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April 6, 2013
CORRUPTION AND NANNYISM GO TOGETHER: Corrupt Pols Running America’s Biggest Nanny State.
It’s been a truly abysmal week for New York politics. Earlier this week, Democratic State Senator Malcolm Smith was accused of trying to rig the city’s mayoral election by bribing his way onto the GOP ballot. Now two New York State Assemblymen are being charged in another bribery racket to keep a Bronx senior center free of competition. . . .
With three Democratic politicians charged in one week, prosecutors are calling corruption in New York politics “rampant.” It’s hard to disagree: The blasé reaction of many of the accused suggests that this sort of corruption is far more common than anyone would like to admit. . . . It’s hardly a stretch to say that New York has some of the worst political leadership in the country. This wouldn’t be such a problem if these leaders were powerless, but unfortunately that’s not the case: a study by the Mercatus Institute found that New York government puts more limits on its citizens’ freedom than does government in any other state. In addition to the high-profile embarassments like the “Big Gulp Ban” and the proposed ear bud ban, the Empire State also limits its residents with tight regulations on everything from education to health care to rent prices. Even on “personal freedom,” New York fares worse than much of the nation.
The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption — and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good general rule is that the more a government wants to run its citizens’ lives, the worse job it will do at the most basic tasks of government. “This is what blue model decline looks like. And with businesses and people fleeing the state, the worst may be yet to come.”
UPDATE: In response to my “general rule” above, Ted Balaker emails: “Wow–that could be the thesis statement for a new series I’m doing for Reason! It focuses on govt’s most important duty–protecting the peaceful people from the violent people and how distracted policing makes it less likely that officials will fulfill that duty.”
I’m calling it Reynolds’ Second Law. (The First Law, of course, is here.)

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Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., suggested that President Donald Trump's constant conversations with former FBI Director James Comey were excusable because he's "new to this." The senior Republican senator from Maine, Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, also explained that "he just does not fully understand or appreciate the boundaries."
Now, another Republican is using the same rhetoric about political inexperience to excuse Trump's possible obstruction of justice. After all, is it obstruction if you don't know you're actually obstructing?
"We have a president that’s not from the political class," noted Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., when asked by NPR whether he welcomed Trump's investigation at the hands of special prosecutor Robert Mueller. "The learning of the discipline use of language and what certain words mean in our context. If you’re not from this world, you may not have developed that discipline."
Apparently, Americans are to believe that the man who knows things better than anyone else just doesn't know what obstruction of justice is.
Schweikert suggested it was possible that Trump's actions — like, let's say asking his FBI director to pledge loyalty to him — could turn out to be "absolutely innocent." Schweikert said there were "layers of conspiracy theories and things that might or might not have happened" when it comes to the president meeting in private with his FBI director, talking about the Russia investigation, and asking Comey if he could "let this go."
Unfortunately for Schweikert and the other Republicans desperately defending Trump, ignorance of the law is no excuse for obstruction of justice. Americans overwhelming believe Comey and disbelieve Trump.
With Wednesday's revelation that Trump may be under investigation for obstruction of justice, it's understandable that Schweikert would like the whole thing to just end.
"There’s so much noise and information and misinformation and misunderstanding," he said, "we’re almost at that stage where just look at it, let’s get through this, and let us get back to government."
That would be a good idea for the GOP, wouldn't it?
Trump is no toddler. Republicans should stop covering up for him.
Here's the audio, via CNN's KFile:

