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July 12, 2019 / No. 27
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Changes in HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men — 20 Urban Areas, 2014 and 2017
Workplace Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure Among U.S. Nonsmoking Workers, 2015
Vital Signs: Surveillance for Acute Flaccid Myelitis — United States, 2018
Notes from the Field: Conjunctivitis Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans — Missouri, 2018
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Female Breast Cancer, by State — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2017
July 5, 2019 / No. 26
Health-Related Workplace Absenteeism Among Full-Time Workers — United States, 2017–18 Influenza Season
Bacterial and Fungal Infections in Persons Who Inject Drugs — Western New York, 2017
Genetic Characterization of Measles and Rubella Viruses Detected Through Global Measles and Rubella Elimination Surveillance, 2016–2018
Erratum: Vol. 68, No. 22
QuickStats: Average Daily Number of Deaths, by Month — United States, 2017
June 28, 2019 / No. 25
National HIV Testing Day — June 27, 2019
HIV Testing in 50 Local Jurisdictions Accounting for the Majority of New HIV Diagnoses and Seven States with Disproportionate Occurrence of HIV in Rural Areas, 2016–2017
Cryptosporidiosis Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2017
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Motor Vehicle Traffic Death Rates, by Urban-Rural Status and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2017
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Smoking Status — United States, 2017
Trends in the Laboratory Detection of Rotavirus Before and After Implementation of Routine Rotavirus Vaccination — United States, 2000–2018
Update: Influenza Activity in the United States During the 2018–19 Season and Composition of the 2019–20 Influenza Vaccine
Nationwide Shortage of Tuberculin Skin Test Antigens: CDC Recommendations for Patient Care and Public Health Practice
Notes from the Field: Meningeal and Pulmonary Tuberculosis on a Commercial Fishing Vessel — Hawaii, 2017
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Diabetes Mellitus as Underlying or Contributing Cause Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years, by Race/Ethnicity — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2004–2017
Trends in Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines Among Urban and Rural Dwelling Adults — United States, 2008–2017
Sepsis Attributed to Bacterial Contamination of Platelets Associated with a Potential Common Source — Multiple States, 2018
Vital Signs: Trends in Human Rabies Deaths and Exposures — United States, 1938–2018
Notes from the Field: Administration of Expired Injectable Influenza Vaccines Reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System — United States, July 2018–March 2019
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Prostate Cancer, by Race/Ethnicity — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999–2017
June 7, 2019 / No. 22
Receipt of Breast Milk by Gestational Age — United States, 2017
Annual Out-of-Pocket Expenditures and Financial Hardship Among Cancer Survivors Aged 18–64 Years — United States, 2011–2016
Community Assessments for Mosquito Prevention and Control Experiences, Attitudes, and Practices — U.S. Virgin Islands, 2017 and 2018
Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Pakistan, 2000–2018
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Have Lost All of Their Natural Teeth, by Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, 2000 and 2017
May 31, 2019 / No. 21
Hurricane-Associated Mold Exposures Among Patients at Risk for Invasive Mold Infections After Hurricane Harvey — Houston, Texas, 2017
Scaling Up Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Contacts of Index Patients — 20 Countries, 2016–2018
Using Social Media To Increase HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men — Beijing, China, 2013–2017
Notes from the Field: Acute Intoxications from Consumption of Amanita muscaria Mushrooms — Minnesota, 2018
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Reporting Diabetic Retinopathy Among Those with Prediabetes or Diagnosed Diabetes, by Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, 2016–2017
Healthy Vision Month — May 2019
Vision Impairment and Subjective Cognitive Decline–Related Functional Limitations — United States, 2015–2017
Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, January 2017–March 2019
Notes from the Field: Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase–Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections in U.S. Residents Associated with Invasive Medical Procedures in Mexico, 2015–2018
QuickStats: Rates of Injury from Sports, Recreation, and Leisure Activities Among Children and Adolescents Aged 1–17 Years, by Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2015–2017
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week — May 20–26, 2019
Pool Chemical Injuries in Public and Residential Settings — United States, 2008–2017, and New York, 2018
Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2019
Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreaks from Imported Cases in Orthodox Jewish Communities — New York and New Jersey, 2018–2019
Notes from the Field: Community Outbreak of Measles — Clark County, Washington, 2018–2019
Notes from the Field: Acanthamoeba Keratitis Cases — Iowa, 2002–2017
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Reporting a Lot of Pain, by Poverty Status and Frequency of Pain in the Past 3 Months, National Health Interview Survey, 2016–2017
Hepatitis Awareness Month and Testing Day — May 2019
Increase in Hepatitis A Virus Infections — United States, 2013–2018
Disparities in Incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Black and White Women — United States, 2010–2016
Racial Disparities in Mortality Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus — Fulton and DeKalb Counties, Georgia, 2002–2016
Vital Signs: Pregnancy-Related Deaths, United States, 2011–2015, and Strategies for Prevention, 13 States, 2013–2017
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentages of Persons of All Ages Who Delayed Seeking Medical Care in the Past 12 Months Because of Worry About Cost, by U.S. Census Region of Residence — National Health Interview Survey, 2012 and 2017
May 3, 2019 / No. 17
Arthritis Awareness Month — May 2019
State-Specific Severe Joint Pain and Physical Inactivity Among Adults with Arthritis — United States, 2017
Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants with Abuse Potential — United States, 2003–2017
Progress Toward Measles Elimination — European Region, 2009–2018
Increase in Measles Cases — United States, January 1–April 26, 2019
Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Infections in a Retirement Community — Vermont, October–November 2018
Notes from the Field: Live Poultry Shipment Box Sampling at Feed Stores as an Indicator for Human Salmonella Infections — Michigan, 2016–2018
QuickStats: Percentage of Employed Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Any Work-Loss Days Because of Illness or Injury in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, 2017
April 26, 2019 / No. 16
Consumption of Alcohol Beverages and Binge Drinking Among Pregnant Women Aged 18–44 Years — United States, 2015–2017
Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2015–2018
Hepatitis C Virus Potentially Transmitted by Opioid Drug Diversion from a Nurse — Washington, August 2017–March 2018
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Felt Worried, Nervous, or Anxious Daily or Weekly, by Age Group and Employment Status — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017
Estimated Number of Cases of High-Grade Cervical Lesions Diagnosed Among Women —United States, 2008 and 2016
Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Heterosexual Persons Who Are Living Homeless and Inject Drugs — Seattle, Washington, 2018
Prevalence of Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among Persons Aged 13–24 Years — Four Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2013–2015
Notes from the Field: Six Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children — Minnesota, 2018
Notes from the Field: Identification of a Triatoma sanguisuga "Kissing Bug" — Delaware, 2018
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentages of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Were Told in the Past 12 Months by a Doctor or Health Professional That They Had Sinusitis, by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin — National Health Interview Survey, 2017
Extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among Community Venue–Attending Men Who Have Sex with Men — Five Cities, United States, 2017
Notes from the Field: Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths with Kratom Detected — 27 States, July 2016–December 2017
Notes from the Field: Acute Hepatitis A Virus Infection Among Previously Vaccinated Persons with HIV Infection: Implications for Postexposure Prophylaxis — Tennessee, 2018
Notes from the Field: Hepatitis A Outbreak Associated with Drug Use and Homelessness — West Virginia, 2018
Notes from the Field: Multistate Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak in U.S. Residents Returning from Community Service Trips to Baja California, Mexico — July–August 2018
QuickStats: Percentage of Persons in Families Having Problems Paying Medical Bills in the Past 12 Months, by Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, 2011–2017
April 5, 2019 / No. 13
Nonfatal Assaults and Homicides Among Adults Aged ≥60 Years — United States, 2002–2016
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence Among Adults Who Have Never Smoked, by Industry and Occupation — United States, 2013–2017
Outbreak of Cyanide Poisoning Caused by Consumption of Cassava Flour — Kasese District, Uganda, September 2017
Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2017–2018
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentages of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Without a Usual Place of Health Care, by Region — National Health Interview Survey, 2017
March 29, 2019 / No. 12
