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The United States provides foreign aid that benefits numerous African recipients, with over $43 billion of total obligations going to 222 countries around the world in 2015. Much of this goes to assisting countries in sub-Saharan and North Africa, with USAID funding countless programs for the good of people within those nations. We take a look at the 12 biggest African recipients of foreign aid from the United States.
Tom Jackson, 9:58 pm AFKI Original
TerraPay is the latest mobile payments platform to enter the crowded East African market with its launch in Tanzania. The challenge for the market lies in navigating regulatory hurdles from one country to the next, an expert said. Interoperability has the potential to unlock intra-African mobile remittances and could be key to promoting cross-border trade. It is expected to overcome challenges to scale and facilitate micro-transfers across borders, a common theme for Africa’s low-income population. Expect to see some consolidation in the market.
Peter Pedroncelli, 3:09 am AFKI Original
African consumers are increasingly able to enjoy numerous global tech brands due to a growing middle class on the continent that is savvy and mindful of what brands can offer them. Many of these brands have earned the admiration and loyalty of African consumers, with BrandAfrica ranking them in terms of the most admired brands from an African perspective. We take a look at 12 of the most admired global tech brands according to Africans.
Peter Pedroncelli, 7:57 am AFKI Original
Many of the countries with the poorest access to electricity are in Africa, with around 625 million people in sub-Saharan Africa devoid of any access to electricity whatsoever. Due to issues such as insufficient capacity, poor reliability, and high costs, only around 32 percent of the population within sub-Saharan Africa have access to electricity. We take a look at 12 Sub-Saharan African countries with the poorest access to electricity.
Ann Brown, 6:12 pm AFKI Original
When Afia Bobia Amanfo thinks about Ghana, she sees a country ripe for harvesting, full of opportunities for its young population but lacking many basic necessities crucial for the success of young people. “This might not be an advantage for every business but it is a great opportunity for us as a social enterprise to make a difference in the lives of these young ones and help redefine the future of Ghana,” Amanfo told AFKInsider. Amanfo co-founded Students Hub Ghana, an online platform for mentoring young Ghanaians in education, career, tech, and entrepreneurship. A month after launch, the site has 3,000-plus followers.
Peter Pedroncelli, 1:49 pm AFKI Original
For the Nuba, wealth is measured in cattle. The Nuba people of Sudan’s Southern Kordofan Province have been historically discriminated against by the Arabic regimes that have been in power. In 2011, war broke out between the Sudan government and rebels in the Nuba Mountains. Conflict continues to this day, with humanitarian aid blocked. Sudanese journalists are banned from reporting on the war, and face potential imprisonment if they dare to cover the ongoing conflict in the region. Here are 14 things you didn’t know about the Nuba people.
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South African startups were the most popular in Africa for investment in 2016, with Cape Town and Johannesburg establishing themselves as hubs. Junk status could have a serious impact on this. Michael Jordaan, former CEO of South Africa’s First National Bank, is now an investor in innovative tech startups. The ratings downgrade is bad news for the economy as a whole but startups will be less affected than larger firms, he told AFKInsider. “Startups need to dominate a niche at first and in this sense the macro economy is a very small factor,” he said. “Startups should take comfort that they will survive and thrive if they keep their customers happy.”
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Tired of seeing Africa portrayed in a negative light, Diane Audrey Ngako left her Paris job as social media editor at Le Monde to start her own digital media platform. Visiter l’Afrique is all about Africa’s assets and opportunities. Interactive and collaborative, the site is dedicated to African tourism and culture. “Africa is mainly represented by non-Africans,” Ngako told AFKInsider. “They usually talk about a sordid continent where only famine, wars and poverty happen. It’s time for us to portray the Africa we know, the Africa we see. The Africa of our dreams.”
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Morocco will be home to the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant when it is fully built in 2018, producing enough energy to power over a million homes in the country once it is completed. The Noor Complex will lower carbon emissions by an astonishing 760,000 tons per year when it is fully operational. The first of four phases was completed in February 2016, with the Noor 2 CSP and Noor 3 CSP still under development – it is around 75 percent built at this stage. The fourth phase of the project was launched by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI this month.
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Eindhoven, The Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), the global leader in lighting, today announced that Hubbell Lighting, Inc., a division of Hubbell Incorporated has joined its LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs Licensing Program. Through membership of its open Licensing Program, Hubbell Lighting, Inc. will benefit from Philips’ patented and leading-edge innovations in LED control and system-level technologies.
“Hubbell has a proud history of providing innovative lighting products to its customers. We are very happy to be able to benefit from Philips’ innovations through this Program. Philips is a respected inventor in the LED market and we believe their innovations improve many of our product offerings to the market.” said Kevin Poyck, Group President for Hubbell Lighting, Inc.
“We now have more than 500 licensed companies in our program and the addition of Hubbell underlines the value of our innovations. It is important to us that Hubbell can benefit from our patented technologies in its product offerings and work with us to grow the LED market as a valued member of our program. We believe having licensees like Hubbell in our open and accessible license program will further accelerate the adoption of LED lighting,” said Arian Duijvestijn, Senior Vice President at Philips Intellectual Property & Standards.
Launched in 2008, the LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs Licensing Program, which provides access to over 220 inventions and over 1,400 granted patents to companies that sell their own branded LED products, added its 500th licensee in earlier this year.
Through the Philips LED Luminaires and Retrofit Bulbs Licensing Program, licensees are given access to a wide range of basic LED control and system-level technologies available for use in their branded LED-based luminaires and retrofit bulbs for general illumination, architectural, entertainment and theatrical markets. Additional information is available at www.ip.philips.com/licensing/ssl.


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Nayanthara's growth as an actress to Lady Superstar of Tamil Nadu is a story that is inspiring to millions of aspiring talents across the South Indian film industries. She commands a huge fan following not just in Tamil, but also in Telugu and Malayalam film industries.
