During the current world health crisis, some people have been appreciating that life is no longer as fast-paced as it once was. Others are reeling from the economic and personal fallout of the current crisis. But overall, the fact is that life is not what it once was. Moreover, it may not return to what it once was for a long time – or ever. Bill Gates, the billionaire who founded Microsoft and now leads The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has been a leading voice for public health on a global level for years now.
He’s advocating for policies that will help stem the toll the current crisis takes on the world. Gates has also shared some insight about what governments need to do. Read on to see how the world must adapt and how Gates thinks that will happen.
30. Economies Nearly Closed For Months
When China shut down the city of Wuhan in January to prevent the infection that initially spread there from spreading across the entire country, many people weren’t happy. But they were understanding that drastic measures needed to be taken. The new illness was unprecedented and claiming many lives.
In February, other economies all across the world began to shut down to prevent the spread. By closing down shopping centers, restaurants, and other public places to limit how many people can gather together, public health experts were able to limit the spread of the pathogen.
We are still months, if not years, away from a vaccine that will protect people. Furthermore, once the vaccine is safely developed and has passed through rigorous testing, coordinated a global vaccination program will be the largest public health project in the history of humankind.
Until that vaccine is developed, shutting down economies is the most effective way of stopping the spread. Countries and states that shut down their economies quickly had fewer deaths because of the pandemic, while those that waited saw more deaths.
When restaurants were only operating on a takeout basis, wait staff lose their jobs. When people could no longer go to a spa to get a massage or other non-medical procedure, the workers get furloughed. The upside is that the workers and customers are much safer, but the toll has been enormous.
Millions of workers have been furloughed, meaning that they are temporarily unemployed but expect to return to work when their workplaces reopen. But many workplaces have already been unable to survive the shutdown and will have to close permanently.
Current levels of unemployment are higher than at any point in American history since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The federal government has authorized billions of dollars in funding for unemployment payments and relief payments to help keep the economy afloat.
However, an extended period of such high unemployment, as we are currently seeing, will have economic reverberations that will last years. Many states are concerned about the long-term effect of so many people being out of work, and the governors and legislators are eager to reopen their economies.
Most people who have not been furloughed or laid off are now working from home. Though they are fortunate to have a job, many have the responsibility of caring for children home from school.
Schools across the country closed in March since schools are exceptional places for pathogens to spread. To stem the spread, children were sent home. While many schools provided online lessons, parents became full-time caregivers and had to become fully responsible for their children’s education.
There is no understating the impact of children all across the country being out of school for so long. High school and college seniors did not get to have graduation ceremonies. Many missed critical periods of learning that were necessary to prepare them for the next grade level.
When children return to school, they will almost certainly be behind. Teachers will be spending time helping the students make up what they missed during the time that they were home. Making up the learning will be the natural part. Helping so many children deal with a collective trauma will be the hard part.
Schools across the country (and all across the world) will probably reopen on a modified basis in the fall to make the problem worse. Class sizes will be significantly smaller to allow for social distancing so that schools do not have to shut down again.
To accommodate smaller class sizes, many schools are contemplating having students attend every other day or every other week. It means that children will be doing hybrid learning online, and some of it in the classroom. Nevertheless, there are additional consequences for schools not fully reopening.
Working parents across the country have had to deal with the staggering weight of not having childcare. Many essential workers – grocery store workers, sanitation workers, bus drivers, and healthcare professionals – have had to continue working without adequate childcare.
Other parents, who are working from home, have been struggling to get their work done while also homeschooling their children. The burden has been immense, and working parents are unsure of their situation if their children cannot return to school full time in the fall.
With high levels of unemployment, essential workers not having access to childcare, children out of school, and public spaces being open only on a modified basis, economies have been stretched as far as they can go.
Governments have been working to help those affected by the economic fallout, by offering relief payments, preventing foreclosures and evictions, and providing other assistance. But freezing the economy in place, which has been the strategy for many governors, can only do so much to offset the long-term repercussions of the economic shutdown.
Parents who have not had the responsibility of caring for their children 24/7 are exasperated (and more appreciative of their children’s teachers than they have ever been). People who have been stuck at home with each other for months are finding their relationships strained.
Many have been growing restless. To make matters worse, there has been no shortage of conspiracy theories to fan into flames public unrest over economic shutdown. Even those who do not fall for conspiracy theories just want to get back to work and move on with their lives.
In May, states began taking the first steps to reopen their economies after being closed, some for six weeks or longer. Some states, such as New York (which saw the worst outbreak and had the highest number of deaths), are more timid and cautious.
Others, such as Georgia and Florida, have reopened beaches and other public places with few to no requirements on methods such as social distancing and wearing a mask, both of which have been proven to contain the spread of the pandemic.
There’s a well-founded concern that some states have been too rash in their efforts to reopen their economies and that they’re opening the doors to a second wave. If people can attend mass gatherings once again, then one infected person, even if he or she is asymptomatic, will spread the illness to many people present.
Those people will then spread it to their families and others that they come into contact with. Pretty soon, a second wave will hit, and hospitals will be overwhelmed with patients that need ventilators.
Understanding the way that a virus spreads is critical in developing methods to contain it. While HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, presented a substantial public health emergency in the 1980s and 1990s, it does not spread nearly as quickly as this one.
HIV spreads through bodily fluids that move from one infected person to another person. This particular one, however, is airborne. It spreads through the water droplets in coughs or sneezes of infected people, even if they are asymptomatic, and can infect dozens of people nearby.
When people are in close contact with each other, they are at a much higher risk of contracting it. Even if they do not become sick, they will likely spread it to their friends, family members, and other people they come into contact with during that time.
Social distancing, especially in public places, is the best way to prevent contracting the virus and spreading it. People need to wear masks when they are around other people; if everyone out in public wears a mask, then people only have a 1.5% chance of contracting the illness.
Workers whose jobs require them to be in close contact with their colleagues are at particular risk for contracting it, especially when they do not have PPE (personal protective equipment) to shield them. Meat-packing plants are a prime example of workplaces that require close contact.
Meat-packing plants throughout the country have seen high levels of outbreaks and deaths among workers. For workers to be able to do their jobs safely, they need access to PPE as well as the ability to distance themselves from their colleagues socially.
In April 2020, the Smithfield meat-packing plant in South Dakota made the news because hundreds of its workers became infected. Nearly half of all cases in South Dakota were workers at the Smithfield plant who contracted the virus at work.
Tragically, some of the Smithfield workers died after becoming infected. The only way to prevent outbreaks, such as this one, is to provide workers with access to the PPE that they need and ensure that they can remain six feet apart from their colleagues.
These kinds of measures are unfeasible in many places, and in others, they have not yet been implemented. PPE has been in short supply since hospitals have been in desperate need of it to protect front-line healthcare workers. Most people outside of healthcare have been relying on homemade cloth masks to protect them.
But some workplaces have not yet implemented policies that would provide adequate protection for employees. For example, the Smithfield plant did not provide proper cleaning and sanitation and did not enable employees to distance themselves socially. Amazon warehouses and many other workplaces have faced similar criticisms.
Workers who cannot safely return to work, desperate as they may be to get back to their jobs, stand a high risk of contracting a potentially deadly disease. If one person is infected, then that one person could infect many other people. Remember that the virus is airborne – it could potentially travel through the building’s ventilation.
Employers have a legal obligation to implement adequate safety protocols to protect workers, but if these protocols are not effective in protecting workers in the current crisis, then returning to work could be deadly.
Right now, there is no government-level standard for precisely what workplaces need to do to reopen safely. Some states are requiring that businesses submit workplace-reopening plans, which detail the measures that employers are taking to protect workers and customers.
However, other states are not. And for economies to reopen, people have to have the ability to return to work safely. Requiring workers and customers to wear masks and allowing for social distancing are the two most important things that businesses can do.
For workers to return to their jobs, many need access to reliable childcare. And in many places, that will not be an option for months, if not years. Furthermore, everyone will need assurances that they can return to their jobs safely.
Without providing adequate safety precautions, there will almost certainly be a second wave as soon as economies reopen. The catastrophe that hit New York City will happen in cities all over the country as hospitals become overcrowded.
Providing PPE and requiring people to socially distance themselves have effectively contained the spread of the virus. However, Gates thinks that there is one thing that is even more important: testing people.
For example, South Korea contained its outbreak very quickly by implementing a drastic testing regimen that enabled public health officials to trace every epidemic source. They were then able to isolate people who were asymptomatic before they infected other people. As a result, South Korea has had very few fatalities.
But in the United States, testing has become a political weapon people have been throwing at each other. And to make matters worse, the early tests that the CDC approved gave many false negatives. Many people who had the virus and took a test were told that they were fine.
Since May, states have been on their own about testing. Some have implemented rigorous testing programs by providing free tests for people at clinics throughout the states. These states have been more effective at containing the spread. But other areas have done little to test their residents.
How well a state has fared so far in the current crisis depends on how quickly it shut down its economy and its comprehensive testing program. Some states shut down their economies very rapidly and have tested a high proportion of their populations.
Other states have not. Some states never even implemented a full shutdown, and the virus spread quietly among people who were asymptomatic before hospitals became full of people on ventilators. For children to be able to return to school and workers to return to their jobs, rigorous testing needs to be in place.
A test can identify if the person being tested is infected, but this level of testing is not sufficient in a public health emergency such as the current one. Someone who took a test that came back negative could become infected 10 minutes later.
The robust testing that needs to be in place is what South Korea had in its early days of prevention: being able to trace outbreaks to the source. It means that public health workers need to be able to identify all of the people that a positive person came into contact with and test them. This plan will require enormous resources and personnel, and the US has not deployed that at a systemic level.
6. Gates Believes Reopening Needs To Happen In Stages
To prevent a catastrophic second wave, the reopening that happens needs to be gradual, in stages. That means that states need to implement plans that require businesses to submit reopening plans to ensure workplaces are safe before reopening. Gates revealed his plan that involves many aspects including these stages.
Small gatherings, rather than unlimited gatherings of people on beaches or in shopping malls, should be allowed once the state has flattened the curve. Only as the states’ plans to reopen a new wave of businesses and allow for more interaction between people have shown not to create a new wave should more reopenings happen.
As economies reopen, the reality is that there will be new outbreaks. And again, this is why testing is so essential: tracing these new outbreaks to the source so that they can become contained before the outbreak becomes uncontrollable.
Being prepared to deal with new outbreaks also means that hospitals are supplied with enough PPE and ventilators to prevent another near-collapse, such as what happened in New York in March and April. Moreover, new outbreaks mean that economies may have to close again, at least temporarily.
The alternative to gradual reopenings that occur only with robust testing that can trace outbreaks to the source is a new wave of infections that will overwhelm and possibly collapse the healthcare system.
The goal of reopening needs to be to preserve human life by protecting people – especially those who are most vulnerable – from the possibility of infection. While the economic fallout is certainly disastrous, the human toll of a massive loss of life will be immense.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been leading the way in developing a vaccine that could immunize the world to the virus that has paralyzed it. Institutions all over the world – including universities, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies – have been collaborating. Gates is spearheading that effort.
Continuing the research and development plans that are working towards a vaccine should be a priority for governments. However, relying on a vaccine to come in the future is not an adequate plan for reopening economies, as there is no guarantee of a vaccine or when it will be available.
The shortest timeframe that has been proposed for a vaccine is 12 to 18 months. That means that one will not be available until the summer of 2021, so shutdowns may continue well into next year. It is a reality that we all need to be prepared to deal with immediately.
Many public health experts are concerned that a vaccine may not come for years, or may not come at all. If this is the case and it is here with us to stay, then we need to be prepared for our lives to change dramatically, permanently.
While waiting for a vaccine, the most important thing that states can do is implement rigorous testing programs that will trace infections to the source to contain outbreaks. Employees will need to be tested before they can come back to work.
When those employees return to work, they will need both childcare and the assurance that they can work safely. So states all across the country have a long way to go before their economies can safely reopen without risking another wave of infections, which could be much more deadly than the first one.