Enterovirus D68–Associated Acute Respiratory Illness — New Vaccine Surveillance Network, United States, July–October, 2017 and 2018
Imported Toxin-Producing Cutaneous Diphtheria — Minnesota, Washington, and New Mexico, 2015–2018
Candida Bloodstream Infections Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado, 2017–2018
Notes from the Field: Investigation of Colorado Tick Fever Virus Disease Cases — Oregon, 2018
Erratum Vol. 67, No. 30
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Who Met Federal Guidelines for Aerobic Physical Activity Through Leisure-Time Activity, by Race/Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2017
World TB Day — March 24, 2019
Tuberculosis — United States, 2018
Global Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Progress Toward Achieving Global Targets — 2017
Vital Signs: HIV Transmission Along the Continuum of Care — United States, 2016
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Reported That They Needed Dental Care During the Past 12 Months But Didn't Get It Because They Couldn't Afford It, by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin — National Health Interview Survey, 2017
Brain Injury Awareness Month — March 2019
Emergency Department Visits for Sports- and Recreation-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Children — United States, 2010–2016
Diagnostic Methods Used to Classify Confirmed and Probable Cases of Spotted Fever Rickettsioses — United States, 2010–2015
Risk Factors for Congenital Syphilis Transmitted from Mother to Infant — Suzhou, China, 2011–2014
Notes from the Field: Botulism Outbreak Associated with Home-Canned Peas — New York City, 2018
Notes from the Field: HIV Diagnoses Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Northeastern Massachusetts, 2015–2018
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates, by State — United States 2017
March 8, 2019 / No. 9
Associations Among School Absenteeism, Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Illness, and Income — United States, 2010–2016
Vital Signs: Epidemiology and Recent Trends in Methicillin-Resistant and in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections — United States
Vital Signs: Trends in Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers — United States, 2005–2017
Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks — Democratic Republic of the Congo and Horn of Africa, 2017–2018
Notes from the Field: Tetanus in an Unvaccinated Child — Oregon, 2017
QuickStats: Injury Death Rates for Persons Aged 15–19 Years, by Intent — United States, 1999–2017
Use of Electronic Vapor Products Before, During, and After Pregnancy Among Women with a Recent Live Birth — Oklahoma and Texas, 2015
Progress toward Hepatitis B Control and Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus — Western Pacific Region, 2005–2017
Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak in an Era of Stricter Immunization Requirements — California, March 2018
Notes from the Field: Age Distribution of Patients with Laboratory-Detected Respiratory Syncytial Virus — Arizona, 2013–2017
Notes from the Field: Identifying Risk Behaviors for Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections Among Persons Who Inject Drugs and Persons Experiencing Homelessness — New Mexico, May 2018
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Had Visited an Emergency Department at Least Once in the Past 12 Months, by Age Group and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Status — National Health Interview Survey, 2015 and 2016
February 22, 2019 / No. 7
Campylobacteriosis Outbreak Associated with Contaminated Municipal Water Supply — Nebraska, 2017
Public Health Emergency Risk Communication and Social Media Reactions to an Errant Warning of a Ballistic Missile Threat — Hawaii, January 2018
Leveraging Existing Birth Defects Surveillance Infrastructure to Build Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Surveillance Systems — Illinois, New Mexico, and Vermont, 2015–2016
Notes from the Field: Lead and Cadmium Exposure in Electronic Recyclers — Two States, 2015 and 2017
Notes from the Field: Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli Outbreak Associated with a Potluck Party — North Carolina, June–July 2018
Notes from the Field: Human Brucella abortus RB51 Infections Caused by Consumption of Unpasteurized Domestic Dairy Products — United States, 2017–2019
Erratum: Vol 67, No 45
QuickStats: Death Rates Attributed to Excessive Cold or Hypothermia Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years, by Urbanization Level and Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, 2015–2017
Update: Influenza Activity — United States, September 30, 2018–February 2, 2019
Interim Estimates of 2018–19 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — United States, February 2019
Days' Supply of Initial Opioid Analgesic Prescriptions and Additional Fills for Acute Pain Conditions Treated in the Primary Care Setting — United States, 2014
Increased Methamphetamine, Injection Drug, and Heroin Use Among Women and Heterosexual Men with Primary and Secondary Syphilis — United States, 2013–2017
Transmission Patterns in a Low HIV-Morbidity State — Wisconsin, 2014–2017
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of Hepatitis A Vaccine for Persons Experiencing Homelessness
Vital Signs: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2018
Notes from the Field: Assessment of State-Level Influenza Season Severity — Minnesota and Utah, 2017–18 Influenza Season
QuickStats: Death Rates for Motor Vehicle Traffic Injury, by Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2015 and 2017
February 8, 2019 / No. 5
American Heart Month — February 2019
Awareness of Heart Attack Symptoms and Response Among Adults — United States, 2008, 2014 and 2017
Actions in Support of Newborn Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease — United States, 2011–2018
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger — United States, 2019
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older — United States, 2019
Notes from the Field: Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 1 and Outbreak Response — Papua New Guinea, 2018
QuickStats: Percentage of Persons of All Ages Who Had a Medically Attended Injury During the Past 3 Months, by Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, 2015–2017
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day — February 7, 2019
HIV Partner Service Delivery among Blacks or African Americans — United States, 2016
Use of Toothpaste and Toothbrushing Patterns Among Children and Adolescents — United States, 2013–2016
Postlicensure Safety Surveillance of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine (Shingrix) — United States, October 2017–June 2018
Notes from the Field: Mumps Outbreak in a Recently Vaccinated Population — Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, August–December, 2017
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Were Prescribed Medication in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, 2017
January 25, 2019 / No. 3
Characteristics of School-Associated Youth Homicides — United States, 1994–2018
Characteristics of Deceased Solid Organ Donors and Screening Results for Hepatitis B, C, and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses — United States, 2010–2017
Transgender Identity and Experiences of Violence Victimization, Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — 19 States and Large Urban School Districts, 2017
Scurvy Outbreak Among South Sudanese Adolescents and Young Men — Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, 2017–2018
Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Listeriosis Likely Associated with Prepackaged Caramel Apples — United States, 2017
QuickStats: Percentage of U.S. Women Aged 50–74 Years Who Have Ever Had Breast Cancer, by Race and Hispanic Origin — National Health Interview Survey, 2015–2017
Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties Among Primary Care Providers Using an Electronic Health Record System — United States, 2014–2017
Gastroschisis Trends and Ecologic Link to Opioid Prescription Rates — United States, 2006–2015
Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs — New York City, 2000–2017
Notes from the Field: Fentanyl Drug Submissions — United States, 2010–2017
Notes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak — Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2017–February 2018
Notes from the Field: Tuberculosis Control in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria — Puerto Rico, 2017
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 18–64 Years Who Had an Influenza Vaccination in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Current Asthma Status — National Health Interview Survey, 2017
Drug Overdose Deaths Among Women Aged 30–64 Years — United States, 1999–2017
Evaluation of State-Mandated Reporting of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome — Six States, 2013–2017
Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella Typhi Infections Among Travelers to or from Pakistan — United States, 2016–2018
Establishing Baseline Cervical Cancer Screening Coverage — India, 2015–2016
Notes from the Field: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — Louisiana, December 2017
Notice to Readers: Change in Continuing Education Activities for the MMWR Series
QuickStats: Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits Made by Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Among Persons Aged ≥18 Years, by Race/Ethnicity and Sex — National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2015–2016
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Richard Jolly
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With Liverpool seemingly set to do very little transfer business this summer, Richard Jolly looks at the pros and cons of such a stance.
There are some quotes that are simultaneously utterly illogical and perceptively cogent. "If you stand still there is only one way to go, and that's backwards," Peter Shilton once said. A great goalkeeper was rarely confused for a great thinker but plenty would subscribe to that theory, at least in the context of the transfer market.
It is in part because everything is relative: if you are standing still, you are in effect reversing because someone else is advancing.
