strong Women Leaders Aren’t Better. Strongmen Are Worse. - The Atlantic By www.theatlantic.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T05:47:01+00:00 There's been a meme going round that women leaders have dealt better with coronavirus. I don't think that's right: women aren't better, it's just that strongmen are worse. Full Article
strong Family ties strong in AFL By www.dailytelegraph.com.au Published On :: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:00:00 GMT Rising AFL star Edyn Harapin lives and breathes the game, just like his 87-year-old grandpa and famous number one Sydney Swans supporter Kenny Williams. Full Article
strong Gears Release 'Stronger Than Pain' Lyric Video By www.antimusic.com Published On :: Miami hard rockers Gears have released a lyric video for their brand new single and previously unreleased track Full Article
strong Halestorm Announce Roadiestrong Campaign By www.antimusic.com Published On :: Halestorm have announced the launch of their #ROADIESTRONG support campaign Full Article
strong Denver weather: Strong winds, high fire danger Thursday By feeds.denverpost.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:45:57 +0000 Strong winds and extremely dry conditions will lead to dangerous fire conditions across the Front Range on Thursday. Full Article Colorado News Latest News News Weather Boulder Denver fire National Weather Service power outages weather wind
strong TOM KEIFER #KEIFERBAND RISE LANDS AT #10 ON BILLBOARDS HARD ROCK ALBUM SALES CHART WITH STRONG DEBUTS ACROSS MULTIPLE CHARTS By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: TOM KEIFERs Highly Anticipated Album RISE With #keiferband Has Garnered Impressive Debuts On Various Billboard Charts. Full Article
strong B.J. Armstrong offers perspective on “The Last Dance” By www.denverpost.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:38:13 +0000 B.J. Armstrong played on three NBA championship teams with Michael Jordan. He knows how Jordan is behind closed doors. He knows the sort of trials and tribulations that occur over the course of a season. Full Article Denver Nuggets Entertainment Latest News Sports Television Chicago Bulls ESPN Michael Jordan NBA Phil Jackson
strong Comedy's Strongest Crews By www.bet.com Published On :: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 22:00:00 EDT You ain't messin' with my clique. Full Article Comic View
strong Comedy's Strongest Crews By www.bet.com Published On :: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 22:00:00 EDT You ain't messin' with my clique. Full Article Comic View
strong BET Is Simply Stronger By feeds.bet.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:04:00 EDT BET is the undeniable driver of Black culture. Full Article BET News Special
strong Lil Wayne Is Confident We're Strong Enough to Beat COVID-19 By feeds.bet.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:29:20 EDT The rapper knows the pandemic will not break our spirit. Full Article Covid-19 Coronavirus Covid19 Lil Wayne Coronavirus BET News Special Highlights
strong Azai Burt Finishes Strong In Tennessee By bernews.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:36:02 +0000 Azai Burt concluded competing in the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship in Tennessee. Burt qualified after he was crowned the 4-6 Year Old Age Group 51cc Shaft Class SE Youth Regional Qualifiers South of the Border Champion back in June. Burt finished in 6th place overall, this after 3 riders above him […](Click to read the full article) Full Article All Sports #Motocross
strong Armstrong Competes In Meet Of Champions By bernews.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:00:25 +0000 Nathan Armstrong recently competed in the New Jersey State Indoor Meet of Champions, earning a personal best for his efforts. Armstrong finished 24th while competing in the men’s varsity 3,200 meter race by clocking a time of 9:50.8 before marking a personal best with a time of 4:19.96 in the 1,600 meter event. The runner […](Click to read the full article) Full Article All Sports #BermudaTrackAndField
strong 6/15/14 - Particularly strong or fast By www.tinyghosts.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 Full Article
strong 7/20/14 - I'd be strong enough By www.tinyghosts.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 Full Article
strong Lance Armstrong and Bruce Lee 30 For 30 documentaries coming to ESPN Africa By www.espn.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 07:06:29 EST ESPN will be releasing two brand new 30 For 30 documentaries in Africa in May and early June, telling the stories of cyclist Lance Armstrong and martial artist Bruce Lee. Full Article
strong Armstrong named head of Butler College at Princeton By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:00:02 -0400 Sociologist Elizabeth (Betsy) Mitchell Armstrong has been named head of Butler College, one of Princeton’s six residential colleges. She will begin her four-year term on July 1. Full Article
strong Opinion: Support educators who are #TeacherStrong By www.smartbrief.com Published On :: 08 May 2020 09:18:57 CDT -More- Full Article Transformational Leadership
strong ‘Nuclear pasta’ might be the strongest stuff in the known universe By www.pbs.org Published On :: Neutron star innards are not your mom’s lasagna. Full Article
strong How will we know whether the coronavirus will come back stronger in the winter? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:39:07 -0400 Is a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak inevitable? Scientists say that depends on the nature of the virus itself as well as our own behavior. Full Article
