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China’s Literary Cosmopolitans offers a comprehensive introduction to the literary oeuvres of Qian Zhongshu (1910-98) and Yang Jiang (b. 1911). It assesses their novels, essays, stories, poetry, plays, translations, and criticism, and discusses their reception as two of the most important Chinese scholar-writers of the twentieth century.
In addition to re-evaluating this married couple’s intertwined literary careers, the book also explains why they have come to represent such influential models of Chinese literary cosmopolitanism. Uncommonly well-versed in Western languages and literatures, Qian and Yang chose to live in China and write in Chinese. China’s Literary Cosmopolitans argues for their artistic importance while analyzing their works against
the modern cultural imperative that Chinese literature be worldly.
Christopher Rea (Ph.D., Columbia) is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China (California, 2015), co-editor of The Business of Culture: Cultural Entrepreneurs in China and Southeast Asia, 1900-65 (ubc Press, 2015), and editor of Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts: Stories and Essays by Qian Zhongshu(Columbia, 2011).
Christopher Rea (Ph.D., Columbia) is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China (California, 2015), co-editor of The Business of Culture: Cultural Entrepreneurs in China and Southeast Asia (UBC Press, 2015), and editor of Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts: Stories and Essays by Qian Zhongshu (Columbia, 2011).
"[T]his edited volume makes a crucial contribution to the fields of Chinese studies and literary studies by offering a new model for theorizing cosmopolitanism outside a Eurocentric paradigm, built on meticulous analyses of Qian’s and Yang’s works. […] China’s Literary Cosmopolitans will be an indispensable text for scholars seeking to investigate the relationship between the provincial and the cosmopolitan, the particular and the universal, literature and politics, and the nation and the world."
Inhye Han, Ewha Womans University, MCLC Resource Center Publication (September, 2016)
余承法, 中南民族大学, 当代作家评论 (2016年2期)
Yu Chengfa, South-Central University for Nationalities, Contemporary Writers Review (March, 2016)
“[This volume] brings the English-language scholarship on both authors up to date. At the same time it is a useful tool and stepping stone to more studies about the fascinating works of Yang Jiang and Qian Zhongshu.”
Monika Motsch, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies, 64.2, December 2016
"China’s Literary Cosmopolitans offers both a valuable introduction to two outstanding cultural figures, and innovative scholarship on aspects of their work which have previously received less scholarly attention."
Richard King, University of Victoria, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 90, No. 1 (March 2017)
"These essays illumine their very influential contributions to the development of Chinese literary and cultural forms and their lifelong negotiations with their changing audiences about the positions they could occupy and the work they could do...Rea and his colleagues have woven together many threads of a narrative about the course this pre-eminent Chinese literary couple charted over nearly eight decades of risks and challenges."
Ellen Soullière, Massey University, New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies (June 2017)
Introduction: All the World’s a Book, Christopher Rea
1.Yang Jiang’s Wartime Comedies; Or, the Serious Business of Marriage, Amy D. Dooling
2. “Passing Handan without Dreaming”: Passion and Restraint in the Poetry and Poetics of Qian Zhongshu, Wang Yugen
3.Self-Deception and Self-Knowledge in Yang Jiang’s Fiction, Judith M. Amory
4.How to do Things with Words: Yang Jiang and the Politics of Translation, Carlos Rojas
5. Guanzhui bian, Western Citations, and the Cultural Revolution, Ronald Egan
6.The Pleasures of Lying Low: Yang Jiang and Chinese Revolutionary Culture, Wendy Larson
7.The Institutional Mindset: Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang on Marriage and the Academy, Christopher Rea
8.“All Alone, I Think Back on We Three”: Yang Jiang’s New Intimate Public, Jesse Field
9.The Cosmopolitan Imperative: Qian Zhongshu and “World Literature,” Theodore Huters
All Will Come Out in the Washing, Christopher Rea
Appendix: Works in English by Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang
Students of literary cosmopolitanism, world literature, modern Chinese literature, comparative literature, Chinese intellectuals, modern Chinese cultural history, and contemporary China.

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Politics Aren’t New to Burke : Marathon: His companies have been investigated by U.S. Senate and the California legislature.
William A. Burke, a self-described entrepreneur, has been involved in a variety of businesses ranging from wine companies to mortuaries. And he’s also no stranger to politics.
In the late 1960s, he served as a field deputy for then-L.A. City Councilman Billy Mills. And on June 14, 1972, politics became part of the family when he married Yvonne Brathwaite, who was soon to be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. It was the second marriage for each.
However, six weeks after their marriage, Brathwaite was having to answer questions about the dealings of her husband and his business partner, state Sen. Mervyn M. Dymally. Dymally had been the best man at Burke’s wedding.
Dymally, who later became lieutenant governor, introduced special legislation in 1970 that made it possible for a wine company--Batik Wine and Spirits--in which he and Burke owned stock, to enter the state’s growing health-care field.
One month later, Batik acquired the Hope Emergency Medical Clinic, in which Burke was half owner. According to the Los Angeles County tax assessor, Batik, which listed Burke as president, paid Burke and his real estate partner $100,000 more than the assessed fair market value of the property. Burke said at the time that the property was under-assessed.
Batik eventually became Comprehensive Health Systems, which was the subject of an investigation by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and his subcommittee that was looking into the medical-care business. Comprehensive was not singled out and the investigation was dropped.
During this time, Burke joined Omni-Rx Health Systems as a consultant and eventually rose to vice president. In 1976, Burke’s association with Omni-Rx was the subject of an investigation by the California legislature.
Assemblyman Barry Keene, seeing a possible conflict of interest for politicians with relatives involved in the management of a health-care business, authored a bill that would have forced Burke out of Omni-Rx.
The bill, which was eventually dropped, was clearly aimed at Burke and his wife, who was then in the U.S. House of Representatives. Keene’s health-care committee then sent the governor a letter charging that Omni-Rx had “improperly used health-care dollars to pay commissions to this individual (Burke) who enjoys considerable political influence.”
Burke then became involved in other ventures such as owning mortuaries, commercial real estate and development, and a mining company. He remains involved in some of these businesses, although he won’t describe any specifics about his current holdings or income.
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the background and shows the significance of your research and you can turn a network of related works into a focused review of the literature. This will help you find the sweet spot for what to focus. Step 1 : Choose a topic to write aboutfocus on and explore this topic. The Stand-Alone Literature Review The literature review published as its own article presents and analyzes as many of the important texts in an area of study as possible to provide background information and context for a current area of research or a study. Once you have gotten what you want to bring out in your topic, it will be used throughout your research as the main idea and this will run from the introduction of your research paper right up to the conclusion. You can ask for help from your teachers or friends or you can even draw inspiration from the works of others. Remember that the idea in the research paper may be easy to be determined or it may be implied. But if you present a term that is obscure or context-specific in a study, you should define the meaning of the term in the Introduction section (if you are introducing a study) or in the summaries of the given literature being reviewed. The UNC Writing Center.
If your study asks a question concerning sustainability, mention a theory or model that underpins this concept. You should have the capability of using supporting evidence in your contents. At the college level, the expectation is a bit different. You dont need to cut each piece by yourself from scratch. A course assignment is an example of a selective, stand-alone work. Also, more than one idea may be found in the research paper. Use thought maps and charts to identify intersections in the research and to outline important categories; select the material that will be most useful to you review. A majority of journal articles start with a selective literature review to provide context for research reported in the manuscript, which is the broader work for which the literature gives context; the literature review is often included in the introduction.
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Barbarians appeal sentence in anti-semitic kidnapping, torture and murder case
A Paris court is hearing the appeal of 18 people convicted in the 2006 kidnapping, torture and murder of a young French Jew.
One who’s not appealing is Gang leader Youssouf Fofana, who chose not to appeal his conviction and life sentence.
‘People’ is a big word for a gang of criminals who refer to themselves — appropriately — as Barbarians.
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OSHKOSH, Wis. (UW-Oshkosh Athletics) - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference co-champion UW-Oshkosh will begin its fifth appearance in the NCAA Division III Football Championship with a first round game Saturday (Nov. 23) at American Rivers Conference co-champion and nationally ranked Central College in Pella, Iowa.
Kickoff for the fifth meeting between the teams is scheduled for noon at Central College's Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium.
The winner between UW-Oshkosh (8-2) and Central College (9-1) advances to play Nov. 30 against the winner of Wheaton College (Ill.) (10-0) and Martin Luther College (Minn.) (9-1). Central College is ranked 25th in the country by D3football.com while Wheaton College lists fourth.
UW-Oshkosh and Central College both earned automatic berths into the NCAA postseason. UW-Oshkosh tied for the WIAC title with UW-Whitewater while Central College shared the ARC championship with Wartburg College (Iowa).
UW-Oshkosh, the 2016 Division III runner-up, is back in the national tournament for the fourth time in the past five years. The Titans, who sport a 12-4 record in four previous trips to the NCAA postseason, reached the semifinal round in both 2012 and 2017, and the quarterfinals in 2015.
Central College ranks fourth in Division III history with 21 appearances in the national postseason. The Dutch, the 1974 national champions, finished as the Division III runners-up in 1984 and 1988 on the way to compiling a 21-19 postseason record. Central College was eliminated in the first round during its most recent NCAA appearance in 2009.
UW-Oshkosh clinched its spot in the Division III Championship via a 27-20 home win over third-ranked UW-Whitewater in the regular season finale Saturday (Nov. 16). Central College secured its automatic berth by virtue of its 31-21 victory at Coe College (Iowa) on Saturday.
UW-Oshkosh has won each of its three previous matchups with Central College, including a 24-20 victory in Pella during the most recent meeting in the 2013 season opener.
UW-Oshkosh enters the Division III Championship averaging 25.5 points and 347.8 yards per game. The Titans, allowing 18.1 points and 287.3 yards per contest, rank eighth in the nation with 3.80 sacks per game.
Central College is averaging 42.3 points and 501.2 yards per game and allowing 27.9 points and 407.7 yards per contest. The Dutch lead the country with a .935 red zone efficiency and rank eighth nationally in yards per game. Central College quarterback Blaine Hawkins' 38 touchdown passes this season are fifth most in the country.