Prospective home owners/seekers in Lagos have received a boost in their options for modern, family-friendly homes with the start of sales of Universal One, a 576-unit apartment complex at Alaro City in the Lekki Free Zone.
The apartments are being developed by Messrs Universal Homes, an award-winning residential community developer with British, American and New Zealand investors.
Features of the apartments include open-plan living rooms with expansive balconies, contemporary kitchens with polished granite worktops, wooden teak textured ceramic tiles, 100L solar water heating, smoke detectors and white UV wardrobes.
Speaking about the project, Executive Director of Universal Homes, John Latham, said the firm chose Alaro City due to its experience with Rendeavour, the developers of Alaro City in partnership with Lagos State Government.
He stated that firm would be bringing its high-quality, accessibly priced apartments to Nigeria, in partnership with Alaro City.
“We are pleased to play a role in advancing the housing agenda of Lagos State and to be a pioneer residential development in the Lekki Free Zone, surrounded by amenities like shops, schools and healthcare,” he said, adding that the company had developed 1,500 homes in Kenya at Tatu City.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alaro City, Odunayo Ojo, said that Universal One would serve as a model for inclusive urban development in Nigeria, which he described as “a representation of the kind of forward-thinking initiatives usually associated with Alaro City.”
He said that Alaro City itself was a demonstration of the Lagos State Government’s successful partnerships with private sector investors to address critical public infrastructural needs.
Going by the success of Universal Homes at Alaro City’s sister development, Tatu City, he boasted that Universal One would serve as a model for international quality and accessibly priced homes in Lagos.
Ojo said, “We are thankful for the support of the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who continues to show the government’s commitment to the Lekki Free Zone project, particularly for the on-going expansion and rehabilitation works being done on the Lekki-Epe expressway, which will be transformational for the entire axis”.
Alaro City is a mixed-income, city-scale development with master-planned areas for offices, logistics and warehousing, homes, schools, healthcare facilities, hotels, entertainment and 150 hectares of parks and open spaces.
Already, more than 35 companies are operational, designing or building their facilities in Alaro City, and 3.5km of initial road networks and a modular 50MVA power plant are under construction.


The Nissan Leaf is now available at dealerships, the Italian in the version of the Nissan Leaf and+ with a new battery from 62 kWh.
The new unit contains 288 cells, compared to the 192 of the the standard 40 kWh and offers a higher power 217 HP, acceleration from 0-100 km/h in 6.9 seconds and a mileage of autonomy in the combined cycle WLTP up to 385 km on a single charge. It is 115 miles of range in more than 40 kWh.
The new Nissan Leaf and+ also features new connectivity features, like TomTom LIVE , which provides information on traffic and routes to the navigation door-to-door, locator car, control the lights and horn, ignition, remote climate control and charging, and support and service Nissan from a smartphone.
The list price is 41.000 euro, which will become 35,000 euros keys in hand for the version in progress N-Connect to a net of 6.000 euro to the ecological incentives provided for in case of scrapping and the incentive to Nissan.


Military Engineers were called to localities in the north and center of the country.
CHISINAU, April 8, 2022 - In the last few weeks, the engineers of the National Army liquidated 32 explosive objects and 114 cartridges of different caliber in the municipalities of Chisinau and Balti, as well as in the localities from Anenii Noi, Orhei, Dubasari, Straseni, Ialoveni, Singerei districts Falesti, Ungheni, and Hincesti.
According to the head of the Genius Service of the National Army, Lieutenant-Colonel Igor Livitchi, in the second half of March, the team of the Genius Battalion "Codru" led by Major Alexandru Atroscenco, intervened in Cocieri village, Dubasari district, where a local found in his garden several explosives. As a result of the ground research, military engineers identified an RKG-3 hand grenade, a VOG-17 grenade, a UZRGM fuze, and 114 different caliber cartridges. The ammunition, which dates back to World War II, was destroyed for maximum safety.
During the same period, the group of engineers from the Motorized Infantry Brigade "Moldova" led by Captain Serghei Condrea, was called to the village of Grigoresti, Singerei district, where the locals found in the nearby forest an artillery projectile, 122 mm caliber and a mortar bomb of 120 mm caliber.
The same team moved on April 1 to a neighborhood in Balti to evacuate a mortar bomb of 82 mm caliber. The ammunition was discovered after excavations on Burebista Street in the city and presented a danger to the locals.
All explosive devices were transported to the Training Center of Brigade "Moldova" for destruction.
Since the beginning of the year, 35 demining missions have been carried out, as a result of which 120 explosives of various types and 7,999 cartridges have been destroyed throughout the country.
We remind you that on April 4th, the Ministry of Defense launched a campaign to inform and raise awareness about the danger of unexploded ordnance in the Republic of Moldova with the slogan "A wrong step can cost you your life!".
The action aims to inform and raise awareness of the risks which citizens potential threats in the event of the discovery of explosive objects on the ground and their improper handling, especially during agricultural work.


