- Gun Cleaning Kit
- Some key components you should be sure to have
- Cleaning the Firearm
- Storage After Cleaning
Proper maintenance of firearms is a key part of gun ownership. While it seems like a simple task, it can be surprisingly difficult when first starting out. Like all other aspects of firearms ownership and use, maintaining a weapon is a matter of discipline. It is a great place to begin building that discipline up, especially for new or younger gun-users.
Getting into a routine is key to making sure your gun—whether it’s a rifle, sidearm, or shotgun—is kept in proper working order. Carbon will build up and cause issues with feeding and ejecting rounds, as well as impairing accuracy, especially when it coats the barrel. Dust can interfere with firing mechanisms. Water will begin to rust the weapon, especially if it is stored wet. All of these issues can cause serious malfunctions, some of them very dangerous. It’s a good idea to clean the weapon after every use, so that it never becomes too dirty, similar to how you clean your bathroom so that it doesn’t become ground zero for the zombie apocalypse. I’ve seen weapons with carbon build-up so bad that chips of it had to be forcibly pried off for hours at a time. It is a good idea not to let your weapon fall into that condition, and here are a few tips to help you out.
Gun Cleaning Kit
A good, well-stocked gun cleaning kit is a great place to start. You can purchase an entire one very easily, with all sorts of bell and whistles already included, or create one yourself with tools that you know you need.
Some key components you should be sure to have:
- Bore snake. These are the best way to ensure the barrel is kept clean. Narrow, spiral bore brushes can be attached.
- Cleaning patches. You will be lost without these. They can be used with the bore snake and are often used to scrub away carbon and dust in narrower areas.
- Brushes. These have pretty stiff bristles. They come in different sizes, which you’ll need to clean different parts of the weapon. There are round ones, as well, which can make cleaning the chamber much easier.
- Rags. It’s very common to find people using a cut-up old t-shirt or shop rags. You’ll be scrubbing a lot so have a few on hand.
- Lubricant. Not only will this help break down carbon, it will help your gun’s moving parts stay in working order.
- You can also purchase many, many other tools. Picks, which look like dental picks, may be a smart purchase for getting at anything that’s particularly hard or hard to get to. There is a massive variety of brushes out there, and many different lengths of cleaning rods, though I really recommend a bore snake for ease of use.
Cleaning the Firearm
As always with anything involving a firearm, safety first! Be sure the weapon is clear and that there are no rounds in the chamber. It’s common to hear of firearms incidents that occur because someone was cleaning a loaded weapon. A good habit to get into is making that there isn’t ammo anywhere near the gun, as well none in the chamber. Set loaded magazines to the side and keep the space you’re using clear. Situational awareness will make sure everyone is safe, at home, on the range, and in an emergency.
Break down your weapon. If you’re new to this particular model of firearm, learn how to take it apart and put it together again. There are plenty of videos online detailing how to do this for any kind of gun on the market. Make sure you keep track of all the parts. All of them are important.
A clean, clear area is the best work-space. The only thing nearby should be your gun cleaning kit.
The order you clean the different parts of your weapon is up to you. Apply lubricant when build-up is bad and needs help, but make sure you dry it off when you’re done. Pay special attention to the firing pin, ejector, and barrel, as debris on these parts will easily interfere with function. It’s a good idea to clean the magazine well, too, as dirt there can cause problems with ejecting and loading magazines quickly and properly.
Using a Bore Snake
A bore snake is an unusual tool. Many people are often unsure on how to use it right. Here a few tips:
- You can use a cleaning patch on the end with the patch tip attachment or the bore brush attachments, which come in different sizes.
- Drop the weighted end of the bore snake through the chamber into the barrel and pull it through. You’ll need to repeat this a few times. The patch tip is a good way to get a feel for how dirty it is. You can also look down the barrel, though be very, very sure the weapon is apart and unloaded before you attempt this.
- Make sure you use the bore snake in the right direction! A bore snake should be threaded in the same direction as a bullet travels, not dropped down the front of the barrel. Otherwise it can get stuck, whether you’re using a brush or a cleaning patch, and is very difficult to remove. It can even damage the barrel.
Storage After Cleaning
- To make sure your gun is going to stay clean, be sure to store it in a storage area that is clean, free from lint and dust, and dry.
- As a general rule, you should keep a light coat of lubricant on your firearm’s moving parts. This will help keep it from rusting.
- In some climates, dust is always present and no storage container is safe. In that case, do not leave lubricant on your weapons. It will combine with the dust in the air and turn into a grimy film that will clog up every nook and cranny in the gun.
Ready to Start?
While cleaning a firearm can seem like a chore, it certainly isn’t a waste of time. It is a simple task with simple tools, with a clear beginning and end. Many gun-owners find it to be very relaxing, a chance to focus on something simple at the end of a long and busy day. Above all, it helps keep your firearm in excellent condition, ready for hunting, sport, time at the range, or the emergency we all want to be prepared for.


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Some Maersk-Safmarine Horn sailings skip Sudan
Maersk Line and subsidiary Safmarine have temporarily stopped calling Port Sudan on some of the sailings of their joint Horn of Africa service connecting Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data.
A call to Port Sudan has been deleted every other week, meaning the service is, in essence, operating with two distinct rotations and transit times. The Port of Sudan call is being skipped due to port congestion, the carrier said.
The sailings that call Port Sudan have a rotation of Tanjung Pelepas, Dubai, Djibouti, Jeddah, Port Sudan and Tanjung Pelepas, and are operated with three ships (all from Maersk), with an average capacity of 2,846 TEUs. The sailings omitting the call have a rotation of Tanjung Pelepas, Dubai, Djibouti, Jeddah and Tanjung Pelepas, and are operated with two ships (one from Maersk and one from Safmarine), averaging 2,684 TEUs.
ComPair Data research shows Port of Sudan calls could be added back to all sailings in April. Transit times eastbound on the sailings with Port Sudan are much slower than on those without, as it takes the service 16 days to return to Tanjung Pelepas from Port Sudan, compared to nine days from Jeddah to Tanjung Pelepas on the loops without the Port Sudan call. ' Eric Johnson