I would like to do some bare-metal development on a custom LS1046A board. I know from other processors that there are often header files containing at least definitions for register addresses or even complete drivers which serve as an hardware abstraction layer.
Does NXP provide any of this for the LS1046A processor to support bare-metal developement?
I've searched the LSDK, the QorIQ SDK and in CodeWarrior but did not find anything.
Any help would be much appreciated!


(LifeSiteNews) — An article in MedPageToday that purports to debunk “misinformation” about “gender-affirming care” actually pushes false information itself.
“Misinformation Obscures Standards Guiding Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth,” the headline from the Kaiser Family Foundation Health News states, along with a photo of Governor Ron DeSantis looking angry and yelling.
The news article, which is really an opinion piece advocating for the chemical and surgical mutilation of children, claims it will address “misconceptions and misinformation that conflate treatments and strip trans youth of essential care,” which it said Republican politicians use.
First, the article is flawed in that it argues the impossible — that someone can change their gender.
Second, the article cites a study with identified flaws. “[A] study of 104 young trans and nonbinary patients at the Gender Clinic of Seattle Children’s Hospital found those who had started on puberty blockers or hormone therapy had 60% lower odds of depression and 73% lower odds of self-harm or suicidal thoughts than peers who hadn’t received those treatments,” the article states. But left out is that University of Washington media relations members purposefully kept quiet on the flaws because the study had received positive coverage, as Jason Rantz reported, based on emails that he obtained.
Independent journalist Jesse Singal raised concerns about the use of data, which prompted UW media officials to make edits to their press release.
Singal, after listing a variety of quotes that showed the researchers trumpeting their study, wrote:
What’s surprising, in light of all these quotes, is that the kids who took puberty blockers or hormones experienced no statistically significant mental health improvement during the study. The claim that they did improve, which was presented to the public in the study itself, in publicity materials, and on social media (repeatedly) by one of the authors, is false.
He said the study’s authors refused to hand over the data.
Additionally, the Kaiser News article also claimed that it is “misinformation” to argue it is easy for kids to get on transgender drugs and surgeries.
“One common misbelief heard when legislation is discussed is that gender-affirming medical interventions are provided immediately to any trans or nonbinary kid who walks into a gender clinic,” the article reported.
It cited the media’s favorite “expert,” Dr. Jack Turban, who gets paid $400 per hour to testify in support of the chemical and surgical mutilation of kids. Turban’s own research has faced criticism from both conservatives and liberals, with Singal calling one of Turban’s paper a “disaster.” “In a field known for its weak methodologies and even weaker scientific conclusions, Turban’s study sets a new low,” Leor Sapir, with the Manhattan Institute, wrote in response to one of Turban’s papers.
But there is evidence that it can be very easy for children to access transgender drugs and surgeries. Consider that Matt Walsh’s producer Gregg Re was able to get approved for an orchiectomy after just a 22-minute phone call with a company that sells letters of support for surgery for $150. “I’m not gonna be a person that’s gonna stop them from accessing care. I’m not there to determine if they’re ‘trans enough.’ I’m gonna write them this letter,” Ari Groner told Plume Health. The company is one of the largest facilitators of transgender drugs and surgeries, so if one person was able to easily fool a letter writer, it seems reasonable that others could slip through who do not meet the established criteria.
Helena Kerschner, a woman who once presented herself as a man, told Michael Knowles that Planned Parenthood approved her for testosterone injections after just a 20-minute interview. Camille Kiefel, an Oregon woman who once lived as “non-binary,” said that just two short online meetings were all it took for her to get approved for a double mastectomy.
The article also falsely states that “Puberty blockers are fully reversible medications. They work like a pause button on puberty,” quoting Dr. Mandy Coles, the co-director of the Child and Adolescent Transgender Center for Health at Boston Medical Center.
That is not true. Dr. Michael Laidlaw is an endocrinologist who has conducted extensive reviews of the studies on transgenderism. One example alone from him should suffice to show that “puberty blockers are fully reversible” is an inaccurate statement.
“When puberty blockers are used on a young girl, along with the drop in bone density relative to her peers, her pelvis will be ‘frozen’ in a childlike configuration,” he wrote in 2020. “It is not known if stopping puberty blockers by a certain age might still allow a window of opportunity for the female pelvis to reach optimal configuration for birth.”
“A pelvis that is not optimally configured for birth could put mother and baby at increased risk for obstructed labor,” he explained. “Obstructed labor is a condition in which the baby does not leave the pelvis during childbirth due to being physically blocked, even if the uterus is contracting normally. Complications include the baby not getting enough oxygen, which may result in death. For the mother, risks include infection, postpartum bleeding, uterine rupture, and obstetrical fistula.”
Transgender drugs and surgeries have at their core the flawed premise that individuals can change their sex — or what we might call “misinformation.”