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Heya. I'm new to this board and this mod, and I set everything up correctly with scripts. The only script I could get working was Darkshadow44's creeper script. If I try using any other scripts, the game gives me a no interaction script error or loops me back to the title screen when loading a world. I'm really not sure what to do about it. : /
MobTalker2 lets you transform Minecraft into a visual novel-styled
adventure game. This is possible through user-written "scripts"
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese policymakers are readying measures to support an economy jolted by a coronavirus outbreak that is expected to have a devastating impact on first-quarter growth, policy sources said.
The sources said the government is debating whether to lower the planned 2020 economic growth target of around 6 percent, which many private sector economists see as well beyond China’s reach.
With the death toll from the virus epidemic climbing to over 420 and risks to growth mounting, China’s central bank is likely to lower its key lending rate - the loan prime rate (LPR) - on Feb. 20, and cut banks’ reserve requirement ratios (RRRs) in the coming weeks, said the sources who are involved in internal policy discussion.
“Currently, monetary policy is being loosened, but the central bank will follow a step-by-step approach and watch the virus situation,” said a policy insider.
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has already pumped in hundreds of billions of dollars into the financial system this week as it attempted to restore investor confidence and as global markets shuddered at the potentially damaging impact of the virus on world growth. In the past two days, the PBOC has injected 1.7 trillion yuan ($242.74 billion) through open market operations.
In order to minimize job losses, China’s stability-obsessed leaders are likely to sign-off on more spending, tax relief and subsidies for virus-hit sectors, alongside further monetary easing to spur bank lending and lower borrowing costs for businesses, according to the policy insiders.
“We have policy reserves and will step up policy support for the economy. The most urgent task is to put the virus outbreak under control,” said a source who advises the government, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Support measures will be concentrated on the retail, catering, logistics, transportation and tourism sectors, which are likely to be hit hard and are especially vulnerable to job losses, they said.
Increased government spending could push up the annual budget deficit relative ratio to 3% this year from 2.8% in 2019, and local governments could be allowed to issue more debt to fund infrastructure projects, the policy insiders said.
Policymakers deem targeted measures as more effective than unfettered credit easing at this stage, given that the outbreak has weighed on factory and investment activities due to the extended holiday in some regions, the insiders said.
The Lunar New Year holiday has been effectively extended by 10 days in many parts of China including powerhouse regions such as Shandong province and the cities of Suzhou and Shanghai, while transport networks have been curtailed to curb the spread of the disease. More than 40 foreign airlines have suspended flights to China.
“It’s necessary to step up policy support for the economy but we don’t need to use strong stimulus at this stage,” said one of the policy insiders.
While Beijing has rolled out a series of support measures in the last two years, mainly in the form of higher infrastructure spending and tax cuts, leaders have pledged they will not embark on massive stimulus like that during the 2008-09 global crisis, which saddled the economy with a mountain of debt.
The PBOC has cut the RRR, or the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, eight times since early 2018, with the latest reduction taking effect on Jan. 6. It has also lowered its key lending rates modestly since August.
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China’s economy grew 6% in the fourth quarter, bringing 2019 expansion to 6.1% in 2019, the weakest in nearly three decades as demand at home and abroad weakened in part due to the bitter Sino-U.S. trade war. Growth of about 5.6% this year is seen enough for meeting the long-term gross domestic product target.
This year is symbolically crucial for the ruling Communist Party to fulfill its goal of doubling GDP and incomes in the decade to 2020, turning China into a “moderately prosperous” nation.
Chinese leaders face a more challenging job than they did during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2002-03, as the economy is now driven more by consumption and services, and growth has been on a downward trajectory.
The virus has killed 425 and infected 20,438 in China, most of them in central Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak.
“It’s hard to see a turning point in the outbreak. First-quarter GDP growth could dip below 5% and the impact may persist in the second quarter,” said Wang Jun, chief economist at Zhongyuan Bank.
Many private economists have lowered their growth outlook for China, with Louis Kuijs at Oxford Economics forecasting 5.4% growth in 2020, compared with 6% previously.
Tao Wang, China economist at UBS, predicted first-quarter growth could dip to 3.8%, and 5.4% for the whole year.
During the SARS outbreak, China’s growth slowed to 9.1% in the second quarter of 2003 from 11.1% in the first, before rebounding to 10% in June-September, bringing the full-year expansion to 10%.
Reporting by Kevin Yao; Editing by Shri Navaratnam
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Raise your hand if you did not see this coming. We’d like to sell you a barely used bridge in New York City.
Former reality TV star Omarosa Manigault Newman, who was fired late last year from her job as a Trump aide, reportedly recorded conversations about sensitive issues during her tenure in the White House.
Sources tell the New York Daily News that Omarosa “may have taped confidential West Wing conversations and fears being caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.”
According to the publication’s sources, Omarosa has been lawyering up because she expects to soon become a witness in Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Gee. A woman known for subterfuge and deception actually snuck in recorders? To record?
Knock us over with a feather.
“Everyone knows Omarosa loves to record people and meetings using the voice notes app on her iPhone,” one source explained. “Don’t be surprised if she has secret audio files on everyone in that White House, past and present staffers included.”
The source also claimed that the White House’s recent decision to ban staffers from using their personal smartphones in the White House was because of Omarosa’s habit of recording conversations at all times.
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About The Design
To bring the whimsy of DOGMA to life, Kevin Smith wanted a look somewhere
between reality and unreality, in the slightly skewed, eye-popping style of his
favorite comic-books. To get this look, he surrounded himself with a group of
dedicated visual artists who could help transubstantiate his dream-like
storyboards into tangible sets and effects. "These guys really gave their
all," says Smith. "The special effects team went all out and there was
this kind of guiding spirit of 'let's put on a show.'"
"This is the first time either of
us has shot a movie in which we had to deal with questions like are the angel
wings working properly," sums up Scott Mosier. "The biggest thing was
that we really had to let go and invite more people to the party. There were
many more arms involved - special effects, CGI, visual effects and it was a huge
amount of information to process and control. The ante was upped and we lost a
bit of our innocence."
Key to the effort was the work of
production designer Robert Holtzman. "When I read the script, I immediately
knew it was going to be a real challenge," admits Holtzman. Not
surprisingly, Holtzman felt Smith's script read like a graphic novel. He
envisioned the look and feel of the story as a comic-book sprung to life,
splashed with implausible colors and broad strokes that could have come from the
ink of an artist. "I started looking at a lot of comic books for color and
design ideas," he explains. "I used several blank walls and full walls
in the background to give the film more of a sort of hand-drawn feeling. We also
used colors like pumpkin, bray blues and dark grey in situations where you would
normally use white to give the film a very surreal and abstract look."
"One of the great things about
working with Kevin," continues Holtzman, "is that you can bring in a
whole table full of ideas and he just starts thinking as far out as you want him
to and then at the last minute he reigns you in. I really wanted to create a
whole other world with this movie that reflects Kevin's view askew universe,
which has a logic of its own."
Among other things, Holtzman built the
train that takes Bethany, Rufus, Jay, Silent Bob and the two renegade angels
towards the New Jersey climax; the set was then propped on tire tubes that could
approximate a chugging motion. Holtzman also had fun layering in lots of subtle
mythological symbols from various religious traditions - something for the fans
who like to ponder the details.
Adding to the otherworldly feel of
DOGMA are the creations of Vince Guastini, creature effects supervisor, who
worked laboriously to design the Golgathan, an ancient demon that rises from the
bowels of the earth or, in this case, modern plumbing. Guastini also created the
prosthetic angel wings for all of the non-human beings, celestial or otherwise.
Jason Lee explains his character's demonic attachments: "Vince really made
my horns look realistic. I couldn't feel them on my head and they only took
about twenty minutes to put on."
Charlie Belardinelli, the film's
special effects supervisor, took on the task of engineering all the mechanical
effects, including the film's pyrotechnics and shocking creature entrances.
"Kevin basically laid out exactly what he wanted and I collaborated with
the visual effects people and the creature effects people to bring it to life.
It was a lot of fun," says Belardinelli.
Capturing the whole thing on film is
director of photography Robert Yeoman. "So nervous was I abo
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The Smith & Wesson M&P 6 Assisted Clip Folding Knife features a M.A.G.I.C. assisted opening mechanism to ensure easy, 1-handed use and a 4034 stainless-steel, drop-point blade with 40% serration. The aluminum handle with dual thumb knobs offers a secure grip. Safety and liner locks. 5.5 oz. 3.4" blade length. 7.75" overall length.
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4034 stainless steel is strong and durable
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Rated 2 out of
OK KnifeSo I bought this knife about 1 year ago and the screws to keep the clip secure in your pocket came off. I used the correct allen wrench to secure the screws, but the threads were warped.
Date published: 2016-05-17
Rated 1 out of
Knife is broken after a month.I have had the knife for about a month and there are several problems with it. The black coating on the knife blade started coming off the second time I used it. The clip is loose and and won't stay tight and in place. Now the quick release will not work anymore and the safety is broken. I have had cheaper ones that have lasted much longer and all I usually use it for is cutting boxes open.
Date published: 2016-04-13
Rated 5 out of
Really good knife for the money!I have had this knife for about 1 1/2 to 2 years now, and I have used it fairly heavily. I've used it hunting, utilitarian uses, and as an EDC a couple of times. Though it is a bit bulky for an EDC all the time, If you need a thick and sturdy blade to achieve the task, this knife is perfect. The blade being 50/50 serrated makes it even better ripping through rope like a breeze, and the straight edge can make precise cutting fairly easy, though I would be using this as surgeon scalpel precision. Overall, for $50 this is a very fast deploying, wickedly sharp, and robust knife!
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By Matthew Waller
MIDLAND, Texas (Reuters) - The four men killed when a freight train barreled into a parade float were identified as decorated U.S. veterans being honored for service in two wars, as investigators on Friday searched through wreckage in a West Texas oil town for clues to the cause of the accident.
Another 16 people were injured Thursday afternoon in the crash at the parade, which was the planned start of a weekend of events in Midland, Texas, saluting U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Instead, a prayer service was held on Friday morning and a candlelight vigil was planned for Saturday night.
Police said the dead were Marine Chief Warrant Officer Gary Stouffer, 37; Army Sergeant Major Lawrence Boivin, 47; Army Sergeant Major William Lubbers, 43; and Army Sergeant Joshua Michael, 34.
Stouffer was on active duty and the other three were retired, according to biographies prepared for the events. Stouffer was waiting to see whether he could return to permanent limited duty or would receive a medical discharge.
Boivin's biography said he had been awarded the silver star and a purple heart; Lubbers' said he had been awarded the bronze star and purple heart; and Michael's that he had received the purple heart and was discharged due to brain injuries.
In Washington, the Army confirmed that Boivin and Lubbers were retired, but could not immediately confirm other details.
The National Transportation Safety Board sent 16 experts to the scene to examine evidence including video from a forward-facing recorder on the train, officials said.
Event recorders show the train was traveling at 62 mph, below the 70 mph speed limit, NTSB officials said. The agency will be checking to see what requirements there might have been for alerting the railroad about the parade.
The train's emergency brakes were applied before the crash, and the NTSB is trying to determine at what time and where. The investigation will also look into personal performance issues.
The NTSB said they plan to test the signals on Saturday to see if there were any problems. The automatic gate arm and one of the signal posts were destroyed in the crash, officials said.
SOME JUMPED FROM TRAILER
One person remained in critical condition and three were stable Friday afternoon at a Midland hospital, a spokesman said. Another person was in serious but stable condition at a Lubbock hospital. Eleven more were treated and released, police said.
The tragedy occurred as two flatbed trailers carrying the veterans, some of whom suffered major wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan, attempted to cross railroad tracks during the "Hunt for Heroes" parade.
The first flatbed crossed the train tracks completely, but the second had not cleared the tracks when the Union Pacific train reached the intersection.
Veterans and their spouses jumped off the trailers to escape the collision. There were 26 people on the float that was hit by the Union Pacific train including a dozen veterans, a dozen spouses and two escorts, officials said.
The NTSB said it would not determine a probable cause of the accident or provide any analysis while its investigators were at the scene. Data recorders have been sent to Washington for examination, the NTSB said.
A Union Pacific Corp spokesman referred questions on the investigation to the NTSB.
A woman who was riding the float that crossed the tracks ahead of the one struck in the accident said on Friday she heard a train horn and then people started to leap from both trailers.
"As soon as we crossed the tracks, we heard the train," Pam Shoemaker said, adding that she saw a railroad crossing bar start to come down just before the crash.
Many of the veterans honored in the event had served multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to event organizers. Some were said to have been shot or wounded by bombs and suffered traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic stress.
The Pentagon said in a statement that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who is traveling in Asia, "was deeply saddened by news of the tragic accident."
Dr. Sudip Bose, a veteran who had been a frontline physician in Iraq, said he volunteered to provide medical help and was summoned to the crash scene. He said he had to set aside his emotions to tend to the injured.
"It was chaotic at times, gruesome at times," said Bose, a doctor in Odessa, Texas, who said veterans were applying tourniquets and pressure to injuries.
(Additional reporting by Phil Stewart, Mary Slosson, Barbara Goldberg and David Alexander; Editing by Daniel Trotta, David Bailey and Jackie Frank)


