then pursue a recommended course of action. While primarily initiated by the death of an account holder, this process, called escheatment, can sometimes be simply a result of poor communication or forgetfulness. No matter, banks and credit unions are bound to do all they can – exhibiting a "diligent effort," to quote the Securities and Exchange Commission – to track down the rightful owners or beneficiaries when a lock box or account remains untouched beyond the designated period of time. While online tools have certainly made this easier, it's not exactly hassle-free – like locating a needle in a proverbial haystack. If unsuccessful, states assume ownership of the property. And in the case of safe deposit boxes, this compels institutions to find a way around missing keys.
What can consumers do?
National organizations like the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators make it easier for family members to track down missing property, thanks in large measure to online connectivity. State governments are doing the same thing. Indeed, the Michigan Department of Treasury recently launched a portal for this very purpose, as reported by local Fox affiliate WXYZ.
Other governing bodies use more aggressive tactics to ensure these financial "reunions." Just last year, the Lauderdale Board of Supervisors returned more than $419,700 in previously unclaimed assets to their rightful owners, The Meridian Star reported. Meanwhile in the Show Me State, local financial institutions are working in partnership with officials to live up to Missouri's nickname. State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick maintains a website that residents can use to run a search. All residents have to do is enter their name and follow the step-by-step instructions to file a claim if there's a match.
Of course, if those lockboxes remain locked, banks and credit unions still have an issue…
Count on BranchServ
That's where BranchServ can be of assistance. No matter the age, brand, condition or intricacy of your FI's safe deposit boxes, BranchServ Escheatment Solutions can pop them open with minimal effort and maximum convenience. In fact, we can design a complete escheatment program for optimal efficiencies, while ensuring your compliance.
As you well know, there's a mandated protocol to escheatment services that hinges on state regulations. Therefore, what's standard operating procedure in one state may be an entirely different story in another, even in states that border one another. BranchServ currently addresses escheatment needs at branch locations in 22 states spanning the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Gulf Coast, including Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Washington, D.C. Our reach is ever expanding. As a result, we are well-versed in all state regulations and will develop a system that aligns with the rules and guidelines of your area including all notarizations.
No matter what it takes, you can trust that BranchServ Escheatment Solutions will see the process through to completion. Our North Carolina facility supports a national key management program and locksmith services and houses its own lock shop. This ensures that all escheatment needs – in addition to any other lock and key customer needs – are met.
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Q: (Skip)(Fail) Parse error with stringi I was reading/learning The Greatest Regex Trick Ever where we say we want something unless...using (*SKIP)(*FAIL).  OK so I took it for a spin on the toy example below and it works in base R but has the following error in stringi.  Do I need to do something different with stringi to get the syntax to work?
x <- c("I shouldn't", "you should", "I know", "'bout time")
pat <- '(?:houl)(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|(ou)'

grepl(pat, x, perl = TRUE)
## [1] FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE

stringi::stri_detect_regex(x, pat)
## Error in stringi::stri_detect_regex(x, pat) :
##   Syntax error in regexp pattern. (U_REGEX_RULE_SYNTAX)

A: The stringi module (and stringr as well) is bundled with the ICU regex library and (*SKIP)(*FAIL) verbs are not supported (they are actually only supported by PCRE library).
Since you are matching ou that are not preceded with h and not followed with l, you can use usual lookarounds:
(?<!h)ou(?!l)

See the regex demo
> x <- c("I shouldn't", "you should", "I know", "'bout time")
> pat1 <- "(?<!h)ou(?!l)"
> stringi::stri_detect_regex(x, pat1)
[1] FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE

I can also suggest another approach here. Since your code implies you want to just return a boolean value indicating if there is ou inside a string but not houl, you may use
stringi::stri_detect_regex(x, "^(?!.*houl).*ou")

See another regex demo
Details

*

*^ - start of the string

*(?!.*houl) - a negative lookahead that fails the match if right after the start of string there are 0+ chars other than line break chars as many as possible followed with houl

*.*- 0+ chars other than line break chars as many as possible

*ou - an ou substring.

More details on Lookahead and Lookbehind Zero-Length Assertions.
Note that in ICU a lookbehind cannot contain patterns of unknown width, however,  limiting quantifiers inside lookbehinds are supported. So, in stringi, if you wanted to match any word containing ou that is not preceded with s somewhere to the left, you can use
> pat2 <- "(?<!s\\w{0,100})ou"
> stringi::stri_detect_regex(x, pat2)
[1] FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE

Where (?<!s\\w{0,100}) constrained-width lookbehind fails the match if ou is preceded with s followed with 0 to 100 alphanumeric or underscore characters.

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Ricardo-AEA awarded major Saudi air quality contract
Home page/ News and media / News and Press / Ricardo-AEA awarded major Saudi air quality contract
Flagship three year project will help improve air quality in Riyadh, capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Working under contract to ArRiyadh Development Authority, Ricardo-AEA will provide a consolidated evidence base to support future air quality policy
Demonstrates a key Ricardo-AEA capability in helping rapidly developing cities and conurbations to address the challenges of maintaining and improving air quality
The city of Riyadh is currently witnessing rapid development of its metropolitan area. Such growth presents major environmental challenges as urbanization gives rise to increased emissions from both transport and industry. This can lead to a general deterioration of city air quality and associated costs in terms of health burdens on the population.
ArRiyadh Development Authority recognises these challenges and has appointed Ricardo-AEA to provide a consolidated air quality evidence base to support future air quality policy within the city. The work will provide expert analysis and advice underpinned by measurement, inventory and city-scale modelling projects. To ensure that an enduring benefit is provided to the city of Riyadh, beyond the life of the three year contract, a parallel comprehensive programme of knowledge transfer and training will be provided by Ricardo-AEA to the Authority's air quality team.
"We are extremely pleased to have been selected by ArRiyadh Development Authority for this important and high profile project," commented Ricardo-AEA's Air and Environmental Quality practice director, Dr Geoff Dollard. "Ricardo-AEA has long-standing experience and expertise in the area of urban air quality and is able to provide this for the benefit of rapidly expanding cities which, like Riyadh, recognize the importance of managing air quality to protect the health and well-being of their citizens. We look forward to working with ArRiyadh Development Authority over the next three years to deliver a state-of-the-art air quality management system that leaves an enduring legacy for the city.
Managing air quality in an urbanizing world
According to the World Health Organization, 2.4 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution. In the UK air pollution is currently estimated to reduce the life expectancy of every person by an average of 7-8 months with estimated equivalent health costs of up to £20 billion each year. In the US health studies suggest that more than 500,000 Americans die each year from cardiopulmonary disease linked to smog.
Economic growth is driving rapid urbanization in many parts of the world and an associated increase in energy consumption and consequential pollutant emissions. By 2050 it is estimated that 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities, bringing significant further challenges for the management of air pollution with all its attendant effects on public health.
Ricardo-AEA's track record in addressing the issue of air quality can be traced back to the pioneering work undertaken for the UK government in successfully tackling the sulphurous – and, for some, fatal – London smogs of the 1950s. The company now provides its expertise on a worldwide basis, enabling cities such as Riyadh to effectively assess and manage pollutants in order to improve air quality for the benefit of their citizens.
Press release: Ricardo-AEA awarded major Saudi air quality contract

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It was a beautiful Sunday morning in May. The sky was blue, the clouds were fluffy and white—all the makings of a perfect day for a session. As the day went on, the weather shifted and the sky became more ominous. It became very clear that we had two choices: reschedule the session (for the second time) or embrace the rain. We decided to take our chances and I am so glad we did!
I quickly gathered my equipment and an umbrella and ran (literally) out the door to make the 45-minute haul to Bethlehem to meet Joe and Sara for their engagement session.
As we started to shoot, we began to peel back the layers of emotion, revealing the beautiful connection that Sara and Joey have. I just love when a couple can forget I am there and truly be present, connected, and authentic with one another.
It wasn't long before the rain found us. The set of images captured during that drizzle are my absolute favorite. I am so thankful Sara and Joe were willing to keep going through the rain, huddled up under that tiny umbrella.


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Q: CocosSharp - using device camera as a game background I am currently going through some game cross-platform frameworks and I really like the sound and look for CocosSharp.
However I haven't been able to find out if it is possible to use device camera in the game itself. In my case I would like to use whatever the device camera is seeing to project as a background to my game.
Is this possible with CocosSharp? If so, would anyone be able to point me to a code snippet / which class to work with?