As the actress is busy with the shooting of Bigil, news about her salary is making the rounds. It is said that the Imaikaa Nodigal actress charges a whopping Rs 4 or Rs 5 crore for each film, according to multiple reports. This is by far the highest remuneration for an actress in Tamil film industry.
Since the actress has become a bankable star who can shoulder a film on her own, she is said to have hiked her fee to Rs 5 crore. Her salary is equal to that of what second-tier heroes get in the industry.
It is said that Nayanthara is planning to sign more women-centric films once she completes Vijay's Bigil and Rajinikanth's Darbar. While Bigil is slated to release on Diwali, AR Murugadoss' Darbar will hit the theatres on Pongal 2021.
The actress has had a phenomenal 2018 with four releases in Tamil in the form of Viswasam, Airaa, Mr Local and Kolayuthir Kaalam. She is now awaiting the release of her Telugu film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy and Malayalam film Love Action Drama.
As of now, Nayanthara hasn't signed any new movies post-Darbar. It is also rumoured that she might tie the knot with her longtime boyfriend Vignesh Shivan later this year or early 2021. However, an official confirmation is still yet to be made.

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It is said that eating celery can lower blood pressure. Men insist on eating celery every day for three years. Result...2019-01-13 09:03:15 299 ℃
Mr. Wang has suffered from hypertension for many years, but for fear of side effects of antihypertensive drugs, he has not complied with the doctor's advice to take the medicine. After accidentally learning that celery has antihypertensive effect, he began to take celery every day for three years without interruption.
Just after the sudden drop in temperature last week, Mr. Wang suddenly felt dizzy, with blurred vision and unstable walking. After being sent to hospital, he found that his systolic blood pressure had soared to 220 mm Hg (normal systolic blood pressure was no higher than 140 mm Hg). Subsequent CT reports showed that Mr. Wang had bleeding in his brain. The situation was very urgent and he had to be hospitalized immediately.
In the hope of Mr. Wang's early recovery, at the same time, the question arises: How should blood pressure be controlled? Can celery work? Let's walk into the truth today!
celery can really reduce blood pressure?
Celery is rich in vitamins, apigenin, phosphorus, iron, calcium and other minerals. It also contains protein, mannitol and dietary fiber. It has the functions of relaxing blood vessels, lowering blood pressure and preventing atherosclerosis. In addition, celery has some supplementary dietary therapy for neurasthenia and gout. Celery can also promote gastric juice secretion and stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis. It has the effect of moistening intestines and relieving constipation.
Sounds amazing, doesn't it?
We know that hypertension can be divided into three levels:
grade 1 hypertension (mild hypertension), systolic pressure 140-159 mm mercury column and/or diastolic pressure 90-99 mm mercury column;grade 2 hypertension (moderate hypertension), systolic pressure 160-179 mm mercury column and/or diastolic pressure 100-109 mm mercury column. Column; Grade 3 hypertension (severe hypertension), systolic blood pressure <180 mm Hg column and/or diastolic blood pressure <110 mm Hg column;
It is obvious that Mr. Wang has reached Grade 3 of severe hypertension, and he has not taken any antihypertensive drugs. That is to say, celery can only be used as an adjuvant treatment, and its scope can only be attributed to the most basic way of life improvement, the real cure, or rely on drugs.
In Mr. Wang's mind, antihypertensive drugs have a lot of side effects, you can not eat them without taking them. In addition, when you see a long list of adverse reactions written in the drug instructions, you have more concerns. Then there will be high blood pressure hospitalization.
Some people hear that taking antihypertensive drugs will become so
The problem is that people may think too much of the side effects of antihypertensive drugs. The adverse reactions listed in the instructions are the summary of various adverse reactions found in drug safety tests and long-term clinical observations, not that all adverse reactions will occur in everyone. Some common adverse reactions occur only in 1%-10% of the population. And those drugs that do not indicate adverse reactions are really to be used with caution.
In addition, the side effects of commonly used antihypertensive drugs in clinic are controllable. Doctors also prescribe drugs according to the patient's specific physical condition to minimize the side effects of drugs. Even if some patients may have adverse reactions, they will generally improve rapidly after withdrawal without long-term negative effects. Most importantly, the side effects of antihypertensive drugs are negligible compared with the dangers of hypertension, so it is no problem to take them under the guidance of a professional doctor.
2, quit smoking
Studies have shown that after smoking a cigarette, heart rate can increase 5-20 times/minute, systolic pressure can increase by 10-25 mm mercury column, because nicotine in cigarettes excites central nervous and sympathetic nerves, speeds up heart rate, and also promotes the release of large amounts of catecholamine from adrenal gland, resulting in small size. Pulse contraction leads to elevated blood pressure. A large number of data showed that the amount of alcohol consumed was positively correlated with blood pressure level. In addition, alcohol abuse can increase the risk of hypertension in the population. Especially middle-aged people, should drink moderately, preferably abstain from alcohol, because drinking is of no benefit to the body.
