Why is the chicken cattle goat feed pellet making device one of the most vital devices in chicken feed handling? With the increase of the breeding market, automated machinery replaces labor, poultry cattle goat feed pellet making machines have actually entered thousands of families, and also fowl feed processing tools has come to be the right-hand man of feed handling plants. fowl cattle goat feed pellet making equipments are split into single makers and also complete sets of equipment, which are separately established by Richi Machinery The solitary poultry feed pellet making device is extremely easy to run, as well as only one individual can easily create it, conserving effort and time, improving job effectiveness as well as minimizing prices for users. (The output of RICHI fowl feed pellet making device varieties from 1 ton/hour to 48 lots, and also the models are full) High-efficiency as well as carefree breeding has come to be the need of farmers.
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( 1) It can boost job efficiency for users, lower feeding prices and enhance profits.
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Although these issues are the most important factors in choosing a poultry cattle goat feed pellet making equipment, as customers, we should not disregard the sources around us combined with making use of a fowl sheep feed pellet making maker. Basic material + feed pellet maker, to achieve a excellent effect of the manufacturing price.
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( 1) When clients buy a chicken cattle goat feed pellet making equipment, in addition to giving us with the approximate necessary result as well as whether three-phase electrical energy is readily available, one of the most essential point is the issue of raw materials. Consumers require to make feed according to their own regional advantageous sources, which are really enough neighborhood raw materials. The use of enough resources can decrease expenses while paying attention to the nutrient absorption of the feed.
( 2) Second Of All, it is needed to select risk-free formula raw materials, although our poultry pellet making device will certainly eliminate numerous bloodsucker eggs and also other pathogenic microorganisms through high temperature throughout the production process, and also lower numerous worms as well as digestive system diseases. However, for the healthy and balanced reproduction of fowl, during the configuration procedure, attention needs to be paid to the palatability of fowl feed and also the well balanced absorption of nutrients. Never select moldy and also shabby resources to make feed pellets.
( 3) In the long run, it is the problem of raw material moisture for chicken feed pellet making maker. For different basic materials in different places, the moisture control is different. The wetness web content of corn has to do with 14% -15%, the moisture material of soybean meal has to do with 13%, and also the moisture material of wheat bran is about 13%. It has to do with 12% -18%, so the water web content of numerous resources is different, we must pay attention to this issue.
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As a result, in the manufacturing procedure of the fowl livestock goat feed pellet making device, along with the quality of the feed pellet machine itself, one of the most essential thing is the problem of raw materials. Control as well as choose the raw materials, purchase our feed pellet equipment, make your breeding company easier and easier.
2. Advantages of formed feed pellets by poultry livestock goat feed pellet making equipment:
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( 3) The conversion rate of nutrient absorption is raised by 300%, non-toxic as well as sterilized, which can boost the digestion and also absorption of nutrients. The pellet formation process can denature the pancreatic enzyme resistance factor in grains as well as beans, decrease the unfavorable impacts on digestion, eliminate numerous parasite eggs and other pathogenic microbes, as well as reduce numerous worms as well as digestive system diseases;
( 4) The quantity of basic materials is doubled after compression, which is convenient for lasting storage space and transport.
( 5) Compared to blended powder feed, pellets made by poultry cattle goat feed pellet making device can obtain higher economic advantages.
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3. Ancillary products of chicken cattle goat feed pellet making equipment:
The screw feeder of the chicken livestock goat feed pellet making equipment is to feed the pellet machine extra efficiently, the feeding is uniform, the rate is adjustable, the influence of the electric motor current of the chicken feed pellet making machine is minimized, as well as the motor can also be safeguarded.
The screw feeder is an accessory product. The whole chicken feed pellet equipment does not consist of the screw feeder, which can be bought according to customer needs.
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( 1) Mass thickness of raw materials: 500-2500kg/ m3.
( 2) Fowl feed pellet making equipment output: 1-48t/ h.
( 3) The electric motor power is 1.5 kw, regularity conversion motor, with regularity converter control.
( 4) The size of the discharge port is φ114mm, and the range between the discharge port and the ground is 1750mm. The distance between the discharge port as well as the side of the chassis is 410mm.
( 5) The quantity of the chicken cattle goat feed pellet making equipment feeding hopper is about 0.06 m3.
( 6) The feeder is movable all at once, and the wheels are locked.


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Latest Reviews:This is an Iroquois creation story in which Raweno, the Creator, fashions the last two animals--the rabbit and the owl--out of clay. While Raweno works on Rabbit, Owl repeatedly interrupts, impatient for his own body to be formed. When Raweno finally comes round to making Owl, he punishes the bird f......[Read More]
Calamity, the camel, hates heat, sun and sand. He doesn’t like carrying his burdens in the caravan, either. So, he decides to on a vacation — in fact, to go skiing. But he doesn’t like the cold, the snow and decides to return to his home in the desert.

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CARMEL, IND. – Sometimes, even if you’re the U.S. Open champion, you need to look at something different.
That’s essentially what prompted Dustin Johnson to put a new putter in his bag this week – a TaylorMade Spider model like the one Jason Day uses – and it’s one of the reasons why Johnson has a share of the 36-hole lead with Robert Castro at the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick.
Johnson shot a 9-under par 63 Friday that included a pair of par-5 eagles but the most eye-catching number through two days is this: Johnson has needed just 48 putts over the first 36 holes. Turns out he made a pretty good decision when he put the new putter in his bag just before the first round here.
“I just felt like I have been putting it pretty well, but I was just struggling to get my putter on the line that I was seeing and so I just grabbed one of these putters and started rolling it,” Johnson said. “It’s a smaller Spider, the same one Jason Day uses. I played with him the last two weeks and saw him make enough putts and I was like, well, I got to try one at least. So I put it in play and been rolling it pretty good.”
Johnson said the biggest difference is seeing the ball come off the putter on his intended line. He hasn’t changed anything else, just the putter.
Given his power on a rain-softened course, Johnson looms large as the weekend arrives with more thunderstorms forecast for Saturday. He could go a long way toward locking down player of the year honors if he closes out his third win of the season this weekend.
“I believe the guy that wins is putting it well. Putting it the best,” Johnson said. “You don’t stripe it every single day, so if you’re rolling the putter for four days or I feel like if I putt well for four days, I win, usually.”
Castro is trying to secure a spot in the 30-man Tour Championship field next week and is chasing his first PGA Tour victory. Asked if he would be nervous if he were in Castro’s position, trying to win for the first time against a player of his caliber, Johnson didn’t hestitate.
“Yeah,” he said. “I would be for sure.”


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Is "Red" a flavor? Can something taste like a color? Something like "This popsicle tastes red..."
I broke up with my girlfriend of 2+ years back in January. At the time, I thought our relationship had peaked a while back and was going downhill, and I felt that I was not "in love" with her anymore. After dating 2 people for a short period since (and remaining good friends with my ex) we've been hanging out more and I'm starting to develop feelings for her again. What I'm worried abut is that I'm just a really really lonely guy and that she's just an easy receptor to my lonely feeling and that I don't actually have these feelings for her, similar to those 2 relationships. If that makes any sense. :/ I don't want to hurt her again by thinking I have feelings for her that don't actually exist.
Red is a flavor! I'd even say "purple" is a flavor.

