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Monday 2 November 2015
Harvest Monday: November 2, 2015
Although I will continue to check in throughout the winter with the Harvest Monday contributions at Our Happy Acres, my harvests are quickly coming to an end. I might have something next week, but there isn't much left. Luckily Harvest Monday's are about all things related to harvests ... including what we do with them! It's been a while since I posted a recipe but managed to squeak one in yesterday as I sat inside watching the windstorm (remnants of Hurricane Patricia).
As it happens, even as my harvests are coming to a close, I have managed to come up with two newcomers! The first new crop this year are Jerusalem Artichokes. I had planted them in the spring of 2013, my first year in this location. Having had experience with them in the past, I am well aware of their invasive nature. However, they don't seem to be growing at the rate I had expected them to. There are some pros and cons to that. Well, one pro and two cons.
Pro: I'm not as worried now about an uncontrollable invasion that would eventually spread into my neighbour's yard.
Con: (1) They grow so poorly in this location that they never seem to flower and (2) the tubers are very small.
Assuming the small size doesn't impact the flavour/texture too much, I believe the pro outweighs the cons and I will continue in the current location.
My second new crop ... Brussels sprouts! Oh my, they sure are a challenge to grow. Last Monday, I announced my intent to give up on growing cauliflower (well, unless I have some seeds left, but not buying anymore!) and I believe I will officially give up on the sprouts as well (again, unless I have some seeds left). The plant that produced these minuscule sprouts was started from seed in late March and planted outside in mid-May. After all this time, these are the largest of the sprouts on the plant (that's just a regular soup bowl, so the largest is about 1.5-2 cm diameter). Argghh! I started to harvest from the bottom up and went less than halfway so there are still some left. But they are so small, I expect not to harvest much else ... although there is a bit of a warm spell this coming week so you never know!
And my only other harvest this week are shown in the main photo (along with the sprouts) ... Tuscan Kale and two radish!!
I've almost managed to put everything away in preparation for winter ... a few more pots, garden tools, etc. here and there to put away. Unfortunately, I still have a massive pile of soil in the driveway but my new snowplow guy doesn't seem overly worried.
Looking forward to seeing the other Harvest Monday contributions at this time of the year.


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LOS ANGELES—No reason to get excited, as Bob Dylan once sang, but the bard's 1965 anthem “Like a Rolling Stone” has been declared his greatest song by none other than Rolling Stone magazine.
Its latest cover story, marking Dylan's 70th birthday on May 24, lists his 70 greatest songs, as determined by an expert panel of writers, academics and musicians. Additionally, rockers such as Bono, Mick Jagger and Lucinda Williams have weighed in with essays about various songs on the list.
“Like a Rolling Stone,” which Bono described as “a black eye of a pop song,” was followed in the rankings by “A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall,” “Tangled Up in Blue,” “Just Like a Woman” and “All Along the Watchtower.”
Jagger raves about the three-chord simplicity of the 11-minute “Desolation Row” (No. 12), Williams zeroes in on the theme of jealousy over artistic success in “Positively Fourth Street” (No. 16), and Keith Richards says “Girl from the North Country” (No. 30) was better in its original incarnation as a solo tune than as a later duet with Johnny Cash.
Even though Dylan has enjoyed a resurgence in the past 14 years, the highest-ranking song from the era came in at a modest No. 21 — “Mississippi,” a tune from 2001's Love and Theft.
A list published on Rolling Stone's website lists 20 “overlooked classics,” a handful from Dylan's difficult '80s period when albums such as the gospel release Saved and the synth-heavy Empire Burlesque left many fans scratching their heads.
Other lists identify the best covers of Dylan songs — inevitably including Jimi Hendrix's overhaul of “All Along the Watchtower” — his most inscrutable songs, and his best bootleg recordings. A 30-question quiz will keep Dylan nerds entertained, briefly.

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There is nothing as depressing as taking the time to grow enough food for the winter, only to find it spoiled just a short while afterwards.
From apples and pears to potatoes and squash, this guide will teach you exactly how to store and manage the dozens of crops from your harvest, to have a steady food supply throughout the winter.
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It is usually quite easy to tell when apples are ready to be harvested, as their color deepens significantly, and they come away from the tree easily when picked. If you are still not sure, a quick taste test will help you to decide whether or not your apples are ready to be harvested.
While you are harvesting, make sure that you handle the apples extremely carefully. Any bumps or bruises will prevent them from storing well.
You should also make sure that you are labeling your harvest if you are growing more than one variety of apple, as different varieties have different requirements when it
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Donate for New building for volunteer Base camp in Chitwan, Women Agriculture cooperative and General Donation
If you would like to make a donation to NVDP you can use the link below. this will allow NVDP to support more social projects it has established in the communities. To donate the volunteer base camp in Chitwan for make a new construction and help their social project. This building will be use by international volunteers who support the Social project in Chitwan. Base Camp is central hub the all community project in Chitwan. As we want the base camp to became self-sustaining and financially independent in the Future.
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Kuwait receives H225 helicopters from France
Top Bahrain rights activist sentenced to five years in prison
Kuwait invites Philippine president to visit amid workers row
Saudi prosecutor to hire women investigators for first time
Long robes not necessary attire for Saudi women - senior cleric
Saudi jailed for five years for 'offending royal court'
Bahrain accuses Iran of training oil pipeline 'bombers'


Yerington, NV-based Peri & Sons Farms announced the roll-out of its new Earthbag for fall 2021’s organic onions.
In the company press release, the unique bag is described as “paper/bamboo mesh… biodegradable and compostable.”
Moreover, the release said, “It’s the type of responsible produce packaging that makes consumers happy today and makes the earth a better place tomorrow.”
“All Kinds of Good” translates to all kinds of eco-friendly functionality. The high-graphic bag is a great display item, and the light-weight design “enhances freshness, shelf-life and safety, all while reducing the impact on the planet.”
The bags are available for Peri’s premium Certified USDA Organic white, red, yellow or combo onions custom-packed in 2- and 3-lb sizes. The UPC ensures an accurate organic ring.
The bags also support zero-waste initiatives, encourage recycling by consumers in printed messages on the back, are kid-friendly and link via QR code to recipes on the Peri website. The onions themselves are sustainably farmed.
In its commitment to saying no to the status quo, “Peri & Sons Farms is supporting new emerging packaging technologies that appeal to today’s eco-conscious consumer, because it’s the right thing to do.”


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Per Mårten Hägglund
The overall aim of my research is to understand how oxidative modifications impact on the structure and function of proteins. I am also investigating how these types of modifications influence the formation of supramolecular assemblies and protein aggregates.
A major focus area is the development of mass-spectrometry-based methodologies for qualitative and quantitative analysis of oxidative protein modifications, including intra- and intermolecular cross-links. I also have a long-standing interest in thioredoxins and thiol-disulphide exchange reactions.

