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Justin Bieber’s computer and camera stolen during tour
London: Justin Bieber was the victim of two kinds of crime on Tuesday evening - a 911 ‘SWATting’ prank and a burglary of his belongings on his ‘Believe’ Tour.
The 18-year-old pop star took to his Twitter to call out the anonymous thief who stole his computer, camera, and other personal items while he was performing at the Tacoma Dome in Washington State.
“Yesterday during the show me and my tour manager josh had some stuff stolen. really sucks. people should respect other’s property,” the Daily Mail quoted him as tweeting.
“I had a lot of personal footage on that computer and camera and that is what bothers me the most. #lame #norespect” he wrote.
The Canadian crooner, whose net worth has been estimated at 112 million dollars, was also the victim of SWATting - derived from SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) teams - which is when a person reports false emergencies.
According to TMZ.com, a 911 caller used an app Tuesday night to falsely claim someone was waving a gun right next to the ‘Baby’ hitmaker’s Calabasas home.
Officials told the Los Angeles Times that the message was delivered via a TTY device, typically used by the deaf to type text over the telephone.
After the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Malibu-Lost Hills station dispatched cops and helicopters, Bieber’s security let them sweep the house, but nothing was found.

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USDA Wildlife Services Posts FY2020 Data on Management Actions and Funding Sources
On March 17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) wildlife damage management program, Wildlife Services (WS), posted its annual Program Data Reports (PDR) for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The reports are available on the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) webpage, representing the 25th year that WS has shared this information about its wildlife damage management activities.
APHIS Wildlife Services’ activities seek to reduce or eliminate more than an estimated $232 million in livestock loss due to predation and $150 million in bird damage to crops caused by native and invasive wildlife annually. Comprehensive estimates of all types of wildlife damage are difficult to gauge but each year wildlife strikes cause $625 million in loss to American civil aviation also posing a potential loss of life. APHIS responds to requests for assistance from individuals, companies and other government agencies when wildlife causes or threatens damage to human health/safety, agriculture, natural resources and property.
In FY20, APHIS encountered about 22.5 million animals while responding to calls for assistance and dispersed nearly 21 million wildlife from urban, rural and other settings where they were causing damage. APHIS dispersed almost 93 percent of the animals encountered. Not all conflicts can be resolved with nonlethal methods alone. Of all wildlife encountered, WS lethally removed 6.7 percent or 1.5 million, in targeted areas to reduce damage. Invasive species accounted for 71% (1,075,704) and native species 29% (433,192). Of the wildlife lethally removed:
- 74 percent were either an invasive species or a native blackbird listed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Depredation Order due to the damage they cause.
- The invasive species removed included more than 15,000 brown tree snakes on Guam, 113,331 feral swine and 790,000 European starlings.
- Of native wildlife lethally removed, 62,700 were coyotes. Coyotes reportedly kill more than 300,000 head of livestock annually and injure even more.
- 57,000 were native Northern pike minnow that APHIS removed to protect federally threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest.
Where we use lethal control, APHIS works to make full use of the resource which includes the donation of 129 tons of goose, deer/elk, and other meat—nearly 1 million servings of protein—for people in need.
In FY 2020, APHIS used $83.9 million in appropriated funds to help manage wildlife damage operations in every state and territory and to support special programs, such as managing feral swine damage and rabies in raccoons and other wildlife. APHIS also received funding from program cooperators, including Federal and state agencies, counties, agricultural producer groups, other organizations, businesses, and individuals. This allows the program to maximize its scope and effectiveness. During FY 2020, WS received $101.6 million in cooperator-provided funding (55 percent) for field-based operational wildlife damage management (see PDR A for funding sources and expenditures nationally and by state).
APHIS used almost half (43 percent) of WS’ operational funding for field activities to reduce or prevent wildlife hazards to human health and safety, such as wildlife collisions with aircraft and disease transmission. APHIS spent about one-quarter (28 percent) of its funding to protect agriculture, including livestock, row crops, aquaculture, and timber. APHIS spent the remaining 28% on protection of property and natural resources, including threatened and endangered species.
The PDRs list the work carried out by APHIS wildlife biologists and field specialists, with information by state, species, and other details. Some key FY2020 highlights include the following:
- APHIS and its cooperators protected more than 300 threatened or endangered wildlife and plant species from the impacts of disease, invasive species, and predators. Partners seeking assistance, including private organizations and federal, state and local wildlife agencies, financially support most of these operations. (PDR B).
- PDR C identifies the specific resources protected and the wildlife species that threaten or damage the resources in operations where a stakeholder, cooperator, or WS has reported a value of the damage. It identifies the number and species of recorded threats or damage to the reported damage value. About three-quarters of the recorded wildlife conflicts were associated with wildlife damage to property and agricultural resources.
- In Fiscal year 2020, APHIS reached more than 205,000 participants in more than 79,000 information-sharing projects. These technical assistance projects, including telephone or onsite consultations, written materials, and training, help individuals resolve wildlife conflicts they are experiencing.
PDR D details technical assistance projects by state, type of service, and wildlife species.
- PDR E highlights APHIS’ work to reduce aviation strikes with wildlife at 765 airports . The airports and agencies requesting assistance from WS’ Airport
Wildlife Hazard Program paid for this work under cooperative service agreements.
- APHIS wildlife disease biologists collected almost 40,000 wildlife disease samples to test for 39 different diseases and conditions in wild mammals, birds and reptiles as part of the National
Wildlife Disease Program. PDR
F details the activity. About 40% (15,609) of the samples were collected for the National
Rabies Management Program. APHIS took samples from feral swine for 16 diseases or conditions, genetics or other research. Most sampling in feral swine was for classical swine fever, pseudorabies, swine brucellosis, genetics, and non-specific diseases.
