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Wait…you say that more than a hundred campuses have this or the equivalent?
I am scheduled to teach a legal ethics class in the avoidance of bias in the practice of law next year, and I’m already worried. Past engagements of mine on this topic have been popular with attendees, but not always appreciated by my clients. The bar associations that make such training mandatory usually want to get someone to drone on about how lawyers should love Big Politically Correct Brother and search their souls for any germ of an attitude that would make Chris Matthews say they are racist, or the President of NARAL say they are sexist, or a Black Lives Matter activist call them privileged. In other words, these are often devised as political indoctrination courses, using “bias” as code for “non-conforming thoughts according to progressive orthodoxy.”
I can’t and won’t teach that, because it’s as wrong as it is boring. Bias includes all ideas wedged in our minds that overcome reason and prevent just, even-handed, logical and fair decision-making. Bias makes us stupid, and for lawyers, the kind of bias I’m talking about undermines justice. Ironically, what most proponents of anti-bias courses want to do is instill biases that they and their partisan allies approve of. Once that is done, the Orwellian process is complete. “Bias” then means “not accepting our biases, which aren’t biases because we believe them, and we are good.” The rationalization involved is 14. Self-validating Virtue.
The news and ethics issues are reaching one of those crisis points for me where everything seems to be connected to everything else, and I am torn whether to write one huge, conceptual post (the ones most readers skip) or a series of single episode posts. Facebook, a topic on its own, is revealing most of my friends whom I would identify as Democrats or progressives as in the grip of a crippling cognitive bias-based malady. Why did they think it was just wonderful for so many elected officials to deliberately ignore the core Constitutional principle of due process? Why did they reflexively attack the British vote to leave the European Union as “racist” or “xenophobic” rather than recognize it as a principled reassertion of their nation’s autonomy and democratic principles? How did freedom of speech, freedom of thought, true civil rights, and democracy itself become so alien to so many supposedly intelligent and self-proclaimed liberal adults?
Don’t worry, I’m coming back to Colby. It really does come down to bad and anti-American education poisoning the culture. In an excellent though disturbing essay on the Ethics And Public Policy website, Stanley Kurtz persuasively argues that U.S. education itself has turned against liberty, resulting in an increasing majority of citizens who do not believe or accept the virtues of core American ideals.
The incident that brought my attention to the Colby Bias Incident Log, which, at Colby and elsewhere, sends a Bias Response Team into investigation mode, was one in which a student was reported for allegedly using the idiom “on the other hand.”
No, this is not a hoax. It is not a joke. And what the fact that I am writing this suggests is far from funny. It is tragic.
You see, the phrase “on the other hand” is “ablist.” It is insensitive to those who have only one hand, or arm, or no arms at all. It may suggest hostility to disabled Americans generally. The student who said this is under suspicion, therefore, of being so deluded by privilege that he or she is a threat to the Brave New Diverse World, where the new privilege is being a member of an anointed minority, such as the tiny group of people who can’t decide what gender they are. Colby and a large proportion of the educational establishment, including public schools, seeks to solve the problems of humanity by enforced verbal, rhetorical, creative, philosophical and political conformity with their biases, which have been ossified into settled truth by decades of apathy, laziness, and unwarranted faith in common sense by those of us who knew what toxic crap this was, and foolishly assumed that it would die of absurdity.
Writes Reason: “A campus where students live in constant fear of becoming the subjects of formal complaints—where everyone is encouraged to collect information on each other and turn it over to the authorities—is not a healthy community.”
That’s putting it mildly, don’t you think? It’s not just an unhealthy community, it’s a totalitarian, anti-democratic community, and worse, one that creates bad, destructive, citizens who do not support the underlying values that have made the United States free, successful and prosperous. Moreover, a school that is not capable of rejecting as per se idiotic such a complaint is presumptively incapable of teaching anything worth knowing.
Ethics Alarms has already identified how such ignorant and censorious complaints should be handled, in the Niggardly Principles. The Colby bias complaint is exactly as silly as the infamous complaint against a D.C. government employee for using the inoffensive adjective “niggardly,” and maybe even sillier. Let me see: what other idioms of long-standing could be attacked as “ablist”?
Saving face…doesn’t have a leg to stand on…finger in the wind…thumb on the scale…win by a nose…hair-raising (as a follicle-challenged male, I am offended)…fat chance—toe in the water…face-palm…lip-service…eye-witness…
A student who reports another for saying “on the other hand” should receive help from a competent and ethical school, the help consisting of a tough, remedial course in how to overcome a bias against free speech, liberty, and the United States of America.
Unfortunately, Colby is not such a school.
How many are?

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Had the pandemic never struck, it's entirely possible the Red Sox would have a deal with Rafael Devers by now.
They entered the offseason hoping to talk long-term extension with the burgeoning star, but their plans were complicated by the desire to drop below the $208 million luxury tax threshold, which they didn't accomplish until the start of spring training, when they traded former MVP Mookie Betts and Cy Young Award winner David Price to the Dodgers.
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That deal opened a window to negotiate with Devers during spring training, but he told MassLive early in camp that the sides hadn't yet spoken, and then the pandemic hit, shutting down the game.
So now we're left to ask: what does baseball's current economic landscape mean for a possible Devers extension, and what might such a contract look like?
First, it's helpful to know what the parameters would've been, pre-pandemic. The days of buying out arbitration years with $40 million extensions have largely fallen by the wayside for the game's best young players, who recognize their newfound earning power in a game that prizes youth.