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Dear skeptical Americans: You have every right and reason to be hesitant about rolling up your sleeves and submitting to flu vaccine jabs this year.
The public health-industrial complex bureaucrats who have flip-flop-flipped on universal mask-wearing during this COVID-19 chaos are the same ones now pushing universal flu shots. Assurances about the safety and efficacy of seasonal influenza immunization should be taken with a boulder of salt. The actual scientific literature, as opposed to government-promoted propaganda, shows that safety and efficacy evidence is lacking on all fronts across all age groups.
Even more alarming: While gullible journalists regurgitate panicked talking points about a “twindemic” of COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter, scientific data suggests that taking the flu shot may increase the risk of influenza or other non-influenza respiratory viral infections.
Just four months ago, a study published by the Evidence-Based Medicine, Public Health and Environmental Toxicology investigated whether the seasonal flu vaccine played a role in increasing COVID incidence and mortality. “We found statistically significant positive correlations between” the vaccination coverage rate and reported COVID-19 incidence, “as well as mortality for Europe and the USA,” the team reported. “A statistically significant positive correlation was also found between the VCR and the COVID-19 case fatality rate (CFR) for Europe. … Our analysis indicates that receiving seasonal influenza vaccination(s) in the past might be an additional risk factor for the elderly in terms of enhanced susceptibility to infection with SARS-CoV-2 and higher likelihood of a lethal outcome in case of infection. More research about this possible risk factor is urgently needed.”
You don’t say.
But as always, Feckless Anthony Fauci casts his public health pronouncements as unassailable moral imperatives. (Remember: First, it was selfish to wear a mask because health workers needed them more than the rest of us did during shortages — and they didn’t do anything to protect the wearer, anyway. Then, it was selfish not to wear a mask because we “have to do our part to stop the spread of COVID” — even though there is still no scientific support for universal mask mandates.) Well, Fauci now tells us that we all need flu shots because it’s “our personal responsibility to protect ourselves,” but also “the vulnerable around us, including young children, pregnant women, adults, 65 years of age or older and those with underlying chronic health conditions.”
What Fauci won’t tell you: Health care workers have for years objected to mandatory flu shots, citing several meta-analyses by the respected Cochrane Collaboration and studies by other mainstream researchers showing weak or no evidence that vaccinated workers are less likely to transmit the flu virus. In fact, after publishing an analysis of 50 controlled studies of flu shots in healthy adults, the Cochrane Collaboration in 2010 found only “modest” benefits of reducing flu symptoms and concluded that there was “no evidence” that the shots affected flu complications such as pneumonia. The independent Cochrane researchers slammed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for ignoring the “quality of the evidence” and instead quoting “anything that supports their theory.”
The Cochrane Systematic Reviews, the gold standard for evidence-based scientific analysis, studied flu shots in children and found that “little evidence is available for children younger than two years of age.” Moreover, its researchers noted in 2012, “It was surprising to find only one study of inactivated vaccine in children under two years, given current recommendations to vaccinate healthy children from six months of age in the USA, Canada, parts of Europe and Australia.” Six years later, the Cochrane team found there was still not enough data to determine the effect of vaccination on school absenteeism and parental work absenteeism. And the effect of repeat flu shots on kids, the team concluded, was “uncertain.”
As for pregnant women: In 2017, a study conducted by the CDC itself and published in the peer-reviewed journal Vaccine, reported an association between repeated flu vaccination and miscarriages. The results confirmed an earlier 2013 study published in Human & Experimental Toxicology that uncovered a flu shot-miscarriage link in women who received both the seasonal and the pandemic H1N1 flu shot during the 2008-2009 flu season. Earlier research hypothesized that a “synergistic fetal toxicity” might have resulted from receiving both pandemic and seasonal flu shots.
Independent journalist and researcher Jeremy R. Hammond, who has meticulously documented peer-reviewed scientific analyses of flu shot impact on children, pregnant women and the elderly, rightly summarizes the push for mandatory flu shots (now a reality for schoolchildren in Massachusetts) as a “mass uncontrolled experiment” without informed consent. How much longer will you be a guinea pig? Just say no to the flu shot bullies and ask this question:
Where are the “My body, my choice” zealots when you need them?
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COMPLETE REVIEWS of MASTERS OF RHYTHM with addendum
Rhythm is one of the most powerful forces in music, with the beat and meter providing both the framework and glue for many musical styles. Rhythm even reflects our own human existence, which begins with rhythmic heartbeats. In filmmaker Eve A. Ma’s music documentary, rhythm is manifested through the hands and voices of very talented Peruvian masters – percussionists Lal [sic] Izquierdo, Juan Medrano Cotito, and Freddy HuevitoLobotón [sic], backed by guitarist Coco Linares – who demonstrate the strong beats of the country’s Afro-Peruvian culture. Along with the music, the history of the songs and beats are also explained by the musicians (some stem from “code” during times of slavery). Mostly played on the cajón (a rectangular percussion hand drum), the beats sometimes feature counter-rhythms and poly-rhythms, and at other times are in total synchronization, creating a powerful foundation for vocals, instrumentation (like acoustic guitar), and, of course, dance. In one such dance, called a zapateo, the rhythms are performed by dancers using techniques that some may recognize as having a kinship with tap dance. Filmed close-up, this is an intimate portrait of the master practitioners of the rhythmic music central to Afro-Peruvian heritage. Highly recommended. Aud: C,P.
- C. Block for Video Librarian (Nov.-Dec. 2016) - 3 ½ stars out of a possible 4
Masters of Rhythm is a rare and delightful glimpse into Afro-Peru from the perspective of some of her most important rhythmists: LaloIzquierdo, Huevito yCotito. In under thirty minutes, the film miraculously manages to capture the artistry, love and philosophy that inform their world and their urgent, unifying, uplifting cultural work. They are truly master artists and heroes along with the great Peruvian guitarist/composer, Coco Linares, who also figures prominently in this snapshot.
- John Santos, six times Grammy nominee and faculty, California Jazz Conservatory
A brief but insightful look at Afro-Peruvian music and dance through the lens of percussion, Masters of Rhythm employs interviews and performances to introduce viewers to the cajón as well as other percussion instruments, and to showcase the prodigious talents of three true masters of Afro-Peruvian rhythm.
Director/producer Eve. A. Ma (A Zest for Life: Afro-Peruvian Rhythms, A Source of Latin Jazz (2010), Flamenco: The Land is Still Fertile) travels to Lima, Peru to interview three legendary cajón players—Juan Medrano Cotito, Freddy HuevitoLobatón Beltran and LaloIzquierdo—who recall childhoods steeped in music and dance, family gatherings and neighborhood celebrations where they felt the call to take up the cajón at an early age. They list the primary Afro-Peruvian percussion instruments: cajón, cajita, quijada de burro, zapateo, palmas and guapeo (all except the cajita make an appearance here); explain how some rhythmic patterns found in modern Afro-Peruvian music originate from the days of slavery, when they were used to communicate messages over long distances; and discuss the influence of Afro-Peruvian rhythms on modern Latin jazz and flamenco.
But the heart of the documentary belongs to this trio of musicians in their element—playing, singing and dancing with masterful technique, infectious joy and verve. The energy in these performances is palpable, and will leave viewers wanting to see, hear and know more about this style of music.
Lively in tone and pace, with clean video editing and good audio throughout, Masters of Rhythm is a fine choice especially for academic libraries supporting programs in world music and percussion performance, and would work well in a classroom situation. In Spanish and English, with English subtitles.
- Barbara J. Waters, Longmont Public Library, CO for EMRO (Educational Media Reviews On-Line) , 6/7/2016
Long after the last credit roll of the film has faded to black you can still hear the pulsating rhythm of the cajon. Masters of Rhythm with addendum is a fun film to watch. It has all the elements of a classic master art workshop: exotic location, master instructors, and a wealth of information about the craft.
For many people the South American country of Peru is a vacation destination to see the Amazon rainforest and ancient Incan city ruins in the Andes mountains. Masters of Rhythm with addendum explores uncharted territory not about scenic trips up the Amazon but rather, an upbeat and rhythmic journey off-trail to the heartland of Afro-Peruvian music and culture. Our tour guides for navigating the free flowing rhythms of the journey are three master percussionists of Afro-Peruvian music: Cotito, Huevito, and LaloIzquierdo. These three master percussionist share similar anecdotes from their childhood about their introduction to the cajon and the fancy footwork of the zapateo dance form. Since much of what is learned and passed along as culture and tradition starts in the home, it’s fitting that the first segment of the film is staged in the intimate setting of a home or apartment.
From this up close and personal vantage point the viewer is treated to a whirlwind of frenetic energy encompassing the historical significance and meaning associated with the rhythmic beats of the cajon dating back to the arrival of African slaves in the country. One of the most entertaining and mesmerizing features of the film is the master demonstration of the fancy footwork and body gestures involved with zapateo. This film delivers big on entertainment, art and culture, education and the urgency surrounding stewardship and preservation of cultural traditions. A must see calendar event for the entire family.
- Hershell West, former board chair, ProArts of Northern California
It was a pleasure tolisten to themasterful cajonplayers and their dancing was especially ajoy to watch. Eve's narration gave us a sense of the universal human rhythms that theirdrummingconnects with as well as the uniqueness of theculture ofAfro Peruvian music and danceand it'sorigins.
- Lisa Greenstein, artist, member of ProArts, Latin jazz lover and movie-goer