strong Students accused of sexual misconduct get stronger protections under new federal rules By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 11:42:51 -0400 Students accused of sexual misconduct gain stronger protections under controversial new Title IX rules announced by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Full Article
strong Review: 'Endings, Beginnings' doesn't know what to do with its strong cast By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:27:08 -0400 Starring Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Jamie Dornan in a love triangle, Drake Doremus' 'Endings, Beginnings' leaves its compelling young performers at loose ends. Full Article
strong Melania Trump uses trick to ensure she 'stands out' and appear 'strong' with Donald By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 19:21:00 +0100 MELANIA TRUMP, 50, has been the US First Lady since 2017. A style expert has explained how she ensures she stands out when she steps out with Donald Trump, 73. Full Article
strong Rory McIlroy reveals 'strong view' on Ryder Cup behind closed doors By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:11:00 +0100 Rory McIlroy would rather get abuse from American fans and delay the Ryder Cup by a year than play behind closed doors. Full Article
strong Letters: 'America is a country of strong people with the will to succeed' By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:44:24 +0000 There is no recovery for those who will die if COVID-19 is not slowed and we overwhelm our health care system, a letter to the editor says. Full Article
strong Brush fire erupts in exclusive Hollister Ranch amid strong winds and sweltering temperatures By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 12:44:40 -0400 The fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in medium brush between Gaviota State Beach and the Hollister Ranch guard gate. Full Article
strong Don’t like ‘The Rise of Skywalker’? ‘The Mandalorian’ shows the Force is still strong with Star Wars. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:00:17 +0000 The brand will live on, thanks to Jon Favreau and Baby Yoda. Full Article
strong NFL Week 13 ATS picks: Ravens’ defense makes them a strong play By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:09:25 +0000 The Baltimore defense has produced a very effective pass rush lately. Full Article
strong COVID-19 has ravaged ride-hailing companies, but an industry watcher says the crisis could make Uber stronger (UBER) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:32:00 -0400 While ride-hailing has suffered from the impact of COVID-19, Uber is in a good position to survive the crisis, three analysts who cover the company told Business Insider. Uber is in no danger of running of out money anytime soon, said Mark Mahaney, a managing director at RBC Capital Markets. And a series of cost-cutting moves should make the company profitable by next year, said Dan Ives, a managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities. Uber's food-delivery service, Uber Eats, gives the company an advantage over ride-hailing competitors, since it allows homebound consumers to keep using its app, said Tom White, a senior research analyst at DA Davidson. Are you a current or former Uber employee? Do you have an opinion about what it's like to work there? Contact this reporter at mmatousek@businessinsider.com. You can also reach out on Signal at 646-768-4712 or email this reporter's encrypted address at mmatousek@protonmail.com. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The ride-hailing industry has taken a major hit from COVID-19 as potential customers remain confined to their homes, but Uber is in a good position to survive the crisis, three analysts who cover the company said. "Their business model will be intact on the other side of this," said Dan Ives, a managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities. A strong cash reserve will help. After ending the first quarter with $9 billion in cash and short-term investments, Uber has the resources to survive a scenario in which the prevalence of COVID-19 and its effect on consumer behavior last for the next two years, said Mark Mahaney, a managing director at RBC Capital Markets. On Thursday, Uber disclosed its first-quarter financial results, reporting an adjusted loss of $2.9 billion on revenue of $3.5 billion during the first three months of this year. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on a call with analysts that the ride-hailing company would cut $1 billion in fixed costs. The company has recently removed its food-delivery service — Uber Eats — from eight unprofitable markets, folded its electric bike and scooter business into Lime (Uber recently led a $170 million investment round in the company), and announced it will lay off about 14% of its workforce. Those moves should help Uber become profitable in 2021 (the company predicted in February that it would turn a profit by the end of this year), Ives said. Uber's management, which had struggled in the wake of the company's 2019 IPO, has performed well in the current crisis by being transparent with investors and quickly moving to reduce expenses, Ives said. Investors signaled their approval of the company's strategy by sending shares up as much as 8% in after-hours trading on Thursday. Uber Eats was one of the highlights of the company's first-quarter results, said Tom White, a senior research analyst at DA Davidson, as gross bookings grew 52% from the first quarter of 2019 to $4.7 billion. Eats gives Uber an advantage over ride-hailing competitors that don't have a similar service, as it allows the company to keep homebound consumers using its app, White said. Even after the toll of COVID-19 begins to subside, demand for online food delivery could see continued growth, he added. But there are still challenges ahead for Uber. The