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The Huskies were expected to overpower a Yale team that entered the game without its best player, point guard Makai Mason, who broke his foot last week.
It’s difficult to spot all trends after one game, but the trouble with the Huskies’ defense can be traced to their final two games of last season when they gave up at least 93 points.
When they surrendered 103 last week in an exhibition victory, coach Lorenzo Romar promised renewed effort to fix the defense.
However, the 98-90 defeat against Yale in the season opener for the Washington men’s basketball team Sunday showed fixing the defense won’t be easy.
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“We gave up a lot of points in the exhibition,” Romar said. “We gave up a lot of points here. But I think it’s something that we can resolve.”
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The Huskies tied a school record with 15 blocked shots, but otherwise the Huskies were outplayed in every other facet of the game.
And perhaps more troubling, they were a step slower and less aggressive than their Ivy League counterpart who dominated them on the glass. Yale won the rebound battle 42-29, including a 21-4 dominance in offensive boards.
“There’s no doubt they were the more physical team,” Romar said. “And there’s no doubt they were quicker to the ball. I think that’s indicative of the score and the stat sheet.”
Sophomore guard Matisse Thybulle of UW was more blunt in his assessment.
“Just lack of effort,” he said. “Lack of heart. We just weren’t crashing hard enough. We weren’t trying to be physical. They hit us first and we just stopped.”
The Huskies squandered a sensational debut from freshman Markelle Fultz, who finished with 30 points on 11-for-17 shooting. He also had seven rebounds and six assists to offset three turnovers in 36 minutes.
“I was just ready to play,” Fultz said. “I was focused on the game. I didn’t worry about anything else or anybody. Just trying to get a W.”
Fultz and Thybulle, who scored a career-high 20, combined for 50 points.
But the offense hasn’t been the problem for the Huskies. They beat Division II Western Washington 109-103 in the exhibition.
Against Yale, Washington shot 58.9 percent from the field and converted 40 percent (8 of 20) of its three-pointers. The Huskies also got 12 points each from David Crisp and backup forward Noah Dickerson.
“It’s not really about the points,” Fultz said. “It’s who gets the most stops. We failed to do that tonight. We failed to get stops when we needed to.”
It was a consistent theme all night.
Yale’s meticulous offense picked apart UW’s pressure defense with backdoor cuts that led to open layups and pick-and-pop screens that resulted in open three-pointers.
It was a surprising display of offensive dominance from Yale considering its best player, point guard Makai Mason, suffered a season-ending broken foot last week.
The Bulldogs, defending champions of the Ivy League, also graduated three of its top four scorers from the team that advanced to the round of 32 in the 2016 NCAA tournament.
And yet, the Huskies had no answer for guard Miye Oni (24 points) and forwards Sam Downey (22) and Blake Reynolds (19).
“We gave up too much,” Thybulle said. “We’ve shown in the last exhibition game and this game that we can put up points but the moral of each game is that we just give up too much on the defensive end.”
The defeat spoiled Romar’s 58th birthday, but the UW coach is more concerned about correcting the Huskies’ defensive flaws before the game Thursday against Cal State Fullerton.