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Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians.
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Hospitalists are the fastest-growing medical specialty in the US, but their effect on quality of inpatient care has not been comprehensively assessed. This large observational study compared outcomes of patients cared for by hospitalists, general internists, and primary care physicians. Inpatient mortality and readmission rates were similar across all three groups of patients, and while hospitalists' patients had a slightly shorter length of stay, costs of care were also similar across groups. The study also did not find a relationship between case volume and outcomes.


£200m Qantas alliance shot down
REGULATORS have grounded plans by Australian airline Qantas to buy a stake in Air New Zealand, claiming an alliance between the carriers would hurt competition.
Qantas, 19%-owned by British Airways, wants to take a 22.5% stake in the Kiwi airline at a cost of NZ$550m (£200m).
But the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the deal 'would be highly anti-competitive and offer little benefit to the Australian public'.
This the ACCC's second rejection of the tie-up. Its New Zealand counterpart, the Commerce Commission, also opposes the deal.
Shares in Qantas fell 4% to A$3.38 (£1.38) on the news, with Air New Zealand off 13% to NZ$0.52 in Wellington.
The airlines said in a joint statement that they would appeal to the Australian Competition Tribunal.
Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said the ACCC was 'either ignoring or underestimating the significant structural changes facing airlines around the world'.
Analysts said only consumers would benefit from the watchdog's decision and even that might be short term.
'There will be pressure on Air New Zealand because there will be more competition than otherwise,' said Ian Myles, an aviation analyst with Macquarie Equities.
He said approval of the alliance would have been better news for Virgin Blue.
The discount carrier, part of Sir Richard Branson's empire, on Monday announced plans to set up a subsidiary airline to operate in New Zealand.
'We're serious and it will go ahead whether there is a Qantas-Air New Zealand alliance or not, but the size of the operation will depend on the alliance,' said Virgin Blue's head of communications and strategy, David Huttner. 'It will depend on the terminals available to us.'
The ACCC's decision suggests that finding terminal space will be difficult. However, many predict the real loser will be Air New Zealand.
It was rescued from near-collapse by a government bailout two years ago and says its survival as a full-service carrier is at stake because of the competition threats from Virgin Blue and newcomer Emirates Air.
Dixon and Air New Zealand chief executive Ralph Norris said the two airlines were 'confident that the Australian Competition Tribunal review process affords us another opportunity to present our full case for the alliance and we remain confident that we can achieve a positive outcome'.
A final decision by the New Zealand authorities is expected by the end of the month. However, the deal requires approval from both countries.
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Originally published on 9 January 2020
In the dawn of January 3 the United States murdered General Qasem Soleimani, a strong man in Iranian foreign policy and considered the number two of the regime after Ayatollah Ali Jamenei. Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, deputy Chief of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the coalition of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, also fell. Immediately, the Iranian regime promised a "hard revenge”. Imperialism again adds petrol to the powder keg of the Middle East.
Five days later, 22 missiles hit two Iraqi bases with the presence of US troops. Meanwhile, Jamenei said that "it is not enough" and brandished his nationalist demagogy, indicating as his objective the expulsion of US troops from the region, and the Iraqi parliament demanded its withdrawal from the country.
The resurgence of the inter-imperialist dispute over regional hegemony with the US and Iran ― backed by China and Russia ― as main protagonists, and the emergence of the mass movement in the area against their own corrupt oligarchies, raising economic and social class demands and breaking with sectarian divisions, form the background of the situation.
Fight for regional hegemony
The invasion of Iraq in 2003 had a disastrous result for US imperialism: Iran was the one who emerged strengthened, with a decisive influence in the Iraqi Government, and with the US having to rely on them to leave Iraq and end the bleeding of resources that the occupation meant. The same has happened with the reduction of US troops from northern Syria, leaving the road clear for the advance of Turkey or Iran.
This situation pushed Trump to consolidate his allies in the area (Israel and Saudi Arabia) to try to contain the growing Iranian influence. This is what lies behind the withdrawal of the nuclear agreement by the Trump Administration in 2018, reestablishing economic sanctions as the main way to weaken the Persian country.
Since then the tension has not ceased, as Tehran has responded with various attacks ― with Soleimani as the main architect ― to US interests in the region. The last one, and trigger of the current situation, occurred on December 27 in Iraq: mortar shots at a military base resulted in a dead American contractor. In response, two days later the US bombed five Kataib Hezbollah bases (one of the Iraqi Shiite militias backed by Iran) in Iraq and Syria, with a balance of 25 dead. In response, on January 1, a multitude of pro-Iranian militiamen entered the super-protected Green Zone of Baghdad, without any resistance, and besieged the US embassy for hours. Finally, on Friday 3, Trump ordered the attack in which Soleimani died.
This action, and the Pentagon's announcement of the dispatch of 3,500 soldiers, ― in contradiction to the words of the US president: "it's time to get out of these ridiculous endless wars" ― is Trump's attempt to hit the table and show muscle to his rivals on the international board. At home, with the impeachment underway and in election year, it could serve, according to his calculations, to divert attention from the internal crisis.
Nor should we lose sight of the fact that this attack in Baghdad allows imperialism to again stir up sectarian hatreds and thus try to derail the social rebellions in progress in these countries for the benefit of the different cliques and governments of both Iraq and Iran. The imperialists prefer chaos, destruction, and war rather than allowing the victory of a revolutionary movement that becomes a benchmark and puts its system of domination in check.
However, the bet is very risky and it may have the opposite results. On the one hand, the demonstrations in Iraq and Iran against the US attack and in tribute to Soleimani were massive: more than one million people in Tehran and hundreds of thousands in tens of cities. Thus, the Iranian regime is temporarily strengthened, closing ranks around the Government and diverting attention from internal problems by appealing to the external enemy. On the other hand, in the economic, social and political situation that the United States is experiencing, the escape forward of an intervention of greater intensity in the Middle East would have direct effects on the class struggle. A symptom is the massive demonstrations celebrated on January 4 in more than 80 US cities demanding the withdrawal of the US from Iraq and the cry of "No to war and sanctions against Iran!", reflecting the limits of imperialism.
Trump's response to the missiles launched by Iran has been very restrained ― the Americans have been warned of the attack by the Iraqi government ― and focused on tightening sanctions. Everything indicates that neither Trump nor the reactionary Iranian regime wants an open war, but all are forced to make movements to maintain their dominance and weaken their enemies, and that has its own dynamic.
The mass uprising breaks the imperialist balance
No less important to understand the unleashed war spiral is to point out the irruption of the mass movement in Lebanon and Iraq, which has broken the imperialist balance in the area. Both countries are experiencing an unprecedented popular uprising in decades, whose focus is the questioning of the entire sectarian political regime established by imperialism as well as the interference of Iran ― through Hezbollah in one case and pro-Iranian militias in the case of Iraq ― together with the requirement of decent living conditions. This protests caused the resignation of the prime ministers of both countries. This is precisely what pushed Iran to orchestrate different attacks against US targets in Iraq, to try to change the axis of the mobilizations.
This wave of protests has also reached Iran, unleashing in mid-November the most important mass movement in 40 years against the reactionary and theocratic regime of the Ayatollahs. The emergence of the Iranian working class leading the protests, particularly working class youth who are largely unemployed or underemployed, and the lack of illusions in the liberal reform sector of the regime are two key features in the situation and also reveal the crisis and the Achilles heel of the Iranian Government. Dialectically, Iranian hegemony in the Middle East, far from being a factor of internal stability, is problematic for the regime.
The magnitude of the mobilization forced the Government to use repression thoroughly because in some cities, such as Shiraz, it lost control over them. It is estimated around 1,500 dead and thousands injured and detained.
Out with the imperialists of the Middle East!
The only guarantee to conjure the threat of imperialist and sectarian war is the independent action of the working class and the oppressed masses of the entire Middle East, starting with Iraq and Iran, demanding the withdrawal of imperialist occupation forces and puppet governments on which they rely.
To confront the barbarism that Iran, the United States, and the reactionary governments represent for the masses, the urgent task of young people and workers is to build a revolutionary party that unifies all the oppressed against their oppressors, regardless of their nationality or creed, and provide them with a revolutionary alternative. A party that defends the expulsion of imperialism, the overthrowing of the oligarchies on which it relies and the expropriation of the fundamental levers of the economy putting them under the democratic control of the population.