company said rides fell by as much as 80% in April, and Ives projects that 30% of the customers for gig-economy companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Lyft won't use a ride-hailing service until there's a vaccine for COVID-19. Yet the pandemic could leave Uber better off in the long run, White said. "I saw and heard enough [during Uber's first-quarter earnings call] that makes it harder and harder for me to think that these guys don't emerge from this pandemic probably in a stronger competitive position and a healthier and leaner operating position," he said. Are you a current or former Uber employee? Do you have an opinion about what it's like to work there? Contact this reporter at mmatousek@businessinsider.com. You can also reach out on Signal at 646-768-4712 or email this reporter's encrypted address at mmatousek@protonmail.com. Read more: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says drivers should receive tiered healthcare benefits based on how many hours they work, and that the company would pay for it SoftBank-backed companies laid off more than 3,700 people in 2020 and more than 7,000 in the past year Uber reveals first-quarter losses of $2.9 billion because of the coronavirus — but says business is starting to pick up again Lyft surges 17% after posting a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss as coronavirus hit the ride-hailing industry SEE ALSO: Elon Musk's theater of the absurd is a sign of the times for tech Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Why Pikes Peak is the most dangerous racetrack in America Full Article
strong The strongest reason to mourn Volcker: He was willing to be unpopular By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:50:28 +0000 Public officials today could take a lesson from the former Federal Reserve chair. Full Article
strong Strong leaders forge an intersection of knowledge and experience By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:56:00 +0000 Rita J. King, co-director and EVP for business development at Science House, recently conducted a series of interviews with business leaders, exploring the challenges and hurdles companies face in evolving business landscapes. In this interview, King chats with Craig Lemasters, CEO of Global Executive Group, about what companies face when navigating the digital transformation. They […] Full Article Future of the Firm Big Systemic Thinking
strong My Faith in Nerds: Stronger Than Any Gelatinous Cube By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:01:57 +0000 dConstruct 2010: Merlin Mann - "Kerning, Orgasms & Those Goddamned Japanese Toothpicks" (NSFW) ME - Kerning, Orgasms And Those Goddamned Japanese Toothpicks on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it Let's be honest. I don't go...mmmm...places very often. I sit in this chair. I go to the Safeway with my daughter. Sometimes, I take the train downtown to get a haircut. I check the mail. But, by and large, like most nerds, I'm without question, a bit of a shut-in. Which makes it more than a little ironic that my first trip off the North American continent brought me all the way to Brighton, England's wonderful dConstruct Conference. Which wonderful conference placed me inside a very royal complex, alone on a very large stage, 90 seconds after being informed I'd better be entertaining, because I'd be conducting my oration on the same spot where, a scant 36 years earlier, ABBA had become international stars by singing an up-tempo number about giving up. So, y'know. No pressure. Commanded to this location by two of my web heroes, I was told I could speak about whatever I wanted. So, wow, to quote the ladies of ABBA, how could I ever refuse? Thus, I stood on that stage for over 35 minutes, rambling to 800 talented, creative people about Dungeons & Dragons, japanese toothpicks, torrenting Photoshop, as well as what I used to find myself doing after a long evening of shooting mutants in Stargate.1 But, mostly? Yes. Mostly, I stood on a stage thousands of miles from the chair from which I barely move, and I told a lot of really smart people that they were nerds. I also told them they should get out more. I swear: it made sense at the time. Some Serious Talent My talk about the challenges and opportunities of being a giant nerd seemed well received. Honestly, I'm very happy with how it turned out. But--oh, brother--was I ever up against some heavy hitters. Serious Lou Gehrig shit. I'll leave it to other, more eloquent folks to tell you what a wonderful day this was. But I will very much suggest you learn this for yourself by listening to the audio of the fantastic talks. Because every one of them is a corker. Additionally, like I said, Tom Coates put on one of the loveliest slide decks it's ever been my pleasure to see (56MB PDF). Great speakers, great hosts, wonderful attendees (who aren't above buying a yank a pint [thanks, everybody]). And, Thanks, dConstruct I have to admit, I'm kind of over conferences as a thing, which makes it even more crazy when I go to one, and it blows me out of the water with the care and quality of the event, the speakers, and the attendees. dConstruct was absolutely one of those blown-out-of-the-water events. (photo: happy.apple) As I learned over and over again--yes, like me--these folks are nerds. But, brother are they ever talented nerds who care and care. Which I just love so much. I'll take a nerdy bunch of fontdorks and cellists over a splashy mega-conference full of VC pitches and skanks pushing free Red Bull anytime. Anytime. dConstruct was simply a top-notch operation from end-to-end, and I'm insanely grateful that I was invited to participate. Thanks, Clearleft. And, you, the reader? If you get the chance next time, go. Heck, I might even leave