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She Was Pretty is a romantic comedy about childhood friends who got separated and experienced a reversal of fortunes before reuniting as adults. Kim Hye Jin (Hwang Jung Eum) was a pretty, popular girl who took the chubby Ji Sung Joon (Park Seo Joon) under her wing. After his family immigrated to the United States, her family went bankrupt and they lost touch with each other. Now Sung Joon has returned to Korea as a successful editor, while Hye Jin is still trying to find permanent employment. Due to a misunderstanding, she feels the need to hide her identity from Sung Joon, but fate has made it impossible to avoid him.
The Good: This is a feel good comedy that retains enough tension to make it worthwhile. There are wonderfully excruciating scenes, fan service in the way of bromance, womance and the classic shower scene, and a good balance of injury and redemption.
Our four leads all gave endearing performances. Although Hwang Jung Eum seems to play every role she gets in the same exaggerated way, this one actually warranted her acting style, and her physical comedy was very much an asset.
Choi Shi Won shed his pretty boy image for a rugged, manly look. His portrayal of the zany reporter (and Second Leading Man), Kim Shin Hyuk, was over the top, but in an appropriate way. However, he also brought a sensitivity to the role that was heartbreaking.
Alongside these more extreme characters, Park Seo Joon's hot/cold/funny and Go Joon Hee's sweet and conflicted performances interplayed well which created a compelling chemistry among all four of them. This was a perfect tonic for those feeling sorry for Park Seo Joon's character in Kill Me, Heal Me.
The Bad: The chaotic state of Kim Hye Jin was unbelievable to the point where it took me out of the story a bit at first. She had been refined and feminine as a child, but turned into a tomboyish woman with no sense of style whatsoever, with the vague explanation that she had been through hard times. Even if I accepted that her personality had completely changed, the fact that her stylish best friend and roommate had not given her a makeover so that she could pass a job interview was puzzling to me.
The pacing faltered going into the second half, which would ordinarily make me think that the season should have been shortened by a few episodes. Although it wasn't to that point, I wish they had spent less time on all the extraneous happy scenes involving the main couple, and spent a little more time fleshing out the subplots for the side characters.
The drama's flaws didn't detract too much from its entertainment value, though, which was reflected in its ratings which averaged 13.4% nationwide, and 14.7% in Seoul (AGB Nielsen).
Awards: Hwang Jung Eum and Park Seo Joon won in several categories at the 2015 MBC Drama Awards including Top 10 Stars, Popularity, and Excellence Actor and Actress in a Miniseries. Hwang Jung Eum also won the PD Award. Additionally, Hwang Suk Jung was named Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, Yang Han Yeol received the Best Child Actor Award, and Jo Sung Hee won Writer of the Year.


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CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND DENGUE VIRUS TRANSMISSION IN CHIANG RAI, THAILAND.
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the impact of climate variation on the dengue virus transmission in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Materials and Methods: We obtained population - based information on monthly variation in monthly dengue cases and climatic factors. A time series analysis was conducted by using cross-correlation function and seasonal auto-regressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) modeling.
Results and Conclusions: Our findings indicate that rainfall and minimum temperature seem to have played an important role in the transmission of dengue in Chiang Rai. Such model may be used to assist public health decision - making and environmental health risk management. Early warning based on forecasts could assist in improving vector control, community intervention, and personal protection.
Key words: Dengue, Climatic, Seasonal auto-regressive integrated moving average, Time series, Cross - correlation function.
Dengue fever is an arboviral disease in terms of morbidity and mortality,1 caused by infection with one or more of the four dengue virus serotypes. Dengue virus is transmitted to human through the bites of infective female Aedes sp. (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes.2,3
Dengue is one of the most important mosquito - borne diseases in the world, especially in countries located within the equatorial zone where seasonal and geographical distributions are dependent on climate that is conducive to its transmission.1,4 Concerns regarding the impact of global warming on vector - borne diseases5,6 have intensified interest in the relationship between temperature and dengue fever incidence and include a focus on determining whether climatic factors alone can be used to indicate or predict variations in dengue incidence.7 However, even if epidemiological surveys show that in endemic situations trends in incidence are generally driven by variations in seasonal climate, these changes in incidence depend on many parameters and the impact of temperature alone cannot be isolated easily from that of other climatic (e.g. rainfall, relative humidity) and non-climatic (e.g. immunity) factors.8-12
Dengue infection, including non-severe dengue and severe dengue,3 has increased dramatically in recent decades. In the last 50 years, there has been a thirtyfold increase as well as geographical expansion of incidence to new countries, particularly in rapidly expanding urban and semi-urban areas in middle and low income countries where water storage and waste disposal services are limited.3,13 An estimated 50 million dengue infections occur annually3 and about 2,500 million people live in regions with the potential risk of dengue transmission.2,14 In Thailand, dengue occurred first only in Bangkok in 1958, but soon spread to other areas.15,16 In June 2007, dengue outbreaks occurred in Trat, Bangkok, Chiang Rai, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan and Phichit.3 At that time dengue incidence in Chiang Rai was the highest in Thailand with 464 cases.3 Dengue is transmitted mainly by Aedes aegypti and possible Ae.