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LONDON, April 11. /TASS/. Russian citizen Yulia Skripal, poisoned in the British city of Salisbury, has not yet decided whether to accept the Russian embassy’s offer of consular support, a spokesman for the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office said.
"We have previously passed on the Russian embassy's offer of consular support to Yulia," he said, as cited by the Press Association news agency. "She is free to decide on whether she wishes to pursue that. To date, we understand she has not done so," the spokesman added.
According to London, former Russian military intelligence (GRU) Colonel Sergei Skripal, who had been convicted in Russia of spying for Great Britain and later swapped for Russian intelligence officers, and his daughter Yulia suffered the effects of an alleged nerve agent in the British city of Salisbury on March 4. Claiming that the substance used in the attack had been a Novichok-class nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union, London rushed to accuse Russia of being involved in the incident. Moscow rejected all of the United Kingdom’s accusations, saying that a program aimed at developing such a substance had existed neither in the Soviet Union nor in Russia.
Chief Executive of the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down Gary Aitkenhead said later that British experts had been unable to identify the origin of the nerve agent used to attack Skripal and his daughter.


Jethro Tull might be better known for arguably making the flute a legitimate hard rock lead instrument and in stealing a Grammy win from Metallica. But when it comes down to it, the band has always been a bit belittled. They wore their eclectic, mysterious broadswords and minstrel image proudly on their medieval shirt sleeve, and no doubt influenced Spinal Tap’s “Stonehenge.”
But the band was much, much more than that common generalization and it had superb material with sonic and thematic weight. The 1971 album “Aqualung” was a massive success and its title track, along with Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” and Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water,” is in the pantheon of “classic guitar riffs anyone can play.”
From 1969 to 2012, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Martin Barre co-piloted the group through worldwide success and sustained popularity. He will perform with his own band at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace this Saturday.
Since leaving Tull, Barre has concentrated on his own solo career as a guitarist, but more specifically a songwriter. His latest album, last year’s “Roads Less Travelled,” shows the 72-year-old guitarist playing with a sense of fluid youthful intuition and a craftsman’s bold confidence.
“It’s the first album that all the songs I’ve written myself,” Barre said in a phone interview on the road from Everett, Wash. “My solo instrumental music is quite established, but as a songwriter I’m still fairly learning as I go. It’s an important exercise in trying to get the best songs down on record that I could.”
Songs, like the odd-time “Out of Time,” the lovely acoustic instrumental “Trinity,” “Seattle” (the most “Jethro Tull” of all the songs) and the flowing “For No Man,” show Barre’s evolving maturity as a songwriter as well as his strength in editing. He’s kept his songs lean, powerful and engaging.
Barre’s guitar sound also changes character from song to song; toggling between intricate, delicate and muscular while retaining an almost sweet clarity.
Fans of Jethro Tull will enjoy it, but so will fans of prog-rock bands like Yes and especially solo-era Robert Plant in the 1980s: adventurous music, solid — almost terrifying — musicianship, uncluttered production and an opulent range of influences. It’s a balancing act between instinct and discipline.
Solo material aside, Barre is aware of playing to the audience so the majority of the show will be Jethro Tull material. The set-list will include fan-favorites as well as some older, unexpected material.
“That’s really refreshing,” Barre said. “They’re important tracks historically and they sound great because most of the early material was written around guitar parts, so there’s nothing missing sonically. It’s a strong set. It’s a good balance of music.”
“It’s an exciting gig, and that’s what I want music to be.”
The audience can also expect interaction from the thoughtful and pleasant Barre, who champions communication between performers and the audience.
“I think, in many ways, people don’t know me. They know Ian (Anderson, Jethro Tull’s frontman) so well because he always traditionally did all the chat onstage. And I just think, 'I want them (the audience) to know me and the guys in the band.’ I guess now, after 70 years, to sort of get up there and not say anything, wouldn’t work.”
As to that previously mentioned Grammy upset, this year marks the 30th anniversary of it: Jethro Tull winning the Grammy for the inaugural category of best hard rock/metal performance vocal or instrumental for their album “Crest of a Knave.” They beat out a list of hard rock, punk and heavy metal heavyweights that included AC/DC, Iggy Pop, Jane’s Addiction as well as that year’s frontrunner, Metallica, who had just delivered an electrifyingly intense performance of its song "One." The award was as good as theirs.
The stunned reaction of attendees and viewers everywhere when Alice Cooper said, “and the award goes to … Jethro Tull?” reverberates to this day. The win was seen as proof of an out-of-touch Grammy selection process when it came to hard rock and heavy metal music. Barre is thoughtful in his place in Grammy history, only being able to acknowledge his side as bittersweet.
“I think we deserved it, in retrospect," Barre said. "It doesn’t matter about categories and controversy. I think my only regret was that I wasn’t there to receive it. But the record label (Chrysalis) said, ‘No. You’ve got no chance of winning so we’re not going to fly you out to L.A..’ I felt really bad. I thought it was quite rude that we weren’t be there to actually say ‘thank you.’ I can’t change it, but it’s a big regret.”
"It means the world and I’m sure I’ll never get another one. I’m just so glad that we had that one window of opportunity and I’m very proud of it.”


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The Z-Grip, a new choice among Rubber-Cal's corrugated rubber sheeting products, is a V-ribbed sheet rubber designed for excellent impact strength and superb grip. The traction surface of this product makes it ideal for traction-adding applications in industrial settings, where heavy equipment and serious abrasion are expected. The Z-Grip is available in 36" or 48" wide rolls, in a standard .170" gauge.
This product offers a broad array of customization options, allowing this sheet to be custom made in specific dimensions for more demanding applications. In full 50 ft rolls, the thickness of the sheet can be specified up to .500" (1/2"), and the product can be produced up to 102" wide. In standard dimensions (.170" x 36" or .170" x 48"), the Z-Grip is also offered in custom cut lengths by the linear ft (with a minimum of only 3 linear ft). A pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) backing is also available on full 50 ft rolls.
A green and completely recycled rubber product, the Z-Grip will compete with the traditional and more petroleum intensive sheet rubber products. Increasing basic materials costs for petroleum based sheet goods, make recycled products more price competitive, as well as more conducive to the environment friendly pallet of the modern consumer. Z-Grip, X-Derm, Elephant Bark, and Eco-Sport Tiles are a few of the recycled products which Rubber-Cal now offers.
Like other sheet rubber products, the Z-Grip offers a variety of options for custom fabrication besides the roll size variations listed above. While the Z-Grip may be hand cut for smaller scale production jobs, this rubber sheeting can also be laser, waterjet, or die cut to fit more exacting parameters.
When faced with impact from heavy equipment, the Z-Grip offers superb strength while still providing a high traction surface. Since it is made from recycled car tires, the Z-Grip is weatherproof. This rubber is great for outdoor applications such as farm machinery, construction equipment, truck bed liners, and boat dock walkways.
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Carnufex carolinensis (NCSM 21558, Zanno et al. 2015, Fig. 1) is a new Carnian (earliest Late Triassic, 231 mya), croc(?) based on fragments of a skull, a cervical neural spine, a dorsal neural spine and a humerus (Fig. 1). And yes, it was a likely biped, but it was a little closer to dinos than to crocs as it nests with the proto-dinos Pseudhesperosuchus and Junggarsuchus.
Unfortunately the Zanno tree did not include Pseudhesperosuchus
in their cladogram and that is the sister taxon to Carnufex in the large reptile tree. Unfortunately Zanno et al. used the very troubled matrix of Butler et al. 2014, derived from the equally troubled matrix of Nesbitt 2011 in which pterosaurs are included derived from parasuchians and sisters to ornithosuchids, aetosaurs and lagerpetonids. As you can tell, almost nothing could be worse and that cladogram has now been through at least four generations of papers. Earlier we looked at problems with papers based on Nesbitt et al. 2011 here and here.
Zanno et al. nest Carnufex between the giant rauisuchians Rauisuchus + Postosuchus and tiny bipedal crocs, reporting that Carnufex bridges the gap between them. Also missing from their tree is Decuriasuchus, which does bridge the gap between basal (not derived) rauisuchians like Vjushkovia (also missing from their tree) and basal poposaurs like Turfanosuchus, which gives rise to Gracilisuchus at the base of the Archosauria (dinos and birds + crocs).
In the Zanno et al. tree Turfanosuchus is derived from a sister to the armored Revueltosaurus and the odd Ornithosuchus, in turn the sister of tiny flying pterosaurs in that tree. I’ll stop there before it gets weirder.
the reconstruction of Carnufex goes a little bit astray (Fig. 1). Even so, you can readily see that that humerus is so small compared to the skull that Carnufex was a likely biped (to their credit Zanno et al. recognized this despite lacking hind limb material) just like Pseudhesperosuchus.
Unfortunately the Zanno et al. tree did not nest
basal crocs just a short phylogenetic step from basal dinos. Thus, with taxon exclusion they did not recognize that Carnufex is closer to basal dinos than to basal crocs and not related to derived rauisuchians. Hopefully someone out there will recognize this phylogenetic solution someday.
Butler RJ. et al. 2014. New clade of enigmatic early archosaurs yields insights into early pseudosuchian phylogeny and the biogeography of the archosaur radiation. BMC Evol. Biol. 14, 128.
Nesbitt SJ 2011. The early evolution of archosaurs: relationship and the origin ofmajor clades. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 352, 1–292.
Zanno LE, Drymala S, Nesbitt SJ and Schneider VP 2015. Early Crocodylomorph increases top tier predator diversity during rise of dinosaurs. Scientific Reports 5:9276 DOI: 10.1038/srep09276.