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Paul Barnes is a fresh-faced PhD student from the Institute of Zoology. He is passionate, well-spoken and has devoted himself to what some people believe is a hopeless cause. Paul hopes to find evidence of, maybe even a living specimen of, Sir David Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna. This species has not been seen by western science since 1961. The only one we have is a battered and rather squashed taxidermy museum specimen. Its beak is broken, its body beaten, and there’s some question about whether or not it even counts as a distinct species. Paul is determined to root it out, and has spent the last several weeks searching for it in Papua.
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first; Paul and the team from ZSL Indonesia did not find an echidna, nor did they find any conclusive signs of one (such as tracks or distinctive “nose-pokes”). However, part of the purpose of Paul’s trip was to talk to the locals in order to find out if they had seen any echidnas or signs of them and negotiate permission to return and continue the search next year.
The echidna is culturally important to the indigenous people of the Cyclops Mountains in Papua, where it is found. In some villages, being ordered to find the echidna is the most severe punishment that can be given, due to the difficulty of finding the animal. It is even rumoured that people have killed themselves over taking the punishment, because it is so hard to find this mysterious animal in the mountains. There is also a tradition that, should there be a conflict between two individuals or families, the sharing of echidna meat would bring peace.
Paul quickly discovered how elusive the echidna is, even to highly skilled local hunters. They reported that the last sighting of an echidna was back in the mid-90s, and before that traced back to the 80s or even 70s. Many of those who had seen an echidna had done so by chance, either catching them in a snare meant to catch pest animals such as possums and bandicoots, or encountering them while hunting for pigs in the woods.
Although we may consider them similar, the local people make a distinction between hunting and snaring. Snaring is generally done alone, and is used to trap animals that might destroy or eat crops. Sometimes, the animal snared is eaten, but in many cases this is not the primary purpose of the snare. Hunting, on the other hand, is generally done only once or twice a month, and is usually for wild pigs. The hunters go into the woods in small groups, venture only as far as they need to, and return as soon as they have made their kill, sometimes getting their sons or brothers to help carry the pig back to the village. Hunting like this is becoming less common, since all hunting in the Cyclops Mountains can only be done with a permit from the Indonesian government. Therefore, it is increasingly done only for special occasions, and to exercise an important tradition of the indigenous culture. The reduced number of trips into the forest may be part of why the echidna has only been seen very rarely in the last two decades. In addition, all of the information from the local hunters indicates that the echidnas live near the mountain’s peak, in the cool, wet, untouched forest high on the slopes. If this is the case, it may be no wonder that no one has seen the animal in years.
The truly interesting discovery of this trip was that there may be not one, but two species of echidna in the Cyclops Mountains. People from both the north and south slopes of the mountains agreed that they had seen long-beaked echidnas living high in the mountains. However, on the southern slops, the husband of a local farmer reported seeing echidnas as recently as last year, only they had short beaks. The man was able to describe the animals accurately; with the descriptions he gave matching that of short-beaked echidnas. This may indicate that there are two species of echidna in the Cyclops Mountains, Sir David Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, and a short-beaked species.
With all of this said, what the trip really highlighted was the need for conservation in the area. The Cyclops Mountains Strict Nature Reserve is afforded the highest level of protection by the Indonesian Government. However, the threats to this valuable and biologically diverse forest are great. The Cyclops Mountains or ‘Dafonsoro’ (which literally translates to ‘forest-spring’) as the indigenous population call it, provides the water supply to the capital city of Jayapura and other smaller local towns and villages. Furthermore the villages on the northern slopes use the constant water supply to power their homes using micro hydroelectric turbines set up on waterfalls.
Dafonsoro is sacred to the indigenous communities that have lived there for thousands of years, and they have developed sustainable ways of managing the forest through the generations whilst providing food from complex methods of shifting agriculture. These forest management practises are ingrained in their social structure and even their traditional languages. However, with thousands of migrants settling in the area from elsewhere in Indonesia and New Guinea there is conflict between these traditional management practises and the ‘slash-and-burn’ style agriculture and selective logging of hardwoods being used by the new settlers, as well as the growing business interests in New Guinea and demand for better infrastructure around the capital. Furthermore, there is confusion over the extent and reasons for the protected area from both indigenous and migrant people living around the park. The boundary has moved several times over the past two decades, leaving the locals uncertain about the actual location of the protected region and where the limits are to hunting and agriculture. It is a difficult and complex situation, and one that will take much work, understanding and communication between stakeholders to improve.
Paul remains confident that the echidnas are out there, and all that’s needed is a concentrated effort higher up in the mountains to find them. To that end, he plans two six month expeditions, happening in the next two years, to do intensive surveys and camera trapping in an effort to find out, once and for all, where the echidnas are hiding. We’ll all be waiting anxiously for his results!
If you would like to help us fund expeditions like Paul’s, please visit our donation page.
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Kate Middleton turned to the head of the monarchy when she was struggling with her new mom duties. According to royal expert Katie Nicholl, Middleton was hoping to not hire a nanny after Prince George was born in 2013. That idea didn’t quite go to plan.
“Kate was having a conversation with the Queen in which she confided that she had found being with George on her own, and not having a full-time nanny or a maternity nurse, very hard,” Nicholl said in the documentary Kate Middleton: Heir We Go Again, per The Mirror.
She added: “William and Kate wanted to be hands-on parents, and they did it until September and then they recruited a nanny.”
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The royal couple ended up hiring Maria Borrallo for the job. She studied at the prestigious Norland College, which trains students to become nannies, with a rigorous curriculum that includes self-defense and first-aid training.
It was an eye-opening moment for Middleton, who later penned a letter to a group of child development experts in 2019, touching on the “overriding and debilitating” isolation that comes with being a new mom.
“I can understand that people are nervous about asking for help for fear of judgement, and how that sense of isolation can quickly become overriding and debilitating for any new parent,” she wrote, per The Telegraph. “Recognizing that the task of parenting is substantial, I have realized the importance of working to make it easier for parents to request support.”
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That’s not to say that Middleton has completely figured out that tricky work-life balance. During a 2020 podcast interview with Happy Mum Happy Baby, Middleton was asked if she ever experiences “mommy guilt.”
The answer was a resounding yes: “Absolutely. I think anyone who doesn’t as a mother is actually lying,” she said.
Her solution? Try to find those quiet, intimate moments to share with her family. “I remember from my childhood doing the simple things – going for a walk together, and that’s what I try to do with my children, as well,” Middleton said. “Because it totally strips away all the complications, all the pressures, as a parent.”
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Though the coast is Fort Myers’s main draw, there’s plenty to do farther inland, too. For one, the city pays tribute to its famous winter visitors at the Edison & Ford Winter Estates. You can tour the inventors’ winter homes and see early automobiles, exotic flowers, and one of the country’s biggest banyan trees. The IMAG History & Science Center sheds light on the native tribes and the explorers and settlers who shaped the region. The museum also gives kids the chance to touch sea creatures or do mock dinosaur digs with hands-on science exhibits.
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IT Support Specialist at Procore Technologies
What if you could use your technology skills to support a product that impacts the way communities’ hospitals, homes, sports stadiums, and schools across the world are built? Construction impacts the lives of nearly everyone in the world, and yet it’s also one of the world’s least digitized industries, not to mention one of the most dangerous. That’s why we’re looking for a talented IT Support Specialist to join Procore’s journey to revolutionize a historically underserved industry.
As an IT Support Specialist, you’ll provide world-class service to our colleagues across our global locations, equipping and supporting our company's technology and IT Operations to drive employee productivity. As an integral member of the IT team, you’ll resolve issues, answer questions, provide laptop support, provision new computers, and assist with company-wide IT initiatives. Successful candidates are eager to learn, share knowledge, and execute our incident handling processes to keep our IT services running optimally for our users. Solid technical, analytical, and troubleshooting skills are required to thrive in our hyper-growth SaaS environment.
This position will report to our IT Support Supervisor and will be based in our downtown Austin, TX location. We’re looking for someone to join our team immediately.
What you’ll do:
- Manage a queue of tickets according to SLAs and agreed on procedures; documents all work and findings in tickets
- Manages tasks and projects in a fast-paced operations environment, driving all issues to resolution with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and efficient task execution
- Perform tasks related to the day-to-day operations of several large implemented enterprise business systems, including operation, training, troubleshooting, diagnosing and supporting these systems (Google Workplace, Windows, Mac OS, Slack, etc.).
- Supports office events by providing and supporting technical solutions.
- Actively transfers knowledge throughout the organization, participates in knowledge sharing projects to develop best practices, conducts technology/application deep dive sessions, and mentors junior staff and new hires
- Fully support compliance requirements such as Mobile Device Management enrollments, physical hardware handling procedures, and ensuring work is documented by tickets
- Continuously strives to improve our service offering for end users, assisting with improvement and education in a specialized focus area that shifts quarterly.
- Increase personal technical knowledge through development time, focusing on system features and identifying opportunities to add value to the business.
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- Associate’s or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, IT or related discipline or equivalent experience with at least 3+ years experience in an IT support role
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WASHINGTON Ignoring a veto promise from the White House, the Senate today passed a $106 billion transportation and housing bill rejecting President Bush’s proposed cuts to Amtrak, housing programs and community development projects.
The measure, passed by a 88-7 vote, also includes $200 million to provide aid to nonprofits and other groups that offer counseling and information to help homeowners with subprime mortgages avoid foreclosures.
It’s just the fourth of 12 appropriations bills to pass the Senate, even though the new budget year begins in less than three weeks. The White House promised Bush would veto the transportation bill because of “an irresponsible and excessive level of spending.”
But the measure enjoys broad support from senators in both parties for funding popular road and bridge construction projects, Amtrak subsidies and grants for community development projects.
The bill rejects Bush-planned cuts in subsidies for otherwise unprofitable rural air routes and reverses his proposal to eliminate funding for a $100 million program to rehabilitate “severely distressed” public housing projects.
It also contains an almost 50 percent increase over current spending to repair and replace the country’s crumbling network of bridges, as well as $195 million sought by Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and his Democratic colleague Amy Klobuchar to replace the collapsed Interstate 35W span in Minneapolis.
The measure also provided an opportunity for lawmakers to address the subprime mortgage crisis, which by some estimates is threatening more than 2 million people with the loss of their homes.
Senators including Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., Christopher Bond, R-Mo., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., teamed up to provide $200 million to help build up the network of nonprofit groups that help borrowers facing problems with subprime mortgages.
Many such borrowers are unsophisticated and are often intimidated in their dealings with mortgage servicers. Nonprofit groups such as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, and NeighborWorks America give advice and often serve as intermediaries for borrowers requiring adjustments to the terms of their loan.
Much of the momentum behind the underlying transportation and housing measure comes from the more than 800 home-state projects inserted into the measure by senators in both parties. Those so-called earmarks total more than $2.5 billion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget watchdog group based in Washington.
Earmarks include new roads, airport construction projects, mass transit subsidies and “economic development initiatives” such as community centers, housing for the homeless and grants to Boys and Girls clubs.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who opposes earmarks, sought Wednesday to eliminate a $500,000 earmark to complete a minor league baseball park in Billings, Mont., and $450,000 to repair buildings at the International Peace Garden in North Dakota. Coburn’s bid failed by a 63 to 32 vote. That drubbing came on the heels of a 80-to-18 vote Tuesday rejecting Coburn’s attempt to eliminate funding for bike paths.
“These votes represent a resounding victory for business-as-usual pork-barrel spending in Washington,” Coburn said. “No one in America seriously believes that bike paths, peace gardens and baseball stadiums are more important national priorities than bridge and road repairs.”
The bill would provide $1.4 billion for the money-losing Amtrak national passenger railroad, a perennial target of the administration. The White House proposed eliminating Amtrak’s $500 million operating subsidy.
But Amtrak runs trains through almost every state, which gives it great support among lawmakers despite criticism from the Bush administration and some lawmakers for excessive subsidies on its cross-country trains, high labor costs and questionable management practices.
Comparable cuts were rejected in years past by GOP-controlled Congresses.
The Senate measure also rejects Bush’s planned cuts of $735 million to the approximately $4 billion budget for community development block grants, as well as $765 million in cuts to a $3.5 billion budget for airport improvement grants.

