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Drug-resistant tuberculosis: collaborative regional leadership required
Tracy Parish
TB in PNG
Burnet's Dr Suman Majumdar has joined leading Australian tuberculosis physicians, Dr Ben Marais, Dr Justin Denholm and Professor Warwick Britton, in calling for urgent action to respond to the global challenge posed by drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
The Asia−Pacific region carries the bulk of the global TB burden (58 per cent), including the majority of all estimated multidrug-resistant (MDR) cases (54 per cent) (resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin)
Published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA), below is an excerpt of their compelling editorial, which highlights the urgent need for a collaborative regional leadership response. The complete editorial can be downloaded from the attached PDF.
Success in stabilising the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic is threatened by the emergence and spread of drug-resistant (DR) strains.
The DR-TB challenge is similar in scale and impact to HIV infection in the 1980s; however, the international response has been slow and insufficient.
Those worst affected by TB or DR-TB are from disadvantaged communities in low-income countries with little visibility or political influence.
The regional DR-TB challenge is daunting and needs to be tackled before it overwhelms health systems, as happened in some former Soviet Union countries. Visionary political leadership is urgently needed to champion a comprehensive regional strategy that draws on novel and creative solutions, similar to the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance created to contain the emergence of drug-resistant malaria.
Four years ago, the World Health Assembly declared DR-TB a "global public health threat" and ministers from 22 high burden countries signed a "call to action". This global resolution aimed to achieve universal access to diagnosis and treatment of DR-TB by 2015; but the response will fall well short.
The number of people living with MDR-TB has risen from an estimated 440 000 in 2008 to 680 000 in 2012, and less than 20 per cent receive appropriate treatment. These estimates are limited by insufficient laboratory capacity for drug-susceptibility testing and inaccurate reporting.
The existing tools to diagnose, treat and prevent DR-TB are inadequate and much more costly than for drug-susceptible TB.
Widespread rollout of the GeneXpert (Cepheid) test should improve the situation, but its impact will be limited in the absence of quality-assured laboratory infrastructure, shorter and more effective drug regimens and the scale-up of treatment programs for DR-TB.
Modelling studies show that if TB control strategies only focus on drug-susceptible disease, DR-TB will become the predominant strain. This is supported by new evidence showing that DR-TB has the potential for true epidemic spread in high burden settings.
Read the entire editorial…
Doctor Suman Majumdar
Philanthropy and Supporter Engagement
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MJA DR-TB editorial 2014 (94.5 KB)
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Lucovaz (in croato hrid Lukovac) è uno scoglio disabitato della Croazia, che fa parte dell'arcipelago delle isole Quarnerine ed è situato a nord-est dell'isola di Arbe e poco a ovest della costa dalmata.

Amministrativamente appartiene alla città di Loparo, nella regione litoraneo-montana.

Geografia
Nel punto più ravvicinato, Lucovaz dista 10,5 km dalla terraferma. Situato al centro della baia Cernicca (uvala Crnika), nel canale della Morlacca, dista 215 m dalla costa orientale dell'isola di Arbe.

Lucovaz è uno scoglio dalla forma irregolare, posto di fronte alla spiaggia Paradiso, nella parte di Loparo chiamata anche San Marino, che misura 120 m di lunghezza e 75 m di larghezza massima; possiede una superficie di 0,0063 km² e ha uno sviluppo costiero pari a 0,341 km. Nella parte centrale, raggiunge la sua elevazione massima di 11 m s.l.m.

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Voci correlate
 Croazia
 Dalmazia
 Toponimi italiani in Dalmazia
 Isole della Croazia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Lucovaz, Scoglio
Isole disabitate della Croazia