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The Charlottesville Case
Once in a generation, there is a trial that fundamentally changes our nation. We're taking on the leadership of the violent white nationalist movement in court -- sending a clear message that violent hate has no place in our country.
In August 2017, hundreds of white supremacists and neo-Nazis invaded Charlottesville, Virginia. This was not a peaceful protest but, rather, a meticulously planned conspiracy to bring violence to Charlottesville -- the result of months of online organizing, fueled by bigotry and hatred.
On August 11th, they marched with torches and surrounded a group of students and community members on the University of Virginia campus. White supremacists pushed, punched, and threw lighted torches. They chanted "Jews will not replace us," "blood and soil," and "this is our town now." Religious leaders at a nearby church sheltered in place fearing that they would be next.
On August 12th, these white supremacists and neo-Nazis marched military-style to Emancipation Park, shouting racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic slurs and carrying swastikas and other Nazi symbols. They charged through a line of interfaith clergy. They attacked and assaulted countless citizens. After police dispersed them, James Alex Fields Jr. drove his car into a crowd of peaceful protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others.
With this lawsuit, Charlottesville is fighting back. The court has already rejected the defendants' efforts to block this suit and trial has been set for October 2020.
IFA's suit -- Sines v. Kessler -- is the only current legal effort to take on the vast leadership of the violent white nationalist movement. It sends a message to every hate group in the country: Americans will not give in to violence and hate. We will defend the dignity and equality of all people. And we will ensure this never happens again.
A federal judge ordered a trial date and final discovery schedule in Integrity First for America’s landmark lawsuit against the extremist leaders and groups responsible for the August 2017 violence.
The federal court granted plaintiffs' motion to add Thomas Baker as a plaintiff in the suit. Click here to read the amended complaint.
The court sanctioned defendants Kline, Heimbach, and Vanguard America, requiring them to pay plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and leaving the door open to even harsher penalties.
The court requires defendant Schoep to turn over critical evidence.
Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Sanctions against Defendant Vanguard America.
Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Sanctions against Defendants Elliott Klein (a/k/a Eli Mosley) and Matthew Heimbach, citing Defendants' failure to comply with court orders.
Judge Norman K. Moon denied a motion to block Twitter, GoDaddy.com, Cloudfare, and Hatreon from complying with plaintiff's subpoenas, which seek evidence related to the defendants coordination and planning of racially-motivated violence.
A California bankruptcy court ruled that defendant Nathan Damigo cannot avoid liability under Sines v. Kessler, despite his bankrupty claims.
In an important victory for Plaintiffs, the court compelled Defendants to hand over devices and social media accounts to be imaged, a critical step in the discovery process.
In a "huge victory" for Plaintiffs, the federal district court issued a 62-page decision rejecting Defendants' motions to dismiss.
The federal district court in Charlottesville heard oral arguments on Defendants' motions to dismiss the case.
A federal court in Louisiana ordered former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, a non-party, to produce documents in response to Plaintiffs' subpoena.
Plaintiffs obtained entries of default against five defendants, including neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin and the East Coast Knights of the KKK.
Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, including two new named plaintiffs who were injured by Defendant James Alex Fields.
Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against white supremacists and hate groups for conspiring and causing violence in Charlottesville. The complaint alleged violations of the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act and various state laws.
Plaintiffs are ten members of the Charlottesville community. They include parents and students, businesspeople, a Christian minister, and others who peacefully protested when white supremacists invaded their hometown. Plaintiffs were specifically targeted on the basis of their race, religion, and ethnicity or because they stood up for the safety and civil rights of others. Plaintiffs were injured by the Defendants, including three who were hurt when James Alex Fields, Jr., drove his car into a crowd of peaceful protesters. As stated in the Complaint, Plaintiffs hope "to ensure that nothing like this will happen again at the hands of Defendants—not on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, and not anywhere else in the United States of America."
Charlottesville Residents Decry White Supremacist Rally
Defendants are two dozen prominent white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and hate groups that planned, promoted, and executed the violent acts in Charlottesville. They came with clubs and shields, pistols and assault rifles, helmets and pepper spray. Defendants killed one woman and injured dozens more. They did not come to protest peacefully. They came with a plan to provoke violence.
Defendants include Jason Kessler, a white nationalist who led the organizing efforts; Richard Spencer, a white nationalist who believes in "ethnic cleansing"; Matthew Heimbach, a white nationalist who said, "Of course we look up to men like Adolf Hitler"; and James Alex Fields Jr., who drove the car that killed Heather Heyer; as well as hate groups like the Traditionalist Worker Party, Identity Evropa, and the League of the South.
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- Second Amended Complaint (amended 9/17/19 to add Thomas Baker as a plaintiff)
- Opposition to Defendants' Motions to Dismiss
- Order Finding the KKK Response Improper and Directing Clerk to Enter Default
- Order Requiring non-party David Duke to Produce Documents
- Transcript of Motions to Dismiss Hearing
- Opinion on Defendants' Motions to Dismiss
- Order Compelling Defendants to Permit Imaging of Devices and Accounts
- Complaint Seeking Determination that Debts are Non-Dischargeable
- Ruling on Motion to Life the Stay in the Damigo Bankruptcy
- Motion for Sanctions Against Klein and Heimbach with Exhibits
The Legal Case
After the Civil War, Congress passed laws to guarantee the civil rights of black Americans and combat the Ku Klux Klan’s reign of terror in the South. In their complaint, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants, motivated by racism and bigotry, conspired to commit assault, battery, and other acts of violence and intimidation in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the KKK Act of 1871, and numerous Virginia laws. Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive relief.
IFA is providing financial support for plaintiffs in this historic case. They are represented by two nationally-recognized law firms. Lead counsel includes:
Robbie is the founding partner of Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP. Among other accolades, Robbie has been selected as one of “The 100 Most Influential Lawyers” in the United States, as “Litigator of the Year,” as “Lawyer of the Year,” and as the “Most Innovative Lawyer of The Year.” In 2013, her landmark victory in United States v. Windsor brought down the Defense of Marriage Act, landing the first major legal victory in the battle for marriage equality. Robbie is also the co-founder of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund and an adjunct professor of law at Columbia Law School.
A member of the Executive Committee at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Karen is one of the top trial lawyers in America and has secured improbable victories in business-critical cases for some of America’s most well-known companies. She has served in all three branches of government, including as a federal prosecutor in Virginia focused on national security, an Associate White House Counsel, and clerk to Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and Judge Merrick B. Garland of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Within the past two years, Karen has been named a “Litigator of the Year” by the American Lawyer, one of Elle Magazine’s “Most Compelling Women in Washington” and one of the National Law Journal’s “Outstanding Women Lawyers.”
Julie Fink is a partner at Kaplan Hecker & Fink, LLP. She previously worked as in-house counsel at Pfizer Inc. and as an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Julie has maintained a broad civil litigation practice, including product liability and mass tort, employment class action, regulatory, securities fraud, mergers and acquisitions, consumer fraud, complex commercial and antitrust litigation. She has also maintained an active civil rights practice and was a key member of the team representing Edith Windsor in her successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act. She has been awarded the Legal Aid Society’s Pro Bono Publico Award and Immigration Equality’s Safe Haven Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Representation.
Julie sits on the board of Gay Men’s Health Crisis and is a member of the Pro Bono Advisory Council for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. She was a law clerk for the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano in the Eastern District of New York.
William ("Bill") Isaacson is a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. Since joining the firm at its inception in 1997, Bill’s main practice area has been complex commercial litigation, including both civil trials and arbitration. Bill is a 2015 American Lawyer Litigator of the Year, a three-time winner of The AmLaw Litigator of the Week, and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Global Competition Review writes, "Arguably no antitrust lawyer in recent memory has had as much success for both plaintiffs and defendants as Boies Schiller partner Bill Isaacson.”
In 2015, after a three-week jury trial in the District of Nevada, Bill–together with BSF co-counsel Karen Dunn–won a $50 million verdict, later increased to $124 million in a judgment, for Oracle for software copyright infringement and state law violations. In 2014, in O’Bannon v. NCAA, he won significant attention for his cross-examinations of NCAA witnesses, obtaining a historic victory for college athletes. In the same year, Bill served as trial counsel, with Karen Dunn, in a high-profile antitrust class action in the portable music industry, winning a complete defense verdict. In 2013, Bill was also trial counsel in the first antitrust action against Chinese companies for cartel conduct relating to products sold in the United States, winning a $162 million judgment, and $33 million from settling defendants.
Bill has been listed as one of the 500 leading lawyers in the U.S. by the publication Lawdragon. Bill was also named a Competition MVP and Titan of the Plaintiff Bar by Law360, and a Litigator of the Week by Global Competition Review. Legal 500 describes him as a “leader” at the firm “with many successes to his credit” who has a "brilliant knowledge of international arbitration."

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Vietnam Airlines to re-start six domestic routes
The company will reopen flights to economy-tourism hubs, such as HCMC, Nha Trang, Da Nang and Phu Quoc.
Accordingly, the carrier will operate one daily flight per day between HCMC and Tuy Hoa; 3 weekly flights from Vinh to Nha Trang on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; 3 weekly flights connecting Da Nang and Nha Trang on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday; and four weekly flights linking two famous tourist destinations of Da Nang and Phu Quoc on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
On this occasion, VNA will offer tickets at VND99000 (US$4.1) each one-way, equivalent to VND579000 (US$24) including taxes and fees. They will be available from now until December 31 for flights from October 25 until December 31.
The airline earlier resumed flights on six routes from September 9 including Hanoi – Chu Lai, Hanoi – Tuy Hoa, Hai Phong – Dien Bien, Vinh – Buon Ma Thuot, Vinh – Da Lat, and Hue – Da Lat.
By Bich Quyen – Translated by Kim Khanh
Travel companies see positive outlook but challenges lie ahead
Hanoi, South Korea to explore cooperation opportunities in smart city development
Open data and AI - the engine of economic growth
HanoiPlasPrintPack Exhibition launched to boost local plastic industry development
Vietnam urges China to facilitate Vietnamese seafood exports