In a sense, Liverpool are standing still this summer, yet to make a senior signing at a point when Tottenham and Manchester City have broken their transfer records and when Manchester United, who have already spent £65 million, could come close to theirs to sign Harry Maguire.
Meanwhile, Liverpool have replenished their stocks of youngsters with Sepp van den Berg and Harvey Elliott, parted company with a couple of back-ups, in Alberto Moreno and Daniel Sturridge, but generally adopted the an isolationist policy, withdrawing from a wider world obsessed with transfers, spending less than Chelsea, who have a transfer ban.
Which, in a way, suits Jurgen Klopp. He has an Arsene Wenger-esque faith in the players at his disposal and rarely seems to regard retail therapy as being particularly therapeutic.
Yet Liverpool have refined their transfer strategy in the Klopp years. It has been fewer but better, quality not quantity, hits outnumbering misses. Klopp is the anti-Harry Redknapp, not making signings for signings' sake.
In one respect, too, Liverpool can draw comparisons with their past. The last three times they finished second in the Premier League, they went backwards. Nicolas Anelka, Xabi Alonso and Luis Suarez can feel an unholy trinity, the men whose departures in 2002, 2009 and 2014 sent Liverpool into reverse gear.
No one has completed an unwanted quartet: prize assets from Mohamed Salah to Sadio Mane, Alisson to Virgil van Dijk, are staying.
Liverpool have stability and security in a way they have not had for three decades. They have invested in a way they never did before: they may be 2019's smallest spenders, but they were 2018's biggest.
But they have also invested differently. They posted a world record profit of £125 million in 2017-18 and their Champions League run this season should have proved lucrative, but contracts cost, especially when they entail rewarding those who have done well.
Liverpool have 12 players contracted until 2023 or 2024, many of them signing improved deals in recent months. The financial structure has changed.
The cliché when players come back from injury tends to be that they are "like a new signing". Liverpool have Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rhian Brewster and Joe Gomez returning from injury-interrupted years, each with the potential to offer more.
Arguably their spate of new deals are better than new signings, because they are stripped of the element of risk and because many a newcomer – Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Andrew Robertson – needed time to acclimatise to Klopp's demands, so even the successes may not flourish in the short term.
Liverpool can look at their most recent opponents as advocates of continuity; Tottenham played in a Champions League final 16 months after their most recent signing. They could, though, also note that their Premier League performances had tailed off in the same time. Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs can feel the exception, not the rule.
Lessons from past?
They can also see cautionary tales of sides who should have strengthened. A passing ethos can work in football, but a passive one rarely does.
Consider Wenger's Arsenal in 2015, who acquired Petr Cech but were the only side in Europe's top five leagues not to sign an outfield player and who spurned their best chance in the last decade to win the league; Bayern Munich, who did not buy a senior player last summer and regressed; Liverpool's predecessors as European champions, Real Madrid, who failed to replace Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018 and endured arguably their worst season in 15 years.
Yet there is a significant difference. Real and Bayern were ageing groups, sides on the slide who postponed an overhaul for 12 months and paid a price. Liverpool's age profile is almost ideal and even the lone veteran, James Milner, showed his stamina by outlasting Gomez in pre-season running. They feel a team on an upward curve, the one with least need for reinforcements. Given the twin feats of winning the Champions League and securing 97 points, there is little scope for improvement.
Although it is understandable some would like to see a goalscoring midfielder, there is no obvious weakness in the first-choice side. The stronger the starting 11, the harder it is to strengthen.
Meanwhile, the concept of stockpiling squad players after silverware-studded seasons may sound good in principle, but backfired for City after their 2012 and 2014 title wins, the latter compounded by the disastrous decision to buy Eliaquim Mangala. Liverpool scarcely need Anfield equivalents of Jack Rodwell, Scott Sinclair or Maicon.
But buying is not just a question of remedying shortcomings or adding cover. That paragon of quiet ruthlessness, Bob Paisley, would invariably react to success by signing someone, whether for the long term or a more immediate aim, to ward off complacency or to cast aside a serial winner.
Sir Alex Ferguson arguably made major signings after 11 of his 13 Premier League title wins (having retired, he should escape censure for United's shambolic summer in the transfer market in 2013). Yet if 1999, when United failed to make a major signing, represented a great missed opportunity to dominate Europe, Liverpool could also look along the East Lancs Road to the events of 1995 when Ferguson sold three, signed no one and used those he already had to fashion his greatest side.
If it felt another anomaly, it was an illustration that managers sometimes don't need the complications and confusions signings can cause. Then as now, the braver decision is not to buy, rather than to buy. In a culture of consumption, choosing not to spend is a shortcut to criticism if ambitions go unrealised.
Klopp has always been prepared to take that unpopular approach. His record shows a willingness to wait, the clarity of thought to ignore the masses and an awareness that only certain types of players really suit his brand of play.
So, not for the first time, he is flying the face of conventional wisdom. Those who stand still do often go backwards. But so, too, do those who take the wrong turn in attempting to go forwards.
The defending champions' signings represent a reason why no one retained the Premier League title for a decade until 2019, but they were often the wrong recruits, rather than a lack of them.
Klopp's view, on football if not Brexit, is that no deal is better than a bad deal. Thus far, he has been correct. But if Liverpool sit out the rest of the transfer window, he will be the odd man out in the managerial pack next season.
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Capa Prize Holder Photographer Móricz-Sabján Dies at 42
December 30, 2022 Tóháti ZsuzsaLeave a Comment on Capa Prize Holder Photographer Móricz-Sabján Dies at 42
Internationally acclaimed photographer Simon Móricz-Sabján died in an accident at the age of 42 on Wednesday, his wife told MTI on Thursday.
Móricz-Sabján won the Capa Grand Prize for Permanently Overcast, a photo series on life in Hungary's Great Plain, in October 2022. Born in 1980 in Kiskunhalas, in southern Hungary, Móricz-Sabján worked with the daily Népszabadság, Manager Magazin and business daily Világgazdaság. He won numerous awards including that of the China International Press Photo Contest twice, Pictures of the Year International (POYi), NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Prix International de la Photographie, PDN, FCBarcelona Photo Award, Slovak Press Photo and ASPAward. His work has been displayed in the House of Hungarian Photographers, the Capa Centre, Arles, Barcelona, Denver, Milan and several other locations.
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Farewell service held for historic church
Farewell service held for Pisgah Baptist Church
By Tom Moody
A CHURCH in Talywain which first opened its doors almost 200 years ago held its final service last week, with the building being forced to close.
Pisgah Baptist Church's congregation have been forced to leave their spiritual home after the building was deemed to be unsafe.
The congregation, which is usually made up of less than 15 members, were joined by friends from other local churches, and the service was led by Dr Christian Williams from The Baptist Union of Wales in Carmarthen.
(The final service at Pisgah Baptist Church. Picture: Pamela Watts.)
John Williams, 71, the secretary and treasurer of Pisgah Baptist Church, said: "We had a better turnout than we expected and were delighted.
"Some attended because they came to Sunday school there and others because there their family were connected with the chapel.
"Also we were joined by ministers who take the pulpit during the year.
"Dr Williams took the service and was positive that we were doing the right thing to keep the congregation together.
"One of the members of the congregation, Nerissa Watkins, spoke of how Pisgah came about in the beginning as her dad was a deacon there for many years.
"I am a pensioner now and was put on the cradle roll there as a child.
(John Williams speaking at the final service at Pisgah Baptist Church. Picture: Pamela Watts.)
"Friends from other local churches also came along with people coming from Forge Side Baptist Church, Sardis Congregational Church and friends from Viaduct Road Methodist Church, which sadly closed its doors quite recently.
"A big thank-you to everyone who supported us and helped make it so special."
Despite the closure of the church, the congregation will still be worshipping together.
On Sunday, the Pisgah congregation held its first weekly service at its new home, the Senior Citizens Hall in Church Road, Talywain.
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What Makes A Truly Great Villain?