4, persistent exercise
exercise training has always been considered as an effective means to prevent and treat hypertension. As early as 1988, the American Federal Conference on Hypertension officially established exercise therapy as one of the methods of comprehensive treatment of hypertension. Suitable for hypertensive patients are walking, jogging, cycling, Taijiquan and so on. The exercise should be moderate to low intensity, and should not be empty stomach or overfull when exercising.p>img src="/1ydzximg/0L42 VaRgsm"/> p>strong>5, maintaining emotional stability
emotional excitement or agitation will cause elevated blood pressure, so hypertensive patients should cultivate good adaptability to the environment and society, avoid emotional excitement and excessive tension, anxiety, avoid losing temper, and maintain emotional stability. Those mentioned above are matters needing attention in daily life and basic requirements. To control hypertension, antihypertensive drugs should be adhered to. Only in this way can cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents be effectively reduced and complications such as hypertension and nephropathy be prevented. Keep in mind that you should not discontinue or change medication on your own during the course of taking the medicine. You should review it regularly and adjust the medication according to the advice of your professional doctor. <<
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MINNEAPOLIS - Done right, a college hockey campaign spans three seasons in the Twin Cities. The Gophers open their 2013-14 slate for real (sorry Canadian colleges, you do not count) on Friday night versus Mercyhurst at Mariucci Arena in what is decidedly Minnesota fall. If all goes according to plan, the season will end on a Saturday in April at the Frozen Four in Philadelphia, when the snow has melted and spring is in the air.
In other words, to repeat an oft-used sports cliché, "It's a marathon, not a sprint."
And if there's one guy in the college hockey world with recent marathon experience, it's Gophers coach Don Lucia. He may still have sore legs on Friday night, after running last weekend's Twin Cities Marathon in less than four hours - a feat he did not just for charity, but to prove to himself that he is fully recovered from the health issues that caused him to miss games during the 2008-09 season.
"Health-wise we're great," Lucia said on Wednesday, in the midst of the staff's first full week on-ice with the team. "The coach is probably the most stiff of anyone on the team right now."
Lucia used three goalies in a penalty-marred 5-1 exhibition win over Lethbridge last weekend, which means nothing, other than the fact that seeing inexperienced players in key roles may be a hallmark of these Gophers, especially early in the season. The Gophers coach for years has joined the chorus that says you win with seniors and juniors in college hockey. It's that logic that has upperclassmen-laden Wisconsin picked as the favorite to win the Big Ten's inaugural hockey title this season. For the Gophers, the cupboard is mostly free of experienced offense.
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The Gophers roster for the coming season, the players Lucia will have available for the season's first few months, was changing long before the fall colors came to Dinkytown as well. Just a few weeks into the school year, freshman defenseman Tommy Vannelli decided college was not for him, and left the program. He is currently playing junior hockey in Canada, and has lost his NCAA eligibility as a result. And fans will have to wait at least a few more weeks to see the first Floridian take the ice in a Gophers jersey. Gabe Guertler, a freshman forward who hails from Fort Lauderdale, was suspended in early September after an off-ice incident that has been widely reported as alcohol-related.
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Gregor Blanco steals second base under the tag of Chase Utley in the fifth inning.
The reeling Phillies traveled across the country this week, dealing with their worst stretch of the young season and with a dire situation with former ace Roy Halladay.
Seventy-two hours later, they were oh-so-close to sweeping the World Series champion San Francisco Giants on their home field. A late, valiant comeback fell short as the Phillies lost 4-3 in 10 innings Wednesday. Andres Torres' walk-off single gave the Giants (20-14) the win at AT&T Park.
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The annual Inter-Set music competition was held on Tuesday evening. In a change from previous years the set performed in its entirety, i.e. a junior, a senior then the whole set singing, in one block. This kept the evening flowing and fun for the audience and children. The adjudicators were our own Mr Moubray and Mr Hannigan. Congratulations to the winners; junior soloist Joshua, senior soloist winner Edward, set song winners Mountbatten and overall set shield winner Beatty.
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While responding to questions regarding the seemingly unlawful seizure of property owned by Russians, Liberal Justice Minister David Lametti said that people don’t have an “absolute right to own private property” in Canada.
“I’d just like to ask you about Bill C-19 — any idea of seizing and selling off Russian assets. There are some who say that’s on shaky ground. How do you respond,” a reporter asked the Justice Minister.
“Well, look. We’ll obviously tailor the provisions so that it can withstand a court challenge. You don’t have an absolute right to own private property in Canada,” Lametti said.
“There are steps that are taken when expropriations happen at whatever level of government, and we’ll be sure to stay within those boundaries.”
The Bill in question, Bill C-19, if passed, would allow the government to “seize and cause the forfeiture and disposal of assets held by sanctioned people and entities, to support Canada’s participation in the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs Task force in light of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.”
As an aside, the Bill also includes a “two-year ban on foreign investment in Canadian housing.”
However, this appears to fly in the face of the United Nations Articles on the “Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Act.” While apparently allowing for the freezing of assets of countries committing “wrongful acts,” like waging war, it does not appear the act provides for governments to sell those frozen assets, as this prevents a “resumption of performance” following the end of a conflict.
This could mean that Trudeau is violating international law by selling off Russians’ legally purchased assets in Canada to redistribute them to Ukraine. Not to mention, it’s likely to scare off other countries from investing in Canada.
As international law adviser David Kleimann explains, “Once those proceeds, and notably Russian assets, have been handed over to, say, the Ukrainian government, they’re lost. They cannot be returned.”
“Therefore, there’s no way of inducing the resumption of performance of international obligations,” he continues.
“I believe that the legal question is relatively clear here, that such an action or such procedures would violate international law.”
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NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers for Texas are headed to federal appeals court this week to defend two Republican-backed state policies — on gay marriage and abortion — that were struck down by lower courts last year.
WHITE SPRINGS, Fla. — With help from her younger sister, a 15-year-old girl fatally shot her older brother with a gun that their parents had locked up while they were away, authorities in Florida said Wednesday.
RICHMOND, Va. — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, once on the short list to be Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for taking bribes to promote a dietary supplement.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A member of the grand jury that declined to indict the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown is asking a Missouri court to remove a lifetime order that prevents jurors from discussing the case.
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When The Saints Go Marching In
Bad Penny Blues
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Alright, Okay, You Win
Boogie By Candlelight
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The reason that it's not a beginner's book is that several songs are not in the easy key of C (no sharps or flats). Some songs are in the key of F (1 flat), G (1 sharp) and Eb (3 flats). This book won't explain how to play a tremolo, or what "gva....loco" means. Most beginners do not know this.