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With thousands of children in India malnourished, policymakers should look at its seriousness and scale of the problem, a civil society organisation said Thursday.
"It feels shameful that India leads other countries as it has maximum number of malnourished children. While the government is researching on other life threatening diseases, the problem of malnutrition in children remains high," a statement from Centre of Public Policy (CPP) said.
The civil society organisation said if India can eliminate malnutrition in young children, it can boost the Gross National Product (GNP) by up to 11 percent.
"Though number of policies has been introduced for ensuring food security to 1.27 billion population in India, malnutrition deserves far greater attention for providing free meals and maternity benefits to women, lactating mothers, children between the age of six months and 14 years, and homeless people," it said.
A report by UNICEF said the future of approximately 6 million children is at risk, as statistics has revealed that one in three of the world's malnourished children lives in India.

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The U-20 World Cup in South Korea continues to provide plenty of drama.
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In Group C already-qualified Portugal fought back from 1-0 down against Iran to win 2-1 and sealed their spot in the last 16, while Costa Rica join both Portugal and Zambia in the knockout rounds after they beat Zambia 1-0.
Italy led Japan 2-0 in Group D but Japan fought back to make it 2-2 as they made it through to the last 16 alongside Italy and Uruguay. Elsewhere in Group D Uruguay and South Africa played out a 0-0 draw with Uruguay already through to the knockout rounds (they have yet to concede a goal) and South Africa heading home.
The final set of group games take place on Sunday with Groups E and F coming to a close, including the U.S. facing Saudi Arabia as Tab Ramos’ men aim to seal a spot in the last 16.
Three of the eight last 16 matches have now been confirmed with England facing Costa Rica, Venezuela taking on Japan and hosts South Korea will play Portugal.
Click on the link above for all the latest news from the U-20 World Cup, while below are video highlights from Saturday’s four games in Groups C and D.
Group C – Portugal 2-1 Iran
Group C – Costa Rica 1-0 Zambia
Group D – Japan 2-2 Italy
Group D – Uruguay 0-0 South Africa
In Part 2 of Everton Unseen, European football returns to Goodison Park as Everton host MFK Ruzomberok in the qualifying round of the Europa League.
Click play on the video below to get a feel for how Goodison Park will be in the second leg of the Europa League in Part 2 of this videos series.
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ZURICH (AP) FIFA says it is sending in an emergency management team to run the troubled Cameroon football federation.
The panel to be appointed by FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will oversee elections by next March to replace disputed polls in 2015 for the Cameroon federation board.
FIFA’s intervention comes amid speculation Cameroon could be stripped of hosting the next African Cup of Nations in June-July 2019.
CAF President Ahmad this month cast doubt on Cameroon’s ability to prepare for the expanded 24-team tournament.
FIFA says Wednesday it acted after “recent failed attempts … to reconcile the football stakeholders in Cameroon and overcome the current impasse.”
Tottenham reportedly broke the bank for its first transfer of the summer.
The North London club confirmed that it had completed a transfer with Ajax for defender Davinson Sanchez after the Colombian international passed a medical. According to The Telegraph, the deal is worth around $54 million, a club record. The deal is subject to acquisition of Sanchez’s work permit but given the transfer fee and him being in Colombia’s squad, it’s likely a mere formality at this point.
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The 21-year-old defender brings speed and strength to Tottenham’s backline as well as a year of seasoning in the Eredivisie, which features plenty of attacking talent. Sanchez will battle with Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen for a place in Spurs’ three-man backline.
It’s a risk moving to a new club a year ahead of the World Cup, but Sanchez is hoping that with appearances in the UEFA Champions League and Premier League up for grabs, he can do well enough to keep his place in the Colombia National Team squad.
Here’s some more transfer news from across England:
Liverpool got off to a flying start in the second leg of its UEFA Champions League tie with Hoffenheim.
With the loyal Anfield crowd behind the team, the Reds scored three goals in the first 21 minutes, two of them from Emre Can to put Liverpool well in control of the tie.
Can’s opener was followed by a goal from Mo Salah before the German international scored a wide-open goal at the back post to make it 3-0 and 5-1 on aggregate. Sadio Mane played a big role in both of Can’s goals.
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Hoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann went to the bench right after the third goal and brought on Mark Uth, who promptly scored to bright a little hope back to the German club.
Here’s a look at the flying first half of goals for Liverpool.
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Blimpie Subs & Salads Rolls Out National Menu for Carb-Conscious Consumers
New York-Blimpie International Inc., global franchisor of Blimpie Subs & Salads has introduced the Blimpie Carb-Counter Menu to its Long Island, New York, stores as the first step in a national rollout of its new lower carb menu offerings.
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If I have to wait until April for Glee to come back, I'm going to have to indulge in some fan tributes. Here are a few of my favorites....
This flash mob in Rome blows me away. Incredible. How do I sign up for one of these?
This guy sings both the male AND female parts of 'Don't Stop Beleivin'
Mark Salling (Puck's) tribute to his Glee family gave me goosebumps. Adorable.
While I don't enjoy anyone messing with my favorite Glee kids, or my favorite song of all time, this Alvin and the Chipmunks inspired 'Somebody to Love' is hilarious.

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The hagiography had the different purpose at the different stages of public life. Having began with simple chronicles, it became a genre which was a treasury of vivid examples of faith. And later on it even functioned as an important historical source. The topic of the article is the role of the hagiography in the modern world: What kind of meaning is given by the modern cultural, spiritual and literary life to this oldest genre; is it a simple artifact of human history or is it still a way to the true faith; how are medieval hagiographic texts and the tendencies of their translations renewed to have an active role in modern life.
This paper uses the intertextual relationship between Chaucer's Truth and Wyatt's First Satire as a means to elucidate the Renaissance re-appropriation of a Medieval rhetoric of reform. I argue that Wyatt positions his own poetry as the space in which Chaucer's plan of social and political reform has been successfully implemented; in adopting this position, Wyatt uses his individual reading of Chaucer as a model to spur more widespread reform at the corrupt Henrician court. This argument yields two salient corollaries for our scholarly study of periodization and reform. First, it suggests that a project of reform initiated in Chaucer's England may have a delayed effect, ultimately functioning at the level of praxis in a later period. Second, it suggests that what are normally called Wyatt's quintessentially Renaissance techniques of social reform are firmly rooted in Chaucer's existing Medieval vision.