albopictus in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.17 These mosquitoes are well adapted to the urban environment and successfully breed in containers where water is allowed to accumulate, such as discarded cans, bottles, plastic containers and tyres.18,19
Global climate change poses the threat of serious social upheaval, population displacement, economic hardships, and environmental degradation.20-22 Human health could be influenced by increased variability and sustained changes in temperature, rainfall patterns, storm severity, frequency of flooding or droughts and rising sea levels.21,23,24
The ecology, development, behaviour and survival of mosquitoes and the transmission dynamics of the diseases they transmit are strongly influenced by climatic factors (i.e. precipitation, temperature, relative humidity, wind, duration of daylight, storm severity, frequency of flooding or droughts and rising sea levels).24-27 Changes in temperature, rainfall and relative humidity have potential to enhance vector development, reproductive and biting rates, shorten pathogen incubation period and encourage adult longavity.6,28-31 In addition, changes in wind direction, velocity and frequency will have an impact on adult mosquito populations, affecting dispersal, survival and aspects of the general behaviour of many species.6 The complex interplay of all these factors determines the overall effect of climate on the local prevalence of mosquito - borne diseases.27
In 1992 the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and the Ministry of Education began to integrate information about dengue into the primary school curriculum, and since 1998 vector control and health education specialists have worked throughout the country, applying larvicide and fogging during the epidemic season.32 The intervention has not been sufficient for dengue control because high risks of dengue transmission continue to exist in several regions of Thailand.3 Time - series methodology has been increasingly used in epidemiological research on infectious diseases, particularly in the assessment of health services.33-40 Climatic variables (e.g. temperature, rainfall, and relative humidity) as potential predictors of dengue incidence have been examined in time series studies.39,41-43
A few research findings are available on the effect of climatic variables on dengue transmission in Thailand44,45 and rather limited study has been done in Chiang Rai.46 Therefore, a better understanding of dengue outbreak prediction in Thailand is still needed. In this study, we used the time - series regression approach to examine the effect of climatic variability on the dengue incidence in Chiang Rai for the period of 1991 - 2009.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Chiang Rai province is the northernmost province of Thailand with an average elevation of 580 m. Chiang Rai has an area of 11,678.37 km2 with a human population of 1,129,701. The majority of the population is Thai with 12.5% of the population identified as members of various hill tribes. The province borders Myanmar on the north and Laos on the north and northeast (Fig. 1).47 In Chiang Rai, the summer season is from mid-March to mid - May. The rainy season starts in mid-May and ends in mid - October. The winter season follows from mid - October to February. The average annual rainfall is 1354 mm. The average maximum and minimum temperatures are 31.5degC and 20degC respectively.48
We obtained the computerized data set on monthly-notified dengue cases in Chiang Rai for the period of 1991 - 2009 from the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control (DDC), MOPH. Thailand has had a well - established surveillance system for dengue since 1967.46 All identified dengue cases are based on World Health Organization (WHO) clinical criteria.3,46 A dengue case is clinically - diagnosed and laboratory - confirmed. The data were collected continuously and systematically from government (public) hospitals, provincial public health offices and health centers by the National Disease Surveillance (Report 506), Bureau of Epidemiology, DDC, MOPH, Thailand. The 506 Surveillance weekly summarized databases comprising information on the dengue cases such as gender, age, nationality and occupation. The data collection mechanism has been stable over time, and this routinely collected data can be used for analysing factors affecting the occurrence of dengue fever.
Climatic data obtained from the Northern Meteorological Center consisted of monthly max - min mean temperature, max - min mean relative humidity, max - min mean pressure, max mean wind speed, monthly rainfall, daily max rainfall, rainy days, evaporation, cloudiness, foggy day, hazy day, dew point and visibility.
Spearman's correlation analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between monthly climatic variables and the dengue incidence. The dengue incidence was calculated from the number of dengue cases per 100,000 populations in Chiang Rai over the period of 1991 - 2009. We used a cross - correlation function to assess the degrees of correlation between climatic data and dengue incidence over a range of time lags from 0 to 2 months. A time lag was defined as the time span between a climatic observation and the incidence of dengue.49
The Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) model was used to estimate the independent contribution of each climate variable in this study as it was assumed that there was a dose-response relationship between the dependent variable and independent variables. Since there might be auto-correlations among both dependent and independent variables over time, the SARIMA analysis was performed to control for possible auto-correlations in the time - series data. A model was developed after the effect of auto-correlation had been removed by the SARIMA procedures. Three steps were undertaken in the modeling of the relationship between climate variation and the dengue transmission in Chiang Rai. First, SARIMA models were developed using the monthly incidence of dengue
Table 1: Spearman correlation between climatic variables and dengue incidence in Chiang Rai at the lags with maximum coefficients, Significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).
Climatic variables###Spearman Correlation
Max temperature (degC)###0.6332###2
Min temperature (degC)###0.7792###1
Mean temperature (degC)###0.6732###1
Max relative humidity (%)###-0.4152###2
Min relative humidity (%)###0.7471###0
Mean relative humidity (%)###0.6557###0
Max Pressure (hPa)###-0.6944###1
Min Pressure (hPa)###-0.7149###2
Mean Pressure (hPa)###-0.7423###1
Max wind speed (Knots)###0.5696###2
Mean wind speed (Knots)###0.4320###2
Monthly rainfall (mm)###0.6224###0
Daily max rainfall (mm)###0.4900###0
Rainy days (d)###0.6863###0
Dew point (degC)###0.7947###0
as dependent variable and the monthly averages of climate variables as independent variables after seasonal difference was smoothed to make a drifting series stationary. Secondly, the goodness of fit of the
Table 2: Cross - correlation coefficients between climatic variables and incidence of dengue in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Lag months###Rainfall###Daily max rainfall###Min temperature###Evaporation
Significant at the 0.05 level (two - tailed).
models was checked for adequacy, using both time series (i.e. auto-correlation functions of residuals, which are defined as the differences between the actual values and the forecasted values) and classical tools (i.e. check for the normality of residuals).50
Finally, the data between January 1991 and December 2008 were used to construct a SARIMA model, and the forecasting accuracy of this model was verified using the data between January and December 2009. Twelve predicted months were used to verify the SARIMA model.51
Monthly max - min mean temperature, min / mean relative humidity, evaporation, max mean wind speed, monthly rainfall, daily max rainfall, rainy days, cloudiness, dew point and visibility were positively associated with monthly dengue incidence notified in Chiang Rai over the study period with 0 - 2 months of lagged effect (Table 1). Monthly max / min / mean pressure, max relative humidity, foggy days and hazy days were negatively associated with monthly dengue incidence with 0 - 2 months of lagged effect (Table 1).