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Virus simulation shows governments and health bodies are insufficiently prepared for flu-like breakout
Governments and international health bodies are wholly unprepared for a global flu pandemic that could wipe out almost a billion people, scientists have warned.
Virus simulations conducted at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found the spread of a new pathogen could kill up to 900 million in a matter of years if it started to spread tomorrow.
Researchers concluded that a made-up illness, a new type of parainfluenza known as Clade X, which was spread by coughing would kill 150 million people – almost three times the UK population – in less than two years in the fictional situation.
The simulation was designed so the pathogen wasn’t markedly more dangerous than real illnesses such as Sars – “and illustrates the tightrope governments tread in responding to such illnesses”, says Metro.
The simulation predicted how governments and health authorities around the world would react to a deadly infection spreading so quickly. Real health professionals took part in the experiment, including US politicians Tom Daschle and Susan Brooks, and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Julie Gerberding.
However, they were not able to prevent the disease from spreading and killing millions of people, “making experts worried the world is not prepared for a deadly pandemic”, reports the Daily Mail.
Twenty months after the start of the simulated outbreak, 150 million people had died and no vaccine had been developed. Researchers said the pandemic would have ended with up to 900 million dead, nearly 10% of the world’s population.
Speaking to Business Insider, Dr Eric Toner of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health Security, said the research highlighted many of the shortcomings in our global healthcare system.
“We don’t have the ability to produce vaccines to a novel pathogen within months rather than decades and we don’t have the global public health capabilities that would allow us to rapidly identify and control an outbreak before it becomes a pandemic,” he said.
Healthcare systems around the world would struggle to treat huge numbers of people and potentially fail, he said, adding that it was “lucky” the Sars virus, which killed 10% of the 8,000 people it infected 2003, had not been more severe.
“It will happen,” he warned, “but I don’t know when.”

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Skin cancer is diagnosed in over two million people every year. The summertime may be the season when the sun is strongest, however UV rays can still damage your skin in the middle of winter or even when it’s cloudy. That’s why it’s always a good idea to apply sunscreen before you go outside.
There are three types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, which grow slowly and don’t usually spread to other parts of the body, and melanoma, which can spread.
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed. It is imperative that you perform regular checks of your skin, as early detection can help prevent any existing conditions from become serious.
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Koch Asserts Con Ed Misled City on Blast
By DAVID E. PITT
Published: September 1, 1989
Consolidated Edison ''misled the city and residents of Gramercy Park'' about the danger of asbestos contamination from a powerful steam-pipe explosion and criminal charges may be warranted, Mayor Edward I. Koch said last night.
Con Edison promptly denied the accusation.
But Mr. Koch said he believed that ''the breach of trust involved is so great'' that he had ordered the city's Department of Environmental Protection ''to open its records to the Manhattan District Attorney, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District and the Public Service Commission to see if criminal charges should be filed.'' Showed Only 'Trace Amounts'
The Aug. 19 explosion, which killed three people and injured 24, left much of the neighborhood covered with a film of scalding mud and debris. Four days later, after many tenants had unwittingly returned to their apartments to begin cleaning up, the city and Con Edison confirmed that the mud contained high levels of asbestos, The belated acknowledgement, on Aug. 23, came hours after the management of the cooperative at 32 Gramercy Park South, one of the two most heaviy damaged buildings, found the asbestos on their own and notified city environmental officials.
Within hours, hundreds of people were herded out of their homes for a second time since the explosion, and others have been evacuated in the days since. Most have been living since Aug. 23 in two nearby hotels at Con Edison's expense.
Mr. Koch asserted last night that on the day after the explosion, Con Edison officials assured the city ''that their test results showed either no asbestos or trace amounts'' in the mud - that is, less than the Federal tolerance of 1 percent.
Mr. Koch added that the city had tested the same area and also got negative results. It was not clear last night why the city's tests had also been negative.
''Based on our findings and on the negative results presented to the city by Con Ed,'' the Mayor said, ''a decision was made not to prohibit residents of the affected buildings from re-entering their apartments. I learned today that on Aug. 20, Con Ed had test results that showed the presence of asbestos in the vicinity of the explosion, yet continued to represent verbally to the city that all tests were negative.''
A Con Edison spokesman insisted last night that the utility had orally informed city health and environmental officials within 18 hours of the blast that it had found high levels of asbestos in 6 of 21 samples of mud and debris. He said the information had been transmitted to officials ''in the field.'' Printed results were delivered soon after, said the spokesman, Daniel J. Walden.
Mr. Walden said all six positive tests showed asbestos fibers in excess of 1 percent, but he said he did not know the exact readings.
Asked why Con Edison had never told the public of its findings until the tenants' results forced a new round of tests, Mr. Walden said:
''That's a good question. I think we were diverted by the aftermath of the explosion.
''That's a weak explanation,'' he added, ''but I believe it to be the truth.''
The spokesman added that the utility ''had no results whatever that indicated that there was any asbestos problem in anybody's living area until Wednesday afternoon,'' when the results of the tenants' tests became known.
''It is not a pattern, I suggest, that lends credence to any cover-up theory,'' Mr. Walden added.
But the president of the co-op board at 32 Gramercy Park South expressed outrage.
''These people should be prosecuted to the fullest extent to the law,'' said the president, Sheldon Adler.
''We now clearly have evidence that Con Edison knew that there was dangerous levels of asbestos, but they told us that our building was safe. They were willing to expose children and pregnant mothers to asbestos, which may never have been discovered if we had not found it ourselves.''
Mr. Koch's statement came hours after clean-up efforts at the sealed-off site, a 100-yard stretch of Gramercy Park South near Third Avenue, came to a sudden halt because of what officials described as a union dispute. 'No Airborne Asbestos'
Con Edison, meanwhile, said its round-the-clock air monitoring continued to show that the air was free of asbestos even if the mud was not.
The fast-moving developments came as information emerged that the Aug. 19 explosion was at least the fifth such blast in the city since 1973. In at least one of the other explosions, extraordinarily high levels of asbestos fibers were released into the air, according to a May 1986 police report given to Mr. Koch.
The most serious explosion before the one in Gramercy Park - the only one in which someone was killed - was in mid-Manhattan on April 11, 1986. That explosion spread even higher levels of asbestos-laden mud on Eighth Avenue from West 55th to 58th Streets, forcing the evacuation of the streets and the subway - but not the buildings - for more than 12 hours. The report, written by Police Commissioner Benjamin Ward, said the authorities decided that since no windows had been broken, people were better off staying inside.