This book presents the content of the GNVQ in a way that encourages students to explore engineering for themselves, developing the expertise and knowledge required at this level. As well as a clear and accessible text, emphasis is placed on learning through activities, and self-evaluation through frequent knowledge-checks. Practice questions are also provided, and will prove particularly helpful for externally assessed units.Much of this book is completely new - reflecting a major syllabus revision that has taken place. The inclusion of the key optional unit, Applied Science and Mathematics for Engineering, extends the book in a way that will really make it core reading for all Intermediate GNVQ students. This book is the only text endorsed by Edexcel for Intermediate and Foundation engineering GNVQs. The content of the optional unit has also been designed to match City & Guilds requirements.
Mike Tooley is former Vice Principal at Brooklands College, UK.


A wide variety of styles and genres such as hip-hop, R&B, soul, electronic are apparent in the latest release from Light Bearer Music entitled Eternity Says Hello. Light Bearer Music is composed of producers, writers, singers, a handful of musicians, and a number of other people who want to collaborate and make something unique. Light Bearer Music has been around for about three years and continues to encourage creativity and artistry not unlike similar collectives like the Polyphonic Spree or Broken Social Scene. Eternity Says Hello is the fifth installment in a series of New Year's Eve projects.
and showcases a collective of inspired artists working together.


Born in England, raised in South Africa, 23 year old Caspar Lee is best known for his popular YouTube channel featuring interviews, pranks and musings from his life. Now based in London, the internet sensation is one of the top international digital stars with more than 9 million subscribers on YouTube, with collaborations with some of the worlds biggest stars such as Ed Sheeran, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Pratt, Kevin Hart and Channing Tatum. Caspar has also experienced incredible success separate from YouTube. In 2015, he and fellow YouTube star Joe Sugg, wrote, starred and executive produced the travelogue specials 'Joe and Caspar: Hit the Road' and "Hit the Road USA', which set pre-order DVD sales records for Amazon, and both of which are available on Netflix. In 2016, he took the lead role in his first feature - 'Laid in America', alongside YouTube comedian KSI. He recently released his memoir (Caspar Lee), which he co-wrote with his mother. In 2017, Caspar invested in the startup marketing agency - 'Influencer' and took the role of Chief Innovation Officer. He recently spoke alongside Richard Branson at a South African panel focusing on entrepreneurship and business knowledge, and was invited to attend Buckingham Palace to celebrate 'The Queen's Young Leaders Award'. He was also the host of 'The BRIT Awards 2017 Worldwide Live Stream'. He is currently developing a TV series and working on a new business venture.


The good news is that if the bending of the spine is discovered early on, and Chiropractic care is received, it can be prevented from advancing to a debilitating state. This article will give you a brief glimpse into how scoliosis develops and the impact that it has on one's health. It will also show how scoliosis can be identified, and how chiropractic care in San Francisco can work to reverse its effects and return your body to full health.


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Character is not what you expect at this price: paint and soft furnishings are bland and utilitarian but it's clean, safe and friendly.
24-hour reception but otherwise you're largely on your own.
For the money, these rooms are very good: they are largeish, generally light, beds are comfortable and coverings warm, though they don't look very comforting. Bathrooms are ship's cabin style, economical on space but with excellent showers, towels and soap.
They don't pretend to provide food, so it's not really fair to judge, but you can ring down to order panini and muffins supplied by The Phat Pasty for £3 and a breakfast bag – cereal, milk, croissant – costs £4.50. It's right opposite The Don wine bar (open weekdays).
Seven accessible bedrooms on four floors, with wheelchair friendly showers, lower furniture and vibrating pillows on request. All signs are in braille and there is an induction loop system for the deaf.


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Q: SSIS loading data error I have a CSV file which contains this data:
EmployeeCode,EmployeeName,EmployeeSalary,Date
101,raju,1000,2/2/2003
102,krish,100,3/4/2005
103,rishbh,320,12/9/2007
104,rani,4690,12/8/2008
105,olesia,2000,17/4/2009
106,olga,2000,12/6/2010
107,mellisa,3330,12/4/2011

And I have table called employees:
EmployeeCode nvarchar(50)
EmployeeName nvarchar(50)
EmployeeSalary money
Date datetime

When I try to load this CSV file into my table using the SSIS package it gives me an error

1) [ADO NET Destination [2]] Error: An exception has occurred during
  data insertion, the message returned from the provider is: The given
  value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type
  date of the specified target column.
2) [SSIS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PROCESSINPUTFAILED.
  The ProcessInput method on component "ADO NET Destination" (2) failed
  with error code 0xC020844B while processing input "ADO NET Destination
  Input" (9). The identified component returned an error from the
  ProcessInput method. The error is specific to the component, but the
  error is fatal and will cause the Data Flow task to stop running.
  There may be error messages posted before this with more information
  about the failure.

However If I remove date column from the CSV and try to insert everything works well. What is wrong with date column, why is it not taking the values?

A: Use OLE DB Destination rather than ADO NET Destination
This issue is due to default datatype of flat file is picked "string [DT_STR] " which is equal to varchar in database , but you have made your destination table data type nvarchar is equal to  Unicode string [DT_WSTR] .
Either using derived column Change data type string [DT_STR] to Unicode string [DT_WSTR]
or
Go to show advance editor (source )  >> Input and output Properties output columns >> DAta type Property >> change data type to Unicode string [DT_WSTR]  for EmployeeCode and EmployeeName.

A: First of all you should use OLE DB destination instead of ADO.Net Destination if your table is huge and now come to issue ,in your table data type of date is as 'datetime' so either you have to change your input data to date time by using Right click on component and go to advance editor.
Otherwise you can data conversion between source and destination and convert date as "DB_Datetime".I hope you will not face any issue when you do accordingly.

A: I had the same issue and my answer is going to sound silly. I struggled with it for 2 days and ended up realizing that the date format was wrong in my CSV file.
for example:
105,olesia,2000,17/4/2009  -- this is invalid because it ends up taking 17 as a month and
its invalid
blew my mind when I realized it! Hope this helps anyone else going forward!


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Q: "That is *how* I am called" I used to think it's incorrect to say "how something is called", that it's a common mistake of non-native speakers, and that we must use "what" instead. But I just came across the following sentence in a book:

That is how I am called, my Lord: Hayt.

(from Dune Messiah, chapter 6)
It must be correct, right? But why?


Upon taking a dig at the quest of smartphones, it is certainly dramatic to see the way things have been carried forward by e-commerce. Smartphones being in almost every hand, have encouraged the process of global digitization, and hence the start-up or online marketing culture.
However, the task of mobile marketing is pretty strategic in its way demanding hard-core hands-on experience to accomplish the best outcome. If you are on a hunt for such a house, then XYZ can be terrific option to go with.
XYZ is considered one of the premium names when it comes to the market research, which is crucial for any mobile marketing. The good news is that the company (XYZ) holds the reputation of offering it at most affordable price.
The company offers compliant promotional strategies to boost your sell through a most advanced text message advertising campaign.
Having its in-house techies, the company has been significant about app development and marketing.
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The creative team of XYZ is too adept at making things viral through the social media. Starting from optimization of these pages to promotion, the company offers a complete solution.
Digital video promotion is a much-buzzed term in contemporary times. XYZ has employed an exclusive team in this regard delivering you the most promising outputs.
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XYZ offers you the complete leeway to track your progress rate. You pay only after the specific numeric target is achieved.
XYZ is a bunch of extremely talented professionals, divided by their duties and united by a team mind-set. Hence, the best dedication is guaranteed here.
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Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the call to delete Facebook has gone viral.
Personally, I don't care if all my Facebook "likes" are tallied and sold. I keep my eye on things like the Equifax breach. In 2017, 143 million Americans had their personal information—credit card numbers, social security numbers, birthdates—stolen by those versed in identity theft.
Call me crazy, but I'd say having your social security number swiped is worse than someone knowing whose status update you gave a "thumbs up" or "heart" to.
I froze my credit after the Equifax breach.
Freezing your credit reports is what all the experts (and Jon Oliver, heh) recommended. Putting a hold on the big 3 credit reporting companies—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—means that no one should be able to open a credit card or take out a mortgage in your name.
Unfortunately, thanks to a suicidal deer, I needed to buy a car recently. In order to buy a car, you need to have your credit score confirmed. Therefore, I called Equifax to have my credit un-frozen.
OK, wait. That's a lie.
At the urging of the Equifax website, I filled out a form online to have my credit reporting restored. After I clicked 'enter,' the screen read: This action cannot be completed online; please contact a representative by phone.
Great… so the service you informed me would best be done online, cannot be done online.
I called Equifax, and made the acquaintance of a lovely man from India, Pakistan, or some similar country. Sri Lanka? I don't know.
We spoke for a moment about what service I needed—to un-freeze my credit reporting—and he asked for my 10-digit PIN number.
Then he took my social security number.
Following that, I was asked a series of questions: what was your last loan, who holds your current mortgage, and on and on and on.
What happened next should frighten you.
That's scary. But what came next was worse.
First of all, there was incorrect information about me; my answers weren't matching what they had on file. That was worrisome. Shouldn't their information be accurate?
Worse, however, was the fact that the instant I challenged him, my credit was turned back on.
Part of me was happy, because I got my car.
But Jesus… is that all it takes to commit fraud?
You can be worried all you want that Cambridge Analytica took your Facebook "likes" to try and get you to vote for a Cheeto-skinned shitgibbon, but that just means you're taking your eye off the ball.
Hey, I'm paying for a new car. Go buy a book and help me, yo!