After cross - correlations adjusted for seasonality were performed, the dengue incidence was associated with monthly rainfall, daily max rainfall at lag of 0 - 1 month, min temperature at lag of 1 month, and evaporation at lag of 2 months (Table 2). The results of SARIMA model show that the incidence of dengue was significantly associated with monthly rainfall at lag of 0 month and minimum temperature at lag of 1 month (Table 3, Fig. 2). The SARIMA model was verified using the data over the period of January to December 2009 after the models had been constructed with the data compiled between January 1991 and December 2008. There was no significant autocorrelation between residuals at different lag ti-mes in SARIMA (SARIMA (1, 0,0) (1,0,1)12) model (Portmanteau statistic Q25 = 17.225, kh242 = 36.415, pgreater than 0.05; Fig. 3a, b). The predicted values and the actual incidence of dengue matched reasonably well (Fig. 4).
The results of this study indicate that climatic variability is clearly associated with the dengue incidence. In particular, rainfall and minimum temperature seem to have played an important role in the transmission of dengue in Chiang Rai. The results indicate that an increase in rainfall and minimum temperapture is associated with an increase of dengue incidence. Daily maximum rainfall and evaporation is positively associated with dengue incidence but they fail to enter the best fitting predictive models.
Rainfall is one of the important elements for the breeding and development of mosquitoes.52-54 Many studies have shown that rain plays an important role in dengue epidemiology.45,52,55,56 Our results confirm previous observations and indicate that rainfall is one of the key predictors of dengue transmission. This could be because water not only provides the medium for the aquatic stages of the mosquito's life cycle but also increases the relative humidity and hence longavity of adult mosquitoes. Rain may prove beneficial to mosquito breeding if moderate, but it may destroy or wash out existing breeding sites and interrupt the development of mosquito eggs when excessive.26,40,44,52,55,56 Increased rain may increase larval habitat and vector population size by creating a new habitat or increase
Table 3: Regression coefficients of climatic data on the monthly dengue incidence rate in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Rainfall at lag of 0 month###0.035###0.007###4.706
Minimum temperature at
lag of 1 month###0.694###0.247###2.813
AIC: Akaike's information criterion, b: coefficients, S.E.: standard error.
Significant at the 0.01 and 0.0001 level (two-tailed).
adult survival.26,57 In tropical areas in particular, extensive and continuous rainfall can delay the build-up of some mosquito species until late in the season and thus delay transmission.6
Temperature is an important environmental parameter with respect to enhancing vector development, gonotrophic cycle length, fecundity, time from emergence to first blood meal, biting rates, shortening pathogen incubation period and encouraging adult longavity.6,8,28-31,57-65 In addition, temperature is also a crucial factor in the dynamics of extrinsic incubation period (EIP) of dengue virus in Ae. aegypti, transmission. It can promote infective potential and produce more effective and more frequent transmission.57,66-68
Our study shows a positive correlation between monthly dengue incidences and minimum temperatures with 1 month lag effect. This result is in general agreement with the findings of other studies39,40 that minimum temperature is a precipitating factor for dengue transmission. A rise in temperature, especially minimum temperature, enhances the survival chances of dengue virus and Aedes larvae and adults during winter. Consequently, it accelerates the transmission dynamics of dengue and spreads it into populations that are currently dengue free and immunologically naive.9,69,70
Chiang Rai experiences relatively high temperature and humidity year round. Except for the winter season, most months in Chiang Rai record an average temperature higher than 18degC which is considered ideal for survival of mosquito vectors and amplification of viruses. Our data suggest that Chiang Rai with more than 11 months of temperature at [greater than or equal to] 18degC has immense potential for sustaining the pathway for dengue fever infection. The threshold of minimum temperature for dengue fever virus survival is 11.9degC,71 and virus will not amplify in vector when temperature is below 18degC.8 Our results clearly support previous observations that any winter with more than 2 cold months in the season would most likely eliminate the vector and virus or disrupt the chain of transmission. Minimum temperatures in 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2004 dropped below the critical threshold for dengue virus to survive (i.e. 11.9degC).
As a result, dengue incidences declined markedly. In this study, the SARIMA model gives a good predicted dengue incidence in 2009 in Chiang Rai. This indicates that we could apply this SARIMA model to other provinces in Thailand as a predictor of dengue outbreaks. The SARIMA modeling has proved to be useful for interpreting and applying surveillance data in disease control and prevention.37,72 However, the range of vector - borne disease is not determined only by climate variability.73
Social, biological, and economic factors such as population immunity, housing conditions, mosquito control measures, local ecological environments (vegetation, irrigation system) and drug resistance also have a significant impact on the transmission of dengue. Research outcomes from this study may be used to assist public health decision making and environmental health risk management. Early warning based on forecasts could assist in improving vector control, community intervention and personal protection.
We thank Thana na Nagara, John Endler and Leslie Gordon for constructive comments on previous versions of this manuscript. This study was supported in part by the Thailand Research Fund through the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Program (Grant No. PHD/0201/2548), Walailak University Fund 06/2552 and Center of Excellence for Ecoinformatics, NECTEC/Walailak University. We also thank the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, the Ministry of Public Health for dengue incidence data and Northern Meteorological Center for climatic data.
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SIRIWAN WONGKOON, MULLICA JAROENSUTASINEE AND KRISANADEJ JAROENSUTASINEE
Centre of Excellence for Ecoinformatics, School of Science, Walailak University, 222 Thaiburi, Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161, Thailand
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Foreign Secretary calls for a united response on the Salisbury incident
Boris Johnson has spoken to some of the world’s top diplomats following the use of a military grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, in Salisbury.
While we await an explanation from Russia of how a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia came to be used in the UK, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been calling his counterparts and leaders of international organisations to set out what we know and our concerns that, if as we suspect is highly likely the Russian state was responsible, this would be further reckless behaviour which threatens the international community and requires an international response.
The Foreign Secretary has emphasised that if this was a direct act by the Russian state then it would not simply be a threat to the UK, but a clear violation of the chemical weapons convention, a breach of international law and a threat to those who abide by the rules-based international order as a whole.
The French Foreign Minister Le Drian offered France’s total solidarity for an unacceptable act, and noted that President Macron had promised to stand by the UK as it prepares to take concrete measures against Russia’s breach of international order. The French government stressed particular concerns about Russia’s use of chemical weapons elsewhere, as is evident with their support to Asad’s murderous regime in Syria.
In speaking to the German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, the Foreign Secretary emphasised how countering Russian disinformation, halting Russia’s adventurism in the western Balkans and reducing Russia’s ongoing involvement in Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis were issues of paramount importance to Germany and the UK alike.