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Trev Alberts named to College Football Hall of Fame
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Former Nebraska defensive standout Trev Alberts will become the 17th Nebraska player in the College Football Hall of Fame.
Alberts was one of 15 players and two coaches nationally whose pending inductions were announced Friday by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Alberts won the Butkus Award as he ended his college career in 1994. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts and played for the Colts until 1996.
The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native now is director of athletics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2009.
Alberts joins former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne (AHZ'-burn) in the Hall of Fame. Osborne says Alberts was one of the greatest pass rushers he'd ever seen.


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Mark Burnett’s One Three Media, Red Arrow Entertainment Set Up Joint Venture
The London-based operation will focus on launching Burnett-developed formats in the U.K. as well as developing new shows.
Reality TV giant Mark Burnett, producer of Survivor and The Voice, has set up a joint venture with Germany’s Red Arrow Entertainment to co-develop new formats and to launch shows from Burnett's and Hearst Corp.’s One Three Media in the U.K. market.
The joint venture between One Three Media and Red Arrow, called One Three Media U.K., will be based in London and open for business in January. A company boss will be announced soon. U.K.-based CPL Productions, Red Arrow’s current British production partner, will work closely with the new group.
The focus of the company will be to sell One Three formats in the U.K. as well as develop original shows for international distribution. Burnett, a native Brit, already has a separate London-based shingle, Lightworkers Media, which he owns with his wife and production partner, Roma Downey. Burnett is already a presence on the U.K. TV scene, with formats such as The Apprentice huge hits in adaptation.
“As I grew up in the U.K., I am always looking at the best way to do more business here and when the opportunity came up with Red Arrow it just made sense,” Burnett said. “We have partnered with Red Arrow’s CPL on several projects in the past. They are very similar to us in their commitment to providing quality content with unparalleled execution.”
“Mark Burnett is one of the premier creators and producers of our time,” said Red Arrow managing director Jan Frouman. “Partnering in the U.K. feels like an incredibly smart and effective way to build on the working relationships we’ve established -- as well as the collective strengths of our two groups.”
Red Arrow, the international production division of German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1, controls 16 production companies worldwide, including Santa Monica-based Kinetic Content (The Taste, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers) and New York shingle Left/Right (Mob Wives).

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Due to the State mandate on COVID-19 virus, Lavender has dramatically increased distribution at local establishments open for takeout, retail businesses currently open and grocery stores.