- PDR G lists the number of animals dispersed, killed/euthanized, or freed during APHIS’ wildlife damage management operations. APHIS implements an integrated damage management approach which uses a variety of effective and practical nonlethal and lethal methods to resolve wildlife damage problems. As noted above, APHIS removed 1.5 million animals in FY20, including 1.07 million invasive wildlife and 433,192 native wildlife. In FY19, APHIS removed 2.2 million animals, of which 1.3 million were native wildlife.
- Invasive European starlings or native blackbirds, removed under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Depredation Order, comprise 56 percent of animals APHIS lethally removed in FY20, totaling 844,732 birds. These birds damage food crops, such as rice and other grains, livestock, property, and other commodities. They also can pose a human health and safety concern. APHIS used nonlethal methods to disperse an additional 10 million starlings and blackbirds from areas where they were causing damage. In FY19, these invasive birds and native blackbirds accounted for 85% of total lethal removal, or 1.58 million birds.
- More than 99.9 percent of the animals lethally removed were the intended targets of APHIS’ wildlife damage management actions. However, APHIS did unintentionally remove 2,693 native animals. We track and report unintended removal and make adjustments to field operations, wherever possible. WS Directives require capture devices that minimize capture and injury to unintended species. These include pan-tension devices on certain traps and leg snares and use of smooth, offset jaws or padded jaws on foothold traps.
- Invasive species accounted for 71 percent of all lethally removed wildlife in FY20, including an almost 35 percent increase over FY 2019 in the number of invasive feral swine removed as part of the National
Feral Swine Damage Management Program..
- Coyotes reportedly kill more than 310,000 head of cattle/calves, sheep/lambs, and goats/kids annually according to livestock producers’ reports to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. In FY20, WS removed 62,702 coyotes through wildlife damage management operations to protect resources. By comparison, trappers and hunters in 37 states took approximately 500,000 coyotes in 2017-18 in state-regulated fur harvests.
- Native species not listed in the USFWS Blackbird Depredation Order accounted for 26% (386,102) of all animals WS lethally removed (and 88% of lethally removed native wildlife). Lethal actions for damage management remove a small percentage of native wildlife compared to their overall populations or range. For example, out of an estimated 300,000 black bears, last year APHIS euthanized 449 and relocated 770 black bears, in compliance with wildlife agencies’ policies in 22 states. APHIS removed less than one-half of one percent of the national estimated red-winged blackbird and brown-headed cowbird breeding populations of 150 million and 120 million, respectively.
- PDR G also notes that APHIS treated 17,282 acres using EPA-registered products to resolve damage. APHIS used zinc phosphide wheat or oats for control of various rodents (8,550 acres). Delta Dust insecticide reduced plague-vector fleas in prairie dog tunnels for the protection of the endangered black-footed ferrets (8,732 acres). More than 54,000 dens and burrows were removed -- primarily prairie dog burrows in 5 states, along with ground squirrels and woodchuck -- to protect agricultural crops, including fruits and nuts (ground squirrels and prairie dogs); human health/safety (ground squirrels); property and human health/safety (woodchucks); and livestock and grazing (prairie dogs).
Most species whose damage APHIS actively manages, are abundant, or have increasing populations and/or expanding ranges. WS’ balances its focused efforts to resolve wildlife conflicts with the program’s stewardship responsibilities toward the long-term maintenance and health of wildlife populations.
As a federal agency with public trust responsibilities to manage wildlife for present and future generations, APHIS complies with all Federal and state laws, such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and Endangered Species Act, as well as executive orders pertaining to invasive species management. APHIS conducts careful environmental review of all agency actions through a NEPA process that includes public involvement. To learn more, please visit the WS
USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. In the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to safe, healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America. To learn more, visit www.usda.gov.

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The Italian National Team - A Thrilling History of Near Football PerfectionRoberto Mancini, Allianz Stadium, and Gianluigi Buffon, the Stadio Olimpico, the number 4, and the year 1910 have a lot in common than you can ever imagine. All have an uncanny relationship with the Italian national team, the Azzurri.
The team played its first official match in 1910 against France at the Arena Civica, winning 6-2. It ranks among the most successful national teams in the 91-year history of the FIFA World Cup. It has won the trophy four times. Nicknamed the Azzurri (or Gli Azzurri), which loosely translates to the Blues, the team counts the Allianz Stadium as one of its many home arenas. The Azzurri's coach since 2018 is Roberto Manchini, while Gianluigi Buffon has made the most appearances (176).
Early ExploitsAny meaningful conversation about the leading footballing national teams must rope in the Azzurri, and for obvious reasons. Having won four World Cup titles, it ties with Germany and is only second to Brazil, which leads the tally with five championships.
The outstanding achievements stretch over more than a century and include excellence in both continental and international platforms. However, the good results have come sometimes on the backdrop of monumental upsets.
Here is a detailed look...
The Italian National team managed its first notable triumph in 1928 when they emerged third in the Summer Olympics. They had to wait for another two editions of the games to win their first gold when they beat Austria 2-1 in the finals.
Between 1928 and 1936, the Azzurri took part in and won the European International Cup twice.
World Cup Participation and GloryThe team was invited to the inaugural World Cup competition in 1930 in Uruguay. However, the federation declined the offer, missing the opportunity of appearing in the honors roll of the tournament's pioneer teams.
Italy hosted the second edition of the tournament. It made the first appearance with a squad led by Giuseppe Meazza, a legendary player who is also considered the greatest Italian player of all generations. The team's coach was Vittorio Pozzo.
