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Dr. Colleen D. Sadowski, Chair of the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries, announced today that a video recording of the December 13 Assembly Standing Committee on Libraries and Education Technology Public Hearing on library funding is now available at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/future/index. Also available on the Creating the Future: A 2020 Vision webpage are copies of written […]
The 2016 Legislative Session finally wrapped up in the early hours of June 17th. Each Legislative Session and annual state budget process presents its own unique political, policy, and economic challenges, but this year was particularly difficult to navigate. Together with library advocates from across New York State, NYLA met these challenges head-on, and secured […]
Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti’s speech on Advocacy Day. Thanks for your support and participation.
New York’s Libraries Information Network <NYLINE@LISTSERV.NYSED.GOV>; on behalf of; Robert Hubsher <rhubsher@RCLS.ORG> Good morning all, As the New York State National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) Coordinator I want to urge you to join the New York State delegation traveling to Washington DC for the 2016 NLLD. The event will be held on May 2, 2016 […]
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NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS
NEC - MONDAY 13 AUGUST
Monday was an unusually tame meeting but one that still marked an important moment for NUS with a near unanimous vote to affiliate to the Stop the War Coalition.
Affiliation to Stop the War and support for the Communications Workers Union (CWU) was voted through less then an hour after the NEC accepted a priority campaign without any campaigning, and the most significant points need to be discussed more widely.
STOP THE WAR COALITION
Over the last few years NUS has done more and more work with the coalition. Both Gemma and Veronica King have spoken at recent demonstrations and Gemma is speaking at the relaunch of Stop the War’s student work on the 8th.
Stop the War has mobilised thousands of students repeatedly in numbers that no other campaign has reached and maintained a level of visibility and influence on far less money then the NUS spends in a month. Joint work around broad slogans between the NUS and StWc can and will be of huge benefit to both organisations.
NUS will be helping with a “Troops Out” tour featuring comedian Mark Steel and ex-SAS veteran Ben Griffen that will be among the biggest meetings to take place at any university this year. This year’s campaign will be discussed at the Stop the War activist meeting on the 8th with Tony Benn.
STOP THE WAR - REPORT OF STUDENT ORGANISING MEETING WITH TONY BENN, GEMMA TUMELTY & LINDSEY GERMAN
The only attempt to derail affiliation came from Sophie Buckland of Education not for Sale (ENS), the one organisation of the “left” not to call for an end to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
ENS attempted to exploit Wes’ cheap demagogy about the right of Israel to “defend” itself to derail the discussion and succeeded in passing an amendment marking out NUS as on the rightwing of the coalition.
The vote on the amendment was close with many abstaining and others pressured into voting for by the emotive (and dishonest) posturing of Labour Students and ENS, and the main thrust of the motion remains an overwhelmingly positive desire to put NUS at the heart of the anti-war movement.
Wes attempted to sell the education priority campaign with the twisted logic that “it’s very easy to campaign but it’s far harder to have breakfasts and lunches with important people.”
The campaign will be formally launched on the 4th of September and loath though I am to spoil the surprise there are some things that need discussing now.
The concept of the campaign is based around two basic points:
1) We need to “keep our powder dry.” It is argued that it is unwise to run any public campaigns until 2009 because campaigning “puts students off” and furthermore that organisations like the NUS should model themselves on Amnesty International and call on our members for set piece actions every now and again (like turning on and off a tap.)
2) We can’t “pre-empt the review” by proposing what we believe in at this stage as that would stop the government listening to us. Instead we must brown nose officials and gather data to put forwards a pragmatic alternative later which will be considered as a serious option.
The fact that this is deeply flawed on many levels was raised only by the left on the NEC. The comparison between NUS and a lobby group like Amnesty is one of the most worrying aspects of the campaign. It is a marked difference from the idea of a union of students.
Our strength is based on the fact that we collectively organise students at the point where they engage with their education and the world around them.
To successfully develop that strength we need to be involving them in understanding our education system and attempting to change it. This has to be through a consistent series of activities and events to engage our members with our activists and the NUS.
It simply won’t work to expect people to suddenly engage en masse with NUS in 2009 unless we have done the hard work of building up a base.
The second point is the changing nature of universities themselves. It simply isn’t true that the “debate on HE” is actually very narrow and directed. Since New Labour’s theory of “the knowledge economy” the government has systematically accelerated the drive to subvert Universities to the interests of the neo-liberal economy.
It isn’t possible for NUS to tinker around the edges and expect a better deal for students - we need to fundamentally challenge the direction the government is moving in.
We need to be open about our principles to our members and potential supporters and politically win them to the need for a free and fair education.
SOLIDARITY WITH THE CWU - SUPPORT THE POSTAL STRIKE!
Almost unanimously the executive voted to show our solidarity with the post workers strike.
Scott Cuthbertson spoke well in favour of encouraging a sense of Trade Union solidarity amongst our members. The strike may currently be suspended but the prospects of wider public sector strikes to defend public services are very much on the horizon.
Other motions included unanimous support for the BMA’s organ donation campaign and work to lower the age of consent to 16 across the board.

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- Kentucky currently has eighteen state designated scenic byways. US 68 Scenic Byway takes you through Kentucky's Blue-grass region. Old Kentucky Turnpike begins at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville and travel to My Old Kentucky Home in Bardstown. See limestone palisades and waterfalls, horse farms and stone fences on the Boone Creek Scenic Byway southeast of Lexington. These are just a few examples of the many attractions along Kentucky's scenic byways.
Recreation - Byways provide access to numerous cultural, historical, natural, recreational and scenic sites. Some of the most popular activities along the byways include hiking, camping, picnicking, biking, fishing, photographing scenery, viewing historic sites and of course scenic driving.
Climate - This state experiences a temperate climate with nearly 50 inches of rainfall annually. Thirteen inches of snow is an annual average in Kentucky. There are four distinct seasons here with summer temperatures reaching 90 degrees F frequently in July and August. Low summer temperatures dip near 70 degrees F at night. Winter high temperatures often reach 45 degrees with lows dipping below freezing. Spring and fall are particularly pleasant seasons in which to visit Kentucky. Fall months are the driest. The humidity levels in the state average near 54 degrees throughout the year. The humidity during the winter months averages somewhat higher.
Byways travel through scenic and historic areas throughout the state.