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The All Wales Forum Sibling Carer Initiative is holding an initial launch event on 04 July 2018, called Be Seen.
Voter registration for the Welsh Youth Parliament has opened online.
The Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams AM, has announced that changes to relationships and sexuality education will focus on and emphasise forming and maintaining healthy relationships.
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Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has today launched a dedicated web page on the Ombudsman NZ website to highlight his new disability advisory panel Te Rōpū Kaiārahi Hauātanga.
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is making changes to how he manages the Delay Deemed Refusal (DDR) complaints.
Today is International Right to Know Day.
As New Zealand’s Chief Ombudsman, it is one of the most significant dates in my calendar.
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has recommended the Ministry of Education apologise to the Taihape Area School community and board of trustees over its handling of a farm that was bought by the former Taihape College and local community.
A new case note illustrates the impact that the Intake and Early Assistance Team can have. This team is the first point of contact for people seeking the Ombudsman’s help.
New Australian research has been released into how public organisations manage complaints.
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AUSTIN -- It’s a seemingly catchy idea: Let Texas join the rest of the nation in letting adults buy beer to go from home-grown craft breweries.
Smaller brewpubs can already sell beer to go. But giving that right to breweries, too -- an expansion endorsed in an online petition by more than 13,000 people, supporters brag -- looks about as bottled up as most drinking and gaming legislation being pitched to lawmakers.
Other proposals yet to show momentum in either chamber would permit stores to sell liquor on Sundays or increase the Sunday hours that retailers may sell beer and wine. Yet two bills have cleared preliminary hurdles: an attempt to legalize fantasy sports betting and a proposal giving charities that host bingo events more time for players to keep up.
Members of the House panel that oversees powerful alcohol interests have long proved reluctant to monkey with the system that strictly separates manufacturers, distributors and retailers of spirits, wine and beer.
Rep. Tracy King, who chairs the Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures, said he’d describe the panel as “deliberative, pensive. It carefully considers any changes to the alcohol code.”
Here’s a look at alcohol and gaming bills and where they stand.
King, D-Uvalde, said he’s yet to see a reason to grant a hearing on the the beer-to-go proposal sought by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild because there’s no “consensus opinion” on it.
The proposal’s author, Democratic Rep. Eddie Rodriguez of Austin, landed the backing of one beer distributors group this year. But another, the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas, evidently doesn’t like the prospect of consumers directly taking beer home from a brewery, diverting revenue from distributors. The group didn’t respond to questions.
The idea also seems low on gas in the Senate. Sen. Kelly Hancock, the North Richland Hills chairman of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee, said simply that he awaits consensus on a companion proposal by Sen. Dawn Buckingham of Lakeway before granting a hearing.
Brad Mall, co-founder of Oak Highlands Brewery in Dallas, said just taking testimony doesn’t seem too much to expect.
“If it fails to get out of committee because it doesn’t have the votes, so be it,” Mall said. “If it fails on the House floor, so be it. No hearing? Insane.”
Mall pointed out that House Speaker Dennis Bonnen’s father-in-law owns a beer distributorship, as the Texas Tribune has reported. Bonnen, his spokesman Gene Acuña said, intends to remain neutral on beer-related legislation.
Other critics wonder if beer distributors rule. Rodriguez said their power is due to the legislative relationships they’ve built over time, and the craft guild isn’t as well positioned.
A snapshot: In 2018, the beer guild donated $1,500 to the campaigns of two of the King-led committee members, state records show, while the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas spread $31,000 among the kitties of all 11 panel members -- and both figures undershoot by not accounting for direct contributions to members from individual distributors or brewery owners.
Campaign contributions, King said, “are not a factor at all.”
Changes to Sunday sales
Proposals to allow liquor sales on Sundays also haven’t drawn House or Senate hearings, but the House panel heard Rep. Drew Springer’s pitch for letting stores sell wine and beer on Sundays starting at 10 a.m. rather than noon.
Still, Springer didn’t sound confident. The Muenster Republican said most of the panel’s members have proved resistant to substantive changes to liquor laws.
Fantasy sports betting
King’s panel unanimously approved one gambling-related bill: a proposal by Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, legalizing fantasy sports betting that drew the backing of representatives of the Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Astros and Houston Texans. It would redefine a bet to leave out participants in a “fantasy or simulated game or contest” resulting in prizes including money.
Anti-gambling groups including the Christian Life Commission oppose Moody’s bill, warning against the state giving its blessing to sports gambling. The commission notes that Gov. Greg Abbott explicitly opposed that prospect in a 2015 letter to the Texas Lottery Commission. It stated his support for existing prohibitions on gaming and his desire that the agency not continue its exploration of games such as sports betting and fantasy sports betting.
The House also might consider a bill King’s House committee approved to let some 1,000 charitable groups spend more hours hosting fundraising bingo events.
“Now maybe old people can go enjoy playing bingo,” said Will Martin of Victoria, who testified in favor of the bill.
Charitable groups now feel too much pressure, he said, to wrap up bingo events within the four hours allotted by law before fines kick in -- never mind squeezing in a half-hour break for players to run to the bathroom and buy a burger.
Martin, 71, unfurled a sheet of paper showing 12 bingo cards and urged legislators to expand the allowed bingo hours per event to six.
“New and slower players such as myself or when games are played with difficult patterns cannot keep up” with the current pace, Martin said. “And those players are likely to never return to play bingo. We are asking for an additional two hours, which will give us more time to conduct the games in a more relaxed and enjoyable time frame.”
Philip Bates of the Texas Lottery Commission said in an email that in a recent 12-month period, five groups were warned, not fined, after taking more than four hours to finish bingo bashes.
Tweaks still possible
King, circling back, pointed out other proposals advanced by the committee toward possible House consideration -- including a move to enable school districts to allow alcohol sales when a group rents a stadium or other district facility.
Fort Worth Rep. Craig Goldman seeks to let a beer and wine retailer deliver directly to customers provided it has a local “cartage” permit. Another panel-approved proposal has a historical feel; it seeks to repeal a law potentially criminalizing the possession of more than a quart of liquor or more than 24 bottles of beer in a dry county.