The team won the tournament in their debut appearance. On the way to the trophy, Italy beat the U.S. 7-1, drew 1-1 with Spain before beating them 1-0 in a rematch. They thrashed Austria 1-0 in the semi-finals before beating Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the finals.
The prolific Meazza was declared the player of the tournament.
Italy beefed up the team and came to the 1938 edition of the World Cup even stronger. With the likes of the young and talented Silvio Piola, the Azzurri beat Norway, France, Brazil, and Hungary to win the second consecutive title.
The Winds of the 1950s and 1960sWorld War II (WWII) led to the suspension of almost all major sporting events. It took another 12 years after the 1938 World Cup before the team could play in another major tournament. However, disaster struck in 1949, just months before the resumption of major competition. The entire Torino football team perished in a plane accident in the infamous Superga air disaster.
The accident impacted Italy severely because Torino players were the bedrock of the Azzurri. The Italian team had a hard time establishing the previous dominance. They crashed out of the 1950 and 1954 editions of the tournament in the group stage and missed the 1958 edition entirely.
Despite assembling a passably talented team during the 1962 and 1966 games, they were still knocked out at the group stages. Their performance in the European Championships was equally dismal as they missed out on the first two events in 1960 and 1964.
They did well in the 1968 continental championships and carried the good form to the 1970 World Cup. Led by Luigi Riva and Gianni Rivera, among other talented players, the team advanced to the finals but lost against Brazil.
The Fairy Tales of the 1970s and the 1980sThe 1974 World Cup was less rewarding for the Blues. They got knocked out at the group stages thanks to a surprise thrashing by Poland. However, with the arrival of fresh talents such as Paolo Rossi, they got a chance to reinvent themselves during the 1978 tournament, winning all three group stage games. Notably, they were the only team that beat the hosts and eventual winners, Argentina.
However, the tides turned when they lost to the Netherlands in the second round. The Azzurri finished as the third runners-up after falling to Brazil. Legendary goalkeeper Dino Zoff was blamed for much of Italy's misfortunes during that edition of the tournament.
In 1980, the Totonero, a match-fixing scandal, rocked the Italian soccer circles. The impropriety led to the suspension of several players, including Rossi, Stefano Pellegrini, goalkeeper Enrico Albertosi, and Giuseppe Savoldi. Overall, two football managers and 20 players playing for Serie A clubs were suspended for varying periods. Besides, the scandal marred the preparations for the 1982 World Cup. However, Rossi managed to rejoin the national team just as the tournament began, helping guide the Azzurri to another successful campaign.
His return had minimal impact at first. The team did dismally in the group stage, drawing in all three matches. However, their fortunes turned in the second round, where they beat Argentina 2-1 before thumping Brazil 3-2.
In the semi-final match, Italy beat Poland 2-0 with Rossi scoring all the goals. The win set them against West Germany in the final game, which the Azzurri won 3-1 to claim the third title. During the tournament, Rossi, who had scored a hat trick against Brazil, won both the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball.
Italy came to the 1986 World Cup with minimal expectation. The pessimistic approach got them as far as the round of 16, where they fell to France. The uninspiring performance sent the national federal to recruit fresh blood, bringing in Roberto Baggio, Paolo Maldini, and Gianluca Vialli, among other players.
The Fortune of the 1990sBel Paese got rights to host the 1990 World Cup. They played thrilling football, going all the way to the semi-finals, where mighty Argentina knocked them out in a penalty shootout. They emerged as the second runners-up after beating England in the third-place playoff.
Surprisingly, Salvatore Schillaci, who started all games from the bench, was voted the player of the tournament. He scored in six of the seven games he played.
Boosted by the maturity of Roberto Baggio, the Azzurri came to the 1994 World Cup with much hope. However, they surprisingly underperformed in the group stage, losing to Ireland in their first game and only scrapping through to the next round.
Baggio and company rediscovered themselves in a surprising twist, beating Nigeria, Spain, and Bulgaria to set up a final faceoff with Brazil. Baggio hauled five goals during the stretch of reinvention, but he picked a hamstring injury in the process. The final match against Brazil was a scintillating duel. However, it ended in a draw, prompting a penalty shootout. Sadly, Baggio threw the decisive penalty and rewarded Brazil with the title.
The 1998 World Cup brought mixed fortunes for the Azzurri. Despite some good plays here and equal bad shows there, Italy never got further than the quarter-finals, where they met and lost to France. Their showing in the 2002 World Cup was even worse. South Korea knocked them out despite pundits pitting them as the favorites to win the tourney.
After a slump that characterized the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004, the Italian Football Federation gave the reins to Marcello Lippi. In 2006, he took a well-coordinated team to the World Cup. Many pundits believed the Azzurri were the tournament's favorite.
They beat Ghana and the Czech Republic and drew with the U.S. in the group stage. In the following phases, the team mauled Australia, Ukraine, and Germany, keeping a clean sheet in all the encounters before setting up a meeting with France in the final match. The controversial game ended in a 1-1 draw but not before Zinedine Zidane was red-carded for head-butting Marco Materazzi. The Azzurri won the ensuing penalty shootout to claim their fourth World Cup title.
After the 2006 finals, their form dipped, going out in the first round in both the 2010 and 2014 events and missing the 2018 tournament.
European ChampionshipThe Azzurri broke out of the slump occasioned by the Superga air disaster, in 1968, at their first continental championship appearance. They got the rights to host the tournament after excelling during the qualifiers stage.