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Major Off-Net Deal For Law & Order: Criminal Intent
By Jim Benson 26 October 2006
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has sold off-network episodes of Dick Wolf's Law & Order: Criminal Intent to the Fox-owned stations as a Monday-Friday strip for next fall, B&C has learned.
The straight 50-50 barter deal for the procedural crime drama in its sixth season on NBC, with an ensemble cast including Chris Noth and Vincent D'Onofrio, marks the first time in years that a major off-net hour has been offered to stations for weekday runs.
NBC U is shopping the show to other station groups after preparing for months to take it into the market. Fox has acquired it for its New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other major market outlets under a multi-year agreement.
In the late 1980s and early '90s, shows like Magnum, PI, Quincy and 21 Jump Street were staples of weekday broadcast syndication. But since then big off-net dramas like CI have been sold as strips to basic cable networks and to stations for straight barter on weekends (The WB netlet briefly aired off-net ER episodes earlier this year in its 3-5 p.m. weekday block before returning to comedies).
As with top off-net sitcoms like Seinfeld and Friends, CI may wind up airing in the same broadcast and cable time periods in some mid- and small-level markets. It will continue running on NBC U's USA and Bravo networks next fall.
USA strips the show at 7 p.m. weekdays, where it averages a 1.4 household rating and 1.3 million viewers. Bravo gets the weekend run, airing it after 6 p.m. on Sundays with an average 0.7 rating.
The newly shared cable-broadcast window, encompassing one run per day, could help ease the financial burden on USA, which had paid most of the combined license fee of nearly $2 million per episode since CI began its off-net run last fall.
While USA gets to see its programming costs shrink, significant profit participants like Wolf stand to benefit by attracting revenue from premium national advertisers if CI performs as well in broadcast as the franchise has on cable and NBC.
The launch of the sales campaign coincides with improved ratings for CI this fall in its new 9 p.m. Tuesday network time period. It has been averaging 11.5 million viewers, finishing up 39% in adults 18-49 and 25-54 over last season.
After years of non-starters, station demand could run high for a top off-net strip generating network demos in the 5-7 range.
There are negatives to consider too, with one-hour dramas having repeated poorly in the past on weekday afternoons, when viewers lead busy lives and are hesitant to invest time in a drama that demands attention.
But Barry Wallach, NBC U's domestic syndication president, is confident the strong repeat performance of the L&O franchise shows on cable will set it apart on stations.
"I think this type of show will work in broadcast," he says. "Local stations are going to schedule this in time periods that make sense, with lots of viewership."
Syndication success could pave the way for other program distributors to follow NBC U's lead. But that could take time, since there are more serialized shows now with poor rerun potential than highly rated, closed-ended hour dramas like L&O and CSI.
Frank Cicha, senior VP of programming for the Fox O&Os, intends to try out CI in a variety of time periods on his stations, presumably in early and late fringe.
Fox has been in the hunt for a short supply of top-tier programming since the last two big off-net sitcoms, Two and a Half Men and Family Guy, went earlier this year to Tribune in the top markets.
"We have a lot of shelf space to fill in our duopoly markets," he says. "This is a real good opportunity to stay contemporary … under a deal structure that is far less risky than what may have been out there recently. The time is right for a quality show like this to come in and perform."


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COVID-19 and Neglected Tropical Diseases: why we must fight them in tandem
By Dr Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela, Director of the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO.
It starts with a child bathing in a stream to escape scorching temperatures. Silently, beneath the water, larvae that have emerged from a tiny snail burrow into their leg before entering the bloodstream. Over the next few weeks, the larvae turn into adult worms which mate and produce hundreds of eggs every day. This is schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia – a neglected tropical disease (NTD) affecting more than 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom are children who have acquired infection just by playing or washing in contaminated water.
People across the world have become attuned to the fight for public health on a global scale in 2020. Never before has there been this amount of discussion about vaccines, treatments and prevention of disease. This year's World Health Summit – held virtually from Berlin and which I had the honour to address earlier this week – had a strong focus on preparedness and resilience in the age of COVID-19, and the importance of global cooperation. Yet while the world rightly fights coronavirus, we must not forget about another widely prevalent and devastating subset of infections: the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
What are Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)?
NTDs are a diverse group of 20 infectious diseases that are prevalent in tropical and subtropical conditions of some 149 countries worldwide. They affect more than 1.5 billion people, and cause an estimated 500,000 annual deaths globally.
Despite these shocking figures, they are termed 'neglected' because they continue to receive little attention.
During the World Health Summit, I spoke of the need to change how we think about NTDs. They not only compromise people's health, keep children out of school and cause disfigurement and mental distress that disproportionately affects and stigmatises women. NTDs do not just affect health – they also hamper the economic growth and productivity and impede education. The good news is that most NTDs are easy to treat and can be prevented. The moral responsibility now lies with us to invest in their treatment and prevention and help the poor and marginalized communities who are mostly affected.
In fact, investing in treatment and prevention of NTDs not only helps alleviate suffering against these diseases, but also prevents other diseases that share the same origins: namely, poor sanitation and inadequate access to clean water. This investment would lead to better sanitation and access to clean, safe water that will help prevent NTDs and minimise other serious threats across the African continent, including COVID-19.
Eliminating NTDs while meeting COVID-19 Challenges
As a community, we are continuing our mission to eliminate NTDs, while ensuring that the challenges of COVID-19 are met. Investing in NTDs is one of the most cost-effective buys in public health, with treatment for the top 5 NTDs costing less than $0.50 per person, yet it is instrumental to improving development and equality, and lifting up communities.
The lessons that we have learned from NTDs can also be applied to other public health threats, like COVID-19 which is now pervasive across the world. This is also the case in Africa, with almost 1.5 million cases and over 35,000 deaths reported by the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of those affected by NTDs also live in poverty without adequate access to water, hand sanitizer and masks, all of which are non-pharmaceutical public health interventions recommended to reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19. With so much at stake, it is now more important than ever to focus on investing in NTDs to prevent more deaths from COVID-19. To look at it from another angle, an investment in public health measures to combat COVID-19 is also an investment in the fight against NTDs.
The World Health Organization is set to launch its 2021-2030 Global NTD Roadmap, setting out important milestones and targets in our ongoing endeavour to eliminate and eradicate these diseases. These milestones will be even more important and will also benefit the work the global health community is undertaking against COVID-19.
The new NTD roadmap will provide the direction needed to ensure that the global health community does not take its foot off the pedal when it comes to the fight against NTDs. A lot remains to be done to ensure that those who require interventions against NTDs receive them. I urge countries, donors, political leaders and citizens to not lose sight of these low-cost, high-impact interventions.
We must ensure that NTDs and those who suffer from them do not find themselves neglected even further while the fight against COVID-19 rages on. The livelihood of 600 million African people depends on us all.
This article was originally published by Health Policy
On World NTD Day, We Must Commit to Accelerating the Fight to End NTDs
Investment in Quality Data is Essential to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa


Biomass sources were the single biggest supplier.
Germany got more than 10% of its energy last year from renewable sources, a "delightful" step towards a 2020 goal of 18%, Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said on March 24.
Energy produced by sources including biomass, geo-thermal, hydro-electric, solar and wind accounted for 10.1% of the total consumed by Europe's biggest economy, up from 9.3% in 2008.
The government has set itself an ambitious target of obtaining half of its energy needs from such sources by 2050.
By 2020, Germany also wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from their level in 1990.
Renewable energy allowed the country to avoid 110 tons of such emissions last year, the minister said.


