There has been a lot of speculation as to the details of the Boeing/FAA meeting last Friday, the presentation of a proposed solution to the battery issues, and whether this proposal will be acceptable to the FAA to get the 787 back into the air quickly. The short answer is that few people yet know all the facts, and the answer remains far from certain.
But there are some facts that have emerged from news stories, market intelligence we are gaining from from airlines, and other industry players. The proposed Boeing fix is reportedly not an interim fix, but designed as a permanent fix to the battery issue. These include:
- Changes to the design of the battery to include additional shielding and space between battery cells. These changes should reduce the probability of a thermal runaway and subsequent fire;
- A new container for the box that is more robust than the current design to prevent a fire from spreading and containing any flammable electrolyte that might leak from a damaged battery;
- A new smoke evacuation system that is designed to keep additional oxygen from feeding the battery in the case of a failure to reduce the possibility of fire, that includes adding tubing to the battery containment box.
This solution has been appropriately nicknamed the “Super Box” by BB&T analyst Carter Leake. Boeing is heavily lobbying in Congress in an effort to put pressure on regulators to accept its solution and return the 787 to service as quickly as possible. But the answer will likely not come as quickly as Boeing would like.
The investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the US and by its counterparts in Japan are continuing, and will likely not be ready until mid-March. The FAA will certainly wait for additional input from the NTSB and its counterpart in Japan before moving forward.
A key problem is that neither the NTSB nor Japanese can determine the exact cause of the battery failure. A potential fault tree analysis indicates several potential causes to the runaway failure of the battery. More worrisome are reports from Japan are that regulators and the battery manufacturer (Yuasa) have been unable to duplicate the heat levels that occurred on board despite their extensive tests of the battery. This likely indicates that an external electrical charge, and a potential issue with the electrical system on the aircraft, may have been a factor contributing to the severity of the battery failures, and an element that must be addressed to ensure that the probability of a battery failure and fire is eliminated.
The FAA has backed itself into a corner, as the agency’s head indicated that they want to be 1000% sure that any problems have been solved. The language of the Airworthiness Directive also indicates that the aircraft must remain grounded until problems with the battery are fixed.
The question now: is Boeing’s proposed fix good enough? We don’t think so.
The probability of a severely adverse event must typically be shown to be one in a billion (10 to the ninth power) in certification studies to gain approval, with the appropriate engineering analyses supporting those low probabilities. Boeing clearly missed that estimate with two fires occurring within days of each other, indicating a flaw in their initial analysis and design. The FAA will be examining Boeing’s next submission with a fine tooth comb to fully understand the potential for an “at risk” event. The question the regulators will decide is whether a fire could be prevented if it occurs, and be suppressed, which we believe they will, or simply be contained, which the Boeing solution addresses without active fire suppression.
Boeing’s decision to internationally outsource elements of its production will have an impact on the certification of any changes to the aircraft. Because several international players are involved in the design, and international operators subject to local jurisdiction, the FAA must carefully coordinate with Japan and EASA, given the Japanese batteries with a British-owned control system integrated by a French company that coordinates with the US designed electrical system.
With the Japanese unable to replicate the battery failures in standalone tests, it is unlikely that Japanese regulators would accept the Boeing solution, that focuses on the battery, but not the electrical system, as that would result in what would be viewed as an unjustified loss of face in focusing on the contractor in Japan rather than finding the true cause of the problem. What if the FAA were to approve the fix, only to have the Japanese continue to restrict the aircraft from service?
The political and economic ramifications would be significant. Despite the FAA taking the lead for an aircraft certified in the US, this will be a coordinated international effort, and a decision with international ramifications. Should a major disagreement exist, the international system of reciprocity in aircraft certification that has worked well for many years could be threatened. While Boeing can easily lobby Washington, it may also need to be lobbying Tokyo and Brussels as well.
Airbus has read the writing on the wall and moved to “plan B” for the A350, substituting Nickel-cadmium batteries for the planned Lithium-ion batteries. Perhaps they anticipate a change in regulatory requirements from EASA for future programs, or merely want to reduce program risk. But with a significantly lower electrical load, it is much easier for the A350 to switch than the 787, which would require conventional batteries 500 pounds heavier than its Lithium-ion solution.
The question today is whether the FAA will stick to its guns, and require a full solution to the battery and electrical system issue, even if it keeps the 787 on the ground, or bow to political pressure and accept Boeing’s “Super Box” solution. Or might the FAA accept the Boeing solution as a temporary measure, and require something further for the long-term?
Our intelligence sources indicate that the tea leaves are not favorable for the Boeing “Super Box” solution to be approved as a permanent solution, despite its massive lobbying effort on the Hill. This decision is not insulated from political influence, and anything can happen in Washington, whether sensible or not. In the interim, the entire world is watching the FAA and will pass judgment on its credibility based on the outcome of this investigation.


Fears of immigrants, foreign workers, terrorists, big corporations—Donald Trump has adroitly exploited them all to fuel his presidential campaign.
But last night’s debate in New Hampshire, held just three two days before the second contest of the primary season, revealed one bogeyman he embraces: Government seizure of private property for the public good.
Asked if the Northern Pass, a controversial plan to run power transmission lines from Canada down through northern New Hampshire, should use eminent domain to obtain the needed land, Trump launched into a defense of the tool—like any professional developer would.
“Eminent domain is an absolute necessity for a country, for our country,” he said. ”Without it, you wouldn’t have roads, you wouldn’t have hospitals, you wouldn’t have anything. You wouldn’t have schools, you wouldn’t have bridges.”
This is actually true—having some way for the government to take private land with fair compensation is necessary to creating public infrastructure.
But there’s no question that the power has has been abused when private interests influence the government, whether Robert Moses’ freeways rolling through New York’s poorest neighborhoods or Trump himself convincing New Jersey officials to seize an old lady’s house in Atlantic City for a limousine parking lot before the effort failed in court.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, whose campaign is on the line in New Hampshire, didn’t waste time attacking Trump for abusing eminent domain. Trump attempted his usual bluster, saying Bush was trying to be a “tough guy,” but Bush doubled down: ”How tough it is to take away property from an elderly woman?”
It was at this point that Trump lost the crowd, receiving a chorus of boos and then claiming that everyone in the audience was a big political donor and special interest. (Reportedly, fewer than 75 donors were present in an audience of 1,000.)
Such abuses, emphasized by a 2005 Supreme Court case that held a city could seize homes to clear the way for private development, have a been a point of simmering discontent for conservative activists, especially on the libertarian side.
Ironically—or perhaps appropriately for a campaign that runs on irrational fear—eminent domain doesn’t appear to be on the table for Northern Pass. Residents opposed to seeing a power line crawl across northern New Hampshire’s relatively untouched landscape convinced state legislators to pass a law to restrict eminent domain from being used to build the line.
Still, it appears the issue remains a hot-button among Republican voters in New Hampshire, and a proposed Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline in southern New Hampshire has raised similar fears. Trump likely didn’t ease them by saying this about the proposed Keystone oil pipeline: ”Without eminent domain, it wouldn’t go 10 feet, OK?”


