On October 4, the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were officially announced, although there were several leaks beforehand. Here’s what you should expect from the new version of Google’s flagship smartphone.
The Google Pixel 2 vs. the Pixel 2 XL
Since both phones are mostly the same save for the size, we’ll begin by outlining the few differences. The Pixel 2 has a 1,920 x 1,080 OLED display with a more prominent bezel, while the Pixel 2 XL has a 2,880 x 1,440 P-OLED display and a slimmer bezel.
The Pixel 2 also has a smaller, 2,700 mAh battery compared to the XL’s 3,520 mAh battery.
And, of course, price. The Pixel 2 costs $649 for the 64 GB model and $749 for 128GB, while the 64 GB XL costs $849 for 64 GB and $949 for 12GB. It sounds pricey, but it’s slightly cheaper than its main rival, the iPhone X.
Top 7 New Features of Both Pixel 2 Models
1. Redesigned Home Screen
The home screen is getting a simple yet much-needed redesign, with the icons that were once on top moving to the bottom. This makes it a lot more convenient to access the search bar.
2. An Awesome New Camera
The original Pixel had a great camera, but the Google Pixel 2 has the best camera out of any smartphone right now, according to DxOMark, the company that sets the industry standard for camera and lens ratings.
3. No Headphone Jack
Despite Apple being heavily criticized over doing the same thing last year, Google has decided to remove the headphone jack from its flagship smartphone. Their reasoning? To make thinner phones.
It’s a fair argument, but the decision to deprive users of the precious headphone jack has been met with a ton of backlash.
One redeeming factor, however, is the fact that Google has made wireless earbuds that can translate 40 languages in real time.
Google has added a bunch of extremely clever, convenient ways to access useful features on the phone. You can squeeze, shake and tap just about any area of the phone to open up a different program. Watch the video below for a demonstration.
5. Android Oreo and Security Updates
Google executives have said that the Pixel 2 is specially optimized for ARCore, the platform used to build augmented reality programs on Android devices. Google unveiled some fun augmented reality demonstrations featuring the popular Netflix original Stranger Things, but much about the Pixel 2’s ARCore capabilities has yet to be seen.
The Pixel 2 is water-resistant, meaning it can withstand being submerged into up to three feet of water for up to 30 minutes. Note that this doesn’t mean it’s waterproof, so don’t try to test its limits.
Overall, the Google Pixel 2 is a huge improvement on its already cutting edge predecessor. And, while we would have liked to see wireless charging capabilities, the technology has yet to be perfected by any manufacturer, making it an unsurprising omission.


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- Visualize and animate simulation results in 3-D
- Scale simulation displacement results for better viewing
- Display harmonic response and mode shapes
- Record animations
- Plot results with the built-in 2D graph tool
Mechanical motion of a MEMS device can be difficult to visualize when looking at design results in a standard EDA waveform viewer. These viewers are designed to display electrical circuit results, such as voltage and current changes over time, or frequency on individual wires. MEMS simulations involve spatial displacements and/or rotations of mechanical structures, which can not be easily inferred from a waveform analysis. It is important to visualize and understand this mechanical motion during MEMS design, since MEMS devices are fundamentally mechanical structures.
MEMS+ Results Visualization forms an important bridge in the communication of simulation results to the MEMS specialist. Results Visualization allows the import of MATLAB Simulink or Cadence Virtuoso simulation results (from circuits containing MEMS+ components) into the MEMS+ 3D environment. Results Visualization animations are comprised of the composite 3D motion of each utilized component of the MEMS+ component library.
By turning simulation data into 3D animations, Results Visualization provides a MEMS designer with detailed feedback on what happens to a MEMS device when it is subject to electrical or mechanical stimulus.
MEMS+ generated schematic symbols can expose mechanical “wires” and provide information about mechanical degrees of freedom, such as spatial displacements, rotations, forces, or torques. Similar to simulations of electrical circuits, these non-electrical quantities from MEMS simulations can be displayed in X-Y plots.
However, with X-Y plots, the designer is limited to seeing the motion of a single degree of freedom at a time, such as the motion of one rigid plate along the X-axis as a function of time. These X-Y plots are unfortunately insufficient to display mechanical displacement, since the complete interpretation of just a single rigid body requires six X-Y plots (three for the translational and three for the rotational degrees of freedom).
Mechanical animations are easily displayed in Results Visualization , by simply selecting a result file in the MEMS+ user interface. Users are able to quickly visualize mechanical motion induced by DC, DC sweep, AC, modal analysis, and transient simulation results generated during system and circuit design.
Using Results Visualization , animations of time-series mechanical displacement (in all 3 translational and rotational directions) can become an integral part of the MEMS design process.


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A nasal blockage is a partial or complete blockage of the nasal cavity, which means that the breathing airway is obstructed. A nasal blockage can be uncomfortable as it forces you to breathe through your mouth, which can make daily functions such as eating, exercising, or sleeping more difficult or tedious.
Most nasal blockages are temporary and have varying causes, whereas some are more serious and require medical intervention.
Causes of Nasal Blockages
There are different types of nasal blockages and obstructions, which include:
- Deviated nasal septums- Nasal septums are a wall-like structure that divides the nostrils inside your nose, a deviated septum means that this wall is crooked. This isn’t a rare condition at all, it’s estimated that 80% of people have a deviated septum to a certain degree.
- Allergies– Having an allergic reaction to an irritant such as animal fur or pollen can cause swelling and inflammation to the turbinates, which are bony structures in the cavity, this can cause a blockage.
- Choanal atresia- A congenital defect which causes you to have excess tissue in your nasal airway, this causes a partial or full blockage.
- Nasal polyps- A polyp is a tissue growth inside your nose lining, it can cause a partial or complete blockage.
- Sinusitis- This is caused by a bacterial infection in the nasal passages, which can cause a blockage.
Symptoms of Nasal Blockages
The symptoms which are commonly associated with nasal blockages are as follows:
- Postnatal discharge, also known as a runny nose.
- Your eyes twitching or watering.
- Sneezing more than usual without an irritant or cold.
- Facial pain.
- An inability to smell.
- Difficulty breathing through one or both of your nostrils.
- Having trouble blowing/clearing your nose.
- A stuffy or full feeling in your nose, sinuses, or head.
Treatments for Nasal Blockages
If you have a nasal blockage or suspect that you have one of the conditions which can cause a nasal blockage, then there are multiple treatment options available to you.
You can have a private ENT consultation, an ENT specialist is an ear, nose, and throat consultant who can diagnose problems and conditions which seem like common complaints.
You can also have a private nasal Endoscopy, which allows a detailed examination of the sinus cavities using an endoscope.
Lastly, there is non-surgical Rhinoplasty, which is a reshaping treatment that uses dermal filler as an alternative to surgery and can treat a crooked nasal septum.