The Azzurri drew 0-0 with the Soviet Union in the semis but advanced after a coin toss. In the finals, they again drew with Yugoslavia. However, they won the rematch 2-0, laying claim of a major trophy in 30 years.
In 1980, Italy hosted the European Championship for the second time. They beat England and drew with Spain and Belgium, setting the stage for a third and fourth runners-up playoff, which they lost to Czechoslovakia in the penalty shootout.
They did not qualify for Euro 1984. However, after an infusion of fresh talent, the team's fortunes turned with the new squad that made it to the Euro 1988. Despite ending up in a tough group of West Germany, Denmark, and Spain, the Azzurri won two games and drew in one, qualifying for the semi-finals.
However, against a more experienced team like the Soviet Union, Italy was a minnow. They lost the closely-contested match 0-2.
The following years saw modest showing in the tournament. After missing entirely from the 1992 edition, they managed to qualify for the 1996 event only to go out in the group stage. However, in 2000, they fielded a strong squad comprised of the emerging star Francesco Totti and some seasoned players such as Alessandro Del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi.
The Blues won all the group stage matches before overcoming Romania and the Netherlands to set up a final with France. Despite leading 1-0 from the onset of the second half, France equalized during the dying minutes of the game to send it to extra time, where France's David Trezeguet scored the golden goal.
Italy did not advance past the group stage at the Euro 2004 despite collecting five points from the three games. The three-way tie that featured Sweden, and Denmark, the other group members, saw the latter two progress on goal difference.
At the Euro 2008, the Azzurri sailed to the quarter-finals. However, they were eliminated after a penalty shootout. The same fate befell them eight years later. However, the 2012 edition of the games was a chance to record a successful showing.
After an average performance in the group stage where they faced Croatia and Spain, they bruised England in a match that was decided by penalties. The defeat saw them set the stage for a semi-final match against Germany, thrashing them 2-0. Mario Balotelli scored a brace in the game.
They faced Spain in the finals. However, their vigor could not stretch past the semis. La Furia Roja took an early lead and control for much of the game, thumping the Azzurri 4-0.
Accolades at a GlanceThe Italian national team has been almost a permanent fixture in the international football fixtures scene. They have participated in the World Cup 18 times; only Brazil and Germany have taken part in the tournament more times than the Azzurri.
They have participated in the UEFA European Football Championships 9 times. Aside from the four World Cup titles in 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006, the team won the European Championship once in 1968, the same number of times it has lifted the Olympic football tournament. Italy was the first team to defend a World Cup title.
The Most Capped PlayersAside from Gianluigi Buffon, other players who have appeared for the team more than 115 times are Fabio Cannavaro (136), Paolo Maldini (126), Daniele De Rossi (117), and Gianluca Vialli (116).
Luigi Riva leads the top scorers' log with 35 goals, followed by Giuseppe Meazza (33) and Silvio Piola (30). Roberto Baggio and Alessandro Del Piero close the best five log with 27 goals apiece.
NOTE! This article was written before the postponed Euro 2020 that was played in 2021. As everyone knows, Italy won the Euro 2020 after beating England in the final at Wembley. In this Euro we did see a new Italy under the guidance of Roberto Mancini, an Italian team that played great and attractive attacking based football.

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Lil Wayne Expecting Third Son in Under a Year
Yeah. Do a little quick math and it's clear there are a great many baby mamas involved in the growing family of Lil Wayne. So much for not ramming them hos!
Looking to set a new benchmark for most children he can father in a single calendar year, the rapper confirmed to the BBC that he's expecting another shortly.


The impeachment discussion now rages on with new revelations about the call that Trump had with the Volodymyr Zelensky, the newly elected president of Ukraine. So what next?
Doctor Bart Rossi is the nation's preeminent 'Political Psychologist'. He is regularly heard and seen on national radio and TV. Doctor Rossi combines his experience in psychology and his extensive knowledge of politics to explore why politicians and elected officials do the things they do.


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The noise surrounding Thurston Moore’s surprising split from Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon has finally reached its highest decibel and faded out. What now remains is a collection of pure-hearted rock and roll songs from Moore. His fourth solo album, The Best Day, serves as his first artistic insight into his current mindset and lovelife since the divorce.
The rock and roll on The Best Day is loud and brash like most of Sonic Youth’s best moments, but more measured and patient. The album is Moore’s solo follow-up to 2009’s Demolished Thoughts and first since his 2013 release with Chelsea Light Moving.
The Best Day is weighted heavily with the two opening tracks. “Speak To The Wild” is a dense eight minutes and “Forevermore” reaches past the eleven minute mark. The former is the first single. The song, like its video accompaniment, is a vexing lunge through the unknown woods. “Don’t let the dark get you lost,” Moore sings, “your free will has come in fire and frost.” His voice aches with warning.
The latter, “Forevermore,” lulls the listener into a trance with crunching guitars that never give in. Moore wallops on his strings singing about the pleasing nature of a love that has unfurled. The guitars slowly surround the listener. Time begins to slow with Moore’s unrelenting repetition. The listener is trapped, tapping a foot and bobbing their head.
“Tape” starts off sounding like what you might hear at a solo Thurston Moore show: a lot of uneven plucked guitar noise. It then evolves into a haunting acoustic stride with Moore praising the poetics of the physically recorded past. Moore evokes a pastoral serenity with his calm acoustic strums.
The title track rips into the straight rock and roll of classic Sonic Youth. The guitar riff is heavy and hammered to the wall by the drums. Eventually the one-two strum breaks loose and a euphoric guitar solo erupts. Moore rattles with acerbic poetry and feedback squalls on the closer “Germ Burns.” The drums and bass rumble together like a lit cigarette burning your flesh over and over.