For beginners, I suggest buying: Bastien Piano Basics Supplementary: Boogie, Rock & Country: level 1, 2 and 3. It's perfect for a first year piano student. See my other reviews for more recommendations after that.
Add a little music theory, some ear training (try playing blind like Ray Charles), and get some insight in chord structure and music becomes a little easier. Most of all, it's practicing that left hand at nauseum that is the key to success in boogie woogie. Build that muscle memory.
5 stars, if you already are an intermediate player or better.
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Brayker is a man who carries the last of seven keys, special containers which held the blood of Christ and were scattered across the universe to prevent the forces of evil from taking over. If The Collector gets the last key, the universe will fall into Chaos, and he has been tracking Brayker all the way to a small inn in a nowhere town. And now the final battle for the universe begins......Written by
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one of the best films of recent years... on a budget that is. yes the acting is happy at times (and brilliant in others, William Sadler really showing his skill as the old man tired of running) and the sets are filmsy, the special effects range from mediocre to terrible but the shining diamond here is the script and story. having studied both philosophy and theology i read so much more into this film and truly mark it out as one of the best horror films ever. depth, great concept, brilliant script, wonderful set pieces, and a film that sets up the rules and refuses to break them. if only it hadn't been made with that damn crypt keeper!!!
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Richard Davenport covers recruiting for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He is the host of Recruiting Thursday, a weekly radio show that airs from 7 to 8 p.m. on 92.1 FM in Fayetteville; 93.7 FM in Little Rock; 95.3 FM in Fort Smith; 96.3 FM in Hot Springs; 104.3 FM in Harrison/Mountain Home; and 106.9 FM in Arkadelphia.
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At a campaign fundraiser in Connecticut today, Vice President Joe Biden talked up the Obama administration's foreign policy of "leading from behind."
Biden " suggested that Ryan and Romney's comments that the U.S. was 'leading from behind' present considerable risks for the nation's interests," according to the pool reporter's write-up of Biden's comments.
Biden then said in reference to his debate with Paul Ryan last week, according to the pool report, "When you ask as I did on Thursday night...'how do you disagree with us in terms of leading from behind, what would you do differently?'''
"The Republicans provided 'not a single solitary specific,' Biden said. 'I know a lot about foreign policy and I know one thing: loose talk is dangerous. The last thing we need is another land war tying us down,'" according to the pool report.
Members of the Obama administration have long tried to distance themselves from when one anonymous adviser told the New Yorker magazine that Obama's foreign policy was one that favored "leading from behind."
As Obama foreign policy spokesman Tommy Vietor said last year, "No one in this White House ever said leading from behind. It wasn't even sourced to an administration official, but rather the more nebulous 'adviser.' There are hundreds of people who could credibly be called an 'adviser' to the president, and there are hundreds more who go to D.C. cocktail parties and claim to be one. ... I hope we can stop talking about a thinly sourced background quote and focus on the president's actual record of decisive leadership on foreign policy."


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You have probably heard that breakfast is the most important part of the day. I used to roll out of bed and head to class with barely enough time to get ready. Meaning I NEVER ate breakfast. However, when I developed a morning routine I realized I had enough time to eat a little something. I started playing around with super quick and easy breakfast ideas. I quickly developed this delicious smoothie bowl recipe.
This post is all about how to make a super easy smoothie bowl recipe.
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I love smoothie bowls because they are so easy to make and you can change them up so you never get tired of eating the same thing. Not only can you change up the base, but you can mix tons of different options for toppings.
How To Make An Easy Smoothie Bowl
Mixed Fruit Smoothie Bowl
Smoothie Bowl Base
- 1/4 cup frozen strawberries
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1/4 cup frozen mixed berries
- 1 scoop protien powder
- 4 ounces almond milk (or liquid of choice)
- 1/4 cup fresh spinach
- 1/2 fresh banana
- 2 tbsp granola
- 1 tbsp almond butter
- 2 tbsp shredded coconut
- Add all base ingredients to blender
- Blend until smooth. You may need to add a little more liquid to finish blending. Add about a teaspoon at a time until completely blended and smooth.
- Empty blended base into a bowl
- Add any toppings you want
As I said in the beginning, smoothie bowls are GREAT because you can customize everything exactly how you like it. Here are some ideas of things you can top you smoothie bowl recipe with.
- Fresh Fruit
- Almond Butter
- Bee Pollen
- Flax Seed
- Chia Seeds
- Hemp Seeds
- Dried Fruit
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This is my absolute favorite smoothie bowl recipe to make because it is quick and super satisfying. One thing that helps keep me fuller longer is that I add protein powder. I use Arbonne’s vanilla plant based protein powder, but you can add any flavor you like.
I can’t wait to hear what you think about this smoothie bowl recipe. If you try this, let me know in the comments what you think! I would also love to hear what your favorite toppings are on your smoothie bowls!

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The check came in this morning, so I’ll be out running around paying bills and making deposits and stuff tomorrow instead of going with Mrs. the Poet to shop for groceries. There won’t be a big difference for the blog, just for my selection of salty snacks. I think I might have to give up meditation to get my BP up high enough to make the grade for the new test med, because cutting my current meds in half doesn’t quite do it, and eating salty snacks doesn’t do it either. I’m barely at 110/80 now.
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Another cow caught stealing a bicycle…… pic.twitter.com/7gtONxicdn
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Unknown mode of wreck in MN. Bicycle rider killed by car in Sartell and Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Sartell As of this posting all I know is there was a cyclist hit by an unknown vehicle and possibly left for dead making this a
possible probable hit-and-run.