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Air New Zealand had earlier announced employee lay-offs and lower pay for those who would stay on job. However, the management has now shocked employees with the news of 2,000 more layoffs. Air New Zealand has already made 4000 workers redundant and its plan to cut 2,000 additional jobs has been met with protest from employees.
Air New Zealand was having nearly 12,500 total staff before COVID-19 pandemic. Due to lockdowns and very low demand for travel in the upcoming months, Air NZ management plans to cut more jobs. Many airlines are staring at long period of low revenue as tourist business would suffer due to coronavirus led economic stress. As many sectors will face the economic impact of coronavirus pandemic, discretionary spending and spending on leisure activities will suffer.
In his letter to staff, Air NZ chief executive Greg Foran laid out a plan and timeline to get Air New Zealand back on its feet, which included removing around $150 million more from its wage bill starting on Friday.
Air New Zealand is also proposing lower pay, reduced working hours, voluntary exits and job sharing. The airline recently announced its future operating plans and domestic flights will start first. The international travel load factor is expected to remain low and we might see many airlines code-sharing for saving costs.
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Coloring is a great activity for kids. It offers them a chance to express their creativity while mastering fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, and a host of other things. So, purchasing coloring books can be one of the best things you can do for your child. The following is a look at some of the things to consider when buying kids' coloring books:
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Occasionally, you'll find official cartoon or TV character sites (such as PBS programs) will make available coloring pages for free to their fans. And there are many other sites that distribute coloring pages of those copyrighted characters. Sounds like dangerous legal ground ...but, surprisingly, I've never heard of any of these sites being prosecuted for copyright infringement. So they'll probably continue to make them available.
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The psychological impact of a mass shooting affects many people beyond the victims, survivors and their families such as law enforcement officers, first responders and hospital personnel.
New research from Florida Tech is finding that another, often overlooked group has also grappled with emotional fallout in the wake of these tragic incidents: the media.
Ted Petersen, associate professor in the School of Arts and Communication, conducted in-depth interviews of more than 40 members of the media involved in covering the two deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history: the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 and injured more than 850; and the June, 12, 2016, Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 and injured more than 50.
His findings were both troubling and encouraging: Journalism is a stressful occupation even in normal circumstances, much less extraordinary events such as these, and the mental health of journalists has not traditionally been a major focus of colleagues or newsroom supervisors. But those interviewed said the newsroom culture is slowly shifting to value and care for the mental health of journalists.
Speaking with reporters, editors, photographers, producers and on-air personnel from print, radio and television media outlets in Las Vegas and Central Florida who were involved in covering the shooting, Petersen and his team utilized an interview protocol that included open-ended questions about their careers as journalists, descriptions of their roles in covering the shooting, ethical dilemmas they faced, how they coped with stress and trauma, their usage of social media, triggers that reminded them of the incident, and newsroom and company support.
During the interviews, journalistic standards were analyzed, such as whether to air the sound of the gunshots or use the name of the shooter. Approaching victims was discussed, as was the delicate nature of wanting to talk with those affected while still recognizing the tragedy that had ensued.
The experiences and their effects varied.
Petersen asked a Central Florida television producer about mental health and seeking out any counseling since covering the Pulse shooting. While the producer didn’t feel she had any problems after the shooting, a month after the shooting a walk downtown near the former nightclub led to a significant moment.
“She was walking with her friends and heard police sirens, and she said, ‘Why are those sirens so loud?’ and her friends said to her, ‘There are no sirens going on,’” Petersen said.
One Las Vegas reporter arrived at the hotel shortly after the shooting expecting to find the area blocked off and a dedicated section for the media established, as is often the case. Instead, the subject was able to get inside the hotel where the shooter was based. While he was ultimately evacuated with the rest of the public, the reporter said the event was an intense situation that still affects him today, more than 18 months later.
“I can tell he’s still emotionally processing it, so he’s working his way through that,” Petersen said. “I think it’s questioned whether or not it’s the right way to do journalism.”
Several Las Vegas journalists told Petersen they coped with the shooting by drinking. One of the reporters said he was just coming back from a two-month leave of absence for mental health, taken after the shooting, when he realized he was an alcoholic.
After the shooting, the biggest newspaper in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, sued the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to compel the release of materials associated with the shooting. The department complied, and every Wednesday when the documents were released, the journalists Petersen spoke with said they experienced the shooting again through documents and body cam footage.
For some, the release of information proved therapeutic, as they were able to write about those who saved lives and the community’s response to the tragedy. For others, the stress of the traumatic event resurfaced, Petersen found.
Petersen found television stations owned by larger companies showed support for their employees after the Vegas shooting by bringing in psychologists and having RVs for journalists to sleep in. Similar resources were generally not provided to employees at the smaller radio station and newspaper company Petersen studied.
Employees also promoted addressing mental health, as a Central Florida newspaper editor informed the newsroom she goes to therapy, which led to one of the reporters to ask more about doing so.
Editors and upper management also had different ways of handling the event and how they covered it. Some seemed less affected by their choices, while others, like a Las Vegas newspaper night editor who sent the reporter into the hotel, were greatly affected.
That editor “cried in the conference room that we were in, so she really recognizes that she put the reporter in a spot that she wishes she hadn’t,” Petersen said. “She thinks she could have coached him better to not get in that situation. I mean, nobody knew, this is all with 20/20 hindsight; she thought she was sending him to go stand at the tape; she didn’t know she was sending him into danger.”
Through his research, Petersen hopes to help fuel a culture shift in newsrooms, with employees being encouraged to discuss their mental health and then offered the help they need.
“I think a little bit of that shift is going to make a huge difference,” Petersen said. “You have to mean it, and you have to do it without judging someone who is not OK, but I think that could go a long way towards addressing it, just not having it be taboo or a sign of weakness that you need to take a day off to stop thinking about an event.”