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Phew, can not quite believe that we've arrived at the end of the third week in January and the school bells are ringing loud and clear.
Today we watched Lachlan spread his wings and fly out the door (well he actually ran!) to begin boarding school, eager to see what the bigger world has to offer. Boarding school is a part of life for our family, the kids all know that once primary school is completed there is no secondary option that is right for them, and so it is they pack a bag and begin the next stage of learning.
After teaching him for 7 years in our Distance Education schoolroom, I know this child is more than ready.
The lure of sport (and cricket in particular) is strong.
He hadn't quite registered that boarding school was not just about sport and playing with your mates, there would indeed be many hours spent studying books!!
This little man is an integral part of our mustering team. He knows his cows, is a pretty handy horseman and has a fantastic work ethic. We sure are going to miss his help.
Hamish, who is just eighteen months younger, knows that he will be stepping up into some big boots. He's more than ready. It is such a privilege to watch these kids grow and learn.
Andrew is also heading back to start his 4th year of boarding. Rob relishes having him home for holidays as well.
While working, we've had a few chats about what boarding school will be like. My heart melted yesterday, as we sat under at an Ironbark camp, holding a mob of cows, Lachlan asked if I would mind printing a few photos of home for his wall.
I can easily manage that for him, and I also promised to send lots of photo messages to his phone, showing him that his 3 siblings at home are keeping things humming.
I also reassured him that nobody would ride his horse and we will indeed miss both his & Andrew's assistance.
Tonight, like a lot of my fellow boarding Mums, I'm feeling both a little sad and a little proud. As a parent this is exactly what you wish for your child, a confident fluter of their wings as they explore the wonders of the world.
It just doesn't make those empty chairs at the dinner table any easier.
So agree… although I only have two children and have been on the boarding school journey for some time. I struggle with the quiet house, empty spots at the dinner dinner table, not a full load in the washing machine and general alround extra hands to help and so the list goes on. Have to admit I cannot bear to go into their rooms for the first fews weeks on their return to school. Soooo understand women/parents who have closed the door to their child's room for a child lost forever. (Always thought this could be an interesting case study – how parents react) My husband and I go into a 'morning phase' on their return and basically we are hopeless. It never has got any easier over time, although deep down we want them to fly. We totally understand this is the only option for us but also the best.
Wow. Living in the city suburbs this was both Wonderful to read…and heart wrenching.
We see oue kids every day. . . but they certainlt do not have such a RICH life !
May the home visits be joyous occasions. . .may he follow exactly the path rhats best for him that your heart is full at every stage of his life.
You gave him GOOD STRONG WINGS.
What a fantastic post! And it's a happy positive one and I am fortunate to read it.
A great experience for those kids as many would never get the chance, they'll grow up with life skills. … I grew up in Alice Springs, was born there, had some time on school friends farms/stations.
If I had my time again, I would in a heartbeat!!
Bless you all. You will all miss your band of workers. It is such a great upbringing, the kids handle life's challenges with courage. I know how much you will miss your kids., but hopefully the time will pass quickly. Love to you all.
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Islamic banking draws new interest from West
At the beginning of last June, the European Central Bank issued a decision to reduce the deposit rate to below zero — a first for the bank. This fell within the framework of a package of economic incentives. The decision aimed at reducing the deposit rate to -0.10%. This means that the depositor will not obtain the interest on the deposited funds, but rather the bank will obtain returns on deposits made with the institution. According to some analysts, the idea draws inspiration from the concept of zakat in Islam to prevent accumulation of wealth by imposing a certain percentage on capitals that remain intact for one year.
However, the differences are clear. First, the zakat in Islam is imposed on the individual within the scope of his religious duties, while the step taken by the European Central Bank targets banks who offer deposits. Second, zakat has well-known and specific allocations, while the step taken by the European Central Bank aims at encouraging the channeling of funds toward economic activities rather than investing them and depositing them in banks. The philosophy behind this step may be viewed as in line with the values of Islam, where wealth is perceived as a means that must be spent for higher purposes and must not be amassed.
Indeed, regardless of the link between this policy and the concept of zakat, Western societies and institutions increasingly look to Islamic financial regulations in their desire to renew themselves and use what they see as useful, one way or another. This is also due to the existence of social blocks unwilling to charge interest. Therefore, it is no longer strange to see major Western banking institutions such as Citibank, Chase Manhattan and HSBC dealing in accordance with the provisions of Sharia in terms of financial products such as murabaha, mudaraba and musharaka (joint venture). Moreover, the headquarters of five Islamic banks exist in London, and 50 countries around the world allow the practice of various types of Islamic banking.
Islamic bonds are issued and managed in accordance with the provisions of Sharia, prohibiting the trading of forbidden projects, goods and services, and involving the client in the profits and losses according to his share. These sukuk [Islamic bonds] are now attractive in light of their significant market growth, which is estimated to exceed $1.5 trillion. It is also estimated that the market for Islamic bonds registers an annual growth of around 15% and that a large proportion of them are indeed sold to non-Muslims.
Moreover, it was anticipated that the value of the Islamic bonds issued during the first quarter of this year would exceed the threshold of $30 billion. This urged London to attempt to become the first Western capital to attract Islamic banking activities. Late last year, British Prime Minister David Cameron addressed the participants of the Islamic Economic Forum, announcing that the UK Treasury plans to issue sukuk worth approximately 200 million pounds [$326 million]. This was a modest amount compared to the value of the other instruments issued in this field. However, the fact that the issuance is made in London gives it an additional value. This transaction is expected to be completed during the next few weeks.
Four months ago, the parliament of Hong Kong — an island enjoying some executive and legislative autonomy despite its subordination to China — completed the laws and regulations allowing it to issue sukuk. It is planned that the value of the first issuance will amount to $500 million.
The phenomenon of Islamic banking dates back to the sixties. It began in Egypt with a number of savings banks. Then, during the following decade, it started to spread when the Sudanese Islamists allied with former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri and managed to convince him (in the late seventies) to allow the establishment of the first Islamic bank subject to the provisions of Sharia, Faysal Bank. The bank was exempted from several procedures and conditions, and thus it achieved profits that were then forwarded to support the political action of Islamists by providing soft loans to the members of Islamist organizations. This provided them with a funding possibility that was not available to others and contributed to the emergence of a new social class of Islamist businessmen.
The experience expanded. Other [Islamic] banks and companies were established in the field of trade, insurance, etc., which provided strong support for the Islamist political structure. This made the Islamic banks part of the conflict within the political process. Islamists always replied to those who criticized their financial practices of monopoly or discrimination in the provision of loans that their criticism was directed at Islam and not at specific practices that could be rectified. It is strange that at the time when Islamic banks, led by Faysal Bank, spread into Sudan, Egypt and other countries, they were banned from operating in Saudi Arabia.
Some believe the reason behind this was that the banking system in Saudi Arabia functioned initially on the guidance of Sharia. Allowing a certain bank to raise the Islamic banner could have implied that the rest of the banks were not Islamic. However, when the "Islamic Awakenings" emerged in the 1990s, the Islamic banks found their appropriate path after al-Rajhi Group, while operating in exchange, was allowed to establish a bank according to Islamic foundations. The rest of the banks then rushed to provide financial products under the Islamic banner.
After decades of practice, certain negative aspects of Islamic banks began to emerge. They were often called Islamic usury banks and accused of creating an Islamic illusion for usury practices, with simple name adjustments. The Islamic banks were mainly criticized by politicians on the basis of their personal interests and political programs.
In Sudan's experience, these kinds of banks contributed to moving the Islamists in the country from being a small party to the third electoral rank, in addition to having significant financial powers compared to their competitors. This allowed them to spend money on media and membership, as well as paving the way to the coup led by current President Omar al-Bashir. Not to mention they were capable of staying in power for a quarter of a century, which no other political authority was able to accomplish in Sudan before.
Due to this political dimension of Islamic banks' activity, it became difficult to criticize their path, as is the case with the murabaha mode, as the banks do not take any kind of risks. The agent has to pay the Islamic bank double what he usually pays the usury banks. These banks operate under the auspices of supervision committees who control their financial operations according to Sharia. However, the members of these committees are designated by the banks' administration, which makes their independence questionable. They often include traditional sheikhs who are not up to date with the modern economic mechanisms and functions, which makes them incompetent. This criticism came from within groups that could not be accused of opposing the experience from a political aspect — for example, Sheikh Saleh Kamel, head of Saudi Dallah Group, which has been working in Islamic banks for over three decades and whose al-Baraka Bank has branches in several countries.
According to Sheikh Saleh, these banks were busy making money and ignored the process that led them to this situation, as well as all the guidance of Sharia. These banks also suffer the difficulties of liquidity planning. Their relationship with depositors was never a partnership, which is probably due to them starting off as traditional banks instead of as investment companies. Saleh suggested calling them Abrahamic banks instead of Islamic, based on the fact that all three monotheistic religions (Islam, Christianity and Judaism) forbid usury.
The lack of a central authority that could establish the required policies and regulations for Islamic banks' activity played a role in not allowing them to achieve the objectives they were initially established for, despite them being gathered under one union that organizes their operations.
On the other hand, the Islamic banks' experience could push Islam toward a prominent role in the political, economic and social mobilization in Qatar. The fact that this experience appeals to the depositors' religious and emotional side has helped its expansion. This has attracted the attention of foreign institutions and societies, which aim at having access and taking advantage of a large range of unexploited capital.
The experience might have been modest at first in Sudan and Jordan, but it was effectively launched in Malaysia, since it sympathizes with Islamic propositions. During the 1980s and the 1990s, many of the Malaysian government's institutions in all domains were privatized, which provided the opportunity to activate Islamic finance. The financial boom in the countries of the Gulf, specifically after 2005, provided great financial resources, which aimed at finding new financial instruments. They found it in sukuk, which attracted the attention of international markets that sought to open the doors for any practice that would help them face these [2008 financial] crises within the scope of capitalist traditions for innovation and new intake.
Thus, the Islamic finance experience can be seen as a humane financial and banking jurisprudence, which can be criticized and reviewed, as well as distanced from politics. Perhaps this experience will contribute in providing a solution for the complex economic situation, instead of the vicious cycle of violence that has marked the conflict between Islamists and their opponents on the political scene.
Source: Al Monitor
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The Crew: The Quest For Planet Nine Card Game
Astronauts wanted! Mysterious ninth planet located at the edge of our solar system! It's your mission to locate it for once and for all!
The Crew is the game that everyone's been talking about. It received a Dice Tower seal of excellence and has finally made it's way here from Germany.
In the co-operative trick-taking game The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine, players embark as astronauts on an eventful space adventure.
Extending over 50 re-playable missions, The Crew can only be beaten by completing each player's goals. To do so, communication is essential.
Communicating in space isn't as easy as you'd think however - it's a vacuum. You're not aloud to talk about what's in your hand to other players. Instead, you'll have to make good use of your communication tokens.
As you work your way through the missions together, the game's difficulty increases. You can play missions in a row, or pause in between. You can even replay them if you wish.
The Crew is an easy to learn trick-taking game that stands out form the crowd with it's engaging co-operative game play, variety of victory conditions and clever communication challenges.
It's like the playing card game trumps...but much better...with less talking...more fun...and in space.
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The Crew is like the classic card game trumps, but actually fun.
Each game you'll be trying to achieve the victory condition stated in one of the conditions in your astronauts logbook.
Missions may be as simple as a certain player having to win a trick with a certain card, and get increasingly harder, for example, multiple players having to win tricks in a certain order.
You can only win the mission if every player completes their missions.
However, you're not allowed to tell each other what cards you have in your hand. Communication is limited to a few certain signals, shown using your communication tokens.
It's not the number of tricks that'll bring about victory, it's the right ones at the right time.
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We All Get Wet Together [Your EDM Exclusive Interview with Krewella]
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2013 has been a big year for EDM, but few artists have had a bigger year than the Chicago-natives of Krewella. As seen by their set at Ultra 2013, which was live streamed on YouTube, Yasmine, Jahan, and Kris' (Rain Man) electrifying high energy performances, complete with live vocals, have captivated the hearts and minds of people all over the globe. With their fans united as one big family, better known as their Krew, the multi-genre group has shown no sign of slowing down. Their debut album 'Get Wet,' which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200, landed them the honor of being the first ever EDM act to perform on the nationally broadcasted 'Good Morning America,' officially launching them into the realm of superstardom. Over the past month and a half, Krewella has been destroying dance floors across the country with their signature blend of dubstep, house, hardstyle, with poppy vocals on their first nationwide bus tour and I sat down with them to learn about their crazy Krew-lives; don't forget to bring a towel, because you're about to GET WET!
So you've been headlining your own tour, but recently you opened for Pretty Lights in New Jersey. What was that experience like for you?
Jahan: Pretty Lights is someone that we've all known of since we started making Electronic Dance Music, actually my favorite Pandora station is Pretty Lights so it was cool. It's a very different scene because he now has live instruments, it's very chill-step, jam-bandy and our stuff is very aggressive and intense, it's very melodic poppy vocals with progressive house drops or dubstep, so very different scenes there. But it was cool because I didn't think he would actually be into our set and when we got off stage he thanked us and he actually acknowledged the fact that we opened for him, which was pretty sweet.
How does it feel now that your debut album has been out for well over a month? Was it hard letting it go out into the wild?
Yasmine: I think we were ready for it, looking back I'm sure we all have regrets whether it's Kris with production or us with writing looking back at things that we could have and should have done, but it's out there, we've made the best of it. I think we're all really proud of it and I think it's a learning experience, it was our first album and then with album two we can learn what to do differently, what direction to go in, and I think we're all really happy that it's out there and that people can finally hear it, it's something that we've been working on for almost two years.