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The Island Solidarity Coalition invited union representatives, students, and community folk to participate in a solidarity barbeque in support of striking SUB workers at the University of Victoria.
I taped the event and made it available to the CFUV station manager for broadcast on the Winds of Change radio hour Oct 2nd. I won't cross the picket line.


Sudan's Red Sea state security apparatus has continued its campaign to arrest activists against the backdrop of a surge in protests against drinking water crisis for more than a week.
On Tuesday afternoon political activist and secretary-general of the Civil Forces, El Mahi Hashim was held at the market of Deim Medina in Port Sudan.
Activists told Radio Dabanga that the authorities continued to detain a number of other activists and citizens for days, including activist Ayman Mohamed from El Sawra district in Port Sudan.
He pointed out that the price of a joz of water has not fallen below SDG 20 (*$0.70), although not available, despite statements by officials of the arrival of water pumps. He said the need for drinking water is increasing as the temperature is rising.
He attributed the cessation of protests to the extensive security crackdown and the suppression of demonstrators by excessive violence.
He explained that the crisis has extended to Sinkat and Suakin.
As reported by Radio Dabanga yesterday, several activists are still in detention by security forces in the Red Sea state against the backdrop of demonstrations in protest against the lack of drinking water that have lasted for more than a week. In addition, the security services stormed the headquarters of the Sudanese Congress Party on Monday evening.


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The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes
The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
Raoul McLaughlin
Dimensions : 9.25 X 6 inches
This book demonstrates the importance of Far Eastern trade to the Roman economy and Rome's place in the ancient world economy all along the Silk Road Routes.
The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian regime which ruled ancient Persia (Iran). It explores Roman dealings with the Kushan Empire which seized power in Bactria (Afghanistan) and laid claim to the Indus Kingdoms. Further chapters examine the development of Palmyra as a leading caravan city on the edge of Roman Syria and consider trade ventures through the Tarim territories that led Roman merchants to Han China.
The Han Empire of ancient China matched that of Rome in scale and possessed military technology surpassing that of Roman legions. The Han established a system of Central Asian trade routes known as the Silk Road that carried eastern products as far as Persia and the frontiers of the Roman Empire.
This is the first book to address these subjects in a single comprehensive study. It explores Rome's impact on the ancient world economy and reveals what the Chinese and Romans knew about their rival Empires.
Raoul McLaughlin was educated at Lagan College, the first Integrated School in Northern Ireland. He studied Archaeology and Ancient History at Queens University Belfast before completing a Masters degree and then a PhD in the study of trade beyond Romes eastern frontiers. He lives in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Home Artworks King George III (1738-1820) Reigned 1760-1820
King George III (1738-1820) Reigned 1760-1820
Gainsborough Dupont (c.1754 - 1797)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
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The Government Art Collection recognises its responsibility to artists, colleagues and all our audiences to represent the diversity of the UK and to embed anti-racist and equitable practices throughout our work. We are taking action to address inequality in the Collection and its interpretation.
In this mezzotint engraving after a whole-length portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, King George III wears the Windsor uniform (designed by the king himself for the use of family and friends) and the ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter, with the Garter itself around his knee. The Garter is the emblem of the Order and bears the motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' ('shame upon him who thinks evil upon it').
Thomas Gainsborough exhibited his portrait of George III and a companion portrait of Queen Charlotte at the Royal Academy in 1781. The artist's nephew, Gainsborough Dupont, engraved this mezzotint after the king's portrait and published it on 6 June 1790, publishing a second edition on 30 December the same year. The lettering on this example, which would have given the precise date of publication, no longer survives.
One of the founders of the 18th-century British landscape school, Thomas Gainsborough was also the creator of the so-called 'fancy picture', depicting rustic figures - usually children - posed in rural settings. Born in Suffolk, he studied in London from about 1739 to 1748 under the French painter and engraver Hubert Gravelot and the British painter Francis Hayman at the St Martin's Lane Academy. Gainsborough returned to Suffolk in 1748, where he worked as a landscape and portrait painter until 1759, before moving to Bath. There he quickly developed into a much sought-after society painter. In 1774, he moved to London where he exhibited his work in his studio. He died in London in 1788.
royal portrait, male portrait, landscape C18th, 18th century costume, coat, stockings, waistcoat, breeches, shoe, King, sword, column
Materials & Techniques
height: 56.00 cm, width: 37.00 cm
Presented by Rosemary Rendel, July 1960
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Yesterday Padstow….. or at least a small representation of Padstow descended on St Just for the annual charity rugby match. In the past the knocked together team have taken on the Combined Services, a Bodmin team and now it was St Just's turn to get their behinds handed to them. Tom and Cal both put in their stints for the team and Brinner and I decided to watch with a few beers from the sideline!
It was a great game and a lot of money was raised for the Padstow branch of the British Legion, there was an auction and then a bit of a sing song. And it's this that I wanted to talk about a bit.
As well as us Stowes boys, there were the masses from Padstow all in fine voice and some of the Cape Cornwall and Newquay boys as well. All joined in with some classic cornish tunes as well as a few other well known folk classics. With every song that was sung (and admittedly with each beer that was drunk) it hit me even more just how lucky we are down in Cornwall to have the music and community that we have.
It's something that cannot be beaten…. The passion in everyone's faces as they sang 'Cornish Lads' was plain to see, it pulled together the older generations, the rugby gang and the younger family members and supporters. You wouldn't get that if you walked into a pub in other parts of the country, maybe even the rest of the world. It's Cornwall's way of uniting, it's a way to show our defiance, it's a way to show that we can't be budged, it's Cornwall's way of showing that it's still a community. For as long as I can remember there's always been a song to be sung, in a pub, after a rugby match, on a bus, in our homes, everywhere.
Maybe it's the fact that people consider us to be cut off from the rest of the country……. Maybe some people think that with the train lines down we'll feel even more isolated from the rest of the UK. But listening to those songs being belted out, singing One and All, it showed that we aren't cut off in any way, shape or form. We're as together as we ever have been, we've got our friends, we've got our lives and we've got our songs. And that ain't a bleddy bad place to be at all.
As the Cape Cornwall boys sang so melodiously………..
So… we received a message today from Radio Cornwall's very own David White to let us know that our version of 'The Fox' and 'St Anne's Reel' will be featured on this weekend's BBC Introducing radio show.
It's a brand spanking new recording and will feature on our first EP……… which we'll also have news about very soon indeed.
If you can listen live then that's fantastic. If not then there's always BBC iPlayer so that you can have a listen again.
Spotlight turns on to The Stowes……. well kind of!!
What a busy couple of weeks we've had. It's fair to say that when we're all home together, and available, we like to get our music heads on!
The next day we headed over to Port Isaac for an informal session with a few members of Fisherman's Friends. A few ales were drunk, many a song was sung and a good night was had by all. Every time we pop over to Port Isaac we are always made so welcome, not only by the guys, but also the rest of the village and many of the holiday makers who kindly applauded each song and chatted away to us during moments of rest and recuperation.
It's fair to say that we like spending time over there so within 3 days we were back there again! Jon Cleave has kindly invited us to a few open mic evenings held in the Bones Bar. They are great, atmospheric and very busy evenings with a wide range of talents on show. It's not just music on display either. Readings, poems and the odd joke or two also grace the microphone and a beer or two was also consumed.
Tom and Kev got up and performed a couple of tunes together, Calum got everyone singing 'Down By The Riverside' and Toby got to play one of his own songs 'She Will Wait' with Billy from Fisherman's Friends accompanying him.
We then were lucky enough to be invited up together to perform a couple of 'mini sets' and each song was really well received by the audience.
And this is where the Spotlight element of our blog's title comes in to play.
BBC Spotlight had been filming a feature on Port Isaac to include in a future broadcast and they wasted no time in pointing their cameras at us for a few songs. We thought nothing of it, thinking that we would end up on the cutting room floor as most footage does (Toby should know considering his day job). We were pleasantly surprised this week to find that our rendition of 'Harry's Song for Cornwall' was featured quite heavily at the end of the piece as well as some lovely close up shots of Kev, Calum and Tom. Toby, however, had wisely chosen to hide himself behind Cleavie's music stand so as not to damage the camera lens. Spotlight's facebook page featured a few enquiries on who the band was at the end and what the song was so all in all it was a good positive experience and a nice little showcase for the Stowes boys as well.
We've finished this busy little period with a nice relaxed Sunday gig at Padstow Social Club. It was great to see the place busy and we had a lovely reception from those that came to listen.
Next up we have the Cornwall Folk Festival at the end of August and then a bit of an enforced break while Cal and Tom are both at sea…….. Plus Tom's wedding which is getting closer and closer.
We'll keep you updated as and when bits happen.
What tracks are we going to include on the 6 track EP?
This is a question that we are struggling to answer. We are stoked with every track so it's going to take a while to choose those half dozen tunes.
When we decide, we'll let you know. We'll also let you see the artwork in advance.
As you may have seen from the 'Meet the Band' section of our website, when I'm not messing around with guitars I'm earning a living as a video producer with ikandi:media so I've always got a camera to hand.
This May Day I managed to start getting some footage of the day shot at 50fps (½ speed slo-mo) as well as a few shots of the days leading up to May 1st as well. There hasn't really been much edited footage of May Day put out into the public domain, usually just a bit of home video footage put on to YouTube or 20 seconds of footage on the local news, so I'm trying my best to get together a nice looking video that not only shows a bit of the Osses and band in action but also, and I think more importantly, shows the smiling facesand community spirit on display during the day.
It's a beautiful day, it can't be described at all, it is genuinely one of those things that you really need to experience to come close to understanding it. It's a day that means a huge amount to every member of The Stowes, we're all actively involved in the day, and I only hope that once I've pieced together the footage that it does the day and the town justice.
This is just a trial run, it's mainly of the Blue Ribbon Oss as I didn't venture too far from my gang this year, and hopefully some of the footage will go into a much larger project that I have planned which will hopefully document the day in a creative, musical and visually interesting way. For that I'll need to get another May Day's worth of footage and a whole lot of sound engineering ideas.
For now I'll add a few stills from the footage for you to take a look at.
On the 8th December we were lucky enough to be asked to play at Padstow's Annual Christmas Festival which is now really highly regarded not only in the UK but also throughout Europe. We played a 2-hour set on the bandstand next to the harbour (a stage that the next day was occupied by the Fishermen's Friends from Port Isaac).
The gig was a real success, with a crowd of a few hundred people all clapping, singing, dancing and laughing along with us. Highlights of the set included a great version of 'Leaving of Liverpool', our first ever public performance of 'Cornish Lads' which was sung a cappella and finally, to get the crowd ready for Christmas, we got our friend and guest singer Zoe up to sing 'Fairytale of New York' with us.
We took a feed from the desk to record the set and also had a couple GoPro cameras and Canon 550d DSLRs on hand as well to film the gig. We'll try and get a couple of songs uploaded to our YouTube Channel as soon as we get a few spare minutes during the Christmas Holidays.
Well the new site is starting to take shape. We'll do our best to get more info, vids, tunes and much more up as and when we can. We'll hopefully get a bit of a blog going as well so that you can get a better idea of how we all tick!!
For now, enjoy a few tunes, and we'll catch up soon.