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Tesla, the renowned electric vehicle manufacturer, has triumphed over adversity to build its first Cybertruck at its Austin, Texas facility, as announced in a recent Saturday tweet. This comes after two years of delays, largely due to component shortages, which led to the launch being pushed to 2023.
Elon Musk, the company’s founder, first introduced the Cybertruck in 2019, attracting significant attention with its “armor glass” windows. However, in a surprising twist during the reveal, the vehicle’s window shattered, contradicting its ‘unbreakable’ claim.
Despite the past delays and unexpected mishaps, Tesla remains ambitious in its plans. Musk declared at a May shareholder meeting that the company aims to manufacture 250,000 Cybertrucks per year, contingent on demand. This venture puts Tesla squarely in the profitable electric pickup segment of the U.S. market, jostling with Ford and Rivian Automotive, which have both recently launched electric pickups in limited numbers.
Shaking off any setbacks, the first Cybertruck rolled out from the Texas factory, almost four years after its prototype’s introduction. This launch comes amidst heightened competition, with the likes of Ford’s F-150 Lightning and Rivian’s R1T pickup gaining momentum in the market. Despite the rivalry, Tesla aims to distinguish its Cybertruck with a triangular stainless-steel design, contrasting with the traditional design of competitors.
Musk expressed some caution about the state of the EV market. A slowing sales trend and rising inventory at dealerships across the U.S. present challenges for Tesla as it ramps up Cybertruck production. However, Tesla isn’t holding back from trying to stimulate demand by cutting prices across its model lineup.
As for the Cybertruck, Musk stated earlier this year that it wouldn’t be a significant part of Tesla’s portfolio until 2024, but the company plans to begin delivering Cybertrucks to customers in the third quarter of this year. Musk advised, “I wouldn’t put too much stock in the start of production. It’s kind of when does volume production actually happen, and that’s next year.”
The introduction of the Cybertruck wasn’t without its snags. In a dramatic moment at the late 2019 introduction, Musk asked his design head to test the truck’s bulletproof claim by throwing a small metal ball at its side window. In an unexpected turn of events, the window cracked. Musk’s memorable reaction was, “Oh my f—ing god. Maybe that was a little too hard.”
Amidst these developments, Tesla is conscientiously focusing on scaling its output. As part of this process, several plans, including building a semitrailer truck and an affordable $25,000 EV, have been put on the backburner, as stated by Musk.
In summary, despite the delays and initial hiccups, Tesla’s journey in producing its first Cybertruck is a testament to its tenacity and innovation. As it confronts the market challenges head-on, the future of Tesla and its Cybertruck seems exciting and full of potential.
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Most often, bands return just long enough to collect their dues and satiate bigger fanbases than they’d left (Pavement). Some do a commemorative one-off, only to disappear again (Slint). Others take a noncommittal, play-it-by-ear approach (The Afghan Whigs).
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The richest 1% of the UK’s population has pocketed more than a quarter of the wealth created in Britain since 2000, it has been revealed.
Over the past 15 years, the total net wealth in real terms of people in the UK has increased from £6 trillion to more than £10 trillion in 2015.
And yet a report from Oxfam, published ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, showed that 26 pence in every pound of this increase in wealth went to the UK’s top 1% – approximately 600,000 people – while just seven pence went to the nation’s poorest 50%, around 30 million people.
The net result is that over the past 15 years, the richest 1% were able to increase their collective wealth by 79% to £2.4 trillion. The average wealth of each of this elite group was £3.7m in 2015, an increase of £1.5m each.
Meanwhile, the average wealth of someone in the bottom 10% was just £1,600 last year, making them only £500 wealthier than 15 years ago.
Oxfam pointed out that with £3.7 million, you could buy outright an eight-bedroom home with swimming pool in Wimbledon, south west London, while £1,600 wouldn’t even cover five days rent of the same property.
Many people expressed their outrage at the findings..
Some were less sympathetic however…
Oxfam is now calling on the government to crack down harder on tax-dodging by the super-rich.
Mark Goldring, the charity’s chief executive, said: “Currently, a privileged minority are able to hide billions offshore away from tax authorities, which unfairly increases the burden on the rest - especially people who are already struggling to get by.
“It’s time the Government ended the secrecy that allows tax dodgers to get away without paying their fair share, robbing the UK – and poor countries – of vital revenue that could help fund public services and provide a strong safety net for most vulnerable.
“It’s simply not right that a tiny group of individuals hoovers up so much of the UK’s growing prosperity while barely any trickles down to those who have least.
“We need action to ensure that a rise in wealth is more evenly shared in order to combat poverty and ensure everyone gets a fair share.”

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Almost-Sixteen-Year-Old Amelia falls for Almost-22-Year-Old Chris who she meets when she starts working at a local grocery store after school. He’s the first guy who as ever acted like she was worth hanging around. She doesn’t even have to work hard to get his attention. Chris is one of those people that everyone likes; someone who can have a conversation with you and make it seem sparkling. But Amelia is so much younger than him, and as he likes to remind her of that by always calling her “Youngster.”
Chris is attending the local university and nursing a severe heartbreak. He has a on again/off again crush on a co-worker who will never like him the way he likes her, and he is drawn to Amelia. She’s jailbait, but he loves hearing her opinions on everything. He is so tired of living at home and is ready for adventure. All of his friends are starting to move away, find relationships and get great jobs. Why is he stuck?
Amelia does not like the changes she’s seen in her best friend. Now that the boys from the boys’ school have noticed Penny, Amelia finds herself retreating into books so she does not have to have acknowledge the presence of these stinking males. The only person she can talk to is Chris. He understands what she’s going through and always has great advice. The best thing is that he doesn’t treat her like a child and he respects her opinions about her home life, feminism and life in general.
But will Chris ever see her as more?
So?: One one side, it’s a book of firsts; love, alcoholic drink, kiss, broken heart. On the other, it’s the journey of someone moving from dependent to adult. Both people are celebrating many firsts, but their trajectories are taking them in opposite directions. Sometime being attracted to someone is more about timing than anything.
It’s a story that just about everyone can relate to. Most people have suffered through liking someone who doesn’t or can’t like you back. But, of course, this is just one of those things that you go through while moving from child to grown up.
What’s the Bottom Line?: It’s a sweet story that will remind you of your first love who seemed to be just a bit more than a crush
Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo was published December 11, 2012 by Alfred A. Knopf. Ink and Page picked this book up from the library, so no one had a choice about whether it was reviewed.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction Contemporary Romance
Ages: 13 and up
You Might Want to Know: Underage drinking, smoking, drug use, profanity and sex.

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TD Bank Awarding $200,000 in Grants to Tree City USA Communities through TD Green Streets
TD Green Streets supports innovative practices in urban forestry. The program will award a total of $200,000 in grants in support of local forestry projects in low- to moderate-income (LMI) neighborhoods. Funding can go towards the purchase of trees, tree planting and maintenance, education and training opportunities. The maximum amount of each grant request is $20,000. Up to 50% of the total project funding can be designated for new trees.
To be eligible for a TD Green Streets grant, municipalities must be a current (2012) Tree City USA community within TD Bank’s United States footprint. A listing of eligible communities, information, requirements, and the application can be found at tdgreenstreets.com.
In addition to extending the deadline, the list of eligible communities has been expanded.


Courtesy Kalashnikov Media
Kalashnikov Concern will launch the AK-19 at this year’s Army 2020 Exhibition in Moscow. The Exhibit will be organized at three locations, Patriot Expo (Moscow Region), Kubinka Air Base, Alabino Military Training Grounds 23-29 August, 2020. The new rifle is a derivative of the AK-12, an assault rifle chambered in 5.45 mm and in service with the Russian military since the end of 2018. The AK-19 is chambered in 5.56×45 N.A.T. O. and features the Picatinny rails and telescoping stock of the AK-12.