Rain Man was absent from the first few dates of the Get wet Tour. What was touring without him like? Was it hard on you guys?
Yasmine: We missed him very much!
Jahan: Whenever one of us is missing, the dynamic is kind of thrown off, like Yasmine was sick in the summer for a few shows and it felt completely different, especially since we're sisters too. And I always feel like when the energy on stage feels a certain way then the audience can definitely feel that, if we're feeling tired one night and not giving our all then the audience will feel that. But now we're all three back together and it feels right, this is what the group is meant to be like.
Jahan, where did you learn to head bang like you're the lead singer of a heavy metal band? Does going so hard night after night take a toll on your body?
Jahan: I'm sore every single day, I actually feel like an old woman right now, I hate complaining because I really love performing, but my knees feel like they're 70-year-old woman knees. The back of my neck, it's crazy, I was feeling it, and you can never see it because my hair is always down, but I have insane neck muscles and traps now. I think it's because I don't dance, I'm not a dancer, so you kind of learn to adapt and you figure out your own way to move to music. Like I'll be sober on stage but I move like I'm on drugs because that's the way the music feels when the bass is so intense. I'm really passionate about the music we make so I just completely surrender myself to the music and let my body go, music is the drug.
Speaking of metal, Rain Man, since you're a pretty big metal head, how does your production process differ between more bass heavy tracks and other less aggressive styles of EDM?
Rain Man: I think when it's a more melodic song the melody can definitely carry the energy than let's say if it's like a heavy bass song then it's more about getting the buildups and the energy in the drum fills and everything right. When it's more melodic, take like 'Alive,' the melodies of the song going from the verse resolving and everything can keep the energy going, so it's kind of like that. What's big in all of our songs is melody, so that's definitely the driving factor.
Do you find that those really bass-heavy tracks come to you more naturally or is it pretty much the same across the board?
Rain Man: Sometimes I have to, with one of our songs 'Party Monster,' I had to literally just not try to do melodic things because I love melody so much but a lot of what goes off in the club is just like noises and sounds. So with that I had to just pretend, I just dumbed it down, and I like the song, it's fun and people enjoy it, but I like melodies more than sounds and tones.
Jahan and Yasmine, you guys give off more of an alternative rocker vibe. How does it feel to be role models for girls who don't fit the mold?
Jahan: In music especially I can't think of many female artists that focus less on image and beauty and it's amazing to hear we're role models for women like that, thank you, that's very humbling. But I'd encourage women and anyone who's pursuing music or art to focus more on the art itself and the music making process rather than focusing on yourself as a fashion icon or beauty icon and being perfect and polished. I always say this when we go out on stage, we are completely dedicated to our performance, it's not about outfit changes or our makeup looking perfect or staying dry. We look absolutely disgusting, we're soaking wet, our mascara's running, and we go out in the crowd and take pictures with our fans after our sets. So I think it's all about completely leaving your ego at home and just liberating yourself.
Earlier this year you guys played the first show Boston after the tragic marathon bombings. Given that context, what did it mean to you play at the House of Blues Boston across the street from Fenway Park as the Red Sox won the World Series? Do you feel like you have a special connection to the city after everything you've been through together?
Yasmine: That is crazy, I didn't think about the connections between all the special moments that we've been there with the Boston Krew for. That definitely has to be, in my opinion, one of my top five favorite cities to play in. For some reason the energy, we played Ocean Club but I'm thinking more of like the venue types not the club types of shows, was insane and the kids afterwards when we went and met them were the most genuine and nicest kids ever, not only kids but adults, anyone. I think we have a special connection and I was very happy to be there after the Boston bombings for those kids, it almost felt like it was the right timing for us to be there because it was our first show in Boston. At first we were really bummed, we were like oh my god no one's going to want to come out, no one's going to want to spend that night with us, but everyone came out, everyone was in such good spirits, they needed to be uplifted and I felt like it was good that we were there.
Are there certain tracks like 'Human' that you don't ever plan to drop live? If so, why?
Jahan: We were thinking about that at the beginning of the tour, we spent months rehearsing and crafting our set and working on visuals with V Squared Labs and Stefano Novelli who designed the volcano, and there are some songs that we intentionally leave out in the set because our whole motto and mantra is getting wet, the show is high energy and 'Human' is more of a chill-step ballad and we have songs like 'Pass The Love Around' too, which doesn't technically have a bass drop in it, but we're kind of waiting to see if those songs would catch on with our fanbase and if they blew up in this smaller community then we'd start playing them out. So I think we're waiting to play it by ear and see if they become well known enough to drop the energy in the set to sing more of those ballad type songs.
You guys drop a lot of hardstyle in your sets, you have a collaboration with Headhunterz coming out later this month. What do you think hardstyle's chances are of catching on in America? Do you think it will ever take off here like it has in Europe?
Jahan: I think it kind of has to evolve a little more because just like any other genre in dance music like dubstep and electro-house there are sounds that start being overused, like you have the hardstyle kick which like 10 different hardstyle DJs will use in their songs, so I think someone has to change hardstyle a little. Sounds can get stale and if every DJ is kind of mimicking sounds of another DJ then I don't think it can really take off.
Is that what you're trying to do with the Headhunterz collab, trying to bring something fresh to hardstyle?
Jahan: With that one I think it's more about the songwriting and these beautiful melodies, he has an excellent sense for melodies, so I think that sets our hardstyle collaboration apart from other ones. But I'm more of a fan of hard dance, there's like a different sounding kick in hard dance.
Yasmine: Less gong gong gong gong.
Jahan: And hard techno, oh yeah!
Besides the one with Headhunterz, do you have any other collabs on the horizon? Maybe another one with your friends at Adventure Club?
Yasmine: Yes, we have some stuff in the works. That one I guess we can talk about because it's out in the stratosphere, but there are a couple other ones that we can't quite talk about yet. What can we say about the Adventure Club collab? Kris is going to get his hands on it soon, just talked to Christian [from Adventure Club] about that.
Did you guys work on this one back when you made Rise & Fall?
Yasmine: No this is a newer thing in the past couple months that Jahan and I wrote I would say three months ago and we wrote it over a rough beat that they have, it's a 130 BPM. We really like it and then when Kris gets his hands on it and takes it to the next level I think it's going to be really good, we're excited about it.
Is that supposed to be coming out on Adventure Club's next EP?
Yasmine: It's supposed to but it's kind of blurry right now, we're not totally sure since their first EP just came out.
Recently Above & Beyond did an acoustic set in Los Angeles, The Bloody Beetroots collaborated with Paul McCartney, so much is possible in EDM now that wasn't before. What is something that you'd love to try that you never thought you could accomplish at the beginning of your careers?
Jahan: Acoustic sets themselves are something we never thought about doing, even performing live. When we first made songs, we actually didn't know how to perform them out live because when you're creating dance music and electronic music everything is so highly produced, everything from Kris' production to vocal chops and vocal samples so replicating that live is such a challenge and it's still a challenge to this day trying to figure out how to transform our songs from something that's on CD into a live atmosphere. I think it's amazing now that we're performing out at acoustic radio shows, I think that says a lot about your songwriting and that's changed how we see our songwriting because now we're not writing just to a beat, we're writing over stripped down chords, piano chords, or guitar chords and that allows us to focus more on our song writing in that way. So the whole thing has just evolved our way of thinking about writing and performing.
You guys have some of the most dedicated and passionate fans in EDM. How has your Krew inspired your development not just as musicians, but also as human beings?
Yasmine: We wrote so much of the 'Get Wet' album based on experiences and conversations that we've had with fans before shows when we get to meet some of them and they tell us either how music in general or our music has helped them get through a hard time or about the great party nights they had listening to our music and feeling like we were there with them and just stuff like that has inspired the way that we write music. And also just as people, I think we've grown with so many of them for the past two years, we know half of them by name now, we feel like we're family and it's nice to have family in every city, the Krew-fam. Everywhere we go we have people we know we can count on to put a smile on our faces and that's a nice thing to know.
Bonus clip of Yasmine stage diving with Adventure Club when they dropped 'Rise & Fall' at their show at the House of Blues Boston:
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Behold.....my Gecko Squirrel. I made a few animal splices during comics camp as a design proposal which was unfortunately a tad too freaky for the clients liking. Luckily, I managed to design something completely acceptable a couple of hours later. I think I will be doing more of these weird animal splices. My method of how I came up with this creature was pretty simple. I wrote down a bunch of animal names, put them in a cup and whichever two names I picked from the cup was the combination I drew. I also had a cup with objects, just to make the whole thing freakier. The things that stuck on the Gecko Squirrels tail are champagne glasses. Fun and games boys and girls. Fun and games.
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ONE PART OF THE caravan that often gets taken for granted, I feel, is the chassis. I suspect this is because the chassis is out of sight and, in many cases, it's simply a bit of steel.
In fact, the chassis provides several vital functions. It performs as the foundation for the entire caravan construction and supplies both the tow hitch connection point and suspension mounting points.
In Caravan World, there is some jargon associated with the descriptions of chassis – box-section, RHS, DuraGal, SupaGal, hot-dipped galvanised, etc. – and I sometimes wonder if readers understand what they actually mean. This article will endeavour to explain a few of these terms, and investigate some of the more controversial issues.
Most caravan, camper trailer and fifth wheeler chassis are made of steel, usually rectangular hollow section (RHS) steel. There are several specialist builders, like Vic-based G&S Chassis and FP Chassis, but there are also a number of caravan manufacturers that build their own, using outsourced components like towing hitches and suspension components.
Generally speaking, a normal, Australian-built, on-road caravan would have two 100x50mm (4x2in) rails with cross pieces of either the same size or 50x50mm (2x2in) steel, or punched-hole C-section steel, welded together in a 'box section'. In some cases, C-section is used as the main rails. The drawbar, or A-frame as it is sometimes called, is either welded to the front of the chassis or runs right back to the front suspension mounts. In a variation of this setup, the drawbar rails are actually part of the main chassis, and run the entire length of the van.
There may be a second chassis above which is fully welded, or laminated, to the lower rails. In another variation found in heavy-duty offroad vans, 150x50mm (6x2in) rails are used. Undoubtedly, the advantage of the steel construction is its strength, while a disadvantage, particularly with the double-railed vans, is that the weight of the steel becomes an engineering factor in itself.
The British/European-style chassis looks very different to the Australian style, as there are just two lightly-engineered main rails with a drawbar, and one or two cross members. The two manufacturers we have seen in Australia are Al-Ko (under Adria, Bailey and Swift caravans) and BPW (under Geist caravans).
Although many of the importers do have the chassis especially modified for this country, this form of chassis construction is much derided as being unsuitable for Australian conditions. However, conditions in this country vary and, for a traveller who never goes offroad, having a chassis built like the Sydney Harbour Bridge is not necessarily a prime requirement.
One of the differences with this style of chassis is that the actual caravan body is often monocoque in its structure, meaning it does not rely on the chassis for structural strength. At the workshops of the former Geist importers, I have seen the van body lifted entirely off the chassis with no resulting damage in order to do some chassis modifications – this is not something that can be done with most Australian-built vans. One advantage of this type of chassis is that it is considerably lighter in weight than the box-section style (certainly an issue in the RV world), but it may not be suitable for offroad conditions.
Hot-dipped galvanising is the process of coating iron, steel or even aluminium with a thin layer of zinc. This is done by passing the metal through a bath of molten zinc at a temperature of around 460°C. When exposed to normal atmosphere, the zinc reacts with oxygen to form zinc oxide, which further reacts with carbon dioxide to form zinc carbonate. The result is a protective cover that is fairly strong and prevents further corrosion of the steel below.
Hot-dipped galvanised steel is quite easily identified by the crystalline-patterned surface on the steel that is sometimes called 'spangle'.
DuraGal is a proprietary process, whereby rectangular hollow sections (RHS) of steel are hot-dipped galvanised in line with the definition above but the external zinc has a surface coating applied to improve resistance to white rusting and to improve the adhesion of paint or powder coatings. An important point to note is that the RHS steel is only galvanised on its external surfaces. DuraGal steel, required to be manufactured to Australian Standard 1163, comes in two grades: C35OL0 and C45OL0.
SupaGal is very similar to DuraGal, except that the RHS sections are galvanized on both the external and internal surfaces. Naturally, it's more expensive but the owner of the process, OneSteel, reckon that corrosion starts on the inside, and serious rust could be forming without any visible indication.
SupaGal is manufactured to Australian and New Zealand Standard 2312.
All of the above terms are used in reference to chassis construction but one in particular has become generic, and is understood to mean something different from what is implied. As can be seen from the above, all chassis steel is hot-dipped galvanised, but in the cases of DuraGal and SupaGal, the galvanising happens before the steel is welded up, meaning that all the welded joins have to be cleaned and zinc-coated after the chassis is constructed. When the term hot-dipped galvanised is used, it is normally taken to mean that the hot-dipped galvanising happens after the chassis is constructed. As you might imagine, a much larger tank of molten zinc is required for this process, so it is more expensive and it can add up to 50kg to the weight of the chassis.
much tougher than conventional paint, but possibly not as effective as galvanising along Australia's coastal areas.
Although steel is most often used in caravan, camper trailer and fifth wheeler chassis construction, there are a few manufacturers around who use aluminium almost exclusively. One of the major advantages of using aluminium is the reduction in weight when compared to steel, and the lack of a need of something like galvanising to protect it. Using aluminium does require a good understanding of its properties and considerable skill from the tradespeople involved. This is something that steel users are quick to point out.
I know several manufacturers across all sectors of the RV industry who have successfully used aluminium in their designs, including one who has developed a relatively lightweight offroad van. Proponents of aluminium chassis are always very quick to point to the boating and aircraft industries as examples of successful aluminium use, especially in the latter case, where material failure would be catastrophic in something like a Boeing 747.
As with most things, there are advantages and disadvantages to all the different methods, materials and protective finishes used in chassis construction. The pros and cons are an individual matter, but hopefully you now have a better understanding of chassis terminology. It pays to be knowledgeable when asking dealers and manufacturers the right questions about why they do what they do.