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It contains a blend of 5 Bacillus spores which are found to boost gastrointestinal immunity. Their bi-phase life cycle* enables them to remain in sleep mode when in a harsh environment and reactivate themselves when they enter the human digestive tract or another favorable environment. Then, they start colonizing in the gut. The product comes with a 5-year shelf-life and can preserve the efficacy of its ingredients without requiring refrigeration.
*This refers to Bacillus spores’ inherent survivability that allows them to shift from a dormant form into their active form (and vice versa) depending on the environment. That is how they manage to survive digestion without needing refrigeration or enteric-coated capsules. When in their dormant form, they surround themselves with a tough outer layer called endospore that protects them from environmental factors such as lack of oxygen, acid, pressure, heat, and light.
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The Three Aspects of Gut Health
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This system comprises of:
The first factor affecting GI tract health (gut reconditioning) is addressed appropriately with Megasporebiotic, as described above. Once this is achieved, the next step is to promote a diverse and strong microbiome by reinforcing the changes that have occurred. Increasing the growth of primary strains, such as Bifidobacteria or Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is key in this case. That is what MegaPreBiotic does, the first Precision Prebiotic supplement that comprises of oligosaccharides (non-digestible and clinically-tested) which feed beneficial bacteria and improve microbial diversity.
The final step is to ensure the intestinal lining remains healthy and protected. Rebuilding the mucosal layer is a prerequisite here, which will also help heal the intestinal barrier function. The same brand has formulated MegaMucosa for that purpose, which comes packed with key amino acids, dairy-free immunoglobulins, and a specific flavobiotic that combats leaky gut (aka barrier dysfunction).
What is Leaky Gut Syndrome?
This digestive condition affecting the lining of the intestines or increased by intestinal permeability. This happens when large holes or cracks in the intestinal lining allows partially digested foods, toxins, and bugs to penetrate the tissues beneath it. Inflammation and changes in gut flora can lead to digestive issues and extend to the rest of the body - possibly playing a part in several chronic diseases.
The formula contains a total of five Bacillus spores:
Bacillus Licheniformis – It produces a wide range of B vitamins, as well as proteases (enzymes that break down peptides and proteins) for the proper digestion of proteins.
Bacillus Indicus HU36 – It produces vitamins, quinols, and RDA carotenoids levels (lutein, B-carotene, astaxanthin, lycopene).
Bacillus Subtilis HU58 – It fosters the healthy development of an enzyme called GALT (it helps break down sugar) while also producing vitamin K2 and nattokinase (an enzyme that boosts reactions in the human body).
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Bacillus Coagulans – It protects the immune system function and produces a specific form of lactic acid (L+ optical).
The recommended serving size is one capsule (or ½ capsule if one capsule is too strong) with food. The goal is to increase to 2 capsules a day gradually. To get there, start with taking 1 capsule (or less) every other day for one week. Then, switch to one capsule every day for another week. On the third week, you will be able to take 2 capsules daily.
- In some cases, you may need to start with ¼ capsule and slowly work your way to 2 capsules per day.
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- Sensitive individuals or children may require a smaller dosage.
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About Microbiome Labs
Microbiome Labs is a supplement manufacturing company founded by microbiologists Kiran Krishnan and Dr. Tom Bayne. The two professionals combined their clinical expertise and probiotic research and formulated the first gut health-promoting supplement after discovering Bacillus spores, which is considered the next big probiotic in the supplement industry. Their mission is to make vibrant health accessible to everybody. So far, they have helped more than 334,000 people change their lives.

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One of the hardest things with using the iPad in the classroom is finding the time to go through all of the apps in the iTunes Store listed under the education banner. We have started to list some of the apps we've found under each of the Key Learning Areas.
Apple will begin production of the next-generation iPad beginning in late February for an early April 2011 launch, according to sources for DigiTimes. A delay in the firmware is said to have pushed back plans but initial shipments from Foxconn should be as high as 600,000 units as Apple stockpiles inventory for its introduction. An April 2011 release date of the new iPad 2 has been the rumoured and if the normal trend for releases by Apple continues, that would make it a May 2011 release in Australia. Apple will need to build significantly more inventory for the launch of the second generation device during the month of March to meet expected demand.
The next generation iPad is widely rumored to come equipped with a FaceTime camera for video calling and a gyroscope for advanced motion control sensing, much like the iPhone 4. It is also expected to be thinner than the previous model and have an improved display, and may even include a built-in Micro SD Card reader for downloading photos, images and video.
These reports have come from the chinese newspaper "The Economic Times". This is significant because it was the same paper that reported that Apple were building tablets in the first place.


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Wall Street analysts predict that Karyopharm Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KPTI) will post sales of $4.59 million for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks. Four analysts have issued estimates for Karyopharm Therapeutics’ earnings, with the lowest sales estimate coming in at $50,000.00 and the highest estimate coming in at $15.00 million. Karyopharm Therapeutics posted sales of $70,000.00 in the same quarter last year, which would indicate a positive year-over-year growth rate of 6,457.1%. The firm is scheduled to issue its next earnings results on Thursday, May 3rd.
On average, analysts expect that Karyopharm Therapeutics will report full year sales of $13.98 million for the current year, with estimates ranging from $200,000.00 to $30.00 million. For the next year, analysts forecast that the company will report sales of $19.50 million per share, with estimates ranging from $6.61 million to $45.41 million. Zacks’ sales calculations are a mean average based on a survey of sell-side research analysts that that provide coverage for Karyopharm Therapeutics.
Karyopharm Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KPTI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, March 15th. The company reported ($0.80) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.66) by ($0.14). The business had revenue of $1.53 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.26 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned ($0.65) earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3163.8% on a year-over-year basis.
KPTI has been the topic of several analyst reports. BidaskClub raised Karyopharm Therapeutics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, December 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $18.00 target price on shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics in a report on Thursday, January 25th. ValuEngine raised Karyopharm Therapeutics from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, February 8th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $22.00 target price on shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics in a report on Friday, March 2nd. Finally, Canaccord Genuity upped their price target on Karyopharm Therapeutics from $18.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 12th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. The company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $20.20.
In other news, Director Mansoor Raza Mirza sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.01, for a total transaction of $42,525.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 2,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $42,525. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Michael Kauffman sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.09, for a total value of $100,900.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 522,143 shares in the company, valued at $5,268,422.87. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 69,000 shares of company stock worth $952,625. Corporate insiders own 14.71% of the company’s stock.
Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Teacher Retirement System of Texas bought a new position in shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics during the fourth quarter valued at $115,000. MetLife Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics during the fourth quarter valued at $146,000. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its holdings in Karyopharm Therapeutics by 76.8% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 24,220 shares of the company’s stock valued at $233,000 after acquiring an additional 10,520 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in Karyopharm Therapeutics by 18.8% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 30,974 shares of the company’s stock valued at $298,000 after acquiring an additional 4,902 shares during the period. Finally, Virtus Fund Advisers LLC bought a new position in Karyopharm Therapeutics in the fourth quarter valued at about $355,000. 62.45% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Karyopharm Therapeutics stock opened at $15.13 on Wednesday. Karyopharm Therapeutics has a 12 month low of $7.48 and a 12 month high of $18.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $690.17, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.38 and a beta of 3.61.
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Karyopharm Therapeutics Company Profile
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs directed against nuclear transport and related targets for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Its lead drug candidate is Selinexor(KPT-330), which is in Phase 2b clinical study in treatments of refractory multiple myeloma; Phase 1b/2 clinical study in combination with backbone treatments for multiple myeloma patients; Phase 2b clinical study in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; Phase 3 clinical trial in combination with Velcade (bortezomib) and dexamethasone for multiple myeloma patients; and Phase 2/3 clinical study in liposarcoma.
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Paul J. Weber, Associated Press | Posted
Feb 22nd - 5:06pm
Democrats in Texas are early voting in large numbers ahead of the first primary elections before the 2018 midterms, stoking party optimism that backlash to President Donald Trump won't escape the biggest conservative state in the country.
Jill Colvin and Matthew Daly, Associated Press | Posted
Feb 22nd - 4:58pm
The nation should keep assault rifles out of the hands of anyone under 21, President Donald Trump declared Thursday, defying his loyal supporters in the National Rifle Association amid America's public reckoning over gun violence. He also pushed hard for arming security guards and many teachers in U.S. schools.
Jim Salter, Associated Press | Posted
Feb 22nd - 4:54pm
A St. Louis grand jury has indicted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015, the city circuit attorney's office said Thursday.
Mark Scolforo, Associated Press | Posted
Feb 22nd - 3:52pm
Pennsylvania's highest court overstepped its authority in drawing new congressional district lines and did not give state lawmakers enough time to produce a map of their own, eight Republican congressmen said in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
State lawmakers Wednesday advanced a resolution urging the Utah attorney general to sue opioid manufacturers "to hold them accountable for the destruction and devastation they have inflicted upon the citizens of the state."
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Water law reform measures that have been changed multiple times and spring from decades of tension between Wasatch Canyons property owners and Salt Lake City earned legislative committee approval Wednesday. A push to have them studied failed.
A bill cutting the period of time candidates have to declare they're gathering voter signatures for a place on the ballot to just a week was advanced Wednesday by the House Government Operations Committee.