Speaking to the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, the Foreign Secretary reiterated the importance of NATO standing together to counter the threat Russia poses not just to the UK, but to our NATO allies also. He was pleased that the NATO Secretary General expressed his support and solidarity, and agreed that NATO unity was paramount, as it was to counter other existing threats to NATO partners, including in eastern Europe where UK troops are stationed alongside troops from various Allies. They both agreed that Russian actions repeatedly threaten the security of NATO partners – from the Baltics, Balkans, Ukraine and Georgia – and NATO must stand as an alliance to call out Putin’s behaviour. The UK will brief the North Atlantic Council at tomorrow’s session.
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7,000 civilian workers furloughed at Fort Bragg
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — About 7,000 civilian workers have been furloughed at Fort Bragg as a result of the federal government shutdown, according to WTVD.
Many of those affected came off a 20 percent pay cut Monday, and will now face no paycheck at all.
“Some people broke down and cried,” Fort Bragg Public Affairs Officer Tom McCollum told WTVD. “We were basically told go home. Do not do your job from a remote location. Do not volunteer to come in and do your job. Just go home.”
About 7,000 Department of Defense workers were sent home at noon on Tuesday. Their absence adds up to the post missing half of its civilian workforce. Only soldiers and civilians dealing in national security matters are exempt.
The 7,000 sent home Tuesday do, however, qualify for unemployment benefits.
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Two accomplished Black lawyers have been named judges on the Nova Scotia provincial and family court.
The appointments of Aleta Cromwell and Perry Borden were announced Thursday by the provincial Justice Department.
In a news release, Justice Minister Mark Furey said Cromwell and Borden have made outstanding contributions to the legal profession since they were called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1999 and 2003, respectively.
“Nova Scotians are fortunate to have individuals of their character and experience who will preside over provincial and family court matters,” Furey said.
Cromwell has spent most of her career as a lawyer with the legal services division of the Justice Department. Earlier this year, she was seconded to be acting director of the Indigenous Blacks and Mi’kmaq Initiative at Dalhousie University’s Schulich law school.
She was also president of the Nova Scotia chapter of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and served on the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society’s racial equity committee and on the province’s employment equity committee.
Borden joined the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service in 2007 and became a senior Crown attorney in 2015, a position he held until his appointment to the bench.
As a lawyer, he was a member of the bar society’s racial equity committee and president of the Nova Scotia Crown Attorneys’ Association.
A release from the executive office of the Nova Scotia judiciary said the new judges “have spent countless hours giving back to their communities and helping improve access to justice and legal services for historically marginalized groups.”
Both volunteered with justice day camps run by the courts for young African Nova Scotians, and Cromwell was an original member of the African Nova Scotian Access to Justice Judicial Committee, established in 2018 to help organize judicial outreach sessions in Black communities across Nova Scotia.
Borden’s appointment fills the vacancy created when Judge Brian Williston retired in December 2018, while Cromwell takes over for Judge Michael Sherar, who elected to go to part-time status this January.
“We are thrilled to welcome Judge Borden and Judge Cromwell to the court,” Chief Judge Pamela Williams said in the release. “Being a judge is about more than just knowing and applying the law — it takes experience, compassion, patience and the ability to consider the views of others.
“I know both will embrace this new challenge with the same sense of fairness and commitment to public service that they have shown throughout their legal careers. This is great news for Nova Scotians.”
With Thursday’s appointments, there are now 32 full-time judges on the provincial and family court, including two Mi’kmaq judges and six who identify as Black or African Nova Scotian.
More than half of the full-time judges are female. The court also has 11 per diem or part-time judges.

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Background: While sweat production in response to heat is impaired in peoplewith diabetes, sweat production has not been examined during isometric exercise. Material/Methods: Eightsubjects with type 2 diabetes and 9 control subjects exerted a fatiguing isometric contraction of thehandgrip muscles at a tension of 40% of the maximum voluntary strength (MVC) after exposure to a 32 degC environment for 30 min. compared to 10 controls and 10 subjects with diabetes exposed to a 39 deg Cenvironment. Results: Sweat was impaired to all areas of the body during heat exposure in patients withdiabetes under both environmental conditions. For example, on the chest, the average sweat rates afterexposure to the 32 deg environment was 259.2+/-55.2 nanoliters/min in control subjects and 198.3+/-46.2nanoliters/min for subjects with diabetes. Compared to the 32 deg C environment, control subjects increasedsweat in all 4 areas proportionally more than subjects with diabetes. Sudomotor rhythm was present insweat in control subjects at a rate of repetition of 11 and 50 seconds but almost absent in subjectswith diabetes. During exercise, sweat rates slowly increased from the beginning to the end of the exercise.But the head of the subjects with diabetes showed hypersweating while the other areas showed diminishedsweating compared to control subjects. Conclusions: Thus some of the impairment in sweating may be dueto central mechanisms associated with heat sensitivity or in the hypothalamus and not to the sweat glandsthemselves.
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology, Exercise, Hot Temperature, Sweat Glands - physiopathology, Sweating
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FREE TOWN, Sierra Leone, January 28, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Hundreds of pro-life Muslim and Christian leaders marched on Sierra Leone's Parliament and met with M.P.s to urge rejection of a law legalizing abortion, encountering violence from opponents.
“Muslims and Christians have been getting together for some time,” the Reverend Sam Luamba of Kingdom Dominion Ministries told LifeSiteNews. “About 450 people of crowded into one room with the parliamentarians. Some had to sit on the floor.” They read a position paper to the M.P.s, who had unanimously passed the Safe Abortion Act legalizing abortion back in December, only to see it sent back for reconsideration by President Ernest Bai Koroma.
The meeting was disrupted by abortion advocates, who got into a shoving match with security personnel.
The Christian clergy and Muslim leaders are members of the Inter Religious Council, whose earlier meeting with Koroma led to his veto. The group met again last week to plan today's event, under the auspices of the Catholic Church.
The bill would permit abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and after that allow for them only in cases of rape, incest, and a risk to the health of the mother. Girls under 18 would need a parent's or guardian's consent.
