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8ret1er21tfd/Trump-says-path-to-victory-is-swamp-them-on-election-day-gb-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://ibit.ly/QCVox Source : https://tech.io/snippet/H7jojAS Flash News : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-220639 Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/llxQI Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/6KerM Other Sources : https://rentry.co/d2vsof https://ibit.ly/7SRRX https://jsbin.com/nayupuhavo/edit?html,output https://rentry.co/3ih5n https://tech.io/snippet/kz8avC6 https://rentry.co/vi3io https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-4322-41 https://rextester.com/QFFTV2621 https://rentry.co/tow4r https://etextpad.com/mknydcpjvr https://pastelink.net/m5deds1s https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-4322-41 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-3211-38 https://rextester.com/JPP10033 (WGHP) -- On Friday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner announced that actor Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine. Perry's unexpected death brought ketamine to the forefront of discussion. Which brings up the question, what is ketamine? Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA says that ketamine can distort a person's eyesight and hearing. It also can make a person feel disconnected and not in control and is thus called a "dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen." Ketamine can make a person "feel detached from their pain and environment," according to the DEA. Ketamine induces a sense of sedation, relief from pain, immobility and amnesia. The DEA says that ketamine is abused due to its "dissociative sensations and hallucinogenic effects." Ketamine is an approved medical product as a short-acting use anesthetic for humans and animals, according to the DEA. It is also used as a nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression. Ketamine is also used to facilitate sexual assaults. The DEA says that the overdosing effects of ketamine are dangerously slowed breathing and unconsciousness. Side effects of ketamine use include agitation, depression, cognitive difficulties, unconsciousness, and amnesia, according to the DEA. Involuntarily rapid eye movement, dilated pupils, salivation, tear secretions, stiffening of the muscles and possible nausea. Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD) has been reported several weeks after ketamine use and may include experiencing prolonged visual disturbances.....

gdrfqg/Trump-delivers-wideranging-speech-to-New-Hampshire-hockey-arena-a2-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://ibit.ly/GWfsa Source : https://ibit.ly/kbxVq Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-2515-42 Biden last Talk : https://ibit.ly/a_AbN Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://rentry.co/wvpxk Other Sources : https://paste.ee/p/LMDNb https://rentry.co/ab4k5 https://pastebin.com/qUBLix6t https://tech.io/snippet/bs9RkI7 https://notes.io/wtw1x https://notes.io/wtw3z https://jpeg.ly/dA60q https://rentry.co/s2vna https://jpeg.ly/UldB4 https://pasteio.com/xtpFILQ61cjc https://jpeg.ly/T1-iZ https://jpeg.ly/rRg1r https://jpeg.ly/v1FbR https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/c32e13de Editor's Note: In order to make some kind of point, and obviously drive up YouTube clicks, Brandon Herrera relocated from North Carolina to Uvalde, Texas to run for Congress. Uvalde is the small Texas town where nineteen children and two teachers were massacred by a gunman in May of 2022. The Uvalde News Leader's Sofi Zeman reports that gun maker Brandon Herrera left behind an "inactive explosive device" at a recent campaign event in Uvalde, requiring the San Antonio bomb squad to respond to the incident. Herrera's team subsequently released a statement describing the device as a "spent shell" and claimed it was not "a threat to anyone." "At the event, a generous fan brought Brandon an inert, spent dummy shell as a gag gift that Brandon had fired in one of his videos," the campaign said. "Brandon's campaign then re-gifted to the round to another fan who failed to collect it at the conclusion of the event as attendees were being ushered out." Uvalde police Chief Daniel Rodriguez told Zeman that security footage recorded an unidentified person leaving the object outside the building where a campaign event had just taken place. An unnamed individual discovered it the following day and informed the police, who proceeded to ask the bomb squad in San Antonio -- 100 miles away -- for assistance. "We don't believe that he intentionally left it there," Rodriguez said, "but until we obtain a statement, we won't know for sure what actually happened and why he left it where he placed it down." Herrera, who has over 3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel called "The AK Guy," is challenging Rep. Tony Gonzales in the March 5 Republican primary for Texas' 23rd District. He ended September with considerably more money than any of the congressman's other intraparty foes.....

douddakzze1521/Italy-UK-leaders-unite-on-migration-agree-Tunisia-deal-h5-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://ibit.ly/0Twld Source : https://ibit.ly/etriY Flash News : https://ibit.ly/qCB0n Biden last Talk : https://paste.ee/p/ooZy7 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jpeg.ly/Yl0_N Other Sources : https://jpeg.ly/fFs2r https://pastebin.com/FCt0dJ2E https://jpeg.ly/GDZza https://paste.toolforge.org/view/45cb76b8 https://jpeg.ly/M9VWq https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp https://jpeg.ly/400Tl https://jsbin.com/marasubive/edit?html,output https://jpeg.ly/KAbHv https://jpeg.ly/VZR_k https://pastelink.net/cv5pf601 https://jpeg.ly/QqEOq https://jpeg.ly/MPsth https://tech.io/snippet/QdgXQkL "In prison, a rumor twice repeated becomes accepted fact." -- Rubin "Hurricane" Carter; 1973 letter to H2O Man I was going through some older files today, and happened upon some things from the early years of my friendship with Rubin. At the time, he was in Rahway state prison in New Jersey. Rubin had been transfered from the harsher prison in Trenton earlier, and we were able to communicate quite freely at first. There were, of course, very different currents in the larger society. There was the Nixon administration's efforts to get "tough on crime" -- at least some types of criminal activities. Nixon announced his "war on drugs" in the summer of 1971, and it led to a rapid increase in the numbers of people being incarcerated. In 1994, a former top Nixon administration official spoke about this: "The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and Black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or Black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and Blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did." -- John Ehrlichman https:\/\/eji.org\/news\/nixon-war-on-drugs-designed-to-criminalize-black-people\/ In those years, and to a surprising extent even after J. Edgar Hoover died in May of '72, a number in the FBI were concerned about the influence of black prisoners' influence on the white youth (think Eldridge Cleaver and George Jackson), and the possibility of black revolutionaries organizing in the low-income neighborhoods in American cities. On the other side, there were significant numbers of people across the country concerned about the war in Vietnam, civil rights, women's rights,poverty, the environment, and Native American rights. From these groups, there were many who began to see the connections between these. And interested in penal reforms. Rubin explained that inside the prison, the increase in the young inmate population brought about over-crowding. There was an influx of veterans who had witnessed the worst in humanity in Vietnam, who opted for drugs other than the sedatives prescribed by the prison doctors. And there was racism sparking at tiny fuses leading to potential large powder kegs. Those of my generation remember the September 9 - 13, 1971 riot at the prison in Attica. In the weeks before Attica, there was a stand-off between the Onondaga Nation and the NYS DOT. The NYS Police had gathered, fully armed in riot gear. Chief Billy Lazore, who was familiar with the inside of Attica, was leading the Onondaga protest. My cousin was sitting with John & Yoko when Governor Rockeferr's order the police hurry to Attica came through. https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/08\/22\/archives\/indians-protest-upstate-highway-enlarging-of-route-81-held-to-be.html There is a great book about this, "Blood in the Water," by Heather Ann Thompson. Despite the book's providing important information on how to avoid prison riots, NYS has banned it from jails and prisons. We know that those who ban books always have the public's beast interests at heart, so I won't quote from friend Heather's book, but instead suggest you read it. And I'll quote from Howard Zinn's most famous book on the conditions in the Attica prison leading up to the riot: "Prisoners spent 14 to 16 hours a day in their cells, their mail was read, their reading material restricted, their visits from families conducted through a mesh screen, their medical care disgraceful, their parole system inequitable, racism everywhere." Official statistics showed that 54% of the inmates were black, 37% white, and 9% Hispanic. I asked Chief Lazore about this, and he said the Iroquois inmates at Attica had long understood that they were recognized as zero percent of society. Two months later in Rahway, inmates were allowed to gather to watch a movie. Rubin told me that he avoided movies, though just the names "Superfly" and "Shadt" clued him in on what role the weaker men would attempt to don for the following weeks. Being in the Thanksgiving season, a number of inmates had consumed quanties of home-made wine before gathering in the theater. One inmate, Clay Thomas -- who had been a good light heavyweight boxer before being incarerated -- began to encourage inmates to riot. (Note: Clay was in a blackout, and had no memory of this the following day.) A couple inmates sought out Rubin, and asked him to come to the theater and try to calm Clay down. Rubin went and tried, but it was too late. So he got guards and other inmates opposed to rioting, and locked themselves in a safe wing. The riot was put down, and the administration clamped down on prisoners' rights, which did not ease the tensions. However, because Rubin's protecting guards' lives, we were able to communicate more openly than other inmates were allowed to. But by 1974, he would tell me that tensions were rising, primarily among younger inmates based on racial identies. I remember him saying these young inmates did not understand how hard the older inmates had worked to end the poison of racism. A well known fact is that teenaged boys know the exact answer to everything, especially things they know nothing about. Being an expert in all, I reminded Rubin that he had attempted to stop Clay's riot, and was credited in saving lives. So get started stopping it now, before it happens. A few days later, Rubin wrote to my brother, and told him that my letter had inspired him. Rubin went from a hermit, to talking to the most dangerous leaders of the most violent gangs, telling them that there was a better way. He was running to be the president of the prison's inmate council. At the time, the council was as weak as any junior high school student council. When Rubin won the election, the administration opted to recognize the loser as president. But within two weeks, they admitted Rubin had won. After renaming it the Rahway People's Council, Rubin got to work. I have copies of the letters and other documents from that time, when university professors and elected NJ officials ventured to Rahway to discuss prison reform with Rubin. Perhaps my favorite visitor was Muhammad Ali, who announced he would face Rubin in an exhibition match to highlight his case. Perhaps like the book "Blood in the Water," prison officials determined this was not a good thing. One day, Rubin had inmates turn in weapons to the administration, surely a move too far. They said it was evidence of him planning violence. Late in the night, 25 guards in riot gear came to remove Rubin from his cell, and place him in the Vroom Psychiatric Wing at Trenton. There is a scene based loosely upon this in the movie "The Hurricane." Older forum members may be reminded of Princeton professor Gresham Sykes' 1958 study of the Trenton prison, "The Society of Captives." In it, he wrote "Centers of opposition in the inmate population -- in the form of men recognized as leaders among the inmate population -- can be neutralized through the use of solitary confinement or exhile to other state institutions. Just as the Deep South served as a dumping ground for particularly troublesome slaves before the Civil War, so too can the mentsl hospital serve as a dumping ground for the maximum security prison." Rubin served 92 days in Vroom before a federal judge ruled that he was wrongly placed there for attempting to improve conditions by peaceful means at Rahway. However, he was placed in the more restrictive Trenton prison. Several years later, Carter was given an award of $30 per day he was wrongly held in Vroom. That money went to hire one of the state's investigators, who had recognized the case against Rubin and John Artis wasseverely flawed, and that the pair were not the gunmen they were convicted of being. A couple years after Rubin died, one of the two gunmen made a deathbed confession, identifying himself and a friend as the murderers. I have records that show these two had both failed polygraphs the day of the early morning murders, and one was held in jail for several weeks. Also, that both Rubin and John had passed polygraphs that same day. Yet there are some who still insist that my friend Rubin was a cold-blooded murderer. I say this as a reminder that, as Malcolm X said, a lot of people's minds are in prisons.....

refdgerd/ATM-cash-theft-attempt-foiled-one-arrested-ga-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://ibit.ly/Obt8o Source : https://jpeg.ly/fGlhM Flash News : https://jpeg.ly/VDusu Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/x3nQl Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-002728 Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/TU93G https://jsitor.com/QBAvy5W3l1 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-4155-39 https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-001028 https://rentry.co/8fqvo https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-234207 https://jsbin.com/rebarujevo/edit?html,output https://rentry.co/8zh5y https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?Suggestions.1.262434.0 https://jpeg.ly/8n344 https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-2532-31 https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25286 https://pasteio.com/xtBbMgBzhxkA https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-2235-12182023-001511 North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, as the United States and South Korea warned any nuclear attack would lead to the end of Pyongyang's regime. "Our military detected a short-range ballistic missile launched from the Pyongyang area towards the East Sea at around 22:38 (1338 GMT) on Sunday," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. The missile flew around 570 kilometres (354 miles) before landing in the East Sea, it said, adding that Seoul, Washington and Tokyo have "closely shared information regarding North Korea's ballistic missile." Japan's defence ministry also said North Korea launched "what appears to be a ballistic missile\....

Sharka/CIVQA_LayoutLMv2_EasyOCR

Sharka

transformers

document-question-answering

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owanr/Sentiment-roberta-base-intra-data-frequency-model_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05

owanr

--- license: mit base_model: roberta-base tags: - generated_from_trainer model-index: - name: Sentiment-roberta-base-intra-data-frequency-model_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05 results: [] --- <!-- This model card has been generated automatically according to the information the Trainer had access to. You should probably proofread and complete it, then remove this comment. --> # Sentiment-roberta-base-intra-data-frequency-model_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05 This model is a fine-tuned version of [roberta-base](https://huggingface.co/roberta-base) on the None dataset. It achieves the following results on the evaluation set: - Loss: 3.5121 ## Model description More information needed ## Intended uses & limitations More information needed ## Training and evaluation data More information needed ## Training procedure ### Training hyperparameters The following hyperparameters were used during training: - learning_rate: 1e-05 - train_batch_size: 1 - eval_batch_size: 1 - seed: 42 - optimizer: Adam with betas=(0.9,0.999) and epsilon=1e-08 - lr_scheduler_type: linear - num_epochs: 3 ### Training results | Training Loss | Epoch | Step | Validation Loss | |:-------------:|:-----:|:-----:|:---------------:| | 3.732 | 1.0 | 5628 | 3.5121 | | 3.779 | 2.0 | 11256 | 3.5121 | | 3.555 | 3.0 | 16884 | 3.5121 | ### Framework versions - Transformers 4.35.2 - Pytorch 2.1.0+cu121 - Datasets 2.15.0 - Tokenizers 0.15.0

refdgerd/UPDATE-Missing-woman-found-a3-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://justpaste.me/F11r1 Source : https://justpaste.me/F0tC Flash News : https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-005226 Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-4554-45 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-3113-39 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-233506 https://jpeg.ly/XMQgA https://jsitor.com/c0KRXC0s0h https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-5153-37 https://jpeg.ly/IGAeC https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-1354-40 https://jpeg.ly/ZkcKr https://rentry.co/r72wp https://ibit.ly/v664S https://ibit.ly/FxGc- https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-2435-45 https://jpeg.ly/gTUaH https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-3121-12182023-003359 https://ibit.ly/zBLgg Dec. 17 -- After a brief interruption, the Ironton Metropolitan Housing Authority has a functioning board again. The IMHA did not have an active board when the director retired and the board resigned last month. Lawrence County Probate Judge Patricia Sanders got a call from the HUD office in Columbus, which was concerned by the lack of board since there was no one to collect rent and maintain the building. The board is made up of five people appointed by the probate judge, the general division judges and two by the Ironton Mayor's office. At the Dec. 12 meeting, Sanders said she, Mayor Sam Cramblit and Lawrence County Common Pleas judges Andy Ballard and Christine Finley had made appointments but the commissioners have to appoint someone to the board as the HUD office in Columbus would like to have a board seated by the end of the year. Copley thanked Sanders for doing the legwork on communicating with the HUD office on the board issue and said that the commissioners were working on finding someone to be appointed to the board. "I know how important that this board is and we appreciate the work that you and Ballard and Finley have done to make quick appointments to this board," Copley said. Sanders said the HUD office in Columbus appreciated the quick response to assembling a board. "They didn't expect anything more than a phone call," Sanders said. "And when I not only returned that call, but set scheduled meetings, they were not only impressed and willing to work with the new board but (also) provide them with significant direction to get some issues resolved." Copley said that with change comes new opportunity. With that, the commissioners appointed Suzanne Triplett from the commissioners' office to the board and now the board could meet and move forward as the board sees fit. Sanders said she would let the HUD office know a board had been assembled. The commissioners took the following actions on agenda items: -- Approved a floodplain permit submitted by the Soil and Water Conservation District for TC Energy, Columbia Gas Transmission-line lowering of existing natural gas pipeline and stream bank armoring projects located at the temporary access from 2103 Dog Fork Road. -- Approved and signed an agreement between the board of County Commissioners\/Lawrence County Juvenile Court and Ross County Juvenile Detention Center beginning Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024, submitted by Joyce Lynd, Probate Juvenile Court, pending approval by the Lawrence County prosecutor. The rate went up to $120 per detention bed. Previously, Ross County sent a separate invoice for medical care. That cost is now included in the per bed rate. -- Approved and signed a contract agreement between Lawrence County Department of Job and Family Services, Lawrence County Commissioners and Ohio Council 8 of AFSCME, ALF-CIO and Local #3319 effective Oct. 22, 2023, to Oct. 21, 2026. It has been approved by the prosecutor. -- Approved and signed the collective bargaining contract with the Lawrence County Engineer's office from Dec. 31, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2026. -- Approved and signed the Palmer Energy Contract for the electricity supply agreement. It has been approved by the prosecutor. -- Approved sending a letter of support and collaboration on an Advanced Manufacturing Program at Dawson-Bryant High School. -- Approved sending letters of support It was the final meeting of the commissioners for 2023.....

gdrfqg/Congress-approves-bill-barring-presidents-from-unilaterally-exiting-NATO-g2-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-010124-2 Source : https://jsfiddle.net/3x2eqkdg/ Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-2545-12172023-233517 Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-2345-12172023-233143 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25321 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-235719 https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-004150 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-5432-40 https://jpeg.ly/5AjAy https://rentry.co/3vwznc https://ibit.ly/OjQ58 https://rentry.co/ https://rentry.co/k3xnm https://yamcode.com/ https://rentry.co/p45mq https://jsitor.com/mHavfD6323 https://rentry.co/m4699 https://jsbin.com/zedeyiguci/edit?html,output https://rentry.co/moqo4 The US allegation against New Delhi followed a similar claim by Canada about the role of India in the June 18 killing of a Khalistani Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the parking lot of a gurdwara in Surrey. Though New Delhi dismissed the allegation, the Biden Administration has been nudging India to cooperate in the probe launched by Canadian agencies. It was also revealed that the US had provided intelligence inputs to help Canada accuse India in the killing of Nijjar.....

Sharka/CIVQA_LayoutLMv3_EasyOCR

Sharka

transformers

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8ret1er21tfd/Confederate-Memorial-at-Arlington-will-be-removed-despite-GOP-opposition-h5-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-5313-43 Source : https://rentry.co/cayssr Flash News : https://pasteio.com/xzxihSv4f0sX Biden last Talk : https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/64794a48 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-2314-49 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-213831 https://ibit.ly/uCz0Q https://paste.ee/p/k6KlJ https://tech.io/snippet/SPIRoJF https://ibit.ly/lQ64I https://jsbin.com/lutolijide/edit?html,output https://rentry.co/hzm7o https://rextester.com/SBNWZ48723 https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12172023-235347 https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-2543-46 https://rextester.com/YKXXB2438 https://ibit.ly/rbQJP https://jpeg.ly/uhlg4 https://ibit.ly/MiBmB Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The quest for new antibiotics is going back to the Stone Age. The urgency to identify possible candidates has never been greater as the global population faces nearly 5 million deaths every year that are associated with microbial resistance, according to the World Health Organization. A research team led by bioengineering pioneer César de la Fuente is using artificial intelligence-based computational methods to mine genetic information from extinct human relatives such as Neanderthals and long-gone ice age creatures such as the woolly mammoth and giant sloth. The scientists say some of these small protein, or peptide, molecules they have identified have bacteria-fighting powers that may inspire new drugs to fight infections in humans. The innovative work also opens up a completely new way to think about drug discovery. "It has enabled us to uncover new sequences, new types of molecules that we have not previously found in living organisms, expanding the way we think about molecular diversity," said de la Fuente, Presidential Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he heads the machine biology group. "Bacteria from today have never faced those molecules so they may give us a better opportunity at targeting the pathogens that are problematic today." The approach may seem to come out of left field, but experts say that new ways of looking at the problem of antimicrobial resistance to existing medicines, a deadly and pressing problem for global health, are sorely needed. "The world is facing an antibiotic resistance crisis. My view is that a land, sea, and air approach is needed to solve the problem -- and if we need to go to the past to provide potential solutions for the future -- I am all for it," said Michael Mahan, a professor in the department of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He wasn't involved in the research. Antibiotics and where their alternatives may come from Most antibiotics come from bacteria and fungi and have been discovered by screening microorganisms that live in soil. But in recent decades, pathogens have become resistant to many of these drugs because of overuse. Scientists engaged in the global fight against superbugs are exploring different potential weapons, including phages, or viruses created by nature to eat bacteria. Another exciting avenue of research involves antimicrobial peptides, or AMPs, which are infection-fighting molecules produced by many different organisms -- bacteria, fungi, plants and animals, including humans. AMPs have a broad range of antimicrobial properties against different pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, yeast and fungi, Mahan said. While most traditional antibiotics work by focusing on a single target in a cell, antimicrobial peptides bind to and disrupt a bacterial membrane at many places, he added. It's a more complicated mechanism that consequently may make drug resistance less likely, but, because of the molecules' potential to disrupt cell membranes, it can also result in increased toxicity, according to Mahan. There are a handful of peptide-based antibiotics in clinical use, such as colistin, which is made from a bacteria-based AMP. It's used as a drug of last resort to treat certain bacterial infection because it can be toxic, Mahan said. One human AMP known as LL-37 has also shown potential. De la Fuente had been using computational methods for the past decade to assess the potential of a wide range of peptides as alternatives to antibiotics. The idea to look at extinct molecules came up during a lab brainstorm when the blockbuster movie "Jurassic Park" was mentioned. "The notion (in the film) was to bring back entire organisms, and obviously, they had a lot of issues," he said. His team started thinking about a more feasible idea: "Why not bring back molecules from the past?" Advances in the recovery of ancient DNA from fossils mean that detailed libraries of genetic information about extinct human relatives and long-lost animals are now publicly available. To find previously unknown peptides, the research team trained an AI algorithm to recognize fragmented sites in human proteins that might have antimicrobial activity. The scientists then applied it to publicly available protein sequences of modern humans (Homo sapiens), Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) and Denisovans, another archaic human species closely related to Neanderthals. The researchers then used the properties of previously described antimicrobial peptides to predict which of their newly identified ancient counterparts had the most potential to kill bacteria. Next, the researchers synthesized and tested 69 of the most promising peptides to see whether they could kill bacteria in petri dishes. The team selected the six most potent -- four from Homo sapiens, one from Homo neanderthalensis and one from Denisovans -- and gave them to mice infected with the bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii, a common cause of hospital-borne infections in humans. "I think one of the most exciting moments was when we were resurrecting the molecules in the laboratory using chemistry and then we were bringing them back to life for the first time. And so it was really cool from a scientific perspective to have had that moment," de la Fuente said of the research that published in August in the scientific journal Cell Host & Microbe. In infected mice that developed a skin abscess, the peptides actively killed the bacteria; in those that had a thigh infection, the treatment was less effective but still halted the growth of bacteria. "The best (peptide) was what we call Neanderthalien 1, which comes from Neanderthals. And that was the one that was most effective in the mouse model," de la Fuente said. He cautioned that none of the peptides were "ready to go antibiotics" and would require a lot of tweaking. More important, he says, is the framework and tools his team has developed to identify promising antimicrobial molecules from the past. In research expected to publish next year, de la Fuente and his colleagues have developed a new deep-learning model to explore what he describes as the "extinctome" -- the protein sequences of 208 extinct organisms for which detailed genetic information is available. The team found more than 11,000 previously unknown potential antimicrobial peptides unique to extinct organisms and synthesized promising candidates from the Siberian woolly mammoth, Steller's sea cow (a marine mammal that was wiped out in the 18th century by Arctic hunting), the 10-foot-long (3-meter) Darwin's ground sloth (Mylodon darwinii) and the giant Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus). He said that the peptides they discovered displayed "excellent anti-infective activity" in mice. "Molecular de-extinction offers a unique opportunity to combat antibiotic resistance by resurrecting and tapping into the power of molecules from the past," he said. A wacky but worthwhile approach Dr. Dmitry Ghilarov, group leader at the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom who studies peptide antibiotics, said the real bottleneck in the search for new antibiotics wasn't necessarily a lack of promising compounds, but getting pharmaceutical companies to develop and clinically test potential peptide antibiotics, which can be unstable and difficult to synthesize. He was not involved in the research. "I don't see an immediate reason to look at paleo proteomes. We have already ... have a lot of these peptides," he said. "What we really need in my view is deep understanding on the underlying ... principles: what makes the peptide bioactive to be able to design them." "There are a lot of these peptide antibiotics which were not developed and pursued by the industry because of difficulties like toxicity," Ghilarov said. According to a paper published in May 2021, of 10,000 promising compounds identified by researchers, only one or two antibiotic drugs reached US Food and Drug Administration approval. Dr. Monique van Hoek, a professor and associate director of research at George Mason University's School of Systems Biology in Fairfax, Virginia, said the idea of molecular de-extinction was "a really interesting approach." She was not involved in either study. Van Hoek said it was rare that a peptide found in nature -- be it extinct or from a living organism -- would directly lead to a new type of antibiotic or other drug. More often, she said, the discovery of a new peptide will offer a starting point for researchers, who could then use computational techniques to tinker and optimize the peptide's potential as a drug candidate. Van Hoek's research currently focuses on a synthetic peptide inspired by one found naturally in the American alligator. The peptide is currently undergoing preclinical testing. "So far it's going really well. And that's exciting because many other peptides that I've worked on over the years fail for one reason or another," she said. Van Hoek said that while it may appear wacky to look at alligators or extinct humans for a new source of antibiotics, the magnitude of the crisis makes the approach worthwhile. De la Fuente agreed. "I think what we need is as many new and different approaches as possible, and that will increase our chances of being eventually successful," he said. "I think we can find a lot of potential useful solutions by looking behind us."....