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I can’t find how to remove items from the room when working in the items layer. Each click just adds another item.
You can simply place the white (or black) world tile on top of the item to replace it. I don’t think there’s a way to „delete“ a tile/item in a room, you can only replace it with something else.
One way to think about it is, a tile is always something rather than nothing When you start, they’re either “black” or “white” tiles, not “empty.”
(Another related point is, tiles are always one thing only—they’re a world floor, OR an item, OR a wall, and so on. Two exceptions are exits (which are really logical overlays on top of the graphical tiles) and the Player (which is the last thing to get drawn in the game—this is one reason why many PulpScript functions can only be used in the player’s

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cataloguetext: “Why don’t cats wear shoes?” 2020
Renewing Familiar Sceneries and Outlines of Memories
Nana Hirose and Kazuma Nagatani present visions that renew our recognitions and sensibilities by showing us familiar things with their perspectives on the situation ranging from their own living environment to social fields. Based in Germany since 2007, they have created sculptures and installations using various materials and techniques. Their works include: a series of porcelain objects that are molded everyday goods such as food items and food containers, intentionally deformed in the firing process; a huge number of pretzels hung on the wall like a garland; sculptures made from wrapping paper or postcards, folded in the shape of the artists’ living space. What lies at the heart of their work is losing the original function of an object by replacing its original material or its size, creating a new form by their own skilled handicraft, transforming the exhibition space itself by displaying their works in large scales and quantities, all leading to a silent chemical reaction of sensibilities or feelings when the artists’ vision and the viewers’ memories and experiences intersect.
I collaborated with the artists for a project in 2018, in a small village called Karekimata, one of the venues of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, which takes place every three years in Tokamachi, a city of the Niigata prefecture. The village, known as a heavy snowfall area, has a depopulation problem; there are only eight families in the village, who are mainly engaged in farming. I asked Hirose and Nagatani to participate in the Triennale when I was appointed to curate the project in an abandoned school, located at the center of the village, and the surrounding outdoor space.
For this large-scale exhibition in their native country, the artists covered the floors of three classrooms and corridors with silver words that had been cut from metallised polyester film. The words come from a children’s book, Buying Mittens (1933) by Nankichi Niimi, which has long been included in the third-grade language textbook at elementary schools in Japan. The story, describing an encounter between humans and a little fox who lives in deep-snow covered forests, overlaps with life and nature in Karekimata. The artists also created an installation by hanging from the ceiling some school equipment that had been used at the school such as balls, musical instruments, and instruments for scientific experiments. The installation, «Classroom» , made the snowy scenery of the story and the memories lying deep at the abandoned school, intertwine. The viewers go back and forth between the past and the future, into winter and summer, taking part in reality and fiction, while walking on the silver words on which the summer light and the greenery from outside reflected.
Walking into the third room, the words that the mother fox muttered at the end of the story emerge under the viewer’s feet: ‘I wonder if humans are truly a good thing, I really
Do’. Hirose and Nagatani would not only bring nostalgic memories through the abandoned school and the children’s story, but they also raise an essential question. Wear and tear of modern society glimpse at us at this peaceful and beautiful countryside. Viewers cannot help but think of the fact that thousands of contemporary art fans, like themselves, take over the almost abandoned village of Karekimata every three years.
«Classroom» (2018) and «Why don’t cats wear shoes?» (2019), which were unveiled at the solo exhibitions in Cuxhaven and Göttingen, show a new direction of the artists’ work. Firstly, both works have a tendency to make the space itself into a work of art rather than placing an art piece in the space. Secondly, rather than underlining the artiness of the objects created by their skilled handicraft, the text emerges as the most important element of the works. Thirdly, the contents of the texts are used as gimmick to encourage visitors to think or imagine through their physical experience.
«Why don‘t cats wear shoes?» shows children’s questions, such as ‘Why is water wet?’, ‘Why don’t stars fall from the sky?’, ‘How is one sure that the world is not a dream?’ by covering the whole exhibition floor with silver words cut out of polyester film. These questions that Hirose and Nagatani collected on the Internet range from everyday topics to grand themes. Sometimes, the innocence of children’s imagination makes one smile, and sometimes the dynamic scale freezes one’s thinking process. The visitors follow these questions, not only with their eyes, but also by moving their whole body to grasp and understand the questions, as the size of each letter is big and they are laid out without any space between them; the only hint to see where a text ends is the question mark ‘?’ at the end. As it was for the work displayed in Karekimata, physically engaged reading is also required here.
In «Why don’t cats wear shoes?», it is worth noting that a number of red apples are laid out on the texts; they remind us of the ‘fallen apple’, considered to be an inspiration for Isaac Newton to discover the law of universal gravitation. The presence of apples is a philosophical and aesthetic key for the installation. Coincidentally, the apple is also the point where an abstract idea and the real experience meet. There is a Japanese picture book, in which a boy develops his imagination by asking philosophical questions, like: ‘Is this really an apple?’ while looking at the apple on the table. At the end, he takes a bite from the apple to confirm its existence. The bite indicates a start to his new journey of questions. While the viewers of «Why don’t cats wear shoes?» tackle the children’s bold questions on the floor, they might think that apples are just apples by catching a glimpse at the apples on the questions. Contrary to the boy in the book, they might try to keep their connection to reality or common sense.
One is reminded of «Questions», the artwork by Swiss artists, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, where questions ranging from daily issues to philosophical concerns appear in front of the viewers. Beamed by more than 10 projectors, short questions like, ‘What is in my apartment when I’m not there?’, ‘Why is everybody so nice all of a sudden?’, ‘What percent of me is animal?’, appear and disappear on the exhibition walls. In a similar way to Fischli and Weiss, Hirose and Nagatani also try to show that everyday events and sceneries are full of deep thoughts, which could lead to opening a door to new sensibilities depending on the way of thinking.
It is interesting to note that «Still Life», a series comprised of a large number of objects made of white porcelain in the shape of everyday goods or food items, was displayed on a long table in the next room of «Why don‘t cats wear shoes?» installation at Hirose and Nagatani’s solo show in Cuxhaven. Although a plaster mold taken from an object makes it possible to reproduce the exact shape of the original, the white porcelain objects are unnaturally deformed and squashed. The texture, which is porcelain but looks rubbery, makes viewers feel bewildered. The viewers, who were guided into a thoughtful labyrinth in the previous room, experience here the space, where familiar objects are replaced with a strange version of themselves.
Now that object recognition/language analysis by AI or IoT for connecting things is developing and spreading so rapidly, the power of art seems even more essential today. Art creatively questions outlines and reasons of daily life or reality and memories, and also helps us forcefully form memories and imagination of ‘once and somewhere’ in addition to the physical sensibilities of ‘now and here’. Hirose and Nagatani have travelled between different cultures, creating works by using their hands, speculating the meanings of words, and looking at everyday items and the world before them. Their situation might influence the way I appreciate their creativity; their light and transboundary artworks, questioning the vagueness of existing values and meanings, attract me. I hope to see them further their journeys, where they create works in which memories and images go astray, make form of places, where you or others might have existed, and renewing familiar sceneries and memories.