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The bill was supported by the International Pregnancy Advisory Services, a U.S.-based non-profit that developed a hand-powered vacuum aspiration device to do abortions in the Global South. IPAS argues that Sierra Leone has the world's highest maternal mortality rate and claims that a third of that is caused by illegal, unsafe abortions. The organization has attempted to link the latter to violence against women.
“The evidence is clear. Legal restrictions on abortion only make abortion unsafe, which leads to higher maternal mortality,” says Val Tucker, IPAS's former Sierra Leone operations manager.
But IPAS's claim is disputed. “It's unfortunate that IPAS distorts the numbers and uses this to promote abortion,” Stephen Phelan of Human Life International said.
Research of Chile's Melisa Institute, led by Elard Koch, has shown from studies in Mexico and Chile that stricter abortion laws correlate positively with lower maternal mortality and less violence against women.

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And all you have to do is wear green.
Krispy Kreme doughnut lovers are in luck this month.
The beloved doughnut chain is introducing four all-new new specialty doughnuts just in time for all your St. Patrick’s Day celebration plans. Beyond that, it’s also bringing back its massively popular O’riginal Glazed Doughnut — note the apostrophe — for the holiday.
(For the uninitiated, the O’riginal Glazed Doughnut is simply a green version of the chain's Original Glazed and it's "dipped in green icing, rainbow explosion sprinkle blend, and topped with a buttercream cloud.")
Beginning March 11, customers can get the St. Patrick’s Day-themed treats at participating stores for a limited time. And from March 15 to March 17 (the actual holiday), anyone wearing green to a Krispy Kreme shop or drive-through will receive a free O'riginal Glazed Doughnut with no purchase necessary.
“Luck is meant to be shared, and our colorful, fun, all-new St. Patrick’s Day doughnuts will make everyone feel like they’ve found a pot of gold,” said Dave Skena, global chief brand officer for Krispy Kreme, in a press statement.
Among the chain’s new St. Patrick's Day creations are:
Luck of the Rainbow Doughnut: an original glazed doughnut dipped in green icing, rainbow explosion sprinkle blend, and topped with a buttercream cloud.
Shamrock Cookies 'N Kreme Made With Oreo Cookies: an unglazed shell filled with cookies and Kreme filling made with Oreo cookies, dipped in white icing with green drizzles and St. Patrick's fusion sprinkles.
Plaid Party Doughnut: an unglazed shell filled with white Kreme filling, dipped in chocolate icing, and drizzled with green icing.
Shooting Shamrock Doughnut: an Original Glazed Doughnut dipped in light green icing with a green icing swirl, topped with a shamrock sugar piece.
According to Krispy Kreme, its four new flavors will be available for delivery or pickup via its app and website. And customers will also be able to find six-packs at certain supermarkets nationwide.
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Opinion: The tech behind Bitcoin could reinvent cybersecurity
Blockchains track, record, and secure transactions made within the virtual currency Bitcoin. They can also help defend many critical systems from devastating cyberattacks.
Given the recent cyberattacks on critical infrastructure around the world such as the Christmas 2016 power outage in Ukraine, which left more than 200,000 people in the dark, the task of protecting vital systems and networks has become an issue of pressing global importance.
Meeting that challenge requires improving digital security standards and practices across all industries. It also demands investing in the newest and most promising technologies such as blockchains.
Though Bitcoin gets most of the press, the technology undergirding it – blockchains – has the potential to transform business, and maybe even revolutionize cybersecurity.
A blockchain is simply an online ledger, e.g., a distributed database of who owns what. The database is separated into transactions, called blocks. Once a new block is added to the chain, the data in the block cannot be changed, the digital equivalent of etching a Bitcoin transaction in stone.
From making businesses more efficient to recording property deeds to securing medical devices, a range of huge organizations are investigating in new ways to deploy blockchain technology. Startups in the space have attracted more than $1 billion in funding. Even the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's experimental brain trust, is researching blockchain technology to "create an unhackable messaging system."
But to date, relatively few firms are exploring the application of blockchain technology to help safeguard critical infrastructure. That needs to change, both on the part of US business leaders and policymakers.
One example of this kind of innovation is already underway. The cybersecurity firm Guardtime uses blockchain technology to secure Britain’s power grid, including its nuclear power plants and flood defenses. Guardtime uses blockchain technology known as Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI) to detect “unauthorized changes in software configurations [by] ... providing a complete chain of the history of the data that is generated and transmitted.”
Estonia is also using Guardtime's approach and looking into ways blockchains can authenticate marriage records and health data. US critical infrastructure operators and policymakers could learn from Estonia’s experimentation, while understanding the limitations of the technology.
The anonymous developer known as Satoshi Nakamoto outlined the protocol that leveraged peer-to-peer technology to create Bitcoin. It's a deceptively simple innovation that "set off a spark that has excited, terrified, or otherwise captured the imagination of the computing world and has spread like wildfire." Netscape cocreator Marc Andreessen called the innovation “the distributed trust network that the internet always needed and never had.”
Indeed, blockchains have the potential to, according to the Economist, “transform how people and businesses cooperate.” Such an outcome is by no means predetermined with an array of technological, economic, political, and governance issues to be overcome.
Undoubtedly, there is significant hype associated with blockchains, and they will be improperly deployed in some scenarios where a more traditional ledger might be suitable. However, in security, there is frequently a need for an authentic log of data, transactions, and records. If the authenticity of such records is mutable by a few authorities, then there is concern that targeted foul play can lead to untrustworthy records. Alternately, in some scenarios there are few clear authorities that should be trusted to establish authenticity – and those authorities may not themselves have mutual trust – meaning that a more grassroots approach is necessary.
Still, the promise of this technology, especially in the context of enhancing cybersecurity in critical infrastructure systems, deserves our sustained attention. In other words, a sustainable blockchain edifice will not be built overnight, it will take ongoing attention by numerous stakeholders – including policymakers – over a period of years, perhaps decades. But by starting now, block-by-block, we can build trust in an age that has to date been defined by increasing cyber insecurity.