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Kurt Busch joins second 23XI car for 2022
For the first time in his NASCAR Cup Series career, Kurt Busch will drive a Toyota. On Friday, 23XI Racing announced Busch will join the team in a new #45 Toyota Camry for the 2022 Cup season, where he will partner with Bubba Wallace's #23. Monster Energy, who has supported Busch since 2015, will follow him to his new home. Details such as additional sponsors and a charter were not immediately revealed.
Busch moves to 23XI after spending the last three years with Chip Ganassi Racing, for whom he has three wins and playoff berths in each season. He currently sits fourteenth in points entering the regular season finale with a victory at Atlanta in June. He was courted by 23XI throughout the season, and his departure from CGR was confirmed when the team was sold to Trackhouse Racing who signed his team-mate Ross Chastain. Incidentally, Trackhouse and 23XI are both new teams for 2021 who began as one-car operations before expanding to two for their sophomore campaigns.
While Busch has never piloted a Camry at the Cup level, he drove one for his younger brother Kyle Busch in the now-Xfinity Series in 2012. Running ten races that year with Kyle Busch Motorsports, he won once at Richmond. With the move, he will have raced for all three current NASCAR manufacturers and Dodge, who departed the sport after 2012.
"I cannot begin to express my gratitude for this opportunity," Busch stated in a team release. "Racing to win is what I live for. Helping to continue developing a new team, alongside Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin, and Toyota is exactly what I want to be part of. Winning is important to 23XI, it's important to Monster Energy, and it's important to me. That is our goal."
23XI is in its first season of competition with Wallace, who is twenty-first in the standings. It will be his first time having a Cup team-mate after spending his entire premier series career with single-car programmes.
"When we started this team, our vision was to grow to a multi-car organisation," commented Hamlin. "To be able to expand in just our second year is a huge step for us. Kurt brings a wealth of knowledge and a championship mindset to our team, and will be able to help us grow stronger and more competitive each and every week."
Both Wallace's #23 and Busch's #45 were worn by team co-owner Jordan during his legendary basketball career, with the former being used for much of his playing days while the latter was his when he returned from retirement. While the "XI" in the team name represents 11 for Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing is obviously not going to surrender its longtime number even to an ally.
#45 was last used by Kyle Petty in 2008 as a tribute to his son Adam, who raced with the number until his death in a practice crash in 2000. The number was unofficially retired as Petty held the rights in his son's honour.
"The number 45 is a special number to myself and the entire Petty family," said Petty. "We look forward to seeing that number back on the race track contending for race wins and championships. Seeing the number compete again, under the 23X1 Racing banner, with Kurt behind the wheel, is exciting for us.
"While the number will always hold many memories of Adam, we know Kurt, Denny and the entire organisation will represent it well. Victory Junction—a place of empowerment and inclusion for kids with chronic and serious medical illnesses envisioned by Adam—are proud to see the 45 car return and where this team will take it on the track."
As an aside, 23XI's promotional video to hype Busch's signing noticeably featured the #45 car's number moved closer to the front wheel. NASCAR has toyed with the door number placement in recent times, including moving it backwards for the 2020 All-Star Race, to polarising reception. NASCAR subsequently confirmed the number location in the video will be the case for 2022 and beyond as the Cup Series completes the transition to the Next Gen car.
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Quechua community economies vary by geographic zone. The Quechuas of Ollagüe and San Pedro primarily raise livestock and practice limited agriculture, as well as sometimes gathering wild plants and extracting non-metallic minerals. In contrast, the Quechua communities of Tarapacá subsist primarily on agriculture.
In Ollagüe, that means growing crops such as potatoes and alfalfa on terraced fields situated in nearby frost-free ravines such as Puquios, Cohasa, Del Inca, Caichape and Amincha. In the San Pedro River zone, in contrast, agriculture was abandoned many years ago due to the lack of water, and the population soon left the area. In Tarapacá oases and ravines such as Mamiña, Quipisca and Miñe Miñe, agriculture is more diversified, and includes corn, oregano and fruit, among other crops, in addition to the traditional potatoes and alfalfa. Some of these settlements have a subsistence economy, while others are more market-oriented, with some or most of their crops destined for sale.
A few Quechua families in Ollagüe still raise llama and alpaca herds, practicing the seasonal nomadism this activity requires. The localities of Cosca and Puquios are two cases in point, and their grazing lands are spread upon the slopes of the Aucanquilcha and Santa Rosa volcanoes, although some drive their herds as far as the San Pedro River to graze.
Importantly, in recent decades the traditional Quechua economy has been marginalized to a large extent, with herding been abandoned altogether in some localities. Traditional agriculture shares the same fate, mainly because of migration to urban centers, where Quechuas engage in salaried employment, leaving behind their traditional subsistence activities and land-based practices, especially owing to the lack of a labor force.