this chair and go there, myself. Maybe. I suppose when Dr. Who's over, I could just let these 20-sided dice decide for me. Lemme see...what's my Armor Class and Hit Points...? Listen for Yourself2 dConstruct Podcast MARTY NEUMEIER - The Designful Company The Designful Company on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it BRENDAN DAWES - Boil, Simmer, Reduce Boil, Simmer, Reduce on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it DAVID MCCANDLESS - Information Is Beautiful Information Is Beautiful on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it SAMANTHA WARREN - The Power and Beauty of Typography The Power and Beauty of Typography on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it JOHN GRUBER - The Auteur Theory Of Design The Auteur Theory Of Design on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it HANNAH DONOVAN - Jam Session: What Improvisation Can Teach Us About Design Jam Session: What Improvisation Can Teach Us About Design on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it JAMES BRIDLE - The Value Of Ruins The Value Of Ruins on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it TOM COATES - Everything The Network Touches Everything The Network Touches on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it Kerning, Orgasms And Those Goddamned Japanese Toothpicks ME - Kerning, Orgasms And Those Goddamned Japanese Toothpicks on Huffduffer Download the audio | Huffduff it Hint: Number Three. ↩ Code for these was stolen wholesale from the dConstruct site. Jeremy, et al - don't hesitate to tell me if that's a problem.Srsly. ↩ ”My Faith in Nerds: Stronger Than Any Gelatinous Cube” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on September 10, 2010. Except as noted, it's ©2010 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?" Full Article dConstruct Geeks Knowledge Workers Nerds Speaking NSFW
strong The Future of NATO: A Strong Alliance in an Unpredictable World By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:00:03 +0000 Members Event 19 June 2014 - 11:00am to 12:00pm Chatham House, London Transcriptpdf | 51.86 KB Transcript Q&Apdf | 75.72 KB Event participants Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Chair: Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House In September, the UK will host a summit on the future of NATO. The Wales Summit will chart the course of the alliance as it deals with the long-term implications of Russia’s policy towards Ukraine and prepares to complete its longest combat mission in Afghanistan. The secretary-general will outline the decisions that need to be taken to ensure that the alliance remains fit to face the future. He will set out NATO’s readiness action plan, address the debate on declining defence budgets, and explain how NATO intends to turn a new page in Afghanistan. Members Events Team Email Full Article
strong Building Global Partnerships for Stronger Local Economies By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:45:01 +0000 Members Event 11 February 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm Chatham House, London Transcriptpdf | 110.44 KB Transcript Q&Apdf | 173.45 KB Event participants Scott Walker, Governor, Wisconsin, United StatesChair: Justin Webb, Presenter, Today Programme, BBC Radio 4 Drawing on his experience as governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker will outline the importance of forging strong global partnerships to fuel business growth and build prosperous local economies. Governor Walker will consider how mutually beneficial partnerships can be developed within the global community and the impact of these on local communities.LIVE STREAM: This event will be live streamed. The live stream will be made available at 18:00 GMT on Wednesday 11 February.ASK A QUESTION: Send questions for the speaker by email to questions@chathamhouse.org or using #CHEvents on Twitter. A selection will be put to him during the event. Event attributes Livestream Members Events Team Email Full Article
strong Let's Emerge From COVID-19 with Stronger Health Systems By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:33:28 +0000 26 March 2020 Robert Yates Director, Global Health Programme; Executive Director, Centre for Universal Health @yates_rob Heads of state should grasp the opportunity to become universal health heroes to strengthen global health security 2020-03-26-Health-Protest A "Big Insurance: Sick of It" rally in New York City. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. As the COVID-19 pandemic presents the greatest threat to human health in over a century, people turn to their states to resolve the crisis and protect their health, their livelihoods and their future well-being.How leaders perform and respond to the pandemic is likely to define their premiership - and this therefore presents a tremendous opportunity to write themselves into the history books as a great leader, rescuing their people from a crisis. Just as Winston Churchill did in World War Two.Following Churchill’s advice to “never let a good crisis go to waste”, if leaders take decisive action now, they may emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as a national hero. What leaders must do quickly is to mitigate the crisis in a way which has a demonstrable impact on people’s lives.Given the massive shock caused by the pandemic to economies across the world, it is not surprising that heads of state and treasury ministers have implemented enormous economic stimulus packages to protect businesses and jobs – this was to be expected and has been welcome.National heroes can be madeBut, in essence, this remains primarily a health crisis. And one obvious area for leaders to act rapidly is strengthening their nation’s health system to stop the spread of the virus