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With Canada’s flu season around the corner, pharmacists and health experts are raising concerns about how vaccine fatigue may lead fewer Canadians to get their flu shot, especially amid predictions this year’s flu season could be the worst in years.
Only half of Canadians say they plan to get their flu shot this year, according to a new survey by Abacus Data for the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
That’s a six-point decrease from the 56 per cent of Canadians surveyed about their flu shot intentions last year.
“We’re actually quite concerned about those findings,” said Danielle Paes, chief pharmacist officer with the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
Canada has only recently emerged from an unusual summer wave of illness due COVID-19, which demonstrated how easily transmission of respiratory illnesses can happen now that public health measures like masking and physical distancing have been largely scrapped, she said.
This, coupled with concerns about overcrowded hospitals and health care staffing shortages across Canada, means many health practitioners are hoping as many people as possible will protect themselves against influenza with a flu shot this year, she added.
“In an already-strained health care system, anything that we can do to alleviate some of that pressure is going to go a long way.”
Canada’s flu season has been far less severe than usual over the last two years, which health experts attribute to public health measures that were mandatory in most of Canada during the height of the pandemic.
But this year, that trend is expected to reverse.
Clues from Australia
This year, Australia saw a significant rise in flu cases which peaked earlier than usual after two years of almost no flu cases, says Alyson Kelvin, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan.
Australia’s flu season is often used by experts to predict what could happen in Canada, as it hits several months earlier.
Australia’s flu spike was further exacerbated by a simultaneous wave of new COVID-19 infections in the country.
Given that influenza infections in Canada usually spike in December, which is also the same month that has seen new SARS-CoV-2 variants emerge over the last two years, there are worries about a twin outbreak of both COVID-19 and influenza this fall and/or winter in Canada, Kelvin said.
This is especially concerning because getting sick with one of these viruses makes one more susceptible to becoming infected with the other.
“Once you get infected with either influenza or SARS-CoV-2, your immune system is suppressed, so you have lower immunity,” she said.
“Also having these respiratory viruses, this causes damage to your lungs, which can lead you to be more susceptible to another respiratory virus and possibly developing even more severe disease because your lungs haven’t fully recovered yet.”
For these reasons, pharmacists are hoping as many Canadians as possible will get their flu shots this year and even consider getting them early, Paes said.
Last year, only 42 per cent of Canadians got their flu vaccine, according to the Abacus Data survey.
Whether a rise in anti-vaccine sentiment from individuals opposed to COVID-19 shots contributed to this lower uptake last year or if it was due simply to vaccine hesitancy or fatigue is not known.
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But John Papastergiou, a pharmacist and assistant professor at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Toronto, says he has been fielding questions from a number of clients who question whether they need a flu shot if they’re already fully-vaccinated against COVID-19.
“I think that’s why we’re trying to get the message out earlier this year to have people start thinking about — I may have been vaccinated for COVID, but that doesn’t confer any protection against the flu,” he said.
“And while flu wasn’t a big deal over the last couple of years, we think potentially it could be, so let’s get people vaccinated as early as possible this year.”
A number of Canadians can safely get their flu and COVID-19 boosters at the same time, depending on their age and where they live, Kelvin says, which could make it more convenient for people to get protection from both viruses.
But it’s important for Canadians to not become complacent about the impact of influenza, she said. Because even though it kills far fewer people every year than COVID-19 — the flu normally kills an estimated 3,000 a year compared to over 14,000 killed by COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021 – influenza can still cause serious illness and death.
“It’s not mild for everybody or even moderate for everybody and you just have to keep that in mind, even if we’re in a regular influenza season or in this season that might have both of these respiratory viruses circulating,” Kelvin said.

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They were in a queer part of the broken, rocky island group
. There was a great indenture in the rocks up which the sea came hissing; to the left, round the corner, the lighthouse.
Hundreds of Filipinos from the Visayas and Mindanao island groups
gathered in Hsinchu on Sunday to celebrate their culture with presentations of live music, dance and food, according to the organizers.
He would have the nation's capital located in Negros island, on the argument that it would be accessible to all people from the three island groups
of the country.
In which sea are the island groups
of the Lesser and Greater Antilles?
The Defense Ministry's move came a week after the Chinese government designated all the disputed island groups
in the South China Sea as a municipality under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province.
BEIJING, Sha'ban 1, 1433, Jun 21, 2012, SPA -- China said it summoned Vietnam's ambassador to protest a new law designating a pair of South China Sea island groups
as Vietnamese territory, according to AP.
Packing winds of up to 130 miles per hour near its centre and gusts of up to 175 mph, Cyclone Tomas is continuing to blast through the northern Lau and Lomaiviti island groups
Science professor Mike Cowling, of the Crown Estate who commissioned the research, said: "Given Scotland's rugged western coastline, island groups
and relatively clean seas, it is sensible to examine the farming of seaweeds as a source of green energy to heat homes and fuel vehicles."
Located between Hawaii and Fiji, the Phoenix Islands archipelago is one of three island groups
that make up the Republic of Kiribati, the largest atoll nation in the world, with a total of 33 islands.
Appearing in a Russian TV program in September this year, Putin said the four island groups
are under Russian sovereignty.
In contrast, the use of international-level public health interventions as recommended by WHO (9) may prevent pandemic influenza from reaching some Pacific Island countries and areas or particularly remote island groups
. These issues and other limitations with the model are detailed in the online Appendix.


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Boneheaded decisions cost Bruins a win
RED FISHER, The GazettePublished: Sunday, March 14, 2010
Lucic shone as a Bruin last season. Injuries have sidelined him for nearly half of this season, but what was he thinking when he went out of his way to earn a roughing penalty when Andrei Kostitsyn was whistled down for interference?
The Bruins trailed only 2-1 at the time. Power play time, until Lucic's brain-dead decision erased the man advantage.
Obviously, the Bruins you saw last night have been missing a lot of important parts this season, and one of them surely is the dominating and, at times, eye-catching Lucic, who lifted the Bruins to within one in the third period.
It came after Sergei Kostitsyn was delivered a gift goal when Rask left his net to clear a loose puck. Good idea. Bad execution. The puck bounced off the boards directly to Little K.
What the Bruins needed last night was the Lucic who lit at least a small fire under his colleagues with eight minutes remaining in regulation ... the Lucic who swept into the Canadiens' zone and controlled the puck until he beat Jaroslav Halak with a shot few, if any, goaltenders would have stopped.
Too little, too late.