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Bedroom wall art might be your first thought if you're considering adding something to your bedroom walls, but there are so many other interesting ways to add character to your bedroom walls than just a frame of your favorite print.
If you're feeling a little uninspired by your bedroom decor and getting fed up with staring at four blank bedroom walls, then there is no time like the present. Inject a little personality into the space by trying one of these five easy modern bedroom updates that will help you express yourself.
1. Display your hobbies
You might not have considered hanging something like a surfboard on your wall, but your bedroom wall provides an optimum opportunity to display your hobbies. Your bedroom is all about expressing yourself, from surfboards to displaying your proud collection of vinyls, using wall mounts to display your passion in pride of place might be a great way to bring some life to your bedroom.
In this example by Jessica Gersten, the surfboard works beautifully as a piece of bedroom wall decor and ties with the rest of the room with the natural color palette of the board and the walls. It helps to give a sense of place too, with the home located in the seaside village of Sag Harbor, New York. This kind of wall mount hook is also a great addition if you want to show off a bike on your wall too, just be careful to ensure it's solidly mounted and doesn't risk falling off.
2. Add interest with playful wallpaper
Bring some personality to your bedroom with the addition of bedroom wallpaper. With a fully wallpapered room, the space can feel immersive and like an escape.
'Wallpaper can be a fantastic choice for bedroom walls, as it has the potential to add depth, personality, and warmth to the space,' says Houston-based interior designer, Nina Magon. 'Wallpaper can add a sense of texture and depth to the walls, especially when opting for textured or three-dimensional patterns. This can make the bedroom feel more inviting and cozy.'
This doesn't necessarily mean going all out and wallpapering all four walls either. If you decide to wallpaper an accent wall, it can bring a focal point to a chimney breast. 'Wallpaper - even if just on one wall - makes the simple walls special and adds depth and personality to a room,' says Amy Kalikow of New York-based interior design firm, Amy Kalikow Design. 'If patterns are not your style, even a textured clean, colored wallpaper adds warmth and elevates a room from simple to chic.'
3. Upholster the wall
If you want to go for a more minimalist bedroom aesthetic, upholstering your spare bedroom wall is a great way to bring texture and interest to your bedroom walls. This design from Amy Kalikow is an extended headboard that brings a softness to the room with its gentle curves.
'Bring some drama and elegance to the bedroom with an upholstered wall like this example,' says Amy. 'Fabric selection is important as needs to be user friendly but it is warm and inviting and makes a great statement.'
4. Try bespoke shelving for storage
Bespoke built-in bedroom cabinetry or shelving that fits around the architecture of your bedroom and stretches to the ceiling is a great way to optimize your blank wall space.
Instead of dead wall space and freestanding pieces that take up precious room, vertical storage solutions cleverly make the most of every inch so you can store everything from books to decorative bits and pieces, to baskets that can contain clothing. It's a great use of wall space that is particularly handy if you have a small bedroom.
In this example, the designers have tucked the storage behind a wall to help the space feel sleek and tidy when the doors are closed. The storage unit has been painted an off-white, similar to the wall color so it disappears into the background. The unit also has higher-up cupboards so other more bulky and unsightly belongings can be closed behind the doors.
5. Opt for a showstopper mural
Instead of wallpaper or experimenting with bedroom paint ideas, why not opt for creating an accent wall out of one of the walls with the addition of a wall mural? This is exactly what the team at HOMEWORK has done in this Edwardian San Francisco family home.
The chimney breast has an ethereal, dreamy painting that makes it the focal point of the room - a smart addition to the room instead of the standard piece of framed art.
'We created a new fireplace inside the Primary Bedroom for the frosty San Francisco nights,' says Susan Work of HOMEWORK.
'If we had the budget, our dream would have been to clad this in a semi-precious stone like Labradorite, or even a dark stone to integrate with the surrounding navy linen walls. Instead, we opted for a hand-painted moment here too, painted with brushes in an abstract style that brings edginess and art into this subdued and cave-like space.'
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This "Hidden" Fixture is Found in All the Most Expensive Closets — I've Found a Version for Less Than $30
It makes getting ready in your closet so much easier, and it can be added into an existing space without breaking the bank
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CGA issues: mental capacity
Assessment of mental capacity should be a routine part of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. This guide lays out the principles which govern testing mental capacity, advance care decisions and powers of attorney, along with the safeguards.
CGA issues: end of life care
End of life care refers specifically to the last few days or hours of life, when maintenance of comfort and dignity, and avoidance of pain and distress take priority. Many of the principles of care at the end of life are shared with CGA.
Discussing palliative care for people with dementia living at home and in care homes
Rose Miranda argues that not only researchers, doctors and nurses should be aware of the phenomenon of pain in people with dementia. We need to make the public aware of it too.
BGS 2018 Spring Meeting Conference Report
Ignoring older patients’ potential for personal growth could be a form of ageism, according to Prof John Gladman. “People can still have personal growth independent of the negatives of physical decline and social loss and we should be asking ourselves how we can encourage that.
Dr Eileen Burns looks at how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, better communication and palliative care principles can improve the quality of end of life care for older people, and asks: what constitutes a good death?
Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are protections for adults who lack mental capacity to consent to, say, admission to hospital or a care home for treatment or care. Caroline Cooke and Premila Fade assess why they are being reviewed and the Law Commission's proposals.
Dysphagia Management for Older People
Older patients frequently have dysphagia resulting from acute or chronic illnesses. Dysphagia management requires a collaborative approach because of the complexities of older patients' needs, and geriatricians have an important role to play in overseeing this condition.
Living and dying well with frailty
Presentations from our recent conference, Living and dying well with frailty which took place on the 6th March 2018
Clinical guidelines on advance care planning, multimorbidity and winter deaths
Clinical guidelines from the BGS / RCP and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on advance care planning, multimorbidity and the risks associated with cold homes in winter.
What is John's campaign?
People with dementia are not children. They are adults with a lifetime’s experience. Yet they are not entirely dissimilar. They are vulnerable and they can be as distressed and disoriented as a child.
Hospital Wide Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment - the Project
The aim of the Hospital Wide Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (HoW CGA) project is to inform NHS managers, clinicians, patients and the public about how best to organise hospital services for frail older people.
Physician assisted suicide
Assisted suicide is undoubtedly a controversial issue, with strongly held views on both sides of the argument. Premilla Fade sets out the British Geriatrics Society's position on this issue.
Training in palliative and end-of-life care: Guidance for trainees (and their trainers) in non-palliative medicine training posts
Physicians practising in general internal medicine (GIM) commonly manage illness in patients who may be in the last phase of their lives. It is therefore an important part of the specialist training programme to manage patient and family involvement.
Mental health nurses and older patients’ physical health needs
Physical health problems, particularly chronic health problems such as obesity, diabetes and smoking-related illnesses, are more common in people with long-term mental illness.
Improving healthcare support in care homes
This study describes the model of healthcare support being delivered to nursing homes in South Manchester since 2004.
What is mental capacity? What do we really mean when we ask if a patient has (or lacks) capacity? Capacity often depends on context. The ethical conundrum of mental capacity unravelled.

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“Michael Carlucci, the hot, young musical genius behind the successful rock band, NinetySeven, knows that he’s found the woman for him. Diane Matthews is not just beautiful and smart, she’s got an infectious passion for everything in her life, from her three daughters to her new play. For him, the search is over. He knows they belong together.
For Diane, it’s not as simple. She’s almost twenty years older than Michael. She’s not interested in remarrying – she’s very happy with her life just the way it is, thank you very much. But she can’t deny the growing attraction between them – and it’s not just his touch that she craves. But it’s not until Michael is gone and an old love returns that she realizes just what he meant to her. He said he would love her forever. Can she trust that? Or should she find a safer route to happiness?”
I was lucky enough to win this eBook from a giveaway on DizzyC’s Little Book Blog.
I found this to be an easy and comfortable read but have to admit that while I enjoyed the book, it didn’t blow me away.
Diane was a lovely character, I got a feeling of homeliness from her and so I warmed to her pretty much straight away. An exciting encounter whilst trying to eat her sandwich for lunch led to a dreamy experience with a hot rock star called Michael – the two of them together were electric and I could almost feel the sparks jumping out of the page at me.
Michael was a fantastic character and I really wanted to hear more from his point of view. He was sexy but with a sensitive side that just made me want to jump in the book and bring him home with me :). His family and friends were entertaining and I enjoyed the scenes that included them.
I liked the idea for the story, it would certainly be a dream situation to find yourself in. It also tackled some sensitive issues like the struggles and worries of dating after a divorce, particularly when you have teenage children! Obviously I can’t relate to this but found it interesting nonetheless.
Some of it was a bit predictable but I enjoyed following Diane and Michael’s journey anyway.
This was an enjoyable read – a perfect book to curl up on the sofa with.
To find out more about Dee Ernst visit her website here.