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You may have heard lately, but VALORANT is hiring! This year we’ve added a bunch of amazing people to the team and still have more than 70 roles open we’re looking to fill.
Anyone who has been watching VALORANT Champions knows the importance of a good in-game leader (IGL). While Pujan “FNS” Mehta, Matias “Saadhak” Delipetro, and Kim “Stax” Gu-taek helped guide their teams to the top three finishes at Champions, our VALORANT team prefers a more OGL role. That’s out-of-game leader, in case you were wondering.
But we have some amazing people who have been guiding VALORANT’s vision since it was just a concept in the early R&D days. With the game popular around the world, we asked a few of our leaders to answer some questions about the game, working on VALORANT, and what the future holds.
First off, the question every VALORANT player has to make a choice on, Phantom or Vandal?
Andy Ho, Senior Director of Game Product Management: I love both! I love playing around the strengths of each one, and just mixing it up if I’m feeling hot or cold with one of them.
Nikki Lewis, Global Head of Marketing, Action Category: Vandal
Chase Swanson, Director of Game Operations: Vandal. I am constantly trying to improve my aim and how intentional I am with firing. The Vandal helps me focus on building that skill. That one tap headshot is just too satisfying. And it’s also because the original Prime Vandal skin is the G.O.A.T. Fight me.
Arnar Gylfason, Director of Game Production: My brain says Vandal but my spray pattern behavior says Phantom.
Joe Lee, Director of Game Product Management: Phantom (run & gun is goated).
What is your favorite interaction with a VALORANT player, community member, or fan?
Andy: One interaction that stands out to me came from an early external playtest, before the game was even called VALORANT. After getting feedback from players over multiple days, one of the players stayed behind to say thank you.
The player told us their story of moving across the country and having to make new friends at school. They started playing League of Legends around that time, and ended up building a new friend group through it (who all still play LoL and attend live events together to this day). They were so excited about playing VALORANT with their friends, and hopeful that VALORANT would help someone like them in the future.
I can't emphasize enough how special the personal stories are to me. The joy and passion that players bring to our conversations are a strong reminder of what I'm here for, and what it's all about.
Nikki: I love Fnatic’s roster. I follow several of their players' social media accounts like James “Mistic” Orfila and Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev. They’re all so fun, especially Jake “Boaster” Howlett.
Chase: OMG the Cypher gun cam. When we released the Beta we were closely monitoring forums for bugs and odd character interactions. There is only so much you can test, especially with complex interactions between character abilities and maps. Our first group of VALORANT gumshoes found a way to equip a pistol into Cypher's camera and shoot players. It really was the best bug ever. And I am so appreciative of our communities creativity and collaboration to find those types of issues.
Arnar: My least favorite interaction was Spencer “Hiko” Martin trolling me by tweeting I was giving away gun buddies. My DMs are still slammed. Please stop.
Honestly I've had so many favorite moments both in-game and out of game that it's hard to pick one. I guess one of the most memorable ones was being able to attend Masters Copenhagen. Seeing the live crowd and getting into deep discussions of why EU > NA with a set of particularly dedicated fans was a ton of fun.
Joe: Early on, I would run into a lot of players who knew my handle because of the monetization work I did. You could see the recognition start to grow starting from when we immediately loaded into the game all the way to when they figured out I was the revenue guy. While everyone liked to meme on my work, they also were super fun and friendly to interact with in-game, especially when they realized I was their ELO.
What made you want to join the VALORANT team in the first place?
Andy: I’ve had a lifelong passion for competitive shooters, and tactical shooters in particular. I was inspired by Riot’s player focused mission and dedication to tactical shooter players, and I am grateful that I got the opportunity to join the VALORANT team!
Nikki: One thing that I think really drew me to joining the VALORANT team is the incredible diversity of both the product and the team making it.
Chase: I had spent a decade in the games industry working on incredible FPS franchises. When I learned that Riot was exploring that genre I knew it was going to be something special. Riot's commitment to players was something that really resonated with me as a game developer, and I wanted to be a part of delivering on a gameplay promise that was crafted specifically for those players and the genre I loved.
Arnar: I joined when the team was still pretty small. What drew me in was a combination of my passion for the genre but more so the passion of the team that was there. It was filled with people with deep knowledge of the genre and a crisp understanding of what really mattered in getting things just right for players. Being able to support a team like that and get their vision out to the world was, and still is, incredibly exciting.
Joe: CS was my first real competitive game and got me into the tactical shooter space. My friends and I got super competitive and would play in tourneys and practice pretty much every night. When I playtested VAL for the very first time, I knew this game was one that captured the CS spirit while still innovating in many ways.
What is one thing you want potential applicants to know about working on VALORANT?
Andy: Our passion for putting players first is very real (which is true across all games and teams at Riot). We strive to have an “outside in” mentality, where we seek to understand players and to hyper-serve them. VALORANT is the player’s game, and we are here to make it the greatest experience we can for them!
Nikki: We take Unapologetically Global (our unofficial motto) seriously and with a lot of joy. We delight in the fact we get to represent global cultures on their own terms.
Chase: Every day for the last eight years of my career at Riot, I’ve been working to uphold our promise to players. Every meeting, bug triage, and planning session is guided by doing the right thing for players. Time, cost, and quality are always a part of the conversation while we are making decisions, but at the center of all of it is the player experience. Riot's mission gives us that foundation and allows us to make the right calls for players.
Arnar: It's big. Not just the team or the game or any one part. Just the sheer scale of what you need to keep in mind for any given decision. How will this impact players in all the different regions we serve? Are there implications we need to work through with partner teams? What else in the game could this impact? What kind of player experiences will this create?
Having deep player empathy and understanding of what is important is so crucial for everyone on the team.
Joe: Might be buzzwordy but I truly feel the team is super collaborative. Designers are willing to listen to feedback even when you don't directly work on gameplay, data scientists are down to jam on competitive matchmaking algorithms, we’re all here to help each other out to make the best game possible.
What is something you are excited about for VALORANT’s future?
Andy: We are just getting started on this journey with players, and I am so excited about everything we’ve got coming up! I am especially excited about the future of competitive VALORANT, and bringing the game and the sport together as one unified experience with a revamped VCT structure and a team-based competitive system in the game.
I believe that VALORANT is at its best when you play the game as a team, and thinking about VALORANT as a team opens up a whole new dimension to the game. I am so excited for players to get to experience that in a formal setting, and to see new stars emerge!
Nikki: In the future, I’m really excited for more players to be able to experience VALORANT as we are coming to different gaming platforms!
Chase: I am excited about new players learning what VALORANT is and joining our community. The engagement and support from our players went way beyond our expectations and that collective group of past, current, and future players are going to help us define what VALORANT can and will become. Our players really do have unlimited power here.
Arnar: I'm excited for so many different things. The evolution of our esport, the continued expression of our agents and world, upcoming collaborations, and, of course, the evolution of the game itself. Discovering new gameplay spaces to experiment with, working with players to keep the game fresh, approachable, and fun while continually safeguarding the competitive integrity of VALORANT.
Joe: I feel like we're still just beginning. The game has been out for 2+ years now but the first two have been spent figuring out live service. The coming years should result in a more streamlined roadmap as we begin to pick up the pace on new feature development.
What agent has your favorite ultimate? And why?
Andy: Sage’s Resurrection. It’s simple, powerful, team-oriented, interactive for both teams, and requires good judgment to use well. It also has a wide range of outcomes for such a simple idea, which is a big part of what makes VALORANT special!
Nikki: Sova’s Hunter’s Fury. It’s great at flushing people out from their hiding spot, and if they don’t get away, they are as good as gone.
Chase: Brimstone's Orbital Strike. Throughout the years of developing VAL, Brim's ult had many forms (and looks), but it was always the prime example of a game changing ability that did exactly what Brim is meant to do, control the situation. Even after years of playing I am still learning creative ways to use Brim's ult to decide how a round will play out, and it really helps fulfill that Controller fantasy.
Arnar: Oof, this is a hard one. Killjoy lockdown creates so much play & counterplay opportunity. Players in the lobby have to ask, what ults are up to negate it? How do you bait it out? How do you use it for plant/post plant/retake? It's super fun. Then you have the mind games you can play with the Omen ultimate. But honestly my W gaming brain just wants to get a multikill with Raze's showstopper 99% of the time.
Joe: Jett’s knives because I feel like it allows Jett to realize her ultimate power fantasy. Running and flying through the air while throwing knives and one-tapping the enemy team.
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Hopefully we asked some questions that you were curious about and the answers gave you some insight into what life is like on Riot’s VALORANT team. Be sure to check out our Careers page to see all our open positions. Just select VALORANT from the craft list and the 70+ open roles on this team located in Seattle, Los Angeles, Reading, Shanghai, and Singapore will pop up for you to take a look at.
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Leonardo DiCaprio has warned that “anything” catastrophic is coming to Earth, just as climate change scientists predicted years ago.
The 49-year-old actor and eco-activist was frightened by the experts who spoke to him in Martin Scorsese’s 2016 documentary Before the Flood and said he now sees all their warnings “Almost completely” became a reality.
He told the Observer: “I remember making a film called Before the Flood and I was with a NASA scientist and he gave me a map of the Earth for the first time and showed me, word for word, Say: ‘Look, do you “see everything on the equator?” “
“I thought: ‘Yeah, that’s close to where I live in Los Angeles,’ because that was seven years ago. “So as the planet starts to warm, you’re going to start to see fires pop up, things Burning will begin, drought will be severe, and trees will not be able to withstand enough. “
“In fact, a few years later you started hearing about massive forest fires. It was now a common thing.
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Leonardo also blasted Republicans for doing nothing about the looming climate emergency.
“We have a party that systematically denies the scientific community and consistently fails to support protecting our climate,” he said.
Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in 2021’s climate change disaster drama Don’t Look Up, was named the public figure or celebrity most trusted by 18- to 64-year-olds when it comes to sustainability in a poll by Hollywood consultancy National, a research panel – leading Greta Thunberg, Al Gore and US President Joe Biden.
He added that his work highlights the climate crisis: “A lot of people say: ‘Oh, the Earth is still here.'” But what kind of Earth is it to live on? For its residents?
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Protestors call for an end to Temporary Protection Visas and justice for refugees.
Postgraduate research students are challenging the University's decision to only increase the RTP stipend for incoming students.
This year, there have been 65 women and children murdered in Australia.
Students are calling for the security chief’s resignation
Amidst heavy smoke, the march called for an anti-colonial and anti-capitalist solution to climate change
ID cards issued to staff and students are able to be cloned in a matter of seconds, allowing hackers to gain access to restricted buildings and users' SydPay accounts
None of the five correctional officers that held Dungay down were recommended for disciplinary action
The officer responsible for shooting Walker has since been charged with murder
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Lower levels of a key lung protein increase the risk of developing cigarette-smoke-induced emphysema
Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for emphysema, one of the leading symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Each year, this deadly condition kills more than three million people worldwide. Yet, despite ...
For millions of the women around the world cooking the family meal is a daily, dangerous chore. Sweating over smoky open stoves, they put their lives and their children at risk every day.
Researchers have found a new biomarker for cyanide poisoning, which may extend its detection window in death investigations by weeks if not months.
An award-winning Loyola University Health System study includes some unexpected findings about the immune systems of smoke-inhalation patients.
Smokers of mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer than other smokers, according to a new, very large, prospective study of black and white smokers published online March 23 in the Journal of the ...
A novel technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon give smokers a new way to kick the habit.
A Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday that small bars with no staff except their owners are exempt from a national smoking ban introduced for the hospitality industry last July.