Scott Shackelford is an associate professor of business law and ethics at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, as well as director of the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, and Cybersecurity Program Chair of IU’s MS in Cybersecurity Risk Management. He is also a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Steven Myers is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, where he is also the School's Security Programs Director, and a member of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity.
The full article on which this essay is based, “Block-by-Block: Leveraging the Power of Blockchain Technology to Build Trust and Promote Cyber Peace” is forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law and Technology.


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Priorities so far askew make it very difficult to discuss art without insulating ourselves in the art community. And it works to some degree, but this is also what makes a lot of modern art arcane. On the flip side are those who would say that art of the 20th century is, at its very best, arcane. And their response is to reestablish, in their minds at least, the world of “traditional art.” This is problematic.
It is creating a world of art made with reference to art. These folks will see a Monet painting, and then not want to realize flowers and light for themselves, but want to realize Monet. Very few have the education it takes to paint like that and, even more of a problem, they do not have the time. Works painted in a world without TV required a mindset without TV. I cannot tell you how many paintings I see that have the look of classical work without the depth. All veneer and no Vermeer. And they spiral into a non-pertinence because they are trying to reject the 20th century. That is their goal.
If someone is going to paint a face as effectively as Velasquez, then it is going to come from some place other than by looking to Velasquez. Even Sargent could not do it consistently. I’ve realized this is a problem everywhere, not just with art. A great example is a hat store that I recently visited. It has, in the windows and along the shelves, all sorts of equipment like hat stretchers, blocks, irons for felting, ribbon, needles, thread—all kinds of things. But the hats are factory made and no one there knows how to use the equipment. You cannot get a hat stretched back out, or a ribbon or sweat replaced.


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Do you have a large, grassy backyard that demands frequent watering and mowing, and you just don’t know what to do with it? You’re not alone, but rest assured that there is more potential there than you might think.
It wasn’t that long ago that my husband and I gazed out at our backyard to expansive grassy nothingness. We loathed looking at a bunch of useless grass, knowing it was taking up potential food-growing space. The idea of removing all that sod by ourselves and starting a garden, however, was tremendously daunting. Plus, we thought, what could we possibly do with that much produce?
We talked to some of our friends about our dilemma, and ultimately, the Fauna Community Garden was born. If you find yourself in a similar position and would like to turn your grassy wasteland into a fruit-and-veggie Eden, check out these tips on starting a community garden in your own yard.
Throw the Idea Around with Friends
It’s amazing what you can achieve when you pool your resources. Many of our friends were renters, didn’t have enough yard space to garden, or knew nothing about organic gardening and wanted to learn. The closer you live to one another, the better this works. There have been times when distance has made it more difficult to get garden members together for meetings and work parties, and it’s better for the environment if members don’t have to jump in a car to go work in their garden or harvest veggies.
Start a Facebook Group
As much as technology can sometimes be a burden, it’s also amazing at helping us connect with each other. We started a Facebook group to bring members and potential members together, and used Facebook events to announce work parties, potlucks, and garden news. However, emailing and word-of-mouth also work well.
Plan Your First Work Party
Removing a yard full of sod is a lot of work, but doing it with a group makes it go much faster and turns work into fun.
Once you’ve got your gardening group formed, collectively choose a day that works best for the majority of the members (we found that Sundays worked best for our group). Then, pick a date and schedule your “ground-breaking” party! Really talk it up and have fun with it. We had friends who came and helped with the initial work just for fun. They weren’t interested in being an ongoing garden member, but they were keen to hang out, lend a hand to the effort, and get their hands dirty.
Be sure to have lots of tools handy and ask people to bring tools they may have available. Also, have snacks and refreshments available for all your hard workers. An initial game plan of what needs to be done is helpful, but discuss what you want to accomplish that day with the group at your first meeting.
Gather Materials and Resources
Since there are so many free or low-cost resources out there, there’s no need to raid your savings account to start a garden. You just have to talk to people and get the word out. Share with friends and acquaintances your specific needs: tools, seeds, stakes, etc. Speak to local businesses. Put an ad on Freecycle and your local Craigslist. Don’t be afraid to dumpster dive or go "curb shopping". We were able to get compost and soil amendments from local organic farms, rocks and tools from Freecyclers, and free mulch from a local tree-trimming company, Asplundh. A seed and cutting swap is also a great idea if you only have a few seeds or know others who might like to share seeds and/or cuttings.
For information, there are tons of resources available locally and contained in gardening how-to books. Be sure to check out local farmer Peter Burkard’s ongoing gardening column, and feel free to ask questions. Also, here is a roundup of useful books for the backyard gardener.
Set Goals and a Planting Schedule
As a group, set realistic goals for the garden. Do you want to grow using only heirloom seeds? How much food would you like to produce? How will costs be shared? How much labor is each member expected to contribute?
Find an online gardening guide and decide what to plant. You don’t have to start out growing every vegetable from A to Z. Start with just a few of your favorites or veggies everyone likes. Talk to experienced gardeners about what grows best in your area. This is especially important in Florida.
Check out the UF/IFAS Vegetable Gardening Guide. If you don’t have many seeds, plan a seed swap or decide what seeds you want to acquire and where to get them. If you are looking for heirloom seeds, there are some great companies with beautiful catalogs: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Seed Savers Exchange, and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.
Do the Math
Donated and recycled materials will save you money, but realistically, you will have some expenses. Discuss this upfront with garden members and keep track of what needs to be purchased or what individuals buy for the garden, and divide up the costs among members. Some members may not be able to contribute as much financially, but will be able to attend work parties more often. It usually all balances out in the end.
Keep the Momentum Going
Continue to have work parties, even if there’s not much to be done but weeding and deciding what to plant. It’s an excuse to bring friends together! Send out regular notices when items need to be planted, harvested, or weeded. If you have too much produce, take some to your local farmers' market, share with your neighbors, or donate to All Faiths Food Bank. This is a great way to get more involved with your community!
Have Realistic Expectations
Don’t expect to become an organic farmer overnight. It’s a learning process. You’ll experience incredible satisfaction when you bite into your first radish or green bean. Remember, you are building community and helping others learn how to grow their own food. Even if you don’t want to do something on this scale, at least plant a few seeds and see how rewarding it is to eat something you grew.