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Posters, red carpet, sanitary measures… After three weeks of assembly, the 75and edition only has one day left before receiving, from May 17 to 28, moviegoers and professionals.
Final preparations before the deluge of films, stars and glitter: on the eve of the opening of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, the Croisette is preparing to welcome the cinema planet and regain its festive airs. Rope access workers unfurled the poster for the 75th edition on Sunday, inspired by a scene from the film The Truman Showon the pediment of the Palais des Festivals. “Tuesday will also be a big day for laying the carpet so here we are, we are coming to the end, for us, after three weeks of assembly”, welcomes José Will, head of the exhibition department at the Palais des Festivals, to AFPTV. On the Croisette, the Festival teams, like the dozens of hotels, palaces, restaurants and shops that are full at this time, have one last day to prepare everything.
For this anniversary edition, more than 35,000 film lovers and professionals are preparing to join the seaside town of the Côte d’Azur. In an atmosphere swinging between stars, cream of auteur cinema and the echoes of the war in Ukraine through several selected films. “We are ready. The town hall has just redone everything, the whole place, so we hope that it will go well for the public.launches Jérémie Tripet, manager of the bistro L’avenue, a stone’s throw from the Croisette.
Monday, the first festival-goers will begin to arrive, from all over the world, or almost: few Russian professionals are expected, the Festival having announced as soon as the invasion of Ukraine that it would not welcome “delegations” official or government-related structures. And some countries like China could be less present than usual, due to the health situation there. But in Cannes, the page of the Covid epidemic, which forced the cancellation in 2020 and an edition in July last year, seems turned: the Festival has returned to its usual dates and there will be no mandatory masks, no health pass this year.
From Tuesday evening, the party and the 7and art regain their rights, after the arrival of the jury, chaired by the French actor Vincent Lindon, who succeeds Spike Lee. One of the first international stars to climb the steps will be actor Forest Whitaker (ghost dog, The Last King of Scotland). An honorary Palme d’Or will be awarded to him at the opening ceremony on Tuesday evening, presented by actress Virginie Efira. Many other stars will follow: Kristen Stewartwho will climb the steps alongside Léa Seydoux and Viggo Mortensen for the latest film by David Cronenberg, the promising Austin Butler and the veteran Tom Hanks, who play Elvis and his manager in an eventful biopic, and of course Tom Cruise for the latest Top Gun. On the competition side, 21 films – and 5 female directors – are in the running to succeed Titanium Gore and uncompromising Palme d’Or from the Frenchwoman Julia Ducournau, 2and crowned director in the history of the Festival.
Among the filmmakers expected: David Cronenberg (Crash), which once again promises to shake the public with The crimes of the future Park Chan-wook (old boy) who returns with a sulphurous investigation (Decision to leave) or James Gray who will present Armageddon Timewith Anthony Hopkins and Anne Hathaway. Several already crowned filmmakers are in the running, including the Dardenne brothers (Rosetta) with Tori and LokitaRuben Östlund, the grittiest of Swedish filmmakers (The Square) with Without filteror Japanese Kore-eda (A family matter ), which this time turned broker with the South Korean star of Parasite , Song Kang-ho. As well as promising young talents, named Lukas Dhont or Leonor Serraille, both in competition for their second film.
The Festival also promised not to forget Ukraine and last week added to the selection the posthumous film by Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius, killed in early April in Mariupol. His fiancée who accompanied him was able to bring back the images shot there and put them together. The competition will open on Wednesday with the latest film by Kirill Serebrennikov, who has become a symbol of Russian artists breaking with the regime since he was able to legally reach Europe after the outbreak of war.
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Panintelligence, a global supplier and leading channel-focused provider of a highly intuitive business intelligence dashboard, is offering its business intelligence solutions for free to support and empower local UK based organisations in the wake of the global disruption caused by Coronavirus.
Eager to help enterprises survive and navigate the global crisis – and provide a helping hand to the local economy during true times of need – the UK-based firm is committed to aiding any regional firms that are struggling to maintain ‘business as usual’ during such vast uncertainty.
Typically provided to software vendors, Panintelligence’s highly intuitive platform will be available to businesses to help them take advantage of their data and be better equipped to react to real-time monitoring to make decisions quickly.
The full software package will be available for free for at least 90 days – depending on the ever-evolving climate – and include access to online training videos and live training delivered by webinar to ensure that businesses have support and guidance in how best to utilise the platform’s capabilities.
Zandra Moore, CEO of Panintelligence, is a leading figurehead in the tech landscape and has been devastated by the effects of COVID-19 across the industry and her local community.
“We need to come together in this time of uncertainty and provide vital support and guidance to anyone who requires it right now,” she said.
“Businesses must be able to unite and share expertise because it’s that level of help that will guide everyone through unprecedented waters.
“We’re immensely proud to be part of the amazing community of Leeds. It’s a part of Yorkshire that has a lot of heart and we will do whatever we can to assist any regional business in need.”
Based in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, Panintelligence is a UK-built, trusted global supplier and leading channel-focused provider. Its highly intuitive business intelligence dashboard vastly improves reporting and delivers ROI for a range of sectors – including finance, insurance, education and healthcare.

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INTRODUCTION: Nasal cannulas are commonly used to deliver oxygen in acute and chronic care settings; however, there are few data available on delivered fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2). The purposes of this study were to determine the delivered FIO2 on human subjects using low-flow and high-flow nasal cannulas, and to determine the effects of mouth-closed and mouth-open breathing on FIO2.
METHODS: We measured the pharyngeal FIO2 delivered by adult nasal cannulas at 1–6 L/min and high-flow nasal cannulas at 6–15 L/min consecutively in 10 normal subjects. Oxygen was initiated at 1 L/min, with the subject at rest, followed by a period of rapid breathing. Gas samples were aspirated from a nasal catheter positioned with the tip behind the uvula. This process was repeated at each liter flow. Mean, standard deviation, and range were calculated at each liter flow. FIO2 during mouth-open and mouth-closed breathing were compared using the dependent t test for paired values, to determine if there were significant differences.
RESULTS: The mean resting FIO2 ranged from 0.26–0.54 at 1–6 L/min to 0.54–0.75 at 6–15 L/min. During rapid breathing the mean FIO2 ranged from 0.24–0.45 at 1–6 L/min to 0.49–0.72 at 6–15 L/min. The mean FIO2 increased with increasing flow rates. The standard deviation (±0.04–0.15) and range were large, and FIO2 varied widely within and between subjects. FIO2 during mouth-open breathing was significantly (p < 0.05) greater than that during mouth-closed breathing.
CONCLUSIONS: FIO2 increased with increasing flow. Subjects who breathed with their mouths open attained a significantly higher FIO2, compared to those who breathed with their mouths closed.
- Correspondence: Richard B Wettstein RRT, Department of Respiratory Care, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Mail Code 6248, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio TX 78229–3900. E-mail: .
Richard B Wettstein RRT presented a version of this report at the Open Forum of the 49th International Respiratory Congress of the American Association for Respiratory Care, held December 8–11, 2003, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Copyright © 2005 by Daedalus Enterprises Inc.