When it comes to fictional forms of media, there is nothing I love more than a good villain. A truly memorable antagonist stands in the way or our heroes and acts as an ever-constant threat against our protagonists. That begs the question though, what makes a truly great villain? What makes an antagonist not only a truly evil force, but also into something that we love to hate?
I can't stay mad at that face!
The answer to this may depend on the form of media the villain is associated with, but I've decided to give my own thoughts on what makes a truly great villain. I also have to thank Super Eyepatch Wolf on Youtube for giving me inspiration to make this post on my blog. So, for a villain to be something I can truly get behind, it needs a number of things:
Memorable Design
It's not enough that a villain is intimidating, but he also needs to look intimidating and have a design that makes him appealing (or not so appealing) to look at. A good example of this is the original Green Goblin, who dresses in a truly gaudy green and purple outfit. Even if this original design is somewhat outdated, it's still memorable enough to let you easily pick him out from a crowd. He's not some generic pretty-boy with a sword, or some giant monster wielding a hammer. No, he's this gaudily-dressed imp of destruction, raining pumpkin bombs down onto hapless citizens.
Good Voice-Acting
This next section is highly dependent upon the form of media the villain is depicted in. For things like television, film, and video-games (depending on if the game has voice-acting or not), then how the villain sounds is a great factor in determining the appeal of a character. For example, Mako playing Aku in Samurai Jack is often sited as one of the best portrayals of a villain in cartoons.
Mako knows how to ham it up as Aku, delivering a voice dripping with both comedic value and intimidation. Mako is able to portray Aku, this Japanese demon of death and destruction, as a character that one can enjoy. Greg Baldwin, who is Aku's new voice actor, also does an amazing job. He isn't as good as the original, but manages to capture the energy and cheesiness of Mako's portrayal very well.
It's not always necessary to cast someone well-known or famous to play a villain. As long as the person playing said villain can inside the head of the character and portray him the way the creator intends, while still keeping the role their own. A voice is everything in a villain. A bad voice actor can truly destroy what makes a great villain great.
Being An Actual Threat
Having a villain who looks and sounds great is one thing, but you need a villain who can actually get the job done. A villain who can't achieve their goals, or pose much of a threat to our heroes becomes a joke after a while. A good (or rather, bad) example of this is Corypheus from Dragon Age: Inquisition. Corypheus is foiled easily at every turn by your chosen protagonist.
Corypheus very rarely does much to be a thorn in your side, and a lot of his attempts to stop you reach Dick Dastardly levels of pathetic. A good example of a villain who manages to threaten our heroes at every turn is Etemon, from the cult classic anime Digimon. Despite Etemon seeming like an incompetent goofball, he was able to trounce the Digi-Destined most of the time. Not only that, but he also devised a "Dark Network", that he can use to attack his enemies from afar.
Etemon's seemingly silly design and behaviors masked his truly power and potential. This mischievous monkey of magnified malice ended up being a true threat to our heroes. A villain who isn't able to be a challenge to our protagonists in any way ends up feeling lame and hollow. A villain can't just talk the talk, he/she needs to also be able to walk the walk.
The Villain Needs To Be More Than A Villain
Super Eyepatch Wolf discussed this as well, but it bares repeating. A villain who feels more like a person, is better than one who doesn't. A villain needs to have weaknesses as well as strengths, needs to have dreams beyond his current goal, and needs to feel like a real part of the world. Most Marvel villains end up just kind of showing up, usually with little development.
Again, a villain needs to be a part of the world. Not just antagonist no. 125 who happens to co-exist in the universe, but hasn't been mentioned or established until now. Now I know most villains are not like that, but sometimes establishing an antagonist beforehand can really work wonders for your property.
A villain doesn't need to have all of these properties to be a great villain, but it certainly helps. Having a strong voice, memorable design, good backstory and development, fantastic characterization, and a threatening persona can actually make for both a great character and an amazing villain. Examples are out there, there's a ton in fact. Coming with a great and memorable villain isn't easy, but having one can make or break a series. At least, that's my opinion on the whole thing.
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Is Joseph Joestar the best Jojo?
When it comes to the anime known as "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure", I'm really only a fan in passing. I watched through parts 1 and 2, as well as the first half of part 3. I sadly have yet to touch the anime version of part 4, and I've only read a small portion of part 5. For those of you who don't know what Jojo is, it's an anime and manga that series that's been running for over 30 years. Jojo is divided into multiple parts and is currently on part 8 at the moment. Each part focuses on a different protagonist in a different scenario.
One common occurrence is that our heroes are usually going up against supernatural foes, fighting psychopaths with weird fetishes or god complexes, or just having all around bizarre adventures. With each new story we got a new "Jojo". What is a Jojo? It's one of the protagonists of any given arc who has the word "Jojo" somewhere in there first and last name. Some examples include Johnathon Joestar or Jotaro Kujo.
So, with a history of differing protagonists, which one is the best? Which is the ultimate Jojo, the most memorable hero the series has ever produced? Well, this opinion will differ from person to person, depending on who you ask. However, in my eyes, the ultimate Jojo is the one that debuted in the second part of the story. This man is Joseph Joestar, the hero of Battle Tendency.
Don't let the crazy hair fool you, this man is a walking weapon!
So, who's Joseph? Well, he's the grandson of the protagonist of part 1, the man known as Johnathon Joestar. Sadly, John is barely worth mentioning, as I found the character to be immensely boring. A lot of Johnathon's personality and backstory is built upon him avenging his family's pride and trying to stop Dio. Due to the short length of part 1, there just wasn't enough time to build Johnathon into a truly likable and believable character.
If that's the case, what makes Joseph so special? Well, Joseph is a lot more hot-headed than Johnathon ever was. Joseph has a tendency to get into fights that are well over his head, yet he manages to come out on top. Despite Joseph appearing to be an idiot, he often tends to out-think his opponent. This is showcased very well in the fact that he almost always accurately predicts what his opponent will say next, right before they say it.
Joseph's combat abilities come down to the use of a special technique called "Hamon". This allows the user to channel the energy of the sun through their body, allowing them to kill vampires or do any manner of special attacks. Joseph's abilities are pretty unique when compared to Johnathon. Johnathon used Hamon mainly for straightforward attacks, while Joseph uses them insanely creative ways. Joseph can use Hamon to stick his bolas (which is a type of throwing weapon) to walls or even fling them back at an enemy.
Despite Joseph often been outclassed, he still manages to win due to the unique and interesting ways he approaches combat. He comes slight of hand, his own wit, his ability to think on the fly, along with his raw supernatural abilities to trump his opponents almost every time. Joseph goes from fighting low-level vampires and random street thugs at the start of the series, to defeating a god by accident right near the end of the series. The power-progression feels natural, and it doesn't feel rushed or forced in the slightest.
Something I liked most about Joseph was his bombastic personality and general attitude about things. Joseph is a goofball and a bit of a jerk at times, but he honestly cares for the people around him. While he doesn't think much about his lineage, he still goes into battle each time. Sure, he runs away most of the time, but still manages to pull victory out of nowhere most of the time.
Joseph doesn't stop being interesting after his story arc ends, however. Joseph returns in parts 3 and 4, as an old man. Despite being much older and slightly more mature, Joseph is still the goofball at heart that he always was. Joseph manages to defeat powerful opponents despite his age, and gains new abilities along the way. While he isn't the main hero anymore, he's still a supporting character that manages to feel fairly interesting.
Joseph feels like a real person, despite his eccentric quirks. Unlike a lot of anime heroes, Joseph actually has flaws and manages to overcome them. While other Jojos have come along, they just haven't matched Joseph in terms of memorability. While I did enjoy the thoughtful Jotaro, and the goofball Josuke, they just couldn't compare to their predecessor.
Those are my reasons why I like Joseph. I respect that everyone has their own favorite Jojo, but for me Joseph will always be number one. Now I ask you, what's your favorite Jojo? Feel free to reply to this post and tell me who's your favorite and why, I'd love to hear about it! Try to avoid spoilers though, keep in mind I've only watched parts 1 and 2 and most of 3. I have yet to tackle parts 4 and beyond. Anyway, thanks for reading and have a great day!