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dapa93/ppo-LunarLander-v2

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--- library_name: stable-baselines3 tags: - LunarLander-v2 - deep-reinforcement-learning - reinforcement-learning - stable-baselines3 model-index: - name: PPO results: - task: type: reinforcement-learning name: reinforcement-learning dataset: name: LunarLander-v2 type: LunarLander-v2 metrics: - type: mean_reward value: 261.05 +/- 34.23 name: mean_reward verified: false --- # **PPO** Agent playing **LunarLander-v2** This is a trained model of a **PPO** agent playing **LunarLander-v2** using the [stable-baselines3 library](https://github.com/DLR-RM/stable-baselines3). ## Usage (with Stable-baselines3) TODO: Add your code ```python from stable_baselines3 import ... from huggingface_sb3 import load_from_hub ... ```

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/fjHOZ Source : https://jpeg.ly/cKLSX Flash News : https://ibit.ly/jeVjU Biden last Talk : https://ibit.ly/vwS3R Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://tech.io/snippet/hYGMoiu Other Sources : https://jpeg.ly/wp3tu https://jpeg.ly/pI9kX https://pastebin.com/kC7G5Bh0 https://jpeg.ly/F4nAv https://ibit.ly/aRHZw https://tech.io/snippet/b1t77eL https://ibit.ly/EwJ7z https://pastebin.com/ktWGy1vx https://notes.io/wtwky https://jsbin.com/kalagaqatu/edit?html,output https://justpaste.me/F0Pn https://jsitor.com/QtZFMxP9kI https://tech.io/snippet https://justpaste.me/F1B8 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top two U.S. military leaders are traveling to Tel Aviv to advise the Israeli government on how to transition from major combat operations against Hamas in Gaza to a more limited campaign and prevent a wider regional war. Their trip comes as Iranian-backed militants on Saturday launched a wave of attack drones against ships in the Red Sea and said they would continue until Israel's "aggression" ends. One of the American warships assigned to the Ford carrier strike group, the destroyer USS Carney, "successfully engaged" 14 one-way attack drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. Britain reported that a Royal Navy destroyer downed another drone that was targeting commercial ships. It was the latest in a series of attacks threatening commercial and U.S. Navy ships in the Red Sea that have escalated after Israel intensified its response to the Hamas' strike against Israel on Oct. 7. Israel is stinging from the deadliest attack ever on its homefront and has pledged that its offensive will not cease until Hamas is destroyed. U.S. defense leaders are hoping to prevent the risk of wider regional conflict, both through a sustained high level of U.S. military presence and by engaging with the Israelis to get them to move beyond the massive bombardment campaign. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown, who are heading to Israel, served in leadership roles as U.S. airpower and ground forces moved from major combat to lower-intensity counterterrorism operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is not clear how deeply their advice from lessons learned will resonate with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Their trip highlights the increased efforts by the Biden administration to convince Israel that it should scale back its offensive, which has flattened much of Gaza's northern region, displaced millions and killed more than 18,700 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Israel's push has been complicated by the dense urban population and Hamas' network of tunnels, and the militants are accused of using civilians as "human shields." The sustained intensity of Israel's campaign has led President Joe Biden to warn that the U.S. ally is losing international support because of its "indiscriminate bombing." U.S. officials have been telling Israel for several weeks that its window is closing for concluding major combat operations in Gaza without risking the loss of even more backing. In a meeting Thursday, Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, urged Netanyahu to shift to more targeted operations by smaller military teams hunting specific high-value targets, rather than the sustained broad bombardment that has occurred so far. In response, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said his country would continue major combat operations against Hamas for several more months. There are implications for the tens of thousands of U.S. service members deployed in the region. Austin on Friday extended the deployment once more of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and a second warship in order to retain a two-carrier presence in the Mediterranean Sea. The ships are seen as vital to deter Iran from widening the Israel-Hamas war into a regional conflict. The approximately 5,000 sailors aboard the Ford were originally due home in early November. There are 19 U.S. warships in the region, including seven in the eastern Mediterranean. A dozen more stretched down the Red Sea, across the Arabian Sea and up into the Persian Gulf. The missile and drone attacks have led at least two major shipping companies, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk, to order their commercial vessels to temporarily pause transits through the strait. "This is a worldwide problem that affects Israel, too," Gallant said the Houthis blocking shipping in the Red Sea. "We are ready to act. We know what to do. And we will find the right timing to act. We are giving a chance, in the maritime issue, to the international system. If we reach a situation where we are the final option, we will know what to do," he said about a possible military response. Mohammed Abdel-Salam, the Houthis' chief negotiator and spokesman, wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that the Houthis would keep targeting Israel-linked vessels "until the aggression stops; the siege on Gaza is lifted; and humanitarian aid continues to flow into the Strip." Austin is expected also to visit Bahrain and Qatar and further work toward establishing a new maritime mission to provide increased security for commercial ships sailing in the southern Red Sea. Bahrain is the home of the U.S. Navy's Central Command headquarters and the international maritime task force charged with ensuring safe passage for vessels in the region. Qatar has been vital in helping keep what has been a deadly localized war from boiling over into a regional conflict and negotiating hostage release. Earlier in his Army career, Austin oversaw the drawdown of forces in Iraq in 2011. He visited Israel days after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and has spoken to Gallant, his Israeli counterpart, more than two dozen times since then. In his meetings in Israel, he is likely to continue discussions on how Israelis define different military campaign milestones, to be able to assess when they will have sufficiently degraded Hamas to ensure their own security and shift from major combat operations, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters traveling with Austin. -- - Associated Press writer Sam Magdy in Cairo contributed to this report.....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://ibit.ly/9M_6N Source : https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-2124-12182023-005733 Flash News : https://tech.io/snippet Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-001201 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://etextpad.com/jlt6szwvpg Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25302 https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-4312-44 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-1455-32 https://jpeg.ly/oUKWT https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-4133-12172023-234612 https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/c30f7a3b https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-2245-46 https://jpeg.ly/8jmhv https://jsitor.com/ZBmIf90JZg https://tech.io/snippet https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-231448 https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25262 https://jpeg.ly/RS7M7 https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-3154-12182023-002335 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chileans voted Sunday on whether to approve a new constitution to replace the country's dictatorship-era charter. The vote came more than a year after Chileans resoundingly rejected a proposed constitution written by a left-leaning convention and one that many characterized as one of the world's most progressive charters. The new document, largely written by conservative councilors, is more conservative than the one it seeks to replace, because it would deepen free-market principles, reduce state intervention and might limit some women's rights. Polls closed Sunday, and results were expected to start coming in later in the evening. If the new charter is rejected, the Pinochet-era constitution -- which was amended over the years -- - will remain in effect. That is what ex-President Michelle Bachelet was apparently hoping for when she voted early Sunday. "I prefer something bad to something worse," said Bachelet, who has campaigned to reject the new constitution. One of the most controversial articles in the proposed new draft says that "the law protects the life of the unborn," with a slight change in wording from the current document that some have warned could make abortion fully illegal in the South American country. Chilean law currently allows the interruption of pregnancies for three reasons: rape, an unviable fetus and risk to the life of the mother. Another article in the proposed document that has sparked controversy says prisoners who suffer a terminal illness and aren't deemed to be a danger to society at large can be granted house arrest. Members of the left-wing opposition have said the measure could end up benefiting those who have been convicted of crimes against humanity during the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. The new proposed document, which says Chile is a social and democratic state that "promotes the progressive development of social rights" through state and private institutions, is also being opposed by many local leaders who say it scraps tax on houses that are primary residences, a vital source of state revenue that is paid by the wealthiest. It also would establish new law enforcement institutions and says irregular immigrants should be expelled "as soon as possible." César Campos, a 70-year-old taxi driver, turned out early to support the new constitution. He viewed it as a vote against the left, whose ideas largely dominated the first, rejected draft. "(President Gabriel) Boric wants everybody to be equal," Campos said. "Why should anyone who studies or works their entire life have to share that?" The process to write a new constitution began after 2019 street protests, when thousands of people complained about inequality in one of Latin America's most politically stable and economically strongest countries. But in 2022, 62% of voters rejected the proposed constitution that would have characterized Chile as a plurinational state, established autonomous Indigenous territories and prioritized the environment and gender parity. One of the most recent polls, by the local firm Cadem in late November, indicated 46% of those surveyed said they would vote against the new constitution, while 38% were in favor. The difference was much closer than three months ago when the "no" vote was 20 points ahead of the "yes" side. In Santiago, the capital, talk before the vote often turned to security rather than the proposed charter. State statistics show an uptick in robberies and other violent crimes, a development that tends to benefit conservative forces. "This whole process has been a waste of government money ... it's a joke," said government employee Johanna Anríquez, who voted against the new constitution, calling "it is very extremist." "Let's keep the one we have and, please, let's get on with the work of providing public safety," Anríquez said. There appeared to be little enthusiasm for Sunday's vote. Most citizens are exhausted after 10 elections of various types in less than 2½ years, but voting is compulsory in Chile. Malen Riveros, 19, a law student at the University of Chile, said the fervor that was ignited by the 2019 street protests has been lost and for her, the choice on Sunday was between the bad or the worse. "The hopes were lost with the passing of time," Riveros said. "People have already forgotten why we went into the streets." Follow AP's coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/jOZwQ Source : https://jsbin.com/xabaquyixe/edit?html,output Flash News : https://rentry.co/ub4ap Biden last Talk : https://jsbin.com/deyebaguyu/edit?html,output Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://rextester.com/MFUL51902 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-1214-45 https://jpeg.ly/htF3A https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-003909 https://notes.io/wtwc2 https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25317 https://ibit.ly/KGgrb https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-2324-44 https://rentry.co/5t3vv https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25249 https://tech.io/snippet https://rextester.com/JIOG99359 https://pastelink.net/dmr0b0y5 https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-4331-12182023-005542 https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-231110 A day after a 24-year-old man was beaten to death in Greater Noida, the Noida police nabbed the prime suspect in the case following a brief gunfight, officers aware of the case said on Saturday. Police identified the victim as Dheeraj Kumar, and the arrested accused as Yogendra (goes by one name) -- both residents of Roja Yakubpur village in Greater Noida (West). Giving details of the case, police said two men -- Yogendra and an accomplice named Somit -- beat up Dheeraj on Thursday morning, leading to the latter's death. Yogendra has claimed that he assaulted Dheeraj because he made a lewd remark about his (the accused's) sister, but Dheeraj's family maintains that Dheeraj was in a relationship with the woman, which is why he was killed. Yogendra was arrested on Friday night near Roja Yakubpur village, an officer aware of the case said. "Local police received a tip-off about the location of the two suspects, following which a trap was laid. Police teams were carrying out checks near the village at around 10pm, when they spotted the suspects on a motorcycle. They were asked to stop but they sped away. Our teams chased them and their bike accidently slipped. One of them fired upon the police while the other managed to flee," said deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Central Noida Suniti (goes by one name). "The suspect who fired on the police team was injured during retaliatory firing from the police, and has been arrested and admitted to a hospital. He was identified as Yogendra, a resident of Roja Yakubpur village," she said, adding that police recovered an illegal country-made gun and live cartridges from the suspect. Yogendra has been arrested under section 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code. Suniti said he is a history sheeter and has five cases of loot and dacoity registered against him across police stations in Greater Noida. "We have deployed teams to arrest Somit, the absconding accomplice," the DCP said.....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://rentry.co/23agi8 Source : https://ibit.ly/6k6rj Flash News : https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-2545-12172023-233517 Biden last Talk : https://rentry.co/8qgus Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://rentry.co/e7e8b Other Sources : https://rentry.co/aa48bi https://jpeg.ly/y6O67 https://tech.io/snippet https://jsbin.com/faxaruwelo/edit?html,output https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-005645 https://jpeg.ly/T9Rh0 https://jpeg.ly/tLj5n https://jsbin.com/wahudejota/edit?html,output https://rentry.co/9746i https://ibit.ly/YBlow https://jpeg.ly/NCQjJ https://rentry.co/2b8iz https://rentry.co/nnqcz https://rentry.co/gwn5h The Virginia mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in class in January was sentenced Friday to five years in prison with three years suspended. Deja Taylor will also serve two years of supervised probation that must include substance abuse treatment, parenting classes, and mental health treatment. Taylor pleaded guilty in August to neglect and had previously pleaded guilty to federal charges of illegally obtaining and possessing a firearm and making a false statement while purchasing a firearm, as CrimeOnline reported. She was sentenced to 21 months in prison on the federal charges, according to the Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney's office, which said that the state and federal sentences will be served consecutively. The Commonwealth's Attorney's office said the investigation into the January 6 shooting at Richneck Elementary School is ongoing. The boy, now 7, shot teacher Abigail Zwerner with his mother's gun, critically wounding her. Zwerner managed to get her entire class out of the classroom after the shooting, before collapsing in the school office. She has since filed a $40 million lawsuit against the school board and officials for negligence. Superintendent George Parker III previously said that "at least one administrator" was aware of a possible weapon in the boy's possession prior to the shooting. On the day of the shooting, the boy reportedly arrived at school late, and his backpack was inspected in the front office but no gun was found. A teacher, however, said the gun could be in the child's pocket, which was not checked. Zwerner's attorney, Diane Toscano, said that at least three teachers spoke with administrators about the boy's behavior on the day of the shooting, including Zwerner, who reportedly told administrators he had threatened to beat up a classmate. Another teacher told officials that the boy had brandished a gun at recess and threatened to shoot a classmate if he told. Toscano said that another teacher asked to search the boy, but administrators nixed the idea because they wanted to "wait [out] the situation out because the school day was almost over." The school tried to block Zwerner's lawsuit and limit it to worker's compensation damages, but a judge ruled in November that it could go forward, NBC News reported. "The danger of being shot by a student is not one that is peculiar or unique to the job of a first-grade teacher," Newport News Circuit Court Judge Matthew Hoffman said in his ruling. The school board plans to appeal. The boy is now reportedly in the custody of his great-grandfather, who said he was "progressing" in light of the shooting. He was not charged in the shooting because law enforcement couldn't figure out a way to charge and hold a perpetrator so young.....

douddakzze1521/Dozens-of-migrants-missing-after-boat-sinks-of-Libyan-coast-UN-agency-says-33-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/DG_Xo Source : https://ibit.ly/qdLtc Flash News : https://jpeg.ly/dY-Nc Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/gAiTm Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jpeg.ly/4FXaA Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/qSzif https://jsfiddle.net/spxwrhqu/ https://ibit.ly/vHwTh https://jpeg.ly/MCTZr https://paste.toolforge.org/view/c153c92b https://jpeg.ly/wBB_9 https://jsitor.com/ https://ibit.ly/IxqIu https://ibit.ly/svEoZ https://jpeg.ly/2bBDf https://ibit.ly/Trla3 https://jpeg.ly/vCfly https://ibit.ly/D6UR8 https://ibit.ly/9U_Tl On the eve of the December 2023 Global Refugee Forum, UN high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, wrote in the Observer: "we hear tough talk," mostly from rich countries, "about turning outsiders away ... offloading responsibility onto others." But, he concluded, "refugee situations don't have to turn into crises if we work together to address and manage them." The European Union and its member states should take heed. Especially since the 'refugee crisis' of 2015, migration management has become a core focus of European policymaking towards southern Mediterranean states. Since then, UN data indicate that over 2.39 million migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. That figure includes refugees fleeing war and persecution and so-called economic migrants. As the distinction is often blurred, this paper uses 'migrants' to cover all people attempting irregular crossings of the Mediterranean - for whatever reason. People who make the treacherous journey generally take one of three routes: across the western, eastern, or central Mediterranean. The central Mediterranean route covers departures from Libya and Tunisia towards Italy and Malta. Over the past decade, this route has become the most anxiety-inducing for European governments trying to snatch control of the situation. That is because Europeans have limited tools left at their disposal to do so. The 2015 crisis acted as a catalyst for European migration policy to reduce into twin pillars of securitisation (treating migration as a security threat) and externalisation (pushing out border management to southern Mediterranean countries). Since then, Europeans have struck various externalisation deals with Libya's and Tunisia's assorted warlords and autocrats. Those agreements initially contributed to a significant reduction in the numbers of migrants arriving in southern Europe, with some officials claiming in private that they had "solved" migration. But a focus on arrival numbers obscures other dynamics of migration - and storm clouds gathered over North Africa that in 2020 prompted the numbers to rise again. Now, the numbers of central Mediterranean crossings resemble the crisis years once more. Smugglers and traffickers pile thousands of people into unseaworthy vessels; many die en route; Italy's asylum infrastructure is overwhelmed; and the numbers look as though they will keep on rising. This policy brief uses a case study of the central Mediterranean route to assess European externalisation policies. Due to the small numbers of arrivals in Malta, our analysis focuses mainly on migration into Italy. Securitisation and externalisation were not inevitable. The brief therefore sketches the political choices within Europe that led to the shrinking of the migration policy space. It then demonstrates the limitations of externalisation through an analysis of the dynamics that propel the current surge in central Mediterranean migration, including how European policy has contributed to the rise on that route. The paper also examines the consequences of externalisation in Libya and Tunisia, as well as for European interests in those states and beyond. Externalisation has not prevented irregular migration into Europe; nor has it given Europeans greater control over migrant flows. It has, however, changed the EU's and member states' relationships with their southern neighbourhood - as partnerships are increasingly parsed through the lens of securitised migration cooperation. This in turn hands control of Europe's borders and considerable leverage to partners in the region. Yet, the southern neighbourhood remains fundamental to the EU's geopolitical goals: from climate diplomacy and energy deals to economic aspirations and political imperatives like support for Ukraine. Current migration policy undermines those goals and the EU's values-based foreign policy. Meanwhile, experts argue that the massive funds and resources Europeans allocate to securitisation and externalisation projects could be spent more effectively in other ways. For instance, they could go towards soft-power tools that would help Europeans better manage migration and build regional partnerships over the long term: to strengthen democracies, fund development, and support civil society in countries that migrants originate. In essence, the money may be better spent solving the political economy of migration, rather than financially doubling down on a securitised solution. Europeans therefore need migration policies that can tie the short-term imperative to manage irregular migration to such longer-term strategies. This should involve partnership building with origin and transit countries to manufacture visa schemes and increase the number and range of legal migration routes. Europeans could then deploy these schemes to disincentivise migrants from using smugglers. Such initiatives would also provide leverage for Europeans to create closer cooperation on counter-smuggling security efforts. Alongside this, the EU needs to help alleviate the burden of frontline states like Italy, including by providing them with administrative assistance to process arrivals in a just and dignified manner. This could all help to sustainably reduce irregular arrivals over the short term and create a platform for longer-term partnerships that can manage and ultimately reduce migration. This would all have seemed politically risky just a couple of years ago. But Italy, the frontline country of this crisis, now has a leader in Giorgia Meloni with a strong mandate to substantively address migration - and who has even shown glimmers of a change in approach. In July 2023, for example, Italy hosted the "International Conference on Development and Migration" with European, central Mediterranean, and African partners alongside multilateral development banks. The conference conclusions included and thus validated many of the above policies. Moreover, the "Mattei plan\....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://rentry.co/nk4o2 Source : https://jpeg.ly/PNSf3 Flash News : https://rentry.co/nrphi Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-4215-45 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/46RIE Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-1115-40 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-1441-46 https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-1314-31 https://pastelink.net/n9mlqspl https://rentry.co/nhqvc8 https://rentry.co/ryyh8 https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-002214 https://ibit.ly/8JXBA https://paste.toolforge.org/view/97448dea https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-3341-49 https://jpeg.ly/DJzWw https://jsbin.com/yefaqaqemi/edit?html,output https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-2231-49 https://tech.io/snippet The Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has acknowledged the negative impact of the economic crisis facing the citizens of the country. Tinubu assured that his administration is not folding its hands on the matter but practical steps are being taken to make life better for the citizens. In an interview with The Nation on Sunday, President Tinubu urged Nigerians not to exploit the situation for abnormal profit. He said: "As your president, I am deeply aware of the economic crisis's severe impact on Nigerians, and we are part of a global challenge with the rising costs of living. To help our people, my administration is taking proactive steps. "Moreover, we urge all Nigerians to be mindful of the current economic situation and avoid exploiting it for abnormal profits." READ MORE: Tinubu, Jonathan Celebrate Buhari At 81 "I am steadfast in my belief in the efficacy of our cash transfer initiatives. These initiatives are a crucial part of our strategy to target and provide relief to the most vulnerable segments of our population, especially during the last three months of the year when the prices of basic items typically rise." "This is not just about providing temporary support; it's about strategically delivering assistance when it's needed most. We continue to work closely with all key stakeholders - including state governments, civil society groups, international partners, and private sector entities like telcos and fintechs - to refine these programmes."....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://paste.toolforge.org/view/a0ec67e5 Source : https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-2112-34 Flash News : https://rentry.co/dng93 Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-5122-48 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://rentry.co/pkreh Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-232951 https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25236 https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12172023-231826 https://ibit.ly/A_mBh https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?Suggestions.1.262458.0 https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25286 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-5455-35 https://yamcode.com/raw/ https://paste.ee/p/mB2In https://pastebin.com/TzEx7Ue6 https://jpeg.ly/GmsBP https://tech.io/snippet/I5eiDPa https://paste.toolforge.org/ https://rentry.co/emg23 Dec. 17 -- UPDATE, 1:40 p.m. Missing woman located in Frostburg and being checked by medical personnel. FROSTBURG -- First responders are searching the Frostburg area for an elderly dementia patient, who was last seen in the city's West End Sunday morning. The 82-year-old woman, Janet Lee Asbury, apparently left a High Street home between 5 and 7:30 a.m., according to a release from the Frostburg Police Department. She was on foot and was reportedly wearing a light blue shirt with dark blue pants and walks with a stoop. She is not from Frostburg, police said. Tracking dogs and Maryland State Police Trooper 5 helicopter are part of the search as well as the county's Wilderness Rescue Team and numerous volunteer fire companies. Anyone with information is asked to contact 911 or Frostburg Police at 301-689-3000.....

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8ret1er21tfd/Human-sense-of-taste-can-alter-the-pace-and-rate-of-eating-3g-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-235434 Source : https://jpeg.ly/OUUus Flash News : https://jsbin.com/vuwiqatuwa/edit?html,output Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12172023-222055 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-215003 Other Sources : https://rentry.co/id6qd https://jsbin.com/lahijozeca/edit?html,output https://rentry.co/amwsq https://rentry.co/3tiuz https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-2312-37 https://notes.io/wtw6B https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-1152-12182023-010635 https://rentry.co/rtqagg https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-1235-34 https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-233757 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-3144-32 https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-004124 https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-4253-35 https://ibit.ly/Vf-NR A call is being made for the proper monitoring and regulation of potable water trucking by private operators in St Catherine. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation on Thursday, Chairman of the Health Sanitation Committee, Councillor Sydney Rose, raised the issue as a matter of concern. Rose argued that stringent testing of the supply chain as well of vehicles and operators is of utmost importance. "There are times you notice trucks marked 'drinking water' and delivering several loads of water, but these are not being tested," he said. Rose said proper testing and management of the delivery of potable water must be addressed to ensure that due care are being observed in the sector. He argued that the practise of persons "trying ah ting" needs to change, as this may pose a risk to consumers such as exposure to water-borne diseases. "I am calling for the Ministry of Health, and by extension the St Catherine Health Department, to properly test and regulate the industry, which has mushroomed into a free-for-all," Rose said. He said with schools and other facilities being supplied by trucked water, there has to be a structure in place to hold persons accountable. Speaking at the meeting, deputy public health inspector Delva Carter stated that checks are carried out on occasion of operators as part of current systems. "They [the operators] are stopped on the road and checked by an inspector and samples are sent for testing. But we don't have a system of inspection where the operators have to registered to deliver water," Carter said. The senior public health official said in recent times the local health department has removed the "drinking water" signs from several trucks as sometimes these vehicles are transporting water for other uses. Meanwhile, municipal chairman Norman Scott said that there must be some regulations in place to properly monitor the industry. "I believe that there are some basic guidelines, which need to be strengthened, so as to have an efficient system in operation," Scott said. When checks were made with several operators, the consensus was that a stringently regulated system would be beneficial. "Those who we serve need to be certain that they are getting what they ordered, so when it is drinking water, they must be served," operator Michael Trowers told The Gleaner. This sentiment was echoed by members of the public who spoke with our new team. - Rasbert Turner....

gdrfqg/Trump-says-path-to-victory-is-swamp-them-on-election-day-a1-updated

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--- language: - en --- [/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/2Y3IXVNOKRHBDOUZN2BBTB32KQ.jpg)]() read the full article here : https://rentry.co/hdxbzp Source : https://pastebin.com/fJY5aa3W Flash News : https://ibit.ly/2dIbK Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/_3d5P Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-001400 Other Sources : https://rentry.co/zy98w https://ibit.ly/bQJBT https://rentry.co/ptdtsq https://ibit.ly/eWCwl https://rentry.co/4sc3i https://jpeg.ly/kI-WZ https://jpeg.ly/kpz-Q https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/651840bd https://jpeg.ly/otPaf https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-5513-43 https://rentry.co/ro64h https://ibit.ly/ITZCS https://rentry.co/gwww2b https://rentry.co/pioq4 DURHAM, N.H. -- Former President Donald Trump returned to the Granite State for a Saturday rally at the University of New Hampshire, where he half-filled the school's hockey arena with hundreds of MAGA faithful. After mounting a stage set just to one side of center ice, the 45th President launched into his typically bombastic style of stump speech, jumping into attacks against President Joe Biden during his opening remarks and hammering the sitting commander-in-chief's record as the address continued. "Not one thing has gotten better under crooked Joe Biden," Trump said. "Joe Biden and the Democrat Party are incapable of solving any problems." "All that will change when the polls close on election night in 2024," he said. "By Christmas of next year the economy will be roaring back." Trump's speech, which lasted about an hour-and-a-half, was wide ranging and somewhat rambling, jumping from topic to topic rapidly and with little or no evidence provided to back up his claims. At one point early in his speech, he claimed the border between the U.S. and Mexico simply does not exist any longer, then later also claimed to have built over 500 miles of wall there. "We don't have a border anymore," he said. According to Trump, a continuation of Biden's policies of "wasting trillions on Green New Deal nonsense" would inevitably lead the U.S. economy into a second Great Depression. "You are going to be in the poor house to fund his big government Green New Deal, which is a socialist scam," he said. "Let's call it, from now on, the 'Green New Scam.' I like that. I just came up with that in my head." He said that his re-election would prevent Democrats from doing away with his tax cuts, passed during his first term. Those tax cuts were passed with a sunset clause and will expire in 2025 one way or the other unless reauthorized by congress. Trump attacked the press, pointing the crowd toward the gathered national and local media, calling them "fake news." "Don't you have anything better to do on a Saturday?" he asked the journalists invited by his campaign to attend his scheduled rally. Trump spoke of his fellow Republicans. He called former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie a "fat pig." He said former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's rise in the polls wasn't demonstrative of a "surge" compared to his own support. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, he said, can't keep his numbers from falling. "You don't want a candidate that will do the bidding of Wall Street, the military industrial complex, or the deep state," he said. The withdrawal from Afghanistan, orchestrated by Trump for the spring following the end of his term and postponed until after the following summer, was the "most embarrassing moment" in U.S. history, he said. "For four straight years I kept America safe," he said. "I am the only person who will keep you out of WWIII." The Make America Great Again campaign, he said, is the "greatest political movement" in U.S. history. He called himself "your all time-favorite president, me." On foreign policy, Trump said he would revoke China's "most favored trade partner status" and establish a "reciprocal tariff" system, whereby foreign goods will be taxed domestically if U.S. goods are taxed elsewhere. "They all rip us off," he said of U.S. trade partners. "We will establish stiff penalties for China, and for all nations that abuse us." Trump attacked clean energy, parroting an oft-repeated talking point about windmills killing birds and whales. Solar is not powerful enough, he said, to keep U.S. manufacturing in motion. Trump promised to "kill" the federal government's plans to mandate electric vehicle manufacturing. "It's a terrible thing they are doing to our country," he said. "Drill baby drill -- we're gonna make so much money -- we're gonna drill baby, drill." Trump leads polling in New Hampshire and nationally by wide margins. According to polling averages by RealClearPolitics, he is ahead of the rest of the Republican field by almost 50 points and is polling about four points ahead of Biden. "Joe Biden is a threat to democracy," Trump said, before citing Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Victor Orban. As far as his loss in 2020 and the looming rematch with Biden, Trump maintained as he has for years that he won the last race but that the White House was stolen from him. Over 90 felony charges leveled against the 45th president in the time since he left office are nothing more, he said, than an attempt to prevent his returning to power. "They're not after me, they're after you. I'm just standing in the way," he said. "We're engaged in a righteous crusade." The United States is not a free nation, Trump said, but it would be again if he were returned to the Oval Office for a second term. "Our country is in great danger, he said. "Under my watch, Ukraine wouldn't have happened, Israel wouldn't have been attacked, inflation wouldn't have happened." Trump closed his speech by speaking through an instrumental musical overture, his voice soft at first but rising with the song. The audience came to their feet as he delivered what was essentially a live campaign commercial. "We are a nation that has lost its confidence, lost its will power, lost its strength. We are a nation that lost its way," he said. "Three years ago we were a great nation, and we will soon be a great nation again."....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jsitor.com/-5GB5ULIYZ Source : https://tech.io/snippet/nV6KQbQ Flash News : https://jpeg.ly/3a-SE Biden last Talk : https://pastelink.net/ykitnqud Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://pasteio.com/xVywgHfd30jB Other Sources : https://notes.io/wtw7U https://jpeg.ly/7JFW3 https://jsbin.com/divunoyiza/edit?html,output https://jpeg.ly/XDU4i https://notes.io/wtw62 https://jpeg.ly/yXcqY https://jpeg.ly/EUk-J https://paste.toolforge.org/ https://notes.io/wtw4k https://jpeg.ly/IJNq_ https://ibit.ly/lW5Eg https://jpeg.ly/JDu9g https://ibit.ly/vXt2d https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/4c7151d1 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hailed Italian premier Giorgia Meloni's approach to tackling illegal migration Saturday, in a visit to Rome where they agreed to co-fund a project to help migrants return home from Tunisia. The two leaders held formal talks at Meloni's office and the British Conservative leader also delivered a speech at a gathering of her far-right Brothers of Italy party. Both leaders have vowed to stop migrant boat landings on their country's shores and in his speech, Sunak hailed the willingness of them both to "break from consensus". They have also both faced strong criticism for their policies, from Sunak's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, to Meloni's moves to limit the activities of charity rescue ships in the Mediterranean. At their meeting, Sunak and Meloni agreed to fund a project to help repatriations of migrants in Tunisia, the departure country for many migrants trying to reach Europe. They "committed to co-fund a project to promote and assist the voluntary return of migrants from Tunisia to their countries of origin\....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jsitor.com/hdUt_XtmIX Source : https://rentry.co/kszxb Flash News : https://jpeg.ly/LCmny Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/Vjmge Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jpeg.ly/d7mLA Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25248 https://jpeg.ly/7KW6h https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-4215-45 https://jpeg.ly/ZrQnA https://jsfiddle.net/e0z6os98/ https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-001201 https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?pg=pgDiscussPost&ixDiscussTopicParent=0&ixDiscussGroup=1 https://rentry.co/ham49 https://pastelink.net/q6w0yztp https://etextpad.com/bo0zroblan https://jsbin.com/vapegorohi/edit?html,output https://rentry.co/deqm9 https://jsfiddle.net/4ef1ow0h/ https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-5322-12182023-011332 The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has taken a new technological turn with the recent escalation in drone attacks. Over the past month, both countries have been engaging in mass drone strikes, targeting each other's territories. These attacks have not only added a new dimension to the conflict but also raised concerns about the evolving nature of warfare and its potential consequences. According to reports, on Sunday, there were drone attacks on Russian military infrastructure and air bases, and retaliatory strikes by Ukrainian forces. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that at least 35 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight in southwestern Russia. One of the targets mentioned was a Russian air base in Morozovsk, which houses bomber aircraft used in the war in Ukraine. Although the Russian side claimed that most of the drones were destroyed, there were no reports of casualties or significant damage. On the other side, Ukraine's air force responded by shooting down 20 Iranian-made Shahed drones and a cruise missile launched from Russian-occupied areas in southern and western Ukraine. These countermeasures aimed to demonstrate Ukraine's ability to defend its territory and respond to hostile acts. While the exact details and extent of the attacks are still unclear, it is evident that both Russia and Ukraine are utilizing drones as part of their military operations. Drones have become an increasingly popular tool in modern warfare due to their versatility and cost-effectiveness. Their ability to collect intelligence, conduct surveillance, and deliver precise strikes makes them a valuable asset on the battlefield. The use of drones in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict raises several questions and concerns. What impact will this escalation in drone attacks have on the overall dynamics of the conflict? Will it lead to more casualties and damage? How will the use of drones affect the strategies and tactics employed by both sides? These are critical questions that need to be addressed. Frequently Asked Questions: Q: What are drones? Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are remotely piloted or autonomous aircraft that can be used for various purposes, including military operations, surveillance, and civilian applications. Q: How are drones used in warfare? Drones are used in warfare for reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, and strike capabilities. They provide real-time intelligence, minimize risks to human life, and enable precision strikes. Q: What are the potential implications of the escalation in drone attacks? The increasing use of drones in conflicts can lead to a shift in military strategies and tactics. It may result in more advanced anti-drone technologies, increased civilian casualties, and debates around the ethical and legal use of drones in warfare. It is crucial for international actors to closely monitor and engage in diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the situation between Russia and Ukraine. The use of drones adds a new dimension to the conflict, which requires careful consideration of the potential consequences and the implications for future conflicts.....