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Released: Nov 12, 2012
Genre: Blues Rock, Rock 'n' Roll
Label: ABKCO, Universal Music Group
Number Of Tracks: 50
This is a 3 disc compilation album spanning most of The Rolling Stones recording career, with a lot of their greatest hits, and then some lesser known songs as well.
GRRR!Featured review by: UG Team, on november 17, 2012 2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Sound: This is a 50 track compilation that encompasses The Rolling Stones' career and marks their 50th anniversary. There are 2 new tracks on the album, "Doom And Gloom" and "One More Shot". This is a serious compilation collection, not just grabbing the biggest highlights from their career, but it digs a little deeper and finds some of the hidden gems. There doesn't appear to be any new mixing, re-mastering etc., but instead you get the original recordings available in a new compilation. This is absolutely THE compilation album to get for a pretty comprehensive collection of songs by The Rolling Stones. There is also an extended version available with 80 tracks, which is on 4 CDs and also includes a 7 vinyl, a bonus CD, a hardcover book, a poster and postcards that is running for $145 on Amazon. Luckily, the 50 track version is much more reasonable at only $22.99 at Amazon.
The Rolling Stones played their first show in 1962, making 2012 the 50th anniversary. They came out in a time when The Beatles were the clean cut good guy band from the UK, so they naturally filled the role of the "bad boys" of the industry at the time. While The Beatles eventually expanded into experimentation and some more diverse material, The Rolling Stones came out the gate with a really raw unbridled sound and just let it carry them where it may. Mick Jagger has proved to be one of the most popular and prolific frontman of Rock N' Roll, and Keith Richards has symbolized the Rock N' Roll lifestyle and excess since they first blew up and began arena tours. Keith Richard's unique guitar style has been often imitated, with its unique blend of rhythm and lead, but has never really been duplicated. There have been endless jokes about Keith Richard's rough lifestyle, drug use and unlikely survival of it all. Somehow they've come through all of this still being a relevant band in 2012 and an influence to countless bands that followed in their wake. Fairly recently, the pop hit "Moves Like Jagger" was released by Maroon 5 showing that even among the general musical audience of popular music Mick Jagger's stage presence is legend. GRRR! gives a great collection of the songs that helped build the legacy of The Rolling Stones in a great package at a great price. // 9
Lyrics: Mick Jagger has always been a competent vocalist but what has made him stand out is his overpowering charisma that permeates his voice, and his over the top stage presence that has helped to make him a legend. The songs on GRRR! are all original recordings from previous releases with the exception of the last two tracks, "Doom And Gloom" and "One More Shot", and while Mick Jagger's voice doesn't sound like it did in his prime it isn't far removed.
Some of the lyrics from "Gloom An Doom" follows: "I had a dream last night/ That I was piloting a plane/ And all the passengers were drunk and insane/ I crash landed in a Louisiana swamp/ Shot up a horde of zombies/ But I come out on top/ What's it all about?/ It just reflects my mood/ Sitting in the dirt/ Feeling kind of hurt/ All I hear is doom and gloom/ And all is darkness in my room/ Through the light your face I see/ Baby take a chance/ Baby won't you dance with me/ Lost all that treasure in an overseas war/ It just goes to show you don't get what you paid for/ Battle to the rich and you worry about the poor/ Put my feet up on the couch/ And lock all the doors/ Hear a funky noise/ That's the tightening of the screws". This is really reminiscent of some of their earlier rawer sounding tracks from the 70's. I'm really enjoying this track.
Some of the lyrics from "One More Shot": "Ooh baby, I got a message for you/ You got me doing something/ I thought I'd never will do/ Give me one more, one more shot/ And it's all I got/ Give you one more shot/ And take me back/ I'm all yours jack/ Yeah you got me freakin'/ Yeah I'm over heating, just when things are sweet/ You can't meet on the street/ Give me one more, one more shot/ Yeah and it's all I got/ And doing up on me, (one more shot)/ I'll make your play/ Yeah make my day/ Put me in correction for my own protection/ In your jurisdiction spare the crucifixion/ Give me one more shot/ Baby it's all I got/ Baby don't freeze up on me/ One more shot". This song really seems like it started life as almost a country blues song and they just added some tempo and dirt and filled it out into a Stones song. // 8
Overall Impression: It would be really hard to pick out a favorite song from this album, especially as most of these are songs I've been hearing since I was a kid, and that have really helped define my appreciation for music. The new tracks are both enjoyable "Gloom And Doom" written by Mick Jagger and "One More Shot" was written by Keith Richards, or at least according to my sources from the infallible internet. I really like the almost time machine quality you get listening to these albums like listening to chunks of The Rolling Stones' career. I don't really have any complaints on this album. It is what it is not new music besides the two new tracks but instead a compilation/ retrospective/ greatest hits that spans the entire 50 year career of The Rolling Stones. The standard 50 track version of the album that I am reviewing today is absolutely worth the money. The 80 track version with all the extras I'm sure would be worthwhile for some of the hardcore Stones fans, but personally it is a little steep for me. // 8
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Sound: Many people here The Rolling Stones, and they think: "Ooh I do like that Micky Jagger" but let me tell you, The rotating boulders (as I call them) aren't all that good. They are massively over-rated, and frankly a skid mark on the pants of British music. This particular album, titled "GRRR!" already lets itself down from the very beginning. I mean, no other band has ever titled an album with a random, primitive noise! Actually, a primitive noise is a very good way to describe Mick Jagger's singing style. Being the 82 year old man I am I understand the term artistic license but these lot need to have their artist license revoked. For example, the G# Minor chord in the very first song shouts "I'm a talentless self obsessed 'la di dah' idiot." // 1
Lyrics: I know dyslexic toddlers with a greater vocabulary than Mick Jagger. You never really see songs with good literature in them anymore. Most of my first albums I ever bought were much better written: I recall a particularly good number called "Frozen Heat, an oxymoron" by my all time favourite band, the Monk-Punchers. This particular song had all kinds of literary techniques in it: Rhetorical questions, hidden themes, and if you played it backwards, the devil spoke to you! Whereas all you get if you reverse most of the songs on this album is actually slightly easier to listen to than when played normally. // 1
Overall Impression: If you remember at the Olympic closing ceremony, when everyone was hoping that Paul McCartney wouldn't sing, to put it into perspective this is approximately 62 and a half times worse. When I saw this album on the shelf of my local charity shop, I wasn't wearing my spectacles, so purchased by error. However, once I had re-applied my glasses, I realised, oh no, not another half-baked, dire butchery of the British Music genre. After listening to the songs, I decided that it was truly horrendous, abysmal and utterly awful, so I went into the garden, and hacked it to pieces with my bare teeth. Overall a poor start for their first album, I expected better as their previous albums were much more musically superior. Poor. // 1

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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star hotel with free breakfast and restaurant
Located in the heart of Umea, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Väven Cultural Centre, Umea People's House, and Umea City Church. Umeå Folkets Hus and Norrland's Opera are also within 10 minutes.
A restaurant, a health club, and a bar/lounge are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a sauna, spa services, and a business center.
All 196 rooms offer free WiFi, TVs, and hair dryers. Other amenities available to guests include safes, phones, and desks.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Scandic Plaza Umeå
In addition to a health club, Scandic Plaza Umeå features a sauna and complimentary bicycles. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 3.5-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 4487 square feet (417 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers spa services, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Scandic Plaza Umeå is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 196
- Number of floors - 14
- Business center
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Health club
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Meeting rooms 11
- Multilingual staff
- Luggage storage
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (meters) - 417
- Number of meeting rooms - 9
- Conference space size (feet) - 4487
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa services on site
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Grocery/convenience store
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room safe
- Free WiFi
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast each morning.
Brasserie Plaza - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Nearby Things to Do
A health club and complimentary bicycles are featured at the hotel. Other recreational amenities include a sauna.
- Free bicycles on site
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-out time is noon
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of SEK 200 per accommodation, per night
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Self parking fee: SEK 150 per night
- Pet fee: SEK 200 per accommodation, per night
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Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Set meals are served in guestrooms only (no menus or public dining).