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Published 2005 by Earthscan in London .
Endangered species -- Atlases.
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'Anchor Point booming, and we're excited,' says chamber board member
By McKibben Jackinsky • March 4, 2013 11:32 pm
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What is it about Anchor Point that has five new businesses opening up in the Kenai Peninsula's westernmost community?
Lower utility costs because of the availability of natural gas was the first explanation given by Bryan Zak, regional director for the South West Alaska Small Business Development Center and also a member of the Homer City Council.
To prove his point, Zak referenced a conversation he had with one Anchor Point building owner.
"He thought he'd not say anything for the first month because he was sure a mistake had been made, but he was saving like 90 percent of what his fuel oil and propane bill had been before natural gas," said Zak.
"The other factor would be that Anchor Point does have some space that is maybe a little more affordable than space in Homer," he said.
In addition, there are lower interest rates available for loans "so some people feel confident enough to go ahead whereas in 2009, because of the pull-back on the economy, they were a little bit afraid to take the risk and go into owning their own small business," said Zak.
Jennifer Henley, a board member of Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce, said, "Anchor Point is booming and we're very excited."
She credits a community attitude for the expansion.
"There's a lot of people in Anchor Point that want to get up and do stuff," said Henley.
Coastal Realty's Mary Trimble said the new businesses are a sign of "people maybe trying to do a little more."
Trimble isn't limiting that to Anchor Point residents.
"We used to get so many people buying recreational and retirement property and I'd say we've had more inquiries along that line in the last couple of months, which is very encouraging," said Trimble.
"A lot of those are Anchorage people or even people from Outside that want to have maybe the good months up here when they retire. But don't want to move up here permanently. It's kind of like the dream of getting the best of Alaska," she said.
Zak doesn't believe "it's just a boom for Anchor Point. We see some movement here in Homer, also." With natural gas coming to the southern peninsula, Zak believes "we are going to see an additional benefit immediately here by next winter when I believe most Homer businesses will be receiving the same utility rate for heat if they're on natural gas as (businesses) do in Anchor Point."
McKibben Jackinsky can be reached at mckibben.jackinsky@homernews.com.
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Cal-Bridge pilots program offering CSU students access to UC Ph.D programs
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Cal-Bridge is extending its mentorship program to computation-focused students. The program connects promising California State University (CSU) students with mentors at CSU and University of California (UC) campuses.
UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering Associate Dean Matthew Guthaus co-directs the Cal-Bridge CS program with Mohammed Husain, Professor of CS at Cal-Poly Pomona, along with the guidance of the Cal-Bridge Director Alexander Rudolph, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Cal-Poly Pomona.
"Cal-Bridge CS will open opportunities that many historically underrepresented students didn't know exist," Guthaus said. "We hope to take down some of the barriers and show students that a Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D program may be well within their reach."
Cal-Bridge provides a pair of mentors for CSU students: one at the student's home campus and a second at a research-intensive University of California campus.
The program also offers need-based scholarships during the students' junior, senior, and first year of grad school (if at a UC). It works to provide them with summer research support through the NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) partnerships, and arranges workshops on important topics such as applying to graduate school and professional development.
Having mentors at both campuses allows students to understand the similarities and differences between both schools. For some students it might be their only opportunity to find a mentor or someone to write a letter recommendation. Impaction—when a program reaches or surpasses its expected enrollment (common at state schools, particular in popular programs like computer science)—has made forging relationships with professors during office hours more difficult. Even motivated students can have trouble making the connections they need to get into graduate school, let alone finding a mentor organically.
"The goal here is to break down the wall and show students that faculty are real people while also giving them advice," Guthaus said. "Frequent check ins with mentors are meant to offer professional advice and help with personal challenges."
California State University campuses have historically been teaching-focused. Students have fewer opportunities to connect with professors doing research in their fields than students at UC campuses. This leaves them at a disadvantage when applying to doctoral programs. Mentorship can make a big difference.
There are plenty of misconceptions surrounding Ph.D programs. Many students are surprised to learn that most STEM Ph.D. programs pay for tuition and provide a stipend. They may not realize what research involves or how to go about solving research problems.
During its first six years of operation, Cal-Bridge focused on physics and astronomy with 7 cohorts and 129 scholars. 87 percent of the participants have enrolled in graduate programs. Of these students, 66 percent are first generation college students, 64 percent are underrepresented minorities, 46 percent identify as women, and 24 percent identify as underrepresented minority women.
Computer Science has a serious representation gap: in 2018, the U.S. Department of Education found that only about 20 percent of CS graduates were women and 18 percent were underrepresented minorities (NCES IPEDS Completions Data). The hope is that Cal-Bridge will offer opportunities for CSU computer science students as it has done with physics and astronomy.
Applications from CSU students are due Sept. 25.
For information on applying to the computer science and engineering program, please see: https://www.cpp.edu/calbridge/prospective-scholars/computer-science-and-engineering.shtml


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Legally Blonde Collection Blu-ray Review
Reviewed by Jami Ferguson
The Legally Blonde Collection is now available to own on Blu-ray. The collection includes a two-disc set with each movie and related special features on its own Blu-ray. In both films, Reese Witherspoon stars as Elle Woods, a woman on a mission. In Legally Blonde, she wants to win back the love of her life. In its sequel, she hopes to protect her dog and others like him from animal testing.
Films (3 out of 5 stars)
Legally Blonde is a classic chick flick. It reminds me a lot of Clueless. They are both films that are dated, in a good way, and would probably create outrage if released today. Someone would be boycotting this release, saying it promotes a negative stereotype. If not that, they would complain that Elle's happy ending had to include a man in it. Looking back on it, I think of it as a fun, cute film, full of fluff (in a good way). I don't think you should spend much time contemplating Elle's message. If you do, look at it in the best light and realize that in the end, she realized she was too good for that guy!
Legally Blonde (3 1/2 out of 5 stars)
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is a Fashion Major at CULA (presumably California University Los Angeles). She has a 4.0 GPA and is the President of the Delta Nu Sorority. Her sorority sisters help her prepare for a date with her boyfriend Warner, at which she expects a marriage proposal. Instead, Warner breaks her heart with the revelation that he needs a serious girlfriend if he wants to be a Senator by the age of 30. As Warner breaks up with Elle, he informs her that his family expects him to be with a Jackie, not a Marilyn. Warner is about to head off to Harvard Law School and has big plans for his future, and those plans to not include Elle.
After sulking in bed eating chocolates, avoiding the outside world, Elle's friends take her to a nail salon to cheer her up. Thumbing through a magazine, she sees a photo of Warner's brother and his serious but unattractive fiancée. Elle decides that the way to get Warner back is to go to law school and be a serious student. After a unique admissions essay and a passing score on her LSATs, Elle and her dog Bruiser head to Harvard to begin her law degree and eventually win back the love of her life.
Elle does not fit in well at Harvard. Everyone sees her as a pretty but dumb blonde. In her first class, a student named Vivian Kensington (Selma Blair) gives her attitude.
The day comes to a head when Elle learns that Vivian is now engaged to Warner. Vivian was his high school girlfriend whom he reconnected with over the summer and she now wears his giant engagement ring proudly. A new friend, Paulette Bonafante (Jennifer Coolidge), suggests that Elle should steal him back. Although that's the plan, Elle soon learns that she will never be good enough for Warner (in his eyes). Taking the next step, she realizes that she is too good for Warner. He may be the reason she went to Harvard, but her successes are all her own from that point on.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2 1/2 out of 5 stars)
Elle Woods is a lawyer, who is happily engaged to her sweetheart from Harvard, Emmet (Luke Wilson). Her career is going well but she is unexpectedly derailed by a new project, which is very personal to her. Elle hires an investigator to track down her Chihuahua's mother (for a wedding invitation). She learns that Bruiser's mom is an animal test subject. A heartfelt presentation about Bruiser and his mom leads to Elle's termination from her job. After a few tears over the loss, Elle decides that she wants to change the law. Elle heads to Washington, D.C. in the hopes of passing a bill that would make it illegal for companies to use animals for testing.