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This is a Malabar special dessert made of ripe plantain. This is an item especially served during iftar time. It is a popular and tasty snack item from Kerala. Let us see the preparation of this.
- Plantain – 2
- Coconut – 1/2 cup
- Raisins – few
- Cardamom Powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Sugar – 2 tablespoon
- Steam the plantain, peel it and mash the ripe plantain well.
- Heat a pan and add sugar. Add some water just to soak it . Stir well and it well turn to syrupy.
- Add coconut, raisin and cardamom powder and mix it well. Remove it from fire.
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The importance of having a nutrient plan on your farm in 2022
Now more than ever the efficient use of all organic and chemical fertilisers is vital to supply fertiliser requirements and control costs on farm. Tom Deane, Teagasc Advisor, Enniscorthy looks at importing slurry to minimise fertiliser cost but advises on completing a Nutrient Management Plan first
For centuries the importance of the main nutrients Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium and Sulphur have been realised, and applied to farm land in order to produce greater grass and crop yields.
Fertiliser usage globally has been increasing by about 4% annually. This along with increased gas prices as well as transportation costs and the war in Ukraine has led to record prices being paid in 2022.
The CSO recently announced that fertiliser prices have increased by 149% since 2021. Due to the intensive nature of farming in this region, most farmers have no choice but to purchase this important input as crop yields and livestock cannot be sustained without it.
Now more than ever the efficient use of all organic and chemical fertilisers is vital to supplying farm fertiliser requirements and controlling production costs at farm level.
Ground limestone is excellent value due to its cost to benefit ratio of between €4-7 for every €1 invested. With a pH lower than 6.3, utilisation of fertilisers applied as well as nutrients within the soil is sub optimal.
NMP Online and importing slurry
Teagasc has a tool we use called NMP Online. Information relating to soil sample results, concentrate usage, stock numbers, area being farmed as well as crops etc. are put into the tool and it generates a report with the recommended and maximum amounts that can be applied to each field and crop type.
With the increased interest in importing of slurry and farmyard manure, this presents a good opportunity to decrease fertiliser input costs. There is no shortage of intensive farms looking to export slurry and FYM typically to lower stocked farms.
It is important that farmers have an idea of the maximum amounts they can import, in order to avoid potential cross compliance breaches as well as environmental concerns. This applies to the purchases of concentrates, fertiliser, as well as organic manure imported to the holding in each calendar year.
Cattle slurry is valued at €56 per thousand gallons and farmyard manure €19 per tonne. Where this saving is realised is in the reduction in chemical fertiliser required. A nutrient plan will outline the quantities that can be imported onto each holding as well as quantities to be applied in each field.
A common misconception is that all farms with little or no livestock can import nutrients, but this is not necessarily the case, depending upon stocking rate and fertiliser N and P purchased within the calendar year.
Low Emission Slurry Spreading and TAMS
Low emission slurry spreading is to be encouraged due to the lower losses of Nitrogen from this system. There are currently TAMS grant aids available for Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) equipment. However, these are being phased out as LESS becomes mandatory-it is currently mandatory for derogation farmers as well as those stocked over 170kg N/Ha. I would encourage farmers considering this to look at placing an order and applying for TAMS grant aid sooner rather than later as the waiting times on machines ordered is currently 6-12 months plus.
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Summary of Key Points
To describe the functions of advocacy.
To describe how lung cancer advocacy groups accomplish their goals.
To describe how they can influence lung cancer outcomes.
Advocacy is defined as the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal. Effective advocates in the health-care field influence disease awareness and education, research and drug development, public policy, and legislative and governmental issues. Cancer advocates have become an instrumental and influential force on behalf of cancer care.
Cancer advocacy is rooted in the early work of the breast cancer movement in the United States beginning in the 1970s. The political and social activism of the HIV/AIDS movement during the 1980s and 1990s further influenced US breast cancer advocacy. Foundations and charitable organizations emerged to fund efforts on behalf of breast cancer information, education, emotional support, and research. Media played an essential role, and with an engaged public, policymakers and decision makers were paying attention to the vision and demands of the breast cancer advocacy community, which eventually led the way for advocacy efforts for other disease types. The common goals of cancer advocates include raising awareness and education; ensuring patient access to screening, diagnosis, and treatment; stimulating research and clinical trials; addressing the psychosocial and emotional issues associated with cancer; and empowering individuals to gain control of their disease. Advocates are directly responsible for challenging public perceptions, stigma, and disease identity; they can influence and shape research and policy agendas.
Today, in many parts of the world, cancer advocates work in conjunction with medical experts, political leaders, the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, corporations, and government and legislative representatives. Each country and region of the world presents unique issues for advocates that are based on culture, society, economics, and existing governmental and health policy infrastructures. Global patient advocacy must tailor its tactics and activities to meet and respond to these needs.
Lung Cancer Advocacy Groups
In 2001, a global search revealed the existence of only nine not-for-profit organizations with an interest in lung cancer advocacy. Of these, only two were lung cancer specific; the others were representing generic cancer or respiratory diseases. In coming together, these organizations established the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC), an allied group of registered not-for-profit, nongovernment organizations dedicated to improving lung cancer outcomes. By 2016, the GLCC had grown to 35 member organizations, from 25 countries, and now provides a centralized referral network to these organizations within its website. Lung Cancer Europe is a relatively new coalition, which provides a European platform for already existing lung cancer patient advocacy groups and supports the establishment of new national groups in European countries, where they do not currently exist. More information is available at www.lungcancereurope.eu . There are also additional lung cancer advocacy groups in the United States, and there may well be others across the world advocating in this disease.
Challenges in Lung Cancer Advocacy
Despite the recent formation of several advocacy groups in lung cancer, the number of these groups is still low. Lung cancer advocacy is most developed in North America, Australia, and the European Union, in particular, the United Kingdom. We see small groups emerging elsewhere in the world, even though in Eastern Europe national lung cancer organizations are not common. As with other health-related agendas, sustaining and building advocacy groups is a challenge. Negative issues associated with lung cancer, such as those described in the following section, make it particularly difficult to advocate for change and improvement.
Lack of Advocates
Individuals who advocate for a particular disease tend to be directly affected by the disease, such as patients and caregivers. Sadly, few people with lung cancer are well enough or survive long enough to become advocates. Lung cancer is the number 1 cancer claiming more lives than any other cancer in the world and has a less than 17% 5-year survival rate. An additional issue is that compared with other common cancers, there are relatively few high-profile celebrity supporters of this disease. As such, there are relatively few lung cancer voices championing the cause.
Stigma Surrounding the Association With Tobacco
Lung cancer is often seen as self-inflicted because of its association with tobacco. An Ipsos MORI consumer poll, commissioned by the GLCC in 2011, showed that, although there was national variation across the 15 countries surveyed, on average, 20% of people felt less sympathy for people with lung cancer than for people with other common cancers ( Fig. 61.1 ). The national variation was 10% to 29%.
People with lung cancer have reported higher levels of perceived cancer-related stigma compared with people with breast or prostate cancer. The belief that one has caused one’s own cancer has been correlated with higher levels of guilt, shame, anxiety, and depression. The stigma caused by a tobacco-related disease can create hardship for patients, many of whom suffer in silence and isolation and feel a sense of hopelessness and helplessness about their condition. In fact, irrespective of whether people with lung cancer smoked or have never smoked, they feel stigmatized because of the tobacco association.
The stigma and blame associated with lung cancer are also a contributing factor to late presentation. Stigmatization has a negative impact on the disease and on advocacy initiatives. Central to the lung cancer advocacy community is its focus on reducing the stigma associated with this disease because it can profoundly affect not only patients in their personal identity, social life, and economic opportunities, but also their families. Many diseases are lifestyle related, yet the patients are not affected in this way. It is important that messages such as “no one deserves lung cancer” and “smoker, former smoker, or never-smoker—anyone can get lung cancer” are widely disseminated.
Low Public Profile
Because of poor outcomes overall, a lack of advocates, and a relative lack of celebrity supporters, engaging the media in lung cancer has been challenging. Journalists in many countries consider lung cancer to be depressing and so have been reluctant to report on lung cancer issues. In addition, there is a reluctance from those living with lung cancer to speak out, given the stigma and fear of self and community blame.
Lung Cancer Advocacy Group Activity
All organizations engaging in lung cancer advocacy are different and respond to the particular culture and need of their regions or countries. However, they campaign for some or all of the following.
Integrated Tobacco Control Programs
Many lung cancer advocacy groups have an interest in disease prevention and campaign for the development and implementation of antitobacco strategies. These strategies include smoking cessation services; legislation, where necessary (e.g., to ban smoking in enclosed public places, point-of-sales advertising, cigarette vending machines, and to ensure plain packaging for cigarette packs); educational programs in schools; and public awareness campaigns, all of which underscore the importance of not smoking and the value of quitting.
Increased Funding for Lung Cancer Research
Globally, lung cancer is the most common cancer. Yet, compared with other common cancers, there has been relatively little investment in lung cancer research. The GLCC has commissioned the Institute of Cancer Policy to undertake a review of “The State of Global Lung Cancer Research.” As many as 32,000 published lung cancer research articles were examined, from 2085 different journals. Of these, only 5.6% of all global cancer research was in lung cancer (2013), an increase of only 1.2% since 2004. As many as 24 countries were found to be responsible for more than 95% of lung cancer research outputs. Individual country reports are available at www.lungcancercoalition.org . The majority of lung cancer research (53%) is focused on medicines, genetics, and biomarkers, with only 1% on supportive and palliative care issues.
In 2013, the National Cancer Research Institute reported that only 6.7% of cancer site-specific spending in the United Kingdom was on lung cancer (charities and government). Although this rate represents an increase from the 3.9% spent on lung cancer in 2006, the rate is still poor despite the fact that lung cancer accounts for more than 20% of cancer deaths in the United Kingdom annually.
In 2015, Cancer Australia reported that only 5% of cancer site-specific spending in Australia was on lung cancer (charities and government). Total funding to lung cancer research (including pleural mesothelioma) decreased from 2006−2008 to 2009−2011 and showed that the proportional funding to lung cancer research was very low compared with incidence, mortality, and burden of disease on the Australian population. Lung cancer accounts for 19% of cancer deaths in Australia annually.
Campaigning to increase investments in lung cancer research is a core function of lung cancer advocacy. Many lung cancer advocacy groups are also funders of research, working in conjunction with scientists and clinicians to build research capacity in the lung cancer community to ensure better future outcomes.
Increased Number of People With Lung Cancer Enrolled in Clinical Trials
Unless a person with lung cancer is being treated at a center that participates in clinical trials relevant to his or her disease, it can be very difficult to access clinical trials or even be aware of them. Many advocacy groups play a key role in this area, both in raising awareness of clinical trials in general and in directing people with lung cancer to appropriate trials and trial sites. Some advocacy groups have included links to clinical trial databases from their websites to make it easier for people with lung cancer to find appropriate trials; the lack of a national service that can provide adequate and updated information is a barrier for people who wish to participate in clinical trials. The GLCC has also collated links to websites in various countries, where details on clinical trials are available.
Diagnosing more people with lung cancer at an early stage, when curative treatments are an option, can save lives. In recent years, there has been increased focus on lung cancer screening. In countries where lung cancer screening is available, advocates are directing high-risk individuals to these services. Advocates are also calling for further research to evaluate the benefit of screening tools.
Raising general public awareness of the signs and symptoms associated with lung cancer is a key function of many lung cancer advocacy groups; however, there is a variety of associated signs and symptoms, so this can be a difficult task. In England, the Department of Health, in 2012, funded the national “Be Clear on Cancer—Lung Cancer” campaign. This campaign, focusing on persistent cough, and results from the pilot study noted a 22% increase in the number of patients who visited their general practitioner with relevant symptoms and also noted an increase in chest computed tomography scans being performed. This campaign was repeated in 2013 and in 2014. Results of the 2012 campaign showed that an extra 700 diagnoses were made (9% higher than same period in 2011) and around 400 patients were picked up in early stage (300 of whom were offered surgery). Using nationally agreed-upon guidelines, advocacy groups have produced community information such as the GLCC awareness-raising leaflets, which are translated into 13 languages and available for download.
Equitable Access to Best-Practices Treatment and Care
Ensuring equitable access to the best care is of ever-increasing importance in lung cancer advocacy because of current global financial issues, pressures on health services budgets, and the rising cost of new diagnostics and therapies. It is the advocate’s ultimate goal that all people with lung cancer will be treated within nationally agreed-upon treatment guidelines, that they will be offered high-quality support and information, and that they will have access to up-to-date, evidence-based diagnostics and therapies. Across regions and countries of the world, realistic expectations vary. However, using the Internet and social media, people with lung cancer are able to learn about available lung cancer treatments and technologies, but may not be able to access them, which may result in considerable distress.
The production of patient-focused information materials on all aspects of lung cancer diagnosis, treatment, and care is a core function of most advocacy groups. Such information ensures that patients and their families have a better understanding of their disease and are better equipped to make informed decisions about care. Some advocacy groups have positioned themselves as an extension to the health-care system and a supportive care service for patients and caregivers whilst away from their treating centers. Information can be delivered in many formats, such as print, the Web, DVD, and other new media formats. A challenge for all patient information providers is to ensure that these materials are current, evidence based, and easily accessible.
In recent years, financial pressures across the globe have resulted in health-care providers undertaking formal health technology assessments, particularly in the area of new developments, including targeted therapies and immunotherapies. Cancer advocacy groups play a substantial role in making sure that national health technology assessment bodies understand the importance of segmented populations, biomarkers, and issues of study crossover. In this new research area, in particular in the United States, cancer advocacy groups have taken on a key role in tissue banking and molecular testing; the National Lung Cancer Partnership has collaborated with 14 top cancer centers to form the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium, which is the largest effort to date to promote molecular testing for people with lung cancer. Elsewhere, groups are raising awareness of new lung cancer diagnostics, evidence-based clinical pathways, and campaigning for widely available pathology services.
Underpinning all issues is the need for advocates to access high-quality, timely data on survival, quality of life, and patient experience. Such data not only provide a benchmark for the quality and outcomes of lung cancer services, but also give advocates a tool with which they can campaign for improvement and showcase best practices. A good example of this is the work of the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership, which has shown a huge variation in 1-year and 5-year survival rates in lung cancer across the study countries, prompting health-care policymakers to investigate reasons for these differences.
In November 2015, the GLCC launched a global interactive lung cancer altas, allowing clinicians and advocates to easily source and compare lung cancer data from every World Health Organization (WHO) country. Data available include mortality, incidence, survival, and other country-specific data on cancer registry, cancer planning, and implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
An important national initiative is the United Kingdom’s National Lung Cancer Audit. Year after year, this audit has shown improvement in areas such as the rate of surgical resection. These audit data have been extensively used by advocacy groups in the United Kingdom, as in the Web-based Smart Map, which displays the data in a patient-friendly, easily accessible format. Elsewhere, a European Respiratory Society taskforce has completed a feasibility study regarding the prospective collection of clinical data for people with lung cancer in 27 European countries. Their hope is that a Pan-European database of people with lung cancer can soon be a reality.
Help for People With Lung Cancer and Their Families
Living with the disease, the diagnosis, and treatment of cancer are traumatic events for people with cancer and their loved ones. It can be a time of a great emotional distress and can evoke a wide range of emotions. The expression of these feelings is crucial in order to cope with a diagnosis of cancer and side effects from treatment; emotional support, physical care, and practical help may be of benefit to both patients and their families.