When Sonic Youth went up like the smoke from a busted amplifier it wasn’t immediately clear what the future held for its individual members. Could the parts that make up the whole exist apart? Gordon went to work with the abstract feedback expressionism of Body/Head and guitarist and songwriter Lee Ranaldo returned with two excellent albums of his own.
Moore reigns in his former band’s heavy guitar romps and continues to stream his consciousness until he sounds lightheaded. The Best Day is his most complete and enhanced solo work to date. It’s a comfort to know that Moore has found a new zone to define himself musically. For Sonic Youth fans it’s a pleasure to now have more material coming from the founding members. Shred forever, Thurston.

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A ceramic stem-based transistor outline (TO) package, incorporating a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed-line, has been proposed allowing 10-Gb/s grade data transmissions. Initially, the frequency response of a cylindrical feed-line for a conventional metal-based TO package was analyzed. It was compared to that of the coplanar waveguide feed-line used for a ceramic-based module, such as butterfly packages. For a laser diode (LD) module-based on an LD chip, the measured 3-dB frequency bandwidths were 3.5 and 7.8 GHz for the conventional and proposed packages, respectively. The results validate theoretical results obtained from modeling a small signal equivalent circuit. Based on these results, it has been proposed a new ceramic-based TO package with a CPW feed-line in ceramic material to improve the frequency characteristics of the TO package. The performance of the proposed package was theoretically observed. It was confirmed that it provides wider frequency bandwidth, compared to the conventional one.


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Early Retirement and COVID-19
Early retirement and COVID-19 might seem unrelated but the pandemic is affecting industries from airlines to schools, and forcing some to make difficult choices.
Retirement and Savings
It is a huge decision to retire early, and it makes a bigger difference if you're given a choice or not. If your savings are not equal to what you will need, you may want to pass on the offer so you can continue to work and save.
If you've been told that you are eligible for early retirement through your company, you can try and negotiate the best deal you can. You may be able to bargain for continued insurance coverage, extra payouts for unused vacation, etc.
Retirement and COVID-19
Of course, early retirement may not be an option, especially as a result of the virus. If that’s the case, you should still save as much as possible for retirement. If retiring early is a goal, stick to the plan, even if that means forgoing things you don’t need. Working from home? Maybe you can ditch the car for awhile. Avoiding ordering out too often. And maybe it’s a good idea to stay off Amazon for awhile.
Lastly, it’s important to work with a financial planner or advisor. It’s especially true during these uncertain times. Together, you can formulate a plan to get through the current crisis and be ready to retire when you want!

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What is a plastic drain snake and how does it work?
A plastic drain snake is approximately 20 inches in length and has outward barbs for grabbing a clog that is relatively close to the drain surface. This plumbing accessory is a must have for every shower drain.
How does a plastic drain snake work?
If the shower drain is flat; like in a shower stall, the strainer will need to be removed. If you don’t see screws just use a flat screwdriver to pry the edge up to remove the cover. Otherwise, be careful not to drop the screws down the drain. Once the drain cover is off, insert the plastic drain snake all the way into the drain to the top barb closest to the handle. Give the snake a few turns and then pull slowly out. Remove any hair or debris and repeat a few times.
Plastic drain snakes also work great for pop-up tub drains. Most modern tub drains have a lifting mechanism that acts as the stopper. While it this may be tricky for some, the stopper will need to be removed for this method to be effective. The simple method is to press down on the stopper firmly while turning counter clockwise. More times than not, the drain stopper will unscrew out allowing you to use the same method as you did on the shower. You just reverse the procedure to reinstall the stopper when finished. Unfortunately, if you have the old trip lever style, with a concealed stopper, this method won’t work.
The most common use for a barbed drain snake is clearing a pop-up lavatory drain. Like the tub drain, removing the pop-up stopper is going to be the easiest way to accomplish this task, although sometime the pop-up will open up enough to allow enough clearance. First try and just lift the pop-up stopper out of the drain. If it is unsuccessful, you are going to have to loosen the pop-up lever under the sink to allow the stopper to come loose. Place a small bucket under the drain just to be safe. Next, on the back side of the assembly under the sink you should be able to see a rod and linkage pointing out of the back of the drain towards the wall. Holding the rod in is usually a hex nut. Loosen that nut by turning counterclockwise until you feel it come loose in your hand. Slide the rod straight back while lifting the plunger out at the same time (it might help to have an extra set of hands to assist). You should only need to slide the rod out 1/2” to 3/4”, so be gentle. One the pop-up stopper is out of the way hand tightens the nut back onto the drain assembly. This will keep water from spilling out while you are working above. Just like the shower and tub, insert the plastic drain snake into the drain and work it around to pick up as much hair and debris as possible. Remove and clean the hair off and repeat. Once finished, loosen the nut and reverse the procedure you used to remove the
How do you know when you need to call a plumber?
If the water in the shower is slow to drain and you have used a plastic drain snake with little to no results, the clog may be further down then the snake can reach. In this case, it would be best to call a plumber to snake the drain and completely clear the clogged line.
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Regarding the Feb. 24 article on Pat LaFontaine, I was wondering, at first, why you didn't publish a photo of Pat, his wife and possibly their dogs. Then I thought could it be that this private couple really does want to remain private?
That would not be too surprising for any of us living in the Huntington area who've had the pleasure of meeting Pat at various charity events or who've noticed him shopping in our local stores. He really is the nice, unassuming fellow portrayed in the article.
