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Pfizer Pakistan and Aman Tele Health Collaborate for Disease-Awareness Initiative
Media Contact: Shariq Yaqub
Pfizer signs MoU with Aman Health Care Services
Pfizer and Aman Foundation collaborate for disease-awareness initiative
on Overactive Bladder (OAB)
Karachi: 3rd October, 2017 - Pfizer Pakistan Limited and Aman Health Care Services signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly conduct a disease awareness on Overactive Bladder, via Aman’s telehealth services, through qualified healthcare professionals (HCPs) over the phone. The signing ceremony was held at the Aman Foundation head office in Karachi, attended by Pfizer Pakistan and Aman Health Care Teams.
One of the symptoms of OAB is feeling the urgency to urinate and using the toilet 8 or more times in the day or 1 or more times in the night. This partnership enables patients/general public to call at 9123 number to seek awareness on Overactive Bladder Disease. The partnership will also assist patients who wish to remain anonymous and are uncomfortable discussing their issue with HCP’s face to face.
Dr. Farid Khan, Country Manager of Pfizer Pakistan, in his message at the signing ceremony said; “We are very pleased to have partnered with Aman Health Care Service in this innovative disease awareness initiative, to ensure that the public has access to information through these unique tele-health services in Pakistan.”
Arshad Saeed Husain, CEO, Aman HealthCare Services commented, “Aman is committed to providing quality healthcare services. Our 24 hour Tele-Health service has doctors, registered nurses and counselors available for free medical consultation. In our effort to create a health eco-system, we are constantly working in collaboration with industry leaders and are proud to be associated with Pfizer to create disease awareness. Aman Tele-Health can be reached at any time for all health related queries by dialing 9123.”
About Aman Health:
In keeping with its vision of a vibrant, healthy Pakistan, the Aman Foundation is creating healthcare eco- systems with outreach initiatives targeted towards essential healthcare issues. Pakistan has one of the highest rates of maternal, prenatal and child mortality recorded internationally. With a total of 18 million inhabitants (Karachi contributes to approximately 10 per cent of Pakistan’s total population), 60 per cent of its inhabitants live in katchi-abadis (slums) often without proper water or sanitation systems. Illiteracy, poverty and lack of social security systems further compounds poor access to healthcare for
the most vulnerable in the city
Pfizer Pakistan: Working together for a healthier world™
Pfizer has been working for the health and wellbeing of patients in Pakistan for more than 50 years. Our business in Pakistan is part of the global Pfizer Inc. operations, first founded in 1849 in New York, USA. At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care products. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 150 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who rely on us. To learn more about our operations in Pakistan, please visit us at www.pfizer.com.pk


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Odds are, you’ve heard about the benefits of turmeric for both people and pets. And while turmeric would likely benefit dogs of any age, its benefits are particularly pronounced for senior pets.
Turmeric (or Indian saffron) is the spice that gives curry it’s yellow color. Veterinary approved supplements for dogs often contain Curcumin – the active ingredient in Turmeric – because it acts as a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Researchers and nutritionists are singing its praises as a medicinally effective herb for the mind and body of both people and pets.
There is evidence that the Curcumin in Turmeric can provide the following 7 health benefits:
1. Fights Aging by Reducing & Preventing Chronic Inflammation
Short-term inflammation actually plays a role in keeping the body healthy by fighting off foreign pathogens. Long-term inflammation, on the other hand, is associated with almost every major disease including heart disease, cancer, metabolic syndrome, dementia and various degenerative conditions. One study showed that the power of Curcumin in reducing inflammation may even match that of many anti-inflammatory drugs – without the side effects.
In particular, dogs suffering from joint inflammation or arthritis may see great benefits from turmeric.
2. May Reduce Chronic Pain
Pain is caused by inflammation, so once again Curcumin’s natural anti-inflammatory properties can help reduce pain and damage caused by arthritis, degenerative disc disease, and other injuries. Several studies on humans have suggested that turmeric may be equal in effectiveness to ibuprofen, but with less side effects (note: dogs should NEVER be given ibuprofen).
3. Promotes Cardiovascular Health
It’s believed that Curcumin acts as a blood thinner that reduces the risk of blood clots and helps rid the body of excess cholesterol. It also improves the function of the endothelium (the lining of the blood vessels) which aids in blood clotting and regulating blood pressure.
4. Aids in Digestion
In order for healthy digestion to take place the liver must produce bile to break down fat. If this system is impaired, liver, gallbladder and intestinal issues can arise. Curcumin has been proven to stimulate bile production. Underweight, extremely active and pregnant/nursing dogs all require more fat in their diets, so Turmeric can be especially beneficial for them.
5. Shows Promise with Cancer Patients
Several studies conducted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) have shown promising results in using Curcumin with cancer patients. The herb seems to affect cancer growth as well as development and spread at the molecular level. It has also been shown to inhibit the growth of blood vessels within tumors and contribute to the death of cancer cells.
6. Promotes Healthy Brain Activity in Aging Dogs
The rates of Neuro-degenerative diseases in India – where Turmeric is consumed regularly – are considered very low in comparison to western nations. This may be due, at least in part, to Curcumin, which crosses the blood-brain barrier to reduce inflammation and oxidative damage. A study by NCBI also showed it to be beneficial in clearing Amyloid plaques in the brain associated with dementia.
7. Promotes Healthy Joints in Senior Dogs
As many senior dog owners know, joint pain and mobility is one of the most common signs of aging. Many owners first notice their dog is slower to get up from sleeping or not greeting them at the door anymore when they come home. Because turmeric and curcumin fights pain and inflammation, it’s is one of the most popular go-to supplements for senior dogs.
How to Give Turmeric to Your Dog
While some owners simply add ground turmeric to their dog’s dish, there are a few possible problems with this method.
First, many dogs do not like the taste of turmeric and it must be disguised.
Second, and more importantly, turmeric is poorly absorbed by the body, and two additional components have been found to help the absorption: the addition of a healthy fat and black pepper extract.
Since nearly all senior dogs are already given a joint care supplement such as glucosamine, for simplicity many owners find a formula that also contains turmeric, a healthy fat, and black pepper.
Our Turmeric Recommendation
Our research in hip & joint supplements for dogs led us to develop & recommend the iHeartDogs Health 8-in-1 joint care supplement. An added bonus is that each purchase goes towards helping provide food for animal shelters in need.
The product is also available in a 9-in-1 version which includes broad spectrum hemp oil.
As always, before starting any new medication or supplement you should consult your veterinarian. Turmeric is quite safe in healthy dogs, but may have restrictions for those with certain conditions like kidney stones or diabetes.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information on this website is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional.