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Easter Café
Our Easter Cafe will take place at the school on Thursday 28th March, from 12pm to 1.45pm. Come treat yourself to a delicious lunch served by our kindergarten children. All the money raised from this year's cafe is to support the Sisonke Steiner School in South Africa.
Sisonke (meaning "together") is a small community run school based in a traditional rural area of South Africa called Port St Johns. The school first opened in January 2008 and now has 114 children from pre-school to Grade 6 (ages 3-14 years) attending. It is the result of a vision of a team of dedicated teachers and volunteers wanting to bring a new educational approach to the impoverished area.
Without any contributions from the government, religious or charity institutions the team worked hard at fundraising the initial costs involved. In the run up to the opening of the school, the team decided not to advertise as they already had a number of parents interested in bringing their children. However when they opened the doors on the first morning they had a queue round the building of parents waiting to enrol their children. Although it broke the teacher's hearts they had to put a limit on how many children they took on. With overcrowding in government schools still prevalent it was a decision of those involved not to allow this to happen in Sisonke School.
The school has literally been built from the ground up, with classrooms built in traditional style to accommodate the eager children. The school remains independant, receiving no financial contributions from the government. It relies on the fees paid by parents able to contribute finanically, and by fundraising efforts in SA and the UK. You can learn more about Sisonke School and how you can help on their website.
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So everyone always wondered, wow Brotherhood was so black and white. Wow, Syndicate is so black and white. Boring or whatever the case maybe. Perhaps even wondered why a line felt so cheap or very out of place. Or why the script feels a bit lack luster. Or more of the same like in the last Assassin's Creed games.
"You can enter into a game with dictates from marketing. 'This game is going to be called Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.' So how do we adapt to that? For Far Cry 3, we had a couple of maps, character sketches, and an island setting from R&D. We build from ruins of previous ideas or dictates that come out of nowhere."
Did you catch that? An Assassin's Creed game started with a title handed down from marketing, and they worked backward from there -- although Jeffrey did make it clear that it was a creative challenge he enjoyed. So, unlike previous games in the series where you play a lone wolf, Brotherhood's about building a team. And then everyone -- level designer, art director, etc. -- has a new feature they want to include, whether that's a gameplay mechanic or a setting. It's the writer's job to combine what everyone wants into a coherent story ... somehow.
And remember that they have many of the same limitations as film, in that not all scenes/settings cost the same to make. "If I say I want the final level in a volcano," says Yohalem, "the art director will say, 'Okay, but then you're going to have a level set in a parking garage. If you really want that volcano, you find a way to make that parking garage awesome.'"
Note: I have no idea why it says "no trans characters" in the URL, as I just read the article only and just noticed it after pasting the link, that too confuses me.
That article was difficult to read for me, as it mixes truth with ******** needlessly extrapolated from that truth by the article writer, which makes it the worst kind of article as it's very hard to differentiate the two. I talked with Patrick Plourde extensively once about the process of creating ACB, and the way this article describes it is not at all how it went down. That said, there are challenges and problems when it comes to writing in games, especially when developers don't think about it from the start, that much is true. But I still don't like the article.
I once saw a video with the makers of Uncharted 2 and TLOU (Neil, Bruce and some additional developers). The entire video showed how they as a studio push the boundaries of iterative creation. I remember them saying that they had a chapter already designed and it wasn't until a later chapter they realized the narrative sequence was lackluster or not to their standards. To make it so they have to redo previous levels. And they were like why not? So to accommodate creative writing that was conceptualized at a later stage of development, they as a studio decided to redo finalized levels to meet their higher standards.
There is probably some bias mixed in from the article's writer, but most stuff I have no trouble believing as I've heard many developers cite similar experiences. Darby McDevitt also once talked about having to basically write a coherent script around what the team had already decided was going to be the game.
They forgot to mention that sometimes certain bits in the game can feel tonally different because they were written by someone else. In AC games it's a little hard to divine how much stuff is down to the main writer as certain side missions or database entries are delegated to someone different.
Hmmmm interesting. What was so different from what he said and what Jeffery said. I'm not familiar with Patrick, so it be cool to hear from another dev about writing Brotherhood.
UC3's development was fairly troubled though from what I've heard, partly owing to growing pains following the expansion of the studio to accommodate TLOU. At any rate, ND seems aware that they flubbed the narrative of UC3 (seeing as how it's basically a retelling of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with at least half the same setpieces).