As it was when she first came to Harvard, Elle has a hard time being taken seriously. People call her "capitol Barbie" and treat her as such. Her mentor, played by Sally Field, appears to support Elle's cause but in the end, she works against Elle to further her own political aspirations.
Video (3 out of 5 stars)
Legally Blonde (4 out of 5 stars)
Shout has provided a 4K scan of the original negative. As the director explains in commentary and extras, the low budget didn't allow for as much location shooting as he would have liked. Color changes from bright LA to subdued Harvard must help, as ivy added to LA set's doubles for Harvard Law. Elle's signature color (pink) is one of the many colors that pops in Elle's surroundings and wardrobe. There is a bit of noise and some blurry backgrounds but overall these shortcomings are minor and don't take away from the experience.
Legally Blonde 2 (2 1/2 out of 5 stars)
This presentation does not fare as well as its predecessor. Digital noise is very present in the first half and there is a visible lens scratch. What you get seems more like DVD quality than Blu-ray.
Audio (4 out of 5 stars)
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix is adequate for this film. The score comes across nicely, as does dialogue. The light and easy-going film is accompanied by similarly uncomplicated sound. No major complaints with an audio track that won't tax your surround system.
Just as with the first film, Legally Blonde 2 falls short of the original in the audio department. Although still offering a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track, this film just isn't as clean and precise. Crowded rooms and gatherings feel appropriately busy. Nothing about the audio made me take note. – good or bad.
Extras (3 out of 5 stars)
Legally Blonde 3 out of 5 stars)
Audio Commentaries:
Commentary with Director Robert Luketic, Producer Marc Platt, and Reese Witherspoon
Commentary with Cinematographer Anthony Richmond, Costume Designer Sophie de Rakoff Carbonell, Production Designer Melissa Stewart, Screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith and Animal Trainer Sue Chipperton.
New Interview with Jessica Cauffiel (13:31) – The actress who plays Margo talks about getting the part, researching the role with Reese Witherspoon and working with a first-time director. 20 years later, she discusses the script, alternate endings and more.
Deleted Scenes (9:45 total runtime) – with Director introduction/explanation, After the Breakup, Rollerblading, The Betting Pool, Elle's Revenge, Depositions, Delta Nu Sister, Professor Callahan and Emmet, Mrs. Windham Vandermark
Inside Legally Blonde (21:37) – Featurette that Includes both the simple and complicated explanation of how the novel became a film. Many of the key players explain how the paths that led them to this project.
The Hair that Ate Hollywood (9:01) - Choosing the right blonde and the 30 plus hair changes in the film.
Hoku "Perfect Day" Music Video (3:26)
Legally Blonde 2 (3 out of 5 stars)
Audio Commentary – Commentary with actresses Jennifer Coolidge (Paulette), Jessica Cauffiel (Margo) and Alanna Ubach (Serena McGuire)
New Interview with Jessica Cauffiel (8:37) – A continuation of the interview on Legally Blonde where the actress talks about honoring the original film and gives details about shooting the sequel.
Blonde Ambition (22:27) – A making of featurette that looks at story, characters, the considerations of making a sequel, and working with Bruiser.
Stars and Stripes, Never (7:30) – This extra details Elle's many looks over her 65 wardrobe changes.
Elle's Anthem (7:13) – A look at the music and score with recording footage.
Deleted Scenes (9:32 total runtime) – Seven untitled deleted scenes.
Leann Rimes Music Video "We Can" (3:41)
Hair Apparent (6:56) – Just under seven minutes devoted to Elle's hair, which changed as much as her wardrobe. Her stylist explains her hair as a character and details the many looks and the wigs it took to make it happen.
Puppy Love (2:24) – This extra is devoted to the animals in the film, with special attention given to Bruiser. His character and sexuality are discussed here.
Pretty in Pink (6:37) – The look of the film, and elements carried over from the first film are detailed in this featurette. Includes discussion of research trips and production design elements.
Summary (3 out of 5 stars)
Legally Blonde is by far the superior film in this collection. The sequel is not really a film I feel I needed to see, or own. I don't expect that I'll revisit Elle's time in Washington. Legally Blonde is silly in a good way and Legally Blonde 2 is just silly. The first film is superior in both video and audio quality. Supplemental features are interesting and of equal quality on their respective Blu-ray discs. Legally Blonde is definitely a film worth having, and the collection provides that with a 4K scan of the negative, so for that alone, I'll recommend the collection.
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Clashes in Congo Park Endanger Gorillas
Todd Pitman
Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:28 UTC
DAKAR, Senegal - Renewed fighting Saturday inside a national park in Congo that is home to endangered mountain gorillas forced rangers to flee for the second time in less than a week, conservationists said.
The clashes between fighters loyal to warlord Laurent Nkunda and government soldiers took place in Virunga National Park, where some of the world's last remaining mountain gorillas live on the slopes of a volcanic mountain range that straddles Congo's border with Rwanda and Uganda, the international conservation group WildlifeDirect said.
4.4 Earthquake Shakes Northern California
A moderate earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County in far Northern California early Saturday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.4 quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean about 20 miles west of Petrolia and 40 miles southwest of Eureka.
©USGS
Bay of Bengal Faces Major Tsunami Threat, Study Says
John Roach
Millions of people along the coasts of Myanmar (Burma), Bangladesh, and India may be at risk of suffering a catastrophic tsunami-generating earthquake, according to a new study.
The northern Bay of Bengal could be pummeled by a temblor as massive as the one that sent devastating tsunamis into Indonesia and other Indian Ocean countries in December 2004, the research suggests.
Bees invade Texas woman's home
abc13.com
Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:52 UTC
There is a potentially painful problem at a home in Katy. Hundreds of thousands of bees were living inside the walls of a woman's house and no one could get rid of them until today.
Claude Griffin with Gotcha Pest Control tried to talk himself through the enormous job of removing 500,000 bees that had taken up residence.
Subtropical Storm Gabrielle forms
Subtropical Storm Gabrielle formed Friday off the southeast U.S. coast, and a tropical storm watch was issued for portions of the South Carolina and North Carolina coast.
At 11 p.m, Gabrielle had top sustained winds near 45 mph and was centered about 385 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C., the National Hurricane Center said. It was moving west northwest near 10 mph and was expected to continue along the same path during the next 24 hours.
©Weather Underground
Polar Bear Population Seen Declining
JOHN HEILPRIN
Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:05 UTC
©AP Photo/CP/Jonathon Hayward, File
Mother polar bear and her cub sleep near the ice outside Churchill, Canada Nov. 4, 2006.
WASHINGTON - Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 _ including the entire population in Alaska _ because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic, government scientists forecast Friday.
Common Deer Virus Found in Southern Ohio Cattle Populations
Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) officials today confirmed the discovery of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) -- a common white-tailed deer virus -- in two Pike County cattle farms. This marks the state's first-ever case of the virus in cattle, but officials stress that it poses no threat to human health or to the safety of meat consumption.
White-tail deer dying in eleven Kentucky counties
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is investigating disease deaths of white-tailed deer in western Kentucky.
The worst outbreak of what is suspected to be hemorrhagic disease is in McLean County, but is also reported in 10 other counties. Wildlife Biologist Danny Watson says the disease is carried through the bite of gnats. He says more than 20 dead deer have been reported in McLean County and he says weak and emaciated deer are being found in or near water.
Disease hits Tennessee deer populations
Bryan Brasher
commercialappeal.com
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:37 UTC
Stricken whitetails reported in Fayette and across Tenn.
A disease that causes whitetail deer to develop high fever, drink water incessantly and bleed gruesomely has been noted all over Tennessee, leading wildlife officials to fear that one of the state's worst outbreaks is imminent.