One of our hopes in creating a backyard community garden was that it would create a trickle-down effect and inspire people to start their own gardens or do something crazy like dig up their backyards, too! Then they would inspire others, and so on... until everyone has some food growing in their backyard, or maybe even out front!

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New Delhi, Feb.5 (ANI): American electronic commerce and cloud computing company Amazon has announced that the Amazon Echo, an expertly tuned speaker will now officially support Swedish commercial music streaming, podcast and video service Spotify.
In other words, now the Echo owners and Spotify premium subscribers can stream their music by commanding virtual assistant ‘Alexa’ to play Spotify.
Amazon says the new Echo functionality includes Spotify Connect, which allows for a seamless transition between on-the-go and at-home listening, the Verge reported.
Spotify was launched in September 2008 by Swedish startup Spotify AB. As of June 2015 Spotify had more than 75 million active users, including about 20 million paid users. Headquartered in London, Spotify Ltd. operates as the parent company, while Spotify AB handles research and development in Stockholm. (ANI)


The price of defying Covid-19 regulations
Toe the line or face stiff penalties
Disclosed someone’s Covid-19 status without their permission? You could be fined R3,000.
If you are caught transporting or selling booze, your fine could reach the R20,000 mark.
The alternative? A term of imprisonment to be determined by the court.
With the complete list of penalties gazetted, the government has warned that not toeing the line could come at a hefty cost, as more than 1,400 people have already discovered in the Eastern Cape.
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Graduation Video Shows Suspected OSU Attacker in Happier Times
He also lashed out at America on Facebook before the attack.
More information about the Ohio State University attacker has come to surface. on the day after the attack.
Abdul Razak Ali Artan graduated cum laude from Columbus State Community College earlier in the year before transferring to Ohio State University.
Video of his graduation shows how the 18-year-old jumping for joy when he graduated with an associate’s degree.
On his first day of class in August, he was profiled by the campus newspaper, The Lantern, in which he wondered how he would be treated at his new school.
"If people look at me, a Muslim praying, I don't know what they're going to think, what's going to happen,” he said.
Investigators say that on the morning of Monday’s attack, Artan wrote a disturbing message on his Facebook page, saying attacks on Muslims around the world "lead to a boiling point" and "I can't take it anymore."
"America! Stop interfering with other countries, especially the muslim ummah. We are not weak,” he wrote. “I am sick and tired of seeing my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters being killed and tortured everywhere."
Two hours before his post against America, he left a cryptic message on his Facebook account that said: "Forgive and forget. Love."
Artan was born in Somalia and was a legal permanent resident of America in 2014. The family left their country in 2007 and was living in Pakistan before coming to America.
Prior to moving to Ohio, Artan lived in a temporary shelter in Dallas, Texas, according to Catholic Charities records.
During Monday morning's rampage, he drove a car over a curb and into pedestrians before exiting the vehicle. The suspect, who was reportedly wielding a butcher knife, then slashed at and injured several people in the area, officials said.
None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, though at least two of the pedestrians hit by the vehicle underwent surgery.
Artan was later gunned down by a campus police officer.
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Rules of Engagement
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SAD BAR, THE SUBSTATION, Singapore
21-24 NOV 2019
Created by Amelia Abdullahsani and Merryn Trevethan
2019’s Rules of Engagement was an exhibition-event that engaged the implicit rules of the art world as related to public spaces. Taking place over the SG Biennale opening weekend exhibition at The Substation’s SADBar as part of their year-long A Public Square programming. 20 artists were allocated a small square footprint between 10 cm and 40cm and asked to create an artwork that responded to the theme of A Public Square. Both artists and the audience were asked to comply with the Rules of Engagement during 4 vernissage/finnasage events. Amelia and Merryn received an Open Call grant from The Substation to help facilitate the exhibition which included 20 local and international artists.
ARTISTS: Nabilah NORDIN, Jason WEE, Jimmy ONG, Yen PHANG, Alecia NEO, Max CHROMA, Helene Le CHATELIER, Hafiiz KARIM & Rachel ZAVIOR, Grace TAN, Nandita MUKAND, Eunice LACASTE, Sue BEYER, Megan EVANS, Andy YANG, Kanchana GUPTA, Delia PRVACKI, Jonathan NICHOLS, Louise BLYTON, Madhvi SUBRAHMANIAN, Merryn TREVETHAN
The exhibition takes place over four days at The Substation SAD Bar. Every night is both a Vernissage and a Finissage, because we all know everyone only turns up for an opening or a closing! All artists are eligible for a nightly Public Choice Prize, voted and paid for by the audience. Artists and the audience are governed by their own sets of rules to which they must comply. The rules are ambiguous, contain loopholes, and are open to interpretation. Fines are issued by undercover officers for violations of any rules, which are subject to change without notice. The exhibition is opened and closed each night by a different Guest of Honour, who will also present the prize to the winning artist. The audience is given a short survey on the way out.
Like the oft unspoken rules for engaging with public spaces, the art world – itself a public space – has its own set of rules. Opaque and often unknown to participants, these rules are constantly changing and ever contested. Just as the public are compelled to know the rules that guide their interactions and behaviour in public spaces, so too are artists as they navigate the artworld. Artists must stay abreast of the latest rules and to interact with the artworld, audience, and public spaces using the information and resources available to them. Rules of Engagement recognises the financial implications of participation, with artists often self- funding work enjoyed by the public for free. By requiring the audience to purchase DRINK/VOTE tickets and passing this money on to the participating artists, Rules of Engagement acknowledges that a large portion of the art world audience are neither collectors nor financial stakeholders; while these art lovers and their support is greatly appreciated at openings, many rarely find themselves contributing financially to supporting the work of artists.
Like many industries and work places the art world has its own Rules of Engagement. In the corporate sector workplace regulations are transparent with HR policies and Codes of Conduct. The art world operates largely under an umbrella of opacity with few written Codes or policies to speak of, with little or no sexual harassment awareness training or workplace diversity training. Further complicating matters is the many different segments of the art world: from large government-funded institutions, commercial galleries, biennales, and art fairs (affordable and not so affordable), to artist-run initiatives, non-profits, and non-government spaces. Each has its own set of rules. Access to any of them is difficult, the path to inclusion unknown.