“When we spend everything that’s within our budget, that it should be paid for by taking money from places in the budget from places that are less essential. I think that’s a very reasonable fiscally conservative. But, you know, you watch CNN and you have people who basically all they care about is attack, attack, attack.
“We’re trying to bury the dead and CNN’s busy fighting some left-wing partisan war founded on dishonesty. And I informed the CNN reporter of that yesterday and they didn’t report one word I said. All they’re going to do is basically lie to people. But it’s also why nobody wants to watch them anymore.
“They used to be a trusted source of news and now, my goodness, it’s just a factory of lies and partisanship and I don’t know how anybody can watch it anymore.” – Sen. Rand Paul, telling Fox News that people are lying about his history of opposing disaster relief for any state that isn’t Kentucky.
As you can see below, it’s all on video.
We must help Kentucky and the other states brutalized by tornadoes this weekend.
However always remember, this is who Rand Paul is when it’s your state hit with a disaster.
— Chris Hahn (@ChristopherHahn) December 12, 2021
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul asked for federal aid for tornado victims, which is “pretty standard,” except for the fact that he “has a long record of opposing federal aid for disaster victims,” including those hit by Hurricanes Harvey and Maria, @JohnAvlon says. #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/P4cIZ5vrOs
— New Day (@NewDay) December 13, 2021


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From sea level in Hobart, the view of a snow-covered kunanyi/Mount Wellington is stunning and, for many, tempting.
- Police say two “hypothermic” women who had to shelter in the dark behind a rock didn’t know where they were and had “20 minutes left”
- They were among nine people rescued from the snow on kunanyi/Mount Wellington at the weekend
- Police have urged snow lovers to be better prepared and warn that any rescue efforts can take time
Hikers, trail runners, families and tourists headed up the mountain in their droves on the weekend, keen to experience the snow for themselves.
But social media photos often belie the truth: that things on the mountain can go very wrong very quickly for those who are unprepared, as nine people found out when they had to be rescued from freezing, windy conditions in three separate incidents.
They were lucky.
But the process of a rescue isn’t simple, or fast, and there is a range of factors that can affect whether a rescue will be successful.
What happens when someone needs to be rescued?
Unlike a search-and-rescue situation in the wilderness where someone might set off a personal locator beacon, police were actually able to communicate with the people on the mountain at the weekend, as they all had phone reception.
Senior constable Callum Herbert said that made the job a lot easier.
“”Where are they?’ is the first question we usually ask and if they don’t know, we have to try and figure that out,” he said.
He said sometimes getting people to describe their location is enough for police with local knowledge to figure out where they are.
Sometimes people have emergency location apps that allow them to send their latitude and longitude, or GPS location, to police.
“We also have an ability to send you a text message with a link to it, and if you click on that link that will show us exactly where you are, using a specialised search-and-rescue program,” Senior Constable Herbert said.
Two of the people rescued at the weekend were disoriented and sheltering behind a rock in a blizzard when they called police after dark.
“We’ve got specialised mobile phone technology which can put a latitude and longitude on where they were, and we found out to the metre where they were.”
Police also ask who is in the group, what they’re wearing, what their level of experience is, and how they got to where they are.
That determines how urgent the situation is, whether someone can be walked out, or whether paramedics will need to take part in the rescue, as they did with the pair sheltering behind the rock.
“Because by the time we got to them, their condition was unknown and we may well have had to stretcher them down the mountain, piggybacked them down the mountain or erected shelters where they were and kept them warm overnight until we could rescue them in the morning,” he said.
How long does it take to be rescued?
Police knew that the two women sheltering behind the rock were in a “very urgent situation” when they spoke to them at 7:30pm on Saturday.
But that didn’t mean they were rescued straight away.
“In search and rescue, we don’t have a full-time squad sitting around the station waiting to be deployed,” he said.
Police and paramedics needed to be called in, (although the forecast meant they were expecting there might be calls on the weekend) and gear such as snowshoes, radios and satellite phones needed to be gathered for them.
The conditions that challenge members of the public are also challenging for rescue teams, who need to put snow chains on their vehicles and open up gates on the mountain.
“In this case, it actually took almost three hours from the time they made the call to when we were with them giving them medical aid, and that was doing the best we could,” Senior Constable Herbert said.
He said while police had access to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, it was “out of the question” that any chopper rescues could have taken place on the weekend, given how windy it was on the mountain.
Hypothermia risks: ‘They may well have perished’
Senior Constable Herbert said people often underestimated what sort of clothing they would need for mountain conditions, with some people sporting shorts and sandshoes rather than weatherproof pants and hiking boots.
He said even the “Tassie tuxedo” (black puffer jacket) wasn’t helpful in severe conditions, because once they get wet, they lose all of their thermal properties and become “quite useless”.
Apart from getting lost or injured, one of the biggest risks to unprepared hikers and trail runners is hypothermia.
Senior Constable Herbert said people usually started shaking if they were cold or experiencing mild hypothermia, but might then start making irrational decisions or stop shaking as moderate hypothermia sets in.
“Confusion, soreness in your muscles, lethargy, they’re the kind of symptoms,” he said.
He said search-and-rescue teams carried specialised gear for the people they were rescuing and needed to prioritise getting people warm.
“The people up there were just ill-equipped for it,” Senior Constable Herbert said.
“We’ve had to provide them with warmth, thermal blankets, thermal clothing and then we could escort them out.”
He said the pair sheltering behind the rock were “quite hypothermic”.
‘Don’t be afraid to turn around’
Despite the busy weekend for search-and-rescue teams, Senior Constable Herbert doesn’t want Tasmanians to stop enjoying themselves when they’re lucky enough to get snow.
He said people just needed to be prepared, and know that Tasmania’s weather, particularly on the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington, could be unpredictable.
“Once you get onto the summit … that’s when the wind is over 100kph and gusting higher, and the snow is forming into drifts that are impassable,” he said.
“We love the outdoors and we’re lucky to have it on our doorstep, but just be sensible, and don’t be afraid to turn around.
“There’s no shame in turning around and going, ‘this is a bit beyond me today’ or ‘this is too dangerous’.”
Tips for snow-time
In a post on its Facebook page, Ambulance Tasmania provided a safety checklist:
- Familiarise yourself with your location and have current maps
- Tell people where you are going and your return time
- Check current and coming weather forecasts
- Carry appropriate warm and waterproof clothing
- Have emergency supplies, a torch, shelter and consider a personal locator beacon
- Cold can deplete phone batteries, so carry a charger and power bank
- Be aware that darkness falls early and quickly this time of year
They also reminded the public that rescue crews may be hampered by the conditions in their efforts to find people.
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The Samsung Galaxy A50s is a premium level smartphone with flagship-grade features and specs. It has a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED Infinity-U display, an Exynos 9611 Octa Core processor, 4GB of RAM, 128GB of internal memory, and a 4000mAh battery. In addition to all these specs, it also has Android 9.0 Pie out of the box, along with One UI 2.0. While it offers a great user experience, there may be times when you need to access its recovery mode in order to fix certain issues. In this guide, we’ll take a look at how to boot into recovery mode on the Samsung Galaxy A50s.
Why Should You Boot into Recovery Mode on the Samsung Galaxy A50s?
- To perform a factory data reset and wipe the phone’s memory
- To fix a frozen or unresponsive device
- To flash a custom ROM or firmware
- To install an official software update
- To clear the cache partition of the device
How to Boot into Recovery Mode in the Samsung Galaxy A50s
- Turn off the device by pressing the Power button.
- Once the device is powered off, press and hold the Volume Up and Power buttons together for a few seconds.
- Now, you will be taken to the recovery mode menu. You can use the Volume Up and Down buttons to navigate the menu items.
- In the recovery menu, you can use the Volume Up button to choose the ‘Reboot System Now’ option and press the Power button to confirm your selection. This will boot the device into Android.
- You can also choose the ‘Wipe Data/Factory Reset’ option if you want to reset the device to its original factory settings.
- You can also use the ‘Wipe Cache Partition’ option to clear the device’s cache partition.
- You can also use the ‘Apply Update from ADB’ option to install a software update from a computer.
- To exit the recovery mode, you can choose the ‘Reboot System Now’ option and press the Power button to confirm your selection.
- The device will now reboot and it will be back to the original software version.
Booting into recovery mode on the Samsung Galaxy A50s is a fairly easy process. By following the steps above, you can access the recovery menu and perform different actions such as clearing the device’s cache, installing official updates, flashing custom ROMs, and more. We hope this guide was helpful and you were able to boot into recovery mode on your Samsung Galaxy A50s without any issues.