Reigning Rookie of the Year Ronald Acuña Jr. signed an eight-year, $100 million extension last April with the Braves at age 21 that made him the youngest player ever to reach a nine-figure extension. A pair of option seasons could keep the five-tool star in Atlanta through 2028. He justified Atlanta's faith, incidentally, by leading the NL in steals, nearly posting a 40-40 season, and finishing fifth in the MVP voting in year one of the extension.
Then there's Houston's Alex Bregman. He signed a five-year, $100 million extension last spring with exactly the same amount of pre-arbitration service time (2.070 years) that Devers has now. Bregman's extension kicks in this season and runs through 2024. The third baseman made his second straight All-Star team in 2019 and finished second in the MVP voting before taking a reputational hit in Houston's cheating scandal.
The other player to secure a massive pre-arb deal was multiple-time MVP Mike Trout, who signed a six-year, $144 million extension with the Angels in 2014 that was ripped up as part of his 10-year, $430 million extension last March. But we'll leave Trout out of this, because he belongs in a category of his own.
Devers compares well to Bregman and Acuña offensively, coming off a .311-32-115-.916 season that included a league-leading 54 doubles, though he lacks Bregman's plate discipline and Acuna's speed.
He's in neither of their classes defensively as well, since Bregman would be a Gold Glover by now if it weren't for Oakland's Matt Chapman, and Acuña plays a higher-impact position in center field.
There's one other contract worth mentioning. A week before baseball shut down, the White Sox signed former Red Sox farmhand Yoan Moncada to a five-year, $70 million extension that bought out two years of free agency and included a team option that could bring the total value to $90 million.
Moncada posted remarkably similar numbers to Devers, hitting .315 with a .915 OPS, and the White Sox believe the 25-year-old will continue to improve as his strikeouts drop and his walks rise, but there's little question that Devers is the better pure hitter.
So it feels like Moncada marks Devers' floor and the other two represent his ceiling, except those are the old comps. There are no new ones, since baseball declared a moratorium on signings in March that was only lifted with Tuesday's agreement to return to action.
Devers isn't eligible for arbitration until next season and he won't become a free agent until the fall of 2023. Signing an extension still makes sense for both parties, though obvious hurdles remain.
From Devers' perspective, locking in guaranteed money now serves as a hedge against the uncertainty of the coronavirus. For the Red Sox, such a deal would allow them to avoid the Betts scenario in three years, where they're forced to trade Devers before his final season of arbitration eligibility because they know they can't sign him long-term.
Unfortunately, the impediments to an extension feel even greater. With teams clearly signaling a desire to cut payroll, any extensions offered in the current climate will almost certainly fall below market value as a concession to the economic realities of playing without fans. The looming 2021 CBA negotiations could also lead either to a work stoppage, salary cap, or both, throwing further uncertainty into future planning.
Failing a six-year, $100 million offer, Devers' best way to maximize earnings is probably to follow the Betts model of steady arbitration raises before either hitting free agency after the 2023 season or at least giving the current landscape time to settle.
It's not an approach without risk, but it might be his safest bet in the face of so much uncertainty.

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KOCHI: As the third reach of Metro Rail works have begun from Maharajas to Jose junction, the city police authorities have chalked out an action plan for traffic diversion to facilitate Metro construction. A meeting of city police authorities and Kochi Metro Rail Limited officials held on Wednesday discussed the plans which will be implemented only after Onam festival days. “Though traffic regulations to be imposed along the stretch were discussed at the meeting, it is not practical to implement the proposals during the busy Onam days. Hence, it has been generally agreed to enforce curbs after the festival season,” said top city police official.
Being a busy and narrow junction, vehicles have to be diverted from Jose junction once the works are in full swing. Once, barricades are erected, the four-lane traffic along the stretch will be reduced to two-lane and vehicles will have to be diverted through Chittoor Road or other alternative routes. Traffic police authorities, who could successfully implement traffic curbs during the reconstruction of North railway overbridge, are hopeful of managing the diversion and rerouting of vehicles with ease. Metro construction works from Jose junction to Thykoodam is targeted to be completed in 20 months by March 2019. Construction of the 90-metre long balanced cantilever concrete span diagonally over the railway lines at the South station, a major structure along the route, is expected to be complete by December.
Metro service to be rescheduled
The timings of the Kochi Metro service will be rescheduled from Saturday to facilitate a trial run and technical tests along the Aluva – Maharajas stretch. The Metro passenger service will begin only from 8 am from Saturday. This delayed schedule will continue till September 2. Kochi Metro Rail Limited is planning to extend the Metro service up to Maharajas by the beginning of October, before the FIFA Under-17 World Cup matches scheduled from October 6.
Technical tests have to be done on the signalling system for the complete section from Aluva to Maharajas. To meet the commissioning deadline, extended test runs had to be conducted, said a KMRL spokesperson. Meanwhile, the finishing works of the stations along the JN Stadium – Maharajas stretch works are progressing at a fast pace and the KMRL will seek approval of the Railway Safety Commissioner soon. If the safety clearance is received, the commercial service will begin from October 1. KMRL authorities expect a significant increase in the number of regular passengers once the stretch is opened and are planning to introduce special packages and revision in ticket fares.