Rules of Engagement aims to generate an open discussion and raise awareness around these issues. In this way Rules of Engagement hopes to redress this implicit imbalance, shining a light on the complicated negotiations – financial, social, emotion – in which artists engage when they create work for the public.


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The first thing I thought of when I saw Dua Lipa’s latest Instagram post was that her retro crop top actually made me want to dress up for a change. (Like most, I’m been sticking to my comfy loungewear rather than dressing up while working from home.) The second thing was “Stars, they’re just like us. They need dishwasher tablets, too!” But I digress. The “Don’t Start Now” singer has been sheltering in place with boyfriend Anwar Hadid in London the past few weeks where they’ve been showing off their adorable couple style. Anwar even helped Dua dye her hair pink! Cue the awws.
Most recently, the singer had to take a necessary trip to the grocery store and switched out of sweats for the trip. She captioned the Instagram photos, “Off to buy dishwasher tablets brb.” In the photos, which she captioned “Off to buy dishwasher tablets brb,” she wore a long-sleeved crop top that had a ’70s feel to it, thanks to its daisy print. Dua styled the top with a pair of black cargo pants and practical combat boots. She finished her outfit off with rectangular sunglasses and, of course, a face mask for preventative safety measures. Keep reading to see her grocery run look ahead.


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Paolo Trombetti Edit Profile
University of Bologna (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1971). Spoken languages: Italian, English and German.
Worked at Fazio Francia Serafini Solazzi Trombetti (Bologna) specializing in General Practice, Corporation, Foreign Investments, Commercial Law, Contractual Assistance, Joint Ventures and all forms of Distribution and Franchising Agreements, Banking, European Economic Community Law, Patent, Copyright and Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy and Labor Law, Family Law, Criminal Law, Litigation, including National and International Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Italy. The firm is a member of LEGALLIANCE (EEIG), an alliance of law firms established in Paris, London, Madrid, Brussels, The Hague, Cologne, Frankfurt, Leipzig and Berlin, which offers European coordination and cooperation through a single point of contact.

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In case you just woke up from a coma that lasted these past 3 months, you should know that the United States of America elected the man known as Donald Trump as their president. Yes, that Donald Trump. Personally, I’m never going to be okay with writing him as “President” Donald Trump, only as Donald Trump, forever.
In this post, I’m not going to write about the fuckery that is this man, or the stupid policies that he’s introduced so far. But let’s talk one of his potentially seeping traits, that is his tendency of being a dictator.
Donald Trump, the Dictator. Is it too much to say that he’s a dictator? He was elected in a democratically built government, the self-entitled champions of democracy, after all. But earlier signs have already shown a few dictatorial traits in his decisions, and the way he governs.
First, is his rejection towards any negative reviews about himself and his policies. Pay attention to any news about him these days, he himself denies any reports of negativity towards himself, and brands it as “fake news.” Anything that does not benefit himself, as something that is “unfair.” And after being rebuked immediately about his false claims, he calls the information as “being given to him.” And this should alarm you, to the very least, because in a democracy, and the United States who should be a champion of it, the media and news play an important role in asserting that the government is accountable, and not merely accepting good reviews about himself. Labelling any negative reviews as fake news is a mere act of cowardice to be held accountable, and shows number one trait of a dictator. When the leader sets the standard of truth by himself and does not accept any other, it’s a problem.
Second, is his choice for a cabinet of secretaries, ambassadors, and judges. Donald Trump’s picks are the ones that have already benefitted him or already promising to only follow his own vision. His picks are those that have conducted businesses with him, donors to his presidential campaign, and political friends. Almost none of his picks are anyone of purely based on skills and reputation. If you don’t believe me, look at his picks. His Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a person who’s never lived in urban housing. His pick for Secretary of Education never went to a public school and wants to defund them and privatize them. His Secretary of EPA has said in the past that the agency should be disbanded. All of them have given donors to his campaign, or friends in politics. So much about promising to drain that swamp he promised, he’s practically filling his own.
Third, is how his conflict of interests is showing directly into his skin. Donald Trump uses his own private property for government purposes, and shamelessly promotes it during in his office. Look up the news where Donald Trump invited the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to his own privately owned commercial property and conducts the United States diplomatic business in his restaurant’s dining room. The dining room was full of people that paid much money for executive memberships to his resort. Donald Trump doesn’t think that his presidency is a public servant’s job, he thinks it’s a reality show that he himself can make lots of profit from, an international reality show. And look up his defence about his daughter’s brand of clothing and his limitless list of potential conflict of interests. A conflict of interest isn’t just an excuse. A conflict of interest is defined when a public official can potentially benefit from a decision, and it is influenced by the many factors that can benefit himself. Donald Trump gets money from inviting diplomats into his resorts. That’s a definite conflict of interest. And it doesn’t seem that it’s going to stop.
The list would go on and on. Donald Trump doesn’t think his job as a service to the public, nor a business. It’s a reality show to him, and he’s intent on running it as much as he wants it to go.
So, in summary. Donald Trump is president. He rejects negative reviews himself. He picks people who benefit himself. He gains personal wealth from being president. He’s a thin-skinned coward who thinks only of himself and personal image. And day by day, I still can’t believe he was elected as president.


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Jan Overgaard Olesen
Jan Overgaard Olesen: Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Postal: Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3 C, 5. sal, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Abstract: We suggest an alternative approach to testing whether stocks provide a hedge against
inflation in the long run. Based on a simple structural model, we test the hedge hypothesis in
terms of the long-run linkage between stock prices and the general price level, as estimated
by cointegration analysis. Using data for the Danish stock market over the post-World War
II-period, results give strong support for the hedge property, defined in the narrow sense of
a perfect hedge. This contrasts with the weak support found in the literature and also
represents stronger support than produced by standard methods. We argue that our
approach has the advantage of allowing for a clear distinction between short- and long-run
dynamics of stock prices which adjust slowly to long-run equilibrium.
55 pages, March 1, 2000
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