It's a great relief to me to have such a positive figure as my son's hero. After being ignored for autographs by many sports figures, my son was in near-shock when Pat offered his autograph to him!
Special people like that deserve special treatment. So while we'll always cheer for him at the Coliseum we'll respect his privacy on the streets of Long Island.
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He told me one last story. He used his aged, ruined voice like an old man’s hands to pick the lock on his past.
Smoking his old tobacco pipe with the tarnished brass handle, he mentioned a dusty old tale that had only been heard by a select few. “Well”, he said, “I was born and raised in a tiny, aged country, tucked away in a small part of Europe, named Yugoslavia. I was still living there when the war hit. I was barely a teenager.
The Nazi’s were beginning their takeover of us and surrounding nations, city by city, village by village. I remember the event vividly; I was giving my father, Otto, a hand on our families vineyard on the outskirt of town, when we felt a stampeding rumble surge through our bodies, we both glanced straight at each other with a puzzling yet worrying look on each of our faces. This was the rumble of fear and terror that Hitler’s army convoy’s brought with them wherever they ventured. Dad was a WW1 veteran, he served for the Austro-Hungarian army, and I recall him taking them out of their faded and stained cardboard box once a year, dusting them off for the V-day memorial”. Pa said this was the European equivalent of ANZAC Day. “Well back to the story”, he mentioned, “Dad knew exactly what we were up against, he said go home and grab your suitcase and head for the hills. Don’t you worry about your mother and I, we’ll be perfectly fine. So I did exactly what he said and journeyed up the mountains on my lonesome. I fondly remembered Otto constantly saying, “always remember son, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step”.
Mountains surrounded my town of Bela Crkva (meaning little white church) which was named after the small church that sat on the hill that was visible from anywhere in the village. So as I was saying, I headed straight for the snow capped, foggy mountains in search of safety and refuge.
Once I made it into the shallow peaks, I came across other young fella’s who were also escaping. It turned out that they were a part of the Guerrilla army that fought in the mountains; their job was basically to piss the German’s off. The boys had well worn and rusty Nazi MP40 machine guns stolen from previous ventures. I decided to join them in the battle, because I could just hear my father whispering in the back of my mind, saying “make us proud, son”.
That night, it was perfectly still, not a breath of wind to be felt. I was attempting a forgotten activity some called ‘sleep’, when Franz woke me up. It turned out one of the scouts noticed a German supply convoy on the damp, dirt track many called a road, leading into Bela Crkva. We quickly made our way down the well beaten tracks that wound their way down the hillside, upon reaching the road, we spotted the kraut convoy. Half of the Guerrilla’s held their position behind the tree line of pines, providing a distraction, while the other half, including me, snuck down to the trucks and officer cars. I dived into a clunky old transporter truck, crawled over to the driver’s seat, turned the engine over and began driving off in the opposite direction. What I didn’t realise though was that a Kraut threw a Potato Smasher (hand grenade) into the back of the truck. With only thin, moulding sheets of plywood between me and it, the grenade detonated and sent shrapnel rocketing in all directions, one of those directions was straight into my ‘lower back’. The shards are still in there today. We got out of there as soon as we could. The boys carried me into a hut owned by an elderly lady who lived in one of the many quaint villages that were scattered over the mountain. She was kind enough to stitch the wounds up with cotton wool that she had gotten out of her sewing kit. I’ll never forget that night, and the little old lady who saved my backside, literally.
A few days later, still having not sitten down in an orderly fashion, I received a note stating that my family were safe, although the German’s had stolen, burnt or broke most of our possessions including our house, the vineyard and cellars, and even Caesar, the dog. I can still picture his dopey little face. So you can thank Hitler for taking your inheritance”, he said jokingly.
This was all such a shock to me, because I had never heard or even thought that there was a side of his life such as this. He muttered to me that the only reason he had kept these stories from me for so long was because I was a bit too young to understand but more recently he thought I wouldn’t have been interested, which hurt me.
He passed away a few years ago, and I still think every now and then, I wonder what else he wasn’t telling me.
A year 11 english assignment that is actually a true story that my granfather told me a short while before he passed away, almost 2 years ago.

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In Wisconsin, Republicans got a trial run of their plan to exploit the coronavirus outbreak to block millions of Americans from voting – and one of the most prominent election experts in the country says the worst is yet to come.
Writing in the L.A. Times, election-law expert Rick Hasen warns that Trump and state Republicans are teaming up “to suppress the vote for partisan political advantage” by opposing Democratic-led efforts to ensure that Americans can vote safely.
That’s exactly what happened, when GOP state legislators and conservatives on the Wisconsin and United States Supreme Courts all acted unanimously to overrule health officials and force the state to hold an election with 95% of polling places shuttered in the state’s largest, most Democratic city – all while rejecting measures to let more voters vote safely by mail instead.
According to Hasen, “the biggest power plays may come in November, and they could threaten our democracy.” Democrats only have a few weeks to fight back in some cases, and it’s crucial that we mobilize IMMEDIATELY.
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Former India U-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand has confirmed moving to the USA after signing a three-year deal with Major League Cricket. There were expectations that Unmukt would be joining his former India U-19 teammates, Smit Patel and Harmeet Singh, in USA.
Speaking to Cricbuzz, Unmukt confirmed that he has moved to the USA and is looking to play good cricket in America. He can also play for the USA cricket team after serving the residency period.
"It's a tough one for someone like me, who has always dreamed of playing for the country. And most of it very emotional one as well and obviously, having played every other cricket, except for the senior team, I think it was a very painful call. But then the last few years have not been very kind to me in terms of facing a lot of association politics among other things," Unmukt told Cricbuzz.