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WHITE PAPER FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN SOUTH AFRICA
The Medical Association of South Africa (MASA) commends the Department of Health for a comprehensive document that addresses the realities facing the South African health care system. MASA recognises and supports the urgent need for change in the existing health care system to achieve universal access to health care services for all South Africans. MASA acknowledges the efforts by the Department of Health to consult with stakeholders and understands the complexities surrounding health care reform. The Department has already made substantial progress towards a better health care system for South Africa. The challenge for the Department will be to implement mechanisms to achieve its objectives.
It is recognised that many of the principles contained in the White Paper have already been incorporated in national legislation passed by parliament in the course of 1997. These include amendments to the Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Services Professions Act and the Medicines and Related Substance Control Act. Issues impacting on doctors, in particular, are community service and dispensing. Comprehensive comment will therefore not be submitted in this report in respect of these areas. It is also anticipated that many of the enunciated principles, such as access to health information, will be included in the National Health Bill. Detail comment on these aspects will be incorporated in feedback on me National Health Bill after its release.
Practitioners of Alternative Care
In respect of Ethical Rule 9(11), it should be noted that the Interim National Medical and Dental Council of SA has resolved that this rule should be deleted, and that MASA has already drafted guidelines governing the relationship between medical practitioner's and providers of alternative care. A copy of those guidelines is enclosed as Annexure A.
With regard to non-discrimination in AIDS testing, the position outlined in the White Paper is supported by MASA. However, MASA believes that the right to confidentiality is not absolute. Doctors should be allowed to divulge information to a third party who is at risk even without the consent of the patient. This should be done only after the patient has boon counselled in this regard. A copy of MASA's ethical guidelines on HIV/AIDS is enclosed as Annexure B.
Donor, Agencies, NGOs and International Health
It appears from the White Paper that proposals on the role of donor agencies and non-governmental organisations as well as international health have been included. These proposals are supported in principle.
The White Paper contains essentially the same principles as the previous policy document of the Department of Health entitled "Towards a National Health System for South Africa" (1995). MASA has submitted extensive written comment to this document. This is to a large extent still applicable. Certain areas will again be highlighted in this representation. However, should the Committee however require more detailed comment, a copy of the previous submission could be provided.
Input has been gleaned from various MASA special interest and specialty groups, and specific responses have been included in the Appendix. This submission will be supplemented by oral representations to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health.
2. AREAS REQUIRING FURTHER CONSIDERATION
Notwithstanding the fact that MASA supports the broad objectives end proposals outlined by the Department of Health in the report. It is recommended that the following issues be considered prior to implementation of the proposed reforms.
2.1 DEFINING CORE SERVICES
MASA believes that all South Africans should have access to all health care services, regardless of their ability to pay. However, it is recognised that resource constraints may pose limitations and that choices will have to be made. It is therefore necessary that government should take responsibility for the clear definition of a comprehensive range of core services comprising primary, secondary and tertiary care.
A national advisory committee of expert should be appointed to define core services. Economic quality and ethical considerations should form an integral part of this process.
Failure to implement such initiatives will restrict access to necessary care, create unrealistic expectations, increase community dissatisfaction and ultimately have an adverse impact on the doctor-patient relationship.
It is recognised that the Department of Health has commenced the consultation process for the development of a core package of primary health care services. Initial comment has been submitted to the Department, a copy of which is enclosed as Annexure C
2.2 INTEGRATING THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SECTORS
The private health sector should be seen as a valuable resource which complements the public health sector. A flexible approach needs to be adopted in Interfacing those two sectors according to regional needs and resource availability.
Government's concerns with regard to the private sector are recognised. However, caution should be exorcised in imposing regulatory constraints on the private health sector. These may inhibit the effective restructuring of the medical schemes industry, and may prevent the private sector from broadening access to cost-effective care of high quality to a larger portion of society.
Regulating fee structures in the private sector has historically shown to be counter-productive, and a major factor in the uncontrollable escalation of health core costs.
It is strongly recommended that there be widespread consultation with all stakeholders in the private sector prior to any regulatory intervention.
Further, it is recognised that the Department of Health has initiated the consultation process with stakeholders regarding the development of a policy for health care technology. MASA is committed to active participation in this process, and will provide input and submit comment where appropriate.
2.3 ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND THE FUNDING OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
There is an urgent need to start implementing the health care reform proposals in South Africa. The financial analysis enumerated in the report demonstrates that additional funds will be required to implement the proposals. It is essential that government and other stakeholders support this process.
To manage expectation, provision should be made to educate the community regarding the scope and time-frames required to implement the proposed reforms. In addition, measures for mid-course correction should be planned to address unexpected budgetary deviations that may arise during the implementation process.
The success of the initiative to equitably distribute resources according to the budgetary reprioritization process will be determined by the timeous availability of accurate information. This process should be incremental, carefully managed and constantly monitored. Every effort should be made to upgrade the level of information prior to implementing reprioritization decisions. This need could be jointly addressed by the public and private sectors.
The introduction of a mandatory social health insurance for hospital services through the public sector will have financial implications and should form part of the national process of defining comprehensive core services.
MASA is actively involved in the consultation process regarding the implementation of social health insurance scheme for South Africa. The proposed policy is in line with MASA's philosophy, but concern has been expressed with regard to the administrative viability of such a scheme and the implementation of a dedicated tax outside of fiscal control. Comprehensive comment to this document will be submitted to the Department of Health in due course.