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Amot Atrium is a high-end office building, located in the Diamond Exchange district in the heart of Ramat Gan.
Advanced Double Skin Façade
Amot Atrium has a unique, double-skin curtain wall system that was developed through a joint effort of the Architect Moshe Zur, the manufacture Rami Bone- Aluminum Construction and Alfa, which helps improve SHGC and U-values. This system, a pioneer in hot climates, and addresses the need to cool the envelope and prevent overheating during a year’s hot period, which can last for eight months. Cooling is achieved mainly by natural ventilation, allowing natural buoyancy forces and Venturi effect to cool the void between the first and second layers of glazing.
A mechanical fan cooling system is automatically operated and provides auxiliary ventilation when winds are zero and extreme heat exists. This high performance building envelope is developed and manufactured in Israel. Tenants of the project will be required to integrate occupancy sensors, which will turn off the lighting and HVAC when a space is unoccupied.
In addition, a roof top solar PV system was integrated in the architectural design of the project.
The project incorporates advanced water saving fixtures and fittings. Reusing the condensation water from the air-conditioning system for flushing toilets and urinals (for the first 10 floors) as well as for irrigation (100 percent of irrigation needs). The project includes a unique HVAC condensation water recycling system, helping reduce potable water use in the project.
Reduce building impact
The project aimed to reduce a heat island effect by designing 100 percent of the parking spaces underground and covering the roof with high reflectivity materials. Teams also helped cut pollution from construction activities by controlling soil erosion, waterway sedimentation and airborne dust generation. The project’s team also selected environmentally friendly refrigerants to help decrease stratospheric ozone depletion and global warming. A rooftop solar PV system was installed for on-site renewable energy production.
Architects: Moshe Zur Architects
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Amot Atrium is LEED Platinum® awarded
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After nearly five years of overseeing the rollout of California’s statewide marijuana regulatory system, Lori Ajax is retiring.
Ajax informed the agency’s staff this past week of her departure, he said.
“She didn’t really give a reason other than just it feels like it’s time. Her husband retired a year or so ago. I think it just made sense,” Traverso said.
Ajax’s resignation will be effective Dec. 2, Traverso said.
Ajax was appointed in February 2016 by then-Gov. Jerry Brown to initially oversee the state’s Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation.
Her appointment came only a few months after legislators approved the first statewide regulatory system for California’s MMJ industry in the fall of 2015.
Ajax remained chief of the agency after its name was changed to the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) after the 2016 election when voters approved recreational legalization and then oversaw the rollout of the state’s legal marketplace in January 2018.
She was retained by Gov. Gavin Newsom after he took office in January 2019.
Through her years of work, Ajax developed a reputation among many in the industry for her outreach to marijuana companies and her common appearances at business events to answer questions about state regulations and other issues – particularly from frustrated MJ company owners who were dealing with a painful transition into the regulated marketplace.
Traverso likened Ajax to “the baseball player who stays and signs autographs until everyone’s gone.”
He also noted that whoever takes over the job of running the BCC will have “huge shoes to fill.”
“She definitely did whatever she could to be accessible, to hear people, empathize with people. Whatever it took,” Traverso said.
“She was here every day for like 12 hours a day working, and that set the tone for everyone else.”
Traverso said it’s unclear whether Newsom will appoint an interim director to run the BCC.
That uncertainty stems, in part, from the BCC’s impending merger in 2021 with the other two state regulatory agencies that oversee the California cannabis industry. The new agency will be called the Department of Cannabis Control.
A spokesperson for Newsom did not immediately return an MJBizDaily request for comment.
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Time goes by way too fast it feels and life is accelerating at 10 times its normal speed.
The world has and will continue to change! Leaving you in the past, experiencing regrets and even guilt about what you did or didn’t do.
I’m going deeper into this challenging topic to provide you with a few key concepts that can unlock a fresh and invigorating perspective.
1: Your Intentions Were Pure, No Matter the Result
It’s normal, over time, to second guess our past decisions. Trust me, the past intentions where your decisions were made from, were pure, no matter what the results yielded.
There is simply no way for you to predict whether the results would be good or bad. None of us are fortune tellers in our own lives.
Yet we all attempt to make the best choices that will give us fill out life with joy, light and the opportunity to create a life of value.
Unfortunately, when a choice from the past doesn’t turn out the way you anticipated, it creates a feeling of pain and regret. This is where allowing yourself to remember your original intention is very important.
You made the best choice based on what you knew at that time, not where you are now. Every choice you made provided you with experience and wisdom was gained.
2: Unanswered Prayers are often Blessing of Divine Protection
Unanswered prayers and desires are often blessings in disguise. When we don’t get what we are looking for, we are, in many ways, being provided with divine protection.
3: The Choice Was Your Mirror
Sometimes choices provide us with a mirror to see what has been hidden from us.Things that leave us stuck, possibly for years.
So, if you want to move forward, you must be OK with the fact that every choice in your past was made with your best intention. Every choice that you have ever made in the past was a gateway to personal growth, healing, and transformation.
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Welcome to the Amira-Avizo Software Use Case Gallery
Below you will find a collection of use cases of our 3D data visualization and analysis software. These use cases include scientific publications, articles, papers, posters, presentations or even videos that show how is used to address various scientific and industrial research topics.
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The cleanliness of liquid steel is defined by the amounts of dissolved unwanted impurities and precipitated unwanted non-metallic phases.[…] Improving the cleanliness of the steel would mean a lower fraction of impurities in the final product. […] A novel approach, utilizing controlled synthetic inclusion/metal samples, has been developed to study the reactions between free inclusion-slag droplets and steel. The technique combines High-Temperature Confocal Scanning Laser Microscop... Read more
Akalya Raviraj, Nadia Kourra, Mark A. Williams, Gert Abbel, Claire Davis, Wouter Tiekink, Seetharaman Sridhar & Stephen Spooner
High market demands related to material quality and properties strongly influence redesigning of common safety loaded aluminum alloy castings. The quality of aluminum components and associated obtained mechanical properties are strongly dependent on the casting process and parameters, as well as on the chemical composition. Therefore, the redesigning of chemical composition of high-strength aluminum alloys becomes significant for safety critical structural components in automotive industry.Read more
Davor Stanić, Zdenka Zovko Brodarac, Letian Li
The prevailing electrode fabrication method for lithium-ion battery electrodes includes calendering at high pressures to densify the electrode and promote adhesion to the metal current collector.
However, this process increases the tortuosity of the pore network in the primary transport direction and imposes severe tradeoffs between electrode thickness and rate capability. With the aim of understanding the impact of pore tortuosity on electrode kinetics, and enabling cell designs with ... Read more
Benjamin Delattre, Ruhul Amin, Jonathan Sander, Joël De Coninck, Antoni P. Tomsia and Yet-Ming Chiang
The interest in potential applications produced with self-compacting fibre reinforced concrete continues to grow, but in practice, problems associated with an uneven distribution and orientation of fibres in the concrete structure occur. It is not clear what exactly influences uneven distribution of fibres in selfcompacting concrete (SCC) mixtures, especially during the casting and how different factors influence fibre orientation. The objective of this work was to investigate how rheological... Read more
Elena Jasiuniene, Vaidotas Cicenas, Paulius Grigaliunas, Zymantas Rudzionis, Arunas Aleksandras Navickas
In this paper a study concerning an automatic determination of distribution of steel fibres in self-compacting concrete (SCC) is presented. The determination of fibre distribution is required to assess any relationship between those features and casting methods of concrete elements. Concrete beams with steel fibres of various types and casting methods were examined. Involved methods were computed tomography imaging followed by image analysis. After image analysis a label map consisting of all... Read more
T. Ponikiewski, J. Golaszewski, M. Rudzki, M. Bugdol
Alveolar bone, together with the underlying trabecular bone, fulfils an important role in providing structural support against masticatory forces. Diseases such as osteoporosis or periodontitis cause alveolar bone resorption which weakens this structural support and is a major cause of tooth loss. However, the functional relationship between alveolar bone remodelling within the molar region and masticatory forces is not well understood. This study investigated this relationship by comparing m... Read more
Peter J. Watson, Laura C. Fitton, Carlo Meloro, Michael J. Fagan, Flora Gröning