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It’s really getting hard to keep track of Lindsay Lohan‘s love life.
One minute she’s straight, the next she’s with saMAN Ronson, then they break up, she’s back with some other exes, then back to saMAN.
When will these two finally call it quits or stay together longer than a few
Tuesday night, Lindsanity was spotted arriving with Ronson at the DJ’s home in LA after a night out pAArtying at Villa nightclub.
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Once and for all, please hear me on this, if you never hear anything else again: Love yourself now! Every cell (including all fat cells) will cooperate best with your body in the presence of love. You must love every roll, bulge, and part of yourself that you consider imperfect in order to change anything about yourself to be better. Look into the mirror every day and tell the person that you see, “I love you” -- and mean it. I promise it works.
At the end of the day, the fountain of youth is not only in the produce section, but it’s also in your head. You are as young as you feel and as young as you see yourself. Make it the image everyone else sees, too, but start with your own state of mind!

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A French government committee has heard testimony, suppressed by the French government at the time and not released to the media, that the killers in the Bataclan tortured their victims on the second floor of the club.
Police witnesses in Parliament said they vomited when they saw the disfigured bodies. The Muslim killers apparently gouged out eyes, castrated victims, and shoved their testicles in their mouths. Women were stabbed in the genitals. They also have disemboweled some victims.
Victims told police that the perpetrators filmed the torture for the Islamic State or Daesh.
Q. For the information of the Commission of Inquiry….can you tell us how you learned that there had been acts of barbarism within the Bataclan:beheadings, evisceration, eyes gouged out …?
Investigator: After the assault, we were with colleagues at the passage Saint-Pierre Amelot when I saw weeping from one of our colleagues who came outside to vomit. He told us what he had seen.
Q. Acts of torture happened on the second floor?
A. Bodies have not been presented to families because there were beheaded people there, the murdered people, people who have been disembowelled . There are women who had their genitals stabbed.
Q. All this would have been videotaped for Daesh !
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PAKISTANI TERRORIST BEHIND 2008 MUMBAI MASSACRES CAPTURED IN AUSTRIA AFTER ENTERING EUROPE AS A REFUGEE
- Was planning to launch deadly terror attacks on Europeans
- He is also linked to masterminds of the recent Paris terror attacks
The Mumbai attacks are illustrative of the sadistic nature of Muslim violence, particularly against Jews. One of the main targets of the terror attacks in Mumbai was a Jewish center, where they inflicted unspeakable torture, sexual mutilation, and death on the rabbi and his young pregnant wife.
What they did to those two innocent people defies the imagination. A doctor who witnessed the aftermath said:
“I have seen so many dead bodies in my life, and was traumatised. It was apparent that most of the dead were tortured. ”
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Murdered Mumbai Jews were
tortured by Muslim terrorists
By Debbie Schlussel
As per their usual, the “Religion of Peace” members who slaughtered at least six–and probably eight–Jews at the Mumbai Lubavitch Chabad House, first tortured their Jewish victims before they executed them.
Jewish victims made up a disproportionate number of the foreigners killed after 10 Muslim fanatics stormed a series of sites in the Indian financial capital.
Members of the beleaguered Jewish community in Mumbai gathered at a crumbling synagogue for a memorial for Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, who ran the cultural centre targeted by the Deccan Mujahideen.
The couple’s son, Moshe survived after his nanny, Sandra Samuel escaped with him in her arms 10 hours after the hostage incident started. The child cried “Ima” and “Dada,” or mummy and daddy, as the service began.
Israeli officials confirmed six Jews were dead but the figure is likely to rise to eight. The total number of foreigners killed in the attacks stands at 22.
A forensic team arrived on a specially chartered flight on Sunday night. “There are still a few yet to be identified – not a lot, under five – and this is why we need the forensic team,” an Israeli diplomat said.
“And there are two or three Israelis unaccounted for and we have a couple of bodies that could be them.”
Doctors expressed horror at the condition of the bodies recovered from the Nariman Building, which housed the Orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch retreat.
“I have seen so many dead bodies in my life, and was traumatised,” a mortician said.
“It was apparent that most of the dead were tortured. What shocked me were the telltale signs showing clearly how the hostages were executed in cold blood.”
Muslims were specifically told to target and kill Jews and Israelis.
As I said in my column on Friday, the Bible was, indeed, prophetic when it said in Genesis that Ishmael and his descendants would be savage wild men.
MODERATE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY HONORS TERRORISTS THAT LYNCHED AND DISEMBOWELED TWO YOUNG ISRAELIS who took a wrong turn on the road
- The lynching of Vadim Norzhich and Yosef Avrahami in Ramallah.
- Cannibalism of enemies is not an aberration in Islam and has been condoned by clerics
- Mutilation and decapitation is commonplace and accepted by Islamic law.
Cannibalism - Palestinians eating the organs of two Israelis
they lynched in Ramallah in 2000.


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Stagflation, or “persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand,” sums up our current economic situation.
It is no surprise that markets around the world are fighting for economic survival as stagflation is accelerating in both developed and underdeveloped nations.
Unfortunately, this has had a direct impact on the Forex market, most especially regarding ongoing volatility. No clear direction of an economy translates to less activity and unclear direction. As a result, Forex traders have experienced chopping Forex market trading conditions during most of 2020/21.
Supply and demand are the foundation of any economy. Continuous demand with a supply shortage leads to high inflation as consumers compete for the product. The current lack of supply of raw materials and commodities tops the list. These material shortages wreak havoc with manufacturers and suppliers.
In addition, the lack of raw materials and products creates less demand for labor, thus fueling unemployment and shortages. However, governments are doing what they can to assist. For example, throughout the pandemic, banks have kept interest rates low. In turn, low interest rates mean the acquisition of money is more accessible.
A Double-Edged Sword Caused by Stagflation
Unfortunately, low interest rates and an easy money supply are a double-edged sword. On the one edge, access to financing is required to help eliminate these shortages. But, then, making financing more accessible results in excess funding and deficiencies. In turn, this leads to inflationary conditions, which leads to rising prices.
Conversely, on the other edge, one of the most effective cures for inflation is tightening the money supply with increased interest rates. But, unfortunately, a direct result of tightening is a less robust economy and an increase in unemployment.
These pros and cons have created a significant headache for the Federal Reserve and its analysts as they juggle their decisions. It’s a perfect financial storm scenario and a “Catch 22” situation for world governments.
Will the US Dollar Emerge as the Winner?
Only time will provide the answer, but the ForexSignal Trading Team will be monitoring this closely.
The current economy may prompt the Fed to raise interest rates to help curb the recent inflation, a luxury neither the European Central Bank nor the Bank of Japan can afford, given their fragile economies.
As a result, rising interest rates should lead to a stronger Dollar.