2.4 DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
The following Human Resource issues require further investigation:
2.4.1 Distribution of Human Resources
Conditions for doctors in the public health sector are rapidly deteriorating and have reached a crisis point. It is vital that the salaries; and working conditions of doctors in the public sector be addressed as a matter of urgency to prevent further deterioration and collapse of health care services in this sector. The emphasis should be on adequate communication systems, patient transportation and basic facilities. Moreover, urgent steps must be taken to ensure security for patients and health care professionals at al times.
MASA opposes the principle of introducing compulsory community service for the medical profession only. The medical profession should not be singled out. Policies introduced to address community service should be uniform and applicable to all other professionals. The position paper on community service of the Registrars' Association of Medical Faculties of SA, a special interest group of MASA, is enclosed as Annexure D.
The acute problems in underserved areas are acknowledged. A comprehensive human resource programme, linked so an incentive based system, should ideally be the mechanism to address problems in overserved and underserved areas. Further, there is a need to clearly do what constitutes rural areas and community services. Doctors should not be placed in an environment which has inadequate support.
While it is accepted that government to government contracts to staff underserved areas is a necessary temporary measure, it is vital that incentives be introduced to attract South African doctors to these areas. Further, it is imperative that assessment and monitoring mechanisms be established to ensure good patient care. These audit procedures should apply before, during and after the probatory period.
MASA is opposed to the introduction of restrictions placed on individual doctors who are appropriately qualified and registered with the Interim National Medical and Dental Council of SA to prevent them from entering private practice. Conditions in the public sector should be improved to make it attractive for doctors to work in this sector and doctors should retain the freedom of exercising their preferred option.
A document entitles "Strategies to attract Senior Medical Leadership to underserved areas in SA" of the Senior Hospital Doctors' Association of SA, a special interest group of MASA is enclosed as Annexure E.
2.4.2 Development and training of Human Resources
MASA has been actively engaged in issues relating to medical training and the role of general practitioners. Improvement of the curriculum and training for general practitioners appropriate to serve the needs of the people of South Africa is supported. Furthermore, general practitioners should be utilised to train doctors in the field of general practice whether in the primary, secondary or tertiary care setting, and students should be exposed during their training to general practitioners so that they can be seen as role models.
MASA generally supports the initiative by employers to improve remuneration policies and the salary grading system of public servants.
The aim to transform the public health service into a non-discriminatory organisation is supported. It is viral that the in process high standards be promoted at all times.
The multi-disciplinary approach towards providing comprehensive primary healthcare services in public sector facilities is appropriate, and should be encouraged. However, the recommendations to review legislation to broaden the scope of practice of health professionals (e.g. nurses, optometrists, etc.) requires careful consideration. In particular, the proposals to allow psychologists to prescribe medicine is of great concern. Psychologists are not medically trained and have no knowledge of pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, clinical medicine and the complex relationship between these subjects. They also have no physical examination skills which are acquired through six years of study in medicine. Such an initiative will have a serious and detrimental impact on patients. Pilot studies should be performed to investigate the cost-efficiency and appropriateness of various healthcare professionals as front-line providers. It is important to foster and environment that promotes a team approach to delivering healthcare services with the general practitioner being an integral part of the team.
3. ADDITIONAL MASA SUBMISSIONS [Annexures are not included]
Included as part of MASA's submission are the following documents prepared by MASA Groups:
Maternal, Child and Woman's Health - Chapter 8 (Annexures F and G)
- Submission by the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SASOG)
- Submission by the SA Paediatric Association
Occupational Health - Chapter 14 (Annexure H)
- Submission by the South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM)
National Health Laboratory Services - Chapter 16 (Annexure I)
- Submission by the National Pathology Group
- Submission by the Geriatric Society of South Africa (Annexure J)
The reform proposals outlined in the document prepared by the Department of Health pave the way for the introduction of an equitable health care system that reflects the unique needs of the people of South Africa.
Special areas have been highlighted in this report that should be considered prior to proceedings with implementation. It in essential that further debate on these matters takes place to identify workable alternatives, and to ensure successful and sustainable implementation of the healthcare reforms MASA is committed to this process and looks forward to continued consultation.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott (LV 32)
Zachow’s prelude to the choral “Herr Jesu Christ, waht Mensch und Gott” is an unpretentious 3 part composition. The choral melody is played in the soprano voice, accompanied by the other two voices in what is essentially an with eight notes filled in harmonization. Only in the first bars Zachow writes a fugato introduction to the first phrase of the chorale melody.
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By Johnny Edward:
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is wary of the threat Rainford Kalaba will pose when they tackle the Chipolopolo of Zambia in next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifier, reports Completesportsnigeria.com.
Kalaba was on target for the Zambians in their last game which ended 1-1 against Kenya at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola.
And Rohr is aware of the midfielder’s experience on the big stage having scored ten goals for the national team.
The Nigeria head coach is however quick to add that a solid defence line will be key to success when the qualifiers kick off next month.
In a video posted by the Nigerian Football Federation Twitter handle, the former Burkina Faso coach said: “I know of Rainford Kalaba who has been a consistent scorer for Zambia and also Stopila Sunzu who plays for Lille in France.
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Tesco divides shoppers after asking which aisle new Jaffa Jonuts belong in
The age-old debate as to whether a Jaffa Cake is really a cake or biscuit has been argued for many years – and now McVitie’s have added fuel to the fire as it released Jonuts.
McVitie’s Jaffa Jonuts have the same dark chocolate top, sponge and zesty centre as a Jaffa Cake, but in the shape of a doughnut style ring.
The new hybrid will be available to buy in Tesco stores from May 16 and other supermarkets at the end of June, reports Birmingham Live.