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8ret1er21tfd/Heres-what-happens-when-solar-wind-disappears-near-Earth-and-Mars-f3-updated

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--- language: - en --- [/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/EEMH67D2QJCWDKF2IYEKH5VTAI.jpg)]() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/XIaQb Source : https://rentry.co/otaeo Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-010201 Biden last Talk : https://rentry.co/boa5i Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-2153-47 Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/2AaSv https://rentry.co/tuo9ui https://etextpad.com/hvjprabko9 https://notes.io/wtwz6 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-4113-45 https://jpeg.ly/z4d3r https://jpeg.ly/QOVzx https://tech.io/snippet/Owrhmis https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25166 https://rentry.co/xhwb6 https://rextester.com/ZDWJ55447 https://ibit.ly/AwvS2 https://pastebin.com/YPddw9kR https://rentry.co/qifg2 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) -- Gov. Ron DeSantis activated the Florida State Guard to assist with severe weather conditions this weekend. "The Florida State Guard plays an essential role in Florida's preparation for and swift response to severe weather," DeSantis said. "We thank them for their willingness to mobilize on short notice as we prepare for potential severe weather impacts this weekend." The move to activate the Florida State Guard came on Friday. See also: One woman dead, man injured following shooting in Broward County In addition, the governor directed the Florida Division of Emergency Management to prepare for flood response and prevention equipment. He also instructed Floridians to prepare for flooding, strong winds and isolated tornadoes.....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://rentry.co/r8fqci Source : https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-3452-51 Flash News : https://jpeg.ly/bgb5Y Biden last Talk : https://rentry.co/gzsnt Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25257 Other Sources : https://rentry.co/egqs3 https://ibit.ly/5GYpS https://rentry.co/3hnz5 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-5325-35 https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-005236 https://pasteio.com/xHUMVJxulp74 https://rentry.co/achdh https://ibit.ly/gEbB0 https://jsbin.com/goyigijahu/edit?html,output https://jpeg.ly/oQnPD https://jsbin.com/cocubijiji/edit?html,output https://jsbin.com/ruqokinemu/edit?html,output https://jpeg.ly/r7jgl https://rentry.co/pya9f Three recalled applesauce products -- WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches, Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and variety pack, and Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. (FDA via AP) U.S. health officials are investigating whether three brands of recalled cinnamon apple puree and applesauce that left dozens of American children sickened may have been intentionally contaminated with lead. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first reported adverse events in children as young as 1 year old in October. The agency has since launched an inspection at a plant in Ecuador that produced the cinnamon-flavored applesauce products. Jim Jones, the FDA's deputy commissioner for Human Foods, told Politico in an interview published on Dec. 14 that although the investigation is still ongoing, investigators believe the adulteration may have been "an intentional act." "We're still in the midst of our investigation. But so far all of the signals we're getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we're trying to sort of figure that out," Mr. Jones said. "My instinct is they didn't think this product was going to end up in a country with a robust regulatory process," he added. "They thought it was going to end up in places that did not have the ability to detect something like this." The affected products were marketed to parents and children under the brands WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree and Schnucks- and Weis-branded cinnamon applesauce pouches. They were sold nationwide by grocery chains such as Dollar Tree, as well as online retailers such as Amazon. In its latest update on the lead poisoning outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it has identified a total of 125 cases from 22 states across the nation. Of those cases, 46 are confirmed, 68 are probable cases, and 11 are suspected, according to the CDC. So far, all of the children are aged 6 or younger. Meanwhile, the FDA said health officials are looking into several theories as to why or by whom the lead was added to the applesauce pouches, pointing out that the agency currently believes the adulteration was "economically motivated." "The FDA can confirm that one of the theories the agency is exploring is the potential that the cinnamon contamination occurred as a possible result of economically motivated adulteration," an FDA spokesperson told Consumer Reports, stressing additional investigation is needed before the agency reaches any conclusions. According to the FDA, economically motivated adulteration refers to someone intentionally leaving out, taking out, or substituting an ingredient to make the product appear better or of greater value. Asked why U.S. food safety laws wouldn't have prevented the tainted products from entering the country, Mr. Jones said intentional adulteration is "always going to be tricky to absolutely stop." "We have limited authority over foreign ingredient suppliers that do not directly ship product to the U.S. because their food undergoes further manufacturing\/processing prior to export," the FDA spokesperson told Politico, which first reported the story. According to the CDC, there is "no safe blood lead level" for young children. The agency said it uses a marker of 3.5 micrograms per deciliter to identify children with elevated blood lead levels -- higher than most American children aged between 1 and 5 years. In a report released on Nov. 13, the CDC said an investigation found 22 children who had consumed the lead-contaminated applesauce pouches had blood lead levels as high as 29 micrograms per deciliter, far above the CDC's marker of 3.5 micrograms per deciliter. The children experienced signs and symptoms including headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, change in activity level, and anemia, according to the CDC. Lead is toxic to humans, and exposure at any age or health status can lead to serious symptoms. In adults, high blood lead levels can increase their risk for high blood pressure, other cardiovascular effects, kidney problems, adverse reproductive outcomes, and gout. Although most children with lead exposure have no obvious immediate symptoms, parents and caretakers should consult a health care professional if they suspect a child may have been exposed to lead, according to the FDA. Short-term exposure to lead could result in headaches, abdominal pain\/colic, vomiting, and anemia, while longer-term exposure could result in irritability, lethargy, fatigue, muscle aches or muscle prickling\/burning, constipation, difficulty concentrating\/muscular weakness, tremor, and weight loss. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, heavy metals like lead can get into food products from the soil, air, water, or industrial processes.....

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Official results were set to be announced late Monday but the president appeared certain of his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)'s performance, just hours after the polls closed. "We will have an absolute majority in parliament with 127 seats," Vucic told reporters during a press conference, saying around 76 percent of ballots had been counted. Even though Vucic was not personally on the ballot in Sunday's parliamentary and local elections, the contest was largely been seen as a referendum on his government. "My job was to do everything in my power to secure an absolute majority in the parliament," Vucic told reporters as he celebrated what he said was the SNS's victory. The right-wing SNS looked poised to expand their presence in the 250-seat parliament with Sunday's results. During the last election in 2022, the party secured just 120 seats, resulting in a coalition government. The SNS still faced potentially hard-fought municipal races in the capital Belgrade, particularly from the loose coalition of opposition parties and candidates running under the Serbia Against Violence banner. That movement was formed in the wake of back-to-back mass shootings earlier this year. They spurred hundreds of thousands to take to the streets in rallies that morphed into anti-government protests over several months. The contest was not without controversy, with the opposition complaining of foul play. "There were a lot of irregularities," said opposition leader Radomir Lazovic, citing alleged "vote buying" and "falsification of signatures". "We may have had the dirtiest electoral process," he added. Posts on social media also fuelled rumours that the government was allowing unregistered voters from neighbouring Bosnia to cast ballots illegally in the election. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic dismissed the claims, accusing the reports of spreading chaos. - 'Landslide' - Vucic had been beaming with confidence as voting got underway Sunday, predicting a landslide victory even then. Serbia has a lot of important work to do in the period ahead," he told journalists. The opposition put its hopes on a high turnout. "I hope that by the end of the day, we'll have a big turnout in Belgrade and all over Serbia, and that the voters will have the freedom to express their will," said Dobrica Veselinovic, an opposition leader with the Serbia Against Violence movement. Vucic was omnipresent ahead of the vote -- plastered on billboards and skyscrapers and the focus of wall-to-wall coverage on news channels. By the time polls opened at 7:00 am (0600 GMT), lines had already formed in Belgrade as people waited to cast their ballots. "I came early to support our president, he must continue his work," said Stojan Milenkovic, a 67-year-old retiree. Others were hoping the contest would bring change to the country's political scene. "I hope the results will put an end to the devastation of our capital," Milica Pavkov, a 28-year-old cashier, told AFP. Along the southern border, hundreds of ethnic Serbs from the former breakaway province of Kosovo crossed into Serbia to cast their votes. The voters loaded onto over a dozen buses and spent nearly two hours crossing the border, following the failure of Belgrade and the Pristina government to iron out a deal that would have allowed the Serbs to vote inside Kosovo. - Muzzled media - Like many countries across the globe, Serbia has been battered by double-digit inflation. To blunt the hard edges of rising prices ahead of the elections, Vucic unleashed a barrage of state spending including pension increases and cash payouts to the elderly. He has also vowed to double average monthly salaries in the coming years, while further raising pensions. Vucic has used his more than a decade in power to consolidate control over the levers of power, including de facto control over the media. He called the snap elections in November, the latest example of how governments under his rule rarely serve out their term -- a move critics say is designed to keep the opposition off balance. The contest comes less than two years after the last round of presidential and parliamentary voting, which saw Vucic and the SNS tighten their grip on power. bur-ds\/jj Newsletters Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. News Alerts & Top Stories The latest breaking news, plus our top stories each week. The Daily Our top headlines each morning, seven days a week, as well as each weekday afternoon. You must select at least one email list. Please enter a valid email address. Sign up Manage your lists....

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refdgerd/A-Closer-Look-Inside-the-Biggest-Hamas-Tunnel-3d-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-003455 Source : https://paste.toolforge.org/view/1fd733f2 Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-4252-12182023-011152 Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25310 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-3111-12182023-000527 Other Sources : https://justpaste.me/Ezfw https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-3313-12182023-010033 https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-5122-44 https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-3415-45 https://rentry.co/bvrnpd https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-234527 https://jpeg.ly/Zs22G https://ibit.ly/HB69e https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-004618 https://ibit.ly/rACDH https://jpeg.ly/eY0PI https://paste.toolforge.org/ https://rentry.co/qhn8s https://pastebin.com/Q9ccpmpX WINDSOR - Loretta Marie Schebell, 88, formerly of Naugatuck, died peacefully surrounded by her beloved family on Dec. 15 at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford. Loretta was born Dec. 1, 1935 in New Haven, daughter of the late Michael and Philomena Pascucelli. She grew up in West Haven where she graduated from West Haven High School. Loretta went on to get her degree from Grace School of Nursing in New Haven and began her career as an operating room nurse at Yale New Haven Hospital. She continued working in various fields of nursing for over 35 years before retiring. Her compassion for people made her an exceptional nurse and caregiver. Loretta played classical piano and filled her home with music. She enjoyed gardening and nature and her love of art inspired her to be a painter. Loretta also enjoyed cooking and baking for family and friends but most of all she loved her children, friends and family and looked forward to spending time with them. Loretta had a wonderful sense of humor that made all of us laugh. We will miss that most about her. Loretta is survived by her daughter, Janet Pellegrino and her husband, Joseph Pellegrino, Jr.; son, Mark Schebell and his wife, Diane; daughter, Kathleen Schebell; son, Gary Schebell and her beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Loretta was predeceased by her brothers, Raymond and Michael. Loretta's memory will live on through the many friends and family whose lives she touched. Her sweet and gentle way will be remembered and cherished as well as the kindness she showed to all who knew her. Family and friends will gather to honor and celebrate Loretta's life on Dec. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon, with a service immediately following at the Buckmiller Thurston Mengacci Funeral Home, 82 Fairview Ave., Naugatuck. Burial will be announced. To leave an online condolence, please visit buckmillerthurstonmengacci.com.....

8ret1er21tfd/Can-Trump-reach-young-voters-on-the-economy-He-makes-the-case-in-New-Hampshire-cd-updated

8ret1er21tfd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/4UHSN Source : https://rextester.com/XSTRS49301 Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-5225-33 Biden last Talk : https://rextester.com/VONSLE44355 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jsitor.com/v37EwPa8GD Other Sources : https://paste.toolforge.org/ https://jpeg.ly/nAEVz https://yamcode.com/raw/ https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-2423-40 https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-3321-45 https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-1252-43 https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-1252-12172023-235209 https://rentry.co/ez8h2 https://rentry.co/hd2u4 https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/192f7c29 https://ibit.ly/2qy4- https://rentry.co/4hapy https://tech.io/snippet/O0v5VwM https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?Suggestions.1.262460.0 Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, said on Saturday that undocumented immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our country," repeating language that has previously drawn criticism as xenophobic and echoing of Nazi rhetoric. Trump made the comments during a campaign event in New Hampshire where he railed against the record number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S. border illegally. Trump has promised to crack down on illegal immigration and restrict legal immigration if elected to a second four-year term in office. "They're poisoning the blood of our country," Trump told a rally in the city of Durham attended by several thousand supporters, adding that immigrants were coming to the U.S. from Asia and Africa in addition to South America. "All over the world they are pouring into our country." Trump used the same "poisoning the blood" language during an interview with The National Pulse, a right-leaning website, that was published in late September. It prompted a rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League, whose leader, Jonathan Greenblatt, called the language "racist, xenophobic and despicable." Jason Stanley, a Yale professor and author of a book on fascism, said Trump's repeated use of that language was dangerous. He said Trump's words echoed the rhetoric of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, who warned against German blood being poisoned by Jews in his political treatise "Mein Kampf". "He is now employing this vocabulary in repetition in rallies. Repeating dangerous speech increases its normalization and the practices it recommends," Stanley said. "This is very concerning talk for the safety of immigrants in the U.S." In October Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung had dismissed criticism of the former president's language as "nonsensical," arguing that similar language was prevalent in books, news articles and on TV. When asked for comment on Saturday, Cheung did not directly address Trump's remarks and instead referred to the controversies over how U.S. colleges are handling campus protests since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, saying media and academia had given "safe haven for dangerous anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas rhetoric that is both dangerous and alarming." The "poisoning the blood of our country" language was not in Trump's prepared remarks distributed to media prior to Saturday's event, and it was not clear whether his use of that rhetoric was planned or adopted on the fly. Trump is the leading candidate for the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination and has made border security a major theme of his campaign. He is vowing to restore the hardline policies from his 2017-2021 presidency, and implement new ones that clamp down further on immigration. President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, has sought to enact more humane and orderly immigration policies but has struggled with record levels of migrants, a problem seen as a vulnerability for his re-election campaign. On the campaign trail, Trump has repeatedly used inflammatory language to describe the border issue and slam Biden's policies. On Saturday he recited the lyrics of a song he has repurposed to liken immigrants to deadly snakes. If re-elected, Trump promised "to stop the invasion of our southern border and begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history." (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)....

douddakzze1521/Reason-behind-Parliament-breach-is-unemployment-and-price-rise-says-Rahul-Gandhi-1e-updated

douddakzze1521

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/L2QAW Source : https://ibit.ly/veQX6 Flash News : https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp Biden last Talk : https://etextpad.com/i5vpile32p Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/7-2AS Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/upJ3E https://ibit.ly/VTFmN https://ibit.ly/Dy3SC https://ibit.ly/WVKJF https://jsbin.com/timuzazamo/edit?html,output https://ibit.ly/E_ued https://etextpad.com/ehri5ojvnr https://ibit.ly/GVOD_ https://pastebin.com/xt4XJt4i https://pastebin.com/mezsD1rb https://justpaste.me/F0zo https://jpeg.ly/fMaWz https://ibit.ly/CtsjM https://jpeg.ly/r71M_ About 61 migrants were missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya's coast, the International Organization for Migration, a United Nations agency, said Saturday, in the latest migrant tragedy off North Africa. The "large number of migrants" are believed to have died because of high waves which swamped their vessel after it left from Zuwara, on Libya's northwest coast, the IOM's Libya office said in a statement to AFP. Citing survivors, it said there were about 86 migrants aboard. Libya and Tunisia are principal departure points for migrants risking dangerous sea voyages in hopes of reaching Europe via Italy. In the latest incident most of the victims, which included women and children, were from Nigeria, Gambia and other African countries, the IOM office said, adding that 25 people were rescued and transferred to a Libyan detention center. An IOM team "provided medical support" and the survivors are all in good condition, the IOM office said. Flavio Di Giacomo, an IOM spokesperson, wrote on social media that more than 2,250 people died this year on the central Mediterranean migrant route, a "dramatic figure which demonstrates that unfortunately not enough is being done to save lives at sea." The Adriana, a fishing boat loaded with 750 people en route from Libya to Italy, went down in international waters off southwest Greece on June 14. According to survivors, the ship was carrying mainly Syrians, Pakistanis and Egyptians. Only 104 survived and 82 bodies were recovered. More than 153,000 migrants arrived in Italy this year from Tunisia and Libya, according to the United Nations refugee agency. Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni won elections last year after vowing to stop illegal migration. More than a decade of violence in Libya since the overthrow and killing of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a NATO-backed uprising helped turn the country into a fertile ground for human traffickers who have been accused of abuses ranging from extortion to slavery.....

gdrfqg/MORGAN-MURPHY-The-Stench-Of-Ukraine-Corruption-Is-Wafting-Westward-32-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/u5ZpG Source : https://rentry.co/xs3mv Flash News : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-001855 Biden last Talk : https://ibit.ly/dld9R Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/deSZk Other Sources : https://justpaste.me/F0u5 https://ibit.ly/-XnAm https://rentry.co/tanbm https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/36258931 https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-3432-33 https://jpeg.ly/6bGIi https://jsfiddle.net/zgmduv8e/ https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-5534-37 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-3141-47 https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-224826 https://pastelink.net/zklf24q2 https://jsbin.com/diwilepiku/edit?html,output https://pastebin.com/rcskm2Aq https://ibit.ly/OyCeP Will President Biden make it to the general election? As for Haley as a running mate, Trump said it's too early in the campaign cycle to consider. "I'm not even thinking about that," he said, but when pressed, he added: "Well, look, I think it's unlikely. Some things we have in common, some things we don't." Trump will be in New Hampshire on Saturday at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center Arena at 2 p.m. Trump hits the Granite State with a commanding lead in the polls, both in the first primary state and nationally. He's up by more than 50 points on the GOP field and is ahead of Biden in a potential face-to-face rematch. Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are in a virtual tie in New Hampshire -- or Haley is up by a few points -- with Chris Christie behind both and Vivek Ramaswamy and others falling off the map. The NH primary is Jan. 23. The Iowa caucuses are set for Jan. 15. Trump is leading there with DeSantis in the teens. Trump told Howie the best bet for his candidacy in the Nov. 5 is to "swamp them." In recent polls Trump beats Biden anywhere from 8 to 4 points, but it's still early with more court cases on his part and talk of impeachment hearings on Biden's side. Still, Trump said he's not sure Biden will make it to November. "It's more unlikely than not. I see the answers he gives or doesn't give," Trump said, "and I don't see it." Biden said on a recent stop to Massachussetts he is running and a rematch with Trump is the very reason why he's going to seek re-election -- even in his 80s. "If Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd be running. But we cannot let him win," Biden said at a fundraiser at a private home in Weston.....

refdgerd/New-role-for-Namibian-sports-minister-ag-updated

refdgerd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-4554-35 Source : https://jpeg.ly/R-k-d Flash News : https://ibit.ly/k8sG1 Biden last Talk : https://rentry.co/8ak43 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-001253 Other Sources : https://rentry.co/wy2up https://ibit.ly/mVesf https://ibit.ly/6F__H https://pastebin.com/YH3YACcM https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-3121-12182023-003359 https://rentry.co/pzip2 https://justpaste.me/EzYL1 https://rentry.co/bea4t https://rentry.co/f3h8g https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-1353-40 https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25331 https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-5214-39 https://rentry.co/mzfkd https://jpeg.ly/qdaAq Amnesty International Luxembourg is organising a demonstration calling for an "immediate and lasting" ceasefire in Gaza, on Monday 18 December 2023 in Luxembourg City. The demonstration is one of several planned around the world, after Palestinian organisations and activists called for a global strike on Monday, demanding an immediate ceasefire. "We need global mobilisation: this day of action is intended to allow everyone calling for a ceasefire to come together and show the strength and power of our collective global voice," explained Fernanda Pérez, Director of the Luxembourg section of Amnesty International. On Monday, supporters of Amnesty International Luxembourg will meet at the organisation's headquarters in Luxembourg-Gare (23 Rue des Unis, L-1477) at 17:00, before marching to Place Hamilius in the city centre to call for a ceasefire. The Luxembourg-based organisation noted that "suffering has reached unprecedented intensity and scale" in Gaza and the West Bank since 7 October 2023 (the date of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel). A week-long truce ended on 1 December 2023 and fighting resumed. The organisation recalled that 1.8 million people in Gaza have been forcibly displaced and civilians are "struggling to survive in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis". Amnesty International Luxembourg also recalled that, on 8 December 2023, the United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire - despite a ceasefire being considered "the best way to ensure the protection of all civilians in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, and to alleviate humanitarian suffering in Gaza."....

refdgerd/Three-juveniles-arrested-in-connection-to-series-of-convenience-store-robberies-ab-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://pastebin.com/945F9Zii Source : https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-1332-42 Flash News : https://rentry.co/gv5o6 Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-010114 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jpeg.ly/oYrLb Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-3111-12182023-000527 https://ibit.ly/OjTwT https://rentry.co/rh8c44 https://paste.ee/p/oMN3v https://ibit.ly/aqBB7 https://jsbin.com/juqezodazu/edit?html,output https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-2252-12182023-005804 https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-2245-12182023-000805 https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-233506 https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-1341-12182023-011827 https://jsbin.com/jiqakuwibe/edit?html,output https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25282 https://rentry.co/76vmhw https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/29bdf30f The event at the Ramlila ground is not going to happen but a small gathering is planned at Aiwan-e-Ghalib auditorium near ITO on Monday, the organisers said. An 'All India Muslim Mahapanchayat', which was scheduled to be held at the Ramlila ground in Delhi on December 18, has been "deferred" as the Delhi Police did not receive "written assurance" from the organisers about safe and smooth conduct of the event, an official said. On December 1, the city police told the Delhi High Court that they have granted permission to Mission Save Constitution, an organisation that claims to be working for protection of citizen rights, to hold the event at the Ramlila ground on December 18 with subject to certain conditions for safe and smooth conduct of the event. "We have not received any written assurance related to certain points to conduct the event, therefore no-objection certificate (NOC) cannot be issued. Nobody approached us till Sunday night," a police officer said. When contacted, the organisation, headed by advocate Mehmood Pracha, said they again moved a petition before the court on the issue and the hearing on the matter is scheduled December 19. The police authorities, represented by advocate Arun Panwar, had asked the petitioners to assure them on certain points including that the gathering will not significantly increase from the proposed 10,000 people to ensure that the event was conducted safely and smoothly. The city police also said the names and number of speakers, as conveyed to the authorities, will not exceed or change, and no speaker would say anything against Indian laws or make hate speech that could disturb public harmony, peace and tranquillity of the area. The event at the Ramlila ground is not going to happen but a small gathering is planned at Aiwan-e-Ghalib auditorium near ITO on Monday, the organisers said. Earlier, Mission Save Constitution had said in its plea that it wanted to initiate a series of events for strengthening the weaker sections of society, beginning with minority communities and followed by other communities like Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, and that the voice of all the oppressed would be raised at its meetings.....

8ret1er21tfd/Ottawa-youth-facing-terrorism-charges-in-alleged-plot-against-Jewish-people-RCMP-31-updated

8ret1er21tfd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jsbin.com/dofadecufo/edit?html,output Source : https://rentry.co/gem6gs Flash News : https://ibit.ly/HwCOu Biden last Talk : https://rextester.com/ADBZF71342 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://rextester.com/ULWH11467 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/raw/ https://rextester.com/NBXZ14262 https://pastelink.net/ck3jji2l https://tech.io/snippet/xSyfffM https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-3431-12172023-204022 https://ibit.ly/P9-cy https://jsfiddle.net/n3wgz29v/ https://ibit.ly/TaHXW https://rextester.com/ALT69290 https://jsitor.com/Onsqx-nBg8 https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-1453-41 https://ibit.ly/-PTro https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-1234-51 https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-011734 New Delhi: If Kolkata's Victoria Memorial symbolises the edifice of British imperialism in 20th-century India, the abutting Brigade Parade Grounds is a time-lapse encapsulating the shifting power structures in the post-colonial era. A compressed video file of sorts where the sea of red at Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev's grand reception in 1955 is smudged by strokes of saffron at the historic United Front rally in 1988 where Atal Bihari Vajpayee shared the dais with the Left stalwart Jyoti Basu.....

GaboGonzo/bert2BERT-es-to-pt

GaboGonzo

--- license: mit ---

vwxyzjn/EleutherAI_pythia-160m__train_sft_accelerate_summarize__tldr__seed1_1702859307

vwxyzjn

transformers

text-generation

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raoel/code-search-net-tokenizer

raoel

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gdrfqg/Human-sense-of-taste-can-alter-the-pace-and-rate-of-eating-ab-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jsbin.com/tulusinepa/edit?html,output Source : https://jsbin.com/hababuxeti/edit?html,output Flash News : https://ibit.ly/VuLDk Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-230501 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-5525-43 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-010959 https://rentry.co/i4f756 https://etextpad.com/onlsfghqo9 https://rentry.co/k25i9 https://jpeg.ly/XlqYc https://etextpad.com/uwydwisekh https://jpeg.ly/Lj0Eh https://jpeg.ly/jSnc7 https://pastelink.net/z8hdmk9b https://rentry.co/6urys https://jpeg.ly/yz1aM https://jsfiddle.net/jesndh17/ https://jpeg.ly/m28Ow https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25126 (The Hill) -- A Michigan man, who has described himself as a militia leader, was sentenced to more than four years in prison Friday for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol. Matthew Thomas Krol, 65, assaulted at least three officers, injuring one of them, with a baton that he stole from the officers, prosecutors said. Court documents show that he pushed his way through a crowd of rioters on the Lower West Plaza of the Capitol grounds, threw a water bottle at law enforcement and then attacked the officers. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Krol to four years and 3 months in prison -- though he will get credit for the time he's served since his arrest in February 2022, the Associated Press reported. "The course of my life was changed that day, and he was part of the mob that ensured I'd lose my career," former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said in the courtroom. Ahead of the sentencing, Krol apologized to Gonell -- who retired from the department a year ago -- for striking his hand and leaving it bloody and swollen during the insurrection, according to the AP. "I don't expect you to accept my apology, but I hope one day you do," he said. Krol has also been linked to three members of the Wolverine Watchmen paramilitary group -- who were convicted last year of supporting a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to prosecutors. He, however, was not implicated in the scheme. His defense attorney asserted that while Krol made hyperbolic and inflammatory statements related to the group, he now "regrets" them -- and claimed he knew nothing about the plot. "The government uses the phrase that Mr. Krol was 'an associate of members' to allude to a greater connection than exists," attorney Michael Cronkright said. Prosecutors argue Krol "expressed his willingness to engage in mob violence to achieve his political objectives" even before the Jan. 6 riot. "In Facebook messages, Krol evoked the use of violence against politicians and open hostility toward (Whitmer), in addition to sharing pictures of himself carrying weaponry," Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Tessman wrote in a court filing. Nine months after the riot, Krol was interviewed as he returned from a trip to Mexico. The defendant accused Customs and Border Protection of stopping him only because he was a supporter of former President Trump, and referred to the insurrection as a peaceful protest at the time. "During the same interview, Krol proclaimed that he was more patriotic than any of the officers who were questioning him," Tessman wrote. He pleaded guilty to the assault charge in August. Prosecutors were seeking a six-year, six-month sentence. More than 1,230 individuals have been charged in all 50 states concerning the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol. That number includes more than 440 individuals who were charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, according to the Justice Department.....

abhipn/tinyllama-finetuned-qlora

abhipn

--- license: apache-2.0 base_model: TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v0.6 tags: - generated_from_trainer model-index: - name: tinyllama-finetuned-qlora results: [] --- <!-- This model card has been generated automatically according to the information the Trainer had access to. You should probably proofread and complete it, then remove this comment. --> # tinyllama-finetuned-qlora This model is a fine-tuned version of [TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v0.6](https://huggingface.co/TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v0.6) on an unknown dataset. ## Model description More information needed ## Intended uses & limitations More information needed ## Training and evaluation data More information needed ## Training procedure ### Training hyperparameters The following hyperparameters were used during training: - learning_rate: 0.0002 - train_batch_size: 8 - eval_batch_size: 8 - seed: 42 - optimizer: Adam with betas=(0.9,0.999) and epsilon=1e-08 - lr_scheduler_type: cosine - training_steps: 500 ### Training results ### Framework versions - Transformers 4.35.2 - Pytorch 2.2.0.dev20231130+cu121 - Datasets 2.15.0 - Tokenizers 0.15.0

refdgerd/Bongbong-Marcos-may-sign-2024-natl-budget-bill-on-Dec-20-says-Speaker-Inquirer-News-2d-updated

refdgerd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-001800 Source : https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-3154-12182023-002335 Flash News : https://jpeg.ly/hy8k5 Biden last Talk : https://notes.io/wtw7D Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-012012 Other Sources : https://rentry.co/gmekv https://pastelink.net/2ctj7hl7 https://rentry.co/ya7cxt https://pastebin.com/ https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-234207 https://tech.io/snippet https://rentry.co/kxtmdk https://notes.io/wtw48 https://pastelink.net/bq37c5i9 https://jsfiddle.net/xv7f3dby/ https://ibit.ly/_qJPU https://tech.io/snippet https://ibit.ly/35YER https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-4221-37 Heavy rainfall in Gaza adds to hardships of displaced Palestinians This footage was filmed and produced 16 December 2023. In a recent revelation, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) exposed a vast underground tunnel system constructed by Hamas, led by Muhammad Sinwar, near the Erez Humanitarian Crossing in Gaza. The massive network, spanning over four kilometers, was strategically positioned merely 400 meters from the Erez crossing. The Erez Crossing, previously a symbol of hope and coexistence, has facilitated over one million crossings in 2023. Unfortunately, on October 7th, it became a focal point of a Hamas invasion, resulting in the tragic loss of IDF soldiers CPL Nik Beizer and SGT Ron Sherman. The IDF's continuous efforts to dismantle these terror tunnels, some located beneath sensitive sites, have employed advanced operational, intelligence, and technological means. Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, IDF International Spokesperson, emphasized Hamas' prioritization of attacking Israel over supporting Gaza's residents. The video shows a drone footage from inside the tunnel and videos depicting soldiers' activities in exposing and examining it further. The IDF remains committed to safeguarding its borders against threats posed by such subterranean networks.....