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Grace Noppert
Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Dr. Noppert's work lies at the intersection of biology, sociology, and epidemiology. Her work seeks to explain how social processes across the life course, such as socioeconomic status, impact a person's biology. For example, does experiencing persistent disadvantage throughout life contribute to premature aging of the immune system?
She began her work as an infectious disease epidemiologist examining health disparities in tuberculosis (TB) in the U.S. Her work has consistently documented a strong social component underlying the distribution of TB. Those most vulnerable in the U.S. population are bearing the greatest burden of TB. Her current work now focuses on persistent viral infections (example: CMV, HSV-1, etc) and how they may be aging the immune system prematurely. However, in order to fully grasp the impact of these infections you have to look at the social environment. Understanding the link between social factors, infections, and immune function may hold clues to explaining persistent health disparities across the life course.
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Grace Noppert, Rebecca C. Stebbins, Jennifer Beam Dowd, Allison E. Aiello. 2022. Socioeconomic and race/ethnic differences in immunosenescence: evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Clarke,Philippa J, Margaret Hicken, Grace Noppert, Wilson, Mark L. 2019. Understanding the intersection of race and place: the case of tuberculosis in Michigan. BMC Public Health 19(1):1669.


HA NOI — Ecological tours which offer tourists interesting experiences and raise awareness of environmental protection will be the highlight of the Viet Nam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2019.
The event will take place on March 27-30 in Ha Noi, according to Vu The Binh, vice chairman of the Viet Nam Tourism Association (VITA), organiser of the event.
The mart will include more than 500 booths showcasing tourism products, packages and destinations. It will bring together travel companies from 25 countries and territories, Binh announced during a press conference yesterday.
Notably, several units have registered for large pavilions, including South Korea (180sq.m), Vietravel (180sq.m) and Hanoi Redtours (126sq.m).
"In order to achieve the global sustainable development goal 2030, Green Tourism has been chosen as the main topic at VITM 2019," Binh said.
Experts will discuss their experiences in developing ecological tourism and protecting the environment.
"For sustainable growth, Viet Nam's tourism sector needs to develop green options, including preserving natural and human tourism resources, focusing on environmental protection, and cutting pollution at tourist sites," he said.
Apart from activities relating to Green Tourism, VITM 2019 will include road shows and programmes introducing destinations at home and abroad, an international street food festival, signing ceremonies for several cooperation deals, and art performances.
It's expected that more than 32,000 tour packages and 20,000 air tickets will be sold at the event. Binh estimated that VITM will attract 85,000 visitors this year. Last year, it received 80,000.


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MDF - Abastumani will be Fully Renovated Resort for 2022
The second stage of Abastumani urban renewal work starts. Municipal Development Fund announced a tender procurement of 51 million.
Works for Abastumani renewal include rehabilitation of the river Otskhe, bridges, and main road. Also, it is planned to arrange recreational and tourism infrastructure in the resort.
MDF says, that Abastumani will be a fully renovated resort for 2022.
To complete the formation of Abastumani as a modern resort, 18 historical houses built in the XIX-XX centuries were rehabilitated, together with Evgeni Kharadze's National Astrophysical Observatory and the ropeway built in 1982.
At this moment, they continue to rehabilitate the 77-km road which connects Bagdadi-Abastumani with each other.
The second stage works for Abastuman are supported by the World Bank.


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The All-Amiable Mariners Team
because the season is over (again)
By Kate Preusser@KatePreusser Jul 9, 2016, 9:00am PDT
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let's just all be friends now
Despite the squad snatching a victory from the jaws of meh last night, make no mistake about it: the season is over (again). Let's return this current crop to the jerk store and move whatever mountains we have to in order to re-assemble this dream team of agreeable fellows who have donned the Northwest Green/trident/royal-and-gold at some point in time. Drag them out of retirement, fly them back from Korea, unshackle them from whatever desk they may sit at now. Just get them here, and then have them all stick around after every game for cornhole and beverages and fried finger foods. You know you want to listen to John Olerud spin you some yarns from deep within the confines of his helmet. We ain't got playoffs, oh but Dr. Zaius, ain't we got fun.
NOTE: You will note a certain lack of SUPERSTARS here. That is because the number-one goal of the AAMT is not to win games, but to assemble a collection of the most likeable players to ever find themselves in the unenviable position of being a Seattle Mariner. For example, even though we had the more likeable version of Alex Rodriguez, he still grew up to be, well, Alex Rodriguez. Fernando Rodney may be a lot of fun if you enjoy his particular brand of silliness (namaste, Fernando, the weirdo in me recognizes the weirdo in you), but he will not make this list as there are still people in recovery from having their senses of karmic balance unhinged by too many rides on the Fernando Rodney Express. If these gentlemen are superstars, they are the superstars of NICE.
First base: Oof. Starting off with a hard one. Clearly I have a strong bias towards LoMo, he of the trash-showers and PBR crushing. Other gentlemen who have manned first base for the Mariners: Justin Smoak, Corey Hart, sentient bag of potato chips Kendrys Morales. No, there's only one choice for first base, and it is Mr. Mariner himself, Alvin Davis. Here's a cute story from 2013 about Alvin Davis's return to short-season Everett as a roving instructor in which he says he would have "washed laundry" in order to get back to the team. No need to wash it on the AAMT, Alvin; that's what we have Russell Branyan for.
Second base: Obviously, Robinson Canó is fun to hang out with. I imagine being bathed in that megawatt smile for any amount of time restores the skin's elasticity, replenishes electrolytes and detoxifies one's internal organs. But let's face it: ain't none of us cool enough to hang with Robi Canó. I don't even know how to get on a G6 (is it like a horse? Or a boat?). No, second base is staffed with everyone's fun-sized favorite, the OG Crying Jordan, Joey Cora. He even has the all-important ability to laugh at himself, as this 1996 commercial showed:
"It hurts so much to lose." Oh, Joey. You are truly one of us.
Third Base: With all apologies to one Sweet Prince, this position can only be fielded by one man. Come home, Beltré. (If you haven't already seen it, this gif gallery of Great Moments in Adrián Beltré is great, although in need of some updating.)
Shortstop: This one is a close call with recently departed, asparagus-munching Brad Miller still near and dear to the hearts of many, but may I present: Brendan Ryan.
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He is a mustachioed, improbable home run-hitting, infield-tripling, friend of ours.
Oh, and a friend of this guy too:
Catcher: This one is easy. In addition to being one of the only Mariners to ever play the position with any sustained degree of success, Dan Wilson is, by all accounts, one of the nicest guys to ever don a Mariners uniform. He played the bulk of his career here and has continued to give back to the community ever since, and the Mariners and Seattle as a whole are better for it. Also, his commercials for the #NWHealthy campaign are some of my favorite TV spots right now. What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man.
Outfield: Sadly, the pickings are a little slim for the Mariners outfield spots, non-superstar division. Dave Henderson is the obvious choice for center field, and I assume some of you scientists out there can make this happen (when you're done with that, I'll need you to turn your attention to the announcer's booth, as well). It might be a challenge to get Eric Thames out of Korea, where despite "sticking out like a sore thumb" he adopted the culture and language while becoming a bona fide superstar there, but maybe we can lure him back with promises of Edgar's Cantina nachos. And, although I've resisted picking active players, there's no way we can't have Franklin Gutiérrez, human heart-eyes emoji, patrolling the outfield. Guti Forever.
Designated Hitter: Edgar. Clearly. He was a star, but more than that, he was a shining example of hard work and dedication and humility and kindness. He is still those things, and oh my stars I just remembered he's our hitting coach
I will never get tired of watching this
Bench: Munenori Kawasaki. Obviously. And he's only on the bench so we can spend even more time with him. John Olerud can divide his time between being a bench player and a coach so he never has to take off his helmet, and we'll even let him wear Cougar Crimson. Michael Saunders is maybe too bigtime for us now that he's Captain Canada and all, but it'd be nice if he just stopped by and we all drank some Molson and threw some darts at a big picture of Jack Z. Offer is on the table any time, Condor.
Pitching Staff: Clearly, Tom Wilhelmsen and Charlie Furbush. The real reason Tom didn't succeed in Texas is he was missing his other half. Charlie is the singer; Tom is the dancer. They're yin and yang, if yin and yang were sponsored by New Balance. While we're on the subject of guys who don't take themselves too seriously, Erik Hanson once described his baseball career as "like the Clint Eastwood movie—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Closer David Aardsma was a paragon of a Respectable Young Man during his time in Seattle, played Call of Duty under the tongue-in-cheek name Roger Dorn, and is a good writer to boot (sidenote: he's also looking for a gig; why not kick the tires, Jerry?). But the centerpiece of the pitching staff has to be Jamie Moyer, who is possibly the world's kindest human. He won basically every humanitarian award the game gives out (the Roberto Clemente, the Lou Gehrig, the Hutch, the Branch Rickey) and his Hall of Fame speech made me cry.
And I know I've been trying to keep away from active players, but clearly, Félix Hernández belongs on this list. We might not be cool enough to hang with Félix, either, but he would make you feel so comfortable you wouldn't even notice that you're suddenly eating fresh-caught tuna on a beach in the Maldives wearing sneakers that cost more than your rent. Félix is kind, he is loving, he is loyal, and he is ours. All hail the King. You're un-believ-able.