Individually wrapped Jonuts will be available for 60p, and four packs for sharing will also be on sale.
Tesco sparked a debate among shoppers on Twitter when it asked where they should be placed in its stores.
The supermarket tweeted: “Ok people, we need your help. Which aisle should we stock the brand-new Jaffa Jonuts? The cake, biscuit or donut aisle. Answers below.”
Whilst many argued it should be stocked in the cake aisle, there were a few slightly more controversial suggestions.
One person said: “The Bagel aisle; can’t decide between the cake or biscuit aisle, and as they have a similar resemblance to a bagel put them next to them!”
Someone else quickly shut down this suggestion, writing: “Bagels are savoury.”
Another wrote: “Cake after trying these the are certainly a cake and not a dried out biscuit like a normal horrible Jaffa Cake.”
“Pop them next to the gaming consoles. Both will go well together @jaffacakes, you’re causing chaos at supermarkets all over the UK,” joked a third.
A fourth begged: “Don’t start this again! We had enough of it in the whole ‘cake or biscuit’ debacle!!!
A fifth wrote: “The correct answer is of course, all three! These are bound to be a popular product.”
“Bestie they legit called ‘Jonuts’ they belong in the donut section,” but someone else said.

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The decision was made on the recommendation of the Cabinet headed by caretaker Prime Minister KP Oli. A presidential statement said neither the caretaker prime minister nor the opposition leader were able to demonstrate a majority to form a new government by the Friday deadline.
“The president has dissolved the House of Representatives and ordered the first phase of general elections on November 12 and the second phase on November 19,” a presidential statement issued after midnight said.
This came after the president had to drop Oli’s claim to form the government on legal advice. The opposition parties and dissidents from the Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal had also warned that they would launch widespread protests if the president violated the constitution and retained Oli.
Oli was reappointed the prime minister on May 13 after the opposition parties, led by Nepali congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuja, were unable to put together a coalition government. Oli had submitted his list of 153 supporters — four more than Deuja’s — in which he had included several names of rivals as well.
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"Although 2015 was not an easy year, Munich Re was able to generate a profit of 3.1 billion euros ($3.4 billion), thus beating the announced target for the year," chief executive Nikolaus von Bomhard said.
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Von Bomhard, who announced on Tuesday that he would step down next year after 13 years on the job, said that Munich Re would increase its dividend payout to shareholders to 8.25 euros per share for 2015 from 7.75 euros for 2014.
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Commencing the journey from the Gulf of Mexico and ending up at the Boryeong LNG terminal in South Korea, this autonomous cargo ship has finally achieved its maiden transoceanic journey. The whole trip is administered through the sophisticated use of artificial intelligence, which has supervised the ship throughout the journey and assisted in navigation as well. It has been reported that this AI-built technology in the ship has saved it from colliding with almost 100 other ships during the cruise. This is incredible as the probability of human error has also been considerably reduced through the use of this technology in cargo ships.
While talking about the specific details of this automation and about its areas of applications, Captain Young-hoon Koh of the Prism Courage said, “This state-of-the-art technology is used for maintaining navigating routes, autonomously changing directions, and avoiding nearby ships, which all increase ship crews’ work conveniences.” Just like the navigational equipment installed on an aircraft that assists in route navigation, this autonomous ship carries the same purpose while also reducing the workload on the captain through mechanization.
The ship topped around 20,000 km on June 2 and that took around 33 days, as reported by the company named “Avikus”, which is a small division of HD Hyundai. The ship is around 180,000 square meters, known as “Prism Courage,” registered in Panama, and has passed through the Panama Canal, then sailed across the Pacific Ocean, and finally comes to rest in South Korea.
Moreover, due to the integrated technology, the journey also proves sustainable for the environment as it has increased the fuel efficiency by up to 7%, thereby reducing the greenhouse gas emissions by up to 5% and hence, lessening the impact of the carbon footprint on the environment as well. The Avikus CEO, Do-hyeong Lim, stated, “It is meaningful that we have successfully tested the Level 2 system to operate a vessel beyond the Level 1 technology, providing optimal routes. We will lead innovation by upgrading autonomous navigation solutions not only for large merchant ships but also for small leisure boats.”
Thus, following in its footsteps, a Norwegian company is now intending to introduce a ship that is fully autonomous, i.e., doesn’t require any cargo staff or crew to operate it. The company has plans to come up with this at the end of this year. The ship is expected to cover the route from Heroya to Brevik.


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It might be called a tale of three treaties. The first is the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty between the United States and the former Soviet Union. The US says it intends to pull out. The second is the 2015 international accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program. Next week, the US is expected to reimpose sanctions on Iranian oil exports. The third is a still-elusive deal to get North Korea to scrap its nuclear arms. At a critical period in efforts to contain nuclear weapons, the stakes are high: the prospect of a new superpower arms race, and the possible emergence of two more nuclear powers in North Korea and Iran. China looms large in the US desire to pull out of the INF treaty. The Iran controversy is less about nuclear arms than geopolitics; Iran has been testing new missiles and backing Syria and Hezbollah. Both moves hold implications for any deal with North Korea. The US may calculate its steps will strengthen its position with leader Kim Jong-un. But they could make Mr. Kim wonder if what Washington wants is not just a nonnuclear North Korea, but a non-Kim one.
Not all arms-control agreements are created equal.