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At the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong in March, a group of eminent rugby journalists were talking about Japan’s bid to host Rugby World Cup 2011.
After discussing — and agreeing — how the government-backed proposal by the Japan Rugby Football Union to host the tournament in this country would help the global development of the game by putting Asia squarely on the world rugby map, the journalists’ talk turned to tournaments past.
“Whatever happened to that fellow with the mustache who used to play fly-half?” asked one well-known New Zealander. “He really was a class apart.’‘
The “fellow” in question was Seiji Hirao — who just so happens to be one of the driving forces behind Japan’s bid to host the world’s third-biggest sporting event.
Known throughout his homeland as “Mr Rugby,” Hirao has been in the public eye ever since he led Fushimi Kogyo, his Kyoto high school, to the national high school title in 1980.
From there he went to the city’s Doshisha University, where he helped that august institution to three national university titles.
After he graduated in 1985, Hirao spent time in England playing for the famous Richmond club in west London before returning the following year to embark on a career with corporate side Kobe Steel. With Hirao at its core, the Steelers became the team to beat, winning seven succesive corporate and national titles between 1989 and 1995.
After winning 35 caps for his country, and representing Japan in the 1987, ’91 and ’95 Rugby World Cups, Hirao finally “hung up his boots” (as a player) and made the transition to coach, first at Kobe and then with the Japan national team, which he led at the 1999 World Cup in Wales.
Quitting the post in 2000, Hirao returned to Kobe to take on the role of general manager at the Steelers.
Well-educated and a “man of the world,” Hirao is often asked to deliver guest lectures on, in particular, the relationship between sport and business — in the course of which it is not unknown for him to air some of his outspoken views on the education system in Japan.
As busy as he is, The Japan Times recently caught up with the elusive “Mr. Rugby,” and tackled him on a wide range of issues covering both rugby and the wider world beyond.
You played in three World Cups as a player and then coached Japan in the 1999 tournmament. Which did you enjoy more, playing or coaching? And which players have impressed you most both as an opponent and, nowadays, as a coach?
I enjoyed both in different ways. When I was a player there was the physical commitment — but win or lose, the work was done on the day. As a coach you are always thinking about the following day and the next game. Mentally it is tougher; it’s an endless game.
I was up against many great players, though the Australians Michael Lynagh and David Campese, Scotland’s Gavin Hastings and Ireland’s Hugo MacNeill spring to mind. In the modern game, the players are more skillful. As a result, carefully rehearsed strategies have become very important. The Australians have shown that such programmed strategies can effectively limit the role of individuals, and as a result there are fewer charismatic players than before. In fact it has now got to a stage where there is no way to counter the strategies, and teams are increasingly having to rely on players such as England’s Rugby League convert Jason Robinson and Matt Rogers [an Australian R.L. convert] to use their individual skills to break the defensive lines that have been set up.
There seems to a difference now between the “tracksuit coach,” such as England’s Andy Robinson, and a “suit coach” such as Robinson’s predecessor, Sir Clive Woodward. Having progressed from the former to the latter, which role do you enjoy more?
Interesting question . . .
I enjoy being general manager and controlling things in general. Besides, I am too old and can’t run like I used to.
I have a nostalgic feeling about coaching, but don’t think I can go back to it.
But there are problems with the system. A good coach may be good on the ground but hopeless as regards finance. In Japan you start as an assistant coach, become a coach and then a general manager. But there are different qualities required for each role. Being good with a whistle doesn’t mean being good at figures. It is the same with companies. Every year you get a salary raise and a promotion. That is the Japanese system. You are not judged on quality. Promotion is automatic. I think it would be possible to have a general manager who has little or no coaching experience but who has the ability to judge the quality of officials and players.
You are often asked to talk to corporate leaders. What lessons do you think business can learn from rugby?
Rugby can teach business many things. In rugby, you have 15 players in the same team all doing different things but all hoping to achieve the same goal. There is more variety and a wider range of skills in a rugby team than in a soccer team, and business can learn how rugby coaches get these different people working together.
Then there are the areas of judgment and authority. On a rugby field everyone is a decision-maker, and the ability to make a decision is very important as it is the link between people.
In the 1960s, the economy was on the up and up, and Japan followed a baseball-type philosophy in that everyone listened to the boss or coach and followed what he said. But since the economic bubble burst nearly 15 years ago, it has become much more important to be able to make quick decisions and to be able to think while moving — especially in a field such as information technology. This ability is found in goal-orientated sports such as rugby.
Sports, society, education and the economy all influence each other. In the 1960s, team and company managements were run on the same principles, but that has changed now. Thanks to the Internet, players and workers now know things as soon as their managers do.
Japanese rugby is often described as being attractive to watch, but the general view overseas is that a Japanese team will never reach the higher echelons of international rugby. Do you think it is simply an issue of the players being too small, or are there other reasons?
For a long time the problem in Japan has been that players do not think for themselves. This goes back to the high-school competitions, which are “win at all costs.” The team style is more important, and there is a lack of individual skills and flair. Everything is too predictable, and this becomes engrained by the time players become members of the national squad.
Sport is about playing. Young children should be given as many options as possible so they can find out which sports they are better suited to, and which they are more skillful at. When they get older they can specialize in that particular sport. In other countries the number of options regarding sports are generally expanded. In Japan they are reducing. In rugby in Japan, for example, prop forwards are only expected to scrum, they are not allowed to kick.
Look at Wales. When the two teams played recently there was only a 1-kg difference between the players on average — but the Welsh played with enjoyment, and that was the real difference between the teams.
In the past, players would burn out after 10 years. This situation has been getting better and the players have changed. The problem is that the coaches haven’t changed with the times. They need to change the way they do things. Players now have better access to information and get knowledge from the Internet. And foreign players coming to Japan often have more knowledge than the coaches here and they should be utilized to the full.
As a coach you were responsible for picking a number of former All Blacks and foreigners for the Japan team. While that is simply what other countries have been doing for years, the fact that they stood out from their teammates meant the whole issue was focused on in more detail. What are your views on foreigners playing for Japan?
I believe in self-regulation as a union, with a third being the maximum. There is a need for foreign players and there is a big difference between a team that has and a team that doesn’t have foreign players. But I would like to borrow them.
The long-term view must be that we aim not to rely on them as we do now. We need a vision on how to use them.
More and more foreigners are coming to Japan to play rugby. We want Japanese players to compete with them. Now we ask them to play for Japan. It would be nice if they asked us if they could play for Japan.
You spent a year in England after graduating from Doshisha. How much of an eye-opener was that to you?
When I was at Richmond, the training sessions were not so different. What was surprising was that everyone played. We had around 100 players all playing for different teams within the same club.
At Japanese universities, only the 1st XV play. As a result there is no motivation for the others. In England everyone had a target, and they all knew why they were training and did the right thing. The motivation factor was different.
In the past, players felt it was a duty to play. Their coaches would penalize them if they did not turn up for training and the accepted view was that rugby should not be enjoyed. It should be a hardship. The harder your life the better person you would be.
However, I believe you should play for the love of the game — and that should be taught at schools in physical education classes.
When you make a tackle you must be willing to do it. You shouldn’t be forced. The old philosophy in Japanese rugby was laid out by a former coach who said to his players that they were going to die and that he would pick up their bones.
But we played far fewer games then. Now they play so many, they cannot afford to die. But that worked well at the time and was the best message we could have to perform better. It was a concept that worked well with the Japanese national character at the time.
Now that has changed and we need to find a concept that works well in the modern era and allows players to enjoy the game. We need to work out how to present that concept to the new players.
Do you think that perhaps some of the top players might find the right concept if they were to follow your example and spend time overseas?
I think it is a good idea for players to go overseas. It would make them more flexible, but it needs to be done in a structured way.
There should be a JRFU scholarship system whereby players go for a year and then come back and share their experience with their teammates.
At the moment there is too much risk involved, as players have to quit their companies if they go overseas. I think it would better for individuals to go overseas rather than the national team — especially after the results last autumn [when Japan lost 100-8 to Scotland; 98-0 to Wales; and 25-10 to Romania].
I have watched rugby in Japan for a number of years, and it is amazing how the level of the game has improved at the domestic level. Yet at international level the national team still struggles. Why is there such a difference?
Players in the national team feel much more at home with their club teams. They have more identity and affinity with their clubs. They have better conditions, information, technology and health care. They feel no identity with the national team and there is little pride there.
The Top League teams are very professional and compete with one another off the field. This makes the players very comfortable.
How to raise the morale of the national team is a key issue.
Before and during the tour of Europe there were some real injuries, but some players were worried about getting hurt playing for the national team and missing the Top League season. Players are often praised when they play for their clubs or universities, but they are criticized when they play for the national team and they do not like that at all.
You talked earlier about bad habits being engrained in players. Do you think the present system in which univeristy players only play against other student teams, rather than getting a “real rugby education” by playing in the Top League against corporate teams is holding back the development of rugby in Japan?
Absolutely true. It would be much better if the top college players played club rugby. But the rugby structure is geared toward the corporations not the players.
It is still better for players to graduate and then get a rugby-related job. The rules would need to be changed to allow university players to play in the Top League, but many players go to university because of their rugby.
I would like to see dual registrations introduced, so players could play both — but we need to do something soon. We need to change the seasons of both Top League and University Championships, especially if we do host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. It must be done to give the players better opposition and more experience. We have had the present structure for too many years and the corporations and universities do not want to change. Tradition is the problem.
Why has Japan put in a bid to host the Rugby World Cup, and why do you think they should be awarded the competition?
The Rugby World Cup is the request of an era. We have to do this.
The level and popularity of rugby in Japan has been falling, and if we wait it could be too late. This is like a bomb — a tool to accelerate movement — and it is our big target.
By hosting the RWC, we will raise the level of the national team and raise the popularity of the game. We need the RWC to make this happen.
Also, the rugby world needs Asia, and wants Asia to be a part of it. Japan is the only country with an infrastructure capable of staging the event.
Finally, if you look to the 2027 World Cup, where would you like Japanese rugby to be?
I would like to see Japan playing England and Australia on a regular basis and on a competitive level. But to do that we need to perfect the development system and raise the level of our players.
I would like to see rugby players appearing in television commercials, and I would like to be able to sit back and enjoy the game.