and successfully treat those who have fallen sick. It is perhaps here that leaders have the most to gain - or lose - and where national heroes can be made.This is particularly the case in countries with weak and inequitable health systems, where the poor and vulnerable often fail to access the services they need. One major practical action that leaders can implement immediately is to launch truly universal, publicly-financed health reforms to cover their entire population – not only for COVID-19 services but for all services.This would cost around 1-2% GDP in the short-term but is perfectly affordable in the current economic climate, given some of the massive fiscal stimuluses already being planned (for example, the UK is spending 15% GDP to tackle COVID-19).Within one to two years, this financing would enable governments to implement radical supply side reforms including scaling up health workforces, increasing the supply of essential medicines, diagnostics and vaccines and building new infrastructure. It would also enable them to remove health service user fees which currently exclude hundreds of millions of people worldwide from essential healthcare. Worldwide these policies have proven to be effective, efficient, equitable and extremely popular.And there is plenty of precedent for such a move. Universal health reform is exactly what political leaders did in the UK, France and Japan as post-conflict states emerging from World War Two. It is also the policy President Kagame launched in the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, as did Prime Minister Thaksin in Thailand after the Asian Financial Crisis in 2002, and the Chinese leadership did following the SARS crisis, also in 2003.In China’s case, reform involved re-socialising the health financing system using around 2% GDP in tax financing to increase health insurance coverage from a low level of one-third right up to 96% of the population.All these universal health coverage (UHC) reforms delivered massive health and economic benefits to the people - just what is needed now to tackle COVID-19 - and tremendous political benefits to the leaders that implemented them.When considering the current COVID-19 crisis, this strategy would be particularly relevant for countries underperforming on health coverage and whose health systems are more likely to be overwhelmed if flooded with a surge of patients, such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and most of sub-Saharan Africa, where many governments spend less than 1% of their GDP on health and most people have to buy services over the counter.But also the two OECD countries without a universal health system – the United States and Ireland – are seeing the threat of COVID-19 already fuelling the debate about the need to create national, publicly-financed health system. And the presidents of South Africa, Kenya and Indonesia have already committed their governments to eventually reach full population coverage anyway, and so may use this crisis to accelerate their own universal reforms. Although difficult to predict which leaders are likely to grasp the opportunity, if some of these countries now fast-track nationwide UHC, at least something good will be coming from the crisis, something which will benefit their people forever. And ensuring everyone accesses the services they need, including public health and preventive services, also provides the best protection against any future outbreaks becoming epidemics.Every night large audiences are tuning in to press briefings fronted by their heads of state hungry for the latest update on the crisis and to get reassurance that their government’s strategy will bring the salvation they desperately need. To truly improve health security for people across the world, becoming UHC heroes could be the best strategic decision political leaders ever make. Full Article
strong Strongly anisotropic type II blow up at an isolated point By www.ams.org Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:59 EDT Charles Collot, Frank Merle and Pierre Raphaël J. Amer. Math. Soc. 33 (2020), 527-607. Abstract, references and article information Full Article
strong Mass Spectrometry of Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Peptidomes Reveals Strong Effects of Protein Abundance and Turnover on Antigen Presentation By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2015-03-01 Michal Bassani-SternbergMar 1, 2015; 14:658-673Research Full Article
strong Let's Emerge From COVID-19 with Stronger Health Systems By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:33:28 +0000 26 March 2020 Robert Yates Director, Global Health Programme; Executive Director, Centre for Universal Health @yates_rob Heads of state should grasp the opportunity to become universal health heroes to strengthen global health security 2020-03-26-Health-Protest A "Big Insurance: Sick of It" rally in New York City. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. As the COVID-19 pandemic presents the greatest threat to human health in over a century, people turn to their states to resolve the crisis and protect their health, their livelihoods and their future well-being.How leaders perform and respond to the pandemic is likely to define their premiership - and this therefore presents a tremendous opportunity to write themselves into the history books as a great leader, rescuing their people from a crisis. Just as Winston Churchill did in World War Two.Following Churchill’s advice to “never let a good crisis go to waste”, if leaders take decisive action now, they may emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as a national hero. What leaders must do quickly is to mitigate the crisis in a way which has a demonstrable impact on people’s lives.Given the massive shock