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Judy* needed my medical clearance to keep walking. It was a beautiful fall morning in southern California, and more than 2,500 walkers were setting off for the final leg of a 75-mile, three-day walk from Santa Barbara to Malibu to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Judy was suited up in shorts and cross-training sneakers. Pinned to her pink t-shirt was a laminated picture of a young, vibrant woman who looked like she could be Judy’s sister.
The previous night, Judy had been wearing the same photo when she walked into the medical tent and said she felt light-headed and cold. I had her lie down on a cot under a solar blanket and sip warm fluids. Half an hour later she wasn’t improving, so I sent her to the local emergency room. After receiving intravenous fluids and glucose, she came back looking even paler than the smiling woman in the photograph, but just as determined. Judy’s tent mate agreed to look after her for the night, and Judy promised to report to the medical tent first thing in the morning.
The next day she kept her end of the bargain, and as I pulled my stethoscope from around my neck and took her blood pressure, the penny with the angel cutout that hung from it caught the sun. I had given this penny to my mother shortly before she died of breast cancer, and it was now my talisman for this three-day medical odyssey. Judy’s blood pressure was 110 over 70 — normal enough for a young woman — but after yesterday, I worried about her body’s reserves. We agreed that she, along with some other walkers, would be bused to the lunch stop to begin the last day of her walk from there.
I had spent the last two days coming to terms with patients like Judy. Each of them was there to walk 75 miles. Some walked because they had lost friends and family to breast cancer; some walked because they had fought breast cancer themselves. The walkers came to the medical tent in droves to patch up their blisters and get advice about swollen knees, twisted ankles, and muscle spasms.
But these patients didn’t want to hear about rest, ice, and elevation; they wanted to know what to do so they could keep walking. None of the walkers was there to quit. They knew all about surgery, radiation, and unending rounds of chemotherapy, and they had learned to keep going. One woman I had pulled off the walk for exhaustion and dehydration sneaked off before the transport van arrived for her. I anxiously searched the rest stop and each of its two dozen portable toilets in case she had passed out inside one, but she was nowhere to be found.
Although I understood this determination, by the end of the event I wondered whether our mothers and sisters and aunts and grandmothers and friends would want us all damaging ourselves for the cause.
In some ways, the woman who had trained so hard only to twist her ankle in a pothole was one of the lucky ones: She was physically unable to finish the walk on crutches and tearfully quit. Other women, like Judy, could screw up their courage — and their blood sugar — and with some intravenous fluids, they could feel just good enough to go out and overdo it again the next day. I had little room to talk. I was working 72 hours more or less straight through.
The spirit of the event, like the gastroenteritis we feared from all the port-a-potties, was contagious. We all had something to prove to ourselves and others, and no one was going to make us miss this event. The 17-member medical team worked round the clock to support the walkers’ mission. We worked in tents with dirt floors and folding cots, and had little time to talk much about our personal reasons for volunteering. One paramedic had a wife with breast cancer in remission; one nurse worked with oncology patients; I had lost my mother after a nine-year battle against breast cancer.
On the final day of the walk, I spent hours cutting ace bandages in half so that more walkers could wrap their swollen joints. I watched for heat exhaustion, popped huge blisters, and taped detached toenails in place to protect raw nailbeds. As the Pacific Ocean rolled onto the nearby beach, I handed out ibuprofen, moleskin, ice, sunscreen, and Band-Aids. I treated walkers wearing t-shirts that read, “I fought for my life,” and “In memory of…” I wanted to tell every walker that the women who inspired us would be honored by our efforts, but I couldn’t. If I dipped into my emotions, I wasn’t sure I would be able to keep working and supporting the walkers in their goal to finish.
Compared to cancer, the medical problems we faced on the walk were surmountable: one woman had a mild asthma attack, one man forgot to take his blood pressure medicine, two people developed migraines. On the final day, we patched everyone up as best as we could with our basic supplies, packed up the medical tent, and drove to the closing base camp. I checked in with the registration desk to make sure that the walkers I had been tending to had made it.
Judy’s name was on the list. I walked over to the medical tent to drop off my gear and found her lying on a cot under a solar blanket. “Did you walk in?” I asked. “I walked in,” she said with a smile as bright as my penny.
Note: Names and identifying information have been changed.


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The actual Secrets Behind What is within your Soda
We drink soda pop and other sugary beverages for 2 reasons. They taste tasty, thanks to the massive amounts of sugar* (and artificial sweeteners) obtainable in them. We also ingest soda and sports cold drinks for another reason, one that we sometimes overlook, yet face each day. That is the fact that soda in addition to sports drinks is made to produce us dehydrated, and completing this task forces us to drink considerably more in order to annihilate our being thirsty.
*Unless the soda is definitely a diet, then switch out the big amounts of sugar, for a significant amount of15506 added artificial chemicals we cannot even pronounce and get a minor understanding of. Remember whether it is too good to be true then it commonly is.
This fact is typically overlooked as we see coke as only being a lovely and sugary comfort consumption. There are ingredients in coke and sports drinks that do the opposite of being thirsty quenching such as caffeine in addition to salt. These are substances we all too often neglect to bring into your conversation. This article will bring to the light the source of why soda is not only enslaving, but is actually made to never quench our thirst and also leave us wondering why on earth we are still thirsty.
1) Caffeine – Caffeine is actually a mild stimulant that boosts blood pressure and gives us an excellent kick. In moderation, caffeinated drinks have been proven to have no negative effects on human health and fitness. Caffeine naturally speeds up urine extraction. Leaving our physical structures craving more liquid.
2) Salt – We often forget that salt is during soda because we still cannot taste it. There is a cause for this. Salt dehydrates the system. Which again leaves you unfulfilled in our quest to out our thirst. Although the degree of salt found in soda is definitely small, it still has a large effect on our thirst programs.
The fact that salt is during soda is evidence these soda companies are not in the flooring buisingess of quenching our places thirst. Salt is found in coke to keep us thirsty and keep us drinking more, which then produces us buying more.
3) Sugar – Sugar was in soda for a few reasons. Of course, it is addictive, so when most of us consume it our bodies want more and as result, most of us drink more. Also, a most essential reason why sugar is added in is that it covers up the taste of salt. Why else would certainly a 20 oz bottle of wine or soda contains above 130 grams of glucose?
Don’t we drink soft drinks to quench our desire?
In theory yes, in reality, we could simply pour liquid into a strainer. Our thirst can’t ever, ever be quenched simply by drinking soda or athletics drinks. The caffeine makes us speed up the urine extraction, which results in a purpose for liquid. Salt dehydrates our bodies and leaves people loathing with the feeling of desire that we wanted to exterminate start with. This can only lead to just one action. The drinking connected with more soda.
Sports Cold drinks
This same combination is used with sports drinks as well. Without the caffeine. Sports drinks are extremely sugary to cover up the deserving that is present. Salt seemed to be originally put in sports cold drinks to replace the sodium in addition to electrolytes that are lost even though we sweat. I am sorry to help rain on the parade of those who regularly consume activities and drinks after working out, even so, the vast majority of us “common folk” do not work out anywhere at the intensity and duration to be able to justify the consumption of sports refreshments.
If your body truly requires more sodium and glucose, then you will know. You may sense light-headed and entirely fatigued. How often do people like you and me be able to that level of intensity although running on the treadmill or perhaps playing pick-up basketball? Ever ask yourself why there is over 70 gr of sugar (34 gr of sugar and thirty-four grams of carbs) inside a 20oz bottle of well-liked sports drinks? It is not set there for our health. It truly is present to cover up the taste with the 270 mg of deserving that is found there.
The reason can’t we taste it in soda and activities drinks?
If we could in that case nobody would buy them. My partner and I don’t know about you but In my opinion salt water tastes disgusting. Deal with that salt up with scores and lots of sugar and we purchase a drink that is not only unfit to be quenching our thirst, that is the goal in having the beverage in the first place, although we also get a product that is definitely addictive and (unfortunately) decrease right tasty.
Drinking soft drinks (or any other sugar made up of food) is comparable to being dependent on drugs. We are happy although we are consuming them yet after that initial euphoria we could leave unsatisfied and sense utterly worthless. This results in the consumption of more sugar lace-up products. This never-ending routine is what keeps companies that will produce high sugar food items in the business.
If you are “addicted” to be able to soda, do not fear, you’re not alone. Millions of people across the globe beverage massive amounts of soda each day. Just know that cutting soft drinks out of the diet could have the only most dramatic impact on your entire body in terms of weight loss and overall wellness as any other single action. Even more important than exercising. This would not be easy.
Smokers that happen to be addicted to the nicotine located in cigarettes say that quitting cigarettes was the hardest thing they get ever done. Breaking often the addiction to soda (sugar and as well caffeine for some people) can be compared. I am not kidding. Carbohydrates are more addictive than many drugs. Just because it is legitimate does not change its normal properties and how it interacts within the human body.

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Michigan won eight of 10 matches, earning bonus points in three of them, on its way to a 30-7 victory over the Gophers in a Big Ten wrestling dual on Sunday at Maturi Pavilion.
The eighth-ranked Wolverines (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten) received a win by fall from Stevan Micic at 133 pounds, a technical fall from Domenic Abounader at 184 and a major decision from Myles Amine at 174. Michigan also got an upset victory at 125, when No. 13 Drew Mattin edged No. 4 Ethan Lizak 4-2 in a second tiebreaker.
The highlight for the 13th-ranked Gophers (5-3, 2-2) was 10th-ranked Nick Wanzek’s 14-8 victory over No. 5 Logan Massa at 165. Minnesota’s other win was Tommy Thorn’s 12-4 major decision over Sal Profaci at 141.
“Losing the close ones can be a little frustrating,” Gophers coach Brandon Eggum said. “We had opportunities today and couldn’t come up big in some close matches that we feel we could have won today. We know losing this dual isn’t what we wanted, but we know when March comes around we will be using these moments to become better.”
Carleton’s Grow on watch list
Carleton senior forward Kevin Grow was named to the watch list for Bevo Francis Award, which honors the top small college men’s basketball player in the nation. Grow, who played for Centennial High School, leads the MIAC in scoring (18.9 points per game) and rebounding (11.3).