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I got an email today from a woman who was perplexed about her hydrangeas. “They’ve been blue for several years,” she wrote, “but the last two years they got taller and turned pink.” She wondered if the height and color change were related.
Full disclosure here: the photos below are not from her garden. I took a photo of a blue hydrangea and tinted the flowers pink with Photoshop. Think illustration, not documentation.
I told her that I thought that she has Nikko Blue hydrangeas, and these grow to be well over five feet tall when mature. Additionally, all of these shrubs grew taller last summer because of the wet season. I doubt that the size is related to the color.
Blue hydrangeas stay blue when the plant is growing in acidic soil. It’s aluminum in the soil that turns them blue, but they can’t absorb that mineral unless the soil is on the acid side. In alkaline soils these hydrangeas will be pink.
Occasionally a hydrangea can turn pinkish in acidic soil if a lot of phosphorous has been applied to the area. Phosphorous can tie up the aluminum so that the plant can’t take it up, even though the pH is in the right range. So if you want your hydrangeas to stay blue, don’t use super phosphate around them.
In the Northeast most of us have acidic soil because of the native soil and acid rain. Usually if we do nothing our hydrangeas stay blue. Leaching from cement foundations can sweeten soil, however, and lime that’s applied to lawns can be spread into neighboring beds which raises the pH in that area.
I haven’t heard back from the flummoxed emailer yet, so I don’t know which of these situations might apply to her.
And here’s one way hydrangea color relates to our lives: we all need particular growing conditions in order to do well. I need to eat regularly, and stay away from very hot environments, for example. It’s good for me, and those around me, that I know that about myself, because I can be really cranky when hungry or hot.
What growing conditions cause you to turn from pink to blue?

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In this video, U.S. Marines with the 25th Marine Regiment practice a beach landing in amphibious assault vehicles at Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range in Michigan on August of this year. The main vehicle in the video, the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV-7), can fire its eight smoke grenade launchers or its turret-mounted .50 cal machine gun and 40mm grenade launcher on land and in the water. The 25th Marine Regiment is one of three infantry regiments in the 4th Marine Division of the U.S. Marine Corps. The 25th Marines is primarily a cold weather regiment that commands fifteen training centers in nine states throughout the Northeast.
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THUNDER BAY -- Tbaytel’s new board chair remains optimistic that the company can increase its dividend to the city in the coming years.
Jack Jamieson, who replaces Michael Power as chair of the Tbaytel Municipal Services Board, said the dividend this year is at least $17 million with the possibility for more.
Upgrades to LTE for mobile devices along with increasing the fibre internet and digital TV customer base could go a long way to see a bump in this year's dividend and the years ahead.
"It's always a possibility," he said. "There are many challenges and projects ahead of us."
Jamieson, a board member since 2008, has heard concerns about the company's plan to take on $10 million in debt, but debt is part of any business, especially in telecommunications.
Borrowing helps a company invest in itself long-term and allows it to grow. Compared to the rest of the industry, Tbaytel is in a comfortable position when it comes to debt.
"Our balance sheet would be the envy of any of the other company in the Canadian telecommunications industry," he said.
As for being shut out of the recent 700 MHz spectrum auction, Jamieson said that shouldn't be cause for concern about the company's capacity. Seven-hundred is good for high-density areas like downtown Toronto.
Tbaytel has a different footprint in the region with its own 800 MHz and 2500MHz spectrum along with the ability to get some help from its partnership with Rogers if needed. The bids got too high in the auction and Tbaytel didn't need the spectrum at any price.
"We had established a budget that we would have spent to acquire it. There are some advantages to having it but the price just got well beyond what we viewed for our needs as commercially reasonable and so withdrew from the auction," Jamieson said.


Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Monday said he has created a seven-member fact-finding panel to look into allegations of corruption
involving members of the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee and other concerned agencies.
READ: Duterte: Probe SEAG snafu
“If evidence warrants the filing of a case of corruption, then we will do so,” he said, vowing an impartial investigation.
“All agencies covered would be investigated since there was one source of money that flowed. PHISGOC is included,” he said, referring to the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee. “We cannot be selective.”
PHISGOC is chaired by House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and several private individuals.
The country is hosting the 2019 SEA Games with a P7.5-billion budget.
Cayetano welcomed the looming Ombudsman investigation over the conduct of the Southeast Asian Games.
Cayetano said the investigation will put an end to the criticisms and other snide comments about the games’ organizers made “mostly by administration haters in social media.”
He said the Ombudsman investigation will give the organizers an opportunity to put to rest all questions about the games.
Even before the games started, two senators said they would seek a Senate investigation into the conduct of the games as well as the expenditures that the organizers incurred.
In a statement, Cayetano said: “Two weeks ago, when the SEA Games was under attack by groups out to discredit the government with fake news reports of unpreparedness and corruption, I already announced that we not only welcome but are ourselves calling for an investigation by the proper agencies at the right time to clear the air about these unfounded allegations.”
READ: Speaker blames senator for SEAG budget delay
In the same statement, Cayetano said he welcomed the Ombudsman investigation “as an opportunity to put to rest all the questions” so that Filipinos could move forward in celebrating the success of their athletes.
He added that he would fully support all investigations as he ordered “full transparency, audits and opening of all books.”
He also said: “When I was asked to help organize the SEA Games, I was told not only how difficult it would be but also that cases would be filed no matter how strict we are in conducting our affairs. In fact, those who organized 2005 SEA Games are still fighting cases filed against them.”
READ: Logistical snafu greets athletes


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A Switzerland-based chemist who invented solar cells that mimic photosynthesis is the winner of a million-dollar technology prize announced Wednesday.
Michael Gratzel invented low-cost solar cells that can be turned into electricity-generating windows, mobile solar panels and other devices. He won the $960,000 (€800,000) Millennium Technology Prize, awarded every other year by Finland’s Technology Academy.
The cells use nanocrystal films to produce power from sunlight, the BBC reports. The particles are so small that they don’t scatter light, and can collect solar energy from all sides. The cells are fairly cheap to make — they use dye squeezed from berries, for instance — which the Finnish academy said could be a breakthrough for solar energy.
Gratzel, who was born in Germany and now directs the photonics and interfaces laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, in Lausanne, Switzerland, told BBC that natural photosynthesis was his inspiration.
The cells have already been used in consumer products, including as battery-charging backpacks. Gratzel suggests making windows from them — “You could think that the glass of all high-rises in New York would be electricity-generating panels,” he said.
He said he would invest his winnings in further research.
Three shortlisted entries were all vying for the world’s biggest technology prize. The others were Sir Richard Friend of the University of Cambridge, who invented the OLED, and Stephen Furber of Manchester University, the principal designer of the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor, which is used in gadgets from iPhones to Zunes. Friend and Furber each won $179,775 (€150,000).


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The recent murder of a young African American teenager at the Bay Area Rapid Transit station has drawn solidarity and support from many across the United States, including big names from the NBA. Among those to express support for the grieving family is basketball icon Stephen Curry, who raised $21,025 for Nia Wilson's family, according to The Bleacher Report.
In a Facebook event streamed on the social network, Curry announced, "I'm happy to be able to livestream the All Star Game from the SC30 Select Camp, coached by myself and Seth Curry, in honor of Nia Wilson. All donations will benefit Nia's family via the National Basketball Players Association Foundation."
At the event, Curry shared a few words about Wilson. "I'm sure everybody is aware of the tragic loss we've had in the Bay Area recently with the life of Nia Wilson," he said. "Her family is here today ... It was a senseless tragedy that should not have happened and we want to use this game to dedicate it to your family." Putting action behind his words, Curry encouraged his viewers to hit the donate button on the Facebook live video to send donations for the Wilson family. According to the Facebook analytics report on the same page, dozens donated to Curry's cause.
In response, Wilson's father has expressed gratitude to Curry. Ansar El Muhammad told NBC Bay Area, "This is what's keeping me and my family so strong. All the support from giants like Stephen Curry and abroad, that's what's keeping us strong at the moment."
According to CBS News' Bay Area affiliate, KPIX, Muhammad met Curry before the game. "He told me I had a very nice family and he was looking forward to spending time with us, me and my family," Muhammad said.
So far, local law enforcement authorities have not officially determined a motive behind Wilson's murder. Bay Area ABC 7 reported that the white man who stabbed Wilson also allegedly stabbed her sister, Letifah Wilson, who survived. While speaking to the press, BART Police Chief Carlos Rojas said, "It was, in my close to 30 years of police experience, probably one of the most vicious attacks that I’ve seen."
As he mourned his beloved daughter's death, Muhammad told KTVU reporters, "I want justice for my daughter. I want justice for my daughter. Please get me justice for my daughter ... this is a parent's worst nightmare." He described the harrowing details of the event to KTVU, saying that he got a "hysterical call" from one of his daughters from the MacArthur station. Upon arriving at the scene, Muhammad said he found Wilson lifeless "on a tarp."
Soon after Wilson was brutally murdered, her sister Malika Harris created a GoFundMe for the family and raised more than $30,000. On Twitter, Wilson's horrific death galvanized the hashtag #SayHerName to honor her memory.
Of her sister, Harris wrote, "Nia was an 18-year-old young woman who was full of life, smart, and beautiful beyond words" and that she "loved to do makeup, hair, and get dolled up and enjoy life."