caused by the pandemic to economies across the world, it is not surprising that heads of state and treasury ministers have implemented enormous economic stimulus packages to protect businesses and jobs – this was to be expected and has been welcome.National heroes can be madeBut, in essence, this remains primarily a health crisis. And one obvious area for leaders to act rapidly is strengthening their nation’s health system to stop the spread of the virus and successfully treat those who have fallen sick. It is perhaps here that leaders have the most to gain - or lose - and where national heroes can be made.This is particularly the case in countries with weak and inequitable health systems, where the poor and vulnerable often fail to access the services they need. One major practical action that leaders can implement immediately is to launch truly universal, publicly-financed health reforms to cover their entire population – not only for COVID-19 services but for all services.This would cost around 1-2% GDP in the short-term but is perfectly affordable in the current economic climate, given some of the massive fiscal stimuluses already being planned (for example, the UK is spending 15% GDP to tackle COVID-19).Within one to two years, this financing would enable governments to implement radical supply side reforms including scaling up health workforces, increasing the supply of essential medicines, diagnostics and vaccines and building new infrastructure. It would also enable them to remove health service user fees which currently exclude hundreds of millions of people worldwide from essential healthcare. Worldwide these policies have proven to be effective, efficient, equitable and extremely popular.And there is plenty of precedent for such a move. Universal health reform is exactly what political leaders did in the UK, France and Japan as post-conflict states emerging from World War Two. It is also the policy President Kagame launched in the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, as did Prime Minister Thaksin in Thailand after the Asian Financial Crisis in 2002, and the Chinese leadership did following the SARS crisis, also in 2003.In China’s case, reform involved re-socialising the health financing system using around 2% GDP in tax financing to increase health insurance coverage from a low level of one-third right up to 96% of the population.All these universal health coverage (UHC) reforms delivered massive health and economic benefits to the people - just what is needed now to tackle COVID-19 - and tremendous political benefits to the leaders that implemented them.When considering the current COVID-19 crisis, this strategy would be particularly relevant for countries underperforming on health coverage and whose health systems are more likely to be overwhelmed if flooded with a surge of patients, such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and most of sub-Saharan Africa, where many governments spend less than 1% of their GDP on health and most people have to buy services over the counter.But also the two OECD countries without a universal health system – the United States and Ireland – are seeing the threat of COVID-19 already fuelling the debate about the need to create national, publicly-financed health system. And the presidents of South Africa, Kenya and Indonesia have already committed their governments to eventually reach full population coverage anyway, and so may use this crisis to accelerate their own universal reforms. Although difficult to predict which leaders are likely to grasp the opportunity, if some of these countries now fast-track nationwide UHC, at least something good will be coming from the crisis, something which will benefit their people forever. And ensuring everyone accesses the services they need, including public health and preventive services, also provides the best protection against any future outbreaks becoming epidemics.Every night large audiences are tuning in to press briefings fronted by their heads of state hungry for the latest update on the crisis and to get reassurance that their government’s strategy will bring the salvation they desperately need. To truly improve health security for people across the world, becoming UHC heroes could be the best strategic decision political leaders ever make. Full Article
strong CBD Communiqué: CBD Secretariat and Conservation International Working to Build Strong Collaboration for Implementation of the CBD By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
strong CBD News: The Toyama communiqué issued by G7 environment ministers has been welcomed by Braulio Dias, Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), for its strong support to both the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Target By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 20 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
strong CBD News: Achieving global biodiversity targets will be a strong contribution to realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, said Dr. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to Unit By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