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She moved a lot when she was younger, between Louisiana, Florida and Aix-en-Provence, and, noticing that the fashions and prejudices in France and America were completely different, Legler "learned early on," she tells me later, "that what you looked like wasn't necessarily who you were". People had "different armour.
I realised things only mean what we want them to mean, and it's not appropriate information for differentiation. What you look like is just what you look like. Then there's Legler is 6ft 2in, 35 years old, and the first woman to exclusively as a male model.
She is muscular and cheery, with the awkward swagger of a rock star. Her voice is soft and earnest, and when she talks, she holds unblinking eye contact. In front of the camera, edges appear. She juts her chin; she becomes a boy. Fashion has always played with gender, from 18th century men in their wigs and make-up, to Patti Smith and David Bowie, through to the recent success of Andrej Peji'cthe male model who FHM named as the 98th "sexiest woman in the world". The most exciting deers today are the ones who cheat gender, who affect our ideas about what makes a man.
Which is why Casey Legler, who, at 35, sees modelling menswear as part of her work as an artist, is so refreshing. She talks. She has the vocabulary to describe what she's doing, why she's doing it and what impact that might have on the world outside fashion. We're sitting in a London pub after the shoot; the fizz of Legler's Berocca is deafening. I was concerned, when she was sorting through the clothes, that in asking her to wear women's clothes, our fashion editor was pressing her to do something she didn't want to do.
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Part of her job, she says, is to have that conversation. Sometimes it happens, she explains. But they'd never do that to a boy. So you have to have this conversation.
They want to shoot me because I have a narrative, and implicit in that is a conversation," she explains. Legler has had many lives. Until she was 21, she swam for France. One of five children of a professional basketball player, she was home-schooled to accommodate her training, but, after a time in the "swamps of Louisiana", she started school in Florida, at the first high school to test out metal detectors. I stopped acting after that. At 13 she was presented with her life plan until the Olympics. The problem was, she hated swimming.
My coach was an artist too, and I'd want to have conversations with him about that. He'd be like, 'Can. She's in the water, holding on to the side after finishing last in a race, her head shaved to a tight, smooth sphere. Her mouth is open and she looks relieved. At 21, she gave up swimming.
It meant giving up her scholarship to college too, and getting a job in a supermarket — it meant starting again. She studied architecture and set de, she got a scholarship to law school, and started medical school; she moved to New York and worked on her art, music and writing, and when her friend, the photographer Cass Birdasked if she'd let her show some photos to a modelling agency, she took a breath and said yes. Emily Novak at Ford Models ed her to the men's board immediately. It seems so obvious. I have the vocabulary. The deer Bella Freudwho visited our shoot, was struck by her strength.
They looked amazing but there was something worrying about how they were presented almost as fodder. Her first big job, with AllSaintssees her modelling both their menswear and their womenswear — AllSaints' creative director Wil Beedle cast the campaign. Could the fashion industry be changing? Perfectly pretty girls are rather dull, aren't they? Sartorially, women in slouchy suiting, or men in kilts, catch the eye: the 'off' element is the turn-on. One of the exciting things about fashion and modelling is the ability to change the way a person looks — a model's body is a question mark.
A beautiful blank. In Judith Butler wrote about gender as performance. She argued that by watching men drag up, in make-up and wigs, we understand how hard women have to work to look like women every day. The slipperiness of gender means our views on what makes a man or woman are constantly evolving. Legler has a tattoo on her neck that says "Leviathan". She tells me the story of Jonah. How he ran away when God asked him to be a prophet, and ended up in the belly of a whale, and how, when he later sat in the desert, spat out and burning, God told him life is about, "doing your part, however it lands".
This — fashion — is where Legler's work has landed, she says.
And to show what that looks like," she half-whispers. This," she gestures to her hair, to her body, "is just what it looks like for me. Inwhen Love magazine published an androgyny-themed issue, featuring a cover with Kate Moss kissing transgender model Lea TVogue described gender as a "trend".
Caroline Evansprofessor of fashion history and theory at Central Saint Martins, scoffs. It's who we are. Trends are fleeting. Androgyny without context is just, she says, a trick of the eye. Without context it is voyeuristic.
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2017-04-27 | 1 Comment There is no doubt that motorized vehicles are becoming self-driving, but it is uncertain how quickly fully driverless automation will become significant or pervasive. Throughout North America, we are often advised to prepare for this change —to incorporate driverless vehicles into the next round of infrastructure and transit planning. To build less of certain kinds of infrastructure and focus on maintaining what we have. Municipal and regional planners have been criticized for not including autonomous vehicles in their ten- or 25-year plans. I took a different lesson from last month’s TTC Staff Report, which said the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) would wait for further technology maturity before taking any material steps. This was for lack of clarity of exact steps to execute and for large variations in expected advantages and risks. The TTC report framed automated vehicles as an equipment upgrade with expected service improvements. But it is far more likely that automation will mean a total transformation of the movement of both people and goods. There is every reason to consider that transit systems — especially bus-transit — will be entirely disrupted during the same time-period that a bus system such as the TTC’s would be mid-upgrade. In other words, upgrading current bus transit to operate without drivers would risk a massive, wasted investment for the GTHA — unless we could predict something reliable about the diffusion of robotic vehicles — which we cannot. The TTC is right to wait. This same observation applies to planning infrastructure. Unless we understand how we will design, own and use automated vehicles, there is no bankable answer to the question “what infrastructure should we build?” Given the same or growing demand for passenger kilometers per capita, the current Canadian or American circumstance of 700 or 800 motor vehicles per 1000 population is dramatically different from a world of 100 or 150 per thousand. This can change everything about infrastructure planning. If you gave these two extreme problems to independent sets of planners, you would get two wildly different GTHAs. Bus transit operators face a considerable threat from digital mobility on four fronts: First, self-driving will enable a formidable, competitive fleet of cheap robo-taxis; Second, the value of data will dominate the value of hardware putting public operators at competitive disadvantage; Third, technical change will demand rapid fleet refresh and service adjustment, putting public operators at further competitive disadvantage; Fourth, demand projection for autonomous bus-transit in traditional delivery formats is currently impossible. Here are five things municipal and regional transit agencies can do: First, introduce fully automated micro-transit vehicles that operate in limited passenger environments — to gain both service and passenger experience; Second, begin the transition from an acquire-and-operate regime to one of organize-and-regulate either through contracts with Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) or P3 operators. Starting this coming Monday, Innisfil, Ontario provides an early example for a smaller municipality. If you are concerned about Uber — and you may be right — pick a different supplier. Third, acquire any additional, traditional bus transit vehicles cautiously; start attrition planning; Fourth, plan for mobility digitization to convert traffic management to the cloud. As vehicles become fully automated — during the 20s and 30s — traffic management by signs and signals and enforced by the Highway Traffic Act will transition to the cloud by way of automated and connected vehicles and an automated, optimized ground-traffic control system. As that happens, inefficiencies diminish and using motorized vehicles whether private, FHV, or transit becomes cheaper — hence more demanded. Whichever segment(s) take advantage first (private, FHV or transit) wins more market. This poses a major challenge for today’s transit. In other words, the new racetrack is open to everyone, but it will only benefit the racers. Fifth, plan to mitigate our transportation-funding crisis with performance-based P3 robo-transit contracts; configure these regionally and ensure that profit is linked to social performance. This fifth point can be achieved through a fleet licensing framework in lieu of fuel taxes and taxi medallion systems. This harmonization framework uses time-distance-and-place pricing and subsidies to manage regional performance for: Access Availability Emissions Integration with transit hubs and rail stations Jobs Occupancy Social equity, and Vehicle sharing Licensed vehicle fleets subscribe to the performance harmonization framework, provide services with measured attributes such as just listed, and can operate profitably with the proviso that they contribute significantly to the requisite social performance metrics.