Comment: Also see: White-tail deer dying in eleven Kentucky counties
Rains cause multiple crashes in Phoenix area
Katie Nelson, William Hermann and Lindsey Collom
The Arizona Republic
At least 15 vehicle collisions shut down several miles of westbound U.S. 60 between Interstate 10 and Dobson Road through Tempe and Mesa Thursday evening. The most severe wreck was a 27-car pileup in the westbound lanes halfway between Rural Road and McClintock Drive.
Weather was believed to be a factor with heavy rain in the area.
©Channel 12 News
Multiple vehicle collisions are being reported on U.S. 60 westbound between Interstate 10 and Dobson Road Thursday evening.


Our skeptical colleagues over in Sweden have been tackling one of the most popular pseudosciences there (thanks to Swedish Skeptics president Pontus Böckman for the heads up) – their "Fraudster of the year in 2018 was author Thomas Erikson for his book Surrounded by Idiots. The book popularized a dubious personality test known as DiSC, which uses four colors to characterize personality types, red, green blue, and yellow. The book is a best seller in Sweden and is now being exported to many languages. It is also incredibly popular in corporate culture.
Dan Katz, licensed psychologist and psychotherapist, does a great job of breaking down why Erikson's claims are not based on science. I'm not going to repeat his article, just read the original. The short version is that Erikson has no qualifications, and the DiSC model is not based on any scientific evidence. The entire thing is a giant scam. What I do want to do is extend the discussion about personality tests in general.
The core scientific question behind any personality test is this – is there even such a thing as a personality type? The current best short scientific answer is – mostly no. But let's get a bit deeper and more nuanced. First we need to distinguish personality traits from personality types. A personality trait is simply a behaviorial tendency that someone has that transcends any particular context and is consistent over long periods of time. Introversion/extroversion is probably the best established personality trait. The big five personality trait spectra that are the best established and are generally accepted by psychologists are OCEAN – openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
But we have to acknowledge that these are just cultural and scientific constructs. They are our best attempt at understanding some of the building blocks of personality, but we don't know if they are bedrock, meaning that they are real neurological phenomena. My sense is that introversion/extroversion probably is a fundamental neurological phenomenon – one reason for this is that there are known genetic disorders that have extremely consistent extroversion personality traits.
Published by Steven Novella under Legal Issues,Science and Medicine,Science Denial
This is going to be a long struggle, perhaps endless. Antivaxxers have been around since there have been vaccines, for over two hundred years, so there is no reason to expect they are going anywhere. Rather, we need an equally permanent anti-antivaxxer movement (otherwise known as the skeptical movement).
After the Disneyland measles outbreak, there has been political pressure to push back against antivaxxers and strengthen our vaccine requirements. This resulted, for example, in SB277 in California, a law to remove personal beliefs as a reason for vaccine exemption. The return of measles in the last few years (1,282 cases in 2019 in the US, more than 140,000 worldwide) has fueled similar push back. But the antivaxxers have not taken this lying down. They are now fired up to defend their debunked conspiracy theories and pseudoscience at the expense of public health.
A recent clash in New Jersey shows the intensity on both sides. Bill S2173 narrowly failed in the senate amid vocal protests by the antivaxxers. The bill would have removed religious exemptions for vaccine requirements for schools and daycare. In order to save the bill, proponents amended it to apply only to public schools, but this only cost more support as some senators correctly pointed out this will only concentrate the unvaccinated in private schools and result in more outbreaks. Proponents of the bill vow to revise it and try again.
It's clear that there is now intensity on both sides. One side, however, is completely wrong, something I rarely say but there are issues where this is clearly true. Antivaxxers claim, falsely, that vaccines don't work, they cause more harm than good, they are linked to autism and other serious complications, and even that there is a corporate-government conspiracy to hide these facts. Debunking these claims will take many many articles, but fortunately I and my colleagues have already written them. You can look through here and also here for articles addressing pretty much every antivaxxer claim. But it is an unfortunate reality that there is always an asymmetry in these cases, because it takes much more time and effort to debunk a false claim than to make it in the first place.
Science communication is an evolving art, backed by some interesting research. However, my overall take on the state of the research is that it is mostly telling us the various ways in which we fail, rather than how to succeed. The latest target if scicomm handwringing is "consensus messaging." How do we, and should we, communicate the scientific consensus to the public?
This issue is probably most salient to communication about global warming. Those who deny the scientific consensus on AGW frequently deny that there is a consensus and/or deny that a scientific consensus is even meaningful. How should we address this situation. In 2018 Russil argued that consensus messaging is generally ineffective. Instead we should focus on the victims of climate change:
"If we recognize that climate change danger will be mediated by questions of migration, dislocation and refuge, and if climate change communication abandons the legacy of consensus messaging to involve those affected by danger, how might our work unfold differently?"
It's fine to try new approaches, but my problem with this argument is that essentially nothing works when it comes to changing minds on AGW, and so the fact that any one strategy does not work doesn't really tell us anything about that strategy, or favor any other.
The concept of consensus does, in fact, exist in science. I wrote about it previously here and here. If the vast majority of scientists agree on some scientific conclusion, that is a consensus. That much is historically undeniable, so the strategy is often to switch to the position that a consensus is meaningless. That's not how science works. To bolster this position often an example of when a scientific consensus was wrong is brought up. These examples, however, never work to establish the anti-consensus position.
(Side note: I had a small injury to my dominant index finger which is slowing down my typing considerably. My blog posts may be shorter than usual this week.)
When I was recently in New Zealand and Australia, I tried very hard to get a good look at the Southern sky. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Over a period of two weeks I had really one opportunity, and I had to drive 40 minutes out of town to do it. It really drove home for me how bad light pollution has become. Depending on where you live you may spend most of your life unable to see the night sky. A true dark sky experience is also amazing – only then do most people realize what they are missing.
We are now realizing that the ability to see the night sky is a resource, one we did not collectively realize we were sacrificing for the convenience (and even safety) of lighting. No one made this decision, it evolved organically. But now we have to make a risk-reward calculation and decide how best to balance our lighting needs with preserving the dark sky as a natural resource.
In 1988 there were 350,000 cases of polio worldwide. Polio is a virus that attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis. Effective vaccines had already significantly reduced polio cases in developed nations, but it was still a scourge in poor countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) and others formed the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the goal of eradicating polio from the world by the year 2000. They were partly successful. Their massive vaccine campaigns reduced the number of cases to 719 by 2000, and by a total of 99.99%, to just 33 cases in 2018. But the program failed to completely eradicate polio, and in this case close (while still a great reduction in disease) is not enough.
Polio is a virus that has the potential to be eradicated, meaning completely eliminated from the world, because there is no non-human reservoir. Other viruses, like ebola, can spread in animals, which makes it impossible to eradicate from the world just by vaccinating humans. So eradicating polio is an achievable goal, and we got real close in 2002. Wild cases of polio were limited to three countries, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Elimination failed in these countries entirely because of political unrest which itself resulted in anti-vaccine sentiments. The vaccine program was portrayed as a Western conspiracy, reducing compliance.
Since that time the GPEI has been fighting a somewhat losing battle, unable to snuff out the last embers of polio. Unfortunately, in 2019 the effort has faced it worse year since 2000, because of continued political unrest, but also because biology has simply caught up to the effort. The story is a bit complex, but here is the overview.
There are three strains of polio virus, wild type 1, 2, and 3. The primary effort to eradicate polio was through a trivalent live attenuated virus vaccine, one that contains weakened versions of all three polio strains. A live virus vaccine uses viruses that have been genetically gimped, so they can cause a mild infection and strong immunity, but are not virulent enough to cause any disease. There is an advantage and disadvantage to live virus over a killed virus or viral particle vaccine. The live virus in this case causes stronger immunity, enough to fully prevent the shedding and spread of virus. So this is most useful in an eradication campaign, as opposed to simply one trying to minimize disease.
Arguments about which technology is the most energy and carbon efficient over their entire lifetime are good ones to have. This is where the conversation should be focusing, not rehashing questions that are not currently scientifically controversial. But the debate about life cycle efficiency is complex, and often gets abused or misunderstood. We face these questions from biofuels to solar, wind energy, and all-electric vehicles.