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The Office Fund’s strategy is to optimise its portfolio through targeted acquisitions and continuous enhancement of core assets.
The Fund’s strategy focuses on office properties that currently generate predictable and stable returns and will continue to do so in the future, taking into account the trends and development in the office market. In addition to this, the Fund’s strategy is focused on active asset management to optimise the portfolio and keep it as future-proof as possible. Based on the market trends and developments described above, the Fund’s strategy focuses on:
Core regions and property in A locations. The Funds' core regions closely correlate with the trends towards urbanisation and a knowledge-based economy. In 2017, the core region policy was tightened in such a way that only Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht are now considered core regions. At least 80% of the Fund’s investment will be in its defined core regions. The Fund has a preference for inner city areas.
Multifunctional locations. Good retail, residential and leisure facilities play a major role in the appeal of (business) meeting places. Locations where a widely diverse group of people come together form a good basis for an inspiring working environment. The blending of culture, education, sport and work makes a positive contribution to this environment.
Multi-tenant assets. This type of exploitation may reduce the volatility of revaluations and could increase the control of asset management risks, thanks to multiple lease agreements with different expiry dates and debtors.
This type of exploitation may reduce the volatility of revaluations and could increase the control of asset management risks, thanks to multiple lease agreements with different expiry dates and debtors.
In 2017 a multi-tenant asset has been defined as follows:
the two largest tenants/ leases account for a maximum of 80% of the total rental income at asset level; and
the largest tenant/ lease accounts for a maximum of 75% of the total rental income at asset level;
vacancy is considered to be let to multiple tenants.
Reporting of multi-tenant assets will occur according to this definition as of 2018.
Enhancement of core assets. Every asset needs a distinctive character to outperform. Good accessibility, technical condition and parking spaces are no longer sufficient. To create a special building proposition, the focus will be on increasing comfort for users and providing an attractive environment that is seen as an appealing (business) meeting place. An office may be special, for instance, because of full service concepts devised to provide tenants with a high level of service or due to the building’s history.
Sustainability. We believe that green buildings can help combat climate change, as well as achieve numerous other wider social, economic, environmental and health benefits. Acting responsibly is therefore an integral part of the Fund’s investment strategy and we are certain it lowers risks, increases returns and increases lettability.
Occupancy rate. Close relationships with tenants enables the Fund to propose lease extensions at the right time. Partnerships with property managers and (local) real estate agents are important. New lettings may also result from close cooperation between (local) government organisations, foreign investment agencies, etc. Maintaining and expanding our networks is an ongoing activity. Sometimes, property upgrades are necessary to support or improve a competitive proposition. These always take sustainability into account.
The Fund applies a defined set of Investment Restrictions in the execution of its strategy. The Fund will adhere to the following Investment Restrictions to focus on its core activity and to limit risks. In the Fund Plan 2018-2020 the diversification guidelines have been slightly expanded.
(*) The total value of investment property and investment property under construction in the Fund is € 596 million, so the restriction is not yet applicable.

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Ghost Town of Helena
The Karnes County Historical Society knows how to have a party. Lulubelle, Daisy, and I attended the Annual Indian Summer Festival at the Old Helena Courthouse and Museum which is always on the fourth Saturday in October. Lulubelle made new friends; fellow authors Barry Harrin, Jane Tennant, Cathy Passmore, and Robert Thonhoff, and I signed books and answered questions about the Old Ghost Town of Helena, Texas.
The first county seat of Karnes County was established in Helena in 1852. Helena was a bustling community until the railroad bypassed it in 1884. Then Helena became one of Texas’ official ghost towns. There were numerous hangings in the tree in front of the courthouse. Author Barry Harrin wrote a book “The Toughest Town on Earth” www.helenatexas.com. The few remaining mortals have reported some strange happenings and a paranormal crew reported ghostly activity. I saw nothing out of the ordinary on my nights on the grounds. However, I made them a deal, that I would not bother them, if they didn’t bother me.
“Thank you” to our Karnes County friends for their hospitality and especially to photographers Joe Baker and Sue Carter.


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In yet another shocking incident, a dead baby snake was found in a mid-day meal which was served at a Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Haryana.
It was reported that the meal was provided by the Iskcon food relief foundation.
Reports suggested that the students of the Government Girls Middle School in NH 2 area of New Industrial Township were being served by the low-standard food on Thursday.
Although, the district administration took charge of the incident and has sent for the sample test to the laboratory test in Chandigarh.
It was learnt that the district administration has stopped the supplies of the food as same food organisation supplies the meal to the 371 schools.
Students in the school also got admitted to Hospital after smelling the food and vomiting after consuming the mid-day meal.
However, this is not the first case in which sub- standard food has been served as a mid-day meal.