Acelancer/new_model

Acelancer

--- license: mit ---

owanr/ghc-roberta-base-inter-data-frequency-human_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05

owanr

--- license: mit base_model: roberta-base tags: - generated_from_trainer model-index: - name: ghc-roberta-base-inter-data-frequency-human_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05 results: [] --- <!-- This model card has been generated automatically according to the information the Trainer had access to. You should probably proofread and complete it, then remove this comment. --> # ghc-roberta-base-inter-data-frequency-human_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05 This model is a fine-tuned version of [roberta-base](https://huggingface.co/roberta-base) on the None dataset. It achieves the following results on the evaluation set: - Loss: 0.1930 ## Model description More information needed ## Intended uses & limitations More information needed ## Training and evaluation data More information needed ## Training procedure ### Training hyperparameters The following hyperparameters were used during training: - learning_rate: 1e-05 - train_batch_size: 1 - eval_batch_size: 1 - seed: 42 - optimizer: Adam with betas=(0.9,0.999) and epsilon=1e-08 - lr_scheduler_type: linear - num_epochs: 3 ### Training results | Training Loss | Epoch | Step | Validation Loss | |:-------------:|:-----:|:-----:|:---------------:| | 0.194 | 1.0 | 11020 | 0.1930 | | 0.174 | 2.0 | 22040 | 0.1930 | | 0.211 | 3.0 | 33060 | 0.1930 | ### Framework versions - Transformers 4.35.2 - Pytorch 2.1.0+cu121 - Datasets 2.15.0 - Tokenizers 0.15.0

8ret1er21tfd/What-is-ketamine-ag-updated

8ret1er21tfd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/tZ17U Source : https://rentry.co/5ph8t Flash News : https://pasteio.com/xNdoKWpi4345 Biden last Talk : https://rextester.com/BHF76054 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://rextester.com/INQ83670 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-224608 https://ibit.ly/tbNFM https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-4554-12182023-011521 https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-3435-38 https://pasteio.com/xh6QKvAOgw4Y https://ibit.ly/Hd-rR https://jpeg.ly/fecpQ https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/e152631c https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-3354-47 https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-4314-12172023-205715 https://rentry.co/ga7s2g https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12172023-225930 https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-230320 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-5355-40 Editor's Note: In order to make some kind of point, and obviously drive up YouTube clicks, Brandon Herrera relocated from North Carolina to Uvalde, Texas to run for Congress. Uvalde is the small Texas town where nineteen children and two teachers were massacred by a gunman in May of 2022. The Uvalde News Leader's Sofi Zeman reports that gun maker Brandon Herrera left behind an "inactive explosive device" at a recent campaign event in Uvalde, requiring the San Antonio bomb squad to respond to the incident. Herrera's team subsequently released a statement describing the device as a "spent shell" and claimed it was not "a threat to anyone." "At the event, a generous fan brought Brandon an inert, spent dummy shell as a gag gift that Brandon had fired in one of his videos," the campaign said. "Brandon's campaign then re-gifted to the round to another fan who failed to collect it at the conclusion of the event as attendees were being ushered out." Uvalde police Chief Daniel Rodriguez told Zeman that security footage recorded an unidentified person leaving the object outside the building where a campaign event had just taken place. An unnamed individual discovered it the following day and informed the police, who proceeded to ask the bomb squad in San Antonio -- 100 miles away -- for assistance. "We don't believe that he intentionally left it there," Rodriguez said, "but until we obtain a statement, we won't know for sure what actually happened and why he left it where he placed it down." Herrera, who has over 3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel called "The AK Guy," is challenging Rep. Tony Gonzales in the March 5 Republican primary for Texas' 23rd District. He ended September with considerably more money than any of the congressman's other intraparty foes.....

vwxyzjn/EleutherAI_pythia-160m__train_sft_accelerate_summarize__tldr__seed1_1702859472

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transformers

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gdrfqg/Heres-what-happens-when-solar-wind-disappears-near-Earth-and-Mars-hg-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://rentry.co/atue4a Source : https://rentry.co/az2rp Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-003848 Biden last Talk : https://jsbin.com/kicezayoto/edit?html,output Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/ZTw0i Other Sources : https://pastelink.net/qjdug0lr https://justpaste.me/EzXw4 https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-3125-40 https://jsbin.com/natebalejo/edit?html,output https://pasteio.com/x8w31KX0RmdG https://ibit.ly/VAbGA https://jpeg.ly/0KHFZ https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-224544 https://rentry.co/od68x https://ibit.ly/59Jn_ https://tech.io/snippet/aCaCO7a https://rentry.co/ https://etextpad.com/6bt6qx3oaf https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-214056 The U.S. Army intends to remove a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery next week as part of its ongoing work to rid Defense Department property of divisive rebel imagery, defying dozens of congressional Republicans who have vociferously protested the move. A woman representing the American South, standing atop a 32-foot pedestal, lords above most other monuments within America's most revered resting place. It portrays, according to the cemetery's website, a "mythologized vision of the Confederacy, including highly sanitized depictions of slavery." This month, 44 Republican lawmakers cautioned Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the first African American to hold the post, that the Pentagon would overstep its authority by removing the memorial and they demanded that all efforts to do so stop until Congress works through next year's appropriations bill. The memorial "commemorates reconciliation and national unity," not the Confederacy per se, the group led by Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (Ga.) claimed. The Army, which operates Arlington Cemetery, informed lawmakers Friday that it would proceed with the monument's removal, officials told The Washington Post, because it was required by the end of the year to comply with a law to identify and remove assets that commemorate the Confederacy. A congressional commission had previously decided the memorial met the criteria for removal. The task will cost $3 million. These officials spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. They said out of an abundance of caution that security at the cemetery would be enhanced when the work begins in coming days. Workers will remove the memorial's bronze elements and leave its granite base in place to avoid damaging nearby gravesites, officials said. The Army is coordinating with the state of Virginia and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, a federal agency, for its relocation. "We want to make sure that it is situated within an appropriate historical context," a senior Army official said. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is disappointed by the monument's removal, said Macaulay Porter, a spokesperson. Youngkin plans to relocate it New Market Battlefield State Park, which would be a "fitting backdrop" for the memorial, Porter said. The site is about 100 miles west of Arlington. It is unclear when that process would happen, but Army officials said the memorial will be moved to a storage facility for some time. Removal of the memorial was recommended by a bipartisan congressional commission appointed after the police murder of George Floyd in 2020 was followed by a wide-scale reckoning with the nation's history of racism, and it marks a significant moment in the Defense Department's mission to cleanse the U.S. military of Confederate iconography. The commission found about 1,100 assets that commemorate the Confederacy, including base names and street signs, and advised the Pentagon on what should be removed or changed. The memorial at Arlington was the last significant item on that list, Army officials said, and its ouster comes just before the Jan. 1. deadline set by Congress. A spokesperson for Clyde did not immediately return a request for comment. The Lost Cause movement, which recast rebel traitors as morally righteous warriors defending states' rights and spread the false belief that slavery was benevolent, is evident in the memorial's bronze panels. A weeping Black woman, described by cemetery historians as a stereotypical "mammy," clutches the baby of a White officer, and a camp servant dutifully follows his enslaver toward battle. The memorial's Latin inscription directly references the idealized mythology of the Lost Cause, the cemetery's historians say, further underscoring the deliberate historical distortion. The marker was erected in 1914, part of a constellation of Confederate markers that rose throughout the early 1900s to cement the ideals of white supremacy as Black Americans demanded equal rights. That context must be understood, said Ty Seidule, a retired Army general who was the vice chair of the congressional commission that recommended the monument's removal from Arlington. While Republican lawmakers described the marker as an ode to reconciliation, it was installed in what was then a racially segregated cemetery and molded in celebration of an emerging racial police state in the South. "It's incredibly ironic the party of Lincoln is the one doing this," said Seidule, a historian and visiting professor at Hamilton College, describing the GOP effort to stop the marker's removal. "It is the cruelest monument in the country because it is so clearly proslavery." Workers will install safety fencing around the memorial before its removal begins, Army officials said. Protests are not permitted within Arlington Cemetery, and anyone who carries out such an action will be removed by law enforcement, they added. After the marker's removal, the cemetery's staff will develop a plan for signage intended to address and contextualize the bare pedestal. Other groups have tried unsuccessfully to keep the memorial at Arlington. A lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. military alleged that the decision to bring it down was made without sufficient public input. That suit was dismissed Tuesday, according to court filings. The Army said it did not anticipate another legal challenge before work begins next week. In 2017, after the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville that claimed the life of counterprotester Heather Heyer, descendants of the memorial's sculptor, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, told The Post they wanted the monument removed. The monument glorified the fight to protect slavery, they wrote. "Take it out of its honored spot in Arlington National Cemetery and put it in a museum that makes clear its oppressive history," the family said. The memorial's impending removal comes after the Army stripped the names of Confederate officers from nine installations, replacing them with several minority and female soldiers who have been unrepresented among celebrated troops for centuries. The facilities were previously named with the help of segregationists who held sway in the Jim Crow-era South and were all in states that joined the Confederacy.....

azizalto/arabic-news-embeddings

azizalto

--- license: mit language: - ar tags: - arabic-embeddings - word-embeddings - word2vec --- The model (embeddings), and dataset (corpus) used in the paper: A. Altowayan and L. Tao "Word Embeddings for Arabic Sentiment Analysis", IEEE BigData 2016 Workshop > Source repo: https://github.com/iamaziz/ar-embeddings

refdgerd/Just-a-Coincidence-Viral-X-Post-Calls-Out-Shocking-New-State-Flag-Design-12-updated

refdgerd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25280 Source : https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp Flash News : https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-1332-42 Biden last Talk : https://tech.io/snippet Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://paste.ee/p/jghDM Other Sources : https://pasteio.com/xrpSDu3kJ14T https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-1324-47 https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-2553-12182023-000947 https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-5531-12182023-011050 https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-002214 https://jsbin.com/pahimisisu/edit?html,output https://ibit.ly/3zTPg https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-5142-12182023-005411 https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-5231-54 https://ibit.ly/F5nYo https://jsbin.com/soxinabugu/edit?html,output https://paste.ee/p/7H4tU https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-4124-45 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-1543-38 TRANSITIONAL PERIOD . . . Namibia's Minister of Sport, Agnes Tjongarero (left), shakes hands with Uchizi Mkandawire after transfer of Region 5 Chairpersonship in Malawi recently. NAMIBIA'S Minister of Youth, Sport and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero, is the new Chairperson of the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Council of Ministers. Tjongarero, who replaced Uchizi Mkandawire of Malawi, was conferred the Chairpersonship on December 15, 2023, in Lilongwe, Malawi, during the ordinary session of the Region 5 Council of Ministers meeting. The meeting was attended by five Ministers and four Deputy Ministers from the 10 Region 5 member Countries. Only Mozambique was unable to attend. Ministers Uchizi Mkandawire (Malawi and Chairperson), Motlatsi Maqelepo (Lesotho), Agness Tjongarero (Namibia), Muzi Bongani Nzima (Eswatini) and Elvis Nkandu (Zambia) were joined by Deputy Ministers (Teresa Joao Ulundo Oliviera (Angola), Honest Buti Billy (Botswana), Nocawe Noncedo Mafu (South Africa) and Emily Jesaya (Zimbabwe). Tjongarero's elevation was in accordance with Article 30.6 of the Region 5 Constitution which states that "the Chairpersonship of the Council must rotate with the hosting timetable of the ordinary meetings, unless decided otherwise by the majority of Ministers eligible to vote". By virtue of being the Council of Ministers Chairperson, Minister Tjongarero doubles up as the Chairperson of the Troika of Ministers. Ministers responsible for sport in Mozambique and Malawi will join Minister Tjongarero to serve in the Troika for the next 24 months. Carlos Gilberto Mendes, Secretary of State for Sport in Mozambique, was given the mandate to continue to serve as Troika and Council of Ministers Vice Chairperson as Mozambique will be the next Region 5 Games host in 2026. Uchizi Mkandawire, the outgoing Chairperson, becomes the third member of the Region 5 Troika of Ministers by virtue of being the outgoing Chairperson. According to the Region 5 Constitution, membership of the Council is based on the bearer being the Minister responsible for Sport in an AUSC Region 5 Member State. The Chairperson of the Council holds office for a period of 2 years. An in-coming Council Chairperson must serve on the Troika for two years prior to assuming Chairpersonship of the Council while an out-going Council Chairperson must serve on the Troika for two years after leaving Council Chairpersonship. Namibia did not serve for two years as incoming Chairperson as stipulated in Article 14.3 of the Constitution as they swapped hosting places with Mozambique who requested to host the Region 5 Games in 2026 in order to recover from the effects of Cyclone Freddy. Council therefore passed a waiver on Article 14.3 paving way for Namibia to assume Chairpersonship by virtue of being the host of the next Games. The Region 5 Council of ministers is the supreme policy making organ of the organisation. Among its numerous duties, the Council of Ministers is responsible for making policies and regulations on the administration, organisation and promotion of sport in Region 5 as recommended by the Board of Advisors. The Council of Ministers is charged with the responsibility to ratify the draft annual budgets and annual audited accounts submitted to it by the Board of Advisors. Council is also responsible for disciplining members and officials including Confederations for any breach of the Region 5 Constitution, its rules, regulations, and by-laws or for misconduct likely to bring Region 5 into disrepute. It is also one of the duties and functions of the Region 5 Council of Ministers to confer honors and awards on any Member State, team or individual for meritorious service rendered to AUSC Region 5 and for exceptional achievements in national, regional or international competitions. Tjongarero has the unenviable task of leading Region 5 to excellence under a very punishing operating environment due to post Covid-19 effects and the weight of climate change, in particular the anticipated El Nino weather effects likely to have an effect on economic performance in the sub-region. The new Region 5 Chairperson will be expected to steer the organisation to sustainable commercialisation under the recently approved Strategic Plan and HEART28 strategy. Read more on www.herald.co.zw The Theory of Change dubbed HEART28 aims to accelerate industrialization and digitalization of sport placing sportspreneurship at the centre of the business revenue generation strategies. The Region will be striding towards brand regeneration and vertical integration in terms of diversifying and shifting its capital structure to sustainable productive investment. The new Region 5 Council of Ministers Chairperson will also be charged with the responsibility of ensuring the stabilization of the organisation under the recently approved organisational er-engineering model. The model labelled 3S+P is premised upon revitalizing four pillars of strategy, structure, skills and programmes for sustainable growth and viability of the organisation. With the strides that the Region has made under the collective leadership of the out-going Council of Ministers Chairpersons, Malawi Ministers Msungama, Chimwendo Banda and now Uchizi Mkandawire over the last two years, Minister Tjongarero is geared to ride on the crest of the trajectory in motion to steer the Region to another level. During the last two years, the Region managed to successfully go through a restructuring exercise which saw the introduction of six Experts Commissions and Permanent Secretaries in the Ministries responsible for sport serving as a Board of Advisors. The Region also introduced several capacity building initiatives key among them being the Women Leadership Programme and the Management Development Programme jointly offered in collaboration with the Bindura University of Science Education in Zimbabwe. The Region further reviewed its strategic plan and drew a theory of change dubbed HEART28 to spearhead accelerated momentum towards excellence. In addition, the Region introduced the Walk for Life, a sport for all event aimed targeting 10 million people including girls, women and persons with disabilities in Region 5 Member Countries to be physically active by 2028. On Friday December 15, 2023, during the ordinary meeting of Council of Ministers, a Silver Jubilee concept was ratified by the Ministers, paving way for a commemoration of the Region 5 25 years of existence. The Silver Jubilee commemoration is scheduled to be launched in Zambia on May 24, 2024, on the eve of the regional Annual Sports Awards, during which 25 individuals who made a difference in sport over the last 25 years in the Region will receive a special Silver Jubilee award. The localized celebrations will see Angola hosting a 3 x 3 Basketball Fiesta. Mozambique is scheduled to host a Jubilee Netball Jamboree, with South Africa hosting a Silver Jubilee Marathon. Botswana is scheduled to host a football and Athletics Legends Jamboree Challenge with Zimbabwe hosting a Cultural night on the margins of the inauguration of the Region 5 Sports Museum. In addition, 25 deserving school children drawn from all 10 Region 5 Member Countries will benefit from a school fees bursary for the next 25 months. Malawi will weigh in with a Malawi Cycling Grand Prix as part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations while Lesotho, Eswatini and Namibia will commemorate the Silver Jubilee when they receive the 2024 Region 5 Youth Games Torch during its relay. The Region receives the new Chairperson with jubilation and is ready to support her in delivering her mandate. In the same manner the Chairpersonship of the Board of Advisors and Committee of Experts also shifted to Namibia. The out-going Chairperson of the Board of Advisors who also serves as the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sport in Malawi, Isaac Katopola, handed over the Chairpersonship to the Executive Director of Namibia in the Ministry of Youth Sport and National Service, Erastus Haitengela. The Chairpersonship of the Committee of Experts like wise, was transferred from Mr Jameson Ndalama the Malawi Director of Sport to Johanna Ndilokelwa Manuel the Director of sport in Namibia. The African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region 5 is the sports arm of the African Union, which was once the Organisation of African Unity. The main aim of the AUSC Region 5 is to use sports to achieve peace, integration and unity in Southern Africa i.e., sport as a vehicle of encouraging people to develop and come together, irrespective of colour, economic status, political, class, or gender.....

8ret1er21tfd/Couldve-taken-cash-from-Sahu-BJPs-swipe-at-Congress-ea-updated

8ret1er21tfd

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vwxyzjn/EleutherAI_pythia-160m__train_sft_accelerate_summarize__tldr__seed1_1702859666

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transformers

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NethajiNirmal/testmodel

NethajiNirmal

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gdrfqg/Can-Trump-reach-young-voters-on-the-economy-He-makes-the-case-in-New-Hampshire-gg-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-234428 Source : https://rentry.co/8v9vc Flash News : https://jsbin.com/hajigiloyu/edit?html,output Biden last Talk : https://ibit.ly/k6DnZ Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jpeg.ly/O3AyY Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-3533-12182023-003532 https://ibit.ly/q4F3f https://rentry.co/mcei6 https://rentry.co/34vy8 https://jpeg.ly/n3qYb https://ibit.ly/2huR1 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-5143-36 https://jpeg.ly/Ej98x https://rentry.co/55taq https://rentry.co/m8opat https://jsfiddle.net/weqfah4v/ https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-230717 https://jsbin.com/culegihina/edit?html,output https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-4553-32 Brooop-brooop. The chirp of the motorcade's sirens didn't merit much attention -- Washington's streets teem with police escorts, especially around Capitol Hill. But the black Mercedes S-Class sedan, shimmering in the summer of 2022's heat, stood out. Weird, I thought. DC's elite are usually in Chevys or Cadillac SUVs. Then the wife of Ukraine's president, Olena Zelenskyy, stepped out. If the American taxpayer could only see this, I thought. Along with the Mercedes, her suit, hair, and phalanx of assistants and bodyguards drew a distinctly different appearance than her husband's green sweatsuits, a disaster casual look much fawned over by Western media. For that visit, the taps were wide open -- $48.7 billion in American assistance dollars flowed in 2022. Hawks, following Senator Mitch McConnell, backed nearly unlimited funds. "Now is not the time to be risk-averse!" Senator Joni Ernst said from the Senate floor. "Best money we've ever spent," said Senator Lindsey Graham. In March of 2022, just 11 senators and 57 congressmen voted against the $40 billion aid package. Their nay votes look wiser with each passing day. First off, the money: we've given Ukraine $113 billion bill thus far -- equal to ten U.S.S. Gerald R. Fords. The United States could rebuild our entire aircraft carrier fleet for that sum. Because we've borrowed every cent, the total cost will be much higher. Now, 18 months later, a recent poll shows nearly half of all Americans believe we've spent enough. Yet this week, Zelenskyy again visited the White House and Congress with his hand out, even invoking Ronald Reagan along the way. He's likely to get more funding, though it will take some border concessions from the Biden administration. A second concern is the escalating risk to national security. Former CIA director Leon Panetta inadvertently admitted, "We are using the Ukrainians as our proxy forces." It may be a proxy war for us, but the conflict is assuredly an existential threat to Vladimir Putin and Russia. This week, a leaked classified report claimed that Russia has lost 315,000 troops. The "leak" is likely no accident. DC hawks see large Russian casualties as proof of America's good investment. Americans can't even comprehend such staggering figures. We lost 416,000 troops in all of World War II. Those ignorant to Russian history may be tempted to think, surely the Russians can't sustain this pace. They're wrong. The Soviets lost 1.1 million soldiers in one battle alone, Stalingrad. And like World War II, Russians see the fight with Ukraine as a stand against the West and fascism, which is why 8 out of 10 Russians support the war and Putin himself. As a result, expect Russian men and materiel to continue to pour into Ukraine. And in the unlikely event of a major Russian setback, American policymakers should not rule out nuclear escalation. Russia, not the USA, boasts the world's largest and most advanced nuclear stockpiles. Third, American military readiness is at stake. At the most basic level, the war is being fought with artillery. At present, the Army is procuring 28,000 155 mm rounds a month, with goals to double that figure by next year. Meanwhile, Ukraine is burning through up to 9,000 155 mm rounds per day. Even under the rosiest scenarios, Ukraine is firing through our reserve munitions at an alarming rate, dipping below the minimum stockpiles needed to prosecute a conflict. President Biden admitted this reality this summer when he said of the 155 mm round, "we're low on it." Should the United States get into yet another war in the Middle East, or worse, with China, we'll be out of munitions within days of the outbreak of hostilities. Lastly, the stench of Ukraine corruption is wafting westward. Ukraine is not a liberal democracy, or even an illiberal one. When then-president Viktor Yanukovych rejected a deal to associate with the European Union in late 2013, America went into overdrive to change the outcome. "The extent of the Obama administration's meddling in Ukraine's politics was breathtaking," said the CATO Institute. The resulting coup kicked off a series of escalating events: the ejection of Yanukovych, election of the pro-West Petro Poroshenko, and an armed-separatist insurgency in the Russian-speaking Donbas region. In early 2014, while American politicians like John McCain were over-promising Ukrainians, "America is with you," Hunter Biden joined the board of the Ukrainian oil and gas company. It was his access to DC power, not his oil and gas expertise, that earned Hunter a $1 million annual salary from Burisma. (RELATED: MORGAN MURPHY: The Military Does An About-Face After Woke Garbage Tanks Recruiting) Two years later, in 2016, that salary paid dividends. Burisma came under the eye of Ukraine's prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin. The Kyiv Post reported in February 2016 that Shokin nailed Burisma's owner, Mykola Zlochevsky, seizing his homes and Rolls Royce. The very next month, Vice President Biden visited Ukraine and told President Poroshenko that the U.S. would pull $1 billion in loan guarantees if he didn't immediately sack Shokin. "I said, 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money.' Well, son of a bitch, he got fired," Biden later bragged. In 2019, President Trump asked newly-elected Voloydymyr Zelenskyy to look into those events, "There's a lot of talk about Biden's son and that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great." These words were the basis of President Trump's first impeachment trial. The subsequent media dereliction of duty on Ukraine led to Hunter and his father's actions being hid from the electorate in 2020. The most corrupt nation in Europe keeps finding its way into American political scandals. That reason is money. As Republicans continue to vote for Ukraine funding, they would do well to consider the risks. Morgan Murphy, former Pentagon press secretary and national security adviser in the U.S. Senate, is the author of five books, including Bourbon & Bacon. He is a veteran of Afghanistan and the host of "Tastes of Victory." The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter's byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.....

refdgerd/PM-hails-hearttoheart-partnership-with-Japan-ca-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://notes.io/wtwNw Source : https://ibit.ly/YBwTl Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-3114-12182023-000425 Biden last Talk : https://pastelink.net/w1cn83bi Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-010410 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-004321 https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-2152-12182023-011021 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-4332-41 https://jsfiddle.net/xw6jykdt/ https://jpeg.ly/yorDh https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-5222-35 https://rentry.co/2pqy7 https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-2135-34 https://jpeg.ly/JG-4U https://rentry.co/ubdmu https://rentry.co/25ukz https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25336 https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-5535-12182023-010801 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-3341-49 TOKYO, Japan -- President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. may sign the 2024 national budget on Wednesday, according to House Speaker Martin Romualdez. In an ambush interview in Tokyo, Romualdez said the President will sign the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) a day after he arrives from Japan. The Chief Executive is attending the 50th Commemorative Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Japan Friendship and Cooperation Summit. "It's ready for ano, I think Wednesday. Wednesday na ata yung signing po," said Romualdez. (It's ready for... I think Wednesday. Wednesday will be the signing.) The House Speaker added said printing some necessary documents is still underway. Romualdez is confident Marcos will not veto any provision in the budget bill. Both House of Representatives and Senate have approved the measure.....

douddakzze1521/Ottawa-youth-facing-terrorism-charges-in-alleged-plot-against-Jewish-people-RCMP-1e-updated