That’s adding further complexity, and uncertainty, to a critical period in world efforts to contain nuclear weapons. The stakes are high: the prospect of a new superpower arms race, and the possible emergence of two more nuclear powers in North Korea and Iran.
It might be called a tale of three treaties.
The first is the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. Last week, National Security Adviser John Bolton confirmed Washington’s intention to pull out. The second is the 2015 international accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program. Next week, the US will reimpose sanctions on Iranian oil exports, and attention will focus on whether, or how long, Tehran will choose to keep its nuclear program on hold.
The third is Mr. Trump’s still-elusive deal to get North Korea to scrap its nuclear arms.
For former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who signed the 1987 treaty, US retreat from both it and the Iran accord are part of a bigger picture, in which the whole architecture of international arms control is coming under threat. He has warned of a “new arms race.”
And he may prove right. But the specifics of each of the arms-control deals now in the spotlight suggest that, if so, it’s likely to be different from the old US-Soviet variety.
In the 1970s, a main focus of nuclear tension was the Soviets’ deployment of a medium-range missile called the SS-20. Capable of hitting all of Europe, it threatened to “decouple” the United States from its NATO allies. If the Soviets launched SS-20s, the only response for the US would be an intercontinental strike. That raised the question of whether an American president would risk New York or Washington to protect Amsterdam or Bonn.
In December 1979, NATO responded by deciding to deploy similar US missiles in Europe. But the tension only truly subsided with the INF treaty: a first for arms control, because it didn’t just limit such ground-based weapons. It mandated their elimination.
So why does the US want out? The advertised catalyst is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s violation of the INF accord with a new cruise missile NATO calls the SSC-8. But there’s another reason, involving the country Washington sees increasingly as its true superpower rival: China. The INF treaty, to which China wasn’t a signatory, prevents the US from deploying medium-range ground weapons in Asia, where they form the backbone of the Chinese Army’s missile force.
The Iran controversy is less about nuclear arms than geopolitics. The agreement was a trade-off: strict limits, subject to UN inspections, on Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon for a period of 10 to 15 years, in exchange for billions of dollars freed up through the easing of sanctions. There’s been no evidence Iran is cheating. But it has been testing new missiles, as well as providing financial and military backing to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and the Lebanese-based Shiite militia Hezbollah – neither covered by the nuclear deal, but both seen by the US as part of an expanding Iranian threat in the Middle East.
Where the INF agreement and Iran come together is in their potential implications for an eventual deal with North Korea.
The Trump administration’s view seems to be that a tough response to Russia on the INF treaty, and withdrawal from a “bad deal” with Iran that left issues like missile development and Hezbollah unaddressed, will strengthen its position in nuclear talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. A move by the US to deploy ground missiles in Asia would also increase its military leverage.
Yet those messages could be received differently by North Korea and by China, whose support is almost certainly essential to a successful nuclear deal.
The Iran agreement is more restrictive, and its inspection regime more intrusive, than anything Kim Jong-un has so far been willing to countenance. And that agreement has been working. So the Americans’ withdrawal could be seen in Pyongyang as calling into question their trustworthiness as negotiating partners. A beefed-up US missile force might raise an even more serious question in Kim’s mind: whether what Washington really wants is not just a non-nuclear North Korea, but a non-Kim one.


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NEW YORK — For a third day, parents and their children stood outside in lines at public schools across the city, hoping there would be enough vaccinations available to get children ages 5 through 11 protected from COVID-19.
More than 24,000 students across the city are vaccinated so far.
The mobile sites at schools may be convenient, but they’re not always an option, like when the school is shut down.
When the Henry Gradstein Elementary school closed its doors due to a growing COVID outbreak, parents had to make a new plan.
According to the Department of Education’s COVID case map, the Henry Gardstein Elementary school will be all remote for the next 10 days.
Right now across the city, 126 classrooms are closed out of 65,000.
92 students and 28 staff members have tested positive from COVID.
The Department of Education says all staff members are vaccinated and there’s an incredibly low positivity rate of .19%.
The latest closure is the second school to shut down this year.
Although students won’t be able to get vaccinated at this school right now, doctors at Northwell Health say families can still make a vaccine appointment with their physician.
“If you want your child to get the vaccine there are lots of places to get it but for sure primary care practices are a wonderful place to get them,” said Dr. Sophia Jan.
Dr. Jan is the Division Chief for General Pediatrics at Cohen Children’s Medical Center of Northwell Health.
She says most doctors offices, hospitals and pharmacies are ready to help in slowing the spread of the virus.
“Parents need to be there and take time off from work. We have to provide as many different venues to allow working parents busy families to be able to access these vaccines,” said Dr. Jan.
There are some reports of children’s vaccine shortages in doctors offices, but Northwell Health officials say they don’t have any current shortages.
Appointments can be made online.

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What is pachyonychia congenita? Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a very rare genetic disorder that affects the skin and nails. Most people have thickened nails and calluses on the bottom of the feet. Painful calluses on the soles can make walking difficult. Because of the pain, some people rely on a cane, crutches, or a wheelchair to help with walking.
What is alopecia areata? Alopecia areata is a disease that causes hair loss. In alopecia areata, the immune system attacks the structures in skin that form hair (hair follicles). Alopecia areata usually affects the head and face, though hair can be lost from any part of the body. Hair typically falls out in small, round patches about the size of a quarter. In some cases, hair loss is more extensive.