By Marlon Dale Ferreira –
CAA Director General Nimalasiri’s Integrity in question as CEO Kapila Chandrasena denies his claims
Sri Lankan Airlines in an official airline press release sent by its media with the blessings of its CEO Kapila Chandrasena on Tuesday, has denied what the Director General of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) H.M.C Nimalasiri claimed, informing the airline’s head of his and the CAA’s awareness pertaining to situations where Pilots have been deactivating functional and vital flight instruments/engines/systems in flights (including the IRS) engaged in commercial passenger operations with a view to practicing certain abnormal and emergency conditions on commercial flights..
The Director General CAA’s email to the CEO Sri Lankan Airlines, the email from Manager In Flight Services Senaka De Soysa to the entire Cabin Crew stating that the airline is experiencing weight and balance safety concerns on certain re-configured A320 aircraft and the six pilot related incidents highlighted earlier, may be shocking news to the public, but by and large these incidents were common knowledge to employees of the airline all along.
The local media carried a press release sent in by the airline refuting claims that their Pilots have not simulated emergencies during the operation of commercial flights, which can be challenged otherwise.
However the release goes on to say that there was an incident where the pilots had to turn back as they felt a vibration on takeoff.
Here again there was no vibration as the Digital Fight Data Recorders ( DFDR) has proved that the throttle had cut off power of one engine at an altitude of 150 feet on ascend, which is way below the minimum height required for this procedure.
This leaves readers with no choice but to believe that by the airline’s avoidance to refute the claims of the other five Pilot related incidents, they do agree to these allegations through their silence.
Perhaps on the other hand the Airline’s Management may have exhibited a sense of acute ‘selective amnesia’ in this instance for reasons best known to them.
Excerpts of that press release say “The Flight Safety Section of the Airline monitors these trends on a continuous basis and identifies any deviations which are safety critical. In this process the Airline confirmed that it had not found any instances which exceeded the pre- set profiles which were safety critical nor any evidence of instances of Flight Crew deactivating certain functional and vital flight instruments/engines/systems in flights (including the IRS) engaged in commercial passenger operations with a view to getting an opportunity to practicing certain abnormal and emergency conditions, as mentioned in the Article and as mentioned in quoted letter of the Direction General of Civil Aviation”
The only Pilot related incident that the airline accepts in their press release is that on the particular TRZ/CMB flight of October 2014, there was a vibration and that the two pilots did not follow Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) on this flight where they returned to TRZ airport.
In actuality it was the lunacy of having a throttle being retarded by Capt. Pathirane when the First Officer was flying the sector and when the aircraft was a mere 150 feet above ground level that caused the issue. There was no vibration as it was proved eventually even though the Mandatory Occurrence Report (MOR) submitted by Capt.Pathirane stated that he had recycled the landing gear as well during this episode.
This is the truth even though the airline in its press release has completely ignored this allegation as made by the Director General CAA about certain pilots switching off engines.
It is this ‘cow boy’ antic by the Capt. Pathirane that left them forgetting to retract the landing gear as they were dealing with a plethora of warning lights and alarms that came on due to the doings of the Capt. Pathirane.
Burning precious fuel due to the subsequent ‘drag’ that was created by not retracting the landing gear, made them return to Trichy after takeoff as it could not last the journey to Colombo.
Captain Pathirane claims that there was a vibration immediately after takeoff and probably only he will know the truth.
Further the manufacturer of the aircraft Airbus Industrie had reported that there was no vibration and the issue lay with the Pilots in control of the flight.
It was also reported that while the First Officer only operated the CMB/TRZ/CMB sectors, Capt. Pathirane went on to fly the CMB/DXB sector immediately on another aircraft and submitted his Mandatory Occurrence Report (MOR) thereafter.
The contents of that MOR submitted by Capt. Pathirane painted a different picture than the real incident. I am sure the Airline Management will not deny that.
This was subsequently found out when a proper investigation was conducted and the reports generated from the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) indicated the truth.
The Press release further goes on to state “However, the airline said there was a case of an in flight turn back due to suspected engine high vibration. As the pilot’s occurrence report had not given sufficient details to identify the root cause of the said vibration Sri Lankan Engineering requested Airbus Industries for an in depth report of the Digital Flight Data Recordings (DFDR) pertaining to that particular flight. As per the report, the Airline found that the Flight Crew which operated that particular flight had deviated from the SOP’s of the Company”.
It further adds “The Airline says it appointed a panel of inquiry consisting of the most senior instructor pilots, which, after due inquiry found that the Flight Crew had violated SOPs of the Company but not to the effect of simulating conditions with passengers on board as stated in the Article. The Company based on the findings of the Inquiring Panel has taken appropriate action vis – a – vis the Fight Crew to address such violation”.
Quite sadly the airline has made a blatant falsehood in their feeble press release in this instance as there was no vibration whatsoever and it can be proved otherwise.
Currently with solid evidence in hand, even the CAA could be assisted in their further investigations if needed.
Another Pilot Related Lapse – Push Back Without Obtaining ATC Clearance – VVIP flight With Former President on Board 22/08/2014 ( UL 225 – CMB/DXB)
It was further brought to our attention of another serious lapse that had been brushed under the carpet since of late and a subsequent email had been sent to all pilots.
On this occasion COO Capt. Druvi Perera and Capt. Upul Samarakoon were in command of a VVIP flight UL 225 on the 22nd August 2014 with the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on board.
It has been reported that much to the astonishment of the Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) the two Captains on board had ‘pushed back’ the aircraft without the prior consent or permission of the control tower.
It is further alleged that a Captain of another airline who was at a nearby parking gate was privy to this entire conversation take place between the ATC and the Captains of the VVIP Aircraft.
He had then gone on to supposedly submit an Air Ground Safety Report (AGSR) based on the pilot error he had heard and observed.
Some airline Pilots lament that there are ‘different strokes for different folks’ as Capt. Druvi Perera and Capt. Samarakoon did have strong political ties with the former Rajapaksa regime.
Both pilots’ political clout was at a different level altogether when the previous regime was in control.
What is interesting to know is if the Air Traffic Controllers who worked on the 22nd Augusts 2014, did actually file a “Mandatory Occurrence Report” (MOR) due to this serious error caused by Capt. Perera and Capt. Samarakoon.
If they had filed it then it will be interesting to know as to why nearly six months later this incident was never investigated.
Whilst Director General CAA Nimalasiri has flagged a few Pilot related incidents in his email to the CEO Sri Lankan Airlines, it may be interesting to note if he ever was in the knowledge of this incident or has it really been swept under the carpet.
Justice needs to be being meted out to all in fairness and if these two Captains are found guilty, they should then face the consequences as brave men or own up and say ‘yes we did it’.
This is a questionable question that will have to be answered eventually by those truthful and who are handed the responsibility of maintaining strict aviation discipline in this country.
I fervently pray that these transgressions will be brought to book and the taste of paradise will be restored on Sri Lankan Airlines which will then be truly… “your’s ‘safely’ to fly”.
Many people have raised questions as to why I have written these articles about our national carrier and I would like to highlight the following.
I made every effort to meet with CEO Kapila Chandrasena to discuss these incidents that have now been highlighted as many efforts made to meet him proved futile. I phoned him and he promised to phone back which to date he has never done. I then emailed him and he sent from pillar to post in terms of channeling my email requests to Chanaka Olagama (HOSD), Pradeepa Kekulawala (HHR) & Deepal Perera (Media Manager) which was sadly to no avail.
As a last ditch effort I contacted COO Capt. Druvi Perera and sent him a SMS and he said he was happy to answer any technical questions. I then phoned him but he too never answered or returned my calls.
These five gentlemen are professionals I have come in contact with at some point in my professional career and are no strangers to me. However what baffles me is their reluctance to meet and their avoidance made we feel that they are behaving in a manner that only someone who is guilty of many wrong doings would do.
I was left with no choice but to use the medium I contribute to as a Journalist and hence the articles being uploaded on Colombo Telegraph.
I do apologize to the other respected Pilots who are not involved in any of these related incidents and also regret the bruising of any egos that these stories may have caused.
This article by no means is to target the Pilots as a group of professionals but simply to remind ourselves that all the good done by them over the years could easily be undone by a handful of incompetent flyers, who at times have now proven to do some silly things that jeopardizes it for all of them.
Those individuals are the ones who ideally are highlighted in this series of articles.
My staff number was 7691 and one that I proudly remember ever since the Executive lady at HR gave this number to me on the day of me joining Air Lanka on the 1st August 1988.
I left on the 20th February 1991 to pursue my aviation career with Emirates Airline based in Dubai. A fulfilling career it was indeed and one I am ever so grateful to Air Lanka Pvt Ltd for.
The dramatic irony was that when I was at Air Lanka it was Emirates Airline who wanted to emulate our national carrier then as our aircraft were continuously parked in their numbers on the tarmac of Dubai International Airport.
However when I moved to Emirates Airline, it was Sri Lankan Airlines who subsequently wanted to be like the International Airline of Dubai and at one point even let them run our airline in a merged pact for ten years.
When I was made to understand that the airline is currently experiencing a Rs 100 Billion loss, it made me wonder as to who could be responsible for plundering this airline to the extent of making it plummet to the depths of financial despair.
All it took was for a few phone calls to be made and the necessary information simply flowed in through many employees who are muted by the signing of disclosure clauses and agreements.
The details pouring in are shocking to say the least and inking these exposes Department by Department, Flight Operations to In Flight Services to Cargo to Engineering to Ground Handling to Sales and Marketing etc; has now begun..
If I have become their voice then ‘so be it’.
We have entrusted this wonderful airline to the care of professionals who have proved beyond reasonable doubt that they have been failures as of today.
The current team of Senior Manager Team (SMT) should place their hands on their hearts and answer the question truthfully “have I done justice to earn the salary and perks I enjoy that I am privileged to feed and look after my family everyday?
If the answer is a truthful ‘no’ then it perhaps is best for all of them to voluntarily move out and hand over the reins to someone who can ensure that our Treasury is not milked any further.
After all the airline is owned by you the general public of Sri Lanka.
It is the well being of the airline, t is the safety of the aircraft and its crew, it is the sustenance of its greates asset which is it’s employees, it is about having happy customers on board who will bring us repeat business and it is all about good governance that will help us be the trend setters and market leaders that other airlines followed us once upon a time,
This is all I care about and this is what makes me ‘tick’ to write these lines.
I had the privilege to look after as a passenger once by the name of Lasantha Wickramatunga when I operated a flight as a Flight Purser on an Emirates Airline sector from Dubai to Colombo in 1996. We soon became friends and he in fact gave me a free lance Sports Reporters Identity card shortly thereafter. I covered the Dubai International Rugby 7’s for him when Sri Lanka reached the ‘Bowl Final ‘and was sadly pipped by Kenya to lose by a single point that year.
This gentleman as we all know left to be with our creator on the 8th of January 2009 in a manner none of us ever would wish for and is also a day six years later that probably would change the course of history in this country for the better.
I for one would wish that a positive change would take place, but here I am referring to our national airline that operates approximately 1440 flights a month and carries approximately four million passengers a year which probably, also carries the family members and loved ones of you reading this story right now.
*The writer could be contacted on email on firstname.lastname@example.org