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The anticipation for Apple’s annual release of their latest iPhone model has reached new heights with the unveiling of the iPhone 15 Pro. With the tagline Where Imagination Meets Reality, Apple seems poised to once again redefine the boundaries of what a smartphone can achieve. This year’s iteration promises to be a leap forward in terms of technology, design, and user experience. At first glance, the iPhone 15 Pro boasts a stunning new design that seamlessly marries aesthetics with functionality. The device features a larger and more vibrant Super Retina XDR display that stretches to the edges, immersing users in a true-to-life visual experience. The reduction in bezels and the introduction of an under-display camera create a sense of uninterrupted elegance, allowing the screen to be the center of attention.
Under the hood, the iphone 15 pro 128gb is powered by Apple’s most advanced processor yet, delivering unmatched speed and efficiency. The A16 Bionic chip takes advantage of groundbreaking 5nm technology, enhancing performance while preserving battery life. This means smoother multitasking, faster app launches, and unparalleled gaming experiences. The device also supports 5G connectivity, ensuring users can take advantage of lightning-fast download and streaming speeds. One of the standout features of the iPhone 15 Pro is its revolutionary camera system. Apple has continued to push the boundaries of smartphone photography and the iPhone 15 Pro is no exception. The device is equipped with a triple-lens setup that includes an enhanced main sensor, an ultra-wide lens, and a periscope telephoto lens. This configuration allows for jaw-dropping photos even in challenging lighting conditions. The integration of computational photography techniques further refines images, making every shot a masterpiece. Augmented Reality AR has always been a focus for Apple and the iPhone 15 Pro takes this experience to new heights.
The device features an advanced LiDAR scanner that enables incredibly accurate depth sensing, revolutionizing AR applications. From immersive gaming experiences to enhanced navigation and interior design previews, the iPhone 15 Pro transforms the way we interact with the world around us. Security and privacy remain paramount for Apple and the iPhone 15 Pro continue to prioritize these aspects. Advanced Face ID technology ensures that unlocking your device is both secure and effortless. In addition, Apple has introduced new features to give users even more control over their data, further solidifying the iPhone’s reputation as one of the most secure smartphones on the market. In conclusion, the iPhone 15 Pro embodies Apple’s commitment to innovation and excellence. With its stunning design, unparalleled performance, groundbreaking camera system, AR advancements, and unwavering focus on security, the iPhone 15 Pro truly represents where imagination meets reality. As users hold this technological marvel in their hands, they will experience a new level of connectivity, creativity, and possibilities that redefine the smartphone experience once again.