What is osteonecrosis? Your bones are made up of living cells that need a blood supply to stay healthy. In osteonecrosis, blood flow to part of a bone is reduced. This causes death of bone tissue, and the bone can eventually break down and the joint will collapse. Osteonecrosis can happen to any bone, but most often it develops in the ends of long bones, such as the: Thigh bone. Upper arm bone. Less often, the bones of the elbows, ankles, feet, wrists, and hands are affected. When the disease involves part of a bone in a joint, it can
What is pemphigus? Pemphigus is a rare disease that causes blistering on many parts of the body, including the skin and the inside of the mouth, nose, throat, eyes, and genitals. In pemphigus, the immune system mistakenly attacks cells in the top layer of the skin.
What are sports injuries? The term “sports injury” refers to the kinds of injuries that most commonly happen during sports or exercise, such as sprains, strains, and stress fractures This health topic focuses on types of sports injuries that affect muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones. There are several different types of sport injuries. The symptoms you have and your treatment depends on the type of injury. Most people recover and return to normal activities.
The FDA approved Olumiant (baricitinib) oral tablets to treat adult patients with severe alopecia areata. The action marks the first FDA approval of a systemic treatment (i.e. treats the entire body rather than a specific location) for alopecia areata.

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SURREY — With a wide smile slightly hidden by a shaggy beard and shoulder-length hair, Daniel Sveinson ripped into a solo and, in a quick mid-riff move, playfully punched the arm of fellow guitarist Eric Gross. The guys were clearly having a gas, and the crowd at the Hindenburg, a small club in Vancouver’s Gastown district, jumped in time with the electric prog-funk the quartet rocked that warm September night.
Sveinson, a Surrey-raised musician who could play guitar like a pro before most kids can use a microwave oven, was loving every second of his first gig as a true front man, playing his own music and singing the songs.
“What a night!” Sveinson later wrote in a Facebook message. “I have been performing since I was ten years old and last night was probably the most fun I’ve had on stage.”
Thirteen years ago, when he toured with the Danny S. Band, Sveinson was dubbed “The Rock and Roll Kid,” the title of an hour-long 2006 documentary movie about a spunky, gifted Surrey boy who’d already played the famed Apollo Theater in New York and shared a stage with guitar icon Les Paul.
Inspired to play after hearing Angus Young’s work with AC/DC, and urged on by proud parents Darwin and Jean, the young Guildford-area resident turned heads with fingers that seemed to fly across the fretboard.
“He was just an old soul on the guitar,” recalled Dave Chesney, who wrote a column for the Now newspaper at the time and currently serves as a White Rock city councillor.
“Kids can study and learn the technical side of it and play fast like Steve Vai or somebody, but Danny always had this style beyond his years, just that intuition to lay back and let it breathe,” Chesney added.
“He was just a freak, and should never have been able to play that great at that young age, but he did. You can’t play guitar like he did by just learning out of books or whatever.”
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Sveinson’s recent show at the Hindenburg club was a coming-out party for a guy who is, of course, even more skilled as a guitarist now, after more than a decade of honing the craft playing with cover bands, tribute bands, original bands and assorted sessions. It’s not a stretch to say the man, now 24, was born to be a rock star.
For the time being, Sveinson’s side gigs, with the likes of Lee Aaron and Heart tribute band Barracuda, have been shelved, save for a trip with the local classic-rock band Aviator Shades. More than that, the good ol’ days of Sonic City and Mad Shadow and The Led Zepplin Show – bands that kept Sveinson busy in his teens, as a student at Johnston Heights Secondary – are behind him.
“This year I really haven’t looked for many gigs because I’ve really taken so many years off from playing my original stuff and writing,” Sveinson told the Now-Leader. “While I’m still in my early 20s here, it’s time to write some songs and try that out again, because it’s a totally different experience. I mean, it’s wonderful doing gigs, the hired-gun stuff where you have a writer and you’re just playing, and it’s a professional environment and all that. It’s rewarding to be on that side of things, but there’s something about going up there and playing a song you had a part in that can’t be replaced, and I figure it’s time to work on that again before Father Time catches up anymore.”
For scenes in Bob Fugger’s The Rock and Roll Kid movie, a preteen Sveinson and his band of adult musicians are shown gigging at The Roxy, the Granville Street cabaret where Daniel James, as he’s now known professionally, will return to play Friday (Nov. 24) in a showcase with another band, Quantum Council.
More such concerts are sure to follow for Sveinson and his “band of killers,” dubbed Brass Camel and featuring the aforementioned Gross on guitar, Cole George on drums, Adam Wazonek on keys and Christopher Wong on bass. They’re not just bandmates, they’re buddies, which suits Sveinson just fine.
Sadly, another friend of his, North Van-raised singer Erik Olufson, who had held the microphone for Mad Shadow and The Led Zeppelin Show, was laid to rest last summer. When asked about Olufson, Sveinson took a few moments to gather his thoughts.
“He really did bust out some pretty incredible vocals and just his ad-libs and everything,” Sveinson said. “He was a really fun guy to be on stage with. We just had a riot. It was really a delight to watch him grow as a performer, and he sure grew as a performer really, really quickly.”
Sveinson and Olufson were nearly perfect as Page-Plant in The Led Zeppelin Show, which toured for three or four years.
“We did about a year of gigs as Black Dog while we built up the rig and everything, because we didn’t think it’d be right to call it The Led Zeppelin Show if we pieced together a bit of a hack rig, so we took awhile to get all the stuff together – the Hammond B3, the Rhodes and the vintage Marshalls and the 42-inch gong, all that,” Sveinson recalled.