Victim blaming in the Great White North. Cyclists share responsibility for accidents More blaming the victim for not wearing the GITDCS that drivers seem to think every cyclist should wear 24/7 when riding. Instead of you know, actually looking more than 20 feet in front of the vehicle.
Right hook in far West Canuckistan. Cyclist dies in collision with truck in Victoria’s Chinatown and Cyclist, 73, struck and killed in downtown Victoria I zoomed in on the picture of the crime scene and the only truck visible was a COE with good forward and side vision. So, aside from using the standard protocols posted in the links at the top of the page what could be done to prevent this wreck? They were already using the delivery vehicle with the best outward vision, the cyclist was wearing clothing that made her visible, what else could be done? EDIT: As I was getting ready to move from the first link to the next link the page updated with a much better picture of the crime scene showing the actual delivery vehicle having a conventional cab that is blind to a large area in front and to the right where the cyclist was hit. So going back to the question, replacing the delivery vehicle with a COE flat van and a glass door to the right would be a massive help.
Speaking of the devil, here’s an article from Jolly Olde on just that kind of vehicle, this one in a trash hauler. Pioneering lorries with panoramic view hit the streets in bid to save cyclists’ lives
Also from the UK is this factoid from the trial of a killer driver. Janina Gehlau: Lorry driver ‘should have seen cyclist for up to five seconds’ before fatal collision The cyclist was using the infrastructure as designed, the driver of the weapon vehicle should have been looking in the direction he was planning on driving before actually proceeding through that space, I believe the colloquial phrasing is “Looked where he was going”.
This is an aspect of UK jurisprudence that I would dearly love to see here in the US. Cyclist injured in fall from bike due to road ‘hazard’ awarded damages after suing council for ‘negligence’ Injured or incur property damage because of crappy infrastructure? Sue the government body responsible for it not being crappy.
Now this just sucks. Man pushes cyclist off BMX and rides off on it I try not to wish harm to another human being, really I do, but this guy needs to get hit by an HGV turning left at a stop light since this is over in Jolly Olde where they drive on the wrong side of the road.
Another rider in Oz hits a parked car? Qld rider killed after hitting parked car Seriously this is two this week.
More on the 73 YO driver that killed a cyclist in Oz. Hit-and-run driver charged over WA cyclist
Back in the US, SF infrastructure! TWIN PEAKS FOR EVERYONE OK let me get this out or I’m going to explode: “That’s one fine cuppa coffee” .
And how do you get bike parking? How Portland’s oldest Buddhist temple got better bike parking Sometimes you have to DIY.
And here it is not even midnight and I’m outta links, Gigi is going to be so happy.
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Going off-air again tomorrow, and the Feed
As you can see in the headline I will be away from the computer again tomorrow on church business, pretty much all day. I won’t be in any mood to do a post when I get back, either, because it will be after 2000 and I will need to consume food and also get up early to ride the bus to Sunday services. That, and I think cutting back to a 6-day schedule is better for my head. Get all the death and destruction out of my head for 2 days, and stay off the keyboard for at least 24 hours and I should look at the world with a less-jaundiced eye. I’ll still be the same grouchy curmudgeon at the keys I previously was, just (slightly) more sane and better able to hang onto that level of sanity. I’m still toying with the idea of dropping the wreck reports (and I recalculated the number of wreck reports I read over the 8 years this blog has been on various services, it’s more than 12K not the previous guess of 6K) to get a better toehold on sanity, but dropping back from 6 days of mayhem to 5 with one complete day away from the blog should do it for now. Saturdays are my slow day, click-wise. Apparently y’all have other things to do on weekends, whodathunkit?
Up first Houston is in media paroxysms over the drunk driver arrested for hit-and-run against a cyclist. Houston woman arrested in cyclist’s hit-and-run death and Woman accused in fatal hit-and-run of Houston cyclist appears in court also this commentary on the situation Can we just agree we are terrible at operating all vehicles? Apparently being an above-average driver in Houston is not jumping a high hurdle… as is true in most of TX from watching the news the last couple of days.
More on the cyclist hit wearing clothes on his bike (instead of the glow-in-the-dark clown suit) in CA. Killed Cyclist Identified At least in this article they did not mention the regular clothes instead of the GITDCS. And since nobody ever claimed the bike itself did not have at least rear-facing reflectors I think it’s safe to assume the bike was legally lighted and reflectored.
Also in CA more information about the wreck between a cyclist and a Tesla luxury car driving on the wrong side of the road. Tesla Motors named in fatal bike crash suit in Santa Cruz My opinion is this is a tactic to prevent the driver from using the “new car smell put me to sleep” defense in the criminal trial.
More on the MN cyclist run through a snowbank by a drunk driver in a van. He is dead: it doesn’t matter that he was a “careful” bicyclist and Organs of Bicyclist Killed in Mpls. Donated to Girl in Need What hasn’t been pointed out by all the people complaining about the cyclist not using the Greenway just a “few blocks” away, the driver was also not using I94 which was just a “few blocks” away…
In Jolly Olde someone finally got dinged for using the universal get-out-of-jail-free card. Jail for South Wales driver “blinded by sun” who killed cyclist The driver had a list of priors as long as my arm, and also left the scene without waiting for LEO or leaving proper contact data, but was not punished for either of those offenses. Also only a £120 fine? WTF the driver killed a man and then left the scene!
A bit of UK infrastructure that doesn’t get enough credit for reducing the death toll in London. London hospital that saved 668 cyclists: ‘Do more to prevent crashes’ That’s right, without quick transport to this level of care there would be another 7 deaths per year on average. But preventing wrecks is so much less expensive than treating the injured, so…
Speaking of infrastructure, it doesn’t do much good under lines of stationary cars. Gridlock
I love it when people reject bicycle infrastructure because there are no bicycles already using the non-existent infrastructure. City collects feedback on proposed cycle track system
A bit of Lifestyle from America’s Copenhagen. Freak Snow Can’t Stop Cycling in Portland and ‘Worst Day of the Year Ride’ cancels 45-mile route; 15-mile route still on So, snow can’t stop people who have to get to their destinations by bike, but it will deter people from riding for “fun”.