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Now that Motorola's new foldable Razr smartphone is out in the wild, it has received the JerryRigEverything torture tests with a razor, sand and even fire -- as well as a teardown treatment by PBKreviews.
Getting inside of the new Motorola Razr requires heating the back of the phone up to get the glue on the rear of the Razr loose, and then you can open it up with plastic implements before you can touch any of the internals. There are a bunch of screws and cables you'll need to move around, but you will need to be very careful given it's a foldable display versus a traditional smartphone.
In the end, PBKreviews says that the Motorola Razr teardown was not easy and they would "probably even go as far as saying [that the phone isn't] repairable at all by most people".
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Kennedy Bridge reduced to 3 lanes until July 4
Things have gone from bad to worse for commuters who rely on the Kennedy Bridge.
The transportation cabinet made an announcement late Tuesday that will affect commuters.
The Kennedy Bridge is normally seven lanes, but since late last week it's been running with four lanes.
But from now until July 4, it will only be three lanes.
For anyone heading north on I-65 into Indiana, there will only be two lanes open.
Most of the hangs-ups are expected to be for people trying to go south on I-65 into Kentucky, because there's only one lane open now on that side.
The transportation cabinet said the downshift in lanes was necessary, in order to move around some machinery on the bridge as crews work to repave it and plug the ever-present pot holes.
The Second Street Bridge will run three southbound lanes for the rest of the week during the morning rush hour.
The Indiana Department of Transportation is diverting commercial trucks off southbound I-65 onto I-265 and across the Sherman Minton Bridge.
Several exits and onramps near the bridge on both sides of the river are also closed.
Construction is scheduled to wrap up sometime between the end of July and mid-August.


Solar power plant operators (Asset Managers, O&M service providers) and project developers face well-known technical difficulties concerning the irradiance measurement (with tools such as a pyranometer): wiring difficulties, poor data reliability and limited access to the database…. Taking into account the feedback from field experience, Reuniwatt has developed the Solar InCell™, a turnkey device that solves these down-to-earth complications linked with GHI and GTI measurement.
The Solar InCell™, a customer-oriented product
Equipped with an embedded computer, a solar panel and an integrated battery, the Solar InCell™ is compact, energetically autonomous and connected. Unlike the pyranometer, the Solar InCell™ is immediately operational and can be easily relocated. The data are cross-validated with satellite imagery. They can be visualized through our dedicated visualization platform or transmitted in your preferred format.
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This collegiate shooter gets its name from the chemical reaction that occurs when an acidic juice comes into contact with Irish cream: The cream curdles and the separation resembles wet cement. It’s not the most Instagram-worthy of drinks, but it certainly gets the party started.
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Musical genre. Involves cutting and pasting samples and loops from two or more popular tracks to form a new track, often forming a suprisingly catchy new tune. Not as complex as remixed music. There are a number of bedroom djs who create moderate quality mashups.
The more different the genres of the source tunes, the more effective the mashup.
You downloaded the Run DMC vs Tom Petty mashup? DJBC is an artist, man.
An aspiring DJ who is still at the "hobby" stage, who creates/destroys/modifies music on home computers and whatever equipment they can afford, often from their bedroom. While bedroom dj's may not be particularily skilled, they make up for this with enthusiasm and creativity.
Many great bootleg remixes and mashups available on the web are care of these artists.
- you downloaded that remix of Basement Jaxx by DJ SS? That dude's a genius!
- DJ Sharpie Sharp? He's just a bedroom DJ, bro, he's still at school.

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For every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by a power plant's smokestack or a car's exhaust pipe, some portion will stay in the Earth's atmosphere, raising global temperatures, while the rest is absorbed by the oceans or ecosystems on land.
But which parts of the ocean or biosphere act as net sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) and which take up more than they emit into the atmosphere, has been an open question. Figuring that out, as well as understanding what mechanisms govern that interplay and how they might change along with the climate, has been an open question and one that is key to understanding how global warming will progress.
The 2014 launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite was aimed at beginning to piece together some answers by monitoring the comings and goings of CO2 from the atmosphere with unprecedented precision and over large regions.
La antigua estación meteorológica con la que contaban, fue destruida tan pronto se comenzaron a registrar las primeras ráfagas del huracán María en septiembre del pasado año.
After two years of careful planning, the Topsail, NC dream wedding of Kerriann Otano and Dane Suarez was disrupted by Hurricane Florence. However, a community's response made sure the couple still had a day to remember.
Sizzling sunshine, light winds and very warm and humid air will persist and make for uncomfortable conditions for those dealing with ongoing flooding and increasing numbers of people beginning to clean up after flooding from Florence.
AccuWeather, a global leader in digital media and weather-related big data, donated a new meteorological station to a local chapter of the American Meteorological Society in Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria destroyed their old equipment.
A newly formed tropical depression will bring needed rainfall, but also a flood risk to the southwestern United States and southern High Plains during the second half of the week.
About 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs have been killed in floodwaters from Florence in North Carolina. Health and environmental concerns have been raised as flooded power plants, industrial sites, and animal-manure lagoons may leak toxic waste into drinking water.
La científica Ada Monzón advirtió a millones de puertorriqueños del 'monstruo' que era el huracán María con educación y apostando a la resiliencia.
Nearly a week after Florence’s initial landfall in the Carolinas, the worst of the flooding is still unfolding as rivers that have hit major flood stage still have not crested.


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Blizzard has announced the release date for the coming “Journey to Un’Goro” expansion for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.
The fifth expansion to the card-battling game will launch on April 6th, bringing with it 135 new cards, among other new features.
A legendary card known as the “quest card” is also being added to the game, which tasks players with hitting various goals. An example was given with a priest quest “Awaken the Makers,” which has you summoning seven Deathrattle minions over the course of a game.
A new keyword, “adapt,” also comes with the expansion. When a minion adapts through various means, players are given a choice of three potential upgrades for said minion. This includes things like buffs to attack and health, giving the minion a taunt, a divine shield, and more.
April 6th is also the day Blizzard kicks off the “Year of the Mammoth” in the game, where they’ll rotate cards out of Standard mode, making them only playable in the Wild format. They’re also removing a few of the most popular classic cards from Standard mode.


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The final event on the Workies Men's Bowlers’ calendar has been completed with Les Slattery and Joe Eather taking out the final of the minor pairs.
The final saw Les and Joe up against Brian Brennan and Tom Stockton in what most thought was going to be a very close encounter.
The first attempt to play the final saw the weather play its part with the Saturday game called to a halt after four ends.
The boys returned on the following day with Les and Joe in front 6 shots to 2.
With all bowlers handling the windy conditions the game was nicely poised at 12 to 8 after ten ends.
However from there, with Joe playing superb lead bowls and Les converting, Brian and Tom were unable to peg back the lead and the new champions went on to a 23-11 victory.