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Tiger nut, chufa, earth almond
(Cyperus esculentus -- Family Cyperaceae)
Tiger nuts are fruits from a perennial which, like the potato plant, sends out underground runners. It is shunned as a weed in the majority of warm countries because of its creeping, rapidly expanding roots. It was the Arabs who brought this Cyprus grass plant from Africa to Southern Europe. It is now cultivated on only a small scale in North Africa and Spain, where it is esteemed for its nutritional content, as well as its nutty almond-like taste. These rhizomes are acorn-sized and chestnut brown to blackish-brown, with a wrinkled skin.
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They're delicious Andy. At least I think they are. Try them mixed with the rice the next time you cook rice. If you start with dried ones, very wrinkled and grey, then boiling them for a few minutes makes them swell and go from hard and chewy to tender and crunchy.
In Spain (and Mexico?) they make a wonderful cool drink from them called Horchata. You could sell it in your guesthouses. There's an idea!
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National Pupil Database: linkage accuracy using bespoke cohorts
Linkage of multiple datasets to the same administrative dataset enables assessment of study characteristics associated with linkage error. This study compares characteristics of linked and unlinked children within three cohorts and the evaluation of these linked databases can help better assessing the linkage accuracy.
To evaluate potential biases in the linked cohorts which can be affected by the consent process, completeness of identifiers, and methods for capturing data
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Linkage of a range of different cohorts within the ADRC-E offers the opportunity to evaluate potential biases in the linked cohorts as a function of the consent process, completeness of identifiers, and methods for capturing data. This study compares characteristics of linked and unlinked children within 3 cohorts: i) the Millennium cohort study (a British birth cohort); ii) the CRIS database (Clinical record interactive search), which involves unconsented linkage of all mental health service data for 4 local authorities (1.2 million residents) to National Pupil Database and Hospital Episode Statistics (NHS Digital); iii) the CRANE database (a national audit of children with cleft lip or palate in England, collected by specialist services).
ADRC-E Bloomsbury investigators have been involved in linkage of three databases to the National Pupil Database. This study, led by ADRC-E in collaboration with CLOSER and Millenium Cohort Study, CRANE and CRIS, involves an evaluation of the linked databases and assessment of linkage accuracy.
Dr Efrosini Setakis, ADRC-E and UCL Institute of Education
Dr Johnny Downs, King's College London
Dr Tarek Mostafa, UCL Institute of Education
Prof Jan van der Meulen, ADRC-E and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Prof Lorraine Dearden, ADRC-E and UCL Institute of Education
Prof Ruth Gilbert, ADRC-E and Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, UCL


TRAM 2016 Announces Conference Program
2016 presenters include: Boeing, Rolls Royce, Sandvik, FANUC, BAE Systems and Mitsui Seiki.
TRAM (Trends in Advanced Machining Manufacturing and Materials), the aerospace industry’s premier conference, has announced this year’s technical program. Taking place September 14-15 alongside the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, Illinois, the program consists of a day and a half of technical sessions covering smart machining, super alloys, near-net-shape primary processing, automation, future manufacturing technologies, adaptive control, intelligent fixturing and more.
The conference program is a collaboration between industry, academia and media to bring attendees the latest trends in aerospace manufacturing. Conference highlights include keynote presentations from Boeing and Jaguar, as well as 20 sessions from technical experts at leading OEMS, suppliers, MRO facilities and advanced manufacturing providers.
As an added value to conference participants, TRAM is co-located with IMTS. TRAM attendees have full access to the IMTS show floor, which includes access to more than 2,000 exhibitors. This year also includes an exhibit and networking room where sponsors and exhibitors will be displaying the very latest in aerospace technology.
The complete conference schedule is available here. For more information about TRAM, click here.


Justin Bieber is coming to Singapore for a concert in October
The Peaches singer will perform at the National Stadium on Oct 25 as part of his Justice World Tour. Tickets go on sale on Apr 21.
Justin Bieber has added Singapore to his Justice World Tour as part of his Southeast Asia dates. The pop star will be performing at the National Stadium on Oct 25.
Tickets for his Singapore show range from S$108 to S$348, excluding booking fees. They go on sale on Apr 21 at 10am at ticketmaster.sg, as well as at all Singpost outlets and over the phone at 3158 8588.
The Peaches hitmaker will also be performing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct 22 and Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov 3 as part of his Southeast Asian dates. Following which, he heads to Japan where he will play Nagoya on Nov 9, Osaka on Nov 12 and Tokyo on Nov 16.
“We’ve been working hard to create the best show we’ve ever done, and we can’t wait to share it with fans around the world. I’ll see you soon,” Bieber said in a statement.
Bieber’s Justice World Tour spans more than 100 dates throughout 2022 and 2023 with shows in North America, South America, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The 28-year-old singer is currently performing in North America, and heads to Europe at the end of July.
Justice, released in April 2021, is Bieber’s sixth studio album and has yielded hits such as Anyone, Lonely, Holy and Peaches.
Bieber’s last world tour was in 2016 and 2017 in support of his album, Purpose. He last performed in Singapore in 2013.


Nightclubs and festivals in the Northwest have embraced the fact that people want more house and techno music. It’s great, because now we have the opportunity to be graced by the one and only Carl Cox at FreakNight Festival this fall. Let us rephrase, Carl Cox and FRIENDS. Cox spends his time traveling the world performing at festivals big and small, nightclubs from Ibiza all the way to California and is one of the last of what seems to be dying breed in dance music.
His insight, love, care and passion for the dance music is unmatched and he’s considered the most lovable teddy bear in the scene. It’s been a while since Carl Cox has made a visit to the Northwest but we’re ready. In preparation for dancing the night away to whatever he throws down at FreakNight, we give you his most recent live set from Music On, Amnesia.


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FRANKLIN, (N.C.) — The Rabun County girls held off Smoky Mountain (N.C.) 71-63 Friday at the Franklin (N.C.) Tournament.
Brooke Henricks had another big for Rabun County will 23 points and 9 rebounds. Destiny Deetz had a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Lady Wildcats.
Georgia Stockton added 15 points and 5 assists and Sophie Woodard had 12 points and 9 rebounds for Rabun County.
It was the seventh straight win for the Lady Wildcats (9-1) who will play Franklin (N.C.) on Saturday.
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Faith Wasden poured in 19 points to lead the Lady Lightning to a win over Johnson Friday in a non-bracket game of the Lanierland tournament at West Hall.
LCA trailed by three early in the first quarter but outscored the Lady Knights 25-12 in the second and third quarters to lead by as many as 21 points.
Loganne Wilson chipped in with 6 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals for LCA.
Jazmyn Gooch led Johnson with 17 points.
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Dawson County demolished Class 6A Berkmar Friday night in the semifinals of the McDonald's Shootout at Hart County.
The Lady Tigers jumped out to an 18-2 lead in the first quarter and a 38-13 advantage at halftime. Meanwhile, the second half was much of the same. Dawson held Berkmar to 7 points.
Kaylee Sticker tossed in 14 points to lead the Lady Tigers. Maddie Anglin scored 11, Marlie Townley, Anna Lowe, and Mariah Benson had 9 each, Ella Siuta scored 6, Olivia Walls and Bella Henson had 4 each, and Sophia D'Oliveira and Rachel Swafford scored 2 points each.
Dawson County (10-4, 3-1) will play Hart County in the championship game. Game time is 6 p.m.
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MacKenzie Pulley and MaKenzie Caldwell scored 15 points each to lead Lumpkin County past Towns County Friday in semifinals of the Battle of the States tournament.
The Lady Indians sailed to a 21-3 lead after 8 minutes of play and, by halftime, led 36-11.
In the second half, Towns gave Lumpkin no challenge. The Lady Indians held Towns to 6 points in the final half, zero points in the fourth quarter.
Isabel Davenport scored 9 points, Ashlynn Wistoski had 8, Clara White hit for 7, and Madisyn Echols chipped in 2.
Lumpkin (12-3, 2-3) will play Murphy, NC in the championship game Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m.
BANKS COUNTY 60
HABERSHAM CENTRAL 40
Heather Vaughn scored 22 points and Jaycee Bowen had 16 to lift Banks County over Habersham Central Friday in the semifinals of the Banks County Christmas Tournament.
Amber Williams chipped in 13 points in the win.
Taylor Wade and Nikerriah Brown scored 11 points each for the Lady Raiders.
Banks County will play Franklin County in the championship today. Game time is 4 p.m.
Habersham will play Powdersville for third place. Tip is at 1 p.m. today.