"I've not been able to play a lot of cricket because of such things and that is why I arrived at this decision, to play some good cricket here in the US. I'd finally like to thank the BCCI for their support over the years in making me the cricketer I am today."
The 28-year-old had first shot to the limelight after leading the junior team to a title victory in the 2012 U-19 World Cup. He led the team from the front and scored 111* in the final in the chase to the target of 226 against Australia. He became a regular member of India A after his success at the junior level and also led the team till 2015.
Unmukt was surprisingly dropped from Delhi's Vijay Hazare Trophy team in 2017 and became an irregular member of the team after that. He moved to Uttarakhand in 2019 but didn't have a great run there. He returned to Delhi for the 2020/21 season but wasn't given a chance.
Since Unmukt has now signed with MLC, he cannot play IPL or Indian domestic cricket now. Smit, who played under Unmukt in WC, has already signed with CPL franchise Barbados Tridents.
Unmukt has retired from Indian cricket with 3379 runs in first-class cricket. He scored 4505 runs in List A and 1565 runs in T20s. In IPL, he represented Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals.


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AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO WAFER SUPPLY AGREEMENT
This Amendment Number Three (the “Amendment”) is effective as of April 21, 2021 and amends the Wafer Supply Agreement that is effective as of October 1, 2010, as amended by Amendment Number One that is effective as of January 1, 2014, as amended by Amendment Number Two that is effective as of December 1, 2018 (“the AGREEMENT”), and is entered into by and between:
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The Daily Circuit's Tom Weber joined MPR News' Ground Level team in International Falls earlier this week, talking to residents and visiting everything from a high school class to deer-hunting shacks.
The town of 6,400 people felt the blow this fall of several hundred job cuts at the mainstay paper mill. Residents are examining how they might forge a future different from the past.
Photographer Derek Montgomery chronicled the visit.
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When parents see the signs posted for a Camp Gan Israel they may wonder two things: what is the meaning of calling a camp gan and why Israel?
Gan is the Hebrew word for garden. The Rebbe named the first camp Camp Gan Israel, literally Garden of Israel in honor of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the 17th-century founder of Chasidism known as the Baal Shem Tov.
Camp Gan is the garden of the Jewish people. It is a modern-day Eden in which young married couples, mentors, young adults and pre-teens make it their summers mission to water each flower with Torah and provide sunshine and warmth.
The camp is an opportunity for children to be re-connected to their Jewish roots, to grow in their love for their fellow Jew who, because of camp, is as close as ones bunk mate. It also is an opportunity for parents to strengthen their roots as well.
When a community supports a local Jewish camp, like a Camp Gan of Israel, they essentially, child-by-childfuture family by future family -- build-up the stability of future families in their community. At Camp Gan Israels throughout the world, children partake in a mock wedding. This light-hearted tradition allows children to witness a fun, spirited Jewish wedding scene, filling their consciousnesss with pride, anticipation and a positive regard for the sacred Jewish promise of a happy, G_d centered matrimony.
The mock wedding gives children a mental model that matrimony between man and woman is a joyous, communal celebration wherein the best fruits of life and togetherness take root and become life. Every individual needs this modeling, particularly in our modern world, as our camper children eventually become heads of households and leaders in their own community.
So, thank a local Camp Gan of Israel for showing modern children the joy of Jewish weddings and the garden that family unity creates for society at large. Childrens friendships in campmirror the desire in all of us to drink up the sweet nectar of Jewish pride, unity, friendship and laughter.
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Lockdown anxiety? Comedian Nina Hastie and her shrink can help
Lockdown has left South Africans feeling anxious, uncertain and isolated. So comedian Nina Hastie is offering free online sessions with her and psychologist Hanan Bushkin to help people deal with mental illness and calm fears about the spread of Covid-19.
The sessions, held on Hastie's Instagram Live platform daily, have attracted a global audience since their launch last week, with the actress speaking of her own struggles with anxiety and depression.
Hastie is best known for her satirical news shows such as Late Nite News and The Bantu Hour, and as a presenter of the popular SABC3 entertainment show Trending SA.
She has been a victim of sexual assault on three occasions and has overcome alcoholism and drug addiction. She has been working with Bushkin for more than a year and credits the psychologist with helping to pull her out of some dark spaces.
Hastie told the Sunday Times her own experiences had helped her understand the uncertainty and struggle many may be going through at the moment.
“I lost everything. I started again from nothing. I had to figure a way out of it and the only way I could do that was to plan and take it one step at a time. That's more valuable now than ever because a lot of South Africans are going to lose everything.”
Beyond the sessions, Hastie is working on a podcast with fellow comedian Nik Rabinowitz called Otherwise You Well?, a comedic approach to wellbeing that she hopes to launch in the next few weeks. The two are in talks with a radio broadcaster.
Bushkin, a practising psychologist for 16 years and owner of A Really Good Therapist Centre at the Anxiety and Trauma Clinic in Sandton, Johannesburg, said the biggest concern many had during the lockdown was in dealing with the unknown.
“We can't predict when this will end or what will happen, or how the world will look when this is over. My biggest advice to people is to control what you can and let go of what you can't. Find or create elements you can control and focus on that.”
Several well-known South Africans have also spoken out about mental illness.
Actress Makgotso Monyemokathoe — known as Kamogelo Tsotetsi on Isidingo — said: “You need to watch and listen to things that will uplift and encourage you. Things that will get you in the right frame of mind, because once your mind is defeated, you're defeated. Look after your mind.”