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Thank you all for your loving and supportive comments on yesterday’s post. It’s been a rough couple days but writing and sharing about Shana and connecting with old friends has made it a little more bearable. As always, your support means a lot to me.
To lift the mood a bit I figured I’d share with you some beautiful light-filled photography from the past week.
Here is one of my favorite pictures from the pillow photo shoot I did with Amie in the garden:
Doesn’t it have such a magical feel? God I love lens flare.
I took this using a 10mm-22mm wide-angle lens and then I cropped it and enhanced the blacks a bit using Lightroom.
And here are some pictures from the Fourth of July:
The sunset Monday night was pretty out of control. I would take a picture of the gorgeous sky and then go sit down and then two seconds later it would be even MORE gorgeous so I’d get up and take another picture and so on. It was one of the most spectacular sunsets I’ve seen. A nice sendoff for us as this was one of the last evenings we’ll spend on our roof in the East Village before we move to Brooklyn.
Exquisite right? It was like a watercolor painting with the most intense color!
And finally – a few of my favorite fireworks shots. Our view was less than stellar this year (they used to be practically right over our heads before the city moved them to the Hudson River) – but I still got some fun shots. This first one is my favorite. It’s a very whimsical firework right? And I like how the Empire State Building is in the background in red white and blue.
Next Wednesday we move so our apartment is filled with boxes and I’m beginning to get a bit sad to leave this cute little one bedroom. We’ve made a lot of memories here. But alas – change is exciting and we’re moving on to bigger and better things. It’s a packing extravaganza for us all weekend – so I’ll catch you next week. xo