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Etherparty (FUEL) Hits Market Cap of $38.69 Million
Etherparty (CURRENCY:FUEL) traded up 12.9% against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 8:00 AM E.T. on April 17th. One Etherparty token can currently be purchased for $0.0797 or 0.00000980 BTC on major exchanges including ACX, EtherDelta, HitBTC and Gate.io. During the last week, Etherparty has traded up 50.5% against the dollar. Etherparty has a market cap of $38.69 million and approximately $2.07 million worth of Etherparty was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- Ripple (XRP) traded 3.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.67 or 0.00008292 BTC.
- Stellar (XLM) traded 8.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.30 or 0.00003735 BTC.
- IOTA (MIOTA) traded up 6% against the dollar and now trades at $1.65 or 0.00020281 BTC.
- NEO (NEO) traded 4.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $68.74 or 0.00845959 BTC.
- TRON (TRX) traded 3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0421 or 0.00000518 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded down 0.4% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00012277 BTC.
- VeChain (VEN) traded up 2% against the dollar and now trades at $3.41 or 0.00041906 BTC.
- Binance Coin (BNB) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $12.33 or 0.00151705 BTC.
- Ontology (ONT) traded up 3% against the dollar and now trades at $4.21 or 0.00051797 BTC.
- Populous (PPT) traded 43% higher against the dollar and now trades at $24.14 or 0.00297134 BTC.
According to CryptoCompare, “Etherparty is a user-friendly system for the creation, use, and management of smart contracts, that may dramatically expand the rate of commercial and consumer adoption of blockchain technology. While blockchain has the potential to recast the foundations of electronic commerce and data storage, the technology’s use by non-computer professionals has been limited by a lack of user-friendly applications. Etherparty unleashes the speed, cost-reduction and security benefits of smart contracts for individuals and businesses. Etherparty goes further to make otherwise complicated contractual agreements and processes simple and accessible while enabling infrastructure for authentication and automation. “
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Vitamin 'may prevent memory loss'Many people are deficient in vitamin B12
Sep. 13, 2008
Chicago: Torturer Of Disabled White Teen Let Off With Probation, Judge Says 'Do Not Mess This Up'
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Facebook Censors Roy Moore Yearbook Forgery Bombshell, Politifact Says 'No Evidence' Inscription Was Tampered With
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A vitamin found in meat, fish and milk may help stave off memory loss in old age, a study has suggested.
Older people with lower than average vitamin B12 levels were more than six times more likely to experience brain shrinkage, researchers concluded.
The University of Oxford study, published in the journal Neurology, tested the 107 apparently healthy volunteers over a five-year period.
Some studies suggest two out of five people are deficient in the vitamin.
The problem is even more common among the elderly, and recent moves to supplement bread with folic acid caused concern that this could mask B12 deficiency symptoms in older people.
The Oxford study looked at a group of people between 61 and 87, splitting it into thirds depending on the participants' vitamin B12 levels.
Even the third with the lowest levels were still above a threshold used by some scientists to define vitamin B12 deficiency.
However, they were still much more likely to show signs of brain shrinkage over the five-year period.
Liver and shellfish
Professor David Smith, who directs the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing, said he now planned a trial of B vitamins in the elderly to see if taking them could slow brain shrinkage.
He said: "This study adds another dimension to our understanding of the effects of B vitamins on the brain - the rate of shrinkage of the brain as we age may be partly influenced by what we eat."
Shrinkage has been strongly linked with a higher risk of developing dementia at a later stage and Rebecca Wood, the chief executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said further research was needed.
"This study suggests that consuming more vitamin B12 through eating meat, fish, fortified cereals or milk as part of a balanced diet might help protect the brain. Liver and shellfish are particularly rich sources of B12.
"Vitamin B12 deficiency is a common problem among elderly people in the UK and has been linked to declining memory and dementia."
Dr Susanne Sorensen, from the Alzheimer's Society said: "Shrinkage is usually associated with the development of dementia.
"As vitamin B may be given as a food supplement, it may be useful to include tests of vitamin B levels in the general assessment of health of older individuals.
"This is another example of why it is crucial for people to lead a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet rich in B vitamins and antioxidants.
"The best way to reduce your risk of developing dementia is to keep active, eat a balanced diet, don't smoke and visit your GP to get your blood pressure and cholesterol checked."


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Long before I got into photography, I rode horses. I owned one (a very cranky one, I’ll have you know), and I rode at Mount
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These guys just booked a spring mini, which reminded me that I never blogged their family session from last summer! I LOVED this session, partially
When I first started my business, newborn photography wasn’t something I was particularly interested in, but somehow, the newborns kept finding their way to me.

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The Australian Government is ramping up the weekly number of doses of AstraZeneca being provided to general practices across the nation including including those in Cairns and Far North Queensland.
Participating general practices which have been receiving 50 doses per week, will now receive 150 doses per week, and general practices receiving 100 doses per week, will now receive 200 doses per week.
This will come into effect from next week.
Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the increased doses would give Cairns and Far North Queensland residents more choice and local GPs more capacity.
“The Australian Government is providing more vaccines to protect more Far North Queenslanders earlier,” Mr Entsch said.
“As we start the next steps of our vaccination program for people 50 years and over, we continue to ensure our priority populations can access the vaccine as soon as possible.”
“Primary care vaccination sites have now administered more than 1.2 million vaccinations – more than half the total so far.
“This is an amazing achievement in such a short amount of time and a true reflection of the capacity of the sector and the trust that Far North Queenslanders and Australians as a whole put into their GPs.
“To all Far North Queensland residents, please come forward and get vaccinated.
“It will help protect you, your family, your friends, your workmates, everybody. It will keep you, and the country COVID safe.”
Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt thanked GPs across the country for their work during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
“General practice is leading the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged 50 and over and will continue to be an integral partner in the delivery of our national COVID-19 vaccination program,” Mr Hunt said.
“Our government has brought forward to 17 May, access to AstraZeneca for people 50 years and over and I am pleased to announce that more than 800 general practices have elected to start earlier, reflecting the ongoing commitment of general practice to support their local communities.”
“This is in addition to the Commonwealth, State and Territory Vaccination Clinics which commenced vaccinating the over 50s on 3 May.
“I welcome their partnership in this early delivery of the AstraZeneca vaccine.”
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Trigger or positive?
I'm 10 dpt and 9 dpo. I tested out my 5000 iU trigger shot with cheap pregnancy tests, and it was out of my system according to those by Saturday, Aug. 21 (2 days ago). I took a FRER and a cheap test this morning. Got a negative on the cheap test, but got this faint line on FRER. Could this be leftover trigger or a positive? I know I need to test tomorrow or the next day to be sure, but insight appreciated!