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Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan will launch Kiccha Sudeep’s Vikrant Rona Hindi teaser on 2nd April at 9:55 AM. Both Salman and Sudeep share a great relationship. Sudeep played an antagonist in Salman’s Dabangg 3.
Megastar Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal and Simbu will launch Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil teasers digitally tomorrow on the eve of Ugadi. Earlier, a dead anthem was released from Vikrant Rona and gained good attention.
This fantasy action adventure will be released in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, and English. Sudeep completed dubbing for his role in all languages except for Malayalam.
Due to Covid and aftermath, Vikrant Rona release was postponed several times. Soon, a clarification will be out on the release date.


Smart electronic devices are becoming very popular, but charging them can prove problematic. South Korean scientists say they have developed an energy-generating fabric that can power a range of devices. Just tapping the fabric – known as a wearable triboelectric nanogenerator – can power devices such as, for example, a remote control for cars or a light-up badge. Professor Kim Sang-Woo led the research at Sungkyunkwan University.
People try to remove static electricity in daily life and attempts to use it as an energy source were quite limited. That's why we started this research
“People try to remove static electricity in daily life and attempts to use it as an energy source were quite limited. That’s why we started this research, to use static electricity as an energy source,” he says.
The layers of silver-coated textile rub against an organic polymer film. The researchers have shown the electricity created from this friction can power lights, screens – and more.
“With this energy, we can power Light Emitting Diodes and Liquid Crystal displays without an external power source, as well as demonstrating low-power devices like sensors,” says Kim Sang Woo.
The developers see their ‘smart’ fabric connecting people to the everyday products they use.
“If technologies for the Internet of Things develops more in the future, various sensors could be attached to human skin. The fabric could be an independent power source for those sensors,” suggests the professor.
The foldable fabric is much more wearable than a bulky battery. So charging your phone as you walk could be a step closer to reality.
From smart fabric we turn to smart sensors. Imagine a floor that lights up when it is walked on. Finnish researchers at the VTT company are developing ‘smart’ sensors connected to the environment to send information directly to a smartphone. The developers say the sensors can be used for guided lighting, burglar alarms and even a baby monitor.
“What we are seeing here is people being detected walking in the corridor. That is based on depth cameras. We are using the detections to control lighting in the corridor so we can guide the people to the places they are going to,” says research scientist Esa-Matti Sarjanoja.
The trend to connect to our surroundings with smart devices, known as the Internet of Things, is fast-growing. The company says the technology could also be used for security purposes. For instance, an LED lamp could be put into burglar alarm mode, sensing movements by intruders in the home and sending notifications to a smart device throughout the day.
Some other uses include putting smart sensors in baby monitors. The company’s prototype smart dummy gathers information about the baby’s temperature, breathing and nutrition and sends the information to a smartphone.
In sturdy Finland babies are often left to nap outside, even in freezing temperatures. Parent Soledad Peresin says she will be using the system regularly.
“I can monitor her temperature, her body temperature, the temperature outside if there is a sudden drop on the temperature. I can go and bring her inside and also it gives me information about her suction pressure. When you know your baby well enough to know the suction pattern you know when she is about to wake up as well,” she says.
The company is keen to expand the use of its smart sensors in light fittings with colour changing, dimming and beam-steering properties. They see the sensors being used for a variety of lighting solutions from energy-saving street lamps to self-adjusting interior lighting.


Exploring the art of storytelling.
The creators were very clever in setting up the storylines for “The College Tour.” In the episode, Mike was away with Sue on college tours and Frankie was visiting Axl to watch him play in his first college game (and Brick? Well, he was left behind as usual). Both Sue and Axl had meltdowns in which their parents tried to console them. Sue freaked out over the fact that she used the wrong tray at the cafeteria. Axl was embarrassed with his horrible football skills, especially since Devin Levin watched the game. Unfortunately, Mike and Frankie were paired up with the wrong child. Mike left Sue alone when she just needed someone to talk to, while Frankie suffocated her son who wanted space. Mike commented, “Well, clearly we each have the wrong kid.” It’s always entertaining when characters are placed out of their comfort zones.
Never in a million years did I think I would see Mike Heck getting emotional. But in “The College Tour,” he was on the verge of tears, concerned that he wasn’t a good enough father for Sue. I never expected to watch a scene when both Mike and Sue are in a room, and Mike is the one crying. This was definitely the best part of the episode and the most touching scene “The Middle” has ever had.