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Transition Manager Job Description
Alison Green
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Transition management is a business process that guides organizations into a gradual and continuous transformation of financial, operations and governance changes. Responsible for leading this process are transition managers, professionals who also focus on maximizing the performance of organizations during transitions. Although these managers can work as resident employees in various companies, most of them find jobs with consultancy firms that offer transition management services.
Performing the Job
Transition projects are often complex and require a lot of interaction with clients and employees. As such, transition managers must have highly developed project management and communication skills to perform their duties successfully. These managers also require a good attention to detail to spot slight changes in a transition processes and problem-solving skills to develop quick and effective solutions to transition management challenges, such as a communication difficulties.
Spearheading Acquisitions
Transition managers ensure acquisitions and mergers are flawless. When a company acquires another, for example, the transition managers deal with an expansive range of process, people and technology challenges. They lead a team of legal, finance and IT specialists, who develop strategies for handling various aspects of the transition. Before the process begins, transition managers advise the buying company on the transition costs, manage risks during the transitions and produce post-transition reports for stakeholders.
When a company adopts a new organization-wide governance framework, the transition managers may focus on helping workers understand the new policies and regulations by conducting training workshops. Transition managers also work toward making outsourced services a success and provide guidance during the occurrence of unplanned events, such as death of a general manager.
The path to becoming a transition manager begins with earning a bachelor's degree in economics, finance or business. Because job experience plays a big role in securing a job, prospective transitions managers typically work in entry-level positions for some time to gain the expertise required to oversee transitions. Obtaining a master's degree in strategic management or business administrations and professional certifications, such as the Information Services Group's certified transition manager, can be a springboard to lucrative transition management jobs.
Earning Your Dues
Although the US Bureau of Labor Statistics does not list transition managers separately, those specializing in financial transitions can expect to earn about $126,660, which was the mean annual wage for financial managers in 2013. The employment of professionals in management occupations will grow about 7 percent between 2012 and 2022, slower than the estimated 11 percent average for all jobs.
2016 Salary Information for Financial Managers
Financial managers earned a median annual salary of $121,750 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On the low end, financial managers earned a 25th percentile salary of $87,530, meaning 75 percent earned more than this amount. The 75th percentile salary is $168,790, meaning 25 percent earn more. In 2016, 580,400 people were employed in the U.S. as financial managers.
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Albert J. Fisher (18421882) was a photographer. He is known for his stereoscopic views. His work is part of the New York Public Library's collection. The Getty Museum also holds his work. The George Eastman Museum also has several of his stereoscopic views.