It seems like every day I need to link to something Ted Rogers puts out. Today is no exception. An open letter to cyclists from the Rock Store photographer, and a warning about a dangerous NELA bike lane
And those were all the links that gave me fits, or not, today.
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Descriptive Title: A relative measure of the number of acres of public recreation space within two miles, weighted by distance.
Geographic Unit of Analysis: Intersection (point)
|Distance weighted two-mile recreational area resource score (2011)|
|Financial District/South Beach||17|
|Golden Gate Park||NA|
|South of Market||25|
|West of Twin Peaks||73|
A review of studies showed that access to places for physical activity combined with outreach and education can produce a 48 percent increase in the frequency of physical activity.a Evidence also shows that contact or views of the natural environment can improve functioning in children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and problem solving and cognitive function in people living in public housing.b,c More generally, living in proximity to green space is associated with reduced self-reported health symptoms, better self-rated health, and higher scores on general health questionnaires.d Finally, children who live in close proximity to parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities tend to be more active compared to children who do not live near those facilities.e Adolescents who engage in moderate physical activity five or more times a week are more likely to achieve an ‘A’ in math and science than their peers.f
The Public Recreational Area Resource Indicator is a measure of access to acres of public recreational space. Public recreational space includes public parks, natural areas, and recreation centers. These spaces are primarily owned and maintained by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, but other agencies such as the National Parks Service, the State of California, the Port, the Public Utilities Commission, and the Department of Public Works also own some of the spaces included in this analysis. Scores were determined by summing the total acres of all parks within two miles of an intersection and applying a distance penalty if the park was a half mile or more away from the intersection.
Largely due to the presence of Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and Lake Merced Park, the western side of the city has access to significantly more public recreation acres than the eastern side of the city. Parkside and Inner Richmond have the highest Public Recreation Access Scores because they are within two miles of numerous large recreational spaces. The City’s eastern neighborhoods, particularly the Treasure Island, Mission Bay, South of Market, Potrero Hill, Financial District, Chinatown, and North Beach neighborhoods, have lower Access Scores because they are far from the City’s large recreation areas. Many of these eastern neighborhoods have some of the highest population densities in the city and are slated for significant residential growth over the next few decades, in the cases of South of Market, Mission Bay, and Treasure Island. While high population density means increased demand for green space, it also often means that land for recreational spaces is limited.
A revised addition of the Recreation and Open Space Element (ROSE) of the San Francisco General Plan will be released in 2012 and will plan for additional recreation land acquisition and improvements to existing recreation areas. Based on the San Francisco Planning Department’s analysis of existing resources and the distribution of children, seniors, and low income households, areas in Chinatown, North Beach, Mission Bay, and Treasure Island have been identified as priority renovation and acquisition areas (http://openspace.sfplanning.org/). Parts of the Mission, Bayview, and Crocker Amazon have also been identified as priority areas in the ROSE.
To calculate the Public Recreational Area Resource Scores, the distance from each residential intersection (intersections within 100 meters of residential lots) to recreation spaces (park, natural area, or recreation center) within 2 miles of the intersection was calculated. A distance of < 0.5 miles was given a score of 1, while distances between 0.5-1 miles were given a score of 0.75 and distances >1-2 miles were given a score of 0.5.
In order to make sure that large parks in the city, such as Golden Gate Park and the Presidio, did not overly skew the distribution of relative access to recreation spaces, a formula for diminishing returns was applied to each park’s acreage. The assumption was, that as a park’s acreage becomes increasingly large, additional acres add less and less value. Thus, the formula used was:
Diminishing Return Adjusted Acreage = (actual acreage x acreage cap)/(actual acreage + acreage cap)
An acreage cap of 250 acres was chosen because parks of 250 acres or more are in the largest park category of regionally serving parks, as specified by the National Recreation and Parks Association. Thus, additional acres could not advance a park of 250 acres or more into a higher category and would not add significantly more value.
Distance weights were then multiplied by the diminishing returns adjusted acreage for each recreation space within the 2 mile search radius. These products were then summed for each intersection, for a sum of “distance weighted acres.” The distance weighted acres for each intersection were then normalized to a scale of 0-100 to create a Public Recreational Area Resource Score.
Public Recreational Area Resource Scores for all of the residential intersections in the city were interpolated onto a continuous surface in ArcGIS using an inverse distance weighting (IDW) technique, with an output cell size of 30 and a variable search radius that sampled the 12 nearest points.
Neighborhood averages were calculating by taking the average of the Public Recreational Area Resource Scores for all of the intersections that fell within a neighborhood.
The analysis here relies on total accessible acreage as a measure of public recreation space quality. However, the quality and utility of recreational spaces is influenced by many other factors beyond land area, including the range of facilities, like playgrounds, sports fields/courts, swimming pools, bathrooms, etc., and the safety and cleanliness of the space. Many of the small parks included in this analysis may have numerous high quality facilities, while some of the larger parks may be relatively unimproved or poorly maintained. It is hoped that future iterations of this indicator will be able to incorporate the breadth of available amenities in the Resource Score.
Additionally, many other factors besides distance influence the accessibility of a recreational space, such as the presence of major roads, highways, buildings, steep hills, and gates; one’s mobility status; and whether a neighborhood is safe enough to travel through.