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Browsing real estate listings in other cities is pure escapist fun for most, but the breezy weekend activity changed everything for Austin residents and designers Heather Blue Harkovich and Scott Harkovich, who found themselves scrolling past the same Scottsdale adobe listing week after week. Finally, their burgeoning interest got the best of the couple, and they flew out to tour the home located near the base of Pinnacle Peak, snapping it up the same day.
The home’s natural materials and classic Southwest-style architecture—authentic adobe walls, vigas-and-latillas ceilings and four fireplaces—made it well worth the effort it would require to bring it into the 21st century. “The house was in rough shape, but it had great bones, so we knew we could turn it into something special,” Heather says, noting that they have renovated several of their nine former homes. “We’ve learned there probably is no ‘forever home’ in our future.”
Early in the project, the couple commissioned architect Lynn Tenney to draw up the plans. While he was drawn to the challenge, his initial gut instinct was to turn the job down. “Adobe is basically just mud bricks,” Tenney explains. “It’s very hard to structure.” Ultimately, however, he signed on and worked with builder Darryl Jones to enhance the home’s flow by strategically eliminating walls, converting a Jack-and-Jill powder room into a full bath and designing a new main bedroom addition—just a few of the many modifications.
But changes didn’t mean doing away with the details that made the house special to begin with. The team repurposed the original front door into a courtyard entrance, for example, and its red brick floor pavers now cover the formerly gravel driveway. “We kept a lot of the original character, but we were able to bring it up to par to today’s standards,” Tenney notes.
“The goal was to make it light and bright,” Heather says of their overarching plan. A new steel-and-glass front door floods the foyer with sunshine, which reflects off the white-painted brick, wood ceilings and newly laid white French oak flooring that flow throughout the interior. Punctuating the light walls with darker touches—such as the entry’s black console table with nailhead trim in a Moroccan-inspired motif—“makes the house feel current but still classic,” she explains. “As a designer, I deal with colors all the time. It’s soothing to have a neutral palette. I like to pick a theme of two to three leading colors and use those throughout.”
In the living room, white walls create a crisp backdrop for tailored sofas and a pair of steel-framed leather chairs around a wood-burning fireplace (complete with a whimsical bronze fireplace screen made by the prior owner, a metal artist). “We wanted it to be very welcoming and comfortable—not too formal,” the designer says, pointing to the L-shaped settee in front of the corner window. “It has a view of Pinnacle Peak, so I thought it would be a great place to read or simply have a cup of coffee.”
The neutral palette also defines the kitchen, which Heather enlarged by removing a wall that separated it from the adjacent dining room. Quartzite counters and a backsplash with a scalloped edge accent the painted taupe cabinetry and custom Sheetrock hood. “I wanted the hood to flow nicely and not be a standout,” the designer explains.
When Heather did infuse other colors in the home, it was in thoughtful touches, such as the main bedroom suite, where periwinkle blue table lamps flank a white channel-tufted headboard covered in a performance linen. The furnishings play off of the navy blue draperies and abstract artwork in the same hue. The key, she adds, is ensuring the color flows. “Then at the end of the day, people walk in, and they can’t quite put their finger on one thing, but they just say the house feels really put together,” she explains.
It was a lengthy renovation, so when Heather and Scott arrived in October, they planned their stay for the entire season. Right around the holidays, they realized they didn’t want to leave. So, they sold their Austin residence and relocated their business to the desert Southwest. “This home is true to my style,” says Heather. “Classic, chic and serene.”

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Outsourcing several services, including maintenance and housekeeping services, is expected to save the county close to $600,000 and afford the facility, which is deeply in debt, some breathing room, the article stated.
According to the article, the agreement includes a stipulation which requires Morrison Senior Living to interview the 28 employees that will be affected by the switch.
Sally MacDougal, president of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 851, expressed concern over the move, saying the added costs were worth it and that services will likely diminish under Morrison, the article noted.
"The county will find out the hard way, and it will be too late," said MacDougal.
Click here to read the complete article.

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text: Blackberry Tea. My husband calls it my ‘signature drink.’ I do serve it often. I serve it on special family occasions and on holidays. I serve it when I have dinner guests. And in the Summer, I keep a gallon made in the refrigerator, just for us, and for when friends drop by. I served it Easter dinner and my guests (and family) loved it. My friends were surprised to find out I make it with real blackberries! Now, I ask you, what else would one use to make blackberry tea? And in the winter, I use frozen blackberries from grocery store freezer section.

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Over the past two years the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods has conducted several rounds of a COVID Impact Monitoring survey to examine the effect of the pandemic across key subgroups of the Australian population.
In some much needed good news, its latest survey of more than 3,500 people has found that Australians aged 18 to 24 are feeling more positive about their lives and their future and are experiencing less psychological distress.
“We found a large and significant turnaround in the number of young Australians who said their lives and wellbeing were improving, especially compared to Australians aged 45 to 64,” says study co-author Professor Nicholas Biddle, Associate Director of the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods.
“More than two in three (67.4%) of young Australians said their life had improved in the last 12 months. This was also the age group with the largest improvement in life satisfaction since our April 2022 survey.
“We also found a 5% decline in psychological distress among Australians aged 18 to 24. This was the age group reporting the biggest decline in psychological distress.”
These levels of psychological distress, while still higher than pre-pandemic levels, are much lower than 2020 when COVID-19 initially took hold in Australia.
And although young Aussies have continued to have the most elevated level of psychological distress of any age group, compared to pre-COVID levels, this is still encouraging news according to Biddle.
“Young people have been the people most dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, especially when it comes to their economic security, future prospects and mental health and wellbeing,” he explains. “So, it is heartening to see that the majority of young Australians say there are feeling much better than they were 12 months ago, even though they still face ongoing pandemic pressures.”
The researchers have collected longitudinal data from a series of surveys of the same group of individuals, from just prior to COVID-19 and then eleven times since COVID started to impact Australia.
Across the board they’ve found that levels of life satisfaction have been steadily increasing since January 2022, and levels of psychological distress have also steadily declined between October 2021 and August 2022, for all Australians.
Read more: Seeking mental health and substance use support isn’t keeping people from going back to jail.
“In May 2020, roughly half of Australians thought their life was worse (51.3%), including 6.5% who thought it was much worse,” says Biddle. “By August 2022, only about one in five Australians thought that their life had become worse in the 12 months since August 2021, with only 3.9% thinking that their life had got much worse.
“And in October 2021, 27.2% of adult Australians reported feeling hopeless at least some of the time. By August 2022, this had declined to 22.3%, a drop of about 981,000 Australia adults.
But according to Biddle, this doesn’t mean that Australia has returned to pre-pandemic levels of wellbeing and mental health.
“Life satisfaction was lower in August 2022 than it was in October 2019. There are also still more Australians who have high levels of psychological distress,” he explains. “However, wellbeing and mental health outcomes have improved over recent months as lockdown conditions have substantially eased, and despite high case numbers.”