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Where we stand with this whole happiness issue….
The quest for happiness is one of those human cliches, like the search for love or fame. If you Google “quotes on happiness” there are nearly 40 million search results, all with some sense of truth from lives past and present. So if we have been searching for happiness for so long why are we all never quite content, happy, have that sense of “I have everything that I ever wanted”? I guess it’s because deep down we all have this idea of what would make us happy, and ironically enough, we never seem to have those things, whether its stacks of cash, many admirers, perhaps a perfect spouse, children, a smaller nose, thinner legs (I think the list might be too long so I will leave the rest up to your imagination). Why is it that we always want the things that we do not have, and fail to appreciate the things that we do have?
I cannot speak for the many, many generations before me, but I think one of the main problems of society in this day and age is that we are so obsessed with what other people have that we lose our own sense of self. People have plastic surgery done to get that perfect selfie ( like the ones that they see on Instagram), we take out loans or build up a mountain of debt (and tears) to own the stylish clothes that are in the latest issue of Vogue, we want faster cars, better tech, and bigger muscles (to pick up what exactly?). Nobody wants what they have. There is always something better. Look I’m not saying that you should not strive to do better, that’s great! By all means, work hard to get the job you want and the income that you need to realize all your dreams, but don’t lose yourself in the process.
Stats show that there is a higher level of depression in teenagers lately, mostly because of social media. If I think about how rough my teen years were, and Facebook was not that important back then, I cannot imagine the amount of peer pressure that today’s youngsters are feeling and I’m not surprised that it’s getting them down. When you’re that age you are a hot mess (and not in a sexy way). You never feel like you fit in, nobody understands you and you continuously seek approval from your peers (not from your parents). It honestly sounds like a nightmare to me, and the worst part of it all is that this pressure to live up to certain standards now does not go away! Everywhere we look there are ads telling us what we should have and who we should be.
Take a deep breath…
Our lives have become overstimulated. Whether you’re young or old, I think that we all need to take a deep breath and step back to inspect our lives and ourselves for a moment. Leave your phone, put off the tv and look away from your PC screen (after reading this of course!). We need to get back in touch with who we really are deep inside and block out all the noise around us.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude-Denis Waitley


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Check out the Indy's new Green Living Issue, which just came out in celebration of Earth Day 2009. I was the special project editor, & I thought it turned out nicely (but then, I would . . .)
Indy Weekly: Green Living Issue
Here's the recipe for a homemade version of a childhood favorite.