Oracle Takes The Midrange Fight To IBM
October 3, 2011 Timothy Prickett Morgan
I’ve said it before and I will say it again: IBM may come to rue the day in the spring of 2009 when it let the former Sun Microsystems slip from its hands and fall into the loving arms of Oracle co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison. The company owns JD Edwards, one of the biggest ERP suites still on the IBM i platform, and it now, with the Sparc T4 announced last week, has a decent processor for entry and midrange systems on which to run that software.
The Oracle Database Appliance that Oracle announced two weeks ago and that I told you about in the prior issue of The Four Hundred is a joke compared to the new Sparc T4 systems in terms of its mismatch with the kinds of workloads that JDE shops are used to running and the systems on which they are used to running them. Those are parallel clusters that require Oracle’s Real Application Cluster clustering software to scale performance. But the new Sparc T4 servers are just rack-based SMP servers with one, two, or four of the new eight-core Sparc T4 processors–and ones that sport much better integer and single-threaded performance thanks to a new S3 core design.
The Sparc T3 chips, announced last year, sported 16 cores, with eight threads per core, but the threading algorithms were hard coded and the processors were running at a mere 1.65 GHz, which is not great for single-threaded work like batch jobs. In fact, they were utterly horrible at such work thanks to the low clock speed and in-order execution of the S2 cores in the Sparc T3 chips. But with the new S3 core, Oracle is moving to an out-of-order execution in the S3 pipeline, which can issue two instructions per cycle instead of one as in the S2 cores. The Sparc T4 chips also sport eight threads per core, which is great for Web servers and databases that can span and use lots of cores and threads, a new dynamic threading feature that allows for threads to be hogged by workloads if they have higher priority in the system, and clock speeds of 2.85 GHz or 3 GHz. (If you want to see the guts of the Sparc T4 chip up close, check out my write-up over at The Register from the Hot Chips 23 conference in late August.)
The upshot of all of these changes in the S3 core is that a Sparc T4 processor delivers about the same performance on multithreaded workloads as the Sparc T3. You’d expect that with half the cores running at a little less than twice the clock speed and more cores and OOO execution tossed in. But importantly, on single-threaded work, the Sparc T4 has up to five times the throughput as the Sparc T3s. By the way, Oracle was shooting for a factor of 3X in single-threaded performance, so this is a lot better than expected.
What this means is that the Sparc T series are, for the first time, general purpose processors that midrange shops can deploy to run a variety of workloads. This has not been the case since the Sparc T series machines were announced in December 2005. And these machines are not just a credible platform for JDE applications. Any application that can be supported on a Sparc/Solaris platform–particularly if it is written in Java–is fair game. Just like IBM lowered the boom on Sun back in the early 2000s with its AIX on Power ramp–made possible because IBM charged AS/400 shops exorbitant prices for hardware and software so it could discount AIX boxes insanely to win over Sun shops–Oracle is going to lower the boom on IBM and Hewlett-Packard in the portion of the server racket that is devoted to running Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JDE, and other applications. This time around, Oracle will be making deals on its database, middleware, and application software to help it push its iron. Mark my words. Larry Ellison is not joking around here; he was just waiting for the chip engineers to get the right processor out the door.
Oracle put out four different Sparc T4 machines last week: three rack machines and a blade server. IBM, which loves its midrange business, should be thanking its lucky stars that midrange shops like tower servers and has not listened to good counsel for years that Sun and now Oracle should do tower machines if it hopes to take on the SMB market. Ditto for HP and Dell, which know that SMBs like tower servers because they like the compactness and completeness of a tower loaded up with peripherals. (If you want to make some money, you might think about inventing a chassis that converts a Sparc T4-4 server into a tower.)
All of the Sparc T4 servers include a license to Solaris 10 or Solaris 11 when it ships (perhaps later this week if Oracle announces it at its OpenWorld shindig in San Francisco) as well as a license to the VM Server for Sparc logical domain partitioning for Sparc T series platforms. These come bundled into the price of the base server, although you need to buy a system support contract and this is not included in the price. (Just like IBM does with Software Maintenance on its Power Systems, whether they run IBM i, AIX, or Linux.) The logical domain software allows as many as one virtual machine partition per thread in terms of granularity, although you can make an LDom span multiple threads, of course. You can also use Solaris 10 containers to make virtual private servers on top of a single Solaris instance (and that can be running on the bare metal or in an LDom).
The Sparc T4-1, shown below, is a 2U rack server with a single Sparc T4 processor socket. It comes with a processor with all eight cores turned on and they run at 2.85 GHz. In the past, like IBM and Intel, Sun shipped chips with lower clock speeds or some of their dud cores isolated at a cheaper price than full speed, full cored models. Oracle, for now, is just offering those two clock speeds and all eight cores are running.
A Sparc T4-1 server has 16 memory slots, and Oracle is, unlike IBM, supporting 16 GB memory sticks in the machine as well as 4 GB and 8 GB sticks, so it can push up the maximum memory capacity of the box to 256 GB. The server has four Gigabit Ethernet ports standard, and also, with the addition of a daughter card on the motherboard, you can access the two 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers that are integrated onto the Sparc T4 processor. (The Sparc T4 also has one floating point unit per core, two DDR3 memory controllers on the die, as well as support for a total of 16 different encryption and hashing algorithms. These are AES, Camellia, CRC32c, DES, 3DES, DH, DSA, ECC, Kasumi, MD5, RSA, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512. It also has two PCI-Express 2.0 peripheral controllers on the die.) The server has six PCI-Express 2.0 slots and room for six 2.5-inch drives, which can be 300 GB or 600 GB SAS disks; optionally, if you want to get flashy, you can use 100 GB or 300 GB solid state disks in these drive bays.
In a base configuration with 16 GB of memory and two 300 GB drives, Oracle is charging $21,158. Boosting the main memory to 128 GB raises the price to $30,958. If you want to max out the memory, then you need to shell out $44,078. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet daughter card costs $395. A 300 GB disk costs $689 and a 600 GB disk costs $1,149; pricing was not available on the SSDs. Memory sticks are sold in pairs, with two 4 GB sticks running $648, two 8 GB sticks costing $1,632, and two 16 GB sticks running $3,600.
The Sparc T4-1B blade server slides into the Sun Blade 6000 chassis, which packs ten blades into a 10U enclosure. The chassis can support either Sparc or X86 blades and externalizes and virtualizes the disk and network I/O of the blades to a certain extend. The Sparc T4-1B blade is a single-socket machine with 256 GB of maximum memory and two disk bays. In a base configuration with 32 GB of memory with one 300 GB disk, Oracle wants $17,318. IBM midrange shops have shown very little interest in blade servers, so they probably won’t care much about this one.
The Sparc T4-2 doubles up the machine to two sockets, but it does not double up the size of the box to 4U, but rather 3U. So there is not as much room for storage, as you can see:
The Sparc T4-2 has two sockets for the Sparc T4 processors, and the ones in this machine spin at 2.85 GHz. It has 32 memory slots, for a maximum of 512 GB of capacity. This is not as fat as some of the Xeon 7500 and Xeon E7 two-socket boxes can do, with 1 TB or even 2 TB of capacity with memory extenders, but it is as good as what IBM can deliver in a two-socket Power Systems box–at least until the Power7+ machines come out later this fall and IBM doubles up the memory by supporting 16 GB memory sticks. (That’s my guess on the memory–not a preannouncement of a known fact.) This Sparc T4-2 only has enough room for six disks–same SAS disk and SSD drive options as the Sparc T4-1 server. It also has the same networking options as the smaller machine: four Gigabit Ethernet ports on the motherboard and four daughter cards to implement four 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports that hang right off the processor.
A Sparc T4-2 server with 64 GB of memory and two 300 GB disks will run you $34,698, and boosting memory to 256 GB raises the price to $52,138. If you want the full 512 GB of memory, you’ll pay $78,378.
That leaves the workhorse Sparc T4-4, a four-socket machine that is packed into a 5U chassis, as you can see:
The Sparc T4-4 is essentially two Sparc T4-2 two-socket motherboards glued together without an additional chipset (this is called glueless SMP) since the T3 and T3 chips had this built in. This machine gets the faster 3 GHz Sparc T4 processors and tops out at 1 TB of main memory. It has only two of those 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports as well as the four Gigabit Ethernet ports, which makes me think some of the bandwidth for the 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports is being used to SMP clustering. The server has 16 PCI-Express 2.0 slots, all of them x8 slots. It has room for eight 2.5-inch disks or SSDs.
With 128 GB of memory and a single 300 GB disk, the Sparc T4-4 server costs $50,369. A more reasonable configuration with 256 GB of memory and eight 300 GB disks costs $90,312, while a fully loaded machine with 1 TB of memory and eight 600 GB disks will cost you $168,232.
But Wait, There’s A Sparc SuperCluster
For customers who run out of gas on a regular Sparc T4-4 server, Oracle has ginned up something it calls a Sparc SuperCluster T4, which is a cluster of four of these machines plus Exadata storage servers (which have data compression algorithms and SQL pre-processing tuned for the Oracle 11g R2 database) and 40 Gb/sec InfiniBand switches. Here’s what it looks like:
Very roughly speaking, I would guess that this Sparc cluster should have roughly the same performance as a Power 770 running database workloads, but it could be higher because of the compression and SQL pre-chewing of the Exadata storage arrays and the flash integrated into the Sparc T4-4 nodes when used in the SuperCluster. Pricing for this cluster was not announced.
Next week, I will take a look at how these Sparc T4 servers stack up against Power Systems machines, including sussing out how the machines do on the JD Edwards benchmark tests compared to IBM Power Systems boxes running IBM i.
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Welcome 2017! I felt I should write a straight forward New Year blog simply entitled FAQs. So, questions all about your dance lessons, especially wedding first dance lessons. Ideally, FAQs should have been on the Beaus & Belles site some time ago. So apologies… however to make up for this, here are plenty of golden top tips on how to prepare for that very special wedding first dance!
Q: How long in advance should our wedding first dance lessons be?
A: Ideally six to eight weeks before. This keeps the dance movements relatively fresh in your mind. With the advent of cameras and notes as learning resources, you could start well before and practice it to perfection. I think to make your dance look fresh 6 to 8 weeks before your big day is a good time frame.
Q: When should I book up my lessons?
A: You should start making enquiries 6 to 12 months prior to your wedding date, considering a first dance track and planning dates. However, it´s not to say that some people prefer to leave dance lessons to the end. However, if you are a little uncomfortable on the dance floor I would prepare in good time.
Q: What should I wear to the dance lessons?
A: I suggest wearing something fairly formal if you can for at least the last rehearsal, to mirror what you will be wearing on the big day. In rehearsal I would advise against wearing trainers, or 8 inch spiked heels! I suggest well fitting shoes with a slight heel (not flatties) and men formal tie up shoes for dance lessons. If you are going to wear extremely high heels for your wedding day, you might consider wearing an alternative pair of shoes just for your wedding first dance, as you wouldn’t want to cause you or your partner a major injury!
Q: How long should the music be? What style of music should I go for, slow or fast?
A: Music was covered in a previous blog, so you can go check that out. Basically a Strictly dance on TV is 1.5 minutes long which proves that even the professionals cut down a dance to this length. This is a very normal practice, short sweet and well rehearsed is what you are aiming for. The audience should feel they want to see more,and if they do, arrange an encore! A mid tempo is a good speed for beginners, a 4/4 tempo or 2/4. Very slow is hard to pull off unless you have great natural style and very fast could be tricky. Ultimately, go for the style and speed that suits your personalities and/or wedding theme.
Q: What happens if my partner is good at dance and I am not?
A:Traditionally someone has to take the lead and in the dance world this is the male. This of course can cause problems in practice if the lady is a naturally stronger dancer! Differences apart, I usually cater to the lead´s level so that the one leading feels most confident and in control.
Q: How many dance lessons should I have?
A: In an ideal world, as many as you can. Excuse the cliche but practice makes perfect. However, it will depend on your budget, your ability and your timescale. So these factors will affect your choice. Best to be sensible however and remember if you haven’t ever had formal dance lessons at all, you may need to quota in that extra time and effort.
Q: I am wearing a fishtail wedding dress with a long train and 6 inch heels. Will this be difficult to dance in?
A: What you are wearing on your wedding day should be considered with due respect to the first dance. A fish tail design would be difficult to dance in, as you can’t separate your legs easily. Long trains however can be gathered up by the use of finger hoops or wrist bands which helps. Very high heels could be a hazard on the dance floor, consider alternative footwear should that be the case.
Q: When are dance lessons held?
A: Usually in the evenings or weekends, as most people work.
Q: I am a total beginner and I am not a confident dancer, can Beaus & Belles help me?
A: Many people are naturally cautious if they haven’t danced before. Our choreographers are adept at putting clients at ease and will have taught a variety of abilities. Learning is carried out by observation and repetition. If the hurdles aren’t too high in the first place, and your music choice and theme is realistic it shouldn’t pose a problem. Dances don’t need to be long in order to impress. Short sweet and well rehearsed is my motto for my dancers.
Q: What is a good length of time for a wedding first dance?
A: Anywhere from a minute to two minutes long. I would avoid dancing much longer than two minutes as your first dance will start to lose its impact, you may forget your routine if you are not experienced and not to mention tire as it will become physically demanding. Have you ever noticed how out of breath even the professionals are after a minute and a half jive tempo?
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Lwam Odinga made her first public appearance since her husband’s death last month, in joining thousands of fans at the Nyayo National Stadium to watch a continental cup match involving Gor Mahia on Saturday evening.
The Eritrean beauty, the widow of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s son Fidel Odinga, made a grand entrance donning an over size white Gor Mahia jersey.
She seemed jovial and was severally seen gasping in anticipation and cheering on the Kenyan Premier League champions.
Lwam was in the company of her father in law Raila and her two sisters in law Rosemary and Winnie.
Her late husband Fidel, just like the Former Minister, was an avid Gor Mahia fan.
Gor Mahia won this match against Madagascar club CNaPS by a solitary goal, thanks to a second minute Ali Abondo penalty.