In December 2003, the Neighborhood Parks Council released a report titled Green Envy: Achieving Equity in Open Space, which highlights disparities in neighborhood access to quality parks and open space. The report provides additional maps and resources to examine proximity and accessibility of parks in San Francisco, as well as a critique of San Francisco's commitment to promoting open space. For more information, see: http://www.sfnpc.org/greenenvy
List of parks, natural areas, and recreation centers from the San Francisco Planning Department, 2011.
San Francisco street intersections (published May 4, 2010), San Francisco Department of Public Works. Accessed July 2011. Available at: http://gispub02.sfgov.org/website/sfshare/index2.asp.
2010 US Census.
Map and table prepared by City and County of San Francisco, Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section using ArcGIS software.
Map data is analyzed at the intersection level and table data are presented by planning neighborhood.
Taylor AF, Kuo FE, Sullivan WC. Coping With ADD: The Surprising Connection to Green Play Settings. Environment and Behavior. 2001;33(1) 54-77.
Kuo FE. Coping With Poverty Impacts of Environment and Attention in the Inner City. Environment and Behavior. 2001;33(1):5-34.
Bauman A, Bull F. Environmental Correlates of Physical Activity and Walking in Adults and Children: A Review of Reviews. London: National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence; 2007.
Nelson MC, Gordon-Larsen P. Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns are associated with selected adolescent health risk behaviors. Pediatrics. 2006;117:1281-1290.


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Stop All The Clocks By W.H. Auden - Essay - 1505 Words - brightkite hair dryers, alarm clocks, micro waves and radios are just a few examples. remarque continuously references the soldiers at war losing all sense of humanity. watch making originated in europe in the early 16th century, when coiled springs were first used to power clocks. -compare and contrast "white roses" with "stop all the clocks. poems, roger mcgough's "being-in-love", and "stop all the clocks" by w. the two poems i have chosen on the theme of love are ‘porphyria’s lover’ by robert browning and ‘stop all the clocks’ by w.) the first occasion time was measured in the most simple of ways goes back all the way to b. as it is him falling asleep and puts him out of his misery but at. he registered for the us draft and was called in september 1942. as i mentioned,The poem began with "stop all the clocks", just like the title.
Stop all the clocks essay about myself auden and anne sexton’s to a friend whose come to triumph are both based on the myth of icarus both poet based their poetry on a painting by pieter brueghel on the landscape of the fall of icarus. “[i]t has been argued that the first part of the twentieth century’s culture is dominated by attempts to keep homosexuality hidden, … [and a] number of homosexual writers in the period maintain public silence about their sex lives, and dramatize homosexual themes indirectly, if at all” (caserio). based on analysis of the lyrics, the song “clocks” expresses the world flight worldview. i like the fact that it takes a while to comprehend, as you think to yourself, “clocks strike thirteen? one corner stone of the science fiction genre is the idea of a cyborg, a part-human part-machine being who, usually, is either the hero or villain in the work. according to university of phoenix, axia college internal control and cash (2009), internal control is all of the related methods and measures adopted within an organization to safeguard its assets and enhance the accuracy and reliability of its accounting records. all or nothing thinking another motivation trap is all or nothing thinking. two main themes explored in in the attic and stop the clocks are.- imprisonment and captivity are both actions that when are taken literally allow a person to repent for what they have done wrong. we studied havisham, by carol ann duffy, stop all the clocks by w.


text: FIG. 17: Idealized schematic of an Atlantic easterly wave disturbance moving westward from Africa into the central and western Atlantic Ocean near 15°N latitude during late summer. In the top diagram (a) only weak surface pressure, warm SSTs and weak subsidence drying conditions exist. A weak tradewind inversion is present. The top of the moisture level is high enough such that the wave's upward vertical motion is able to overcome the subsidence drying and a tropical cyclone is able to form. In the bottom diagram (b) surface pressure and subsidence are stronger than normal, the SSTs are cooler than normal, the height of the moist level is lower than normal and the tradewind inversion is stronger. The wave's upward vertical motion cannot overcome these adverse influences. The westward moving easterly wave disturbance of diagram (b) is not able to transform itself into a tropical cyclone and continues to move to the west as a cloud cluster.

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Farmers across the U.S. are becoming a member of a force for national immigration reform that they say could simplicity labor shortages and reduced foods costs as surging production expenditures go on to rock the agriculture marketplace.
The farm operators say the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, previously handed by the Dwelling and pending in the Senate, will present them with a steady dependable workforce by developing a path to citizenship for undocumented agricultural personnel and reforming the seasonal farmworker visa software, between other points.
The latest labor scarcity, although not new, has been exacerbated by the pandemic and resulted in larger prices or vacant retail store cabinets for shoppers. Food items fees are now 10% better than they ended up at this time last yr, in accordance to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Data.
“At a time when labor shortages are contributing to inflation and large foodstuff costs, it’s obvious that we will need the Senate to pass our Farm Workforce Modernization Act to stabilize the agricultural workforce and shield America’s meals offer,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the California Democrat who sponsored the Dwelling invoice, stated.
But some worker groups oppose the evaluate, saying it does not consist of all immigrants and would further exacerbate power imbalances between farm proprietors and migrant personnel.
The Senate edition of the laws, sponsored by Sens. Mike Crapo, an Idaho Republican, and Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, would modify and even more open up the commonly used H-2A short term function visa program to give undocumented farmworkers yr-round perform-dependent residency with an eventual pathway to citizenship.
Crapo declined a ask for for comment by NBC News, and Bennet did not return a request for comment.
It is continue to uncertain when the legislation will be offered for a vote in the Senate, but as labor shortages lead to challenges in foodstuff manufacturing, the monthly bill has been given large assistance from hundreds of farmers and agriculture teams.
Stephanie Mickelsen owns a large-scale potato farming procedure in Idaho and stated her farm started utilizing the H-2A method for farmworkers, which has “made a massive difference” but because the visa only will allow momentary authorization for nine months at a time, locating labor carries on to be a issue.