He published an illustrated book. Fisher & Denison was the publisher and the name of his business.

He produced a stereoscopic view of the Gilsey House in New York City.

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19th-century American photographers
1842 births
1882 deaths
Photographers from New York (state)
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Requirements: I'm the Queen cat Isabelle and I share my palace with another cat Calvin, two humans and a dog, Sam. The humans have decided to go overseas for two and a half weeks in June. Unfortunately, Calvin and I aren't very good with a tin opener so we're looking for an adult or two to take care of us and the dog in our home.
We live in a small townhouse in South Melbourne. We've got our own large balcony with a cat flap. But for you, the CBD is only ten minutes away via a tram. Albert Park lake and the Botanic gardens are only a short stroll away (5-10 minutes). It's a really great location and our complex has a communal garden and lots of native shrubs, trees and birds. The kitchen is new, clean and modern with an induction hob and self-cleaning oven! No scrubbing required. Our place is a beautiful quiet space for you to enjoy.
Both rescue cats are black, medium-haired, tiny and totally gorgeous. Calvin is nearly four years old and is very brave, although he finds new people a scary. He is very gentle and he loves to play his own games. He only likes one type of cat food and he prefers to eat alone. We will make sure the kitchen is well stocked.
Isabelle is two and doesn't like to be picked up. She's scared of electricians, wary of new people, but after a belly rub or two she is all yours and she will melt your heart. She's less fussy when it comes to food and will eat a mixture of raw, tinned and biscuits.
He's a rescue dog, so he has separation anxiety and strange noises can worry him. He loves to be with his humans and he needs two trips out a day. He has very good recall and loves his off-lead time but fortunately there's also a fully enclosed dog park just across the road where he loves to visit his other doggie pals and play ball. If you like walks around Albert Park lake, take Sam, he loves them. Although he likes sprinting, he's not a fan of running on lead. He knows a few tricks and if he can focus, he can roll over and play dead.
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COVID-Driven Commercial Litigation – What Businesses Can Expect
As the nation (and much of the world) remains gripped in uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the unprecedented measures being taken to combat its spread, one thing appears beyond doubt on the legal front: as with all major displacements, a wave of litigation is likely to follow. Indeed, we have already seen emergency litigation in some areas, and an uptick in a number of others, and we expect a broader surge as events continue to unfold. Whether the product of genuine issues arising and/or "opportunistic" plaintiffs' counsel — in the near term and emerging in the weeks and months ahead — we anticipate the impact to be felt far and wide, across industries and the economic and geographic spectra.
While impossible to anticipate the full breadth of potential COVID-19 related litigation, based on what we have already seen and the legacy of other downturns, we can safely predict certain areas where one would expect to see significant activity. The following is not intended as a comprehensive analysis of each, but rather an overview of issues clients and their counsel should be cognizant of — not only in the immediate context of litigation, but in managing and mitigating risk going forward (including revisiting policies, contract language, and best practices in pertinent areas).
A question faced by a multitude of businesses — and insurance companies — is whether their commercial property policies provide coverage for business interruption losses resulting from the presence of the virus at covered locations or due to governmental orders mandating closure. As companies consult their policies and insurers regarding whether the pandemic or government imposed restrictions aimed at stemming the pandemic are covered events, disputes and litigation (between insurers and their policyholders ) over that issue have begun to emerge, and more are likely to follow.
Event Cancellations
Mid-March brought a screeching halt to essentially all live in-person events — from sports and entertainment, to weddings, bar mitzvahs, corporate outings and other parties, to vacations, to … just about anything that is not sitting at home. For some of these, e.g., professional sports and major concerts, there has been increasing public pressure from fans and others (including public officials) regarding refunds. Consumers have recently brought lawsuits regarding refunds (and refund policies) against third-party ticket sellers, such as Ticketmaster and StubHub, as well as Major League Baseball and its teams. With additional widespread cancellations or postponements of events for which tickets were already (often long ago) purchased (or deposits or other payments made), no doubt to come, more of these actions can be expected. Hospitality businesses (including pool, golf, tennis and/or beach clubs, as well as amusement parks and other venues/locales for which customers purchase season or monthly passes) will face similar issues, as will others — indeed, the list of businesses potentially implicated is wide. In each case, the language of the ticket/contract and refund policy will be important, as well as a particular state's consumer protection laws. While significant business issues (i.e., customer relations, loyalty, and brand protection) will weigh heavily on how companies handle these issues, the legal landscape will help shape the analysis — both reactively and proactively as clients and counsel would be well served to use this time to focus on, enhance, and/or re-work best practices and existing language addressing such contingencies.
Colleges and universities forced to close campuses and transition to remote learning (to the extent feasible) for the remainder of the winter/spring semester face similar issues regarding the refund of tuition, room and board, and other fees related to use of facilities or other resources rendered inaccessible — monies collected well in advance of the shutdowns. Indeed, though many schools have made efforts to return at least some portion of monies paid, suits have arisen against a handful, nationwide, seeking recovery (under contract and equitable claims). With rumors of major universities on the East Coast and elsewhere contemplating the adoption of remote learning (and closed campuses) for the fall semester, the potential for a significant wave of litigation should such restrictions/policies be adopted for the fall semester is extremely high.
Contracts — Force Majeure and Material Adverse Effect
An uncountable number of contractual relationships in the distribution chain and otherwise have been disrupted. In many instances, performance has been rendered impossible, difficult, or simply impractical. As businesses evolve from survival mode to recovery mode (and courts concurrently reopen more broadly to new filings), the number of breach of contract suits can be expected to burgeon, with parties relying on force majeure (or similar) clauses to defend non-performance. Some businesses may find themselves using such clauses as a sword, while encountering them elsewhere as a shield. Contract language and a particular jurisdiction's jurisprudence regarding these clauses will be significant. By way of example, New York narrowly interprets such provisions, while Florida and California construe them more liberally. Questions as to whether the pandemic itself and/or governmental social distancing orders suffice to protect non-performance, or whether performance was "impossible" or "impracticable" financially or otherwise, will be front and center.
For critical business contracts such as M&A or other transactional agreements and related complex financing agreements, there will likely be significant disputes over whether material adverse effect or similar provisions can be properly relied upon by parties citing the pandemic (and/or related governmental actions) as grounds for terminating (or otherwise not going through with) a previously agreed to deal — whether because of an impact on valuation, liquidity, projections, or otherwise. Such analysis is traditionally a fact/deal specific one, which may be complicated here by uncertainty as to how long the condition(s) relied on will persist and the fact that, while the pandemic is widespread, its impact may be distinct based on geographical or other factors (e.g., localities and/or market sectors opening piecemeal).
Consumer Product Based Claims
Sadly, as we've come to expect in moments of crisis involving even an impending (let alone already present) danger and a panicked public, heightened demand brings with it profiteering. We've already seen claims of price gouging arise for products ranging from much needed medical supplies and PPE, to hand sanitizer, sanitizing wipes and beyond. We are likely to see more.
Separately, claims of false advertising or deceptive marketing (whether under consumer protection statutes or otherwise) of all sorts of products including, for example, those regarding the health, safety and/or efficacy of (supposed) sanitizing products and purported treatments for the virus have already been and likely will continue to be filed. This is also an area we expect governmental scrutiny — state and federal — to be aggressive.
In the immediate wake of the shutdowns being put in place, actions concerning commercial and residential leases spiked. Issues regarding tenants' failure and/or inability to make rental payments and whether, under the pandemic's conditions, a commercial tenant whose business has been ordered closed can properly be held to have use of the property during , have been and are expected to remain prevalent.
In the longer term, we expect these events are likely a precursor to an onslaught of issues pertaining to distressed real estate assets — e.g., foreclosures, renegotiations and workouts — and concurrently, a rise of litigation and bankruptcy filings.
Financial and Securities
Securities Fraud & Enforcement
The volatility of the stock market since the onset of the pandemic presents an environment we expect to produce a wide array of securities fraud claims — most specifically, public companies being sued for materially misleading statements or omissions regarding the impact or severity of COVID-19 on their businesses. We would also expect there to be an uptick in enforcement actions by the SEC. While stocks are down across the board, plaintiffs' lawyers are adept at mining for targets — and this is likely to be more of an issue for certain industries than others. In particular, businesses that may have had early or specified knowledge regarding the true nature of the pandemic — such as those in the hospitality, defense, and health/drug industries — whose public disclosures may have minimized or concealed the risk, or otherwise been misleading. As these cases have started to arise, at least one pharmaceutical company has already been sued for misleading statements pertaining to its (purported) development of a COVID-19 vaccine, and other such suits can be envisioned against companies likewise trying to cash in on addressing the pandemic. Companies whose products have experienced a sudden surge in usage as a result of remote work and social distancing may also find themselves at enhanced risk — indeed, Zoom is facing a proposed securities class action claiming that the vulnerabilities/security risks in its product that have been exposed during this time were known but not disclosed.
Similarly, market conditions also suggest a potential uptick in accountants/auditors liability cases, as assets valued and metrics relied upon (e.g., cash flow) have been upended by the crisis. Claims of fraud, mispricing and/or failure to conduct sufficient diligence/dig deep enough present as ripe targets for plaintiffs' lawyers.
Banks and other financial institutions face a variety of litigation risks emanating from the economic side of this crisis. In the short term, litigation over loan defaults (as businesses lose cash flow) and debt collection actions (whether efforts to enforce or forestall) has arisen and more may emerge, despite the implementation of temporary measures designed to provide much needed relief to borrowers. Class actions have arisen against banks based on their handling and implementation of federally directed programs intended to keep businesses afloat (e.g., the SBA and CARES Act). While the issue of whether a private right of action exists under the formative legislation is a threshold question, recent actions filed have sought to sidestep that issue by floating a variety of theories.
Long term, however, perhaps the most significant threat — and anticipated wave of litigation – can be found in the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis, which was driven, in large part, by collateralized debts in the form of mortgage-backed securities (and related derivative products). Litigation over responsibility for that collapse took on many forms and is only now coming to an end, 12 years later. This crisis could well impact a broader class of assets and securities than simply those that hinge on real estate.
Heath Care Related Suits
Hospitals, nursing homes, urgent care facilities, and other health care providers face a significant and broad risk of litigation. There is a range of potential claims, including those related to their performance/provision of medical services (testing, advice and treatment) – though several states (including New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) and the federal government have sought to insulate providers and suppliers from civil liability — the safety of their facilities, compliance with guidelines and preventative measures taken to prevent the spread of the virus, disclosures to patients, residents, and their families, handling of protected information/compliance with privacy laws, privacy and other concerns implicated by the sudden rise in telemedicine, and issues related to payment, billing, and reimbursement. Suits between and among providers and suppliers, based on the tremendous costs associated with responding, and widely reported shortages in supplies can also be expect
Michael B. de Leeuw
Vice Chair, Business Litigation
mdeleeuw@cozen.com
Health Care & Life Sciences


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 Rurouni Kenshin (1994–1999), eine Manga-Serie des japanischen Zeichners Nobuhiro Watsuki
 Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578), ein Daimyō der japanischen Sengoku-Zeit
 Kenshin Kawakami (* 1975), ein japanischer Baseballspieler


Tee up with this refreshing take on the classic Arnold Palmer featuring grilled peaches and basil. This is sure to be a crowd-pleaser on any hot summer day.
Grill peaches about 2-3 minutes on each side, or until caramelized.
Boil 2 cups water, remove from heat and add tea bags and basil. Steep for 10 minutes and strain into a pitcher.
Blend grilled peaches and lemon juice in a blender until smooth.
Add remaining water to pitcher along with honey, bourbon, lemon zest and peach/lemon juice mixture. Place in fridge until cold.
Fill four glasses with ice, and then pour one quarter of the mixture in each glass. Garnish with grilled peaches, lemons or basil and serve!


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What did the prophet Micah do?
What does the book of Micah teach us?
What was the message of the prophet Malachi?
What was Micah's main message?
Why did Micah make an idol?
What does Micha mean?
What is the nickname for Micah?
What did prophet Isaiah say about Jesus?
Who is the last messenger of God in the Bible?
Like Isaiah, the book has a vision of the punishment of Israel and creation of a "remnant", followed by world peace centered on Zion under the leadership of a new Davidic monarch; the people should do justice, turn to Yahweh, and await the end of their punishment.
He emphasizes the necessity of proper worship, condemns divorce, and announces that the day of judgment is imminent. Faithfulness to these ritual and moral responsibilities will be rewarded; unfaithfulness will bring a curse.
Micah's messages were directed chiefly toward Jerusalem. He prophesied the future destruction of Jerusalem and Samaria, the destruction and then future restoration of the Judean state, and he rebuked the people of Judah for dishonesty and idolatry.
Micah stole money from his mother, and she consecrated them to Yahweh, and had a fraction of them turned into a carved image and silver idol.
The name Micha is primarily a gender-neutral name of Russian origin that means Who Is Like The Lord?. Derivative of the Russian name Misha, short form of Mikhail. Now used as a girl's name in the US.
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And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent (John 17:3). Isaiah was a prophet who lived in Jerusalem about 700 years before the birth of the Savior.
Judaism considers Malachi to be the last of the biblical prophets, but believes that the Messiah will be a prophet and that there will possibly be other prophets alongside him. In Mandaeanism, John the Baptist is considered the last prophet.