With regard to electric vehicles, for example, it is not enough that they do not emit carbon from a tailpipe. We have to consider the energy used and carbon released during the entire manufacturing process, including sourcing the raw material. We also need to consider the source of energy used to charge the vehicle, and what happens to the battery at the end of its lifetime. This is a difficult assessment to make, and every study that attempts to do so must make a number of assumptions which affect the outcome.
The result is many studies with a range of outcomes based on different techniques and assumptions used. This is a common situation in science, and what is typically done is to look at the full range of study outcomes, which should follow somewhat of a bell curve of results, and see where the peak is. It does not make sense to rely upon individual studies that are out by either tail – these are literally outliers. So bottom line – what do these studies show? They indicate that over the entire lifetime of an electric vehicle, under most driving conditions, they produce less carbon than an average gas vehicle, and hover around the efficiency of a gas-electric hybrid. The greatest individual determining variable is the source of the electricity ("fuel cycle" in the chart).
How do memories work? That has been a burning question for over a century, since Richard Semon introduced the term "Engram" in the early 20th century as the fundamental unit of memory in the brain. I should say, that is how long the question existed in its modern neuroscientific form. Thinking about the nature of memory goes back to the early Greek philosophers. In fact we have evidence that they figured out pretty quickly that the brain was central to cognitive function:
Yet an important development in Hellenistic medicine should not remain unmentioned: the discovery, by the Alexandrian anatomists Herophilus and Erasistratus (late fourth/early third century BCE), of the nervous system, of the central role of the brain in cognition and locomotion and the observation, by Herophilus, of the various ventricles within the brain.
Of course, the ancient philosophers also thought that we had souls and that memory and thinking were fundamentally a process of the soul. But the soul had to live somewhere in the body, and to interface with the physical body, and early observations suggested it lived in the brain. This debate carried forward to Medieval times. In the time of the great physician, Galen, the primary debate was whether or not the memories of the soul lived in the heart (cardiocentric view) or the brain (encephalocentric view). Galen himself took the encephalocentric view, that memories and reason are in the brain, but felt that other functions, such as emotion, were in the heart. This is a belief that still resonates with our culture today (amazing how persistent ideas can be).
Golden Rice Approved in Philippines
This is a quick follow up in the golden rice story (golden rice is a GM rice with added beta carotene, a precursor to vitamin A). I have written about it here, here, and most recently here. The news is that the Philippines have just approved golden rice as safe for human and animal consumption. The US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have already approved golden rice, but these approvals were symbolic and none of those countries would actually need to grow it. The Philippines is the first nation that both consumes large amounts of rice and suffers from large numbers of vitamin A deficiency to approve this GM crop, meaning that they intend to actually grow and eat it. There is still one more step before the rice will be grown:
"The Philippine Rice Research Institute and the International Rice Research Institute will now carry out taste tests as they seek approval for farmers to grow specific strains commercially."
This is good news, the approval of golden rice is grinding forward despite dedicated opposition from anti-GMO groups. As I discuss in more detail in the earlier articles, both the opposition and approval are partly because golden rice breaks all the typical anti-GMO propaganda tropes. The rice was developed as a humanitarian project, it's sole purpose is to improve nutrition for the world's poorest children, it will be made available patent and royalty free and without restriction, and it does not involve the use of any pesticides. There is no issue here of farmer sovereignty, corporate profits, or any of the usual nonsense.
Update On Wind Turbines and Birds
Objective numbers are great for any debate or discussion. They have a way of cutting through all the subjectivity, confirmation bias, and nonsense. I like to say – you can't argue with the numbers – but of course, I know that people still do. More importantly, they straight up ignore, deny, or distort the numbers, painting an alternate reality at will. But for those who still care about data and facts, here are some recently updated numbers on bird deaths from various sources.
This story is in the news again because Trump recently renewed his attack on wind turbines. Pretty much everything he said was wrong or significantly distorted, as others have pointed out. I want to focus on his previous claim that wind turbines, "kill all the birds." He recently added:
"You want to see a bird graveyard? You just go, take a look, a bird graveyard, go under a windmill someday you will see more birds than you ever seen, ever in your life."
This is, of course, hyperbole, but I don't think that excuses his lack of precision and context. He is making a clear point – we should oppose wind turbines in part because they cause an unacceptable number of bird deaths. Look at the chart above – this makes it visually clear that the number of bird deaths from wind turbines does not even register when compared to other sources. It is less than the uncertainty in other sources of bird deaths. In fact, if anything the chart visually underestimates the difference because you can't really even see how small the total from wind turbines is.


Case Name EEOC v. Jackson Paving & Construction EE-AL-0049
Docket / Court 5:00-cv-02708-RRA ( N.D. Ala. )
State/Territory Alabama
Case Type(s) Equal Employment
Special Collection EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization EEOC
EEOC's Birmingham, AL and Washington, DC offices jointly filed this sex discrimination lawsuit against the defendant Jackson Paving and Construction, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on 09/25/2000. EEOC alleged that two former female employees were ... read more >
EEOC's Birmingham, AL and Washington, DC offices jointly filed this sex discrimination lawsuit against the defendant Jackson Paving and Construction, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on 09/25/2000. EEOC alleged that two former female employees were subject to sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge. The individual complainants did not intervene or file a separate lawsuit.
The parties consented to the case being referred to Magistrate Judge Robert R. Armstrong Jr. for trial. However, the case was resolved by a proposed consent decree before any discovery was conducted. The district court entered a consent judgment on 09/28/2001.
Under the 1-year consent decree, the defendant agreed to pay the two complainants $9,000 and $1,000 respectively, and provide neutral references for them in the future. Additionally, the defendant was required to post EEO policies and complaint procedure, and provide training to all owners and supervisors.
Justin Kanter - 07/09/2007
Discrimination Prohibition
Neutral/Positive Reference
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Retaliation Prohibition
Discrimination-area
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination-basis
EEOC-centric
Direct Suit on Merits
Disparate Treatment
EEOC Plaintiff
Causes of Action Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Defendant(s) Jackson Paving and Construction, Inc.
Plaintiff Description Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations EEOC
Class action status sought No
Class action status granted No
Nature of Relief Damages
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
N.D. Ala.
04/16/2002 5:00-cv-02708-RRA
EE-AL-0049-9000.pdf | Detail
Consent Decree [ECF# 17]
Order [ECF# 18]


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Gender in Conflict and Security Webinar Series – Countering Violent Extremism: Making Gender Matter
calendar Wednesday, 14 April 2021 Past event clock 17:00 - 18:00 (BST)
locationOnline
Dr Elizabeth Pearson, Emily Winterbotham and Dr Katherine Brown discuss their new book on gender in countering violent extremism with Naureen Chowdhury Fink.
Countering Violent Extremism: Making Gender Matter (published by Palgrave) presents original research on gender and the dynamics of diverse forms of violent extremism and efforts to counter them. Based on focus group and interview research with some 250 participants in Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK during 2015 and 2016, the study offers insights from communities affected by radicalisation and violent extremism. It introduces the concept of gendered radicalisation, exploring how the multiple factors of paths to violent extremist groups—social, local, individual and global—can differ for both men and women, and why.
In this webinar, Elizabeth, Emily and Katherine discuss their research, the usefulness of their findings for academics and policy-makers as well as some of the challenges and the complexity of looking at CVE programming through a gendered lens.
Dr Elizabeth Pearson is Lecturer at Swansea University and Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. She specialises in gender in extremism and counter extremism in the UK, Europe and West Africa.
Emily Winterbotham is Director of the Terrorism and Conflict group at RUSI focusing on extremism and radicalisation, countering violent extremism and peacebuilding. She also has regional expertise in South Asia, particularly in Afghanistan.
Dr Katherine Brown is Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and works on the role of religion and gender in violent extremism and counter extremism.
The webinar is chaired by Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Executive Director at The Soufan Center and formerly a Senior Policy Adviser at the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Emilia Markert