douddakzze1521

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jsbin.com/xaqapaxeli/edit?html,output Source : https://tech.io/snippet Flash News : https://pasteio.com/xJwUKoW1zlQK Biden last Talk : https://ibit.ly/1x7J5 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/KOs5x Other Sources : https://jpeg.ly/3X74Q https://pastelink.net/3j1e1pun https://jsitor.com/Y17mRgoVbD https://jpeg.ly/HvMe0 https://jsitor.com/0CNRZQsDgJ https://pastelink.net/se9uspbg https://etextpad.com/ys3zimpumy https://pastelink.net/2ybdv9t9 https://ibit.ly/DnVOE https://ibit.ly/aVoYD https://ibit.ly/HzVYP https://jpeg.ly/BOzrf https://jsbin.com/yiziyobare/edit?html,output https://etextpad.com/tffpli4s7l In Igbokofi, a sleepy community nestled in the Yewa North Local Government of Ogun State, no functional healthcare facility exists, thus leading to high maternal and child mortality. SODIQ OJUROUNGBE writes on the harrowing experiences of residents, especially pregnant women and the high price they pay in this neglected enclave. Behind the amazing greenery and quiet façade presented by Igbokofi, an agrarian community lays gloom, grief and deep-seethed anger that boil from being denied one of life's fundamental rights - accessible healthcare. Here, maternal and infant deaths appear to be a norm and a fate they have come to accept. Governance, to Igbokofi's residents, is just a mirage and one that happens in a faraway land. The story of Tosin Ayeni is one that breaks the heart because her death due to pregnancy-related complications was avoidable. As she lay on a hard bed in a small, dark room that fateful night, all that this first-time mother (primigravida ) wanted was to cuddle her bundle of joy after going through the rigours of labour. Drenched in sweat and shaking from the effects of excruciating pains travelling from her waist down to her legs, she looked at her husband with fear in her glazed eyes. They would have rushed her to the nearest health centre had it not been abandoned years back by the state government and overtaken by thickets. The nearest primary health centre to them is located in Ijoun, which is a two-hour ride on a motorcycle, on a rough, unmotorable road. While another alternative, though shorter and could be life-threatening to a pregnant woman due to its mountainous layout is a hospital that can be annexed within 45 minutes in the Republic of Benin. However, after considering the two options and realizing that they could be dangerous for Tosin, her husband, Sanjo and his father-in-law, Ayeni, had to make a last-minute decision to seek the assistance of a popular traditional birth attendant in the next community. The elderly TBA after taking one look at the pregnant woman, told them she was in very bad shape and her life was in danger but assured them that she would try her best. Sadly, the TBA skill was limited and could not do much without proper equipment. After hours of groaning and grunting, she gave birth to a baby girl, but minutes later, life ebbed out of her. As the family grieved, they also had to care for the newborn baby, who was a prototype of her later mother. "I watched my wife suffer and then die. There was nothing I could do. She left a hole in my heart," Sanjo said with bloodshot eyes. Tosin's father, PUNCH Healthwise learnt, never recovered from the death of his daughter. And days turned into weeks, and rolled into months, overwhelmed by grief, Ayeni's health deteriorated, and he became a shadow of his former self. In early September of 2023, he slept and never woke up. The deaths of Tosin and her father were just two among the long line of tragedies witnessed in the community. Yet another loss Folakemi Olaniyi is yet to get over the death of her child after being mismanaged during childbirth in a private hospital. According to her, she was later taken to Ijoun Primary Health Centre after her baby's head and hands got stuck in the birth canal. Olaniyi told our correspondent that she was referred to the Ayetoro General Hospital by the health workers when they realized that she had lost a large amount of blood. The woman was later moved to Lantoro Hospital in Abeokuta, where a caesarean section was carried out to remove the baby, who had become distressed at the time. "The doctors battled to save our lives but my baby did not survive. If the community had a working, well-equipped hospital, my baby would still be alive," she cried. However, PUNCH Healthwise learnt that Olaniyi not only lost her child, but she can no longer conceive as her womb was badly damaged due to a rupture during labour. "I spent two months in the hospital. If there was a qualified government hospital here, I would have been attended to immediately. "I have four children, and whenever they are sick, I take them to a health centre in Ijoun, which is very far, or to a hospital in Benin Republic. If there is no money, they are treated with herbs. The government should please provide the community with a hospital. Another resident, Bernice Ogunyomi, said she always takes her child, who requires regular blood transfusions to the Republic of Benin for treatment. She lamented that even the health centre in Ijoun could not attend to her child's medical needs. Expressing her frustration, She lamented, "Whenever we take our children there (Benin Republic), we pay through our nose. Many people have no choice but to go to Benin Republic for treatment, and as for me, my priority is to get good treatment." A community without primary healthcare PUNCH Healthwise learnt that Igbokofi, a town with about 9,000 people, which borders the Republic of Benin, has witnessed decades of deaths, while residents face an uncertain future. Some of the villages under Igbokofi are Bode-Igbokofi, OkeEyo-Igbokofi, Omilende-Igbokofi, Asaga-Igbokofi, Idigbo-Igbokofi, Owode-Igbokofi, Ipinle-Igbokofi, Igbonla-Igbokofi, Oosada-Igbokofi, Baginiwo, OriOke, among others. Most of the residents told our correspondent that the death of Tosin and her father did not come as a surprise to them because such happens often. They claimed that they have lost of the number of people that have died from preventable diseases and childbirth-related complications due to the absence of a primary health centre. Maternal\/infant death is a norm PUNCH Healthwise investigation revealed that pregnant women and their unborn infants are at serious risk due to a lack of healthcare facilities and the absence of competent healthcare providers. Speaking with our correspondent, a field missionary to Ohori Nations, and the proprietor of Christ Way Academy in Igbokofi, Pastor Kunle Garb, said the community once had a government hospital, which was eventually shut down due to a lack of health workers and government failure to provide necessary amenities. He revealed that another hospital constructed by the National Boundary Commission, and handed over to the Ogun State government was never put to use, lamenting that residents now deal with high rates of maternal and child mortality. Tortuous road For Igbokofi residents, the lack of a functional health centre is just part of the many challenges they are faced with as the community lacks other infrastructure like good roads, electricity and potable water. Accessing the place from Ayetoro, a major town, was treacherous. The main artery leading to the community was unpaved and narrow and often became impassable during the rainy season. PUNCH Healthwise observed that the road was uneven and lined with deep potholes filled with murky water. Travelling on the road, our correspondent observed, would be dangerous for pregnant women or those in need of urgent medical care. The residents told PUNCH Healthwise that they have over the years lost many of their loved ones while transporting them to the health centre in Ijoun. They described the road as a source of great frustration and appealed to the state government to intervene. Garb, who is also one of the community leaders in Igbokofi said during the last campaign, the state government promised to repair the road leading to the community as well as other roads, and lamented that the indifference to their suffering after the election is mind-blowing "Despite being a community of about 7,000 registered voters, we have not felt any evidence of good governance. "The only time we see any government official is during election season when they come to the village to make empty promises. "But after the elections, they would disappear, leaving the people of Igbokofi to fend for themselves. "The lack of government support is a major factor in the community. Without access to education or healthcare, many people will struggle to find jobs or improve their living conditions. "Without proper roads, we are isolated from the outside world and can't access markets or other opportunities. The cycle of poverty will be difficult to break. The people of Igbokofi feel trapped," " he blurted in anger. Child deaths high in Ogun According to the United Nations Children's Fund infant and under-five mortality rates have remained steady in Nigeria, at 74 and 117 deaths per 1,000 live births, respectively. UNICEF noted that at these mortality levels, one Nigerian child of every 13 born dies before reaching age one, while one in every eight does not survive to their fifth birthday. Meanwhile, a UNICEF report released in 2022, revealed that Ogun State recorded the highest number of children's deaths in the southwestern part of the country. The survey conducted by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners indicated that Ogun recorded the highest figures in neonatal mortality, infant mortality, and postnatal care for newborns, among others in the region. The Social Policy Specialist of UNICEF, Mohammed Okorie, while speaking on this at a two-day media dialogue on the 2022 Multiple Indicator Clusters, explained that the estimations were "part of the MICS 6 results released by the NBS on August 16, 2022." Quoting the NBS, he said, the survey estimated that 56 out of 1000 children between the ages of zero and 11 months died after birth in Ogun State. Okorie stated further that 68 out of 1000 children between the ages of 0 and less than one year died after their birth in Ogun State. He noted that the state has also ranked the highest in deaths of children under five years with a record of 85 deaths out of 1000 children. He further said that Ogun also recorded the lowest newborn care with an estimation of 77 per cent. According to the World Health Organisation, as of 2017, Nigeria's maternal mortality rate was estimated at 917 per 100 000 live births and increased by nearly 14 per cent in 2020 to reach 1047 deaths. Ogun State Government refused to save us - Community leader Corroborating this data, the acting Baale of the community, Pa Jacob Ogunyomi stated that in the last two years, childbirth complications claimed the lives of about five pregnant women, while more than 20 children have died before they clock five. He said several letters have been written to the government highlighting the community's dire predicament, but none of them have been treated as urgent or important. "The greatest challenge we have is that we don't have a hospital, those that were working have been abandoned and were later closed. "When we try to patronise private hospitals, we don't get good medical treatment and they are very expensive. The other option we have is to take those who are sick and pregnant women to Ijoun, which is a two-hour journey from Igbokofi. "The government should provide a good hospital, health workers, and a motorable road. One of the issues is that whenever they transfer new health workers here, they will stop coming because of the bad road. If there are good roads, then it will be better," he explained in smattering English. Hospital built by National Boundary Commission rots PUNCH Healthwise further gathered that a health facility built by the National Boundary Commission in 2010 was abandoned. Our correspondent learnt that it the commission handed over a five-in-one project which included a hospital, school, market, police station, and workshop to the state government. However, while the market, police station, and school were put to use by the residents, the hospital was shut despite the state government being aware that one of the main reasons for building the hospital was to curb the high rates of maternal and child mortality recorded in the community. During PUNCH Healthwise visit, it was observed that the building was already falling apart, while the paints had practically washed off, revealing just bare cement. The premises had been overtaken by weeds, even as the windows were broken and doors sealed with wood to prevent entry. It was clear that no one had set foot in the building for years. The residents said the hospital was built to bring healthcare closer to them but that the aim was never actualised. While inspecting the abandoned hospital, our correspondent discovered that the damage went beyond the peeling paints and broken windows, as it was discovered that the floorboards were rotting. Ambulance taken away Garb told our correspondent that some of the burglaries had been stolen. He said, "The last time government officials came was the day the Boundary Commission came to hand these properties to them. They did not do anything since then. The ambulance that was handed over to the government with the name of Igbokofi inscribed on it was taken away that same day. "The hospital was never equipped and the building was left to rot since 2010, and nothing has been done about it. Several efforts to get the attention of the government have not yielded any positive response." Corroborating Garb's claims, some residents claimed the state government took away an ambulance donated by the Boundary Commission and gave it to the Ayetoro General Hospital. They accused the state government of turning a blind eye to their plight and exposing them to needless deaths. The residents insisted that the Toyota Hilux ambulance would have been a lifesaver, as it would have been used to transport sick people to the nearest hospital within minutes. They also claimed it was taken away because there was no intention to equip the hospital or provide an alternative one - a primary health centre in the community. They lamented that in the absence of an ambulance, they use other crude means to transport the sick and injured, and in most cases pregnant women to the Ayetoro General Hospital. Dilapidated primary healthcare PUNCH Healthwise observed that the only Ogun State Primary Health Centre in Igbokofi is overgrown with weeds, and according to the residents, it stands as a stark testament to years of indifference. Garb told our correspondent that the health centre, which serves about 16 villages around Igbokofi, was shut down 12 years ago because of the bad road. "The hospital was closed down 12 years ago and people left in the hands of quacks who claim to be doctors. "People have died due to lack of health facilities in the community and around. Even the Ijoun community that we usually rush to doesn't have a well-equipped primary health centre. It is just so unfortunate." Left in the hands of quacks Residents of Igbokofi revealed that they are forced to rely on traditional healers and quacks who operate private clinics, lamenting that they do more harm than good. A Cocoa farmer and resident of Igbokofi, Ogunyomi Benjamin, said they prescribed drugs without proper medical tests. He said, "My wife gave birth at home, and that is the same for others here. Most women give birth by themselves at home, and this has resulted in many deaths because there is no doctor to take care of them. "Also, when our people get sick, we don't have anywhere to take them for treatment and many of our women have died from being prescribed the wrong medications after childbirth. "It is only God that is taking care of our children because there is no hospital and no qualified doctor. We just mix several drugs and give them to take. God is the only one helping us. "We want the government to give us a good general hospital and they should put enough drugs there for us to use, with a qualified doctor." Quacks contribute to high maternal and child mortality A study titled, 'The Impact of Quackery and Unreliable Health Facilities on Maternal and Child Mortality in Nigeria' by Dr Abibat Fakunle of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, found that lack of trained healthcare professionals and unreliable health facilities are major factors contributing to high maternal and child mortality in the country. The study discovered that the prevalence of quackery in the healthcare sector was a major factor contributing to high maternal and child mortality. While describing quacks as unqualified or untrained individuals who practice medicine without proper training or certification, the study noted that such people often provide substandard or even harmful care, leading to poor outcomes for patients. The study found that this practice was common in rural areas, where access to qualified healthcare professionals is limited. It also found that many patients were unaware of the risks of seeking care from unqualified practitioners. The study recommended increased funding and regulation of the healthcare sector to ensure that quality healthcare is available to all Nigerians. According to a gynaecologist and reproductive health expert at Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Dr Adetola Olayinka, quackery and inadequate healthcare facilities are major factors contributing to maternal and child mortality in Nigeria He, however, pointed out that quackery is not the only factor contributing to maternal and child mortality, adding that environmental factors such as poor sanitation, lack of access to clean water, and exposure to toxins can also have a major impact on health outcomes. Healthcare is every Nigerian's right - Physician The medical practitioner underscored the importance of access to qualified healthcare professionals and the need for better regulation of the healthcare sector. "Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. All Nigerians, regardless of their socioeconomic status, deserve access to quality healthcare. I call on the government to invest in healthcare facilities, train and retain qualified healthcare professionals, and regulate the healthcare sector to ensure that the people are protected from quackery. "Poverty and poor health go hand in hand. Children who live in poverty are more likely to suffer from malnutrition, which can lead to lifelong health problems. We must do more to address the underlying causes of poverty and improve access to basic needs like health," he noted. Govt keeps mum When our correspondent reached out to Lekan Adeniran, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, he was directed to the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker. However, the commissioner's number was not reachable but four messages sent to her WhatsApp indicated that they were read. When our correspondent reached out again to the governor's CPS, Adeniran, he was told to either go to the commissioner's office or wait for the commissioner's response.....

abhipn/tinyllama-finetuned-qlora-dup

abhipn

peft

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gdrfqg/Ottawa-youth-facing-terrorism-charges-in-alleged-plot-against-Jewish-people-RCMP-ff-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jsbin.com/giqowoxuna/edit?html,output Source : https://jsbin.com/muwedobiya/edit?html,output Flash News : https://rentry.co/ucd58n Biden last Talk : https://rentry.co/w9ryo Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://paste.toolforge.org/view/559ae7f5 Other Sources : https://paste.ee/p/Z5Cqe https://pasteio.com/xQ28Cw4g44XY https://ibit.ly/HQETf https://jpeg.ly/Iu8S6 https://ibit.ly/3uO1M https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-003717 https://jpeg.ly/VYy9L https://justpaste.me/F0Tv3 https://ibit.ly/yjq6W https://rentry.co/9wqrxn https://jpeg.ly/flNOa https://rentry.co/osvme https://ibit.ly/glQpe https://jpeg.ly/cnL1F With many of us, eating too quickly overcomes the normal feelings of being sated and the biological signals from our stomach to our brains keeps us from eating so much that we end up regretting it later. What appears to pull us back from over-eating, in many cases, are our tastebuds. A biological insight has shown, based on brainstem recording, how our tastebuds are the first line of defence against eating too fast. This new understanding could lead to new avenues for tackling weight loss. University of California - San Francisco researchers demonstrated this by stimulating the perception of flavour to pinpoint a set of neurons that function to curtail our food intake. According to lead researcher Zachary Knight the results could be significant: "We've uncovered a logic the brainstem uses to control how fast and how much we eat, using two different kinds of signals, one coming from the mouth, and one coming much later from the gut. This discovery gives us a new framework to understand how we control our eating." Using an animal model, the researchers used imaging and recording to reveal the brainstem structure critical for feeling full. This is termed the nucleus of the solitary tract, or NTS. It was demonstrated that when food is put directly into a mouse's stomach, brain cells called PRLH (for prolactin-releasing hormone) are activated by nutrient signals sent from the GI tract. When the scientists allowed the mice to eat the food as they normally would, those signals from the gut did not show up. Instead, the PRLH brain cells switched to a new activity pattern that was entirely controlled by signals from the mouth. The activity of the PRLH neurons seems to affect how palatable the mice found the food. This meant these cells are activated by the perception of taste. Hence there are other components of the appetite-control system that researchers need to think about. Here, a PRLH-neuron-induced slowdown could be the solution. The taste of food triggers these neurons to switch their activity in seconds, from keeping tabs on the gut to responding to signals from the mouth.....

8ret1er21tfd/Supervisors-approve-development-of-updated-health-dept-resource-guide-ah-updated

8ret1er21tfd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://rentry.co/z5ti4 Source : https://rextester.com/NYNHZ41618 Flash News : https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/QSM2J Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/6PFag Other Sources : https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/02788399 https://ibit.ly/F0SOe https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?pg=pgDiscussPost&ixDiscussTopicParent=0&ixDiscussGroup=1 https://rentry.co/rr4qy https://jpeg.ly/jNAmQ https://pastebin.com/HtHSeUNx https://jsbin.com/tuzuwecopu/edit?html,output https://justpaste.me/F0uL https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25312 https://ibit.ly/sPyvB https://jsfiddle.net/6ocwh7Lv/ https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-3455-46 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-1235-34 https://justpaste.me/F0Td DURHAM, N.H. -- Former President Donald Trump returned to the Granite State for a Saturday rally at the University of New Hampshire, where he half-filled the school's hockey arena with hundreds of MAGA faithful. After mounting a stage set just to one side of center ice, the 45th President launched into his typically bombastic style of stump speech, jumping into attacks against President Joe Biden during his opening remarks and hammering the sitting commander-in-chief's record as the address continued. "Not one thing has gotten better under crooked Joe Biden," Trump said. "Joe Biden and the Democrat Party are incapable of solving any problems." "All that will change when the polls close on election night in 2024," he said. "By Christmas of next year the economy will be roaring back." Trump's speech, which lasted about an hour-and-a-half, was wide ranging and somewhat rambling, jumping from topic to topic rapidly and with little or no evidence provided to back up his claims. At one point early in his speech, he claimed the border between the U.S. and Mexico simply does not exist any longer, then later also claimed to have built over 500 miles of wall there. "We don't have a border anymore," he said. According to Trump, a continuation of Biden's policies of "wasting trillions on Green New Deal nonsense" would inevitably lead the U.S. economy into a second Great Depression. "You are going to be in the poor house to fund his big government Green New Deal, which is a socialist scam," he said. "Let's call it, from now on, the 'Green New Scam.' I like that. I just came up with that in my head." He said that his re-election would prevent Democrats from doing away with his tax cuts, passed during his first term. Those tax cuts were passed with a sunset clause and will expire in 2025 one way or the other unless reauthorized by congress. Trump attacked the press, pointing the crowd toward the gathered national and local media, calling them "fake news." "Don't you have anything better to do on a Saturday?" he asked the journalists invited by his campaign to attend his scheduled rally. Trump spoke of his fellow Republicans. He called former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie a "fat pig." He said former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's rise in the polls wasn't demonstrative of a "surge" compared to his own support. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, he said, can't keep his numbers from falling. "You don't want a candidate that will do the bidding of Wall Street, the military industrial complex, or the deep state," he said. The withdrawal from Afghanistan, orchestrated by Trump for the spring following the end of his term and postponed until after the following summer, was the "most embarrassing moment" in U.S. history, he said. "For four straight years I kept America safe," he said. "I am the only person who will keep you out of WWIII." The Make America Great Again campaign, he said, is the "greatest political movement" in U.S. history. He called himself "your all time-favorite president, me." On foreign policy, Trump said he would revoke China's "most favored trade partner status" and establish a "reciprocal tariff" system, whereby foreign goods will be taxed domestically if U.S. goods are taxed elsewhere. "They all rip us off," he said of U.S. trade partners. "We will establish stiff penalties for China, and for all nations that abuse us." Trump attacked clean energy, parroting an oft-repeated talking point about windmills killing birds and whales. Solar is not powerful enough, he said, to keep U.S. manufacturing in motion. Trump promised to "kill" the federal government's plans to mandate electric vehicle manufacturing. "It's a terrible thing they are doing to our country," he said. "Drill baby drill -- we're gonna make so much money -- we're gonna drill baby, drill." Trump leads polling in New Hampshire and nationally by wide margins. According to polling averages by RealClearPolitics, he is ahead of the rest of the Republican field by almost 50 points and is polling about four points ahead of Biden. "Joe Biden is a threat to democracy," Trump said, before citing Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Victor Orban. As far as his loss in 2020 and the looming rematch with Biden, Trump maintained as he has for years that he won the last race but that the White House was stolen from him. Over 90 felony charges leveled against the 45th president in the time since he left office are nothing more, he said, than an attempt to prevent his returning to power. "They're not after me, they're after you. I'm just standing in the way," he said. "We're engaged in a righteous crusade." The United States is not a free nation, Trump said, but it would be again if he were returned to the Oval Office for a second term. "Our country is in great danger, he said. "Under my watch, Ukraine wouldn't have happened, Israel wouldn't have been attacked, inflation wouldn't have happened." Trump closed his speech by speaking through an instrumental musical overture, his voice soft at first but rising with the song. The audience came to their feet as he delivered what was essentially a live campaign commercial. "We are a nation that has lost its confidence, lost its will power, lost its strength. We are a nation that lost its way," he said. "Three years ago we were a great nation, and we will soon be a great nation again."....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://etextpad.com/rojyirpzaj Source : https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-005926 Flash News : https://ibit.ly/0aKXf Biden last Talk : https://paste.toolforge.org/ Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-4252-12182023-011152 Other Sources : https://pasteio.com/xbOhQQ0GGpTY https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-3451-12182023-000623 https://rentry.co/rqzqe2 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-2531-46 https://rentry.co/acqck https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-5341-51 https://pastebin.com/4tbNaEC3 https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-5435-12172023-234534 https://rentry.co/4d5rk https://rentry.co/fb67z https://rentry.co/f76f5z https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-233312 https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-001028 https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-4554-12172023-232546 WASHINGTON -- About 7 in 10 Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and only about 1 in 10 believe democracy is working "extremely" or "very" well, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half say they disapprove of President Joe Biden, though more lean toward the Democratic Party than toward the Republicans. The poll shows Asian Americans are more likely to trust Democrats over Republicans to handle issues like the spread of misinformation, election administration, student debt and climate change, but slightly more likely to trust Republicans than Democrats on handling the economy and split on which is better suited to handle immigration. Many in the community trust neither party to handle major issues, especially election integrity and misinformation. Hoffmann to temporarily close some Augusta businesses, wineries Cardinals finalize manager Oliver Marmol's coaching staff with two new additions St. Louis nursing home abruptly closes, leaving workers unpaid, residents relocated 12 best men's colognes of all time in 2024 Blues fire coach Craig Berube amid four-game losing streak Catholic school closures across St. Louis area to be announced this week 15 best oils to support hair growth Captain Brayden Schenn, goalie Jordan Binnington react to dismissal of Craig Berube From a small Missouri town to 'The Voice' finals: Ruby Leigh says 'It's all pretty crazy' Ian Froeb names the 13 best new St. Louis restaurants of 2023 'Never a doubt': Ruby Leigh lands in 'The Voice' finals Developers want to build 1,200 homes in O'Fallon, firing up St. Charles County boom St. Louis developer owes $800K in property taxes. It's causing problems at City Hall. No Catholic grade schools are marked for closure in St. Louis Archdiocese downsizing Cardinals explore the possible addition of Japanese All-Star reliever Yuki Matsui The poll is part of a series of surveys designed to reflect the views of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, whose attitudes and opinions can often not be analyzed in other surveys due to small sample sizes. It finds that the dour views among Asian Americans are broadly in line with the perspectives of the general public. In a December AP-NORC poll of U.S. adults, 75% said they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Asian Americans hold only a slightly more positive view of Biden than the general public, at 45% compared with 41% of all U.S. adults in December. Cassie Villasin, a product manager in Washington, said she believed the country has gotten worse in recent years but said "that doesn't necessarily mean it was all Joe Biden's fault. I think that it was already going downhill prior to his election." Villasin said she approved of Biden generally, citing issues like his handling of student loan debt. Just 12% of Asian American adults believe U.S. democracy is working extremely or very well, though another 47% say it functions "somewhat" well. Three-quarters said the views of most people living in the U.S. should matter significantly when enacting policy in the country. That is slightly higher than the number who said the same of the views of people from their similar background, at 64%, and substantially more who said the same of the opinions of policy makers, at 31%, or interest groups at 7%. Joy Kobayashi, a retiree in California, said she feared Donald Trump's potential reelection in 2024 signaled an "existential crisis for democracy" but that she believes U.S. democracy "is currently functioning quite well" because of the criminal indictments against the former president for various issues related to the 2020 election. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are broadly skeptical of both parties' presidential nominating processes. Only 27% have a high degree of confidence in the Democrats' selection process and 20% feel the same for the Republican nominee process. "I'm not going to say they are perfect," Kobayashi, 63, said of the Democratic Party. "But they are much more for trying to fight to make voting convenient and not requiring things like photo ID or putting up artificial barriers." "I choose to believe that democracy is working, but I have my doubts," said Ed Robertson, an independent in Arizona. Robertson said he believes the 2020 election was correctly decided but that "corruption" exists in all elections. Will Chou, a Republican, said that American democracy had been "unchanged" as a system for at least the past 100 years. "I don't think (democracy is) under threat. We have so many checks and balances and separation of powers, which are all structural elements of the Constitution. And I think it's worked," Chou said. Chou, 55, said that he trusts Republicans to better handle elections and believes Democrats are "letting in millions of millions of people from outside and find ways to let these people vote." Concerns about misinformation were high, with 83% saying misinformation is a major issue in U.S. elections, surpassing concerns over election integrity issues or restrictions on free speech. "It seems like more misinformation is spread through the Republican Party from my personal experiences," Villasin said. "In terms of informing people with scientific evidence, or just evidence in general, it seems like the Democratic Party is more likely to provide that," she said. Chou said that misinformation is a major problem but believed that both Democrats and Republicans often spread false claims. Kobayashi, on the other hand, believes social media platforms restricting some information, including misinformation, is a "violation of free speech" but, not a major issue in U.S. politics. 0 Comments Tags Dcc Wire Lee-national....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/qjf0q Source : https://paste.ee/p/N9swg Flash News : https://ibit.ly/NoHGu Biden last Talk : https://pastebin.com/eCEEYeyQ Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jpeg.ly/0riRe Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/oq5RE https://jpeg.ly/MD3B5 https://jsbin.com/menarimavo/edit?html,output https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/328d18db https://pastebin.com/pSW92Wzs https://jpeg.ly/2Nlm_ https://jsbin.com/kuhebubija/edit?html,output https://pastelink.net/axcr4m1e https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/2034ccf7 https://pasteio.com/ https://ibit.ly/u9hSP https://ibit.ly/tJoYg https://ibit.ly/A_8fX https://jsbin.com/qedekahani/edit?html,output If there is one child in Britain who needs a Christmas miracle, it's three-year-old Ralph Tatham. Diagnosed with an ultra-rare but potentially curable form of liver cancer, his parents Katie and Graham have just days to raise £1 million to fly him to America for a triple transplant operation. Surgeons at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital are backing the couple's desperate bid to save their son, saying that Ralph - who has been top of this country's liver, bowel and pancreas transplant list since May - could die if he waits any longer for the organs to become available in the UK. Today the chemotherapy holding his cancer at bay is failing with every round and his tumour markers are rising fast. Katie and Graham, both 35, now have no option but to beg for public help to fund treatment in the US where there's a much bigger pool of organ donors. Ralph Tatham, 3 pictured with mum Katie, 35. They live at Chingford in East London Ralph could die if he waits any longer for the organs to become available in the UK Surgeons at London 's Great Ormond Street Hospital are backing the couple's desperate bid to save their son If they succeed, Ralph stands every chance of being well enough to return to their home in North London in the New Year. If they succeed, Ralph stands every chance of being well enough to return to their home in North London in the New Year. 'With this operation, by next Christmas he could be starring in his school Nativity play,' said Katie. 'We have been waiting since May but no organs have come up and we do not have much time left. 'Ralph can't afford to wait another six months. If we're going to go to America, we have to go now while there's still time. If the cancer spreads then it'll be too late. 'Going public is not a decision we have taken lightly but it looks like the only way to save Ralph's life. Our doctors have said to us, 'if you can go to America, then you should' because there's a much higher chance of receiving donated organs there. We're talking days rather than months or years. 'At the outset we were optimistic the operation could be done here in the UK. It would be performed by the NHS and Ralph is a priority case. He has been since May. It's just the pool of donors is so small here. The wait has been excruciating, and as the days have turned into weeks and the weeks into months, our hope fades. 'I will do anything to save my son - what mother wouldn't? I cannot let him die. If that means asking people, charities, companies, to help me save Ralph, then I'll do it. We have to fundraise now. If we start in a couple of months it'll be too late. 'So we need £1 million before Christmas, certainly in January. It's the price of my son's life.' Diagnosed with an ultra-rare but potentially curable form of liver cancer , his parents Katie and Graham have just days to raise £1 million to fly him to America for a triple transplant operation Heartbreakingly, it was last Christmas when Ralph fell ill Heartbreakingly, it was last Christmas when Ralph fell ill. Katie, an accountant, and Graham, who works in life sciences, thought their under-the-weather toddler had picked up a winter bug at nursery. But by January he had still not shaken it off and was complaining about a sore and swollen tummy. After repeated trips to the GP and a failed course of antibiotics, he was referred to their local hospital for a scan. It was only meant to be a precautionary measure, but medics discovered tumours on his liver. Further tests diagnosed heptoblastoma, a rare cancer which affects just two out of every million children in the UK annually. 'I don't think any of us believed anything was wrong. Who thinks a sore tummy in a three-year-old is cancer?' asks Katie. 'I get post-traumatic stress disorder thinking back to that moment when he was diagnosed - nobody suspected anything sinister at all. 'Ralph is just a little boy who loves spaghetti bolognese, his Hot Wheels cars and going to the beach in Cornwall to watch his Daddy try to surf. I had a great pregnancy with him, he had three years of good health and then this. It's cruel beyond belief. 'Now he thinks that having a Hickman line [a tube in the chest joined to a major blood vessel] is normal. He thinks that having your bloods taken twice a week is normal. And he thinks spending so much time in hospital is normal. 'When he's well enough, he comes home and it's a joy, because that is actually normal. And that's all we want. Ralph is a funny, sunny, kind little boy with blond hair and a gorgeous giggle. 'I often think back to when he was born, holding him in my arms and thinking I'll never love anything as much as this. How could I have known he was going to go through this horrible diagnosis, this treatment - and the worst is yet to come.' Initially it was hoped that Graham could donate part of his liver to his son, as he was a match. Before that however, another liver became available from someone who'd died. 'With this operation, by next Christmas he could be starring in his school Nativity play,' said Katie Ralph was taken into the operating theatre, but when surgeons opened him up they discovered the cancer had spread into the veins which supply his liver. It was a localised spread, but it meant he could not survive with a liver transplant alone. 'That was our second devastating blow,' said Katie. 'The thought of him having to undergo a liver transplant was horrendous, but we knew it had to happen. Then to be told Graham couldn't donate, and that Ralph had to have a multi-organ transplant, it was almost unbearable. We knew the odds of being given all three organs were much slimmer. 'His chemotherapy continued, but each round isn't holding his cancer back for as long as it used to. He hasn't got many more rounds left. 'There are other sorts of chemotherapy Ralph's medical team can try but there's no guarantee another one will work, and he is reaching his maximum levels of toxicity. Small children are resilient, but it's getting harder every time.' Despite their anguish, the couple have spearheaded an NHS drive to increase rates of organ donation, using Ralph's story on television, in cinemas and on social media to highlight the plight of the 230 children in the UK currently waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. The nationwide campaign is called Waiting To Live, but it has not been enough to save their own son - yet. Katie and Graham met as undergraduates at Cambridge University when they were just 19 and always hoped to become parents. 'I wanted to be a mum more than anything, so having Ralph was something I never took for granted,' said Katie. 'He was so precious - when he was born we felt like a lovely little family.' By the time of his diagnosis, Katie was already pregnant with Ralph's brother Albie, putting her under a huge amount of physical and mental stress when she was at her most vulnerable. She remembers spending nights in bed comforting Ralph, or sitting with him in intensive care, while cradling her growing bump. 'Albie is five months old now and he's as much a blessing as Ralph, albeit one which came at the wrong time. 'Because of Ralph's illness he has not had the childhood he deserves, the attention he needs. We try our hardest but the past few months have not been the best.' Surgery could change that in a matter of hours. The triple organ transplant sounds dangerous and complex but is considered a routine operation in America. It is performed at a number of hospitals in the States, including medical centres in California, Boston, Miami and Nebraska. Katie and Graham hope they will - somehow - be able to raise £1 million in the coming days and take their boy for treatment. When they get home with him they plan to continue their efforts to promote organ donation, in which the UK lags behind many other countries. 'It's not a subject people really want to talk about, especially not when it concerns children,' said Katie. 'We need to change that, not just for Ralph but for all families because you never know when this could happen to you.' Ralph Tatham, 3 with brother Albie, age 5 months. He needs a multi organ transplant to save him from an incredibly rare liver cancer called heptoblastoma - that has spread around his body. It only affects 2 in a million children She is clear the £1 million target is simply to cover Ralph's medical bills, and it won't pay for them in full, nor cover their transport and living costs in America. The family are privately funding all they can. 'We have to try to go. I don't want to jinx things, but the outcomes for this operation are very good. I have spoken to other mums whose children have had this surgery and they are doing well. They're back at school and the biggest thing they have to worry about is their homework. That's how it should be for Ralph, who has a very real prospect of a complete cure. 'His cancer could start to spread any day, and then it will be too late. We have an amazing team of doctors here in the UK who have supported us this far but we are running out of time. Ralph has been so brave, waiting for his transplant through 11 rounds of chemotherapy. He's been sick and exhausted but he has bounced back. 'He needs and deserves this - it's his last chance. We will do everything in our power to make it happen. So my plea, as a mum, as Ralph's mum, is this: help us to save him before Christmas.' A spokesman for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children said: 'Ralph is a brave little boy whose parents want to do everything they can to give him the best chance to get the multi-organ transplant he desperately needs. Despite the incredibly generous gift by many donors there are still not enough organs to meet the needs of patients waiting for transplants. 'Our team will continue to work with NHS partners to support Ralph and his family as they explore all possible options.'....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jpeg.ly/WIjRh Source : https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-010410 Flash News : https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/497a98c8 Biden last Talk : https://tech.io/snippet Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25333 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-5541-12182023-004138 https://ibit.ly/9j3eb https://yamcode.com/ https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/9bdad9b5 https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-005226 https://paste.ee/p/zPFig https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25323 https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25303 https://ibit.ly/mOnTR https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-004255 https://jsbin.com/disasogipu/edit?html,output https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-3131-30 https://notes.io/wtwka https://pastebin.com/an5kcC4s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin hailed his trip to Japan as a success, saying Japan is Thailand's close friend with a "heart-to-heart partnership" forged among the peoples of both countries. Mr Srettha made the remarks after attending the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of Asean-Japan Friendship and Cooperation in Tokyo. He said that Asean and Japan have enjoyed more than 50 years of relations as Japan has been a crucial partner to the bloc as well as Thailand's major investor. He said Asean and Japan discussed investment opportunities, tourism, clean energy and the digital economy. "Thailand and Japan are heart-to-heart partners as relations between the peoples of the two countries have continued to strengthen," the prime minister said. "The government will launch a visa-free policy to ease travel for Japanese businesspeople," Mr Srettha added. "The trip is a great success. Discussions also went smoothly. "Regarding the visa-free policy, [Japan] asked for it during the Apec Summit in San Francisco last month. Japan is an important business partner," he said. During the summit in Japan, Mr Srettha also delivered a speech under the theme of "heart-to-heart partners across generations". He said that this partnership, forged via education and cultural exchanges, had promoted mutual trust and understanding. "Japan has been Thailand's trusted friend," he said. In Tokyo, he said he also met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for talks on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which has more than 30 member countries. Thailand is currently applying to become a member. Mr Srettha on Sunday also delivered a speech on "Partners for Co-creation of Economy and Society of the Future" at the summit, emphasising the "immense potential" in the power of co-creating wealth and forging cooperation between competitors. He said Japan is currently the world's third-largest economy and Asean is expected to be the fourth-largest by 2030. There is high potential for Asean and Japan to co-create new opportunities for future generations, he said. "Seamless connectivity is the key to unlock our potential and promote shared prosperity. Thailand supports the Asean-Japan Comprehensive Connectivity Initiative to strengthen physical, digital and knowledge connectivity. "Japan's almost 3 trillion yen investment in quality infrastructure in Asean is a testament to Japan's commitment, and Thailand encourages even more investment in the future," Mr Srettha said. The priority is also to strengthen supply chain resilience and promote more cost-effective transport and logistics, he said. Thailand's Land Bridge Project represents the country's vision to enhance regional connectivity, and Thailand welcomes prospective investors to be a part of this project, Mr Srettha said. The government has been promoting this project as part of a longer-term vision to boost the economy.....