(Washington, D.C. – May 1, 2018) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today threw its support behind a coalition of states that are challenging EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's attempt to weaken America's Clean Car Standards.
The coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia filed a petition for judicial review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today.
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia joined in today's legal challenge. EDF also plans to challenge Pruitt's unlawful action in court.
The Clean Car Standards are one of America's biggest success stories in combating climate change. Pruitt's effort to roll back the clean car standards risks putting two billion tons of additional climate pollution in our air and costing American families $460 billion in savings at the gas pump, according to EDF's analysis.
More than two-thirds of American voters support the Clean Car Standards, according to a recent poll by the American Lung Association. Automakers like Ford and Honda have said they do not want a roll back.
EPA, the Department of Transportation, and the California Air Resources Board conducted an exhaustive technical review of the auto industry's ability to meet the Model Year 2022 to 2025 Clean Car Standards. They found extensive evidence that the automotive industry can meet the standards at lower costs than predicted when the standards were initially finalized in 2012.
Scott Pruitt released his Final Determination, published in the Federal Register on April 13, that seeks to roll back the Clean Car Standards. Pruitt's determination was based almost entirely on auto industry statements, without any independent analysis.
Late last week, a leaked Trump administration document indicated plans to flatline the current standards at 2020 levels, and to attack state leadership on clean cars — underscoring the importance of the states' legal challenge today.
States have played a critical role in advancing climate protections. California has been a leader in setting protective tailpipe pollution standards, and twelve other states and the District of Columbia have adopted California's protective standards.


I like that people who aren't 'traditional' protagonists are getting their day in the sun. Too often it's still intertwined with romance, still seeming to say that the characters have to become more 'normal' in order to function correctly (whatever that means). Nonetheless, it's nice to see a representation of people I relate to on some level.
Relativity promised to be one such book, and to an extent it was.
The protagonist is Ethan, a young boy who's obsessed with – and unusually good at – astrophysics. The book is written from the triple perspective of Ethan himself, his mother Claire, and his estranged father Mark.
Ethan wants to know what happened twelve years ago: why did his father leave? He also becomes curious about some strange things that seem to be happening to him: how does he know so much, so intuitively, about the physics of the universe? What was the doctor saying to his mum when he was admitted to hospital? What actually happened when he was a baby?
It was recommended by Graeme Simsion – "Genuinely difficult to put down" – and so I was expecting more of a Simsion-esque writing style. A sort of slightly depersonalised, at times downright hilarious look at what it's like to be Other; to possess the type and level of intelligence that automatically sets you apart.
That's not quite what this book brings, though. It's a good story, well told, easily readable in one sitting. The bathwater went cold while I was working my way through it, which is always a good sign.
But if you're looking for the sort of protagonist you find in The Humans' Andrew Martin, or The Rosie Project's Don Tillman, or x+y's Nathan, you're not going to find it here.
Ethan is intelligent and different from the other kids, sure, but he's also relatively "normal" (for want of a better expression) in terms of feeling and expressing emotion. He's not puzzled by the way humans interact with each other – he's merely very intelligent and confused about his past.
It is, in short, a good book, but one that didn't quite deliver what I was expecting. However, it has my recommendation as the kind of story that'll keep the reader engrossed until the end – and it has a good ending, with just the right level of realism vs. closure.
Relativity will be published in paperback on the 17th of January 2017, priced £8.99.
I received a review copy of Relativity from the publisher. All views are my own.


ATLANTA, Ga. – Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry announced Thursday that he has paid off all of the layaway tabs for the lucky shoppers at two Walmart stores in Georgia.
According to TMZ, Perry stopped by the Atlanta-area big box stores Thursday morning and wrote big checks to cover the cost of all the outstanding balances. Sources told the gossip site that Perry paid $178,000 at one store in Atlanta and $256,000 at a store in Douglasville.
Perry said he had planned to remain anonymous, but "due to some circumstances" news of the generous act leaked, and he decided to post a video on Twitter revealing which stores' layaway tabs he paid.
In order to pick up their items, customers will have to pay one cent, Perry said.
TMZ noted this can be added to a list of charitable acts by Perry in 2018.
In recent weeks, anonymous good Samaritans have paid off all layaway items in four Walmart stores in different parts of the country — a total of more than $130,000.
It happened at stores in Vermont, New York, Colorado and Pennsylvania.


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Q: React JS - To many renderings, how can I improve that code? I'm new to React JS, and I'm trying to build a small project to learn.
So far I'm doing well, but I believe that my app renders too much and it prevents me from getting another fiture I'm interested on adding - a localStorage save of the last stock that was search.
My project is a simple stock searching app, getting the prices of a stock by its name or its ticker.
What am I doing wrong?
I get the price as I wish, but it takes too many renderings. If I do just one, the price I get is just a plain 0 instead of the real price.
When I go like the code posted below, it shows the correct price, but I believe that I miss something.
I'm relatively new to React so it's part of the learning I guess :)
Another question I had, as I understood react-router is suppose to save the last values entered. I do use react router, is the rendering on this page that is changing to the default value all over again?
PS, when I tried to keep the default state of the currentStock empty, I got some weird values which I assume is a problem with the API itself.
Here is my code:

const Stocks = () => {

  const [currentStock, setCurrentStock] = useState('AAPL');
  const [currentPrice, setCurrentPrice] = useState('Loading...');
  const [stockFromClick, setClick] = useState();

  useEffect( () => {

    if(currentPrice === 0){
      setCurrentPrice('Ready!')
    }
    const fetchData = async() =>{
    const getSymbol = await axios(`https://finnhub.io/api/v1/search?q=${currentStock}&token=${API_KEY}`);
    setCurrentStock(getSymbol.data.result[0].symbol);

    const getPrice = await axios (`https://finnhub.io/api/v1/quote?symbol=${currentStock}&token=${API_KEY}`)
    setCurrentPrice(getPrice.data.c)
    }

  fetchData();
  console.log(currentPrice);
  } , [stockFromClick, currentPrice]);

  const handleClick = () =>{
    setCurrentPrice('Loading... Please allow the system a few seconds to gather all the information');

    setClick(currentStock);

    console.log(currentStock);
  }

  return (

      Stocks!

      <input type="text" placeholder="Search a Company" value={currentStock} onChange={e => setCurrentStock(e.target.value)} />

      <button type="button" onClick={handleClick}> Search</button>

      {currentPrice}

  )
}

export default Stocks;

A: yeah like WebbH re-render every times currentPrice is set ...
I think I would have tried to use a toggle for loading
const Stocks = () => {
const [currentStock, setCurrentStock] = useState("apple");
const [currentPrice, setCurrentPrice] = useState(null);
const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);

const fetchData = async () => {
    if (!isLoading) setIsLoading(true);
    try {
        const getSymbol = await axios.get(
            `https://finnhub.io/api/v1/search?q=${currentStock}&token=${API_KEY}`
        );
        setCurrentStock(getSymbol.data.result[0].symbol);

        const getPrice = await axios.get(
            `https://finnhub.io/api/v1/quote?
             symbol=${currentStock}&token=${API_KEY}`
        );
        setCurrentPrice(getPrice.data.c);

        setIsLoading(false);
    } catch (error) {
        console.log("fetchData: ", error);
    }
  };

   useEffect(() => {
    fetchData();
   }, []);

   const handleClick = () => {
    fetchData();
   };

   return (

        ...

        {isLoading && !currentPrice
            ? "Loading... Please allow the system a few seconds to gather all the
               information"
            : { currentPrice }}

   );
 };

A: When Functional Components Rerender
In React with functional components each time you update a state variable you will cause the component to rerender (assuming that the state is actually different than before).
So with your code you have the following:

*

*A potential rerender triggered by onChange={e => setCurrentStock(e.target.value)}

*A potential rerender triggered by setCurrentPrice('Loading...');

*A potential rerender triggered by setCurrentStock(getSymbol.data.result[0].symbol);

*A potential rerender triggered by setCurrentPrice(getPrice.data.c);

*A potential rerender triggered by setCurrentPrice('Ready!');

*Your effect is rerunning every time the dependencies change.