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Patrick Keefe named SVP, Communications
(March 11, 2014) — Patrick M. Keefe, with nearly 30 years’ experience of dealing with communications at the national level, is now senior vice president of communications for the Credit Union Natl. Assn. (CUNA), the nation’s largest credit union trade and advocacy group. He was formerly vice president of communications.
“Pat was promoted to this position based on his long service to credit unions, his experience here at CUNA and his interaction with our executive team,” said CUNA President and CEO Bill Cheney. “As senior vice president of communications, his role will be to ensure that CUNA continues to enhance its strong reputation as the leader of the credit union movement by all of our audiences, especially our member credit unions, the financial services industry, the Washington community and the public at large.”
Cheney noted that Keefe was named to the position after CUNA conducted a broad search to fill the chief communications officer position, considering nearly 90 applicants from across the nation. That list was winnowed down to about a half dozen finalists, who themselves held impressive credentials and experience, Cheney said.
Keefe has worked in CUNA Communications since 2000; before that, he was a communications executive with the National Assn. of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) in Arlington, Va., for 16 years. He is a former newspaper reporter and editor.
During his credit union career, he has been engaged in communications strategies and tactics affecting nearly every key issue for credit unions, including: Protecting the tax-exempt status of credit unions, bankruptcy reform, debit interchange, and – most recently – dealing with data security breaches.
In the late 1990s, he played a substantial role in planning and executing the Credit Union Campaign for Consumer Choice, which passed legislation to overturn a Supreme Court decision limiting credit union membership.
“I’m greatly honored to represent the credit union movement and will use my experience and background to help protect and advance the movement’s interests,” Keefe said.
With its network of affiliated state credit union leagues, Credit Union National Association (CUNA) serves America’s 6,900 state and federally chartered credit unions, which are owned by nearly 100 million consumer members. Credit unions are not-for-profit cooperatives providing affordable financial services to people from all walks of life. For more information about CUNA, visit www.cuna.org or follow @CUNA on Twitter. For more information about credit unions, visit www.aSmarterChoice.org and follow @asmarterchoice on Twitter. Visit the CUNA Press Room for a full listing of media mentions, press releases and resources to stay informed on current events within the credit union industry.


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Title: First Flight Out
Author: Michael P. Thomas
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Characters: Jesse, Willis
Sub-Genre: Contemporary Romance
Jesse Cisneros and his best buddy Tanner fly for Mile High Airlines, which is every bit as classy as it sounds. When Dr. Willis rings his call light on a flight from New York to Denver, Jesse is so taken with the good doctor’s looks and charm, he forgets all about the inflight medical crisis that prompted him to call for a flight attendant in the first place. Willis is handsome. Willis is helpful. And wouldn’t you know it? Willis is someone else’s husband.
Jesse can hardly believe his luck when their paths cross again on the patio of a popular gay bar. It’s been nine months, and Willis has been busy: now he’s single, he’s out, and he’s very interested in getting to know Jesse better. It all seems too good to be true! And you know what they say about that …
To my knowledge, First Flight Out is the first book I’ve read by Michael P. Thomas and it definitely won’t be my last. I really liked the easy style of writing Mr. Thomas has and his characters were likeable and interesting.
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Jesse was a fun-loving character. As a flight attendant, he’s seen it all. He travels the world, has some great friends, but what he wants in life is someone special to call his own. When he meets Willis the first time, he is crushed when he finds out he is married, but when he runs into Willis months later and discovers he’s not, Jesse is hopeful something special can happen between them.
What I liked about this book was the banter Jesse had with other characters. He is witty, thoughtful, a little snarky and an all-around good guy. He’s an easy character to like and I enjoyed watching him get to know Willis as the attraction between them steams up between them.
First Flight Out is short and sexy book. It would be a great choice for someone looking for a quick, steamy read on a rainy day. I liked watching the beginnings of Willis and Jesse’s relationship and truly hope Mr. Thomas writes more about them. It will be interesting to see how they would ingrain each other into their lives.
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“Festival of Fantasy” Parade Returns to the Magic Kingdom March 9th
by Whitney Littlejohn · January 27, 2022
More entertainment news out of Disney today!
The Festival of Fantasy Parade returns to the Magic Kingdom on March 9th!
Magic Marches Down the Street
The unbridled enchantment and vivid pageantry of Fantasyland—and its many inhabitants—winds its way through the park in a thrilling parade spectacular. The dazzling mix of floats, motion and original music will keep you humming along for days to come.
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Be a part of this grand gala, with spectacular, state-of-the-art floats starring some of your favorite Disney Characters from Tangled, Peter Pan, and The Little Mermaid. It’s a festival of fun for everyone! Looming 26 feet above the parade route and 35 feet in length, the fire-breathing Maleficent Dragon float returns just as menacing as ever.
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Gumball Rally kicks off for Vegas, Beijing
SAN FRANCISCO Souped up cars, well-heeled drivers visit S.F. en route to Vegas, Beijing
It was a soggy Saturday morning in San Francisco, but it felt like a glossy L.A. day inside the lobby of the Fairmont Hotel. Actor and German pop sensation David Hasselhoff, male model Tyson Beckford and some extremely tall and very blond women were all within whispering distance of each other.
Also filing through were flamboyantly dressed musicians, conspicuously tattooed pro skateboarders and a hundred or so other people who apparently had $120,000 burning a hole in their pocket. That was the entrance fee for the 10th annual Gumball 3000 Rally, a 3,000-mile trip across the West Coast, North Korea and China behind the wheel of souped-up sports cars and vintage hot rods (and, obviously, in the occasional chartered jet).
The eight-day event kicked off in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, with a parade of Ferraris, Porsches, Range Rovers and one 60's-era VW bus pulling out from the hotel, engines revving for the several hundred spectators who gathered to watch and cheer.
Think "Cannonball Run," but swap Burt Reynolds for Bam Margera - and drop that whole kidnapping Farrah Fawcett thing. Also, founder Maximillion Cooper stresses (and hopes) that it's more like an exotic auto show in motion than an actual race, adding they will boot participants who speed or drive recklessly. One wonders how well the message sinks in, however, as several of the drivers proudly mention, without prompting, the laser jammers they've installed on their vehicles.
About half of the drivers will end the journey three days later in Las Vegas, but the rest will climb aboard a plane headed for North Korea and cross the finish line the following day in Beijing.
Trevor Traina, a fifth-generation San Franciscan and co-founder of the auto Web site Driverside.com, will cover the thousands of miles with his co-pilot in an Audi R8. He was drawn to the rally by the multiple once-in-a-lifetime opportunities it presented.
"To drive my own car to the Olympics and on Tiananmen Square, when will I ever have another chance to do that?" he said. "When can I ever go to North Korea?"
He's also a self-professed car fanatic who simply loves being in and around fancy rides - his 1-year-old son's first words were "beep beep," he said.
Traina and his business partner, Adam Jackson, are blogging throughout the trip at www.driversidegumball.com. He said his car is equipped with a laptop, a route- and speed-tracking device developed for the CIA, and a camera that will stream live video.
Other rally cars were more notable for what they looked like on the outside, including the 1965 Ford F-250 pickup truck wrapped in sparkling bronze candy paint and lowered nearly flush to the street.
"We made it sit on the ground, so it's fresh when it's chilling," said Kurtis Colamonica, a professional skateboarder with the Famous Stars and Straps team in Southern California. Air bags raise the frame at the flip of a switch.
A pair of Europeans painted a Corvette Z06 to resemble a San Francisco taxicab, right down to Yellow Cab's familiar trio-of-arrows emblem. A Fairmont spokeswoman said a doorman tried to flag it down for a guest the night before.
The KITT car, from Hasselhoff's 1980s "Knight Rider" television series, was also there. Like all the vehicles, it was covered in gold sponsor decals, including a Puma stripe. But the famous scrolling red eye was engaged, as was Hasselhoff himself, who posed for seemingly endless photos and continually flirted with the crowd.
When the drivers finally left the hotel, they were escorted by several San Francisco motorcycle police officers. Sgt. John Nestor said the organizers are covering the city costs associated with the event, plus an administrative fee.
He advised drivers on the local traffic laws and penalties during a morning briefing conducted by Cooper, who repeatedly emphasized the importance of safety on the trip. Last year, the event was cut short after a British participant driving a Porsche hit a Volkswagen Golf in Macedonia. Both the driver and passenger in the VW died.
"It was a really sobering point for us, it was a horrible thing," Cooper said. "It really is the most important thing for us on this trip, that you get to Las Vegas or Beijing safely."