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If you’re buying a home for sale in Boston, you’ll be glad that there’s always something to see or do in this fabulous city. We’re sure you’ll have exploration on your To-Do list, but if you’re looking for some ideas for great day trips, we have you covered.
3 Great Day Trips from Boston
Boston is teeming with museums, restaurants, art galleries and attractions, but if you’re ready for a little change of scenery, check out:
- Martha’s Vineyard
- Lexington and Concord
90.7 miles from Boston
Take a trip to Martha’s Vineyard – best-known as a summer destination, but noteworthy at any time of year – and explore lighthouses, the gingerbread cottages at Oak Bluffs, Aquinnah Cliffs, historic Edgartown’s art galleries, or the gorgeous shoreline. You may not be able to squeeze all six towns that comprise the famed area in one day, but you can take your pick between:
- Oak Bluffs
- West Tisbury
This beautiful area, divided into “up-island” and “down-island” sections by the locals, has a rich seagoing tradition. Long ago, Martha’s Vineyard sent whaling ships all over the globe. There are a number of history museums and historical markers all over the island, which you can enjoy at your leisure.
Lexington and Concord
Concord: 19.6 miles from Boston
Lexington: 20.7 miles from Boston
If you’re a history buff, Lexington and Concord need to be on the top of your sightseeing list. The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here on April 19, 1775. Then, the first real battle of the war took place nearby in Concord. You can visit the restored 1710 Buckman Tavern where the militia men gathered in Lexington.
In Concord, you can explore the origins of American literature – people such as Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Ellery Channing and Henry David Thoreau penned famous works here. You can see places such as Alcott’s Orchard House, Walden Pond, and Author’s ridge in the gorgeous Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Explore the Concord Museum or tour the historic Battle Road, or check out local activities such as The Liberty Ride.
15 miles from Boston
Salem, Massachusetts was once a very important port – and it was the center of America’s prosperous trade with China, as well as the site of a stain on early American history: the Salem Witch Trials.
Several historic homes in Salem are open for tours, allowing you to view pristinely preserved antiquities and arts brought from the Far East in the earliest years after the country’s founding. In fact, many experts consider Salem to be New England’s finest assemblage of historic homes from this period.
You can visit the Phillips House, which preserves five generations of one family’s heritage; the Hawkes House; Derby House; and the interior of the Gardner-Pingree House. You can also tour the Crowninshield-Bentley House and the John Ward House, both part of the Peabody Essex Museum, which features countless treasures. Perhaps the most well-known historic home is the House of Seven Gables, made famous by author Nathaniel Hawthorne (whose home you can also tour).
You can explore through guided tours or on your own, enjoy a wide range of locally owned restaurants, cafés and shops, or visit museums for a full day before heading home to Boston.
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We are proud to present Chapter 3 and 4 of the CCCM Case Studies. Chapter 3 of the CCCM (Camp Management and Camp Coordination) case study collection focuses on operations in which the authorities assume the responsibility for site management with the support of humanitarian agencies. These case studies present programmes that have been developed to adapt to an increasingly frequent context of humanitarian agencies providing Site Management Support to the authorities instead of doing Site Management themselves. The four case studies were collected from four countries: Bangladesh, Colombia, Greece and Turkey.
Chapter 4 of the CCCM (Camp Management and Camp Coordination) case study collection focuses on preparedness programmes in national natural disaster response. These case studies document examples of preparedness activities aimed to build both resilience and response capacity of communities, partner organisations and governments. The case studies were collected from three countries: Nepal, Philippines and Vanuatu.
Both are available in the resources section of the website, Chapter 3 here and Chapter 4 here.

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Elon Musk alone is now in control over one of the most important social media news sources after having completed his USD 44 billion acquisition of Twitter, fired top management and dissolved the company’s board. His future plans for Twitter are still mostly well kept within his management group but his control over Twitter as a news source is a fact and an example of ownership concentration.
A survey by US-based Pew Research Center shows Twitter is the third most important social media news source in the country.
Around half of US adults get news at least sometimes from social media. Facebook is number one with 31% of adults using it as a source for news. Number two is YouTube with a quarter of adults regularly getting news from YouTube.
Number three is Twitter (14%), Instagram (13%), TikTok (10%) or Reddit (8%). Fewer regularly get news from LinkedIn (4%), Snapchat (4%), Nextdoor (4%), WhatsApp (3%) or Twitch (1%).
“When looking at the proportion of each social media site’s users who regularly get news there, some sites stand out as having a greater portion of users turning to the site for news even if their total audience is relatively small. For example, while Twitter is used by about three-in-ten U.S. adults (27%), about half of its users (53%) turn to the site to regularly get news there. On the other hand, roughly the same share of adults (31%) use LinkedIn, but only 13% of its users regularly get news on the site”, the Pew Research survey says.
In many cases, there are demographic differences between the people who turn to each social media site regularly for news. On several of the social media sites, adults under 30 make up the largest share of those who regularly get news on the site. For example, half or more of regular news consumers on Snapchat (67%), TikTok (52%) and Reddit (50%) are ages 18 to 29.
Women make up a greater portion of regular news consumers on Facebook, while the opposite is true for Twitter and Reddit.
“Some partisan differences also arise when it comes to who regularly gets news on some social media sites. The majority of regular news consumers on many sites are Democrats or lean Democratic. No social media site in the survey has regular news consumers who are more likely to be Republicans or lean Republican.
94% of journalists in the U.S. use social media for their job. Twitter is the number one.
Musk has declared himself a “free speech absolutist” but what that really means is still unclear. He has added that Twitter cannot be a “free-for-all hellscape”, a statement probably aimed at calming advertisers.
Around 90% of Twitter’s revenue is from advertising and for instance General Motors that temporarily halted paid advertising on Twitter and said it was “engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership”.
Days after having taken control over the company, Musk himself tweeted, and later deleted, a link to a conspiracy theory about an attack at the home of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of America’s House of Representatives.
Musk has assured that there will be no changes to Twitter’s content moderation policies for now. But he has also announced the creation of a new council to moderate posts, perhaps inspired by Meta that, after controversial moderations, appointed an independent Oversight Board that controls management’s moderation and rules against violence and hate.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Musk has earlier this year said that:
“Twitter needs to be much more even-handed. It currently has a strong left bias, because it is based in San Francisco, one of the most liberal cities in the US. ‘I do not think that people are intentional, at least not all of them, I am sure that from their perspective it seems moderate, but they come out from an environment that is very far left. This fails to build trust in other parts of the United States, and also perhaps other parts of the world”, he said.
“Twitter needs to be much more even-handed. The 10% far left and the 10% far-right must be equally upset”, he added.
“The bird is freed”, Musk tweeted to confirm his acquisition of the company. The question is freed from what?