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The minister said on Sunday’s TV program that the outgoing finance minister and CDA leader Wopky Hoekstra is “embarrassed” by the list of violations of the law committed by the Tax and Customs Administration. Boettenhof.
The list of violations was sent to the House of Representatives on Friday.
“Unfortunately, it fits with what we learned a year and a half ago,” says Hoekstra. Work is being done “with full force” to solve the problems that have highlighted the childcare allowance relationship. “But I think you also have to be very honest that you cannot promise that it will be a thing of the past.”
Christian Democrat MP Peter Umtzigt, who, along with Socialist Party member Rinsky Liegen, had played a major role in uncovering the case, requested the list. The Tax and Customs Administration has gone beyond decision-making periods, has acted in breach of privacy legislation, and made decisions without or with little motive.
Documents were withheld from citizens and judges, and it became unnecessarily difficult for parents to prove their entitlement to the benefits, and the benefits were stopped or recovered without prior investigation.
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Speaking of Kongregate : I don't think I saw it mentioned in this thread, so :
They have some game called "War Metal Tyrant" that they're pushing hard right now (gamestop keeps giving out nag-cards when you buy something). You get powerup points based on the level of the game you get to :
50 just to play, 100 - level 2, 250 - level 5, 500 - level 10.
I don't use Kongregate so I have no idea what that entails, but the nag-card claims that its free, so for people needing some points, its an option.
Just wanted to mention it.
Found it, it goes by just "Tyrant" (it's an MMO CCG
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Reach Level 2: 100 points
Reach Level 5: 250 points + Sweepstakes Entry for $10,000 gift card
Reach Level 10: 500 points + another Sweepstakes Entry
However, the Sweepstakes mentioned getting a code in order to enter. It's free to obtain from all Gamestop locations, I'm just not sure if it's need to get the PUR points.

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ORLANDO, Fla., April 15 (UPI) -- A planned SpaceX astronaut launch from Florida to the International Space Station next week has cleared a major review by NASA officials, the space agency announced Thursday evening.
Teams of technicians and engineers will proceed toward a planned liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule at 6:11 a.m. EDT on April 22 from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
The astronauts are expected to arrive at the space station a day later, marking the first time two U.S. vehicles will be docked at the orbiting laboratory, said Norm Knight, a NASA deputy manager of flight operations.
"The teams are doing this in the midst of the COVID pandemic, and we're pulling together. We're not letting that be a barrier," Knight said during a news conference Thursday.
NASA's Crew-2 mission will mark several additional historic moments for space travel. The booster launching the rocket will be the first SpaceX booster to be reused while carrying people. During the space shuttle era, solid-rocket side boosters were reused.
SpaceX also will reuse the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour that launched two astronauts in May -- the first human spaceflight from U.S. soil since the shuttle era ended in 2011.
The reuse of such vehicles was a part of the review, said Steve Stich, manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
"We had to look at how the structures would perform for an additional flight," Stich said. "We made sure all the hazards on Falcon 9 and Dragon were controlled."
NASA and SpaceX said they were evaluating one issue identified during review -- an error in the measurement of the amount of liquid oxygen loaded into SpaceX rockets. That issue would be resolved before the rocket is test fired in the next few days, officials said.
NASA has assigned American astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur for the launch, along with Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency.
The four space flyers plan to arrive in Florida on Friday for the third SpaceX launch carrying astronauts. SpaceX missions flew two astronauts to the space station in May and again in November.


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