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TDC Shares Drop as Regulation Seen Squeezing Sales, ProfitChristian Wienberg
TDC A/S, Denmark’s biggest phone company, fell the most in more than four years in Copenhagen trading on concern that regulation will squeeze revenue and profit.
TDC is struggling with declining revenue amid tough competition in the Nordic mobile-phone market. The company, which today maintained its full-year revenue and profit forecast, said tougher regulation on roaming and broadband wholesale prices will increasingly hurt sales and earnings from next year.
TDC plunged as much as 8.5 percent, the most since May 21, 2010. The stock declined 8.4 percent to 51.60 kroner at 3:52 p.m. in the Danish capital, where the company is based, with trading volume more than double the three-month daily average.
“There are indications that 2015 and 2016 forecasts are likely to see negative revisions from various regulatory initiatives,” Jesper Herholt Jensen, an analyst at Nordea Bank AB in Copenhagen, said in a note to clients. He repeated a hold recommendation on the stock.
TDC said the termination of retail roaming charges within the European Union by the end of 2015 will hurt annual revenue by as much as 300 million kroner ($54 million). TDC’s gross profit will suffer by as much as 150 million kroner from tougher regulation this year, rising to as much as 175 million kroner in 2015 and 250 million kroner the year after, the company said.
TDC reported second-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 2.35 billion kroner, missing the average estimate of 2.39 billion kroner in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Sales fell 5.5 percent to 5.67 billion kroner, trailing the average estimate of 5.76 billion kroner.
“The second-quarter report confirms continued challenging market fundamentals across most divisions,” Jensen said. “While revenue trends remain weak, Ebitda and cash flow are on track to meet full-year guidance.”
TDC said it still anticipates 2014 Ebitda of more than 9.6 billion kroner.
The company has also lost some of its large public contracts in Denmark, which will hurt its revenue further, Morten Imsgard, an analyst at Sydbank A/S, said in a note, repeating a hold recommendation on the stock.
“TDC faces big challenges to protect profits against declining sales in 2015,” said Imsgard, who is based in Aabenraa, Denmark. “It’s essential that TDC secures a significantly better organic growth rate in 2015 if the company should be able to uphold its high dividend payments in coming years.”
Before today, TDC shares had gained 7.1 percent this year, compared with a 2.4 percent decline in the STOXX 600 Telecommunications Index.
“The share price has performed well this year driven by the prospects of mobile market consolidation,” Nordea’s Jensen said. “At the current level, we believe the share price is already partly discounting the benefits of a consolidated mobile market leaving limited near-term upside if this scenario does not materialize.”


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Cybersecurity professionals have been alarming the healthcare industry about the threat of exploitation of smart healthcare devices and the doctors’ over-dependence on them until sadly, their warnings became reality, and a person lost her life in a ransomware attack in a German hospital last year.
How the ransomware paralyzed the Duesseldorf University Hospital?
According to the official reports, the internal system of the hospital crashed gradually. First, the hospital staff couldn’t access the data of the hospitalized, then, they got to a point where they couldn’t even perform life-saving operations due to the lack of necessary data and the availability of smart equipment.
Additionally, readers could follow the unfortunate events of the WannaCry cyberattack in 2017 via media, which shut down major healthcare systems, like the NHS in the United Kingdom. Luckily no deaths occurred due to the attack, though it drew the attention of healthcare professionals and smart device creators to the main underlying issue.
Are we threatened by the cybersecurity issues of healthcare devices in any other way?
From patient records and lab results, radiology equipment, hospital elevators to personal wearable tracking devices and mobile applications, healthcare professionals, and individual tech users are increasingly reliant on smart devices that are connected to the Internet. Even though this interdependence facilitates easy data access, data sharing, or user/patient engagement, it contains the risk of data theft, malicious data alteration, denial of access to crucial data, or blackmailing.
In early 2019, researchers in Israel announced that they’ve created a virus that is capable of adding malicious tumors into CT and MRI scans, which proves to be a powerful weapon in order to trick doctors into misdiagnosing their patients.
Talking about wearable tracking devices and applications: they also pose a growing security risk, as their measurement system and statistics become more subtle and real-time. Sadly, these devices are not an exception to vulnerability exploitations. “When you’re looking at the ‘brain’ of one of these devices, if the software isn’t designed to protect itself and it’s not designed without design flaws and without vulnerabilities and implementation bugs in it — which we’ve seen — then it will be attacked,” said Gary McGraw, CTO of software firm Cigital.
How can we avoid such cybersecurity exploitations?
In the healthcare sector, two new regulations have been passed on 25 May 2017, which introduce new safety regulations for medical devices within the EU. As a result, manufacturers can keep building revolutionary, state-of-the-art smart devices, although they will need to abide by the new principles of risk management.
Common Criteria Evaluation is an international standard for computer security certification. By thoroughly evaluating the manufactured devices, let them be healthcare smart tools, or anything else, we can make sure they comply with international regulations, and most importantly, they are built with cybersecurity in mind.
At CCLab, apart from Common Criteria Evaluation, we provide cybersecurity consultation, penetration testing, cybersecurity relevant risk management services and support the security of your product lifecycle management and information security management processes, in order for your medical devices to fulfill the expectations of professionals, and private individuals alike, who are cautious about their personal data.
According to Cynerio, a healthcare IoT cybersecurity company, 53% of connected medical equipment in hospitals has a known critical cybersecurity vulnerability. A third of bedside connected devices used in healthcare settings have an identified critical risk, which is definitely more worrying in terms of patient safety. This is just one of the many reasons why on 5th April 2017, the European Parliament voted to adopt the awaited Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and In vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR). One of the most critical goals of the new Regulations is to strengthen medical device cybersecurity.
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