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jsitor.com/W9xxzmvBEH Source : https://jsbin.com/sucoyemahu/edit?html,output Flash News : https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-2142-35 Biden last Talk : https://rentry.co/op4yb Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/MuEAT Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/raw/china-president-says-wants-update-25298 https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-4154-12172023-215658 https://ibit.ly/c7T5u https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-3521-12182023-013143 https://jsfiddle.net/nyhp45z9/ https://ibit.ly/BGz09 https://jsitor.com/Qpry8it6SW https://rentry.co/tsrmt https://ibit.ly/p97sN https://jpeg.ly/Qxy7M https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-010959 https://notes.io/wtqYy https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-5322-42 https://jpeg.ly/dKjPs The sun constantly spews gas and particles charged with electricity into space at a million miles per hour. The stream, known as the solar wind, helps ward off rays that are harmful to Earth and can help create the northern lights on planets. One day last December, it disappeared as it approached both our planet and Mars. In response to the sudden lull in the solar wind, the protective magnetic layer surrounding each planet unexpectedly expanded, according to scientists and a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. The disruptions to the Martian magnetosphere caused by changes in solar wind could help paint a fuller picture on how the planet lost its water billions of years ago, the study's authors say. On Earth, scientists say understanding lulls in the solar wind are important because they can cause interference with satellites and communications. Around 4 billion years ago, oceans, rivers and lakes supposedly covered Mars. Over time, the liquid water disappeared from the surface. Scientists are interested in studying variations in the solar wind around Mars because it could lay out the various scenarios that led to water loss. So far, the scientists know how strong solar winds affect the Martian atmosphere. Billions of years ago, the relentless stream of solar particles and ultraviolet light may have stripped its atmosphere. The weakening magnetic field could have allowed more ions on the planet to escape into space - including water. "For water to be in stable liquid form, you have to have enough atmospheric pressure pushing down on it," Shannon Curry, co-author and planetary physicist at the University of California at Berkeley, said in a news conference. When the atmosphere on Mars eroded, "the atmospheric pressure lifted, and then the water started evaporating and being lost to space that way." For nearly 10 years, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) has watched Mars and informed how solar particles eroded the Martian atmosphere and its now absent liquid water. Scientists learned most ions were lost to space and during intense solar wind episodes. But they didn't have observations for when the solar wind was nearly absent around Mars - until now. Around Dec. 26, the MAVEN spacecraft observed something unusual. The density of the solar wind around Mars dropped by a factor of 100, as described in the new study. Mars's magnetosphere tripled in size by thousands of kilometers without the pressure of the solar wind compressing it. A collision between two different solar winds turned the dial down, said Jasper Halekas, lead author and space physicist at the University of Iowa. A fast solar wind acted like a snow shovel, pushing a weaker, slower solar wind and clearing the space behind it. The Martian atmosphere returned to its normal size the next day. Halekas said other low-density solar wind events occurred around Mars since then, but this was the longest and most dramatic. But how do these same events affect our lively Earth? On its way to Mars in December 2022, the solar wind vacuum hit Earth. As the solar wind decreased around our planet, Halekas said another NASA mission observed the expansion of the Earth's magnetosphere. Shock waves around Earth, known as a bow shock, doubled, he said, although the number was not included in the new study. But this wasn't the first, or most dramatic, solar wind disappearance around Earth. In 1999, another lull caused the bow shock around Earth to at least quadruple. In fact, one group of researchers found almost 12 low-density solar wind events around Earth from 1995 to 2017, but more could have gone undetected. Radio astronomer Janardhan Padmanabhan, who helped study past events, said they will analyze the Dec. 22 event, too. "The whole Earth was engulfed in this huge low-density bubble, slow-moving bubble" during these events, said Padmanabhan, a senior scientist at the Indian National Science Academy. Scientists are mostly interested when solar winds headed toward Earth are stronger than normal. Solar particles can collide with our protective magnetic shield and can cause different effects from the northern lights to radio blackouts to interruptions in satellite operations. But Earth could experience similar effects with low-density solar wind, too, said Ryan Dewey, a space physicist at the University of Michigan not involved in the study. During a low-density solar wind event, he said nearly everything in Earth's magnetosphere expands - including its radiation belts, which are made up of billions of high-energy particles and help protect Earth against harmful energy. If those radiation belts move over communications or GPS satellites, for example, the influx of particles could be hazardous for spacecraft. "They do affect radio wave propagation in the Earth's atmosphere, and therefore disrupt communications," said Allison Jaynes, a space and plasma physicist at the University of Iowa not involved in the study. Reduced solar wind can also cause an unusually intense polar rain - a type of aurora - that was seen in May 1999, Jaynes said. It allows beams of solar particles to travel straight into Earth's polar region. It's like when a gridlocked highway suddenly becomes clear. But there's a downside to the clear speedway for satellite operators. The precipitation of particles, depending on their volume, can heat the upper atmosphere, Dewey said. That heat could cause the atmosphere to expand outward and cause satellites to drag. The low traffic could also pave the way for a bigger solar danger toward Earth, Padmanabhan said. If a large eruption on the sun, known as a coronal mass ejection, follows behind, it could rock Earth's radio, rail and electric systems and satellite communications. If such a coronal mass ejection was headed toward Earth during a solar wind disappearance event, "you cannot imagine what havoc it could do," Padmanabhan said.....

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Passage came amid long-standing concerns that Donald Trump may try to exit the alliance if he returns to office. The provision was included in the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual bill detailing defense policy, which was passed by the House on Thursday and is awaiting the signature of President Biden. Under the measure, advocated by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the president would be prohibited from withdrawing from NATO without the approval of two-thirds of the Senate or separate legislation passed by Congress. Kaine and Rubio had been trying to advance similar measures since 2021. Passage of the defense policy bill this week marked the first time the House had embraced the tactic. The Republican-led House Armed Services Committee did not respond to questions about why the chamber accepted the provision. The office of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declined to comment. The bipartisan attempt to add checks and balances highlights the lengths to which Congress is willing to go to protect the U.S.-NATO relationship amid ongoing Russian aggression and following years of criticism of the military alliance during Trump's presidential tenure. Biden has sought to reassert the leadership role of the United States in global diplomacy, helping galvanize NATO member countries in support of Ukraine following Russia's invasion and encouraging efforts to expand the alliance to include Finland and Sweden. During his presidency, Trump frequently lambasted the alliance, accusing its members of being "delinquents" and questioning the wisdom of NATO's collective defense clause. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which formed the legal basis for NATO, states that an armed attack on one member of the alliance will be viewed as an attack on all of them, and that they will defend one other. In 2018, Trump publicly mused about why the United States might come to the aid of NATO member Montenegro, saying that sending troops from the alliance to defend an "aggressive" ally could result in World War III. Former Trump aides, including former national security adviser John Bolton, have said they feared at times that Trump could pull the United States out of the alliance. But Trump and his allies argue that his tough approach to NATO pushed member states to boost their defense spending obligations and strengthened the alliance. Kaine, in a statement, said that the provision in the defense policy bill affirmed "U.S. support for this crucial alliance" and sent "a strong message to authoritarians around the world that the free world remains united." Rubio said in a statement: "The Senate should maintain oversight on whether or not our nation withdraws from NATO. We must ensure we are protecting our national interests and protecting the security of our democratic allies." While the defense policy bill is set to be signed into law by Biden, it's unclear how exactly a scenario might play out in which the president and Congress are at odds over NATO membership. Michael E. O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, pointed out that there is precedent for presidents withdrawing unilaterally from treaties without consulting Congress. A chief executive conceivably could push back on efforts to restrict that - particularly if the treaty addresses the United States' defense posture abroad. A "future president might challenge such an effort and invoke the president's authorities as commander in chief under Article 2 of the Constitution," O'Hanlon said in an email. "It would, I think, be uncharted territory if this issue were forced to a confrontation." A Kaine aide said that while the Constitution is clear about the process to enter a treaty - including ratification by the Senate - it is silent on withdrawal. The provision offered by Kaine and Rubio was an attempt to offer specific guidance about the process, said the aide, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the legislation and spoke on the condition of anonymity. If a president violates the law, Congress can seek recourse in the courts, the aide said.....

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refdgerd/Cong-opposes-Colva-payparking-project-Goa-News-Times-of-India-4b-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-011117 Source : https://jsbin.com/rusakufeji/edit?html,output Flash News : https://rentry.co/6iidd Biden last Talk : https://rentry.co/u952m Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-233312 Other Sources : https://jpeg.ly/4-XZZ https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-2435-45 https://ibit.ly/ZNqyz https://jsitor.com/qlcZ4DDaU_ https://jpeg.ly/VLIL3 https://jpeg.ly/UR96l https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-011243 https://notes.io/wtw3w https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-1441-12182023-004916 https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-2213-12172023-235529 https://jsbin.com/siperelaku/edit?html,output https://jpeg.ly/6joyO https://jpeg.ly/zYvVz https://rentry.co/yzc6i The UK's Foreign Secretary David Cameron has backed calls for a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, warning too many civilians have lost their lives in the conflict. His comments will add to the growing pressure on Israel to suspend its military operations as the death toll surpasses 18,000. It is becoming clear the United States is losing patience with Israel due to rising civilian casualties and the vision of what happens when the fighting ends. In defiance to the Biden administration, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes calls for a revitalised Palestinian authority to govern the strip as an interim measure towards a two-state solution. As the IDF continues pressing further into Gaza, the Israeli leader is also adamant he will not bow to any international pressure on the timetable for the military operation.....

gdrfqg/Couldve-taken-cash-from-Sahu-BJPs-swipe-at-Congress-5h-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://rentry.co/khcp8 Source : https://rentry.co/2c4qx Flash News : https://rentry.co/kdy8v9 Biden last Talk : https://rentry.co/re8fd Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://rentry.co/4gdc2 Other Sources : https://pastebin.com/UHYnYmnY https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-4525-12172023-214150 https://rentry.co/wp6ac https://ibit.ly/C3hIG https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-4441-35 https://rentry.co/fbdtw https://rentry.co/d2pfth https://jpeg.ly/IOgkS https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-2345-12172023-233143 https://yamcode.com/kennedy-says-wants-update-2452-43 https://rentry.co/tkiqio https://rentry.co/6so48 https://jpeg.ly/rIQaU https://rentry.co/5ysap DURHAM, N.H. - Young Republican and Democratic voters don't agree on much. But college students outside of former President Donald Trump's rally at the University of New Hampshire Saturday found common ground on at least one thing - they're unhappy with President Joe Biden. "He's got to go," Katelyn Bellemare, a 19-year-old self-described right-leaning independent, said. Bellemare isn't sure yet who she'll vote for in the 2024 primary or general election, but she knows it won't be the current president. "He's hasn't done any good for this country," the Rochester, Mass. native studying psychology at UNH, said, noting Biden's handling of the economy and foreign policy as key deterrents. Hours later, inside the Whittemore Center Arena, Trump attempted to capitalize on the discontent expressed by voters like Bellemare during a wide-ranging speech that mostly focused on his economic agenda. "Were you better off five years ago or are you better off today?" the Republican frontrunner asked the crowd of thousands, including many college-age students finishing out their last few days on campus before winter break. "Not one thing has gotten better under crooked Joe Biden." With less than a month to go until voting starts in the GOP primary, Trump is dominating his Republican competitors in every national and state poll. And other than several brief mentions of his primary opponents, the ex-president appeared more focused in his speech on a general election match up against Biden. If Trump manages to win his parties nomination, young voters like those present Saturday could be crucial for him next November. Recent national polls have shown Biden losing momentum with the key voting bloc that helped propel him to the presidency in 2020. A Harvard Institute of Politics poll published in early December found Biden only slightly ahead of Trump among voters who are 18 to 29. He held a lead of just 4% - a major drop from 2020, when Biden a similar poll showed him winning the same group by 23%. Another survey published by NBC News survey published in November found Trump leading among voters ages 18-34 by 46% to 42%. Young voters present at Trump's rally Saturday cited economic concerns as a major reason they're backing the businessman. David Montenegro, a 22-year-old hailing from Providence, R.I., said most of his friends are planning to vote with their pocketbook in 2024. "A lot of students are going for internships, are going for jobs. They're not getting the jobs they want and they feel it is a result of the overall direction of the Biden administration," said Montenegro, who is studying business at Babson College in Massachusetts. "They want the economy to recover." The Biden administration has largely touted it's economic agenda as a success, highlighting a near 50-year-low unemployment rate, a growing jobs market and an annual inflation rate that, according to the Consumer Price Index, is down to 3.1% from a high of 9.1% in June 2022. But few Americans have said they approve of Biden's handling of the economy. Over two thirds of young voters in the Harvard poll rated the economy as "fairly bad" or "very bad." Among young voters who said the economy was among their top concern in 2024, a majority said inflation and cost of living was main issue. Even students protesting Trump's visit to campus highlighted the economy as a top-of-mind issue in 2024. Lizzy Mower, 20, stood across the street from the Whittemore Center Saturday with a group of students several dozen strong holding up signs and chanting objections to the president's visit. Although they are a Democrat, the Goffstown native doesn't love the idea of voting for Biden. "I would hope with all of my hearts that it is someone else," Mower, who is studying wildlife conservation at UNH, said, adding that Biden is not progressive enough for her taste. And while they doesn't necessarily blame Biden for the economy, Mower said housing and rent prices are weighing on them heavily this election, noting that "the cost of everything is way higher." They're still deciding how to vote in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary. Like many Democratic voters USA TODAY has spoken with, Mower said they would hands-down support Biden against Trump in a general election out of fear for Democracy. The ex-president recently mocked a question about whether he would "abuse power as retribution against anybody" if re-elected, saying he would only be a dictator on "day one." He later repeated the remarks at an event for the New York Young Republican Club, adding: "You know why I wanted to be a dictator? Because I want a wall, and I want to drill, drill, drill." The Republican presidential frontrunner has floated the idea of authoritarian rule in the U.S. before. In 2018, Trump made similar comments about Chinese President Xi Jinping's consolidation of power during a luncheon for Republican donors. "He's now president for life," Trump said of Jinping's power at the time. "I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot someday." Young voters attending Trump's event Saturday said they don't put too much salt into the businessman's comments about authoritarian rule. However, many did question whether the current form of government in the U.S. is working, often repeating the president's unsubstantiated claims about Biden. "I would say we're kind of a deep state and we're not a democracy," 19-year-old Bradley Richards told USA TODAY, adding that he believes agencies like the Department of Education, which receive oversight from Congress, take power away from voters. He argued that the Department of Justice is being weaponized against the former president as among the key reasons leading to his distrust in the government. Trump has been indicted four times, including in two cases involving his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The former president is also facing charges related to improper hush money payments in New York and mishandling classified documents in Florida.....

8ret1er21tfd/Florida-sex-scandal-tarnishes-GOP-power-couple-and-partys-credibility-gg-updated

8ret1er21tfd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://pastebin.com/h0KKY8Sv Source : https://paste.ee/p/uodaH Flash News : https://pastebin.com/bfunA4sQ Biden last Talk : https://tech.io/snippet/y1TCv6B Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-235256 Other Sources : https://jsfiddle.net/uqzj78p6/ https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-4514-12172023-214450 https://rentry.co/7k8be https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-4423-39 https://justpaste.me/F1ik https://jpeg.ly/yfVRH https://jpeg.ly/D5sCh https://rentry.co/y36gy https://jpeg.ly/FOKF8 https://rextester.com/GUUH74181 https://pastebin.com/hmvvQ4j1 https://rentry.co/2g57o https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-204641 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-3242-23 Three recalled applesauce products -- WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches, Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and variety pack, and Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. (FDA via AP) U.S. health officials are investigating whether three brands of recalled cinnamon apple puree and applesauce that left dozens of American children sickened may have been intentionally contaminated with lead. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first reported adverse events in children as young as 1 year old in October. The agency has since launched an inspection at a plant in Ecuador that produced the cinnamon-flavored applesauce products. Jim Jones, the FDA's deputy commissioner for Human Foods, told Politico in an interview published on Dec. 14 that although the investigation is still ongoing, investigators believe the adulteration may have been "an intentional act." "We're still in the midst of our investigation. But so far all of the signals we're getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we're trying to sort of figure that out," Mr. Jones said. "My instinct is they didn't think this product was going to end up in a country with a robust regulatory process," he added. "They thought it was going to end up in places that did not have the ability to detect something like this." The affected products were marketed to parents and children under the brands WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree and Schnucks- and Weis-branded cinnamon applesauce pouches. They were sold nationwide by grocery chains such as Dollar Tree, as well as online retailers such as Amazon. In its latest update on the lead poisoning outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it has identified a total of 125 cases from 22 states across the nation. Of those cases, 46 are confirmed, 68 are probable cases, and 11 are suspected, according to the CDC. So far, all of the children are aged 6 or younger. Meanwhile, the FDA said health officials are looking into several theories as to why or by whom the lead was added to the applesauce pouches, pointing out that the agency currently believes the adulteration was "economically motivated." "The FDA can confirm that one of the theories the agency is exploring is the potential that the cinnamon contamination occurred as a possible result of economically motivated adulteration," an FDA spokesperson told Consumer Reports, stressing additional investigation is needed before the agency reaches any conclusions. According to the FDA, economically motivated adulteration refers to someone intentionally leaving out, taking out, or substituting an ingredient to make the product appear better or of greater value. Asked why U.S. food safety laws wouldn't have prevented the tainted products from entering the country, Mr. Jones said intentional adulteration is "always going to be tricky to absolutely stop." "We have limited authority over foreign ingredient suppliers that do not directly ship product to the U.S. because their food undergoes further manufacturing\/processing prior to export," the FDA spokesperson told Politico, which first reported the story. According to the CDC, there is "no safe blood lead level" for young children. The agency said it uses a marker of 3.5 micrograms per deciliter to identify children with elevated blood lead levels -- higher than most American children aged between 1 and 5 years. In a report released on Nov. 13, the CDC said an investigation found 22 children who had consumed the lead-contaminated applesauce pouches had blood lead levels as high as 29 micrograms per deciliter, far above the CDC's marker of 3.5 micrograms per deciliter. The children experienced signs and symptoms including headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, change in activity level, and anemia, according to the CDC. Lead is toxic to humans, and exposure at any age or health status can lead to serious symptoms. In adults, high blood lead levels can increase their risk for high blood pressure, other cardiovascular effects, kidney problems, adverse reproductive outcomes, and gout. Although most children with lead exposure have no obvious immediate symptoms, parents and caretakers should consult a health care professional if they suspect a child may have been exposed to lead, according to the FDA. Short-term exposure to lead could result in headaches, abdominal pain\/colic, vomiting, and anemia, while longer-term exposure could result in irritability, lethargy, fatigue, muscle aches or muscle prickling\/burning, constipation, difficulty concentrating\/muscular weakness, tremor, and weight loss. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, heavy metals like lead can get into food products from the soil, air, water, or industrial processes.....

kwang123/deberta-large-ReqORNot

kwang123

transformers

text-classification

--- language: - en metrics: - accuracy - f1 - precision - recall pipeline_tag: text-classification --- # DeBERTa-large-ReqORNot This model is fine-tuned on `microsoft/deberta-v3-large` for requirements classification. ## Evaluation Result | Metrics | Value | | --- | --- | | Accuracy | 0.939142 | | Weighted Precision | 0.939169 | | Weighted Recall | 0.939142 | | Weighted F1 | 0.939134 | | Macro Precision | 0.939237 | | Macro Recall | 0.938984 | | Macro F1 | 0.939089 |

TexX/LightYagami_LA

TexX

--- license: openrail ---

8ret1er21tfd/Soldiers-brutalised-my-wife-broke-her-hand-Okada-rider-51-updated

8ret1er21tfd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://rextester.com/GRAR99191 Source : https://rentry.co/xpig2 Flash News : https://justpaste.me/F0Ed Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/AyEub Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-4344-29 Other Sources : https://jpeg.ly/XE8Lz https://rentry.co/f4mbhs https://rentry.co/p9v2u https://jpeg.ly/4-92n https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-4555-12182023-004421 https://rentry.co/9osums https://notes.io/wtw9b https://rextester.com/WCJX86624 https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-3321-46 https://paste.toolforge.org/view/6e7e7a86 https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12172023-233413 https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-4342-39 https://rentry.co/y83hpc https://yamcode.com/raw/kennedy-says-wants-update-3354-47 Will President Biden make it to the general election? As for Haley as a running mate, Trump said it's too early in the campaign cycle to consider. "I'm not even thinking about that," he said, but when pressed, he added: "Well, look, I think it's unlikely. Some things we have in common, some things we don't." Trump will be in New Hampshire on Saturday at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center Arena at 2 p.m. Trump hits the Granite State with a commanding lead in the polls, both in the first primary state and nationally. He's up by more than 50 points on the GOP field and is ahead of Biden in a potential face-to-face rematch. Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are in a virtual tie in New Hampshire -- or Haley is up by a few points -- with Chris Christie behind both and Vivek Ramaswamy and others falling off the map. The NH primary is Jan. 23. The Iowa caucuses are set for Jan. 15. Trump is leading there with DeSantis in the teens. Trump told Howie the best bet for his candidacy in the Nov. 5 is to "swamp them." In recent polls Trump beats Biden anywhere from 8 to 4 points, but it's still early with more court cases on his part and talk of impeachment hearings on Biden's side. Still, Trump said he's not sure Biden will make it to November. "It's more unlikely than not. I see the answers he gives or doesn't give," Trump said, "and I don't see it." Biden said on a recent stop to Massachussetts he is running and a rematch with Trump is the very reason why he's going to seek re-election -- even in his 80s. "If Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd be running. But we cannot let him win," Biden said at a fundraiser at a private home in Weston.....

onizukal/SMIDS_10x_beit_large_rmsprop_lr00001_fold2

onizukal

transformers

image-classification

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douddakzze1521/77yearold-Kamal-Nath-sacked-as-president-of-Madhya-Pradesh-Congress-fh-updated

douddakzze1521

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://jsbin.com/hohuhufeze/edit?html,output Source : https://ibit.ly/dU_zr Flash News : https://etextpad.com/ Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/tqMbs Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://notes.io/wtwcQ Other Sources : https://pasteio.com/xiRjd1F6dHcd https://etextpad.com/doky7wbadl https://jpeg.ly/JKKpI https://ibit.ly/Z5zWn https://jpeg.ly/LIi1e https://ibit.ly/TV_lQ https://pastelink.net/68wjlv4f https://jpeg.ly/7Oh70 https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?Suggestions.1.262459.0 https://ibit.ly/KybYi https://jpeg.ly/7gZaf https://paste.ee/p/Uaml8 https://pasteio.com/xTTDP2Bjaz81 https://justpaste.me/F1Tp Searches are underway in Trinidad & Tobago after a vessel carrying Venezuelan nationals reportedly sank off the nation's coast. It is reported that the boat left Las Cuevas Bay early Friday morning en route to Venezuela. It is believed that one of the men aboard the ill-fated vessel was rescued by the crew of the Buccoo Reef ferry which was sailing to Tobago. The Trinidadian Coast Guard have said they are actively engaged in search and rescue operations to locate survivors. The number of persons who were onboard the vessel is currently unknown.....

gdrfqg/Supervisors-approve-development-of-updated-health-dept-resource-guide-ca-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://rentry.co/pxz73p Source : https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-000047 Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-3225-12182023-005428 Biden last Talk : https://justpaste.me/F1mf Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jpeg.ly/riusk Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/cRwf_ https://rentry.co/kxf7w https://rentry.co/wwobu https://tech.io/snippet/EKpSIqV https://jpeg.ly/LFcFV https://ibit.ly/jplQq https://rentry.co/re4dg https://tech.io/snippet https://jpeg.ly/YlT6L https://rentry.co/cotnvp https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-002003 https://jpeg.ly/O5g4- https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-2122-12182023-000200 https://jsitor.com/EsORRTTniF (WGHP) -- On Friday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner announced that actor Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine. Perry's unexpected death brought ketamine to the forefront of discussion. Which brings up the question, what is ketamine? Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA says that ketamine can distort a person's eyesight and hearing. It also can make a person feel disconnected and not in control and is thus called a "dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen." Ketamine can make a person "feel detached from their pain and environment," according to the DEA. Ketamine induces a sense of sedation, relief from pain, immobility and amnesia. The DEA says that ketamine is abused due to its "dissociative sensations and hallucinogenic effects." Ketamine is an approved medical product as a short-acting use anesthetic for humans and animals, according to the DEA. It is also used as a nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression. Ketamine is also used to facilitate sexual assaults. The DEA says that the overdosing effects of ketamine are dangerously slowed breathing and unconsciousness. Side effects of ketamine use include agitation, depression, cognitive difficulties, unconsciousness, and amnesia, according to the DEA. Involuntarily rapid eye movement, dilated pupils, salivation, tear secretions, stiffening of the muscles and possible nausea. Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD) has been reported several weeks after ketamine use and may include experiencing prolonged visual disturbances.....