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Research indicates that most viruses and bacteria are spread by breathing airborne particles. Studies conclusively show that ultraviolet light (UV), particularly UV-C spectrum (265-280nm) is especially effective in eliminating pathogens.
The Active-Airflow fixture circulates room air many times per hour through encapsulated UV-C, light eliminating pathogens while keeping humans safe. Built with advanced solid-state LED technology, it delivers precise UV-C dosages for effective, quiet, and reliable operation.
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The Active Airflow UVC Fixture works in tandem with the HVAC system to target and purify the air directly within classrooms, offices, etc.
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UV-C is a very powerful Ultraviolet light wavelength, and it covers a region where viruses and other pathogens are most susceptible.
This is called the Germicidal Effective Range and it peaks around 268nm – 270nm.
When bacteria, germs, or viruses are exposed to a full dose of UV-C in this range, it damages the DNA, leaving it unable to function or reproduce.
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Iran has created a sophisticated network of underground arms caches, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency on Tuesday.
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of IRGC’s Aerospace Forces, said that the underground storage of missiles is a part of a plan to hide and shield Iran’s missile capabilities from the enemies.
“Very complex tunnels have been dug under the ground and mountains to store ammunition, missiles, equipment and even (protecting) personnel,” Hajizadeh was quoted as saying.
He also said that Iran is among a handful of countries with the know-how to design and manufacture missiles with pinpoint accuracy.
“We are the top missile power in the region at present, and among the seven or eight leading countries (in the missile industry) in the world,” he added.
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The phrase “lying flat” has become popular among young Chinese. Rather than toil away at a job that offers limited possibilities for promotion or prosperity, it is better to take it easy and live a more frugal life, free from the daily grind.
Due to soaring property and commodity prices, many young Chinese no longer believe that working a “966” job — working from 9am to 6pm, six days a week — will be repaid with career advancement and affluence.
Consequently, many young Chinese are refusing to function as money-making machines for their bosses. They no longer chase after salary increases, have no interest in purchasing property and have stopped acquiring consumer goods. Instead, they advocate a minimalist lifestyle, spurning marriage and living for themselves.
If “lying flat” is interpreted to mean “low desire,” then perhaps it is more than just a passive movement and is also a silent protest aimed at a plethora of societal problems, including increased wealth disparity, unequal distribution of resources and a feeling that no matter how hard one works, one never obtains a corresponding reward.
The “lying flat” phenomenon has caught the attention of
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials — and they appear worried. This is because the prospect of economic growth is what props up the party’s rule.
There is an unwritten contract between the CCP and the Chinese public: The people keep their noses out of public affairs and do not agitate for democracy, the rule of law or human rights; in return, the party delivers increased prosperity for the masses.
If young Chinese consciously turn their backs on a consumerist lifestyle, it would inevitably have a negative effect on China’s economic growth and societal development.
As a result, party censors have shut down all of the “lying flat” forums on Douban and other Chinese social media. Even Chinese e-commerce platforms such as Taobao and JD.com have been singled out for “rectification” by party censors. Products featuring the Chinese characters for “lying flat,” including T-shirts and smartphone cases, have been removed from sale.
The party has already used state-run media to loudly condemn the “lying flat” movement. However, if the CCP goes further and attempts to snuff it out by crudely sticking its oar into the behavior patterns of young Chinese, it will certainly fail.
The “lying flat” trend will not disappear any time soon, because the crux of the problem lies in a societal environment that is ranged against the needs and aspirations of young Chinese.
China’s frothy housing market has virtually priced out aspirant middle-class Chinese. With no hope of ever owning a home of their own, many have utterly lost faith and decided to check out of the rat race.
Given the dire state of affairs, who can blame young Chinese for wanting to lie down for a while and get some much-needed rest?
Wei Shih-chang is an information technology engineer.
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The US intelligence community’s annual threat assessment for this year certainly cannot be faulted for having a narrow focus or Pollyanna perspective. From a rising China, Russian aggression and Iran’s nuclear ambitions, to climate change, future pandemics and the growing reach of international organized crime, US intelligence analysis is as comprehensive as it is worrying. Inaugurated two decades ago as a gesture of transparency and to inform the public and the US Congress, the annual threat assessment offers the intelligence agencies’ top-line conclusions about the country’s leading national-security threats — although always in ways that do not compromise “sources and methods.”
Let’s begin with the bottom line. The sad truth of the matter is that Beijing has trampled on its solemn pledge to grant Hong Kong a great deal of autonomy for at least fifty years. In so doing, the PRC ignored a promise Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平) made to both Great Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the wider world back in the early 1980s. This was at a time when Beijing, under Deng and his successors, appeared to be seeking an equitable accommodation with the West. I remain puzzled by China’s recent policy shift. Was it because Hong Kong was perceived
The recent removal of items related to Japanese Shinto culture from the Taoyuan Martyrs’ Shrine and Cultural Park has caused an uproar. The complex was built as a Shinto shrine by the Japanese during the colonial period, but was transformed into a martyrs’ shrine commemorating veterans of the Chinese Civil War after the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) retreated to Taiwan in 1949. Figurines of the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu Okami were allowed into the shrine for a cultural event last year, attracting throngs of visitors to see the Shinto decorations and practices. However, some people accused the Taoyuan City Government of
The recent meeting in New Delhi between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov — the first such high-level interaction since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — suggests that diplomacy might no longer be a dirty word. The 10 minute meeting on the sidelines of the G20 gathering occurred after US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan reportedly urged Ukraine to show Russia that it is open to negotiating an end to the war. Together, these developments offer a glimmer of hope that a ceasefire is within the realm of the possible. The


Eastern Michigan University has unveiled its newly upgraded tuition-free program called Eastern Tuition Advantage.
The program is for incoming first-year students, awarding free tuition to those with a cumulative high school grade-point average of 3.0 or higher and an annual household income of $60,000 or less. The award covers the financial cost of up to 16 credit hours per semester, spanning across up to eight fall and winter semesters in a row, after any applicable federal grants have been applied. Students cannot recieve the Eastern Tuition Advantage during summer semesters.
Previously, the tuition-free program was called Education First Opportunity Scholarship, and the model surrounded the Pell grant.
With the transformed program comes new eligibility requirements, which must be met each year to continue to recieve the scholarship. To obtain the Eastern Tuition Advantage, eligible students must enroll in a minimum of 15 credit hours every semester and maintain a minimum 2.75 EMU cumulative GPA. Students must also complete FAFSA by the declared deadline in order to continue receiving the award.
“We understand that the college financial aid process can be daunting. As an institution that serves high volumes of low-income and first-generation students, simplifying our awards is a focus,” Alexander Landen, director of admissions at Eastern Michigan University, said in a written statement.
Benefits of Eastern Tuition Advantage can be inferred when looking at the previous modeled program Education First Opportunity Scholarship. Over the past ten years, EMU has awarded approximately 4,000 Education First Opportunity Scholarship awards. On average, recipients of the award have nearly 10% higher graduation rates than the university’s average, and first to second year retention rates are averaged around 4% better.
“Providing access to an affordable education will allow more students to stay on track to graduation and earn their degrees in four years,” Landen said in a written statement.
There is no limit to how many incoming first-year students can receive the award per application period. In addition, recipients of the award are not required to live on campus.
For more information on Eastern Tuition Advantage, individuals can visit the university’s website.


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Join us for a day of education and restoration at the Beech Haven tract on the Middle Oconee River! This event will be taking place on a very special tract that has been largely undisturbed since 1911, and that is not yet open the public. This is an exciting opportunity to get a firsthand look at an area that is both ecologically and historically significant.
Volunteers will help pick up litter and remove invasive species to support the ongoing restoration efforts at the site.
More information and registration is available here!
The Beech Haven tract (off of West Broad behind the Hobby Lobby) Nov 18th from 9am – 12pm
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Mau Eburu forest is one of the 22 gazette forest blocks that comprise the vast 420,000 hectare Mau Forest Complex, within Kenya’s Rift Valley. The Eburu forest area covers 8715.3 hectares (87 square kms) of pristine indigenous forest, nestled in the folds of a 2,820 meters high active mountain overlooking Lake Naivasha to the South East, Lake Elementaita to the North and Lake Nakuru to the North West. The Mau Eburu Forest may be among the smallest of these islands, but its biological diversity and function as a key water catchment have motivated the likes of the Rhino Ark to protect it. Now, with the completion of a perimeter fence in 2014, the forest is better protected. The forest covers the slopes of Mount Eburu, a volcanic massif with two prominent peaks. Eastern Eburu is still geologically active, with numerous hot-springs and steam-jets that spit from fissures in its flanks. Western Eburu was formed thousands of years before its neighbor, but their summits sit just 5km apart, separated by a steep ridge, options of trekking to each summit, visitors can brave the Deep Valley Trail, which explores the upper reaches of the Ndabibi River Valley, south of the Western Summit. Dense forest-clad cliffs and a spectacular waterfall make for a very scenic hike as well as being recognized as the most important “hotspot” for birdlife on the Mau Highlands, birding is always productive the forest is home to 10 per cent of the global wild population of the critically endangered Mountain Bongo
The forest forms part of the catchments for Lakes Naivasha and Elementaita, with several ground springs, and is the source of Ndabibi River and other small streams.
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Transport, a bottle of water, forest entry fee & armed ranger fee and local guide fee