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Warner Bros Pictures have just sent me an email containing the offical Synopsis for the first part of Harry Potter & Deathly Hallows.
I cant believe its nearly 10 years since movie one, I admit I was never the biggest fan as it took me to about movie 3 until I got hooked probably something to do with Lord Of The Rings trilogy finishing around then. One memory that floods back about the first Harry Potter movie was my time living in Manchester and working at a cinema whilst at university and the cinema was new and opened up with all 10 screens showing just Harry Potter! No matter how good the movie was there was no chance that the cinema would be non stop busy for the 3 weeks it had just the one movie!
Part of of the final movie will be with us worldwide on November 19th, just below the synopsis is a few images to keep you Pottermainiacs happy as we creep slowly towards the release date.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final adventure in the Harry Potter film series, is a much-anticipated motion picture event to be told in two full-length parts.
Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality and destruction—the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart.
Meanwhile, the wizarding world has become a dangerous place for all enemies of the Dark Lord. The long-feared war has begun and Voldemort’s Death Eaters seize control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts, terrorizing and arresting anyone who might oppose them. But the one prize they still seek is the one most valuable to Voldemort: Harry Potter. The Chosen One has become the hunted one as the Death Eaters search for Harry with orders to bring him to Voldemort…alive.
Harry’s only hope is to find the Horcruxes before Voldemort finds him. But as he searches for clues, he uncovers an old and almost forgotten tale—the legend of the Deathly Hallows. And if the legend turns out to be true, it could give Voldemort the ultimate power he seeks.
Little does Harry know that his future has already been decided by his past when, on that fateful day, he became “the Boy Who Lived.” No longer just a boy, Harry Potter is drawing ever closer to the task for which he has been preparing since the day he first stepped into Hogwarts: the ultimate battle with Voldemort.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is directed by David Yates, who also helmed the blockbusters “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” David Heyman, the producer of all of the Harry Potter
Heading the cast, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reprise their roles as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
The film’s ensemble cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Julie Walters and Bonnie Wright.
Behind the scenes, the creative team was led by director of photography Eduardo Serra, production designer Stuart Craig, editor Mark Day, composer Alexandre Desplat, costume designer Jany Temime, and visual effects supervisor Tim Burke.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films production, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” which marks the last film of the most successful motion picture franchise of all time. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” will be released worldwide starting November 19, 2010, and “Part 2” starting July 15, 2011. films, again produced the film, together with David Barron, and J.K. Rowling. Screenwriter Steve Kloves adapted the screenplay, based on the book by Rowling. Lionel Wigram is the executive producer.
3 thoughts on “Offical Synopsis and New Images For Harry Potter & Deathly Hallows”
looks like the final chapter’s goin to be rockinggg…!!!
Dis newly released photos r nothin bt the cool..!
I cannot wait for this movie! It’s gonna be great in 3D!
me too! been a big fan since last movie

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Time Out says
Have you every tasted a tomato, a goat cheese or a champagne fondue? At Café-Bonvin, you can have it all. The restaurant offers a creative menu to people in search of a more refined version of the national dish. Cosy and classy, the place is located in Geneva’s Eaux-Vives neighbourhood, a few steps from the lake.


This is Baby Ceo, an artist signed with Fredo Santana’s record label. He raps about what all the other rappers rap about except he is a kid. A young one at that. Not even a teenager yet. (And may not get to that point, either, unfortunately.) This is easily the scariest thing I’ve seen online in some weeks, although it isn’t at all surprising. I’m not sure where we’re headed — as a society — but it’s clear that all of us will not make it there safely. And for what it’s worth, I didn’t see any White people holding guns and spewing genocidal hate. Just saying.
By no means am I condoning this type of perverse spin on what is considered “rap music,” but I couldn’t watch this happen without sharing and informing you of what bubbles below the surface.
Disclaimer: This representation is not representative of the Hip Hop culture as a whole, this is merely one group’s interpretation of it.


As AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine debuts in the EU market this month, supply bottlenecks, viral variants, and political squabbles demonstrate that the quest to develop and distribute Covid-19 vaccines is far from over.
The list of approved Covid-19 vaccines in Europe is growing ever longer with the EMA approval of the viral vector vaccine developed by the big pharma AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, following UK approval in December. The so-called Oxford vaccine joins two other Covid-19 vaccines in the bloc’s arsenal: a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine from BioNTech/Pfizer and another developed by Moderna.
The Oxford vaccine employs a viral vector to activate the immune system against Covid-19, a more established type of vaccine technology than mRNA vaccines. This vaccine can be stored at fridge temperatures unlike the mRNA vaccines, and, with a per-dose price of around €3, costs at least four times less. As a result, this Covid-19 vaccine is ideal to reach remote areas far from the busiest transportation networks, as well as to vaccinate in countries that cannot afford the mRNA vaccines.
Many individual EU member states, such as Germany, Austria, and Portugal, have recommended the Oxford vaccine only for people between 18 and 65 years of age. They based this decision on the vaccine’s phase III results last year, which featured mostly efficacy data from people younger than 55. In contrast, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) included adults over 65 in its approval of the same vaccine.
“There is relatively little data currently available in the elderly from the phase III trials. Therefore, the UK made a pragmatic decision to recommend this vaccine in older populations,” stated Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton, UK. “These decisions are all in the context of a very high burden of Covid-19, and thus leaving vulnerable populations unprotected is in itself a risky decision at this point in time.”
It may be several months before the Oxford vaccine gets emergency approval in the US since AstraZeneca hasn’t yet applied for authorization from the FDA. Additionally, members of the FDA’s advisory committee have expressed concerns about the vaccine’s phase III results in November. While it achieved 70% protection against Covid-19, there were deviations in the dosing, with a small group of participants mistakenly given half doses.
The MHRA was the first regulator to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, ahead of the US and EU regulatory authorities, and this trend continues with the Oxford vaccine. According to Zoltán Kis, Research Associate in the UK’s Future Vaccine Manufacturing Hub at Imperial College, both the MHRA and the EMA follow a similar process to grant approvals, called a rolling review.
“The MHRA has been closely following analyzing the results during the clinical trials. This helped to have a better understanding and faster processing of the trial results,” Kis told me. “It seems that the MHRA has done its rolling review and final review of the data faster than the EMA.”
The speed of the MHRA’s vaccine approvals gave the UK a lead over the EU’s sluggish vaccine distribution program. Furthermore, the EU has clashed with AstraZeneca regarding supply hiccups over the last few weeks, causing big political fallout. While the dust is starting to settle on the row, the EU’s vaccination rates still trail those of many other countries. Hungary, meanwhile, has tried to boost its Covid-19 vaccination efforts by approving vaccines from the Russian Gamaleya Center and Chinese company Sinopharm.
The huge economic and human threat of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of vaccinations, and increased the interest of pharma and biotech in entering the vaccine space. Prominent examples of Covid-19 vaccine developers include the big pharma Johnson & Johnson, the Gamaleya Center, and the US firm Novavax, which all had promising phase III results within the last two weeks. The German biotech CureVac also recently amassed support from Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline for its phase III-stage mRNA candidate.
“There have certainly been a number of companies joining the vaccine development space as a result of the pandemic,” said Thomas Lingelbach, CEO of the French biotech Valneva, which is developing its own Covid-19 vaccine. “Almost immediately, the global hyper-focus on Covid-19 raised the profile of vaccine companies. In addition, the public and media have been tracking clinical development progress like never before.”
One of the lessons learned from this pandemic is that we need vaccine production facilities that can rapidly meet demand during outbreaks. “The disruption of life for people, businesses, and governments was quick and has been massively impactful. This could be the root of lasting changes to the industry as a whole,” Lingelbach said.
In recent weeks, more virulent Covid-19 strains have caused major disruptions globally as vaccine developers race to catch up. South Africa recently halted the rollout of the Oxford vaccine as a clinical trial suggested it might prove less effective than normal against a variant circulating in the region. A number of vaccine developers including Osivax and eTheRNA are aiming to meet this demand by developing next-generation Covid-19 vaccines that could immunize against all future strains.
“There need to be new technologies not only for [the current] strain of Covid but for future strains and other forms of infectious diseases,” added Alexandre Le Vert, CEO of Osivax.
Of course, these vaccines will not protect the population unless people agree to be vaccinated. Convincing the general public about the vaccines’ safety and effectiveness is the next big bet the healthcare systems need to win. “Spreading awareness of the value of preventative vaccines to the general public at risk and in need of these life-changing treatments is an important step and one that I believe has been made more apparent to the general population due to Covid-19,” Lingelbach noted.
“I hope that as these vaccination programs continue the general public will see that the misinformation that is circulating out there is indeed incorrect and the safety and benefits of the vaccines will become more tangible,” Kis added.
This is an update of an article first published on the 12th of January, 2021
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to connectVideoBaltimore police have accused man and his daughter on the stage woman’s murder, and blaming ‘the poor man, who’
The police say that they believe in Jacquelyn Smith’s death, it was a cold and calculated killing to be with her own family, Bryan Llenas reports.
A Baltimore man, who is to blame for his wife’s high-profile sting of death, an anonymous beggar-man, who — the police concluded it was a scam and that the man was the killer — has been set for his trial starts Monday, and a few weeks later, his daughter admitted to helping him dispose of the murder weapon and attempting to flee to Mexico.
Jim Smith, alleged that his wife of 54 years, Jacquelyn Smith, and it was fatal, and in December by East of Baltimore, the poor man, who, after Jacquelyn had just $10 to see a female beggar, who seemed to be having a baby. Smith also claimed that the 28-year-old daughter, Valeria, was in the car when the alleged assault took place.
After his wife’s death, Jim Smith, gave numerous interviews to the media, and lobbied the Baltimore for a law that would prohibit panhandling at city intersections, and even to say that he hoped to have the law named after his wife.
Alan Smith is shown in an undated photo provided by the Department of Police of new york city.
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The 54-year-old mother’s death drew national attention and even prompted a response from Oprah Winfrey, who said at the time of the incident, she would have to “think twice” for the purpose of giving panhandlers money.
BALTIMORE’S HUSBAND, THEIR DAUGHTER, TO FACE MURDER CHARGES IN TEXAS IN AN ALLEGED LOVE-GONE-WRONG ARE
But in March, the police have said that they are committed to the love-gone-wrong tale is a lie, and that the last Interview had gone on the run. The two were arrested in Harlingen, Texas, near the mexican border. Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner of Police, Michael Harrison, said: “at the time, that is, the Receiving timing to the limit of the influence of the timing of the arrest.
Keith Smith, right, and his daughter, Valeria, Smith, were arrested in March near the U.S.-mexico border in Harlingen, Texas, in connection with Jacquelyn Smith’s death.
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“I can tell you that it has been informed that they will be in Texas for sure, added to the evidence that we have to make sure that it is not the homeless, [and] that the most likely cause was that it was more likely than not their involvement is,” mr. Harrison told the Baltimore Sun at the time. “I think there is plenty of evidence that this is, and always has been, it would have been the outcome.”
The police are of the opinion that, at the time of her death, and Jacquelyn Smith, was about to divorce from her husband of five years, and it’s charging documents as a friend of Jim Smith, had told the police that he had asked his brother to “get rid of Jacquelyn.”
The police told me to Keith Smith, in an interview with the cell phone evidence showed that he and his daughter had driven into a wooded parking lot the night his wife was killed. Immediately after that, according to the police, and the couple moved to Florida.
The police also said that there was no evidence that the crime took place in the place in which they are described, and no evidence of a beggar.
HUSBAND, FATHER, IN A PHASED-IN STATIONS THAT WILL KILL THE USED BALTIMORE’S PROBLEMS, THE HOMELESS, THE COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY
Last month, Valeria, Smith pleaded guilty to acting as an accessory after the fact in the death of her step-mother. She was initially charged with first-degree murder.
Jacquelyn Smith, 54, died in December after being stabbed. Her husband and step-daughter have been arrested and charged with her murder.
“It is stated in the plea agreement, that she allowed her father to dispose of the knife. And helped her father dispose of the personal property, things of that nature. She has to take full responsibility for that,” Bradon Mead, Valeria’s attorney told FOX45 at the end of September.
The 28-year-old will appear in court again on Jan. 29, 2020, where they will face up to 10 years in prison.
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It is not known if Valeria will have to testify against her father, according to FOX45.
“Jackie was an amazing woman. It’s really sad,” Jacquelyn’s friend, Michelle, Kenney, told FOX45, at the time of her step-daughter’s plea. “It’s heartbreaking, the way she was taken from us.”
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Its supposed to be a beggar, that the crime drew national attention and prompted a lot of people are thinking that panhandlers have reason to be suspicious. It is also, however, led to additional concerns about the Baltimore force.
Fox News’ Dr. Lam, Nicole, Darrah, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Stephen Hero and the pitfalls of heartless brilliance
After seven pages of drafts from my notebook, I decided to scratch all those and just write. After all, this isn’t a literary publication or a research paper: it’s just a place to share my insights and reflections on different objects or people in my life.
James Joyce has been an intermittent topic in this blog. I was introduced to him during my first year of university, in my literature class. We were then tasked to read and analyze ‘The Boarding House.’ Truth be told, I wasn’t too impressed with the story: it was only later when I found out that he had authored two of the top five novels in the 20th century as ranked by critics and editors. It was during this time that my madness for Joyce began: what else could it be called, really? In today’s world, would any young adult willingly dare to read his later works without being a little mad himself?
I have no regrets whatsoever, because reading ALL of his major works gives me the privilege to lambast his works without any hypocrisy. I did read them, after all, so I’m free to hate on them. This is not to say that I think Joyce was talentless as a writer: in fact, I think he remains to be brilliant. Many critics regard Dubliners to be one of the greatest short story collections ever written, and I’m wont to agree with them: ‘The Dead’ alone can make up for the rest of the collection, but the other stories are no pushovers. ‘Araby’ is a great coming-of-age tale, and ‘The Boarding House’ wasn’t too shabby.
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man was also quite good. It wasn’t exactly my cup of tea, but it belongs to the category of books I have read more than once, so I have much respect for it. My respect for Joyce has increased after I finished re-reading Stephen Hero: before Portrait came to be, it had Stephen Hero as its predecessor. Instead of the stream-of-consciousness writing that Joyce started to apply in Portrait, Stephen Hero was written linearly, and more formally. Despite being an apocrypha, it does still remain part of his major prose works; in actuality, I prefer it to the rest. While SH is more languid than the leaner Portrait, it explicates upon the philosophy that encompassed Joyce’s life. Because Dublin could not accept him, he had to follow silence, exile, and unbelief. Instead of focusing on the characters, SH focused on the progression of ideas within the plot, and I liked that.
I liked that because it posited questions more directly, and a lot of these were quite thought-provoking. Why, indeed, would Christ be tempted to be the ruler in a kingdom of idiots? I’m just saddened at how his later works turned out, because I frankly believe Joyce could have been universally celebrated. Had he instead focused on writing intriguing and potent stories without relying on gimmickry and the invention of a new language only he could understand, he would be more respected. As it stands most contemporary critics mock his Finnegans Wake: yes, I think it’s utter shit, too.
I think works in general, after all, are only brilliant when they possess some heart in them. Tatami Galaxy was a kaleidoscope of ideas, but it was all about finding oneself despite being thrown into an unwelcoming world; Steins;Gate was, beyond all the science and physics, ultimately a series about filial piety and love. Had S;G been all about physics, I doubt it would have maintained the attention of its viewers until its final episode. It was more about sacrifice for the ones you love and care for.
What would the use of coalescing the languages of the world be if no one understood what you were writing? What would be the use of being so brilliant and yet ultimately soulless? Soullessness, after all, was Joyce’s fatal flaw. His stories had heart prior to Finnegans Wake, although they had become lesser and lesser as he got older. This is an example series should follow: it’s all right to be technically mediocre. Maison Ikkoku was indeed that. It’s a lot more important to tell a story that appeals to the soul of people: the rest will ultimately follow.