“That was an interesting experience,” he continued, “because we had it in our contract that we were an authentic Led Zeppelin experience and that we were going to be playing very, very loud, heavy blues. You know, we’d actually do songs they had recorded on bootlegs, so before a show we’d say, ‘OK, tonight’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’ will be Osaka ‘72, which means in the middle we’ll be playing Howlin’ Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson and an Eddie Cochran cover, you know, a Jerry Lee Lewis cover in there, and tomorrow night we’ll do something different.’”
Sveinson said he’s never been a huge fan of tribute bands, “so if we were going to do it, we said, let’s show the heavy blues that is Zeppelin, and that meant if we were playing a thousand-seat theatre, then, you know, a hundred people wouldn’t be so sussed on it, and there’d be a hundred just thrilled because they’re Zep diehards and couldn’t believe we were actually doing a Buddy Holly cover just like they did in Osaka that night back in 1972. And I got the sense that the other 800 people didn’t know what the hell was going on, but they were enjoying it.”
For those gigs, of course he played a Page-preferred Les Paul-branded guitar, the type the Gibson company named for the man Sveinson had the good fortune to meet – and perform with, on a Django Reinhardt tune and also a Benny Goodman number – as a wide-eyed 12-year-old at New York’s Iridium club.
Sveinson and his father sat at a table directly in front of the stage, where he could touch Paul’s guitar if he tried.
“He came out and sat down, and his assistant gave him his guitar,” Sveinson recalled. “Les was probably 90 years old at the time, and he had kind of a dour expression on his face, but when that guitar was placed in his hands, he busted out with the hugest grin I’d ever seen. I remember just thinking, holy crap, if a 90-year-old could be made to smile like that after playing guitar for that many years, I might as well stick with it.”
Moving forward, Sveinson plans to juggle his solo stuff with that of Aviator Shades, with whom he toured Canada earlier this fall.
“They’ve been great friends of mine for three or four years now, and I’ve been watching them from the wings – some great chops and unbelievable work ethic, and I find that’s something, particularly in my teenage years, that I struggled with – just working hard on the business side of things,” Sveinson admitted. “So just having hung out with these guys and seeing how hard they work, it’s been inspiring to me.
“And with the solo stuff,” he continued, “I’m still trying to see what direction it takes. I wouldn’t say it’s a struggle, but I’ve got one side of me who’s still a rocker, still heavy blues and Deep Purple and that stuff, but I’ve just been listening to so much Jeff Beck and Herbie Hancock and stuff like that over the last couple of years. So just trying to figure out whether doing my take on Frank Zappa-style stuff, or doing heavier rock, it’s been a bit of a juggling act with my solo stuff, no question.”
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I learned of the horrific “honor” murder of a 20-year-old Muslim young woman in Michigan by her pious Muslim stepfather, within a short time after receiving news of the profoundly disturbing turn of events in the Lars Hedegaard show trial (background here, here, and here).
Juxtaposed, the two stories epitomize the self-loathing depravity afflicting the West
The press release from the Danish Free Press Society summarizes Hedegaard’s setback, and his determination to fight on as an example for all who cherish free speech, and refuse to accept the barbaric misogyny of totalitarian Islam. Our founding President, George Washington, elucidated the stakes quite well:
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
President of the Free Press Society, Lars Hedegaard, declared guilty of racist statements
Lars Hedegaard was today found guilty of hate speech under Article 266b of the Danish penal code. The background is a good 35 minutes long interview to the site snaphanen.dk which Hedegaard gave in December 2009.
Here Hedegaard said, among other things, that “girls in Muslim families are raped by their uncles, their cousins or their dad.” Lars Hedegaard has previously expressed regret if his statements gave the impression that he would accuse all Muslims of abusing their children. The day after the interview he stressed that his opinions were about Islam and not Muslims.
In January Hedegaard was acquitted of racist statements in the lower court of Frederiksberg. The court believed that his statements were insulting, but the case was dismissed because he did not know that the interview, which took place during a Christmas lunch, would be published.
The prosecutor appealed the verdict to the Eastern Regional Court, which today claimed that Hedegaard knew his statements would be published.
He is therefore declared guilty of racist statements.
Lars Hedegaard is sentenced to a fine of DKK 5,000 (approximately $1000).
Lars Hedegaard states: “The real losers today are freedom of speech and Muslim women. How can we speak up for them if we risk getting a state sanctioned label of racism?”
Lars Hedegaard will appeal the verdict.
§ 266b of the Danish penal code:
“Whoever publicly or with the intent of public dissemination issues a pronouncement or other communication by which a group of persons are threatened, insulted or denigrated due to their race, skin colour, national or ethnic origin, religion or sexual orientation is liable to a fine or incarceration for up to two years.”


In Part 1… We’re in Prestwich, Manchester at Macca’s Bar and Grill. This newly refurbished venue hosts live Irish music served up with great food and drink. Open 7 days a week, Macca’s is a vibrant place that welcomes anyone. Be prepared for a lively evening with hosts Mark McKee and Nicola Fletcher.
In Part 2… Due to popular demand, we’re revisiting an event at Bradford St George’s Hall that we screened earlier in the year. Conor MacMahon, Director of Bradford Irish Society, organised an evening of Irish Heritage celebration, and with over 2 hours of entertainment, we just couldn’t squeeze it all in first time around! Sit back, relax and drift across the Irish Sea to the great sounds of real traditional music.
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