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Robin Williams best movie scenes – LBS staff picks
There is no way you can be American and not have had your life influenced by Robin Williams in some way.
The comedic genius and all-around outstanding actor died Monday from an apparent suicide. From his work on TV shows like “Mork & Mindy” and “Happy Days” to movies like “Good Will Hunting,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Aladdin,” “Hook,” “Jumanji,” “The Birdcage,” and much more, Williams entertained us and made us laugh in multiple capacities.
Some of Williams’ greatest work came in his stand-up comedy and interviews, but for this post we have concentrated on his movie roles. The guy was awesome and will be greatly missed. We loved laughing at his comedy, but his dramatic role in “Good Will Hunting” may have been his finest work.
Below are some of Robin Williams’ best movie scenes as chosen by the LBS staff. Feel free to add your favorites in the comments.
Good Will Hunting – the park scene:
Good Will Hunting – It’s not your fault:
Good Will Hunting – I told my friends I gotta see about a girl:
The Birdcage – you do Fosse Fosse Fosse!:
Good Morning Vietnam – It’s damn hot, real hot!
Good Morning Vietnam – best scenes all in one video:
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text: LAHORE - The Punjab University administration has said that only academic activities will remain suspended for three days, May 15, while administrative offices and staff in the teaching departments will function as usual. Earlier the university was closed down for three days and on Monday the administrative offices also remained closed at both the campuses of the university. Registrar Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan has directed all the staff members to remain present during these days and perform their duties as usual. PU Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran summoned a meeting of deans of faculties to take stock of the situation. The PU spokesman Dr Mujahid Mansoori said that the meeting decided to keep the administrative offices and teaching departments open while there will be no classes. The VC directed the deans to chalk our revised timetable for the make-up classes suffered during the suspension of classes. It was reiterated that the university would not allow book fair in any case. It was also decided to accelerate the extra-curricular activities under the patronage of university administration including the book fair in October next in which all the student groups will be invited to participate. Dr Mansoori said that the university had established its writ and did not allow an illegal activity owing to its own programme of activities in which every group of students will participate. PU IJT Nazim Rana Zahid Naveed in a Press conference at STC hall on Monday said that the university stance reflect anti-education policy. He urged the university administration to restore the academic activities forthwith. He said soon after the opening, the IJT would proceed according to its programme to hold book fair. He said like past years, the IJT had so far contacted 100 publishers to display their books. He said the planning to restrict book fair was made at the Governor House. He said if their way was blocked the responsibility of disturbance would lie with the administration. Meanwhile the university administration warned the students to vacate the hostels. On the warning, almost half of the 6,000 students residing at 23 hostels vacated the hostels. The student representatives said that only those who were doing jobs did not vacate but they were worried for a possible police action any time. The students also brought out a rally on late Sunday evening against the restrictions on book fair from hostel No 9 to 15. On the warning of police action, they peacefully dispersed. The police was present inside the campus gate No 2. Underpasses and hostels gates were also closed. Strict vigilance was being exercised in hostels and students were allowed to move only by showing their ID cards. Insaaf Students Federation Punjab Chapter President Ahmad Moaz condemned the closure of hostels. He said the way the matter was being handled was creating problems. He said those who would be elected in student union elections should be authorised to hold the book fair in future and the current controversy be dealt with wisdom. Amir-e-Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad in a statement strongly condemned the restriction on book fair and cordoning of hostels by the police. He said the book fair was a positive and healthy activity and IJT was holding it since years and any restriction on it was un-understandable. He said after lifting ban on the student unions there was no justification of such a restriction and for that matter to close down the university. He said at this juncture when the country was passing through crisis and the law and order situation was grave, why peace in the campus was being tarnished by provoking the students? He did not rule out the role of Punjab governor in all such process. Qazi Hussain appealed to the students to remain calm. He also urged the PML-N government in Punjab to deal the matte amicably. On Monday, the students in observance of the black day, displayed banners and black flags at the hostels and on the entry points of hostels in protest against Karachi carnage on May 12, 2007.


text: This video is about uncle jim's worm farm. Red Wiggler worms may only grow to about 1 to 3 inches in length and may only be as thin as a pencil lead. But they’re surprisingly voracious eaters especially when they are grouped together. Also deemed as the best gardeners in the planet, these worms will eat anything that is within their path, even if these are mountains of fruit and vegetables refuse. And despite being the slimy creatures that they are, these organisms will make sure to gorge on your food and garden scraps without protest. These champion worms will work into converting all of the decomposing organic matter into a free organic resource in no time. These soil creatures excrete an organic substance that is packed with essential nutrients typically needed by plants and soil to regenerate.These nature’s wonders are also capable of producing nutrient-rich worm compost – a nutritiousmaterial that basically contains Phosphates, Nitrogen, Potash and a lot more.


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Trying to find out if there is any clever way of finding TDC on a rotor. I know there should be timing marks on the pulleys, but these are not on the installed pulleys. So, I have used a TDC finder with reasonable success, also used the keyway behind the pulley for extra comfort.
Problem is both mechanism are not dead accurate, they have got me in the ballpark, so I was wondering if there was anything I can use from ECU to determine if by retarding or advancing during during calibration if I am moving away/towards TDC, and if there are any tell tale signs of going past TDC at idle.
ECU I am using is Link Extreme, car runs and idles.
Also, if this is a stupid question, then by all means say so!
Thanks - James
There's no such thing as a stupid question James!
Finding TDC on any engine is a mechanical aspect of the engine and you can't do this with the ECU. Unfortunately I don't build rotary engines so I can't give you a technique to find true TDC. I'd always be suspicious however of any aftermarket pulley and always confirm then markings based of a factory pulley.
Attached photo shows TDC in a rotary.
Not sure what series engine you have but the accuracy of the timing marks on the factory pulleys can vary quite a bit.
Best solution is to have your pulley checked on a disassembled engine (of the same series as yours) that is set to TDC as per the photo and have it remarked if necessary.
Rotary engines are very intollerent of excess timing. In my opinion the varience in timing marks on rotary engines along with timing drift from the factory CAS (I recommend switching to a crank trigger if you have a CAS) are a big factor in many engine failures.