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Bobbie and Mike Wilsey Distinguished Lecture for 2018: Sarah Sze
Since the late 1990s, internationally acclaimed artist Sarah Sze (b. 1969) has developed a signature visual language that challenges the static nature of sculpture. Sze draws from Modernist traditions of the found object, dismantling their authority with dynamic constellations of materials that are charged with flux, transformation and fragility.
Sarah Sze represented the United States at the Venice Biennalein 2013, and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003, and a Radcliffe Fellowship in 2005. She has exhibited in museums worldwide, and her works are held in the permanent collections of prominent institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, as well as many others. Sze was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lives and works in New York City.
Image: Deborah Feingold
This program is free and open to the public. No advance registration is required. Doors open at 5:30pm.


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Today we covered section 4 of chapter 2: 'Rounding to Estimate Numbers'. The students learned how to round up and round down to the nearest 100 and the nearest 10. The home work is page 12 of the workbook.
Today we covered 'How do plants make new seeds', students learned the parts of a flower and they started making a flower model.
Students learned about the 5 paterns of nature; Spiral, Meander, Explosion, Packing and Branching. Students sketched these patterns and coloured them.


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The Brexit Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provides information for registrants on Brexit related matters. We will update the FAQs regularly as the Brexit negotiations progress.
The FAQs were last updated on 2 December 2020.
What will happen after the UK leaves the EU on 31 January 2020?
After the UK leaves the EU on 31 January 2020, we will enter into an implementation or transition period which will last until 31 December 2020. During this time, there will be no change to the way we register optometrists and dispensing opticians from the European Economic Area (EEA).
What will happen after 31 December 2020? Will the GOC’s registration requirements for EU or European Economic Area (EEA) nationals change after Brexit?
The UK Government has until 31 December 2020 to negotiate a future relationship with the EU. The Department of Health and Social Care has recently updated us on new arrangements from 1 January 2021.
- Any EEA applicant who has submitted their application with relevant supporting documents by 11pm on 31 December 2020 will be considered under the existing EEA system.
From 1 January 2021, EEA optometrists and dispensing opticians applicants will need to apply for registration via our non-UK international registration process (currently called our non-EEA process).
Subject to further legislation to implement the Swiss Citizen’s Rights Agreement, Swiss nationals applying for registration may still apply under the EU directive on the recognition of professional qualifications through the general system of recognition until 31 December 2024. This will be under our existing EEA applications process, in line with the EU directive on the recognition of professional qualifications. Details of the two processes are on our website here. We will be updating these pages in early January 2021.
Will the GOC’s expectations of registrants change after Brexit?
No. Our Standards of Practice set out our expectations of registrants and they will remain unchanged after Brexit.
However, there may be changes in the law, or changes in expectations from other organisations, and registrants will need to be aware of these. You may wish to take advice from your professional body.
Will the GOC continue to be part of the IMI system, notifying other EU countries (and receiving notifications) about those optometrists or dispensing opticians who are not fit for practice?
This will depend on the nature of Brexit. In the event of a withdrawal agreement we would hope to remain part of this system; in the event of a ‘no deal’ we would expect that the UK will no longer be a part of it. We would continue to seek letters of good standing from competent authorities about applicants from other countries and official documents from either the competent authority, regulatory body or relevant government department confirming eligibility to practise in the member state, as we currently do for non-EU applicants. We would also continue to co-operate with competent authorities in the EU and elsewhere in respect of requests about UK practitioners who wish to practise abroad.
Will continuing professional development (CPD) / continuing education and training (CET) activities I undertake elsewhere in the EU still count after Brexit?
Brexit will have no impact on this and the same process will continue to apply for any CPD/CET activity that is undertaken outside of the UK. You will need to apply for approval in advance of the activity through your MyCET account.
Will the GOC continue to recognise GOC-approved educational courses delivered in other countries?
We do not expect any changes to current GOC approval statuses as a result of Brexit.
What happens to CE-marked products, such as spectacles and contact lenses, after Brexit? Can I still sell them?
Products such as spectacles and contact lenses are medical devices, which are regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) not by the GOC. Their current advice for a no-deal scenario is that the UK will recognise medical devices approved for the EU market and CE-marked.
We recommend that registrants look out for up-to-date advice from the MHRA and/or the Government – the following links may be useful:
What should I do if I am unable to get hold of a licensed medicine or medical device that a patient needs after Brexit? Can I use an unlicensed alternative?
This is a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care. They have been developing emergency contingency plans and have guidance on their website.
NHS England has also published guidance.
We will be monitoring the situation carefully, working closely with the NHS and professional bodies and will issue guidance if this proves necessary.
What effect will Brexit have on the workforce? Will there be enough optometrists and dispensing opticians after Brexit?
We do not have a workforce planning remit but we do not expect there to be a significant impact in the immediate term. Only a relatively small number of optometrists and dispensing opticians from the EEA come to work in the UK compared to some other healthcare professions. The total number of fully qualified international registrants ever added to the register as of January 2019 is 516. Of those, 331 remain registered and 185 are now unregistered.
Can I still provide GOS services to visitors from the EU after Brexit?
Optical businesses can currently provide GOS services to any overseas visitor who meets the eligibility criteria, including visitors from EU member states, and they will not be charged for this. Any changes to this after Brexit may depend on whether or not a withdrawal agreement is reached – you should check with your local GOS commissioner.
Will EU laws remain in place in respect of employment and data protection?
After the 2016 referendum the UK Parliament legislated to bring all EU legal requirements into the body of UK law. This means that current laws in these areas, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), that affect UK optical practices will not change automatically as a result of Brexit, whether we leave under the Withdrawal Agreement or on a no-deal basis. They could change in the future if UK law diverges from EU law.
The UK Government has advised that in the event that the UK leaves the EU on 31 October 2019 without a deal, UK businesses will need to ensure they continue to comply with data protection law. For UK businesses that operate internationally or exchange personal data with partners in other countries there may be changes that need to be made ahead of the UK leaving the EU to ensure minimal risk of disruption. Examples of data transfers include fulfilling orders for customers who are based in the EU, storing files on cloud services based in the EU, and using third party suppliers based in the EU to process administration functions such as payroll.
Aside from seeking the relevant legal advice, the below resources might be helpful when considering how your data flows could be impacted:
The Government guidance highlights what companies need to do in the event of a no-deal.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has a section on Data Protection and Brexit.
Me/my staff/my family are EU nationals – will we be able to stay in the UK after Brexit?
If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, you and your family can apply to the Government's EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK. To find out more and to apply, visit the Government's website.


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It's spring in New York--too warm for a sweater but too cold for just a t-shirt. So instead, wrap your wrists in this knit-inspired jewelry! East Village designer Elizabeth Yarborough made a splash with her handcrafted cashmere-wrapped bracelets, retailing for around $80. The bracelets, which have been featured in Vogue, W, V and Nylon, add a pop of color with a unique textural feel to go against your usual metal bangles, perfect to complete the layering look.
What You'll Need:
Enamel bangle - play around with the size and shape
Sweater scraps - any color or material will work. Texture looks best!
Simply cut the fabric to a rectangle large enough to fit the height and circumference of the bracelet. Glue the ends together in the inside, center of the bracelet. Work your way around the entire bracelet, making sure the fabric lays smooth.


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