“We have about 60 complete-time people today that work on the farm all yr long, but that is not more than enough when you strike harvest to be in a position to get that crop out of the ground, so we have to have an further 100 to 150 staff on the farm facet, that’s not such as the processing and packing facilities,” explained Mickelsen, who is chair of the American Farm Bureau Labor Committee and is also operating unopposed for a condition business office in Idaho. “I would seek the services of domestic workers, but they never appear to be to exist.”
Even though labor shortages existed prolonged just before the pandemic, the issue arrived to a head in current several years, reported Charles Wingard, who runs a household farm in South Carolina that makes leafy greens.
“Since Covid in 2020, I imagine that the fragility of our foodstuff source chain arrived to light in that our food items source chain was a minor more fragile than most men and women, myself involved, would have believed.”
Wingard’s farm, Walter P. Rawl & Sons, employs around 700 domestic and H-2A staff but has a 20% worker shortfall in its processing and plant employment.
“We offer to significant grocery chains, and they really don’t treatment that we’ve bought labor troubles. They only want us to fill the orders and make positive the truck is loaded correctly and sent on time,” he explained. “There’s generally a pressure there.”
Irrespective of marketing extensively, Wingard mentioned domestic personnel are just not offered, particularly in the past couple of many years simply because of individuals obtaining unwell, retiring early or obtaining work where by they can perform from home.
As the country ordeals the best 12-month maximize in meals prices since May 1979, in accordance to the shopper cost index, farmers say this is in element because of labor troubles.
A 2022 Texas A&M College analyze commissioned by the American Enterprise Coalition, a bipartisan group of 1,200 organization leaders who advocate for immigration reform, located that getting far more migrant and H-2A staff ended up connected to lower inflation, greater common wages and reduce unemployment. The examine also identified that “more denied petitions for naturalizations are associated with much larger client selling prices and increased inflation.”
Even now, the immigration force faces staunch opposition from some labor legal rights groups that really do not believe it’s the suitable route to immigration reform.
Groups these kinds of as Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a farmworker union on the West Coastline, have been protesting the monthly bill in section since of a requirement to enroll in a federal government verification method they consider could breed unlawful monitoring of immigrants and would not include all undcoumented immigrants functioning on farms.
“Those who do not qualify for any kind of aid from the Farm Workforce Modernization Act are mainly supplied two options: You can both self-deport or you can sign up for the H-2A system, which time and time yet again, we’ve viewed, is incredibly exploitative,” said Edgar Franks, political director of Familias Unidas por la Justicia and a previous farmworker in Washington.
In its present Property version, people who can show they have executed at least 1,035 hours of agricultural labor throughout a two-12 months interval would qualify for momentary “certified agricultural worker standing,” which is valid for five-year increments. Soon after an extra eight several years of farm function they would be suitable for long term resident standing.
“It provides a good deal of energy to the employer in excess of the life of farmworkers, which in agriculture has been really tricky to manage,” Franks mentioned, introducing that his team would instead see wide immigration reform, this kind of as amnesty.
While other farming teams, this kind of as the National Younger Farmers Coalition, also see equivalent faults in the legislation they say it is a setting up stage.
“We know and acknowledge that this method has led to severe worker violations and exploitation, and it’s not a prolonged-term alternative yet we endorsed this invoice for the reason that we realize that this would deliver a pathway to citizenship for the domestic farmworkers, and that is really important to us,” claimed Yahaira Caceres, the immigration and labor plan coordinator for the corporation who is also a previous farmworker. “Currently that’s the only legislation on the ground that has the opportunity to even pass and so it’s not a monthly bill that we necessarily agree with totally but we have an understanding of the instances politically that this is type of the only possibility to not only address labor shortages, but also other difficulties like immigration.
Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, a professor in the department of agricultural and source economics at North Carolina Point out College, claimed although it may well not be a best piece of legislation it does tackle some of the most exigent difficulties dealing with agriculture and in spite of there getting some “touchy” factors, the invoice has garnered a lot more help among the the farming neighborhood than other immigration reforms.
“It is extremely critical to really go something for the reason that labor shortages in agriculture are receiving even worse just about every yr,” he explained. “It’s extremely tricky to know what precisely is likely to come about but at the very least in phrases of the variety of personnel you have each individual year it would eradicate some of the most pressing issues like the simple fact that staff can stay right here all 12 months-spherical so that’s kind of practical.”
From 2014 to 2016 about 50 percent of the a lot more than 3 million farmworkers lacked authorized immigration status, according to a survey performed by the the Agriculture Office — which conceded in its report that the number is possible not comprehensive for the reason that of the anxiety about reporting immgration position.
Gutierrez-Li stated this will open up the application to lots of undocumented immigrants who will now have the capability to gain lawful status by way of their operate.
The laws would also open up up the H-2A application to dairy and livestock farms, whose workers are shut out of the present H-2A method because they are not deemed seasonal employees, he claimed.
Steve Obert is a fifth-technology farmer who runs Obert Farms, a dairy and grain farm in Indiana.
He has been a vocal supporter of the legislation and has been advertising immigration reform for several years, expressing the labor shortages in the dairy sector have been dismissed by the H-2A application.
Less than the new legislation all-around 50 % of the visas would be allotted to dairy and livestock.
Obert, who is also govt director of the Indiana Dairy Producers, a dairy farmer advocacy group, mentioned caring for cows requires a level of skill and knowledge, which is tough to impart when there is these large turnover in staff. He included that employee security also gets to be an difficulty if employees really don’t know how to appropriately tackle cows that can weigh up to 1,700 kilos.
“There’s that continual exertion to train men simply because they need to fully grasp good procedures for the treatment and the very well-becoming of our cows,” he reported. “When you lack that security and workforce, it receives hard to create that tradition that you really need.”