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The silver necklaces’ out here are beautifully crafted with special emphasize on the metal crystal. It will simply create magic when matched with some light colored gown.
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In FY 2021 scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) recorded INR 154.44 Trn deposits, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.55% during the FY 2017 – FY 2021 period. Credit off-take of SCBs reached INR 107.94 Trn in FY 2021 from INR 79.13 Trn in FY 2017, expanding at a CAGR of 8.07% during the forecast period.
The COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown are affected the credit off-take of SCBs in FY 2021. However, consolidation of the big banks by the government and the introduction of various economic relief packages are likely to improve the business value of the major public sector banks in the country.
Various government initiatives such as increasing the number of banks’ public service units in rural areas, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana program, fand ree credit and debit cards with low transaction limits, drive the retail banking sector.
Major players operating in the industry include Yes Bank Limited, Axis Bank Limited, Bandhan Bank Limited, State Bank of India Limited, and HDFC Bank Limited.
Market segment insights
In FY 2021, in terms of deposits, public sector banks held the highest market share (~61.26%), followed by private sector banks. The contribution of public sector banks, in terms of deposits, declined by 1.12 percentage points in FY 2021, as compared to FY 2020. Private sector banks registered a rise in the number of ATMs, both off-site and on-site, while public sector banks experienced a decline. There were 57,679 off-site public sector bank ATMs in FY 2019, whereas in FY 2020, the number fell to 56,379. Among these, most ATMs are in semi-urban areas.
Key growth drivers of the market
- To boost India’s economic growth, the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India took measures jointly to extend the banking network, especially among the low-income population and in rural areas.
- The use of cloud-based operations has enhanced the agility of banks. The introduction of core banking solutions has led to a rise in transaction volumes since customers can operate their accounts remotely. Almost all public and private sector banks leverage data analytics and automation technology to strengthen their business operations and improve customer satisfaction.
Key deterrents to the growth of the market
With the popularity of internet-based banking, fraudulent activities have surged. Incidents of credit card scams, spamming, spoofing, e-money laundering, ATM fraud, phishing, identity theft, and transactions through unauthorized cheques increased in FY 2019, as compared to FY 2018. This has led to customers’ dissatisfaction and loss of trust on web-based banking.