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An Adelaide man is due to front court charged with eight counts of breaching South Australia’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Police will allege the 31-year-old attempted to enter SA from Victoria at a Pinaroo border checkpoint on Sunday, but was turned away as he did not meet the essential traveller status.
He returned to the checkpoint 30 minutes later and was again refused entry.
However, police said the man did not return to Victoria but filled up with fuel at a nearby service station before travelling into metropolitan Adelaide.
Police will further allege that since the start of April, the man breached directions of the Emergency Management Act on seven other occasions.
He is expected to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of people charged with breaching border rules.
Those rules, which prevent Victorians from entering SA and impose quarantine restrictions on people from NSW and the ACT, are set to remain in place for an extended period with the persistent surge in coronavirus infections across Melbourne.
SA has also moved to reimpose other restrictions, with family gatherings to be limited to 10 people, down from 50, and pubs and restaurant limited to serving only seated patrons.
The state is looking at all density requirements, which currently require only two square metres for each person, and is likely to cut the number of people at AFL games from about 20,000 to about 10,000.
Premier Steven Marshall said the changes were about being proactive in the face of the growing threat.


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Tick-borne disease can happen to anyone. That’s exactly why Kristine Hiller, a park naturalist at Jay Cooke State Park, is using a program to help teach kids how to be aware of tick-borne diseases while not being alarmed.
"We’re trying to expose kids to insects in a good way,” Hiller said. “We also do try to tell about things they need to be aware of too like the ticks what kind of precautions are you going to take while you're out there.”
With tick diseases reaching record numbers in Minnesota last year and the Minnesota Department of health forecasting an equally big problem for 2014, Charlotte Copiskey, who has suffered from Lyme disease since the early 1990s, said it’s education that can reverse this statistic.
Copiskey was out haying at her farm and came inside for a break when she found a deer tick on her leg.
“I picked it off, and I said, ‘Wow, this tick is just a baby tick, and I was playing with it,” Copiskey said. “I didn’t know anything about Lyme disease back then.”
The deer tick is the most responsible for spreading infectious diseases such as Lyme, Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis. Dr. Johan Bakken is an infectious disease specialist at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth and said the summer months are when ticks are most active and when Lyme disease contraction and diagnosis are at a high.
“Unfortunately, it also correlates with school is out and people go on vacation, and the weather’s nicest, so we make efforts to go into tick endemic areas on our camping trip or whatever we do,” Bakken said.
Copiskey said it was about two months after being bit that she started experiencing Lyme disease symptoms including: severe headaches, joint pain, sensitivity to light and memory loss.
“I couldn’t get out of bed. Every joint in my body hurt,” she said.
After being diagnosed with Lyme disease, Copiskey fought for prolonged treatment because she kept experiencing symptoms after doctors told her they could no longer keep treating her. Instead, she resorted to natural remedies.
“Most of my medications are supplements, and I do a lot of young living oils because I do not have a physician here in the Duluth area that treats Lyme for longer than 21 days … They say it’s enough and you’re cured, but it’s not,” Copiskey said.
However, Bakken said Lyme disease can sometimes send confusing signals and that about one month is often all the time doctors need to treat their patients.
“The duration of treatment ranges anywhere from 10 days up to a month,” Bakken said. “There's no documented evidence to suggest that treatment beyond a month is of any value."
He said patients treated with certain antibiotics may continue having the same symptoms after a month of treatment, but he attributes that to an activated immune system, not the presence of live bacteria.
"Some people misinterpret the presence of persistent symptoms to mean that they continue to have an active infection,” Bakken said. “That has caused some confusion among medical practitioners and many patients."
But Copiskey continues to fight for treatment, now sharing her stories and experiences on a Facebook page she administers called “Lyme: One Day at a Time.” She said the page has more than 6,000 followers- one of those Sarah Hansberry, who Copiskey met through interacting on the page.
Hansberry contracted Lyme disease when she was 14 years old, and while she is currently in remission, it’s still difficult to function.
“I still l struggle,” Hansberry said. “I can’t work because I don’t have enough energy to work.”
Bakken said prevention is the best way to avoid these diseases, and it is important to consult a doctor if these symptoms arrive.
"You shouldn't feel comforted when you’re told in July you've developed high spiking fevers, shaking chills and body aches and headaches that this is due to influenza and it'll go away by itself,” Bakken said.
Cats Die in Ironwood House Fire
The Ironwood Public Safety Department says three cats died in a house fire Tuesday morning. The fire at Lake Street and Garvey Street was reported at 10:49 a.m.
Two Awaiting Rescue After Going Over Upper Basswood Falls in Canoe
Two people are still waiting to be rescued after their canoe went over Upper Basswood Falls in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Tuesday afternoon, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office
Man Arrested after Ironwood Drug Death
Police have arrested a man after an apparent drug death in Ironwood. A 911 caller said the man dropped of an unresponsive 32-year-old man at an address on Oak Street early Tuesday morning and fled.
Second Duluth School Sale Falls Through
For the second time in a week, a developer has pulled out of plans to buy a closed school building from the Duluth School District. Schweiger Development, Holding & Management LLC notified the district on Monday that it no longer wishes to purchase the Rockridge Elementary site in the Lakeside neighborhood.
Superior Fire Damages Wood Manufacturer Stella-Jones
The Superior Fire Department says a blaze broke out at a wood manufacturing company early Tuesday morning, causing about $50,000 in damage.