nicolasdupuisroy/vit-letter-identification-v2

nicolasdupuisroy

transformers

image-classification

--- license: apache-2.0 base_model: google/vit-base-patch16-224-in21k tags: - image-classification - vision - generated_from_trainer datasets: - imagefolder metrics: - accuracy model-index: - name: vit-letter-identification-v2 results: - task: name: Image Classification type: image-classification dataset: name: imagefolder type: imagefolder config: default split: train args: default metrics: - name: Accuracy type: accuracy value: 0.8627450980392157 --- <!-- This model card has been generated automatically according to the information the Trainer had access to. You should probably proofread and complete it, then remove this comment. --> # vit-letter-identification-v2 This model is a fine-tuned version of [google/vit-base-patch16-224-in21k](https://huggingface.co/google/vit-base-patch16-224-in21k) on the imagefolder dataset. It achieves the following results on the evaluation set: - Loss: 1.1135 - Accuracy: 0.8627 ## Model description More information needed ## Intended uses & limitations More information needed ## Training and evaluation data More information needed ## Training procedure ### Training hyperparameters The following hyperparameters were used during training: - learning_rate: 2e-05 - train_batch_size: 100 - eval_batch_size: 102 - seed: 1337 - optimizer: Adam with betas=(0.9,0.999) and epsilon=1e-08 - lr_scheduler_type: linear - num_epochs: 120.0 ### Training results | Training Loss | Epoch | Step | Validation Loss | Accuracy | |:-------------:|:-----:|:----:|:---------------:|:--------:| | No log | 1.0 | 6 | 3.2331 | 0.0882 | | 3.2363 | 2.0 | 12 | 3.2025 | 0.1373 | | 3.2363 | 3.0 | 18 | 3.1761 | 0.1863 | | 3.1622 | 4.0 | 24 | 3.1238 | 0.2255 | | 3.0918 | 5.0 | 30 | 3.0789 | 0.3137 | | 3.0918 | 6.0 | 36 | 3.0280 | 0.3235 | | 3.0081 | 7.0 | 42 | 2.9878 | 0.3431 | | 3.0081 | 8.0 | 48 | 2.9316 | 0.3824 | | 2.9118 | 9.0 | 54 | 2.8864 | 0.4314 | | 2.8231 | 10.0 | 60 | 2.8314 | 0.4510 | | 2.8231 | 11.0 | 66 | 2.7817 | 0.5196 | | 2.7149 | 12.0 | 72 | 2.7278 | 0.5196 | | 2.7149 | 13.0 | 78 | 2.6796 | 0.5588 | | 2.6202 | 14.0 | 84 | 2.6203 | 0.5882 | | 2.5243 | 15.0 | 90 | 2.5674 | 0.5882 | | 2.5243 | 16.0 | 96 | 2.5170 | 0.6078 | | 2.4279 | 17.0 | 102 | 2.4672 | 0.6176 | | 2.4279 | 18.0 | 108 | 2.4285 | 0.5980 | | 2.3404 | 19.0 | 114 | 2.3784 | 0.6569 | | 2.2633 | 20.0 | 120 | 2.3348 | 0.6471 | | 2.2633 | 21.0 | 126 | 2.2872 | 0.6667 | | 2.1838 | 22.0 | 132 | 2.2539 | 0.6569 | | 2.1838 | 23.0 | 138 | 2.2232 | 0.6765 | | 2.1022 | 24.0 | 144 | 2.1867 | 0.6471 | | 2.0364 | 25.0 | 150 | 2.1489 | 0.6863 | | 2.0364 | 26.0 | 156 | 2.1099 | 0.7255 | | 1.96 | 27.0 | 162 | 2.0767 | 0.7157 | | 1.96 | 28.0 | 168 | 2.0417 | 0.7157 | | 1.9235 | 29.0 | 174 | 2.0162 | 0.7353 | | 1.8484 | 30.0 | 180 | 1.9787 | 0.7451 | | 1.8484 | 31.0 | 186 | 1.9548 | 0.7451 | | 1.7971 | 32.0 | 192 | 1.9329 | 0.7549 | | 1.7971 | 33.0 | 198 | 1.9052 | 0.7647 | | 1.7409 | 34.0 | 204 | 1.8827 | 0.7549 | | 1.7006 | 35.0 | 210 | 1.8589 | 0.7745 | | 1.7006 | 36.0 | 216 | 1.8294 | 0.7843 | | 1.6426 | 37.0 | 222 | 1.8098 | 0.7843 | | 1.6426 | 38.0 | 228 | 1.7809 | 0.7647 | | 1.6102 | 39.0 | 234 | 1.7643 | 0.7843 | | 1.5704 | 40.0 | 240 | 1.7399 | 0.8039 | | 1.5704 | 41.0 | 246 | 1.7193 | 0.8137 | | 1.5264 | 42.0 | 252 | 1.6980 | 0.8333 | | 1.5264 | 43.0 | 258 | 1.6840 | 0.8039 | | 1.4821 | 44.0 | 264 | 1.6644 | 0.8235 | | 1.4506 | 45.0 | 270 | 1.6467 | 0.8235 | | 1.4506 | 46.0 | 276 | 1.6333 | 0.8235 | | 1.4358 | 47.0 | 282 | 1.6095 | 0.8235 | | 1.4358 | 48.0 | 288 | 1.5906 | 0.8235 | | 1.3695 | 49.0 | 294 | 1.5720 | 0.8431 | | 1.367 | 50.0 | 300 | 1.5610 | 0.8333 | | 1.367 | 51.0 | 306 | 1.5440 | 0.8529 | | 1.3299 | 52.0 | 312 | 1.5359 | 0.8333 | | 1.3299 | 53.0 | 318 | 1.5129 | 0.8333 | | 1.2765 | 54.0 | 324 | 1.5057 | 0.8235 | | 1.2785 | 55.0 | 330 | 1.4867 | 0.8235 | | 1.2785 | 56.0 | 336 | 1.4751 | 0.8333 | | 1.2355 | 57.0 | 342 | 1.4553 | 0.8235 | | 1.2355 | 58.0 | 348 | 1.4491 | 0.8235 | | 1.2418 | 59.0 | 354 | 1.4289 | 0.8431 | | 1.2058 | 60.0 | 360 | 1.4185 | 0.8235 | | 1.2058 | 61.0 | 366 | 1.4104 | 0.8333 | | 1.164 | 62.0 | 372 | 1.3968 | 0.8333 | | 1.164 | 63.0 | 378 | 1.3846 | 0.8431 | | 1.1529 | 64.0 | 384 | 1.3697 | 0.8431 | | 1.1408 | 65.0 | 390 | 1.3633 | 0.8431 | | 1.1408 | 66.0 | 396 | 1.3505 | 0.8431 | | 1.1102 | 67.0 | 402 | 1.3371 | 0.8529 | | 1.1102 | 68.0 | 408 | 1.3282 | 0.8529 | | 1.0906 | 69.0 | 414 | 1.3240 | 0.8431 | | 1.0759 | 70.0 | 420 | 1.3163 | 0.8431 | | 1.0759 | 71.0 | 426 | 1.3044 | 0.8529 | | 1.0651 | 72.0 | 432 | 1.2924 | 0.8431 | | 1.0651 | 73.0 | 438 | 1.2867 | 0.8529 | | 1.0501 | 74.0 | 444 | 1.2749 | 0.8529 | | 1.0238 | 75.0 | 450 | 1.2688 | 0.8431 | | 1.0238 | 76.0 | 456 | 1.2568 | 0.8529 | | 1.0046 | 77.0 | 462 | 1.2502 | 0.8529 | | 1.0046 | 78.0 | 468 | 1.2460 | 0.8529 | | 0.9946 | 79.0 | 474 | 1.2455 | 0.8431 | | 0.9998 | 80.0 | 480 | 1.2343 | 0.8529 | | 0.9998 | 81.0 | 486 | 1.2286 | 0.8529 | | 0.9709 | 82.0 | 492 | 1.2195 | 0.8431 | | 0.9709 | 83.0 | 498 | 1.2126 | 0.8529 | | 0.963 | 84.0 | 504 | 1.2102 | 0.8431 | | 0.9499 | 85.0 | 510 | 1.2024 | 0.8431 | | 0.9499 | 86.0 | 516 | 1.1980 | 0.8529 | | 0.937 | 87.0 | 522 | 1.1912 | 0.8529 | | 0.937 | 88.0 | 528 | 1.1883 | 0.8431 | | 0.9389 | 89.0 | 534 | 1.1845 | 0.8529 | | 0.9181 | 90.0 | 540 | 1.1811 | 0.8529 | | 0.9181 | 91.0 | 546 | 1.1777 | 0.8431 | | 0.9219 | 92.0 | 552 | 1.1743 | 0.8627 | | 0.9219 | 93.0 | 558 | 1.1675 | 0.8627 | | 0.9067 | 94.0 | 564 | 1.1598 | 0.8627 | | 0.9009 | 95.0 | 570 | 1.1601 | 0.8627 | | 0.9009 | 96.0 | 576 | 1.1564 | 0.8529 | | 0.8914 | 97.0 | 582 | 1.1505 | 0.8529 | | 0.8914 | 98.0 | 588 | 1.1487 | 0.8529 | | 0.8739 | 99.0 | 594 | 1.1480 | 0.8627 | | 0.8742 | 100.0 | 600 | 1.1413 | 0.8529 | | 0.8742 | 101.0 | 606 | 1.1368 | 0.8627 | | 0.8679 | 102.0 | 612 | 1.1361 | 0.8627 | | 0.8679 | 103.0 | 618 | 1.1317 | 0.8627 | | 0.8516 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refdgerd/Pa-Democrats-endorse-Kenyatta-for-auditor-general-Bizzarro-for-treasurer-Pennsylvania-d4-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25161 Source : https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-1235-42 Flash News : https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-011838 Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25310 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/l-yeE Other Sources : https://pastelink.net/6ulyge6j https://pastelink.net/00n1vbv7 https://jpeg.ly/ehPpo https://ibit.ly/WWjH3 https://rentry.co/rwrrut https://pastelink.net/6yba2k3u https://pastebin.com/7TfThezV https://ibit.ly/cyLPV https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-5134-12182023-010651 https://rentry.co/qa2sw https://pastelink.net/zcrq8e13 https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-4511-12172023-234712 https://ibit.ly/7EFC7 WASHINGTON -- About 7 in 10 Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and only about 1 in 10 believe democracy is working "extremely" or "very" well, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half say they disapprove of President Joe Biden, though more lean toward the Democratic Party than toward the Republicans. The poll shows Asian Americans are more likely to trust Democrats over Republicans to handle issues like the spread of misinformation, election administration, student debt and climate change, but slightly more likely to trust Republicans than Democrats on handling the economy and split on which is better suited to handle immigration. Many in the community trust neither party to handle major issues, especially election integrity and misinformation. People are also reading... Steve Cahalan: Sweet Haus cafe opens in La Crosse; Pastissimo restaurant is on the way Holmen man faces drugs charges after La Crosse traffic stop La Crosse man charged with child pornography possession Journey comes to an abrupt end for wandering Wisconsin elk Rural Holmen man dead after farm accident Woman dies in rear-end crash into dump truck in Vernon County, authorities say Trempealeau County officers respond to life-threatening accident La Crosse Central senior student and school board candidate told not to shoot videos on campus Former Ground Round restaurant owner to convert Winona location into Pizza Ranch Fatal UTV accident reported in Allamakee County Steve Cahalan: Holmen gets shoe store, Bangor an art studio La Crosse man charged with battery after altercation resulting in broken hand La Crosse police identify fatal stabbing victim; defendant's preliminary hearing Dec. 18 Mystery novel set in Trempealeau County written by state cheese association director awarded Sparta, Tomah students form Seven Rivers Figure Skating club The poll is part of a series of surveys designed to reflect the views of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, whose attitudes and opinions can often not be analyzed in other surveys due to small sample sizes. It finds that the dour views among Asian Americans are broadly in line with the perspectives of the general public. In a December AP-NORC poll of U.S. adults, 75% said they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Asian Americans hold only a slightly more positive view of Biden than the general public, at 45% compared with 41% of all U.S. adults in December. Cassie Villasin, a product manager in Washington, said she believed the country has gotten worse in recent years but said "that doesn't necessarily mean it was all Joe Biden's fault. I think that it was already going downhill prior to his election." Villasin said she approved of Biden generally, citing issues like his handling of student loan debt. Just 12% of Asian American adults believe U.S. democracy is working extremely or very well, though another 47% say it functions "somewhat" well. Three-quarters said the views of most people living in the U.S. should matter significantly when enacting policy in the country. That is slightly higher than the number who said the same of the views of people from their similar background, at 64%, and substantially more who said the same of the opinions of policy makers, at 31%, or interest groups at 7%. Joy Kobayashi, a retiree in California, said she feared Donald Trump's potential reelection in 2024 signaled an "existential crisis for democracy" but that she believes U.S. democracy "is currently functioning quite well" because of the criminal indictments against the former president for various issues related to the 2020 election. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are broadly skeptical of both parties' presidential nominating processes. Only 27% have a high degree of confidence in the Democrats' selection process and 20% feel the same for the Republican nominee process. "I'm not going to say they are perfect," Kobayashi, 63, said of the Democratic Party. "But they are much more for trying to fight to make voting convenient and not requiring things like photo ID or putting up artificial barriers." "I choose to believe that democracy is working, but I have my doubts," said Ed Robertson, an independent in Arizona. Robertson said he believes the 2020 election was correctly decided but that "corruption" exists in all elections. Will Chou, a Republican, said that American democracy had been "unchanged" as a system for at least the past 100 years. "I don't think (democracy is) under threat. We have so many checks and balances and separation of powers, which are all structural elements of the Constitution. And I think it's worked," Chou said. Chou, 55, said that he trusts Republicans to better handle elections and believes Democrats are "letting in millions of millions of people from outside and find ways to let these people vote." Concerns about misinformation were high, with 83% saying misinformation is a major issue in U.S. elections, surpassing concerns over election integrity issues or restrictions on free speech. "It seems like more misinformation is spread through the Republican Party from my personal experiences," Villasin said. "In terms of informing people with scientific evidence, or just evidence in general, it seems like the Democratic Party is more likely to provide that," she said. Chou said that misinformation is a major problem but believed that both Democrats and Republicans often spread false claims. Kobayashi, on the other hand, believes social media platforms restricting some information, including misinformation, is a "violation of free speech" but, not a major issue in U.S. politics. America's Most Rapidly Aging Cities America's Most Rapidly Aging Cities The World's Largest Economies Are Aging Rapidly America's 65+ Population Has Grown by More Than a Third Over the Past 10 Years The Northeast Corner of the U.S. Is Aging Most Rapidly The Most & Least Rapidly Aging Large U.S. Cities The Most & Least Rapidly Aging Midsize U.S. Cities The Most & Least Rapidly Aging U.S. States Methodology Love 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0 Tags Wire Dcc Lee-national Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy.....

refdgerd/1-killed-2-others-injured-after-vans-crash-in-Lehigh-Valley-ba-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-011435 Source : https://jpeg.ly/TlQ5W Flash News : https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/b7ee05db Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12172023-235755 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://notes.io/wtwVy Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/9H-Nu https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-4354-50 https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/b9a518c0 https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-4223-12172023-234344 https://ibit.ly/CXwKr https://paste.toolforge.org/view/fba4a7f4 https://yamcode.com/hilary-says-wants-update-3432-12172023-235904 https://jsbin.com/mihimupugo/edit?html,output https://jsitor.com/Bj6_8e7JDg https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-1441-46 https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-3313-12182023-010033 https://justpaste.me/F0sv https://jsfiddle.net/ym3ar4L0/ https://pasteio.com/xTIBgr9qmBgq WASHINGTON -- About 7 in 10 Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and only about 1 in 10 believe democracy is working "extremely" or "very" well, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half say they disapprove of President Joe Biden, though more lean toward the Democratic Party than toward the Republicans. The poll shows Asian Americans are more likely to trust Democrats over Republicans to handle issues like the spread of misinformation, election administration, student debt and climate change, but slightly more likely to trust Republicans than Democrats on handling the economy and split on which is better suited to handle immigration. Many in the community trust neither party to handle major issues, especially election integrity and misinformation. People are also reading... Napa\/Sonoma ranch will become Mayacamas open space Mike Grgich, winemaker who helped boost Napa Valley to world fame, dead at 100 Making spirits bright: A look at 2023 holiday lights displays in Napa County Update: Three arrested in Napa after gunshots reported near Fuller Park Kevin Courtney, Napa Journal: In a blip, my well-ordered life fell apart Future of Napa's long-gone winery audit remains murky Suspects plead not guilty in fentanyl death of Napa teenager A 'calling' leads to Yoga West, now open in downtown Napa Napa County Board of Supervisors races set with some familiar faces Driver seriously injured, faces DUI allegation after Napa County crash 'The outlook is very, very poor': Napa school leaders discuss budget forecast Maná, Fuerza Regida, Alejandro Fernández and Junior H to play Napa's La Onda Latin music festival Where to go and what to eat for Christmas and New Year's in the Napa Valley Napa firefighters tackle house fire on Dry Creek Road The Napa Valley $18.86 challenge: Butter Cream Bakery & Diner The poll is part of a series of surveys designed to reflect the views of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, whose attitudes and opinions can often not be analyzed in other surveys due to small sample sizes. It finds that the dour views among Asian Americans are broadly in line with the perspectives of the general public. In a December AP-NORC poll of U.S. adults, 75% said they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Asian Americans hold only a slightly more positive view of Biden than the general public, at 45% compared with 41% of all U.S. adults in December. Cassie Villasin, a product manager in Washington, said she believed the country has gotten worse in recent years but said "that doesn't necessarily mean it was all Joe Biden's fault. I think that it was already going downhill prior to his election." Villasin said she approved of Biden generally, citing issues like his handling of student loan debt. Just 12% of Asian American adults believe U.S. democracy is working extremely or very well, though another 47% say it functions "somewhat" well. Three-quarters said the views of most people living in the U.S. should matter significantly when enacting policy in the country. That is slightly higher than the number who said the same of the views of people from their similar background, at 64%, and substantially more who said the same of the opinions of policy makers, at 31%, or interest groups at 7%. Joy Kobayashi, a retiree in California, said she feared Donald Trump's potential reelection in 2024 signaled an "existential crisis for democracy" but that she believes U.S. democracy "is currently functioning quite well" because of the criminal indictments against the former president for various issues related to the 2020 election. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are broadly skeptical of both parties' presidential nominating processes. Only 27% have a high degree of confidence in the Democrats' selection process and 20% feel the same for the Republican nominee process. "I'm not going to say they are perfect," Kobayashi, 63, said of the Democratic Party. "But they are much more for trying to fight to make voting convenient and not requiring things like photo ID or putting up artificial barriers." "I choose to believe that democracy is working, but I have my doubts," said Ed Robertson, an independent in Arizona. Robertson said he believes the 2020 election was correctly decided but that "corruption" exists in all elections. Will Chou, a Republican, said that American democracy had been "unchanged" as a system for at least the past 100 years. "I don't think (democracy is) under threat. We have so many checks and balances and separation of powers, which are all structural elements of the Constitution. And I think it's worked," Chou said. Chou, 55, said that he trusts Republicans to better handle elections and believes Democrats are "letting in millions of millions of people from outside and find ways to let these people vote." Concerns about misinformation were high, with 83% saying misinformation is a major issue in U.S. elections, surpassing concerns over election integrity issues or restrictions on free speech. "It seems like more misinformation is spread through the Republican Party from my personal experiences," Villasin said. "In terms of informing people with scientific evidence, or just evidence in general, it seems like the Democratic Party is more likely to provide that," she said. Chou said that misinformation is a major problem but believed that both Democrats and Republicans often spread false claims. Kobayashi, on the other hand, believes social media platforms restricting some information, including misinformation, is a "violation of free speech" but, not a major issue in U.S. politics. America's Most Rapidly Aging Cities America's Most Rapidly Aging Cities The World's Largest Economies Are Aging Rapidly America's 65+ Population Has Grown by More Than a Third Over the Past 10 Years The Northeast Corner of the U.S. Is Aging Most Rapidly The Most & Least Rapidly Aging Large U.S. Cities The Most & Least Rapidly Aging Midsize U.S. Cities The Most & Least Rapidly Aging Small U.S. Cities The Most & Least Rapidly Aging U.S. States Methodology Tags Dcc Wire Lee-national Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy.....

8ret1er21tfd/VOA-Immigration-Weekly-Recap-Dec-316-4d-updated

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--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-4425-12182023-003057 Source : https://paste.ee/p/9X5hZ Flash News : https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-2554-12172023-220329 Biden last Talk : https://paste.ee/p/c8mLO Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/c2c5a917 Other Sources : https://rextester.com/BDCJ85263 https://ibit.ly/iDzlZ https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-3554-47 https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-5244-12172023-220513 https://rentry.co/qt93i https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-225806 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-4253-35 https://jsbin.com/vepemuhabo/edit?html,output https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-1223-12182023-013406 https://rentry.co/utcey https://etextpad.com/jacsddi6xy https://rentry.co/u6upxy https://rentry.co/zife2m https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?Suggestions.1.262457.0 (The Hill) -- A Michigan man, who has described himself as a militia leader, was sentenced to more than four years in prison Friday for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol. Matthew Thomas Krol, 65, assaulted at least three officers, injuring one of them, with a baton that he stole from the officers, prosecutors said. Court documents show that he pushed his way through a crowd of rioters on the Lower West Plaza of the Capitol grounds, threw a water bottle at law enforcement and then attacked the officers. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Krol to four years and 3 months in prison -- though he will get credit for the time he's served since his arrest in February 2022, the Associated Press reported. "The course of my life was changed that day, and he was part of the mob that ensured I'd lose my career," former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said in the courtroom. Ahead of the sentencing, Krol apologized to Gonell -- who retired from the department a year ago -- for striking his hand and leaving it bloody and swollen during the insurrection, according to the AP. "I don't expect you to accept my apology, but I hope one day you do," he said. Krol has also been linked to three members of the Wolverine Watchmen paramilitary group -- who were convicted last year of supporting a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to prosecutors. He, however, was not implicated in the scheme. His defense attorney asserted that while Krol made hyperbolic and inflammatory statements related to the group, he now "regrets" them -- and claimed he knew nothing about the plot. "The government uses the phrase that Mr. Krol was 'an associate of members' to allude to a greater connection than exists," attorney Michael Cronkright said. Prosecutors argue Krol "expressed his willingness to engage in mob violence to achieve his political objectives" even before the Jan. 6 riot. "In Facebook messages, Krol evoked the use of violence against politicians and open hostility toward (Whitmer), in addition to sharing pictures of himself carrying weaponry," Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Tessman wrote in a court filing. Nine months after the riot, Krol was interviewed as he returned from a trip to Mexico. The defendant accused Customs and Border Protection of stopping him only because he was a supporter of former President Trump, and referred to the insurrection as a peaceful protest at the time. "During the same interview, Krol proclaimed that he was more patriotic than any of the officers who were questioning him," Tessman wrote. He pleaded guilty to the assault charge in August. Prosecutors were seeking a six-year, six-month sentence. More than 1,230 individuals have been charged in all 50 states concerning the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol. That number includes more than 440 individuals who were charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, according to the Justice Department.....

hkivancoral/smids_5x_deit_base_rms_001_fold4

hkivancoral

transformers

image-classification

--- license: apache-2.0 base_model: facebook/deit-base-patch16-224 tags: - generated_from_trainer datasets: - imagefolder metrics: - accuracy model-index: - name: smids_5x_deit_base_rms_001_fold4 results: - task: name: Image Classification type: image-classification dataset: name: imagefolder type: imagefolder config: default split: test args: default metrics: - name: Accuracy type: accuracy value: 0.8 --- <!-- This model card has been generated automatically according to the information the Trainer had access to. You should probably proofread and complete it, then remove this comment. --> # smids_5x_deit_base_rms_001_fold4 This model is a fine-tuned version of [facebook/deit-base-patch16-224](https://huggingface.co/facebook/deit-base-patch16-224) on the imagefolder dataset. It achieves the following results on the evaluation set: - Loss: 0.7070 - Accuracy: 0.8 ## Model description More information needed ## Intended uses & limitations More information needed ## Training and evaluation data More information needed ## Training procedure ### Training hyperparameters The following hyperparameters were used during training: - learning_rate: 0.001 - train_batch_size: 32 - eval_batch_size: 32 - seed: 42 - optimizer: Adam with betas=(0.9,0.999) and epsilon=1e-08 - lr_scheduler_type: linear - lr_scheduler_warmup_ratio: 0.1 - num_epochs: 50 ### Training results | Training Loss | Epoch | Step | Validation Loss | Accuracy | |:-------------:|:-----:|:-----:|:---------------:|:--------:| | 1.11 | 1.0 | 375 | 1.0993 | 0.325 | | 0.9143 | 2.0 | 750 | 0.8093 | 0.5633 | | 0.8119 | 3.0 | 1125 | 0.7905 | 0.58 | | 0.8256 | 4.0 | 1500 | 0.7664 | 0.5933 | | 0.7841 | 5.0 | 1875 | 0.7359 | 0.6383 | | 0.7919 | 6.0 | 2250 | 0.7445 | 0.6033 | | 0.7749 | 7.0 | 2625 | 0.6951 | 0.6567 | | 0.741 | 8.0 | 3000 | 0.7702 | 0.6017 | | 0.6745 | 9.0 | 3375 | 0.6771 | 0.6967 | | 0.6495 | 10.0 | 3750 | 0.6304 | 0.7267 | | 0.6291 | 11.0 | 4125 | 0.6937 | 0.665 | | 0.6399 | 12.0 | 4500 | 0.6515 | 0.7017 | | 0.559 | 13.0 | 4875 | 0.7230 | 0.6783 | | 0.6232 | 14.0 | 5250 | 0.5711 | 0.76 | | 0.6438 | 15.0 | 5625 | 0.5759 | 0.725 | | 0.5708 | 16.0 | 6000 | 0.5672 | 0.7433 | | 0.5817 | 17.0 | 6375 | 0.5983 | 0.7367 | | 0.5534 | 18.0 | 6750 | 0.5595 | 0.7633 | | 0.5539 | 19.0 | 7125 | 0.5109 | 0.7767 | | 0.5681 | 20.0 | 7500 | 0.5115 | 0.7667 | | 0.481 | 21.0 | 7875 | 0.5451 | 0.765 | | 0.5126 | 22.0 | 8250 | 0.5810 | 0.7383 | | 0.5213 | 23.0 | 8625 | 0.5434 | 0.7467 | | 0.4811 | 24.0 | 9000 | 0.5453 | 0.7833 | | 0.4831 | 25.0 | 9375 | 0.5703 | 0.7617 | | 0.4515 | 26.0 | 9750 | 0.5020 | 0.795 | | 0.4363 | 27.0 | 10125 | 0.5213 | 0.7733 | | 0.4104 | 28.0 | 10500 | 0.5450 | 0.76 | | 0.4526 | 29.0 | 10875 | 0.5543 | 0.76 | | 0.4959 | 30.0 | 11250 | 0.5151 | 0.7683 | | 0.5018 | 31.0 | 11625 | 0.5269 | 0.7933 | | 0.4267 | 32.0 | 12000 | 0.5138 | 0.7933 | | 0.464 | 33.0 | 12375 | 0.5486 | 0.7883 | | 0.4612 | 34.0 | 12750 | 0.5500 | 0.7867 | | 0.3667 | 35.0 | 13125 | 0.5319 | 0.7983 | | 0.3692 | 36.0 | 13500 | 0.6112 | 0.77 | | 0.443 | 37.0 | 13875 | 0.5427 | 0.8 | | 0.431 | 38.0 | 14250 | 0.5062 | 0.7967 | | 0.3837 | 39.0 | 14625 | 0.5492 | 0.7867 | | 0.421 | 40.0 | 15000 | 0.6140 | 0.7883 | | 0.3456 | 41.0 | 15375 | 0.6505 | 0.7817 | | 0.3528 | 42.0 | 15750 | 0.6246 | 0.7733 | | 0.383 | 43.0 | 16125 | 0.6178 | 0.7933 | | 0.3235 | 44.0 | 16500 | 0.6286 | 0.7933 | | 0.3165 | 45.0 | 16875 | 0.6316 | 0.7933 | | 0.3289 | 46.0 | 17250 | 0.6422 | 0.7933 | | 0.3499 | 47.0 | 17625 | 0.6701 | 0.8 | | 0.2803 | 48.0 | 18000 | 0.6802 | 0.7917 | | 0.279 | 49.0 | 18375 | 0.6961 | 0.8017 | | 0.2671 | 50.0 | 18750 | 0.7070 | 0.8 | ### Framework versions - Transformers 4.32.1 - Pytorch 2.1.0+cu121 - Datasets 2.12.0 - Tokenizers 0.13.2

douddakzze1521/What-is-ketamine-31-updated

douddakzze1521

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As many as 2,260 candidates from 29 parties, including hundreds of independents, will officially be vying for votes in which Bangladeshis will elect representatives for 300 seats in the country's legislature, the Jatiya Sangsad. But none of these candidates will be from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the only one that could have posed a serious challenge to the Awami League and its 76-year-old leader, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The BNP believes that unless the Hasina government steps down and an interim administration - or what is called a neutral caretaker government - is in place for the duration of the election, next month's voting exercise will favor the ruling party. Because Hasina refused to step down, the BNP on Nov. 30 formally announced it was boycotting the general election. That's mainly why we already know the outcome of the vote. Here are other 10 reasons for why the outcome of the election is a foregone conclusion: 1. After eight years in the opposition, the Awami League and Hasina returned to power in 2009, benefitting from an election overseen by a caretaker government of the very kind it is refusing to step down and make way for. 2. Within two years of winning that election, the Awami League abolished the caretaker government system from the constitution, a move it made based on a partial reading of a Supreme Court ruling on the caretaker system provision. 3. The following two elections, therefore, were held under a Hasina administration, and highly controversial. The BNP boycotted the 2014 election flat out, which then allowed the Awami League to waltz back into government. 4. However, the BNP decided to participate in the next election in 2018, even though it would be held under Hasina. Unsurprisingly for many observers, the Awami League-led ruling coalition won a thumping victory, winning 95% of the parliamentary seats - albeit amid extensive allegations, including by the U.S., of voter intimidation and electoral fraud. 5. The three consecutive terms - or 15 years in government for the Awami League - allowed the party and PM Hasina to cement themselves in power, many human rights groups say, at the cost of liberal democratic principles. 6. During Hasina's tenure, international groups Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International reported thousands of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances amid other gross human rights violations. 7. The opposition BNP staged sometimes massive protest rallies, starting late last year, to demand the government step aside for a neutral caretaker government before the 2024 election. The protests escalated into nationwide strikes and transportation blockades, and sometimes deadly violence. 8. The government responded with mass arrests, arresting and jailing more than 20,000 opposition members since Oct. 28 alone, according to the local media and BNP. Authorities resorted to arresting family members of opposition activists as well. The pressure was high. The BNP formally announced it was boycotting the election on Nov. 30. 9. The poll machinery rumbled along and Bangladesh's Election Commission announced on Dec. 15 that of the 2,260 candidates running for elections, more than 700 had declared themselves to be independents. A majority of these so-called independents are Awami League members running against their party's formal candidates, observers say, to present a facade of competition. 10. And just to make absolutely sure the election is held peacefully, the Election Commission on Dec. 12 ordered a ban on all public gatherings and assemblies unrelated to election campaigning, from Dec. 18 until election day Jan. 7. Many critics called the move unconstitutional and aimed at preventing BNP protests. Bangladeshis are well aware of the Awami League's machinations. BenarNews approached 34 voters in Bangladesh to offer their thoughts on the upcoming election, and fewer than half agreed to talk on the record. Mosleh Uddin Bijay, a student at Dhaka State College, recalled being told that general elections used to be like a festival occasion. "This can never be called an election - it's a selection. This will merely rubber-stamp the renewal of the government's tenure," he told BenarNews. "It's just a staged drama." For 55-year-old Dhaka security worker Nantu Hawladar Rana, the upcoming election is almost a make-believe event that is going to take place, he said. "Now, the Awami League's official nominees are competing against the Awami League's independent candidates," he told BenarNews, expressing astonishment. "Is this how it's supposed to be? I am a supporter of the Awami League party - but an election should consist of all parties." Like Rana, other Awami league supporters, too, told BenarNews that in the absence of real competition, their votes wouldn't matter. "My family and I have traditionally voted for the boat [the electoral symbol of the Awami League]. But it seems the Awami League doesn't even need our voters anymore," said Alak Kumar Sarkar, an employee at a private company. "The 2014 and 2018 elections occurred the way they wanted. Now, the Awami League has a proven template of how to stay in power. Why should they now involve the opposition in the election process and make it difficult?" Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Oyon Aman contributed to this story from Dhaka, Bangladesh.....