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There are Americans who contend, even argue that the government is going to save the middle class & uplift the lower class. However, in reality the middle class is gradually shrinking & the lower class is becoming an underclass. The only classes faring well are the upper middle & upper classes. The solidly middle class is shrinking because there will be no need for their jobs as such jobs will become increasing computerized or performed by artificial intelligence. Lower middle class will become automated or extinct. Jobs performed by the lower class are becoming very few & far between. However, the upper middle class will have jobs because of their advanced specialized education & the upper class will have the connections to get & the resources to create the most coveted jobs. In the future, only the upper middle & upper class will have the socioeconomic advantages while the solidly middle, lower middle, working, & lower classes WON'T. Your thoughts?
It's a matter of how you organize a society. Apparently, the society in the US and other countries favour a division in the upper class and the working class. Making the gap between the have and have nots bigger.
So, obviously, there is something wrong with how the laws are organized.
Imagine there was no tax on labour.
This would mean that labour would be cheaper for employers.
There are lot's of ways for a government to close the gap between the super-rich and the working class, creating a bigger middle class. The question is. Are they willing to do so?
"There are lot's of ways for a government to close the gap between the super-rich and the working class, creating a bigger middle class."
How? Assume a billionaire, and 100 million "working class" - if you confiscate 95% of that Billion in wealth and distribute it to the poorer, the Billionaire now has 50M and the working class has $10 more than they used to. There are some 600 Billionaires; that means some $6,000 to each of the working class if we confiscate 95% of what the rich own. Maybe it's just me, and I don't understand true wealth, but the difference between having 1B and 50M doesn't mean much. Either way the rich can still purchase whatever they wish and the poor can buy a cheap, used car - just as they could before "sharing" what the rich owned. Nothing has changed.
And to accomplish that society must decide that what others own actually belongs to society and forcibly take it from the ultra rich. A decision based on greed rather than morality, for there is nothing "moral" about taking what others own. Legally and ethically the term is "stealing", and making laws that say it is legal does not change the ethical end of stealing.
How? - To be honest Wilderness, I have no idea.
Probably we end up with two types of Homo Sapiens. The super-rich ones who can buy planets and the 99% who will do de slave work and being cannon fodder.
LOL I don't either.
But I do think that there will always be a divide. Not necessarily between super rich and slave labor, but between all peoples. There will always be a middle class (even the middle ages had that!), there will always be rich and there will always be poor.
And I also believe that while we can, and should, help those unable to dig out of poverty (even to the point of providing total support cradle to grave for the disabled) I do NOT believe that able bodied people need more than temporary help to overcome temporary setbacks. An injury, perhaps, or a natural disaster that could not be predicted (people intentionally building a home in a flood plain without provisions for the inevitable flood, not so much).
But we are at the point that over half of our people are considered "disabled" to the point they cannot provide for themselves. THIS I cannot agree with.
Pete, my late mother said this more than 4 decades ago-in the future, there will ONLY BE TWO CLASSES-the very rich & the very poor. The middle classes are disappearing......disappearing........
That IS the future. The poor WILL BE THE SLAVE CLASS of the future. They WILL BE CANNON FOLDER.
Isn´t it the other way around? Is it "moral" for the rich to contribute less to the roads, infrastructure, you name it, that was built and is maintained in the public interest. Rich pay less taxes (contributing a smaller portion of their earnings) to the public than the poor. Was supposedly a great achievement of the past administration. Now - who steals from whom?
"Is it "moral" for the rich to contribute less to the roads, infrastructure, you name it, that was built and is maintained in the public interest."
The rich contribute (as an example) a million dollars, the middle class a few thousand. That is not "less" no matter how you cut it.
Do you pay more for a loaf of bread when you buy one than the poor person? Do you pay less for that new car than a rich man would for the same car? Why should the rich pay more for the same benefit (a country to live in) than you do?
The only real answer is that you want more than you want to pay for (as a middle class taxpayer) and you have the power to force the rich to pay for it instead of doing it yourself.
The Rich are the Corporations, those who own them or control them.
The Corporations in turn control Congress and the Executive Office, along with Investment Firms and Banks. Also heavy influence from foreign nations like China and Saudi Arabia.
The job of the politicians, Congress and the President in particular, has been to keep this reality from the people making them believe, instead, that they serve the people... not the International Corporations and Foreign Nations.
Our system is particularly adapt at this, because it convinces a majority of the people (although I believe this percentage is at an all time low today) that their efforts make a difference when they vote Democrat or Republican, and it also gives them a "side" to blame for the government's faults and failures.
Very few people are out there saying it is the corrupt system that is the problem, that Democrat or Republican doesn't matter, they are two wings of the same bird, and that bird got swapped out long ago from an Eagle to a Vulture... that is feeding on its own people.
So... we are almost 30 Trillion dollars in debt... I can remember decades ago when we reached 1 Trillion how people thought it was a sign that doomsday for the nation was around the corner.
The problem is NOT that we don't tax the rich... the problem is that our government chooses NOT to focus the Trillions it is spending on putting people to work, on building infrastructure, on doing the things that in the past made this country the most industrious and powerful in the world.
Those Trillions go to bailing out the banks and investment firms, in giving oil companies and the military industrial complex more money than they know what to do with... it is corruption and it is rampant.
At some point in time, it is going to collapse in on itself and the country will be much diminished, and I believe that time is near.
The mantel of richest nation and global leader will be passed on to another.
... Democrat or Republican doesn't matter, they are two wings of the same bird...
and this bird is feeding from the Rich, from the corporations. So much, so true.
Wouldn´t it be a first step to have the bird (and its wings) no more being fed by the Corporations (the corrupt lobbyist system). How about having the bird nursing from tax payers money directly - money not having to make the extra miles via corporate lobbyism?
Certainly will require a change in the system. But could be a first step.
Anyways, this is probably more in the focus of the left wing of the democrats side of the bird (the AOCs and Sanders). While i am at it: Imho the US resembles a 4 wing bird. Democrats have their corporate and their social justice wing, Republicans have their corporate and their anti government wing respectively. Seeing this situation, chances are small for any real change. So this is all an academic rant, no more.
Eh. so it always is .People being people.
All I can say is that I am glad I believe in the ability of humanity to rise above their baser instincts, use their intellect and compassion to recognize an unsustainable situation, and take action to mitigate it.
Or, we can just throw up our hands and say, "No one will save you."
People must take responsibility & be accountable in their lives. Far too many people want other people to save them. Well, NO. People must learn to make intelligent choices & strategize. No one is going to save one but oneself.
True, but if our civilized society crumbles because we are too selfish and greedy to make changes to save it, no amount of individual strategizing and responsibility will matter.
and what would that crumbling look like or be the result of?
... selfish-wise and greed-wise?
Gmw. is speaking about individual responsibility. For instance, one person cannot afford to help another, if he does not have enough money to do so.
A lifeguard cannot save anyone if she/he is not in good physical shape. The lifeguard must eat healthfully and exercise, otherwise she could be pulled under and drown along with the victim. ( ... love that opening photo, BTW.)
Likewise, an individual must have enough food for himself and his loved ones before he can give some of what he has to others.
If some people cannot help themselves and end up thinking the government will bail them out, well that is mistaken thinking.
If these people have not figured out a way to work for a living then, what is one to do about them? We cannot enable their dependence on us or the government. It is not fair to them or the taxpayers who fund the government. Now, I am not opposed to the government giving people loans in time of need. They can pay back the government once they get back on their feet ... which they would do if they were at all patriotic.
In my experience the the poorer, the people are, the easier they share.
Helping the other is not a matter of money, it's a matter of mentality.
Really? Nope. The poorer the people are, the more cutthroat they are. Have you ever been in poor neighborhoods sir? Those "neighborhoods" are dangerous. There is a high incidence of robbery. Poor people rob each other. Also poor people resort to crime in order to supplement income. What world are YOU living in, Pete? It is the middle class who help each other, not the poor. The poor don't have enough for themselves, so they see the next person as a ........TARGET.
Rich people steal as well, they simply don't use a knife but a lawyer.
You do not steal from your neighbour. - or in other words, you do not rob a member of the same gang. You steal from tourists, strangers etc. but not from the people you know.
I was not talking about violence. This is a different subject.
I was talking about helping each other out. This is not a matter of money but a matter of mentality.
And I find so many strange excuses as not to help each other. As if helping each other is a dirty thing. As if you are a socialist when you give your neighbour a cup of milk for some pancakes.
But perhaps helping each other is too dangerous for a capitalistic system that wants us isolated. The same system that is getting rid of the middle class you mentioned.
Families willingly help each other. Churches and charities willingly help one another. People love to give to churches and charities because of the joy of helping others. Now, high taxation by the government for various programs designed to help the poor, has the effect of FORCING taxpaying citizens to contribute to them, but according to human nature, the individual citizen's natural response is, "If not my will, nope not gonna give." (And logically, those who are not in a position of providing for themselves and loved ones, cannot give to neighbors or others, willingly or otherwise.)
Helping others must be done according to one's actual self-guided, free-will according to human nature, (namely, the very overwhelming sense of free-will.) Who can deny that Freedom of Will and guiding ones own will is the absolute key to happiness?
Most intelligent people comprehend that overburdensome taxation enslaves us. While poor people are fine with the rich being dinged for their (the poor's) benefit, the rich, at that point, no longer want to help them. This unwillingness is due to the middle class and the wealthy, through taxation, FEELING, (yes I said that word) forced to contribute to the poor. Whereas, when not taxed, they would happily contribute to society in their own ways and of their own free wills and furthermore, and this is a big furthermore: would have the means to do so.
+100000000000000, what superb logic applied.
I think there are a lot of different concepts at play here.
Families willingly help each other. - Yes - people help each other within their community. But there is a border. Christians will not give easily to an Islamic cause.
So then there is tax. And tax you have to force. People will not pay taxes freely if you trust on their "Freedom of Will". Or on their good souls.
I just had a conversation with Wilderness and GA about tax, so I'm not going into this one now. The main point is that tax can be used in many different ways, depending on the political point of view.
Tax is like the law. if you don't have laws, society will be worse of as some people will have different "point of views" on what is good and what is bad....And traffic will be a chaos....
So, yes, taxations are forced. Just like laws are "forced" upon us.
And no, I don't believe that as when people are not taxed they will give money freely to causes. That's an illusion.
And to what causes? Some causes will be hugely popular, like the kitten society will get lots of money. But the experimental avant-garde free music club won't get a dime. So you will get popularism. The money goes to the cute girls and guys and the ugly boys and girls won't receive anything. Won't work.
Actually, people are always in need of something.
All we have to do is figure out where we can be useful to other people and find conducive ways to fit into society.
For instance, there will always be a need for people to build homes, businesses, roads and bridges, etc. and provide plumbing, electricity and goods / services. I think the future, as far as ways to earn a living, will always be dependent on the reality of the human condition.
We all need help and various items/goods all the time.
Nothing is easy in this life.
And that ends up being a good thing.
I think your statement is too generalized. Are you forgetting the service industry or are you lumping them in with the upper middle class because they are now charging such high prices? While there are a lot of sole proprietors, such as plumbers and electricians, there are also a lot of companies that hire technicians.
Since the demise of trade schools led to such a failure to a segment of society, trade schools are returning. A whole class of people who were forgotten in the 1990s is returning. These schools are turning out not only plumbers, electricians and HVAC workers, they are venturing into other specialized training like for the medical industry and restaurant industry like chefs. Today people who are not college material and sometimes people with degrees who can't find a career in their fields or who want a change to something more simple are being educated to make a living at serving others, many careers that AIs and robots can't handle or would handle poorly.
Having lived in a not-well to do area of town when I was a single parent, I saw a lot of people pulling themselves out of poverty and earning middle class livings after attending trade schools. (Well, if it breaks down, somebody has to fix it.)
I believe that we will find a welcome trend here. Maybe all is not lost.
Hmmm but there is more computerization than ever before. Even elementary technology is becoming computerized. Blue collar jobs are becoming a thing of the past. Jobs require more specialized & advanced education. There is the creation of A1s and robots who, with programming, will be able to do routine plumbing & electrical work. The only jobs in the future will be for highly educated & specialized STEM people. Things aren't what they used to be. Jobs are becoming more specialized, especially along computerized lines. Yes, the only people who won't be effected will be the upper middle & upper classes while the middle & lower classes will face downward mobility. Sad to say but welcome TO THE NEW REALITY!
" There is the creation of A1s and robots who, with programming, will be able to do routine plumbing & electrical work."