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Adam Levine’s Ex Anne V “Moves On” to Jared Leto?
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The mag reports that Leto and the Victoria’s Secret Angel, whose full name is Anne Vyalitsyna, ”were spotted getting cozy at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont on May 12.”
A supposed witness says, “They spent the whole night together,” adding that the pair was “all smiles and sharing a drink.”
They hung out and shared a drink?!
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In a bid to tap into the expanding cine, Participant Media has pacted with three Latin American production companies to develop and co-finance Spanish-language films. In partnership with Mexico’s Canana, Chile’s Fabula and Colombia’s Dynamo, the venture, dubbed Participant PanAmerica, plans to produce 10 to 12 films over the course of the five-year deal. The initiative will be lead by Jonathan King, executive vice president of narrative production for Participant Media.
PanAmerica builds on Participant’s established relationships with its three new partners. The company recently co-financed Canana’s “Chavez” and Fabula’s “No,” which is nominated for a foreign-language Academy Award. In addition, the production house is in discussions with Dynamo to finance the supernatural thriller “Aguas Rojas,” which is being co-produced by Spain’s Apaches.
“Participant PanAmerica enables us to increase our film output and expand our reach into the dynamic and fast-growing Spanish-speaking market,” said Participant CEO Jim Berk in a statement. “By joining forces with Canana, Fabula and Dynamo, who are among the most accomplished production companies in their respective markets, we now have access to the region’s talent pool of fresh and highly creative filmmakers who are looking to explore important contemporary issues in exciting ways.”
Moreover, through the alliance, Participant will be able to exploit south-of-the-border resources like Mexico’s Article 226 tax finance and Colombia’s tax breaks of up to 40 percent, noted Variety. The multi-title slate will increase the company’s leverage as it negotiates multi-country distribution deals.
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Even though the legislative session doesn’t start until tomorrow, lots of behind the scenes work is underway at the state capitol. APRN’s Annie Feidt wandered the halls today looking for activity and has this story.
The Tram at Alyeska Ski resort won’t be running again for at least another month. One of the tram cars was damaged in an accident on New Year’s Eve when a wind gust blew it into the tram tower. One guest suffered a minor injury in the incident.
Shell’s Kulluk drill rig has successfully been anchored in Kiliuda Bay, on the east side of Kodiak Island. It took the Kulluk about 12 hours to be towed 45 miles to the bay. It was re-floated a little after 10 p.m. last night.
It’s hard to imagine a person crazy enough to want to climb Denali alone in the depth of winter. But Minnesota adventurer Lonnie Dupre has tried – and failed – twice in the last two years. Earlier this month, heavy winds forced him to abandon his latest attempt and retreat back to base camp.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is one step closer to finalizing a management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. Salazar signed off today on the preferred alternative for the reserve and released the full details on what’s included in the plan.
The Interior Department is expected to finalize its management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska this month. The proposed plan sets aside half of the reserve for environmental protection. The state has several grievances against the federal government over NPR-A. But one of the thorniest issues involves dozens of exploratory oil and gas wells the government drilled decades ago but did not properly clean up.
Walruses face an uncertain future as sea ice disappears from the Arctic Ocean. But two recent scientific papers shed some light on their plight. One study looks at where walruses forage in the summer as the ice retreats far off the continental shelf. The other predicts how the disappearing sea ice could impact walrus population numbers in the years ahead.
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Anchorage at 4:42 this afternoon. The earthquake was centered 27 miles directly west of Anchorage in Cook Inlet, right next to Tyonek.
This was a remarkable year for the federal government’s annual aerial whale survey in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Observers spotted several species that had rarely or never been documented in the more than 30 years the survey has been running. Researchers say the unusual sightings may be part of the “new normal” that has taken over the Arctic Ocean as global warming fuels sea ice retreat.
In Barrow, the sun has set until January. In Fairbanks, residents have five hours and 22 minutes of sunlight right now. So in comparison, Anchorage’s six and a half hours of sun each day sounds generous. Still, that leaves quite a bit of time for dark in the state’s largest city.
Governor Sean Parnell wants the State Board of Education to make student performance an important part of teacher evaluations. The board has been working for months on drafting a new rule that bases 20 percent of a teacher’s evaluation on student achievement. The Governor wrote a letter to the board this week, asking to boost that figure to 50 percent.
Democrat Hollis French has retained his state senate seat by just 54 votes. The Division of Elections released the final vote tally Wednesday. French’s race against Republican businessmen Bob Bell for a seat that represents southwest Anchorage attracted the most campaign spending for state races this election.
November is usually the second snowiest month in Anchorage, but this year, snow totals are well below average. So far, only about three inches of snow has fallen in the city. November usually sees an average of seven inches by now, with a total of a little more than 13 inches for the month. National Weather Service Meteorologist Dave Snider says total snowfall for the season is also well below normal.
The Coast Guard and other agencies are still working to determine the source of oil that’s coating birds and seals near St. Lawrence Island. In the meantime, the only living bird recovered in the incident – a juvenile thick billed murre – has been cleaned up and is recovering at the Bird Treatment and Learning Center in Anchorage.
Election workers were also scanning hundreds of absentee and questioned ballots at the Division of Election office in Anchorage today. Four workers fed stacks of paper ballots into Accuvote machines.
The most expensive Alaska Senate race was also the closest last night. Incumbent Democratic Senator Hollis French eked out a win for a newly drawn district that includes Sand Lake and West Anchorage. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, French has about 51 percent of the vote compared with 49 percent for his challenger, Anchorage businessman Bob Bell. They are separated by 247 votes and there are still more than 1,500 absentee ballots to count.
A conservative group is targeting a Superior Court Judge in Anchorage who is on the ballot for retention this year. Alaska Family Action is campaigning against Judge Sen Tan for decisions he made in the late 1990s on cases related to the issue of abortion. The Alaska Judicial Council is responding with an advertising campaign supporting Tan, calling him one of the highest rated judges in the state.
On the November ballot, Alaskan’s will vote on whether the state should hold a convention to amend or revise the constitution. The state constitution requires that the question appear on the ballot every 10 years.
Absentee voters in Alaska can now cast their ballots by email. Monday the state opened the new system to all absentee voters. Deployed military personnel have been able to vote by email since September. The system is designed to make it easier for Alaskans to vote. But voting integrity groups have big concerns about the security of email voting.
On Nov. 6, Alaskans will vote on a bond proposition that would allow the state to borrow close to half a billion dollars for transportation related projects around the state.