Again, these rerenders may not occur if those set's don't actually result in a changed state.
How I Would Write It
If I were to write this component myself I'd probably do something like the following. Note, that many of my changes are likely just stylistic preferences. However, the combining of the stock and symbol values into a single state variable could help you eliminate a rerender:
import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';

const Stocks = () => {
  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
  const [stock, setStock] = useState({});
  const [query, setQuery] = useState('APPL');

  const fetchData = useCallback(async (q) => {

    // don't do anything if we don't have a query string
    if (!q) return;

    setIsLoading(true);
    const getSymbol = await axios(`https://finnhub.io/api/v1/search?q=${q}&token=${API_KEY}`);
    const symbol = getSymbol.data.result[0].symbol;

    const getPrice = await axios(`https://finnhub.io/api/v1/quote?symbol=${symbol}&token=${API_KEY}`);
    const price = getPrice.data.c;

    setStock({ symbol, price });
    setIsLoading(false);
  }, []);

  // load the default stock data on initial rendering
  useEffect(() => fetchData(query), []);

  return (

      Stocks!

      Search For A Stock:
      <input
        name="query"
        type="text"
        placeholder="Ex. APPL"
        value={query}
        onChange={e => setQuery(e.target.value)}
      />

      <button
        type="button"
        onClick={() => fetchData(query)}
      >Search</button>

      {isLoading && Loading... Please allow the system a few seconds to gather all the information}
      {!isLoading &&

Symbol: {stock.symbol}

Price: {stock.price}

      }

  );
}

export default Stocks;

React Router
I think your question about the react-router probably needs some more detail. There's no indications in your code of how you're trying to leverage react-router state or pass it into this component.
Finnhub API
I think the important thing to note about this API is that the /search endpoint is truly returning search results on a string query. Therefore if you pass an empty string it's running a query on that as the search term and returning results. Similarly, even entering something like APPL is subject to have an unexpected result as it's not just searching on the stock symbol.

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1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60011, USA.
2 Institute for Emerging Infections, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
3 Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
5 Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA.
7 Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
8 Antiviral Pharmacology Laboratory, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Pharmacy, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA.
9 Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
10 Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
11 Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK.
12 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.


Big K.R.I.T. took the stage at this year's FADER FORT Presented by Converse in the midday sun, heating things up with the fire of a man at church. We caught up with him afterward, with sweat towel in-hand, to talk about controlling his sound as both a rapper and producer as well as his B.B. King-featuring new album, Live from the Underground, out June 5th on Def Jam.


Is it a mistake to hire lawyers only from the best schools?
A Toronto sociologist is getting set to track a countrywide cohort of Canadian lawyers in a bid to duplicate a new study suggesting large U.S. firms are missing the mark by recruiting graduates exclusively from top-tier law schools.
In a study for the American Bar Association, the University of Toronto's Ronit Dinovitzer has been working with Bryant Garth from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles in following the careers of 5,000 U.S. lawyers who began practising in 2000. In this month's edition of the American Lawyer, they reflect on findings from an earlier paper they wrote for the study.
They argue that large U.S. law firms are misguided in recruiting only graduates from top-tier law schools who as a whole find big-firm life less satisfying than their peers from lower-tier schools.
Dinovitzer and Garth point to data showing that among survey respondents working at firms with more than 100 lawyers, just 26 per cent of graduates from one of the country's top 10 schools cited "extreme satisfaction" with being a lawyer. However, 49 per cent of those from fourth-tier schools reported that level of job satisfaction.
They also reported that 59 per cent of those from elite schools planned to leave their firm within two years, while just over a quarter of fourth-tier graduates intended to leave.
The researchers suggest a sense of mutual elitism could create higher job expectations among graduates from big-name schools who are familiar with the monetary rewards offered by careers in business consulting or investment banking.
Dinovitzer tells Law Times she hopes to begin a similar study on a nationwide cohort of Canadian law school graduates in about a year. While admitting it's unclear whether her findings resonate north of the border, Dinovitzer says the study would benefit Canada's legal community.
"It's important to know who's going where and why," she says.
Her past research has shown that U of T Faculty of Law graduates are more likely to end up in large law firms than those from other law schools in the province. She notes as well that U of T requires a higher LSAT score and grade-point average for admittance.
"So you begin to watch the funnelling of talent into particular practice settings," she says. "You begin to recognize that the best and brightest of Ontario is serving corporate interests.
It's also useful to know how people build careers and for law firms to have some insight into personnel strategies, says Dinovitzer.
"If you're worried about the cost of turnover as a large law firm, you might want to invest in people who want to invest in you in the long term," she says.
"You have to worry as a sociologist [about] who's getting all of the goodies. Is there an equal distribution of the goodies, and if there isn't - which we know there isn't - we have to begin to understand why," she says.
Nevertheless, lawyers from top Canadian firms note that the structure of this country's legal services industry is vastly different from that in the United States.
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP co-chairman Clay Horner says his firm has a blend of lawyers from different backgrounds.
"We like to think that we're recruiting the top tier of law students from each of the law schools we are recruiting from," he says. "If we look at who comes [and] who stays, there wouldn't be any kind of generalization you could make about what schools people come from.
Norm Letalik, a partner and managing director of professional excellence at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, says law school culture in the United States differs greatly from Canada's. While many U.S. firms won't even look at applicants from outside a narrow list of top-tier schools, he's not aware of any large Canadian firm that is similarly restrictive in its hiring practices.
University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law dean Ian Holloway says it's unclear whether the study's findings are relevant here. But he does think big firms in Canada overemphasize grades in the recruitment process.
"They're missing an awful lot of students who have good things to offer [but] who might just not be quite so good at writing law school examinations," he says.
Holloway suggests more importance should be placed on other traits, such as work ethic, personal drive, teamwork, a sense of honour and duty, and loyalty.
Studies similar to Dinovitzer's have been conducted on a regional basis in Canada. Hers would be the first to delve into the issue on a nationwide basis.
Polling for \"Top Tiered Schools\"
It has always been a pet peeve of mine that while we ask graduates to rate their school, we never ask those HIRING the graduates to rate their preferences regarding what schools THEY consider produce better lawyers. I made this point once in a letter to Canadian Lawyer magazine and received a very terse and defensive response that didn't address why my suggestion was a bad idea.
Ask hiring firms to rank (excluding their own law school for obvious reasons) which schools they are most (and least) likely to hire from.
I am now pretty senior in this profession and one of the things I like about it is that it is very democratic in its distribution of talent. I've seen some people who barely made it through law school do very well in the profession and others fly through law school only to stumble in the real world. I suppose this is particularly so since I'm in litigation where there is always one winner and one loser and where 'people skills' and common sense are often more important than intellectual power.
I don't suppose a Rumpole type would score very well in these sociology studies but I'd rather have him defend me in the Old Bailey than many a bright young thing!
I agree with Chris and Devee. Certainly a plethora of "elitist" assumptions here. I have yet to see any compelling evidence that there are significant differences in the quality of Canadian law schools. Also, there are some of us out there who deliberately chose not to do the big city big firm career path. I chose to return to my hometown and join a medium-sized firm there because that is where I wanted to live and still want to live. I wouldn't move Toronto for a million a year. I'm not saying Toronto or big money is bad (because I like both), but its just not where I want to work and live.
Interesting survey. I think NRB has it right though. I have often wondered how intelligent all these "top tier students" and "top tier lawyers" were when their work was so all consuming that it destroyed all hope of happiness and a normal life for them. That kind of behaviour doesn't strike me as "intelligent" per se, but maybe I just want to enjoy life more than an "intelligent" person would.
I agree with NRB's comments. Such studies are hopelessly flawed because they assume first of all that top students will automatically go to the top ranked school (if that can even be objectively determined) and second that top ranked students will go to top tiered law firms. The study also assumes that money is the only factor that influences what job we choose.
I don't think it makes any sense to say that because firms like to recruit from top tiered schools that somehow the 'best and the brightest are serving corporate interests' Many of the best and the brightest don't show up on the top tiered firms radar at all. They choose other careers in public interest; international; NGO; politics; government; etc.
A couple of problems with the notion of this study and the study in the U.S. First, who determines which is a "top tier" v. "2nd tier" law school within Canada? There are not very many law schools in Canada, and no real objective way to judge which ones are better than others (other than the clear #1 being Queen's Law). Second, the notion that most top candidates will view monetary return as the primary factor in making a decision where to work apears to be quickly losing momentum within the so-called "millenial" generation. The proposed study will not adequately address the larger question of what factors really convince young lawyers whether to stay at the large firms or not. The U.S. study seems to imply that making the big bucks is a necessary motivator for top academic achievers and that they will only leave a large law firm for equal pay and less work hours elsewhere. The obvious point missing is that many top achievers may decide not to work the big firm hours and will go somewhere else to work less hours for less pay. No consideration is given to the more interesting question of why, generally, big firms won't consider working less hours in order to attract and retain young lawyers not to mention leading healthier and more fulfilling lives (admittedly the "fulfilling" part is subjective, there can be no debate about the "healthier" part). The focus here, rather, is on firms modifying hiring practices to better find people to work long hours. YAWN.