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Содонга (Саданга) — река в России, протекает по Верхнетоемскому району Архангельской области. Длина реки составляет 32 км, площадь водосборного бассейна — 327 км².

Начинается при слиянии рек Летняя и Зимняя. Течёт по лесистой местности, в верховьях — на северо-запад, затем в юго-западном направлении. Ширина реки в среднем течении — 15 метров, глубина — 0,5 метра. В низовьях на реке стоят деревни Федотовская, Прошинская, Ореховская, Михеевская, Исаковская, Васюковская, Матюковская и Козоватовская. Устье реки находится в 13 км по правому берегу реки Ёрга.

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Двинско-Печорскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Северная Двина от впадения реки Вычегда до впадения реки Вага, речной подбассейн реки — Северная Двина ниже места слияния Вычегды и Малой Северной Двины. Речной бассейн реки — Северная Двина.

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 03020300112103000026886.

Притоки
 Зимняя
 Летняя

Примечания

Притоки Ёрги
Реки Верхнетоемского района

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The author agreed to answer some questions for us.
But first, a sample from the Twitter feed. Note that the entries read in chronological order, most recent first.
in jail without my phone call. She does not look very interested.
sound, halting all conversation for about 30 seconds.
not operate our own toilets.
Fred pounds a few times until he has a guard's attention.
Then makes a twisty motion with his fingers.
up and pounds on the cell window.
We confirmed that the author was jailed at Washtenaw County jail at 2201 Hogback Road during 2008. The Chronicle acknowledges that this is one side of a multi-faceted tale, some of which predates the author's incarceration. However, the narrative provides a literate insight into a tax-funded facility that most readers of The Chronicle will not experience first hand in the same way as the author. And we were curious to know a bit more about this writing project than was reflected in the Twitter bio.
1. Describe the writing process. Do you ever have to shave down sentences to fit 140 characters? Did you write out the whole thing in advance? Given the level of detail, you must have taken notes, right? Do you try to leave the last Tweet for the day as a "cliffhanger"?
There are a few parts that I took notes on during my stay in jail and I've referred to them as reminders, but the writing, itself, is all as I remember it – 140 characters at a time. Not as difficult as I thought it would be and it's forcing me to tighten up my usually wordy writing, anyway.
As for "cliffhangers," when it's your first time in jail, every moment is a cliffhanger. I had no idea what to expect. Also, in the first couple of months, before I knew what my final sentence would be, every day seemed to be a cliffhanger to me.
2. Do you keep in touch with anybody you met in jail?
Yes, I have corresponded with, and called, a few people I met in jail. There are so many stories in each individual person I met, and some of them wanted me to help them write their personal stories. I am following up with them as time permits. I am also still in touch with one corrections officer – one good one who really does care about the people she is placed in charge of. I will get to her in my story much later.
This was a very sad time in my life. It froze my career and, more importantly, separated me from my young children. They think I was away on a long "work trip," and the psychological impact of me being away is still being noticed. I don't have a favorite euphemism. They are all bad.
4. At home, with family, or at work, you find yourself citing your jail time as evidence that you've seen and experienced more than the average bear can even imagine? Or is it something that's just taboo?
No. It is an experience I do not wish on anybody and I hope most find out only second-hand through people like me. It is not a taboo subject at home, but it brings up a great deal of pain that my wife and I still need to sort through.
5. Any idea how much it cost to house you at the jail for five months?
A fascinating story. Has the Chronicle considered getting comments about the issues it raises from our new sheriff, Jerry Clayton?
I agree with Dave. A truly fascinating thread. I added the RSS feed to my home page so I could follow.
The subject's twitter feed is fascinating. The interviewer and his choice of questions much less so.
Indeed–you seem intent on a kind of smirky take on something that must have been devastating.
It's been pointed out to me that one set of original scare quotes meant to designate non-literal meaning could have the opposite effect. I've removed them from the question, as I don't think they had an impact on the answer. Otherwise, the somewhat familiar tone struck in the questions likely reflects a prior acquaintance with the author, something that might have been better included as a note in the original piece.
i had a very similar experience. i must say that the atmosphere is not conducive to reform and betterment, but the treatment you receive further polarizes you and pushes you to the abyss. i look forward to following this and seeing how my experiences compare to his, and maybe we can all learn a little something from it.
As of this afternoon, the Twitter account is gone. Using the old link, Twitter says: "That page doesn't exist!" I wonder what happened. Dave, can you follow-up with the author?
"I deleted the Twitter account myself for two primary reasons.
incarceration. Exactly a year ago today, I was at the lowest point in my life, sitting in Bam Bam, begging for my phone call.
In his message, the author indicated that at some point in the future, he might be interested in picking up the story again, but not as a Twitter feed–perhaps in serialized form in The Ann Arbor Chronicle.
For The Chronicle's part, we'd be pleased to publish such a serialized work if he decides to pick up the thread at some point. In the meantime, the brief glimpse into the author's experience made it likely that we'll try to follow up at some point with the Sheriff's Department (see comment ) to the extent that our resources allow.
Thanks Dave, I was wondering what happened to the feed..
I found this article very interesting. It isn't often we get a first-hand perspective as a person is going through it. Being an author of several prisoner-related books, I receive a lot of mail from inmates that is gut-level sharing and important for those of us on the outside to better underrstand. Personally, I have been to this jail but fortunately as a volunteer and not a prisoner. As the co-author of "Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul", "Serving Time, Serving Others", and "Serving Productive Time," we're pleased to have some of our books at this jail to help give the inmates hope and inspire them to use their time productively.


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Fill a large skillet with water to a depth of 2 1/2 inches. Bring to a simmer over medium-high.
Fill a medium saucepan with water to a depth of 2 inches; bring to a boil over high. Place yogurt in a medium heatproof bowl, and place bowl on top of saucepan. (Make sure base of bowl doesn't touch the water.) Stir in garlic and salt. Cook, stirring, until yogurt mixture reaches about 100°F and is the consistency of lightly whipped cream. Remove pan from heat, leaving bowl over saucepan.
Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to turn hazelnut brown, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in oil and Aleppo pepper. Set aside.
Crack 1 egg into a fine wire-mesh strainer over a small bowl. Gently swirl strainer until watery part of egg white drips into bowl, 20 to 30 seconds. Gently tip egg from strainer into a small cup or ramekin. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Repeat procedure with remaining egg and remaining 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
Gently slide eggs, 1 on each side of skillet, into the simmering water in the large skillet. Reduce heat so there is no movement in the water, and poach eggs until whites are set and yolks are still runny, 3 to 4 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the eggs to a paper towel–lined plate.
Divide the warm creamy yogurt mixture between 2 shallow bowls. Top each with a poached egg, and pour the peppery butter around and slightly over the yogurt. Sprinkle with chopped dill, and serve with toasted bread.


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Remember the periodic table from high school chemistry class? Today, it contains 118 natural and man-made elements in clear, equal boxes from heavy metals.
With many natural resources on the planet, the European Chemical Society has released a new periodic table. This one with curves and clumps shows how much of each element is actually left on the planet.
"Some of these elements we have less than a hundred years before it is much harder to grab them," said David Cole-Hamilton, Vice President of the European Chemical Society.
Two examples: iridium and helium.
Iridium is part of an item that makes your smartphone touch screen work. Helium is used for magnetic resonance imaging, deep sea diving and … yes, party balloons.
While MR scanners and deep sea divers recycle their helium, party balloons pop, it releases noble element into the air.
"It is very, very light and it is very, very stable, so if it enters the atmosphere, it can go all the way to the edge of the earth, and it can be lost in outer space, forever," said Cole-Hamilton. "The amount of helium at the moment is very low, reserves are probably only enough for about 10 years."
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Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most commonly prescribed drugs and are responsible for approximately one-quarter of all adverse drug reaction reports. NSAIDs are widely prescribed for patients with rheumatic disease-a population at increased risk for serious gastrointestinal (GI) complications. Topical administration of NSAIDs offers the advantage of local, enhanced drug delivery to affected tissues with a reduced incidence of systemic adverse effects, such as peptic ulcer disease and GI hemorrhage. NSAIDs administered topically penetrate slowly and in small quantities into the systemic circulation. Product formulation may have a dramatic impact, not only on absorption rates but also on penetration depth. Concentrations achieved in the muscle tissue below the site of application are variable, but are at least equivalent to that obtained with oral administration. Absorption may be strongly influenced by individual skin properties. Topically applied NSAIDs have a superior safety profile to oral formulations. GI adverse drug reactions are rare with topically applied NSAIDs, compared with a 15% incidence reported for oral NSAIDs.