Promoting itself as the inventor of the airport hotel concept, Hilton Worldwide is trying to change the image of airport hotels from transient hubs to interesting business destinations in their own right.
The newly reflagged Hilton Munich Airport held its official grand opening last week, where some of Hilton’s top executives promoted the brand’s holistic views of airport hotels moving into the future.
According to Rob Palleschi, global head full service brands of Hilton Worldwide, he says Conrad Hilton pioneered the airport hotel concept with the launch of the San Francisco airport property in 1959. It basically served as a big billboard that directed a lot of eyeballs toward Hilton’s new hotels worldwide and the reality of international travel for more consumers.
“Conrad thought that if people had a good experience in San Francisco, the next logical stop was Tokyo, and so on, so the airport hotel platform has always been in our DNA,” says Palleschi. “We’ve seen the transformation going from what were once low-rise properties predominantly focused on convenient one-night stays, to now what is really becoming a destination with a large number of guest rooms and facilities for meetings, special events and product launches.”
Previously a Kempinski property until this year, Hilton Munich Airport consists of two banks of guest rooms connected with a 70-foot high glass atrium covering a large lobby lounge and restaurant. The lobby is as social of a public space as any trendy lifestyle hotel, with enough open area to bring in full size farm equipment and military vehicles for product launches, as the hotel has in the past.
A 160-room expansion begins this spring, while the Wi-Fi infrastructure will be replaced beginning next month. The Charles Lindbergh restaurant is consistent with 4-diamond hotel restaurants. There’s a full size pool next to some of the 30 meeting rooms—all with natural light. And dozens of artworks from the local MUCA urban art gallery are showcased in the lobby, including rare prints of Andy Warhol without makeup.
Meaning, the hotel design, quality of amenities, natural daylight and overall guest experience is not unlike a full-service property such as Hilton Vienna Hotel, located in a prime spot in the heart of the Austrian capital. The same can be said for Hilton airport properties in Frankfurt, Copenhagen and the new Amsterdam hotel, which are comparable to branded properties in their respective urban cores.
Walking next to Palleschi on our way to a meeting room, he stopped at the Warhol prints and acknowledged that some old school executives feel this is too avant garde for a Hilton airport hotel. He flatly denied that, saying, “We need more of this. This is the future and it’s what our guests are demanding.”
During our interview with Palleschi, we asked him if there’s a lot of internal conversation at Hilton about airport hotel architecture and interior design.
“We are consciously moving toward more innovative and creative hotel design at the airport locations,” he answered. “I would say we’re over-indexing on the side of creative design from the standpoint that we need to get away from the impression that it’s an airport hotel. Or it’s just like a bus terminal, a transit point…. So we work with every owner on an individual basis, and we’re influencing the design to have things like more natural light, more art, and a guest experience that better integrates the local vibe.”
Regionalizing the Hilton Brand
Integrating Hilton product better with the local vibe has been a priority at Hilton HQ over the last two years. There is no longer a systemic drive to create one global standard for amenities, international cuisine, room furnishings, and everything else.
“We’re making efforts to somewhat regionalize the Hilton brand, which is a little bit different than what we’ve done in the past,” explains Palleschi. “In the past, we’ve tried to come up with a single platform of consistent standards across the globe. Now what we’ve been reviewing over the last 18 to 24 months, based on a lot of guest surveys and feedback is: Do we have to have a single amenity package across the globe? Wouldn’t it be better if we delivered on guest expectations specific to Europe or Asia or North America?”
Presently under construction, the new Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol opens this fall, and it’s being designed as one of Hilton Europe’s flagship hotels to test out European-centric design, amenities, and food and beverage. Likewise, Hilton Rome Airport Hotel is presently undergoing renovation, which will be another live test property, along with others in Beijing and Tokyo.
“To go to a GM in the middle of China and tell them their muffins are the wrong size according to brand standards is just wrong,” says Palleschi. “That’s the folly of us trying to globalize things, because today it’s about how do you deliver regional guest experiences that have a high level of quality touch points that guests demand. People want different. They’re saying they just want something different.”
In addition to delineating hotel product by geographic region, Hilton Worldwide is redefining the guest experience for its four product segment categories: airport, urban, suburban and resort. For airport hotels, the emphasis is on urgency, seamless user experience, and super fast communications. That places a priority on keyless entry and modern Wi-Fi, more so than the other three product segments, according to Palleschi.
Hilton’s HHonors app presently allows guests to check-in/out and choose their specific room. Beginning this year, the app will also facilitate keyless entry once guest room door locks are changed, starting with all Hilton-operated properties in North America. The international portfolio will follow suit by the end of 2016.
“We have to have tools to bypass the front desk so we can enable people to check into guest rooms quickly, and it’s the same for departure so they can blow through the lobby,” he says. “We also need to have extraordinary bandwidth and the biggest pipes we can get at airport hotels.”
The Rise of the Airport Hotel
Patrick Fitzgibbon, SVP of Development in Europe/Africa for Hilton Worldwide, sat down with us to discuss Hilton’s aggressive focus on airport hotel expansion. He explained how the segment is generally recession proof, with significant potential for growth due to the overall rise in air travel.
“My kids get on and off a plane like we used to get on and off a bus, so it’s become very natural for them, and they’re not in the minority,” he says. “So I think that travel, both business and leisure, will continue to grow. One only has to look at what’s happening in Dubai and Istanbul’s airports, and the constant debate around the world about adding a second or third or fourth runway. It’s a sector that we’ve identified as a hotel company that has enormous growth opportunity.”
Fitzgibbon adds that airports today, such as Munich’s gateway with over 30,000 employees, are evolving into small cities as they expand their roles beyond itinerant travel experiences into retail, leisure and culinary experiences.
Airport hotels are evolving in parallel with that, driving more small meetings business and more room nights. At Munich Airport, the headquarters for Audi is based nearby in Ingolstadt, so the car manufacturer uses the airport hotel to house thousands of employees annually during sales training sessions and product demos.
“The airport hotel market has changed immeasurably in recent years,” says Fitzgibbon. “I remember when we opened the Hilton at Melbourne airport: great gym, great public areas, phenomenal restaurants, great bars. These are spaces that you walk into and go, it’s not just a bed experience, it’s a hospitality experience. And for meetings, airport hotels have become an incredibly important market in their own right.”
Christian Stoschek, SVP of corporate division quality/project management at Munich Airport, elaborated further on the evolution of airport and airport hotel quality. He told us that the SKYTRAX airport benchmarking system presently ranks only four hotels in its 5-star category, and they’re all in Asia: Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo.
“We want to be the first airport to bring the SKYTRAX 5-star ranking outside of Asia,” says Stoschek. “The way to do that is by engaging all stakeholders in the passenger journey, and that includes the airlines, companies like Audi, and Hilton Munich Airport. The focus used to be on infrastructure but that has now changed completely. It’s about creating an excellent guest service experience, and obviously the Asian mentality is very strong in this area.”
The process at Munich Airport to achieve the SKYTRAX 5-star ranking began in earnest two years ago with the goal that, “The guest shouldn’t move from one area of the airport campus to another and feel like they’re not part of Munich Airport,” says Stoschek.
One of the main priorities to date has been motivating all of the companies invested in the airport to adopt the same service mentality and service standards as Asia’s leading gateways. That began with getting everyone sitting at the same table, which was an impressive accomplishment of its own.
“The challenge for us is changing German attitudes” says Stoschek. “But once the stakeholders started to see the synergies, they have come to understand the value.
We asked Fitzgibbon is he’s seeing a similar shift toward airport stakeholder alignment taking place worldwide.
“We’re seeing more and more of that, and one of the reasons we were successful in securing this contract is that we really saw what they’re trying to do here at Munich Airport,” he said. “For our business, we work with airports and airlines globally hand in glove, it’s very very important…. Especially if you want to bring in the Asian airlines as they start to grow, you’ve got to think about what facilities they need, what language do they need to see in the airport, etc. So there’s a whole raft of complementary facilities and services that need to work together.”
Fitzgibbon uses the analogy that airports are now emulating hotels, where every guest experience touch point has to maintained at a consistent level of quality. So just like a hotel brings together all of its various staff departments everyday, airports are calling meetings on a regular basis with everyone from custodial companies to the airlines’ regional executives.
“If one part breaks down—whether it’s with taxis, bathrooms, retail, restaurants, bar, baggage, security, check-in—that’s the one thing people tend to remember and maybe tell their friends about,” explains Fitzgibbon. “As our kids and their kids grow, travel is going to change immeasurably and airports are going to be the hub for that. We don’t know exactly what that’s going to look like, but at Hilton, we do know we want representation at every major airport in the world. It’s a huge opportunity and it’s where our customers are and where they want to be.”
Greg Oates covers hospitality and tourism development. Email him at email@example.com.
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Photo Credit: Hilton Munich Airport is beginning a 160-room expansion this spring. Hilton Worldwide