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Really fun deck to try, I won 4 out of 6 games at rank 10. I did make some changes:
Got rid of cards that did not do much for me:
1x Archmage Vargoth
2x Piloted Reaper (the times I played it it pulled a Silverhand Recruit from my hand which I got from the Jailor)
1x Divine Favor
1x Getaway Kodo
1x Silver Sword
2 Stonehill Defender so I could hide 2 Holomancer (always wanted to try this card, but hard to find a deck where it fits) and Harbinger Celestia behind some taunts. It actually works very well after you have Dirty Rat or Injured Tol'vir on the board. I also added 2 Desperate Measures because they are good turn 1 cards that still provide a card in your hand to support Mountain Giant.

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Step 1 - Cast-on one stitch using the cable cast-on:
A quick visual recap of the cable cast-on. See the above link for more details.
Step 2 - Knit two stitches:
Step 3 - Bind-off one stitch using the knit bind-off:
Up n' over, then drop the stitch off. See the above link for more details.
One stitch remains on RHN.
Step 4 - Knit one more stitch.
Step 5 - Bind-off one stitch using the knit-bind off. (One stitch remains on RHN).
Step 6 - Slip the stitch on the RHN to the LHN, inserting the LHN through the stitch from the bottom up:
You've bound-off one stitch using the picot bind-off! Repeat steps 1-6 until all stitches are bound-off. Basically what you're doing is adding one stitch, then taking away two. Here's what it looks like on k1p1 ribbing.
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BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met on Thursday morning at the Great Hall of the People with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende who is here to attend the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be held on Oct. 24 to 25.
Wen, who held a welcoming ceremony for the Dutch Prime Minister, said Sino-Dutch relations had seen constant development in recent years, with a strong growth of bilateral trade volume.
Wen applauded the Netherlands' adherence to the one-China policy, and said China was willing to maintain with the Netherlands a long-term partnership that is beneficial to the both sides, Wen said.
He said in face of the global financial crisis among other issues, China and the Netherlands should enhance bilateral cooperation and promote collaboration between China and Europe to better safeguard their common interests.
He urged the two sides to enhance mutual understanding and build mutual trust in each other, and to collaborate in the field of trade, agriculture, water conservancy, energy saving, environmental protection, communication and life sciences in order to build a resource-efficient and environment-friendly society.
He also called for the two sides to make joint efforts to crackdown on corruption, drug trafficking, and multinational criminal activities.
Balkenende said during the meeting that the Netherlands and China had cooperated widely in the fields of politics, economy, and culture, and that dialogues and cooperation are the most important factors in the strategic relations between the two countries.
He said the Netherlands was willing to further cooperate with China in terms of agriculture, jurisdiction, trade and investment, in order to achieve mutual prosperity.
The Netherlands respected the integrity of China's territory and sovereignty, and hoped to deepen mutual understanding of the two sides through dialogues, he said.
He also wished the 2010 Shanghai Expo a success like the Beijing Olympics.
Established as a high-level forum between governments of Asia and Europe, the ASEM this year is expected to focus on how to respond to the current global financial crisis, rather than the earlier planned topics like climate change, sustainable development and energy security.
Launched in 1996 as an informal dialogue mechanism, the ASEM now includes 45 members, representing more than 50 percent of the world's gross domestic product.


Coronavirus, Rationalising Tax Rates on Agenda as GST Council Meets Today
New Delhi: The GST Council headed thru Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman is in a position to speak about the results of the Coronavirus outbreak on profits collection. The council is vulnerable to rationalise tax fees on Five sectors, along with mobile phones, footwear and textiles, and defer implementation of the new return filing gadget and e-invoicing in its meeting at the present time.
The council would moreover speak about operational gadget faults on the GST Network portal and seek a solution plan from Infosys, which has won the contract for managing back-end for GSTN in 2015, officials discussed.
Further, ways to strengthen profits collection would also be discussed since the Centre has made it clear to the states that it does now not have money in reimbursement price range to pay off the states for loss in profits as a result of the goods and services tax (GST) implementation. The Council would moreover communicate concerning the blending of the GST e-way bill gadget with the NHAI’s FASTag mechanism from April to have the same opinion track movement of goods and try GST evasion, while moreover speak about preparedness for Aadhaar-based authentication of GST-registered taxpayers.
The planned lottery scheme beneath GST, which is proposed to be presented from April 1, would also be discussed inside the meeting, officials discussed. “The Council would speak about rationalisation of GST worth in sectors which see duty inversion, leading to best input credit score rating refund claims,” an professional instructed PTI. Currently, cellular mobile phones attract 12 in line with cent duty, while GST on a couple of of its inputs are 18 in line with cent.
With regard to footwear, the Council, in June last year, had reduced GST worth to 5 in line with cent on items worth up to Rs 1,000, while those above this worth attract 18 in line with cent duty. However, inputs used by the sphere attract GST worth inside the range of 5-18 in line with cent.
The textiles sector in recent years has a differential GST worth of 5, 12 and 18 in line with cent. This leads to factor in issuing and claiming of refunds thru exporters.
GST worth on chemical fertilisers is in recent years at Five in line with cent, while inputs are taxed at 12 in line with cent.
The committee of officers set up to recommend ways to strengthen profits had earlier recommended quite a lot of measures to remove anomalies similar to inverted duty building, which causes an annual profits loss of Rs 20,000 crore. According to the panel, manufactured pieces like fertilisers, mobile phones, footwear, renewable energy equipment, and man-made yarns attract GST of 5-12 in line with cent, thereby leading to an inverted duty building, where GST on finished pieces is way much less compared to the duty on inputs.
The professional further discussed that all over view of Infosys failing to stabilise the GSTN device even after 30 months of its free up, the Council is vulnerable to defer the new return filing gadget from the earlier envisaged date of April 1.
Also, mandatory technology of e-invoice for business-to-business (B2B) transactions for firms with a turnover of over Rs 100 crore is also deferred thru three months till July 1. Also, the Council will come to a decision on lottery supplies beneath GST from April 1 thru enterprise lucky draws each and every month for invoices of all business-to-customer (B2C) transactions.
Launched on July 1, 2017, GST has subsumed over a dozen indirect taxes, like excise and service tax. However, revenues beneath the new indirect tax regime has now not picked up as in line with expectations mainly on account of evasion.
(With PTI Inputs)
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Even if there is no longer mold in your house a develop of mold spores can still trigger allergic symptoms and can likewise lead to brand-new mold growth. Harmful black mold often grows in concealed locations and professional mold inspectors can use tools such as moisture meters and fiber optics to discover covert mold with minimal disruption to your home. Once harmful black mold is growing though it generally displaces any other molds growing nearby and takes control of its environment. Poisonous black mold needs a great deal of wetness for a long period of time before it can begin to grow. Molds are ubiquitous, and mold spores are a typical component of family and office dust; however, when mold spores exist in big amounts, they can provide a health hazard to people, possibly causing allergic reactions and breathing problems. However, there are likewise toxic molds that have caustic impacts on the mental and physical functions of those who consume its air-borne spores, with time.
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Servpro sold to private-equity group
Private-equity firm Blackstone has bought a majority stake in Gallatin-based Servpro Industries Inc., the companies announced Tuesday.
A news release didn’t disclose terms of the deal, but a report in The Wall Street Journal last week valued it at $1 billion, including debt.
According to the news release, the Isaacson family, which founded Servpro, “will continue to be significant shareholders in the business going forward.” The Isaacson family is re-investing alongside Blackstone as part of the recapitalization deal, according to the release.
Blackstone’s investment is part of its so-called Core Private Equity strategy, “which is designed to hold investments for much longer periods of time than traditional private equity," according to the release.
Said Servpro CEO Rick Isaacson: “We are thrilled about this long-term investment from Blackstone and the strategic benefits its global platform can provide the company, our franchisees and our customers. Servpro was founded over 50 years ago with the vision of becoming the premier cleaning and restoration company, and we believe this partnership with Blackstone is a vital next step towards this goal.”
Servpro, one of Sumner County's largest private employers, is a provider of fire and water damage-restoration services for commercial and residential properties. The company has more than 1,700 franchises nationwide.
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Propagating a creeping jenny takes approximately an hour and requires perlite, sand, sterile compost, shears, rooting hormone talc, a 2-gallon plastic bag, wooden skewers, a 4-inch square pot, a watering can and a spray bottle. Propagate in the spring once new growth appears.Know More
Water the creeping jenny the night before gathering cuttings. Water enough to moisten the soil to a 3-inch depth.
Mix 2 parts perlite, 1 part sand and 1 part sterile compost in a 4-inch pot. Thoroughly water, allowing the pot to drain for 20 to 30 minutes.
Select a young, pliable stem. Measure 1/8 inch down from a pair of leaves that are 2 to 5 inches from the tip of the plant, and make a cut with the shears.
Remove all the leaves on the bottom half of the cutting. Apply rooting hormone to the cut end, tapping off the excess.
Plant the cutting in the perlite mixture, leaving half of the cutting above the surface. Water the cutting. Arrange wooden skewers around the edge of the pot. Drape a plastic bag over the pot, bracing with the skewers so the bag does not touch the plant. Seal and cut a slit in the bag to allow moisture to escape. Place in indirect sunlight, and transplant when rooted.
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MANILA - "The Voice Kids" grand winner Lyca Gairanod was left speechless after being carried by teen star Daniel Padilla.
On Sunday's episode of "ASAP," host Alex Gonzaga was asked final four finalists of the recently concluded talent search for their "OMG" moments, when Padilla surprised Gairanod and kissed her a peck on the cheek.
Robbie Domingo then revealed that Padilla is Gairanod's crush.
"Si Lyca, sobrang crush na crush si Daniel Padilla," he teased. "Namumula ngayon o."