Within the past couple of decades, the application of lasers has moved from the research and development laboratories to the 24 hour a day world of production.
No area of laser processing has grown as fast as laser cutting.
This has taken place as the laser manufacturers have educated both OEM's and end users on the unique advantages of laser cutting. In turn, the end users pressed the OEM's for greater processing capabilities.
Today, laser cutting machines are installed around the world, in job shops, sheet metal manufacturers and OEM factories.


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Swarm of Comets
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How to Measure the Size of an Asteroid
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Solid as a Rock? Porosity of Asteroids
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The Spacious Structure of Asteroid 2011 MD
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I Spy a Little Asteroid With My Infrared Eye
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Spitzer Eyes Comet ISON
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Rocky Ring of Debris Around Vega
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It's Raining Comets
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Rendezvous with Eros
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Epsilon Eridani: Double the Rubble
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Anatomy of a Busted Comet
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A Million Comet Pieces
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Oh, No, David Gregory, Not Again!
I don't know about you but I'm goddamned sick of John McCain and Lindsay Graham and Kelly Ayotte, the three piously self-important senators who have taken it upon themselves to be the kangaroo court prosecutors of Benghazi though they have not a shred of credibility or authority on which to hang their hats.
Whatever their true reasons, they have decided to crucify Susan Rice, our U.N. ambassador, who famously went on the Sunday talk shows early on to give a statement about what supposedly happened in Libya. Those talking points, provided to her by the C.I.A. (the same ones, incidentally, that were provided to Congress) turned out to be wrong. They may have been in error due to the the rapidly changing nature of intelligence coming in during a time of crisis or they may have been deliberately manipulated in order not to reveal classified information. (Gee, that would be the first time the intelligence community has ever done anything like that, wouldn't it?)
Either way, Susan Rice was caught in a Catch 22 and the senators are gleefully using that position to paint her as either a) stupidly incompetent for not knowing the truth, b) a political hack deliberately lying to the American people to protect Barack Obama (an African-American woman named Rice giving incorrect information to cover for a president - I wonder where they could ever have gotten that idea?) or c) I don't know, deliberately traitorous, I guess, because we all know these black people are secretly in league with our subversive Kenyan-born Muslim president.
And what do you suppose the Big Three would have said about Susan Rice if she had decided on her own, that damn it, she was going to by-pass the talking points and tell all, classified information be damned? Do you suppose the self-righteous triumvirate would have excoriated her then for disclosing national security secrets (which is illegal, by the way)?
This is why I could never be a successful politician. If I were Barack Obama, I don't think I could resist telling McCain, Graham and Ayotte to go screw themselves. But no, instead, the administration bent over backwards with this latest effort to please them wherein Ms. Rice and the Intelligence Director actually had a special meeting with them to try to alleviate their concerns. Did anyone not know how that was going to turn out? Did anyone think there was the remotest possibility that anything at all could have been said to satisfy the three Don Quixotes, viciously tilting at their windmills? (Can it be possible that this president still harbors illusions that the Republicans will deal with him rationally or was he simply trying to prove a point?) Or did we believe they'd emerge from their face-to-face still firmly in possession of their preconceived biases, their loathing and their obsession? I know that's certainly what I figured would happen because this is the Senators' grandstand and there's no way they are going to give it up.
How else could John McCain maintain his "if it's Sunday, it must be John McCain" persona? Seriously, is he at the top of every freakin' list of potential guests on every single Sunday show every single week? And how did he get to be the Republican expert on foreign policy anyway? And once you've established that position, is it secure into perpetuity even if you're wrong about every single prediction you've ever made? When you promised us that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and the war would be over sooner rather than later and the Iraqis would meet us as beloved liberators and it wouldn't cost all that much, how can David Gregory still hang on your words as if you were the Oracle on the Mount?
And Lindsay Graham, the unctuous Mutt to McCain's Jeff, echoing everything the great man says. The purse-mouthed picture of pissy disapproval.
And now the original pair have been joined by yet a third sidekick, the school-marmish Kelly Ayotte who always looks as if she'd love nothing more than to pull out her paddle and whale away on somebody's bare butt.
Geez, this is the best the Republicans have to offer in the way of "loyal" opposition? Not the Three Musketeers, more like the Three Stooges.
Labels: Benghazi, John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsay Graham, Susan Rice
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Aysan Celik is a theater-maker, performer, and actor. She is a founding member of Theater Mitu, and has collaborated with Rubén Polendo since 1996.
Off-Broadway highlights: The Black Eyed (New York Theater Workshop), Attempts On Her Life (SoHo Rep), Faust, Parts 1 and 2 (Target Margin/ Classic Stage Company), Pericles (Red Bull/ Culture Project), Turn of the Screw (The Acting Company/ Theater Row); Regional favorites: Bob: A Life in Five Acts (The Humana Festival), 9 Parts of Desire (Actors Theater of Louisville), The King Stag (The Barbican London), and the title role in Antigone (American Repertory Theater). Celik is also an Associate Artist of The Civilians — recent credits include: Paris Commune (BAM, The Public, Arts Emerson), Be the Death of Me (Irondale Center), and Let Me Ascertain You (Joe's Pub). Screen credits include the award-winning films Mr. Lamb and The Brooklyn Heist.
Celik recently wrote an essay for The Soho Rep Book: Thirty-Five Years of New York City's Big Small Theater. (On Stage Press, a division of Samuel French, Ltd.), and has an interview featured in the book, Actors on Acting (Faber & Faber Ltd.).
Celik currently splits her time between San Francisco, New York, and the UAE – where she is an Assistant Arts Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi.
Upcoming projects: The Making of a Great Moment, a new play by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, which he is writing for her and actor Danny Scheie; premiering at Boston's Merrimack Repertory Theater in January 2017 and San Francisco's Z Space in July 2017.


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«Mind Your Manners» — пісня американського рок-гурту Pearl Jam, перший сингл з альбому Lightning Bolt (2013).

Історія створення
Авторами «Mind Your Manners» стали вокаліст Pearl Jam Едді Веддер та гітарист Майк Маккріді. Її текст пов'язаний із релігією. Головний герой зізнається, що хоча спочатку знайшов Бога, проте потім розчаровується в церкві. На його думку, релігійні діячі «отримують невинних юнаків, а потім кидають їх до палаючої купи». Він вважає організовану релігію лицемірством, бо весь цей час йому кажуть «Слідкуй за своїми манерами».

Пісня виконується у швидкому темпі, притаманному панк-рокові. Ритм-секція Джефа Амента та Метта Кемерона грає дуже уривчасто, а сольні партії Майка Маккріді нагадують творчість гітариста Dead Kennedys Іст Бей Рея.

Вихід пісні
«Mind Your Manners» стала першим синглом з альбому Lightning Bolt. Її було випущено 11 липня 2013 року. Пісні одразу потрапила до активної ротації на радіостанціях, де її грали, бувало, по 20 разів на день. 16 липня 2013 року гурт вперше зіграв її наживо на концерті в Лондоні. Врешті решт композиція досягла другого місця в хіт-параді Billboard Mainstream Rock.

23 серпня вийшло музичне відео на пісню, зрежисоване відомим фотографом Денні Клінчем, який 2007 року зняв для гурту документальну стрічку Immagine in Cornice. Відеокліп поєднував анімаційні епізоди, що зображали різні вибухи, фрагменти військових дій, пожеж тощо, з фрагментами виступу гурту.

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Пісні Pearl Jam
Пісні 2013