As an ex-electrician, often working alongside plumbers in the construction industry, I never saw even a simple computer used on the job site in 20 years. In the office, yes, but never on the job.
Having hired HVAC repairs several times in the past few years, I never saw a computer used. A smart phone, yes, and a little electronic scale, similar to a bathroom scale, yes. But no AI and no robots.
We are decades away (at a minimum) from a AI robot that can come into your home and troubleshoot/repair either a plugged up toilet or a bad outlet. Where are you getting your information that it is either here or on the horizon?
But I will say that both jobs require considerably more training that it used to. Primarily because of increasing regulation, but whatever the reason they do require more education. At the same time there is always an effort being made to simplify the actual work, making it possible to do more with less training. Different materials, different methods, etc.
I think you've hit the nail on the head, Wilderness. I also wonder how many people would be willing to let a robot into their homes to fix a stopped up toilet, especially after some of the run-amok movies.
As long as the education system keeps the trade schools within the norms of the work the students hope to do, I believe added education is acceptable. However, when guys and gals learning to work on HVAC units had to prove proficiency in English, history, and math above basic algebra, and earn a degree rather than a certificate, they lost the students. Some guys (and gals) I know don't mind getting their hands dirty, but they do mind having to learn about tenses, verbs, adverbs, etc. that they will never use in their line of work. It wasn't fair to see that flunking out of English kept them from attaining certification in their trade. BTW, I wonder if that robot Ms. Williams writes about will have proper grammar programmed in.
On the other hand, I've seen people complaining about having to take algebra, saying that they've never used it in their lines of work. I never used algebra in my writing or editing work either. However, it really came in handy when we were remodeling houses. At one time we owned an HVAC company, and we used it religiously to figure psi, cubic feet, and other technical stuff I've forgotten. I guess the robot or AI can do that while the repairman gets his hands dirty. I just don't see the service class of people going away.
I think you're right on the education; a "normal" degree just isn't necessary. On the other hand, communication, including written, is often necessary. So is math; as an electrician it was a shock to see new apprentices come to me unable to read a tape measure or add simple fractions. Math (up to and including algebra and basic trigonometry) is necessary in many of the trades. Smart phones, and the calculator included in them, help enormously, but an understanding of the math behind the calculations is still necessary. The ability to read blueprints and instructions (up to and including programming computerized controllers) is needed. So is the ability to fill out forms for the customer.
But it isn't easy. My state requires 4 years of classroom education (night class) plus 4 years on-the-job-training (8,000 hours) plus a difficult test to earn the "journeyman" label; until then (s)he is required to work only under the direct supervision of someone that has earned that label, and the journeyman can only supervise 2 apprentices.
Electrician may be the hardest to learn (not sure) but most of the trades require a good bit of education.
... and this education is actually a very good thing. Who wants a dumb electrician, plumber floor installer, construction worker, etc. in their homes?
We just need to learn how to educate children starting in preschool. Hint: Montessori schools or schools built on this philosophy which applies child psychology and science and other valid/valuable aspects of human development.
P "Yes - people help each other within their community. But there is a border. Christians will not give easily to an Islamic cause."
K- So the heck what?
P "... tax you have to force. People will not pay taxes freely if you trust on their "Freedom of Will". Or on their good souls."
K- Are you kidding? The "majority" votes for what we are taxed.
P "... tax can be used in many different ways, depending on the political point of view.
K- No, only the way it was intended.
P "Tax is like the law. if you don't have laws, society will be worse of as some people will have different "point of views" on what is good and what is bad....And traffic will be a chaos ... So, yes, taxations are forced. Just like laws are "forced" upon us."
K- "No, not in a democratic society. (You have to be kidding!) We agree to laws!
P "And no, I don't believe that as when people are not taxed they will give money freely to causes. That's an illusion."
K- It is human nature to aide those in need. Sorry if you do not believe in the goodness of human nature, but it is bigger than you.
P "And to what causes? Some causes will be hugely popular, like the kitten society will get lots of money. But the experimental avant-garde free music club won't get a dime.
K- Again: So the heck what?
P "So you will get popularism. The money goes to the cute girls and guys and the ugly boys and girls won't receive anything. Won't work."
K- Never heard of those clubs.
Sorry you think so lowly/negatively of humans.
Maybe that's the crux of (the new) American Liberalism: Hatred of their own species.
Or maybe there has been an alien invasion ....
and they do HATE us!
We totally need to educate children starting in preschool.
Hint: Montessori schools or schools built on Montessori philosophy which incorporates valid child psychology, science and other aspects of natural human development.
The Secret of Childhood
The Absorbent Mind
both by Maria Montessori who was about 300 years ahead of her time.
So, no this educational method is not "old fashioned."
"How about having the bird nursing from tax payers money directly - money not having to make the extra miles via corporate lobbyism?"
Yeah, if you can get taxpayers/voters/citizens to agree to do it, (pay taxes.) But can you explain how it would be advantageous to the taxpayers/citizens/voters, again?
You can proove me wrong, but i have the impression that most of "valuable" time of congressional members is spent to collect campaign money from mostly corporate/rich donors.
Make these "donations" illegal, fund them and their respective parties by taxes and your representatives are no more obliged to serve the donors, but to serve their constituents.
Anyways, this is how most of European countries fund their representatives. Certainly not without fault, but imho much closer to the people.
Makes more sense, then our government would not be controlled by corporate greed.
The people in the EU may actually have more control over their government (in some EU nations) than the people in America, though that may come as a surprise to many Americans.
The financial institutions and corporations own the Federal government and those in power in it, here in America.
Then again, the people in the EU have NO CONTROL over the EU government itself, they do not answer to the people, at all, they do whatever the heck they want.
Whether the EU can enforce their laws and decisions or not, is another matter, one I am not overly familiar with, nor care much to learn about, as the EU is not the global player they think themselves to be, with China and soon India surpassing them in global importance.
From Wall Street to Washington: Stop the bailouts and backroom deals and close the loopholes. Enforce the laws already on the books. The system is fine. The people are not.
The system is not fine, and it is not fixable.
I don't think people grasp the fact that the most powerful institutions are NOT the American government, not close.
International Corporations and Financial Institutions are far more powerful than our government, or the EU, that is why it is laughable when we see Congress call the Facebook or Google CEO in for a dress-down, it is all for show, Congress has no teeth because we are in a GLOBAL economy where these corporations can just move to any nation they want, they don't have to answer to the U.S, of A, Federal Government.... they are so rich and powerful they CONTROL our government.
Where as China, the CCP, CONTROLS its Corporations, and those Corporations are now the largest and most powerful on earth... therefore the CCP, China, is the most powerful nation on earth by far... and they have our politicians well under control.
I meant before modern developments. I meant the system as it was designed by the writers of The Constitution.
Without morals we are doomed. Any society without moral agreement is absolutely doomed. How could it be otherwise?
For instance, China under the CCP is a godless country ... out for its own domination of the world.
Doesn´t necessary have to be made illegal, the lobbying.
Do campaign funding with taxpayers money and the representatives don´t depend on corporate lobby funding, thus making them more independend and more focused on their constituents.
And put rules on campaign adds. Restrict use of campaign adds. These adds consume most of the funding, don´t they?
Taxes are not to be used for w h a t e v e r.
You have to get agreement that tax money will be used for this specific purpose.
Most will not be the lightest bit interested or in agreement, to the point they are willing to pay.
@gmwilliams Good points. A reminder that we must continue to learn and gain new skills. We should be self-sufficient.
No alien, God or anything or body is coming to save you.
Yes, you must be your own savior. However, there are those among us who expect, even demand to be rescued which is sad indeed.
The 4 top leading cause of death in the world
3. Medical error
4. Prescription drugs
Add them all up and it makes the medical profession the top leading cause of deaths.
The masses are going to trust these guys to save them from the covid, led by Bill Gate vaccines.
I trust holistic me and my holistic community.
Yeah, last time I looked at the data the gap between rich and poor was larger and widening at a far greater speed in the USA than in Europe/Britain.
However, the concept that jobs for the lower and middle classes will disappear because they’ll be replaced by robots (4th Industrial Revolution) is a bit of a myth spread by the news media; not entirely their fault, as they are only propagating reports from reliable sources that are not economists, and who’s focus is on the microeconomics e.g. reports that focus on individual Companies and Organisations, and specific types of jobs within those Companies and Organisations where jobs are being replaced by Robots.
Whereas, if you listen to the economists, and take a more macroeconomic view, it’s a different picture e.g. employees are not being replaced, but displaced; as has happened in the previous three ‘Industrial Revolutions’, such as the weavers in cottage industries during the 1st Industrial Revolution being replaced by the factory looms – In Britain The Luddites Rebellion (from 1811 to 1816) being where textile workers protested against manufacturers using machines to weave because they feared that the machines would replace their role in the industry: In reality, the machines increased productivity, making cloth cheaper and more affordable to the masses, thus increasing demand, and in return increased employment.
Likewise, the 3rd Industrial Revolution (the introduction of computers in the office) displaced millions of jobs, including the typing pools and draughtsmen etc. but it not cause massive unemployment; it created numerous new jobs and new job opportunities in Information Technology that far outweigh the jobs lost in the old industries.
And likewise the 4th Industrial Revolution (Robots) as old jobs disappears to Robots new industries requiring human employment are being created because of robots.
Below are a number of links that show the 4th Industrial Revolution is leading to not just increased productivity but also a net increase in employment.
• https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/13/robot … r2P7kpBvXJ
• https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/ … ts-create/
• https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/e … ng-careers
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/adigaskell … g-created/
• https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/17/how- … ew-normal/
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/amarhanspa … 702a4f2fd8
Yes, it is widening greatly. The middle class is shrinking-those with the skillset & education are advancing to the uppermost middle, even upper classes while those who don't possess the proper skillset & education will descend into the lower classes. With increasing automation & computerization, those without specialized education/skillsets will add to the lower class population. In the book THE END OF WORK by Jeremy Rifkin, the author asserted that the future would belong to those who possess specialized technical/computer skills while those who don't will become the new poor.
by Grace Marguerite Williams 3 years ago
Middle class isn't a monolith. The middle class comprise of THREE levels: lower, middle, & upper levels? How would one describe the THREE levels of middle class?
by Elayne 6 months ago
I was born in farm country (raising sheep, chickens and crops) and raised in lower middle class (father was a mechanic and then an uncertified accountant). Now that I am married, we are middle class citizens - upper middle class (my husband is professor in a university. I guess education made the...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 6 years ago
What IS the difference, if any, between the upper middle class and the lower upper class?
by Matty2014 2 years ago
What is the differences between working class and middle class
by Thomas Byers 9 years ago
How can any American support the Republican Party???They are out of touch with reality and really don't care about the middle class and poor. We can only hope that the Hispanic people will vote for the Democrats and keep a Republican President out of office any time in the near future. Have you...
by alexandriaruthk 10 years ago
How do you define middle class?Many times I heard or read that middle class economic situation is the true gauge in which you can check if the economy is improving, but how do you really define middle class?
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The number of jobs in L.A.’s formal economy has stagnated since 1990, while the population has grown 15 percent. One of the consequences is that L.A. had a poverty rate of 16.6 percent in 2015, compared to the national average of 14.7 percent.
Creating jobs is different than redistributing existing jobs, as when one restaurant closes and another opens, or providing more equitable access to existing jobs – an important objective, but different than job growth. It requires an increase in the amount of money spent on wages in the regional economy.
The regional payroll will grow if we increase exports, or bring more people to L.A. for specialized services such as health care, education, or tourist experiences, or if local residents spend more money for local goods and services.
Two weeks ago at the Economic Sustainability Roundtable, we discussed lessons from three past (failed) job creation initiatives in Los Angeles. These initiatives were in the 1990s, when we still dared to dream large about building a stronger economy. The first initiative was the economic adjustment strategy to offset the collapse of aerospace. The second initiative attempted to use a $50 million R & D project to build an advance technology transit bus to jumpstart local fuel cell manufacturing. The third initiative was the blue ribbon corporate initiative to Rebuild L.A. after the 1992 civil unrest.
Each initiative demonstrated significant strengths but fell short of its vision. For example, Rebuild L.A. set out to create 94,000 jobs in South Los Angeles, but ultimately delivered only about 5 percent of the planned business investments.
These outcomes show how hard it is to nudge the local economy in the direction of growth. On the other hand is it any harder than solving poverty-driven problems such as homelessness, disconnected foster youth, and community re-entry of justice-involved individuals? All of these problems have jobs as part of the solution.
It’s time to make job growth a front-burner issue and think about how local government can use its modest tools judiciously and prudently to nudge the economy in the direction of growth.