strong <strong>UPDATED:</strong> Access MathSciNet and other AMS content during COVID-19 closures By www.ams.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 EST updated April 1, 2020 In response to current challenges that colleges and universities face as a result of the spread of COVID-19, the American Mathematical Society is offering libraries and institutions additional support, in line with recommendations in the ICOLC Statement on the Global COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Library Services and Resources. The AMS is also participating in the Copyright Clearance Center Education Continuity License program, providing access to our content for distance learning and other educational uses at no cost to the user. We are extending grace access for content hosted on our platforms (including MathSciNet) through the end of May for our existing customers. We will re-evaluate this timing as needed. As courses transition to online, we can provide instructors with complimentary electronic “reserve” copies of our textbooks for cases in which students do not have access to their print copies. E-books purchased through the perpetual access model on the AMS platform are always available DRM-free with unlimited simultaneous use. In addition, we are partnering with ProQuest to allow multi-user access through mid-June to all e-books purchased on their platforms. Read ProQuest’s statement. We are providing remote access to all our content, including MathSciNet. In normal circumstances, this remote access can be set up while on campus or while connected via institution VPN (in order to validate IP-based access). We realize many students, faculty, and researchers did not have an opportunity to initiate this access before leaving campus, so we have given instructions to our library partners on how patrons can connect to our content. Please contact your librarian for assistance. Libraries: if you have not received instructions to share with your patrons, please email us at cust-serv@ams.org or be in touch about any other of your library’s needs. Review all AMS Resources & Updates. Full Article
strong Capacity Theory with Local Rationality: The Strong Fekete-Szego Theorem on Curves By www.ams.org Published On :: Robert Rumely, University of Georgia - AMS, 2013, 437 pp., Hardcover, ISBN-13: 978-1-4704-0980-7, List: US$119, All AMS Members: US$95.20, SURV/193 This book is devoted to the proof of a deep theorem in arithmetic geometry, the Fekete-Szegö theorem with local rationality conditions. The... Full Article
strong Training linked to stronger promotion chances for women in IT over work performance By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 EDT (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Job performance has long been understood to be the primary equalizing factor affecting promotions for men and women in the workplace, but research shows, women don't gain as much from the same performance improvements as men do. New research in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows training plays an important part in promotions for women in the field of information technology. Full Article
strong Let's Emerge From COVID-19 with Stronger Health Systems By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:33:28 +0000 26 March 2020 Robert Yates Director, Global Health Programme; Executive Director, Centre for Universal Health @yates_rob Heads of state should grasp the opportunity to become universal health heroes to strengthen global health security 2020-03-26-Health-Protest A "Big Insurance: Sick of It" rally in New York City. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. As the COVID-19 pandemic presents the greatest threat to human health in over a century, people turn to their states to resolve the crisis and protect their health, their livelihoods and their future well-being.How leaders perform and respond to the pandemic is likely to define their premiership - and this therefore presents a tremendous opportunity to write themselves into the history books as a great leader, rescuing their people from a crisis. Just as Winston Churchill did in World War Two.Following Churchill’s advice to “never let a good crisis go to waste”, if leaders take decisive action now, they may emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as a national hero. What leaders must do quickly is to mitigate the crisis in a way which has a demonstrable impact on people’s lives.Given the massive shock caused by the pandemic to economies across the world, it is not surprising that heads of state and treasury ministers have implemented enormous economic stimulus packages to protect businesses and jobs – this was to be expected and has been welcome.National heroes can be madeBut, in essence, this remains primarily a health crisis. And one obvious area for leaders to act rapidly is strengthening their nation’s health system to stop the spread of the virus and successfully treat those who have fallen sick. It is perhaps here that leaders have the most to gain - or lose - and where national heroes can be made.This is particularly the case in countries with weak and inequitable health systems, where the poor and vulnerable often fail to access the services they need. One major practical action that leaders can implement immediately is to launch truly universal, publicly-financed health reforms to cover their entire population – not only for COVID-19 services but for all services.This would cost around 1-2% GDP in the short-term but is perfectly affordable in the current economic climate, given some of the massive fiscal stimuluses already being planned (for example, the UK is spending 15% GDP to tackle COVID-19).Within one to two years, this financing would enable governments to implement radical supply side reforms including scaling up health workforces, increasing the supply of essential medicines, diagnostics and vaccines and building new infrastructure. It would also enable them to remove health service user fees which currently exclude hundreds of millions of people worldwide from essential healthcare. Worldwide these policies have proven to be effective, efficient, equitable and extremely popular.And there is plenty of precedent for such a move. Universal health reform is exactly what political leaders did in the UK, France and Japan as post-conflict states emerging from World War Two. It is also the policy