CAIRO Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians traveling to a monastery in southern Egypt on Friday, killing 28 people and wounding 25 others, and many children were among the victims, Health Ministry officials said.
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Black Latina NegraBella, LLC is dedicated to the Empowerment and Positive development of Latinas of all diverse backgrounds. Black Latina Negra Bella seeks to provide Latinas with the self-confidence needed to embrace their uniqueness and represent their self-worth in all facets of life. We strive to create a community of Self Love, Self-Worth and Self-Acceptance.
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Member of National Assembly, Alamgir Khan has said that there has been no change in him. He still works very hard and with complete dedication. He also said that sewerage issues are very much prominent in his constituency on which he will soon go to CM house and protest.
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General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee says that the APNU+AFC administration owes the country an explanation into the apparent misuse of Guyana’s security forces for political reasons.
This is after a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Intelligence
Officer Robert Pyle was recently involved in a fatal accident that left both him and his wife dead.
After the accident reports had surfaced to the effect that Pyle was on a covert surveillance mission. There has been no clarity as to whether the Officer was conducting surveillance on the children of Winston Brassington or the wife of PPP Parliamentarian Charles Ramson Junior.
Rohee at a press conference on Monday said that the revelations reek of an impending return to the Burnham era where the security forces were allegedly misused to spy on civilians and political opponents of the then regime.
“This particular incident has raised questions about a return to the Burnham era,” said the Leader of the PPP.
Rohee also questioned why is it that the Officer was accompanied by his wife while conducting official duties for the GDF.
“This particular incident is a clear example of the reckless misuse of the security” regime for political purposes,” stated Rohee adding that it is an “ominous sign of things to come.”
Rohee wants the government to issue a public statement explaining these circumstances. He also wants an explanation into who is giving ‘political directions’ to the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).


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Parking rules need to be ‘crystal clear’ in Westgate, Grantham
Grantham traders and county council officials have met to discuss parking issues which critics say are destroying business in Westgate.
Business owners in Westgate and Market Place say confusing loading and parking bays in the area, together with ‘overzealous’ parking wardens, are putting off customers and making it difficult for traders to stock their shops.
Councillor Richard Davies, executive member for highways at Lincolnshire County Council, met with traders, highways manager Mark Heaton and parking services manager Mick Phoenix on Monday.
John Kidd, of greengrocer Buster’s Blooms, told the meeting his trade has gone down a third since new parking restrictions were put in place in the last six months. He said: “We have got such heavy loads we need to park on the pavement. The parking wardens don’t give us enough time to park in the loading bay. They only give us five to 10 minutes to unload the vehicle.”
A petition containing more than 800 signatures calling for restrictions to be eased to make it easier for traders to load and unload was collected by David Eggleston, of Tuffies Discount Store, and handed to Coun Davies on Monday.
Traders have also said that disabled customers have been ticketed for parking outside shops and delivery drivers are being put off because they fear getting a ticket.
But Mr Phoenix told the meeting that disabled drivers can park for as long as they wish in parking and loading bays and traders can take as long as they need to load and unload their goods in a loading bay. He promised to discuss this with the parking enforcement company.
Coun Davies said he felt it was a case of making the parking enforcement rules “crystal clear” to traders and customers. He said he would be delivering fliers to traders explaining how parking restrictions work in Westgate.


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A short break in the morning showers gave us time to make a hasty dash up the hill to the Feve station so we were untroubled by the heavy shower that began shortly after our arrival at the station.
A slightly larger train than the one that dropped us off 24 hours ago duly arrived and we set off on the next leg off our adventure. When we arrived in Ribadeo we were all herded off the train to wait a short time for another more modern train to arrive to take us on for the rest of the journey, stepping forward about 50 years in train design.
Just over four hours after leaving Luarca,we arrived in Ferrol where the guide book had helpfully informed us that the Renfe station shared the same building as the Feve station. Even that made it sound grander than it was in reality; through the barrier and one door and we were at the ticket counter ready to purchase seats for the next stage to A Coruna. Because everything was running to schedule we even had enough time to grab a quick snack and drink from the station café.
We arrived at A Coruna late in the afternoon to find that the station was a good 20 minute walk from the historical centre. There was still plenty of to time to wander through the pedestrianised area, down to the old castle/fort on the waterfront and across the peninsula to the Tower of Hercules. This is supposedly one of the oldest lighthouses in the world dating back to Roman time. It is entirely original with only six new walls and eight new lights.
A Coruna is known as the 'City of Glass' due to the wall-to-wall glazed verandas on the buildings facing the harbour. It certainly gives an unusual and stunning effect with the sun shinning on the façades.


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BTG goes for gold with Citrix
BTG has been upgraded to Gold Solution Advisor by Citrix, celebrating their help and support to the company stretching 11 years.
The software vendor says the gold level certification offers the highest level of expertise, support, and commitment to one or more of Citrix technologies core to the BTG business.
“Citrix was one of the key technology pillars that BTG was founded on” says Steve Harris, BTG’s technical director.
“A significant section of our clients have always had some form of Citrix related technology”.
BTG has a well established Citrix practice, working closely with the company on sales, implementation and consulting engagements covering 11 years of deployments across all sectors of the ANZ market.
“Engineers in the team have been working on Citrix technologies since the 90’s, and BTG looks forward to continuing the relationship in the future," Harris says.
After being a successful Silver partner, BTG's upgrading to Gold has been well deserved according to Hamish McNee, Citrix NZ Channel development manager.
“BTG serve as a trusted Citrix advisor in planning applications and desktop delivery strategies, and helping customers acquire, build and support application and desktop delivery solutions," he says.