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Twitter wants users to read the actual news articles instead of just retweeting them based on their clickbait headlines.
The U.S. is presently fighting misinformation war on two fronts. The first one involves its fight against misinformation on the pandemic. While the second challenge is against the protests that are happening in the country today.
Winning this fight takes a herculean effort from all stakeholders. Social media is presently the breeding ground of misinformation. Fortunately, many have stepped up in curbing the problem since the start of the pandemic.
Be that as it may, the effort should not only come from the social media platform, but also from its users.
Twitter wants users to read before retweeting
Twitter announced yesterday that it would roll out a new test in a handful of Twitter users. In this test, users will be prompted by the app to read a news article Tweet before they proceed retweeting.
One of the main sources of misinformation spread is people not reading beyond the headlines. Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter’s product lead, said
“It’s easy for links/articles to go viral on Twitter. This can be powerful but sometimes dangerous, especially if people haven’t read the content they’re spreading. This feature (on Android for now) encourages people to read a linked article prior to Retweeting it.”
As mentioned in his statement, the feature will be limited only to Android users at the moment. Additionally, it will only be available for English content for its soft rollout. Eventually, users around the world may see the feature become permanent in the platform.
Twitter-feud with President Trump
Less than two weeks ago, Twitter had a head-on clash with U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the use of the platform. Twitter surprisingly fact-checked Trump’s tweet, which the latter did not take lightly.
There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed. The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020
The President immediately fired back, accusing Twitter of ‘stifling free speech’. Less than 24 hours after that, the President immediately issued an executive order regarding the matter. The executive order mandates that the immunity shield of social media platforms be completely stripped away.
Twitter was ready
Brandon Borrman, Twitter’s vice president of global communications, apparently knew that fact-checking the President’s tweet would start a big problem. He said in an interview with One Zero, ‘the company needed to do what’s right, and we knew from a comms perspective that all hell would break loose.’
Last May 11, Twitter announced that it would be providing fact-checking alerts on Tweets that could be potentially misleading. It didn’t mention anything about fact-checking other topics that could have misinformation. Nevertheless, the company left a slight opening for such a possibility. As a result, President Trump’s tweet was fact-checked.
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The D3300 may have been replaced by the D3400, but that’s no reason to discount this…
Nikon D3400 Specifications and review
Ever since its popular D40 model back in 2006, Nikon has done well to dismantle the idea of a DSLR needing to be a large, cumbersome machine. Of course, since then the company has released many even more compact mirrorless 1-series cameras aimed at a junior audience, although it’s maintained its footing in the entry-level DSLR sector with a slew of compact and easy-to-use alternatives for those after something more traditional.
For a number of years, Nikon has chosen to split these into two camps. The D5xxx series has presented an approachable but reasonably powerful solution for those wanting to get going with DSLR photography, but have a little extra growing space as they become more confident, while the D3xxx series has adhered to a no-frills template, one that prioritises small size, light weight and a simple design, all the while maintaining the benefits of an interchangable-lens system.
The D3400 is Nikon’s latest contribution to the latter series, and a follow-up to the D3300. Not only has the company managed to shave a little of the D3300’s weight off the body for this new iteration, but it’s also boosted its battery life and improved a number of features to make it a mightier proposition for the novice user. It’s also launched the camera alongside a redesigned kit lens, one that sports a retractable inner barrel and a more streamlined design that eschews the focusing and Vibration Reduction switches we’re used to seeing.
But, after so many warmly received models and a raft of fine competitors in both DSLR and mirrorless categories, does the D3400 have enough going for it to make it worth the beginner’s attention?
Colour, dynamic range and vibrancy
Having used this very sensor in previous Nikon cameras, we did not really expect out-of-order aberrations, and neither did we experience any such moments. The D3400 produces very good colours across a wide array of situations, with crisp and vibrant bold colours and good dynamic range signature to Nikon’s usual imaging performance.
The colours look crisp and punchy, and this sensor retains highlight areas and shadow zones with a deft touch. This helps in retaining the colour accuracy of diverse areas within brightly lit, diversely arranged compositions. The metering sensor, while shooting in RAW also picks out the highlight and shadow areas really well, and this gives you a fairly deep scope of post-processing photographs to bring out correct colour shades and tones, detailed shadows and smooth highlights.
You can also underexpose frames with significantly differing exposure areas while shooting in RAW, and the D3400’s good dynamic range, true-to-source and amply vibrant colours combine to allow post-processing recovery of shadow areas. This allows you to successfully retain details while keeping the colours intact. Even with differing shades of the same colour, the Nikon D3400 shoots in good level of colour details.
The colours also retain good vibrancy for a camera of this price and range, and all of this leads to clean photographs with bright, accurate colours that look sharp enough. Good dynamic range further aids colour reproduction along with details
White balance and colour saturation
Continuing the good work it does with colours, the Nikon D3400 produces good auto-calibrated white balance across scenes. It reads situations well as per ambience, not going off-the-mark with warm environments, as many budget DSLRs tend to do. You can also opt for manual white balance adjustment with the presets, or your custom colour temperature as you require. All of this works as intended, and is true to the environment you shoot in.
When it comes to colour saturation, the Nikon D3400 produces slightly richer saturation levels than the competing Canon EOS 1300D. Colours are more vibrant here, and that also leads to more saturated colours, particularly bold reds. Yellows and blues are more subtly optimised, and the overall performance of the camera yields good colour saturation points. For RAW shooters looking to tinker with the colours, setting picture control to flat does the job as intended.
Build and handling
- Polycarbonate construction
- Design little changed from D3300
The D3400 is designed to be small and lightweight, but Nikon has ensured there is enough grip to get hold of the camera and space on the rear for the thumb to rest without knocking into any controls. At just 650g with its battery, memory card and kit lens in place the model is one of the lightest DSLR combinations around, around 40g lighter than the Canon EOS 1300D and its own 18-55mm kit lens and around 200g lighter than the Pentax K-50 and lens.
- 11-point AF, 1 cross-type AF point
- AF-assist illuminator
- 3D-tracking AF
In line with many other APS-C based rivals, the camera’s 11-point Multi CAM 1000 AF system covers a healthy proportion of the frame, the points arranged in a diamond-like formation. This is essentially unchanged from previous models, although the new AF-P 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR kit lens has been engineered to provide fast and quiet focus.


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Readers and writers have a chance to meet and learn from each other next week at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin for the annual Elgin Literary Festival. Karly Kirkpatrick is one of the founders of the festival, First Light host Brian O'Keefe sat down with her at the Side Street Studio gallery to talk about the event.
It’s the time of year when many people go looking for a scare…and talk of hauntings, ghosts, and strange experiences become a little more common. Naperville’s Diane Ladley not only wrote a book of Naperville ghost stories…she also owns and operates…the Haunted Hometowns tour company. First Light host Brian O'Keefe spent an evening with Ladley


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15 July, 2017
The Vikings' have given no details of the violation, but an Arizona judge last month ordered Floyd to serve one day in jail for failing alcohol tests after a traffic stop past year.
Floyd told a court that he was drinking kombucha tea and unaware that it had alcohol, which he said caused him to fail his test.
The suspension is two games more than the National Football League minimum for such a violation.
The former first-round pick out of Notre Dame was released by the Arizona Cardinals two days after being arrested for a DUI charge in Scottsdale in December. However, he can take part in all of the team's practices and games during preseason.
"Do I believe it?" On June 10, Floyd failed three self-administered breathalyzer tests.
Floyd can return to the Vikings' active roster on October 2. This is likely due Floyd violating his house arrest and his blood-alcohol level being nearly three times the legal limit at the time of his DUI. According to ESPN.com, Zimmer told Floyd, "If I find out you're lying to me, I'm going to cut you". In addition to jail time, he was ordered not to drink alcohol, undergo alcohol counseling, perform 30 hours of community service and pay a fine of $5,115.99. The sixth-year veteran earned an additional day behind bars after he was found to have violated the terms of his house arrest by testing positive for alcohol. He did win a championship after he was claimed off waivers by the New England Patriots, although he was inactive for the AFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl.


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The absorption of electromagnetic fields in the hand is investigated over the 900-3700-MHz frequency range. This enables the determination of the envelope of the peak spatial specific absorption rate in the hand. It also provides a basis for deriving measurement procedures for evaluating compliance of wireless devices with specific absorption rate limits in the hands. Both plane waves and dipole antennas are used to investigate the patterns of RF absorption in hand and finger tissue models for far- and near-field exposures. The results demonstrate that absorption enhancements are found in the hand that are not present in a standardized flat phantom. Enhancements of several decibels are observed, depending on the model parameters. A method to conservatively estimate the exposure in the hand based on flat phantom measurements is proposed.