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Campbell suffered a dislocated left kneecap in Thursday's 24-16 win over Chicago. An MRI today revealed no ligament damage so no surgery will be needed. Typically, these injuries can take at least four weeks to heal. With three games left in the Redskins' season, that would leave Campbell needing the Redskins to make the playoffs in order to play again.
"Thankfully, I had the opportunity to do a lot of successful things
this year and it's something to build off of,'' Campbell said, "so
it's not all bad.''
Redskins associate head coach/offense Al Saunders told a local TV
station that Campbell is all but finished. However, nobody would rule
"It's hard to say," Campbell said. "We're taking everything day by
day and week by week. We'll see how this thing improves over the next
couple of weeks. What I have to do now is stay off it as much as
Todd Collins will start in his place. Collins will make his first start
since Dec. 14, 1997 when he faces the New York Giants on Dec. 16th.
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Primark, the international fashion retailer, has been working hard to drive improvements in its supply chain for 15 years and has 130 experts in its key sourcing markets to support these efforts. Under its sustainability strategy, Primark Cares, the international retailer has committed to halving its carbon emissions across its value chain by 2030, in line with the UNFCCC’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. To achieve this, they need to work closely with suppliers and take a hard look at their supply chain as that is where 85% of their emissions come from.
Primark came to Ren looking to support the delivery of its 2030 target. They wanted a global renewable energy solution which works for a supply chain that spans 26 countries.
Ren ingests data from a number of sources, including the Higg FEM module, for display and analysis within its platform. Through a combination of historical data and proprietary estimations made possible through Ren’s partnership with Google, Ren was able to provide a holistic picture of Primark’s supply chain energy use and global carbon emissions. Ren worked closely with Primark to ensure the most accurate and critical data is available for analysis across the platform, and added new features based on Primark’s feedback.
The programme involves feasibility analysis, financial calculations, and portfolio generation, all supported by Ren. The result will be a comprehensive roadmap demonstrating the exact renewables procurement needed to reach Primark’s carbon reduction targets by 2030; a roadmap that will then be taken to market and transacted upon through Ren’s marketplace.
Ren, founded and led by Eric Jen, former Director of Renewable Energy at Nike, understands how important it is to see the whole picture in order to have success on carbon initiatives. Not only does a holistic approach lead to more practical results, but it also gives rise to creative solutions such as aggregated renewable energy procurement, a flexible solution that enables procurement in-time and at-scale to meet the scope of the issue at hand. Primark said they were particularly keen to work with Ren because of Ren’s ability to aggregate energy demand for large scale projects.
Every step, every factory adjustment, every carbon reduction will be easily monitored and understood through the Ren platform. While the procurement process will continue in the future, this partnership is pivotal in Primark’s decarbonisation journey.


" Introduced species represent one of the most serious global threats to biodiversity. In this field-based study, we assessed behavioural responses of brood tending cichlid fish to an invasive predator of their offspring. This was achieved by comparing parental defence responses of the endangered arrow cichlid (Amphilophus zaliosus), a fish species endemic to the crater lake Apoyo in Nicaragua, towards the bigmouth sleeper (Gobiomorus dormitor), a formidable predator of cichlid fry, and all other potential fish predators of offspring. The bigmouth sleeper was recently introduced into Apoyo but naturally co-exists with cichlids in a few other Nicaraguan lakes. Arrow cichlid parents allowed bigmouth sleepers to advance much closer to their fry than other predators before initiating aggressive brood defence behaviours. Interestingly, parents of a very closely related species, A. sagittae, which has coevolved with bigmouth sleepers in crater lake Xiloá, reacted to approaching bigmouth sleepers at comparable distances as to other predators of cichlid fry. These results provide a novel demonstration of the specific mechanism (i.e. naive parental behaviour) by which invasive predators may negatively affect species that lack the adequate behavioural repertoire "
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A Bolero’s mental health is often misunderstood by the community and health professionals.
Read moreThe Bolero Mental Health Report 2017-18, which includes a review of the mental health of Bolero people in 2017, found a median of 18% of Boleros in South Australia had been diagnosed with mental illness and 18% had had a diagnosis of depression.
The report found that mental health symptoms and outcomes varied from one person to the next.
A significant proportion of people in South Australians who experienced a mental health problem had been homeless, experiencing homelessness, or experiencing other life stressors, according to the report.
More than half of people with mental health issues were experiencing depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or bipolar disorder.
The national report said the number of Boleri experiencing mental health problems had more than doubled over the past five years, from 1,846 in 2016-17 to 2,923 in 2017-19.
The majority of Boleros surveyed in 2017 reported having a mental illness.
The health report also found a disproportionate number of people suffering from depression and anxiety reported that they were suffering from a mental disease, while many people with a mental disorder did not have a diagnosis.
The Mental Health Council of South Australia, which represents South Australians in the mental healthcare sector, called for greater engagement in mental health services.
“People with mental illnesses often need extra support from the community in a number of ways,” mental health co-ordinator Catherine Wilson said.
“A diagnosis can be a barrier to accessing care, so there is an issue of making sure that people have the information they need to get the support they need.”
The Mental Hospital Association of SA also called for more training and funding for mental health professionals and better communication about mental health in the community.
“There is a lot of stigma around mental health, and that needs to be addressed,” SA Mental Health spokesperson Claire O’Sullivan said.