gdrfqg/WHO-delivers-supplies-to-Gazas-Al-Shifa-hospital-in-joint-UN-mission-c3-updated

gdrfqg

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Dans-DiscountModels/TinyLlama-1.1B-FFT-Test2

Dans-DiscountModels

transformers

text-generation

--- license: apache-2.0 base_model: TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-intermediate-step-1195k-token-2.5T tags: - generated_from_trainer model-index: - name: out results: [] --- <!-- This model card has been generated automatically according to the information the Trainer had access to. You should probably proofread and complete it, then remove this comment. --> [<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenAccess-AI-Collective/axolotl/main/image/axolotl-badge-web.png" alt="Built with Axolotl" width="200" height="32"/>](https://github.com/OpenAccess-AI-Collective/axolotl) # out This model is a fine-tuned version of [TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-intermediate-step-1195k-token-2.5T](https://huggingface.co/TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-intermediate-step-1195k-token-2.5T) on the None dataset. It achieves the following results on the evaluation set: - Loss: 1.9391 ## Model description More information needed ## Intended uses & limitations More information needed ## Training and evaluation data More information needed ## Training procedure ### Training hyperparameters The following hyperparameters were used during training: - learning_rate: 2.5e-05 - train_batch_size: 6 - eval_batch_size: 6 - seed: 42 - gradient_accumulation_steps: 6 - total_train_batch_size: 36 - optimizer: Adam with betas=(0.9,0.999) and epsilon=1e-08 - lr_scheduler_type: constant - lr_scheduler_warmup_steps: 300 - num_epochs: 1 ### Training results | Training Loss | Epoch | Step | Validation Loss | |:-------------:|:-----:|:----:|:---------------:| | 2.388 | 0.03 | 30 | 2.3495 | | 2.3877 | 0.05 | 60 | 2.2353 | | 2.1812 | 0.08 | 90 | 2.1786 | | 2.1711 | 0.1 | 120 | 2.1453 | | 2.098 | 0.13 | 150 | 2.1210 | | 2.0884 | 0.15 | 180 | 2.1037 | | 2.0129 | 0.18 | 210 | 2.0894 | | 2.0921 | 0.2 | 240 | 2.0765 | | 2.001 | 0.23 | 270 | 2.0648 | | 2.0986 | 0.25 | 300 | 2.0550 | | 2.0128 | 0.28 | 330 | 2.0458 | | 2.1144 | 0.3 | 360 | 2.0385 | | 2.0711 | 0.33 | 390 | 2.0308 | | 1.9607 | 0.36 | 420 | 2.0239 | | 1.9092 | 0.38 | 450 | 2.0179 | | 2.1955 | 0.41 | 480 | 2.0121 | | 2.0293 | 0.43 | 510 | 2.0063 | | 2.0482 | 0.46 | 540 | 2.0017 | | 2.0518 | 0.48 | 570 | 2.0036 | | 1.9647 | 0.51 | 600 | 1.9984 | | 2.0573 | 0.53 | 630 | 1.9938 | | 1.9912 | 0.56 | 660 | 1.9879 | | 1.9836 | 0.58 | 690 | 1.9866 | | 1.9514 | 0.61 | 720 | 1.9834 | | 1.9413 | 0.63 | 750 | 1.9792 | | 1.9775 | 0.66 | 780 | 1.9726 | | 1.9499 | 0.69 | 810 | 1.9690 | | 2.0497 | 0.71 | 840 | 1.9663 | | 2.0045 | 0.74 | 870 | 1.9636 | | 2.0324 | 0.76 | 900 | 1.9605 | | 1.9913 | 0.79 | 930 | 1.9574 | | 1.9861 | 0.81 | 960 | 1.9553 | | 1.8449 | 0.84 | 990 | 1.9527 | | 1.9932 | 0.86 | 1020 | 1.9502 | | 1.9845 | 0.89 | 1050 | 1.9485 | | 2.0407 | 0.91 | 1080 | 1.9494 | | 1.9496 | 0.94 | 1110 | 1.9448 | | 1.9851 | 0.97 | 1140 | 1.9406 | | 1.9856 | 0.99 | 1170 | 1.9391 | ### Framework versions - Transformers 4.35.2 - Pytorch 2.0.1+cu117 - Datasets 2.15.0 - Tokenizers 0.15.0

owanr/ghc-roberta-base-inter-data-frequency-model_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05

owanr

--- license: mit base_model: roberta-base tags: - generated_from_trainer model-index: - name: ghc-roberta-base-inter-data-frequency-model_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05 results: [] --- <!-- This model card has been generated automatically according to the information the Trainer had access to. You should probably proofread and complete it, then remove this comment. --> # ghc-roberta-base-inter-data-frequency-model_annots_alpha0.0_whole_1e-05 This model is a fine-tuned version of [roberta-base](https://huggingface.co/roberta-base) on the None dataset. It achieves the following results on the evaluation set: - Loss: 0.9064 ## Model description More information needed ## Intended uses & limitations More information needed ## Training and evaluation data More information needed ## Training procedure ### Training hyperparameters The following hyperparameters were used during training: - learning_rate: 1e-05 - train_batch_size: 1 - eval_batch_size: 1 - seed: 42 - optimizer: Adam with betas=(0.9,0.999) and epsilon=1e-08 - lr_scheduler_type: linear - num_epochs: 3 ### Training results | Training Loss | Epoch | Step | Validation Loss | |:-------------:|:-----:|:-----:|:---------------:| | 0.912 | 1.0 | 11020 | 0.9064 | | 0.871 | 2.0 | 22040 | 0.9064 | | 0.911 | 3.0 | 33060 | 0.9064 | ### Framework versions - Transformers 4.35.2 - Pytorch 2.1.0+cu121 - Datasets 2.15.0 - Tokenizers 0.15.0

refdgerd/Online-therapy-business-booms-amid-US-schools-lack-of-counselors-be-updated

refdgerd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-4223-12172023-234344 Source : https://yamcode.com/obama-says-wants-update-3255-42 Flash News : https://jsbin.com/najulilufe/edit?html,output Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-3422-41 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jsitor.com/xMfBbSPwuB Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-2124-12182023-005733 https://yamcode.com/macron-says-wants-update-4435-12172023-235329 https://pastebin.com/s4zM5Hs9 https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25316 https://jsitor.com/G04XU4bUGU https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-000012 https://rentry.co/d2bmaz https://jsfiddle.net/anuojyzh/ https://tech.io/snippet https://ibit.ly/6NFQU https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-004803 https://paste.toolforge.org/view/c054fa7f https://ibit.ly/01pbv https://ibit.ly/NN5d_ HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Democratic Party endorsed state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) at its final state committee meeting before the pivotal 2024 election year. State Rep. Ryan Bizzaro won the endorsement for state treasurer. Kenyatta is the first openly gay Black man to be endorsed by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party for a statewide office. He received 307 votes, while Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley received 31 votes. Bizzarro also cleared the two-thirds threshold needed for the endorsement over Erin McClelland, a former small business owner from Allegheny County,. Bizzarro and Kenyatta, lawmakers serving in the state House from opposite ends of the commonwealth, both won the party endorsement on the first ballot. "It matters who your auditor general is," Kenyatta said in a speech after winning the endorsement. "It matters because this is the one office in government that's focused 24 hours a day, seven days a week on finding problems and bringing people together to fix it." He touted a message of unity going forward. "I hope that we can come together sooner rather than later because it's going to put us in a stronger position to win," Kenyatta told the Capital-Star following his endorsement. Kenyatta is one of three Democrats running for auditor general; in addition to Pinsley, former state House Speaker Rep. Mark Rozzi (D-Berks) is also in the race. Rozzi was not present at the meeting and was not nominated during the endorsement vote. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Capital-Star. "I've always been a unifying candidate," Bizzarro said in an interview with the Capital-Star following his endorsement. He added that he would have dropped out of the race if he had not been endorsed, and said that he's happy to work with McClelland moving forward. According to Bizzarro's campaign, should he win the office, he would be the first statewide office holder from Erie County since Gov. Tom Ridge. The winner of the Democratic Party primary for Auditor General will likely face Tim DeFoor, the Republican incumbent who appears to have a clear path to his party's nomination. The winner of the Democratic Party nomination for Treasurer will most likely take on Republican incumbent Stacy Garrity. DeFoor and Garrity were both endorsed by the Pennsylvania Republican Party earlier this year. None of the five candidates for attorney general earned enough votes to receive the party endorsement. The five candidates present were former Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, state Rep. Jared Solomon (D-Philadelphia), former Bucks County solicitor and federal prosecutor Joe Khan, and former Philadelphia Chief Public Defender Keir Bradford-Grey. On the first ballot, DePasquale led the way with 132 votes, followed by Bradford-Grey with 73 votes, Khan with 61 votes, Stollsteimer with 50 votes, and Solomon with 17 votes. Solomon and Stollsteimer did not receive enough votes to advance to the second round of voting. DePasquale also led the way on the second ballot, securing 164 votes, but falling short of the two-thirds needed to win the state party endorsement. Khan won 75 votes on the second ballot, while Bradford-Grey won 74 votes. The 2024 race for attorney general is slated to be the only 2024 race in Pennsylvania with no incumbent on the ballot. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michele Henry, who was appointed by Gov. Josh Shapiro to finish out his term when he was elected governor, is not seeking reelection in 2024. Like the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Attorney General is the only statewide race that the Pennsylvania Republican Party did not endorse a candidate in, although that may change soon. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pennsylvania Republican Party will hold a virtual meeting on Jan. 22 to endorse a candidate for attorney general, with York County District Attorney Dave Sunday viewed as the frontrunner. Sunday, former Delaware County District Attorney Kat Copeland, and state Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware), are all vying for the Republican Party nomination for attorney general. The Pennsylvania Democratic Party did provide two unanimous endorsements on Saturday, for President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. Casey said that it was currently a "very difficult time for the country," and that workers' and women's rights are under threat. He also vowed to hold companies accountable for "greedflation" and spoke about the need for the U.S. Senate to pass legislation to make it more difficult for fentanyl to enter the United States. Casey, who is seeking his fourth term in the U.S. Senate in 2024, will likely face Republican Dave McCormick, who has the Pennsylvania Republican Party endorsement. While the state party painted an overall picture of unity, a proposed resolution on school vouchers showed the party isn't totally united. First reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday, the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee was expected to approve a resolution "in opposition to private school vouchers," during the weekend's meeting in Harrisburg. But during a reading of the Rules Committee report, chairman Micah Mahjoubian announced that during a meeting the day prior, the committee had voted to table the vote on the resolution. Mahjoubian said that Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Sharif Street asked the committee to table the resolution after he received calls from the White House and the Democratic National Committee expressing concerns about appearing divided on the matter. There was a back and forth on the floor of the meeting between Chuck Pascal, Armstrong County Democratic Party Chair, who is one of two sponsors of the resolution, and Chairman Street. Pascal made a motion during the state committee meeting on Saturday to vote on the resolution, but did not have the two-thirds majority needed on the floor for it to be voted upon, according to a ruling from the chair. Pascal said that the resolution opposing school vouchers would be consistent with the national Democratic Party and is in support of the Democratic lawmakers in the state House who shot down a school voucher proposal in the latest budget negotiations. "This resolution is consistent with and does not cause disunity in the party," Pascal said. "We are consistent with a national platform that says Democrats oppose the private school voucher system." Gov. Josh Shapiro has said he supports school vouchers, but delivered a line-item veto on it during the latest budget in the summer. However, Shapiro has remained vocal that he would like to pass a school voucher program in Pennsylvania. "We are independently elected to represent the Democrats in our counties," Pascal said in an interview with reporters prior to the meeting. "We're not here to have a slavish agreement with any elected official."....

actuaryzhang/query-relevance-bert

actuaryzhang

transformers

text-classification

Entry not found

Wickerbeastinabasket/Aimoncards

Wickerbeastinabasket

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douddakzze1521/Sixth-accused-in-Parliament-security-breach-case-arrested-by-Delhi-police-af-updated

douddakzze1521

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://tech.io/snippet Source : https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp Flash News : https://jpeg.ly/hiU_j Biden last Talk : https://jpeg.ly/1J-15 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://paste.toolforge.org/view/d92bee43 Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/rf8GX https://jsbin.com/meradigino/edit?html,output https://jsbin.com/dijuceheda/edit?html,output https://ibit.ly/nWyWZ https://notes.io/wtw9R https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?Suggestions.1.262436.0 https://jpeg.ly/WNdRH https://paste.ee/p/ae6aA https://ibit.ly/CxXKL https://ibit.ly/ut_dc https://jpeg.ly/tFI_P https://jsitor.com/zJxmBBifXg https://ibit.ly/N_6Ly https://pastebin.com/G98SekXZ Travis Scott Stops New York Concert After Fans Climb Stage Fixture: 'We Gotta Get Down' More criminal records in Pennsylvania can be sealed from public view and fewer people might be kept on probation or in county jails, under legislation signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday (Dec. 14). Both bills passed the House and Senate with large majorities Wednesday amid a flurry of end-of-year action. The new probation law aims to limit the length of probation and prevent people from being sent back to jail for minor violations in a state with one of the highest rates of residents who are incarcerated or under supervision. However, it drew criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union, which says the law doesn't fix the problems that plague Pennsylvania's probation system and will do little to reduce the number of people under supervision. The other bill allows courts to seal records of non-violent drug felonies with a minimum sentence of under 2 1\/2 years in prison and\/or a maximum sentence of under five years. Under the state's existing Clean Slate law, it also allows the sealing of certain nonviolent felonies for those who are conviction-free for 10 years and reduces the waiting period for automated sealing of misdemeanors to seven years, rather than 10 years. Both bills emerged as part of a nationwide reconsideration of the criminal justice system, to help people leaving incarceration resume their lives and find jobs more easily. The case of rapper Meek Mill helped shine a light on Pennsylvania's probation system after he spent most of his adult life on probation -- including stints in jail for technical violations -- before a court overturned his conviction in a drug and gun case in Philadelphia. The bill will limit the circumstances under which a non-violent offender on probation can be sent to jail. It does not, however, put a cap on the length of a probation sentence. Judges can continue to "stack" probation sentences and impose probation after incarceration, the ACLU said. The bill also fails to provide an automatic or efficient way to end probation early, it said. Under it, a judge can order an end to probation, regardless of any agreement on a sentence between a prosecutor and the defendant. But judges no longer have wide latitude to extend probation. Probation is required to end unless the defendant commits a crime that demonstrates that they are a threat to public safety, has not completed certain treatment or has not paid restitution under some circumstances. The bill also prohibits courts from extending someone's probation for not paying fines or court costs if they are found to be unable to afford it. At Friday's ceremonial bill signing of the bipartisan Comprehensive Probation Reform legislation, formerly SB 838, Mill took the podium. Mill was convicted on drug and weapons charges in 2008, when he was 18 years old. Mill faced a years-long series of legal entanglements that helped transform the rapper into an advocate for criminal justice reform and launch the non-profit REFORM Alliance, whose mission is to "transform probation and parole by changing laws, systems and culture to create real pathways to work and wellbeing." On Jan. 12, 2023, it was announced that Gov. Tom Wolf granted Mill a pardon on the 15-year-old drug and gun charges, meaning his offenses will be permanently expunged from his criminal record. The rapper described how each time he crossed the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to pick his son up at school in New Jersey, he was crossing state lines and "actually committing crime the whole time for technical violations." "I didn't have any way to get around that because I already was in jail my whole 20s. My son seen me in prison. I wanted to take my son to school," he said before tearing up. "I don't want to get emotional," said Mill. "It's a lot." "I'm at a point in my life -- we all grew up in the streets," he said. "We tried to be better, but they labeled us felons ... I had to fight against that the whole time to gain my respect and be who I am today, and I'm proud of that. People know I don't even really drop tears, but I want to say this because there's a lot of young men who follow me in the street, and they don't even know what I go through to even be in these places with government officials, to change my life, to get on the stage, to be able to speak for a lot of people." "It's not for clout," Mill said. "It's something that I stand for. It's something that I live." "I don't know how I cried on the news I ain't even cry in my cell! I needed that!" Meek wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Friday night (Dec. 15). "Changed a law in pa for my people .... Shit made me cryyy," he said on Instagram, where he shared a photo from that day. "Thank you @joshshapiropa and everyone who worked on this bill @michaelrubin." "Thanks for sharing your voice and your story, Meek. You're making an impact for millions of people. Proud that we got this done," Shapiro commented on the post.....

gdrfqg/Florida-sex-scandal-tarnishes-GOP-power-couple-and-partys-credibility-2b-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://pastebin.com/XNju57WY Source : https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25244 Flash News : https://ibit.ly/1ag0s Biden last Talk : https://pastebin.com/S15FeUKL Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://rentry.co/cnby3 Other Sources : https://yamcode.com/ https://ibit.ly/QwH1y https://pasteio.com/xD1skxBvoV5G https://rentry.co/7ep4x https://jpeg.ly/bCfAn https://jsbin.com/hutowemeti/edit?html,output https://jpeg.ly/po_E5 https://jpeg.ly/KHS8y https://jsitor.com/jzf0nO0AcE https://ibit.ly/AjZQf https://ibit.ly/TZ0th https://yamcode.com/raw/biden-says-wants-update-12182023-013054 https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-1324-36 https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-4512-41 MAGA Republicans didn't procure strippers for Hunter Biden. They didn't force him to evade his taxes. Or earn millions from sketchy foreign companies. But that isn't stopping the younger Biden from blaming Donald Trump and the GOP for his legal peril. Good luck. Let's hope Hunter's not getting the same legal advice the three college presidents got testifying before Republicans in Congress about antisemitism on their campuses. They walked into the hearing thinking they could easily outsmart 39-year-old New York Rep. Elise Stefanik. But instead they were trapped by their own words and inexplicable refusal to denounce hate speech and violence against Jewish students. Hunter Biden is now the latest Democrat to take on MAGA Republicans heading the president's impeachment proceedings. "I'm here, I'm ready," the arrogant Hunter said outside the Capitol, daring Republicans to grill him in public. "MAGA Republicans ridiculed my struggle with addiction. They belittled my recovery and they have tried to dehumanize me, all to embarrass and damage my father who has devoted his entire life to service." It's the first time we've heard the younger Biden aggressively defend himself, part of a coordinated plan with the White House to turn the tables on Republicans. But it wasn't a good look. And it's a pretty thin strategy. After claiming he was ready to face a congressional committee, he fled media questions just like his father. He's the Hunted, not the Hunter. It's so bad that Biden can't be seen with his son, and is reportedly getting short-tempered. Are Democrats secretly hoping Hunter takes the president down? Calling an airstrike on their own commander-in-chief? That way they can move on with a stronger nominee against Trump. It could happen if the Hunter Biden investigation goes any deeper. Republicans have some ammunition with the IRS whistle blowers raising serious questions about the then-vice president's business activities. Hunter has become the lightning rod for impeachment. Politico reported now that Hunter fears he'll have to flee the country if Donald Trump is elected again. And if Hunter has to flee the country, the question is will he take his father with him?....

MohametSena/pos_tagging_test

MohametSena

transformers

token-classification

--- tags: - generated_from_trainer datasets: - wnut_17 metrics: - precision - recall - f1 - accuracy model-index: - name: pos_tagging_test results: - task: name: Token Classification type: token-classification dataset: name: wnut_17 type: wnut_17 config: wnut_17 split: test args: wnut_17 metrics: - name: Precision type: precision value: 0.47113163972286376 - name: Recall type: recall value: 0.18906394810009267 - name: F1 type: f1 value: 0.2698412698412698 - name: Accuracy type: accuracy value: 0.9345902270103886 --- <!-- This model card has been generated automatically according to the information the Trainer had access to. You should probably proofread and complete it, then remove this comment. --> # pos_tagging_test This model is a fine-tuned version of [dmis-lab/biobert-base-cased-v1.2](https://huggingface.co/dmis-lab/biobert-base-cased-v1.2) on the wnut_17 dataset. It achieves the following results on the evaluation set: - Loss: 0.3144 - Precision: 0.4711 - Recall: 0.1891 - F1: 0.2698 - Accuracy: 0.9346 ## Model description More information needed ## Intended uses & limitations More information needed ## Training and evaluation data More information needed ## Training procedure ### Training hyperparameters The following hyperparameters were used during training: - learning_rate: 2e-05 - train_batch_size: 16 - eval_batch_size: 16 - seed: 42 - optimizer: Adam with betas=(0.9,0.999) and epsilon=1e-08 - lr_scheduler_type: linear - num_epochs: 2 ### Training results | Training Loss | Epoch | Step | Validation Loss | Precision | Recall | F1 | Accuracy | |:-------------:|:-----:|:----:|:---------------:|:---------:|:------:|:------:|:--------:| | No log | 1.0 | 213 | 0.3066 | 0.3913 | 0.1752 | 0.2420 | 0.9334 | | No log | 2.0 | 426 | 0.3144 | 0.4711 | 0.1891 | 0.2698 | 0.9346 | ### Framework versions - Transformers 4.29.1 - Pytorch 2.0.1 - Datasets 2.12.0 - Tokenizers 0.13.0

jefferylovely/CodeMaven34b-0

jefferylovely

text-generation

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douddakzze1521/Local-students-given-opportunity-to-pick-out-new-winter-gear-cg-updated

douddakzze1521

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/fd359de1 Source : https://paste.toolforge.org/ Flash News : https://jpeg.ly/r8PEA Biden last Talk : https://jsitor.com/AQTUUTNZiL Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://ibit.ly/YDgxp Other Sources : https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/1e6a99a6 https://pasteio.com/xmnagLyIVing https://paste.feed-the-beast.com/view/edf35067 https://tech.io/snippet/opbCVag https://jpeg.ly/vvlLE https://jsitor.com/6n0YOIb7I5 https://ibit.ly/vL8Zh https://jpeg.ly/oeFZh https://pastebin.com/zBuVLmhK https://paste.ee/p/emdUV https://ibit.ly/bUtav https://jsfiddle.net/pvgm8nux/ https://notes.io/wtwB6 https://ibit.ly/i--fM Nath resists allia­nce with smaller parties, telling high command that an impressive victory with 140 seats is a foregone conclusion The Congress on Saturday sacked Kamal Nath as the president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress, going instead for the young former MLA Jitu Patwari who lost the election this time. The 77-year-old Kamal Nath's exit is not merely about generational change. The drastic change has been triggered by the widespread perception that he mishandled electioneering because of overconfidence and obstinately refused to pay heed to sane advice during the campaign. "Kisi ki nahin sunte (he doesn't listen to anybody)," was the common refrain in the party. Some senior leaders squarely blamed Kamal Nath for the shock defeat in the key state of Madhya Pradesh where a bitter anti-incumbency placed the Congress in a clear advantage. "Kamal Nath messed it up," a top functionary had told The Telegraph soon after the result, lamenting that his arrogance would hurt the Opposition's prospects in the parliamentary election. Kamal Nath resisted allia­nce with smaller parties, telling the high command that an impressive victory with 140 seats was a foregone conclusion. The high command has gone for a dramatic overhaul, picking tribal leader Umang Singhar for the Congress Legislature Party post. Singhar will now be the Leader of the Opposition in the state. That he was tipped for a bigger role became clear when he publicly apologised to Digvijaya Singh for the misgivings of the past. Digvijaya's opposition could have derailed his appointment but he addressed that point in time. Now the Congress has both the state chief and CLP leader below 50, giving them the specific task of leading the party's revival. In Chhattisgarh too, the displeasure with Bhupesh Baghel was manifested in the choice of Charan Das Mahant as the Congress Legislature Party leader. The young Deepak Baij, who is the state chief, has been asked to continue. Given the trend, the continuance of Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan looks difficult now.....

gdrfqg/Soldiers-brutalised-my-wife-broke-her-hand-Okada-rider-g3-updated

gdrfqg

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://yamcode.com/trudeau-says-wants-update-12172023-225440 Source : https://jpeg.ly/deqhX Flash News : https://paste.toolforge.org/view/1fddfbfb Biden last Talk : https://yamcode.com/china-president-says-wants-update-25305 Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://yamcode.com/raw/hilary-says-wants-update-4441-12182023-014852 Other Sources : https://ibit.ly/CtmYf https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-5143-36 https://yamcode.com/raw/macron-says-wants-update-5125-12172023-232839 https://rentry.co/hoqddg https://yamcode.com/holland-says-wants-update-2515-42 https://jpeg.ly/mMUFL https://pastelink.net/j0vqgx10 https://yamcode.com/raw/trump-says-wants-update-12182023-011128 https://yamcode.com/raw/trudeau-says-wants-update-12182023-005236 https://rentry.co/4wg2x6 https://rentry.co/hpeyd https://rentry.co/dn495 https://yamcode.com/biden-says-wants-update-12172023-230916 https://rentry.co/k577v Dec. 16 -- Jasper County is going to create a hybrid app\/add-on to public health's webpage to better connect individuals to a resource guide for health and human services. Supervisors approved the joint request between IT and the county health department during their Dec. 12 meeting. Neopolitan Labs, the Iowa-based company who has hired to update the county's website in October 2023, will be in charge of creating the new feature, which will be optimized for mobile users. Jasper County IT Director Ryan Eaton said at a past work session the document public health uploads to the website is frequently updated and the PDF file keeps corrupting, making it nearly unusable. It is also not incredibly user friendly as there are no search features for the document. It would cost $6,000 to develop the app. Jasper County Board of Health Administrator Becky Pryor acquired a grant that will cover a portion of the costs, bringing the county's total contribution to $3,600. At the Dec. 12 supervisors meeting, it was determined it would come out of IT's budget. "This would just be an upgrade to make the website easier to use to find resources in our community," Pryor said. "The Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant is willing to pay 40 percent. We're getting a pre-authorization from the state and that would put the county paying 60 percent." Jennifer Cross, social media and communications specialist for Jasper County, said the resource guide directs individuals to service organizations that cater to their specific needs. For instance, the current guide includes information about groups that provide housing assistance, mental health services, etc. It is also more than 60 pages long. When Pryor has to upload an updated copy, Cross said she has to hope that the QR code doesn't change and that the links do not change. The new version would be interactive and be easy to search and filter for all website visitors. Updates can also be made on-demand by staff. According to county documents, visitors of the new page will be able to search by keyword or organization name, or filter by category. If need be, the resource guide could even get a user-friendly short URL, making it even easier for the public to access. All entries in the guide will also be print-friendly. If a new category needs to be added in the future or if an old one needs to be removed, the Jasper County Health Department will be able to make these updates via Mint Chip Lab -- the platform that powers the entire county site -- and have them instantly reflected on the website. "It's a 62-page guide and it covers about 34 resource categories, so the idea that PDF is searchable and you can find what you need quickly, this is just going to optimize it," Cross said. "It's going to be better for everybody who needs to use it, first responders, Becky's office, anybody." Upon approval from the board of supervisors, Neopolitan Labs can begin development of the new features and import resource listings. A preview of the new feature is expected to be available for review within the next four to six weeks, and it could launch shortly after.....

8ret1er21tfd/Ottawa-youth-charged-with-terrorism-offences-for-alleged-targeting-of-Jews-4b-updated

8ret1er21tfd

--- language: - en --- []() read the full article here : https://pasteio.com/x399NZuSDxu0 Source : https://rentry.co/koi3q Flash News : https://pastebin.com/yJzvifhc Biden last Talk : https://jsbin.com/zaxanufedu/edit?html,output Russian Ukrain Breaking News : https://jsbin.com/vawiyadaka/edit?html,output Other Sources : https://jpeg.ly/ooWCE https://notes.io/wtwsw https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-214754 https://ibit.ly/jn52k https://yamcode.com/raw/holland-says-wants-update-1224-41 https://tech.io/snippet/rz5DwmB https://rentry.co/ok2qz https://etextpad.com/nkaovercx3 https://yamcode.com/trump-says-wants-update-12172023-210623 https://rentry.co/t4kr9 https://yamcode.com/raw/obama-says-wants-update-5332-45 https://rentry.co/f9nes https://rentry.co/xrbpk https://pastebin.com/2kirEY4N With many of us, eating too quickly overcomes the normal feelings of being sated and the biological signals from our stomach to our brains keeps us from eating so much that we end up regretting it later. What appears to pull us back from over-eating, in many cases, are our tastebuds. A biological insight has shown, based on brainstem recording, how our tastebuds are the first line of defence against eating too fast. This new understanding could lead to new avenues for tackling weight loss. University of California - San Francisco researchers demonstrated this by stimulating the perception of flavour to pinpoint a set of neurons that function to curtail our food intake. According to lead researcher Zachary Knight the results could be significant: "We've uncovered a logic the brainstem uses to control how fast and how much we eat, using two different kinds of signals, one coming from the mouth, and one coming much later from the gut. This discovery gives us a new framework to understand how we control our eating." Using an animal model, the researchers used imaging and recording to reveal the brainstem structure critical for feeling full. This is termed the nucleus of the solitary tract, or NTS. It was demonstrated that when food is put directly into a mouse's stomach, brain cells called PRLH (for prolactin-releasing hormone) are activated by nutrient signals sent from the GI tract. When the scientists allowed the mice to eat the food as they normally would, those signals from the gut did not show up. Instead, the PRLH brain cells switched to a new activity pattern that was entirely controlled by signals from the mouth. The activity of the PRLH neurons seems to affect how palatable the mice found the food. This meant these cells are activated by the perception of taste. Hence there are other components of the appetite-control system that researchers need to think about. Here, a PRLH-neuron-induced slowdown could be the solution. The taste of food triggers these neurons to switch their activity in seconds, from keeping tabs on the gut to responding to signals from the mouth.....

jaigouk/tachikoma-13.6B-V0.2

jaigouk

Entry not found

Sharka/CIVQA_Impira_QA_EasyOCR

Sharka

transformers

document-question-answering

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