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Iam a 14-year-old avid artist and computer enthusiast (my favorite operating system is Linux).
I recently created my own penguin figure based on a
drawing I did. I was really encouraged by my drawing
to try and create my very own version of Pangwi
(that’s what I call it). I hand-sewed the figure and
added a string of battery-powered LEDs to light up
her body gem. I’ve also created a matching uniform
that I like to wear when I carry around my Pangwi.
Hope you like it! —Marielle Riley, Naperville, Ill.
Recently, while visiting with my mother in
Illinois, we went to the Lawrence Arthur Salon
in Winnetka. There I met Elsa Cohn, who runs a
boutique at the salon. Elsa (above, at right) was
busily working with two other women, all silently
engrossed in their handiwork. They were crocheting a little white handbag out of plastic twine. As
Craft: Volume 10
her friend crocheted, Elsa kept her supplied with
the plastic twine she was cutting from a rolled-up
plastic bag. She used a special technique of cutting
the bag to create one long, continuous strand.
Elsa talked about how she’s been creating things
all her life, without any patterns, even raising her
own Shetland sheep and learning how to dye yarns
and spin. What’s really interesting about her is that
she’s not getting her ideas from other people, but
just coming up with them on her own, looking at the
potential that different materials have. Elsa even
said, “I always try to see what else you can do with
something. For instance, if a dress can’t sell, it’s a
lamp.” Trendy without trying to be!
—Nancy Dougherty, Sebastopol, Calif.
My daughter and I subscribe to both MAKE and
CRAFT. Recently, I was inspired by the article
in CRAF T, Volume 07, by Tom Wyatt, about revamping
old Converse All Star shoes [page 49, “The All Star
Fabric Swap”]. I am actually a shoemaker by trade
( fernandfootwear.com) and specialize in leather
Attached are pictures of my BlackSun Chucks.
I used 6oz oil-tanned leather and a pair of old soles
that I’d been kicking around for nearly 20 years.
They require regular glue maintenance but are more
comfortable than the originals for sure. My friends
are begging for a pair of their own; I have to keep
them tied tight for fear that they’ll be stolen right
off my feet! —Tim McKay, Benzonia, Mich.
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The economic value of honey bees in Australia was AU$8.35-19.97 billion in 2015 (Karasińki 2018). Much of this value comes from pollination of 53 agricultural crops. Pollination can improve both the yield and the quality of produce, and 35 Australian industries are dependent on honey bees, with others benefiting from them.
One of the aims of Plan Bee, Australia’s honey bee genetic improvement program, is to survey the needs of beekeepers and growers. While we believe that breeding can make a huge difference to our industries, it can’t solve all our problems – we need to better manage our resources and relationships. Plan Bee is working towards the provision of quality bees and a strong beekeeping industry, a common goal amongst beekeeping and agricultural crops. As such, Plan Bee is facilitating a forum to discuss the triumphs and tribulations with pollination services. The finding will also provide input to the proposed Pollination Security Cooperative Research Centre.
The forum will be held on Zoom on Tuesday 21st June from 3-5pm AEST. You can register at EventBrite. Speakers will include Deidre Jaensch (Almond Board Australia), Steve Fuller (AgriFutures Australia Honey Bee and Pollination board member), Cameron Spurr (Seed Purity), and Nadine Chapman (Plan Bee, University of Sydney).
Plan Bee also has a grower survey and beekeeper survey for you to give your views if you can’t attend the webinar. We are interested in what aspects in the pollination contractor and contractee relationship are working well and what could be improved.
- Karasińki (2018) The economic value of Australian managed and wild honey bee pollinators in 2014-2015. Curtin University
- Register for the webinar at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/pollination-webinar-tickets-358994782057
- Growers survey: https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=NNKWRTC3AJYMPYAP
- Beekeeper survey: https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=DWAEEH8P97FYRR4R
- This article was peer-reviewed by Erica Mo and Ruth Luckner.