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian refugees reacted with dismay on Saturday to a United States decision to halt funding to a U.N. agency, warning that it would lead to more poverty, anger and instability in the Middle East.
The U.S. announcement on Friday that it will no longer support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has deepened a cash crisis at the agency, and heightened tensions with the Palestinian leadership.
The 68-year-old UNRWA provides services to about 5 million Palestinian refugees across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank and Gaza. Most are descendants of the roughly 700,000 Palestinians who were driven out of their homes or fled the fighting in the 1948 war that led to Israel’s creation.
In Gaza, Nashat Abu El-Oun, a refugee and father of eight, said: “The situation is bad and it will become worse...People can hardly afford living these days and if they became unable to earn their living they will begin thinking of unlawful things.”
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Friday that UNRWA’s business model and fiscal practices were an “irredeemably flawed operation” and that the agency’s “endlessly and exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries is simply unsustainable.”
UNRWA rejected the criticisms, with spokesman Chris Gunness describing it as “a force for regional stability.”
Speaking in Jordan, where more than 2 million registered Palestinian refugees live, including 370,000 in ten refugee camps, Gunness said: “It is a deeply regrettable decision...some of the most disadvantaged, marginalized and vulnerable people on this planet are likely to suffer.”
Gunness said UNRWA provides health clinics, schooling for 526,000 refugee children across Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and food assistance to 1.7 million people - a million of them in Gaza.
The agency, which has a funding gap of $217 million, will now ask donors for more and seek new sources of income, he said.
The United States, by far UNRWA’s biggest donor, slashed funding earlier this year, paying out only $60 million of a first installment in January, and withholding $65 million. It had promised $365 million for the whole year.
Washington said the agency needed to make unspecified reforms and called on the Palestinians to renew peace talks with Israel.
The last Palestinian-Israeli peace talks collapsed in 2014, partly because of Israel’s opposition to an attempted unity pact between the Fatah and Hamas Palestinian factions and to Israeli settlement building on occupied land that Palestinians seek for a state.
Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz said the U.S.’s decision represented a “realistic view of the situation and supports Israel’s position.”
UNRWA is “the body that enshrines the Palestinian refugee problem,” he wrote on Twitter.
Earlier this year Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged action against UNRWA.
“We already have great-great-grandchildren of refugees who are not refugees,” he said in January. “I suggest a gradual conversion of all funds going to UNRWA to other agencies.”
On Friday, before the U.S. decision was confirmed, the head of the international U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, Filippo Grandi, was asked if his agency could assume UNRWA’s role. “The Palestinian refugees in the region are the responsibility of UNRWA,” he said, making no further comment.
The UNRWA move is the latest in a number of actions by the Trump administration that have alienated the Palestinians, including the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
That move was a reversal of longtime U.S. policy and led Palestinian leadership to boycott the Washington peace efforts led by Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law.
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat accused Washington of implementing the agenda of “Israeli extremists who have done nothing but to destroy the prospect of peace.”
Speaking in Ramallah, he said: “The United States may have the right to say that we don’t want to give taxpayers’ money, but who gave the U.S. the right to approve the stealing of my land, my future, my aspirations, my capital, my Aqsa Mosque, my Holy Sepulchre Church?”
In Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Ayoub Abeidi, whose family once lived in what is now the city of Lod in Israel, said the decision was political.
“Trump wants to finish off UNRWA so he can terminate the right of refugees (to return),” said Abeidi, 53. “Our right to return exists and neither Trump nor anybody else can cancel it.”
Successive Israeli government have ruled out any right of return, fearing the country would lose its Jewish majority.
Reporting by Bushra Shakhshir in Amman, Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza and Ali Sawafta in Ramallah and Ori Lewis in Jerusalem, Writing by Stephen Farrell in Jerusalem; Editing by Ros Russell and Alexandra Hudson
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What happens when you bring one of the hottest metal bands around and mix in some rock royalty special guests? Weeeelll, let me tell ya! You get one of the hottest tours the planet has ever seen. We're talking about Shinedown with special guests Papa Roach and Spiritbox on the Revelutions Live tour. The tour coincides with Trek's lead band's brand new album released last year called Planet Zero, and so you know these guys are gonna pull out all the stops on one helluva sonic journey filled with mind-bending energy and electric performances. Right here and now, we've got tix to the MGM Garden Arena on Friday, October 13th, 2023, and as y'all already know, they're pretty hard to come by. Be sure to click the "GET TICKETS" button located above before someone else beats you to it and grab yourself a piece of the action. All the real fans are going to be there, and so should you!!!
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Evaluation of deformation in the buccal lamellar bone with finite element analysis in alveolar ridge-splitting/expansion technique
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CitationÇelebi Bektaş, A., & Yalçın, M. (2021). Evaluation of deformation in the buccal lamellar bone with finite element analysis in alveolar ridge-splitting/expansion technique. Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, 122(6), 578–582. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jormas.2020.09.013
Abstract Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate deformation and stress distribution in the buccal lamellar bone via finite element analysis (FEA) in the application of alveolar ridge-splitting/expansion technique (ARST) in atrophic maxilla and mandible. Material and method: Three-dimensional (3D) solid models of maxilla and mandible were formed using computer software, with an alveolar ridge thickness of 4 mm in the right first molar region. In both models, one horizontal and two releasing vertical osteotomies were made in the atrophic region. Vertical forces varying from 50 N to 1000 N were continuously applied on the midpoint of the horizontal osteotomy and then the axial and total deformation and von Mises stress distribution in the buccal lamellar bone was assessed by FEA. Results: The degrees of axial deformation and total deformation and the maximum von Mises stress value under a 50 N force were 0.22 mm, 0.23 mm, and 4.52 MPa in the maxillary buccal lamellar bone and were 0.04 mm, 0.06 mm, and 5.90 MPa in the mandibular buccal lamellar bone, respectively. Similarly, under a 1000 N force, the values were 4.44 mm, 4.75 mm, and 90.49 MPa in the maxillary buccal lamellar bone and were 0.96 mm, 1.1 mm, and 118.02 MPa in the mandibular buccal lamellar bone, respectively. Conclusion: These findings implicate that the ARST used for implant placement or alveolar augmentation can be achieved with the application of lower amounts of force in the maxilla compared to the mandible. It was also revealed that in ARST, the maximum von Mises stress value was lower in the maxillary buccal lamellar bone than in the mandibular buccal lamellar bone. Based on these findings, we consider that the administration of ARST could be biomechanically more stable in the maxilla than in the mandible.