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This paper addresses some issues on the weighted linear integration of modular neural networks (MNN: a paradigm of hybrid multi-learning machines). First, from the general meaning of variable weights and variable elements synthesis, three basic kinds of integrated models are discussed that are intrinsic-factors-determined, extrinsic-factors-determined, and hybrid-factors-determined. The authors point out: integrations dominated by both of the internal and external elements are highly correlative with not only the historical quality of the sub-networks, but also with the environment in which the information is processed. In the sense of the mean of square error (MSE), several sufficient conditions to improve the whole system's performance are given while deleting one/some sub-networks in all the networks population. Meanwhile, when the whole performance of the current MNN system possesses is unsatisfactory, a corresponding improved strategy which need add one/some sub-networks is presented. For the optimal weights vector under the framework of the weighted sum of the sub-networks' outputs, we point out some constraints forms of the sub-networks' integrated weights are unreasonable and present a general form while the corresponding computational algorithms are described briefly. The authors present a new training algorithm of sub-networks named “'Expert in one thing and good at many' (EOGM).” In this algorithm, every sub-network is trained on a primary dataset with some of its near neighbors as the accessorial datasets. Simulated results with a kind of dynamic integration methods show the effectiveness of these algorithms, where the performance of the algorithm with EOGM is better than that of the algorithm with a common training method.
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A sold out crowd at the Fernie Memorial Arena on Friday witnessed a tremendous effort by both Fernie and Kimberley to leave the ice with a win.
Both teams battled hard into two overtime periods where the game ended deadlocked at two. This marks another tight match against the Eddie Mountain Division leaders, who currently sit 18 points ahead of the Ghostriders. Fernie currently sits three points behind Columbia Valley, a team that head coach Jeff Wagner hopes to overtake before playoffs begin.
“I thought we put a really good effort forward,” said Wagner after Friday’s match.
“That’s a really good team over there in Kimberley, I thought we matched them pretty much stride for stride all night. And I guess the scoreboard shows that.”
After such an effort Wagner said a tie feels both good and bad.
“To come away with points against Kimberley in any game is an achievement in itself,” he said. “It seems like there’s not a lot of teams in the league that are doing that this year.”
As of Friday Kimberley’s record showed 28 wins, four losses and one tie. Fernie dished out one of those losses and their only tie. Wagner says they take some pride in this fact.
Every corner of the arena was packed with fans, and staff were forced to turn some away once the seats were filled. Wagner says the atmosphere in the building was unbelievable.
“That’s probably as loud and as crazy as we’ve seen it,” he said. “I only heard stories about the Christmas classic here in Fernie and it didn’t disappoint, that’s for sure.
“Our goalie’s getting his name chanted, you see them doing the wave and you try not focus on the crowd too much when you’re in a game but it’s pretty special to have this kind of turnout in our league, for sure.”
Friday’s game started off with a fiery first period, but neither team was able to secure a point. Fernie’s Brendan Nemes led the scoring in the second period, followed two minutes later by a Kimberley marker.
With 6:46 left in the period, Kyle Ford scored a goal which stuck in the minds of many that night. Breaking away down the ice, Ford came up against Kimberley defenseman Lucas Chilton. Faking to the right, Ford pulled the puck back to the left, leaning only on his left skate, and breezed past the 6’4 red jersey.
Once past Chilton, Ford sunk the puck past Dynamiters goalie Adam Anderson, sending the arena into a frenzy.
Going into the third period with a one-point lead, Wagner said they were in control. When a Ghostrider went down with an injury in their corner, the Dynamiters took advantage and broke out two on one.
Coach Wagner credited both goalies for their efforts that night. Shots for Fernie and Kimberley combined to tally 75.
Despite the Ghostriders suffering two player injuries as a result of hits from behind, the hockey game was a relatively clean one. This was untypical of a Fernie vs. Kimberley game, two teams which have fueled a league rivalry for decades.
Coach Wagner said this was nice to see.
“When this rivalry gets heated, sometimes emotions get the better of you and we’ve seen that this year,” he said.
“It was nice to see two teams just come out and play hockey hard. And I think even though the fans love the rough and tough stuff, I think they can appreciate the skill that was put on display tonight.”
The following night Fernie went on to lose in Kimberley 5-3.
This Friday, the Ghostriders are home for two games in a row, the first against Creston Valley on Friday and the second against Castlegar on Saturday.


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Man arrested for allegedly assaulting woman holding child
A Midland County man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly grabbing a woman with a toddler in her arms, according to court documents.
Irving Zubia Dominguez, 27, was charged with a third-degree felony charge of assaulting a family or household member by impeding breath and a state felony charge of child endangerment. He was being held Friday on two bonds totaling $35,000, according to court documents.
On Thursday afternoon, Dominguez allegedly began arguing with a woman over a Facebook post, and pushed her multiple times into the wall and then the floor. The woman picked up a 1 1/2-year-old girl and attempted to leave the house, according to Dominguez’s arrest affidavit.
Dominguez grabbed the woman and tried to pull her away from the door, and she almost fall down the steps, according to the affidavit. The woman’s head hit the child's head, and then Dominguez grabbed her neck with both hands and started choking her, according to the affidavit.
The woman put down the child and ran into the kitchen to get her phone, which Dominguez took and attempted to break, according to the affidavit. She was able to take back her phone.
Dominguez will face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of a third-degree felony charge and up to two years in jail if convicted of a state felony.


Celtic Intermodal evaluated other potential partners that could offer intermodal transportation management solutions and elected Blume Global to be the trusted partner of choice to provide a full suite of rail and drayage planning and execution solutions.
FERMONT, CA: Blume Global, a leading provider of logistics and supply chain solutions empowered by the largest globally connected multi-modal network, has launched its Cognitive Intermodal Digital Operating Platform (DOP) with Celtic Intermodal as the lead customer.
The Blume Global Cognitive Intermodal DOP is built on technology that continuously collects and analyzes data in real-time from the extensive Blume network, searching for opportunities to provide superior customer service while balancing cost. Blume's intermodal TMS offers:
Automation: Optimize and automate shipment planning and execution. Capitalize on management by exception to focus on what is important.
Agility: Dynamically change the transportation plan during execution to take advantage of opportunities and address issues impacting delivery dates, cargo quality, and cost.
Aid: Choose from an extensive network of carriers, ensuring transportation capacity is always available.
"After surveying the market, we chose Blume Global's intermodal management system due to the company's unique relationships with the railroads and the significant amount of actionable intermodal data it has accumulated," said David Marsh, chief operating officer of Celtic Intermodal. "With that data, Blume can provide us with a system that makes automatic routing decisions when shipments are delayed, adapting to pain points in the supply chain with little oversight."
Built on decades of market leadership in international and domestic logistics, Blume Global partners with ocean lines, airlines, trucking companies, railroads, barge operators, marine terminals, airports, rail ramps, and warehouses in more than 130 countries to ensure freight moves in an efficient, predictable and highly visible way.
"Blume Global is proud to offer the highest standard Cognitive Intermodal Digital Operating Platform in the industry. Through this launch, we address the need for real-time collective intelligence, automation, capacity optimization and agility with fast time to value, which leads to highly satisfied customers," said Pervinder Johar, CEO of Blume Global. "We are proud to partner with Celtic Intermodal in this endeavor."


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New agreement between Government of Nunavut and airlines still a work in progress
“Those discussions are very, very sensitive”
Residents of Sanikiluaq who want to visit the rest of Nunavut on a commercial flight have no choice but to fly further south and then spend two weeks in isolation before continuing onto the territory.
Alan Rumbolt, MLA for Hudson Bay, wants to know when that is going to change.
“What specific options are being considered?” he asked in the legislature on Monday, Sept. 21.
David Akeeagok, Nunavut’s transportation minister, said his department has spoken with the Calm Air and Canadian North about the possibility of flights from Sanikiluaq to either Rankin Inlet or Iqaluit, but he added it’s not solely the government’s decision.
“I don’t want to really speculate or try to confirm that because we rely on the airlines for those travel routes,” he said.
The issue of airline schedules and service to Nunavut’s communities was also raised earlier in the sitting by Cathy Towtongie, MLA for Rankin Inlet North–Chesterfield Inlet.
“We recognize that in normal times the government does not run the day-to-day operations and schedules of the commercial airlines,” she said.
“With funding being made available by the Nunavut government, can we say what scheduling and service requirements have been established for smaller communities?
For the first three months of the pandemic, the Government of Nunavut did have an agreement with the two airlines, said Akeeagok.
This agreement reduced service to communities and allowed the airlines to determine where to travel while still meeting the government’s basic needs.
“Our main focus was on medical travel,” said Akeeagok.
The government’s original agreement with the airlines also ended in June and has yet to be replaced.
Towtongie asked how this money would help enhance service for communities like Chesterfield Inlet.
According to Akeeagok, the GN is still in discussions with the two airlines about an agreement that will cover July until December.
“Within those discussions are terms and conditions such as scheduling for communities,” he said.
Akeeagok says they haven’t seen how the federal funds will be broken down.
“Until we do and until our discussions with our two airlines are done, I really can’t say whether we’re going to impose on the times or tell them to go to certain places,” he said.
“Those discussions are very, very sensitive.”
The other issue facing Rumbolt’s constituents concerns the logistics of having only two charter flights into the community a week as opposed to six.
In a letter from Akeeagok, who is currently also the acting minister of family services, to Rumbolt sent last week, he advised that “The shortage of workers in Sanikiluaq has been impacted by the lack of flights into the community.”
Akeeagok, who is currently also the acting minister of family services, sent a letter to Rumbolt last week, acknowledging that “The shortage of workers in Sanikiluaq has been impacted by the lack of flights into the community.”
Rumbolt also sought an answer to when this might be resolved.
While Akeeagok again acknowledged the issues and lauded his department’s efforts to find workarounds, such as a 1-800 number, an immediate solution wasn’t offered.
“The underlying thing is that we do need staff to travel there and the only way we have been able to do it is through charters,” said Akeeagok.
“This is definitely an area that we need to look at.”