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An academic veteran is concerned with the degree to which student debt affects academic performance. Now if only university VIPs would notice the extent to which college costs lead to student debt.
“A featured speaker,Kate Trombitas, previously served as the associate director of The Ohio State University Student Wellness Center, where she founded Scarlet & Gray Financial, a peer-to-peer financial education program,” her speaker’s bureau points out. “Her expert financial advice for college students was recently featured in the 9th edition of Gardner and Barefoot’s Your College Experience: Strategies for Success.
“We knew on our campus that money was the second-leading cause of stress, and that it was creating a barrier to academic success,” Trombitas says. “We wanted to look at it as a wellness issue as important to campus administrators as alcohol abuse prevention, nutrition and sex education.”
“In her presentation, Trombitas presents data from the Ohio Student Financial Wellness Survey (OSFWS), which was given to students across Ohio,” her speaker’s bureau, NSLB, notes. “She discusses the results gleaned from the survey about student loan and credit card debt, stress related to debt, personal money management habits, and feelings about their financial futures.”
“The study points out an increased need for financial education for students. “
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There are countless asteroids in orbit around the Sun.
Many have been detected and their precise orbits have been calculated. You can observe these by ‘simply’ pointing your telescope to its calculated position.
In this project we use your camera and telescope to attempt to detect an asteroid without knowing its position by taking systematic images of likely portions of the night sky and analysing the images to detect moving objects. Once we have detected something we will compare its position with known objects to see what we have found. If its position does not correspond to a known object, we might just have spotted a new asteroid.


I made it to my second IDPA match of the year last weekend. I had been looking forward to shooting another match, and hopefully being less stressed than my last match outing. The morning was sunny, with just enough cool breeze to require a jacket. Really a fine day for shooting.
I'd gotten in a few visits to the range to practice the interim and felt a bit more comfortable with my return to competition. In fact as I approached the line to shoot each stage, I actually felt pretty relaxed, unlike the anxious feeling I felt during the first match after my "event."
As is usual, five fun and challenging stages awaited us. The first stage our squad shot was a "simple" stage done in two strings. Standing between stacks of barrels, we faced the right side of the stage. After shooting a target between the barrels, we made a nearly 180° turn to shoot a target behind the left barrel row. Finally a center target further down range was engaged. For the second string, we started at the same position. However, this time we ran a ways down range to find three widely spaced targets requiring three hits each. I thought this was a fortuitously good warmup stage to shake off any jitters.
Next up was a course of fire that started at an arm's length target requiring two body and one head shot. Following that we zig-zagged around the walls to near and far targets from cover. Some of the targets required hard leans around cover. Since the "walls" are open netting, on one of those positions I was actually able to stick the gun around the corner and "point shoot" the target while looking through the fence. Although not my best placing stage, I shot the stage just one point down.
The next two stages I thought truly tested our ability to adjust to a mixture of close and distant targets. On the first we started seated, before moving to engage three very close targets. Then arriving at cover we had to slow to shoot a further target with some tight non-threat cover adding to the challenge. The rest of the stage included more shooting around walls, along with a couple more non-threat targets that seemed to be taking a beating.
After that we moved to shoot an interesting set up with three pairs of targets at increasing distance, each target in a pair was placed on the opposite side of the bay. Shooting in priority meant swinging back and forth as you engaged the targets near to far. In the center of the last two targets there were four steel poppers. The paper targets started with head shots only, followed by two partials, and finally two open targets. All shooting was done from a shooting box.
I felt good going into the stage. But I missed the first shot on steel, which seemed to shake me. Each subsequent target then requiring two shots to hit. As I remarked at the time, "At least it's good reloading practice."
The final stage was opined to be the hardest, though I think it was probably the most fun. Our unloaded guns and all magazines were placed on a table, and we retrieved them and loaded the gun at the start. The targets throughout the course of fire were mixed in with numerous non-threat targets. What made the stage extra challenging for those of us shooting in lower capacity divisions, was to avoid standing reloads we had to make two reloads with retention, or tactical reloads. That, added to the need to stow the extra magazines at the start, made for a lot to think about.
I generally avoid doing a tactical reload, which requires pocketing the partial magazine rather than dropping it like an empty mag. So often I drop the mag out of habit, then lose time picking it up to avoid the penalty. I also frequently rack the slide out of habit, ejecting a possibly needed round. Since I was the last shooter on this stage, I had lots of time to get my mind set to do two error free reloads. I also got in some practice picking up two magazines at once and inserting them smoothly into my mag pouches. The preparation paid off and I shot the stage penalty free. It was good to finish with a smile.
In the end, despite feeling relatively relaxed, I still shot faster than I saw the sights much of the time. I did have zero hits non-threats and had just one miss, on a close head shot, but shot enough -1 and even -3 hits to significantly affect my score. Nonetheless, it was a welcome and fun time spent shooting. I felt healthy, energized, and happy to back on the range with friends. I am sure it will only get better as I continue on a steady recovery path. (Admittedly, I also enjoyed a much needed nap after the workout of the match.)


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ADAM SHAPIRO moved to Los Angeles in 2002 with a Toyota Corolla, a loaf of fresh mandel bread, and a dream. Since, the graduate of the theatre school at University of Maryland, has since established himself as a talented actor in film, television and on stage.
Adam is fresh off his broadway debut as Ogie in Waitress. He is a co-founder of IAMA Theatre Company, and most recently teamed up again with Jonathan Caren in the world premiere of Canyon. He was Ovation Award nominated for IAMA’s LA premiere of Caren’s The Recommendation (Winner Best Production) and for Best Lead Actor in a Musical for Hey, Morgan! directed by Matt Shakman at the Black Dahlia Theatre. More stage credits include: Rent, You are Here, The Accidental Blonde, the world premieres of Leslye Headland’s Bachelorette and Assistance (IAMA Theatre Company), and “David” in Paul Grellong’s west coast premiere of Manuscript (The Elephant).
Adam is currently recurring on Showtime’s The Affair and filming The Good Lord Bird with Ethan Hawke, also at Showtime, and will be seen in the upcoming film Ode To Joy. Last year he has starred in It Happened in LA (Sundance), Feed, The Female Brain, and Social Animals. More film credits include: Avie Tevanian in Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs, Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant, The Answer, Sister, Nobody Walks in LA, Hacked, I Am Not A Hipster, Short Term 12, Now You See Me, A Single Man, The House Bunny, The Den. Recent TV credits include: Sense8, Cristela, Kingdom, Trial & Error, as well as guest starring roles on Grace & Frankie, Lethal Weapon, Snowfall, The Mindy Project, Bones, CSI: Cyber, The Mysteries of Laura, Betrayal, 1600 Penn, Scandal, Mistresses, and Grey’s Anatomy.
Adam is IAMA Theatre Company’s Marketing Director.
For more info check out Adam’s website.