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This story was inspired by a dream. Well, more than just a dream; the story mostly is a dream, almost verbatim. My ex-wife (we were married at the time) hated the story.
The ashen dust danced as he stepped, a fine spray spotting the powdery road around each footprint. Withered corn, enduring the drought with rustling resignation, dimly spread away from the road. Roiling clouds thickened overhead, making a deepening twilight that belied the intensity of the summer afternoon. Thunder rumbled from no discernible direction but from everywhere. On the horizon, harsh but faint sunlight filtered down in a curtain of crepuscular rays. Intervening clouds sent down diffuse and dismal gray sheets that vaguely coalesced into columns, almost tornadoes.
The buildings, dominated by the massive stone tower, loomed nearer as Norton wearily trod the pounded road. The darkening hulk of the tower's walls was relieved only by lights in the few windows, revealing human presence. As Norton approached, sounds of meaningless laughter, hysterical gaiety, could be heard.
Norton rounded the curve of the nearest structure, glimpsing a door between girdling pillars. A woman swept halfway through the door and caught herself, looking at Norton.
"They're here," she said in obtuse fear, signalling a subtle change in the background sounds of babble. She startled, then ran within. Norton entered.
People ran up and down the stairways in confusion. In a space beyond the staircase, Norton caught a glimpse of Marie.
"You're all right?" he gasped, kneeling and reaching to embrace his three small children.
"Right now," she replied. "What will happen?"
"I don't know," Norton said, "We must not separate."
Floods of people now engulfed them, running in every direction. People and--things that were not people. And Norton and Marie clung together, alone in their immobility. The children were gone.
"The children! We must find them!" Marie wept.
"Down here!" Norton called. He pulled her by the hand into an opening in the throng. They descended on reeking, moist stone steps on a circular stairway into a distantly-lighted gloom. A green taloned hand reached out and clutched Marie's leg. She screamed. More alien hands clutched at Norton and Marie.
Warted demonic creatures boiled out of the air, thickly as clotted cream. The children's faces appeared below in glimpses, then submerged into the malodorous green mass of brutal intent.
Desperately, the two tore free and ran down the steps into a place of chilled wet fear, where vacant stares occupied people's faces distorted with pain. Marie looked around, panic clutching at her throat. Norton's heart raced as he pulled her into a dank corridor in which tentacular cobwebs hung.
They shuffled through the slime, desperately chasing the vanishing path of their hope. They emerged into a large chamber.
In the chamber, only an empty stillness hung in the air, wailing of despair.
Norton awoke with a jerk. His head reeling, he forced his eyes to focus on the nearby clock. He had slept much too late on this Saturday morning.
He shuffled out of the bedroom. "I knew I shouldn't have watched TV until two a.m.," he groaned. "And eaten all that damn junk food."
Marie looked at him with a mixture of pity and an it-serves-you-right-look. "I've been thinking that we've been watching too much TV," she told him. "We ought to get rid of the damn thing."
"Got any coffee made?" he asked.
"Yeah, you can have the last cup." She took pity on him and poured it. He heard the sounds of the television as the children watched yet another Saturday morning cartoon. Cartoon? They were so unlike those he remembered. They were no longer for humor (come to think of it, the old ones had contained mostly violent humor), but now they seemed only for "action"--meaning someone always trying to do violence to someone else or at least to practice coercion. And it was not clear where the program left off and the ads began. Because, he realized, there was no longer any differentiation. The line between the media images and reality was blurring as well.
"You're right, Marie, we've got to make some changes," he said to his wife. "It's time to turn off the TV and the junkfood. Feed our bodies and our eyes and all our senses with some good stuff for a change."
"I was talking about that last night, remember?" she said.
In agreement, they walked into the living room. Junk food trash littered the room; the kids had had Ding-Dongs for breakfast again. Marie leaned against the doorframe, arms folded. The children were oblivious to their parents' presence; they were sitting on the floor, leaning forward as if the force of the television was trying to suck them into the screen.
Norton looked at the television and shuddered. For a moment, it looked green, warty and demonic instead of the flat black plastic it had always been. Another advertisement for a breakfast-cereal-that-was-really-candy was blaring. He reached over and shut the TV off.
"It's time, kids," he began.
They sat for a moment as if paralyzed, then startled slightly, as if they had just realized that the TV was no longer on.
"Dad!" they wailed. "We were watching that!"
Norton surveyed their obvious distress. "It's time we started living life and being a part of this world. Not just a part of this world, but a part of reclaiming the world for the human race and for Earth itself. We've all been sodden lumps, addicts. From now on, we're doing things differently."
The children blankly gazed at him in disbelief. "But, but, Daddy. . ." Their lips trembled.
"Let's go camping this weekend," he said, "Right now, today. Down to Cliffside State Park, where you used to ask to go. We'll buy us a tent and sleeping bags on the way. My work can wait until Monday. Starting now, life takes precedence over television--and junkfood."
The children gazed at him for a moment. Then started to complain. But they had no choice. They went camping.
And it wasn't so bad, not even at first. It took weeks of hard choices and difficult commitments, but Norton and Marie stuck to their pledge.
The camping trips and hikes in the woods and the books they read and good meals they ate all started to feel and taste good.
And again one night, Norton dreamt the landscape again, and the tower, and the demons.
He and Marie went in and fought the demons, beat them to a pulp, and took their children back. The demons, retreating to a distance, wailed and gnashed their teeth.
And Norton flipped his hand and the demons were gone.
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A Fortnite bug seems able to reworking gamers’ harvesting instruments into the Bandage Bazooka.
The circumstances inflicting the bug, reported on the Fortnite subreddit Friday by u/ImDarkyDark, are unknown. The one proof proven of the bug is a screenshot by which ImDarkyDarky (in-game title ItsDark97) does seem to have a Bandage Bazooka instead of their harvesting software.
As a result of there’s so little context, it is unlikely Epic Video games will be capable of diagnose the issue on this explicit case. One other participant within the feedback on ImDarkyDark’s publish mentioned they’d seen “plenty of points with pickaxes this Season.” Epic Video games has not listed any bugs particularly affecting pickaxes on the Trello board it makes use of to trace identified bugs.


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WEST OAK LANE (WPVI) -- A West Oak Lane woman's acts of kindness are going viral after she decided her main mission to was to put a smile on someone's face.
Aryn Keys shot the viral video while running errands Monday afternoon. She asked herself how could she make someone's day and figured the best way would be to spread kindness.
So, she made a montage of her interactions and the random, but authentic reactions and posted it on her Instagram. She said she did not expect the types of reactions she received.
"I was scared at first because I didn't know what type of reaction. Tthere's so much going on in the city and you're just driving down the street saying stuff to people," she said. "So, I didn't know what type of reaction I was going to get. I was like I'm just going to try it and see."
Adding: "There's so much going on in the city. People are suffering from depression and from losing loved ones, and especially during the holidays. So I just wanted to spread a little bit of positivity."
Mission accomplished! She's planning going back out again to do her part to spread more kindness.


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Caesars’ Las Vegas Casino Hotel Employees Take on New Written agreement
Unionized workers with Caesars Entertainment Corp. is actually Las Vegas Reel and the town center properties accepted Thursday the exact terms of a new five-year contract , thus having an end to be able to months connected with negotiations of which, in another case scenario, could have culminated within the citywide employees’ strike.
While no points have been published about the the new arrangement, it has come about that it features wage heightens and a special language this jackpot city casino withdrawal aims to take care of staff members just in case the property that they work at is offered to another firm. The long term contract also tackles sexual pestering in the get up of many misconduct within the workplace allegations against disgraced casino manager Steve Wynn.
Under the terms of the new understanding between individuals and their supervisor, guest bedroom attendants would be provided with cordless devices that should make it possible for these to inform basic safety that they sense under peril in due time. Personnel asked for enhanced security during their office environment after continue October’s poisonous shooting where a lone gunman opened fireplace into a mass of concert-goers from the thirty second floor of Mandalay These kinds of to obliterate 59 consumers and damage, wound nearly 400 others.
The new contract also includes language in which protects Deferred Action intended for Childhood Arrivals beneficiaries and also immigrants that reside and do the job in the United States briefly under a particular protective standing. That particular calculate was contractually agreed to after UNITED STATES President Donald Trump publicised that he would be seeking to annul the Obama administration-promoted DACA immigration policy.
Reactions into the New Commitment Terms
Unionized workers within Caesars’ properties negotiated the newest agreement for months. The matter predicted into a citywide vote inside May the fact that authorized the neighborhood UNITE AT THIS POINT Culinary in addition to Bartenders Assemblages to get in touch with a citywide strike , if the settling parties failed to iron outside their disparities by the end about May. A new tentative contract was gradually reached, which inturn prevented the particular city’s major citywide strike in decades from coming about and creating disturbances and in many cases closures involving properties.
Often the negotiations blanketed 50, 000 union people employed during Las Vegas’ casino hotels, including twelve, 000 personnel at Caesars’ properties. Almost all 12, 000 are now obscured by the new plan after yesterday’s approval. They are really employed within the major carrier’s Strip homes, including the flagship Caesars Construction, Bally’s, Harrah’s, Paris, Flamingo, Planet Celebrities, The Linq, and The Cromwell, as well as the off-Strip Rio All-Suite Hotel and also Casino.
Unification members reach a similar deal with MGM Resorts International, another serious operator regarding casino hotels across Las Vegas.
Commenting on their new commitment, workers explained yesterday of which by far that it was the best you they had previously reached within the union’s history, particularly assigned the fact that this addresses safe practices concerns in the wake connected with last October’s tragedy and also sexual wrong doings allegations from Mr. Wynn.
Facts plus Figures related to South Korea’s Cryptocurrency A fever
Last year, Southern area Korea, a country with inhabitants of 51 million people today, emerged for the reason that world’s third-largest Bitcoin dealing market . In addition , the particular comprised just about 20% of worldwide Ethereum exchanging and had been home for you to two-thirds from the biggest Ethereum exchanges in the world.
South Korea’s cryptocurrency rate of growth actually removed not that long ago, but took the crypto world by just storm. Typically the fever intended for trading was held after Korean investors turned disenchanted along with real estate since both properties’ prices and also interest rates 10 foot. Domestic futures also has become less desirable due to the intro of more durable requirements as well as multiple rules.
Following the unheard of boom connected with cryptocurrency exchanging in Southerly Korea, community regulators grew to become more sound the alarm and commenced multiple crackdowns that grabbed across the completely country. Your ban in Initial Or maybe Offerings was basically another serious manifestation from the growing corporate pressure.
Stopping, in fact , speculations that the continuing cryptocurrency sector downtrend would a great extent influenced by way of the regulatory occurrences in Southern area Korea.
Regardless of the regulatory blocks, there have been many indications of which South Korea’s and Southeast Asia’s key crypto deals are bullish on the future of cryptocurrency currency trading and are preparation expansion movements to various cryptocurrency-friendly jurisdictions, along with Malta getting one such jurisdiction.
At mass media time, Bitcoin trades for $7, 677. 07 . The uk’s top cryptocurrency by market place capitalization gotten to an all-time high of more than $19, 000 in mid-December only to tumble significantly basically overnight rather than recover. Ethereum, the other favourite among To the south Korean traders, currently promotes at $606. 38, using market capital standing from around $60. 6 billion dollars. It climbed to its all-time high of over $1, two hundred in mid-January 2018 yet lost push quickly.