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On a roll to clean out and finish! I was so excited! I thought my retreat was this week and had been collecting things for the give away table. And I had worked so hard to make the 25 squares for my scrap quilt to put together. Each block has 85 pieces and is 15 inches finished size Lots of cutting and sewing to make 9 patch and half square units; then I would assemble units to blocks. I have no idea what the real name as I created mine from a photo on Pinterest.
So what to do with an extra week. I got out a UFO to keep working on. This was a Rainbow Scrap Challenge from 2018. I was making long rows of color using strips and black and white to tie it together and give it punch. I pulled it out, I cut yellows for February's color. ( I am not a pink girl. ) I took apart the one row assembled incorrectly. Resewed them. INCORRECTLY again.
So I took a break and cleaned my bookshelf washing all the knick knacks, getting rid of old things. I now want to redo a few pieces in more farmhouse colors. The more you do, the more you find things to do.
And after deliberations, I have decided to chuck the RSC blocks. It goes to a give away table or the trash. I do not care. One more thing off my list.
So for my goals from January 1st:
Rainbow Scrap UFO: Tanked, gone, and out of my life.
Star challenge: no progress, still hanging in the closet
Scrap quilt (Tic Tac Go) : ALL blocks made and ready to assemble
Sleepy fox: Completed!
Winter mini quilt: Completed!
New York Beauty: no progress
Daughter's Orange spinner: Completed!
So lots of successes!

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A James Vaughan header midway through the first half earned Tranmere a point in a 1-1 draw at Barrow in the final game of 2020.
The striker’s goal was cancelled out by a penalty converted by the hosts during the second half, but Rovers had to settle for a point despite having a man advantage for more than 20 minutes of the match.
Tranmere Rovers brought in Morgan Ferrier and Paul Lewis for the match against the Cumbrian side.
In the sixth minute, Barrow frontman Scott Quigley turned the Rovers defence to strike at goal, but Scott Davies was on hand to make the save.
An excellent save from Joel Dixon denied James Vaughan in the 13th minute, an excellent knockdown by Ferrier was straight into the path of our number nine, but the goalkeeper pushed away for a corner.
From the following set piece, Vaughan manoeuvred to the front post to volley just wide, again the goalkeeper making the save.
Tranmere were growing in confidence as they game progressed, and Keiron Morris hit a fierce shot from 25-yards which was turned away by the goalkeeper.
Rovers went ahead with 23 minutes on the clock as Vaughan added to his tally for the season with a cracking header from a Feeney cross.
Five minutes later, the returning Lewis Hardcastle hit a stunning free-kick from 25-yards which crashed against the side netting.
Barrow responded to Vaughan’s goal in strong fashion, as Quigley again was causing problems, testing Davies from range but our captain was equal.
Into the second half, Barrow had the first opportunity through Luke James after a pass from the left by Lewis Hardcastle. The former Hartlepool United man was unmarked as he hit just wide.
Barrow were pressing and came within inches from an equaliser but a crucial block on the back post by a Rovers shirt denied the hosts a tap in from a right wing cross.
Tranmere’s first chance of the half came just after the hour mark, when a Lewis knockdown fell into the feet of Vaughan, but his shot bounced against the surface and into the grateful hands of the goalkeeper.
Barrow were awarded a penalty kick in the 63rd minute as Quigley was hacked down by a Rovers defender, giving the referee no choice but to award a spot kick. The striker confidently stepped up to side foot home, and level the score.
The hosts immediately had a man sent off as former Fleetwood man Harrison Biggins was dismissed for a second yellow card and Tranmere had 20 minutes to play with an extra man on the pitch.
Rovers’ first change saw Kaiyne Woolery replace Ferrier after a solid 75 minute display by our number 10.
The visitors had a fabulous chance to regain the lead as Peter Clarke had a free header but was denied by a great save from the keeper.
A huge let off at the other end for Tranmere as a goal mouth scramble saw a strike at Davies’ goal but again, the goalkeeper was on hand to make an excellent save.
A second change came as Ollie Banks replaced Morris with four minutes remaining as Tranmere went in search of all three points.
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Tranmere: Davies, Ridehalgh, Clarke, Nelson, MacDonald, Spearing, Morris (Banks 90_, Lewis, Feeney, Vaughan, Ferrier (Woolery 76). Unused subs: Murphy, O’Connor, Blackett-Taylor, Smith, Lloyd.
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New regulations have been proposed to restrict fishing in the habitat of the endangered Saimaa seals, one of the world's rarest seal species.
According to the proposal, fishing restrictions would be imposed on a larger area of the vast Saimaa lake system in eastern Finland, the only place where the species is found. The protection area would be expanded by 300 square kilometres. Net fishing, which poses a danger of entanglement for the seals, would be banned in the area from mid-April until the end of June, except for nets used to catch small whitefish known as vendace.
The proposal has already aroused opposition from conservationists and researchers who say it does not go far enough to prevent drownings in nets, which occur every year. With the species on the brink of extinction with a population of about 410 individuals, each unnecessary death is one too many, biologists say – especially as milder winters make it more difficult for the animals to build breeding lairs in snowdrifts.
The Finnish branch of the WWF, the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, the Saimaan Norppaklubi association and the University of Eastern Finland have issued a joint statement calling for net fishing to be prohibited through the end of July.
Half of all net drownings in July
The NGOs and the university are critical of the exception for vendace nets and the insufficient coverage of the full extent of the seals' nesting area.
"We build snowbanks [for nesting] and will in future make artificial dens to the extent that we can. But it's a waste of society's resources that each summer young seals die in amateur fishers' nets after they have been nurtured in artificial snowbanks all spring," said University of Eastern Finland Research Fellow Mervi Kunnasranta, who leads a seal research team.
In the past five years, half of all Saimaa seal deaths in fish traps and nets have taken place in July.
Municipalities, official bodies and organisations in the Saimaa region have three weeks to comment on the proposed regulations. The government is to decide on the new fishing restrictions by early April.


One of the disadvantages of canine companionship is the constant chore of having to pick up after your pooch. Dogs on average poop 23 times a week! That’s an average of 15 – 30 pounds of waste per dog per year! Animal waste is not only aesthetically unappealing but hazardous to the environment as well. If not properly disposed of, animal waste can be collected by storm water runoff and lead to the contamination of our public water supplies.
Dog waste is composed of such organic materials as nitrogen and phosphorus, as well as parasites, bacteria and viruses. Eggs from these parasites can linger in your soil for years before hatching.
When decaying animal excess are left to sully our water supply, much needed oxygen is absorbed from the water and is then released as ammonia. Minimal oxygen and increased ammonia in water endangers the life of the fish and other marine life exposed to it.
Leave the tedious hassle of having to clean up after your pet to us!