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Influenza is a contagious viral infection that lasts about a week. It is characterized by high fever, aching muscles, and severe malaise. It is transmitted by small droplets and particles and spreads quickly during seasonal epidemics. Most people infected with influenza will recover within a week or two, but if left untreated, it can lead to pneumonia, which can be deadly.
Seasonal influenza (flu) is a contagious disease caused by influenza viruses
During a typical influenza season, between two and five percent of people in the United States will contract seasonal influenza. The disease can be deadly for the elderly, young children, and people with certain health conditions. But for healthy adults, it usually only causes a few symptoms and generally clears up within a week or two.
There are several factors that affect the severity of seasonal influenza. First, the type of virus infected is a big factor. Influenza viruses are known to spread quickly and easily in crowded places, and infectious droplets can spread up to one meter. In addition to droplets, influenza viruses can be spread through contaminated hands. This is why it is important to cover your mouth when coughing and wash your hands frequently. In addition, people with compromised immune systems, such as those taking chemotherapy, may be at increased risk. Women who are pregnant can also be at a higher risk for influenza.
The different types of influenza viruses are grouped into clades and sub-clades. These sub-clades are further subdivided into sub-groups, depending on the similarity of their HA genes. This phylogenetic tree lets flu experts keep track of the proportions of different strains in circulation. When an individual has the flu, they may be contagious up to one week after acquiring the virus.
The most common types of influenza virus are influenza types A and B. These viruses are the most serious types. The body’s natural defenses are unable to keep up with the changing influenza virus strains. Type C, on the other hand, is less contagious and rarely causes illness in humans. This type of influenza does not cause a large epidemic, but it can be a serious chronic illness if you do not get treatment quickly.
There are several types of vaccines available to prevent seasonal influenza. Inactivated influenza vaccines are the most commonly used, but live attenuated influenza vaccines are also widely used. Both types of vaccines can protect against influenza, so it is important to get them as early as possible.
It spreads easily by coughing and sneezing
Influenza is a contagious viral infection that can cause a high fever, muscle aches, and other symptoms. It is spread easily through coughing and sneezing and by touching contaminated surfaces. Most individuals recover from influenza within one to two weeks. However, the flu can be serious for babies, the elderly, and people with underlying illnesses.
To reduce your risk of getting the flu, you must ensure that you wash your hands frequently. The flu virus can survive on surfaces for up to 48 hours. Therefore, it’s important to use a hand sanitiser with at least 60% alcohol. It’s also recommended to avoid crowds during peak flu season and stay at home when you are sick.
A new study shows that a large proportion of influenza patients shed the virus into fine aerosol particles. This study also found that a significant proportion of flu patients shed infectious RNA. While the infectious virus is not present in all samples, researchers found that at least 11 out of 23 fine aerosol samples had detectable viral RNA. However, the researchers found no correlation between coughing and higher numbers of viral RNA copies in the coarse or fine aerosols.
Coughing and sneezing are among the easiest ways to spread influenza. A person with the virus can infect one or two people, and they can also spread the virus by touching surfaces that have been contaminated by the virus.
While it is possible to get the flu anywhere, it is best to seek medical treatment as early as possible. A doctor can prescribe antiviral drugs to reduce the length of your illness and prevent complications. COVID-19 is the current health topic.
It can cause complications such as pneumonia
INFECTIOUS influenza can cause serious complications, such as pneumonia, in many different people. The elderly and the very young are at the greatest risk. While annual vaccination is the cornerstone of prevention, the elderly and very young may not respond to vaccines as well. In these cases, antiviral treatment may be necessary. The most common complications from influenza include pneumonia and pulmonary complications.
Other complications can include ear and sinus infections. While this illness is usually mild, it can be deadly, especially if left untreated. The symptoms of pneumonia are similar to those of flu, but can be more severe. Patients may develop a cough, fever, and body aches. In some cases, pneumonia can lead to more serious conditions, such as heart problems and lung infection.
Pneumonia is a severe form of influenza infection that may require hospitalization. Severe cases of pneumonia may lead to a secondary bacterial infection – usually S. aureus – that can result in sepsis and other serious conditions.
The first sign of influenza infection is a fever. If you experience fever, headache, or sore throat, you may have influenza. The viral infection infects the respiratory epithelial cells in the upper and lower respiratory tract. The extent of associated disease depends on whether the virus invades the upper or lower respiratory tract. Infection of the alveolar epithelial cells is the main driver of the onset of severe pneumonia. Once the virus has invaded these cells, it can spread to the endothelial cells.
Once you are infected with influenza, you should consult your physician as soon as possible. Treatment is focused on the relief of symptoms, as well as preventing the spread of the infection. You should avoid being around other people until your condition improves. You should also watch for deterioration of your condition to seek medical care.
Although influenza is a common illness, it can also be severe. Children and the elderly are especially susceptible to the effects of the illness.
It is treatable with medications
Antiviral medications are available for the treatment of influenza. Antivirals work by inhibiting the inflammatory response. These drugs have been studied in different infections and may help prevent serious complications. They include aspirin, corticosteroids, monoclonal antibodies, and antagonists of cytokines. However, recent trials have shown mixed results with these drugs when used against influenza.
Antiviral medicines, like oseltamivir, can help alleviate flu symptoms and prevent high-risk complications. These medications may be taken orally or through an inhaler. However, these drugs can have some side effects, such as nausea and vomiting. Taking antivirals with food can help minimize their side effects. Also, it is important to remember that most strains of influenza are becoming resistant to antiviral medications. Therefore, you must work with your healthcare provider to decide the best course of treatment for you and your child.
The best way to avoid influenza is to avoid it by staying healthy. You can also get a flu vaccine. Vaccines are available for both children and adults. The vaccine is given to babies through a shot into their thigh muscles, while older children can get the flu vaccine through a nasal spray.
Symptomatic medications are also available to help treat the illness. Antiviral drugs can help reduce the symptoms of influenza and reduce the duration of the illness. While antivirals cannot cure the illness, they can reduce the duration of the illness by at least one day. Therefore, it is important to take antivirals as soon as you feel flu symptoms. This is especially true for people who have other health conditions or are at high risk for influenza infection.
Antiviral drugs can also reduce the risk of serious complications. These complications include bacterial infections, viral pneumonia, and cardiac abnormalities. People with chronic medical conditions and those who are obese are at a higher risk for influenza complications. Antiviral drugs are not 100% effective against all strains of influenza.
The first symptom of influenza is a fever. The fever will last for 2 to five days. Other symptoms can include muscle pain, diarrhea, and headache.

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As you heard on the air, this program marked the 37th anniversary on the air of The Gospel Greats program. Yes, it's hard to believe. But God has been so good in providing the opportunity to do this for so many years. For us, the highlights include the many friends we've made over the years — artists (many of whom are no longer with us), radio station friends and, of course, listeners like you. But the biggest thing is hearing stories about people who have given their lives to Christ or rededicated their lives to Him as a result of something heard on the broadcast. Thanks to you — yes, YOU! — for being such a faithful friend and listener. May the Lord continue to bless this work for His honor and glory, and His alone.
Our Featured Artists on this edition were the Guardians — Dean Hickman, Neil Uhrig and John Darin Rowsey. Although this trio's roots date back to 1988, they're more popular today than ever. Their brand new CD, from which you heard five songs on this program, is called "Lift Him Up." And that's exactly what they are working to do through their music. "Packin' Up," the first song you heard on the program, is actually their new radio single. I don't know if I mentioned that. But I like what John did in arranging it. They even included one of my all-time favorite songs, Jim Hill's classic, "What A Day That Will Be." More info about the Guardians can be found on their website.
The Guardians' CD featured on this program, "Lift Him Up," is available from our mailorder service, Springside. Just call 1-800-38-MUSIC to order. You can order easily from our webstore by using this link to go directly to this item.
I'm not sure why — I didn't plan it that way — but the second hour had three songs in a row about looking forward to heaven. There was that song I mentioned above, "What A Day That Will Be," which was followed by "Land Of No Goodbyes" (Browders) and "Home" (Jason Crabb). Interesting.
Our Artist Spotlight guests were the Singing Contractors, Josh Arnett and Aaron Gray. As you heard their story, these two real-life carpenters/contractors love to sing. So one day they did recorded a cellphone video of them singing in an unfinished room they were working on. The video went viral. In fact their website (http://thesingingcontractors.com/) calls them "A Facebook Phenomenon." That video got more than 45 million views — and counting. I like the fact that these guys are able to take their Gospel music into venues where "regular" artists couldn't go, thereby spreading the Gospel to new people. Songs heard on this program were from their "How Great Thou Art" CD. They also have a new a cappella CD out.


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Chocolae Chip Cookie Pie
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 cup each: all-purpose flour, white sugar, brown sugar
- 1 cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 9 " unbaked pie crust
Crack the eggs into a medium bowl. Add the vanilla and beat until foamy. Add the flour and sugars and mix until blended. Stir in the melted butter, then add the chocolate chips. Pour into pie crust. Bake at 325F for 1 hour or until filling is set and crust is golden. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate sauce.