President Kagame launched in the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, as did Prime Minister Thaksin in Thailand after the Asian Financial Crisis in 2002, and the Chinese leadership did following the SARS crisis, also in 2003.In China’s case, reform involved re-socialising the health financing system using around 2% GDP in tax financing to increase health insurance coverage from a low level of one-third right up to 96% of the population.All these universal health coverage (UHC) reforms delivered massive health and economic benefits to the people - just what is needed now to tackle COVID-19 - and tremendous political benefits to the leaders that implemented them.When considering the current COVID-19 crisis, this strategy would be particularly relevant for countries underperforming on health coverage and whose health systems are more likely to be overwhelmed if flooded with a surge of patients, such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and most of sub-Saharan Africa, where many governments spend less than 1% of their GDP on health and most people have to buy services over the counter.But also the two OECD countries without a universal health system – the United States and Ireland – are seeing the threat of COVID-19 already fuelling the debate about the need to create national, publicly-financed health system. And the presidents of South Africa, Kenya and Indonesia have already committed their governments to eventually reach full population coverage anyway, and so may use this crisis to accelerate their own universal reforms. Although difficult to predict which leaders are likely to grasp the opportunity, if some of these countries now fast-track nationwide UHC, at least something good will be coming from the crisis, something which will benefit their people forever. And ensuring everyone accesses the services they need, including public health and preventive services, also provides the best protection against any future outbreaks becoming epidemics.Every night large audiences are tuning in to press briefings fronted by their heads of state hungry for the latest update on the crisis and to get reassurance that their government’s strategy will bring the salvation they desperately need. To truly improve health security for people across the world, becoming UHC heroes could be the best strategic decision political leaders ever make. Full Article
strong Prospect Poche making strong first impression By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:51:58 EDT Colin Poche's fastball won't light up the radar gun, but it proved to be one of the most effective pitches in the Minors last season. Full Article
strong JDF promises 'strong' action against abusive soldiers By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:56:17 -0500 The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is promising "strong" action against soldiers found guilty of instructing violators of the national nightly COVID-19 curfew to engage in “corrective measures”. News of the allegations came in an... Full Article
strong Samuda to make strong push for regional pro football league By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:14:35 -0500 JAMAICA OLYMPIC Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda believes that his sports administration experience will aid him in helping to finally shape a professional football league in the Caribbean. Concacaf announced Samuda’s appointment to... Full Article
strong Diabetic Neuropathy Is a Substantial Burden in People With Type 1 Diabetes and Is Strongly Associated With Socioeconomic Disadvantage: A Population-Representative Study From Scotland By care.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2020-03-20T11:50:34-07:00 OBJECTIVE To assess the contemporaneous prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Scotland and study its cross-sectional association with risk factors and other diabetic complications. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed data from a large representative sample of adults with T1D (N = 5,558). We assessed the presence of symptomatic neuropathy using the dichotomized (≥4) Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Patient Questionnaire score. Logistic regression models were used to investigate associations between DPN and risk factors, as well as with other complications. RESULTS The burden of DPN is substantial with 13% prevalence overall. Adjusting for attained age, diabetes duration, and sex, the odds of DPN increased mainly with waist-to-hip ratio, lipids, poor glycemic control (odds ratio 1.51 [95% CI 1.21–1.89] for levels of 75 vs. 53 mmol/mol), ever versus never smoking (1.67 [1.37–2.03]), and worse renal function (1.96 [1.03–3.74] for estimated glomerular filtration rate levels <30 vs. ≥90 mL/min/1.73 m2). The odds significantly decreased with higher HDL cholesterol (0.77 [0.66–0.89] per mmol/L). Living in more deprived areas was associated with DPN (2.17 [1.78–2.65]) for more versus less deprived areas adjusted for other risk factors. Finally, individuals with prevalent DPN were much more likely than others to have other diabetes complications. CONCLUSIONS Diabetic neuropathy remains substantial, particularly affecting those in the most socioeconomically deprived groups. Those with clinically manifest neuropathy also have a higher burden of other complications and elevated levels of modifiable risk factors. These data suggest that there is considerable scope to reduce neuropathy rates and narrow the socioeconomic differential by better risk factor control. Full Article
strong Red and Processed Meats and Health Risks: How Strong Is the Evidence? By care.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2020-02-01 Frank QianFeb 1, 2020; 43:265-271Perspectives in Care Full Article