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Perrie Edwards Reveals Wedding Dress And Makeup Plans
Little Mix member Perrie Edwards has started planning her wedding day with her fiance Zayn Malik (of One Direction). Perrie told The Mirror that she is in search of a vintage wedding dress, and some pretty fun wedding day makeup!
I’ll have to look into a collection of wedding make-up. I can wear my smoky eye shadow and I want a vintage dress so a purple lip could go.
Sounds like Perrie’s big day look is going to be gorgeous! We had also heard that Perrie wanted a dress from Vera Wang!
Plus, Perrie revealed that her fellow Little Mix members will be her Bridesmaids!


Before announcing the game going gold and legal issues with No Man’s Sky after Hello Games was involved in a legal battle for the use of the word “Sky” in the game’s title as the word is copyrighted by BSkyB. However, the lawsuit was finally settled. But it looks like as one wound has settled, Hello Games and No Man’s Sky have now suffered another blow. According to a claim from a Dutch company, it owns No Man’s Sky superformula of world generation and they have a valid claim.
In the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf this company claims to own the No Man’s Sky claim to have invented this “Superformula”. The Dutch company named Genicap said that the formula used in No Man’s Sky is the same superformula and that despite trying to get in touch with Hello Games, their attempts have been to no success.
“We haven’t provided a license to Hello Games,” Genicap’s Jeroen Sparrow told the Dutch Telegraph.”We don’t want to stop the launch, but if the formula is used we’ll need to have a talk.”
Last year, Hello Games founder and No Man’s Sky creative director Sean Murray made reference to such a “superformula” in an interview with the New Yorker, saying he had difficulty with the game’s procedural generation basis until he found an equation published in 2003 by Belgian plant geneticist named Johan Gielis.
IT lawyer and patent attorney Arnoud Engelfriet says that if the patent infringement claims do hold up, the developer could be forced to pay licensing fees for the algorithm or delay the game altogether.
Users on the official subreddit have shared fears over the claim as it has the potential to delay No Man’s Sky, something which fans of the game have already suffered multiple times.
We hope this isn’t the case but will update you when/if more news comes in on this update.


Complete, double underbody, electric front-to-back flip tarp assembly for trailers 96" wide, 38' - 42' long. This system will work on steel or aluminum trailers; everything is bolt-on application. Includes:
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Check Point is offering its partners a £600 sweetener to help it carry out security assessments across its entire UK customer base.
The security vendor's i3D Security Reports real-time network assessment tool is designed to convince end users to part with more cash. It was launched globally last month.
UK managing director Terry Greer-King said there is often a mismatch between customers' perception of the state of their security and the reality.
"3D gives them insight into the state of their security and very often they are quite alarmed," he told ChannelWeb. "It is almost inevitable they will find bots and bad things taking place across the network, so it can really open the customer's eyes."
As an added incentive, Check Point has instructed its distributors to pay resellers £600 for every 10 3D Security Reports they carry out, irrespective of the outcome. Check Point's pre-sales staff will initially do the grunt work before passing on the baton to the partner.
Greer-King said his goal was to get as many reports done as soon as possible, with the ultimate aim of assessing Check Point's entire estate, as well as driving into new customers.
"The only way I can get this done is if the vast majority are performed by partners," Greer-King said.
"While it is free for the partner, if they wanted to charge for it or provide a consultancy wrap around it, they could do so."
He added that Check Point now has about 30 software blades to which customers may be tempted to upgrade, including its newest botnet protection blade. "We are seeing a lot of bots but customers aren't aware of them, so this is right on message," said Greer-King.
Niall McGrane, UK general manager at Check Point distributor Westcon Security, said his firm had itself recently begun carrying out security assessments on behalf of resellers.
"We have designed a similar scheme for one or two of our partners and it is a great way to get into new accounts," he said.
Chief exec Jens Montanana claims Logicalis performed well despite 'currency headwinds'
All the photos from last night's event, which saw over 600 people congregate at the Hilton London Bankside
Five year deal with Essex NHS Trust will cover 400 sites, including hospitals, clinics and GP practices
18 individuals and three companies walked away as winners at CRN's inaugural Women in Channel Awards last night


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Guidelines for Community Arts Grants for projects 2022 will be announced August 2, 2021
Saratoga Arts is excited to offer grant opportunities for Arts Education, Individual Artist and Community Arts projects in 2022. In order to better serve our applicants and our community we are evaluating out guidelines and application to make them as effective and efficient as possible. Our Guidelines, including application schedule will be announce August 2, 2021. In the mean time, if you have any questions about grant opportunities, please email firstname.lastname@example.org
Many of the programs at Saratoga Arts are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.


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Cities and counties can have an enormous impact in shaping the
physical environment of neighborhoods and the health and
well-being of their residents. The Land Use and Environment
component of the Sustainability program provides resources to
support local officials in their efforts to plan and develop
healthy communities that are socially, economically,
environmentally and fiscally sustainable. Sustainable Communities
Program Flier and Land Use Team Members information on the right.
This handy, four-page pamphlet summarizes the “nuts and bolts” of
the process of reviewing a typical application for development.
The cardstock format is portable enough to keep with public
agency agenda packets and the like.
Engaging your community in the planning process is often vital to
the success of a project. Various resources to support
effective public participation and engaging your community in
planning, housing and economic development are available from
ILG’s Public Engagement program.


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Chia seed pudding has been a staple in many healthy diets for years now. It’s a very quick and easy recipe that contains a ton of health benefits. Most of you probably have these ingredients in your pantry right now. If you know us, we’re always looking for ways to incorporate healthy foods/snacks that are easy to whip up! As of late, we’ve been trying our best to incorporate as many plant-based options as we can. If you have any more suggestions, we’d love to know!
What you’ll need:
1 can of either full fat or light coconut milk – we buy ours from either Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods
1/2 cup chia seeds – Feel free to add more for a thicker consistency. Let’s be real, chia seeds can be pricey depending on where you shop. We like to buy ours at home goods. They have a selection of chia seeds that range from $5-12. Just make sure you check the expiration date.
1/2 TBSP vanilla extract
1 TBSP maple syrup
A few dashes of cinnamon
Combine all of the ingredients and mix well. Put the pudding in the fridge for at least 3 hours. You want to make sure all of the seeds are hydrated and fully expand. This is what’s going to give you the thick, pudding-like texture. We typically leave ours in the fridge overnight to get the best consistency.