In Edinburgh today, at yet another simpering performance by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a press conference, a journalist threw a wellington boot at the hapless Labour leader. Throwing wellies is an ancient Scottish insult, and signifies the fact that as Scotland's streets are paved with keck you might as whirl a wellie covered in it at someone who talks even bigger keck.
The PM began to describe how shocked and horrified he was at such a degrading insult, but found that Scots could no longer understand a word he was saying - thankfully - now that he sounds like something out of a Carry On film, only worse. But a translator explained: 'Mr. Brownose is shocked and howwified by the wellie boot thwowing inthident, and will leave no stone untuhned in his effawts to sound like an effeminate public schoolboy.'
This is not the first time that footwear has been hurled at political leaders - only a few days ago another journalist threw a D'Qtar Mmrtn boot at US President George 'Braindead' Bush, to show how brave and tough Iraqis are by letting their country be invaded by the world's most feeble army. But the wellie incident marks the final disgust of the Scottish people at having such a ineffective, fat, slimy git as a Prime Minister.
Bring back Maggie Thatcher, all is now fawgiven.


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Goal!! Jamie Murphy scores for Motherwell.
Patrick Cregg is replaced by Merouane Zemmama.
Giles Coke is replaced by Chris Humphrey.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
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The referee has booked Jim O'Brien.
It's red. He's off. Liam Miller has been sent off.
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
Motherwell face Hibernian at 3pm on Saturday, February 20th.
Jose Mourinho discussed being under pressure, rumours of dissent within his Chelsea squad - and did not talk about Dr Eva Carneiro.
Press Association Sport's Declan Warrington takes a look at the main talking points in the Premier League this weekend.
Crystal Palace v West BromSaido Berahino has gone from hero to villain and back to hero again since the end
This week former Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp rejected the chance to take over the Mexican national team.
10) Luis Suarez 4 Months Suarez was banned for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup during a group match for Uruguay.
The Football Association instigated a four-game tour of Germany and Austria by a representative England team in November 1899.


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Police awards for good Samaritans
In the early hours of 1 May 2014 Stratford couple Michael and Valerie Horn were flagged down in their car on the A46 near Snitterfield by a traumatised woman who had suffered a sexual attack.
Michael and Valerie provided safe refuge for the victim whilst calling the police.
The couples’ assistance and sympathy to the woman, who had managed to escape and run for help, helped to save her from further harm and showed immense public spirit.
Following a police investigation Adrian Watts, 49, of Hodgson Road, Stratford was jailed for 12 years for the attack.
In a separate incident in May 2013 Anne Wallbank and daughter Jennifer were also flagged down by the victim of another sexual attack near Claverdon.
Anne and Jennifer gave vital assistance to the victim and took her to the police.
After a challenging and painstaking police enquiry 38-year-old Jason Crocker of Redditch was arrested and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Anne and Jennifer’s actions were commended for their public-spiritedness, compassion and care shown towards a vulnerable victim in difficult circumstances.
Speaking at the awards Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police, Martin Jelley, said: "It is outstanding to see several members of the public being awarded tonight for their courage and public-spiritedness. There is fantastic work taking place across Warwickshire to protect our communities from harm, and tonight's awards are an excellent way to recognise these achievements."


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Apple iPhone revenues keep on punching above their weight
It’s no secret that Apple’s iPhone has had a bumper year. The company dominated sales in Q4 of 2020, racking up the highest revenues of any smartphone manufacturer ever in a single quarter. In 2021, the company has proceeded to sell more 5G phones than any other smartphone vendor in the US, with the iPhone 12 Pro Max proving to be the most popular 5G phone in 49 US states.
According to a new report from Juniper Research, iPhone sales will account for as much as $200bn by 2022 - nearly 40% of the total smartphone hardware market.
This astonishing growth trajectory, the report predicts, will be tied to Apple’s ability to overcome the developing trend of longer purchase cycles in the industry, and successfully pull off rising model prices at a time when the average price tag for Android phones is falling quarter after quarter.
“Apple has managed to consistently convince users to purchase higher-priced models through curation of a strong hardware and software ecosystem, which other vendors have only limited opportunities to do in the current market,” notes the report.
That curated software ecosystem - and its role in driving revenues for Apple - can't be underestimated. In 2020, developers creating software for the iOS App Store grew billings and total sales by 24% to $643bn.
A heavily-saturated Android market, in which brands are increasingly struggling to differentiate their products based on features alone, is also expected to be a contributing factor for Apple’s projected growth.
Juniper Research’s analysts believe that “Android vendors will struggle to compete on a features basis in future,” explaining that premium features, such as high-end audio and advances in camera technology, “will not appeal widely enough to compete at scale in the smartphone market.”
“Feature diversification alone is not enough for lasting success in the crowded smartphone market,” commented research co-author Nick Hunt.
He added: “Apple and Samsung have succeeded in fostering brand loyalty, which smaller vendors have struggled with, despite many introducing new capabilities. These players need to pair strong features with strong branding to have sustained success.”
What’s next for a post-smartphone LG?
South Korean mega-conglomerate LG made its dramatic exit from the smartphone business at the beginning of April 2021. While the company’s weird, wacky, and kind of wonderful smartphone designs never managed to create the kind of commercial success the company was clearly after, LG’s exit from the business raises one important question: What’s next?
As a brand, LG is thoroughly baked into the fabric of Korean life. The company’s home electronics and white goods are popular overseas, but its presence in Korea is on a whole other level of ubiquitous. Every air conditioner in my 20 storey apartment building is made by LG. The corporation owns one South Korea’s three major telecom carriers, and a subsidiary of LG’s Chem division, LG Energy, is having enough success making car batteries for everyone from Tesla and General Motors to Renault that it filed for what promises to be one of the year’s biggest IPOs this week. My toothpaste is made by LG.
People who worry about LG’s exit from the smartphone business clearly don’t understand just how big this company is. All the closure of its mobile device business means is that this titanic organisation is funneling wasted resources into something more profitable.
When it announced the closure of its smartphone business in April, despite ongoing concerns about what to do with its overseas factory assets, LG said that the staff working in its mobile business would be rotated away to other areas. So, where have they gone, and what are they doing now?
Is LG’s Smartphone Division Getting Reimagined as a Software Company?
There’s a good chance that a number of LG’s smartphone division’s employees have wound up in the company’s software development arm. On Thursday, LG unveiled a new mobile app designed to improve pedestrian safety (if you had to dodge delivery drivers watching netflix on their phones while driving at 30 miles per hour down the pavement on your way to shops everyday, you’d agree with me that this is a welcome piece of news in its own right) which is just the latest development in a flurry of app-based activity at the firm.
Last week, LG also announced that FOSSLight (Free and Open Source Software Light) system, its open source software management tool, will be made available free of charge to third party developers. TechRadar also reported that, according to several LG analysts, the company is looking to “bolster its presence in the software community.”
The new pedestrian safety app, called Soft V2X, is deployed in vehicles, and can warn drivers of potential collision risks between them and nearby pedestrians by relying on ultra-fast data exchange between the app, the vehicle, and surrounding devices. Basically, if the app detects it’s getting really close to a pedestrian’s smartphone really, really fast, then it will intervene with an alert. Presumably it can pause Season One of Bridgerton to offer a polite warning to look at the road.