As of August 1, 2020, both the City of Edmonton and City of Calgary are requiring residents and visitors to wear a masks or face covering in public indoor facilities and public vehicles. One of the exceptions in both cities is people exercising or engaging in athletic activities.
What that means for tennis players accessing indoor tennis facilities is that in most cases you will be required to wear a face covering in common spaces, such as the main lobby and check in, but while playing tennis you do not need to wear a mask. Check with your local club/facility about the specifics of their policy.
If you live outside of Edmonton or Calgary, check with your local municipality on their face covering regulations. Regardless of local recommendations, Tennis Alberta is encouraging all of our members to wear a face covering while in public indoor facilities and while taking public vehicles.
Together we can continue to stop the spread and help keep everyone safe.


Recently I’ve been obsessed with French cafe music, easy-listening, jazz and bohemian style street music. I found a French media agency called Le Figaro and their weekly music special called Le Live. Le Live has a You Tube account where they post their weekly sessions. Every week features a different artist who performs 3 songs and does a short interview in French. Not all of the artists are French so when there is a non-French speaking artist they include subtitles with the interview. I’d like to introduce you to a few of my newly discovered favorite artists and encourage everyone to dig through the more than 500 videos Le Live has uploaded as there is a great variety of musicians performed mellow and usually acoustic music. I also think that when learning any language it is good to open your mind and expand your vocab and vocal range through listening to OTHER languages, as this helps us to better understand the place of our first and second languages within the world of languages.
Marc Fichel is a funny funny and witty French musician and I enjoy his light and bouncy jazz style, plus I love the arrangement with only 3 musicians. Ben Harper is a famous American blues guitarist with a very nice voice, plus I find he is very soft-spoken in interviews. Yael Naim is a France-born Israeli pianist and vocalist who also has a playful and fun style. Enjoy!


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CCPA Update: Key Proposed Regulations on Verification of Requests & Non-Discrimination
On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becomes operative. As we reported last month, the California Attorney General (AG) released long-awaited draft regulations to the CCPA. This is the third installment in a series of posts discussing the regulations most relevant to companies as they determine whether they are covered under the law and how to comply. This post discusses the key regulations on business verification of requests made by consumers and the non-discrimination provision of the CCPA.
Business Verification of Requests from Consumers
Since the CCPA’s enactment, companies have looked for guidance on how they could verify that a request for disclosure or deletion of information comes from the correct consumer. The AG’s regulations set out guidance for verifying these requests from consumers. The regulations encourage businesses, when feasible, to match identifying information provided by the consumer to information already maintained by the business, or to use a third-party verification service. They also instruct companies to avoid asking for sensitive information—such as social security or other government ID numbers, financial numbers and access codes, medical information, health insurance information, biometric data, or information that would permit access to an online account—for verification purposes.
The regulations do not set out a specific protocol verifying requests. Instead, to allow a “significant amount of discretion and flexibility,” the regulations list several factors that a business should weigh when considering how stringent their verification process should be.
The factors include:
- The type, sensitivity, and value of the personal information collected and maintained about the consumer. This requires some balancing, because the categories of information mentioned above are considered presumptively sensitive and therefore warrant a more stringent verification process when there is a request to delete them. As discussed in our previous post, however, companies may not disclose this sensitive information regardless of the strength of the verification required.
- The risk of harm to the consumer posed by any unauthorized access or deletion.
- The likelihood that fraudulent or malicious actors would seek the personal information.
- Whether the personal information to be provided by the consumer to verify their identity is sufficiently robust to protect against fraudulent requests or being spoofed or fabricated.
- The manner in which the business interacts with the consumer.
- Available technology for verification.
The regulations state that during the verification process, businesses should “avoid requesting additional information from the consumer for the purposes of verification” when possible. If the business has to use different information to verify a consumer’s identity, they cannot keep that new information.
Notably, the regulations require businesses to implement “reasonable security measures” for detecting fraudulent activity and preventing unauthorized access to or deletion of consumer personal information. The regulations also provide a instructions for businesses that have no reasonable method to verify a consumer’s identity. The businesses must respond to consumer requests and explain why they have no reasonable method to verify the requestor’s identity. The businesses must also re-evaluate their ability to verify requests annually and document this process.
Under Section 1798.125 of the CCPA, businesses cannot discriminate against consumers because the consumers choose to exercise their rights under one of the CCPA’s provisions. This provision raised many questions for businesses, especially those with loyalty programs. The Attorney General acknowledged that this section caused “a significant amount of confusion and misunderstanding.”
The regulations state that a “financial incentive or a price or service difference” qualifies as discrimination and is thus prohibited. However, if the price or service difference is “reasonably related” to the value of the consumer’s data, a business can offer such a price or service difference. The regulations give examples, including that a streaming service may provide the options of a $5 per month memberships that allows for opting out of the sale of personal information or a free membership without opt-out rights only if the $5 per month price is reasonably related to the value of the data to the business. Otherwise it is discriminatory.
The regulation offers businesses several acceptable methods for calculating the value of a consumer’s data for the purpose of offering a financial incentive or a price or service difference. Those methods include: marginal value or average value of the data or typical data; revenue or profit generated by having separate data tiers; revenue or profit generated from the sale, collection, or retention of personal information; expenses related to the sale, collection, or retention of personal information or to the provision of financial incentives or price or service differences; or any other good faith practical and reliable method.
The regulations also provide the example of a retail store that offers discounted prices to consumers who sign up for a mailing list. The regulations explain that: “If the consumer on the mailing list can continue to receive discounted prices even after they have made a request to know, request to delete, and/or request to opt-out, the differing price level is not discriminatory.” The AG’s statement of reasons explains that the regulations purposefully do not include a wholesale exemption for loyalty programs, but instead provide a blueprint for how an exempt loyalty program could be designed.
We will continue to update you about CCPA developments on this blog.

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Love and the Art of War
by Dinah Lee Küng
A London librarian is losing her job, her man and, possibly even her mind. Enrolling in an evening class, "Mending Marriage or Decent Divorce," Jane ends up by mistake with some oddball businessmen studying Sun Tzu's The Art of War and China's legendary Thirty-six Battle Stratagems. The distraught Jane has nothing to lose and in fact, gains more from Baldwin's coaching than she bargained for.

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Japanese School Lunches - kyuushoku 給食
The premier and only daily English blog committed to Japanese school lunches eaten by me.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
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Macaroni in cream sauce with mushrooms, onions, carrot, an bacon.
Iceberg lettuce salad with cucumber, cabbage, pineapple, and ham.
Sliced wheat bread.
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Using paint to decorate the kids’ room has plenty of advantages that go beyond the obvious. While the fabulous array of colors and the many hues help in creating a lovely, vibrant setting, the true charm of paint is showcased when you create a change in color scheme. While keeping the walls white and adding colorful decor is attractive, it will not be too long before your kids grow out of the current color phase! Instead, use paint to usher in the color of the season, and you can switch over to a different shade at any time in the future with little fuss.
But a beautiful color palette is not just about designing on a budget. It brings a child’s room to life while giving you the flexibility to change between styles and color schemes without too much hassle. While the theme of a boy’s room obviously determines the paint choices you make, you can always add an element of surprise with a splash of an exotic shade. These boy’s room paint ideas show you how to get the job done with flair…
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Malappuram: Nilambur MLA PV Anwar did not include the details of his wealth in Africa in the nomination papers submitted for the assembly polls, said reports. Failure in disclosing such information is an offence that can lead to six months in prison under Section 125A, if convicted.
Anwar appeared on his Facebook page and made it clear that he was in Africa when complaints surfaced that the MLA was missing from the constituency just before the 2021 assembly elections.
Anwar has already admitted that he visited Africa to earn livelihood and has investments there. But the 66-page nomination papers do not carry any information about this.
Legal experts say Anwar has committed a serious offence and the election commission should take further action. When Anwar himself says he has investments in Africa, he himself has to explain why it was not included in the documents.

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