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Tonight: A taste of wine -- or Bette Davis
Go on a bar crawl with a long-dead cinema star tonight when Matthew Martin, Bette Davis impersonator extraordinaire, leads a Bette Davis Bar Crawl in anticipation of the October 30 Awful Things in Denver party being thrown by the Denver Public Library's Fresh City Life. The crawl starts at 8 p.m. at Hamburger Mary's, 700 East 17th Avenue; head to www.denverlibrary.org/fresh for more information.
For what will probably be a more low-key evening, head to Randolph's, 1776 Grant Street, for another round of Wine Tasting Thursday. From 5 to 7 p.m., you can enjoy a dozen different wines, hors d'ouevre and smooth jazz -- all for just $25. For more info, call 303-318-7272.
For information on dozens of current culinary events around Colorado, go to our online Food & Drink listings.
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The inter-war period of Europe was not one of burgeoning democracies formed from the ashes of the First World War, but rather, central and Europe were countries that were overwhelmingly far-right dictatorship.
These are just some examples:
HUNGARY: In the interwar years, Hungary was ruled by an ultra-reactionary government most prominently by Prime Minister Gyula Gömbös.
LATVIA: Latvian dictator Kārlis Ulmanis ruled with an iron far-right fist throughout the interwar years.
LITHUANIA: Interwar Lithuanian leader Antanas Smetona helped push the country further and further to the proto-fascist right.
ESTONIA: Konstantin Päts was something of a softer but still strongly nationalist dictator who effectively killed off democracy
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Edvard Beneš was the most influential Czech politician of the inter-war years and while less radical than many of his neighbours, he also left an ambiguous legacy of largely authoritarian rule.
And then there was Poland, a country who under the strongman military rule of Józef Piłsudski was the first European power to sign a bilateral non-aggression pact with Adolf Hitler, four years prior to the unification of Hitler’s Germany with Austria in the Anschluss.
Here is a list of all the European powers that signed non-aggression pacts with Nazi Germany prior to August of 1939.
The Second Polish Republic was dominated by two political rivals, Józef Piłsudski and Roman Dmowski. Although both figures are venerated in contemporary Poland, each man had a radically different idea about what Poland ought to be.
Józef Piłsudski called for a ‘greater Poland’ which would encompass much of the territory of the once vast Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which once dominated central and Eastern Europe.
Piłsudski was stridently anti-Russian whilst he totally underestimated and even discounted the coming German threat.
He sought to build a right-wing European federation which would rival and dominate the neighbouring Soviet Union. It was this policy which allowed his country to sleepwalk into the Polish-Soviet War which lasted from 1919-1921. It was Europe’s most protracted conflict of the inter-world war period….
…By contrast, Roman Dmowski favoured the settled post-First World War Polish borders and sought an ethnically and culturally homogenous state that would resist German nationalist ambitions whilst not antagonising the large Soviet state to the East.
Ultimately, Piłsudski’s brand of ‘Greater Polish’ expansionism won the day, leaving Poland dangerously exposed to German aggression which cost Poland dearly during the 1940s
What’s more is that Piłsudski’s ambitions were a proximate cause of the Second World War, a war in which Poland suffered greatly.
Piłsudski’s obsession with Russia led him to dismiss threats of German expansionism as well as anti-Polish rhetoric from the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler.
In 1934, Piłsudski’s Foreign Minister Józef Beck helped cement a German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact, years before the British engineered Munich Agreement of 1938, let alone the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939.
Although Poland’s attempts to create a new central/eastern European bloc never succeeded, it did accomplish two deeply unhelpful things.
First of all, because Roman Dmowski’s warnings about Germany were ignored, Poland actually sleep-walked into allowing German aggression against Polish lands which by September of 1939 erupted into the proximate cause of the Second World War in Europe.
Secondly, Piłsudski’s ambitions which he continued to promote long after the USSR adopted the anti-imperialist policy of ‘Socialism in One State’, actually helped to drum up support for militant far-right regimes throughout Europe.
Poland was blinded by mutual aggression against Czechoslovakia and mutual loathing of the USSR, that it got in bed with the country that would invade it in 1939, thus formally beginning the Second World War.
2. Britain–1935 and 1938
In 1935, London and Berlin signed the Anglo-German Naval Pact which guaranteed that the tonnage of the Kriegsmarine (Germany Navy) would never exceed 35% percent of that of the Royal Navy (British Navy).
In 1938, Britain and Germany again signed a pact, this time the Munich Agreement in which Britain allowed Hitler to invade and occupy part of Czechoslovakia. Britain of course had no right to to speak on Czechoslovakia’s behalf, giving away the territory of what was the least dictatorial country in central Europe at the time, but this is exactly what Britain did.
The German–Romanian Economic Treaty of 1939 effectively gave Germany control over the entire Romanian economy and consequently the entire Romanian state. Only the Anschluss was a more encompassing treaty.
In May of 1939 Denmark became the only Scandinavian country to sign a non-aggression pact with Germany. By contrast Sweden and Finland remained legally neutral, although Finland fought the Winter War with the Soviet Union prior to the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War but after the Anglo-French declaration of war on Germany.
In the spring of 1939, Italy signed the so-called ‘Pact of Steel’ with Germany, thus cementing the war time allience of two major fascist powers.
Norway contended itself with a German puppet government run by the infamous Vidkun Quisling
On the 7th of June 1939 the Estonian regime of Konstantin Päts, the man who suspended the country’s democracy, signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler’s Germany.
On the same day as Estonia, Latvia which was then ruled by the proto-fascist dictator Kārlis Ulmanis, signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler’s Reich.
By August of 1939, in addition to the aforementioned countries, Hungary, Latvia and Bulgaria were also firmly in the grip of pro-Nazi governments. By that time all of central and eastern Europe had fascist or far-right governments, with the arguable exception of Czechoslovakia. In Southern Europe, the resistance to fascism was led by Hellenic resistance fighters and Yugoslav Partisans led by Tito, the future President of Yugoslavia.
It was only after all of this that the Soviet-Union signed a non-aggression pact with Berlin in August of 1939.
On 22 June 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet-Union, thus beginning the Great Patriotic War.
After losing over 27 million people, on the 9th of May 1945, the USSR could rightly say it helped defeated fascism.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Duran.

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In an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview, electronic/dance DJ/producer Borgore discusses the heavy metal influences in his music, the importance of having a trained musical background and why he's a fan of GRAMMY winner Zedd.
Pioneering British house music DJ/producer Carl Cox recently participated in an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview, discussing how his Barbadian roots influence his music, the evolution of electronic/dance music and his desire for his legacy to be carried on by up-and-coming artists.
Russian electronic music producer/DJ Arty recently participated in an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview, discussing collaborating with BT and Nadia Ali on "Must Be Love," his recent single "Up All Night" featuring Angel Taylor, and why he plans to continue focusing on songwriting, among other topics
In an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview, Jellybean Benitez discusses how he's found success as a dance DJ/producer/remixer by following his instincts.
In an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview, Spanish electronic/dance DJ Danny Avila discusses how he strives to give crowds an energetic performance, touring with GRAMMY-nominated DJ Tiësto and his current summer tour.
In an exclusive GRAMMY.com interview, GRAMMY-nominated electronic DJ/producer/remixer Richard Humpty Vission discusses the changing role of DJs, the different flavors of house music from around the world and being nominated for a GRAMMY, among other topics.


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While a naturalized U.S. citizen will benefit from all rights granted by the U.S. Constitution, green card holders benefit from limited privileges.
So what does it mean to be a permanent resident of the United States?
Having resident status legally gives you permission to live in the country for a specified period and goes one step further by giving you the right to stay indefinitely. This means that you are no longer a tourist, but a legal foreigner in the country.
Permanent residents, however, still remain citizens of their home country, neither holding a US passport nor having the right to vote. Spending a year outside the United States can also put them in deportation proceedings, at the risk of being deported.
Permanent residents enjoy many privileges over tourists and immigrants:
- They can bring with them members of their immediate family (spouse and minor children).
- They can leave / enter the US at will without the risk of being refused by immigration officials.
- They have the right to apply for government sponsored financial aid for educational purposes.
- They have access to security clearances and exemptions from export restrictions.
- They are eligible to receive social security benefits, additional security income and health insurance benefits.
Who is an American citizen?
People can become U.S. citizens by birth in the United States, through U.S. citizen parents, or through a process known as naturalization. Naturalization applies to those who were born in a foreign country and immigrated to the United States. They can apply for citizenship after acquiring permanent resident status.
If they are approved by the competent authorities, they become naturalized citizens.
What you can do as a citizen:
- You get the right to vote.
- You can run for a seat in the public service.
- You become eligible for federal employee benefits.
- You benefit from US tax laws.
- You will not be subject to eviction.
- You can ask your family members to join you in the United States.
- You can sponsor your family members to get their Green Cards.
Permanent residents, after approximately 5 years, may be eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship.
Have a green card? Find out if you qualify for U.S. citizenship
You would be eligible for U.S. citizenship if …
- You have continuously lived in the United States for at least five years since obtaining your Green Card.
- You have lived in the United States for at least 30 months out of those five years.
- You are at least 18 years old.
- You have lived in the United States continuously from the time you complete Form N-400 until the time you become a United States citizen.
- You can read, write and speak basic English.
- You can take a basic US history and government questions test.
- You have good character that reflects the values ââof the US Constitution. USCIS reviews your naturalization application, your final interview, and whether you have a criminal record to decide if you have good character.